Team Mati मति 101

Mati मति is a Sanskrit word for 'intuition'.

Intuition is a skill, very much like the skill of blowing soap bubbles. In childhood, we learn, and we concentrate very hard to master the art of making a perfect soap bubble.  It brings great JOY and DELIGHT, and hardly any effort to enjoy the bubbles after they are formed...it's is most natural to do this, isn't it?

So like playing with soap bubbles, it is necessary to take turns. One blows the bubbles into the air, using their concentration, coordination, and timing...all of their focus...and the others, receive...for their turn...

For playing the game Mati मति-- to develop the intuition--we will welcome all who wish to participate.

We will break up into groups of eight participants.

The 'sender' or 'bubble blower' will use this tool--Emoji--Link to all Emoji templates used for Team Mati.

The 'sender' will announce what category of Emoji they wish to select--for example--Face Emojis, or Food and Drink.

Then with all their concentration efforts, they will select one image--let's say perhaps, the strawberry.

They will look at it, think it, feel it, taste it, smell it, and SEND with their full mental efforts, this symbol to the group.

Then the 'Receivers' will guess.

They will share, and also get a feel for how close they are to what was sent.

Sometimes, it is the color, that comes through easier than the whole image. Other times, it's the sound of the name. Or the taste or the fragrance...everyone is different.

When you are 'Receiving', simply relax, and close your eyes, and notice anything that pops up into your minds eye, or your awareness.

There is no right or wrong, just as with the bubbles, all 'Sent Emojis' are beautiful and perfect on their own. (Even Señor Poop! This is what Anthony and I call the Emoji for feces that is on the keyboard too...LOL)

In one 'round' of Team Mati मति , everyone will take one turn at being 'Sender'.  Then the game is complete, and the next to play will be 'on deck'.

Others are permitted to watch, and observe the game, but not to participate, as the original team of eight players begins to play.

Once people in the group get the 'hang of it'--they will be able to select their own teams, and enjoy the game together with each other.

This is to be a closed group that is invited and sponsored by Doctors With Reiki. This is an outreach for those who wish to develop their intuition more fully.

There is no fee--only a willingness to have fun and enjoy their fellow players in each round.

You may be a participant in the Healing Team--Team Doctors With Reiki--but it is not necessary. You may choose to follow Doctors With Reiki only and still play on Team Mati मति .


Are there any questions?

Mommymoons, Staycations, and Camp Mom

Motherhood is one of the most important jobs on the planet.

As a single mother, who works full time in the OR, here is what I have to say about it...

The Baby Moon:

Whether you can afford a vacation or not, pregnancy allows you and your partner--if you have one--to see that your life is going to change in a way that can't be 'turned back to the way it was'.  Make every day count. Keep a pregnancy journal or diary. Spend quiet time alone just enjoying the miracle of being pregnant. If you have other children in the family, engage them! For example, I asked my niece what might be a good name for the baby? She was six. She gave HER name! And for a boy? She gave her BROTHERS!!! I asked, wouldn't that be confusing? She said, 'no, not at all, the are good names!'

The Mommy Moon:

After seven years of the routine, I was worn out. Although I had once gone on a four-day conference, leaving our son with his father when our boy was about four  (they were BOTH happy to see me on my return!)--the only extended time I took was to a conference in Hawaii.

The potty training, the childcare scheduling, the pre-school--all of it, had taken its toll on me. I totally forgot who I was, what I wanted in my life, my goals and dreams. With my son safely at home in the care of my mother, I spent eight days learning with my colleagues, and my afternoons exploring the island. For example, this is by the Mauna Lani hotel, and some of the best snorkeling in my life was at the beach right by the point in the distance.

I came back focused and refreshed. Yes, my boy was traumatized that 'mommy left' and he begged me 'never to go away again'.  We are that close...and I realized I needed the time...so without apology, I addressed his concerns, and we made our way out from there.

For the working parent, this is always at the front of your mind--your time is limited, and your need to support the family is balanced by your need to actively care for it.

The Staycation:

This is not what most people do. As a single mother, I took one week off in May to be a Stay-At-Home Mom.

I kept everything on schedule, and I wanted to 'try it on for size'.

This was the most important investment in my family I have ever spent. Although at the time I was disappointed in being unable to 'catch up' on all the paperwork and chores and errands, looking back, I see this allowed us to focus on my boy's needs.  My presence reinforced his deep trust in me, allowing him to meet his next stage of his emotional growth, which would come one month later.

He even remarked how much more pleasant the mornings were, that we did not have to rush because of my work.

Camp Mom:

These last two weeks, I have been home. A brief trip to a local amusement park, with a hotel, helped to bring out some serious emotional difficulties in my child:

• there is bullying at the school because of his weight
• he feels he has no friends
• there is favoritism at the school which the teacher openly displays towards those who are like her--those who excel at running and who are the children of the staff
• he is depressed over the bullying and lack of playmates--no siblings or neighbors
• there is no motivation to eat healthy or exercise

This time has allowed for medical care--finding a new pediatrician who is supportive and a male role model, for counseling, and for a dental check up. This has allowed for a new 'routine' to keep him within the expectation of two activities a day, one in the morning, and one in the afternoon after the heat of the day. I choose one, and he chooses the other. 

A food journal and my saying NO because I am well-rested and not stressed--are leading to diet changes for the first time. A nutritionist is going to help us next week.

There are some things only a mother can teach, only a mother can share, only a mother can soften with the love of her heart.

At the counselor, in the waiting room, we play two games. The first is a 'how bored can you look?' contest. We totally crack each other up. We also play 'war' with the piles of magazines. Oldest issue wins! 

Yesterday we did chemistry in the back yard, with vinegar and baking soda, and we went through a whole box of the baking soda. We filled balloons, had fizz spill everywhere. He was confident and excited about enjoying learning again.

Are we out of the woods? I think we have a head start.

There are some things only a parent can teach. They are important and lasting gifts to the child.

If you have been blessed with children, no matter how old they are, why not take the time to reconnect?

And to reconnect with your intuition, your inner guidance, and your soul purpose?

(Here is a head start:  a forty day plan to kick start YOUR life--non-denominational, spiritual journey based on the book by Dr. Rick Warren--http://reikidoc.blogspot.com/2012/05/om-purpose-driven-life.html)

You matter to all of us--family, friends, and angels!--so why not take a moment for yourself, just for today?

Aloha and Mahalos,

Namaste,

Peace,

Reiki Doc

New Twists In The World Of Medicine In These Times

The days where you can feel like this with your physician are coming to a rapid close.

Let us take a few moments to discuss some of the changes that are happening around us that will affect YOU...and it's not Obamacare--its MORE than that---so no politics, okay?

1. When You Pay Peanuts...You Get Monkeys:   My babysitter's Gynecologist has decided not to take any insurance whatsoever. This surgeon is becoming a 'boutique' service, where each 'thing' done has a cash price. The doctor is getting rid of the insurance to cut out the middle-man, and is willing to work for the low rates negotiated by insurance (typically they pay much less than the asking fee, and is a ridiculous barter that takes sets the doctor and the patient against each other) when these low rates are paid directly to them by the patient. I think this is the way the Healthcare system is going to be able to dramatically change--by getting the payors out of the equation. Medicine was like this for many years in the past.  This frees the Gynecologist from restrictions on their practice (did you know how much an electronic medical record COSTS to install? And to renew? Tens of thousands of dollars!), saves them from a great deal of hassle, and allows them more time to spend doing what they were trained to do.
   
2. Beware The Lone Cowboy--or Cowgirl:  I've seen this--the primary care doc interpreting a film in the office. By themselves. Without a radiologist. Without a specialist. And making the call. Today I saw a dead joint. A foreign body--a thorn or splinter--got in and the primary care doc gave antibiotics and ignored it. For three months. Surgery that done early after consultation with a specialist could have easily saved the joint and kept usefulness in the limb. Now infection has set in to the bone and joint. The joint will need to be fused or the joint replaced. 'This is a tragedy' the surgeon said. I agree. Your gut feeling and ability to keep asking for treatment until your gut says 'it's okay to rest' is what is going to save you in this situation. Don't let some yahoo decide on their own on matters that are important to you! Doctors Talk To Each Other! And they look things up, too.  My mother had 'bladder infections' but not follow up cystoscopy at her 'Big Box' medical care system. She ended up having the primary care treat her--and they never knew a kidney transplant patient is at super high risk for bladder cancer because of the anti-rejection medications. If her bladder outlet hadn't been blocked off by tumor, we would have never known. If it had been caught early, she wouldn't have to wear a bag to collect her pee 24/7, or spent six months in the hospital.
   
   
   
   
3. Appreciate The Non-Medical Staff In The Hospital--They Are Healers Too: Mama Flor told this story. She cleans the O.R. She had been praying for a mother she saw who was distraught in the waiting room. Her daughter worked at the hospital, and was taken to surgery for something seriously wrong. Flor didn't understand what was the disease, exactly, but she prayed hard in the O.R. for this young patient. 'Dear God, St. Jude, Jesus! Help this woman! Help her mother not to have to say goodbye! She has to WORK God! Do SOMETHING! Do something to help her!'  Today Flor said, recently, she saw the worker in the hospital. No one ever figured out what was wrong, but now she is okay. Flor got her miracle. Flor knows how to ask for them. She asked for a miracle for my thyroid, too, and gave me her rosary to wear for months until it straightened out. Now, she hugs me and smiles, and says she can smell my fragrance on the wood rosary beads, and she loves that so very much. She is pleased I am her miracle too...
   
4. Know The Score:  Today I was relieved of work around eleven a.m. I had a short day. A friend of mine was needing some help in the O.R. with a patient. Everything was difficult--the airway, the art line, the large bore i.v. I brought in the ultrasound to help image the vein and got a large i.v. in place. Then we tried and tried on both arms to get the line in. It was a big case, and the arteries weren't normal. It took over an hour to get them in. With two board-certified anesthesiologists. So sometimes it's not so simple, and we're not going to tell you this. We are going to tell recovery room (those lines are hard! Airway wasn't easy! be careful! And be sure to tell the nurse on the floor!). There is no way you will know except perhaps there are a lot of poke holes from our trying.  I also was 'called back' to do a GI procedure that needs x-ray. I showed up on time, but guess what? There was no surgeon! They were scrambling to find one to do the procedure. I've seen this in surgery. I've seen this with senior surgeons wanting the younger ones to do the work even through the older ones were on call. I've seen nurses who worked with a vascular surgeon for years asking the junior general surgeon to do a triple A (abdominal aortic aneurysm) in the middle of the night. The surgeon gets woken up unnecessarily, and has to convince the exchange and the nurse that the senior is the one to do that case...
   
5. Look For The Obsessive Compulsive M.D. : I do things early. And I had all of the history and physical on the computer, except for the labs. I checked them and saw sky high potassium and low sodium. This was in the danger zone, enough to cancel the case. But that combination made me think--was the blood hemolyzed? I called the lab number, who referred me to ANOTHER number, then I asked the technician, did the blood cells rupture in that specimen? (blood cells have lots of potassium inside them). They had me wait while they went and looked. It was in fact, hemolyzed 'a little'. I agreed to do the case. I double checked on the EKG in the OR--no tall peaked T-waves, we are going to be okay. And the case went fine. Patient never knew. Doctor-surgeon-didn't have a clue. Nurses were like, 'Oh, Wow! are you going to cancel?'. Also this week I read the study results on a heart test. Area of the myocardium was at risk but the cardiologist cleared it anyway. I did that case because it was urgent, but I took extra precautions (monitors) to make sure the patient was OKAY. I saw a note from a cardiologist, a sloppy one that didn't do the test but was consulting, that said, 'the ischemic area was not reversible to is was not at risk in the first place'. This cardiologist wrote this to make me look bad, in the charts, and also didn't understand the written interpretation of the test by his colleague. This kind of stuff happens every day! So go for the one who is going to go the extra mile for you. Always look for their attention to detail. You will know when you notice and know what to look for. It saves lives without bells and whistles and fanfare. And if I didn't mention it here and now, no one would ever know...
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
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   Aloha and Mahalos,
   Namaste,
   
   
   Reiki Doc
   
   
   
   
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   There is a long-acting local anesthetic called exparel. It is making surgeons able to not write for a PCA (patient-controlled analgesia) device. One surgeon accidentally stuck his finger through and through with a clean needle during surgery. He never felt the accidental injection. He looked down and saw the needle and shook his hand but never felt anything. Not for three days. That stuff works! But it costs three hundred dollars for twenty milliliters--which is a single use dose. So he doesn't use it as much as he would like for his patients...pretty neat, huh?

Medicine Of Tomorrow

What is the medicine of today?

Well, I practice it.  I am a graduate of a US medical school. We practice 'evidence-based medicine'.

Who pays for the studies? Well, it's usually a big drug company that provides the 'evidence'...except in the case of Mangano who created his own research body, and proved that a drug was causing harm, and got it taken off the market for use in cardiac surgery.

Evidence, right? And medical research leads to new protocols, new treatments, and then in turn, to new technologies.

We also practice 'evidence based medicine' in that we do histories and physicals, asking for symptoms and searchings for 'signs' of the presence of disease. For example, you might present with the symptom of abdominal pain in the right lower quadrant of your abdomen (the appendix area).
We examine your abdomen at some point, starting at the area of least pain first. Then when we get to Mc Burney's point (one third the distance between the anterior superior iliac spine and the umbilicus--which is right over the appendix) we push once, and hard.

If you are in so much pain you practically jump off the table, the test for appendicitis is positive. And it is called a 'chandelier sign' because you practically hit the chandelier. Actually, any peritoneal signs of inflammation will probably cause a 'chandelier sign'. So in the past where we would proceed with exploratory surgery, now we get you scanned with ultrasound, CT or possibly MRI for other symptoms, and get an image that a radiologist says is 'positive' for appendicitis.

Then we cut.

We book emergency surgery.

Everything in medicine is 'evidence based', both in what leads us to our treatments, as well as the decision-making process to figure out what is the appropriate treatment to give.

Except for one thing:  the intuitive process that is based on all of the patients the doctor has ever treated before, that base of experience and training, that leads to the clinical 'hunch' almost every doctor has in a given situation.

This is the medicine of the future.

It is understanding the energy body, how it works, and how imbalances (in energy work that are called Dis-Ease) lead to manifestation of disease in the physical body.

It is not 'mind over matter'. My father was a Religious Scientist. I went to church with him a lot, plus mom's Catholic church. 'Thoughts are Things!' they would say. It is true to a point. But really, what makes the whole thing work is 'Thoughts and FEELINGS are things!'

So both the physicians of the future and the patients are going to explore the thoughts and the emotions that accompany Dis-Ease. Dr. Bernie Siegel started this exploration in his cancer patients--noticing a pattern. Some want to die. Some want someone to heal them, or maybe, take a pill. And some are totally invested in getting well no matter what, and put one hundred percent of their effort into the process.

And as a sign, an unconscious sign of empathy and wanting to experience that 'rebirth' of his cancer patients, Dr. Bernie Siegel shaved his head.

He was 'connected' to his patients more than most.

He was a pioneer.

Doctors of the future will be spiritually robust, and trained to use their intuitive gifts in the care of their patients.

They will be taught in medical school about the energy body, and healing, of which Reiki is one method of working with this aspect of the human body.

Insurance companies will realize the incredible savings that are offered by people having good health. And all of the corruption that leads to others getting rich off the medical treatments, and medicines, will be taken OUT of the medical system.

People will not be stressed and exposed to environmental toxins like they are now, which weakens the aura and the body, making one susceptible to disease.

In the end, everyone will know, Science and Spirit are One Circle--both lead each into the other--for healing to take place.




Aloha and Mahalos,
Namaste,

Reiki Doc

Out With The Old--And In With The New!

I am starting to experience the energy of the airport metaphysically in the current time. You know that bustle of people having someplace to go, saying goodbye and joyfully saying hello all right next to each other in the crowd as you go to your gate on the way to your destination? There is electricity in the air! I totally adore it.

What I am starting to experience, in my own life, in my readers, and in general in the world around me, is not unlike at the end of an exam in class--how the teacher patiently says, 'there are five minutes left, please double check your answers and make sure you are ready to turn it in'. It's not time to stop working, but it is getting very close! I am pretty fast at everything when it comes to learning. My father was an instructor, and I was totally confident with the whole test-taking experience. I'd finish shortly after the half, and while I was double-checking, and triple-checking, I'd stop and look around the room. I did it quickly, to make sure no one thought I was cheating (why would I copy their answers when I always aced the tests?!). The faces intrigued me. The tongue sticking out to the side as someone furiously erased on their paper. The lips moving as they read the question over again. The brow furrowing with wrinkles and the eyes looking up as they struggled to recall what they had studied.  This was drama at its finest, real life, and way better than some actor reciting their lines on some show on TV! My competition was there--they'd finish up early too. So I'd pray. Please God, I don't want for you to give me the answers--just make it so I can accurately recall and share what I actually HAVE learned. Please let this show clearly what knowledge I have gained; help me to freely access it.

Is there a test with the 3D-5D split we are rapidly approaching?

Not on your life.

But is the 'deadline' for 3D zooming up on the horizon?

My answer is 'yes'.

Will 'life go on' after the changes?

My answer is 'without a doubt!' and 'YES!' In fact, it's going to be even better!

So what type of 'movement' am I experiencing in my own day-to-day situation?

• Very deep healing on a soul level. I 'reconnected' yesterday with someone I knew 2000 years ago. The souls are talking, as well as these incarnations. Tears flowed up from pain I carried and was too unsure who to talk about it with. For example, in the afternoon, my soul eyes looked at his, in another dimension, and I shared the horrors I had experienced in my incarnations. I knew He could make it stop--this insanity that affects society, not just me, but countless others! The brutality against women. For this I wanted it to stop! Then last night, as I went to sleep, although I had offered forgiveness, I realized I needed to be forgiven too. In my most important incarnation, my husband's body was not buried at the risk of my own life too. As a Jewish slave, I knew what that meant. And I saw that my beloved's corpse, all that was left of him, was taken to the outskirts of town and was eaten by the birds. I knew. I watched. And I carried terrible guilt to this day because I did not carry out my duty as a widow to see to it he had a proper burial...
• Finally getting the time I need to 'catch up' on important tasks around the house. I've been asking Spirit for 'more time' and I've had the last three days off! Archangel Nathaniel popped in, and asks me to share about his services--he's the one who does the Impossible!  My home was a terrible mess off and on for eight years. I had cleaning service in the early times of motherhood, but stopped when my son was two because of a terrible accident, a flood, the cleaners made in my home. There was thousands of dollars in damage. Mentally, I felt as a woman, it was my 'duty' to 'bless my home' and with the Fly Lady I had my baby wings and her book/system...Then I got overwhelmed. You can't have 'routines' when your schedule is as erratic as mine is when I work. Although the start time is roughly 'be there at seven' the days can be short or long, and that's not including the superimposed late-night shifts where I come home the next day and sleep.There is clarity and forward movement, as well as a close friend stepping up to the plate to help set this in motion. She says to 'throw money at it' and 'the problem will go away'. She is right. My home is turning into my sanctuary...in just a few short weeks!
• All family relationships, even some of the more drama-prone ones, are on an even keel with the extended family.
• The readers on Facebook and the Twitter followers are showing me how beautiful they are as souls; I see it, I rejoice in their awakening and enthusiasm to assist others around them with theirs!
• I haven't felt the need to do a mass 'healing' in a public place or build a vortex in about three weeks. This is highly unusual for me. I think that part is 'done' or at least, 'five minutes to done' LOL!
• I feel loved and supported in everything I do.
• I used to be all fired-up to teach others at my work, and to get all the MD-intuitives who are famous to 'notice me' and 'collaborate'.  Now I am like Judith Orloff, MD (who never answered my emails or letters)--meh? That's fine with me. Dr. Oz? Go do your thing! (I never contacted him after Judith's snub--too chicken!). The two Reiki Master ER docs in Chicago area a reader told me about, who have NO Facebook pages or way to anonymously contact them? Oh well! And even this fabulous healer, who may have 'stolen my thunder'? Whatever! There's enough OR's and OR staff to teach even if lots of healers go about doing this: (Hands of Life, Surgical Doula Training and Certification, Julie Motz, http://juliemotz.com/Workshops.html)

As a matter of fact, instead, I just saw THIS on  Reiki Fur Babies post:

• Spirit said the past is over. The future is not here yet. Your desires are in and for the present. Increase the boundaries of yourself- do more- learn more- express more. Grow, improve, accomplish, expand. The energy within is seeking more than a mate, a profession, a religion, a pleasure, power or meaning. Its is seeking out more of YOU, and flushing out more of you. Open up- affirmations for love: You know that you deserve love and accept it now. You give out love and it is returned to you multiplied. You must rejoice in the love you encounter every day. you never have to go looking for love when it is where you come from. Self love is the most important lesson we never seem to remember. Trust yourself first. You will always tell yourself the truth either when you are awake or in sleep. be the love of your life and you will attract others to the love that is surrounding you.

Boy, that is music to my ears! After all these centuries of 'starving' for the most fundamental 'vibration' of the Universe, it's time to be 'full-up'!

What areas are you seeking Closure? Archangel Nathaniel says, 'no job is too Big or too Small'. Why not invite him to help you 'make huge miraculous changes!' and be on the lookout for very subtle, small 'opportunities'? That's how he likes to work.

Aloha and Mahalos,

Namaste,

Reiki Doc

Preparing For Ascension: Part 3

Good morning! The theme for today is a combination of 'Let's Roll!' and 'Let's Just Roll With It!'...some of us are actively in the midst of the Ascension Process, and I expect more of you to 'get started' any day now...

What is happening is as your Vibration increases, it is much like the blades of a propeller or a fan that start spinning. At first, it is slow enough that you can see the actual blades. As the rate increases, instead of seeing them, it is like they are not there. You also hear a hum. That is why there are safety cages all over fans because children would stick their fingers in them and get hurt. You just can't see.

There are many benefits of having this high a Vibration--the most significant is that we are now 'within reach' of our Galactic Brothers and Sisters to 'contact us' back. 

We are a very dense energy in the spectrum of Light. To the Galactic, our presence feels 'heavy' and 'slow' and 'uncomfortable'. Many cannot adjust their frequency rate to 'match' ours enough for communication, and those that do often find it 'energy draining' and 'a challenge' to stay in our Vibration for much length of time.

However, we are Ascending! Gaia is an elevator 'ride' all the way up to 'them'. And furthermore, the quarantine of 'The Veil' that separates the two worlds, is dissolving.

The destination, metaphysically, with the Ascension Process is to be fully functional in the Higher Dimensions. This includes telepathy, clairvoyance, clairaudience, claircognizance (you just 'know'), and connection with your Guardian Angel and Spirit Guide, and with Source directly.

Here are three types of 'Aha!' moments you are possibly going to experience:

• Making 'Connections' as in 'Connecting The Dots':  In anesthesia there is a drape of fabric that separates us from the surgical field. It is protective to both the patient (less risk of infection) and the anesthetist (less blood splatter on their workstation and them). We even joke about it and call it 'The Blood Brain Barrier', and say 'we are on the Brain side'--insinuating we are more intelligent than the surgeons! LOL. Anyhow, I am in my own world when the drapes go up. Until yesterday. I was in a neurosurgery case, and there is a special drape that was just a little crooked. It wouldn't reach my pole so I had to unfold part of it, and tape it to my anesthesia machine screen to hold it up. That corner that I taped, was clear plastic. For the first time, I could see the neurosurgeon operate, from the foot pedal for the electrocautery to the microscope and field. I felt 'connected' and was able to feel the energy of the surgical process. I felt like a part of the team, even through I always knew it, it just seemed 'better' to be able to see each other.  Then it hit me: this is what it is going to be like when The Veil is lifted! Both of us, the Galactics and the Terrestrial, are going to be able to interact with each other in ways as never before...and it's really nice!
• Totally Random Cravings for Foods:  I came home from OB call exhausted. It had been one of the worst nights where I got practically no sleep. I was hungry. I came home, looked in the kitchen. A smoothie. I wanted my Vitamix smoothie. I began to make it, and then the craving hit: kale! I put in a few leaves. It wasn't enough! Something in my body was directing what it needed, and that was a whole bunch of the kale--the entire thing I bought from the store. Kale, and coconut.  I drank two quarts of smoothie--four huge glasses--and the craving stopped. I didn't get sick. So ladies, if you've ever been with child and wanted 'pickles and ice cream' you understand what I am talking about. Men, welcome to your feminine side! You get to experience it too!
• Increased Clairvoyance:  My Reiki student texted me this message--'I am seeing an iridescent silhouette of Mother Mary in my house right now. She is cuddling a baby...I know this is a big deal...my first encounter. Don't know what to do...I definitely don't want to ignore...'  My reply? 'Don't worry, if it makes you feel loved it is from the Light. Just in your heart say thank you. When she is ready she will talk.' (my student said it couldn't have come at a more better time because she had just called out for love and guidance).
• Bizarre Unexpected Changes in Your Work Day:  At our hospital, case cancellations are a rare event, possibly once a month. Yesterday was different!  There were about six. All were legitimate--elevated potassium, patient ate lunch instead of being NPO for surgery, surgeon cancellation due to scheduling conflict. People were kind of weirded out by it. I wasn't! Right now, Lower Vibration (that is not to say 'worse'--only have not 'done their homework' in their life choices as much as Higher Vibration 'students'--they WILL 'get to this level' one day!) people are  making choices on a soul level to avoid the discomfort of being near High Vibration people. And places. My OR is a very High Vibration place. I know. I have put significant energy work into it for four years.

May I share a personal experience here? This is one I just can't figure out. As you know, I have been interacting with Galactics on a Spiritual Level--in my mind's eye--for decades. I go on the bridge, I see the rooms. Usually I am on 'tour' of some sort, and I feel a 'watching presence' over me.

Three days ago I found myself in a Galactic Breakroom. People there were clearly relaxing--doing sudoku, walking on a treadmill, and not in their usual clothes and alert and engaging energy. They were  enjoying their time for themselves, and I was one of them. Except I didn't know what to do with myself or see myself! LOL. The energy was peaceful; I could tell these were high-powered people who were enjoying a little time for themselves. It was a small room, about the size of the average gym in a hotel, but not as much exercise equipment. Only about half. And no one acknowledged me with a look or a hello, and yet I knew everyone loved and accepted me for who I am, and I was welcome to join them.

Was this Spirit telling me 'I need a break?'. Was it the Veil Lifting and I was being 'who I really am?'--some part of my soul that lives on board a ship I didn't know I had?

I'll figure it out eventually.

The only other thing is that this song had been stuck in my head for the same length of time--it connects deep within, and after watching this YouTube video with all of the Egyptian ancient mystery school images--my gosh there is even a symbol of Isis and her Goddess Energy!--I think perhaps there is more to Earth Wind and Fire than we think. (In my training, we make a circle--Earth, Wind, Fire, Water, and Ether--when we begin our Spiritual work, our 'white magic'.)

Think about it!

And enjoy the music on me <3

direct link: http://youtu.be/C4CJaujuVSY

Victory To The Light is Near!

Love, Aloha and Mahalo, Namaste,

Reiki Doc

Shark Or Dolphin?

Welcome to Shark Month. You've heard of Shark Week, right? Ever since the Sunday Portal Activation succeeded, the Ankle-Biters (Archons who lead the Illuminati) are up to their tricks.

They want you to be just as angry and upset and guided by self-interest as a bunch of sharks. Just like in Shark Week, the producers and marine biology experts know 'the ways of the shark'--the sensory system for smell is better than sight, how they never really 'sleep', how they can sense with electricity someone thrashing around in the water and hone in on it as 'weakened prey'.

They want the energy of a feeding frenzy. It is in their best interest as producers and experts for you to behave on autopilot and react. So 'metaphysically speaking', there is chum and every known 'attractant' being thrown into that 'water' of 'ether' we all live in.

I see it clearly:

• The final acts of desperation in Syria
• News reports that use words like 'shocking', 'monster' or similar words designed to put the listener into 'herd' behavior.
• Challenging independent thinkers and lightworkers as 'ridiculous' and 'not having proof' and focusing on 'science'. This is to downplay the use of one's intuitive ability that is a birthright.
• Reference to 'royalty' with the inference that 'you will never be royal'
• News reports to stir up emotion of fear
• Social 'cues' to cause feelings of 'well-being' to 'come up'--back to school, Harvest, Football Season. Even I am feeling powerful 'cues' that 'everything is okay'.

In a short time, 'sharks' are going to be EVERYWHERE! On the news, on TV, on radio, on the Internet (some 'trolls' are 'hired'), Lightworkers (some have no clue they are under archon influence), newspapers, neighbors, friends, and coworkers...there is going to be a Massive PUSH to appeal to 'your lower density' in your Light bodies.

Energetically-speaking, it is going to be just as messy as a chum-laden, shark-infested feeding frenzy.

But Sharks aren't the only grey creature in the water with a large dorsal fin. There are dolphins, as well, in the oceans. Dolphins have a social structure. They communicate with clicks and whistles across great distances underwater. They have echolocation, so they can 'see' even more 'clearly' with their 'third eyes' than with their own two regular eyes! 

Dolphins can successfully deter a threat of a shark from their young. The pod can even kill a shark by working together.

Dolphins live on the frequency of Love, wouldn't you agree? Not Fear, like in the 'family' of sharks.

Each creature has a place in Gaia's Oceans, and a Purpose. But as a shark, how do you know there isn't someone waiting to hook you, pull you to the boat, and slice off your fins for market? Fishermen 'stir up the pot' to get sharks to come in from miles away...

Fisherman in some places also take advantage of dolphins too. 

So whether you are a shark or a dolphin, how do you avoid those who are out to catch you, the fishermen?

You rise above.

You get OUT of the water and get a good look at the boat.

You use all of your instincts that God gave you, and you listen to them with your Heart Center.

Both sharks and dolphins swim away. Sharks spit the hook.  But it is harder for them when there is a feeding frenzy to figure out what is 'going on'.

The fisherman want as much money as they can by catching whatever they can 'sell' by using 'whatever means possible'.

Raise your Vibration (eat pure foods, drink filtered water, get fresh air and sun, think good thoughts, meditate, seek like-minded others) to get a good look at that boat. (Like in basketball, too, you can 'slow down the pace of the game' and take control in that way too.)

Stick with your pod for protection. Or if you are more of a 'shark', watch for your 'instincts' and don't let them get 'hijacked' by the 'chum' that is thrown in from the boat.

That is all for today.

Love and Light,

Mahalos and Aloha,

Namaste,

Reiki Doc

Trusting Intuition And Divine Guidance

Intuition is very much like this light in the darkness of unknowning

My COBRA was running out. You know, the extended benefits from work? I had to act fast. There was no way to 'comparison shop'. As I did I was accepted into two plans at the same time. Being a single mother, who had just turned into an independent contractor I was horrified at the prospect of being uninsured.

I had trouble deciding with policy to select. One, Aetna, had to have an extra coverage for the deductible which was very high. I paid about five hundred a month for coverage, plus an extra two hundred for the deductible/disability/extra policy, plus forty a month for the membership for that extra policy. This has since gone up to a total of one thousand dollars a month.

I kept asking Spirit which one to drop?

The answer was NO.

So no matter how much I asked, the answer was always, NO. I felt it in my 'resonate', in my 'gut', and also with my 'intuitive sense'. 

I carried both policies for three years,  Blue Cross and the Aetna, never using the Aetna once but always wondering why I was carrying both.

Yesterday I  got a letter from Aetna explaining they are pulling out of my 'market' and I have to find other coverage by December.

The wisdom of Spirit's guidance resonated with me very much. The one I had wanted to cancel, Blue Cross, is the one that is going to keep me going from now on. And I am free to cancel the Aetna now, and save a lot of money.

I also was asked by my group to form a corporation. I was not sure, but Spirit said, 'do it'. I did. Guess what? My corporation will allow me to purchase insurance for cheaper rates! Instead of an individual policy.

I have options!

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Work On Your Birthday

That's right. I am scheduled to work. I had made a promise to myself and to my boy to never work on my birthday because it sucks big time! Last year we spent the night at a Disney hotel, and got early entrance to the parks. It was so happy a time for us!

But no matter how much I try to 'get out of it', Spirit keeps saying, Work. You Need To Be There.

I 'pick up' that it is for the Highest Good. Great. Backup call the day before and First call the day of,with no guarantee for a day off after. Big sigh...

I guess I will have to celebrate another time? Spirit isn't telling me anything about that...

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The miracle of the socks

I am on my feet all day. I found in training that Jobst makes a nice knee high that is cotton and helps a lot to prevent the swollen feet at the end of the day.

They stopped making them.

The only ones they have are icky nylon that will tear holes and make my feet hot.

I stressed over it. I sewed holes in the old socks. I went to the medical supply store and had them contact the company. NO MORE cotton compression knee high socks.

So I accepted it. Over a year went by with those same old socks I have, about five pair, one for each day.

Then when I went on Amazon to buy myself a Solstice gift, a new pair of Dansko's with little stars all over them (as in the night sky stars), guess what? people who bought those shoes also bought these socks! Compression Socks that were CUTE with little blue and green polka dots on a navy background! Socks made with bamboo fiber to wick away moisture, too. I bought three pair!

They arrived yesterday. I felt so loved and nurtured. You see, my clogs wear out at the heel, and wobble as I walk on them. They also stretch out--I wear patent leather. It has been over a year since my last pair. My legs and hips had been hurting. So with new shoes and socks, I have an extra bounce in my step! And the pain is gone away. : )))

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The moral of the story is, when you get a strong feeling of intuition, stick to it, no matter how long it takes. You might not see the results from it right away, but Spirit is protecting YOU for the Highest Good.

Namaste,

Reiki Doc

The Big Toe On The Table

I looked up and there it was with a clamp on the end of it: an amputated big toe. I can't begin to tell you how much this bothers me. I saw it a long time ago, and it made me not want to eat. It made me sick to my stomach to look at it then, and just thinking of it now makes me ill.

Sitting, all by itself, detached from the body, on a table.

I could see the bone from where I sat at my anesthesia machine.

I tried not looking at it.

I took care of the patient and gave Reiki.

I charted.

But this same big toe that had a not-human appearance when the bandages came off before prep, looked even worse after the foot-saving and life-saving surgery.

No matter how hard I tried not to look, my eyes kept going back to it and staring...

Why did it bother me?

It looked like a uterus, it was that big.

And that pink.

And the bone looked like a cervical os.

I never see the specimens except for the brief time they sit on the back table. But this one had the back table right toward me, and there was no putting it into the plastic container like usual today. Nothing EVER fazes me in the O.R. Until THIS!

Urp!

Take a good note of this. When something REALLY bothers you, there often is a lesson being presented with it.  I can't put the pieces together with my conscious mind, but I will bring up what has been on my subconscious and coming out on a totally different topic. They might be in some way connected.

There is another doctor, Vietnamese, nice man, who is expecting his second child. When we met, he was single. There was a 'spark' and nothing really happened. We had a lot in common. I accepted it as 'for the Highest Good' and moved on.

As my Consciousness increases, I am 'understanding' what happened with this non-relationship on a higher level.  Not that I care or it makes any difference in my present situation! I am happy to have found a friend I trust and can confide in about everything. I am good. But this is a Life Lesson being presented, after the fact, as my Awareness gets toward the 5D level where you 'understand' everything about another on a vibrational level.

It started the other day when we had breakfast at the table in the Doctor's Lounge. We talked about kids. He is a nice man, and a smart doctor. I felt comfortable enough to ask my 'dumb his specialty questions'. I was interested in the cochlear implants a friend of mine has.

To me, it was just talk.

Later, I 'got' from Spirit the reason he didn't choose to 'get involved' even enough to get to know me back when we first met. And today, I had lunch with him in the Dining Room.  On an intuitive level, I started 'getting' MORE:

• my age was a big part of it--he wanted to have kids. (I am okay with that--fair enough)
• I am white
• I felt his feeling that he was 'one notch below' me and 'not able to compete for my heart' because I am white. This emotion of his, when I felt it by intuition/empathy, was confusing but I understood what his feeling was.
• Also there was a component of discussing with sister he calls every day and her input against me (again, no pain, no worry, just a factor into the outcome)
• The attraction was a situation where he would have had to leave another to get to know me, and since there was no guarantees with my heart he didn't want to take the risk
• There was comparison because he is D.O. and I am M.D. (some think M.D. is better)
• I am also very gifted in my work, one of the best of the best--everyone that sees me knows it, and it intimidates him. He is a good, but not brilliant, surgeon
• The saddest part is, there is an intellectual gap between himself and his wife--I 'pick up' that my intelligence was a two-edged sword...at first it was intimidating, but after marriage he has discovered he would like some one to talk to and understand him more, and I 'felt' his 'regret'

Let me restate that all of this I picked up was non-verbal, non-body language, and one-hundred-percent intuitive.

I don't like feeling somebody else's feelings when they are alive.

It helped me to understand the situation, and learn what I needed to know. The attraction for me is long gone, what remains is an awkwardness I keep trying to move past, and it just isn't happening! He is like, stuck in it!

Back to the toe and the O.R.--

The other part that disturbed me was that the patient kept talking about money, and I knew that there was an energy connection between the disease in the toe and his attitude. This is resonating with me big time, and really sad. 

I am feeling guilty because I 'make the connection' where the one who is paying the price 'can't'.

Is this a Spiritual form of Survivor guilt?

I don't know.

All I know is that I am in a better place Now than I ever was as far as relationships go, not that there is anything certain yet. There is a mystery and fun to it still,  and I am not sure if 'it' is anything more than the best friend I ever met who is a dude.

And that it doesn't matter so much what I learned 'in closure' on the Lesson. Spirit thinks it is important, so I am processing it for any future involvement of the heart. (I am keeping shhhhhh about anything, except that today I got a Sade 'By Your Side' when I woke up, I got a 'What you do is important' message on the way to work, and prayers for us are really beautiful. In Spirit, there is so much, and in 3D, it is equally fresh, pleasant, and amazing to my heart. Things are moving perfectly as can be in whatever direction they are heading, in as many dimensions as I 'occupy' at this present time.--this isn't so much for you in particular, unless you are a very special You who knows who you are and chooses to read this.)

Tomorrow I face call on the Labor Deck. Better get some rest. It is going to be a long day.

I hope this time tomorrow the only toes on my mind are going to be:

Tiny little Happy Feet at the shore : )))

And that is how you unravel a spiritual lesson!

1. Note the 'feelings' something brings up in you.
2. Process them.
3. Allow yourself as much 'data' and 'letting go' as needed.
4. When something 'resonates' you've Got It!
5. Thank yourself and Spirit and move on to the next thing!

Aloha and Mahalo,

Namaste,

Reiki Doc

Would You Like To Share A Cup Of Tea?

To my right is a cup of beautiful, red, herbal Hawaiian tea. It is warm and soothing after a long day. Would you like a cup?

Sit right down, watch your breath for a few minutes, and relax.

I am going to tell you a story. It is dedicated to Lady Isis and the lesson she has taught about intuition, and surrender to the process of creation, or 'manifesting' with Spirit in our daily lives:


This cup of tea, although Hawaiian, travelled far! I bought it at the Fairmont Empress hotel in Victoria, British Columbia last September. My boy, a new Reiki Master, and I went to visit the Empress hotel. We were staying elsewhere, but it was famous and we wanted to see what it was all about. At the corner, near a statue and before I saw the statue of a famous writer, I saw her ghost. She welcomed us and invited us to walk in the garden. My son did not see her.  For some reason we felt like going to the sixth floor. We sat in chairs and watched the view. Then the ghosts came. I have written about them already,, but what is important is that we made a vortex and helped others to the light. We set the ghosts free to return Home. There was a tea shop downstairs, and for some reason the Fairmont Kea Lani tea called to me. It went back home to L.A., and now to Hilo!

Life is like that. For all the twists and turns, it is by following our intuition that we accomplish great things.

When I had attuned my friend last March to Reiki III, I checked with the pendulum when I would return to Hawaii and see her again. It said 'six months'.

But back at work, a friend who is starting a fellowship in July and had just got married, offered two weeks in June for vacation coverage. At first I felt guilt and thought to offer it to someone else. Then something inside said, 'take it'.

I decided to go to Hawaii, and I wrote a blog post about that and how the trip fell together.

What I didn't say is that there is a Goddess conference by Lady Isis, at the same place, at the same time! It was announced AFTER I had planned my coverage. Unfortunately, my flight was on Saturday, and the conference started on Friday. So only Sunday could have worked. I exchanged numbers with one of the organizers. But my text to her was answered with a 'I will call you in the morning' with no call all day. I accepted it.

After yoga at the Buddha shack, we had two options, Ecstatic Dance or the Maku'u Farmer's Market. My friend asked me where to go? I took out the pendulum (my Chakra vial and holder from peacefullscents.com) and the answer for the Highest Good was 'Farmer's Market'.

So we went. I let go of all expectation of outcome for the Cobra conference blocks away, and accepted what was happening for the best.

At one stand, some crystals called to me. There was a beautiful clear quartz crystal ball about two inches in diameter that was perfect to use when I scry, or 'see the future'. I also was drawn to labradorite (I have a nice crystal at home), and a stone carved with the Reiki Master symbol on it. They had called it the wrong name, but I thought to buy it to keep its sacred design out of public eye.

My friend wanted Reiki Master, but I hadn't been guided to commit to the attunement. The Reiki Master symbol is complex, and I need to see it when I attune. Possibly it is a sign that she is ready?

At one point I had to use the restroom. I felt a strong 'call' to go, not a biological one. (Once at Mosun in Laguna Beach, I felt that strong call to go in, even though I didn't need to go. There was a woman with a huge cut on her leg from glass. It was bleeding everywhere and she didn't know what to do. Without gloves, I examined it, and treated it, exposing myself to AIDS and Hepatitis C. I also calmed her down, and directed her to the nearest Emergency Room at Mission Hospital South Coast down the street. She was so thankful of my being there for her she looked me up--and sent a ten dollar coffee gift card to my work.)

As I came out of the stall a woman from my Healer's group at the Irvine Cobra Conference last week recognized me! She had come to the Cobra conference here! They had sent her to buy food. We were delighted to see each other. I shared how I wanted to go. She texted and called the organizer, but no response. 'Oh well' I sighed, and we both agreed no matter what it was for the Highest Good.

Back at Pahoa, I asked my friend if she wanted Reiki Master. I had felt Spirit say 'it was right'. She said yes. I showed her the symbols, and we went to the Buddha Shack for the attunement.

Their black kitten followed me into the shack. She wanted to be attuned! I started attuning her to Reiki 1 when my friend came in. The kitty was the first animal I attuned, but she was very cooperative, and it helped to instruct my friend on how the attunement process works.

Then I attuned her for Reiki Master. It is a long one, and very complicated to do. It takes a lot out of you to do it; very strong energy flows. Over her left shoulder, looking at me, I saw Kamehameha, my Reiki Master guide. I was glad he was there. He nodded at me as I worked. It went well.

Our writer friend, Tigmonk had Sat Nam scheduled to lead at a local retreat center. I offered to watch the children so both parents could attend the event. I planned to take the children to Burger King, where they wanted.

Then the phone rang.

It was the conference. I could go to the closing from six to eight p.m.! The dad offered to watch the kids so I could go; he will go tomorrow night.

It felt so good to see Lady Isis and Cobra! And I enjoyed the other people in attendance. Some I knew, most surprising was the gentleman I had sat next to on the first day of the November conference in Laguna Beach.

One woman had to leave early to catch a flight back to California--Spirit wanted ME to fill in so that the energy of the group would have the same participants in it.

And because I had the energy attunement with Lady Isis, I was the first to participate in the event! 

I expected nothing, but materials were shared with me--and the crystals I had bought were perfect for the closing activities!

One of the attendings saw the Kapuna (elders' spirits) come to see what we were doing; they were pleased. I saw some other things, too, but nothing that is pertinent to this topic.

A hula dancer in class taught us several hula dances. It was magical in every way.

Like the cup of tea, by following Guidance from accepting vacation coverage, to deciding where to go, to the timing of the flight, the activities for the day 'for the Highest Good', and letting go of the outcome, the end result was better than I dreamed!

So next time you 'have that feeling nudge you?

Listen!

You'll be glad you did.

My tea is finished. I hope you enjoyed yours too. It is pitch dark and the music of the koki frogs and crickets is one of my favorite sounds in the whole world. My son is talking in his sleep (he got that from me). The air is cool and breezy. It feels wonderful in my lungs. The only thing that could make it better is the rain...I love to fall asleep with the sound of rain falling...sweet dreams. <3

Namaste,

Reiki Doc

Angel Devil

I saw a sticker on the back window of a pickup before me that looked like this on before I got to work. The devil was on the left, and both looked hotter than even this image.

I never understood the appeal of having horns and  a tail...

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My friend Lola, who ran the willed body donation and also participated in a group to help others cross to the Light (souls 'stuck'), confided to me when I was a med student: she had never been faithful to any man her whole life.  Furthermore, her father had been a cheater, and she thought she must have inherited the 'cheating gene' from him...

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Dr. Jetson was the 'cute ski instructor and chef' a friend in high school met on a ski lift. I was surprised at the suddenness of it all, but she was happy. Ten years later I was surprised to learn I was Dr. Jetson's attending. He was the father of three kids! He had done something outrageous to get into the program--he cut a deal as a medical student to go outside the match. After pulling off THAT, he 'changed his mind' after the match and did a year on obstetrics, with the plan to become an OB-GYN. After internship, he changed his mind AGAIN, and went BACK into the anesthesia program.

After graduating as Chief Resident and starting work in the community, it turned out he had helped himself to the anesthesia narcotics the whole residency and had a serious problem. He was sent to rehab by his new anesthesia group.

His wife stood by him. Only to have him leave her for an x-ray tech at the new hospital he worked at after he graduated from the rehabilitation program.

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Dr. Fang was also a student of mine. However, he switched from anesthesia to general surgery. He liked livers, and was very involved in the liver transplant program.

We ended up at the same hospital after I left academics. He was devastated. His wife (a mutual friend and doc) was coming home late. She was cheating. With a real estate agent.

It was hard for me to hear. He used to work all hours, and she used to complain when I was with her that she was lonely and the kids needed a father. 'Why be married when I am like I am single?' she would ask.  Her parents lived with her, and that is how she was able to find someone else.

I didn't like it, how she hurt him, but I understood enough about the situation to remain friendly with both.

It wasn't until three years later, I learned the truth: he had been involved with the liver transplant coordinator while they were in residency (they had married in medical school). 

She kept confronting him. He kept denying it. She got anonymous letters and emails about his cheating--OFTEN--and finally she confronted him with 'there people don't care and feel the need to say something--is this cheating TRUE?'.  It was, and he swore to change, but he never did, so she left.

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Is doctor Fang a devil? I thought he was an angel when 'he was wronged'?

Guess what he shared today in the O.R.?

The Best Answer to the question Does Vegan Diet Heal Cirrhosis and Hepatitis C?

• The liver makes albumin, a protein, which helps with fluid balance
• If not enough albumin, then fluid collects in the gut, which is called 'ascites' (ass-sigh-tees)
• Liver makes antibodies and immune proteins
• Liver makes clotting factors
• Liver makes glycogen, a sugar storehouse of energy that lasts twenty-four hours
• Liver metabolizes drugs and proteins.
• When liver is cirrhotic, it can't process amino acids with a benzene ring structure--these are false neurotransmitters. They build up, and cause hepatic encephalopathy (mental deterioration). In vegetarians there are none of these proteins that are found in meat, and the encephalopathy does not occur.
• Without meat, the diseased liver does not make albumin. The patient is malnourished, and develops ascites. Therefore vegan and vegetarian diet makes poor health with respect to albumin and immunoglobulins and clotting factors and drug metabolism.
• The liver needs to eat. The digested nutrients that are absorbed in the gut go through the portal vein straight into the liver. Patients who are on long-term TPN (i.v. or 'parenteral' nutrition) have the liver eventually 'go bad' on them.

Is doctor Fang an angel now for answering the question?

How about this: the patient is an HMO. He gets paid for every six months the patient sees him, whether it is for an office visit, a hospital stay, or more. The surgery that he did when he was with me recently, a risky one on a cirrhotic, was FREE.

He took on all that risk because 'he never bases his clinical decisions on the patient insurance'.

It was elective surgery.

I wonder if I got compensated for my work too?

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There are no cheaters in Heaven. There are no cheaters in Heaven-On-Earth, which is about to happen after the Event.

Why?

Because our auras interact. We pick up a 'vibe' of someone's 'intent'. Cheaters are so 'stinky' in their cheatin' hearts that everyone can 'smell a rat' from a long ways off.

No one will get hurt by cheaters.

And everyone will be angels. Whether they like it or not! LOL

Angel romantic adventure is incredible!  The energy is amazing and totally new. 

Or so I hear ; ) 

(coughs to change the subject--AWKWARD!)

How about a little Sublime? I grew up in the LBC. This video is the story of my neighborhood...I did all of that and more...LOL ; )

Namaste,

Reiki Doc

Turmeric

The flower of turmeric is lovely

I saw it at Mother's Market, on display next to the garlic and ginger: organic turmeric, $11.99 a pound.

It 'talked' to me; that is, my intuition kicked in and told me to buy it. This was on Wednesday. The orange color looked funny, and I didn't want to buy it; I passed.

That night, my cold worsened and my asthma started to act up. I barely slept..

On Friday, I was talking with friends trying to seek some holistic remedies. The antibiotics I had started were not really working--I always have some available, this has been like this since medical school. Multiple, chronic infections of the sinuses.

Not one but two friends recommended Turmeric.

I went back to the store and I bought it:

It looks just like this. Thinking back, medicine, and even turmeric capsules, cost a lot more than organic fresh!

Anyhow, I put it in the blender, about two thumb sizes, with water, ice, and sweetener.  Maple doesn't quite cover up the taste, neither did honey, but just now, honey AND raw apple made it the most mild flavor yet.

I am starting to 'turn around' in my illness. The powerful anti-inflammatory effect is starting to kick in. It is like prednisone shot, but no prednisone and no shot. 

I drink it twice a day.

What do experts have to say about Turmeric? Well, I saw something 'medical' that said there are fourteen different 'medical things good' about Turmeric. That's what got me thinking about it in the first place.

Here is Dr. Weil: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew-weil-md/turmeric-health-have-a-happy-new-year_b_798328.html

Here is Mother Nature Network: http://www.mnn.com/food/healthy-eating/stories/the-amazing-health-benefits-of-turmeric

Here is a picture of how they prepare it in the fields:

And here is the final product. This spice is used in curry in India, where Alzheimer's is less:

 Guess what Dr. Weil won't tell you, but I can?

Turmeric is what makes mustard yellow.

And when mustard stains cotton, and a black light hits the stain, it looks like this:

It glows! Turmeric glows in the dark--well, at least under special lighting.  I used to love to see that while working in the stain room when I worked for Clorox. When nobody was around and I was working in there, I would turn on those special lights just to see how cool it looked, and then get back to working.

Speaking of mustard, here are the seeds:

They are really tiny:

But they end up being one of the biggest plants, one that might even be taller than me:

From what I understand the greens of this plant are also very healthy for us to eat.

Intuition is like the 'faith of the mustard seed'. It alerted me to the value of the raw organic turmeric at the store. I didn't buy it blindly, but I looked into it, checked around, and decided to try it at home.

I am delighted with the results! Enough to share the therapeutic value of Turmeric with you.

I hope with all of this turmeric I don't start to glow--under the right lighting--LOL.

Namaste,

Reiki Doc

P.S. This is my recipe and I am sticking to it!
two 'thumbs' of turmeric, fresh organic, raw (my thumbs are tiny)
two apricots, skin on, seeds out
honey, a good long pour
water to cover
a pinch of Himalayan Pink Salt

Blend at low speed to combine, then high speed until a consistency of a melted 50/50 bar.

Enjoy! (Makes about twelve ounces of 'smoothie')