First day, new experiences.

I just want to share my experiences during my first time working behind the counter of an awesome fish and chips shop at Jimboomba.

I went in early, because I can't help but not be nervous and excited at the same time. The nerves meant many pit stops to the toilet before I actually got to the shop. The excitement wouldn't wear off till I got home.

There were so many different people that came to place an order and take away their little packs of yummy goodies. A few familiar faces came along, they were caught by surprise to see me on the other side of the counter. There was a lady who came along, someone I hadn't expected to come in, order from me. This family had threatened mine onces upon a time and I felt uneasy at first, but I decided I wasn't the person they had tried to scare, I was the smiling, friendly person with my "training wheels", as I put it. I smiled, was friendly and gave her the best service I possibly could.

It was just a small gesture, however I thoroughly enjoyed connecting with this lady on a different level, in a different social scenario, and most without the emotions that should have stopped me from giving the best customer service.

I guess it goes to show that a mind manipulates how the body will react, no matter what situation.

Promo shoot.

Yesterday the 16th of February, Rick and I held our first Spirit Fest party, in conjunction with a promotional photo shoot, using competition winners and friends. It was a chance for us to showcase our talents and also give them a taste of the services we provide, as listed on our spiritual menu. 

I was a little nervous as we had a shakey start to the morning, our little Espiritu dog, Gucci. She had slept in the house with us and when we woke up we found an empty, chewed box of rat poison. So we had a 6am dash to the vet at Samford Valley, $236 later, she was ok and just needs to be watched over the next 3days. ( She is quite happy and ok now.)

We had planned on having a few hours to clean up and get ready for the party. We rushed around, cleaning up, setting up and getting ourselves ready. 

When everyone arrived, I thanked everyone and explained how the party was going to work and what our intentions were with the promotional shoot and party. 

We started off with a quick 10 minute meditation, our four ladies had not experienced a guided meditation before. I asked about what they experienced during the meditation, how they felt, what they saw, because the experience is quite private I won't disclose what our participants said, but over all, their responses were quite positive and eye opening. 

We also went through the basics of house clearings, why people get them done, what are the effects of the negative thinking and energy that can influence us. There was a quick play with Karmina Gordon's sprays and the amazing effects they have your mood and thinking. 

Our singing bowl was a big hit with our ladies as well. The vibrations helped clear their aura and realign their chakras. Everyone was able to try the singing bowl and boy they she sing. Our little bowl did her magic and had gotten everyone to fall in love with her vibrations. There were also card readings and learning how to interpret what each card means.   

I really enjoyed myself. Sharing a new experience with everyone. Showing people how the small mental notes that have held us back can slowly be removed. 

We hope our next party will be just as successful. 

Thank the gods and the ladies! 

Hard work?!

It can sometime seem as if the harder you work, the harder you fall. The more you put into your work, the more you cherish it, the more protective of it you become. This little business of ours is something that I feel passionate about and it seems, just sometimes, that some people don't understand why we do what we do and that the services we provide is there to help clients and also to provide us with an income. 

Rick and I enjoy giving away free readings to our likers/fans/clients, sometimes it feels like burden for us to give our friends and family free readings and treatments. I know, total oxymoron, right?! We enjoy the readings for people who we have no connection with, clients who are strangers to us. We can connect to their spirit guides, angels, loved ones on an annonymous level, so there is no tainted, "I think" mentality where judgement is placed in front of what we can see. Reading for our clients feels like a new adventure, exploring a world that is unseen by us and can be explored without doing harm and help them with their queries. 

When it comes to our friends and family, or people we have known or have a personal connection with, it can be a little hard to remove the ego and remove the judgement we have. It is hard to identify which is the message from our heads and the messages from our heart. 

It also goes the same way from our clients point of view, which both Rick and I have experienced for ourselves, having paid for readings from the bad to the amazing readers. 

Our hard work seems to sometimes feel like work. We love doing what we do, if we say no to a free reading, healing, etc, it's not for us not having the gift or wanting to share it with people, it is because we need to make sure we have the right intention going into a reading or healing, if something doesn't feel right, if there are lower energies surrounding us, it is may not be the best time for things to be done. 

This isn't meant to be a rant about being asked for readings, or healings, where we can we do as much as we possibly can. 

It's also reflective of how our stats for the facebook page have been going. I felt we were on a roll with getting new likers, getting people to interact on the page, then the weather took us by surprise, I felt a little dejected. But all through it we had people who supported us even though we were only able to go online for 30 minutes or so. 

I guess I need to just be grateful for everything as they are. Things will come to us when it's time for them to come to us.  



 

Plant a seed, see it grow.

I have been through a bit of a tailspin in the past 2  weeks. Just when you think things are starting to turn around something comes along to test you. This time is was the floods, no, I don't think that mother nature is trying to ruin my fun, no at all. But it has shown me a few truths; a) who our real friends are; b) without maintenance things that you beleive slowly start to fade away; and c) nothing is permanent. 

Absence.

It's been a few months  since I have written anything in my blog. Firstly I have to explain our absence. 

At the end of August 2012, a month that saw SF;NI become very productive, I started feeling quite run down and lacking energy. I had several trips to the hospital and I was initially diagnosed with pneumonia. So medications was prescribed to "help" control the symptoms I was experiencing. A few weeks later I was still feeling unwell. 

My breathing was getting worse. I was not sleeping because my breathing would stop. I could barely walk more than a few meters without feeling so out of breath that I could barely stand up. 

I was in hospital for a week. They performed so many tests. The medication prescribed to me for my pneumonia seemed to have caused more harm than good. The final test that was what found my heart problems. I was diagnosed with a enlarge heart, with an ejection fraction of 10-15% which is only 1/5 of what it should be doing. 

Without going into too much detail, I have spent the last few months trying to get back to a healthier sort of norm. My lifestyle has had to change along with my eating habits etc. 


Being in a new year, I've decided that I can now continue to slowly get back into my spiritual work/path. When I was diagnosed with such a shocking ailment, I had given up all that I was practicing, I neglected who I was slowly changing into and just became a victim of circumstance. 

I know now that I need to get back on track and help more people and in turn they will help me understand myself.    

Freedom

Last night I had such an amazing dream! It seemed more real than reality.

"I felt myself being led into a field by a young spirit, male young adult. He spoke to me without words and but as we looked at each other we understood what we thoughts were flowing through our minds at that precise moment.

"He got up on a beautiful chestnut brown horse, he rode him round the little paddock, bare back. I was able to understand the horses thoughts, we were also magically connected. My young male companion seemed to enjoy the rushing of the wind as the horse galloped round and round the paddock.

"After a few minutes, my friend came back, thrilled and electrified down to his bones, by his ride on the horse. He looked at me and said that it was my turn. In my mind, I went through all the scenarios that have prevented me from being near horses in my waking life, but in the dream, these concerns and fears seemed to vanish and became more of a reason to be on the horse and feel his power.

"I sensed that there were more people, than my little friend, watching me with the horse, as I ran my hand along his back, I felt myself lifted up on his back. I held tight around his neck, and motioned for him to go foward, to run with the freedom that I wanted to feel.

"With my eyes closed, the horse galloped foward and ran so fast that I felt the wind brush away the hair that had covered my face. I opened one eye slightly, only to have the horse speak to me and reassure me that I was safe and that I needn't fear him and he didn't fear me.

"He spoke to me for a few seconds, giving me guidance to sit up and enjoy the moment. As I sat up and let go of all that held me back from truly enjoying the moment, I let go of his mane and felt myself almost float off the horse."

I don't remember waking out of this dream, nor do I remember an end to the dream, I just remember it the image disappearing and fading back to sleep, but I kept that sensation. That feeling of  freedom just stayed with me.

Within your own power.

We have given so much power to people who reinforce our own negative way of thinking. We need to realise at it's our own self judgement and fear that has allowed these outter voices to become inner voices of self hate. We need to stop hating ourselves and love and heal from within. We are all empty vessels that have been slowly filled with ideologies that we have taken on as our own, they become our negative mantra that breaks down our self respect, self love.

Now take the time to sit, meditate and let go of those fears. Words often told to us but without instruction, we sit in the same place not knowing what to do. If you're a writer, then write down your emotions, if your a blogger blog about your emotions, if your a talker talk about your emotions, if your a psychical person then work it out through your your movements. Do what is comfortable for you.

Meditation isn't just about sitting down listening to new age music and closing your eyes trying to figure out what to do. Meditation can be just sitting outside gardening, connecting with the greater life force that creates the plants, animals and elements. It can be just sitting in a park, yes with your eyes closed, and just enjoy the fresh air and calm of the trees, grass and earth around you.

Turning away from negative thought patterns may be a little difficult at first, but it's only because we are turning away from a lifetime of training to be negative to look at things from a negative perspective. If you learning to change just one thought pattern and follow through by adding one new positive affirmation to replace that negative thought, then you will see positive changes in your life.