This computer 'virus' scam will cost you big
lovemoney.com – Fri, Feb 8, 2013 15:52 GMT

My phone rings. It's a cheap internet call from India. But it's not a so-called “consumer survey”. Instead, it's “Alex Carter”. And he is serious – he works for an information technology support team.
He warns me my computer is full of harmful viruses and that the processor has “already almost stopped working.” Even worse, my “percentage error levels” have hit 85. And how does he know all this?
He's a “Microsoft Certified” engineer who has discovered these “facts” because he has scanned my machine via my wireless modem.
Knowing this to be a scam but pretending to be worried, I ask what to do. “I can provide free assistance. But I am a technician, not a magician so I don't know what my colleagues will offer.” As I had to catch a train, I told Alex to call back the next morning.
To my amazement, he did. He told me he worked for a firm called British IT Solutions which was the “only company in the UK helping Microsoft.” He was getting “very harmful internet reports” from my number. The computer was turned off.
“How do you know?” The reply came: “The computer is linked to the router, and the router is linked to the phone line.” This is, of course, a statement of fact and not an explanation.
“Some processors have already stopped working and the computer is sending signals to Microsoft Global Services of many errors,” he informed me.
I enquired how I could fix the problem as I knew “processor failures and viruses were very harmful”.
Assuring me that this was not a sales call, Alex told me to turn my computer on. I did not so I asked again about Microsoft. “The computer sends errors to Microsoft and it passes them on to us as we are part of a certified tech team. You don't need to pay a single penny and we'll show how to delete the errors, warnings, and other problems in my computer. It is my job to tell you about this.”

The lies get bigger

I then revealed that my computer does not run on Windows – it uses a variant of the Linux operating system called Ubuntu. He was confused for a second but not put off. Alex had been trained with a just about plausible, although false, line for those with Apple or other operating systems.

“Because you are running Linux, all internet companies are connected to the global server run by Microsoft which sends us error messages.”

Telling him my machine was working perfectly did not deter him either. “It may appear fine at the moment, but errors and warnings create a problem slowly, then come faster and when they multiply. After a few months your computer will crash and you will lose all your data.”

Scary stuff but a nasty cocktail of unmitigated rubbish and blatant lies.

I finally asked about the firm's website. He said it was part of RedHat.com.

Another outright and outrageous lie. Just as there is absolutely no link between this cold caller in India and Microsoft (whose website has a disclaimer), there is also no connection between the scam firm which phoned me and Red Hat, a US software support company which specialises in Linux applications. Red Hat, a US quoted company worth around $11billion, has told me that using its name in this way is not just confusing, it is criminal. There appears to be no trace of British IT Solutions.

What would have happened

Had I been a nervous person or a computer novice, it would have been all too easy to fall for this long running scam which has resurfaced after a quiet year or two. The perpetrators hope that the interval means we have forgotten the previous warnings.

And here's what would have happened. I would likely have been asked to download remote access software which would have allowed Alex's friends to control my machine from India. They would then have downloaded malware and then charged me up to £185 (plus £100 annual fee) to remove it.

Either way, it's big bucks for them and even if Alex only fooled one person a day, he will have earned his employers far more than he costs.

This call was simply computer garbage. The sooner these people are sent to prison the better – sadly vulnerable people fall for their nonsense every day.

2013's top scams
By Matthew Wall | Moneywise

Despite the rise of digital technology, the old-fashioned conman is still at large using simple psychology and plausibility to blag millions of pounds from victims.
The National Fraud Authority estimates fraud costs the UK more than £73 billion a year; but CIFAs, the UK's fraud prevention service, says: "the stark reality is that much fraud simply evades detection."Here are some of the most popular scams currently after your money.

Courier Fraud

This has claimed a reported 2,229 victims in two years, most of them elderly, and is the latest financial scam to be targeted by the Metropolitan police. One victim, it reports, lost £155,000.
Courier fraud involves fraudsters telephoning victims and claiming to be from an authority, such as the police, bank or serious Fraud Office. they say the victim's bank account has been compromised and their card must be collected by courier.
As most people would be suspicious and refuse to co-operate, the fraudster then instructs the victim to hang up and call the authority, supposedly to verify that the caller is genuine.
But when the victim dials the number, the fraudster does not disconnect. the victim thinks they are speaking to someone genuine, when in fact they are still speaking to the fraudster or a co-conspirator. Now the victim is hooked, believing the call to be genuine.
The fraudster then asks the victim to reveal their card's PIN, usually by typing it in on their keypad, and sends a courier to collect the card. Once the card and PIN are in the fraudster's hands, they can use them to raid the victim's bank account.
Commander Steve Rodhouse, the Metropolitan police's lead on organised crime, says: "We want people to question even truly genuine-sounding calls and, most importantly, remember police and banks will never ask for your PIN or bank card, so you should never give these away."The latest financial scams tend to be novel variations on old themes.

For example, 'boiler room' scams, involving high-pressure salesmen cold-calling investors, offering them lucrative-sounding investment opportunities, have been around for decades. What has changed is the nature of the investment schemes on offer.
Toby Parker, spokesperson for the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), formerly the Financial Services Authority, says: "A lot of the firms that were involved in bogus share sales or land banking have moved on to other investment schemes and are now selling carbon credits or rare earth metals. It's the same con; different product."

Carbon Credits

Carbon credits are certificates that allow energy-intensive businesses to emit carbon dioxide. Legitimately bought and sold on the secondary market, they were intended to provide financial incentives for companies to reduce their overall carbon emissions. But the sharks have moved into these unregulated waters.
Fraudsters cold-call potential investors claiming this is a 'once in a lifetime investment opportunity' – but often the certificates are not worth the paper they're printed on. "People are literally buying thin air," says Parker. "We're not aware of anyone making any money from carbon credits yet."

Rare Earth Metals

Similarly, investors are being approached by conmen flogging investments in rare earth metals – elements used in the manufacture of mobile phones and computers.
'Brokers' offer to buy and store the commodities on your behalf, promising returns of up to 60% a year. The sales pitch is that such 'rare' elements are bound to go up in price. But these elements are not that rare and there's no guarantee you could sell them back in this private, unregulated market.
The FCA warns: "We are yet to see any convincing evidence that there is a viable market for retail investors to make money from investments in rare earth metals."

Pension Fraud

'Pension liberation fraud' involves fraudsters claiming to be companies from which you can earn cashback, raise loans or invest money by releasing the value of your occupational pension scheme if you transfer the accrued pension benefits to them first, usually abroad.
Some victims are left with as little as a third of their original pension, if they are lucky enough to get anything back at all, says The Pensions Regulator.

Card Scams

Losses due to credit and debit card fraud totalled £388 million in 2012, with crude scams such as 'shoulder surfing' at cashpoints contributing to the increase. Losses from online banking fraud alone rose 12% to £39.6 million in 2012, according to Financial Fraud Action UK, including 256,000 reported phishing attacks.
Phishing is a way fraudsters glean personal data through the distribution of mass emails pretending to come from legitimate institutions and containing links to fake websites. If users click on these links and enter their security details into the fake website, scammers have all they need to raid users' bank accounts.
Some good advice is to hover over suspicious links – don't click on them – and the real weblink will pop up. If it doesn't match, you know not to trust it. And watch out for spelling and grammar – scammers aren't known for their command of English. Whether low- or high-tech, fraudsters are always trying to steal your cash. Make sure you don't become the next victim.

How to protect yourself against financial fraud

• Always be suspicious of cold-callers offering investment opportunities, particularly if they say you have to act quickly.
• If a deal sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
• No financial institution will ever ask for your PIN, either over the phone or via email.
• Never click on links within emails purporting to originate from legitimate financial institutions – you will never be asked to update your security details this way.
• Always keep your firewall and antivirus software up to date. Set it to download updates automatically.
• Never pay money upfront.
• If you don't understand it, don't invest in it.

Useful Contacts

If you are in any doubt about any financial scheme or firm, seek advice from any or all of the following organisations:Action Fraud: 0300 123 2040 Financial Conduct Authority: 0845 606 1234 Money Advice Service: 0300 500 5000

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http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/video/money-works-protects-money-152815447.html

Sony World Photography Awards: Open - Enhanced

Computer enhanced images including a man riding a polar bear and a couple caught in rough seas make up this Open category for amateur photographers

Winner: 'Storm' by Hoang Hiep Nguyen, Vietnam (Sony World Photography Awards/ Hoang Hiep Nguyen)

'Polar Bear' by Danny Cohen, Australia (Sony World Photography Awards/ Danny Cohen)

'Workers' by Michal Giedrojc, Poland (Sony World Photography Awards/ Michal Giedrojc)

'104298-414398' by Gerhard Burger, Germany (Sony World Photography Awards/ Gerhard Burger)

'Belarus' by Nina Piatrouskaya, Belarus (Sony World Photography Awards/ Nina Piatrouskaya)

'Daily Dream' by Samad Ghorbanzadeh, Iran (Sony World Photography Awards/ Samad Ghorbanzedeh)

'114661-458205' by Viktoriya Panasenko, Ukraine (Sony World Photography Awards/ Viktoriya Panasenko)

'138441-477892' by Chan Hoi Kim, Korea (Sony World Photography Awards/ Chan Hoi Kim)

'Les Baigneurs' by Michel Lagarde, France (Sony World Photography Awards/ Michel Lagarde)

'104739-383406' by Christine Simpson, Ireland (Sony World Photography Awards/ Christine Simpson)

Unbelievable Floating Architectural Structures

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Human habitations have changed form and style in congruence with the evolution of mankind. Our immediate challenge in terms of physical space due to rising shortage of land has led us once again to the threshold of redefining our dwelling. Here are some of the most interesting floating structures, a possible abode for our future generations

Photo of the Day: Bryce Canyon National Park Under the Night Sky

Pamela Nguyen March 20, 2013 0

Colorado-based photographer Jason J. Hatfield captured a lone hiker as he viewed the path before him, right as the Milky Way rose in the night sky. This photo was taken in Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah last May.

According to the Smithsonian:

A hiker looks onto the path before him in Bryce Canyon National Park in the middle of the night as the Milky Way stretches upward above. The photographer, who used a Sony A900, had been shooting the day’s solar eclipse.

This photo was selected as a finalist for the Smithsonian’s 10th annual Photo Contest in the “Travel” category. You have the opportunity to select the Reader’s Choice Award until March 29, 2013! Go here to cast your vote.

Go to our Photo of the Day archive to view more notable images.

Have you ever seen something like this at Bryce Canyon National Park?

DIY Thursday: 10 Creative Upcycled Planters for Earth Day
PAMELA NGUYEN APRIL 4, 2013 1

We’d like to think we have a healthy obsession for planters. Whether you have space for an outdoor garden or have to settle to liven up your indoors, planters provide the necessary versatility. And you can use anything, really, as planters. That’s the best part! Upcycled planters not only bring an eclectic (and colorful) appeal to your garden but also cleverly reuse random household objects you’d otherwise throw away!

We scoured the web for creative and unique ways people have made their own planters. Check out our 10 favorite DIY planters below:

Hanging Rainboot Planters (via Rosy Posy)

You can still use your kids’ rainboots to make these adorable hanging planters once they’ve outgrown them!

Outdoor Cinderblock Planters (via Apartment Therapy)

This simple project hardly needs any instructions, and the supplies are easy to find! These modern planters are great for a small patio and use 12″ cinder blocks.

Colanders as Pots (via Bonnie Plants)

In many ways, colanders were built to be planters – they already have their draining holes built in!

Low Budget Container Gardens (via HGTV)

If your desk is damaged and you’re thinking about throwing it out, consider re-purposing it to make your own garden instead.

DIY Floppy Disk Planters (via Brit + Co)

These floppy disk planters are ideal for any tech geek, us included!

Succulent Book Planter (via HGTV Gardens)

Add new life to your old book by planting a succulent in between pages.

Modern Upcycled Planters (via Somewhere Splendid)

We already found several cool ways people have upcycled their soda cans, but this planter idea seem to have eluded us!

Switch Plate Covers as Desktop Planters (via Apartment Therapy)

It isn’t often that we have to replace our switch plate covers, but this hack could come to good use if you ever think about changing out your current ones.

Tire Planters (via Lemon, Bean and Things)

These stacking tire planters were all assembled and potted for under $80.

Altoids Tin Pocket Garden (via Elizabeth Abernathy)

For a little zen in your life, you can make your own pocket-sized zen garden with an empty Altoids tin.
For more fun DIY crafts and projects, visit our DIY Thursday archive!

Which upcycled planters are you ready to make?

Peacock Symbolism

The peacock is a possessor of some of the most admired human characteristics, and is a symbol of integrity and the beauty we can achieve when we endeavor to show our true colors.

Contemplate the powers of the Peacock when you need more vibrancy and vitality in your experience.

The Peacock can also help you on your spiritual Path, and breath new life into your walk of faith.

The Peacock can rejuvenate self-esteem levels too. If you're feeling "blah" and blue, imagine the glorious, techno-color display the Peacock provides.

This puts us in a proper mood to embrace your own nobility. In no time, you'll be walking tall and proud as a Peacock too!

Here is a keyword quick-list of peacock symbolism...

Symbolic Peacock Meanings

• Glory
• Vision
• Royalty
• Spirituality
• Awakening
• Immortality
• Refinement
• Incorruptibility

In Greco-Roman mythology the Peacock is identified with Hera (Juno) who created the Peacock from Argus whose hundred eyes (seen on the tail feathers of the Peacock) symbolize the vault of heaven and the "eyes" of the stars.

In Hinduism the Peacock is associated with Lakshmi who is a deity representing benevolence, patience, kindness, compassion and good luck.

Similar to Lakshmi, the Peacock is associated with Kwan-yin in Asian spirituality. Kwan-yin (or Quan Yin) is also an emblem of love, compassionate watchfulness, good-will, nurturing, and kind-heartedness.

Legend tells us she chose to remain a mortal even though she could be immortal because she wished to stay behind and aid humanity in their spiritual evolution.

In Babylonia and Persia the Peacock is seen as a guardian to royalty, and is often seen in engravings upon the thrones of royalty.

In Christianity the Peacock symbolism represents the "all-seeing" church, along with the holiness and sanctity associated with it. Additionally, the Peacock represents resurrection, renewal and immortality within the spiritual teachings of Christianity.

Themes of renewal are also linked to alchemical traditions to, as many schools of thought compare the resurrecting phoenix to the modern-day Peacock.

By Carole Fogarty
on Jan 11, 2013

Many of us draw on excessive masculine energy to move through our day. Over time, an internal imbalance occurs between the feminine and masculine aspects of ourselves. Perhaps this is true for you.

Our feminine energy begins to weaken, leaving us feeling empty, hollow and disconnected on the inside. A faint sense lingers in the back of the mind – something is missing.

Somehow along the way we’ve decided to place excessive amounts of focus and importance on the outside world. The house, job, cars, money, gadgets, power, winning, trinkets, consumption, the story. A sad energy split occurs between our mind and physical body. Over time, our feminine self slowly dissolves.

We lose the ability to rest and digest life, receive prana and nourish our deserving body.

More imbalances occur.

Pausing, reflecting and nurturing become lost parts of ourselves – distant memories. If only we had the time.

Vital feminine (shakti) energy channels flowing through our body become slowly weakened, blocked or starved.

We forget about our connection to the Mother Earth and all her balancing and healing rhythms and cycles. Nature exists for a reason. We are intimately connected to her.

Intuition becomes a stranger. The thinking mind dominates. We ignore our inner gaze.

We forget to lead life from our bellies. The home of our shakti. Our feminine, passionate, creative, nurturing self. We no longer love our bellies. We clench our bellies. Holding it all in. Blocking a feminine energy channel. We often send bad thoughts to our belly. Our belly then carries that hurt.

Exhaustion, emptiness, fatigue and stress are now daily visitors. There is imbalance in our chakra’s.

It has now become screamingly clear to me there is a timely need for us all (particularly women) to restore balance back to our feminine energy channels and back into our lives.

So, if you get a sense you are in need of reclaiming health and flow back to your feminine energy channels, I’m sharing a few of my favourite rituals to help you get started. They are simple, not time consuming and are offered to your wise feminine self as a sign of good faith that your new journey can begin today with one small breath and one small step.

I’m trusting one or more will resonate with you. Trigger a whisper of truth. Perhaps even awaken a distance memory from the ancients to you.

This is a year where we can start receiving vital energy/prana/chi on a whole new level.

  Practices for Restoring Feminine Balance:

Know there’s the perfect time for doing and an equally perfect time for receiving within the same 24 hours.

Know there’s also a subtle difference between doing a restorative yoga pose and actually receiving its goodness.

      1. Shakti Belly Breathing

If you do nothing else, do this pose. I can’t begin to tell you how incredibly nourishing and nurturing it is. It helps me connect to the energy and wisdom swirling around in my belly. My ‘gut’ feelings. I always get a sense of being refueled as I breathe intentionally into my belly. That’s what receiving feels like.

Before you begin give your belly permission to receive. Relaxing your belly is the first, must-do step.

Now bring the soles of your feet together. Gently let your legs flop out to the side (resting on cushions, blankets or bolsters if you need to). Rest hands wherever it feels right for the day. Above your head or down by your side, palms facing up.

Place your awareness and breath on your base chakra (the perineum area) and belly.

Breath in through your base chakra drawing the breath up and into your belly. Simply follow your breath as it enters and leaves your body from the base chakra. Feel the gentle movement of energy between your belly and the base chakra.

I usually practice for around 5 minutes each morning.

   2. Squat

Nature certainly didn’t intend for us to sit in chairs all day long.

Squatting helps bring our awareness and breath to our base chakra, legs and feet. It’s very grounding. Anchoring us into the earth’s energy.

A simple practice while relaxing in a squat is to inhale vital life force energy – up from the ground – through your feet and legs, gently nourishing the base chakra as it flows through up into your belly. Feel your belly swell and fill like a balloon with each inhale.

A beautiful nature exchange of energy takes places when we firmly root our feet into the earth’s replenishing energies. It may feel familiar and comforting.

A simple squatting pose will help lengthen your spine, strengthen and improve flexibility in your hips, thighs, knees and ankles.

  3. Full Moon Breathing Ritual:

The energy of the full moon is infused with a very cooling, calming and feminine energy. It helps us re-connect to the natural rhythms of nature so we in turn can be more in-tune with our own internal bodily rhythms. It will help us pause and receive more often.

* Inhale the full moon in through your left shoulder and down into the left side of your body. Continue until you get a feeling that your feminine, receiving side is a little more spacious and flowing. Then shift your awareness to the right side of your body.

* Inhale the cooling rays of the full moon in through your right shoulder and down into the whole right side of your body. Each inhale has a cooling and calming effect on any excess masculine, pushing or forceful energies. Continue alternating between the left and right side of your body until you feel an evenness of energy flowing between the left and right sides of your body.

This article is reprinted from Carole’s wonderful blog thehealthylivinglounge.com and appears on midlifexpress with her kind permission.
http://midlifexpress.com/replenish-feminine-energy/

Gemini ~ The Festival of Humanity

The first three full moons of the astrological year are considered to be three linked festivals by many meditation groups. Aries is the first which brings a fresh impetus of energy and ideas to those who tune into it. Taurus enlarges the energy with new light. And Gemini is called the Festival of Humanity as it brings the energy closer to the hearts and minds of  Humanity.

Exact Time of the Full Moon with the Sun in Gemini

The influence of the full moon spreads over a three day period. The dates and exact times for the full moon when the energy is at its peak are as follows:

Please Note: The first time given below is Pacific Standard Time. The second time is GMT time.  Where Day Light time is in effect please add one hour to the times shown.

May 24, 2013 @  8:26 PM PST, 

April 24, 2013 @  4:26 AM  GMT

If you are living in another part of the world, please use the world time clock to find your time:

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meeting.html

Gemini:

Ray II

Exoteric Ruler, Mercury (Ray IV)

Esoteric Ruler, Venus (Ray V)

Hierarchical Ruler, Earth (Ray III)

A question for the day, 

How can World Invocation Day Affect Planetary Consciousness?

Namaste'

Carol

WESAK FULL MOON – LUNAR ECLIPSE

May 24th – May 25th

May's Full Moon, known as the Wesak Moon, is considered the most auspicious day in the Buddhist calendar. It is the celebration of the birth, enlightenment and death of Buddha. 

Spiritual energies are at their strongest during full moons, and in the Buddhist tradition the Wesak Moon is the most potent amongst these. Wesak is a celebration of the infinite intelligence that exists in all-living beings. A time to pray that mankind awaken to the remembrance of the alliance between the world of human and that of the unseen with focus on global healing and enlightenment for all beings.

Each year on the May Full Moon, Masters of the spiritual hierarchy from all faiths gather in the valley of the Himalayas. The meeting place is called the Wesak Valley, in Tibet, and the reunion happens on both a spiritual and physical level. This is a night of global celebration belonging to everyone. It is the night when the Buddha returns to bless the world with a special water blessing. 
 Wesak offers us the gift of oneness as we can all come together to pray for global unity and peace. We have a long way to go but we are making a change with each and every prayer that is said.

On this particular night we experience the final eclipse in the triology. Eclipses illuminate areas in our life that need to be changed. For us individually it is an opportune time to open to ancient knowledge and wisdom as the memory stored within our own consciousness is illuminated. The step toward regaining our ancient memory means we must move through a dark passage and continue to clear old emotional imprints and karmic patterns. Remember Saturn the planet of Karma is still in retrograde until July.

On this night we need to ask ourselves, have we honored the life force that sustains us by walking a path of truth and living our full potential? Are we living in harmony with the Earth? Can we take full responsibility for our actions and step beyond judgment and blame? Only when we step through the dark passage where our fears and uncertainty lie can we come into our enlightened awareness of how to be an expression of light and a vessel of unconditional love.

I ask that you join with us as we anchor the energy of the andara crystal and the obsidian stone being to pray to heal Tibet and the world. We will be in Lhassa (which means Holy Land) and it is my guidance to be in nature beneath this powerful celestial full moon, to honor those of the unseen world. To give something back to the world of the ancient ones and the nature spirits as we celebrate this magickal night in such a powerful place and send the song of unconditional love from the crystal singing bowls to honor those in the mythical realms.

As we anchor the light it will be woven like a million golden threads to each of you and will illuminate the dragon lines and cosmic spider web with prayer and healing. By joining together we can make a difference. We can each be the change we hope to see take place.

On this night prepare and altar with a bowl of water and place a clear quartz crystal in the bowl. For those of you who have the andara crystal place this in the water. Surround the bowl of water with white flowers and place some white petals in the bowl of water. Find the stillness to connect with yourself. Play some beautiful music and see an image of the andara crystal, the cube octahedron before you filled with golden light. Begin to breathe in the aloha spirit, the spirit of love. Slowly breathe in the spirit 30 times, with each breath feel yourself becoming pure light. Feel your connection to the andara crystal until you completely merge into the light of the crystal of unconditional love. Feel that the andara transports you to the Wesak Valley where you join the Masters to receive the high healing energy. At this time you can receive great clarity for your spiritual journey. Reconfirm your commitment to be an expression of light and feel yourself praying for the healing of all beings to end suffering and to awaken those still sleeping. See the cosmic spider web illuminated with light and your connection to the andara crystal. Make a prayer that the world come together as one light, one world. Hold that vision and feel your spirit gently returning into your physical body temple. Feel your heart open and make the following prayer.

Dear God/Goddess

Show me where you want me to be.

Help me to say the words that will empower, encourage, heal and bring hope to others.

Help me to know when to stay out of my own way.

Show me... Guide Me... I AM ready to move forward.

Offer the celestial water back to the earth mother and know you have made a difference.

We are each joined together by a golden thread. I send you love to guide your journey, strength to be all that you were born to be and the courage to continue to step through your times of challenge. Never give up, never stop believing how important your light is and how you can truly make a difference. There will be days when you are strong and supporting another and there will be days when you feel lost and need the support of someone else. We are all on this magickal journey together, all joined through love.

Happy Wesak Full Moon.

Love, rainbows, and dragon magick from Tibet, Robbyne

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Part 159, Here Comes the Handoff- Get Ready to Carry the Ball

https://soundcloud.com/earth-new-view/kadoish-kadoish-kadoish-adonai

This is a link to a recording I made the other night. It is both a mantra/prayer of praise and I have intended and asked that a blessing of whatever form is best be delivered to the listener. (If it is accepted and for their highest and greatest good!)

I hope this is enjoyable and useful to any and All Life!

Namaste

Meredith Murphy

Friday, 17 May, 2013

Hello Dear Ones and Greetings to You,

We are most honored to participate with you in this soar fest. At this time on Earth there is an incredible intense process unfolding for you and so continually orienting to your higher levels and returning to the vibration of an ascending energy within your collective stream, is most beneficial.

More and more clarity is becoming expanding in your world. What this feels like to each of you will vary, but a lot of it is having moments of realization. You may find that within these moments of realization that you cannot still see the whole, the newness in a coherent way as it takes shape. You may be unclear what you life is headed into. How you will shape it, what you will be doing, how it will all work. Many of you are feeling a big upheaval and it feels hard.

Many of you are noticing that you also at the same time, have access to more high vibrational energy more often. Despite not knowing how life is going to work and in many moments not being able to see the pathway in front of you, you are nonetheless still experiencing more and more periods of high vibrational energy and your comfort with this higher energy has also increased.

Today is a day where we come together and we hope to explain some things to talk about some things which will further your sense of realization, because it is this ongoing realization process that is happening as you awaken to the expanded presence of your own fullness, which opens you up. In the moments of realization and in your trusting of them, you step beyond what was for you. You step out of what used to be for you. You simply move beyond it, into a new enlarged spaciousness that is initially disorienting, but which you gradually acclimate to. But it is as if you hardly realize you are acclimating because as you are acclimating and beginning to work within this newness another realization comes, and you may find these to be very seemingly small things, small insights, ways you realize you bought into an idea that limited you, ways you made something right and wrong within your life that you didn't need to, it could be a small thing reflecting on an interaction with someone you love, it could be a seemingly superficial thing like realizing you didn't see what was really meant by the person at the grocery store who irritated you, it doesn't matter…these insights and realizations are happening more and more now and what is happening in them is you are finding ways you connect to everyone. You are noticing how you can relate to everyone and everything. You are seeing beyond boundaries.

This is creating wave upon wave of openness in your experience, so what it feels like is often quite disorienting and quite like you are doing fine and you know you're fine, but you keep not quite getting settled, you keep not quite figuring it out and then it changes again. You keep not quite getting enough sleep. You keep not quite knowing what's next for you, although you sense things.

This is happening because you are empowering enormous infusions of all that you are to reorganize your presence here. And as this takes shape, as your presence is continually reorganized to accommodate and take guidance from the fullness of your being, as the lower levels integrate with the upper levels of your energy field in a peaceful wholeness, which is happening little by little, this integration, then you feel different and yet like you and like actually MORE of you. So we hope that by explaining this a bit you will begin to internalize this orientation to your experience and that it will soften up your desire to get so explicit in naming and understanding things in the ways you used to do things.

In the newness you are coming into and being as, you will not require the same detailed information about things to create things to make decisions to live and flow and move and shift and change and be here on Earth. You will actually operate from a more generalized sense of knowing that speaks very articulately to you in this exact present moment. So in the present moment you will have all the specificity you will need but in looking beyond the present moment you will only sense general direction and impressions. This is an empowered perspective. In being more fully present in the NOW, the eternal non-self-ness of you can come forth and your Royal Divine True Nature, the fine, incredible, expanded, SOURCE OF YOU, can come in and make things happen. Open up the world and the situation and your experience. This can only happen in the present moment and so it is through this total attentiveness to the fullness available to you in the present that you actually open up what's next as well as feel the fullness of your being.

And so we encourage you to begin to build a greater knowing about your way of being now and to see and feel that the world is really totally different for you as a result of your embodiment. And this is the beginning of feeling and knowing and orienting to physical reality in entirely new ways. This is the promise of Earth's ascension and your divine embodiment, coming together in through and as your presence in this incredibly uplifted human form.

Your bodies, dear ones, oh my word your bodies! Such incredibly intelligent systems of energy and light! informing you here and now so that you might facilitate your presence and our presence and all that flows through you to be here now in this physicality on this leading edge where no one has been before because it is only unfurling in this moment of aliveness and light and love and being and expanding WHOLENESS!

We are alive within you! We are alive within you and it is glorious. So do feel a sense of accomplishment and use your realizations to know you are continually opening into more spaciousness and realize you ARE this eternal non-self-ness and you are completely supported and safe and all is well all the time and you can really relax finally and there is no rush with any of this.

And you can just let your field fill up with all of you and you can take whatever time you need to get used to this new way of being in all this spaciousness.

And you can really celebrate all the insights and realizations you have which at this point are empowering your wholeness in realy substantial and significant ways, as they open up boundaries and former patterns, and the spaciousness, yes, it can be like not knowing what's up or what to do, but it can also be a new situation.

A new situation which will not need to be met in the ways you met the old situations in the old energies. In this new situation you don't need to be so in control. you don't need to micromanage your experience. You don't need to choose choose choose all the time. You can turn over your focus to all that you are and be in a pure state of experiencing being.

And loving the life that flows through you and trusting it to further your exploration and experience along this leading edge. And wow, how easy that can all get and be and what a light you are for everyone who is not here yet where you are. What a light you are. So reassuring to everyone and everything that it's all coming out into newness in a way that is encouraging and building confidence in those who are still trying to decide if they can trust their inner voice, their inner knowing, that inner call to greater being which is sounding throughout everything and everyone on Earth at this time. The greater energies of all that you are, are here within your planet and within each of you now and those of you who have opened to this, who are participating in this consciously, who are inviting this in, wow, wow, wow are you empowering and expanding wholeness.

We thank you for your realizations! And the ability it is giving all that is to stretch out into a new spaciousness and take it in, and feel the expansion and just reveal in the ease and the liberation of light into form.

We love you so very much. Please know this.

We are the Council of Light

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                                     ~     WE ARE HERE TO REALIZE WHO WE REALLY ARE      ~

After several decades of living this earthly existence, it became obvious to me that I came here to be who I really am. That is my story. Every soul will have or not have an inkling why they are here and what is the purpose of their life.

We are born into a ready-made society. We are born into an existence that dictates striving to survive. From our first breath to our last, we are striving to survive.

Depending on how aware we are when old enough to think about our life, most people live the life of action and reaction.........their whole life. And we have all been through that stage, but there comes a time when the daily 'ordinary' suddenly reaches a peak and a cry within begins to be heard. There has got to be more to life than this!

For the wealthy, this can mean a new car or a holiday abroad, although I shouldn't paint all wealthy people with the same brush, should I? Some people react by seeking a whole new way of life, like I have seen in my area over a few decades, from time to time. This whole new way of life has been to sell up and move to a more natural way of living, conducive to freedom from the hustle and bustle of city life and mundane jobs. Yes, many times the folks around here move a few hours west and head to the high country!

They feel a calling to go higher.......and raise their children on acreage with some animals and home-grown vegetables and fruit. The land west of here has been a calling for young and old for decades and even Hubby and I looked far and wide a few decades ago to see what was offering. And we were right, the land sellers told us that folks from the coastal towns and cities were selling up and moving inland, grabbing their acreage while the prices were cheap. And they were, too.

It makes me wonder what is within us that drives us to seek a life of freedom - communing with nature and talking to the trees. It wasn't until we bought some acreage ourselves and spent weekends there that we found out. Being aware of our spiritual selves, we couldn't help but notice how our auras expanded quite considerably when we were in the expanse of nature. We became much more alive and in tune with firstly the trees, which really surprised me when I started communicating with a clump of trees!  Felt totally normal up there, no one to stare and ask if i was alright ! The trees just loved to have us there, which is nice to know !

With a widely expanded aura, your spiritual self takes over. Life is a whole lot more meaningful when awareness is heightened. For one thing, answers come quickly, effortlessly. You see things through the eyes of your soul. You are at one with your soul. The 3D way of life where we were always striving to survive seems a very long way off, and in fact, doesn't even enter the headspace. Communication with higher vibration lightbeings is also easier, and utterly amazing. We can find out more when up there on the land, and sometimes connect with friends or family who have passed-over.

Nature is our spiritual family.

Gently guiding us back to reunite with it. When people feel that deep inner urge to pack up and move back to nature, it is like getting out of an artificial way of living and back to our roots. On the practical side of things, the only drawback in some areas is lack of services and paid work. If you choose your location carefully, doing your homework before moving, it may save future problems.

I guess I could finish up by saying - the reason we are here is to follow the natural calling of our soul.

That inner voice never lies!

                                                                                 ~      N A M A S T E    ~

Dear Friends ~

Lately I have been trusting my guidance when I open a book to share something that may be of use to anyone here. I open at any page, and tonight I have opened Wayne Dyer's book - THERE'S A SPIRITUAL SOLUTION TO EVERY PROBLEM - on page 112 - Decontaminating Your Mind Fields of Energy. This excerpt is a few pages into the chapter.

Dr. Valerie Hunt further describes it in her book, Infinite Mind: " Thoughts are events in the mind field that are available not only to the consciousness of the creator, but also to other minds. " She explains that our thoughts are not private but rather "field-public." This means that you do not think in a vacuum, but that your thoughts are created from transactions with other fields. Thoughts can be passed on from generation to generation not just by photographs, print, or the spoken word, but also by the strength of thoughts remaining in your mind fields.

The more dynamic your field of energy, the more capable you are of communicating and impacting your thoughts to others, and in being impacted yourself. How do you go about making your thoughts so dynamic and creative? I quote Dr. Valerie Hunt again. "One does not dwell upon the process nor does one struggle to get answers. One trusts the process of higher creative thought ... Such is the capacity of great healers, lecturers, clairvoyants, physicians and spiritual leaders when they enter expanded consciousness states." You can do this. You have the potential to keep your field of energy uncontaminated, and the potential to radiate a dynamic spiritual energy. Simply by your presence alone, vibrating in this mind field of creativity and peace, you can impact others.

Your intellect might protest and attempt to convince you that mind fields and silent communication of energy are nonsense. But once you see this at work you'll know. The intellect itself is too disconnected from etheric energy forces to readily accept such possibilities, but I have seen it work over and over in my own life. When I am able to consciously project love, understanding, and compassion to those in my immediate life space, I feel the shift in energy. I surrender my judgment or my desire to make my point and the mind field energy changes. Gradually I watch that difference in energy affect the other and enjoy the change within myself. My wife, Marceline, is a master at this.

Namaste  ~  Tara Mary

                                                              It was one of those days
                                                              Of a contemplative kind
                                                              Strolling through the park
                                                              I decide to sit and still my mind.

                                                              I sat on a park bench
                                                              And watched Life as it happened
                                                              Not thinking of today
                                                              Nor thinking of the 'morrow.

                                                              I sat and observed Life
                                                              As it unfolded, slowly,
                                                              Like a giant flower......
                                                              Each person a Petal.

                                                             I don't know how long I sat
                                                             And it didn't seem to matter
                                                             As what goes unfinished today
                                                             Will flow forward, like Time
                                                             And complete the Picture.

                                                              So what is the rush
                                                              I often ask myself
                                                              When Time is flowing forward
                                                              Each day a picture in the making
                                                              All a piece of this human-made puzzle
                                                              Of a civilization gone too far........

                                                              I'd like to take this place called Earth
                                                              And reverse the clocks to a time called Eden
                                                              Making this present day an old memory
                                                              Of a time in our distant past...............

                                                      Written by Tara Mary  ~  Have a Lovely Weekend

 Eleanor Halbrook Zimmerman