Divination for healing

I have been having a dilemma  about how to blend my talent for using divination tools and my desire to be a spiritual counselor and healer.
   On the one hand I am very effective as a "reader".  On the other I am a very practical spiritual counselor. It is more than possible to use divination as part of a therapeutic process. I do it all the time. Divination is not about predicting that you will win the lottery. (It can "see" more money coming into your life). It is about using a reading to reveal where you are on a spiritual level. It is also good at looking into the past and seeing where you got what you are currently bringing forward in life. Spiritual energy that is used in a reading can point to fixes to your current pathway.

Merry Christ mass or Happy Holidays??????

There is tons of hype around about rather it should be merry christmas or happy holidays. I think if we actually understood what being Christed really means this controversy would be moot. Many people thing Jesus' last name is Christ and when we say merry christmas we are validating the religion of Christianity. Did you know that the word Christ is a verb?  A child is born with a soul inside. That soul can gain christhood if it has plotted the possibility before the incarnation.  When we say Merry Christmas we are actually saying I am happy to honor in a mass the consciousness of pure christ light that is in all of us. Its a holiday and that is always a good thing.... lol

Compartmentalizing God

Most religious organizations both Eastern and Western have their demigods, including Christianity. These are gods that rule over human conditions.  All religions have their Saints, Divas Devils and Angels. Every aspect of the human experience has a part of divinity assigned to it. In  Catholicism St Christopher protects your travel while St Joseph protects the family and home. Krishna has Ganesha cutting through the illusions of life and bringing balance and strength. Buddha has many Bodisatnvas as their understudies, so to speak. I have named only one each, but there are many more, plus many more Religions to look at. I am not here to define all the functions Religions and of the demigods, I am just pointing out that almost everybody compartmentalizes God in order to have a piece of the life-force energy pinpointed at what their current concerns might be.  Personally I think that "if it works, use it". It takes focus on any particular issue to bring your consciousness to bare in creating your desired outcome. Naming and Claiming a title for the part of the Godforce you use is not necessarily bad, although misleading to those that do not really understand the concept. The superstitious can have demons and angels running amuck in their daily lives.  MAYBE DONT DO THAT????Maybe do that but don't fight over it..... Peach Out ... Love is Light

Victims and terrorists on a Soul Level

The world has been shaken again due to terrorism in Paris. Lets look a minute at the underlying soul choice of the victims and the terrorist.
    I believe that all souls choose their birth and death. I believe that bodies are temporary and souls are immortal.  Of course this is only a belief and therefore subject to being totally wrong, but it could be totally right too.
     Let's think about these latest terrorism attacks as if on some level they have a plan and purpose.  What might be the purpose of souls "volunteering" on a higher level, to call attention to a situation, by making the world news and participating in a terrorist attack. What are the terrorists and the victims trying to call attention to that was worth the victims dying for.. Trust me , it is not the superfucial agenda of the religious persecution of anyone. At the bottom line it is HATE. They call attention to Hate and attract an outpouring of Love.
Here on this level of creation duality is the illusion and it is only through duality that anything can be understood. The struggle is as old as 3 dimensional reality. it is good vs evil, right vs wrong, light, vs darkness. Seemingly senseless death calls attention to the deeper senseless idea that there is a totally right or wrong anything. On a deeper level the terrorist and the victims are both invested in the same thing. Shining a light on hate. Do you think that One is different than the Other?????

grief and death

Hello all

Tonight I would like to speak of grief from the loss of a beloved.  I thought I had a good understanding about death. I knew that life continues beyond the physical death because of the experience of NDE that I had years ago. I didn't think that the death of a loved one would ever be very hard for me to handle. I had experienced the loss of my mother and my beloved aunt, among many other people that are close to me and handled it with a very zen attitude. Sadness yet joy that my loved one was on the other side of life and I could still communicate with them and would see them again one day.  NO Big Deal Right------And then I met and lost my beloved. my soul mate, my twin flame. We were not together very long, and he was fighting addiction. I knew in my heart that if he didn't stop I would have to leave him one day. I didn't care, not really, because the draw to him was far beyond anything I had ever felt. And then HE DIED .
 At first I was numb and then angry, unconsolable for weeks. I tried everything I could think of to get away from the feeling of the deepest loss I have ever experienced. After a few weeks I still was as raw as I was a short week after it happened, except I could speak his name without bursting into tears. I thought of him almost constantly. I was able to get dreams and the scent of him, I could even feel his arms around me once in awhile. I am a natural medium intuitive I lived for those moments. Those of you who have not experienced this may think it was just my imagination, but I know differently. I am a natural intuitive medium. All the soul contact I had, still did not quell the longing and sadness in my broken heart.

They say that grief is a process

The five stages, denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance are a part of the framework that makes up our learning to live with the one we lost. They are tools to help us frame and identify what we may be feeling. But they are not stops on some linear timeline in grief.

I think that Shock is the first stage, not denial. For awhile you have to remember to breath. It is as if your heart stops. Then there came denial and then a huge plate of pissed off at him for leaving me. I wanted to go with him for awhile but then acceptance came. I think depression was ongoing. It was like I had the flu for almost a year. It got measurably better once the acceptance stage took root but there is not one day that has gone by that I do not think of him, but now it is with a different kind of love.
I was fortunate to have someone move into my world that totally understood my grief because he had his own.  It has been almost 3 years now, and I have made my way through grief.  I have to tell you that even though I have never felt so horrible and my heart had never been ripped from my body like his loss gave me I was also able to release lots of pent up grief that I had stuffed since childhood. It was a total cleansing..

Many people turn to church and God when they receive a blow like grief. I think that  if it works use it. Just don't get lost in the process. Many others turn to pills and booze. Those things don't work, they take a bad situation and make it far worse. The best way is to surrender to the grief and allow it to wash over you. It will heal you if you let it.

The rains of change

The weather and corporate greed have taken a toll on my way of life of late. It is telling me that change is in the air for my path. When one door closes another opens. I choose the new door. I embrace the change I feel is coming.

Corporate Greed has weak foundations

I read someones post the other day that said daylight savings time is like cutting off your feet to put them on your head and hoping that will get you more time.
It struck me that this logic is being applied to the business world also. Greed has taken over the minds   of Corporate America and it seems to think that if they take from the least of us they will become more giant themselves. A giant building will crumble if its foundation is not strong.  The minimum wage worker is the grain of sand in the concrete that makes the pillars of the foundation for any great structure. One day soon the least of us will totally crumble and the entire structure will fall down. Those on the top have the farthest to fall. Everyone at the top forgets that or thinks that it will be someone else and not effect them personally..

  Greed is a disease akin to gambling. The rush for more and the desire for status and success takes over the brain and squashes the heart of its victims.
Practical spirituality lets me know that I am neither the little guy or the big guy. I am part of the dance of creation. I know that I have danced this dance before and after awhile I will get tired of the music. On the spiritual path we learn throughout lifetimes that the physical striving for more is a hoax because the "having more" that we seek is fleeting at best and confining at worst. On a small scale the hoarder in the hovel is learning this just as is the millionaire with the many houses and properties to juggle.  I choose to live a simple life that offers me all the comforts plus all the challenges that keeps me engaged in my life without overdoing either side of greed.

great loss brings the opening of the heart

We have experienced yet another death, close to us this week. Commander Sargent Major Larry Rayburn a twice decorated war hero, recipient of two bronze stars and a metal of valor, if I have my facts strait. Larry was the betrothed to my dear friend and part of our troop Gail Skinner.

      All the cliche's are quick to the tongue. Crossing over, going to the summer land, passing away are all ways to make death not seem so final.
     I do not believe death is final for the one that died but it surely is for those left behind. It takes a long time for the hole in ones life to be filled, once someone abruptly leaves.  In the Journey of Soul series by Michael Newton, we are told that we choose a few exit points to use as portals before we are born. If that is the truth, and my inner voice says it is, then why would someone like Larry choose this time to leave his beloved so suddenly? We can not really know and speculations really don't help. Practical Spirituality demands that we accept what is as "what is" and honor the soul choice of someone who leaves this life for the other side. Is that easy,, hell no... Is is suppose to be, again,  likely hell no.....
     I do not think there is anything that opens up your heart and leaves your soul to bleed like a loved one dying. The close runner up to the emotional wave washing over you might be the birth of a child. Spiritualist call the curtain between the world of form and the world of spirit a veil. It is also said to be a veil of tears on this side. That is certainly true as CSM Larry Rayburn returns home after his extended tour of duty here in this life. His life was a veil of tears in many ways. He walked through the valley of the shadow of death many times and then left in an auto accident on a wet road in the middle of the night. He spent a few tours in Iraq and Afgan to return home with PTSD. I pray he is at peace now and is watching over Gail and pulling his strings to get her taken care of. I salute you Commander Sargent Major Rayburn and wish you gods speed to your next great adventure. We will do our best to care for and nurture Gail. I am sure there are reasons for this that have yet to present themselves.
Blessed be the Light
Rev. Lorana

Don't get lost in the how, the who, or the what

In the last few days many things have changed. It all started last Sunday when I was standing alone in my tent at the renaissance faire. I was chanting "Lord, please show me another way". I was stuck in the idea that I had two choices when, in fact, the universe has unlimited options for me. The thing that had just changed was that I had surrendered and asked for help from a higher source. The very next morning, another option presented itself.  I could go into unlimited platitudes about God, or Spirit or what ever I would want to call it, having stepped in to help. I don't care what I call it, or what you or anyone else calls it. The fact is  that  once you surrender your ego and realize that you don't always have all the answers, it makes room for new things to be drawn into your life. If you don't get lost in the how, the who or the what, spiritual help gets easier.

   All hallows eve is right around the corner.  Pagan an nature based religions all over the world are getting ready for a high holiday called Samhain, while many people are simply buying costumes and making fun of ghoulish movies and scary ghost stories. Witches on broomsticks will fly around and cast evil spells on children. The real witches are preparing cakes and cider to share after their ritual to honor the ancestors. I assure you that children are not part of the ingredients. The children are acting this out by receiving treats in their bags, but nobody knows that.

   The pagan and nature religions believe that Samhain (Halloween) is the time of year where the veil between the world of the living and the world of the dead is the thinnest. The religion of Spiritualism, which is not what I am referring to as spirituality, makes the focus of their doctrine, communication with deceased loved ones. It is called mediumship. This holy-day honors our ancestors and helps us understand that death is not the end. The rites of Wicca and other pagan religions on this holiday include a circle that honors those that are in spirit. Real communications with those that are not with us in a physical vehicle at this time is channeled through one or more people within the circle. If a message giver in the circle brings you a specific message that only you can be aware of concerning someone that you have lost, it is much easier to lose the fear of crossing over to the other side of the veil yourself one day. The pagan religions generally teach their followers to be joyful and positive. The idea of life beyond the body is usually already instilled in them, but just as with any other religion, the point is to re-remember what we learn until it becomes second nature to us.

  Have you ever asked yourself why is there such a draw to fear in the human psyche? I believe that, in part, it is an attempt to desensitize the deep instinctive fear of death. It is hard wired into our dna to resist death. Fear triggers the fight or flight response in our root chakra which helps the human animal fight for life.  The adrenalin rush is off the charts when we get instantly frightened.. Boo!!!

   Spirituality is about staying in touch with this deep knowing that we are far more than the body we reside in. It will perish one day but we will definitely go on. If making fun of death and zombies is a way for you to thumb your nose at the power the physical has on your real self, wonderful. I seriously doubt that the trick or treating kids have a clue about what is really going on. That is probably a good thing. Ways for children to play are always welcome and wonderful.  As adults it might be a good idea to remember that making zombies real in the human consciousness may not be that great of an idea. We have desensitized our culture to the point where fear is preferable to other forms of stimuli. Since our consciousness is what attracts our experiences to us, which any beginning spiritual seeker has noticed within themselves and heard from their instructors or guru's, we have to ask ourselves, what are we attracting?  There is a total package of thought energy being created by the media that would rather broadcast a thriller, and celebrate ever aspect possible of the negative over the positive. I am not saying that holloween costumes or zombie movies are bad and should be avoided. I am saying it might be good to realize that you are using them to overcome your fear of  loosing your physical vehicle, instead of going blindly into the abyss of negativity.

   Take the kids trick or treating, have a blast hanging toilet paper from the trees, create the very best Halloween costumes for everyone. There are parties and fun all around. Go ahead and dance the night away. It might also be good to take a moment out of the festivities to remember that the veil of the worlds is very thin and the ghosts of your ancestors are dancing with you. After its all over, begin to prepare for a new birth as Candle mass approaches the light begins to regain its strength.

Happy Halloween, blessed Samhain
Rev L

spirituality is not a religion but religion is a means to spirituality

Spirituality is not a cult, creed, or denomination. In every religion or philosophy there is offered the opportunity to step into spirituality. The labels we place on our particular sets of beliefs are simply our particular path to the spiritual. Spirituality is a feeling and an understanding that we are within and outside of our body. A spiritual person does not need to have a labeled religious structure to be spiritual. Spirituality and ultimate enlightenment simply put, means waking up to your true nature. It is turning the light on and being present within your body consciously. Jesus, Buddha, Rama as examples are all beings who found their inner nature and they were able to maintain that state of awareness on a daily basis.  When someone goes to church, satsang or any other form of gathering for the purpose of raising their vibration to that place where they "feel the holiness" within themselves, they are touching on the spiritual, not the label they place on it. If we could step outside of the labels for just a moment we would see that all paths lead to the same feeling.

I feel like Bilbo Baggins

  In the movie the Hobbit, Bilbo tells Gandalf that he is feeling rather thin inside. He is 111 and not aging on the outside at all. The power of the ring keeps him looking young but life in his body is being stretched somehow. I feel a bit like Bilbo these days. I still have vitality and my health, for which I am immensely grateful, but my life on the road is getting very thin. My spirituality teaches me that I am attracting my experiences, yet I have attracted nothing new in many years. It is true that there are new people coming and going all the time but the essence of my existence is the same. I go from one Renaissance festival to the next, around the circuit year after year for almost 20 years now. Many of the old guard who were out here when I came on the road have crossed over into spirit now just as many of my earlier friends and family have done. There is a growing part of me that would like a small cabin near a lake or a river where I can write and perhaps teach a class or two. It would also be very wonderful if I could find a few colleagues to exchange spiritual platitudes. In the past I would have been anxious to open another metaphysical center, but now that seems like a mound of work. I am use to only working on the weekend and not having to answer to anyone the rest of the week. I was able to publish two books during my weeks off.  I went through a couple of traveling companions. I was lucky enough to find my twin soul only to have him die and now I am with someone who has protected me for many lifetimes. Relationships have always been my nemesis. It seems as though I am cleaning up karma from many different lifetimes. It is my sincere desire to have this lifetime be my last on this planet, in the  three dimensional darkness.

  What to do next; that seems to be the big question. I have a list of things I don't want which only brings more of those because that, of course, is how the law of attraction works. I have no desire to stop teaching or reading for others, because that brings me joy and keeps me feeling like I have a purpose. I firmly believe that one of the ingredients for happiness is purpose. Having something to do, something to look forward to, and someone to love are the three main factors of happiness and contentment. I do not think I have ever been content in this life. I am a gypsy soul who wants to do it all. Perhaps what I am now looking for is contentment. To me contentment is having someone to love and care for. It is having a garden and canning my organic food. It is quiet mornings sipping my coffee and being on my porch swing. It is alone time without the dramas that are so delicious to the younger folks. It is meditation and prayer time. It is a full bird feeder and plenty of birds playing on it. It is watching my cat do cat things. It is a visit from or to friends and family or planning my next class. Perhaps taking a client for spiritual counseling. I love to do workshops. They are my very most favorite things to do.

I guess I have just defined the what I want to do, "thanks for listening". but the how and where of all that is beyond me at the moment. I am blessed to have two homes. A sweet little cottage in upstate NY where the summers are wonderful, "but"... NY state is one of the most expense places to live along with Florida and California. A person can choke on all the rules and regulations you have to wade through to do anything in NY. I have tried to do my thing up there but spirituality isn't on the top ten or even top twenty list of things that are desired by the average person up in the mountains of western NY. Survival takes up most of their time.  I am an oddity at best and crazy at worst. It is way to cold for far to long and taxes are outrageous.  Those are the things I don't want in NY.  My sons are there and I love to be with them but they have wives and I am the cute little crazy mother in law. A side bar here...... Mother in Laws are always wrong.
I also have a home in SE Texas. It is where the renaissance people have been able to purchase plots of land from the King. So much has changed around the renaissance world that I hardly know anyone here anymore and the folks I would like to be around are leaving. I can surely do my readings and teaching here, but it is so far from my family that it takes me 3 days of hard driving to get to them if I need to. The King no longer has power over his people here and our little bubble could burst at any time. Being here at this home isn't what I want either. It is dreadfully hot here as much as it is dreadfully cold in NY. The bugs are mean.

Spiritual practice teaches us that earthly desire is the root of suffering. News flash, living in a body is suffering. I am using the word suffering in the way that the Eastern religions do. To want is to suffer. I do not believe we come here to learn to ignore being here. I believe that maneuvering through the 'suffering' is the nuts and bolts of the game of life. I also believe that we have a hand in setting up our own challenges and sufferings. That is food for another blog.  At this stage in my life I am well aware of what it means to suffer want or lack. I don't play that game anymore. The question is for my thinning inner self, what game shall I play now?  Perhaps it is to learn to be "content". It may also mean that the answer to where I shall plant my garden is none of the above. Neither TX or NY. I am open to change, but I am not open to suffering through it. LOL. The nuts and bolts of the how is left to my higher self with the help of creation itself. For me contentment has to have the creative process within me going strong. Another book is in the works.
Blessings
Rev. Lorana

Up and running Its time for a new beginning

I am so excited to be able to attend this blog easily and effortlessly now.
I am a member of Alliance for Spiritual Understanding. I will begin teaching classes this fall from locations in Houston and Bryan College Station TX again.. It will be a new beginning  WE will offer Basic Principles of Spiritual Awareness, and I am also offering a Reiki empowerment. More later...
Blessings and Love
Rev

Young Soul Planet

I have two books published

"Young Soul Planet" is a journey that takes the reader through the many and varied ideas and beliefs on the nature of what is right and real. These beliefs are often damaging and harmful. Once we have explored the beliefs that live within our subconscious and running on autopilot, we look at ways to overcome them and drop negative behavior and circumstances that are caused by them.
It is written in the practical down to earth manner in which I speak. This book is for the person that does not want flowery language or "airy fairy pros". We live in a meat suit and we might as well do it the best we can.. We are not all young souls, but we surely do live among them.. Sometimes it drives us to drink!!!

"What is Psychic Energy" is an e-book that details the different types of "readings" and educates you about what to look for and what to run from when choosing to get a psychic reading.

Renaissance life

      If you are visiting my webpage  www.celestialthyme.org you will note that there is a tab called Renaissance. I travel doing renaissance festivals part of the year. I offer my card to my clients at my table at renaissance while I am doing psychic readings. I have enjoyed a fun life on the road, but I am settling down and focusing more on my teaching and ministry now. I will be available at the Little Red Cottage in Risingville for consultations during the summer months. In the winter I am in Texas doing the big renaissance festival beginning in October. You are always able to contact me via skipe  if you are not close to upstate NY or SE Texas. I will be putting together a workshop on past lives in June. I take students via skype to help them find their authentic self and heal negative behavior patterns. I will also be filling in for The psychic Caravan in Batavia Ny at the public marketplace on Saturdays during July and part of August.

Hello fellow travelers '
     I have decided to create a blog especially for my webpage. I invite any of you to follow me here. I will be writing my insight page here.

      Topic for the day;   Vision

     Vision is something felt as well as thought. I know that we have all "wished" for things to happen a certain way in our life. What usually really happens is that we except the "reality" that comes our way, feeling like we really must manipulate and change it for our wishes to come true.
     When we employ a vision be it via vision boarding or holding a desired outcome to come into our life, we must feel it, not simply look at it. The reason that visioning and affirmations don't work as we hope is because, deep within our heart/emotional body the vision is negated. By feeling it I do not mean wishing with an air of desperation. I have seen people that are desperate get results at the last minute. The last minute is when we surrender to what we think is going to happen and then all that pent up emotion connected with our vision can come through. Sadly it is usually diluted with the fear based feelings associated with the lack of what we desire to begin with.

     To Hold a Vision for what we choose to come into our life, we have to see the whole picture in our mind and never mind the details of how we will arrive at that desired place. Let the universe take care of the details.
       We have a life contract that we set in motion prior to incarnating, that will take precedence over your desire to live in Morocco on top of a mountain in the lap of luxury, (unless that is truly included in your life path trajectory ie Grace Kelly) Within the scope of our life contract we are free to experience things the easy way or the hard way. We can learn our intended lessons about trust,by having with a new car or an old one to depend on. We can learn that we always get where we are going in comfort and ease with or without a car. We have a wide range of options within our life contract.
     Vision your desire with great expectations and joy in receiving your dreams while you are Visioning them. Whip up the emotion and keep it going. So often we are so very excited with a vision we are creating for a few days and then we drop it. I recommend setting down and actually holding the thought and emotions of your desire in your consciousness once a day until they are met.
      If you are visioning within a group it can be very powerful or an uphill climb. Perhaps, you are working within an organization to make it grow and prosper. If there are 10 people in the group and you meet once a week, the strength of the vision will multiply, However, the consciousness of the lowest common denominator will be met.