SPIRIT CARD Crystalization of Thought by Richard Bonk Visit the Spirit Card Center! OUR 375th ISSUE Welcome to Issue 375 of OmPlace's Altwire. Please direct your submissions and suggestions to: susanp@omplace.com FEATURED WEBSITES Liberate Your Writing at Esalen in Big Sur, California For many, writing is a spiritual practice that leads to a profound experience of timelessness. Best-selling author and meditation teacher Sarah McLean leads you into expansive mindfulness practices, deep meditations, and provocative writing exercises to unlock your creative soul. You’ll listen to your inner voice, transcend your inner critic, and express your creativity. You'll write, listen to yourself, and be heard, perhaps for the very first time. Visit this link to find out more. A COMPLETE GUIDE TO PAST-LIFE REGRESSION Discover insider secrets about reincarnation and how past-life regression works from internationally recognized past-life expert, author and teacher, Mary Elizabeth Raines. 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Often when parents separate, tension is heightened and it can become difficult to develop a fair agreement that is in the best interest of the child. We believe in shared parenting and that children should have the right to liberal time with both parents, if a healthy environment can be provided. We can guide you on the early steps to take and how to navigate the nuances of family law effectively with our educational resources. Contact us for a consultation or to explore our helpful guide book. DreamGrowers.org Dream Growers is a holistic-minded web design company based in Asheville, NC. We focus on creating clean websites for professionals with a quick turnaround. Our Commitment • Elegant Design Layout • User-Friendly Content Management • Client Confidentiality & Privacy • Simple Setup & Client Walk-Through • High Performance Sites - Security, Stability, Speed. Contact us today and we'll have your beautiful website set up within 4 weeks. What is a Spirit Baby? by Christine Nightingale, B.A. (Psychology) / Reiki Master, Certified Hypnotist, Aromatherapist, Spirit Baby Communicator What is a Spirit Baby? The answer to this question is not as simple as it might appear. Certainly a Spirit Baby can be the spirit of a child ... not yet conceived, terminated, or miscarried. Or even the spirit of a young child who has died. The more common form of Spirit Baby is one who is waiting to come to its parents in this lifetime. What is the Spirit Baby doing while it is waiting to complete its contract? For one thing, it is always trying very hard to communicate with its parents. What about a baby who dies very young, but outside the body of its mother? If a child has breathed the air at all, its contract to be with a particular mother and father is completed. This does not mean, however, that it leaves the family. What about a soul “on hold” in a body so severely damaged that the body and mind cannot function, as in a severely brain-damaged child? I think the real answers to these questions are nuanced because the relationship between the soul and the body is complex.       Read full article >>> The Expressions of Samadhi by Ved Kovid Durgadas / Director of Arogya Ayurvedic Health Ltd Samadhi is the highest limb in Yoga and represents the state of Yogic absorption or trance, where all faculties of the mind or intellect (dhi) become equalised (sama) and hence its functions become absoprbed, as it were, in one thing alone. It is the state of superconsciousness, however it has several levels. Many people today talk about Samadhi or Yogic trance and absorption / immersion in an ideal, however many fail to realise that there are actually several forms of samadhis, both higher and lower. One can be in a samadhi in the regions of ignorance below the Muladhara chakra, or the consciousness of the Earth or those from the Earth up to the Sahasrara, the higher realms.       Read full article >>> Herbal Adventures with The Asteraceae - The Star Family by Susun S. Weed / Herbalist, Author, Founder of the Wise Woman Center and Ash Tree Publishing The Asteraceae family contains some of the most helpful, and well known, of all herbs: arnica, burdock, boneset, calendula, chamomile, chicory, mug/cronewort, coltsfoot, dandelion, echinacea, elecampane, feverfew, gravel root, grindelia, liferoot, milk thistle, tansy, yarrow, valerian, wormwood, and wild lettuce. It offers us delicious foods: sunflower seeds, lettuces, true artichokes, sun chokes (also known as Jerusalem artichokes), escarole, and endive. And, it is one of the landscaper's favorite families, for many Asteraceae - such as chrysanthemums, dahlias, bachelor's buttons, daisies, cosmos, coneflowers, goldenrods, sunflowers, zinnias, and, of course, asters - bloom for months with colorful hardy flowers, and many are perennial, too.       Read full article >>>  FEATURED SPIRITUAL JOURNEY Akashic Records Intensive: Sacred Wisdom for Transformation in Magical BALI September 15th ~ October 5th, 2016 Join Don Ernesto Ortiz for a magical tour on the exquisite island of Bali! Personal and professional transformation begins during this Intensive with Journey to the Heart in one of the most exotic locations in the world, culminating in a lasting commitment to a better life and world. Explore slope gardens tasting tropical fruits, swim in hot springs, bathe in sacred waters, walk to great waterfalls, get a papaya massage... And we promise you'll have lots of time to rest, play and explore on your own. Of course, we have reserved for you some Balinese surprises to make your trip unforgettable!! For more info or to reserve a space: Send an Email and See this page  FEATURED PRACTITIONER Spirit Babies Most mothers understand that it is possible to communicate with the unborn child. This does not have to stop if the pregnancy ends in miscarriage or termination. As an intuitive, I have developed the ability to help apparently infertile couples achieve their goal. They are helped to connect with the spirit of the child who was lost to them, or not yet conceived. Before birth, babies are undoubtedly aware of their mother's and father's thoughts and feelings. They are in still the spirit realm, therefore less restricted than most humans in their field of knowing. A couple who have suffered a miscarriage may need help in communicating with the child, which may have reasons for being afraid to come. Spirit Babies are very specific about the reasons for choosing their parents (citing interests the parents have, which they had not told me) or past life/geographical data about the parents which are relevant to the choice of parents. Do you wish to communicate with the child you are meant to have? My focus is helping mothers learn to communicate with their Spirit Babies (future children) after miscarriage or before conception, which is often followed by successful conception. My new book Spirit Baby: What You Can Learn from your Future Child is now available for sale through Amazon: Amazon US - see this page Amazon UK - see this page Christine Nightingale nightiangel92@hotmail.com nightingalehealing.com  FEATURED PRACTITIONER Troubling Recurring Themes Do you have a recurring theme in your life that you would to like to understand or know how to change? Guidance can give you the insight you need in a Channeled Life Reading. When these recurring themes are painful, they frequently manifest as chronic illness, repeated patterns of difficult relationships, crushing debt, intrusive negative thoughts, and other recurring and painful events, situations and conditions; life can be overwhelming. Long ago in my practice Guidance showed me that recurring themes always have an underlying energy that most of us are largely unaware of. By clearing that energy at the source, the recurrent themes no longer manifest. The source energy includes past lives, childhood, trauma, fear, and persistent belief systems in the mass consciousness that you're having a hard time letting go of. We can help you clear underlying energy with Awakenings and Mind-Body-Spirit medicine. In all of our work there is never any judgment, there is only Love and Light. Visit our website to learn how we can assist you to enjoy the freedom and joy of manifesting the life that you desire. drkatherine@AskGuidance.com AskGuidance.com  FEATURED ARTIST The Visionary Art of Francene Hart Francene Hart is an internationally recognized visionary artist whose work has been widely published in books and magazines and hangs in the homes of art collectors and the offices of healers and seekers around the planet. All of her images, including "Catch a Falling Star" (pictured) are available as Full Color Prints or ArtCards. She says about this image: "I have long used images of the Divine Feminine - the Goddess in every woman. Catch a falling star ... hold a part of the Universe. It's about saving up wishes, or miracles." Please see this page for more information or to order.