June Ahern's Blog, page 28

Om, Om, Om; I ams who I says I ams

"Why am I the only one I can count on to get things done right?"  That had been one of my most concentrated on-going mantras for many years. And you know what chanting it often created virtually no (acceptable) help for me.  

A mantra is a sound, syllable, word, or group of words that is considered capable of "creating transformation" or, as I learned, creating being stuck in a belief. Words that are repeated verbally or mentally by chanting, speaking or singing will result in a manifestation of what is being said.

 

Where did I learn that mantra? Why would I chant words that served no good and kept me trudging wearily along? Because I believed it from past experiences – ones that I relived in my mind of times where I received no or very little support, which in return, created a sense not being cared for or understood until I stopped asking for help or understanding.

My thoughts were "stinking thinking" and not giving my present time or future the opportunity to be better.

The day I found myself mentally chanting that mantra, I laughed out loud scaring my fellow nature walkers. OMG! What other negative thoughts were cursing my life? I discovered them by paying attention to how, and what, I was thinking, which is an on-going daily job.

Through meditation I learned to be more aware of what floats around the head. I also learned that I have choices of what I think. No need to bemoan my life as a victim. When I find disharmony in my head, I say stop! And say three positive things (at least) about my self and life (counting my blessing).

I also learned to take my negative mantra and make it into a positive transformational one. For example the mantra above I changed to, "With trust I depend upon others to help me."  Chanting that mantra opened up many new doors for me with new opportunities and projects blossoming. The heavy burden of being a single parent and business owner was shared, successfully.

Life did not become an overnight bowl of cherries, but with knowing that I have and can choose and direct my inner voice, I am freer to guide my visions into fulfilling goals.

It worked for me. Can it work for you? How has your stinking thinking closed off positive paths?

Learn more about both of my books at www.juneahern.com and Life Coaching practice at www dot sfcoaching dot com

This blog was originally a guest blog at big girl bombshell

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Tough Chicks LOL

Today would have been my friend, Rusty Dennis' 75th birthday. I first met Rusty in 1984 while she was living in San Francisco.  A mutual friend invited me to Rusty's flat to be part of a study group of Louise Hay's book, "You Can Heal Your Life" – and indeed Ms. Hay's book was an inspiration and a connection to a most vivacious unique woman who would become a good friend – Florence "Rusty Dennis" Steinberg Tullis

 You might remember her from the movie "Mask", which was based on her and Rocky, her son. Cher played Rusty in the movie and did quite a good job, but wasn't quite tough enough, I learned after meeting Rusty.

Rusty was a complex personality with many roles to play. One of which was a mother whose two children were to die before her.  I never met Rocky in person although I did meet Joshua, her eldest son, before he died. When Joshua's illness progressed and he was hospitalized, Rusty asked if I'd spend time with him at the hospital to help him transition, which I did. She bravely accepted his death with her, I must go on, attitude.  

 When people would offer Rusty  condolences for the loss of her sons, she'd reply, they're not lost. I know exactly where they are. They're dead. 

She knew her boys' spirits stayed around her. One time she showed me a small studio portrait of her and Joshua. Behind them appeared a whitish "ghostly" image of Rocky who had been dead for some time. Was it the photographer's addition -that she denied - or was it truly the spirit of Rocky? 

 

In addition to being a bodacious chick, Rusty was very funny – quick to laugh out loud!  She was an original LOL gal. She would puff up and challenge people and when doing so with me – testing my toughness - I met her squarely.  She laughed heartily declaring, you're okay. And darn if she didn't test my toughness more than once. With her, you had to be on your toes, and shake off her puffing with a  laugh. 

Besides a desire to heal our spirits, we quickly learned that we had more in common  like motorcycles (in 1975 bought a motorcycle, Honda 550 – big enough for me) - both  of us were Gemini's, and had a great thirst for adventure. And then the glue of the friendship - our keen interest in the psyche.

After Joshua's death Rusty's interest in spiritual and psychic realm deepened. When she learned that I was a psychic reader and ESP and tarot card teacher, she was eager to learn about her abilities. It wasn't long before she became one of my star students.

When I was scheduled to read at SF The Whole Life Expo I encouraged her to give reading too. There she sat in her "colors" reading the cards and loving it!  

When she moved back to Los Angeles, I visited her a few times. One time we stopped by her father's house and she asked me to show him and her sister an ESP game – open two coat hangers, hold in both hands held together and then point at a person to measure energy.  I don't think he or her sister was all that impressed with us, but we had fun.  We tripped around LA in her old beat-up VW bug going to metaphysical bookstores, and meeting up with other psychics. We were wild psychic girls!

I think if I had been out of broom closet with my witchcraft back then, she would have declared she was one too just to enjoy spicing up conversation and challenging the image of "society's norm" once again.

In time, distance and my growing family eventually caused us to we lose touch. 

I know I inspired Rusty to trust her ESP and psychic abilities but in return, she also inspired me to "show" myself more to the world because she had faith in me. 

Rusty Dennis will always remain a powerful influence on my life's work. Thank you, girlfriend.

"I have been inspired by June's ability to awaken the awareness of many people and to train them to use their metaphysical gifts productively. Her readings and classes allowed me to recognize my own gifts and taught me how to utilize them effectively. Now I successfully do reading and healing for others. June is a loving and knowledgeable person. We could all benefit through the information she shares with us. – Rusty Dennis

Rusty's review of my book, The Timeless Counselor: The Best Guide to a Successful Psychic Reading.  ebook, kindle and other ereaders

 

Fall or Step Away From Family Religion?

On numerous occasions I've been condemned for being a pagan and witch by those professing to be God loving religious folks.  

After years of avoiding inquiries about my spiritual path I became forthcoming to disapproving faces of those chastising my spiritual practice.

I've been asked how could a nice Catholic woman forsake God for a heathen practice?   

What demon seduced you to prance around under the moon naked to the world?

What evil spirit took control of your soul calling you to cast spells?

"Honestly," say I, "it was a progression rather than a possession."

It wasn't the spirituality of Catholicism that started my soul's exodus and detachment from it, but rather the "old boy" attitude.

I began to view my religion as stuck in outdated dogmas. I questioned such things as, why women weren't involved with electing a new pope? 

For centuries Catholic women have accepted backseat roles to male members, proving to me that they, my sisters, bought into men as superior to lead. As I looked around the church at a majority of women, girls and boys with a sprinkling of, mostly, senior men, I wondered why I supported a religion that didn't allow for powerful decision-making roles for females.

But it was these incidents at Mass that finalized my decision to leave the Church. During a sermon a priest addressed the role of women as mothers and daughters. He said they were to serve their husbands and fathers' needs (cook, clean) and not question his decisions for he was the head of the family just as the priest is the head of his flock. We are not to question him either?

Later at another sermon on Mother's Day the congregation was told to condemn abortionist. Done deal for me, said I, a pro-choicer.

At the age of 44 I left my family's religion forever. It was a most difficult and sad choice because religion was a large connection to, and part of, my family. But my spirit sought, amongst other needs, a spiritual group that contained equality of sexes in power roles.  

Some former Catholics hold a grudge against the religion. I do not. There is no reason to be stuck in what didn't fulfill me. I am thankful for my religious upbringing and continue to appreciate some reasonable philosophical and spiritual concepts from it. Through the faith I learned to have a deep caring for, and practice in, spirituality and ritual.

Attending parochial school my memories are mainly cherished ones of my teachers, the nuns.  Most were good women and very interesting teachers who taught me to enjoy literature, geography, history and theology.

I've created a satisfying spiritual practice through mixing and matching philosophical and spiritual teachings from Buddhism, Rosy Croix, Native American spirituality, paganism, Wicca and witchcraft. I am open to learning about religions that support women in strong decision-making roles in regards to making laws and dogmas for I am a devoted student of theology.

Author of "The Timeless Counselor: The Best Guide to a Successful Psychic Reading" and "The Skye in June" 

www.juneahern.com

 

 

Talking to the Dead-Gift or Curse?

I just watched the movie Hereafter with Matt Damon as George, a retired psychic medium, who is called back into service against his will. I know how he felt.

I’m one of those people who easily sees and talks to the dead––those who have passed over. In the movie George tells another how he became psychic: As a child he had become very ill and needed surgery on the back of his head. Because of it something happened in his brain resulting in him “knowing and seeing” things about people he had no prior access to and this information was told to him by dead people.

I appreciated how the scriptwriter presented a correlation between head/brain surgery and changes in one’s psychic abilities. I also had a similar experience where a head injury had awoken my psychic abilities.

When I was nineteen I was in a very serious car accident and received grave injuries to my face and head and for a moment in the ambulance I “died”. That brief moment profoundly changed the course of my life forever, although it took me years to, not only understand what happened, but talk about it openly. Like one character in Hereafter I went to the“otherside”.

The physical part in time healed but the true miracle was what happened afterward.

Within a couple of months I began to have strong premonitions, about people’s past (recognition) visions of future events (precognition) and dead people spoke to me. It was not pleasant. Heck it scared the bejeevus out of me! Not that I was new to accepting psychic occurrences. My mother had a curiosity in it, even having a few prophetic a few dreams and for fun read tealeaves, but my experiences surpassed this greatly.

One of my strong abilities is mediumship and I rather enjoy it. I’ve mostly given up giving spirit communication (aka séances) because of the physically living beings as George experienced.

Of course the dead can be an annoyance as Oda Mae Brown (Whoopi Goldberg) in the movie “Ghosts” learned where she was deluged by spirits all coming through (talking) at one time––it can happen like that when they find a person who can see and hear them.

Do they haunt you like Oda Mae was by the dead character Sam, Patrick Swayze? You bethca! This happened to me once. The spirit didn’t lighten up until the police contacted me for all her information (her killer was successfully prosecuted.)

There are many rewards having these abilities’ and talents. I’ve met people from all over the world and been invited to travel to share my abilities. People have told me the information I shared changed their lives. Then again there’s a downside. In the movie George says that some people say he has a gift, but he thought of it more as a curse. I can relate. The curse is seeing and knowing too much as George says.

Psychics do become tired. Its takes a lot of energy, much focus and a certain detachment as information surges through. I’ve worked with law enforcement and even the believers have a particular way that can make one feel a bit blocked. There’s the need and expectations of clients to fulfill (or not) and neediness of the people seeking help and connections to dead loved ones. Let’s not forget the testing doubters, the ridiculing critics and the condemning haters (oh yes!) of psychics.

After having used my abilities for 40 years I believe that psychic energy must retire and the person must live for her or himself. But then, like George, there’s always that one more person who truly needs that information.

In my novel, my main character has "unusual" abilities that prove to be more of a curse than a blessings.

The Skye in June

Talking to the Dead-Gift or Curse?

I just watched the movie Hereafter with Matt Damon as George, a retired psychic medium, who is called back into service against his will. I know how he felt.  

I'm one of those people who easily sees and talks to the dead––those who have passed over. In the movie George tells another how he became psychic: As a child he had become very ill and needed surgery on the back of his head. Because of it something happened in his brain resulting in him "knowing and seeing" things about people he had no prior access to and this information was told to him by dead people. 

I appreciated how the scriptwriter presented a correlation between head/brain surgery and changes in one's psychic abilities. I also had a similar experience where a head injury had awoken my psychic abilities.

When I was nineteen I was in a very serious car accident and received grave injuries to my face and head and for a moment in the ambulance I "died".  That brief moment profoundly changed the course of my life forever, although it took me years to, not only understand what happened, but talk about it openly.  Like one character in Hereafter I went to the"otherside". My experience was like what some others had as described in the book Life after Life by Dr. Raymond Moody.

The attending physician told my parents that it was nothing short of a miracle that I came through as well as I did. I had blasted through the windshield, bounced back inside the car with glass embedded in my face and eyes. A leg hit the gearbox with such force that it broke it out. No  broken bones, no blindness (the biggest concern). The face scars were deep and ugly, but I lived through the initial freaking out. The physical part in time healed but the true miracle was what happened afterward. 

Within a couple of months I began to have strong premonitions, about people's past (recognition) visions of future events (precognition) and dead people spoke to me. It was not pleasant. Heck it scared the bejeevus out of me! Not that I was new to accepting psychic occurrences. My mother had a curiosity in it, even having a few prophetic a few dreams and for fun read tealeaves, but my experiences surpassed this greatly.

Quite a few years later I read in the Time-Warner popular book series "Mysterious of the Unknown" how a head injury often happened before one experienced psychic abilities. The knock opened a part of the brain resulting in this phenomenon. 
One of my strong abilities is mediumship and I rather enjoy it. I've mostly given up giving spirit communication (aka séances) because of the physically living beings as George experienced.

Of course the dead can be an annoyance as Oda Mae Brown (Whoopi Goldberg) in the movie "Ghosts" learned where she was deluged by spirits all coming through (talking) at one time––it can happen like that when they find a person who can see and hear them. 

Do they haunt you like Oda Mae was by the dead character Sam, Patrick Swayze? You bethca!  This happened to me once. The spirit didn't lighten up until the police contacted me for all her information (her killer was successfully prosecuted.)

There are many rewards having these abilities' and talents. I've met people from all over the world and been invited to travel to share my abilities. People have told me the information I shared changed their lives. Then again there's a downside. In the movie George says that some people say he has a gift, but he thought  of it more as a curse. I can relate.  The curse is seeing and knowing too much as George says.  

Psychics do become tired. Its takes a lot of energy, much focus and a certain detachment as information surges through. I've worked with law enforcement and even the believers have a particular way that can make one feel a bit blocked. There's the need and expectations of clients to fulfill (or not) and neediness of the people seeking help and connections to dead loved ones. Let's not forget the testing doubters, the ridiculing critics and the condemning haters (oh yes!) of psychics. 

After having used my abilities for 40 years I believe that psychic energy must retire and the person must live for her or himself. But then, like George, there's always that one more person who truly needs that information.

My book, The Timeless Counselor, tells it all - how psychics receive information, psychic readings, how to have a positive experience with and take my ESP test in it.

Available as an ebook at www.smashwords.com & Amazon Kindle. More at www.juneahern.com

 

When people learn that I'm a witch they ask curiously, an...

When people learn that I'm a witch they ask curiously, and at times humorously, if I cast spells and add - bad spells.

Never a bad spell - although at times I've had to cast a turn around, banishing or binding spell. Seldom do I do those because I believe that they will have a negative backlash. This is based on the one time, in anger, I invoked a banishing spell against an adversary. Ouch. Backlash.  Once burned....I was warned not to do it!

Periodically I do cast spells to advance projects (goals), like for instance my books: The Skye in June and my first book self-published in 1990, The Timeless Counselor: The Best Guide to a Successful Psychic Reading. That magic continues to swirl around them.

Today's surprise! I found that The Skye in June is on the top 500 list of Indie books with high rated reviews at thebookorbust.blogspot.com.  It has sold every month since it's release -well I did do a glamour spell on that one!

The Timeless Counselor recently received a new cover, became an ebook and is receiving five star reviews. Wow! 21 years later it still is of interest. 

In 1990 a tarot reading revealed that The Timeless Counselor would lead to more writing success. If you don't know,  it is very challenging and difficult to make any money as an author, and especially a self-published one.  But I haven't lost money yet, although my day job pays my way still. 

It led to the writing of my second and both books breath life into my screenplay and next in the works novel.  My first book taught me about the rocky marketing path.  I knew the difficulties but believed that I could sell it. 

Tonight I will sit at my altar and give my thanks to the Moneta the goddess for my good fortune and cast a spell to continue to attract book lovers to my book. Blessed be.

What would you cast a spell for?

When people learn I'm a witch they curiously and at times...

When people learn I'm a witch they curiously and at times, humorously ask if I cast spells. It's the bad spells they are mostly interested in.

Never a bad spell - although at times I've had to do a turn around orbanishing or binding spell. Very seldom though because I do believe and have a negative backlash when the one time, in anger, I cast an angry red hot spell. Once burned....and I was warned not to do it!

Periodically I do cast spells to advance a project, like for my books. Magic continues to swirl around The Skye in June as well as my first book self-published, The Timeless Counselor: The Best Guide to a Successful Psychic Reading. 

In 1990 a tarot reading revealed that The Timeless Counselor would lead to more writing success. If you don't know,  it is very challenging and difficult to make any money as an author, and especially a self-published one.  But I haven't lost money yet, although my day job pays my way still. 

My first book led to the writing of my second and both books breath life into my screenplay and next in the works novel.  My first book taught me about the rocky marketing path.  I knew the difficulties but believed that I could sell it. Both my books have continued to sell. The Skye in June has sold every month since it's release -well I did do a glamour spell on that one!

Today's surprise! I found that The Skye in June is on the top 500 list of Indie books with high rated reviews at thebookorbust.blogspot.com. 

Tonight I will sit at my altar and give my thanks to the Moneta the goddess for my good fortune and cast a spell to continue to attract book lovers to my book. Blessed be.

What would you cast a spell for?

Did You say Mote it Be?

      (by Paul Borda. See below for contact info)   

I am often asked what "so mote it be" means. The actual meaning of mote is based upon old Anglo-Saxon language and means thank you as in saying, "Thank you for asking".  The word is also related to "The truth has been spoken." The term can also be used when an agreement has been made between two or more people like a handshake to seal a deal.

     In witch circles the phrase "So mote it be" is spoken at the end of a meeting, a spell, and/or a ritual and is the same as saying, "So might it be" or "So be it" or "Let it be"; similar to ending a prayer with, amen.
In essence one (one witch that is in relationship to this blog) is confident and committed to what she has just declared as good and truthful. It's your word. You declared. Said it and own it. 
     Another ending statement that one might say besides or in addition to so mote it be, is "Blessed be." This shows a connection to, and respect for, Divine Forces outside of herself that empower her creation and she is pulling in their blessings (helping hands make light the work.)

Blessed is the power of many minds thinking sunny thoughts. Will you connect today with like minded by sending out rays of golden energy throughout planet earth? So Mote It be. 

My books: The Timeless Counselor - everything you want to know for a successful psychic reading novel, The Skye in June both ebooks and hardcopies. E-readers and PDF. Contact me at june ahern dot com.

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The Witch & The Christian

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So there I was, sitting across from my friend who had become bible-practicing Christian in the past few years. We were having a difference about religious beliefs and it wasn't going well. A knife could slice the tension.

 

We like each other and for about twenty-years basically been good supportive friends agreeing on most things. We both come from immigrant families, her first generation, me fob, and both grew up in the same City and went to parochial schools. Married and divorced young and like that. And now both are authors.

She has always been a wonderful encouragement to my creativity and advising me about my writings. In fact helped and guided me when I was writing my novel about a religious family and their daughter who was heading to witchcraft. And did so without judgment.

But now we both made the spiritual choices that were as different as oil and water.

She has a good place in my life. My heart. But the differences were quite obvious. To me, her questions, more like an interrogation - well she had worked in the legal profession. But her questioning began to chap my hide.  Had we become that different? 

I became quiet in voice, body language and then I breathed. Not a response from me to her questions and opinions. A thought was needed, but which?

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She said, "Junie, when I bring up my religious viewpoints, you become defensive."

I thought, "Yes, I do. I don't want you to push your stuff on me."

I pondered, studied her. She's feisty, a Leo, fiery and outspoken. Not unlike myself. And a good woman - a good friend. She braved her own community and friends to support my book...a scary thing since it is not of her religious beliefs and dogmas.

 I said, "Yes, you are right, I do feel defensive."

That truth broke whatever barrier had been created. Like wise crones we are, we began to discuss our religious and spiritual thoughts and practices. We opened our minds to understand each other. We braved our differences and we are friends. It is as it, we surmised. Friends can do this if they are willing to open to face differences and with courage are willing to embrace and move beyond them. We are sisters on a journey to self-realization. 

Viva la difference, Sister! Blessed be. Amen! 

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Happiness Runs in a Circular Motion

A while back I had read on the front page of a daily newspaper had an article about a study on how happiness is infectious and that emotions and even health issues such as acne and headaches are spread among friends and family and even amongst groups with no connection to why.      

I liked this thought and for many years have found myself singing "Happiness runs in a circular motion, you can be happy if you just try."  Donovan song) and especially sing it when the blues hit me to bring myself back up.      

And to the researchers about how others share happiness I suggest to the researchers that it' is telepathic communication. Telepathy consists of mental images, symbols and words shared between two or more people in present time.This includes across distance as the "happiness study" revealed. When my son was away at college I awoke one night with a dreaded feeling that he was in trouble. My husband assured me it was just part of the "empty nest" feelings. Next day my sister called asking if my son had come home because she thought she saw him walking past her home but when checking outside, then he disappeared. That day my son called to say he had an accident with minor injuries and, although he was okay, it frightened him. Of course, not all telepathic messages are negative as the study of happiness proves.    

 Telepathic communication has two aspects -- sending and receiving information. Receiving is a basic survival skill. In order to be secure and safe, one must be aware of the surrounding subtle and not so subtle messages. Those stronger at sending telepathic messages are action type people who move forward with confidence. They can accomplish goals easily by sending messages of what and who is needed to accomplish their goals.           

When balanced between the two telepathic abilities we can carefully choose which messages to send and which to receive.Which are you? And how to affect or are effected by those around you? Test yourself to learn more about your personal abilities. Quiz found in my FREE Download  book,The Timeless Counseor (complete consumer's guide to a successful psychic reading). Go to www.smashwords.com - join - free - search the title - add to cart - enter  coupon #  ZJ76N - check out Happy reading to you. Don't forget a review! and pass onto your friends, please. coupon good for to 2/14

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