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How Your Superstitions Can Shape Your World

Do you believe the number 13 is unlucky? Do you avoid walking under ladders? Change direction if a black cat is about to cross your path? Touch wood when you speak about something good happening in your life in the hope the situation remains the same? If you do then you have bought into a superstition. Most of these beliefs are harmless but many of us have no idea how or when they originated. And the fact is that there is no scientific evidence that proves these beliefs to be correct. ‘Unlucky’ 13 for example. Fear of the number 13 or Friday 13th even has a name – triskaidekaphobia, it is so common. It originates from Norse mythology where 12 gods in Valhalla were having a banquet when Loki decided to gatecrash the party. The other gods objected, a fight ensued during which Balder, the favourite, was killed. The myth then got reinforced in Christian teachings when Judas was the 13th person at the Last Supper and then assumes massive proportions as a result. In other words – it becomes a meme that gets spread around that the number 13 is somehow unlucky. Soon so many people buy into this and hold it to be true that many buildings don’t even have a 13th floor – just a 12th or 14th. Of course, they really DO have a 13th floor – it didn’t just ‘disappear’ – but you can now see how ridiculous these beliefs can be!

There is nothing wrong per se with holding onto a harmless belief or superstition if it gives us confidence. Think of Dumbo’s magic feather. Dumbo needed to be told the feather was magic to fly but he could fly all along. His growth came when he realised he didn’t need the feather. We need to understand the origins of our superstitions – whether they are ones handed down through generations or ones we create for ourselves such as having to wear our ‘lucky’ socks to an interview for example. What would you do if one of your lucky socks went missing on interview day? Would you only be half as lucky or half as likely to get the job? The fact is our beliefs create our worldview which in turn colours our experiences. I’m not saying that your ‘lucky’ socks may not provide that feeling of confidence when you walk into the interview – which you then project outwards as you believe the ‘lucky’ socks are responsible for creating that feeling. But you need to understand that you don’t need them to tap into that feeling. It is already there within you – socks or not!

If you believe that seven years bad luck will follow if you accidentally break a mirror first of all you need to understand the origins of the superstition. In ancient Greece people consulted “mirror seers,” who dipped a mirror into the water and people would look into the glass. They believed that a distorted image resulting from a broken mirror meant seven years ill-health and misfortune and this seven year cycle was based on the time Saturn would move through a square in the birth chart – Saturn takes 28 years to orbit the Sun – so seven years would be a square. If today you believe that breaking a mirror results in seven years bad luck your mind then goes searching for every challenge, setback and difficulty you encounter and blames them on the broken mirror. Because your mind is so focussed on the fact you are going to have bad luck that is all it begins to see – not the normal problems we all encounter on a daily basis and what is more it starts to ignore all the good things that are happening to us as it is looking for the bad! Yet, if you took a step back you would actually begin to see that you were no more lucky or unlucky than usual. It all stems from what you are focussing on – the belief you are in for a period of bad luck!

We can choose to buy into superstitions or we can choose to create positive thoughts and to look at events that happen to us from a different perspective. Or we can create positive superstitions for ourselves – such as telling ourselves that every day of the week that has the word ‘day’ in it is a good one for us – whether we are wearing our lucky socks or not!

 

September Astrology forecast 2013 with MIchele

Well, September astrology overview might be challenging but compared to the past rare and intense double star of David’s and the past 12 moths astrology, it should be a walk in the park!

 

Weekly Astrology Video With Michele Knight 26th August 2013

It’s ANOTHER powerful Star of David!

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Weekly Astrology Video With Michele Knight 19th August 2013

Ho’oponopono – Four Simple Phrases to Unlock Unlimited Potential

I love you

I’m sorry

Please forgive me

Thank-you

 The combination of these four short simple phrases may just be the key to unlocking your potential and bringing happiness, prosperity, love and wealth into your life according to  ho’oponopono. No, it’s not the latest dance craze! Ho’oponopono is an ancient Hawaiian practice of forgiveness and reconciliation. Traditionally it was practiced by family members for a person who was physically ill as it was thought that guilt over errors the person had committed had made them sick – we can therefore say it was a kind of karma cleansing tool. However, modern researchers have found that the applications of ho’oponopono can have far reaching implications and can be used in any situation, problem, issue, relationship or concern – simply by directing the four key mantras above to the most important point of healing and manifestation of all – you.

Dr. Ihaleakala Hew Len was a therapist at the Hawaii State Hospital. He worked with patients who had been diagnosed as dangerous and criminally insane. When he began working there, the ward he was on was assigned to was not a good place to be. The staff including the doctors quit or called in sick on a regular basis. It was a high-stress environment with many staff terrified of the patients and we can say, it was just as bad for the patients as many of them were shackled or heavily sedated. As Dr. Hew Len would review a patient’s file he would practice ho’oponopono repeating the key mantras over and over again and directing them not at the patients as you might have expected, but at himself as at the centre of ho’oponopono lies the belief that we all have a responsibility for the reality we experience. So, Dr. Hew Len believed that to heal these patients he would first have to heal himself and as he did so, incredibly, even patients he had never seen began to heal. Patients came off their medication, stopped being violent and some were even released. People began enjoying coming to work there and absenteeism and staff turnover stopped.

Dr. Hew Len’s story then began to circulate and as people began to practice this amazing, profound yet simple technique they began to see incredible changes take place in their lives as blockages to success, to happiness and wellbeing just seemed to disappear.

Ho’oponopono says that anything you don’t like that is going on in the world – be it your annoying co-worker or boss, to the economy, to the war in Afghanistan, is up to you to heal. When you heal yourself with love then the world is healed with you. If you wish to change something in your life, if you wish to attract something to you, then look inside you as there is no ‘out there’. It is already within waiting for you to love yourself to come into being.

I love you

I’m sorry

Please forgive me

Thank-you

Could these four simple phrases be the most powerful mantra in the world? Why not try them and find out?

 

 

 

 

Be Your Own Psychic! Relationship Answers in 3 Easy Steps

Your intuition is the most powerful tool you possess and what is more your intuition always has your best interests at heart. All of us have this resource at our disposal 24/7 – yet few of us choose to utilise it fully, especially when it comes to the area that is most likely to cause us to go get a psychic reading – and that’s our relationships!

When we have a relationship issue, the fact is that our hearts and our intellect can sometimes mislead us. We can hope for, rather than truly believe, a certain outcome is possible. The person we care for can be saying one thing and we buy into this – often for a variety of reasons usually because we fear losing the relationship and being on our own, but often our intuition is telling us something entirely different. Sometimes however, we can become very confused when we are getting mixed messages from someone we care about. If you are experiencing any of these situations, how can you gain access to your deep intuitive truth?

1: Acknowledge you want to see the situation for what is really is, not how you would like it to be. This is the first and also the hardest step. It requires you to be open to the fact that you may not like what your intuition has to tell you. You may have been shutting it down or ignoring that still, quiet, calm voice within because up until this point you were not ready to face the reality of the situation and the possible consequences of that. Say: ‘I tap into the universal truth that is within me. I am ready to accept whatever it has to tell me about my situation no matter if the truth of it or the outcome is what I want or not’.

2: If you have ever taken an acting class or a creative writing class you will know that in both you are told that it is action that reveals a character’s motivation – not what they are saying. Many actors and writers employ this technique for powerful results to reveal what a character will do next or what their agenda actually is. Are you involved with someone who says ‘I love you’ but constantly lets you down, tells you lies, sees other people, treats you disrespectfully or abusively is always out for what they can get? Take some time now to run through their actions, how they treat you, what has been happening lately. Are they making promises which they have yet to keep? Did they say they would call you but haven’t? Do they give you just enough to you hanging in there but keep making excuses as to why they fail to deliver? Do you ask them questions and they change the subject or just stonewall you? Conversely, are you missing clues in their actions that tell you the relationship is more serious than you think? Replay their actions and see if they stack up against their words. Then ask your intuition to give you its interpretation of events. The answers you get may shock and surprise you!

3: Ask your intuition if there is anything else you need to know about the situation and what action you should take. Again, please be open. This can be an upsetting and even confronting part of the process but remember – your goal here is to get to the truth, not to keep walking around in a fog of false hope or to miss signs that their intentions are serious! Your intuition may offer you an alternative way of dealing with the situation that enables you to continue with the relationship but from a new place of mutual love, growth and respect that just hadn’t occurred to you before! You may suddenly see that the relationship is unfolding in its own time and has a dimension to it you’ve been missing. However, your intuition may now have enabled you to see that the relationship has no future. No matter what information your intuition has given you, thank it and please, act upon it – or not if your intuition tells you to just let it take its course. Even if you now know you have to end the relationship sometimes this can lead to a new beginning, but be prepared to go through with your actions no matter what the ultimate outcome is.

The more you use your intuition the more you will see that it can and does provide you with the best possible guidance that only has your welfare at heart. This leads to increased self-empowerment and self-respect – which just gets reflected in all your relationships. So, open up to the intuitive truth about love today.

Your Secret to Success (and inner peace)

It would appear that the super-successful – everyone from A-list actors like Hugh Jackman, international business identities such as Rupert Murdoch and sporting superstars like Novak Djokovic have discovered the secret to success, happiness and inner peace is the one that mystics have been following for centuries: meditation.

Right now we’re seeing a big move away from what society used to define as success. It’s not about working insane hours and sacrificing your personal life in the process. It’s certainly not about acquiring material ‘things’ just for their own sake or to impress others in the hope they will make you happy (they won’t). It’s certainly not about sacrificing your health or sense of wellbeing due to stressing over a career path. Success is fast becoming re-defined as just being a successful human being.

Meditation allows us to connect and access not only our own inner wisdom but the wisdom that is available to us from the energetic field of universal truth. When we do this we are able to decide not only what is important for us, but also to navigate the stresses of modern-day life and react to them differently. It is naïve to say we can avoid them or that ‘we are responsible for creating our reality’ as some new-age proponents would have you believe. That would only work if we were the only ones here! Stress is unavoidable and it is natural to want to achieve success in some area of our lives. Meditation allows us to stop stressing about the things that get in the way of our success and also to decide for ourselves what success actually means to us. When we free ourselves of other people’s (or society’s) definition of success the paradoxical thing is we are then totally free to be successful!

The benefits of meditation have been well-documented. Just a few minutes meditation can be more restful than sleeping, it lowers blood pressure, boosts your intuition, promotes neuroplasticity and it protects your telomeres. No, they’re not a race from Game of Thrones! Telomeres are the protective cap on the end of our chromosomes and scientists are discovering that the longer the cap (telomere) the longer we are likely to live and meditators appear to produce more of the enzyme which creates these caps.

Those of you who already meditate are undoubtedly nodding your heads wisely and saying ‘I knew that’. However, others are probably saying ‘Yes, but . . .I have tried to meditate and just can’t. I have tried sitting, lying down, concentrating on a candle, repeating a mantra and nothing works. Things keep popping into my head like the fact I need to go buy Toilet Duck/sew name tags on my child’s school uniform/my work project is overdue/my husband has left his dirty socks on the bedroom floor again. How do I stop this?’ The answer is – you don’t.

Many people feel they cannot meditate simply because they cannot rid themselves of intrusive thoughts. What they don’t realise is the key to learning to meditate is not to concentrate on not having intrusive thoughts but your reaction to them when they crop up. Notice I said ‘learning to meditate’. Yes, meditation is a skill that like any other requires practice. You are not going to sit in a Lotus position and your mind automatically becomes a Zen blank canvas you know! The key to meditation is realising that everyone even people who meditate regularly, has these thoughts. The key to meditation is how you deal with them when they occur. Are you going to have a figurative knee-jerk reaction to the realisation you forgot the Toilet Duck or are you just going to regard the thought from a position of neutrality? It’s just a thought – nothing more. When you remove any emotion from the thought the thought disappears. If more thoughts turn up, do the same thing. Your partner’s dirty laundry which they can’t be bothered to put in the laundry bin. Acknowledge the thought but remove the irritation/anger from it. You will then see the thought just vanish.

When you realise that it is your emotional reaction to the thoughts that prevent you from meditating rather than the thoughts themselves, you will not only find that they start to occur less frequently but you’ll soon discover yourself meditating without even trying! Try it and see.

Meditation really does open the doors to success by allowing us to access the deep soul wisdom all of us have within us.

Quantum Creating: Avoiding the Spiritual ‘F’ Word Trap

Some of you – either fire signs or else Geminis, have probably jumped into this article certain they know which ‘f’ word I am talking about. Well, actually there are three and none of them are probably the one you are thinking of. I’m talking about Failure, Flailing and Forgetfulness. These three ‘f’ words are often the cause of us becoming discouraged and ultimately de-railed from achieving our goals and being the amazing sparkly, unique beings we are destined to be. They usually work as a team with us first encountering one which leads us straight on into am ambush by the other two.

It goes like this: you have been reading all about Quantum Creating techniques here on MK or else have attended a workshop or read an inspirational self-help book. You are now psyched, empowered and very, very clear about what it is you want to achieve and how you intend to do it. You jump out of bed in the morning declaring: ‘The universe wants me to experience abundance and happiness in every area of my life!’ From that point on your day just seems to be filled with happy synchronicities, songs on the radio that speak directly to you, lucky breaks, people going out of their way to be helpful and wonderful, sparkly thinly-disguised messages from the universe clearly designed just for you to let you know you are now on the right track. Does this sound familiar? You feel fabulous and the world reflects back this fabulousness and you know that nothing now stands in your way between you and your goals. We’ve all been there. Sometimes this lasts for several days or even weeks.

So, why didn’t it continue? What stopped the process? What went wrong? Chances are you got ambushed by one or more spiritual ‘f’ words. Probably one of the more sneaky ones like Flailing or Forgetfulness. These two set us up for the real ‘f’ word – Failure. Recognising that we’re the victims of a spiritual ‘f’ word mugging is the first step to getting ourselves back on track towards our goals. So, what are the symptoms?

Flailing: You’re diverted from your path, your creativity is low and so is your energy. You thought you knew what you wanted but suddenly you find yourself questioning the validity of your goals or even if they are practical to achieve. The steps you have to take to get what you want now seem overwhelming.

Forgetfulness: Usually arrives after we have encountered flailing and wallowed around in it for a bit so our fingers have gone all pruney. We’ve forgotten our path, our passion and also the reasons why we want what we wanted. By now we may be telling ourselves that what we do have isn’t so bad. Forgetfulness can also ambush us when we re-buy into someone else’s or society’s definition of success and happiness instead of remaining true to our own. Your goals, wishes and dreams are unique to you and are a true expression of your soul’s purpose! Why do you want someone else’s dream? Okay – for some people the dream is simply to be abundant, If that’s yours, then please stay true to it. But if your dream looks very different and does not involve what other people seem to want, that doesn’t make it any less valid. Being the unique soul that you are is a big plus in manifesting your desires. We get derailed from our path when we don’t stay true to our own personal vision.  Forgetfulness is just one short step from the big one -

Failure: ‘This Quantum Creating stuff may work for other people but not for me’. At this point you’re not even sure how you ended up here and you have most probably completely forgotten all those lovely signs, synchronicities and soul-boosting events you encountered at the start of your process. But the great thing is – once you recognise the symptoms of the spiritual ‘f’ words then you can quickly and easily put yourself back into the flow again!

Don’t forget – the journey towards your dreams is a goal in itself as we all learn and grow along the way. Just don’t let three ‘f’ words stop you from reaching your destination or believing that you have your dreams for a very good reason!

 

Weekly Astrology Video With Michele Knight 12th August 2013

Monthly Astrology Video with Michele Knight August 2013