It is Spring. The Earth is calling you.

I recently raked my beach and restored my Medicine Wheel after a long winter of storms, and waves and wind. As I raked around it, I noted that the pattern had been pushed to the East. Only those stones were scattered, calling my attention.

The Medicine Wheel teaches that beginnings begin in the East, where the Sun rises to each new dawn. Spring is the season of the East, and the time of change. It is the season of new ideas, and seeing the light. Spring is the season when all things begin to grow and awaken.

Yellow is the color associated with East (and the Goddess Oshun). In the Medicine Wheel, yellow is the color of the Path of Life, to begin the walk as a "warrior", to shine in all that you do. The energy to do and to begin the action of the mind and heart is located in the East. The sun rising in the East empowers each of us. The totems of the East include animals of wings and flight. Our words are given to the east that the smoke in the air or the voices in the air may be carried to Spirit.

I was mindful of this as I replaced the stones, noting I needed to bring down a few more quartz clusters  which had been lost to the sands of time, resting back in the Earth from where they were born. I thought briefly of my own grandchildren, yet unborn, digging the clusters up on some future sunny summer's day. I watched my own boys, now young men, raking leaves and carrying away debris and I intuited, "they are already here." I felt content, and at deep peace with the circle that formed in my consciousness.

Last night had a dream in which the Grandmothers came to my Medicine Wheel and replaced the East stones with glowing blue eggs. Bigger than robin's eggs and deeper blue, I thought about the flock of Robins that had been in the yard yesterday, they caught my attention because they were tweeting so loundly. In my dream I thought, "Oh I am just dreaming this because of all those Robins, I forgot to replace the quartz clusters..." when I got a sharp NO! and was promptly propelled into another dream segment.

I am not going to elaborate on the cast of characters who entered my consciousness, and who rose up from the depths of history to share their wisdom. I will not share what was contained within the blue eggs. But I will tell you that am I am still shaking. And I will also tell you that the Goddess in her many forms stayed with me, changing her face as was required by the incarnations of the messengers, to make sure I "got it."


Our environments have been degraded, climate affected, our life-sustaining resources are being depleted and ruined by human ignorance and human greed. I was shown how politics and even religion itself will be used as weapons of war, as a leverage to separate people and to pit them against one another in a great conflict, not over ideology, but over the resources of the world, and how the conflict will be masked. It will be clothed in the disguise of politics and religion, but in essence it will be a competition for and over access and distribution of resources.

We citizens of the world are entering a time of self-imposed difficulty and environmentally-forced change to balance it. The world’s resources are declining. Populations are growing. And as this is occurring, there will be continued competition, manipulation, and conflict and war. Ancient animosities will be aroused. Prejudices will be played upon and used by those who are ambitious within both governments and religious institutions. Human weakness will be preyed upon, and fear will be pervasive.

The Goddess of My Understanding intends for humanity to become united and self-sufficient within a Universe full of intelligent life. Human strengths will be celebrated, and love will be the way.

I do intuit that there are beings, and systems, both within and beyond this world who are awaiting humanity’s failure to do so. I believe that just as there are human beings awaiting the opportunity to intervene in order to take advantage of a weak and conflicted humanity, there are interdimensional beings also sitting in the front row seats watching the show.

And, I do believe that throughout time, The Goddess has been sent forward into the world for the protection and advancement of humanity. And I believe she has birthed again for the very same reason. To make sure my grandchildren come to dig those crystals out of the beach, that the lake remains pristine and its creatures abundant.

What is threatening our human family and threatening to send it into despair, threatening to undermine the well-being and survival of people everywhere is our own blindness. Our ability to be manipulated. And, our fear.

Humanity’s possibility to navigate these difficult times is very small unless we embrace the collective wisdom of the Divine Feminine. The possibility for humanity to avoid ongoing war, conflict and degradation is very small unless the principles of the Goddess are restored to mass consciousness. The promise for humanity to begin a greater future, a future that will be unlike the past, will be very small if  the masculine principals of control and consumption, coersion and conquer are left in place to guide us forward.

To those who will be tempted to take up arms in the name of religion or political advantage: You must recognize that your thoughts, your intent and your actions go against the Goddess’s will for humanity. They are in violation of what Mother Earth intends for humanity. Of what all Mothers intend for their children.

It is Spring. The Earth is calling you. The Goddess, Divine Mother, is calling you. You must only sit quietly, out in the sunshine, and open your heart to hear. Her voice has never been more clear. Each day is a good new day with a fresh beginning, a new start.

May you be blessed!

Exploring the Core Values of the CEO Club

It's me, Susan Berry, of Oshun Spirit Earth Friendly Goods. At Oshun Spirit, our focus is on personal development, health and wellness, and global consciousness as paths to transformation. Since 1994, my mission has been to support those who share my values and commitment to the well-being of people and the planet, knowing that all positive changes must first come from within ourselves. My business model includes transparency, a commitment to excellence and extraordinary customer service.

And so I closed my store on Bonanza.com. It was a difficult decision to make, but I decided to cut my losses rather than to sell my soul. But that is old news.

About a week ago Bonanza.com CEO Bill Harding started an open group on facebook. A self-proclaimed funny guy, with a known penchant for sarcastic-humor, he named his social drinking and think-tank group with the acronym CHUBS. Now, I know what that means in young-hip-guy-slang but in case you do not, you can look it up here in the urban dictionary. I'll let you decide which definition you want to use. Then you can read the core values of the association.

Unpredictability is an understatement. I just never know when this company is going to come back up on my radar screen. It's like a bad penny so to speak.

Anyway, start-up types are invited to booze with Bill and discuss just how unpredictable they're going to be. Bill states he most often ends up free and thirsty on Mondays, but his boozing can also be unpredictable. So if you are still selling on Bonanza I imagine you can expect enhancements like the condescending shipping notifications to your customers:

"Your order has shipped! Huzzah!
Slip on your celebratin’ shoes and dust off your dancin’ pants — someone’s about to get a big, fat pack of awesome!"

or this trust-inspiring message on the help blog:

"Please do not send payments for merchandise to this address. If you would like to buy an item from a seller, please contact that seller directly. If you send us money, we will take it and use it to buy candy and toys and your item will never arrive."

...on Tuesdays.

I'm not sure if I got the unicorn treatment on a Tuesday or not. Bizzy might have been conceived on a thirsty Monday but then she took some programming and made her debut on Wednesday, April 1 2009. She probably seemed like a great idea at the local watering hole. Note to developers: leave your laptop in its case after your third drink.

No matter. Bill is no longer the CEO directing the trajectory of my company, nor representing it in public. He can booze Monday thru Friday for all I care, and I wish him deep hydration and a lifetime supply of alka-seltzer to help him along. Bless you and your chub chuggin' chums. May you be served free nachos, dudes.

See, hip and professional CAN go hand-in-hand. I was told that early on.

But... I now have a real concern.

A track record of unaccountability to customers, a lack of professional ethics, core values of unpredictability and boozing, and a club name that essentially means "manparts out-of-order" is juvenile and socially akward at best. Maybe even a bit creepy when all else is taken into consideration. 

But more unsettling, and for me scarier than being redrawn as a unicorn, is not being able to change my personal information that they keep. Meeting these guys in this light (their chubs club), for the first time, would I give them access to all my financial information? No.

But they have it. 

This stands now as public record on this date.  Game over.

Discover the Health Benefits of Himalayan Mountain Red Sea Salt!



A Himalayan Mountain Red Sea Salt Bath (use 3 - 6 oz) will have a detoxifying effect similar to a three-day fast. A crystal bowl of salt will neutralize harmful electromagnetic fields in your environment.  Relpacing your everyday table salt with Himalayan Mountain Red Sea Salt is an easy and effective way to help balance your health.

Himalayan Mountain Sea Salt is naturally ionized and possesses magnetic qualities that are highly beneficial. Today, the scientific community estimates that the magnetic field of the earth has declined by over 90% across time, and is in rapid decline now. Scientific research has demonstrated Himalayan Crystal Salt to re-mineralize the body with 80 minerals and trace elements essential to vibrant health. It replenishes electrolytes and helps to balance the body's pH. This is a wonderful sea salt for most cooking, put it right into your salt shaker! It is very salty tasting, so you'll use less, and gain more!

Himalayan Mountain Red Salt is mined from deep underground mines that are high up in the Himalayan mountain range. Since the ancient ocean dried to form a salt bed many hundreds of feet deep, the entire area was pushed up to make the highest mountain range in the world, with the two massive earth crust plates pushing one over the other across hundreds of millions of years - also then covering over the sea bed with rock. Originating from this ancient ocean possibly at the origins of life itself that even pre-dates dinosaurs, the endless movement of the earth's crust eventually pushed this extremely ancient sea salt bed upon into the Himalayan Mountain range.

The source is from deep within the Himalayan Mountain range where it has been trapped for hundreds of millions of years, it has never been exposed to any modern chemicals, toxins, and radiation sources - making it the purest of all salt - processed or sea salt. Because it is trapped within the mountains themselves, the minerals have not been leached out - making it possibly the highest ratio of minerals of any sea salt from which there are health benefits and provides for its highly flavorful and unique taste.

Himalayan Mountain Sea Salt has been considered to have mystical properties among Tibetans, and mining of Himalayan Mountain Sea Salt is highly restricted and controlled due to its mystical and spiritual importance of Tibetan religious practices. It is only mined by hand and transported by local salt miners and merchants by hand (carried on Yaks) whose practices date back through known recorded history.

The mining, transport and trade route of Himalayan Mountain red sea salt to the West has not changed for centuries. Pakistan is the primary point of distribution originating back to when the Muslim empire controlled India, which is on the border with Himalayan Mountain range and Tibet. Political and military conflicts in the region has cut off the supply, making it one of the most rare and coveted of spices.

Some anthropologists believe the importance given to the color red throughout Eastern history traces back to the mystical and magical qualities given to Himalayan Mountain Red Salt and the highly spiritual Tibetan people whose spirituality had defining and enduring effect upon all Eastern religions. The red color is due to a high iron content of the salt.

This amazing salt's specific vibrational frequency balances the body's energy because it contains the entire spectrum of frequency patterns of all elements found in the human body. Tachyon-energized Himalayan Mountain Red Sea Salt is available at Oshun Spirit Earth Friendly Goods by the pound and in bulk wholesale lots.

I invite you to try it for yourself and discover the benefits of the abundance of minerals and life sustaining properties in this very sacred gift from Mother Earth.

May you be blessed!

Tachyon Magnetic Pascalite Bentonite Clay: Beyond Beauty Treatments!

Pascalite Bentonite Clay helps remove radiation, mercury, lead, and heavy metals and chemicals out of the body. This is the same clay that is used to detox people who have suffered radiation poisoning. We are now offering it in powder form by the pound at Oshun Spirit Earth Friendly Goods in addition to bulk/wholesale quantities. Only our Magnetic Pascalite Bentonite Clay Powder is Tachyon-energized to optimize detoxification.

A freely flowing energetic continuum is the key to achieve and maintain health and balance in our lives. We need to become superconductors for Tachyon Energy by allowing it to flow through all the layers of our subtle bodies. As this energy flows into our material cells, it supports the entire metabolism in a perfectly balanced manner, the way we are meant to function. What Tachyon does is give our body, and our subtle bodies, the chance to produce whatever effects they need from the Pascalite Clay.

Pascalite is used in expensive commercial skin cleansers, beauty treatments, some soaps and even toothpaste. To make an effective beauty mask at home, first wash your face using warm water to open the pores. Next, apply a thin paste of Pascalite and leave on for about 10 minutes or until completely dry. Rinse off with warm water, then close pores with a cold water rinse. After your face is dry apply thin film of olive oil to lock in moisture. Voila! You look years younger!

Known to the American Indians as EE-WAY-KEE, " The Earth That Heals," Pascalite Clay is found only in Wyoming's Big Horn Mountains, in the USA. From the Shamanic perspective, it is the Spirit of Mother Earth, the Goddess, which heals. Pascalite Clay is a form of calcium bentonite formed millions of years ago, probably through volcanic action. Our Pascalite is hand mined underground to avoid contamination, and then solar dried in the high mountains to preserve its antibiotic qualities. 

I have often made and used it as a poultice to treat insect bites, sunburns, infections, cold sores and my children's acne when they were in their teens. It is used to treat eczema, burns, corns, and callouses. It can also be applied as a suppository for hemorrhoids. Wholistic veterinarians recommend its application to wounds and infections in domestic animals and livestock.

The absorbent qualities of clay make it highly beneficial in the treatment of inflammation caused by injury or illness. Ground into powder, the clay readily dissolves in water. A clay poultice can be made by mixing the powder with warm olive oil and warm water in equal parts to make an elastic paste that can adhere to the inflamed body part.

The powder can also be used as a natural deoderant, used dry, applied to feet and underarm. It also clears up diaper rash, often overnite!

For dental and oral hygiene, apply the powder to wet toothbrush, or mix 1/2 tsp. in small glass of water. Brush teeth well, and rinse. Many users  agree that a small amount of  powder mixed with tap water gives it the taste of pure, mountain spring water.

Pascalite is a valuable food supplement and has extra-ordinary qualities as relates to nutrition and health. A natural mineral and dietary supplement, it can safely be taken internally by adults and children over six years of age, about 1/4 tsp. twice a day, mixed in water, milk or juice. You can easily make your own capsules, which are available at natural food stores and online. It is used as a digestive aid, colon cleanser, to soothe stomach upset, and to treat ulcers. Some customers sprinkle directly onto their food and their pet's food. I mix a little into potting and garden soil to grow super healthy and potent culinary and medicinal herbs.

As part of your Spring Detox it can be used as an intestinal and bowel cleanser before a fast or modified fast by stirring 1 tsp. of powder in water and drinking a half hour before breakfast. You may wish to repeat before the evening meal as well. For more information about how to use Pascalite Bentonite Clay for detoxification please visit the discussion at  Magnetic Clay Baths Forum Support Forum.

Tachyon Magnetic Pascalite Bentonite Clay Powder has many practical uses that go far beyond beauty! If you are concerned about increased radiation exposure, you might want to make it part of your family's wellness plan. I hope you will discover all of the wonderful health and beauty benefits and take advantage of the new, personal 1 lb packages of  Tachyon Pascalite Bentonite Clay.

May you be blessed! 

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Mayan Message: Live from the Heart

An awakened heart is able to respond in the moment with joy and excitement. It is able to change the plan. It is able to redirect you if circumstances require it. It is creativity and inspiration in harmonious action with your life plan. I invite you to visit  Oshun Spirit Intuitive Arts Services to explore simple ways to become centered in your heart, and live in harmony with the Earth Changes we are now experiencing.

Tachyon Beads and Dragon Lines: Understanding the Impact of Magnetic Fields on Health and Wellbeing

Dragon lines. That's what the ancient Chinese called the ley lines, the Earth’s magnetic grid, that is formed by intersecting "lines" of energy that run through and around our planet.  

 The ancients knew these pathways to be essential to the quality of health, and life. The lines of energy vary in intensity depending on the geo-physical makeup of any certain area. Together, mineral deposits, underground streams, and the gravitational force exerted in any given place create the energies.  Depending on the location, and the forces present, the areas along these lines will either support life or be detrimental to it.  

 Disharmonic energies in the earth or living space can cause emotional and physical imbalance. Modern geomancers still use ancient techniques to find auspicious areas for the purpose of erecting homes, healing centers and temples. I employed a Feng Shui Master to confirm my impressions as to how to choose the land and site the home I built and now live in. I dowsed with an apple branch to tune into the grid to locate an  underground source of water for my artesian well, 525 feet below ground.   

Like my home, sacred sites, ancient cities and energy vortex areas such as the Great Pyramid of Giza and Stonehenge were located on ley lines that generate tremendous transformational energy and serve as interdimensional portals. My home sits on a sacred site, which I intuited and was later evidenced by the many Amerindian artifacts we found during excavation and donated to the our natural history museum. But I was able to feel it, before I "knew" it. There is an amazing, beneficial energy here. Plants thrive. Wildlife abounds. Guests immediately feel "something" when they come to visit. My children have all grown up to be healthy and happy.

I tell you this because ALL humans and animals are extremely sensitive to magnetic fields.  In fact, it has been discovered that certain tissues in our bodies contain magnetite crystals which respond to the vibrations of the earth’s magnetic field, and all magnetic fields, including those coming from animals, people, thoughts, and places.   

Birds have magnetite embedded around their eyes that helps them to stay on course during migration.  Fish have magnetite crystals along the sides of their bodies that signal them to swim in schools in a particular direction.  Humans have chains of magnetite crystals in brain tissue with high concentrations around the sinuses near the ophthalmic nerves which carry information to the brain. All of us can "make use of this knowing" if we simply tune in.

All living organisms generate their own electromagnetic fields, the health of which determines every metabolic function in our bodies including cell division, nutrient transport, and our physical and psychological responses to external stimuli.  Magnetic fields can also be deeply absorbed into the body, inducing electrical fields and currents inside living things that have a wide range of biological effects.

Because of the dramatic environmental changes caused by exposure to high power wires, microwave and radio waves, bombardments and blasts from televisions, computers, etc, we  must practice feeling our awareness  to external and to our own personal energies to maintain our health and wellbeing. Journey Beads are a beautiful and effective tool to help balance you, through amplification of beneficial fields and the protection from the negative electromagnetic fields you are exposed to in your daily life.

Tachyon energized and Reiki blessed, Journey Beads fit your Pandora, Troll, and Biagi jewelry. They are created to hold energy for inspiration, healing, awareness, creativity, prosperity, and joy! Add protective properties to pieces you already own, or create a beautiful one-of-a-kind bracelet or a necklace to wear, a bookmark, or a set of touchstone prayer and meditation beads to carry and keep in your immediate environment.

It is my prayer that their positive and protective energetic qualities will enhance your ability to live and love with enthusiasm and vigor, and increase your ability to overcome any difficulties you encounter along the way.  I hope that Journey Beads will add beauty and light to your journey, and remind you to celebrate each step and milestone! 

Find complete Tachyon Bead Bracelets at our new storefront on Addoway,  www.oshunspirit.com

Find beautiful individual beads, bead sets and complete bracelets on our website, www.oshunspirit.net

May you be blessed!

Love is our Dream Seed, We are Coded to Thrive!

Giving thanks to All our ancestors,
those that have brought us here, NOW, we honor the carriers of the lineage of the Codes of Love.  We witness the patterns of creation, and feel the Great-Full-Ness of
Life.  We see we are Source Coded to thrive.

So, in Gratitude we go and grow,
remembering we are carriers of Love,
designed to facilitate the continuance of Life, while Birthing New Reality with grace and ease.

Blooming Humans are WE!

In choosing to Activate, nurture, tender, cultivate and harvest our Dream Seeds, we are offering sustenance for ALL to thrive.

We are Source Coded to Thrive, and our Dream Seeds are growing into a Garden of Illuminated Hearts.

Blessed Be!
http://bloominghumans.com/dream-seed-kit

Once upon a time,
Once upon a time, the tribe of humanity embarked upon a long journey called Separation. It was not a blunder as some - seeing its ravages upon the planet - might think. Nor was it a fall, nor an expression of some innate evil peculiar to the human species. It was a journey with a purpose: to experience the extremes of Separation, to develop the gifts that come in response to it, and to integrate all of that in a new age of Reunion.

But we knew at the outset that there was danger in this journey: that we might become lost in Separation and never come back. We might become so alienated from nature that we would destroy the very basis of life; we might become so separated from each other that our poor egos, left naked and terrified, would become incapable of rejoining the community of all being. In other words, we foresaw the crisis we face today.


That is why, thousands of years ago, we planted three seeds that would sprout at the time that our journey of Separation reached its extreme. Three seeds, three transmissions from the past to the future, three ways of preserving and transmitting the truth of the world, the self, and how to be human.

Imagine you were alive thirty thousand years ago, and had a vision of all that was to come: symbolic language, naming and labeling the world; agriculture, the domestication of the wild, dominion over other species and the land; the Machine, the mastery of natural forces; the forgetting of how beautiful and perfect the world is; the atomization of society; a world where humans fear even to drink of the streams and rivers, where we live among strangers and don't know the people next door, where we kill across the planet with the touch of a button, where the seas turn black and the air burns our lungs, where we are so broken that we dare not remember that it isn't supposed to be this way.

Imagine you saw it all coming. How would you help people thirty thousand years thence? How would you send information, knowledge, aid over such a vast gulf of time? You see, this actually happened. That is how we came up with the three seeds.

The first seed was the wisdom lineages: lines of transmission going back thousands of years that have preserved and protected essential knowledge. From adept to disciple, in every part of the world, various wisdom traditions have passed down teachings in secret. Wisdom keepers, Sufis, Taoist wizards, Zen masters, mystics, gurus, and many others, hiding within each religion, kept the knowledge safe until the time when the world would be ready to reclaim it. That time is now, and they have done their job well.

The time of secrets is over. Released too early, the knowledge was co-opted, abused, or usually just ignored. When we still had not covered the territory of Separation, when we still aspired to widening our conquest of nature, when the story of humanity's Ascent was not yet complete, we weren't ready to hear about union, connectedness, interdependency, inter-being-ness. We thought the answer was more control, more technology, more logic, a better-engineered society of rational ethics, more control over matter, nature, and human nature. But now the old paradigms are failing, and human consciousness has reached a degree of receptivity that allows this seed to spread across the earth. It has been released, and it is growing inside of us en masse.

The second seed was the sacred stories: myths, legends, fairy tales, folklore, and the perennial themes that keep reappearing in various guises throughout history. They have always been with us, so that however far we have wandered into the Labyrinth of Separation, we have always had a lifeline, however tenuous and tangled, to the truth. The stories nurture that tiny spark of memory within us that knows our origin and our destination. The ancients, knowing that the truth would be co-opted and distorted if left in explicit form, encoded it into stories.

When we hear or read one of these stories, even if we cannot decode the symbolism, we are affected on an unconscious level. Myths and fairy tales represent a very sophisticated psychic technology. Each generation of storytellers, without consciously intending to, transmits the covert wisdom that it learned, unconsciously, from the stories told it.
 
Without directly contradicting the paradigms of separation and ascent, our myths and stories have smuggled in a very different understanding of reality. Under the cover of, "It's just a story," they convey emotional, poetic, and spiritual truth that contradicts linear logic, reductionism, determinism, and objectivity. I am not talking here about moralistic stories. Most of those carry little truth. To transmit the second seed, we must humble ourselves to our stories, and not try to use them for our own moralistic ends. They were created by beings far wiser than our modern selves.

If you tell or transmit stories, be very respectful of their original form and don't change them unless you feel a poetic upwelling. Pay attention to which children's literature has the feel of a true story. Most recent kids' literature does not. You can recognize a true story by the way its images linger in your mind. It imprints itself on the psyche. You get the feeling that something else has been transmitted alongside the plot, something invisible. Usually, such stories bear rich symbolism often unknown even to their authors. A comparison of two 20th-century children's books illustrates my point: compare a Berenstain Bears story with How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Only the latter has a psychic staying power, revealing the spirit of a true story, and it is rich with archetypal symbolism.

The third seed was the indigenous tribes, the people who at some stage opted out of the journey of separation. Imagine that at the outset of the journey, the Council of Humanity gathered and certain members volunteered to retreat to remote locations and forgo separation, which meant refusing to enter into an adversarial, controlling relationship to nature, and therefore refusing the process that leads to the development of high technology. It also meant that when they were discovered by the humans who had gone deeply into Separation, they would meet with the most atrocious suffering. That was unavoidable.

These people of the third seed have nearly completed their mission today. Their mission was simply to survive long enough to provide living examples of how to be human. Each tribe carried a different piece, sometimes many pieces, of this knowledge. Many of them show us how to see and relate to the land, animals, and plants. Others show us how to work with dreams and the unseen. Some have preserved natural ways of raising children, now spreading through such books as The Continuum Concept. Some show us how to communicate without words - tribes such as the Hazda and the Piraha communicate mostly in song. Some show us how to free ourselves from the mentality of linear time. All of them exemplify a way of being that we intuitively recognize and long for. They stir a memory in our hearts, and awaken our desire to return.

The Lakota Aloysius Weasel Bear once asked his grandfather, "Grandpa, the White Man is destroying everything, shouldn't we try to stop him?" His grandfather replied, "No, it isn't necessary. We will stand by. He will outsmart himself." The grandfather recognized two things in this reply: (1) That Separation carries the seeds of its own demise, and (2) That his people's role is to be themselves. But I don't think that this is an attitude of callousness that leaves the White Man to his just desserts; it is an attitude of compassion and helping that understands the tremendous importance of simply being who they are. They are keeping alive something that the planet and the community of all being needs.

By the same token, our culture's fascination with all things indigenous is not merely the latest form of cultural imperialism and exploitation. True, the final stage of cultural domination would be to turn Native ways into a brand, a marketing image. And certainly there are some in my culture who, sundered from community and from a real identity, adopt Native pseudo-identities and pride themselves on their connections to Native culture, spirituality, people, and so forth.

Underneath that, however, we recognize that the surviving First Peoples have something important to teach us. We are drawn to their gift, to the seed that they have preserved until the present time. To receive this seed, it is not necessary to participate in their rituals, take an animal name, or claim a Native ancestor, but only to humbly see what they have preserved, so that memory may awaken. Until recently, such seeing was impossible for us, blinkered by our cultural superiority complex, our arrogance, our apparent success in mastering the universe. Now that converging ecological and social crises reveal the bankruptcy of our ways, we have the eyes to see the ways of others.

The seeds of Reunion are sprouting everywhere. That which was hidden for millennia is coming to light. Soon, fertilized by the detritus of our decaying civilization, the sprouts will mature, bloom, and bear fruit. Our job is first to receive them, then to spread them everywhere and to guard and foster them with every ounce of our love. 

May you be blessed!

from:
http://www.realitysandwich.com/three_seeds
Charles Eisenstein is a writer, speaker, and the author of The Ascent of Humanity and other books.

Image Credit: "The Blessing Seed"  by Alison Dexter

High Frequency Heart Meditation 528 Hz

Worthwhile! Be aware this might bring some "stuff" up to the surface. Stay with it without judgement and try to breathe thru any resistance. Total time is about 7 minutes. Best with head phones viewed full screen. Allow another 20 minutes or so for integration, as an observer.

Divine Mother: A Meditation for the Spring Equinox

The Spring Equinox is the beginning of a astrological New Year when the sun enters the sign of Aries and begins a 12-month cycle around the wheel of life. It is a time when day and night are balanced, lending support from the universe and Mother Earth, to begin again in a state of perfected harmony. It is a time to create and bring form to your dreams and rejoice in birth and life.

Today, Sunday, March 20th, 2011 is the Spring Equinox this year. Throughout the year there are periods of time and windows of power that we can harness to power the changes in our lives that we are setting out to accomplish. In this moment we are watching a world out balance attempting to return to harmony. We are witnessing a rebirth.

The Goddess, the Divine Mother, is returning to our collective consciousness to guide us through the changes. She is Kwan Yin, Isis, Mary, Oshun, Lakshmi. She is You. The Divine Mother abides in the heart of every being, as the divine creatrix who has manifested multiple forms of consciousness as an adoration for Her beloved, the eternal formless Supreme Being - God the Father. In truth these two timeless lovers are not two rather, they are inseparably bound to play out their cosmic dance of love for all eternity.

I hope that you will take a moment to enjoy this beautiful Heart Meditation, "Light of Presence – Mother Divine." Today, open your heart and receive the aspect of the Divine which is known as Mother. Where there is love, compassion and mercy, see Her direct presence, always the present moment, always in service, in you.

To best experience the heart healing transmission watch full screen, with your awareness at the high (etheric) heart center.

May you be blessed.

Speed Over Perfection... in an effort to make the product better?

I just spent a few minutes reading the last comments of my blog post dated Tuesday, March 8.
Thank you for the information. Am I surprised? No. I will accept that those actions are my reward for playing nice with Alex, and that the post created such a dramatic response carries its own message forward.

The unicorn thing was childish. If you visit http://www.facebook.com/oshunspiritstore there are some endearing comments posted about it. After over 900 hits, there is not one comment which supports the business model of degrading your customers. If it was meant to reflect poorly on me, it fell short.

But yesterday's news is today's fish wrapper. Today's news is that Bonanza emphasizes speed over perfection in an effort to make the product better. I can't let it go. They sent it to me. It is the answer to the question I asked time and time again. Thank you!

I will direct you to:
http://oshunspirit.blogspot.com/2010/07/bonanzlecom-launches-two-new-games.html

In Bill Harding's own words, he felt that I was "regularly being at odds with our prioritization. "Our" being Bonanzle Management's, and indeed that was true for him. What was true for me is that I wanted to understand why "selling" was not the priority of an e-commerce marketplace.

As a Premier member (in fact I was one of the first Premiere supporters, and I was first to sign up as a member of the BAC, first to hold a chat/auction on Bonanzle, yes I had a vested interest in the sites success) I had access to google analytics which I also had on my website oshunspirit.net, a mirror of the Bonanzle booth to which I directed my .com. Comparing apples to apples, the Bonanzle conversion rates were way, way off, month after month. I might add, I left ebay as a powerseller, so I hadn't just fallen off the turnip truck.

I had many customers emailing that they couldn't check out, and intuitively I knew there had to be even more that were having similar issues that I was not hearing about. So, because I was on Bonanzle to do business, a functional checkout system was a priority. I  admit it.

And I cared, not just for me, but because people were suffering. Really suffering, because of it.

Does anyone remember poor Razmear? I tried for 3 weeks to buy multiple items, a wholesale lot, from him and we finally completed the sale off site because he needed that money to keep his electricity on. Such sacrifices to personal financial stability were not unheard of... early adapters that stopped selling on ebay and had no other means would have starved had it not been for the goodwill of other members. I bought a lot of stuff I didn't need because I could. A great community, a bad business plan. Take the emotional component out and you've got dumb.

In April 09, after they introduced Bizzy, the rude robotic personal assistant, I begged that their next project might be to address the barriers to sales and our inability to complete sales on site rather than add further embarrassment to what was already an increasingly embarrassing situation – that is, constantly apologizing for customer's inconvenience. I got a really snarky answer, something about how hip and professional can go hand in hand.

My skin prickled and I knew there was a disconnect. Maybe generational, maybe deeper...

When Bonanzle added widgets instead of addressing the issues, I asked again. When they added syndication and affiliates, I asked again. When they added Twitter and Facebook integration, one more time I expressed that spamming the social networks would do little for the bottom line if the incoming buyers could not navigate the site. Games came and went, handpicked lists became a favorite pass time and then there was a constant stream of booth do-overs  to incorporate site upgrades which often upset the apple cart. Lots of busy work to do, games to play, chatty features to ensure stickiness. Of sellers, not buyers.

I couldn't get a buyer to stick, not with widgets, not with Bonanzas, or coupons, or anything else. And I'm sharp.

All the while my website converted (even as I literally ignored it) and Bonanzle did not. Yes, I kept asking for functionality. And I received three answers in perpetual rotation:  I had "it" set up incorrectly, my customers were doing it wrong, or I needed to clear my cache.

No, I was not the only one. I am one of many whose voices were silenced for speaking out and questioning the site's prioritization, asking for clarification. But I suppose I was an influencer of sorts and I call it like I see it. And I usually see very clearly. In fact, my predictions about Bonanza run with 100% accuracy. I'm sure someone will testify to that.

In July of '10 I finally put my booth on hold and wrote the blog,  http://oshunspirit.blogspot.com/2010/07/bonanzlecom-launches-two-new-games.html. Bill said he was sorry to see me go.

What? I said I wasn't going anywhere, that I would wait for functionality and a return on my investment...

In hindsight I understand that was not what he was hoping to hear.

"They" offered to do a detailed analysis of my booth if I offered it up as a test case. From July 19 - Sept 1 my booth was closed while "they" worked on it to find solutions. I "lost" my images, attributes, traits, shipping, and prices. I was shocked, I thought it was all about the checkout, cart, and shipping profiles. I let them know my booth was GONE, that the fixes were generating unrelated glitches. I received emails that did not address the points made. Over and over again. Then I got it. Oops.

Trashed, not fixed. 

I posted in the forum about my experiences, just the facts, backed up by emails, and bmails, and I was censored til 2015. I examined my experience on my blog. Those who responded and shared similar stories were hunted down, suspended, and invited to leave as well..

Well, that's just nasty business no matter how you spin it.

On September 9, management announced that they had " fixed full page new item form zeroing out international shipping that was set as "see description" or "calculated" and fixed shipping profiles not being applied to new items on full page new item form. But there were still problems...

The real problem: They didn't know how to fix the problems.

Then, just a few months ago, Bonanza with a team of new programmers in place, renovated their checkout system because their research showed it needed simplification and buyers were having problems. Bada-bing!

Several weeks ago Bonanza merchants were all over the social networking sites frantic, livid, remarking about the ongoing site functionality issues. They received three answers in perpetual rotation: They had "it" set up incorrectly, their customers were making errors, or they needed to clear their caches. I've been there, done that, I have a point of view...

I wrote a blog. And here you are.

I now sport a Unicorn as an avatar, my booths sport red x's where they once were. And they will say to you through my example, "you may be next."

And I will say to you, may you be blessed!

From Alex' response: "We openly acknowledge that there are, from time to time, bugs on the site as we endeavor to quickly enhance the product. We do emphasize speed over perfection in an effort to make the product better." Speed over perfection... if haste compromises functionality,  many are left wondering how a product gets better.