Next Drumming From The Heart Kootenay Community Drum Circle:
Monday Evening October 4th 2010
@ Nelson North Shore Hall
@ 7:15pm/8:45pm, $7.00/$5.00
@ 675 Whitmore Road (across BOB off Johnston Rd.)
@ Nelson BC Canada
Greetings All,
Change has come through for Drumming From The Heart drum circles. I have decided to start up the drum circles on the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month beginning October 2010. Please see my schedule down below for details/dates. New work commitments have become a reality and therefore I needs be reducing the frequency of the drum circles. For all you budding rhythmatists out there - we're going from a quarter note beat to a half note beat in our rhythm (weekly to bi-weekly). They'll just be that much more special when they happen then eh?! Yeah!
The first post summer drum circle is going to be Monday night October 4th at the North Shore Hall - same time as always. From then on the general rule is the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month thereon. There are exceptions to this for Holidays/New Years noted on the calendar below.
Change seem to be the theme of the times when you take a look at everything that is currently going on - wow! All this kind of change is a little tough to take sometimes energetically. Make sure you smudge, clear, and tune up your chakras once in awhile - helps while we and the earth go through a little etheric "re-shuffling" and re-alignment.
This is always happens when the planet is super blasted with high frequency photonic solar light. Everything changes in frequency and that which no longer can be held on to wants to be released. One of the best ways to release lower frequency energies is to use forgiveness and gratitude with the breath. Try this breathing meditation technique:
Relax comfortably, close your eyes, and breathe calmly, quietly, and consciously...
Become aware of your 4th chakra heart centre in the middle of your chest rising and falling with your breath...
Bring the breath in and out through the heart...
Upon inhaling feel gratitude flowing into your heart chakra filling your abdomen with light
Upon exhaling feel forgiveness to all (including yourself) flow outwards from your heart centre in bright liquid flows of light
Adapt and modify any part of this meditation to suit you - invent your own colors. If you do this even for 10 minutes it will have a very balancing and wonderfully uplifting effect on you and your energy bodies (physical, mental, emotional, etheric, spiritual). For added intensity perform this breathing meditation while drumming a soft straight simple beat.
The resonance and vibration of the virtues of Gratitude and Forgiveness are high frequency positive light streams. When you merge with and exude these particular attitudes of emotion and intent you bathe in the stream of The Flow. The flow of the light of Love. In that flow you cannot easily entertain negative emotions or thoughts - they don't work very well there. With good scientific reason - too low a frequency to co-exist within the higher vibrational environment created by the flow of the light of heart-love.
Therefore you become calm and balanced in the higher frequency vibrations of the heart's electropsychomagneticfield. Others feel the love from you when these light streams are entering and exiting your body. You feel the love for yourself and this changes how you are able to deal with changes like we are going through now on this planet.
Here are some affirmations for forgiveness that you can read out loud to train the habit forming mental brain mind in using the higher frequency light waves of the heart centre - our real or soul mind:
THE DOOR TO MY HEART OPENS INWARD. I MOVE THROUGH FORGIVENESS TO LOVE.
TODAY I LISTEN TO MY FEELING, AND I AM GENTLY WITH MYSELF. I KNOW THAT ALL OF MY FEELINGS ARE MY FRIENDS.
THE PAST IS OVER, SO IT HAS NO POWER NOW. THE THOUGHTS OF THIS MOMENT CREATE MY FUTURE.
IT IS NO FUN BEING A VICTIM. I REFUSE TO BE HELPLESS ANYMORE. I CLAIM MY OWN POWER.
I GIVE MYSELF THE GIFT OF FREEDOM FROM THE PAST, AND MOVE WITH JOY INTO THE NOW.
I GET THE HELP I NEED, WHEN I NEED IT, FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. MY SUPPORT SYSTEM IS STRONG AND LOVING.
THERE IS NO PROBLEM SO BIG OR SO SMALL THAT IT CANNOT BE SOLVED WITH LOVE.
I AM READY TO BE HEALED. I AM WILLING TO FORGIVE. ALL IS WELL.
WHEN I MAKE A MISTAKE, I REALIZE THAT IT IS ONLY PART OF THE LEARNING PROCESS.
I MOVE BEYOND FORGIVENESS TO UNDERSTANDING, AND I HAVE COMPASSION FOR ALL.
EACH DAY IS A NEW OPPORTUNITY. YESTERDAY IS OVER AND DONE. TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF MY FUTURE.
I KNOW THAT OLD, NEGATIVE PATTERNS NO LONGER LIMIT ME. I LET THEM GO WITH EASE.
I AM FORGIVING, LOVING, GENTLY, AND KIND, AND I KNOW THAT LIFE LOVES ME.
AS I FORGIVE MYSELF, IT BECOMES EASIER TO FORGIVE OTHERS.
I LOVE AND ACCEPT MY FAMILY MEMBERS EXACTLY AS THEY ARE RIGHT NOW.
AS I CHANGE MY THOUGHTS, THE WORLD AROUND ME CHANGES.
I FORGIVE MYSELF FOR NOT BEING PERFECT. I AM LIVING THE VERY BEST WAY I KNOW HOW.
I CANNOT CHANGE ANOTHER PERSON. I LET OTHERS BE WHO THEY ARE, AND I SIMPLY LOVE WHO I AM.
IT IS NOW SAFE FOR ME TO RELEASE ALL OF MY CHILDHOOD TRAUMAS AND MOVE INTO LOVE.
I KNOW THAT I CANNOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR OTHER PEOPLE. WE ARE ALL UNDER THE LAW OF OUR OWN CONSCIOUSNESS.
I RETURN TO THE BASICS OF LIVE: FORGIVENESS, COURAGE, GRATITUDE, LOVE, AND HUMOR.
EVERYONE IN MY LIFE HAS SOMETHING TO TEACH ME. WE HAVE A PURPOSE IN BEING TOGETHER.
I FORGIVE EVERYONE IN MY PAST FOR ALL PERCEIVED WRONGS. I RELEASE THEM WITH LOVE.
ALL OF THE CHANGES IN LIFE THAT LIE BEFORE ME ARE POSITIVE ONES. I AM SAFE.
From I CAN DO IT by Louise Hay
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More Heart meditation information:
The Crystal Palace Within and Opening the Halls of Amenti
A Hathor Planetary Message Through Tom Kenyon
Through the meditation we are about to convey, you can access higher levels of creativity, innate within you, and gain access to what we refer to as your Higher Mind—which is simply an aspect of your consciousness that extends beyond the constraints of your awareness as it is currently experienced within the constraints of time and space. This Higher Mind—this interdimensional aspect of your consciousness—is a potential source of immense inspiration, wisdom, insight and creativity.
The Crystal Palace Within refers to the pineal gland because part of its structure is crystalline in nature. These small calcite crystals have piezoelectric properties that can respond to the higher realms of light. By activating these crystalline potentials within your pineal gland you open a portal to your Higher Mind, which can bring to you, and humanity, an influx of creativity, insight and solutions to personal and collective problems.
The mediation has three phases.
First Phase
The first phase involves activating the heart chakra and entering into a heartfelt resonance with the Earth. This link through your heart connects you to Earth’s wisdom and the process of ascent that your planet is evolving through. This is done through your feeling nature, specifically through sending appreciation, or gratitude to the Earth herself.
This is a very important aspect to this particular meditation because Earth’s energy is vaster than yours. It can help stabilize you in this process, and it links you into the progression of ascent that your planet is passing through.
In this phase of the meditation you place the focus of your attention in your heart chakra, located in the center of your chest and feel appreciation, or gratitude to the Earth for life itself. Depending upon your level of development some of you will simply rest in this feeling of appreciation, or gratitude to the Earth.
Others of you may actually feel these energies flowing from you into the Earth.
Other persons with advanced interdimensional abilities may find themselves floating in space, sending their appreciation, or gratitude to the Earth from this vantage point and/or from a highly expanded state of being. So there are vast numbers of ways to experience this.
This phase is also an energetic transformation of a collective thought form held by humanity. This thought form is the belief that Earth can be used, even abused, for mankind’s own purposes without regard for its affects on other life forms.
This thought form must be removed and transformed if humanity is to survive the passage that is now upon you, and so when you undertake this simple act of sending appreciation, or gratitude to the Earth, you are simultaneously linking into the ascent of Earth and contributing to the transformation of this highly destructive thought form: that you have dominion and power over the Earth.
In the New Earth, stewardship will be the keynote, along with an understanding of the interconnectedness of all life and an honoring of Earth herself.
Second Phase
After you have dwelled within this vibratory field of appreciation, or gratitude to the Earth for at least five minutes, you shift your attention from your heart center to the pineal gland in the center of your head and listen to the Pineal Gland Attunement.
This particular sound meditation is a little over five minutes long, and was specifically created to assist you in activating unused potentials within the crystalline structure of your own pineal gland.
The sounds you will hear are analogs to fluctuations in the light realms. They fine-tune the receptivity and subtle perceptual abilities of this gland. It is very much like switching on an antennae and then tuning it to the higher realms of light and to what we have referred to earlier as your Higher Mind.
For the entire duration of this sound meditation, this Attunement, your awareness is simply in the center of your head, in the area of your pineal gland. There is nothing to do other than to keep your attention in this area. When your mind wanders, you bring it back to the pineal gland.
Let the sounds resonate and activate this area of your brain. Again, depending upon your level of awareness, some of you may simply experience subtle, undefined shifts in this area. Others may experience complex geometries of light. Others may experience themselves outside themselves observing actual fluctuations of energy within the pineal gland. There are many other possible perceptual perspectives as well.
The important thing in this phase is to “not try” to make anything happen. Just allow it to unfold. After this phase of the meditation is complete you move to the third and final stage, which we refer to as Opening the Halls of Amenti.
Third Phase
We are using the term, Halls of Amenti, in two ways. The first refers to an etheric storehouse of information that lies beneath the Sphinx in Cairo, Egypt. The second use of the term means to enter into a high vibrational state of mind through which you make contact with your own Higher Mind. This second view is the one to hold while engaging this particular meditation.
This phase of the meditation gives you direct access to your Higher Mind and its vast potentials. Unlike the other two phases of the meditation, in this phase your awareness is in multiple places simultaneously.
We will present these in order. Some persons will be able to hold only one point at any given moment. Others will be able to hold more than one point of awareness simultaneously. Simply hold as many points as you are capable of. If you continue to use this method you will eventually develop the ability to hold multiple points of awareness simultaneously, and this ability (to hold multiple perspectives at the same time) is a powerful training method for developing interdimensional awareness.
The first and primary point of focus is to an area we refer to as the BA point. This is not where your Celestial Soul or Higher Self is located; this is simply an energetic entry point. The BA refers to your Celestial Soul, or in some ways of viewing it, your Higher Self. If you were to physically raise your hands above your head, where your fingers touch would be the BA point. (Please do note that in this meditation, you are not actually holding your hands above your head. This is simply for reference only.)
In this final phase of the meditation your awareness is at the BA point and you send appreciation, or gratitude to this aspect of yourself that is outside of time and space. Specifically you are sending appreciation, or gratitude for the influx of wisdom, insight, creativity and inspiration, as well as possible solutions to problems you may be facing.
This is a very important part of this phase. The harmonic—the vibrational signature—of appreciation, or gratitude activates the BA, your Celestial Soul or Higher Self. Through this action you are opening a portal to your Higher Mind, and you are also bringing to an end another limiting negative thought form that has plagued humanity for eons.
This thought form is nothing less than the belief that you are separate from your own divinity—that somehow you are less than and do not deserve to receive the gifts of your own godhead.
This thought form was introduced to control you through your religions. It is a highly limiting and damaging thought form, for it denies you access to your higher wisdom, your spiritual vision, your ability to discern truth from falsehood and your abilities to change your reality, as you desire.
We cannot emphasize enough how insidious this limiting thought form is, nor can we emphasize enough how significant an action it is for you to hold this new thought form (that there is no separation from you and your own Celestial Soul, Higher Self or Divinity) in place while you send your appreciation, or gratitude to your BA.
You are not asking, pleading, begging or praying to your Celestial Soul, to your Higher Self or to a god. You are simply opening a conduit to another part of your own being. As you continue in this phase you will feel a response from your Celestial Soul—a movement from the BA point down into the pineal gland.
This is the descent of energy from your Higher Mind along with insights and empowerments into that aspect of your being you know as your body and mind. These empowerments are in the form of spiritual light patterns, which you may or may not consciously be aware of.
As you allow the descent of energy from the BA point to continue, your second point of focus includes the pineal gland, allowing the downward movement of energy from the Celestial Soul into the crystalline structure of the pineal gland itself.
If you are capable, simultaneously bring into your awareness a third point, your heart chakra in the center of your chest, so that the influx moves from the Celestial Soul into the pineal gland and into the heart center. At this moment, send appreciation, or gratitude to your Celestial Soul, to your BA, for the revelation of your own Higher Mind.
Finally for those of you who are more advanced, place your awareness at a fourth point, which is in the very center of the Earth itself, so that the influx of your Higher Mind flows from the Celestial Soul into your pineal gland, into your heart chakra and down into the center of the Earth.
Don’t concern yourself with how many points of reference you can hold; holding the first point, which is the BA point, is enough to begin with.
As we said earlier, if you continue with this meditation, you will eventually be able to hold more points of awareness simultaneously. The purpose of this meditation is to activate unused potentials and abilities within your interdimensional nature, and to give you access to your own Higher Mind, which you can then use to infuse your life with new insights, new understanding, new forms of inspiration, and new creative solutions to problems you may be facing (either individually or collectively).
Due to the fact that you are connected to all life, as you open yourself to the potentials of your own Higher Mind, you help your fellow humans to also accomplish this as well.
We are presenting this meditation at this time for those of you who wish to join us when we do the planetary activation on Sunday, October 31st of this year, 2010.
We ask that you go through this process many times before the actual event, so that you are quite familiar with it and have mastered it to some degree.
On October 31st at 3 pm Pacific Standard Time (PST), those of us who are gathered for the event in Seattle will enter into this meditation. You are invited to join us wherever you may be in the world. Through a common vibrational state (appreciation, or gratitude) we shall transcend time and space together. We shall enliven the Crystal Palace Within, and we shallOpen the Halls of Amenti for the benefit of your selves, and for the benefit of humanity.
Summary
In summary, this meditation that we call The Crystal Palace Within and Opening the Halls of Amenti, takes approximately 15 minutes. The first five minutes are spent sending appreciation, or gratitude to the Earth, with the understanding that you are also amplifying a thought form and adding it into the planetary grid—a counterweight to the destructive thought form that humanity has dominion and power over the Earth. You are replacing this insidious thought form with a new one—humans are both co-creators with Earth and stewards of life.
After you have spent at least five minutes in this vibrational field of appreciation, or gratitude to the Earth, you move into the second phase, which takes a little over five minutes. This involves listening to the Pineal Gland Attunement, letting the sound do the work for you, simply keeping your awareness in the center of your head.
In the third phase, which will take five minutes, your awareness moves to the BA point, above the head. During this phase you send appreciation, or gratitude to your Celestial Soul, your Higher Self, opening a conduit to your own Higher Mind, understanding that through this action you are not only opening the connection to a higher aspect of yourself, but you are also simultaneously transforming a negative thought form held by humanity.
This thought form is that you are less than your own godhead, and that you do not deserve direct access, but require an intermediary. From our perspective, you require no person, no entity or organization to be an intermediary between you and your own Higher Self, your own Godhead, your own Divinity.
During this phase you allow an influx of energy to move down from your Higher Mind, which is accessed through your Celestial Soul, your Higher Self, into the pineal gland. If you are capable of holding more points of focus, allow this influx to move into your heart chakra in the center of your chest and finally into the center of the Earth.
The timing of this meditation is both propitious and portentous. You are at a critical passage in Earth’s ascent. You are not powerless in the midst of the growing chaos that is around you—far from it. You have powers and abilities within you that await your command.
The Hathors
Baja, Mexico
August 29, 2010
Tom’s Thoughts and Observations
The first thing that struck me about this latest message from the Hathors is their act of naming two highly injurious thought forms that are affecting our world culture.
In their opinion, these two thought forms are a type of mental/emotional and spiritual poison that is affecting our very selves and the world we live in.
The first of these thought forms perpetuates the belief that we have dominion over the Earth and that she can be used and abused as we wish. Part of the underpinnings of our current worldwide ecological crisis can be traced directly to this thought form that is expressed most succinctly in the book of Genesis. Recently I read some writings by scholars suggesting that the King James translation of this text was actually a misinterpretation of the particular scriptural passage in question (Genesis 1:26-28). But misrepresented or not, it has fueled a human arrogance that underlies much of our philosophy as well as our cultural, scientific, and technological attitudes. The injury from this thought form is affecting our very ecosystem, the very fabric of life itself.
The second injurious thought form they addressed also traces its roots back to religion. This is the belief that we are somehow separated from our own Higher Self, Divinity, Godhead or whatever name you wish to call it. The end result of this thought form is that we are banished from the realms of light and spirit by our own self-condemnation. The Hathors are very clear about their attitude regarding this thought form. There is, in their opinion, no separation between us and our Celestial Souls, our Higher Selves, or our Divinity (again, whatever names you wish to call it). We need no intermediary between us, and our divine nature. And the perpetuation of this belief in our unworthiness to receive the gifts of the light realms actually prevents us from receiving the grace and healing that is our very birthright. This type of healing grace from the light realms is streaming to us from another aspect of ourselves, not from a force outside of us.
I wish you all much Peace and Gratitude...
Kim
If you would like to learn more about the therapeutic benefits of group drumming please check out these links:
http://healing.about.com/od/drums/a/drumtherapy.htm
http://sundiatadrums.com/html/drum_circles.html
http://www.drumcircleplayshop.com/BENEFITS_OF_DRUMMING.html
http://drumaticinnovation.com/benefits-drumming
Hope to see you all soon in The Circle!
Namaste,
Kim
Basic details for participating in a Drumming From The Heart drum circle:
1. The drop in price is $7 per drum circle but you can also buy “drum dollars” which cost $50 for 10 drum dollars – one drum dollar = one drum circle (save $2/circle).
2. Drumming From The Heart drum circles occur the 1st & 3rd Monday night of each month at the North Shore Hall in Nelson from 7:15pm to 8:45pm.
3. The North Shore Hall is located off of Johnston road across the orange bridge from Nelson at 675 Whitmore Road – second right off Johnston. It’s in a big wood and brick old church/hall – you can’t miss it – big parking lot.
4. I have spare drums and others bring spare drums and percussion also that you are free to use.
5. The circle is already composed of mostly beginners. We follow a very simple easy format that anyone can play with – it’s all good and there is no “wrong”.
In the Spirit of Love and Peace
links:
http://drummingfromtheheart.blogspot.com/ - My Drumming From The Heart Blog.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drum_circle - All about Drum Circles on Wikipedia.
http://rhythmweb.com/circle/index.html - Excellent info on Drum circles at Rhythm Web
http://www.lawofone.info/ - A website dedicated to the books called The Law of One – very interesting
http://www.consciousmedianetwork.com/home.htm - An excellent “conscious” media website.
http://www.drumming.com/ - An great website on everything to do with drums and drumming.
http://astraldynamics.com – incredible website on energy and healing.
http://www.dailyom.com/ - Inspirational relaxing website for nurturing your body and soul.
http://www.templeofsacredsound.org/ - Healing sounds with “Toning Chambers” by Jonathan Goldman.
http://www.healingmusic.org/default.asp - Informative website on all kinds of healing music.
http://www.theresonanceproject.org/ - Carrying on where Einstein left off – cutting edge scientific/spiritual information.
http://www.spiritofmaat.com/ - Excellent website discussing new age spirituality, human potential, and new science.
http://rhythmweb.com/circle/index.html - All about drum circles at the Rhythm Web.
http://www.ted.com/ - Very interesting cutting edge video website with interesting talks/videos on a variety of subjects.
http://drumbum.com/lessons/ - An incredibly diverse website with free drum lessons and instruction.
http://www.calculatorcat.com/moon_phases/phasenow.php - Current Moon Phase page.
http://www.empire-music.com/Canada/English/ - Very good online Canadian music/drum store.
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Thank you Esteemed Drumming Ones.
Peace and Synchronistic Rhythm to all.
See you soon Drumming From The Heart!
Namaste,
Kim Massé
Facilitator,
Drumming From The Heart
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DFTH Drum Circle Calendar 2010:
North Shore Hall - 675 Whitmore Road - Nelson - 1st and 3rd Mondays monthly 7:15pm - 8:45pm
Cost = $7.00 – or one Drum Dollar($5.00) – ask about them!
2010
October 4th - First post-summer drum circle
October 18th - on schedule
November 1st - on schedule
November 15th - on schedule
December 6th - on schedule
December 20th - Special Holiday Famous Finger Food Potluck! Come earlier.
2011
January 17th - First drum circle of 2011!
Online Drumming From The Heart Blog/Archive Website: http://drummingfromtheheart.blogspot.com/.
"Drumming From The Heart" public community drum circles are facilitated drum circles.
All ages are welcome. Absolutely no drumming experience required. If you own a drum please bring it, I have a limited number of drums I can supply. Any and all percussion instruments are also welcome, e.g. wood blocks, bells, tambourines, shakers, flutes, whistles, etc.. Remember - all you need is an open mind and an open heart. I encourage you to forward to this email to others or invite friends who you think may be interested in attending this community drum circle - the more the merrier! Drumming in your community is a wonderful healing process that strengthens and heals you, the community, and Mother Earth!
WHAT IS A DRUM CIRCLE?
A DRUM CIRCLE IS A GROUP OF PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER TO CREATE IN THE MOMENT MUSIC USING HAND DRUMS AND PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS. A DRUM CIRCLE IS NOT A PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE PERFORMING A PREPARED PIECE OF MUSIC, OR A DRUMMING CLASS LED BY A TEACHER, NOR ANY GROUP RE-CREATING MUSIC IT HAS PLAYED BEFORE. DRUM CIRCLES ARE A FORM OF RECREATIONAL MUSIC MAKING WHICH MEANS THAT THE FOCUS IS NOT ON PERFORMANCE BUT RATHER ON PERSONAL OR GROUP DEVELOPMENT AND WELLNESS OR JUST PLAIN FUN.
May your life be filled with Eternal Bliss and Ecstatic Joy!
Thank You!
Kim Massé
Facilitator
Drumming From The Heart
Kim Masse
2839 Lower Six Mile Road
Nelson BC V1L6L6
250.505.2684
kimmasse@shaw.ca
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Friday, September 10, 2010
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Drumming From The Heart - Grooves'n Views - Thursday May 20th 2010 - Nelson BC Canada
Next Drumming From The Heart Kootenay Community Drum Circle:
Tuesday Evening May 25th 2010
@ Nelson North Shore Hall
@ 7:15pm/8:45pm, $7.00/$5.00
@ 675 Whitmore Road
@ Nelson BC Canada.
Hail Drummers,
I want to remind everyone that there are exactly 6 Tuesday drum circle sessions left before we break for summer. The last drum circle will be on June 29th where we will drum and celebrate with a finger food potluck - as is our tradition. I would sincerely like to thank all who have attended Drumming From The Heart drum circles this year - This is your circle and you have made it a very special one indeed. I am grateful for you.
I have a very special announcement to make!
On June 20 & 21 - there is a first time running of The Summer Solstice Long Drum event taking place on Crystal Mountain here in Nelson. This is a very special ceremony where we honour and give thanks to Mother Earth by keeping the drums going all night and morning for 10 straight hours! We are also very honoured and blessed to have Duncan and Rosalyn Grady conduct opening and closing blessings for the long drum ceremony.
This is a great opportunity to really truly experience the deep alpha inducing effects of group trance drumming (and dancing) for an extended period of time. The non-stop drum rhythms performed all night long will create a very powerful and entraining deep alpha brain wave pattern in the group mind to the benefit and delight of all present. It will definitely be an experience to remember.
This is also how many of the world's indigenous peoples have celebrated earth and her cycles for thousands of years. By honouring and giving thanks to the Mother. A sacred ceremony like this forms a primal connection between us and the earth - thereby enabling the much needed healing of Mother Earth and ourselves through her spiritual connection to us.
It is incumbent upon us to honour and celebrate our spiritual divinity - it is time to remember who we really are. We are spiritual beings having a human experience. Let us drum, be grateful, and remember...
Here is the official announcement from our own Jonathan Taylor - organizer of the event:
(Please remember to RSVP Jonathan via phone/email at Jetnelson2009@gmail.com (250.354.7511) by Friday May 11th if you will be attending)
SUMMER SOLSTICE LONG DRUM,
SWEAT LODGE GROUNDS,
CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN
20-21 JUNE 2010
Drummers, Singers, Dancers, please join us for the Summer Solstice Long Drum to honor our Mother Earth and her Sacred Waters
At this time in our world, the Earth, our Mother, and Her sacred blood, water, are in great distress. We are all spiritual leaders in our own way and we can bring our hearts together to do what we can; we are the ones we have been waiting for, as the Hopi Elder prophesy says. We offer our prayers as expressed through music, song and dance to right relationship.
In service to right relation, in this ceremony the Mother Beat will be continuously held and sustained throughout the night by drummers in service to the whole. Singers and Dancers, please join whenever. and where ever your heart moves you. The groove will occasionally transform as the composition of the drumming group changes and evolves through the night.
We are doing this to mark the season, participate in world cycles, offer our effort to the benefit of all beings, and collectively invoke spirit and clarity for the healing of our relationship with Pachamama. Please see the communication from Chief Avol Looking Horse, which frames a powerful intention for such a Ceremony as this.
PROGRAM
5:30pm -- Carpool from Mary Hall Parking Lot, gather
6:00pm -- Lay the fire.
7:00pm – Light fire, smudge, circle, set intentions.
8:00pm – DUSK: Opening blessing by Rosalyn Grady. Call the Directions and Begin.
6:00am – DAWN: End drumming, Closing blessing by Duncan Grady, close circle, integration while sharing food.
7:30am – Depart
BRING:
Instruments/drums
Bedroll & cushions; chair or stool
Food to share
Flashlight
Tobacco offerings and objects for the Altar
Donation for the Sweat Lodge Fund
Good water on site
PLEASE, NO DRUGS, OR ALCOHOL
All are free to leave the Circle and return for rest as needed. We only ask that you stay on the grounds for the entire ceremony.
RSVP by Friday, 11 June 2010
All My Relations,
Jonathan Standing Bear
Jetnelson2009@gmail.com
250.354.7511
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A Great Urgency - Chief Arvol Looking Horse
To All World Religious and Spiritual Leaders
My Relatives,
Time has come to speak to the hearts of our Nations and their Leaders. I
ask you this from the bottom of my heart, to come together from the Spirit
of your Nations in prayer.
We, from the heart of Turtle Island , have a great message for the World; we
are guided to speak from all the White Animals showing their sacred color,
which have been signs for us to pray for the sacred life of all things. As
I am sending this message to you, many Animal Nations are being threatened,
those that swim, those that crawl, those that fly, and the plant Nations,
eventually all will be affect from the oil disaster in the Gulf.
The dangers we are faced with at this time are not of spirit. The
catastrophe that has happened with the oil spill which looks like the
bleeding of Grandmother Earth, is made by human mistakes, mistakes that we
cannot afford to continue to make.
I asked, as Spiritual Leaders, that we join together, united in prayer with
the whole of our Global Communities. My concern is these serious issues will
continue to worsen, as a domino effect that our Ancestors have warned us of
in their Prophecies.
I know in my heart there are millions of people that feel our united prayers
for the sake of our Grandmother Earth are long overdue. I believe we as
Spiritual people must gather ourselves and focus our thoughts and prayers to
allow the healing of the many wounds that have been inflicted on the Earth.
As we honor the Cycle of Life, let us call for Prayer circles globally to
assist in healing Grandmother Earth (our Unc I Maka).
We ask for prayers that the oil spill, this bleeding, will stop. That the
winds stay calm to assist in the work. Pray for the people to be guided in
repairing this mistake, and that we may also seek to live in harmony, as we
make the choice to change the destructive path we are on.
As we pray, we will fully understand that we are all connected. And that
what we create can have lasting effects on all life.
So let us unite spiritually, All Nations, All Faiths, One Prayer. Along
with this immediate effort, I also ask to please remember June 21st, World
Peace and Prayer Day/Honoring Sacred Sites day. Whether it is a natural
site, a temple, a church, a synagogue or just your own sacred space, let us
make a prayer for all life, for good decision making by our Nations, for our
children's future and well-being, and the generations to come.
Onipikte (that we shall live),
Chief Arvol Looking Horse
19th generation Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe
(Wolakota.org )
There is also another very special event taking place in June that you may be interested in attending:
Andean Despacho Ceremony - 10 am to 4 pm, Saturday June 12th
Crystal Mountain, Svoboda Road, Nelson BC
We're very happy to announce that René Franco Salas, our friend and compadre from the village of Pisac in the Andes - Peru, will be returning to Nelson in June. He will once again be accompanied by his two daughters, Urpi Gabriela (18) and Urpi Dianita (11).
René will be offering a traditional Andean "Despacho" ceremony on Crystal Mountain on Saturday, June 12th. It will be held outside on the land near the sweat lodge. There will be an opportunity to visit with Rene and his daughters after the ceremony - they speak Spanish, Quechua and a little English.
A despacho is an Andean ceremony of making offerings to the mountains (apus), Mother Earth (Pachamama), and in the spirit of reciprocity, reverence, and thanksgiving. This is an act of love and a reminder of the connections we share with all beings, elements, spirits, and sacred places. At the deepest level, it is an opportunity to enter into the essential unity of all things, the living energy of the universe.
The despacho is a gift - a giving back of what we receive every day in our lives. Through the despacho ceremony we seek to bridge the ordinary and non-ordinary realms; to establish new patterns of relationship and possibility. The despacho places us in right relationship, right ayni, with Pachamama.
Please car pool as much as possible at the bottom of Svoboda Road, as there is limited parking on Crystal Mountain. There will be someone helping to organize this in the parking area by the pathway along the old Burlington Northern Railroad (above Mary Hall - 10th St. and Elwyn). Also there will be someone directing cars up near the sweat lodge and Mountain Waters, so we make the best use of the space here.
We would like to have a sense of how many people will come, so if you want to attend please call (250-352-0818) or write listenbreatheletgo@gmail.com There is no fee for the ceremony; we will be collecting donations for Rene and his family. Any food offerings for sharing after the ceremony are welcome.
Enjoy the day and see you soon in The Circle!
Namaste,
Kim
Basic details for participating in a Drumming From The Heart drum circle:
1. The drop in price is $7 per drum circle but you can also buy “drum dollars” which cost $50 for 10 drum dollars – one drum dollar = one drum circle (save $2/circle).
2. Drumming From The Heart drum circle is on every Tuesday night at the North Shore Hall in Nelson from 7:15pm to 8:45pm.
3. The North Shore Hall is located off of Johnston road across the orange bridge from Nelson at 675 Whitmore Road – second right off Johnston. It’s in a big wood and brick old church/hall – you can’t miss it – big parking lot.
4. I have spare drums and others bring spare drums and percussion also that you are free to use.
5. The circle is already composed of mostly beginners. We follow a very simple easy format that anyone can play with – it’s all good and there is no “wrong”.
In the Spirit of Love and Peace
links:
http://drummingfromtheheart.blogspot.com/ - My Drumming From The Heart Blog.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drum_circle - All about Drum Circles on Wikipedia.
http://rhythmweb.com/circle/index.html - Excellent info on Drum circles at Rhythm Web
http://www.lawofone.info/ - A website dedicated to the books called The Law of One – very interesting metaphysical philosophy.
http://www.consciousmedianetwork.com/home.htm - An excellent “conscious” media website.
http://www.drumming.com/ - An great website on everything to do with drums and drumming.
http://astraldynamics.com – incredible website on energy and healing.
http://www.dailyom.com/ - Inspirational relaxing website for nurturing your body and soul.
http://www.templeofsacredsound.org/ - Healing sounds with “Toning Chambers” by Jonathan Goldman.
http://www.healingmusic.org/default.asp - Informative website on all kinds of healing music.
http://www.theresonanceproject.org/ - Carrying on where Einstein left off – incredible cutting edge scientific/spiritual information.
http://www.spiritofmaat.com/ - Excellent website discussing new age spirituality, human potential, and new science.
http://rhythmweb.com/circle/index.html - All about drum circles at the Rhythm Web.
http://www.ted.com/ - Very interesting cutting edge video website with interesting talks/videos on a variety of subjects.
http://drumbum.com/lessons/ - An incredibly diverse website with free drum lessons and instruction.
http://www.calculatorcat.com/moon_phases/phasenow.php - Current Moon Phase page.
http://www.empire-music.com/Canada/English/ - Very good online Canadian music/drum store.
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Thank you Esteemed Drumming Ones.
Peace and Synchronistic Rhythm to all.
See you soon Drumming From The Heart!
Namaste,
Kim Massé
Facilitator,
Drumming From The Heart
; > )
DFTH Drum Circle Calendar 2010:
North Shore Hall - 675 Whitmore Road - Nelson - Tuesday evening 7:15pm - 8:45pm
Cost = $7.00 – or one Drum Dollar($5.00) – ask about them!
May 25 On Schedule
June 1 On Schedule
June 8 On Schedule
June 15 On Schedule
June 22 On Schedule
June 29 On Schedule - Last Drum Circle until September 21, 2010. Finger Food Potluck.
Online Drumming From The Heart Blog/Archive Website: http://drummingfromtheheart.blogspot.com/.
"Drumming From The Heart" public community drum circles are facilitated drum circles.
All ages are welcome. Absolutely no drumming experience required. If you own a drum please bring it, I have a limited number of drums I can supply. Any and all percussion instruments are also welcome, e.g. wood blocks, bells, tambourines, shakers, flutes, whistles, etc.. Remember - all you need is an open mind and an open heart. I encourage you to forward to this email to others or invite friends who you think may be interested in attending this community drum circle - the more the merrier! Drumming in your community is a wonderful healing process that strengthens and heals you, the community, and Mother Earth!
WHAT IS A DRUM CIRCLE?
A DRUM CIRCLE IS A GROUP OF PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER TO CREATE IN THE MOMENT MUSIC USING HAND DRUMS AND PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS. A DRUM CIRCLE IS NOT A PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE PERFORMING A PREPARED PIECE OF MUSIC, OR A DRUMMING CLASS LED BY A TEACHER, NOR ANY GROUP RE-CREATING MUSIC IT HAS PLAYED BEFORE. DRUM CIRCLES ARE A FORM OF RECREATIONAL MUSIC MAKING WHICH MEANS THAT THE FOCUS IS NOT ON PERFORMANCE BUT RATHER ON PERSONAL OR GROUP DEVELOPMENT AND WELLNESS OR JUST PLAIN FUN.
May your life be filled with Eternal Bliss and Ecstatic Joy!
Thank You!
Kim Massé
Facilitator
Drumming From The Heart
Kim Masse
2839 Lower Six Mile Road
Nelson BC V1L6L6
250.505.2684
kimmasse@shaw.ca
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Tuesday Evening May 25th 2010
@ Nelson North Shore Hall
@ 7:15pm/8:45pm, $7.00/$5.00
@ 675 Whitmore Road
@ Nelson BC Canada.
Hail Drummers,
I want to remind everyone that there are exactly 6 Tuesday drum circle sessions left before we break for summer. The last drum circle will be on June 29th where we will drum and celebrate with a finger food potluck - as is our tradition. I would sincerely like to thank all who have attended Drumming From The Heart drum circles this year - This is your circle and you have made it a very special one indeed. I am grateful for you.
I have a very special announcement to make!
On June 20 & 21 - there is a first time running of The Summer Solstice Long Drum event taking place on Crystal Mountain here in Nelson. This is a very special ceremony where we honour and give thanks to Mother Earth by keeping the drums going all night and morning for 10 straight hours! We are also very honoured and blessed to have Duncan and Rosalyn Grady conduct opening and closing blessings for the long drum ceremony.
This is a great opportunity to really truly experience the deep alpha inducing effects of group trance drumming (and dancing) for an extended period of time. The non-stop drum rhythms performed all night long will create a very powerful and entraining deep alpha brain wave pattern in the group mind to the benefit and delight of all present. It will definitely be an experience to remember.
This is also how many of the world's indigenous peoples have celebrated earth and her cycles for thousands of years. By honouring and giving thanks to the Mother. A sacred ceremony like this forms a primal connection between us and the earth - thereby enabling the much needed healing of Mother Earth and ourselves through her spiritual connection to us.
It is incumbent upon us to honour and celebrate our spiritual divinity - it is time to remember who we really are. We are spiritual beings having a human experience. Let us drum, be grateful, and remember...
Here is the official announcement from our own Jonathan Taylor - organizer of the event:
(Please remember to RSVP Jonathan via phone/email at Jetnelson2009@gmail.com (250.354.7511) by Friday May 11th if you will be attending)
SUMMER SOLSTICE LONG DRUM,
SWEAT LODGE GROUNDS,
CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN
20-21 JUNE 2010
Drummers, Singers, Dancers, please join us for the Summer Solstice Long Drum to honor our Mother Earth and her Sacred Waters
At this time in our world, the Earth, our Mother, and Her sacred blood, water, are in great distress. We are all spiritual leaders in our own way and we can bring our hearts together to do what we can; we are the ones we have been waiting for, as the Hopi Elder prophesy says. We offer our prayers as expressed through music, song and dance to right relationship.
In service to right relation, in this ceremony the Mother Beat will be continuously held and sustained throughout the night by drummers in service to the whole. Singers and Dancers, please join whenever. and where ever your heart moves you. The groove will occasionally transform as the composition of the drumming group changes and evolves through the night.
We are doing this to mark the season, participate in world cycles, offer our effort to the benefit of all beings, and collectively invoke spirit and clarity for the healing of our relationship with Pachamama. Please see the communication from Chief Avol Looking Horse, which frames a powerful intention for such a Ceremony as this.
PROGRAM
5:30pm -- Carpool from Mary Hall Parking Lot, gather
6:00pm -- Lay the fire.
7:00pm – Light fire, smudge, circle, set intentions.
8:00pm – DUSK: Opening blessing by Rosalyn Grady. Call the Directions and Begin.
6:00am – DAWN: End drumming, Closing blessing by Duncan Grady, close circle, integration while sharing food.
7:30am – Depart
BRING:
Instruments/drums
Bedroll & cushions; chair or stool
Food to share
Flashlight
Tobacco offerings and objects for the Altar
Donation for the Sweat Lodge Fund
Good water on site
PLEASE, NO DRUGS, OR ALCOHOL
All are free to leave the Circle and return for rest as needed. We only ask that you stay on the grounds for the entire ceremony.
RSVP by Friday, 11 June 2010
All My Relations,
Jonathan Standing Bear
Jetnelson2009@gmail.com
250.354.7511
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A Great Urgency - Chief Arvol Looking Horse
To All World Religious and Spiritual Leaders
My Relatives,
Time has come to speak to the hearts of our Nations and their Leaders. I
ask you this from the bottom of my heart, to come together from the Spirit
of your Nations in prayer.
We, from the heart of Turtle Island , have a great message for the World; we
are guided to speak from all the White Animals showing their sacred color,
which have been signs for us to pray for the sacred life of all things. As
I am sending this message to you, many Animal Nations are being threatened,
those that swim, those that crawl, those that fly, and the plant Nations,
eventually all will be affect from the oil disaster in the Gulf.
The dangers we are faced with at this time are not of spirit. The
catastrophe that has happened with the oil spill which looks like the
bleeding of Grandmother Earth, is made by human mistakes, mistakes that we
cannot afford to continue to make.
I asked, as Spiritual Leaders, that we join together, united in prayer with
the whole of our Global Communities. My concern is these serious issues will
continue to worsen, as a domino effect that our Ancestors have warned us of
in their Prophecies.
I know in my heart there are millions of people that feel our united prayers
for the sake of our Grandmother Earth are long overdue. I believe we as
Spiritual people must gather ourselves and focus our thoughts and prayers to
allow the healing of the many wounds that have been inflicted on the Earth.
As we honor the Cycle of Life, let us call for Prayer circles globally to
assist in healing Grandmother Earth (our Unc I Maka).
We ask for prayers that the oil spill, this bleeding, will stop. That the
winds stay calm to assist in the work. Pray for the people to be guided in
repairing this mistake, and that we may also seek to live in harmony, as we
make the choice to change the destructive path we are on.
As we pray, we will fully understand that we are all connected. And that
what we create can have lasting effects on all life.
So let us unite spiritually, All Nations, All Faiths, One Prayer. Along
with this immediate effort, I also ask to please remember June 21st, World
Peace and Prayer Day/Honoring Sacred Sites day. Whether it is a natural
site, a temple, a church, a synagogue or just your own sacred space, let us
make a prayer for all life, for good decision making by our Nations, for our
children's future and well-being, and the generations to come.
Onipikte (that we shall live),
Chief Arvol Looking Horse
19th generation Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe
(Wolakota.org
There is also another very special event taking place in June that you may be interested in attending:
Andean Despacho Ceremony - 10 am to 4 pm, Saturday June 12th
Crystal Mountain, Svoboda Road, Nelson BC
We're very happy to announce that René Franco Salas, our friend and compadre from the village of Pisac in the Andes - Peru, will be returning to Nelson in June. He will once again be accompanied by his two daughters, Urpi Gabriela (18) and Urpi Dianita (11).
René will be offering a traditional Andean "Despacho" ceremony on Crystal Mountain on Saturday, June 12th. It will be held outside on the land near the sweat lodge. There will be an opportunity to visit with Rene and his daughters after the ceremony - they speak Spanish, Quechua and a little English.
A despacho is an Andean ceremony of making offerings to the mountains (apus), Mother Earth (Pachamama), and in the spirit of reciprocity, reverence, and thanksgiving. This is an act of love and a reminder of the connections we share with all beings, elements, spirits, and sacred places. At the deepest level, it is an opportunity to enter into the essential unity of all things, the living energy of the universe.
The despacho is a gift - a giving back of what we receive every day in our lives. Through the despacho ceremony we seek to bridge the ordinary and non-ordinary realms; to establish new patterns of relationship and possibility. The despacho places us in right relationship, right ayni, with Pachamama.
Please car pool as much as possible at the bottom of Svoboda Road, as there is limited parking on Crystal Mountain. There will be someone helping to organize this in the parking area by the pathway along the old Burlington Northern Railroad (above Mary Hall - 10th St. and Elwyn). Also there will be someone directing cars up near the sweat lodge and Mountain Waters, so we make the best use of the space here.
We would like to have a sense of how many people will come, so if you want to attend please call (250-352-0818) or write listenbreatheletgo@gmail.com There is no fee for the ceremony; we will be collecting donations for Rene and his family. Any food offerings for sharing after the ceremony are welcome.
Enjoy the day and see you soon in The Circle!
Namaste,
Kim
Basic details for participating in a Drumming From The Heart drum circle:
1. The drop in price is $7 per drum circle but you can also buy “drum dollars” which cost $50 for 10 drum dollars – one drum dollar = one drum circle (save $2/circle).
2. Drumming From The Heart drum circle is on every Tuesday night at the North Shore Hall in Nelson from 7:15pm to 8:45pm.
3. The North Shore Hall is located off of Johnston road across the orange bridge from Nelson at 675 Whitmore Road – second right off Johnston. It’s in a big wood and brick old church/hall – you can’t miss it – big parking lot.
4. I have spare drums and others bring spare drums and percussion also that you are free to use.
5. The circle is already composed of mostly beginners. We follow a very simple easy format that anyone can play with – it’s all good and there is no “wrong”.
In the Spirit of Love and Peace
links:
http://drummingfromtheheart.blogspot.com/ - My Drumming From The Heart Blog.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drum_circle - All about Drum Circles on Wikipedia.
http://rhythmweb.com/circle/index.html - Excellent info on Drum circles at Rhythm Web
http://www.lawofone.info/ - A website dedicated to the books called The Law of One – very interesting metaphysical philosophy.
http://www.consciousmedianetwork.com/home.htm - An excellent “conscious” media website.
http://www.drumming.com/ - An great website on everything to do with drums and drumming.
http://astraldynamics.com – incredible website on energy and healing.
http://www.dailyom.com/ - Inspirational relaxing website for nurturing your body and soul.
http://www.templeofsacredsound.org/ - Healing sounds with “Toning Chambers” by Jonathan Goldman.
http://www.healingmusic.org/default.asp - Informative website on all kinds of healing music.
http://www.theresonanceproject.org/ - Carrying on where Einstein left off – incredible cutting edge scientific/spiritual information.
http://www.spiritofmaat.com/ - Excellent website discussing new age spirituality, human potential, and new science.
http://rhythmweb.com/circle/index.html - All about drum circles at the Rhythm Web.
http://www.ted.com/ - Very interesting cutting edge video website with interesting talks/videos on a variety of subjects.
http://drumbum.com/lessons/ - An incredibly diverse website with free drum lessons and instruction.
http://www.calculatorcat.com/moon_phases/phasenow.php - Current Moon Phase page.
http://www.empire-music.com/Canada/English/ - Very good online Canadian music/drum store.
____________________________________________________________________
Thank you Esteemed Drumming Ones.
Peace and Synchronistic Rhythm to all.
See you soon Drumming From The Heart!
Namaste,
Kim Massé
Facilitator,
Drumming From The Heart
; > )
DFTH Drum Circle Calendar 2010:
North Shore Hall - 675 Whitmore Road - Nelson - Tuesday evening 7:15pm - 8:45pm
Cost = $7.00 – or one Drum Dollar($5.00) – ask about them!
May 25 On Schedule
June 1 On Schedule
June 8 On Schedule
June 15 On Schedule
June 22 On Schedule
June 29 On Schedule - Last Drum Circle until September 21, 2010. Finger Food Potluck.
Online Drumming From The Heart Blog/Archive Website: http://drummingfromtheheart.blogspot.com/.
"Drumming From The Heart" public community drum circles are facilitated drum circles.
All ages are welcome. Absolutely no drumming experience required. If you own a drum please bring it, I have a limited number of drums I can supply. Any and all percussion instruments are also welcome, e.g. wood blocks, bells, tambourines, shakers, flutes, whistles, etc.. Remember - all you need is an open mind and an open heart. I encourage you to forward to this email to others or invite friends who you think may be interested in attending this community drum circle - the more the merrier! Drumming in your community is a wonderful healing process that strengthens and heals you, the community, and Mother Earth!
WHAT IS A DRUM CIRCLE?
A DRUM CIRCLE IS A GROUP OF PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER TO CREATE IN THE MOMENT MUSIC USING HAND DRUMS AND PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS. A DRUM CIRCLE IS NOT A PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE PERFORMING A PREPARED PIECE OF MUSIC, OR A DRUMMING CLASS LED BY A TEACHER, NOR ANY GROUP RE-CREATING MUSIC IT HAS PLAYED BEFORE. DRUM CIRCLES ARE A FORM OF RECREATIONAL MUSIC MAKING WHICH MEANS THAT THE FOCUS IS NOT ON PERFORMANCE BUT RATHER ON PERSONAL OR GROUP DEVELOPMENT AND WELLNESS OR JUST PLAIN FUN.
May your life be filled with Eternal Bliss and Ecstatic Joy!
Thank You!
Kim Massé
Facilitator
Drumming From The Heart
Kim Masse
2839 Lower Six Mile Road
Nelson BC V1L6L6
250.505.2684
kimmasse@shaw.ca
If you want to unsubscribe from this email distribution list please reply with “Unsubscribe” in the subject line. If you would like to subscribe please email me at kimmasse@shaw.ca and request a subscription – it’s free!
Monday, March 22, 2010
Next Drumming From The Heart Kootenay Community Drum Circle:
Tuesday Evening March 23rd 2010 - Vernal Equinox Celebration
@ Nelson North Shore Hall
@ 7:15pm/8:45pm, $7.00/$5.00
@ 675 Whitmore Road
@ Nelson BC Canada.
Hi Everyone!
Drum circle tomorrow night. Yahoo! Last week we had a great circle with some very cool and funky grooves. Every circle is so different yet so good. We can classify this circle as our Vernal Equinox celebration since that just happened on the 20th. Equinox - Equal day and night. Winter is on the wane and Spring is greening forth. I really love this time of year when the grass starts turning green and the birds start singing in full choir voice.
You might want to bring some really forthright intentions with you when you come drumming tomorrow night - this is a great time astrologically speaking to put some heart into some good intentions that you want to come to fruition or to serve up to the world. Doesn't have to be anything complicated - the simpler the better - the universe likes things short and sweet. Here's a good one - Peace on Earth. I love that one.
Went down to the lake today and took some really great photos of the sun bouncing off the waves on the West Arm just beside Six Mile - breathtakingly beautiful! We have so much to be thankful for in this part of the world. Beautiful water, mountains, trees, sky, and sun. Nature is a great comfort to the human soul. It can strike awe and gratitude in your heart in an instant.
Speaking of gratitude I came across this site on the net about gratitude and such. Check this out - it's good - some very interesting concepts put forth here. I have mentioned this stuff to you before but it merits repetition. Nothing makes you and the world around you feel better than a good dose of gratitude - and drumming too of course. Enjoy...
Principles of Personal Transformation
by WingMakers
Note: For a two-page summary of this inspiring seven-page WingMakers essay, click here.
Each individual on Earth is exploring in a physical body new ways of experiencing life. Through this process of discovery, each of us is developing a deeper level of understanding of life and a greater ability to express our divine essence. This divine essence is the fullest expression of each individual's soul, and most closely exemplifies the Divine's capabilities therein.
Divine essence is a level of divine awareness that was "seeded" within each soul when it was initially conceived by the Divine. It is also the natural state of the soul that has removed itself from the controlling aspects of hierarchical belief systems through the complete awakening of its sacred intentions. All souls are in various stages of transformation, and all people are destined to attain a level of conscious awareness of divine essence as their sacred intentions are fully awakened.
Profound personal transformation is initiated by the realization that you are capable of direct access to the Divine. This is the realization that the wisdom of the Divine can be discovered deep within your own soul. In other words, your body, complete with its physical, mental, and emotional capabilities, is not the repository of your sacred intentions. Nor is your mind able to reach out and access this divine inner calling which tirelessly beckons, inviting you towards the glorious joy of ever deeper connection with All That Is.
It is the soul that is the harbor of your divine essence. And it is the soul that is the vehicle of access to the awakening of your sacred intentions, which opens the door to profound transformation through the integration of your body, mind, heart, and soul.
Through opening to meaningful connection not only with your own divine essence, but with that of all living beings, the experience of profound personal transformation eventually triggers the realization that perceived reality is the Divine personified in the form of individual preferences. Thus when your sacred intentions are fully awakened, divine reality and your perception of reality become inseparable as the wind and the air. This confluence is only completely realized through the full transformation experience, which is unlike anything known within human experience.
There have been those upon Earth who have ventured into the shallows of this boundless ocean. Some have called it ascension; others have attributed names like illumination, enlightenment, nirvana, and cosmic consciousness. While these experiences are profound by human standards, they are only the initial stirrings of divine essence as it becomes increasingly adept at touching and awakening the remote edges of its existence.
What most would define as the ultimate bliss is merely an impression of their divine essence whispering to its outposts of form and nudging them to look within to the roots of existence, and to unite with the formless and limitless divine intelligence that pervades all.
The full transformation experience is far beyond the scope of the human drama, much like the stars in the sky are beyond the touch of Earth. We can see the stars with our human eyes, but we will never touch them with our human hands. Similarly, we can dimly foresee the full transformation experience as humans, but we cannot experience it through being human. It is accessed through the wholeness of the soul, for it is only in wholeness that the soul's sacred intentions and their catalytic effect of divine perception can be fully experienced.
This level of wholeness is attained only when the individual consciousness has separated from time and is able to view its existence in timelessness. Nevertheless, the human stage of existence is essential in facilitating personal transformation and causing it to trigger – like a metamorphosis – the integration of your formful identities into divine essence.
Self-mastery through personal transformation is the next stage of perception and expression for your soul. It is initiated when you choose to design your life based upon principles that are symbolic of the Divine. As you become increasingly responsive to the Divine, you naturally gravitate towards life principles that symbolically express the formative principles of divine creation.
The below principles are divine templates of creation. They are designed to help you experience life from the perspective of divine essence. They are principles that construct opportunities for the integration of your formless and formful identities. They are bridges through which you can access the experience of wholeness by perceiving with your divine essence.
There is a wide range of means that can facilitate self-mastery through personal transformation and disengage the soul from external controls. Inasmuch as the means may vary, the intent behind the means is quite narrowly defined as the intent to expand into a state of integration whereby all aspects of your conscious self become increasingly aligned with your divine essence.
There are three particular life principles that help to align your perspective with the perspective of divine essence and thus inspire profound transformation.
They are:
1) Seeing the Divine in all
2) Nurturance of life
3) Gratitude
When you apply these principles, a deeper meaning will be revealed to the seemingly random events of your life experience – both in the personal and universal contexts.
Seeing the Divine in All
This is the principle that the Divine is present and can be seen everywhere and in all manifestations of life. It is interwoven in all things like an intricate mosaic whose pieces adhere to the same wall, and are thus unified. However, it is not the picture that unifies the mosaic, but the underlying wall upon which its pieces adhere. Similarly, the Divine paints a picture so diverse and seemingly unrelated that there appears to be no unification. Yet it is not the outward manifestations that unify. It is the inward center of divine energy upon which the pieces of diversity are layered that unifies all life.
This centerpiece of divine energy is the collective storehouse of all life within the universe. It is the full expression of the Divine, which invests itself in all forms through the projection of its divine intelligence into all manifestations of life. Thus, divine intelligence – acting as an extension of the Divine – is the unifying energy that is the "wall" upon which all the pieces of life's mosaic adhere.
Seeing the Divine in all is the principle that all manifestations of life convey an expression of All That Is. It does not matter how far the unifying energy has been distorted or corrupted; the Divine can be observed. It is the action of perceiving the unification of energy even when the outward manifestations appear random, distorted, or chaotic. It is the realization that all life flows from one divine energy source that links one to All and all to One.
When every manifestation of life can be genuinely perceived as a fragmentary expression of All That Is, the vibration of equality that underlies all life becomes perceptible to you. You realize that life initially emerges as an extension of the Divine, and then, as an individuated energy frequency invested within a form. This individuated energy vibrates, in its pure, timeless state, precisely the same for all manifestations of life.
This is the common ground that all life shares. This is the tone or vibration of equality that can be observed within all life forms that unifies all expressions of diversity to the very foundation of existence. If you are able to look upon any and all forms of life with the outlook of equality, then you are seeing the Divine in all.
While this may seem like an abstract concept, it is actualized through the practice of looking for both the outward and inward manifestations of the Divine. In a very real sense, you expect to observe the workings of divine intelligence in every facet of your experience.
The principle of seeing the Divine in all is the unassailable expectation that everything is in its rightful position, performing its rightful function, and serving its purpose to activate the fullest expression of its life in the present moment. It is the outlook that all life is in a state of optimal realization and experience regardless of condition or circumstance. It is the perception that life is perfect in its expression because it flows from perfection, and that no matter how divergent its manifestations are, all life is an extension of the Divine.
In light of the obvious turmoil and destruction that are apparent on Earth, this is an outlook or perception that may seem naive. How can life – in all its forms and expressions – be perceived as optimal or perfect? This is the great paradox of life, and it cannot be reconciled with your mental or emotional capabilities. It can only be understood in the context of the soul, which is deathless, timeless, and limitless. Paradoxes exist because the human drama is too limited in scope and scale to allow a perception of wholeness to illuminate how the pieces of the puzzle are perfectly interconnected in the ever-unfolding divine cosmic dance.
The human drama is circumscribed by the dimensions of time and space and the elements of energy and matter. It is played out upon the stages of survival and dysfunctional behavior because of the methods of controlling information and manipulating conditions used by those operating within the hierarchical paradigm. The soul within the human body is largely unexpressed and underutilized in this human drama, and therefore, life's apparent perversions and imperfections are seen in isolation as impediments to perfection rather than perfection itself.
Life is perfect in its resolve to expand and express an intelligence that is limitless. This is the fundamental purpose of life in all its diverse manifestations.
The presence of the Divine expressing itself as a vibration of equality can be seen in all things. Sensory input derived from the human body is limited to frequencies in specific ranges that only convey an echo of this divine vibration. The divine resonance of all life is understood only through deliberate and focused contemplation of the equality inherent in all things, and through the ability to penetrate beyond the image of a thing to the origin of the image.
Calling forth the divine perceptions of the soul within your own being is the ideal method to access lasting sensitivity to the divine vibration. This is how you develop the ability to see the Divine in all. It is not only that the Divine is found within you and within every individual manifestation of life; it is also in itself the wholeness of all life. Thus, this principle calls for seeing the Divine in all its diverse forms of manifestation, as well as in the wholeness of life itself.
These insights stimulate a new sensory system beyond the five senses that rule the physical world. These new senses are an outgrowth of the awakening of your sacred intentions. They are manifestations of the first stage of profound personal transformation. With this new perceptual ability, you will be capable of sensing not only the presence of the Divine, but also the timeless divine essence that exists at the core of every living being.
Nurturance of Life
Life, in this definition, is an individual's sovereign reality. It is subjective and impressionable. Life is the wholeness of experience flowing past the individual's field of perception in the present moment. There is never a closure to life, nor a final chapter written. It is eternal, not only in the abstract sense of never ending or beginning, but also in the real sense that life is ever expanding in order to express divine intelligence in all realities within the universe.
Nurturance of life is the principle whereby an individual is in alignment with the natural expansion of intelligence inherent within all life. This alignment enhances the life energy that flows past the individual with the clear intent of gentle support. It is the action of opening to the highest motive in all people and in all life and supporting the flow of this highest intention towards its ultimate expression. In so doing, the action is performed without judgment, analysis, or attachment to outcome. It involves simply nurturing the highest energy that flows from all people and all beings, and thus supporting the fullest expression of their deepest essence.
This is a departure from the normal perception that nurturing support can only be granted when others are in alignment with your personal will and desires. When, instead, you view everything in your life as an integrated energy flowing as an expression of ever-expanding divine intelligence, all life is honored as an extension of the Divine. In this context, there is no energy that is misdirected or unworthy of support and nurturance. While this may seem contrary to the evidence of abusive energy upon the Earth, even energy that is laden with "evil intent" is nevertheless energy that is flowing outward in search of a higher expression.
All people and all forms of life can be nurtured and supported to their highest expression. This is the fundamental purpose of this principle. It is greatly facilitated by the intention to perceive the original motive and ultimate expression of life energy as it passes through your field of awareness.
Energy is an element of life that is so subtly interwoven with form that it is one, in much the same manner as space and time are inextricably linked in union. Energy is a motive. It is intelligent beyond the mind's ability to reason. While it is a force that can be subject to applications that deny its highest expression, energy is always imbuing life with the motive to expand and evolve.
Life energy is always in a state of becoming. It is never static or regressive in its natural state. You are very capable of nurturing this natural expansion of energy to forge new channels of expression and experience. In fact, it is your primary purpose to expand the life energy that encircles your personal reality, and to transform it to new levels of expression that more clearly reflect the perspective of divine essence.
There are many specific actions that can be taken to nurture life. Each soul has the innate ability to transform energy through a tremendous variety of means. Working through your body, your soul is able to collect and store energy and redirect its purpose or application. This transformation of energy can occur on both personal and universal levels of expression. That is, within an individual's field of awareness, energy can be transformed at any time to conform more to a vision of personal welfare, or aligned with a vision of universal welfare and goodwill.
One of the best methods to transform energy is through one's belief system. All beliefs have energy systems that act like birthing chambers for the manifestation of your perceived reality. Within these energy systems are currents that direct life experience. Your soul is aware of these currents either consciously or unconsciously and allows them to carry you into realms of experience that engage your core belief system.
By cultivating beliefs that expand and transform energy, you are more able to explore energy systems that are nurturing to life in all its myriad forms. When your beliefs are clearly defined as intentions – as preferred states of being – your life energy engages more fully in the present moment. Your energy system becomes inseparable from your being and woven into your spirit like a thread of light. Clarity of intention is essential to engaging the energy system of your core beliefs, and to allowing the nurturance of life to prevail in all activities.
The nurturance of life is essential to both personal and collective realities within the universe, which contains all realities that are interlinked like threads of an infinitely expanding fabric. Thus, as you awaken to your own creative power to transform life energy outside of yourself and enhance it with the clear intent of gentle support, you naturally experience ever-unfolding transformation within yourself as well. You become an increasingly clear beacon of the Divine and the architect of a new paradigm based upon the intention to nurture all life in the universe.
Gratitude
This principle is based on the understanding that the universe represents a collective intelligence that can be personalized as a single universal soul – a composite expression of the Divine. Thus, in this perspective, there are only two souls in the entire cosmos: the individual soul and the universal soul. Inasmuch as the individual is impressionable and constantly changing to adapt to new information, so is the universal soul, which is a dynamic, living template of collective energies and experiences that are coherent and as knowable as a friend's personality and behavior.
The universal soul is responsive to the individual soul and its beliefs and perceptions. It is like a composite omni-personality that is imbued with divine intelligence and responds to the perceptions and belief systems of the individual like a pool of water mirrors the image that overshadows it.
Everyone is indeed, at their innermost core, an enlightened soul that can transform themselves into an instrument of divine essence. However, this transformation is dependent on whether the individual chooses to project an image of divine essence upon the "mirror" of the universal soul, or to project a lesser image that is a distortion of its essential state of being.
The principle of gratitude is primarily concerned with consciously designing your self-image through an appreciation of the universal soul's supportive mirror. In other words, the universal soul is a partner in shaping reality's expression in your life. If you choose to project a transformed image upon the mirror of the universal soul, reality gradually becomes an internal process of creation that is increasingly free of external controls and conditions.
This process involves an interchange of supportive energy between the individual and the universal soul. This energy is best applied through an appreciation of how perfect and exacting this interchange occurs in every moment of life. If you are aware – or at least interested in having the awareness – of how perfectly the Divine, as expressed in the form of the universal soul, supports your sovereign reality, there is a powerful and natural sense of gratitude that flows from you to the Divine.
It is this wellspring of gratitude that opens wide the channel of support from the Divine to the individual and establishes a collaboration of purpose to transform the individual soul into a pure expression of divine essence.
It is principally gratitude – which arises naturally through appreciation of how the relationship between the individual and the universal soul operates – that opens you to connection with your divine essence, and to your eventual transformation into the state of perception and expression of divine essence. The relationship of the individual with the universal soul is essential to cultivate and nurture, because this relationship, more than anything else, determines how accepting each individual is of life's myriad forms and manifestations.
When you accept changes in your sovereign reality as the shifting persona of the universal soul, you live in greater harmony with life itself. Life becomes an exchange of energy between you and the universal soul that is allowed to play out without judgment, and is experienced without fear. This is the underlying meaning of unconditional love: to experience life in all its manifestations as a single, unified intelligence that responds perfectly to the projected image of each soul.
It is for this reason that when you project gratitude, regardless of circumstance or condition, life becomes increasingly supportive in opening you to further awakening your sacred intentions. This feeling of gratitude coupled with the mental concept of appreciation is expressed like an invisible message in all directions and at all times. In this particular context, gratitude is the overarching motive behind all forms of expression to which humanity aspires.
Every breath, every word, every touch, every thought is centered on expressing this sense of gratitude; a gratitude that you are sovereign and supported by a universal soul that expresses itself through all forms and manifestations of life with the sole objective of creating the ideal reality to fully awaken your sacred intentions and to transform your entire being into divine essence. It is this specific form of gratitude that accelerates the awakening of your sacred intentions and their inherent ability to integrate your body, mind, heart, and soul, and to transform your ability to perceive and express from the place of divine essence.
Time is the primary factor that distorts the otherwise clear connection between the individual and the Divine. Time establishes separation of experience. This creates doubt in the Divine's system of fairness and overarching purpose. This doubt, in turn, creates fear that the universe is not a mirror but rather a chaotic, whimsical energy. Time intervenes to create pockets of despair, hopelessness, and abandonment. However, it is these very "pockets" that often motivate awakening the sacred intentions of your soul, as they cause you to seek a more intimate and harmonious relationship with the Divine.
When you choose to align with divine essence and to live from this perspective as part of an ever-unfolding reality, you attract a natural state of harmony. This does not necessarily mean that your life is without problems or discomforts; rather it signifies a perception that there is an integral purpose in what life reveals. In other words, life experience is meaningful to the extent that you choose to live in natural harmony with divine essence. When your personal reality flows in alignment with divine essence, you create lasting joy and inner peace.
Gratitude is an essential facet of love that opens you to acknowledge the role of the universal soul and to redefine your purpose as a supportive extension of the Divine, rather than the whimsical outreach of fate or the exacting reaction of a mechanical, detached universe. Establishing a relationship with the universe through the outflow of gratitude attracts life experience that is deeply transformative – experience that is richly devoted to uncovering life's deepest meaning and most formative purpose.
The Emergence of Divine Essence
Through the ongoing application of these principles of transformation, divine intelligence increasingly permeates your soul, and your soul becomes the identity of your entire being. Thus, identity is transformed, and in the wake of this transformation, divine essence unifies your entire being with your soul, and your soul with divine intelligence. It is this unification and shift of identity that is the explicit purpose of these life principles. If there is any other intention or objective, these principles will remain misunderstood and their catalytic powers will remain dormant.
It is the perspective of divine essence that all life is pure love in its fullest expression, and that in this single concept, all life is conceived and forever exists. This becomes the core belief from which all other beliefs arise. And as these beliefs expand outward, this core belief system emerges with a clear intent of supporting a fundamental perspective of seeing, nurturing, and appreciating the universe as the divine cradle from which all life is created and evolves.
These principles of transformation are merely symbols represented in words and served to you as a potential recipe to stir awake the embers of light that tirelessly burn within. There are no specific techniques or rituals that are required to invoke their power. They are simply perspectives. In a real sense, they are sacred intentions that attract experience that expands consciousness. They do not provide quick fixes or instant realizations. They are amplifiers of personal will and intention that clarify how one lives. Their transformative power is contained exclusively in the intent of their application.
Through these principles, you can become a master of empowering your deeper self. In the past, boundaries were set, secrets were kept, and your light was subdued simply because your perception of external, hierarchical controls created in you fear of the unknown and of the mystical practices of transformed souls.
Now, if you choose to apply these life principles with clear intent, you have the tools to accelerate the emergence of divine essence. You can awaken the perspective, insights, and empowered abilities of your divine essence to create new realms of possibility and shape them as learning adventures that liberate and expand your consciousness. This is the underlying purpose of these principles, and perhaps the best reason to explore them.
This is the first of a two-part essay, for part two:
http://www.weboflove.org/consciousnessparadigms
For a two-page summary of Principles of Transformation:
http://www.weboflove.org/transformation
Thank you for taking the time to read this empowering essay by WingMakers. Note that the text you've just read is a slightly edited translation into everyday English from the esoterically worded original. The original essay, titled Life Principles of the Sovereign Integral, is available here. Should you be interested in the origins of this engaging WingMakers material, click here to read some of the strange and fascinating history.
If you found this WingMakers essay to be meaningful, you might appreciate two other inspirational writings. The first is a concise, two-page essay which describes the deeper levels of what’s happening in our world and gives empowering suggestions on what we can do about it. Titled Building a Brighter Future, this compelling summary is available here. The second is an inspiring essay of two-pages titled Simple Keys to a Fuller Life available here.
I will be extremely grateful to see you all in the circle...
Namaste,
Kim
Basic details for participating in a Drumming From The Heart drum circle:
1. The drop in price is $7 per drum circle but you can also buy “drum dollars” which cost $50 for 10 drum dollars – one drum dollar = one drum circle (save $2/circle).
2. Drumming From The Heart drum circle is on every Tuesday night at the North Shore Hall in Nelson from 7:15pm to 8:45pm.
3. The North Shore Hall is located off of Johnston road across the orange bridge from Nelson at 675 Whitmore Road – second right off Johnston. It’s in a big wood and brick old church/hall – you can’t miss it – big parking lot.
4. I have spare drums and others bring spare drums and percussion also that you are free to use.
5. The circle is already composed of mostly beginners. We follow a very simple easy format that anyone can play with – it’s all good and there is no “wrong”.
In the Spirit of Love and Peace
links:
http://drummingfromtheheart.blogspot.com/ - My Drumming From The Heart Blog.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drum_circle - All about Drum Circles on Wikipedia.
http://rhythmweb.com/circle/index.html - Excellent info on Drum circles at Rhythm Web
http://www.lawofone.info/ - A website dedicated to the books called The Law of One – very interesting metaphysical philosophy.
http://www.consciousmedianetwork.com/home.htm - An excellent “conscious” media website.
http://www.drumming.com/ - An great website on everything to do with drums and drumming.
http://astraldynamics.com – incredible website on energy and healing.
http://www.dailyom.com/ - Inspirational relaxing website for nurturing your body and soul.
http://www.templeofsacredsound.org/ - Healing sounds with “Toning Chambers” by Jonathan Goldman.
http://www.healingmusic.org/default.asp - Informative website on all kinds of healing music.
http://www.theresonanceproject.org/ - Carrying on where Einstein left off – incredible cutting edge scientific/spiritual information.
http://www.spiritofmaat.com/ - Excellent website discussing new age spirituality, human potential, and new science.
http://rhythmweb.com/circle/index.html - All about drum circles at the Rhythm Web.
http://www.ted.com/ - Very interesting cutting edge video website with interesting talks/videos on a variety of subjects.
http://drumbum.com/lessons/ - An incredibly diverse website with free drum lessons and instruction.
http://www.calculatorcat.com/moon_phases/phasenow.php - Current Moon Phase page.
http://www.empire-music.com/Canada/English/ - Very good online Canadian music/drum store.
____________________________________________________________________
Thank you Esteemed Drumming Ones.
Peace and Synchronistic Rhythm to all.
See you soon Drumming From The Heart!
Namaste,
Kim Massé
Facilitator,
Drumming From The Heart
; > )
DFTH Drum Circle Calendar 2010:
North Shore Hall - 675 Whitmore Road - Nelson - Tuesday evening 7:15pm - 8:45pm
Cost = $7.00 – or one Drum Dollar($5.00) – ask about them!
Mar. 23 On Schedule (Vernal Equinox)
Mar. 30 On Schedule
Apr. 06 On Schedule
Apr. 13 On Schedule
Online Drumming From The Heart Blog/Archive Website: http://drummingfromtheheart.blogspot.com/.
"Drumming From The Heart" public community drum circles are facilitated drum circles.
All ages are welcome. Absolutely no drumming experience required. If you own a drum please bring it, I have a limited number of drums I can supply. Any and all percussion instruments are also welcome, e.g. wood blocks, bells, tambourines, shakers, flutes, whistles, etc.. Remember - all you need is an open mind and an open heart. I encourage you to forward to this email to others or invite friends who you think may be interested in attending this community drum circle - the more the merrier! Drumming in your community is a wonderful healing process that strengthens and heals you, the community, and Mother Earth!
WHAT IS A DRUM CIRCLE?
A DRUM CIRCLE IS A GROUP OF PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER TO CREATE IN THE MOMENT MUSIC USING HAND DRUMS AND PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS. A DRUM CIRCLE IS NOT A PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE PERFORMING A PREPARED PIECE OF MUSIC, OR A DRUMMING CLASS LED BY A TEACHER, NOR ANY GROUP RE-CREATING MUSIC IT HAS PLAYED BEFORE. DRUM CIRCLES ARE A FORM OF RECREATIONAL MUSIC MAKING WHICH MEANS THAT THE FOCUS IS NOT ON PERFORMANCE BUT RATHER ON PERSONAL OR GROUP DEVELOPMENT AND WELLNESS OR JUST PLAIN FUN.
May your life be filled with Eternal Bliss and Ecstatic Joy!
Thank You!
Kim Massé
Facilitator
Drumming From The Heart
Kim Masse
#2 2727 Lower Six Mile Road
Nelson BC V1L6L5
250.505.2684
kimmasse@shaw.ca
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Monday, January 4, 2010
Drumming From The Heart - Grooves'n Views January 4, 2010
Next Drumming From The Heart Kootenay Community Drum Circle:
Tuesday Evening January 5th 2010:
@ Nelson North Shore Hall
@ 7:15pm/8:45pm, $7.00/$5.00
@ 675 Whitmore Road
@ Nelson BC Canada.
Happy New Year Drummers!
2010 - Wow! Sounds like a futuristic year and yet here it is! Here and Now! This isn't just a new year - it's a new decade! I trust all of you had a great holiday. Good friends, good food, good times!
And now we enter a new cycle - the next decade - which includes a major cycle apex - 2012. If you have researched or read anything on 2012 (besides the oppressive fear mongering negative stuff) you would have discovered that December 31st 2012 is the end and beginning of a 26,000 year cycle. It is a precessional galactic cycle. This is in large part why the consciousness on the planet is being raised - we are entering a part of the galactic universe that we only venture into every 26,000 years and it is affecting us in a very positive way.
We are entering an area known as the Photon Belt. Photons are speedy little particles of light that significantly increase the light frequency of anything they come in contact with including our little galactic neighbourhood. They are here because we as a solar system are cruising into an area more closely connected to the centre of our galaxy. This in turn causes more solar particles to grace our planet - including photons.
One of the benefits of being bombarded with these photons is that the earth and everyone and everything on it gets a big boost upwards in vibrational frequency. This is why the consciousness of the planet is changing so rapidly. This is strongly evidenced by the types of movies, books, music, and culture that has evolved into popularity as of late (not the stuff that media or TV is pushing). We are becoming more tolerant in many areas and less tolerant in others. This is because our hearts are starting to shine through more in everything we do. From black presidents to same sex marriages - we are letting our hair down and it's about time.
It's about time that we listened to our other mind - our heart. Many people are now hearing the call of the Heart. We now want to get in touch with our hearts using Compassion, Appreciation, Humility, Forgiveness, Understanding, and Courage. These are the attributes of Love. They are also the keys to the new higher frequency world we're morphing into.
This is not an easy path to follow, for it means that we must clear away all the debris in our personal and collective energy fields that keeps us from loving ourselves and others. This is difficult since it means that all those nasty, forgotten, hidden, suppressed feelings come to the surface and cause us discomfort if we don't deal with them. In order to let go of them we must befriend them and say goodbye. This is how we become "lighter" - by letting go of all of our "heavy" feelings and behaviours. Letting go of feelings and behaviours like judgment, comparison, envy, jealousy, greed, indifference, and apathy. The photons are forcing us to let go of this heavy stuff in order to accommodate and adapt to the higher vibrational frequencies. It's all good but like any kind of metamorphosis there is an uncomfortable "transition" that we must endure.
Let me give you one little piece of advice to assist you in this area - Bang On A Drum! That's right! Bang on a drum and get all your yaya's out. When you play your drum alone or in a group you can use the drum as a vehicle to give motion to your e-motions - especially the heavy stuck ones that need an extra kick to break loose. Man's oldest and most primitive instrument is the drum. Why? Because it works so well and has so many uses; keeping time, music/dancing, emotional therapy, shaman journeys, setting the mood, celebrating, initiating, birthing, and burying, and on and on. The language of the drum is universal.
Don't take just my word for it - do some research and find out for yourself how beneficial banging on a drum can be. For starters check out this website:
http://healing.about.com/od/drums/a/drumtherapy.htm
The following text is copied from the above website:
Drum therapy is an ancient approach that uses rhythm to promote healing and self-expression. From the shamans of Mongolia to the Minianka healers of West Africa, therapeutic rhythm techniques have been used for thousands of years to create and maintain physical, mental, and spiritual health.
Current research is now verifying the therapeutic effects of ancient rhythm techniques. Recent research reviews indicate that drumming accelerates physical healing, boosts the immune system and produces feelings of well-being, a release of emotional trauma, and reintegration of self.
Other studies have demonstrated the calming, focusing, and healing effects of drumming on Alzheimer's patients, autistic children, emotionally disturbed teens, recovering addicts, trauma patients, and prison and homeless populations. Study results demonstrate that drumming is a valuable treatment for stress, fatigue, anxiety, hypertension, asthma, chronic pain, arthritis, mental illness, migraines, cancer, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, stroke, paralysis, emotional disorders, and a wide range of physical disabilities.
Drumming reduces tension, anxiety, and stress
Drumming induces deep relaxation, lowers blood pressure, and reduces stress. Stress, according to current medical research, contributes to nearly all disease and is a primary cause of such life-threatening illnesses as heart attacks, strokes, and immune system breakdowns. A recent study found that a program of group drumming helped reduce stress and employee turnover in the long-term care industry and might help other high-stress occupations as well.1
Drumming helps control chronic pain
Chronic pain has a progressively draining effect on the quality of life. Researchers suggest that drumming serves as a distraction from pain and grief. Moreover, drumming promotes the production of endorphins and endogenous opiates, the bodies own morphine-like painkillers, and can thereby help in the control of pain.2
Drumming boosts the immune system
A recent medical research study indicates that drumming circles boost the immune system. Led by renowned cancer expert Barry Bittman, MD, the study demonstrates that group drumming actually increases cancer-killing cells, which help the body combat cancer as well as other viruses, including AIDS. According to Dr. Bittman, “Group drumming tunes our biology, orchestrates our immunity, and enables healing to begin.”3
Drumming produces deeper self-awareness by inducing synchronous brain activity
Research has demonstrated that the physical transmission of rhythmic energy to the brain synchronizes the two cerebral hemispheres. When the logical left hemisphere and the intuitive right hemisphere begin to pulsate in harmony, the inner guidance of intuitive knowing can then flow unimpeded into conscious awareness. The ability to access unconscious information through symbols and imagery facilitates psychological integration and a reintegration of self.
Drumming also synchronizes the frontal and lower areas of the brain, integrating nonverbal information from lower brain structures into the frontal cortex, producing “feelings of insight, understanding, integration, certainty, conviction, and truth, which surpass ordinary understandings and tend to persist long after the experience, often providing foundational insights for religious and cultural traditions.” 4
Drumming accesses the entire brain
The reason rhythm is such a powerful tool is that it permeates the entire brain. Vision for example is in one part of the brain, speech another, but drumming accesses the whole brain. The sound of drumming generates dynamic neuronal connections in all parts of the brain even where there is significant damage or impairment such as in Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). According to Michael Thaut, director of Colorado State University's Center for Biomedical Research in Music, “Rhythmic cues can help retrain the brain after a stroke or other neurological impairment, as with Parkinson's patients...” The more connections that can be made within the brain, the more integrated our experiences become.
Drumming induces natural altered states of consciousness
Rhythmic drumming induces altered states, which have a wide range of therapeutic applications. A recent study by Barry Quinn, Ph.D. demonstrates that even a brief drumming session can double alpha brain wave activity, dramatically reducing stress.5The brain changes from Beta waves (focused concentration and activity) to Alpha waves (calm and relaxed), producing feelings of euphoria and well-being.
Alpha activity is associated with meditation, shamanic trance, and integrative modes of consciousness. This ease of induction contrasts significantly with the long periods of isolation and practice required by most meditative disciplines before inducing significant effects. Rhythmic stimulation is a simple yet effective technique for affecting states of mind.
Drumming creates a sense of connectedness with self and others
In a society in which traditional family and community-based systems of support have become increasingly fragmented, drumming circles provide a sense of connectedness with others and interpersonal support. A drum circle provides an opportunity to connect with your own spirit at a deeper level, and also to connect with a group of other like minded people. Group drumming alleviates self-centeredness, isolation, and alienation.
Music educator Ed Mikenas finds that drumming provides “an authentic experience of unity and physiological synchronicity. If we put people together who are out of sync with themselves (i.e., diseased, addicted) and help them experience the phenomenon of entrainment, it is possible for them to feel with and through others what it is like to be synchronous in a state of preverbal connectedness.”
So come on out and get yer yaya's out by bangin' on a drum!
Namaste,
Kim
Basic details for participating in a Drumming From The Heart drum circle:
1. The drop in price is $7 per drum circle but you can also buy “drum dollars” which cost $50 for 10 drum dollars – one drum dollar = one drum circle (save $2/circle).
2. Drumming From The Heart drum circle is on every Tuesday night at the North Shore Hall in Nelson from 7:15pm to 8:45pm.
3. The North Shore Hall is located off of Johnston road across the orange bridge from Nelson at 675 Whitmore Road – second right off Johnston. It’s in a big wood and brick old church/hall – you can’t miss it – big parking lot.
4. I have spare drums and others bring spare drums and percussion also that you are free to use.
5. The circle is already composed of mostly beginners. We follow a very simple easy format that anyone can play with – it’s all good and there is no “wrong”.
In the Spirit of Love and Peace - See you in the circle…
links:
http://drummingfromtheheart.blogspot.com/ - My Drumming From The Heart Blog.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drum_circle - All about Drum Circles on Wikipedia.
http://rhythmweb.com/circle/index.html - Excellent info on Drum circles at Rhythm Web
http://www.lawofone.info/ - A website dedicated to the books called The Law of One – very interesting metaphysical philosophy.
http://www.consciousmedianetwork.com/home.htm - An excellent “conscious” media website.
http://www.drumming.com/ - An great website on everything to do with drums and drumming.
http://astraldynamics.com – incredible website on energy and healing.
http://www.dailyom.com/ - Inspirational relaxing website for nurturing your body and soul.
http://www.templeofsacredsound.org/ - Healing sounds with “Toning Chambers” by Jonathan Goldman.
http://www.healingmusic.org/default.asp - Informative website on all kinds of healing music.
http://www.theresonanceproject.org/ - Carrying on where Einstein left off – incredible cutting edge scientific/spiritual information.
http://www.spiritofmaat.com/ - Excellent website discussing new age spirituality, human potential, and new science.
http://rhythmweb.com/circle/index.html - All about drum circles at the Rhythm Web.
http://www.ted.com/ - Very interesting cutting edge video website with interesting talks/videos on a variety of subjects.
http://drumbum.com/lessons/ - An incredibly diverse website with free drum lessons and instruction.
http://www.calculatorcat.com/moon_phases/phasenow.php - Current Moon Phase page.
http://www.empire-music.com/Canada/English/ - Very good online Canadian music/drum store.
____________________________________________________________________
Thank you Esteemed Drumming Ones.
Peace and Synchronistic Rhythm to all.
See you soon Drumming From The Heart!
Namaste,
Kim Massé
Facilitator,
Drumming From The Heart
; > )
DFTH Drum Circle Calendar 2009:
North Shore Hall - 675 Whitmore Road - Nelson - Tuesday evening 7:15pm - 8:45pm
Cost = $7.00 – or one Drum Dollar($5.00) – ask about them!
Jan. 5 On Schedule – First drum circle of 2010
Jan. 12 On Schedule
Jan. 19 On Schedule
Jan. 26 On Schedule
Feb. 2 On Schedule (No other drum circles in February 2010)
Mar. 9 On Schedule
Online Drumming From The Heart Blog/Archive Website: http://drummingfromtheheart.blogspot.com/.
"Drumming From The Heart" public community drum circles are facilitated drum circles.
All ages are welcome. Absolutely no drumming experience required. If you own a drum please bring it, I have a limited number of drums I can supply. Any and all percussion instruments are also welcome, e.g. wood blocks, bells, tambourines, shakers, flutes, whistles, etc.. Remember - all you need is an open mind and an open heart. I encourage you to forward to this email to others or invite friends who you think may be interested in attending this community drum circle - the more the merrier! Drumming in your community is a wonderful healing process that strengthens and heals you, the community, and Mother Earth!
WHAT IS A DRUM CIRCLE?
A DRUM CIRCLE IS A GROUP OF PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER TO CREATE IN THE MOMENT MUSIC USING HAND DRUMS AND PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS. A DRUM CIRCLE IS NOT A PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE PERFORMING A PREPARED PIECE OF MUSIC, OR A DRUMMING CLASS LED BY A TEACHER, NOR ANY GROUP RE-CREATING MUSIC IT HAS PLAYED BEFORE. DRUM CIRCLES ARE A FORM OF RECREATIONAL MUSIC MAKING WHICH MEANS THAT THE FOCUS IS NOT ON PERFORMANCE BUT RATHER ON PERSONAL OR GROUP DEVELOPMENT AND WELLNESS OR JUST PLAIN FUN.
May your life be filled with Eternal Bliss and Ecstatic Joy!
Thank You!
Kim Massé
Facilitator
Drumming From The Heart
Kim Masse
#2 2727 Lower Six Mile Road
Nelson BC V1L6L5
250.505.2684
kimmasse@shaw.ca
If you want to unsubscribe from this email distribution list please reply with “Unsubscribe” in the subject line. If you would like to subscribe please email me at kimmasse@shaw.ca and request a subscription – it’s free!
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Drumming From The Heart - Grooves'n Views - Saturday October 3rd 2009 - Nelson BC Canada
Next Drumming From The Heart Kootenay Community Drum Circle:
Tuesday Evening October 20th 2009:
@ Nelson North Shore Hall
@ 7:15pm/8:45pm, $7.00/$5.00
@ 675 Whitmore Road
@ Nelson BC Canada.
Greetings Lovers of Drums,
Wow! Fall is here like right now – no fooling around eh?! Just two weeks ago I was sun tanning on the beautiful white sands of Six Mile beach and now I’m wearing wool coats and gloves! Hey we can’t complain that was a great long summer wasn’t it?!
Some news to keep you in the loop about what I’m up to – on Wednesday October 7, 2009 I am off to Merrit to begin my 10 day silent meditation retreat at the Dhamma Surabhi Vipassana Meditation Centre of B.C.( http://www.surabhi.dhamma.org). I have always been curious about this particular meditation retreat and since I have talked to a few people who have attended the courses there I began to have a strong desire to attend myself. I think the depth of mind silence that you can attain meditating and not talking for ten days will be substantial. I will be able to look deep into the unknown dark corners of my psyche so to speak and that is something that I most welcome at this time. I will be back on the evening of October 18th.
The first post summer Drumming From The Heart drum circle will be on Tuesday evening October 20th as stated above. I would like to create a special celebration for this particular drum circle and make it a finger food potluck as well. So please bring a “healthy” finger food snack for the potluck celebration which will take place mainly during our mid circle break. This will give us all a chance to chat and catch up with each other in our big Drum Family.
I want to bring your attention to something I feel is very important for you to know. I’m sure you have all heard about the “swine flu” virus that is supposed to become a widespread global epidemic. I personally don’t believe that this is a naturally occurring virus. I believe it is man made – for various reasons. Just do some research on the net and you’ll see what I mean. Something is not quite right about this supposed H1N1 virus.
Case in point – check out this Hathor channeling from Tom Kenyon – a well respected channel source: (For other very interesting channelings please check out this link at Tom Kenyon’s website: http://tomkenyon.com/hathors-archives)
Lies, Half-Truths and Manipulations (August 10th 2009)
A Hathor Planetary Message through Tom Kenyon
We wish to speak with you about a dangerous and treacherous passage that you are now entering. We spoke to this in our last communication when we discussed Chaotic Nodes.
From our perspective you are getting closer to the manifestation of such chaos.
There are several reasons for this, which we wish to explore. But first we wish to affirm to you our belief in the sovereignty of human consciousness. We believe that you can, as individuals and as a collective, change your destinies, even as they unfold before you.
Therefore this message is not one of doom, but a call to presence and spiritual mastery.
As we view it, the H1N1 Virus, commonly called the “swine flu” has been genetically engineered and created. It is not a natural mutation. It is a conscious attempt by the hidden forces behind your governments to control and manipulate you. It is a social experiment, with dire consequences if they succeed.
The lies, half-truths and manipulations of information concerning this virus are very convoluted. But whatever the outcome, it is clear to us that this was initiated by human consciousness.
And it is also clear to us that it can only be undone by human consciousness. Fear of survival is one of the greatest tactics used to manipulate, and these dark forces shall use every means at their disposal to ensure that fear increases over the next several months (much less years).
As spiritual masters, your task is to transcend this collective mind control and find your own personal pathway through the chaos that will ensue. There are no specific guidelines on how to manage this. It is up to you and your own capacity for discernment. From our perspective, it will appear as if a rift is torn through the very fabric of your social consciousness.
There are those who will side with fear and insist that radical actions be taken including, but certainly not limited to, inoculations. Each of you must make your own decisions regarding this, for you are the ones living in bodies, and it is you who would be most affected.
But we must say to you, from our perspective, that we view these inoculations to be highly suspicious. They are contaminated. They will not protect. They will, in fact, damage the health of many, and they contain crude mind control devices, formulated from a scientific field in its infancy called “nano technology.”
Again we cannot, and will not, advise you as to what you should or should not do in this situation. It is your sovereign choice. We are only reporting to you what we see and how we view the situation.
Your economic problems are not over. Some elements of your economy have been stabilized by furtive actions made behind the closed doors of those who hold the reins of economic power. But the system is riddled with time bombs and the stress of increasing economic distress will add to the chaos.
There are many other elements that will escalate as you approach what we have identified as chaotic nodes. But the main purpose of this communication is to present a pathway through the treacherous and dangerous transition that is now upon you.
These are not times for the weak-hearted. These are times that call upon your greatest reserves of courage, insight, and intuition.
Our words are intended for those who sense the truth of the hour. If what we say to you seems too far-fetched for your imagination, then there is no reason to continue reading.
Our words are intended for those of you who know that the hour has come, that the need for true mastery has arrived, and despite whatever fears may dwell within your minds and hearts, you know that courage will rise within you, for all life depends upon your choices.
As the fear increases through collective mind control, it is vital, indeed mandatory, that you transcend this; that you bypass the misinformation corridors that will be open to you everywhere you turn through the media, through social pressure, through possible governmental interactions and interventions.
We have spoken in many previous communications about various means to accomplish this. We would refer you to previous messages about “Ecstasy and the Heart,” the “Holon of Balance” and especially the “Holon of Ascension.”
But these are techniques, inner technologies for the mind. They can and will assist you to transcend the mind control. But there are simpler methods we now wish to discuss. They are aspects of your very nature.
This “secret of secrets” is quite simply that you are creator beings (both human and divine). This knowledge, as to your nature, has been purposefully hidden from you by your religions and some of your philosophies.
These secrets are, of course, forbidden fruits, for were you to partake of them you would gain knowledge of your own divinity, even as you live in materiality. You would gain the knowledge that you are creating your future in this very moment and in every moment of your life: through your thoughts and your feelings, and by what you choose to think and feel about yourself and each other.
The “secret of secrets” frees you from the imprisonment of human limitation. It frees you from the constraints of your time, place and circumstance. It does this by opening the doorway of your own mind, freeing it from the mental imprisonment projected onto you by those forces which would contain and manipulate human destiny, for their own selfish ends.
The “Secret of Secrets” has four aspects.
One is your ability to attain spiritual insight, or vision, i.e. to see through the lies that are being projected onto you. And to see the “right path,” even in the greatest darkness.
Two is your ability to feel. This is the core of the secrets. It is your greatest treasure, although it is also your greatest quandary. Those who wish to control and manipulate you know that freezing, or paralyzing, your ability to feel anything but the lower emotional spectrum will serve their end.
The third aspect is your ability to speak your truth. For many of you the coming times will demand that you speak your truth clearly, even when it is diametrically opposed to those around you.
And the fourth aspect is your ability to take action. These four aspects are rooted together and are the source of your freedom.
Within the nature of your heart is your capacity to feel and this is the deepest secret of all. For this allows you to change your vibratory field and this is the key to transcending collective mind control.
Although it sounds ridiculously simplistic, the essential truth of these secrets is what you call joy, appreciation and gratitude. Discover the things in your life, the situations, the people, your own thoughts and feelings, whatever gives you a reason for joy, appreciation and gratitude. Cultivate this like a precious garden in the midst of poisonous weeds, for then this garden will grow and give you sustenance.
Paradoxically on many levels (not just emotionally and psychologically but spiritually and even physically) when the power of joy, appreciation or gratitude reaches a certain amplitude or strength, it can literally cause manifestations of physical reality. And so even in the darkest moments, if you hold the spiritual mastery to transcend fear and cultivate joy, appreciation and gratitude, unexpected auspicious moments and situations will present themselves to you.
And, finally, we wish to be clear that these dark times can be your grandest hours. You hold within you the Secret of Secrets. Use them. Pass through the veil into the new world that awaits you. And may your path to this new dimension of being be strewn with auspicious blessings.
The Hathors
August 10, 2009
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Observations from Tom
First of all let me say that the Hathors are, in no way, telling any of us what to do. They are simply sharing what they see in the current world situation.
Prophecies are strange animals. Their purpose is to alert us to possible future outcomes, but they are not written in stone. I sometimes use the metaphor of a nearly flat tire to describe what happens with prophecy.
If you are driving your car and someone brings to your attention that you have very low tire pressure and are on the verge of a flat tire, they are giving you a prophecy. Now if you were to respond to this the way some persons respond to prophecy, you might say “Oh, my God, I am going to have a flat tire and there is nothing I can do about it.”
The truth is that you would then be limiting yourself to a very narrow view of possibility. Another more resourceful possibility would be to go get your freaking tire fixed (or at the very least re-inflated). Then you would have changed the prophecy.
Prophecies are, by their nature, meant to be altered. And the power to change a prophecy (no matter how dire it may be) is through our ability to make choices.
But first of all, we have to know that we even have the possibility to make choices.
This is the crux, I think, of what the Hathors are saying here. We have the ability (whether we realize it or not) to choose different vibratory fields than the collective might choose. And higher vibratory fields such as joy, appreciation and gratitude will lead us to different destinies (outcomes) than will fear, anger and hostility.
One of our great challenges is that we have been duped into believing that we have less ability to make choices for ourselves than we innately possess. The Hathors clearly level their criticism for this situation upon the shoulders of religion and some of our more self-limiting philosophies. These have robbed us of our inherent sovereignty by passing on our responsibility (spell that response-ability) onto some mysterious force beyond our control. The result has been a decrease in our response-ability that has led us, I believe, to our current cultural impasse.
For eons, we have followed our religious and political leaders to the edge of an abyss without questioning. If we continue on this path of blind subservience (without thinking and choosing for ourselves) then we will, I think, enter a deeply dark period of human history. The signs of this are everywhere, if we but open our eyes to see past the mass hypnotic spell that is being cast upon us.
Once again, the Hathors are reminding us to use the methods they have shared to transcend the limitations of our time, place and circumstance. These include Ecstasy and the Heart, the Holon of Balance and the Holon of Ascension.
I can honestly say from my own experience and from the reports of many persons around the world, these methods work. But we must use these inner technologies in order to gain their benefit.
In this message, however, the Hathors are also sharing a simpler way of stepping free of collective mind control. They call this the Secret of Secrets, and I personally found this section to be most interesting.
I wish I could honestly tell you that I have mastered these, but then I would not be speaking my truth. My truth is that I sometimes accomplish the attainment of joy, appreciation and gratitude and sometimes I fail at it miserably.
I have noticed, however, that when I am in the vibratory field of joy, appreciation and gratitude, I am somehow insulated from the swirling madness of our time. It is as if I am suspended above the conflicts that I was so engrossed in only moments before. And I have also noticed that if these feelings continue long enough, my external circumstances reflect this vibratory field. In other words, reasons to feel joy, appreciation and gratitude pop up all around me through such things as serendipity, and odd coincidences (i.e., synchronicities) that assist me.
When I succumb to the lower vibratory fields of fear, anger and hostility (often after watching or reading too much of the news, or simply indulging in my own bad habits of imagining worst case scenarios), I find myself immersed in a world of conflict. Serendipity and joy disappear, and the world that was so full of magic and possibility evaporates before me.
But I am clear that this is all my own creation.
I think the Hathors are sensing a deepening rift between those who choose to live upward in the vibratory states of joy, appreciation and gratitude and those who choose to live in the vibratory states of fear, anger, and hostility: the dominant emotional states currently being projected upon us by our mass media and political agendas.
It remains to be seen what will transpire around these issues in regard to our collective destiny, but those of us who are striving to live upward will, no doubt, find these to be interesting times.
Another way I personally think about all this is as a dance between the art of ascension (living upward) and that of descending (living downward). If I may extend the dance metaphor a bit further, I would say we are all pretty much caught up in the Great Mambo.
Although the Hathors didn’t mention this directly, I think one of our greatest allies in these times will be a well-honed sense of humor. After all, from at least one perspective the whole thing is one big cosmic joke, the joke being on us. And certainly those of us who manage to keep our humor intact will have many opportunities to laugh at ourselves, the pathetic stupidity of our leaders and the great dance of Maya (the world of illusion) as she waltzes from the Old World into a new reality.
As you can see by the information presented above we need to be careful about these “inoculations” and “vaccinations” that are out there pretending to be in our best interests. Please don’t blindly believe what Tom Kenyon or myself are saying about this virus – please investigate for yourself – a ½ hour with some Google “swine flu” search results will teach you plenty.
While I’m at it I want to also give you some interesting information about cancer that I found out there:
Cancer Update from Johns Hopkins
1. Every person has cancer cells in the body. These cancer cells do not show up in the standard Tests until they have multiplied to a few billion. When doctors tell cancer patients that there are no more cancer cells in their bodies after treatment, it just means the tests are unable to detect the cancer cells because they have not reached the detectable size.
2. Cancer cells occur between 6 to more than 10 times in a person's life time.
3. When the person's immune system is strong the cancer cells will be destroyed and prevented from multiplying and forming tumors.
4.. When a person has cancer it indicates the person has multiple nutritional deficiencies. These could be due to genetic, environmental, food and lifestyle (lack of sleep) factors.
5. To overcome the multiple nutritional deficiencies, changing diet and including supplements will strengthen the immune system.
6. Chemotherapy involves poisoning the rapidly-growing cancer cells and also destroys rapidly-growing healthy cells in the bone marrow, gastro-intestinaltract etc, and can cause organ damage, like liver, kidneys, heart, lungs etc.
7. Radiation while destroying cancer cells also burns, scars and damages healthy cells, tissues and organs.
8... Initial treatment with chemotherapy and radiation will often reduce tumor size. However prolonged use of chemotherapy and radiation do not result in more tumor destruction.
9 When the body has too much toxic burden from chemotherapy and radiation the immune system is either compromised or destroyed, hence the person can succumb to various kinds of infections and complications...
10. Chemotherapy and radiation can cause cancer cells to mutate and become resistant and difficult to destroy. Surgery can also cause cancer cells to spread to other sites.
11. An effective way to battle cancer is to starve the cancer cells by not feeding it with the foods it needs to multiply.
CANCER CELLS FEED ON:
A. Sugar is a cancer-feeder. By cutting off sugar it cuts off one important food supply to the cancer cells. Sugar substitutes like NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, etc are made with Aspartame and it is harmful. A better natural substitute would be Manuka honey or molasses but only in very small amounts. Table salt has a chemical added to make it white in color. Better alternative is Bragg's aminos or sea salt.
B. Milk causes the body to produce mucus, especially in the gastro-intestinal tract. Cancer feeds on mucus. By cutting off milk and substituting with unsweetened soya milk cancer cells are being starved.
C. Cancer cells thrive in an acid environment. A meat-based diet is acidic and it is best to eat fish, and a little chicken rather than beef or pork. Meat also contains livestock antibiotics, growth hormones and parasites, which are all harmful, especially to people with cancer.
D. A diet made of 80% fresh vegetables and juice, whole grains, seeds, nuts and a little fruits help put the body into an alkaline environment.. About 20% can be from cooked food including beans.. Fresh vegetable juices provide live enzymes that are easily absorbed and reach down to cellular levels within 15 minutes to nourish and enhance growth of healthy cells. To obtain live enzymes for building healthy cells, try and drink fresh vegetable juice (most vegetables including bean sprouts) and eat some raw vegetables 2 or 3 times a day. Enzymes are destroyed at temperatures of 104 degrees F (40 degrees C).
E.. Avoid coffee, tea, and chocolate, which have high caffeine. Green tea is a better alternative and has cancer-fighting properties... Water -- best to drink purified water, or filtered, to avoid known toxins and heavy metals in tap water.. Distilled water is acidic, avoid it.
12. Meat protein is difficult to digest and requires a lot of digestive enzymes. Undigested meat remaining in the intestines become putrefied and leads to more toxic buildup.
13. Cancer cell walls have a tough protein covering. By refraining from or eating less meat it frees more enzymes to attack the protein walls of cancer cells and allows the body's killer cells to destroy the cancer cells.
14. Some supplements build up the immune system (IP6, Flor-ssence, Essiac, anti-oxidants, vitamins, minerals, EFAs, etc.) to enable the body's own killer cells to destroy cancer cells.. Other supplements like vitamin E are known to cause apoptosis, or programmed cell death, the body's normal method of disposing of damaged, unwanted, or unneeded cells.
15. Cancer is a disease of the mind, body, and spirit.. A proactive and positive spirit will help the cancer warrior be a survivor. Anger, unforgiveness and bitterness put the body into a stressful and acidic environment. Learn to have a loving and forgiving spirit. Learn to relax and enjoy life.
16. Cancer cells cannot thrive in an oxygenated environment.. Exercising daily, and deep breathing help to get more oxygen down to the cellular level. Oxygen therapy is another means employed to destroy cancer cells.
CANCER UPDATE FROM JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL:
1. No plastic containers in micro.
2. No water bottles in freezer.
3. No plastic wrap in microwave.
Johns Hopkins has recently sent this out in its newsletters.. This information is being circulated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center as well.
Dioxin chemicals causes cancer, especially breast cancer.
Dioxins are highly poisonous to the cells of our bodies..
Don't freeze your plastic bottles with water in them as this releases dioxins from the plastic.
Recently, Dr. Edward Fujimoto, Wellness Program Manager at Castle Hospital, was on a TV program to explain this health hazard. He talked about dioxins and how bad they are for us. He said that we should not be heating our food in the microwave using plastic containers.
This especially applies to foods that contain fat. He said that the combination of fat, high heat, and plastics releases dioxin into the food and ultimately into the cells of the body. Instead, he recommends using glass, such as Corning Ware, Pyrex or ceramic containers for heating food. You get the same results, only without the dioxin. So such things as TV dinners, instant and soups, etc.., should be removed from the container and heated in something else.
Paper isn't bad but you don't know what is in the paper. It's just safer to use tempered glass, Corning Ware, etc. He reminded us that a while ago some of the fast food restaurants moved away from the foam containers to paper. The dioxin problem is one of the reasons.
Also, he pointed out that plastic wrap, such as Saran, is just as dangerous when placed over foods to be cooked in the microwave. As the food is nuked, the high heat causes poisonous toxins to actually melt out of the plastic wrap and drip into the food. Cover food with a paper towel instead.
I’m including this info so that you can be aware, safe, and healthy in this ever changing world of ours.
On a more uplifting note please enjoy this excellent article on 10 steps to creating positive attraction in your life:
Step 1
The first step in the law of positive attraction is to sort out and de-clutter your home, your workplace
and your surroundings. Living in a mess is living with negativity. It is time to spring-clean! And in this
process of sorting, give away things you do not need – giving is a wonderfully positive action.
Step 2
Count your blessings every day. We have many blessings that we take for granted. List them.
Step 3
Have an attitude of gratitude. Be grateful for what you have, no matter how little it may seem to you
now. Do you have eyes to see, ears to hear, legs to walk? How much we each have to be grateful for!
Step 4
Consciously control your thoughts. What you think about can become a reality. Negative thoughts can
bring about negative things in your life. Change your thoughts if you need to. You have the choice and
the power to do it.
Step 5
This is quite phenomenal. Be the master of your own thoughts and look out for opportunities to activate
your positive and inspired thoughts. The past cannot be changed, but your future can! Make it a good future!
Step 6
Just believe that you will receive whatever you are thinking about. Remember, there is no limit; you just
have to believe it. Believing is seeing!
Step 7
Know that it is your right to ask for what you want in this life. You are a special part of this wonderful world
and now it is time to show it! Think it and believe that you will receive it.
Step 8
Find reasons to laugh often. Laughter is the mental wellness of your spirit. Laughter spreads happiness.
Laughter is the best medicine. We are the only creatures blessed with the gift of laughter, so use it! Laugh
at silly things; look for the funny side of life. Laugh at yourself. There is no happier sound than the sound
of laughter.
Step 9
Visualize what you want. See it as real; see it in your world. Think about it – and it could be yours. Nothing
can stop you.
Step 10
You have the whole world as your shopping basket. You can conquer new horizons of your wildest dreams.
Just follow the steps, think of good things. Be kind. Give often. The law of positive attraction will respond.
These 10 steps are simple, but they can make a difference to you. Just remember that no two people are
the same. Some people are living the law of positive attraction by default. They have mastered it without realizing it.
They will sing along to the songs on the CD, realizing that they’ve been getting it right all along!
Other people need to learn it from step 1.
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Listen to the music with your soul
and make the message your goal.
"Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up."
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Namaste,
Kim
Basic details for participating in a Drumming From The Heart drum circle:
1. The drop in price is $7 per drum circle but you can also buy “drum dollars” which cost $50 for 10 drum dollars – one drum dollar = one drum circle (save $2/circle).
2. Drumming From The Heart drum circle is on every Tuesday night at the North Shore Hall in Nelson from 7:15pm to 8:45pm.
3. The North Shore Hall is located off of Johnston road across the orange bridge from Nelson at 675 Whitmore Road – second right off Johnston. It’s in a big wood and brick old church/hall – you can’t miss it – big parking lot.
4. I have spare drums and others bring spare drums and percussion also that you are free to use.
5. The circle is already composed of mostly beginners. We follow a very simple easy format that anyone can play with – it’s all good and there is no “wrong”.
In the Spirit of Love and Peace - See you in the circle…
links:
http://drummingfromtheheart.blogspot.com/ - My Drumming From The Heart Blog.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drum_circle - All about DrumCircles on Wikipedia.
http://rhythmweb.com/circle/index.html - Excellent info on Drum circles at Rhythm Web
http://www.lawofone.info/ - A website dedicated to the books called The Law of One – very interesting metaphysical philosophy.
http://www.consciousmedianetwork.com/home.htm - An excellent “conscious” media website.
http://www.drumming.com/ - An great website on everything to do with drums and drumming.
http://astraldynamics.com – incredible website on energy and healing.
http://www.dailyom.com/ - Inspirational relaxing website for nurturing your body and soul.
http://www.templeofsacredsound.org/ - a very cool website on the subject of healing sounds with “Toning Chambers” by Jonathan Goldman.
http://www.healingmusic.org/default.asp - Informative website on all kinds of healing music.
http://www.theresonanceproject.org/ - Carrying on where Einstein left off – incredible cutting edge scientific/spiritual information.
http://www.spiritofmaat.com/ - Excellent website discussing new age spirituality, human potential, and new science.
http://rhythmweb.com/circle/index.html - All about drum circles at the Rhythm Web.
http://www.ted.com/ - Very interesting cutting edge video website with interesting talks/videos on a variety of subjects.
http://drumbum.com/lessons/ - An incredibly diverse website with free drum lessons and instruction.
http://www.calculatorcat.com/moon_phases/phasenow.php - Current Moon Phase page.
http://www.empire-music.com/Canada/English/ - Very good online Canadian music/drum store.
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Thank you Esteemed Drumming Ones.
Peace and Synchronistic Rhythm to all.
See you soon Drumming From The Heart!
Namaste,
Kim Massé
Facilitator,
Drumming From The Heart
; > )
DFTH Drum Circle Calendar 2009:
North Shore Hall - 675 Whitmore Road - Nelson - Tuesday evening 7:15pm - 8:45pm
Cost = $7.00 – or one Drum Dollar($5.00) – ask about them!
Oct.20th On Schedule – First Post Summer Drum Circle
Oct.27th On Schedule
Nov.3rd On Schedule
Nov.10th On Schedule
Nov.17th On Schedule
Online Drumming From The Heart Blog/Archive Website: http://drummingfromtheheart.blogspot.com/.
"Drumming From The Heart" public community drum circles are facilitated drum circles.
All ages are welcome. Absolutely no drumming experience required. If you own a drum please bring it, I have a limited number of drums I can supply. Any and all percussion instruments are also welcome, e.g. wood blocks, bells, tambourines, shakers, flutes, whistles, etc.. Remember - all you need is an open mind and an open heart. I encourage you to forward to this email to others or invite friends who you think may be interested in attending this community drum circle - the more the merrier! Drumming in your community is a wonderful healing process that strengthens and heals you, the community, and Mother Earth!
WHAT IS A DRUM CIRCLE?
A DRUM CIRCLE IS A GROUP OF PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER TO CREATE IN THE MOMENT MUSIC USING HAND DRUMS AND PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS. A DRUM CIRCLE IS NOT A PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE PERFORMING A PREPARED PIECE OF MUSIC, OR A DRUMMING CLASS LED BY A TEACHER, NOR ANY GROUP RE-CREATING MUSIC IT HAS PLAYED BEFORE. DRUM CIRCLES ARE A FORM OF RECREATIONAL MUSIC MAKING WHICH MEANS THAT THE FOCUS IS NOT ON PERFORMANCE BUT RATHER ON PERSONAL OR GROUP DEVELOPMENT AND WELLNESS OR JUST PLAIN FUN.
May your life be filled with Eternal Bliss and Ecstatic Joy!
Thank You!
Kim Massé
Facilitator
Drumming From The Heart
2839 Lower Six Mile Road
Nelson BC V1L 6L6
Phone 250-825-4539
Cell 250-505-2684
Email kimmasse@shaw.ca
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