June 14, 2011.
Sunday
afternoon.
Rainy and cold.
All alone.
What a lovely day.
The heater is on low here
at our cottage in Camp Etna, aka ESA; Etna Spiritualist Association.
Last week's welcoming 90's was amazingly comfortable for me. I may
have grown up in Maine but the last 19 winters in Florida have caused
my blood to thin-out and I don't like cold weather unless I have a
heater or thermal underwear. This coming week's weather is supposed
to be rainy and cold. It is Maine and that is to be expected any time
of the year.
Don, my 4th
husband, is in Bangor with his motorcycle buddy working on his 1965
Honda Dream. I love how excited Don gets about things he holds dear
and motorcycles are definitely dear to him. I wouldn't make him
choose between me and motorcycles, in fact, I wouldn't make him
choose between me and anything. Our life together is so perfect I
don't have to make him anything. I love everything about him just the
way he is. When we first got together I had to set some boundaries,
and, thus far, he has respected them. I explained to him early in our
relationship I do not threaten, I do not get even, I simply go away
after fair notice. He respects me and my wishes and believes he has
been waiting for me his entire life. That's good enough for both of
us;)
I haven't written anything
on my web for quite sometime. Life has simply been too busy.
Since I began chiropractic
care last December and follow a relatively restrictive healthy diet
my health has been fantastic. My digestive system continues to heal
as long as I am careful to only taste
things I know are hard to digest; sugar, gluten and dairy. I
may have a few handfuls of popcorn, or a sip of Don's beer, if it is
something special. I can drink a small glass of wine once a month, or
so, and have gluten free pancakes with real maple syrup once in a
Blue Moon (now's there's a beer I'll take a sip of;) I eat lots of
veggies, and, fortunately I can eat fruit again. Two summers ago was
a painful-completely-sugar-free time without fruit but worth the
trouble to eliminate the sugar addiction and the yeast running
rampant in my body. I was experiencing shingles regularly back in
2009 and I don't miss those pesky itchy painful things at all!
It's been months since I
have had any palpitations or dizziness or any of the symptoms of food
intolerances. I don't call them food allergies anymore for a couple
of reasons; one, I can have a little bit of them once in awhile now
without problems and, two, I believe in the Law of Attraction. If I
say I am sick with something or I have a disease of some sort I know
those thoughts are frequencies I use to create my world. If I
recognize I have a digest system I should be careful of, and we all
should watch what we eat, then I am able to heal at a deeper level.
Which brings me to the
spider bite. I still have my smiley face scar but I now look at the
experience in an entirely different manner. Spider energy is very
powerful medicine and part of Native American teachings has one
swallowing the spider. Though my nearly life-ending brown recluse
spider bite caused years of uncomfortable symptoms I realize now I
not only “swallowed” the spider, I learned from it, chewed it up
and digested it! I currently use the venom in me to heal and teach
at deeper and higher levels.
Speaking of healing I
became a Stone Carrier for the Nemenhah Tribe and study their
medicine wheel and practice ceremony. It has been a joy to write
prayers to honor the four directions and where I am going with my
life. It has brought my spiritual healing practice to a new level.
Being a card carrying Medicine Woman of the Nemenhah Tribe also gives
me protection should anyone accuse me of practicing healing
illegally. I am now protected under the Rights of Religious Practices
Freedom Act of 1991.
I installed a soaker hose
and timer to water my herb garden in Florida for 55 minutes every 5
days. I hope my lovely healing herbs, which now nearly surround my
home in De Leon Springs, survives the summer. Living where the
Fountain of Youth draws its water source has to be good for me
and my plants.
I discovered since our
arrival in Maine a gas station a couple of miles away from where we
live in Florida has been in the news. Apparently the state broke some
underground tanks while widening the road in 1986 and now gasoline
lurking under the surface is making it's way to the springs. They are
hoping to be able to clean it up before it's too late. I hope we can
clean up the whole earth before it's too late, but, that is my
lifelong dream. John F. Kennedy said, “One man can make a
difference and every man should try.” I am sure he meant women too
and I am doing everything I can. Feminine Energy is critical to our
survival.
Which brings me to the new
web page I created, www.GreenGoddesses.org.
I am not sure where that is going but Source made me reserve the
domain name in the middle of an afternoon of gardening so I am sure
it will go somewhere good. We have been blogging a little on the
Green Goddesses Group I created on Facebook so we shall see.
I attended a 4 day Qi Gong
in Orlando at the beginning of May. Four nearly 12 hour days of Qi
gong deepened the level of my practice greatly and also helped my
oldest son, Joshua, shift into high gear with his practice. He's been
teaching yoga and doing Qi gong for a few years now and he says after
the classes with Jeff Primack in May he really understands and feels
the qi so much more. I am so very glad we did the classes together.
He is going through some difficult times and I know the practices are
helping him while he relocates to DeLand and starts a new life. He is
managing the mobile home park we purchased last October and making
life much easier for us.
My youngest son, Jason, completed his thesis for his master's degree in science education from
Cornell University. He is working for Odyssey Expeditions again this
summer, teaching science and sailing and diving in the British Virgin
Islands, and when he returns in the fall he has another teaching job
lined up with a company called Ocean Classroom Foundation. He'll be
teaching marine biology on a tall masted schooner. He is quite
excited about life and so is his brother. I am extremely proud of
both of my sons. Life is so much more enjoyable when your kids are
doing well, right moms?
I love to travel, so, what
better day to start our trip from central Florida to central Maine
than on my birthday! Our trip north this year was great fun. We
stopped in Nags Head and visited Kitty Hawk and then went on to spend
Memorial Day weekend with dear friends, Karen King and Tootsie in
Norfolk. Don, Karen and I spent an afternoon at ARE (Association for
Research and Enlightenment; Edgar Cayce's place:) and heard a
wonderful talk on dreams. The presenter told us to try to stay in bed
when we wake in the morning to help remember our dreams and if we can
simply remember the plot and the feelings we had it can tell us a lot
about ourselves. After the Dream Talk we had dinner at a great
restaurant in Virginia Beach and then returned to ARE for a talk by
Dr. Shoep on head and back pain. I was delighted to find most of his
talk centered around nutrition. He could have been reading from my
web site! It makes me feel great knowing so many are spreading the
word. As my friend, C. Norman Shealy says, “The future of American
health care does not lie in the hands of the medical industry it lies
in the hands of the American people.” So good to know people are
beginning to change their typical American diet! They'll live longer
and be healthier!
My first week here in Etna
was spent planting and getting Camp Etna ready for the summer season.
It opens with the Creative Awakening Weekend, July 1,2 & 3. I
have helped Rev Bob Johnstone with this event on 3 previous
occasions. I enjoy his Butterfly Art and absolutely LOVE teaching
energy exercises to help participants' creative energies move! It
promises to be a wonderful summer.
I have taken advantage of
the cold and rain these past few days to get caught up on writing,
posting photos to Facebook, catching up on emails and working on my
www.DianesDetox.com web
site. If we all talk about things we are doing and can do to heal
ourselves and the earth we can make a difference!
Have a great summer!
Blessings of Peace and
Many Smiles,
Diane
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