Too much of a coincidence to be a coincidence

In my belief system, I know there are no coincidences. If something happens, there is a purpose. 

When I first met Danielle Rose she was accompanied by her mother, and only 8 years old. They were guests at my wedding held on my newly purchased property--the property where she had lived since birth.  At the time, I paid Danielle little attention because of her age. This set of circumstances belied our future paths.  

Our second meeting disclosed many coincidences that revealed an undeniable and unexplained connection.  My road had not embraced anything spiritual or creative yet.  That would come later... but as I look back on the circumstances, I see evidence that there are forces in the world that we cannot explain. 

At this meeting, Danielle stopped by my home--where she had grown up--although her reason for stopping by was a little strange to me.  She said a tree spirit, specifically a spirit of a tree on my property, told her to stop by.  When I found out which tree contained this spirit I was surprised to find it was the only one on my three acres of property upon which I had placed a face.  While I had removed trees from the property before living there, years prior I had specifically instructed the man building my deck to go around this tree.  The result was an oddly shaped configuration that I loved because it meshed with nature. 



When she told me the name of her daughter who was in the car, playing, I was taken aback.  That was the same name I had just given my new horse.  This was not a simple name like Nellie or Flo.  No, it was a different name from most. Freaky, I thought. 

When Danielle left, I called several friends to tell them the story. At each telling I got goose bumps. A few years later we reconnected again, and here I am a contributor to Mind Key.  During those intervening years, my path embraced the metaphysical and the memory of her visit doesn't seem freaky anymore, just an example of how things that are meant to be, to evolve.  The best minds of science and metaphysics agree. 

Following discussions with Albert Einstein, Carl Jung believed that there were parallels between synchronicity and aspects of relativity theory and quantum mechanics. Jung was transfixed by the idea that life was not a series of random events but rather an expression of a deeper order, which he referred to as Unus Mundus.  Einstein famously said “God does not play dice with the Universe”. One of the greatest minds in human history had realized, in the context of mathematics and quantum physics, what spiritual masters had known for millennia.  There is nothing random occurring in the universe.

Want to learn more? Dr. Kirby Surprise has a groundbreaking new book titled Synchronicity: The Art of Coincidence, Change, and Unlocking Your Mind (New Page Books, 2012). Dr. Surprise demonstrates that synchronistic events, based on the activity of the mind, are actually caused by the person who perceives them and reflect many levels of their consciousness. His research reveals that what we believe and the way we look for patterns in the world generates synchronistic events that mirror our own assumptions. By decoding the science of synchronicity, Dr. Surprise uncovered how we actually create events and how we co‐create our reality.  Sounds more than a little like the Law of Attraction, that popular New Thought philosophy used to sum up the idea that by focusing on positive or negative thoughts a person brings positive or negative experiences into their life.  

So whenever some chain of events in your life is too much of a coincidence to be a coincidence, realize you have probably created it for some reason, either to learn a valuable lesson, instruct someone who may need guidance or even for some yet to be determined reason.  Determining your reasons for creating coincidences in your life should help answer any questions you have about your purpose.  

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Vera Remes

Vera's Rave'n - The many aspects of Shamanism

Have you ever had an Extraction Healing?

As the founder of and practitioner with Raven Reiki, Vera Remes offers Usui Reiki with nuances of Shamanism and psychic intuition.  She also offers Shaman Oracle and Angel Card readings and is a certified H3 Energy Healing Therapist.  Vera's column (Vera's Rave'n) will focus on the many aspects of Shamanism.

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Extraction Healing, always trying to learn something new to help my clients.  As you know, I am attracted to the Shamanic way of life. The concept of getting rid of stuff that's weighing me down is appealing. So when a “soul extraction healing” workshop was to be given by Michael Harner’s Institute for Shamanic Studies, I jumped at the chance to really learn about this fascinating concept.  I have taken internet courses that touched upon this subject but the thought of an in depth experience, with real live people to work on and receive healing from, all with the same core beliefs, excited me.

If you haven’t heard, Shamanic extraction is the removal of misplaced energy, sometimes called intrusions, from the spirit or soul of the client. This is energy that does not belong in the body and may cause illness. I say misplaced not negative, because there is no “negative” energy from a Shamanic perspective. If energy is misplaced or it isn’t in accord with the environment (the human body, or the body of land…) it will bring illness. 

Do you store your stress or anger in your stomach, back, or as a headache or do you get angry and ever send your anger out at someone. Then perhaps you are the recipient of misplaced energy or worse yet, the sender.  Remember the guy that cut you off yesterday and the insult you hurled behind the protection of the windshield, well, that energy was sent and may well have resulted in misplaced energy in his or her soul.  Words do have power.  Since taking this workshop I have changed my ways and when cut off in traffic or otherwise annoyed behind the wheel, I try to just say something generic like “Really!” Trying to employ that concept throughout my life too.  Try it sometime, not so easy.  Anger is not the only energy that may be misplaced.  An old injury or an organ donation can result in misplaced energy.  All things have energy and those energies may not be compatible with the recipient.

First, we were taught the “diagnosis”.  Each Shaman perceives the energy that needs to be removed differently. It may appear as black sludge, smell putrid or be “felt”.   Once diagnosis is complete, the Shaman merges with his or her guardian spirits which protect the Shaman from receiving the misplaced energy and also increases the Shaman’s power.  I’ve blogged about Power Animals and how to find them and now I know how to use their powers fully.  At the workshop entire the first day was devoted to finding your helping spirit(s). Imagine my surprise when one of my helping spirits was an elemental that appeared during my own energy healing many months prior.  A cute little bugger with a big nose and a round face. Yes, completely round and no body I could discern. I learned how to call him and my other spirit helpers into my space with a rattle and whistle, while others in my group sang songs or made sometimes strange noises.  Once merged we removed the energy and disposed of it by hurling it toward a nearby body of water to neutralize it. Then we filled the void in the soul left by the energy with cleansing water or preformed a power animal retrieval for the client. 

Very powerful stuff this Shamanic healing technique.  I know that by the emails I continue to receive from my fellow students.  All of us were exhausted after the weekend and felt very close even though separated by great distances after sharing this experience.  We have taken to calling ourselves a “tribe."  Eight people who didn’t know each other before were united in this common experience of giving and receiving healing.  Our Shaman/instructor, who I believe to be clairvoyant, guided us through an arduous experience that we all emerged from as better healers and people.  

If you haven’t experienced an extraction healing and want to, find your local Shaman, which may be an ordeal in itself, and try it.  I believe I emerged from the weekend cleansed of energy which was holding me back and renewed with positive energy in its place.  I am a Reiki Master, have performed several extraction healings, and would be glad to assist anyone who would like to experience this awakening for themselves. 
  
As a thank you for reading, the first people in the NY/NJ Highlands area to contact me and mention this blog will receive an in-person extraction healing session free of cost.

Comment here or visit www.raven-reiki.com to learn more and take advantage of this opportunity.