A message from Mother Myriam

Dear Friends



You've got to do your own growing,
no matter how tall your grandfather was.
~ Irish Proverb



Today our message is a bit different. Many of you do not know this but my father died when I was 11 years old. My mother was not educated beyond the 5th grade and had few skills except the ability to care for others. My mother worked as a maid and nurse for $15.00 a week to provide for us. This was not the first time Mother had to experience being a single parent with children to raise. She also had lost her first husband during the depression with three young children to care for. But through faith and hard work and often the kindness of strangers she made sure that her family survived.


As we enter the season of harvest, I want to share a lesson that Mother taught me. It is the law of seed planting. We have all heard that as we sow so shall we reap. This works in all areas of life from the necessities of survival to the more esoteric issues of love, relationships, kindness, friendship and so forth.



Mom used to tell me if you want a friend you have to be a friend. And she is so right. When we reach out to help others from the smallest thing like a smile or helping a friend in crisis, then good will be returned to us. The opposite is the same, when we plant the seeds of weeds which is anger, hate, distrust, paranoia this things will also be returned.



As I grew up I watched that Mother daily would feed a widow who was alone in the neighborhood a warm meal everyday. It was her mission. There is something in the Bible about taking care of orphans and widows that is highly emphasized that and she took it upon herself to do this.



When she was in her mid-seventies I went to visit her and I went to the refrigerator and it was filled with food. People were enabling her to reap the seeds that she had planted. Even when she came to live with me in her last year of age 98 people were bringing us food all the time. This season of harvest is a good time to ask what seeds are we planting?

Today, plant a seed of random kindness. It will be returned to you 10 times.



Love


Mother Myriam



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Life After Life

Ghost Whisperer, The Medium (programs created by Van Prague), and countless new television programs and other media are creating a renewed interest in communicating with those who have passed over. Not since the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century has there been such an interest in understanding. In that past renewal of interest the magicians tried to debunk psychic phenomena by recreating the perceived experience through magic tricks. Today the Amazing Randy has taken on the goal of debunking a reality that more and more are believing in order to create a career for himself. As we watch John Edward of Van Prague it becomes evident that we hunger to communicate with loved ones who have passed over. But even more evident is that those who have passed over often need to communicate with those who remain in this 4 dimensional reality that we call life. However, the real question is: Is there life after life?

There are many technical innovations that are being used to show energy traces and other examples that ghosts and spirits exist. Of course, the greatest feedback system to recognize those who have passed over are some interesting phenomena that all of us can train ourselves to recognize. Some people are extra sensitive and can receive these perceptions with more ease. Intuitives, empaths, mediums, shamans and so forth can help us contact those who have passed over. Many people approach a psychic because they have had a "feeling" that someone is near them that has passed over.

One of the best tools of the psychic detective is a camera. Since the early 1800s photography has been used to capture pictures of ectoplasm which is the word for the energy force that is the soul of a departed one.

My dear friend David’s wife Rene passed over from a long bout with lung cancer. Rene had been a psychic reader and counselor for more than 30 years and walked a spiritual path. At a wake David and Rene’s good friend Spiritual Guide GiGi (extension 449308)
a reader at Asknow.com, felt the presence of Rene. In a series of photographs snapped in immediate succession it was discovered after they were developed that at the time they were feeling the presence of Rene a unfolding of ectoplasm appeared over the group. Rene had returned to send healing love to those who were left behind, Spirit had reached from the other side to console those grieving loved ones with proof of life after life.


Some of the signs that a spirit is near you and wants to communicate can be diverse but a specific one is the feeling of coldness in the area that the spirit presence is located. If you saw the movie 6th Sense you will be able to understand this phenomenon better. Or there can be signs that the person is trying to connect with you with the appearance of various ways. In a recent reading that I did, a client was talking about a woman who had passed over and that she could feel her presence. I told her that I received the message that the sign of the butterfly was a message from this woman saying that all way well and she was content. The client burst out laughing. It turns out that when she and her significant other went to a country cabin in the mountains to do some maintenance and upkeep on departed loved one, they say a beautiful blue butterfly of a type they had never seen before. They had come to plant butterfly bushes to attract butterflies to the spot because the woman loved butterflies so much. As they saw the butterfly all they could do was burst into tears and hold each other. The renamed the little road to the cabin Butterfly Lane. There are always special connections between us and those who have passed over and these become our signs that our spirits are connecting with the departed and most importantly that they are connecting with us.


In the 70s I had an amazing experience as I was working with automatic writing. Automatic writing is when you relax and use your non-dominant hand to do spirit writing. As I went into a meditative state I asked who is here. My hand began to write on it’s own: Chad. Chad was the departed brother of my husband who had committed suicide and ever since I had moved to the house I had experienced horrible headaches and Chad had shot himself in the head. I asked: How can I tell for sure it is you? He wrote back: The money in the book on Napoleon. I told my husband about this and we went to Chad’s library where nothing had been disturbed since his death. We went through every dust covered book and in the whole collection was only one book about Napoleon and in it was a crisp new five dollar bill. We checked all the other books and there was no money to be found in any of them. Chad had reached out from the other side by using signs that were symbolic of his interests in life – he collected rare books and monies.


In the 70s I also did trance channeling. This is where the medium allows the spirit to come into her body to allow spirit to communicate directly with a loved one. As I relaxed I could feel the physical presence of this woman coming into my body. I could feel her pain and realized that she had physical disability. I could feel her pain but she came through to give a message to a person named Kiki. I did not know this name and had never really heard about it before. It turned out it was her special nickname for my client. The story gets more interesting. Two years later I was recruited to found a shelter for victims of domestic violence. A small program existed and it was called Serenity House. As I did the work necessary to write grants and develop funding I realized the original not-for-profit status of the organization had been improperly done and people could not write off donations the way that it was filed. As I looked at the original paper work, it revealed that the original founder of the group to help victims was this woman I had channeled two years before. So her messages in coming through was not only for my client but for me and time led me to create a shelter that is still helping victims today in Southeastern Ohio.

It is written that in an infinite universe we are all one. Perhaps our ability to connect with those who have passed over and for them to communicate with us is to let us know that truly we are all one and there is limitless hope for life after life. Remember for the caterpillar opening is an ending but to the butterfly it is the beginning of life.

The Passionate Life

Never underestimate the power of passion.
Eve Sawyer

Are you living a passionate life? Or, are you following the crowd and allowing life to happen to you? It takes a great deal of courage to decide that you are in charge of how your life evolves whether in love and relationships or in career and work. If you feel that your passions in the various areas of your life seems to have grown quiet and you are languishing rather than growing, it is time to take charge again.


We all have times of quietness in our lives but this is not the road to joy and exhilaration that we crave for living a life of bliss. Joseph Campbell wrote that man does not need to find a meaning to life but he must create it. How we create this meaning is to become passionately involved in everything that we do. Whether doing a job or task or how we engage others in friendship or love. Love only has meaning when driven by a passion to express and feel love to the fullest. Work only has meaning when driven by a passion to express our best.


As you work to awaken the passion in your life you will discover greater joy and greater understanding that you are more powerful than you ever believed. This does not mean that you have to strive for fame or material greatness but that you must express your being by being fully engaged in that which gives you pleasure. You may have a passion for gardening or for decorating your home. You may have a passion for cooking and serving others. You may have a passion for music. Passion is more than sensual expression of love of another although this is a good thing. Passion is to find sensuality and expression in actions that bring you joy.


Many times when we have been hurt we withdraw into self and feel a sense of a lowering of self-esteem and thus a reluctance to go forward in life with passion. Take a risk today and rediscover the joy that comes from living a life that is passion filled.

Myriam Maytorena
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Feline Wisdom

Happy Birthday Theresa Chase (Tirgana)Our favorite rescuer of feline friends.



Even overweight cats instinctively know the cardinal rule: when fat, arrange yourself in slim poses.

John Weitz fashion designer, spy and author of the book Friends in High Places, b.1923

Cats have always amused and sometimes amazed me. They are so independent and yet very loving. They will not be ruled but can be seduced by food and love. As I visited my sister Glenna this past weekend I met Gracie Grace the new member of her family. Gracie Grace is a long haired black cat and about as stand offish and in control of her world as any cat that I have ever met. Imagine Glenna’s little old Yorkie who is blind and most deaf dealing with a feline who is determined to rule the roost.


But something amazing happened. Kippie got a new lease on life with this taunting stalking but gentle new family member. In fact, he has become more active, eats better, and has recaptured his youth. Of course, the puppy cut did a lot to make him look like the puppy he one was.


Now in reality Gracie Grace looks like a fat cat but when you feel her you know it is just that long luxurious coat that wants to shed all over Glenna’s beautiful carpet. Gracie Grace like all felines has taken over the house. And I have to admit she is a poseur. And she makes sure that you notice when she is making a declaration that she is the queen of the house.


There is nothing like a new pet to bring joy into a home and energy into our lives. As they say pets allow us to live longer by lowering blood pressure, giving us continued responsibility for another, reducing stress as we pet them, and giving us laughter with their antics.


Personally as I prepare for a trip in June to the wedding of my brother John (age 75) and his bride-to-be Myrna Jo, I have to admit the one I am looking forward to seeing most is John’s dog Clint.


How blessed we are with the animals in our lives whether they be just pets or familiars, they give our life meaning, unconditional love, and joy.


Myriam Maytorena
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Start all over again

I have always been delighted atthe prospect of a new day,a fresh try,one more start,with perhaps a bit of magicwaiting somewhere behind the morning.~ J. B. Priestly

Morning has broken with a new opportunity. It is wonderful to again have that feeling that magic is always an option. Success consists more of optimism and persistence than any other qualities. Of course, we always self-define success for ourselves and that is sometimes the only fly in the ointment. We carry the expectations of family and friends, rather than looking at what gives us joy.

But like the old song goes, sometimes you just got to pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again. And that is the blessing of today. If you feel like you have fallen down or fallen short, you have the opportunity to delve deep into you and find what path you would prefer. This can apply to any part of life. Whether it is career, family, friends, associates or just leisure time, if you are not feeling that things are going the way you want you always have to option to start a new plan to create the life that you desire.

May you be blessed with vision and desire today as you choose to live the life that will bring you the greatest joy.

Remember my saying: If it isn't fun, don't do it.

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