Tuesday, 13 October 2015

UMS courses at Metaphysical Sciences Store



Individual Courses and UMS Merchandise such as t-shirts, tote bags, water bottles, mugs, and more are now available to purchase online! Now you can support UMS and enjoy some great gifts for yourself or friends. The store is called Metaphysical Sciences Store. Fee free to visit and see what we have to offer. Some course downloads are as inexpensive as $1.95! Yes, $1 and 95 cents!
Courses include topics such as Astral Projection, Meditation Skills, Reincarnation and Past Life Regression, Lucid Dreaming, Chakras and Auras, and many more juicy topics! Also, meditation downloads or CDs (depending on if you want courses sent to you by mail or internet download) are included with many of the courses.
See you there!

The Voice of the Earth and Her Plants



The Earth’s wisdom is available to those who listen.  I have had a deep, intimate connection with our Mother Earth ever since I can remember.  My study of herbalism has been an endeavour that I began back when I was a child, although my true passion did not emerge until I was in my teenager years.  It was at this time that I began to learn about the wide diversity of the plant kingdom that existed around me, each and every time I was outdoors.  I found this fascinating, the idea of the wild weeds providing so much food, medicine and comfort in a time of need.  My study of herbalism and the natural world is going into its twentieth year.  I am certainly a naturalist and herbalist by definition, yet only recently has so much about the natural world been revealed to me … as the veil has begun to lift … through the power of my imagination and intuition.

Few books teach the methods to finding the secrets and uses of the plants yourself, yet those who have written the books that carry the herbal wisdom that so many of us rely upon, were originally discovered through study, experience, watching animals and communication with the plants themselves.  My desire to live intimately with nature is one I could never be without.  I awake to the sound of the birds at my windows.  They sing liberally, surrounding my home, nesting in the trees … joining the squirrels, bunnies and deer in the sacredness of my back yard.  I have acres of wild plants and trees, many whose names I am quite familiar with, utilizing there gifts often, trusting them to my beloved family.  The natural world opens itself up to those who choose to see it and the plants come to life … speaking to those who are willing to listen, to those who … believe.  

The shared belief and understanding of traditional cultures, geologically separated and existing all around the globe is that everything in life is sacred.  These cultures have also held the belief that if we respect the sacredness of the Mother Earth and all her creations, we will then live in harmony with our Lady Gaia.  What a beautiful thought, to live in balance with our sacred world.  Quantum physics has proven our oneness with the world, through scientific principles, just as religious leaders have spoken about it for centuries.  Deep in the cells and chakras of our beings, we already know of this oneness … of this connection that we share with all of life.

Each person’s relationship with the earth is unique, just as each person’s relationship with themselves is also.  Practicing herbalism and using the gifts of the plants is one way of connecting with the earth.  Herbs can have a tremendous healing and aligning effect of the wholeness of our body, emotions, mind and spirit.  Nature is a powerful healer and she shares her gifts with us all.  

Herbal remedies have been recorded throughout history, since the beginning of civilization and herbalists have been viewed as having special powers to see into the mysteries of nature.  The plants have stories to tell us, filled with ageless wisdom and delightful life energy.  I have found that simply connecting and appreciating a plant, to be extremely healing.  The vast knowledge that has been collected about plants has been said to come from the spirits or energies of the plants themselves.  So next time you find yourself interested in a certain plant, or drawn toward it in in a seemingly magnetic way … speak to the spirit of the plant.  Try to connect to the plant with your heart.  Then, clear your mind and listen.  

May you open the door to the magical world of herbal wisdom, deepening your relationship with the Earth and all of her bountiful, beautiful and talkative plants.

Shadow Work: Removing the mask, Revealing the Beautiful You



The healing modality known as Shadow Work is a deep process of psycho-emotional healing.  This work begins by bringing aspects of the self into conscious awareness in order to heal mentally, emotionally and spiritually.  Termed by Carl Gustav Jung, a Swiss psychologist and mystic philosopher, the Shadow is the sum total of all those unpleasant qualities that we hide, together with the insufficiently developed functions and the content of the personal unconscious.  The Shadow is the unconscious aspect of the personality which the conscious ego does not recognize in itself.  

As you can imagine, the healing of the Shadow can be quite intense, with great rewards attached to this process.  Love and acceptance of the self are paramount to evolution of the soul.  As spiritual aspirants, meeting the inner distresses and parts of ourself that are disowned allows us to heal them, before they manifest themselves in our lives.  These deep influences are motivating us, unseen and unrecognized.  Stored emotions trigger all sorts of psychological anxieties.  By shining light on the Shadow, and actively investigating a deeper part of the self, wonderful opportunities of growth and enlightenment will present themselves.  

Shadow Work is all about making the unconscious Shadow conscious and healing these parts of the self, making room for more authenticity and honest self-expression.  By getting in touch with these deeper parts of the self and embracing the Shadow, many of the golden parts of the self will emerge and life will be more colorful, dynamic and rich.  Shadow Work is similar to the Shamanic practice of retrieving soul losses.  It is imperative that in doing this work you are willing to be emotionally vulnerable to facing the Shadow, as many unknown things about the self will come into light.  This can be emotionally exhausting, so guidance or proper knowledge is recommended.  The loving support from those on a similar road can not be emphasized enough.

The Shadow lurks beneath the surface, bound by fear, shame and guilt.  It can be difficult to detect without conscious awareness, of the tricks that the self will do to keep the wounds from being exposed.  One clue to the presence of the Shadow is through projection.  The qualities that people fear in themselves are the same qualities that they will actively dislike in others.  By turning a personal inferiority into a perceived moral deficiency in someone else, the Shadow is able to stay unrecognized within the person.  Your emotion-based judgments are always Shadow projections, rooted in unresolved trauma of some kind.  As you become aware of your own Shadow projections, you will begin to accept them more in others, and in turn, accept them in yourself. This acceptance stage is the key to completely dissolving your Shadow projections.  An interesting point about projection is that people will project not only the undesirable qualities in themselves, but also positive qualities within themselves too.  This is called the Golden Shadow or Halo Effect.

Shadow Work is a way of bringing your true self out of the Shadow and into the light so that you can show it off to the world.  You will want too!

Types of Psychic Abilities



Seeing into the future is a natural occurrence and we are all psychic to some degree.   To the eternal self, our true nature, time is simultaneous and there is no past or future.  There is only the eternal now.  To the eternal self, everything happens at once.  The term psychic is generally used to describe a person with the ability to recognize things that are hidden from the five basic senses, to sense something through the use of extra-sensory perception.  Being psychic is actually a generalized umbrella term that refers to many different forms of psychic abilities.  There are many types of psychic powers and they all have a different way of sharing information.  Let’s take a look at some of the more common and talked about psychic abilities.
Telepathy is is the transmission of information from one person to another without using any of our 5 known sensory channels, and without any type of physical interaction.  Telepathy is most potent between people who have an emotional bond.  Love is often involved.  Stress also brings about spontaneous telepathy at times.  When there is a great need, it is not unusual for a person to quickly become aware of the validity, accuracy and existence of telepathy.
Clairvoyance (known also as clear vision) is an interior vision.  Clairvoyance is seeing beyond what the eyes see.  It is possible to receive many visual insights, as well as see the auras of people, animals and plants using clairvoyance.  Those with exceptional clairvoyant skills can see fairies, spirits, angels and many other spiritual beings.  Often a clairvoyant can see objects or symbols which may have a specific personal or universal meaning, as well as light anomalies … such as flashes of light, orbs and sparks.
Clairaudience (known also as clear hearing) is the ability to hear beyond the physical hearing.  This is inner hearing.  Those who are clairaudient hear many different things, such as bells, voices, music and sounds.  Sound is extremely important to metaphysical and spiritual traditions throughout the world. Often, before an important insight is received or as an opening to a spiritual experience occurs, a sound is heard through clairaudience. This sound may me a soft ring in the ear, a quiet whisper or sometimes it can be much more intense. I have also heard this sound referred to in some traditions as the bells of paradise or the trumpeting before the gates.  The sounds heard through clairaudience are often described as radio signals from varying levels of universal air waves, including our own higher self.  In this way, we tune-in … or something tries to tune-in to us .  The voices that can be heard through clairaudience are often giving spiritual guidance or warning of impending danger.
Clairsentience (known also as clear feeling) or empathy is the ability to feel or sense information beyond the physical senses.
Psychometry is the ability or art of divining information about people or events associated with an object solely by touching or being near it.  Objects belonging to a person are used to help induce psychic intuitions about them.  This ability to touch an object, item or person and receive information about them can be received in the mind as pictures, short a moving film or a sudden a knowing of information.
Remote Viewing, a form of clairvoyance, is the process of observing from a great distance.  This allows the remote viewer to see what is happening in a another place,  describing details about the target that is inaccessible to the normal senses.

Psychic Development and Intuition



Everyone has intuition and whether you know it or not, you use it everyday.  It is a very natural thing.  Intuition is used all the time to make practical and reasoned decisions about money, love, family and every other aspect of life.  Right this very moment you are receiving information instructively.  You are simply unaware of this process.  Most people use their intuition unconsciously all the time, but psychics use their intuition consciously and with deliberate intent.  A psychic have learned to use their intuition on a conscious level, making it possible to answer questions and find information that is that hidden from the mundane world.
Your subconscious mind knows at least ninety percent more than you conscious mind does.  Your subconscious mind works with the cosmos.  You could easily say that your subconscious mind is one smart cookie.  It knows the future, the past, probabilities and possibilities in your life.
Exercising intuition makes it stronger, so the more you use it the better you can utilize this skill in your life.  After all, happiness and intuition are your birthrights.  With a little practice you can make intuition a conscious process.  Intuition is a capacity you were born with, just like riding a bike, playing a music instrument or an any other skill you learn.
You can learn how to hear your subconscious mind when it speaks to you.  This has tremendous potential, offering a richer and more fulfilling life.  Imagine, instantaneously having the answer to a question your heart longed-for queries.  The subconscious mind can find the information that the reasoning mind and intellect could only accomplish after utilizing many time-consuming methods.  Intuition does not reason, nor does it need too.  It is a nonlinear process, simply know in an instant.  By having a question, your intuition has a place of focus.  There is a lot of information available … all information to be exact … and without a question, you may receive answers to the questions that you may not even be aware of.
If you want to develop your intuition you can begin with this simple exercise.  Simply pretend that you already know how.  That’s right, pretend that you can use your intuition at the drop of a hat to answer all kinds of questions.  Be sure to have a question though.  This is important to allowing a specific answer or insight to come through.  Write about it in a special journal that is devoted toward your psychic development.
Another way of increasing your own psychic awareness is through mindfulness.  Become aware of your senses and get in touch with yourself.  Probe yourself like someone who wants to get to know you better.  Answer these questions and use your journal to record your answers.  What do you hear, taste, smell?  How are you feeling at this very moment?  Describe your mental, physical and emotional state.  Be aware of the moment.  Repeat this exercise often to help increase psychic awareness.
Remember to have fun!

The Health Benefits of Meditation- by Marcela De Vivo



Serenity, inner peace and calmness– these are things we all want and need in our lives, but how exactly do we achieve them? The practice of meditation has been found throughout history, especially in religious contexts, as it is believed to enhance one’s physical and mental well-being. Today, it is used as a stress management technique to reduce blood pressure, improve memory and the immune system and much more.
While full inner peace may not come immediately, there is evidence that even one session of meditation can be effective in reducing stress. So, if you have a few minutes to spare, why not try it for yourself? With a little help from this infographic and some practice, you too can achieve inner peace and go with the flow.
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The Angelic Realm



Have you ever met an angel?  Have you ever felt one near, or heard the music of the angelic realm?  Or maybe someone has told you about an encounter that they have had?  Would you like to meet an angel?  Would you ask for help if you could, especially when you needed it most?  Would you ask for help, even if you were a bit skeptical?  Could it hurt?
It is possible that you have already met an angel, although unaware.  Hebrews 13:2 states, “Be careful when entertaining strangers, for by so doing, many have entertained angels unawares”.
Angels are truly everywhere, including historical references down through the ages … found in every culture and every religion … a common thread.  They are here with us, whether you believe in them or not.  The angels are laced intricately through art, poetry, literature, sculpture, paintings and nations around the globe.  The angels have been spoken about by great spiritual teaches, saints, poets and prophets.  They transcend cultural belief systems and their existence predates a monotheistic God.  Evidence of belief of these celestial beings can be shown through the writing and drawings of ancient civilizations.  There are many stories of the angels bringing divine messages from above that can be found in the bible and countless other books, as well as personal stories from people that most likely live in your community … even people you know and are close to, such as neighbors, co-workers, friends and relatives.
So what exactly is an angel?  An angel is a messenger, with a special message that has been sent from up above.  They are divine beings that are in service to the Holy Spirit and the greater good of all, that bring messages of love and joy.  Angels are an extension of God, radiant messengers sent by God.  The angels are pure unconditional love and wisdom, important in the heavenly realm.  They help us to raise our vibrational level, give us guidance and comfort.  They show us our potential and help when we need it most.  Angels are a gift from God, to be of assistance to our higher true soul’s purpose while helping us be of assistance to all of creation at the same time.
When you call out, an angel will respond.  They will always respond, whenever we ask for assistance.  They work in subtle ways and will speak to everyone differently.  The angels help keep you in a place of love, protecting you and being there for you, especially when you need them.  So anytime you feel the need, call upon the angels and you are sure to receive angelic guidance.  Welcome this guidance with an open heart and an open mind … and remember how loved you really are.