This is Honey. She is now about four-and-a-half months old. We adopted her from a local animal rescue organization about two months ago. All we know for sure about her is that she was rescued from a high kill shelter in NM. The rest, we can only speculate.
Last week, I took Honey to visit the family who fostered her when she was 9 weeks old, right before we adopted her. I’d never been to their house before, but when I pulled up in front of the house and put my car in park, Honey’s tail started wagging like crazy. She started whining and climbing all over me (she weighs close to 40 lbs. now); she could hardly wait to get out of the car. She never behaves this way when I take her for rides in the car.
She remembered! The house, the people. How could a four-and-a-half-month old puppy remember something that happened when she was 9 weeks old? Nine weeks?! I get goosebumps just writing this.
Some people think that animals are stupid, that non-human lives don’t really matter because, well, they’re just animals. (Same with our natural resources—our water, our air, our forests and deserts—we often take these things for granted as well.) But just because animals can’t use human words to communicate, they certainly can, and do, demonstrate their feelings and intelligence through body language, perception and instinct. I’ve always known this to be true, but I guess it never hit me so strongly as it did when my puppy obviously recognized the family who was kind to her and who so unselfishly became her stepping-stone to a better life.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again—love is all that matters. Not just love for our families and friends and those who are easy and convenient to love, but also for those who suffer from abuse and neglect, for those in poverty, for those in other countries, for those who think, pray, look, and live differently than us, for the weak, the dying, the depressed, the mentally ill, and for those who cannot speak for themselves but who are forced to live at the mercy of the rest of us—animals, children, the elderly, the severely disabled.
Hug your dog or cat or horse today. Your children. Your spouse. Your parents. Your grandparents. Your friends. And perhaps do something kind for someone you don’t even know, because obviously, even animals never forget kindness.
In preparation for our upcoming–and tremendously exciting! workshop with the fascinating and multi-talented, author, speaker and time/space-and-other-levels-of-consciousness traveler, Mr. Bruce Moen, Bruce has prepared a short video giving viewers a glimpse of what we’ll be doing at his “Exploring the Afterlife” workshop April 22-24 in Fort Collins, CO.
Wait ’til you see this!!!
If you haven’t yet signed up for this workshop, I encourage you to do so soon, as there is a lot of interest and space is limited, so we are filling up quickly!
It is with great sadness and humility that I announce that since my book, the award-winning DANCE OF THE ELECTRIC HUMMINGBIRD, is no longer one of the top-selling books in the publisher’s catalog, 3,500 copies need to be removed from the warehouse asap to make room for faster-moving titles.
And those left unsold will be destroyed.
If you or your store would like to purchase copies of DANCE OF THE ELECTRIC HUMMINGBIRD at a deep discount, please contact me immediately.
Retail price is $17.95 (plus shipping), but I am offering copies for HALF PRICE!—$9.00 each, plus shipping.
For 10 or more, the price is $7.00 each plus shipping.
Sorry, no refunds.
A few copies of DANCE OF THE ELECTRIC HUMMINGBIRD will still be available from amazon.com, at bajarockpat.net, and in ebook format, but those in the warehouse that go unsold will soon be destroyed.
EXPLORING THE AFTERLIFE WORKSHOP With metaphysical author & lecturer Bruce Moen
(All techniques learned in this workshop have even greater benefits than just connecting with the Afterlife–they serve as a vehicle to expanding one’s awareness in order to live more fully and consciously in everyday situations.)
**You are responsible for making your own hotel room reservation. Hotel serves breakfast, lunch and dinner on site, and is within walking distance to other restaurants and shopping. Your workshop fee includes lunch on April 23 and 24. You are on your own for breakfast and dinner those days.** Click here for hotel reservations: Courtyard Marriott
Listen to Bruce describe the workshop and answer questions from callers about what happens in the Afterlife in these two recent interviews:
Bruce Moen is a lot like you. He’s never had a near-death experience, nor does he claim any special psychic gift or ability. Yet, he’s learned to do some special things. He has freed “lost souls” from their isolated, sometimes terrifying post-death existence; helped them regain free will choice over their own destiny; brought comfort to those left behind when a loved one dies; moved earthbound ghosts to their place in the Afterlife; verifiably explored nonphysical human consciousness and other realities.
Afterlife exploration has profoundly changed his life. It’s taught him what Love is and shown him the purpose of his life. Through his website, his books and tapes, and his workshops, Bruce is sharing a continuing journey of discovery that began in 1992 at The Monroe Institute. It was there he first learned to explore the Afterlife during Lifeline, a program developed by noted out-of-body traveler and author, Robert A. Monroe.
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
This workshop teaches a system of simple concepts, techniques and exercises anyone can use to explore beyond the boundaries of physical reality, including our afterlife. It’s a mix of sharing insights gained from Bruce’s experiences, lecture, discussion and group exercises. This is a hands-on workshop in which you’ll learn by doing. And it’s an opportunity to meet others who share your interests. In addition to about twelve hours of classroom format instruction, time is allotted for open discussion.
Using the Art of Retrieval as a means of learning to make contact and communicate with those living in the Afterlife, you’ll learn to make contact with nonphysical Helpers; you might call them guides, angels, or some other name. You’ll learn how to work with Helpers to perform retrievals of those who get stuck after death. In your interactions with Helpers and those who are stuck you will begin to learn, firsthand, more about the structure and inner workings of human afterlife existence. Continuing to work with Helpers, you’ll learn how to explore the areas of our afterlife Bruce has written about in his books. And, you can use what you learn to explore any reality or dimension that exists beyond our physical world. Workshop participants routinely contact and communicate with the deceased and have their experiences verified as accurate and real during the workshop.
Workshop Topics
How to explore nonphysical realities including the afterlife
Imagination as a means of perception
The role of pretending and fantasy in real perception
Am I making it all up? How to tell if it’s real
The Interpreter & Perceiver, the Balance leading to perception and memory
Affirmations & Placing Intent
What to do about doubt
The role of Beliefs, Doubt & Identity in perception
How integration of experience leads ever widening perception
Changing and replacing perception-blocking beliefs
The role of Love in perception & exploration
Methods of exploration: Dreams, OBE & Focused Attention
A map of afterlife consciousness
Retrieval, what it is and why it’s sometimes necessary
Helpers, who they are and how to contact them
How contact and gather verifiable information from specific deceased individuals
Guidelines for the Novice Ghostbuster
The role of Pure Unconditional Love in expanding awareness
Friday, April 22, 2016: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Informal meet-and-greet with Bruce and other participants in hotel lobby/bistro area. Food and drinks may be purchased at the hotel bistro, which also features Starbucks Coffee.
Saturday, April 23, 2016: 8:00 am – 6:00 pm
Hands-on instruction and lectures by Bruce with 10 minute breaks every hour and one hour break for lunch. (Lunch included in workshop price. You are on your own for breakfast and dinner. For your convenience, there’s a restaurant/bistro in the hotel.)
Sunday, April 24, 2016: 8:00 am – 6:00 pm
Hands-on instruction and lectures by Bruce with 10 minute breaks every hour and one hour break for lunch. (Lunch included in workshop price. You are on your own for breakfast and dinner. For your convenience, there’s a restaurant/bistro in the hotel.)
If you have any of Bruce’s books, please bring them to the workshop and he will be happy to autograph them for you!
Cost
$250 per person, includes lunch April 23-24 and an informal meet-and-greet with Bruce on Friday evening, April 22.
Refund Policy: Full refund if requested 30 or more days prior to event (minus $30 processing fee and PayPal fee if applicable). PayPal fee of $7.55 for $250 or $6.80 for $225 transaction.
50% refund if requested 7-29 days before event (minus $30 processing fee and PayPal fee)
No refunds within 7 days of workshop.
Bruce gives a short intro to what you’ll be learning at his workshop:
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As a way of saying, “Thank you” for all your support, for a limited time, I’m offering autographed and personalized copies of DANCE OF THE ELECTRIC HUMMINGBIRD for the special holiday price of ONLY $10 plus shipping and handling!
Books make the perfect holiday gift. Order one for a friend and one for yourself! At this price, they won’t last long!
I’m honored to be one of over 50 local authors who will be discussing and signing copies of our books on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015 from 1:30-4:30 pm at the Loveland Public Library. With the holidays fast approaching, books make the perfect gift, especially those signed by the author. There’s something for everyone on your gift list.
We look forward to seeing you on Saturday! (I will be at the library, not at Jax.)
A big THANK YOU to Caroline Hilligoss and the Loveland Public Library for organizing this event.
First of all, let me tell you that you ROCK! Thank you, once again for subscribing to my blog and website. I have so many exciting things in the works at the moment, that I just wanted to be sure you were aware of them in case you might be interested in participating.
My first piece of news is that I’m honored to be the guest on a FREE conference call with TMI Outreach Facilitator and Regional Coordinator, Cindy Lyn Bartholome coming up on Oct. 27 at 6:30 PM MST. If you’ve ever wondered what an out-of-body experience (OOBE) is or what the heck they do at The Monroe Institute in VA, here’s your chance to find out. Please click the link below for more information on the call. Hope you’ll join us! Did I mention it’s FREE?
Secondly, if you’re local, I will be one of 54 authors who will be participating in the Loveland Public Library’s Local Authors Showcase on Nov. 2. Please click here for details.
Also, as many of you know, I’m a local chapter network leader (LCN) for The Monroe Institute as well (our chapter is called TMI of NoCo) and I hold meetings once a month here in Northern Colorado. I’m thrilled and excited to announce that for our meeting on Dec. 8, the incredible engineer, author and lecturer, Mr. Bruce Moen will be joining our group via Skype. From Bruce’s website:
Bruce Moen is a lot like you. He’s never had a near-death experience, nor does he claim any special psychic gift or ability. Yet, he’s learned to do some special things. He has freed “lost souls” from their isolated, sometimes terrifying post-death existence; helped them regain free will choice over their own destiny; brought comfort to those left behind when a loved one dies; moved earthbound ghosts to their place in the Afterlife; verifiably explored nonphysical human consciousness and other realities.
Afterlife exploration has profoundly changed his life. It’s taught him what Love is and shown him the purpose of his life. Through this website, his books and tapes, and his workshops, Bruce is sharing a continuing journey of discovery that began in 1992 at The Monroe Institute. It was there he first learned to explore the Afterlife during Lifeline, a program developed by noted out-of-body traveler and author, Robert A. Monroe.
If you haven’t yet attended one of our meetings, this is one you won’t want to miss. For more information on TMI of NoCo, please visit our meetup page at TMI of NoCo.
Also in the works–I’m collaborating with Bruce to host a workshop by him early in 2016. More details to follow.
Last, but not least, I’m working on putting together a collaborative book project for those who have stories related to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico and/or experiences with Sammy Hagar that they’d like to share. I’ve created a Facebook group called Cabo Memories Journal and will update that as soon as I get submission requirements and legal stuff established. Or you are welcome to comment or ask questions here if you like.
This is the perfect opportunity to get YOUR story told once and for all! And who doesn’t have a story to share?
Whew! Thanks for reading all of this. Hope to hook up with you at one of these events or projects. You are the BEST!
I’ve never suffered from depression, but very recently, I found myself teetering on the edge and I wanted to share this story because lots of people suffer from depression. You see, two years ago, I had surgery on my ankle to repair a shredded posterior tibialis tendon (the tendon that goes under your arch and up the inside of your leg). It was a traumatic experience and the recovery has been long and painful.
A few weeks ago, I went back to see my doctor because I still have pain and swelling in my ankle. She told me that the surgery had obviously not accomplished what we had hoped, and asked how I felt about having more surgery, the procedure we should have done the first time, but because it was even more extensive with twice the recovery time, I opted for the less invasive one. It was now apparent that I had made the wrong choice.
Sitting there in the doctor’s office with my swollen, bare foot dangling off the edge of the table, the thought of having to undergo more surgery instantly plunged me into a suffocating darkness. I’ve had surgeries before, and my body does not take kindly to being cut on and stitched back together. It’s always a traumatic experience for me. Besides, there were no guarantees that the more extensive surgery would correct the problem either.
Returning home from my appointment, the crawling, bleeding, agonizing darkness sunk even deeper into me like thick black tar invading my soul. For days, I cried. I drank too much. I slept too much. I ate all the bad food I could get my hands on. I became lethargic. I couldn’t think. I felt very, very sorry for myself. I just knew that I was destined to be a cripple for the rest of my life. All I wanted to do was divorce myself from this rotten, messed-up body that keeps failing me. On the other hand, I had enough foresight to realize that if I didn’t watch it, I could slip into a bonafide clinical depression and I could see how easy it would be to go there, because the bad news was just one more addition to an already long list of negative and serious issues I’d been dealing with, so this new information didn’t just cause me to focus on foot surgery, it caused me to view my entire life through a lens of how terrible everything was. And I teach workshops on how to live the life of your dreams! How could I be an effective teacher if I was seeing nothing but the things that were wrong with me and my life?
But I was so down, I couldn’t see any way to pull myself out of the darkness, plus all those thoughts about not being an effective teacher only made me feel worse about myself. I needed to get my shit together somehow because I was sinking. Fast.
A friend then recommended a physical therapist in Boulder who specializes in foot and ankle issues as well as scoliosis. I knew I had scoliosis, and I wondered if perhaps that could be exacerbating my foot issues. My foot doctor concurred.
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Yesterday I went to see the new PT. She looked at the x-rays of my spine—curved in two places—nice. She checked my flexibility and told me that my foot issues were likely caused by my scoliosis, and even if I were to have more surgery on my foot, it probably wouldn’t solve the problem. She said that we needed to treat the whole body–not just one area, and very likely the foot issues would resolve themselves in the process. Wait. Seriously? A small light went on inside my heart. Was she saying there was hope?
She told me that my tendon was good and strong, which was encouraging because my initial thoughts had been that the surgery had all been for nothing–a total waste of time, money and pain. But the surgery didn’t go so far as to determine the cause, which was now becoming obvious—scoliosis was causing me to put pressure on the arch of my foot, hence the pain and swelling. Ah ha! An explanation that made sense!
The PT gave me a few suggestions to try in dealing with my posture and they helped instantly. She told me that she was optimistic that their unique program for scoliosis patients could help me live a normal life again because it had helped lots of people from all over the world. It helped my friend.
I felt hope rise inside of me like a gentle kiss of summer rain—a kind of hope that had previously seemed unlikely at best. Suddenly, the world looked brighter and all my problems, not just my foot issues, but all my problems and fears seemed manageable. Tears ran from my eyes—tears of hope that I could be pain-free again. Oh my gosh! What pure joy that would be!
Hope. Opens. Doors. Hope gives us the tools to keep going when all seems lost.
I can’t remember when I haven’t had pain, and just to have hope that that day is coming, for real this time… I can’t even begin to tell you how much this means to me, especially when I saw myself spiraling down into the quicksand of depression and all because I didn’t realize there was another option besides more excruciating surgery.
Sure, it’s easy to think positive when things are going fairly well; it’s a lot harder when suddenly the ground gets pulled out from beneath you due to the unexpected death of a loved one, a serious health issue, or any number of other things. Hope moves mountains. It gives us the strength to take another step.
Please know that no matter how terrible or dark things may seem, there’s always another option, and that’s the reason I wanted to share my story. Because although it may not always be apparent, if we keep looking and don’t give up, we will find the perfect solution, maybe something even better than we ever could have imagined and perhaps in a place we never thought to look.
There’s hope for everyone. There’s love for everyone. There are good things for everyone because there’s enough for all of us; the Universe (and our minds) are only limited by our thoughts. Please don’t ever give up.
A heartfelt THANK YOU to host Christina Winslow, for having me on her show, “Reach For It Radio” last week. We had soooo much fun laughing and talking about out-of-body experiences, enlightenment, rock concerts and Sammy Hagar.
If you missed the live broadcast, you can still listen for free here:
Reach For It Radio™ is a live weekly broadcast on BBS Radio, hosted by best selling author Christina Calisto Winslow. Tune in every Thursday at 11am PST, 2pm ET, for an enlightening and entertaining hour about life, love, finances, spirituality, health, and business as Christina challenges the status quo. This show is dedicated to assisting listeners to reach higher to attain what they really want out of life. Christina brings no-nonsense and practical tools to her listeners though her interviews with great thinkers, healers, and spiritual teachers of the world combined with her intuitive coaching abilities. Callers will be given the assistance to remove blocks and become empowered to see what is actually possible in their life. Reach For It Radio™ is a catalyst for change and provides new ways for you to reach for the stars!
I’m super excited to be a guest on “Reach For It” radio show with host Christina Winslow, this coming Thursday, Aug. 27 from noon to 1:00 Mountain time. It’s going to be a great show! Hope you’ll tune in!
Bruce: 
