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		<title>Healing Words from Caroline Sutherland</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:58:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheila</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week I had the honor of spending time talking with Caroline Sutherland, an amazing wise woman.  She poured out information, ideas, product, tools, websites, etc. for all of us to use to heal our bodies.  I have an audio of this incredible information so watch for the information to download it.  I will send [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This week I had the honor of spending time talking with Caroline Sutherland, an amazing wise woman.  She poured out information, ideas, product, tools, websites, etc. for all of us to use to heal our bodies.  I have an audio of this incredible information so watch for the information to download it.  I will send via email so sign your name and email to the right to get it.</p>
<p>Caroline Sutherland is internationally renowned for her gifted ability as a medical intuitive, and specializes in <strong>breaking through the body&#8217;s health and wellness code </strong>to reveal some of its veiled mysteries.</p>
<p>What is a medical intuitive??</p>
<p>Medical intuition is the ability to see beyond the normal layers of perception into subtle levels below the surface, helping you to find solutions to the health questions that affect us all.  She can read your body.  It is incredible.</p>
<p>Together we are doing a series, <a href="http://www.sheilaulrich.com/blog/" target="_blank">Transforming Cancer, One Idea at a Time</a>&#8230;..</p>
<p>We feel it is so important to get this information out to everyone who is affected by cancer.  We talked about people just don&#8217;t know this and we have to spread the word.  So please help us pass this on.  Every person knows someone who is touched by cancer&#8230;..the numbers are so huge&#8230;we can help them.  PASS THIS ON TO THEM&lt;ALL YOUR FRIENDS&lt;AQUAINTENCES who all can pass it on too, so it will reach the people that need this information.</p>
<p>We discussed the importance of integrating the body with emotions, we are <a href="http://www.sheilaulrich.com/blog/" target="_blank">BODY, MIND, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">and</span> SOUL</a>.  Everything is connected.  We cannot simply take care of our spiritual self and leave our physical body in an unhealthy state.  It is important to get your physical body to match your spiritual body.  When the physical body lines up, lights go on, you experience a higher level of mastery and growth.</p>
<p><strong>If you’re sick</strong>, chances are you’re addicted to certain <strong>foods, behaviors, and thoughts</strong>. Anything that has power over you and that you have difficulty letting go of is an addiction.  This can be anything and you can release them, it is possible and it is most certainly possible to heal from cancer or any other disease.  We experience miracles every day&#8230;why not today&#8230;.why not you?</p>
<p>Deepak Chopra claims that all illness is the result of addiction.  Its as if these addictions have a hold on us and are robbing us of our vital force and taking us down cell by cell.  I experienced this through my healing journey with cancer, so I know it to be true.</p>
<p>I also know that our bodies are capable of healing at all levels.  The foods we eat, our environment, our relationships, our past, our thoughts all impact the cells of our body.  One step at a time we can make changes to our life and heal.  Speak to your body and encourage it to repair on all levels.</p>
<p>Caroline provided information and resources for low dose chemo, diet, tests to have done, immune system support and so much more.  Watch for the audio so you can get all this important information.   To make sure you get this audio in your email go to</p>
<p><a href="http://www.sheilaulrich.com/blog/" target="_blank">Transforming Cancer One Idea at a Time</a></p>
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		<title>Who Am I Really?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:41:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheila</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So who was this new me I seemed to have found?  Was it really me?  Was it someone else?  Is this me going crazy?  Could this be real?  Is this really a dream?  Is this God?
Somewhere within me I heard and felt and knew things that the Sheila I knew my whole life didn&#8217;t know.  [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So who was this new me I seemed to have found?  Was it really me?  Was it someone else?  Is this me going crazy?  Could this be real?  Is this really a dream?  Is this God?</p>
<p>Somewhere within me I heard and felt and knew things that the Sheila I knew my whole life didn&#8217;t know.  Where did this information come from?</p>
<p>It came from me.  But if that is me, who is the me that is thinking?  Who is the me that I knew all these years?</p>
<p>Are there two ME&#8217;s?</p>
<p>The possibilities intrigued me!!</p>
<p>The potential gave me hope!!</p>
<p>Is this what I have been searching for?   ME!!</p>
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		<title>Integrative Medicine and YOU!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:11:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheila</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I healed using integrative medicine  and you can too.  You can heal all aspects of you, the physical, the mental, the emotional and spiritual dimensions.  Healing body, mind, and spirit with integrative medicine is the key to long term survial.
Cancer survivors don&#8217;t just focus on getting rid of the tumor.  There is more to it than that.
I know you may be thinking&#8230;&#8230;You [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I healed using <a href="http://www.sheilaulrich.com/blog" title="integrative medicine">integrative medicine </a> and you can too.  You can heal all aspects of you, the physical, the mental, the emotional and spiritual dimensions.  Healing <a href="http://www.sheilaulrich.com/blog" title="body, mind, and spirit">body, mind, and spirit </a>with <a href="http://www.sheilaulrich.com/blog" title="integrative medicine">integrative medicine</a> is the key to long term survial.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.sheilaulrich.com/blog/hope.htm" title="cancer survivor">Cancer survivors</a> don&#8217;t just focus on getting rid of the tumor.  There is more to it than that.</p>
<p>I know you may be thinking&#8230;&#8230;You got to be kidding me&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..more to it than getting rid of the tumor??????????!!!!!!</p>
<p>Yes, but don&#8217;t worry, stress, or become overwhelmed.  It is all a process.  Life is a process&#8230;.one moment at a time.</p>
<p>You can do it!  If I did it and had no clue what I was doing, for sure you can do it with guidance.</p>
<p>The process is healing and freeing!!  One you will be glad you took. </p>
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		<title>Integrative Medicine accepted in Hospitals</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:34:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheila</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hospitals in the US now use integrative medicine for treating their patients.  They are now looking at all aspects of the person, not just the physical body.  They want to address the emotional aspects of the person and work with them to heal and the mental and spiritual dimensions.  They are healing body, mind, and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hospitals in the US now use <a href="http://www.sheilaulrich.com/blog" title="integrative medicine">integrative medicine </a>for treating their patients.  They are now looking at all aspects of the person, not just the physical body.  They want to address the emotional aspects of the person and work with them to heal and the mental and spiritual dimensions.  They are healing <a href="http://www.sheilaulrich.com/blog" title="body, mind, and spirit">body, mind, and spirit </a>with <a href="http://www.sheilaulrich.com/blog" title="integrative medicine">integrative medicine</a>.  Hooray, hooray!  My heart sings with excitement.  Because I know we have to heal all aspects of ourselves to be whole and well. That is where my journey began.  I received that profound message from God, &#8220;Heal the Whole, Body, Mind, and Spirit!&#8221; Now the medical field has a word or discipline for it that works for them, <a href="http://www.sheilaulrich.com/blog" title="integrative medicine">integrative medicine</a>. It takes time to make changes in the world.  Change is hard for most people.  Little by little change occurs through actions of many for the good of all.</p>
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		<title>Be ME!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:21:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheila</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Then a nudging from within was felt and I knew I could drop
the fear I was experiencing.   It was my choice!
As they were closing the door for the second time, I said, “I am ready!  I am going back in!”
I saw who I was, the being beyond the mind and the fear. This recognition was [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Then a nudging from within was felt and I knew I could drop<br />
the fear I was experiencing.   It was my choice!</p>
<p>As they were closing the door for the second time, I said, “I am ready!  I am going back in!”</p>
<p>I saw who I was, the being beyond the mind and the fear. This recognition was part of my healing and was part of my purpose there at that moment.</p>
<p>Confidently I enter the lodge and centered myself within.  I began to breathe and focussed on the energy within my body.  I focussed only on the moment and the experience I was having.  I allowed my mind to be still with no thought whatsoever.</p>
<p>The steam and heat increased and I bathed in the cleansing energy.  It was as if part of me was being washed away and I was lighter and clearer.   I soaked up the energy of the ceremony.  I began to feel my energy rise and a smile covered my face.  I was able to feel the peace and joy within and all around me.  I just wanted to giggle.  With singing, chanting, drumming and horns we celebrated.  I entered a state so profound and so loving, I didn’t want it to end.</p>
<p>As the last door opened the exhileration I felt was amazing. We were led outside and squatted next to the lodge.  In gratitude, I prayed as they bathed us in buckets of water.  They wrapped us in fresh white sheets.  Refreshed and new we surrounded the fire pit where this had all begun.  In celebration, we gave thanks for the ceremony, the purification and <a href="http://www.sheilaulrich.com/blog/tulum-the-final-chapter.htm" title="healing of body, mind, and spirit">healing of body, mind, and spirit </a>and for this wonderful thing called life.</p>
<p>I remained in this state of peace and gratitude for several hours.  My awareness expanded and the love I felt for life and all beings here was miraculous.  Each of us experienced something different; some cried and some experienced intense physical sensations.  We experienced mental, emotional and physical cleansing. </p>
<p>Each of us will take an important gift with us after the experience.</p>
<p>I allowed cleansing of negative emotions, healing of physical ailments, clearing of mental concerns and releasing of spiritual blockages.  After surrendering, I was able to have a life changing experience.</p>
<p>Lesson five was felt deep within….at any moment I have a choice.  Allow my mind to become me or step into my true self.</p>
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		<title>Panic in the Sweat Lodge</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:17:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheila</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As part of the adventure in Tulum, we were going to experience a sweat lodge temazcal, which they are traditionally called in Mexico.
Many North American and Central American Indian tribes have traditionally used the sweat lodge for purification, cleansing and healing of mind, body, emotions and spirit.
I knew the sweat ceremony was another opportunity for [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As part of the adventure in Tulum, we were going to experience a sweat lodge temazcal, which they are traditionally called in Mexico.</p>
<p>Many North American and Central American Indian tribes have traditionally used the sweat lodge for purification, cleansing and healing of <a href="http://www.sheilaulrich.com/blog" title="mind, body, emotions, and spirit.">mind, body, emotions and spirit</a>.</p>
<p>I knew the sweat ceremony was another opportunity for cleansing and healing for me and I was so excited to participate. Only six of the ten women chose to participate. We began with a ceremony outside standing around a fire. Together we chanted and offered prayers. Although I don’t think any of us really understood one thing said or done. Our leader was a shaman in his thirties who had grown up with the tradition in Mexico. Each of us then left our hand print in the sand around the fire and then proceeded to the sweat lodge.</p>
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<p>“The sweat lodge is a ceremonial sauna. During the ceremony, the participants encircle the stone pit inside the lodge. The medicine man, shaman, or elder, the leader of the ceremony, perhaps better referred to as the pourer, receives the glowing hot stones from the firekeeper and places them in the pit using a pitch fork. When enough stones have been placed in the lodge, the medicine man (pourer) closes the door and pours water on top of the stones to fill the lodge with steam. This happens usually four times, with periods of between ten minutes to hours spent sweating in the lodge.”</p>
<p>The lodge looked like an igloo with heavy blankets covering the entrance. As I squatted to enter my heart raced and my mind took over. I am CLAUSTRAPHOBIC!</p>
<p>Slowly one by one hot rocks were placed in the fire pit and we repeated chants of the shaman. Then they lowered the heavy wool blankets over the opening and the black filled interior. No sound, no light, as the heat filled the space and my body. I began to panic! There would be five doors total the shaman informed us.</p>
<p>Again, I watched as I created the thoughts of fear. Observing I chose to breathe, to become present in this moment. I listened to each breath and the peace filled me. The shaman began chanting and we all offered our intentiions for the ceremony. I stated my intention: To drop all past experiences and suffering and to heal and become one with all in gratitude.</p>
<p>Water was poured over the glowing hot rocks and stimulated by fanning with large palms. The heat and steam filled the dome inclosure. It got hotter and hotter and louder and louder as we were shouting healing chants. Then I heard “Puerta, Puerta” and I was relieved to see some light and feel the coolness of the night air. I took deep breaths to remain in the moment and not let my mind wander. Overcome by heat and emotion, one of the women had to leave.</p>
<p>Again, one by one they carefully lifted several more hot rocks through the opening and then again the blackness surrounded us. The heat was increasingly intense and I was dripping wet from head to foot.</p>
<p>We chanted intentions of healing and gratitude. I became overwhelmed by the heat and had to lay my head on the ground. My mind was telling me to run….jumpup and crawl out the door. Then again I heard “Puerta, Puerta” and the light was a welcomed sight. I continued to wrestle with my mind, and I knew I was, I was conscious of what I was doing. I knew the fear in my mind was not real. I knew these thoughts were crazy.</p>
<p>RUN, RUN, RUN!</p>
<p>I screamed, “Let me out!”</p>
<p>As I stood among the trees and the cool night breeze, I saw clearly how my mind had won!!</p>
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		<title>Let it Go!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 17:29:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheila</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With each experience in Tulum, I became quieter in my thoughts and more aware. It is a feeling of calm and centeredness.  Although I was active in my physical being all day on the beach, in the water, in healing sessions or exercise sessions, I was still in  my mental being. With this came an [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With each experience in Tulum, I became quieter in my thoughts and more aware. It is a feeling of calm and centeredness.  Although I was active in my physical being all day on the beach, in the water, in healing sessions or exercise sessions, I was still in  my mental being. With this came an awareness of life around me. People&#8217;s words and actions became more alive. The sounds were more alive and colors more vivid.<br />
 <br />
With my senses engaged, an inner knowingness is revealed. I guess it&#8217;s always there; we usually can&#8217;t hear or feel it because we are distracted by our physical and mental worlds. The chatter of our minds and the motions of our bodies cover up our connection to the inner world and our true self. Then we lose our source of natural wisdom.<br />
 <br />
I felt it was time for a cleansing and healing session with a local healer. A non-English speaking woman led me through the woods to a quaint, open cabana. I was welcomed by the smell of incense and the flickering of candles in the night. She caressed every point of my body; artfully  massaging and dislodging blocked energy. I could feel her pulling junk<br />
out of my hands and feet. It felt as if old emotional baggage was pulled  from my body. A release of energy long carried is freeing. I felt completely  relaxed, peaceful and renewed. I was ready to face the world.<br />
 <br />
With the release and renewal, awareness increases and I began to &#8220;see&#8221; my life more clearly. I saw how I created experiences in my life to suffer. Why do I keep reenacting the same thing over and over? It seemed so clear  and simple. Let it GO!!!!<br />
 <br />
<strong>Lesson four</strong> was felt deep within&#8230; Choose what I want to experience and create what I want NOW!!<br />
 <br />
<strong>Use these lessons NOW!<br />
</strong> <br />
Next time&#8230;.The PANIC within the Sweat Lodge Ceremony!</p>
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		<title>Tulum Mind Control</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:44:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheila</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yoga is an instrument to open, to be still, and to access the present moment of now.
With each movement is a breath.  The breath allows us to flow with the movement
or the position.  Our breath keeps our focus on what is happening NOW.   In this NOW, is stillness, a space, with no thought.  This is [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yoga is an instrument to open, to be still, and to access the present moment of now.<br />
With each movement is a breath.  The breath allows us to flow with the movement<br />
or the position.  Our breath keeps our focus on what is happening NOW.   In this NOW, is stillness, a space, with no thought.  This is where the peace is found.</p>
<p>I was so grateful each day to experience this space of peace.  Then I began noticing the group I started <a href="http://www.sheilaulrich.com/blog/tulum-the-final-chapter.htm" title="yoga">yoga</a> with was dwindling.  Where were they?  Weren’t they experiencing this same peace?</p>
<p>Later I found them having breakfast in the restaurant cabana, or walking from the store or on their computers doing business.  Their focus seemed to be somewhere else, but I really didn’t know where.  I caught myself trying to figure it out and then I realized, it doesn’t matter.  My mind wanted to create some story about this group of women.  This is what the mind does.  It creates thoughts that become stories.  Then we carry these stories with us.  We begin to believe the stories and then make the stories part of who we are. </p>
<p>I watched my mind once again try to create something that had nothing to do with me. The funny part is, the story it was creating about these women, was all made up and probably was completely false.  How ridiculous!!</p>
<p> How many times in our lives do we create these elaborate stories about a situation or person and then believe them?!  And then we ACTUALLY live out the story in our lives!  Amazing!</p>
<p>Instead,  I became the observer of my mind.  The observer was really me.  The observer is the awareness, is the essence of who I am.  And I could choose if I really wanted to create this story.  I choose NO!&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..</p>
<p>After breakfast it was off to the beach, no not to lay and relax, but for a beach workout.<br />
We climbed stairs, carried bamboo shoots, ran relays, lunged, and sweated in the heat.<br />
This was tough!  After an hour in the heat, I was exhausted and wondered how many days I could continue this level of exercise.  I was sure glad I didn’t have the belief that you had to work this hard to stay in shape.  And again I wondered, is this what these women believe you have to do to stay healthy?</p>
<p>At this point, I was hot and tired and all I wanted was the beach and a chair.  I raced into the crashing waves and dove under the aqua water to cool down.  Then I laid back and floated with the huge waves taking inventory once again of the beauty around me.  I felt alive within and felt the aliveness of nature the sea, the wind, the trees, and birds.  I settled into just being.</p>
<p><strong>Lesson three</strong> was felt deep within….at any moment I have a choice.  Do I want my mind to control my life or do I want to be the observer of the mind?</p>
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		<title>Be Still and Heal</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2007 20:24:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheila</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s begin by getting comfortable in our chairs.
Take a slow breath or two, and gently close the eyes. 
Now take a deep breath when you are ready, hold it for a moment, then let it all out and see, in your mind&#8217;s eye, all the tension leaving you now as a fine grey mist. 
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em><font face="Times New Roman">Let&#8217;s begin by getting comfortable in our chairs.<br />
Take a slow breath or two, and gently close the eyes. </font></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em><font face="Times New Roman">Now take a deep breath when you are ready, hold it for a moment, then let it all out and see, in your mind&#8217;s eye, all the tension leaving you now as a fine grey mist. </font></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em><font face="Times New Roman">Another deep breath, letting even more tension leave you now, as you begin to feel more and more relaxed. </font></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em><font face="Times New Roman">Remind yourself that it is okay to relax here, in this place and at this time. There is no other place you have to be right now, nothing else you have to do right now. </font></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em><font face="Times New Roman">You can relax, fully and completely. </font></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em><font face="Times New Roman">Now take a last deep breath, hold it, then let it all out and just resume normal breathing again. </font></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em><font face="Times New Roman">All the tension is gone now from throughout your body. You are beginning to feel completely at ease now, completely relaxed, </font></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em><font face="Times New Roman">Just let the wonderful feeling of restful, peaceful, relaxation wash over you for a few moments, listening to the music, or perhaps to your own innermost thoughts. </font></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em><font face="Times New Roman">Now see in your mind&#8217;s eye a White Light, moving towards you. It moves over and around you, encompassing you completely in it soft, gentle warmth. </font></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em><font face="Times New Roman">Your body continues to let go and relax even more. </font></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em><font face="Times New Roman">From the tips of your toes, to the top of your head, you feel the wave of White Light relaxing you, healing you physically and emotionally, making you whole again. </font></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em><font face="Times New Roman">As you listen once again to the music, you become even more calm and serene. </font></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em><font face="Times New Roman">Your are surrounded by White Light. </font></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em><font face="Times New Roman">There is a shield of White Light surrounding you, protecting you. </font></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em><font face="Times New Roman">It glows with the love of the Divine Source </font></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em><font face="Times New Roman">As you accept the White Light into your Inner Self, you know that you, too, are a source of love. </font></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em><font face="Times New Roman">This White Light symbolizes both the love of the Divine Source for you and your love for others. </font></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em><font face="Times New Roman">It protects you from harm at all times. </font></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em><font face="Times New Roman">It symbolizes the strongest force in all the Universe, that of love. </font></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em><font face="Times New Roman">This White Light protects you from all harm, from all invasions of outside influences and forms a wall of protective love around you. </font></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em><font face="Times New Roman">It is your armour. </font></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em><font face="Times New Roman">See it now, this shining white armour that is protecting you. </font></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em><font face="Times New Roman">You have become a source of love and you have but to repeat the words: </font></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em><font face="Times New Roman">&#8220;I accept the White Light of Protection.&#8221; </font></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em><font face="Times New Roman">and the protection occurs. </font></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em><font face="Times New Roman">Now it will spring into action covering you with an armour of love &#8211; </font></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em><font face="Times New Roman">covering you with the light of purity &#8211; </font></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em><font face="Times New Roman">covering you with protection. </font></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em><font face="Times New Roman">Whenever you say: </font></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em><font face="Times New Roman">&#8220;I accept the White Light of Protection,&#8221; you are protected by the Divine Source. </font></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em><font face="Times New Roman">Now visualize for a moment your loved ones, see them in your mind&#8217;s eye. </font></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em><font face="Times New Roman">Surround all those whom you love and wish to protect with the same White Light that surrounds you. </font></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em><font face="Times New Roman">You are protecting them from harm at all times. </font></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em><font face="Times New Roman">It is the mightiest force in all the Universe, that of the Love of the Divine Source. </font></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em><font face="Times New Roman">It forms an invisible wall of protection, it is an armour against all negativity. </font></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em><font face="Times New Roman">See White Light now encompassing and protecting your loved ones. </font></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em><font face="Times New Roman">Take a moment now, and select someone that you want to send healing to. </font></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em><font face="Times New Roman">Hold in your imagination and visualize that person you wish to heal. </font></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em><font face="Times New Roman">Now surround them with the White Light. </font></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em><font face="Times New Roman">See a glow of White Light encompassing them with it&#8217;s warm, loving, goodness. </font></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em><font face="Times New Roman">They are surrounded with the Light that is the Love of the Divine Source, the most powerful healing force in the Universe. </font></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em><font face="Times New Roman">This White Light cancels all negativity emanating from inside or out, protecting, healing, restoring. </font></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em><font face="Times New Roman">The Love of God now shines through. </font></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em><font face="Times New Roman">Only love remains. </font></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em><font face="Times New Roman">Send love &#8230; love is received. Only one party to a relationship is necessary for healing. </font></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em><font face="Times New Roman">The shield of White Light now protects them as well as it protects you. </font></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em><font face="Times New Roman">And all you need do to call it forth is to simply say: </font></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em><font face="Times New Roman">&#8220;I accept the White Light of Protection.&#8221; </font></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em><font face="Times New Roman">Know that it is there for you. every time, all the time. </font></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em><font face="Times New Roman">Take a moment now to reflect on this Divine gift to you, and then offer a short prayer in gratitude. </font></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em></em></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em><font face="Times New Roman">Now, slowly, calmly, easily begin to return to awareness. </font></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em><font face="Times New Roman">You feel perfect in every way, physically, mentally, and emotionally. </font></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em><font face="Times New Roman">You body feels rested, your eyes feel refreshed as though washed in sparkling cool spring water. </font></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em><font face="Times New Roman">At the count of three you will open your eyes and at the count of five you will once again be wide awake, feeling fine and in perfect health. </font></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em><font face="Times New Roman">One, two, three, your eyes are now opening. </font></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em><font face="Times New Roman">Four, Five, you are now wide awake, feeling fine and in perfect health, much better than before, in fact, your feel terrific! </font></em></p>
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