Gordon Michael Scallion's Healing Mandala Image

You may have heard of Gordon Michael Scallion, an intuitive who is probably most famous for his book Notes from the Cosmos and his Earth Changes map. He has created a beautiful animation in the "meditation room" at his site. It's a moving purple mandala image which represents the new energy grid that he clairvoyantly sees forming around the Earth.

For years now, gifted psychics have been tracking this grid and all of the energy shifts we are going through, which can manifest in earthquakes, changes in the tectonic plates, and alterations to our auric fields. I personally feel that we have moved away from the probability that Scallion predicted many years ago and that we are no longer headed for changes as severe as he predicts. But I still feel that he is a gifted person with many wonderful points to ponder.

He has designed this 30 second animation as a gateway for healing and for shifting your consciousness. I viewed it and found my mood lifting and my energy feeling more stabilized. Give it a try and see what you experience. It's pretty powerful.

View the healing mandala image here:

http://www.matrixinstitute.com/meditation.html

Mindless Entertainment #6: Are You Psychic or Psycho?

This is a very silly game where you guess which card Ruprecht the chicken is going to pick next. (Yes, there is quite the chicken theme going on at my site right now!) Then you are rated as to how psychic you are. It's sort of a mechanized duplication of the classic card-guessing game used to evaluate psychic ability where people use Zener cards. Only a chicken is involved.

http://www.ruprecht.com/psychictest.html

Keeping Romantic Love Alive - Viva L'Amour!

This is a good article on how to achieve better balance in a romantic relationship, especially in a long-term one. I know you'll like it!

http://www.womens-place.com/features/vivamour.php

Angelic Abundance Treasure Maps and Catherine Kasper

You may have already read it on my website by the time you see today's blog entry, but in case you haven't, I've just posted a new guest interview with an author and intuitive named Catherine Kasper. She's a gifted lady who has published a book called Angelic Abundance Treasure Maps: Discover the Wealth Within You. This book is great fun -- very inspiring. It teaches you how to free up trapped energy and overcome blockages in your life by creating treasure maps. Creating a treasure map serves as a playful, intuitive exercise which can jumpstart your ability to open up to receiving abundance in all areas of your life.

I can identify with much of what Catherine shared in her discussion with me. People are so often aware of angelic, loving presences in their lives, especially when they are children. But as adults, we've usually blocked off this flow of communication. Catherine is one of the spiritual teachers on the planet right now who has reaccessed this form of divine contact, and you'll read her tips in the interview about how you can open yourself up to this form of spiritual guidance.

Angels are powerful, loving, and great teachers, and Catherine's interview and book both carry their incredible vibration of healing.

Read the interview here:

http://www.lipstickmystic.com/interviews/interview022405.html

3 Billion Year Old Manufactured Spheres?

Odd, metallic spheres which are too perfect to have been handmade have been excavated in rock reported to be some 2- 3 billions years old in South Africa. Hmm.....Who was making them, I wonder? And what's with the obsession with the spheroid shape? Hmm.

http://community-2.webtv.net/WF11/3BillionYearOld/

John Panella, Author of The Gnostic Papers

John Panella is the author of The Gnostic Papers and other books, and his articles also appear throughout the Net. This is a good one about how the power of positive thinking only works if you also apply a second important metaphysical principle, momentum.

http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Magic-of-Success-is-Actually-a-Law-Set-in-Motion.-Finding-it-is-Quite-Simple&id=8389

Philip Ledoux on Dowsing and Random Number Generators

Philip Ledoux offers some interesting thoughts on why random number generator machines (of the type first developed at Princeton University and used in their Engineering Anomalies Lab) often register spikes (in non-random number streams) which coincide with major world events. He also offers an interesting theory about why dowsing doesn't work as well when the dowser is near someone who is extremely skeptical.

http://educate-yourself.org/cn/philipledouxblackbox14feb05.shtml

Am I Enlightened or Crazy? by Lynn Woodland

This is an excellent article by Lynn Woodland about the phenomenon of "spiritual emergency." This usually happens when someone is at a point in their search where they suddenly feel more "hooked up" to the world of spirit and can have ecstatic feelings, energy surges, and consciousness shifts. When this happens, it's normal for the ego to have troubles processing the experience. As Lynn explains, people tend to wobble between two poles of "Am I crazy?" and "Am I special?"

This excellent piece describes how we can all stay more grounded on the spiritual path while still taking in the miraculous energy of the divine.

http://www.isd.net/msp04016/enlightened.html

Lisa H. on Animal Spirits and Totems

http://www.ofspirit.com has over 60 categories of articles on a wide variety of spiritual and metaphysical subjects. They also have links to businesses and practitioners.

Lisa H. has a jewelry business where she designs pieces based on various animal totem themes, and she recently posted this helpful article about understanding the energy of power animals:

http://www.ofspirit.com/lisah1.htm

Wisdom of Indigenous Peoples at Indigenouspeople.net

This is an incredible site which features the writings of many indigenous peoples, both past and present, and their unique views on life.

I especially liked this article:
http://www.indigenouspeople.net/schiavi.htm

But the entire site is fabulous. Hours (if not days) of reading here.

Main site:
http://www.indigenouspeople.net

A DIfferent Way of Looking at "Values"

This article compares turning to external sources to give you "values" (like following certain behaviors because your religion tells you this will make you a good person) to internally-directed ones. Some good ideas here.

http://www.questforself.com/human_restoringvalues.html

Famous Studies in Mind Over Matter

Many people have claimed to be able to affect matter with their minds. This article describes various famous studies on this.

It doesn't talk about Princeton University's Engineering Anomalies Lab and the proof they have gathered that mind can influence random number generators (which spew out random number strings). I participated in some of their experiments off the record some years back.

But it is interesting.

http://www.williamjames.com/Folklore/MINDOVER.htm

Mindless Entertainment #5 - Ask the Fortune Chicken

Hello again. If you haven't checked out my new Ask the Fortune Chicken feature - well, what are you waiting for? The Chicken is standing by! If you're lucky, she might respond in the form of a Zen chicken koan, an Irish limerick, or a hiaku. Tell your friends about the Fortune Chicken and spread the fun!

http://www.lipstickmystic.com/oracles/oracle.html

Why a Broken Heart Can Cause Real Physical Problems

If you haven't read my new article yet about the energy of a broken heart, what are you waiting for? :)

http://www.lipstickmystic.com/articles/articles021105.html

Wild and Mysterious Folks at MysteriousPeople.com

Thanks to all of you who have responded to the Ask the Fortune Chicken feature. It really is designed to be a real oracle, so if you meditate for second before you "ask" her a question, you should receive an interesting response. Synchronicity works through many different tools and systems! Also, in the months to come, more individual oracles will be added to the Fortune Chicken, so you could receive a very different response up ahead.

Now, on to today's cool site. I stumbled upon this site by accident and was intrigued with the collection of articles the website owner has posted. It's all about people with strange "powers" or abilities, some of whom remained mysterious figures in their day, others who were proven hoaxes. Neat stuff if you're in the mood for a diverting read.

http://www.mysteriouspeople.com/index.htm

Ask the Fortune Chicken - New Chicken Oracle

Happy Chinese New Year! Today marks the start of the Year of the Rooster. In honor of this holiday, the Lipstick Mystic is pleased to offer you a new chicken oracle.

What's a chicken oracle, you may ask? Well, the Fortune Chicken has kindly offered her services to Lipstick Mystic readers. She will remain a permanent guest at this site. Any time you have a burning question, just meditate on the issue which perplexes you, press the button to enter the Chicken Coop, and you'll have the Fortune Chicken's full attention.

Chickens can be a little moody and mercurial, so don't take it too personally if she offers a sassy comment. And this particular Fortune Chicken has spent many years studying Zen, Gnosticism, and Shakespeare, among other things, so her responses are peppered with intriguing flavors.

(Although it's best to avoid mentioning "pepper" or "flavors" when you're in the Chicken Zone. The Fortune Chicken is a little sensitive about the food references.)

If you'd like to enter the Chicken Coop, click here:

http://www.lipstickmystic.com/oracles/oracle.html

And check the Chicken Coop periodically, as the Fortune Chicken is always studying new philosophies, and she will be expanding the number of responses that she offers in the months to come.

If you're feeling a little fowl, the Fortune Chicken is sure to brighten your day!

New Moon Tonight, Tuesday the 8th at 5:28 pm

As you may already know, there's a new moon in the sign of Aquarius tonight - Tuesday, February 8th. It happens at 5:28 pm EST here in the U.S.

The moon joins the sun, Mercury and Venus, all of which are also in the sign of Aquarius right now, for a powerful and uplifting kick of energy.

Those of you who would like to meditate and set some intentions around financial abundance (or personal well-being, relationship success, etc.) may wish to write yourself a "new moon abundance check." You can make the check out for anything, it doesn't have to be for money. And you can do this any time over the next three days, because the energy will be active throughout that time.

By writing yourself out a check and putting "paid in full," you're setting a powerful intention to expand your personal energy and to embrace larger and higher levels of joy in all aspects of your life. You DO have the power to shift patterns of energy and to break through old filters, mind control programs, and limiting beliefs. The new moon abundance check is a fun little ritual that really works.

For the last two days, I took a short trip out of town while my honey attended a conference in Atlantic City, and my new moon abundance check from last month certainly kicked in. I was playing some of the slot machines and won over $1500. Of course, I was carefully managing both my cash flow and my personal energy, maintaining an abundant mindset. And I had to stop gambling the minute I felt my energy dip or my positive attitude shift. (It's when you're tired that you end up giving back everything you've won!) But the exercise of writing myself a new moon abundance check last month certainly helped me to open up to receiving greater abundance.

By the way, money issues as a whole become so abstract when you're at a casino. You realize it's all just energy, all blips of data. This energy is constantly beaming into you in the form of particle waves. You can really feel this if you attune yourself to the frequency.

The challenge is to release personal filters and restrictive thoughtforms which tend to put a limit to how much you are willing to receive. We each have personal "set points," stopping points beyond which we don't entirely feel comfortable receiving. But we can dismantle these and free ourselves up to experience greater abundance if we work at it.

If you haven't read about new moon abundance checks, check out the home page of my website, where you'll find my series of articles about it.

(My home page is http://www.lipstickmystic.com. Or you can access the link at right.)

Have a great new moon! A lot of positive energy is available at this time, so give yourself permission to feel good and to experience greater levels of harmony in all areas of your life. You deserve it!

***PS -- Be sure to check the home page tomorrow - There's going to be a little special something in honor of the Chinese New Year. (The Chinese New Year is tomorrow, and this marks the start of the Year of the Rooster. ) I'm not going to tell you what it is. I'll just say that it's chicken-related, and you won't want to miss it! There's never been anything like it on the Net before.

Mindless Entertainment #4: Atomic Badger Racing

Weebs-stuff has some bizarre and often hilarious animations, and they also have a games section. I've grown fond of the Atomic Badger Racing game, where you bet on which badger will win and help your badger beat his opponents by dropping cat bombs and deploying atomic squirts of power.

Um, you have to see it.

You can just go to the link and press play and the game starts. No need to download any software onto your computer.

Go badgers!


http://www.weebls-stuff.com/games/8/

Stephanie Relfe's Guide to Really Reaching Your Goals

Healer and kinesiologist Stephanie Relfe has written an excellent little guide to helping you identify your goals, write them down on paper, and free up the current of energy which will allow you to manifest your desires quickly and easily. Read it now!

http://www.relfe.com/goal_setting.html

Alijandra to Teach 3-Day Color Healing Workshop in Marshall, Michigan

Healer and author Alijandra is going to be teaching a three day workshop in basic color healing. Her techniques are marvelous and very helpful for personal cleansing, grounding, protection, and shifting out of entrenched energy patterns. This workshop is being held on a farm under two hours from Detroit, Michigan, so you can get there easily from Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and the upper Midwest area. It happens March 19, 20. and 21st.

Read more about the workshop either at Alijandra's site:

http://www.colorhealing.com/workshops/Michiganclass.htm

Or at a link I have up at my site with a detailed flyer for the class:

http://www.lipstickmystic.com/articles/articles020305.html

If you can free up time in your schedule to experience Alijandra's healing talents in person, I highly recommend it! You're guaranteed to come out of the workshop feeling empowered, refreshed and you'll be armed with tools which will help you to maintain that sense of balance after you get home.

Edgar Cayce's A.R.E. Site and Dream Interpretation

A.R.E., the Association for Research and Enlightenment, is the organization who has kept the work of famed "sleeping prophet" Edgar Cayce alive. They have a thriving website where there is lots of excellent material on metaphysical subjects. You might enjoy this page about dream interpretation. Also, they have an online dream dictionary where you can look up the meanings of different dreams.


http://www.edgarcayce.org/dreams/dreams_main1.html

Rick Ross' Excellent Cult News Site

Rick Ross is a writer, cult deprogammer, and experienced "cult buster" whose news site, http://www.cultnews.com, is the best news site about cults anywhere. He is one of the very rare independent researchers into this subject who is NOT on the payroll of any cults. (Competing sites like The Cult Awareness Network, for instance, were long ago purchased by a group associated with Scientology, which many regard as a cult. )

You can check out his site regularly and read some eye-opening accounts of what is going on in the world of cults and how cult leaders and organizations have infiltrated everything from pop culture to politics in the U.S.:

http://www.cultnews.com/