InnerSelf Newsletter: June 12th, 2016
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As I get ready to complete the new issue of InnerSelf, my heart aches with the tragedy of lost life in Orlando. I chose a poppy as the image for this week's newsletter as a tribute to those who died in the mass-shooting. Wikipedia explains the symbology of the poppy:
"Poppies have long been used as a symbol of sleep, peace, and death. In Greek and Roman myths, poppies were used as offerings to the dead. A second interpretation of poppies in Classical mythology is that the bright scarlet color signifies a promise of resurrection after death."
This week's articles (and numerous articles on the InnerSelf website) may help us through this experience. Starting with techniques to release stress shared in De-Stressing After A Long Work Day and perhaps ending with How to Give and Receive Pure Unconditional Love. The danger in situations that contain so much anger and hatred (an in the Orlando murders) is to ourselves fall into the trap of anger and hatred. The challenge for us all is to feel the pain and anger, but still feel the love anyway.
Diana Cooper and Kathy Crosswell (in How to Give and Receive Pure Unconditional Love) write:
"If you are in shock after an accident and people are looking after you with compassion, their love enters all your chakras and lights you up at a cellular level. It is a very pure form of healing because the shock opens you up to accept it."
So perhaps our role is to send love and compassion to the people who are affected by this tragedy... whether it is family members, members of the gay community, Americans in general or everyone on the planet. We are all affected by acts of hatred and it is important that we react mindfully and send out energies of compassion and love to all. The victims of the hatred as well as the perpetrators of hate -- they are all hurting... and they need light and love to help them find their way.
We invite you this week to send love to anyone that needs it (and that is everyone) whenever the subject of the Orlando shooting comes up (as it surely will). Assert yourself as a warrior of love and send Love out to the whole planet to heal the hearts of everyone that needs healing. This you can do! This we can all do! We can be beacons of light and love radiating compassion and healing to all who need it. It will help the trauma of those closely affected, and it will help guide us in the proper reactions.
Perhaps these paragraphs from Pam Younghans' astrological journal for the week can help us view this from another perspective:
"LIFE MAY SEEM both unreal and too real this week, as we work with the influence of the Saturn-Neptune square ... ultimately meant to help us view life from a more transcendent place (Neptune), but the route we must take to that mountaintop is through the challenges and limitations of the physical realm (Saturn).
"OUR BELIEFS are challenged with this square, as we must learn to find new, more flexible ways of interpreting events. Where we once found meaning in stability and predictability, we must now become more fluid and allowing. Where we have made our lives safe through judging others as wrong and ourselves as right, we must soften and become more accepting. We are learning to view our lives more and more from our Soul's perspective, and less through the limited lens of the personality."
So yes, we are definitely facing challenges and limitations. May we find our way out of the mire and indeed learn to view life from a more transcendent (and loving) place.
Scroll down for the whole of this week's articles and may you find peace and clarity in the articles.
Wishing you enjoyable insightful reading, and of course a wonder-full, joy-full, and loving week.
Marie T. Russell
editor/publisher,
InnerSelf.com
"New Attitudes...New Possibilities"
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EDITOR'S CHOICE ARTICLES
De-Stressing After A Long Work Day
Written by AJ Earley.
No matter what your field, or how much you love your job, you’re always going to have days that drain you. Days where you feel exhausted and stressed, days that you are happy to see come to an end. When you are finally done with work and you get home to unwind, there are some healthy ways to go about it.
Read article here: De-Stressing After A Long Work Day
Truth or Sabotage? The Hidden Value in Direct Communication
Written by Alan Cohen.
We all seek to express our truth. We all must express our truth. There are two ways to express your truth: directly or indirectly. If you do not express your truth directly, it will come out in odd, aberrant, and damaging ways. Self-sabotage or sabotage of others ...
Read article here: Truth or Sabotage? The Hidden Value in Direct Communication
Revolution Within and Without: Claiming Our Power to Take a Stand
Written by Sarah Varcas.
At a planetary level Eris conjunct Uranus will shake things up like never before. Revolution is in the air and we ain’t seen nothin’ yet! She is a warrior goddess for Mother Nature mobilised to protect her at any cost. Taking no prisoners she stands beside those who honour our great mother, confronting those who exploit her.
Read article here: Revolution Within and Without: Claiming Our Power to Take a Stand
Being Is Enough: Approaching a Loved One's Moment of Death
Written by Gayle MacDonald, MS, LMT.
Some births happen with just a few easy pushes while others are a long, drawn out, Herculean task. The moment of death, too, is unique and can happen with gentle ease or struggle and effort. It deserves the same honor we reserve for the moment of birth whether it was a peaceful experience or a conflicted one.
Read article here: Being Is Enough: Approaching a Loved One's Moment of Death
More Chocolate, Fewer Crackers Will Protect Against Childhood Cavities
Written by Roger W. Lucas, DDS.
A revolution in how we think about preventing cavities in children is upon us. Evidence shows that cavity formation has less to do with genetics, candy habits or poor brushing, and more to do with the types of snack foods we give children. Counter-intuitively, dark chocolate is better for teeth than pretzels or crackers.
Read article here: More Chocolate, Fewer Crackers Will Protect Against Childhood Cavities
Feel It All: Stop Spinning Your Wheels and Start Living a Fuller Life
Written by Courtney A. Walsh.
When we perceive from the fragmented mind, we push life away. When we drop into the healed heart, our soul expands...we leave the false emptiness of separation and the tail-chasing, fortune cookie, nonspeak and enter the full and juicy alive-messy-perfect presence of the Whole...the Everything.
Read article here: Feel It All: Stop Spinning Your Wheels and Start Living a Fuller Life
How to Give and Receive Pure Unconditional Love
Written by Diana Cooper and Kathy Crosswell.
Pure love is totally undemanding and accepting. It extends its energy to everything but you only feel it when you are in the moment. Whenever you give or receive pure love the angels step in and pour their light through you.
Read article here: How to Give and Receive Pure Unconditional Love
Astrological Journal for the Week
Written by Pam Younghans
This weekly column (updated every Sunday afternoon) is based on planetary influences, and offers perspectives and insights to assist you in making the best use of current energies... Read more
It is also highly beneficial to reread the past week's astrological journal as it gives a hindsight view of the events that took place and may provide many "ah-ha" insights.
ADDITIONAL ARTICLES:
* Ancient Greeks Would Not Recognize Our Democracy
* Are Pop Stars Destined To Die Young?
* Does Makeup Make Other Women Jealous?
* El Niño Is Over, But It Has Left Its Mark Across The World
* Greenland Record Melt Tied To The Faster Arctic Warming
* Hillary Clinton Seizes On Environmental Justice
* How To Pick The Good From The Bad Smartphone Health Apps
* Is Brazil No Longer The Country Of The Future?
* Moving Beyond Pro/Con Debates Over Genetically Engineered Crops
* Saturated Fats Make Some Cells Lose Track Of Time
* The Name's Bond, James Bond ... Or Should It Be Jane?
* The Widening Economic Gap Among Young People
* The Women Who Are Taking On Wal-Mart
* We Behave A Lot More Badly Than We Remember
* What Is Chronic Pain And Why Is It Hard To Treat?
* When Science Meets Sex, Lust, Attraction And Attachment
* Why Do Humans Like To Get High?
* Why Don’t Prime-Age Workers Feel Like Working?
* Why High School Stays With Us Forever?
* Why Is Rural Broadband Access Still Such A Problem?
* Why We Shouldn't Dismiss The Bilderberg Conspiracies
* You May Be A Narcissist If You Are Obsessed With Reality TV
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The "Living in Harmony" section includes articles on Health & Well-Being, Home & Garden, Pets, Leisure & Creativity, Finance & Careers, and Science and Technology.
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