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Penny Portals Into Heaven

by Beca Lewis June 28, 2011

Have you ever dreamed of stepping through a portal and finding yourself in a place that feels like heaven? It’s not impossible, it can happen to you today! In the television series, Stargate, portals are few and far between, and open into unfamiliar territory and often-hostile environments. In the world we live in, we also [...]

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Make New Habits, Keep The Old – If They Serve You

by Beca Lewis June 14, 2011

After grocery shopping I stopped to get Del a subway for lunch. I ordered, paid, and left. Half way home, I glanced at the passenger seat and realized that the sandwich was not riding home with me. Sighing and laughing at the same time, I turned around and headed back to pick it up. This [...]

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In Times of Upheaval – Find Freedom

by Beca Lewis May 31, 2011

Stepping out onto the deck after a night of very heavy rain, something didn’t look right. It took a few seconds to figure out what was wrong. The bridge across our usually quiet little stream had disappeared! Looking downstream, we finally saw it nestled up on the bank. It obviously had been lifted up off [...]

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Is The Bluebird Of Happiness Tapping On Your Window?

by Beca Lewis May 17, 2011

When I first heard it, I had no idea what it was. I thought someone was tapping at my door, but when I looked, there was no one there. I followed the sound and discovered a beautiful bluebird tapping on the glass door that leads into my office. Thinking it was a one of a [...]

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Visualization Is Hazardous

by Beca Lewis May 4, 2011

Have you ever visualized the perfect day and it didn’t happen the way you visualized? It could have been a birthday, or date with a friend, the selling of a home, or a vacation day. Maybe you visualized warm and sunny and instead it was dark and rainy. Maybe the person you wanted to call [...]

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Rain Barrels, Showers, Wind, and Fire

by Beca Lewis April 19, 2011

Rain barrels – what do rain barrels have to do with spiritual perception. Standing in the shower one morning, I realized quite a bit. Spiritual perception is the practiced ability to see what looks like a material, and limited person, place, or thing, and see it as it actually is – an idea of the [...]

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I Don’t Know – Three Dangerous Words

by Beca Lewis April 11, 2011

A few days after laying down inches of mulch all over our garden, I strolled around looking for evidence of spring. I found some. However, I also found evidence of a squirrel’s activity of looking for food. There were holes everywhere. They were just deep enough for me to recognize the squirrel and its behavior [...]

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Which Side Are You On—It Matters What You Choose

by Beca Lewis April 4, 2011

It was 1970 when I first read this statement,“On one side will be discord and dismay, and on the other side will be Science and peace.”* Actually, this statement frightened me quite a bit. I decided for sure I wanted to be on the side of Science and peace, who wouldn’t? Today older, and hopefully [...]

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This Is The Day

by Beca Lewis March 22, 2011

I had one shoe on, and one bare foot as I went searching for where I could buy a train ticket. It was a huge hall, with confusing rooms and doors and it took me quite a while to locate the right door for the tickets. Finally, after even more confusion I ordered my ticket. [...]

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Something’s Gotta Give – And It Doesn’t Have To Be Dangerous

by Beca Lewis March 14, 2011

In nature as two tectonic earth plates slide in opposition to each other, we are told that the pressure will mount and eventually something’s gotta give which will result in a destructive earthquake of various magnitudes. Insurance companies call events like flooding, hurricanes, and earthquakes acts of God. We use the phrase, don’t make Mother [...]

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Shape-Shifting Octopus Proves Possibilities

by Beca Lewis March 6, 2011

Have you seen the octopus that becomes a bush? Actually, it becomes anything it wants to by changing its coloring to completely match its surroundings. It does this so well that it is impossible to see it, even to the sharp- eyed predator looking for it. It does this shape-shifting in 7/10ths of a second. [...]

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A Five-Inch Willow Down In Three Minutes

by Beca Lewis February 23, 2011

Yes, that is how fast a beaver can gnaw down a tree. Perhaps you aren’t interested in gnawing down trees, but I am betting that you have projects, ideas, and circumstances that appear bigger than a five-inch willow. And perhaps your resources don’t feel any bigger than a beaver’s teeth. Teeth And Tail Yet, with [...]

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Look Again With Expectation

by Beca Lewis February 15, 2011

Preparing for an appointment I had made weeks before, I realized I didn’t know where the appointment was located. I was sure that I would never have given my future self a problem of not knowing the address, so I looked where I thought I would have written it down.

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Not A Fairy Tale – With You As The Hero

by Beca Lewis February 5, 2011

Once upon a time, we believed that there were two worlds. The first world was just like a big box. Inside the box was a limited amount of toys, so everyone learned to play a game of “I want my toy”, and only shared when it benefited them to do so. In this world there was good and bad. In this world, everyone bounced from good to bad and back again, emotionally, and physically.

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Seven Ideas For Fully Enjoying Life

by Beca Lewis January 25, 2011

We mill around waiting for it to begin, strangers except to say “hello” in this room. The teacher enters, turns down the lights, starts the music, and we are no longer strangers – we are one.

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