Jan 3 2024

Are You Having a Spiritual Awakening?

by Dana Taylor

So long 2023! It was….fun. My intuition told me it was going to be a challenging year. The winter atmospheric rivers that roared through the Santa Cruz mountains made simple things like getting to the grocery store and safely home again a major accomplishment. By the end of March living on the edge of a river had gone from charming to alarming. Without solid plans, but with faith in my heavenly guides and earthly friends, I moved my belongings into storage, and lived in several locations over the ensuing months. I had many adventures along the way, with old friends and new. As I look back on the year, one of the highlights was finding my way to Spiritual Awakenings International (SAI).
SAI was founded in 2020 by Dr. Yvonne Kason and Robert Bare, two people well-known in the community of Near-Death Experiencers. (See my review of Lessons from the Light by Dr. Yvonne Kason.) They felt led to provide a global community for people who’ve experienced a variety of Spiritually Transformative Experiences (STEs). From the Spiritual Awakenings International website:

“Spiritually Transformative Experiences” is an umbrella term for a broad range of spiritual and paranormal experiences of consciousness, that all tend to cause a spiritual awakening and gradual expansion of one’s range of consciousness. All types of STEs tend to transform experiencers’ values in a more spiritual direction and propel an increased desire to be loving, ethical, and of service to others. Dr. Kason defines Spiritually Transformative Experiences into 6 major sub-types:

  • Mystical experiences;
  • Near-Death Experiences (NDEs);
  • Other Death-related STEs such as: Deathbed experiences/End-of-life experiences; Death-Watch/Shared-Death experiences; and After-Death Communications;
  • Psychic/intuitive and out-of-body experiences of many types;
  • Kundalini / Spiritual Energy Awakenings
  • Inspired creativity
SAI sponsors monthly guest speakers and Experiencers Sharing Circles. I began watching the presentations, both live and on their SAI YouTube channel. The quality of the presentations impressed me. When they put out a call for an administrative volunteer, I felt that little intuitive nudge, “go for it.” I responded and soon found myself in training with Dr. Yvonne Kason on a weekly basis as their YouTube administrator. Getting to know Dr. Yvonne and the other SAI board members has been inspiring, energizing and just plain fun. Their individual spiritual journeys are the stuff of novels. Together they share a sense of the Awakening of humanity. So many stories, so many people having extraordinary spiritual experiences. SAI provides a global community for them to come together.
This Saturday, February 3 is the Experiencers Sharing Circle on Zoom. People from around the world show up and are divided into small groups. Each Zoom room has a trained leader. Participants can share any Spiritually Transformative Experience, usually for about five minutes, each time around within about 40 minutes. There isn’t crosstalk or counseling, but sharers find comradery and acceptance. Some people simply listen if they aren’t ready to tell their story. If you are interested in attending, register at the SAI website to receive the Zoom link on Friday. All SAI events are free with donations suggested to cover administrative costs. You can register HERE.
This weekend I’ll be joining the Sharing Circle from my two-bedroom cottage in the redwoods of Boulder Creek, CA. My wanderings ended in September when fortune smiled upon me, and I secured a house near my daughter and her tribe of five. I have friendly, helpful neighbors, should the weather cause some calamity. For moment, I am settled, snug and looking forward to the year ahead. I hope you are also.
Register for February’s Sharing Circle at https://spiritualawakeningsinternational.org/event/sai-experiencers-sharing-circle-february-3-2024/
Bright Blessings, Dana

Dec 26 2023

Christmas Celebration Meditation

by Dana Taylor

1983 was a personally difficult year. On January 3, our first home was destroyed by fire. Though my husband, two small daughters, and I were unharmed, the turmoil and aftermath were challenging, to say the least. In the spring, Nana, my vivacious maternal grandmother died after a long battle with cancer. Then, in summer, my mother’s stomach problems were revealed to be cancer also. Mom’s illness and diagnosis pulled me down. A dark cloud hovered over me wherever I went. In other words, I was an anxious, worried hot mess.
With all those slings and arrows of misfortune coming my way, I began reading the Bible, praying, and simply begging for heavenly help. In fall of that year, in the quiet of my bedroom, the presence of the Christ Spirit overwhelmed me. It was my personal “come to Jesus” moment. Such experiences are truly indescribable. My body filled with liquid love. I met an invisible, but very real, being of high intelligence, kindness, and protection. A phrase of prayer language repeated over and over in my mind. I eventually uttered the strange non-English phrase into the room. To this day, I often center myself and open up to Spirit with that same phrase, some 40 years later.
My spiritual journey has taken many twists and turns in the ensuing years. I parted company several years ago from the dogmatic beliefs of most Christian denominations, though I was grateful to find kindred spirits at Unity Churches. My daily life is lived with a multidimensional awareness of the divinity all around. I feel deeply loved by many non-physical beings, especially the One we recognize as Jesus the Christ. I am well taken care of by Benevolent Beings.
In this holiday season, I felt led to create a Christmas Celebration Meditation. And I share it here with you. I hope it blesses you. With Love ~ Dana
Also available on my YouTube channel
Nov 30 2023

The Holographic Healing Meditation

by Dana Taylor

Each morning I pray and send healing energy wherever the Spirit leads. A couple of months ago, I began receiving more detailed images of sacred geometry working with a person’s bioenergy field. Very interesting and powerful, the energy literally making me jump in my prayer chair. I knew I was supposed to develop a new meditation, but I realized I lacked the vocabulary to describe what I was seeing in my mind’s eye. Then in the course of a week, I “happened” to watch some shows that gave me some ideas to articulate the images. One especially mind-expanding show is Sacred Geometry: Spiritual Science, a Gaia Original Series, hosted by Robert J. Gilbert, Ph.D., the founder of the Vesica Institute for Holistic Studies. Gilbert is a very brainy guy and I’ll admit my intellect doesn’t always grasp his concepts, but my intuition is smarter than my mind. When I watched the shows on “torus energy,” I thought, “That’s it! That’s what I’ve been working with.”
Doing this work, I get the impression that the codes for our perfect health is information in our energetic fields. As healing energy workers, if we can access and activate these codes, the body will then begin to heal and regenerate healthy tissue. I call it Holographic Healing because what I see is like a superimposed holograph over and around the physical body and the DNA codes are always there to reproduce healthy cells. That’s my theory, anyway.
So, the day came when I felt my Spirit team and I were ready produce a Holographic Healing Meditation. The energy, the images and the words flowed. Frankly, the details of these meditations often surprise me. In this one, the listener is taken to the healing chamber of multidimensional physicians. You will hear the term Great White Brotherhood in the meditation, which refers to ascended master physicians in the Theosophy tradition. There are many benevolent spiritual entities working for the betterment of the planet. (We need all the help we can get, right?)
The Holographic Healing Meditation is now ready for anyone to experience, both at YouTube and here at Supernal Living on the HEALING MEDITATIONS page. I hope people find it healing and uplifting.
Nov 20 2023

Angels, Lovers, & Humor

As the weather gets colder and the holidays fast approach, it’s nice to turn to some seasonal reading. Here are my offerings to bring a smile to your heart.

AIN’T LOVE GRAND?

My first novel has autobiographical overtones. Following the sage advice “write what you know,” the personalities of the H/H are basically me and my husband, David. The story is fictional, but the Oklahoma setting and culture reflects where I was living at that time. This year marks the 10th anniversary of David’s passing. This story is close to my heart.

The Healer vs. the Lawyer. Energy healer, Persephone Jones, has a new neighbor in Peeler, Oklahoma—hot shot lawyer, Jason Brooks. They meet in June; it would take a miracle to bring these two together by Christmas. She bans white sugar; he’s a chocolate cookie connoisseur. She’s about saving Mother Earth while he protects the interests of Big Business. Their attraction is mutual, but disturbing. And life gets even more complicated when the whole town is caught in a conflict that pits these two on opposite sides of a political fence….Foreword Magazine says AIN’T LOVE GRAND? is “written with a fresh voice, an impeccable sense of comedic timing, vivid narrative, and fascinating characters.” Available in the Kindle Store at Amazon.

Aloha Santa

Aloha Santa began as a performance piece for a Christmas show of the Na Leo Lani Chorus of Sweet Adelines in Honolulu. The chorus became ohana (family) for me in the six years I lived in there. The fun poem was so well received, I turned it into a children’s book with the wonderful illustrations by Jaana Baker. It’s a fun read-aloud book for the whole family. Available as e-book or print at Amazon.

Hope for the Holidays

Do you believe in angels? Here are three short stories featuring angels in various guises.

“Shiny Green Shoes”—Life was hard on old Route 66 in 1935 in Luther, Oklahoma. The unlikely friendship between Mazie McDonald, a poor black child, and Peach Knight, an aging white actress, brings hope to a town down on its luck and proves dreams do come true!

“Refiner’s Fire”— Inspired by an incident from the 2008 San Diego firestorms. Flamboyant California real estate agent, Dina Stein, doesn’t care that she’s spending Hanukah alone with her dog, Angel. Better than spending it with her ungrateful daughter and son-in-law. Funny how Mother Nature can change your perspective.

“Patty’s Angels”–Los Angeles, 1960. California is becoming a state of great contrasts. Downtown LA and the suburbs are only minutes, yet worlds, apart. A little girl named Patty brings people together, with the help of her celestial best friends. Available in the Kindle Store at Amazon.

Nov 10 2023

A Fantasy Adventure to Wonderland

Book Review by Dana Taylor

I’m happy to support fellow author, Ellis Nelson, and her new release of the middle school adventure, Down the Treacle Well. It’s been fun to watch this release unfold. Here is a short review:

Down the Treacle Well combines time travel, fantasy, and psychic phenomena in this fun adventure to Wonderland of Victorian England. While visiting Oxford, Ben and Kyle, two young American brothers, are tumbled back in time to 1864 to meet Reverend Charles Dodson, who later generations know as author, Lewis Carroll. It turns out Wonderland is a parallel universe and Alice has gone missing there. As the boys get drafted into rescuing the ever-curious, Alice, we get to meet many of the beloved Wonderland characters. Ben and Kyle each have psychic gifts and much of the character development revolves around Ben learning to embrace his special abilities. Author Ellis Nelson weaves the venerated Wonderland traditions with 21st century characters and ideas into a fun “what-happens-next” page turner. Highly recommended for the middle school reader.

Ellis posted short YouTube videos along the path the publication. I especially enjoyed this one that gives a lot of background information to the original Alice in Wonderland tales. Also, Ellis is engaging to watch.

Below is the very well done book trailer. If you’ve got a young reader in your life, Down the Treacle Well would make an excellent gift for the holiday season.

Oct 20 2023

Pray like the 100th Monkey

by Dana Taylor

Unfolding world events can be maddening and disheartening. Is there any way to make a material difference when we see injustice, corruption, greed, hate and destruction? We can sign petitions, march in protest, send money to worthy organizations, post meaningful memes on Facebook and Instagram (one of my personal favorites.) But, it all feels pretty impotent.

My best hope as a person of faith and student of metaphysics, is the idea that group intention in higher dimensions can make a material difference in the way people think and behave. It’s the 100th Monkey Effect, based on a 1950’s study of monkeys living on Japanese islands. The practice of washing their sweet potatoes in a stream began with a youngster and spread by observation and repetition throughout one island. At some point, there appeared to be a critical mass of lifting the primates’ group consciousness across to other islands where those monkeys began washing their food.

A 2007 study by Marharesi University showed that a significant decrease in city crime can be observed when 1% of the population will engage in deliberate meditation to mitigate the local violence. Jesus spoke of the power of group prayer in Matthew 18:19-20 Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered in my name, there I am among them.

So, it seems to me as someone who has seen the power of prayer, meditation, healing energy, distance healing, etc., the best I can do on a global scale is join with others in heavenly realms and set an intention of Higher Consciousness. With that in mind, last year I asked for help in co-creating a meditation for world peace. There are no countries, cities, or nationalities named. No politics involved. No timeline. Mary Magdelene came to mind to represent the power of Divine Feminine. She leads a great gathering of souls in a universal meditation to send waves of energy for peace, unity and love.

You are invited to join in. Who knows, you might just be that 100th monkey.

Bright blessings, Dana Taylor

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