Sep 21 2024

My Secrets to Feeling Good at 70

by Dana Taylor

This is a photo of my mother, Gloria, and me from the Christmas of 1987. We knew it would be her last Christmas. I was 34 years old when my mother passed away after the slow deterioration from cancer. She and my grandmother had both spent that decade following doctors’ recommendations of surgeries and chemo, seemingly better for a while, but ultimately worn out by the disease and treatments. After they passed, I decided I would not go down their road. I would embark on a different path of health management. As the years rolled by, I explored Chinese medicine, spirituality, discovered the power of essential oils, and Reiki healing. I believe it was a better path. This year I’ve reached the milestone birthday of 70!😲 And what I’ve decided is good health comes down to energy. We each have an energy bank account, and every day we are either taking withdrawals or making deposits.

This is an exciting era when science and medicine are exploring beneficial energy devices to activate the innate regeneration of the human body. Let me share a few I have incorporated into my life.

FOCUSED LIFE-FORCE ENERGY

FLFE.net came into my life just when I really needed it. In the summer of 2021, I was living in the Silicon Valley when 5G towers began broadcasting microwaves across the land. It took me weeks to understand why I suddenly couldn’t sleep and felt like I was jumping out of my skin. My whole body clock was blown out-of-whack. I tried many aids and remedies. One night a thought whispered in my mind “It’s the 5G.” Soon after that I happened upon an interview between Regina Meredith and the co-founders, Jeff Stegman and Clayten Stedmann of the Focused Life-Force Energy company. FLFE is an energy that is delivered to addresses or objects. There is also a component that mitigates EMF pollution. It’s a monthly service that can be transferred to locations as needed. Since I moved to the Santa Cruz mountains away from the ubiquitous 5G towers of San Jose, I have felt much better. But, I have continued to keep the FLFE service on the reasoning that having my home receiving a constant stream of positive energy is bound to be beneficial. Also, it allows me to sleep in EMF polluted locations on visits and vacations without feeling totally miserable. FLFE subscribers share anecdotal stories of positive experience, but it only takes buying some flowers and seeing how long they stay vibrant to know something good is happening. I can keep flowers 4 to 6 weeks before they lose their life force. If it’s good for the flowers, it’s good for me!

ENERGY ENHANCEMENT SYSTEM — SCALAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY (EESYSTEM.COM)

Back in 2018 I wrote a post called The Scalar Energy Experience when I first encountered the invention of Dr. Sandra Rose Michael in the offices of Dr. Terry Shintani in Honolulu. Surrounded by a bank of computer screens, clients are immersed in a scalar healing energy field, often with dramatic results. After my first session, I experienced an immediate and long-lasting improvement of my hearing. I bought a package of sessions in the pre-pandemic days and loved going and lying in a recliner for an hour in the energy soup. At the time, I understood Dr. Shintani was almost the only clinic available. Fast forward to spring 2024. I’m now in Northern California and dealing with a lingering respiratory illness and an “incompetent eustachian tube.” In other words, my ear was all plugged up and there wasn’t a medical solution. I wished I could jump on a plane to Hawaii and take some EESystem sessions. By chance, Dr. Sandra Rose Michael scrolled on my FaceBook feed and I discovered Energy Enhancement System wellness centers have popped up all across the world! There are two in my area. I booked a two-hour session and got on the road to wellness. I highly recommend discovering the healing power of Dr. Michael’s system at a center near you.

RED-LIGHT THERAPY

One of my birthday presents in June was a $40 red light therapy panel. I’d seen some beauty shops with “red light therapy” signs in windows, but I had never investigated it. A quick internet search reveals red light therapy enhances mitochondria function at the cellular level, which helps the body repair and regenerate. Popularity began in salons because it improves skin conditions. It increases blood flow and collagen production and decreases inflammation. I decided to give it a go. Nightly, I turn my small bathroom into a red-light therapy spa. The red light bounces off the walls as I shower, towel off and apply magical lotions to my arms and legs. I bask my face and neck for a couple of minutes and give my hands a good treatment also. The best benefit has been in my right hand, which was beginning to feel sore and swollen from nightly crocheting. That has completely gone away. Also, an area on my face had become chronically irritated from wearing pandemic masks. Despite no longer wearing a mask, the irritation persisted. That has also disappeared. And I think my skin looks pretty good—for my age!😉

MONICOR USA

Finally, I’d like to give a shout-out to the MONICOR USA healing system. Though I haven’t personally experienced it, yet, I hope to find an opportunity soon. Earlier this year I wrote a post entitled Healing Devices Offer New Hope that featured the amazing healing of stage 4 cancer of a man in his 70’s using the Monicor USA device. Alden Butcher, whose wife Anne Archer Butcher I know through Spiritual Awakenings International (SAI), was given only two months to live after lumpy tumors appeared in his neck. His story of healing was featured on the Spiritual Awakening with AJ Parr YouTube channel. Now, AJ has created an in-depth look at the Monicor USA device through interviews with several health practitioners who have adopted it into their services. Basically, a patient is attached to wires that plug into the Monicor machine, which then uses AI to give a full analysis of body systems based on a Chinese medicine grid. Blockages and weaknesses are revealed. The practitioner than creates a program of electrical frequencies to be administered through the machine to elevate and balance the body. As with all healing energy modalities, it’s up to the body to utilize these frequencies to repair and rejuvenate. As a Reiki-minded person, that makes perfect sense to me.

I’ve learned so much since I took this picture with Mom. I’ve outlived my mother by 12 years, so far, and am grateful to have the health and energy to take care of the youngest of my grandchildren, ages two and three, several times a week. Plus, I’m going to water aerobics, joined a women’s singing circle, writing and recording for Supernal Living, volunteering for SAI and generally enjoying life. I make deposits into my body energy bank account through drinking plenty of water, eating live, uncooked foods, exercising and walking in nature. I believe incorporating energy devices is enhancing my health and quality of living. I encourage you to explore new inventions and innovations to live your best life!

Bright Blessings, Dana

Sep 2 2024

Embrace Being Beautifully Bold

A Meditation by Dana Taylor

Despite patriarchal push back, it’s exciting to see the rise of feminine influences. In my neck of the woods of Northern California we have emerging priestesses, earth mothers, clergy, and yes, political leaders. Female artists abound in all disciplines. To which I say, “hooray!” One of my favorite poets is Chelan Harkin of Washington, whose book, Susceptible to Light, I reviewed in 2021 (Delight in the Divine with Chelan Harkin). When I was asked to create a meditation for the Curious Soul webinar sponsored by Helen Nibs of Ripples of Light, I included a fun poem from Chelan’s latest collection, Wild Grace.

The verses of Wild Grace veer between passionate, playful, and painful. Harkin takes iconoclastic swings at male dominated images of Deity. She shakes her fists at patriarchal authority, encourages women to release their pent-up Divinity, and kicks chauvinists to the curb. Here’s an intriguing example ~

THE HOLY WORD “SHE”

I don’t think God has a vagina
or has ever had a penis.

But to use that holy word, “She”
to describe the divine 
is the sweetest shorthand
to overturn everything.

She is gloriously subversive
She is radical—
Meaning essential, of the roots.

Rather than up and out,
She brings us down 
and in.

She brings us into the fertile lands
 of our bodies,
into the intersection
of ancient wounds and wisdoms.

She is what motivates our untold stories
 into their telling.

She is what germinates truth.

She speaks of a God that understands Mothers.

She undoes a power-over paradigm
and describes power that comes from a cracked
open heart.

She knows feeling is essential to reverence.

She restores tears 
to worship.

She honors pain as much as purity,
the sullied as much as the sanctified.

She is the vastness of the oceans,
She is the soft fire
of the moon.

She 
is the revolution
birthing in our hearts.

My meditation, Beautifully Bold, is offered here for your enjoyment. It begins with opening the Chakras and then unfolds with imagery to inspire the listener to become their best Beautifully Bold self. Included is a playful selection from Chelan Harkin’s Wild Grace. Listen and enjoy!

The Beautifully Bold Meditation is also available on the Opening Chakras Page and my YouTube Channel.

💖Bright Blessings! Dana

Aug 15 2024

😍Curious Soul Webinar Videos Now Available

Do you love Essential Oils and Herbal Teas? Are you fascinated by the influence of cosmic forces revealed through Astrology? Would you like to learn more about your past lives and the Akashic Records? How about developing untapped Intuitive Talents? Well then, you qualify as a CURIOUS SOUL and this is the webinar for you! Helen Nibs of Ripples of Light gathered an informative and fascinating set of speakers on an array of subjects. I ended the day with a chat with Helen and a meditation I entitled BEAUTIFULLY BOLD. Now you can watch the videos. Here are a few ~ see more at the Ripples of Light YouTube Channel. Enjoy!

Jul 15 2024

A Meditation for Insomnia

presented by Dana Taylor

It’s 3 o’clock in the morning and now you’re wide awake, thoughts bouncing around in your mind. Tomorrow’s to-do list is nagging you. Worries spring up like weeds in the soggy field of your brain. Sound familiar?

My latest meditation was created for those wee hours of the morning when the dawn’s early light brings a sense of dread. Relax your body, mind, and spirit with this trip to a tropical island where the sea and stars lull you back to restful sleep.

Bright Blessings ~ Dana

Jul 2 2024

Discover the Spiritual Medical Assistance Program ~ MAP

by Dana Taylor

One morning in 2018 on the day of a lunar eclipse, I was standing in my lovely Manoa Valley apartment in Hawaii when the strangest thing happened. A small optical illusion appeared before me of a round bubble that suddenly popped and disappeared. Immediately after that, the vision in my right eye blurred. No pain, no eye redness. But my vision resembled looking through a shower curtain.

Of course, I immediately began an Internet search and discovered it was a fairly common occurrence, a tearing of a delicate membrane. Later in the day, I happened to gaze into the setting sun, which actually showed me the jagged opening behind my eye. Now, a normal person would have gone to an eye doctor. Instead, I sat down in meditation to get intuitive direction. The message I received was surprisingly straightforward:

This is unfortunate. The strong energy from the lunar eclipse triggered a weakness in your eye and caused the break. It will get better and heal, but it will take time. We will guide you along the way.

Fortunately, my left eye was fully functioning, so I muddled through with my wonky right eye, giving myself daily Reiki healing treatments and staying open to guided suggestions. Soon thereafter, while reading the heady tome, Unity Field Healing: Foundations of Energy Medicine and Quantum Healing by Dr. John Ryan, a tiny reference in a footnote mentioned MAP: The Co-Creative White Brotherhood Medical Assistance Program by Machaelle Wright. My intuition sparked and I immediately ordered the book from Amazon.

Originally published in 1990, the MAP protocol was developed by Machaelle Wright of the Perelandra Center for Nature Research in Jeffersonton, Virginia. It is very simple, yet profound. Wright offers a concise how-to instruction to connect with two specific nature spirits, The Great White Brotherhood, Masters of Ancient Wisdom, and your higher self. References to The Great White Brotherhood are traced back to the rise of New Thought in the mid-1880’s and the founder of the Theosophical Society, Helena P. Blavatsky. They’ve threaded their way through the New Age movement and are seemingly more in touch than ever with human beings, if a simple Amazon search for them in books is any indication. Personally, I think of them as spiritual physicians who are helping us from the Otherside, but I suspect that’s an extremely simplistic viewpoint.

I’m not going to detail the protocol, as I think it would be unethical to lift that from Ms. Wright’s book. However, the process is easy and requires nothing more than time and intention. Back in 2018, I unfurled my yoga mat, laid down, and went through the mental protocol for the healing sessions. My memory of those sessions has gotten vague from the passage of time, but I was faithful in following the protocol on quiet tropical evenings over several weeks as time allowed. One night stands out in my memory. Lying on my mat, I felt a small, buzzing on my right temple, like an invisible drill or laser performing a psychic surgery on my eye. It seemed like I was surrounded by a spiritual medical operation team. A vivid imagination, you say? Perhaps, but my eye got better in the ensuing months. In fact, today my vision is better than it was before the incident. Back then both eyes were so near-sighted, I’d worn glasses since middle school. Now, my right eye sees distance so much better, I rarely wear glasses except to drive. My left eye is still as near-sighted as ever.

Okay, fast forward to 2024. What with the pandemic, moving to California, crazy politics, and, well, life, I hadn’t thought about MAP in years. Then this spring, I acquired a bothersome virus going around that went on and on. Just when I thought I was getting better, a family crisis further lowered my immunity. On April 11, I got up from a nap and my left ear was totally clogged, my hearing very impaired. Though I had no pain, having my head filled with fluid was tiring and annoying in the extreme. Not to mention being half deaf. I tried all my holistic tricks, but nothing seemed to help. Then dizziness set in, which made me actually go to a doctor. The diagnosis was good news/bad news. No infection (good news). Diagnosis: dysfunctional eustachian tube, for which there isn’t simple medical treatment (bad news). Back to the Internet. People shared their experiences with dysfunctional eustachian tube. Many talked about having it for YEARS! What?….No.

So, back to the energy medicine drawing board. I went to a pricey Reiki healer. We had a great time and my general health improved, but not my ear. I discovered the Enhanced Energy System I so loved in Hawaii, is now available nationwide. I went for a two-hour session in San Jose. My ear seemed a little better, but far from healed. Finally, I remembered the Medical Assistance Program, MAP.

I got out the little blue book, rolled out the yoga mat, and went into the protocol. The first session lasts an hour, a time for the spiritual physicians to assess, diagnose and designate the right medical team. That sounds so strange, I know. But, I had nothing to lose. Plus, my sensitivity to energy has enhanced through the years. Whereas before I mainly had faith that “something is happening.” Now when I open a MAP session, I know something is happening.

As I call in the connection prescribed in the protocol, I can feel the energy. I literally jump and jerk with it. Physical healing energy manifestation is nothing new at this point. It happens all the time when I am in Reiki sessions. There can also be changes in the air, like waves of coolness, which I call “angel energy.” Once I began the MAP sessions, the ear got incrementally better. Instead of being clogged all the time, it varied in intensity. Then, it was much better after lying down but filled up if I bent over too much. Then, over the course of two days, it completely healed. No clog, hearing restored. Yea!

I’ve decided to keep the MAP sessions as a regular part of my health regime. For one thing, they are restful and enjoyable, lulling in the healing energy. A dose of healing energy is rejuvenating. Plus, there are always things to work on–physical, mental, and emotional. I highly suggest reading the book to discover all the ways working with a spiritual medical team can enhance your daily life. You, too, for under $20, can work with your personal wise and wonderful spiritual medical assistance team! 😊

Bright Blessings, Dana

MAP: The Co-Creative White Brotherhood Medical Assistance Program is available at Amazon

Jun 16 2024

Glimpses of the Afterlife with Father Nathan Castle

by Dana Taylor

Isn’t synchronicity fun? In 2018 I attended a casual church meeting and found myself chatting with a stranger named David. He said, “I’m reading the most fascinating book. It’s written by a Catholic priest who helps departed souls cross into heaven.” That was how I found my way to Father Nathan Castle’s book, Afterlife Interrupted: Helping Stuck Souls Cross Over, which I found fascinating and reviewed. (See Conversations from the Afterlife.) Father Castle has spent most of his career in college campus ministry. But about once a week, he receives dreams, often of violent or sudden deaths of various people who are now “stuck” in a purgatory level of the afterlife. He later meets with prayer partners and opens himself up to lend his voice to the departed person who is ready to move onto another heavenly realm. The prayer team assists in that process. The book remained in my mind, and I often recommended it to friends.

Fast forward to 2024. I am now working as Assistant to the President, Dr. Yvonne Kason, at Spiritual Awakenings International (SAI) and we are getting ready for the big SAI Conference 2024. Father Castle is on the roster of scheduled speakers. Yvonne assigns me to host Father Castle’s session, which I find very exciting.

I immediately purchase Afterlife Interrupted, Book Two, which I find as thought-provoking as the first book. The plan is I am simply to introduce Father Castle and let him make a presentation. But it turns out, that isn’t really his style. A few minutes in, he asks if Yvonne or I would ask him some questions and turn it into more of conversation. Well, my excitement level skyrockets. This is like asking a 12-year-old girl if she would like to have a conversation with Taylor Swift. Father Nathan exudes a rare combination of joyful spirituality, humility, and wisdom. An impromptu interview ensues between Father Castle and me–which I think went well, but I’ll have to wait for the video to see.

We explored some of the material of Book Two. Through the years, Father Nathan has helped some 500 souls cross over, so curating the stories to include in a book, requires prayerful consideration. The criteria seems to be, what can the living learn from the dead? There’s certainly comfort in discovering that no one dies alone. Everyone has a guardian angel who helps them along, often quickly leaving a violent scene. There are teams of helpers providing aid and care as people adjust to the afterlife. Free will is respected. Everyone is at their own stage of soul development.

One of the stories we discussed concerned, Nadi, an Iraqi man, who died in a sectarian massacre of Muslim against Muslim. Nadi’s lesson seemed be that dogmatic beliefs are small-minded illusions of separation. He comes to see the Oneness of beliefs across the earth. When he is ready to move on, a beautiful flotilla celebration appears for him on a river. His father welcomes him aboard a boat, and they sail away.

All of the stories are moving and relay significant life lessons worth pondering. The final two are tales of suicide, one of a band singer, Bea, from the 1930’s who was sexually exploited by the men in power. Once she becomes pregnant, she “takes matters into her own hands” and ends her life. Rather than being condemned for her decision, she is met by the ineffable Margaret Hamilton, forever-famous as the Wicked Witch of the West from the Wizard of Oz. Hamilton is a sympathetic guide who knew the dark realities of male domination of the entertainment industry. Bea moves to a better reality than she left behind.

We get another glimpse of suicide through the experience of Bob, who leapt to his death during the Depression when life just seemed too difficult. However, Bob’s difficulties didn’t disappear. He brings foggy despair with him to the afterlife and must deal with that before he can move on. He receives patient spiritual and emotional counseling until he is ready for another level. Ultimately, his advice to the living is to not lose hope. It was hopelessness that drove him to suicide, the proverbial “permanent solution to a temporary problem.” He urges people to seek help and rediscover hope.

Afterlife Interrupted, Book Two is a compelling peek into the heavenly realms, offering valuable lessons to the living. Father Nathan Castle continues his work with college students and is often a guest at spiritual conferences and podcasts. He also hosts The Joyful Friar podcast which “explores the soulful, the meaningful, and the mystical.”

I’m so grateful for that casual conversation in 2018 that led me to meeting Father Nathan Castle in 2024. Ah, sweet synchronicity.

Bright blessings, Dana

Visit Father Nathan Castle’s website at Father Nathan Castle, O.P

Find all of Father Castle’s Books at Amazon