If your not 'Fasting' your not 'Lasting'

I wanted to share a little bit about fasting to remind people of the amazing power of lightening the load on the body.  I was reminded recently through a list of healthy commandments found in one of Dr. Paul C. Bragg's books, The Shocking Truth about Water.  Here is the list.
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Thou~ shall respect thy body as the highest manifestation of  Life.
Thou~ shall abstain from all unnatural, devitalized food and stimulating beverages.
Thou~ shall nourish the body with only Natural, unprocessed, 'live' food, ~that
Thou~ shall extend thy years in health for loving, charitable service
Thou~ shall regenerate thy body by the right balance of activity and rest.
Thou~ shall purify they cells, tissue and blood with pure fresh air and sunshine.
Thou~shall abstain from ALL food when out of sorts in mind or body.
Thou~ shall keep thy thoughts, words and emotions, pure, calm and uplifting.
Thou~shall increase thy knowledge of Nature's laws, abide therewith, and enjoy the fruits of thy life's labor
Thou~shall lift up thyself and thy brother man with thine own obedience to All Nature's laws.

It was the seventh one that struck me this past week while reading the book. 'Thou shall abstain from ALL food when out of sorts in mind or body" I have been shaking off the emotional affects of my recent divorce and when I read this I was, "wow",  I need to do a fast.  Fasting is something I started to do when I was about sixteen years old.
  When in high school I was influenced to eat differently.   At the same time I started to work at a Health Food deli.  While working at the deli I was exposed to a whole new world of health.  I started to get sick with mono or strep throat every year.  This was probably due to the increase of sugar and refined foods I allowed into my diet at the time.  This change in my diet wasn't too different but enough to put me over the edge on my usual energy output.  I was starting to see that there really are two roads to go by. One is life and the other is death.  My older sisters were also moving into a more healthier more vegetarian diet.  When my sister would bring my nephew over to our house she would bring his food in a brown paper bag and he would exclaim, 'Mommy doesn't want me to eat that 'yuckie' food at Grandma's house".  Now, I thought we ate pretty healthy.  My father was an avid gardener.   We composted.  We hunted.  We picked and canned fruit.  We fished.  However we still had a lot of refined flour, refined sugar, and bad fats, and other processed foods around. 
 My boss at the deli started to suggest to me that I drink carrot juice with fresh ginger & garlic  when I started to get low on energy. 
  While at my oldest sisters house I was checking out her book shelf and came across a book by Dr. Paul C. Bragg.  This was my first introductory to Dr. Bragg and his health regime.  He has been a powerful influence in my life.  He is the guy that had the first health food products on the market.  He went around doing health crusades and lectures about living a healthy lifestyle. He would say to the crowd, 'Any of you have a grocery story?  Well,  let's clear a shelf and put in some of these healthy products on it'.   In fact that is the way that Jack LaLanne got 'delivered' from his evil ways.  Jack used to eat a gallon of ice cream A DAY ! I read somewhere that he tried to kill his brother on a number of occasions. He was a sugar addict.    A neighbor or relative heard that Paul was going to be giving a lecture on health and brought Jack along.  There was no place to sit so Jack got to sit right next to Paul on the stage as he lectured.  He was up front and personal and well he had a revolutionary change occur in his life.  He was enlightened in an area of his life that he needed serious help in.  I'm so glad that Jack got saved.  Today I have a Jack LaLanne juicer that I'm using.  It's a great product. You might be familiar with Dr. Bragg's products like Organic Apple Cider, or his Virgin Olive Oil.  That oil is like butter.  So, I started to read that book and live by the principles on health that he presented.  I started doing distilled water fast once a week and every month a five day water fast working myself up to doing two forty day juice fast in my twenties.  I thank God for sharing this knowledge with me it really helped me over come so many emotional & spiritual issues in my life, and the story continues.
  It is always challenging to continue to live by what you believe.  There are challenges every day within us and without us trying to draw us one way or another.  We have to remember what we believe, what we have experienced and what we have done in the past to over come and stay on top of life's challenges and potential set backs and injuries.  Living in abundant health is a discipline, a way of life.  Choosing who you hang out with , spend time with , look up to, listen to , can all influence what we believe , what we know and where we are going in life.  Not everyone is an over comer, nor will everyone enter into all that life can give us.  We each have to make decisions in our own lives to over come hurdles and finish the race.  New challenges are just around the corner so we have to continue to do the things we know that keep us strong and moving on. 
 For me one of those things is Fasting.  I heard it said in a recovery program inner city fellowship that I attended years ago that 'you aren't lasting if your not fasting' & 'your not succeeding if your not reading'.  Great slogans to live by.  I have had my greatest breakthroughs in life through fasting and I'm expecting more.
  Fasting has helped me to over come cravings for foods that are not good for me and encourage cravings for foods that are good for me.  I  remember while working at the deli.  We served all things healthy.  We grew our own sprouts and put  them on everything.  I did not like to eat tomatoes or sprouts.  I could eat tomatoes in salads or on sandwiches but not alone.  Sprouts,  I hated. . . ewwww yuck!  They were like eating 'bleach'.  That was all the good stuff in them that cleans  out and detoxes all the grossness in your body from bad health.  Well after the first seven day water fast I did I could eat tomatoes like apples and eat handfuls of sprouts.  After I went away to college and ever since I have  had a perpetual garden of fresh sprouts growing under my counter top. 
  I have found that fasting is a 'health regulator'.  When you give the body plenty of good hydration and nutrition  it sets it on a course that leads to abundant health.  Your body becomes more sensitive to things that are not good for it and you can feel its energy drop when you falter in making the best choices for optimum health.   Your body is like a car it needs energy to run it.  You need vital energy stored in your all your body systems and organs to function in abundance.  Fasting gives your body time and energy to keep itself cleaned out and store up energy to stay alive.  Fasting along with meditation helps you to become more consciously aware of your life, your thoughts and your feelings.  Things don't get swept under the carpet for too long.
  We want to live a conscious life don't we?   I've read that our lives are run by our sub-conscious minds.  The goal is to get the sub-conscious to come up to the surface so we can live in the present moment in God's light and truth, consciously without effort.  Most of our beliefs were created as far back as in the womb and we really are for the most part double minded.  We think one way and feel another way and walk around in confusion. 
   Fasting helps you to become clear minded.  It gives you peace in your body and a freshness in your spirit.  The clouds disappear and you can see clearly , feel yourself and take care of your body mind and spirit.  Fasting helps to take off the self deception that we hide in. 
   It is amazing how much time and thought we give to feeding our appetites in our culture.  When you fast you  may think what on earth am I going to do with all this time on my hands. I don't need to go to the grocery store, I don't need to fix food, or think about what I'm going to eat.  The best way to go into a fast is to determine your intentions before you do it.  Set the fast, like what are you going to eat or not eat, am I going to juice or do only water? Give yourself some guidelines and go for it.  Don't be hard on yourself if you fall out of your fast.  Continuing on or not you can always decide to do another.  I encourage you to continue to fast.  Keep up the discipline and experiment with different kinds of fasting and cleansing.    It's good to journal, meditate, relax, or exercise.  You have to feel your energy and  trust that you are going to do what you need to on each day.  You may need to rest all day.  You might feel like you can do a bit of exercise.  Dr.Bragg's book, 'The Miracle of Fasting', goes into detail of how to go into and come out of a fast.  Just don't be afraid to step out and try it.   Start small and work your way up to longer fast.  And remember you are not lasting if you are not fasting. 

Why Believe in Miracles?

    I've been doing a lot of soul searching lately.  After going through a divorce and having my dreams come crashing down it seems the right thing to do, at least for me.  Really, my dreams didn't come crashing down only the 'illusion' of my dreams.   See I was NOT living my dreams, and I am still NOT living my dreams.    So how could they come crashing down, well they really didn't.  It was only my ego that came crashing down.  Only the false sense that everything was ok in my life.

  Ever since I came into a conscious relationship with Christ I had a dream to see the miraculous happen on a normal daily basis.  I read the gospels a lot in the beginning of my spiritual awakening.  I was so in love with that miracle man.  I've had lots of dreams with the miraculous taking place but in all reality I am not a 'Miracle' worker yet.  I do aspire to be.  I actually ache and long to see them flowing in many peoples lives.  Why?  I'm not sure, but I think we need them and well I surely would like to see one rather than go to Disney Land.   I just know that it is in my heart, and I need to follow it.  I believe that miracles show us that God is first of all the supreme creator, and that he is just a good God and full of Love, Compassion, and Mercy.  I think he likes to make things 'right' , or 'perfect' or 'whole'.  If he is  supreme creator I don't think he enjoys looking down on such brokenness and such chaos in his creation. 

      I've been reading an amazing book, 'the anatomy of a miracle', by dr. james b. richards.  This book is rocking my world.  On top of a dozen or so other books I'm reading, they all seem to overlap in theme and concepts.  Yet this one is really good.  Basically he gets down to why we don't see the miraculous taking place in our lives more often.  He breaks it down and helps you to understand faulty ways of thinking and just learning how to identify wrong beliefs in our own lives that hinder or keep us from seeing miracles.  You have to do a lot of soul searching to be free.  I think miracles flow from a freedom.  Freedom that allows you to simply believe like a child would believe that their father would bring them a good gift upon request and not tease them with a snake in a bag. 

     Dr. James says we must 'see, perceive or conceptualize a miracle before we can believe for it'. (pg. 11) This is why Jesus used parables to help the mind to 'conceptualize' something that it could not wrap itself around or speak to it in a language it could receive.  Dr. James says that the parables of farming, shepherding and current events of those ancient times have less value to a mind of modern society.  We need to understand the language and laws of the 'unseen' world so we can flow in miracles.  He attributes cutting-edge, scientific discovery to birthing a new language that will help us enter into this state of being.  A state of existing where we can believe and see manifest miracles in every day life. 

     Its seems simple enough yet it is not that easy.  See, you have to believe in order to see results in the miraculous.  There are things in our souls that are contrary to this childlike believe. Our current way of thinking that has been past down through several generations of people who didn't regard God or care to see miracles.    Several generations of people and cultures that attempted to build their own tower to heaven and get things done the way they wanted to or thought best. 

We have to work through our 'unbelief' to come to a place where we will see miracles flow in a generation of people.  The whole bible is a story of how God is working with a people to be like him.  A people that he can call 'his children' those who when people look at them they know they belong to God, what ever that looks like  . .  .we will only have to wait and see. . wait and become that image in the earth. 

   I would like to list some quotes from this book to tease the one who also longs for the miraculous like I do.  I hope that you will pick up a copy of this book and devour it as I have been. 

~Quotes from 'the anatomy of  miracle' by dr. bruce b. richards~

~We have forgotten how to think like children~

~Truth isn't new. It is only new to us !~

"Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't, you're right!'

~Henry Ford~

~The concept of living by faith is no longer a leap into the unknown.~

~Regardless of what you believe about the creation of the world, the laws that govern all things still apply~

~Quantum physics has become the greatest supporter of ancient truth.~

~The miraculous occurs when we harmonize with the laws of nature~

~Within every human being is a need to experience the miraculous.~

~The immutable laws of the unseen world formed and sustain the physical world ~

~Miracles are your right and your inheritance!~

~An exchange between the seen and the unseen is always occurring.~

~The fact that we can conceive it is the proof it is possible.~

~We would rather be wrong and feel right than to be right and conquer the feeling of being wrong~

~Continual growth, learning and personal development are essential to crossing the void into the unknown.~

~We are as happy and healthy as we believe we can be.~

~We have the built-in tools to change our beliefs at will !~

~The question is, 'Which do I really believe?"

~The question now is, 'Where is our awareness?"

~~Man is the creator of his world.~

~We choose our future by choosing our thoughts!~

~Faith resides in the heart, not the mind.~

~Information plus emotion is how we write new beliefs on our hearts.~

~The very opportunities that I attract or repel are those that match my sense of self.~

~The beliefs of the heart are five thousands times more powerful at influencing and programming our world.~

~We might not have any choice about how we start this life, but we have millions of options about how we will live it~

~The one common denominator is belief~

~Keep you eyes glued on wisdom!~

~Consciousness is a proactive, deliberate interaction with the unseen world.~

~Our hearts house our long-term memories.~

~ A Heart filled with guilt has little capacity to believe for a miracle.~

~Ignoring guilt is like taking pain medication for a broken foot instead of setting the bone.~

~States, attitudes and inner qualities can be obtained only in our hearts.~

~Creating miracles is effortless;developing your heart to create miracles requires effort!~

~Love is the deepest need and the core motivator of all beliefs, thoughts and actions.~

~We always will repeat our circumstances if we do not change our beliefs!~

~Everything we do repeatedly, good or bad, becomes a process of programming.~

~Our brains grow to give us new capabilities to do what we see.~

~In the end when we stop putting forth enough force, it all comes crashing down.~

~Many diseases simply would disappear if we only took more vacations, relaxed more often and learned how to play.~

~You have to be the person who intends to live in the miracle~

~Be the person living the miracle NOW.~

~Words are seeds sown on all levels of our existence.~

~Releasing negative beliefs and writing something new on the heart can end lifelong struggles.~

~That which we do not have in the present is a reminder that we do not have it!~

~Attaching positive reasons to being healthy and experiencing it immediately is the secret to empowering people to lose weight.~

~Fruit (results) is the only way to distinguish wheat from tares.~

~Knowing when we are persuading as opposed to confessing makes us feel diligent, persistent and hopeful.~

~It is of little value to change what we think about anything else, without changing the way we think about ourselves ! ~

~There is a mindset that expects and receives miracles as a way of life.~

~The laws of the miraculous are the laws that the generous and thankful live by.~

~The question is not, 'If God can."The question is, 'If I can."

~It matters a little how your miracle comes or how long it takes.  It just matters that it comes!~

~Once we have knowledge, we don't need more knowledge; we need experiential knowledge.~

~As we put what we know into practice, we will discover what we need to know.  That is a revelation!~

Other books by Dr. James B. Richards

How to Stop the Pain

Becoming the Person You Want to Be

Breaking the Cycle

Grace: The Power to Change

The Gospel of Peace

Escape from
Codependent Christianity

How to Write, Publish and Market Your Own Bestseller

Satan Unmasked

We Still Kiss

Supernatural Ministry

The Prayer Organizer

Effective Small Group Ministry in the New Millennium

Taking the Limits Off God

Leadership that Builds People, VolumeI: Developing the Heart of a Leader

Leadership that Builds People, VolumeII:Developing Leaders Around You

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Learning About Base OIls & Essential Oils: Lesson in Aromatherapy

Carol Gay Sklenar
12 Oct 06 9:52 PM MST

Take a survey of the saturated and unsaturated fats in your kitchen which could be used as a base oil for Aroma Therapy? Blend one base oil with Lemon or Lavender essential oil and apply to skin. Then repeat with a different base oil. Which do you prefer? As you will study, each base oil has its own purpose.
I thought that this would be a fun experience. I gathered all the saturated and unsaturated fats in my kitchen that I could use as a base for essential oils and took a small sample of each. I added two or three drops of lavender essential oil to the base and applied it to my face. Just for kicks I even took the jar of Hellmann's real Mayonnaise and my Raw Cow butter. I collected a variety of oils that may or may not be a good base in applying essential oil. Each base had a distinct feeling and aroma on my face as a carrier base for the Lavender essential oil I used. My list included; Hazelnut oil, Organic Extra Virgin Coconut oil, Organic Virgin Olive oil, Organic Pumpkin oil, Organic Safflower oil, and Vegetable Glycerine. I started with the Mayonnaise. I took a teaspoon of mayo in a small dish and dropped in three drops of Lavender essential oil. I really didn't think I would like this, but it was actually very refreshing. I could smell the oil real well over the mayo smell. The mayo smell disappeared all together after about ten minutes of it soaking into my skin. The mayo became clear and made my skin feel very soft and refreshed. I thought that it would be a lot heavier feeling but I was wrong. It worked quite nicely as an 'Aroma Mayo Facial'. Next I took the Olive oil, Pumpkin oil, and Safflower oil and Hazelnut oil and mixed an amount of each into a small dish. I dropped three drops of Lavender essential oil in and mixed it up. After applying to my face it felt a bit greasy. I rubbed it in and let it soak. I wiped the excess through my hair and on my neck. The Lavender scent was apparent but not as distinct of a smell. I think the Pumpkin and Olive oil scent contended a bit with the EO. After about ten minutes my face was soft yet still a bit greasy. I did not wash it off but let it soak in before I went to sleep. Next I took the Extra Virgin Coconut oil and softened it over a flame briefly to take of the hard edge. It has been cold the last couple of days in Kansas City and the oil was a bit hard sitting in the cupboard. I dropped two drops of Lavender oil in the base and smoothed it over my face. The Lavender oil was very strong smelling in this base. I could feel the volatiles evaporating before my eyes. It was a lovely smell the two together, Coconut oil and the Lavender, very aromatic and full body scent of the lavender in the milky coconut flavor. I let it set in for ten minutes it was very smooth feeling and my face felt very soft. Next I layered the Raw Cow Butter over the Coconut base. I melted the butter and added a drop of Lavender to a small amount. It was slightly sour smelling because it was raw butter. I didn't smell the Lavender at all and it was a very weird sensation spreading the butter on my face. I think that the coconut layer prior made a bit of a difference in a good way. The two combined together left a very nice silky smooth feeling to my skin. Finally I took the Vegetable Glycerine and added two drops of Lavender oil to it. I didn't know that the veggie glycerine was so sweet. I could taste it in my mouth. It was not easy to spread over my face, but it tasted very sweet and florally with the Lavender oil added. It did smooth over my face, but it was an odd sensation because it was so sweet. I felt as if I was spreading sugar candy all over my face. After about ten to fifteen minutes it soaked in leaving a very tacky feeling on my skin. Out of all the oils I used I think they all can be used as some sort of base in Aroma Therapy, however, I don't think the Vegetable Glycerine could. I am not sure, but I think that it is more of an additive to base oils or products rather than a base in itself. It is just to tacky and sweet, not smooth and definitely not easy to spread or massage into the skin. The glycerin did not feel moisturizing on my skin, it was sticky and sweet. I preferred the Coconut oil and believe it or not the Mayonnaise. I suppose that the Mayo could be likened to a lotion. Both the Mayo and Coconut oil were refreshing and moisturizing especially with the Lavender essential oil added.

One thing I look forward to in the Spring time are Dandelions. After a long Winter without fresh wild and home garden grown foods my body is CRAVING these blood purifying greens. When I spy a good looking Dandelion plant I immediately begin to pluck those leaves while I'm drooling on myself. The roots of Dandelions can be dug up and slow dried or roasted then ground into a powder for a coffee substitute. I ,personally, have yet to try this but lots of people do. You can look it up on You Tube sometime. I use a blend of Dandelion root, chicory root, red beet root, barley and rye called 'Dandy Blend' found at http://www.dandyblend.com/ I love this blend it contains over 64 trace minerals and other healing and nutritional qualities. While traveling to work one day with a friend in the morning I shared this wonderful hot drink. He was surprised later to find out that it was NOT coffee and he said that it was even better than coffee. I would agree as I have been drinking it for years and do not even like the taste of coffee anymore. Over the years I have become very fond and appreciative of the Dandelion 'Weed' as some call it. The way I look at it is if they think it is a weak weed and they continue to try to eradicate it why is it so prolific. If I can be as strong as a weed then I'll surely eat them. I think that Dandelions know that I favor them because right now if you were to look at my front lawn it seems to be more Dandelions then grass. Their blooms have gone to seed and in the morning light with the dew ever so lightly set upon them they appear to be an existence of a certain utopia themselves. I have heard that you can make Dandelion Wine from the yellow blossoms and also a Dandelion honey kinda more like a jelly, really. I always feel so clean inside after I eat a Dandelion salad. I love to pick a bunch early in the morning ,while playing ball in the back yard with Max, and stick them in a bowl ready for an early morning salad or lunch. Early in Spring you could pick the leaves before the blossoms come out. The greens are less bitter then. I have gotten used to the more pungent leaves after the blooms by covering them up with the sweetness that comes from the Balsamic Vinegar I use to dress them. I love to chop them up well with maybe some Violet Greens , some Day Lily Greens and some fresh Chard from the Garden. Sometimes I'll throw in some fresh mint or cilantro as well. I'll add some green onion or wild garlic a hard boiled egg, some nutritional yeast (for a Parmesan like feel & taste) and some dried prunes or other dried fruit like raisins or cherries and a few walnuts or raw pumpkin seeds. Dandelion greens are packed with Calcium, Magnesium, Potassium,Vitamin A, Iron, and other minerals. Adding Wild Green Salads to your diet is something that might take some getting used to , but once you do. . there is NO turning back you will rarely go to the grocery store again for your greens. Your body will crave their medicines. Eat them up YUM !

'Healing Oils of the Bible' Class November10, 2010 5pm-8pm Kansas City Missouri

And upon her forehead was a name written,
MYSTERY,BABYLON THE GREAT. THE MOTHER OF ALL HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH
And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
' Healing Oils of the Bible' is a class about the mention of essential oils in the Scriptures. From these scriptures we can draw out how we too, can use Essential oils in our everyday living for physical, emotional & spiritual purposes. Oils are mentioned in the bible as being 'the leaves on the trees' for the healing of the nations, Revelation 22:2. In Ezekiel they are also referenced as 'medicines' . . and the leaf thereof for medicine, Ezekiel 47:12. There are over 1,ooo references to essential oils, aromatic oil-producing plants, and their applications in the Bible. Essential oils were not only used in the lives of people in the Bible they were extensively used by all the cultures around them, including the Arabians, Assyrians, Phoenicians, Babylonians, Persians, Egyptians, Romans, Greeks, and other cultures around the Mediterranean. All their perfumes, anointing oils, incense, and medicines came from the properties derived from plants found in Essential Oils. In today's world we are seriously inundated with synthetic molecules in our perfumes, medicines, our cleaning products, and even our food flavorings. Synthetic molecules do not work within the laws of nature that our bodies were created after hence they wreak havoc in our systems. When our bodies are out of alignment with God's natural laws we are out of alignment with God. In the book of Revelation it states that . . . for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived. . . This word 'sorceries' is from the Greek word Parmakeia meaning medications with the implication of magic, sorcery, & witchcraft. This has to do with the alteration of molecules in the products we take and use around us. These 'synthetic' molecules actually alter our cellular receptors so that our inner cellular/body/mind connectors do not communicate properly. One way that essential oils do this is act as solvents in the body. They dissolve chemicals, toxins, heavy metals, and other unwanted substances interfering with your bodies health and communications. Essential Oils also then help to remove 'wrong programing' due to distortion of cellular receptors from these substances. They then set your cell receptors back according to God's blue print intended for your life. This is NOT 'watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat' kind of stuff ! There is TRUE science behind the use of Essential Oils in the Body. Learning to use Essential oils in your daily life can help your body to communicate within in such a way that brings peace, health and life to you. The molecules of Essential oils are molecules of God's Love manifested towards us. In the class 'Healing Oils of the Bible' we will go over how people in the Bible used them daily to keep themselves free from the plagues, sickness, evil spirits, negative emotions, and to maintain health , strength and JOY, in a world where a 1,000 might fall at your side and 10,000 at your right hand (Ps. 91:7). but if you know what is available from God to use as tools, weapons, and medicines then none of these things shall by any means come near you. In the 13 century we saw 75% of Europe wiped out with the Black Plague. There is no saying that we won't see something like this in our day. We have already had threats of the Bird Flue wiping people out. Modern Science has found some of the properties in Essential Oils to be as effective as antibiotics and to promote overall health, vitality and longevity. Come learn, enjoy, share, and experience these holy healing oils. . . Come and be anointed.

"And they went out. . . and they anointed with oil many that were sick and healed them." Mark 6:12-13

'Healing Oils of the Bible' Class information;
Class is Wednesday November 10, 2010 5pm-8pm
This class is a Free will offering. . so come as you are. . Please email me if you are planning to attend and need directions:

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Carol Gay XOXOXOXXOO

Wise Men Bring Oil

When ever anything is mentioned in the Bible the first time it is good to take note of it. . for it will set the tone for that topic throughout the whole context of the bible. I want to bring out the first mention of essential oils in the bible and talk about it's context in light of what God is doing in my life. We see the first mention of oils in Genesis 37. It is the story where Joseph's brothers sold him into slavery because of their jealousy. That is it in a nut shell right there. . being sold out to Slavery because of Jealousy. . I want to point out that Religion or Man's way of doing things is NOT the way God wants us to do things. Religion comes from the Latin word ligare, 'that which binds,' (Molecules of Emotion, Candace B. Pert. Ph.D.) In Prophetic History we are in the last of the Seven Churches mentioned in the book of Revelation. It is the Laodicean church or the 'Rule of the People'. I think we can all agree if we really take a look at things that it is human will that runs most churches and NOT Thy Will. Probably the most driving spirit in the church is the competative spirit or if you want to get biblcial it is called a Jealous spirit. This spirit takes the place of the spirit of The Fear of the Lord and rules over the people causing them to be in competition for God's Love. However God wants us to receive His Unconditional Love in the Fear of the Lord. When we come into this Fear we will really see the Freedom in the church we long to see. When the Spirit of the Lord is made Lord in the Church there is Liberty true freedom. Ok back to Genesis 37 and the story of Joseph. Now Joseph was favored of his father becaue he was the son of his beloved Rachael. (even though the bible says it was because he was the son of his "old age", I think it really means son of the promise) but we know that he loved Rachael and after he was given her sister who was older first he delighted to work yet another seven years for her, then her womb was closed up for a long time and finally they have Joseph, which took away her reproach. Joseph's brothers hated him because their father loved him more or had favor on him. So, his brothers conspired against him and even plotted his death. They throw him to the wild beast but Rueben said no let us not kill him but leave him in the pit. As they ate there lunch near by ( how ruthless they just toss there brother in the pit to die and sit down to enjoy thier lunch but God used it for Good ! ) they noticed a company of Ishmeelites coming from Gildad with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going down to Egypt. Judah, one of the brothers, propositions the other brothers that they profit from Joseph and sell him into the hands of the Ishmeelites. So they sold him to some Midianite merchantmen for 20 pieces of silver, and they took Joseph to Egypt. Joseph was then sold by the Midianites to Potiphar and officer of Pharaoh's and captain of the guard. Take note that it was the men carrying spices and balms and myrrh that Joesph found himself among during his trials and testing. Can you imaging the grief that Joesph was experiencing when the reality of his brothers plotting to kill him and then selling him strikes his heart. I think God knew exactly what he needed to maintain. Proverbs 27:9 says; Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel. I can imagine that nobody there in that camp of traveling Midianites could offer consolation to Joseph but the smells they carried lifted his spirit to meet the road ahead of him. Hebrews 1:9 says; Thou has loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even YOUR God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your brethern. Humm is there a correlation between overcoming trials , and deep betrayal and the oil of gladness. I have found this to be true in my life. There are things that I literally did not think that I could make it through for fear that my heart would literally break under the weight of heaviness but God broke through. I have found that using Therapeutic grade essential oils in my daily life have enabled me to release grief, fear, betrayal, and that spirit of heaviness and along with other spiritual diciplines the tears I have sown have given me Joy in the Morning. Rev 22:2 The leaves on the trees are for the healing of the Nations, Ezek. 47:12. . and the leaf thereof shall be for medicine. Song of Solomon 1:6 (Going back to the theme being 'Sold out to Slavery by Jealousy') it says, Look not upon me because I am dark, for the sun has made me tan, my mother's children (step siblings) hated me and MADE me to work in their vineyards but mine own , vineyard, I have not kept. So tell me why do we continue to serve Religion and the 'local' church and not follow thy will for our own lives and come into Thy Kingdom Come Thy Will be Done ! because of the bondage to Jealousy ! As I have been going deeper in the Lord I am coming to know that the true Joy of the Lord is my strength. When intimidation or fear or competition pressure me to go this way or go that way or to spend time in anothers vineyard, more then my own, then Joy breaks in to overcome and I am free in peace to pursue the heart God gave me in union with His for His Kingdom Sake ! Isaiah 14 says; and it shall come to pass in the day that the Lord shall give you rest from your sorrow and from fear and from the hard bondage that you were 'MADE to serve' in that you shall take up this proverb or taunt against the King of Babylon. . . . so be free today. .take some time to stop. .drop to your knees and smell the roses and open up your heart to His Unconditional love for you. . . and let the other's go bye bye. .until you can serve in the Joy of the Lord !

Back to the Garden with Emotional Release & Self Awareness

While in the Garden we were safe.  We had a clear connection with our creator.  We had open communication with Him.  We lived breathed and delighted in His Presence, in the Garden, in the cool of the Day.  Life was free in the Garden, free of pain, sorrow, shame, and free of sin.  While in the Garden we breathed in air and all the essential oils and volatile chemicals that were released from the plants in the Garden.  The air was clean and fresh full of vitality and energy that passed through our lungs and into our blood stream.  Along with the air we breathed in came Esters,Alcohols, Phenols,Monoterpenes, Sesquiterpenes, Ketones, Aldehydes, and Carboxylic Acids.  These were all wafting through the air being released from the plants in the Garden.  These are just a few of the invisible chemical attributes of the unseen realm of the Garden we once lived in.  Imagine the Garden.  You could run around barefoot and no coverings were necessary.  No one was ashamed of their bodies and their was no type of sickness or disease there.    This Garden was a Garden of peace.  We felt this beauty.  We beheld this beauty.  We heard this beauty and we smelt this beauty in the garden.  
     I believe that being cut off from the Garden was necessary after we sinned and disobeyed God's guidance there.  Because we had fallen from the nature that was conducive to the Garden we were not permitted to live there.  It is not that God wanted to punish us but rather it was for our own good that we were to leave the Garden.  It wouldn't be until we could be restored to a place where we could actually live and exist once again in that state that we would be permitted back into the Garden.  God is restoring us to that place.  I can testify in my life that spiritual healing and spiritual maturity are required to live in the Garden of peace and delight.  The Garden is here and now and we can live in it.  It is a spiritual Garden of His Presence~His Eternal Love.
     Several years ago, one morning,  I was having a vision / conversation with God on my bed.  God was telling me that he wanted me to go back into the Garden to live.  I was arguing and saying but No God I can't there is an angel there with a flaming sword to protect it.  I can not go in there.  He said Oh but you can.  I continued to argue and asked the question but how can I get back into the Garden.  He said by fire ! Oh, yeah makes sense.  If I was filled with fire the flaming sword would not cut me or hurt me.  Ok  I was seeing something here.  
     You can not live in this Garden with past wounds, unforgiveness, confusion,doubt, hatred, jealousy or anything else that is contrary to Love, Joy and Peace.  It sounds unreal like a fairy tale or dream.  I know, but it is Truth.  Remember the saying, 'Truth is stranger than Fiction"?  Well, it is true.  To be purified by fire can be stranger than fiction.  You will only know when you experience it.  
     It is our sense of smell or our discernment or judgment that is the key to living back in the Garden.  Our sense of smell or our 'Olfactory System' is the door way to wholeness or self awareness or single mindedness,  have you.  This will allow us back into the Garden.  It is a spirit of burning which is a spirit of self judgment that allows you to live in this garden of peace, beauty and delight. 
     Because we have been removed from the Garden the therapeutic quality of the plant release is not present in the atmosphere we live in any longer.  It is harder to discern our state of being.  The invisible chemical aspects of the living plants were in a sense a light to our discernment.  Without the activation of our lymphatic  system or emotional soul (through our Olfactory system of smell) we are shut down and unable to open up to heal our past.  
    The draw to nature is one that is instinctual and natural for we were composed of nature.  We align with the principles and chemicals of nature. Our chemical make up is of this natural earthly world.  When we become so far removed from this state of health we lose touch with the real self and begin to live a superficial and fake life  We go around either pretending that life is good or through drugary we contiue to try to make life good.  When life is meant to be good every moment, every breath, every second no matter what the situation is.  We can live in a garden of Bliss in this life.   This is why we are so compelled at times to draw away into nature once again for times of rest, retreat and relaxation.  During times like these we have opportunity to breath the chemicals and vitality of the natural relam that help to align our beings, body, soul & spirit.  Out side the garden we are shut down or closed to His healing love.  It is then fear that drives us anxioulsy forward in an irrational state of being that pushes everything else aside for those sinful, lustful, carnal and selfish desires.  We need to open up to Love to be healed. 
     The mere simplicity of smelling pure therapuetic grade essential oils open our souls to the awareness of the healing journey.  This process is one of self reflection and trust.  
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Thank you for taking the time to read this post.  I hope that you can take time today to smell the roses and breath in the vitality of the life giving force of pure thereapuetic grade essential oils. Let the Healing Begin ! 
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