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		<description><![CDATA[Today I turned 40. I am now hitting that milestone that so many people abhor. But I don&#8217;t feel old at all. I feel more wise and full of life than ever. Now is the time when our decisions and choices in life start to catch up with us. Life is all cause and effect. [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.meniscusmagazine.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/IMG_7786-Jon-at-pool.jpg"><img src="http://www.meniscusmagazine.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/IMG_7786-Jon-at-pool-224x300.jpg" alt="Jon at 40 at pool experiencing health, wealth, peace, love and happiness" width="224" height="300" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3278" /></a>Today I turned 40. I am now hitting that milestone that so many people abhor. But I don&#8217;t feel old at all. I feel more wise and full of life than ever.</p>
<p>Now is the time when our decisions and choices in life start to catch up with us. Life is all cause and effect. Or as that famous Yogi in the Bible put it: ‘Whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap.” </p>
<p>We see this theme of <em>cause/effect</em> in nearly all religions in the world, in classic Newtonian physics and now more than ever, quantum physics has proved that “life is in the eye of the beholder.” </p>
<p>In short, “thoughts become things” so “Keep thy heart with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life.” (Prov. 4:23)</p>
<p>One of my main goals in life is to spread Awareness. I am not perfect, but I try very hard to cultivate a very intentional, powerful, creative life and through those ventures, I have discovered a great deal of knowledge available to anyone with a library card. Seeking spirit or not, we are all human so inevitably we are all graced with life’s ups and downs, all the while, revealing the human experience.</p>
<p>As I&#8217;ve approached this milestone marker of my fortieth birthday and looked in the mirror, I&#8217;ve been thinking about what key decisions I have made that have contributed most to my healthy state of being. </p>
<p>That being the case, here are 11 lifestyle choices to help inspire tomorrow with healthful and wealthful giving to thyself today, as to reap that health and wealth tomorrow. The choices fall into three main categories: Body, Mind and Spirit:</p>
<h1>Body:</h1>
<h2>#1 &#8211; Your body is your Temple, treat it with the greatest respect</h2>
<p>In 2003 I interviewed acclaimed jazz pianist <a href="http://www.meniscusmagazine.com/blog/2016/04/03/kind-temple-detox-kick-cancer/" target="_blank">Brian Hass for Meniscus Magazine</a> and he told me something that turned into a piece of my existence: Haas said: </p>
<p>“Jesus said, your body is a temple. If you treat your body like a temple, it spreads into the rest of your life. Every aspect of your life becomes holy; everything you do is holy.</p>
<p>“The mind, body and soul are connected,” Haas continued. “If you don’t allow your body to operate at its full potential, how do we even know what our minds are capable of? I’m all about living like a real human and realizing my full potential..I want to be the best human I can be&#8230;We have to turn ourselves into superheroes, we have to turn ourselves into ultra-humans. We have to find our true potential.”</p>
<p><a href="http://www.meniscusmagazine.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/IMG_7476-Superhero2.jpg"><img src="http://www.meniscusmagazine.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/IMG_7476-Superhero2-300x300.jpg" alt="Jon 40 Superhero" width="300" height="300" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3279" /></a>The best way to keep the temple clean, is to understand you have control, which leads us to step #2&#8230;</p>
<h2>#2- Discipline the Robot</h2>
<p>Your body is a robot and you have to make the choose whether you are going to tell it what to do, or it is going to tell you what to do. </p>
<p>There are terrible epidemics of obesity, cancer and heart disease in this country and much of it has to do with food addictions.</p>
<p>Most people are addicted to food. That few seconds of flavor from that bite of potato chip, bacon, corn bread, cup cake, doughnut, soda&#8230;all of that highly addictive junk food eventually will catch up to the body in the form of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, cancer not to mention your body and mind will be clogged full of junk. “You are what you eat” so those who thrive on processed food will constantly be “over fed and under nourished” and will never reach their full potential.</p>
<p>So you have to make a choice: Am I going to let the robot control me via my tastebuds? </p>
<p>My choice has been to eat a <a href="http://www.meniscusmagazine.com/blog/2014/03/24/madonna-sting-gweneth-common-macrobiotic-diet/" target="_blank">macrobiotic diet</a> consisting of vegetables, whole grains and a little fish; no meat or dairy. The stuff I eat is probably &#8220;earthy&#8221; to most people. However because I have trained my tastebuds to appreciate the nutrients and not the sugar, it is delicious. On the contrary, if I eat a Duncan Doughnut or God forbid a diet soda, all I can taste is the chemicals. I don&#8217;t taste any real food, and my body is trained to reject it.</p>
<h2>#3 Fast and Detox your Temple</h2>
<p>The best way to reset your control over the robot and <a href="http://www.meniscusmagazine.com/blog/2014/10/07/fasting-detoxification-and-cleansing/" target="_blank">cleanse the body is to fast</a>. I know, this sounds crazy, “not eat for 3-6 days?! How is that possible,” you ask? “I get light headed after missing dinner for 1 hour!&#8221;</p>
<p>By abstaining from food for significant periods of time, your body has a chance to turn its immune attention towards breaking down toxins in the system that, if left unattended to, could manifest into any number of diseases.</p>
<p>As Paul Bragg explains in <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0877900396/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=0877900396&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=menismagaz00-20&#038;linkId=RTMW3WFUS2RK4PTS" target="_blank">The Miracle of Fasting</a></em>, there is a Vital Force that is used every day of your life to maintain your body’s processes. In addition to pushing blood through millions of filters in your kidneys and exchanging oxygen for carbon dioxide in your lungs, a large percentage of this energy goes towards digesting food through your 30-foot digestive tract. Once you stop eating, this Vital Force begins recharging and is freed up tove move throughout the body breaking down poisonous residues that have built up. Even after just 24 hours, the body is able to begin rebuilding Vital Force.</p>
<p>Aside from fasting, there are many ways to detox on a regular basis. One of my favorite, easy things to do is this: Each day upon waking, drink a pint of water in the morning with a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar or lemon juice, one hour (or as long as possible) before your coffee or breakfast. (Make sure you use a straw and brush your teeth after the mixture! The acids can be bad for your tooth enamel.) </p>
<p>You can also find natural, herb-based cleanses on the market like this <a href="http://www.meniscusmagazine.com/blog/2014/06/17/arbonne-7-day-cleanse/" target="_blank">seven-day cleanse from Arbonne.</a></p>
<h2>#4 Cultivate Awareness</h2>
<p>Now that you’ve got your body cleaned out, you’ll start to see you have a very clear mind, which brings us to the next stage in the positive cause/effect cycle: Awareness. Actually, more specifically the best place to start here is awareness of awareness. </p>
<p>Now that you have control of the robot you can start taking control of other rituals that may or may not be spinning your cause/effect cycle in a positive direction.</p>
<p><strong>- Exercise:</strong> There is no shortage of benefits to exercise, get yourself on a schedule and train the robot to get out there at least a few times a week.<br />
<strong>- Negative people:</strong> Who in your life is it time to step away from? Your awareness will help you see the cause/effect they have on you.<br />
<strong>- Emotional intelligence</strong>: Knowing that we are emotional creatures, when do you need to step away from a situation before it drives you to a regrettable outburst. (I.e. An <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/cultivating-professional-emotional-intelligence-jon-heinrich?trk=prof-post" target="_blank">“amygdala hijacking”</a>)<br />
<strong>- Career navigation:</strong> Once you have this awareness, you can start to see how other people’s robots react to professional situations. If you rise above and always make your moves from a very intentional, logical place, you’ll start to see you have more professional freedom than before—to get a raise, to move companies, or to move into new industries all together.<br />
<strong>- Helping the whole planet:</strong> The best benefit comes when we all have a greater Awareness of how our daily choices affect the planet, and therefore every one of us, especially our future generations.</p>
<p>The benefits of Awareness are endless, and the next step is to start to refine how you incite Action into the universe to get what you want. The gateway to this manifestation is of course, the mind.</p>
<h1>Mind:</h1>
<p>Einstein proved that everything is made up of energy in his famous equation E=mC2. We also know the human mind can affect energy.</p>
<p>As far back as the early 1800’s, <a href="http://meniscusmagazine.com/8_issue_site/08pages/textures_i8_022.htm" target="_blank">Quantum physics</a> established that the behavior of particles actually changes depending the observer. </p>
<p>In 1803, Thomas Young discovered what would become the cornerstone of modern quantum physics. In his double-slit experiment, he shot a single particle of light towards two slits in a plate. He was trying to determine whether light traveled as a wave or as a particle. What he found is that when he changed his hypothesis, the particle would change its path. </p>
<p>This experiment opened up many questions. What the quantum physics community determined since then is that <em><strong>the physical world of matter and energy respond to our thinking on a subatomic level.</strong></em></p>
<p>The mind is part of the robot. Most people think their mind is them, but it is actually just another organ running in the background like your liver, kidneys and heart. Now that we have a clean temple, and the power of Awareness, we can start crafting the mind to support our positive cause/effect cycle.</p>
<h2>#5 Work with your subconscious mind</h2>
<p>Florence Scovel Shinn, a pioneer of the New Thought movement, stated that “The imagination has been called, ‘The Scissors of the Mind,’ and it is ever cutting, cutting, day by day, the pictures man sees there, and sooner or later he meets his own creations in his outer world.” </p>
<p>And to know what creations we should expect in our outer world, she reminds of us what the Greeks said: “Know Thyself.”</p>
<p><a href="http://www.meniscusmagazine.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Temet-Nosce.jpg"><img src="http://www.meniscusmagazine.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Temet-Nosce-300x103.jpg" alt="Temet Nosce - Know Thyself" width="300" height="103" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3281" /></a></p>
<p>What we are creating in our imagination is not always a conscious decision. The subconscious mind is running in the background at all times. It is the operating system that you don’t even see. So if your operating system is running a poverty mantra, or a guilt complex, or a I-don’t-deserve-it paradigm, our power as creators will manifest that poverty, guilt and lack in our lives. However if we program our subconscious with positive mind treatments and acknowledge our place in the universe as acting with and as a part of God, then we can harness the creative power of the universe.</p>
<p>As Earnest Holmes said, “Whatever the mind of man can conceive, it can achieve.” </p>
<p>More on this topic soon, as a part of my new 40 goals, I am going to work on getting more of this information out, stay tuned.</p>
<h2>#6 Know that God is within (and feel good about that!)</h2>
<p>To truly bring divine power to your creative ability, know this: </p>
<blockquote><p>There is one Divine power and presence in life. You can call It God, Infinite Intelligence, the Force, what ever you connect with. That Infinite Intelligence is operating in, around and through you. You are in a divine partnership with that Divine Intelligence and every part of your life is one with God. Embrace this Divine presence and know that the creative power of the universe is within you. Your job is to direct It’s creative potential in any way you would like. Just know that you direct that Divine Creative Power whether you are aware of that or not. So think good thoughts, and Good shall come.</p></blockquote>
<p><img src="http://www.meniscusmagazine.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Spirit-300x300.jpg" alt="Heinrich - God-is-within" width="300" height="300" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3285" /></p>
<p>I have never been all that religious. In fact, I don’t like organized religion at all. It started with good intentions many centuries ago, but now most world religions are loaded with dogma and limitation that does not serve our highest potential. That said, I do study the world religions to find the needles of wisdom among the haystack of the ages.</p>
<p>One of those great gems is this statement by JC, He said: “Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” </p>
<p>For some reason, when I bring this up in conversations with Christians, they have a lot of resistance to that idea that the Kingdom was within man. To me, it is crystal clear: God is within, so instead of praying to some entity out there in the sky, we pray with every word we speak, every day: “By your words ye are justified and by your words ye are condemned.” </p>
<p>As Shinn pointed out, “There is always plenty on man’s pathway: but it can only be brought into manifestation by desire, faith or the spoken word. Jesus Christ brought out clearly that man must make the first move.”</p>
<p>“Ask, and it shall be given you, seek, and ye shall find, knock, and it shall be opened you.” (Mat. 7:7)</p>
<h2>#7 Meditate</h2>
<p>So now that we know that the mind can literally affect the subatomic particles that make up everything around us, and we understand that the Infinite Divine power of creation is within, how do we clean out that subconscious mind and start churning out some positive cause/effect into our life?  </p>
<p>One of my favorite yoga instructors, Yogi Charu, once said something that really stuck with me: “We brush our teeth, we wash our hair, but we never clean our mind.” Of all the important bodily functions, most of us do not consider our “mental hygiene.” </p>
<p>The only way to calm the mind down and actually see it for what it really is, is to meditate.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.meniscusmagazine.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Corporate-Meditation-600.jpg"><img src="http://www.meniscusmagazine.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Corporate-Meditation-600.jpg" alt="Corporate-Meditation-600" width="600" height="351" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3295" /></a></p>
<p>The most frequent response I get when talking about meditation is “I can’t do it—I can’t sit there and think about nothing for more than a few seconds.” What I would say to that is, it’s not about the result of having a clear mind, free from thoughts, it is about the practice of watching the mind in action and from there we’ll be able to start seeing the mind for what it is: another organ in our body. </p>
<p><strong>We are not our mind.</strong></p>
<p>The best analogy I’ve heard about meditation is to picture yourself laying on your back watching the clouds go by on a blue sky. Each cloud is a thought. Now ideally you sit down and focus on the breathe and try and just look at the blue sky, the silence, the breath. Only the breath. However as far as I know that is impossible. Inevitably there is a cloud that comes by, interrupting the azure above. That’s ok, a thought comes in, you watch it go across your purview, then it is gone, and back to blue sky.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.meniscusmagazine.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/SKY-Heinrich-2.jpg"><img src="http://www.meniscusmagazine.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/SKY-Heinrich-2.jpg" alt="Heinrich Sky Meditation" width="600" height="179" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3282" /></a></p>
<p>The reason that is so powerful, is you start to realize there is something outside of your brain that is You. There is your mind and then there is You, which you start to get to know once your mind finally shuts the hell up for a moment. (Damn thing is running non-stop! Shut up brain! <img src="http://www.meniscusmagazine.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" />  </p>
<p>In this way, there is nothing as powerful for understanding the mind than meditation.</p>
<p>This is such an important step in cultivating your super powers as a human being.</p>
<h1>Spirit:</h1>
<h2>#8 Acknowledge the Spirit</h2>
<p>The other cardinal cornerstone of the happy life is acknowledging and working with the spirit. About an arm’s length around our physical body is our spirit body. If you cleanse your body, purify your mind and spend enough time meditating, you can start to connect to the more subtle energies of the spirit realm. Ask me to define what that really means? I can’t. But I do know it is worthy of a lifetime of study.</p>
<p>Call it God, call it the Universe, the Force, what ever you will, it is the everything that is all, that is One, that is no thing. And if you follow Quantum Physics into it, you will see the mystics have been correct this whole time:</p>
<p>We are all connected by an unseen force. </p>
<p>Take some time each day to connect with that greater Source energy and greater synchronicity will start to unfold, allowing you to bring out the gifts that only you bring to the world.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.meniscusmagazine.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/heinrich_3rd_eye_1200.jpg"><img src="http://www.meniscusmagazine.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/heinrich_3rd_eye_1200.jpg" alt="Heinrich Third Eye" width="600" height="400" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2224" /></a></p>
<h2>#9 Beware of The Illusion</h2>
<p>Now that we have Awareness of our power to control the body, purify the mind and work with the spirit, we can start to step out of the day-to-day distractions that constantly pull us back into mental chaos and drama.</p>
<p>There are a million things out there to distract us. Thousands of products vying for our dollars. We’ve got Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat. Drama playing through people’s emotions that have little or nothing to do with what is happening right now. News media inciting fear and prejudice on a 24-hour cycle. Doctors prescribe drugs to dull the psyche, put us to sleep, or make us “normal.” Energy vampires seeking to suck your energy and pull you down. </p>
<p>Through the tools we’ve discussed, you now have the ability to see through what the Hindu mystics call the Illusion, or the Maha Maya. The more you use the tools of Awareness, Meditation and harnessing of the Divine within, the more your own intuition will heighten and it is in there, that you’ll discover the gifts you have to give to the world. </p>
<p>Think of the illusion as the flock of sheep being led off a cliff. All of the sheep think it is the cool thing to do because they are following the sheep in front of them. And it creates a great deal of effort to turn around and go against the flow. But so long as you stay part of that flock, the only footsteps you’ll tread are ones that have already been beaten down by minds before you.</p>
<h2>#10 Don’t do what you’re told</h2>
<p>From the moment we are born, people have an opinion about what they think is best for us. Growing up, our parents want us to follow a certain path, go to an in-state college (because they love us :), our friends encourage us to do what’s cool, we want to be accepted, society reinforces our existing paradigms, and marketers push trends.</p>
<p>If you are going to find out who you really are, you can’t blindly follow what other people expect of you. <strong>Do not obey. Don not do what you’re told. Do not stay in your comfort zone. Move out of state. Travel internationally. Don’t marry “in your tribe”. Read lots of books from people you agree with and disagree with. Do not discount anyone or any thought based on what “they” think.</strong></p>
<p>No one who ever did anything revolutionary followed the rules. Some of the greatest minds of our time went against the grain and dropped out of school despite everyone telling them it was a bad idea. Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison, Benjamin Franklin, John D. Rockefeller, Walt Disney, Richard Branson, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates all went against popular advice and dropped out of school.  </p>
<p>Get out of conventional wisdom as much as possible and then you’ll start to welcome the insight from within, to be the best person you can be.</p>
<p>After all, if you do not bring your own gifts to the world, no one else will. Each one of us has something unique to bring to the planet, and no one finds that unique gift without a healthy sense of adventure and discontentment of how things are now.</p>
<h2>#11 Love</h2>
<p><a href="http://www.meniscusmagazine.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Jon-Love.jpg"><img src="http://www.meniscusmagazine.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Jon-Love-150x150.jpg" alt="Jon-Love" width="150" height="150" class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3284" /></a>The final, and perhaps most important trait to living a healthy, wealthy, joyus, blessed life is love. All of our decisions in life either come from a place of love or a place of fear. </p>
<p>My favorite Beatle Yogi said it best:</p>
<p>“That&#8217;s it really; it&#8217;s all love, whichever way you look at it, it&#8217;s all love. How much you can Get from each other and that&#8217;s determined by how much you&#8217;re Giving to each other&#8230; But it all starts Within our self and then it spreads to those around us, Good &#038; Bad. But basically that&#8217;s it, I think it&#8217;s the Love that we can generate is = to the Love that we get back.<br />
Amen”<br />
― George Harrison, Cloud Nine</p>
<h2>40 years, in conclusion</h2>
<p>I have done my best to search out and follow these 11 approaches to life. I constantly work to cleanse the body, cultivate the mind and embrace the spirit and as I turn this grand milestone of 40 years old, I am enlivened by the thought of life. I want us all to be the superhumans that we were born to be. </p>
<p>Every birthday, just like every day, is a new opportunity to set new cause/effect into motion.<br />
I wish you all the best of success in building a healthy, wealthy, joyous, blessed tomorrow by planting the seeds of body, mind and spirit today. I encourage you to harness your Divine partnership with the great Infinite Intelligence in the universe, to be present and live intentionally each and every day, to tap into the greater Spirit to find out who you truly are, and to give your unique gifts to the world. </p>
<p>God Bless and good luck!</p>
<p>- By Jon Heinrich</p>
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		<title>Mas Sajady’s energetic upgrade and NYC</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Mas Sajady came to New York City this summer in June of 2014, everyone knew it was going to be an expansive experience. I remember speaking with Mel Finnerty, founder of Sacred Gatherings and Events who brings some of the most powerful spiritual healers and energy workers in the world to New York City [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.meniscusmagazine.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Mas-upgrade.jpg"><img src="http://www.meniscusmagazine.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Mas-upgrade-150x150.jpg" alt="Mas Sajady Essential Upgrade" width="150" height="150" class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3030" /></a>When Mas Sajady came to New York City this summer in June of 2014, everyone knew it was going to be an expansive experience. I remember speaking with Mel Finnerty, founder of <a href="http://www.sacredgatheringsandevents.com/" target="_blank">Sacred Gatherings and Events</a> who brings some of the most powerful spiritual healers and energy workers in the world to New York City to her events. Mel’s excitement about the imminent arrival of Mas really caught my attention and caught my intrigue, she said he was very powerful—and she was not kidding. </p>
<p>Incidentally, this particular workshop was a fortuitous one to be a part of. In the middle of one of the meditations, Mas received what he describes as an “energetic upgrade”. In the middle of the Seven Deadly Sins workshop, Mas dropped to his knees and dropped into a deep state. Source energy was working on him to bring him up to a new state. </p>
<p>This is the first time an upgrade like this has happened in public, normally it happens in the middle of the night when he’s doing one of his 3 AM meditations. The process is typically the same, he falls to his knees or falls down because he can’t even control what is happening.</p>
<p>Mas explains that when we connect to Pure Source, at those levels it is difficult to control your body because you are so high up into your spirit level that your body starts to disappear. The spirit does not want to be in your body, it is so expansive outside it.</p>
<p>The amount of information coming in during an upgrade is like being plugged into a massive transformer with much higher voltage than you are used to. The energy went out like a sonic boom, going through the room bringing the energy not just to Mas, but everyone in attendance. </p>
<p>He likened the higher realms of consciousness to an upside down pyramid, where the level of information you can access expands the higher you get. Most people on the planet are not even at the very tip in terms of conscious awareness, but Mas continues to go higher and higher with every upgrade.</p>
<h2>Back—twice—for a reason</h2>
<p>When Mas came back to life after his second near death experience, he came back to do what no other person on the planet is doing right now. Mas connects with Pure Source in a way that has never happened before in any other realm in any other individual. It is a different process than what was previously on the planet like Jesus or Buddha. It is difficult to describe exactly what that means and is out of scope for a conversation based in physical reality.</p>
<p>In a recent interview with<a href="http://www.newrealities.com/" target="_blank"> Alan Steinfeld</a>, Mas was asked why he was chosen for this path. “Good question,” said Mas. “This has been my life purpose,” he explained. From his ability to see a more omnipotent perspective of life and the universe, he is able to see that ever since he came into the physical plane as a being human, he wanted to get back to the spirit plane. In past lives he knows that he was around Jesus and was a sage. It has been his life’s purpose for many lifetimes.</p>
<h2>With the upgrade comes powerful detoxing</h2>
<p>As mentioned in our <a href="http://www.meniscusmagazine.com/blog/2014/08/11/mas-sajady-transformative-quantum-healing/" target="_blank">first Meniscus article about Mas</a>, detoxing is an important part of the healing process. Now after the upgrade, people are detoxing more rapidly, more intensely than before. Because of the more powerful frequencies Mas is bringing down now, it facilitates shifting from A to Z a lot faster. </p>
<p>To stay in that space, you have to let go of all the heaviness all the frequencies that can not exist in that space. You have to let go on emotional, spiritual, physical levels. Now the healing that used to take place over 1 ½ hours, now takes 5 minutes. </p>
<h2>Awakening the spirit</h2>
<p>Even beyond our physical existence, the spirit comes with ideological and habitual baggage like we do on this plane of existence and that is what the detox is—awakening the spirit to its truer form, where you let go of everything to be at that level.</p>
<p>Among other areas of your life, the detox can play out in relationships. If the people around you can not handle the higher vibration you are at, they will disappear from your life. It could be your best friend or your spouse if there is not a good frequency match. However others who are vibrating on a similar level will come into your life.</p>
<p>You will let go of old notions and ideologies, and there will be newer thoughts and people in your life to help you ascend higher.</p>
<h2>Experience your upgrade</h2>
<p>Mas Sajady came back from two near death experiences to share a gift, a new frequency for those of us who choose to venture towards their higher path. It is not an easy journey, it requires letting go of issues that are too heavy for the higher realms of physical consciousness. But the more people who venture out as pioneers with Mas, to face their issues, and accept the detoxing that comes with it, they will pave the way for the planet to move further towards a kinder, brighter future.</p>
<p>If you are near New York City, you have the opportunity to experience the energy of Mas Sajady in person at the<a href="http://massajadyevents.com/nyc-oct/" target="_blank"> New Life Expo on October 17-20th</a> where you can listen to Mas and other intelligent experts on how we got here and where we are going, and also see if this man can change your life in 30 minutes or less.</p>
<p>If you ask me, I’d vote for yes, with my own life being a testament of a massive transformation since I originally experienced Mas and his upgrade in June of 2014. I invite you to join us to continue the transformation whether joining in person or remotely in NYC next week. Or as Mas says: “Change your frequency, change your life!”</p>
<p>-by Jon Heinrich</p>
<p><a href="http://massajadyevents.com/nyc-oct/" target="_blank">massajadyevents.com/nyc-oct/</a></p>
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		<title>Damien Wynne Light Grids</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2014 12:12:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Damien Wynne Light Grids workshops are constantly changing and evolving as the energetic field of the planet shifts—and it is moving very quickly right now. Walking into a workshop with Damien you will find this powerful yet grounded soul has set up a beautiful energetic environment before the arrival of the guests. As the workshop [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Damien Wynne Light Grids workshops are constantly changing and evolving as the energetic field of the planet shifts—and it is moving very quickly right now.</p>
<p>Walking into a workshop with Damien you will find this powerful yet grounded soul has set up a beautiful energetic environment before the arrival of the guests. As the workshop commences, he scans the room to see where everyone is at, then brings everyone to what he calls the zero point and the agenda is set by what is needed in that room. </p>
<p>Right now in this highly transformative, energetic time, many people are working through similar issues. Over many lifetimes, our perceptions of reality and our own power have been “programmed” by society and by the power structure in place. As we move into this new era of consciousness, many of those programs are being cleared, and Damien helps not only energetically, but psychologically to work through them.</p>
<p>We all have issues, and he helps in a profound way to “break the habit of being yourself”. As each of us bring our own vibration up to a higher level, we open up the Field for the rest of the planet to follow. In this way, those energetic pioneers who willingly face their own issues pave the way for the rest of the collective consciousness to grow.</p>
<h2>Expansion Topics</h2>
<p>While his work is constantly evolving, topics he has covered in workshops include:</p>
<p>- Work with issues around sexual abuse, criticism, blame and guilt. We have all lived many, many lifetimes and if any of those involved sexual abuse (giving and/or receiving), a residue remains on your soul that causes feelings to linger from lifetime to lifetime. Damien helps release those energetically and by talking through it.</p>
<p>- Damien accesses our ancestors and brings them back into the correct genetic “seat” of the family to clear the DNA. For example, maybe the mother is trying in the wife seat. Sometimes the roles as male and female in a relationship are mixed up. Other times you have a grandparent who has moved into an genetic role that is not appropriate, even if they have passed on. Damien helps participants connect with their ancestors through their own heightened intuition and brings alignment back to family genetics.</p>
<p>- He helps participants give back heavy emotions inherited from our parents. We often take on topics from our parents that do not belong to us and weighs us down. For example: “Mother, Father, all the feelings of anger, frustration and resentment you felt from being unappreciated and unaccepted by your parents, I give those feelings back to you with love and respect. They are too heavy for me. They do not belong to me. I give them back.” Through this process it allows the proper ownership of issues and helps to clear them both from your field and also the field of your parents.</p>
<p>- In the workshops, Damien works with deceased ancestors to help them ascend to the light instead of lingering around in a purgatory that will be unhealthy for everyone.</p>
<h2>Breathe</h2>
<p>Damien’s presence and method is very powerful. He brings light to issues common among our collective programing. He moves the topics from the head to the heart, then helps us to breathe through them and cleanse the cells in our body. He brings attention to the cleaning of the blood and brings space between the cells in the body. He is truly a loveable character, his Irish accent, his wisdom from traveling all over the planet doing his work and helps people find their true potential.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.meniscusmagazine.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Damien_Mikonos-Greece.jpg"><img src="http://www.meniscusmagazine.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Damien_Mikonos-Greece-300x289.jpg" alt="Damien Wynne Light Grids workshops, Damien near Mikonos Greece" width="300" height="289" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3007" /></a>Damien&#8217;s home is currently in Berlin, Germany but he travels all over the world to help people do what they need for themselves. He reminds us to always say to our higher self “please take care of me.” He teaches us not to try and change people if they don&#8217;t ask for help, but rather to support them. “I am here to support you. I am here for you.” Because in the end, we can not work on anyone but ourselves.</p>
<p>I would highly recommend going to one of Damien Wynne’s workshops if he is in your area. You can find out more about him on his website here: <a href="http://damien-wynne.de/" target="_blank">damien-wynne.de/</a><br />
or his Facebook page as well: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/LightGridsHealing" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/LightGridsHealing</a><br />
If you are in the New York City area, you can find out about his events at <a href="http://www.sacredgatheringsandevents.com/" target="_blank">www.sacredgatheringsandevents.com/</a></p>
<p>In the end, the most powerful statement you can make is: “I Am that I Am.” Collect the fragments of your soul that have been misplaced, own what is in you and you will transform. </p>
<p>Done!</p>
<p>- by Jon Heinrich</p>
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		<title>Fasting for Detoxification and Cleansing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2014 12:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Cleansing Fast One of the best ways to allow your body to cleanse is by fasting. By abstaining from food for significant periods of time, your body has a chance to turn its immune attention towards breaking down toxins in the system that, if left unattended to, could manifest into any number of diseases, [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h1>The Cleansing Fast</h1>
<p>One of the best ways to allow your body to cleanse is by fasting. By abstaining from food for significant periods of time, your body has a chance to turn its immune attention towards breaking down toxins in the system that, if left unattended to, could manifest into any number of diseases, even cancer.</p>
<p>Fasting has been around for centuries. Most people only hear of it in regards to the 40 days of fasting Jesus performed during lent, in preparation of his public ministry. The bible describes the fasting experience as a personal matter: “But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, so that you may not appear to be fasting, except to your Father who is hidden.”</p>
<p>Traditionally, fasting is viewed as a spiritual experience. By abstaining from all solid food, you are taking control of the robot that is your body, by not letting it control you. When this occurs, you begin to see through the cycles of everyday life and realize what is truly important in the world. By choosing to let the spirit guide us, and not the flesh, you break through materialism and realize the body’s addiction to food and harmful substances we consume everyday.</p>
<p>In the Essene Gospels, Jesus explains, “the body is the temple of the spirit, and the spirit is the temple of God. Purify, therefore, the temple, that the Lord of the temple may dwell therein and occupy a place that is worthy of him.</p>
<p>“Renew yourselves and fast. Go by yourself and fast alone&#8230;great shall be your reward&#8230;. Fast and pray fervently, seeking the power of the living God for your healing.”</p>
<h2>Fasting: Why do it for your health?</h2>
<p>As Paul Bragg explains in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0877900396/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=0877900396&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=menismagaz00-20&#038;linkId=RTMW3WFUS2RK4PTS">The Miracle of Fasting: Proven Throughout History for Physical, Mental, &#038; Spiritual Rejuvenation</a><img src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=menismagaz00-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0877900396" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />, there is a Vital Force that is used every day of your life to maintain your body’s processes. In addition to pushing blood through millions of filters in your kidneys and exchanging oxygen for carbon dioxide in your lungs, a large percentage of this energy goes towards digesting food through your 30-foot digestive tract. Once you stop eating, this Vital Force begins recharging and is freed up tove move throughout the body breaking down poisonous residues that have built up. Even after just 24 hours, the body is able to begin rebuilding Vital Force.</p>
<p>With the aid of lots of water and a herbal laxative, fasting also allows your body to pass the remaining food that has accumulated in the colon over years. The average person on a western diet has up to eight partially digested meals residing in their digestive tract at any time. Think about that! This undigested food does exactly the same thing it would if it weren’t in your body: it rots. If you’re wondering what that would look like, try taking a bowl of freshly cooked food and instead of eating it, put it in a moist 98.6 degree environment and check on it in three days.</p>
<h2>What if you are sick right now?</h2>
<p>Now that we’ve looked at the natural powers the body has, you can apply it to life, and help save loved ones that suffer from debilitating diseases such as cancer.</p>
<p>Brian Haas, in the midst of spreading consciousness expanding music with Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, explains what he would do if the human being he loved the most, was diagnosed with cancer. “The first thing I would tell her, is to never go back to the hospital.”</p>
<p>With a demanding severity in his voice he continued, “Never talk to another doctor; never take another test; and never set foot in another western medical facility.” Then he would remove from her diet, anything that feeds the malignant cells in the body including four main items: sugar, dairy, carbohydrates, and alcohol. This leaves vegetable, and organically-raised meat protein as the sustaining diet while the body boosts its own healing abilities. Throughout the process take a trace mineral supplement, and juiced wheat grass, what Haas considers to be nature’s best medicine.</p>
<p>Then, over five days time, diminish the solid food intake until you were consuming only juiced fruits and vegetables. At the conclusion of this five-day rev down process, Haas would have her fast, consuming nothing but water, for two weeks. After this treatment, he is emphatic in his stance that the cancer would be gone.</p>
<h2>If you decide to try fasting, keep in mind a few guidelines:</h2>
<p>- It is best to diminish your intake slowly, working your way down to leafy greens.<br />
During the fast drink as much water as possible to flush as many toxins as possible, out of your revitalizing system.</p>
<p>- You may want to try some detoxifiying herbal tea or other methods such as the &#8220;Master Cleanser&#8221;, a mixture of freshly squeezed lemon, grade B maple syrup, and cayanne pepper in warm water.</p>
<p>- When you begin to eat again, avoid high-protien foods and bananas at all costs. Your sensitive liver will be much happier if you begin with leafy greens first.</p>
<p>- Do your research, pick up <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0877900396/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=0877900396&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=menismagaz00-20&#038;linkId=RTMW3WFUS2RK4PTS">The Miracle of Fasting</a><img src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=menismagaz00-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0877900396" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> by Paul Bragg so you know what to expect.</p>
<p>Would controlling my diet to control cancer work, you may ask? At age 60, with no grey hair to show, his own mother has survived a bleak 5 percent chance given by her doctors. Haas’ mom is a testament that it can be done.</p>
<p>Fasting is certainly one powerful option to allows your natural body to take care of itself. The most important thing to realize, is that your vessel has remarkable healing capabilities especially when we give it a rest. </p>
<p>Please, think about what you put into your temple, for the sake of your loved ones, and for the sake of evolution.</p>
<p>- by Jon Heinrich</p>
<p>Photo by <a href="http://www.arturophoto.com/" target="_blank">Arturo</a></p>
<p>Bibliography:</p>
<p>Bragg, Paul ND, Ph.D, Patirica Bragg ND, Ph.D. The Miracle of Fasting. Santa Barbara, CA: Health Science.</p>
<p>Gorbach, Sherwood. &#8220;Antimicrobial Use in Animal Feed—Time to Stop&#8221;. (Editorial). The New England Journal of Medicine, October 18, 2001. v345i16 p1202(2).</p>
<p>Haas, Brian. Interview. October 16, 2003.</p>
<p>Melina, Vesanto M.S., R.D. Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. Healthy Eating for Life: To Prevent and Treat Cancer. John Wiley &#038; Sons, Inc., 2002.</p>
<p>Nixon, Daniel W. M.D. The Cancer Recovery Eating Plan: The Right Foods to Help Fuel Your Recovery. Times Books, Random House, 1994.</p>
<p>Pianin, Erik. &#8220;EPA Won&#8217;t Regulate Use of Dioxin-Laced Sludge as Fertilizer&#8221;. The Boston Globe, October 18, 2003.</p>
<p>Quillen, Patirck Ph.D., RD. CNS. Beating Cancer with Nutrition. Tulsa, Oklahoma: Nutrition Times Press, Inc., 1994.</p>
<p>Robbins, John. Diet for a New America. Walpole, NH: Stillpoint, 1987.</p>
<p>Tagilaferri, Mary, Issac Cohen and Devu Tripathy. Breast Cancer Beyond Convention.</p>
<p>Vogin, Gary MD. WebMD, December, 2001. http://my.webmd.com/content/article/9/1811_50449.htm?lastselectedguid=%7B5FE84E90-BC77-4056-A91C-9531713CA348%7D</p>
<p>Watson, Rory. &#8220;EU Says Growth Hormones Pose Health Risk&#8221;. British Medical Association, British Medical Journal, May 29, 1999. v318i7196 p1442.</p>
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		<title>Mas Sajady Transformative Quantum Healing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2014 03:56:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have never met a man that died twice until I met Mas Sajady, quantum healer and facilitator of powerful transformations within the people he works with. Although Mas would not call himself a healer—nor would he call himself the source of the rapid transformations that people experience in his presence—what he triggers for people [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.meniscusmagazine.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Mas-179x300.jpg" alt="Mas Sajady Transformative Quantum Healing" width="179" height="300" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-2881" />I have never met a man that died twice until I met Mas Sajady, quantum healer and facilitator of powerful transformations within the people he works with. Although Mas would not call himself a healer—nor would he call himself the source of the rapid transformations that people experience in his presence—what he triggers for people is nothing short of remarkable.</p>
<p>Mas Sajady has a gift. Not only does he have his life back—again—with his beautiful family, he brought back a divine wisdom from the moments when his heart stopped beating, and the ability to see and alter frequencies in people, frequencies that have been holding us back from our true potential.</p>
<h2>Gratefully Alive</h2>
<h2></h2>
<p>When Mas was 22 he was in a horrible accident at his job loading merchandise. When a freight door suddenly shifted, Mas was crushed, and at that moment he saw his body from above as he floated up into the sky towards the light. But for some reason he was not meant to die then and came back to life to go on and live a blessed life, eventually meeting his wife and having a beautiful family. </p>
<p>Then about 20 years later, it happened again. On a family vacation in the Caribbean, a fun river rafting activity turned deadly when Mas was pulled into a sink hole under the currents, pinned, unable to escape, until he could struggle no more and let go. He saw himself float up through the rocks and water and up to the light. When he opened his eyes, he had been miraculously pulled ashore and was again spared from his second near death experience (NDE).</p>
<p>In that state between life and death he gained the most powerful perspective anyone could imagine, one that he explains as the ocean of love and a Oneness with God. He learned that while it is elusive here on this planet, it is all around us if we choose to tap into it. What Mas came back with, is a gift to help people tap into that Pure Source, and the ability to help clear distortions and negativity from people’s vibrations to help them be better aligned with this life journey.</p>
<h2>Medi-healing with Mas</h2>
<p>When Mas starts a meditation you can immediately feel it, your head gets drowsy as you start to go into a trance state, but Mas continually brings you back into the present, focused on being in your body. In his 21-day meditation for example, he brings your awareness around to different parts of your body, brings the breath up from deep within the earth, up into your body and around to different areas to tap into the awareness of this vessel that your spirit occupies in this lifetime.</p>
<p>In this way, you become more aware of how your body interacts in this reality. And through that, you begin to understand what other realities are also around us.</p>
<p>Mas brings the awareness deep through time as well, (which of course does not exist&#8230;) One of his meditations brings you back through different aspects of your youth, to the moment of your birth, what was happening in the room at that moment that may have affected your life, then back even before your birth into the deep history of cosmological time. It is hard to comprehend, but the meditation is very powerful.</p>
<p>In comparison to other energy workers / healers I&#8217;ve seen, I appreciated how down to earth and humble he is. The first night I saw him on his New York City visit he was wearing a suit, which I thought was nice. The hands on work is very physical in that you naturally move your body around, almost involuntarily. Then his energy work is different because he goes into your field and deletes distortions that prevent you from tapping your highest potential. I can&#8217;t speak to whether that is what actually happens, but what I can say is I&#8217;ve seen a lot of healers from the US to India and Mas is very very powerful in a truly unique way.</p>
<h2>Detoxing: pushing out the junk</h2>
<p>One way participants know its happening is the amount of “detoxing” that occurs after sessions with Mas. Detoxing in this sense means when life becomes bumpy because you are in the process of working out some of your inner blocks. It could just be a matter of having a bad day where everything seems to be going wrong for you. </p>
<p>One day for me, after his big weekend event in NYC, I found my head buzzing hard like there was a loud annoying noise constantly at my ears. Everything was annoying to me, I was sensitive to sounds, and people seemed to rub me the wrong way and it was “one of those days.”  But because of that, I knew it was working. This is an important process to go through in order to move past current patterns and grow.</p>
<p>Think of it like a garden hose. If there is a clod of mud stuck in that particular “channel”, it could not operate to its greatest potential. The way to get that clod out, is to rout it out and push it through. And through that process, the water is going to be very muddy and eventually you are going to see this big clod of dirt that has been stuck in the channel. Maybe you didn’t even realize the channel was clogged. But when it is gone the hose will operate at a much greater capacity. Much the same goes for energy work. (This is my analogy, not Mas’.) </p>
<h2>Experiential wisdom? Yes. Guru? No.</h2>
<p>While he does have divine knowledge to impart to people, Mas is not a guru and actively tells his students not to “follow” him.  He is very humble in saying that everyone has their own connection to Pure Source, and he simply helps you connect on your own. He teaches how to feel the spirit space of your body, which extends about an arm’s length all around us. This process brings us a higher perspective.</p>
<p>Mas helps release old frequencies and distortions in our energy field, and everyone I have talked to that experienced his work said it was truly exceptional. It is a very grounded, rapidly transformative practice.</p>
<p>In the grand scheme, he teaches us to see more realities. And he does that by showing us this one first. </p>
<p>Check out his site for more information and stay tuned for Mas stopping by your town! <a href="http://www.Massajady.com" target="_blank">www.Massajady.com</a> And check back to Meniscus Magazine next week when we&#8217;ll be discussing the energetic upgrade Mas received during his Seven Deadly Sins workshop in New York City in July.</p>
<p>- by Jon Heinrich</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Editor&#8217;s note: As you may recall, the Mind Wrap column is an exercise in creative mind expansion to remind ourselves of the importance of imagination in our lives. The responsibility is yours to goad your imagination towards new and unheard of possibilities despite society&#8217;s urge that there is only one &#8220;right and wrong.&#8221; The practice [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.meniscusmagazine.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Heinrich_photo_Creative-Mind-Expansion-Mind-Wrap3w.jpg"><img src="http://www.meniscusmagazine.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Heinrich_photo_Creative-Mind-Expansion-Mind-Wrap3w-150x150.jpg" alt="Creative Mind Expansion via Mind Wrap" width="150" height="150" class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2768" /></a>[Editor&#8217;s note: <a href="http://www.meniscusmagazine.com/blog/2012/09/23/first-entry-the-mind-wrap-philosophy-by-adam-magoun/" target="_blank">As you may recall, the Mind Wrap column is</a> an exercise in creative mind expansion to remind ourselves of the importance of imagination in our lives. The responsibility is yours to goad your imagination towards new and unheard of possibilities despite society&#8217;s urge that there is only one &#8220;right and wrong.&#8221; </p>
<p>The practice is simple: Believe in a unique concept as whole-heartedly as possible for one week. </p>
<p>As you embrace these concepts you can temporarily re-sculpt your neuro-network, thus opening up to ideas and inventions hidden deep within your mind. Now for this exercise, let&#8217;s ask ourselves this:]</p>
<p><strong>Mind Wrap 3: What if Uniqueness Was Universally Acknowledged as The Purpose of Life?</strong></p>
<p>A 17 year old boy wrote a 100-page ebook explaining why uniqueness is love and should be pursued on an individual level as if it was the most important thing one could do with one’s life.  He open-sourced it on the web. Within a week he had 100,000 reads on his website.  Within a year his book had been translated into 130 languages and had 1.8 billion reads.  Within 2 years, societies all over the world began to change.  A perspective had been introduced that could not be unlearned and it had resonated so profoundly with all of humanity that a renaissance regarding the theory of “what life is” had emerged.  Imagine yourself 5 years beyond the date the book was released.  Over 5 billion reads meant that almost everyone on earth was aware of the “new perspective”. </p>
<p>For one week immerse yourself in the temporary belief that the whole of humanity revered uniqueness beyond anything else.  A person was encouraged, from birth, to pursue uniqueness as their life-long mission and all efforts from society were to support platforms that reward that mission.  How would life be different?  What kinds of holidays and events would emerge?  What would homes look like?  What would clothes look like?  How would the family dynamic change?  If every form of expression was not only tolerated but intensely desired by the community, how would that change your life?  Most important, how would you feel about living in a world like that?  How would it change your quality of life?  </p>
<p><strong>Author’s Ponderings: Uniqueness is Everything</strong></p>
<p>I stand on a platform awaiting my train. Across town, I am meeting a friend for lunch to revisit a business idea we had dreamed up a decade ago… well before “The Epic”.  People watching is interesting these days. Fashion is not dictated by fads anymore. Clothes and accessories are uniquely custom, super-functional, dramatic and totally awesome thanks to 3-d printing, 3-d weaving, 3-d welding and just about 3-d everything else. A boy next to me holds a skateboard with a surface that has two footprints molded into it, exact imprints of the bottom of his own two feet.  “It’s for downhill racing”, he tells a curious bystander.  “My trick board is like something you’ve never seen”. I smiled. He can’t be but 14. I wonder how old he was when he read, or was read, the ebook, now commonly referred to as “The Epic”.</p>
<p>Not only can I tell you exactly where I was when I finished reading it for the first time, but I can tell you the date, the time, what I was wearing, what was hanging on each wall and how my dim office lamp casted shadows across the desk. As I hung on the final word, life started too ooze with clarity. I clenched the arms of my chair, an instinctive attempt to hold onto my previous sense of reality.  I was unsteady.  I laid my forehead on my desk and forced myself to breathe deeply. The subtle scent of my wooden desk seeped into my sinuses.  That’s when the moment became visceral. I sucked that scent into my soul over and over again in longer deeper breaths. I am uncertain how long I remained there but the epiphany … the paradigm shift … the metamorphoses … the moment … for me, I can tell you exactly what that moment smelled like.  That moment smelled like old timber.  </p>
<p>My train is a little late … no big deal. I settle down on the broad arm of a nearby bench.    Looking back, the thing that amazed me the most was the speed at which “The Epic” became universally read. It had to be shared. The morning after my first read, almost wordlessly, I led my wife by the shoulders to my office desk and sat her down at my computer. As she read for hours, I delighted in cutting fresh lavender from the yard, arranging it in a vase and delivering it to her, without a sound. She was the visceral type. She was going to need it. </p>
<p>I can’t tell you the details of the book. I wouldn’t want to. It unravels your world so succinctly and rebuilds your perception of reality so beautifully that I am still unsure just how the magical weaving of words worked. But it did. What I can tell you, is that it changed my perception of “what life is”.  </p>
<p>Imagine this. Imagine living life by just two core truths; to love yourself is to live uniquely, to love life is to create that which enables others to live more uniquely.  Creativity is not just a part of life. Creativity is the point of life! The more creatively you act, the more valuable you are to the universe!</p>
<p>Immediately I began analyze my life, my past through this new prism. The truths were qualified again and again. It was exhilarating.  </p>
<p>On the grandest level, when a mother holds a newborn to her chest for the first time she is overcome by the feeling that she has just brought into this stage of existence, a being with creative potential, greater than any other entity ever known in the history of her life.  The emotion is seeded with the fact that she created something so unique that with her assistance will live and create unencumbered unique thoughts, unique actions and experience unique events that will ultimately help expand the universe. Her position, as a mother, having the utmost, intimate relationship with that amazing being, that spirited life-force, was the most inspiring feeling of all. Before “The Epic”, a birth was amazing.  After “The Epic”, births were infinitely precious.  I thought of my first born.  I thought of my mother. </p>
<p>On the simplest level, I re-acknowledged of my immense value to the universe. If creativity was the purpose of life than just the fact that I was born with a unique perspective, was traveling a unique path, and had unique thoughts was as a rule, of tremendous value. I began to love any thought that popped into my head. I began to love every unique solution I could conceive of to solve a problem. I began to love myself for simply sitting on a bench, observing a boy interact enthusiastically with another, feeling the warm breeze on my skin and silently narrating the scene around me. No one ever had or ever will experience that moment, that scene, from that perspective with the “life-path” of experiences and events with which to observe it. I can’t tell you how amazing this is. I can only tell you that love, true love of myself and everything in the universe was defined. Creativity and uniqueness was love. To love was to create. Just by the act of being alive I was living and resonating with love. </p>
<p>Within weeks of the first reading, simply put, the world was happier, and it began to change. </p>
<h3>Expression changed </h3>
<p>It felt as if the mystery of why we are here had been resolved and everyone had the instantaneous justification to just open up and release the inner artist. Phrases like “the law of uniqueness” had emerged. A child was taught that creativity was why they were here and from a young age they embraced the philosophy and thrived. New sports were created, new buildings were built, new art was almost worshiped, new clothing styles exploded.  </p>
<h3>Laws changed</h3>
<p>Those laws that attempted to diminish the creative potential were not good laws.  Those who attempted to diminish the creative potential of another were not good people.  Citizens began to use the litmus test “does this rule allow for more creativity or less creativity”. </p>
<h3>Business changed</h3>
<p>People didn’t want conformity and they were rewarding those who offered uniqueness. Before “The Epic”, flash mobs were a sporadic and effective method of supporting a local establishment. Today, they are called flash movements and small, creative businesses can launch in a month with the almost instantaneous crowd-funded support. Small businesses can’t open fast enough to satisfy the demand! It is one of the most beautiful things to be a part of, truly.  </p>
<h3>Compassion changed</h3>
<p>A transient women, driven by hunger, lifted a trash can lid so she could get one more meal.  She wanted to live one more day, so she could think some more unique thoughts, from her unique perspective, that would be forever imprinted in the energy of the universe, and thus have tremendous value. This is why she wanted to live, because life had become infinitely more precious. Folks would stop and buy her a meal so they could just hear some of her unique tale and make that uniqueness part of it their own perspective. They wanted to help create one more day and enable another to continue to live … uniquely.</p>
<h3>Religion changed</h3>
<p>New religion’s blossomed with new ceremonies, activities, communities and prayer forms united buy one core fundamental, “be unique”, be your own religion. This was the often unspoken core of the “law of uniqueness”. Historically, many turned to religion to explain the following: where am I from, why am I here and where am I going? </p>
<p>There was an answer.  The answer was this: </p>
<p>If you knew where you came from you would not be as creative in this stage of existence. If you knew where you were going you would not be as creative in this stage of existence. Why are you here?&#8230; to be unique! That is what the universe wants! Create and you will exist in love. Live uniquely and you will exist in happiness.</p>
<p>After thousands of years of not knowing, love was defined and embraced. Fear, sadness, hate, jealousy receded softly out of existence. I want to tell you more but you have to read it for yourself! “The Epic” will cure your cognitive dissonance. Read it.  </p>
<p>I can see my train approaching. I lean over and touched my nose to the arm of the park bench and took a breath of fresh timber. The boy with the board reached the train door first, pressed the open button, and entered the vessel. My thoughts traveled to my friend across town. We were going to develop a device that captured the essence of “The Epic” to a tee. We were creating a new device that allows other people to create devices more easily. True to the law of uniqueness, tackling this project is one of the greatest feeling I have ever felt. But that story is for another time. </p>
<p>You are the creator… keep expanding the universe… love.</p>
<p>- by Action</p>
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		<title>Paramahansa Jagadish, spiritual wellness through Divine Grace</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Paramahansa Jagadish When speaking of powerful healers of our age, one can not overlook Paramahansa Jagadish, American-raised, Eastern-trained yogi. Jagadish has dedicated his life to spreading spiritual wellness by awakening others’ hearts to experience Divine Grace, the source of all transformation, healing and release from undesired patterns. His level of self-realization, combined with a lifetime [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Paramahansa Jagadish</p>
<p><img src="http://www.meniscusmagazine.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Screen-Shot-2014-03-20-at-12.39.08-AM1-300x298.png" alt="Jagadish Pramahansa, bringing spiritual wellness by opening hearts to experience Divine Grace" width="300" height="298" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-2576" />When speaking of powerful healers of our age, one can not overlook Paramahansa Jagadish, American-raised, Eastern-trained yogi. Jagadish has dedicated his life to spreading spiritual wellness by awakening others’ hearts to experience Divine Grace, the source of all transformation, healing and release from undesired patterns. His level of self-realization, combined with a lifetime of study and service, distinguishes him from other healers and truly makes him a “healer’s healer.”</p>
<p>In fact I have heard from other powerful healers that he is one of the most powerful healers on the planet. From my experience, as a lay person, I have had my own powerful experiences with Jagadish.</p>
<p>In one session I attended, I closed my eyes and through my eyelids I perceived a swirling vortex of energy, like a tube sitting where Jagadish sat. From above I intuited a flow of energy coming in from the cosmos above, and where this cylinder hit the earth, I felt a deep grounding. In the center of the cylinder something magical was happening and that is what you have to experience yourself.</p>
<p>Jagadish’s body of work is grounded in clearing karmic energy that has accumulated in his clients’ psycho-physical field (body, mind, and soul).</p>
<p>He believes that “Karma Clearing” is the first step in creating harmony and untold attunement for oneself, one’s progeny and for our future generations. Medical doctors and Holistic health-care professionals seek him out for his ability to heighten their patients’ energy and remove deep-seated blocks, allowing extraordinary healing to occur.</p>
<p>Today, he is active in relieving others of their Karmic burdens – purifying the body, mind, soul complex – in readiness to hold the Realization of Self, leading to the blessed attainment of direct, intimate loving communion with God.</p>
<p>If you are in the New York City area, come see Jagadish in person at <a href="http://www.sacredgatheringsandevents.com/jagadish-march-20-31-2014/" target="_blank">one of these dates</a>. </p>
<p><img src="http://www.meniscusmagazine.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Screen-Shot-2014-03-20-at-12.35.52-AM-300x224.png" alt="Sri Ganesha" width="300" height="224" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-2569" />Thur. March 20, 2014 &#8211; Spring Equinox Rejuvenation and Rebirth<br />
Sun. March 23, 2014 &#8211; Divine Father Divine Mother Intensive<br />
Tue. March 25, 2014 &#8211; Sri Ganesha Mini Intensive<br />
Thur. March 27, 2014 &#8211; Dousing Training: A Truth Finding System<br />
Fri.-Sat. March 28-30, 2014 &#8211; Liberation in Divine Love Training, Level One</p>
<p>See <a href="http://www.sacredgatheringsandevents.com/jagadish-march-20-31-2014/" target="_blank">Sacred Gathering and Events</a> for more details and to register for the events.</p>
<p>Otherwise check out his website here for more information on when he is near your town: <a href="http://www.evolvetheplanet.org">www.evolvetheplanet.org</a></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Swami Sri Kaleshwar, Penukonda, India . Today, March 15th, 2014 is the second anniversary of Swami Sri Kaleshwar taking his mahasamadhi, meaning he ceased to be in his body and ascended to the infinite. I have been involved in his work since May 2010 and traveled to his ashram near Bangalore India that July. Most [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h1>Swami Sri Kaleshwar, Penukonda, India</h1>
<p>.<br />
Today, March 15th, 2014 is the second anniversary of Swami Sri Kaleshwar taking his mahasamadhi, meaning he ceased to be in his body and ascended to the infinite. I have been involved in his work since May 2010 and traveled to his ashram near Bangalore India that July. Most westerners have not heard of Kaleshwar—yet. I wanted to explain my experience with him for the benefit of my Facebook friends who see me posting odd pictures of these Indian gurus. So first of all, some basics:</p>
<blockquote><p>Sri Kaleshwar’s mission “to bring a new kind of spirituality that creates happiness in every person’s heart, to change the world’s belief system and the way spirituality is practiced in the world, to make your life a divine message to this planet and to create spiritual masters, not students.”</p></blockquote>
<p>You can’t mention Sri Kaleshwar without mentioning the Divine Lineage that he is the latest incarnation from, including Shirdi Sai Baba, Jesus Christ, Mother Divine, Mother Mary, Ramakrishna Pramahansa and Babaji among others.<br />
<img src="http://www.meniscusmagazine.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Screen-Shot-2014-03-15-at-10.55.05-PM.png" alt="Divine Lineage" width="313" height="95" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2535" /></p>
<p>Swami was born in 1973 and had thousands of Indian devotees as he was very well known in India as early as the age of 23 when he began to display divine healings and miracles that only a true Saint could exhibit. At the age of 24 he had already started talking about an early samadhi. </p>
<p><img src="http://www.meniscusmagazine.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sk_rotation_4-300x209.jpg" alt="Swami Sri Kaleshwar, January 8, 1973 - March 15, 2012" width="300" height="209" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-2536" />Kaleshwar’s mission was his students, specifically his western students. He said there would be peace on the planet when every city had 50 powerful healers. He taught from ancient palm leaf manuscripts, through powerful japa meditation techniques (mantras), processes and yogas (energetic yogas, not physical yoga.) </p>
<p>He incorporated teachings from the Vedas and was very connected to Jesus Christ whom he considered to be the most powerful Saint that had every walked the planet. Among the wealth of knowledge he left the planet with was a book, <em><a href="http://www.kaleshwar.org/en/store_items" target="_blank">The Real Life and Teachings of Jesus Christ</a></em>.  Kaleshwar describes the mysteries of Jesus Christ’s life that have been known only to the divine saints of India until now.</p>
<blockquote><p>Jesus Christ was quite an amazing and powerful person. I knew him personally. He was an avadhut, a fierce, gentle soul with a beautiful look and a face like a flower blooming. His look was so full of pure love. He was a flower blooming in the darkness.<br />
- Sri Kaleshwar</p></blockquote>
<p>Swami took his mahashamadi in March of 2012 at the age of 39.  He was a living saint that built and occupied the Shiva Sai Mandier in Penukunda, India. I had “tasted the mango” prior to that at the weekly satsangs hosted by the Soul Mastery Foundation of NY.  </p>
<h2>My Experience with the Cosmic Energy</h2>
<p><div id="attachment_2540" style="width: 310px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img src="http://www.meniscusmagazine.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/temple-300x200.png" alt="Shiva Sai Mandir Penukonda" width="300" height="200" class="size-medium wp-image-2540" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Sri Kaleshwar&#8217;s ashram, Shiva Sai Mandir in Penukonda, India</p></div>In July 2010, just 2 months after I had been introduced to the work, I traveled to India to see for myself what this energy was all about.  I wanted to go to the source, to the electric factory, and grab with my bare hands the raw cables of energy coming out. I was not disappointed. What I found was some supernatural element-bending energy.  This is why I came to India.</p>
<p>During Guru Purnima 2010, I was sitting on the steps of the Dwarkmi with my group of about 18 students waiting to go into the ceremony that we were about to partake in, an abhishek with one of the sacred power objects of Swami’s. </p>
<p><img src="http://www.meniscusmagazine.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/lord-rameshwarlord-ram-worshipping-lord-shiva-150x150.jpg" alt="Abhishek" width="150" height="150" class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-2538" />(An abhisheka is sanskrit for a ritual where you pour liquid such as water, milk and rose water over an object to “wash” your karmas and to pass the teachings from master to student.)  </p>
<p>The Emerald Lingam is one of Swami’s power objects that he manifested, from what I understand.  It resides in the Dwarkami with several of the higest power objects of Swami’s, including the walking staff that his ascended Guruji, Shirdi Sai Baba passed to him during a <a href="http://www.darshanshirdisaibaba.com/#/lineage/4567194774" target="_blank">darshan</a>.  Kaleshwar connected through Baba to the greater Divine Lineage, most powerfully with the kinship of Jesus, Ramakrishna Pramahansa and Babaji.</p>
<p>I am standing in the hallway walking in next to another lingham, which has to be under water because it carries so much energy. I was trying to pay attention and be present in the moment as we were shuffled into the core room of the Dwarkmi for the process.  (Dwarkmi is a high energy chamber that holds high divine power objects and would ultimately become the final resting place for Kaleshwar, with his body being the final power object.)</p>
<p>In the room we quietly sit down on the marble floor, and ultimately basically sitting on the space that Swami will finally be buried after he took his mahashmaidi. It was a powerful space.</p>
<p>Following the senior students, we began chanting out loud the Sky mantra.  Meanwhile in a conveyour belt style production line, we fed water to the center of the room where we would take turns pouring water over the Shiva Shakti Emerald Lingam.  Everyone kept their eyes afixed on the water pouring down in a divine abhishek. </p>
<p><img src="http://www.meniscusmagazine.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Screen-Shot-2014-03-15-at-11.28.41-PM-300x290.png" alt="Sky by Jon Heinrich" width="300" height="290" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-2542" />The Sky mantra is a powerful Shiva mantra which invites angels to come and is used in many of Swami’s high divine ceremonies. It is a beautiful mantra, used to power up the high divine energy. I always naturally chant it when on my mountaineering trips in the high peaks of Colorado. The energy is high, clean and calm. When ever I chant it to myself in New York City, I see people looking at me, they are attracted to something going on, as it opens up the hearts of people around you.</p>
<p>Chanting and chanting, going higher in our voices to raise to the sky, we sat there and kept pouring the water on the lingam, cleansing and cleansing.  I could feel the energy building. I started to get dizzy and nauseous.  I found it difficult to continue sitting up even though I had a nice pad to sit on, I wanted to lay down and pass out!  I kept looking around at all the images around me, the power objects around me and I could feel the lineage for the first time.  </p>
<p>Ramakrishna Pramahansa. Wow. Ok. I get it.</p>
<p>I could see the reason I came to India, the roadmap of my life up to this point.  The retrospective of seeing my upbringing and dynamics that led me to moving to New York, to finding this satsang to attend, to goad my curiosity into signing up to a trip to India 2 months later for Guru Purnima—everything leading me up to this moment right now! My mind swirled in a philosophical trance.</p>
<p>And then BAM we stopped chanting. At that point I had forgotten we were even chanting.</p>
<p>When the silence took over, my body was still but everything around me shifted into action. The marble walls of the Dwarkmi began pulsing in waves like in a scene from The Matrix. It was unlike anything I had ever experienced.  It was incomprehensible, other worldly.  I was holding on to the live wire of spirituality, electrifying myself and facade of the world shook wildly around me.</p>
<p>I was dizzy, the laws of physics were skewed, solid marble was fluctuating like waves.  I was nauseous, I felt like I was spinning upside down, like the first time you got too drunk and were spinning in your bed. Except I was more aware and sober than I had ever been in my life. The energy of this Emerald Lingam and the Sky mantra raged through reality around me in utter silence. Shirdi Sai Baba was there. Swami was there, as with a whole lot of other characters that I did not officially meet until that day. That was the day that I met the Divine Lineage.<br />
<img src="http://www.meniscusmagazine.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/tumblr_mejqbuFrmC1rbvjfno1_500.gif" alt="The Matrix" width="500" height="205" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2551" /></p>
<h2>The Work</h2>
<p>When Sri Kaleshwar took off from the planet on March 15th 2012, he became a million times more powerful than when he was in his body. The dwarkmi where I was sitting now serves as the final resting place of his body, buried beneath, and serves as a temple for his followers.<br />
<div id="attachment_2539" style="width: 660px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img src="http://www.meniscusmagazine.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dwarkmi.jpg" alt="Sri Kaleshwar &#039;s Dwarkmi" width="650" height="432" class="size-full wp-image-2539" /><p class="wp-caption-text">The Dwarkami&#8217;s modern state, Sri Kaleshwar&#8217;s final resting place.</p></div></p>
<p>Many of us continue to carry the traditions onward. I stay active in the group by participating in conference calls, joining in certain processes, and over YouStream, where we energetically take part in fire pujas and abhisheks. We also abhishek our statues of Sai Baba and Ganesha on special occasions, and continue to do mantras every day.</p>
<p>If you are interested in learning more, the American group is leading the way to bring these teachings to the planet from our ashram in Laytonville, northern California at <a href="http://divinelineage.org/" target="_blank">divinelineage.org</a>. You can also connect to the Indian group on <a href="http://www.kaleshwar.org/" target="_blank">www.kaleshwar.org</a>. There are also local groups across the country in Colorado, Ohio and Santa Cruz among others. The cool thing is there is now the technology to take part no matter where you are. <div id="attachment_2553" style="width: 310px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img src="http://www.meniscusmagazine.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/photo-300x179.jpg" alt="Watching Sri Kaleshwar Samadhi rituals in California and India on YouStream" width="300" height="179" class="size-medium wp-image-2553" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Today over YouStream we watched the fire puja in Laytonville and the actual Dwarkmi ceremony  simultaneously. Ancient knowledge, modern technology : )</p></div></p>
<p>The work of Swami Sri Kaleshwar is the most powerful work I have experienced in my spiritual exploration. If you resonate with the work, I highly encourage you to explore further. Let me know if I can help.</p>
<p>Blessings and love,</p>
<p>by Jon Heinrich</p>
<p><img src="http://www.meniscusmagazine.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Pedukas.jpg" alt="http://www.kaleshwarcharitabletrust.org/" width="922" height="309" class="alignright size-full wp-image-2547" /></p>
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		<title>NYC Mystic explains the chromatics of the universe, by Sam Bassett (artistic video)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The story of eternity, summarized in 2 1/2 minutes by a modern day Avadhuta, NYC mystic Lawrence Laducer. In Indian traditions, Avadhutas are known for existing beyond the ego consciousness and thus live outside worldly concerns and standard social etiquette. Genius can sometimes seem a little crazy to the outside point of view. I&#8217;m not [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The story of eternity, summarized in 2 1/2 minutes by a modern day Avadhuta, NYC mystic Lawrence Laducer. In Indian traditions, Avadhutas are known for existing beyond the ego consciousness and thus live outside worldly concerns and standard social etiquette. Genius can sometimes seem a little crazy to the outside point of view.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not sure if this mystical character Lawrence is a modern day mystic or not, but his description of energy and duality seems to be other worldly.</p>
<p>Check out Sam Bassett&#8217;s amazing single capture of the history of duality, and the chromatic scale of energy that makes up the world as we know it.</p>
<p>http://www.vimeo.com/15045921<a href="http://www.vimeo.com/15045921">http://www.vimeo.com/15045921</a></p>
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