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Video: A Star is Born Click READ MORE to launch the video. Goddess I Am Meditation: 10-26-18 A Star is Born Minutes before the meditation began, as I sat in the room, I felt a little “edgy.” I soon found out why: the energy in the room was popping and snapping. It felt like a flurry of popcorn bursting through their hard shells. The energy in the room was lively, and soon the popcorn image was replaced with firecrackers and sparklers.  Beth entered the room and I watched the energy immediately settle down. Before beginning the meditation, she went to each person and using a shaman’s rattle, she shook the rattle to loosen the energy around each person’s energy field. As this happened, I could only shake my head in disbelief as I realized I had just witnessed the effects of her snapping, popping rattle several minutes before it occurred in the physical dimension. As she began the meditation, I saw a vision that I had previously had in September 2015. I saw hundreds of thousands of dia

An Interview with Candice Sanderson by Allyn Evans Like many who attend programs at The Monroe Institute (TMI), Candice  “Candie” Sanderson, author of The Reluctant  Messenger: Tales from Beyond Belief,  discovered it is personal experience that transforms us. After that, we  are no longer defined by other people’s stories. In the comfortable dining room of her beachfront home in Naples, Florida, Candie and I  sat down to discuss her journey as a new author. Her book, which became an Amazon best seller  in its first week of publication, details messages     that she began to receive after attending TMI’s  Lifeline   program. Lifeline,   a weeklong residential program, gives participants the skills and experience to be of service to those still in physical form, as well as others who have transitioned to the nonphysical and who desire assistance. Candie spoke of her experience at   Lifeline : I could not believe the specific information I received during the   Lifeli

Video: Spirit of the Season Click READ MORE to launch the video. Spirit of the Season Goddess I Am Meditation: 01-04-2019 This is a new year, and time to embrace the change. For today’s meditation, we listened to  Spirit of the Season , a Hemi-Sync selection that guided us to dissolve into our own inner spaces while we meditated and connected with our inner crystal spirit—a snowflake. As I was preparing for this meditation, I recalled an experience about seeing snowflakes during a crystal bowl/Reiki experience a few years before. I wrote about this in  The Reluctant Messenger—Tales from Beyond Belief: December 3, 2015 As I listened to the celestial harmonies of the crystal bowls, the vision changed, and crystalline starbursts formed above each meditation participant. These bright white patterns of light resembled iridescent snowflakes suspended in a dark blue night sky. I was told that these intricate patterns represented fragments of the divine spark of Source—alive, vibrant, and un

Oracle Card Reading: The Holy Mountain (A greater perspective) Click READ MORE to launch the video.

Oracle Card Reading: The Spiral (again) Click READ MORE to launch the video.

Video: Enlightenment is a choice Click READ MORE to launch the video. Goddess I Am Angels Speak: Enlightenment is a Choice April 12, 2019 While I drove to Goddess I Am for the Friday morning meditation, I couldn’t help but notice the beauty that surrounded me. The trees were so green as they swayed gently in the wind. The bright Florida sunshine warmed everything. Recently I heard people talk about some planet being in retrograde. I’m still not sure what that means other than some say their lives have been complicated by it. I almost feel a little guilty because my life is pretty close to perfect. While stopped at a red light, I felt the familiar nudge from a messenger. I recognized the energy vibrations: this was from the angel realm. I quickly retrieved my phone and recorded the following: April 12, 2019 Rise above the petty concerns that might surround your day-to-day activities. For this is the true path to enlightenment. It is learning to step into the divine by choice. It is l

Video: Eyes of the Heart Click READ MORE to launch video. The Eyes of the Heart Church of Spiritual Light: January 7, 2019 This was the first Crystal Bowl/Reiki meditation for 2019. I entered the room and walked to my usual spot; it’s close to a dim light—one of the few lights that remain on during the meditation—and just bright enough for me to see as I journal my experiences. As soon as I settled, I received information about the “Sea of Life.”  In my mind’s eye, I found myself plunged in a trough of deep waves in the middle of the ocean; I was flailing and clearly in danger. The saying about smooth waters do not make skillful sailors came to mind, and with that thought, my vision immediately panned back until I had an aerial view. It was odd to see the “me” in the vision who was struggling, yet the “me” observing felt safe. Another wave came but this was a wave of panic for the me in the vision. Words from the messengers entered my awareness, and my fears dissipated like feather

Video: Swinger of Birches Click READ MORE to launch the video. When we connect to the divine and allow our negative emotions/energy to no longer define who we are, we begin to discover the exquisite. If we stay grounded, release negativity, and set positive, loving intentions, a whole new world opens to us. It is truly stepping into timelessness and full potentiality. It’s all there for our choosing. I hope we choose wisely. Swinger of Birches Goddess I Am: 08-31-2018 I entered Goddess I Am and took a seat. Music played in the background, and I saw how the melody served as a magnet, pulling energy to the center of the room. Not only was it attracting energy, but somehow I knew it was organizing the vibrations for the meditation. Loose threads came together in preparation for making a new pattern out of all there is. As I watched this in my mind’s eye, shapes that looked like large padded buttons (that I later discovered were flat, circular seat cushions) began to float down from t

Oracle Card Reading: The Heart of Sky (Third time's the charm) Click READ MORE to launch the video.

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Video: Enlightenment Click READ MORE to launch the video. March 22, 2019  Goddess I Am One Shade at a Time: Enlightenment I was outside Goddess I Am, a metaphysical store in Naples, Florida. I was early for the weekly Friday morning meditation, so I sat on a bench and pulled out my pen to write the messages that had already begun to flow. The road to peace begins with you. Step gently on the path of life. Let each footstep mean something. It need not be monumental; it just needs to be purposeful and with heart. Let your heart guide you. Take each step without knowing what the next step will be. This is Trust. This is Guidance.  Know that within your heart is a beacon. It is a connection to angels, a connection to Source. Find the stillness inside so that you may hear the whispers upon the wind that guide you on the path of wisdom, the path of love, the path of the sacred.   My awareness pulled away, and I found myself with a bird’s-eye view. Within a few seconds, I was so high in t

Video: River of Light Click READ MORE to launch the video. March 18, 2019 River of Light: Church of Spiritual Light I was at the Church of Spiritual Light in Fort Myers, Florida for their twice-monthly crystal bowls/Reiki meditation. I made myself comfortable in the chaise lounge by adding another pillow and blanket. As I settled in, the messages began. I found myself in a deeply wooded forest. I was standing at a fork in the road, and I knew I needed to make the decision on which way to go. I felt like I was in Robert Frost’s poem,  The Road Not Taken , and I had to make a choice. Which is your path? As that question reverberated in my mind, I looked around. I wanted to remember the details of this vision; it felt so real. I smelled the musty scent of pine trees. As I walked the path that had beckoned me, the dry leaves that crunched beneath my bare feet changed to a soft, compact cushion of moss. As I raised my hand to brush my wind-blown hair away from my face, I heard the dista