Why do People Desire Tarot Card Readings?

Tarot Card Readings: Why do People Want Them?

I have a long history with Tarot Cards and they are tools for accessing the subconscious mind.  Yes, they are only tools.  This is not what Hollywood movies wish to portray.  They use the cards in different ways from being spooky to being magical and that is not at all true.  If I throw down a bunch of Rorschach ink blot cards would that cause the same paranoia?  The ink blots also use subjective reasoning and perception to reach into the subconscious. Religious dogma and Hollywood have made a problem by spouting misleading information.  Some people have mixed feelings about the deck.  First let me attempt to answer the first question in this title.  Why do people seek fortune tellers or psychics for advice on some things?

I worked as a professional psychic in Sedona for over a year.  Sedona is a very enhanced environment for manifestation and it seems to be a hub for New Age beliefs.  I enjoyed all the people I met and I regard the time spent there with great fondness.  Financially, I did well there.  I made a lot of money.  I highlight that because people are willing to spend serious money to see psychics.  The proof of behavior is only trumped by what another will pay to access this knowledge. Another realization was “the type” of people who see us psychics.  I will tell you all walks of life and I had a steady stream of professionals.  I had doctors, nurses, counselors, therapists, other psychics, Hollywood celebrities, and even a couple who were ambassadors from the United Nations. 

                       Lincoln visiting troops 1863

Historically, Abraham Lincoln employed the counsel of mediums and psychics.  Did he listen? Yes, he did and he benefited and so did we.  A psychic told him to visit his troops in person during a period of waning support during the civil war.  His logic argued the necessity of being physically present.  He was told he would turn the tide in the war.  His presence rejuvenated the troops enough to continue on to victory.  There was something iconic about Abe presence and I think we would all react with awe at seeing him in person. You probably prefer a reference on that.  I have read about 2 dozen biographies on Abe Lincoln and I honestly don’t remember which one that came from.  I just remember the story. This quote is copied from The Spiritualist Association of Great Brittan.

“The fact that Abraham Lincoln consulted Spiritualist Mediums,   and even attended séances in the White House is NOT found   in any middle or high school American History textbook. Therefore,   the average American is totally oblivious to the fact that   Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, which freed the slaves,   was inspired from the Spirit World”. Nettie Maynard was the trance was the channel medium used quite frequently by Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln.  We all can thank her then for encouraging the Emancipation Proclamation.  There are several American Presidents who have consulted   Mediums and several European Royals as well.    Queen Victoria was one of those as well as a Czar of Russia.   I believe there were fewer stigmas in those times.  For some odd reason the medical, scientific, and religious agencies seem to have a fear of the unknown When it comes to psychic phenomena.  There have been many hidden military explorations   of remote Viewing and other types of paranormal experiments.

And so Why do people seek or enlist the help of psychics?  Answer the Question; will you Nancy?  Abe and others seek knowledge that is beyond the usual logic of this world.  The spirit side of our wisdom sees beyond the current circumstances into a broader field of reasoning.  I suppose you would call it the “bigger picture”.   Just being psychic is not enough.  I believe I must leave my “Nancy Brian” alone and go to the source for the answer.  I turn to the Source or God.  As I do this asking, I drop into an altered state and become more receptive.  I have learned over the years to access my subconscious mind.  The next logical question would be how do you know this is God or even accurate or good information?  That is a million dollar question.  I have learned to trust.  I am going into uncharted territory; however, my feeling side alerts me to misinterpretation.  When I misinterpret a symbol or phrase, my body reacts with tension.  When I am with the spirit of God I am joyful and at peace and the information flows.   The subjective part of subconscious reality is the use of symbols, anecdotes, metaphor, parable, small scenario, and symbols.  Some of this information is rather cryptic in nature.  I believe to be longer would alert the logic part of the brain to further interpretation. One very happy experience was a couple reading I did.  There was a couple sitting on the fence and my reading was pushing them together.  I even foretold of having a basketball team of boys.  They were destined to have many boy children and it was correct that they both loved sports especially basketball.  When I read for the handsome boyfriend I received two very quick and equally strong symbols.  One was a water color on canvass of a sunrise and the other symbol was a birthday cake with lit candles.  I hesitate a moment and try to access the feeling side of this vision.  A loving Grandmother enters my field of visions and says “Happy Birthday Scott”!  I tell Scott all that is being conveyed.  Tomorrow is his birthday and this tarot card reading is a birthday present. (I did not know that) He painted a lovely sunrise watercolor on canvass as a gift for his Grandmother long ago.  For Scott, it all made sense.  For me, I just swim in the trust and glory of God and that is my reward.  That is an example of the short pieces that come to me that I don’t really always understand.  Why do people pay good money to see someone like me?  Where else can you get that type of information?  That is a short and simple explanation. 

In the space of about ½ hour, Scott and Jill moved from sitting on the fence into a committed relationship. They also decided that they are selling one home and moving into hers as a result.  On top of that decision there were giggles, tears and the realization that life continues beyond the change called death.  Not a bad yield in so little time.

I believe this discussion could indeed become a whole volume in its answer.  I hope I have at least hit some of the highlights in this post.  Perhaps I will continue later.

Beyond the Jetson's: Our Future Cities and Autos

The Jetsons? Future Moon Travel? Cities, Hover Cars, telemedicine? 

 My two sons and I shared our fantastic vision of what is to be here on earth and elsewhere.  Elsewhere, includes the moon and Mars.  I only have dreams of those two destinations that I can recall.  There was one dream that gives me a headache both in remembering it and trying to describe it.  We went to some jump off in a square looking ship and it flipped us into another dimension.  That is hard to explain.  Here on earth travel and life changes dramatically: I am going to describe what our group has experienced on earth.

Earth

Travel is quite different.  I was cruising along about 20 feet off the ground in a hover craft and our destination was in sight.  We were heading toward a domed city.  The grass was a vivid green color beneath us and the sun seemed very bright.  I felt as though the atmosphere had changed with more light coming through the ozone.  I lived in a different body than the one I have now.  I would guess my age about 30 years old and I have platinum blond hair that seems to be very thin and has some blue streaks in it.  I look like a Barbie doll in shape as I appear longer limbed and yet more delicate in physique.  Some of my senses are more acute than I currently have.  I suspect some genetic altering goes on, but it seems to benefit us in many ways.  Funny that I know I am me… this personality or being in a different form.  I could not find an exact picture of the craft.   I found two pictures that have some of the features.  First noticeable feature was the huge rubber doughnut the craft sat in.  This craft was programmable and could only fly within certain altitude parameters.  Airspace was divided into certain altitude ranges for certain type of craft.  Many collisions were diverted by programming into a main computer flight database.  Speed and altitude was strictly enforced and we could not do much spontaneous exploration.  We traveled fast, but safely.  I think the dome kept us from natural hazards like fallen trees etc.  The two pictures below will help to visualize the aerodynamic style and the dome looking all window cockpit.

 

This is a recent find, a flying car, seems that it is in the works already.  The only problem is I don’t see this small version in the future.  

(I have added some things recently remembered)

Before the domed cities are totally ready and help us survive the elements, there are some other steps we seem to take.  Over population does continue for a while and then, it seems to suddenly stop.  That does scare me a bit.  Before this population shift happens there are roller-coaster electric cars.  I would describe them as small electric vehicles that are programmed to simply get on and off a sort of light rail system.  The two tracks take these cars on a high speed journey.  There are hundreds of connected cars on the rail.  It does up and around and sideways just like an amusement park ride.  It debuckles the cars at programmed destinations.  I was reading about this recently.  With this type of transport you could have cars that travel around mountains and other lovely spots, like the grand canyon without interfering with animals who migrate. This would be eco friendly and does not pollute our air. Paved roads are things of the past. Some use them for amusement purposes only. 

The Big City

  This part reminded me of the Jetsons on steroids.  There were sky scrapers that were built out of a new type of metal and these structures went up overnight.  Some were built on hillsides some were built in water with a aquarium type view of coral reefs.  This metal is very strong and seems to be a crystal nano bot. It is programmed somehow into the vertical shape. The nice thing is it is transparent.  It adjusts to let in the right amount of light much like tinted windows on a car. We can avoid problems like mold and rot to buildings in the future. There is no fear of heights because it is slightly flexible to earth movement.  It really solves lots of issues. There are inner walls for smaller buildings that have built in solar supplied sources for appliances.  Appliances change quite a bit.  I see slide out bath tubs and different kitchens. All are much more energy efficient.  The inner walls are not transparent but are reinforced with a different type of metal as well.  The buildings seem to have their own intelligence. In the country there are cabin homes that come in pieces.  It is like ordering a modular home kit. They arrive on a truck.  People put them together fairly easily, as though they are throwing up a tent. Again the outer walls are a transparent metal and it is wonderful. This kit has several rods that when activated “grow” the outer wall within hours.  The view of the forest is all around like having huge picture windows but there are no joints to let in moisture. Nice. 

 Big Bustling City again:

The carports for the super structures were like the Jetsons.  There were ports many stories in the air.  There were bridge ways between large buildings.  I can’t imagine where this was but I believe Portland and the New York Islands had a huge bridge way.  Travel across the USA could be done in 8 hours.  New York and Ontario changed in land mass to islands.  There are Texas mega cities also and Michigan too.  People do not live in the country too much.  Survival demands an almost hive mentality and we do many things differently. Zach experienced underground apartments and shopping centers in the Phoenix area.  I prefer to think the population reduces because some people move to Mars or another earth like planet.  I hope that is the case. I keep seeing a stream of population going between the Gliese 581g planet and earth. There are also two more planets that we terraform. While terraforming goes on, there are domes with plant life set up on planets. Trees are a major way to create oxygen. These domes were in ancient times called “Edens” according to some sources. Adds a bit of a twist to the old tale. Perhaps mixing with the indigenous life forms is ill advised in the beginning. It may cause a much shorter life span or death.  The original earth continues but at a slower pace with fewer occupants.  I feel like those who live here are universal diplomats or the “communication hub of the wheel” for other satellite communities

Today 12/17/12, I add a few things about future societal norms that I remember from other dreams and visions.  Abortion ceases to be a divisive problem.  Those young women who become pregnant can transfer the baby to a surrogate mother at about 5 ½ months of pregnancy.  The fetus is too fragile for this before the second trimester.  A young unwed mother need not miss school or suffer the birth pain. She is able to choose the best situation for her unborn child. This seems to be a win/win for all. 

9/19/15. I am inserting a link here.  It is far easier to transfer a fetus to an artificial womb and safer too.  It is tricky to ask a very fragile fetus to attach to a new real womb.  They have raised animals like goats in an artificial womb successfully for several weeks.  Also the adoptive mother could share some genetics with the fetus as well so that all parents contribute around 25% of genetic information but infusing their blood with the unborn child.  This would be a really happy situation for everyone.

http://atheism.about.com/library/FAQs/phil/blphil_ethbio_wombs.htm

Open arrangements for future communication are also non problematic.  We remember watching the movie “Juno” with mixed feelings about her decision.  It is quite a sacrifice for these young girls.  As birth control and the science regarding fertility advance this is less of an issue for all concerned. The whole subject of religion becomes more scientific. That is not to diminish its sacred place but many concepts are now universal and documented.  The fact that people are like radios and can broadcast and receive messages via a magnetic field is not longer viewed as an oddity.  Relationships change into different categories.  There are domestic partnerships and parenting partnerships and the discussion of infidelity does not occur. There is more openness around human sexuality and physical relationships. Religion finally leaves the bedroom and transcends to other topics. The exchange of money changes dramatically.  There are requests and come type of data bank. If someone needs something that is not provided, such as housing, medical, food, storage, education and many recreational things as well, they submit a request.  It is much like applying for a grant and the reasons this is something that they need.  Coins are not used.  There is a museum for the history of money.  Education is a collaborative decision between the student and higher learning.  It depends on how well they do or the aptitude of the student. There is no cost for this. I don’t see “pets” too much in the future.  Perhaps they are there somewhere. Mental illness is solved through mineral and vitamin therapy and non stressful environments.  There are intelligent birds.  They look like big Macaws but they are beyond human intelligence and so are some of the Dolphin and whale species.  We confer with them on scientific and environmental issues.  That is totally amazing.  This future will be worth the trouble we are going through now…for our grand-kids.   

The Moon

The moon has long been in use by our military and as I believe is rather hollow in places where basis exist.  There is reptile human like race there or so they say.  That I cannot vouch for.  What is interesting is that people will travel there in a bus like vehicle that runs on some sort of cable from the earth to the moon.  My guess is it takes several hours to get there.  I have been a passenger in a dream and my stomach hurt.  There are medications that calm the body before this flight but my body seemed to have an issue.  Once on the moon, there is a Las Vegas type lounge and entertainments.  The most breath taking views of earth and the stars exist.  I believe that all this takes place on only the dark side.  The sun proves too intense otherwise.  We do allow some reptilians to remain there with a yellow light of caution.  There are the “good” factions and some groups do see the benefit in cooperation.

This model is more similar to that one in my vision, however it is sitting in a rubber donut around it.

This car is electric and all ready here. It is oddly similar to future bumper cars that attach like daisy chain cars on a rail. 

Mars

.  I have been on Mars in my dreams and I believe we are already there.  The sky appears peach colored instead of blue and no one has windows. There might be privacy but a different method like folding patricians and special curtains. There is not as much of an issue with some things deemed private,  The culture there prefers openness and the breeze.  The Mars breeze is necessary and constant.  There must be oxygen and underground water.  I would have to dream a bit more about what we do there.  I believe that this inner city existed inside a crater and then a dome or protected environment.  That is probable why glass windows were not needed.  

Just for fun:  This link discusses things that the Jetson Cartoon got right. It is pretty amazing too.  https://www.ave4u.net/what-the-jetsons-got-right-about-technology-and-home-automation/

My Childhood journey from Autism to Genius in just 2 years

Crazy early education

My Childhood journey from Autism to Genius in just 2 years

I repeated the first grade and then skipped the 5^th grade several years later.  I went from being labeled retarded or autistic by my young  first grade teacher to making straight A's in 3rd and 4^th grade teacher.  This is a true story. 

Public education is not for everyone.  It is a one size fits all system and it really should be tailored to each individual.  All children would benefit from having team meetings and IEP’s or Indivdiual Education Plan.  

My problems were misunderstood. I was pretty misunderstood.  I think I was an indigo child early in the 1960's. I refuse to talk about my mom's temper but I was in and out of the hospital as a kid.  I would detach completely from everyone and everything.

  My parents were fighting all the time at home and I really feared they would kill each other.  I would go into my closet and tremble then develop an asthma attack.  I would be near death, blue from lack of oxygen when my parents would then rush me to the hospital.  The pediatrician was a very wise man.  I loved him.  He got the nurses to “make me pretty”.  They would come and do my hair with ribbons and pins.  The first time he saw me my hair was dirty and my bangs were in my face.  Hard to believe I was the daughter of a dentist.  Hard to believe my parents were so absorbed in their own drama that I kept dying to get them out of it.  I wanted to go home with the pediatrician. 

Fortunately, CPS was never involved, and my grandparents became more involved.  I lived with them for about two years until my Grandpa became very ill with emphysema.  Those two years with my Grandparents worked like a magic charm. It was at that point I felt safe and was happy.  Grandmamma could sew.  She made me little costumes to play in.  I would be a ballerina all day leaping around the house.  I could be a pirate the next day leaping around the house but with a play sword.  I got physically stronger.  Grandpapa would take me to ball games and I loved just being with him and getting to eat a hot dog.  Then he would play base ball with me.  I would win.  I would win at board games too.  When I did really well he would give me a dollar.  Life just couldn’t get any better that summer.  Then it was time for school.  Grandmamma drove me to a private church school.  It was in a very small classroom.

The teacher took an enormous liking to me.  She saw my potential and pulled me out.  Other children liked me because she did.  I had great friends.  All of a sudden all the pieces were in place for me to succeed in school.  In fact when returned to my nuclear family, and returned to public school, I skipped a grade.  I was ahead of them.

 I noticed my second child speaking more telepathically that with words.  They don't teach to the indigo spirit in most schools, so I can understand my problems.  Also the labels and those little yellow school buses can be very stigmatizing.  I had poor self esteem in those early years.

I think things are changing. 

Flower Children Finally Appreciated

The First Wave of Flower Children Paved the Way

 

It is amazing that the first wave of awakening souls in the 20^th century were the flower children. They were trying to make statements without violence.  The gentle rebellion against the status quo was such a reaction against many dark systems.   They were opposing the military/industrial complex and the treatment of minority people.  It would be interesting if the movement and growth could have progressed without the addition of substances.  Adding drugs to this wave of discontent youth only served to dis-empower any true watermark of achievement.  If we, (as I was one of these people) could have just stuck to coffee houses, Socratic discussion, and singing peace songs, oh how sublime. This group was reacting to the robot like attempt at education. It became obvious that we were being programmed and then we get married and buy lots of commercial products, house, car and plan for retirement.  Life is short and we were on a train running us towards someone else’s dream.  True education, Eastern meditation and gurus, and a rebirth of Native American mysticism fueled the fire of our discontent.  It was the scientific community that followed Descartes belief that emotions were unnecessary.  It was flower power that sought to exonerate our emotional beings.  We were emerging and yet being held down by the use of substances that made us even more passive.  Another scary mis guided trek was towards sexual liberation. Sex needed to be liberated and to be discussed, however; there were the slimy pervert’s in raincoats that also benefitted. It was the first attempt at throwing down the gauntlet at the Stepford Plastic People. We threw a wreath of flowers but there was a ripple effect. We were the Gandhi like resistance saying we have had enough.  There was a machine that treated humans like sheep on a conveyor belt but who were they?  We were manipulated to the max and finally wanted to regain some autonomy.  Like the innocents that we were, we had no idea of the giant we shook our fits at.  Long before we were born the wealthy elite had already decided our fate. The wealthy elite have been in power much longer than imaginable and have aligned with a dark agenda that we just call the shadow. The playing field was never even.  If you work hard all your life you will won’t be able to get there.  If you work hard all your life, you will get arthritis from the Fluoride anyway.  You won’t be dancing in your golden years with the man you love: Men more than women will die out early.  About when I was born a decision was made to add Fluoride to drinking water with the understanding it would prevent decay.  We accepted having poison added without control to our fresh drinking water.  My father was a dentist who bought into the biased research that this indeed was true.  When I was watching Obama accept his second term in Chicago, the crowd almost reminded me of those who were at Woodstock in the 60’s.  I saw people united in their vision and dream once again, only much more sober I think.  I think this second wave of young people can carry our dream across the relay line and on into our ever evolving human consciousness.  Keep dreaming about the world you want to live in, because it might be our grandchildren that carry us across that threshold. 

 

Fairy Magic at Findhorn Scotland

Long ago I read a book called 'The Magic of Findhorn'.  I believe it is out of print.  After visiting Findhorn in 1981, I realized the community had changed a great deal from Findhorn early days.  In fact at the time of our visit the community described itself as 'going through growing pains'.  My first reaction was some disappointment because it was not the quaint place where nature divas dance and there were no 40 pound cabbages.  I had envisioned a Shangri-la.  It was far from that. 

I expressed some disappointment and our group facilitator put me to work doing construction on a new building.  He felt that jumping right into this working community would be the best medicine for my initial shock.  At Findhorn everyone works.  The President of Findhorn works.  In fact there are no lowly jobs.  Everyone takes turns, being a janitor scrubbing toilets, to waiting on the tables at dinner time.  'Eileen's guidance' told her:  the so called service jobs were perhaps the most spiritual ones.  Many CEO's lose touch with who they really are by simply walling themselves up in a plush office somewhere.  Also, everyone has a chance to develop leadership by taking the 'group focalizer position' on any given day.  Well, let me back up...what is Findhorn?

Last paragraph I mention Eileen Caddy.  Eileen and Peter Caddy are the founders of Findhorn.  This couple was living on well fare, almost starving in a rundown trailer park.  In Scotland, trailer parks are called caravan parks.  They described themselves as people who were honestly trying to find work, but, nothing was manifesting to them in the way of a job.  They had a few caravan friends in the same boat.  Eileen decided to plant a vegetable garden to sustain them.  The soil was rocky and Findhorn is located on the Moray Firth, North Sea.

The growing season and soil conditions are far from ideal and yet Eileen just knew that the government commodities were not enough: This garden was needed.  During her time digging and weeding in her small garden, Eileen was visited by the 'fairy kingdom' or as she would call them 'nature divas'.  She heard a voice pleading with her to plant some vegetables together and to talk to some struggling plants.  Of-course she thought she had gone mad and over the edge mentally, but it kept happening.  She was also visited by another 'higher order' entity that she called 'my guidance'. 

 I will jump ahead to tell you that a local news team from Inverness, Scotland received word that Findhorn had a bit of fairy magic going on.  The news flash was:  They are growing roses in the snow, 40 pound cabbages, and they are able to feed the caravan park (now) with the abundant vegetable produce of that garden.  There was indeed magic.  Over the next 10 years, people would visit, but they were put right to work in the garden.  Working in the garden was the happiest place of all...and some of these visitors were those bank presidents and CEOs who would normally not want to dirty their hands.  The flowers were vivid in color and fragrance and almost sang songs if they could.  The vegetables became plump and the most delicious, flavorful produce any had ever eaten.  Yes, Findhorn was the buzz word now around Scotland and England, And in a short time...the world.

What happened?  Is there a curse that comes with fame and fortune?  Eileen and Peter moved into the fast lane.  They jet hopped continents and had doors open to them never imaginable.  Eileen was the 'mother figure' to the community.  When problems would crop up for those now in charge of the gardens, and building construction, and preschool and child care, and weaving cotton clothing, and performing folk dances, and various other community endeavors, who to call:  Eileen.  She would find a quiet spot and go within.  Eileen's guidance would instruct the community on how to solve various problems.  Sounds perfect so far and it was until one day it stopped.  'The Guidance' told Eileen to retire from this role.  It was now time for others to tune into their own guidance. 

Oh, yes, there was a huge collective moan and groan.  This community changed from being 'magical' to having to work on more mundane and less glamorous facts of community life.  Egos flared, human pettiness set in, there were now troubles in a once idyllic community.  But it had to happen.  This community had to 'find its own legs'.

Well, when did I arrive at Findhorn.  I was there about 2 years after Eileen stopped giving the community guidance.  And no it was not at all what I had imagined.  I was confronted with some hard realities there.

And towards the end of my stay I felt like Dorothy clicking her heels and saying 'there's no place like home'.

It took years to realize what I learned and experienced at Findhorn.  I learned quite a bit about communities. My guidance is telling me I am to be part of a community like Findhorn one day...and to help create and start it.  Sometimes we fly around the world in search of a truth, only to realize it was in our own back yard all the while.

We just don't see it.  And with Findhorn: That above statement is how I felt for a while.  Then I realized another truth:  I collected lots of sharp pebbles in my shoe while at Findhorn, only now I see them as gold nuggets.  There was magic there after all. I think I brought home a wee fairy too.

The End...but no...

I decided to add a bit to my Findhorn story. I was remembering some other interesting details. I was elected to work in the kitchen and it was wonderful.  All the kitchen machinery, like a mill and dough mixer had names.  There was a bus called Daphne.  The metal beings have their own devas and appreciate higher thought as well.  Lunch was a buffet and probably easy in that all the salad greens were brought out and I made a large quart of dressing.  It was vegetarian fare except for eggs.  The hens were happy and well cared for.  When hens stopped laying they were retired and allowed to live out their life.  That was very kind of Findhorn as usually they are killed.  There were goats for cheese and milk and I suspect they were treated with respect as well. We began our day standing in a circle with the kitchen supervisor who would be the "focalizer" for the day.  We asked for harmony and blessings as we prepared food.  I did not notice any tension as is common with kitchen staff sometimes.  That is significant because we had an international kitchen.  The supervisor was from Spain and spoke little English,  People from around the globe came to Findhorn.  They brought their own culture to the cooking and enhanced the variety for everyone.  

It was odd that this trip was also serving as a honeymoon of sorts.  My new husband and I had not taken a real vacation or holiday as many newly weds do.  It was not a romantic experience for us.  We found ourselves attracted to other people.  I developed a crush on someone and even after returning home continued to dream about him.  My then husband also was very attracted to a young Swedish lady.  It might have contributed to our divorce in some ways.  I don't want to blame Findhorn for that.  It is always a choice people make.  The guides for our group said that this happens to all couples at Findhorn.  The emphasis is on personal growth and transformation.  A couple might be holding each other in a stagnant pattern.  Looking back, I believe we should have been able to reconcile our relationship but we really did not.  From Findhorn on, our partnership became a friendship only.  A few years later we did separate.  I have done all kinds of soul searching about this and finally believe that separating was the outcome for us.  Perhaps the only one that could have happened.  I still have a great deal of love for my ex but realize there were vast differences in our world view and path.  There is only one way we could have made it...to take giant leaps forward in our cosmic understanding and awareness.  Somethings just take time.  

Findhorn maintained that Arizona's Arcosanti was a sister community.  I will post a You Tube video to show you the community.  Soleri believes in being frugal.  He has a wonderful design for a community that is only 2% built since its inception in the 1960's.  We are fans anyway, inspite of the very slow pace.  My son had an internship there.  If they are to move more rapidly, we think create a wonderful environment for the interns who are free labor. That means spend some money on air conditioning for the summer months and maybe reduce the fees.  In the 1980's  Peter Caddy visited Phoenix and I was at a gathering with him and some other Highlanders.  It was an amazing synthesis of men in kilts and us Arizona culture...not red neck, and not native American...just our own style here.  The Scottish Highlanders were a men's choral group and they were so talented.  Arcosanti just needs a money infusion of some type.  They have built a swimming pool, green house, community cafe and kitchen,  some guest house lodging, a chicken coop, and slowly now it it a small community of about 60 year round residents.  I do applaud Findhorn for carpe diem attitude.  They got their community to thrive in a relatively short time.  Soleri needs to have the same guidance Eileen had.  Anyone wanting to do something like this: Arcosanti/Findhorn...please email me:  angel_bell@msn.com

Arcosanti Link: You Tube

As I continue to have more vivid recall...I will return and update.  The original post was very nut shell and skinny in details.  It is a good over view.  And it has taken years to remember all the emotional and personal challenges I faced when there.  Life was asking me to grow.