Narrated by Marie T. Russell and Will T. Wilkinson

Advancing the Human Experiment:

The terms “heaven” and “hell” have come to mean the place you want to be and the place you don’t want to be. But every good story, including our human journey, includes both. The hero is typically forced to leave his familiar life and plunge into the underworld where he is challenged to confront the dark aspects of himself, to learn and grow, and finally defeat the villain (who symbolizes the worst of himself) to emerge in act three with the elixir to heal his kingdom.

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Will Wilkinson co-founded the Thriving Leadership Academy in Ashland, Oregon. He has authored, co-authored, ghost-written, and contributed to over 30 books, designed and delivered personal improvement programs in seven countries, hosted a variety of inspirational television series, and is now developing a new spiritual practice for advanced students of life.

What do you stress about? Pandemic? Taxes? Teaching kids at home?  Work? Financially strapped? Relationships standoffs? Politics and the  deep divide in our country? Fake news?

Jude Bijou is a licensed marriage and family therapist (MFT), an educator in Santa Barbara, California and the author of Attitude Reconstruction: A Blueprint for Building a Better Life.

In 1982, Jude launched a private psychotherapy practice and  started working with individuals, couples, and groups. She also began  teaching communication courses through Santa Barbara City College Adult  Education.

Visit her website at AttitudeReconstruction.com/

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All the world's a stage,

We  tend to take life seriously… all the problems, challenges, crises… all  of these seem to be like life and death situations, and in some cases  they are. Yet as Shakespeare told us years ago, all the world is a  stage, and we are all players or actors upon this earth.

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Astrologer Pam Younghans writes this weekly astrological journal based on planetary influences, and offers perspectives and insights to assist you in making the best use of current energies. This column is not intended as prediction. Your own experience will be more specifically defined by transits to your personal chart.

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IN THE NOW, we are adjusting to the Sun's ingress into Aries and the impulse of energies that accompanied that event. As always occurs at the Equinox, the specific tilt of the Earth enabled cosmic winds to more directly interface with our planet's energy fields. This resulted in some spectacular auroras in the higher latitudes.

Pam Younghans is a professional astrologer, editor, and writer. She lives in a log home northeast of Seattle, Washington with her beloved animal companions. She has been interpreting charts professionally for over 25 years. If you are interested in an astrology reading, e-mail [email protected], or leave a message at 425.445.3775.

For more information about NorthPoint Astrology offerings, please visit northpointastrology.com or visit her Facebook page.

Welcome... Our InnerSelf welcomes your inner self.

Narrated by the author, Tjitze de Jong.  Image by Ajay kumar Singh.

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Pioneers of all types are often met with disbelief, ridicule, harsh judgements, and lack of cooperation and support. If the establishment feels threatened by novel ideas and theories, this can have severe consequences for the pioneer and their work, leading to economic and/or political action against the pioneering initiative.

Tjitze de Jong is a teacher, complementary therapist, and energy healer (Brennan Healing Science) specializing in cancer, with more than 20 years’ experience in his field. In 2007, he founded Tjitze’s Energetic Cellular Healing School (TECHS), sharing healing skills with practitioners around the world. The author of Cancer, A Healer’s Perspective, he is based within the spiritual community of Findhorn, Scotland.

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Spring is a time of growth, of new beginnings! The time of year when the flowers bloom and the rains wash away the old and reveal the new. Days show signs of Spring as the daffodils and the tulips peek their heads up towards the sun for their natural nourishment of growth and balance.

Nancy Yearout is an Energy Healer, Intuitive Life Coach, Author, and Inspirational Speaker. Her religious and spiritual work has enabled her to help many people to live the life they desire! Her motivation and drive come from Source/God. Nancy's formal training came through invaluable religious and spiritual teachers, in New Mexico, Michigan and California. Throughout the years her intuitive abilities have strengthened through meditation and prayer, thus obtaining many invaluable tools for life. Her schooling encompasses hands on energy healing with an Aztec healer from Mexico as well as energy healing. Her gifts include intuitive card readings using the oracle and Angel cards for guidance. Visit her website www.NancyYearout.com or her Podcast www.Highroadtohumanity.com

Narrated by Marie T. Russell. Image by Meryl Katys.

It’s easy to oversimplify daydreaming by saying that all you have to do is imagine something, but for the budding Dream Technician I’m going to give some very useful exercises and practices.

For practical purposes I divide daydreams into two types, using the Hawaiian words hua and nalu.

vThe word hua comes from the root hu, meaning “all kinds of movement, especially upward and outward.” Hua means “the seed or egg of something,” as well as “the fruit or result,” and so can be used to mean “producing” or “yielding.” In short, and for my purposes, it refers to the type of daydream in which you actively cause things to happen, note the results, and initiate more activity.

Another common word for this is to fantasize. In a hua daydream, you are the director, so the first exercise is simply to make up some daydreams. An easy way to do this is to take stories you know from books, movies, or television, and make up your own variations of them.

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Serge Kahili King, Ph.D., is the author of many works on Huna and Hawaiian shamanism, including Urban Shaman and Instant Healing. He has a doctorate in psychology and was trained in shamanism by the Kahili family of Kauai as well as by African and Mongolian shamans. He is the executive director of Huna International, a non-profit worldwide network of individuals who have dedicated themselves to making the world a better place. He lives on the Big Island of Hawaii. Visit his website at http://www.huna.net/

We know that things are constantly changing and evolving, however we may have assumed that certain things were impossible. Some of these things are vital if the human race is to survive -- things like world peace, the eradication of world hunger, the transition to a sustainable world, a world of true democracy, etc. Yet some would say these things are impossible, just because they haven't happened yet.

Today's Focus was inspired by the InnerSelf.com article:

How Do We Move From Egocentric to Soul-Centric Eyes of the Future?

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This is Marie T. Russell, publisher of InnerSelf, wishing you a day of knowing that a better future is possible (today and every day)

Written by Joanne Brocas. Narrated by Marie T. Russell.

An angel letter is a powerful technique that enables you to receive higher spiritual guidance...

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Joanne Brocas is a professionally trained medium, angel expert, intuitive healer, Reiki Master/teacher, and best-selling author with more than two decades of experience in afterlife communication and healing. During her childhood, Joanne communicated with her guardian angel and has maintained a very strong, clear connection with the spirit world and angelic realm throughout her life.

Joanne is the founder of Chakra Medicine School of Energy Healing and Intuitive Development, helping to teach others how to develop their intuitive awareness, connect with the angels, and ignite their own healing power. Born in South Wales, Joanne now lives in Orlando, Florida, with her husband and teaches board approved healing programs and workshops nationally. Her website is:  JoanneBrocas.com/