It is official spring is here. The long and dark winter is over and the buds are springing forth. Everything feels vibrant and alive, hopefully including you! During the winter it seems that on the surface nothing much is happening; everything is dormant or in hibernation. Do you ever feel that you are going through a personal long dark winter? Where you are not being as productive as you would like to be? Isn’t it frustrating when you have goals and things that you wanted to achieve, but not the momentum to carry them through? Quiet times can be times of great transformation. Rest...


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I haven't posted any new blogs here for a while because I've been busy writing guest posts for other sites. The aim being to get the word out about the Midas Tree. To see my most recent articles please see the Virtual Book Tour.


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Jonni Gray, who offers current energy wisdom and guidance at the intersection of spirituality and psychology, has some helpful tips to help you deal with your karma.   Karma’s flying around. And even though it’s not contagious, it’s infectious. And there is SO much you can do to make the best of it.   There are many definitions of karma... But they all really mean the same thing: cause and effect. Karma is the reaction to the original action. And it’s accumulative throughout your lifetimes. You know you’re in the midst of your karma, when it feels...


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Evan Hadkins believes that it is only by living authentically that we can find lasting satisfaction. Planning Based on Goals Didn't Work For Me I mean planning as a way to run my life; segmenting my life into different areas, establishing realistic goals for each area and then working systematically on them. I'm a pretty heady and stubborn person; so setting goals and priorities was pretty easy for me.  Plus I can be quite stubborn, so follow through isn't normally a problem. I can also make decisions knowing that I can change them, and not have regrets if things don't work out – so procrastination...


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Since writing the Midas Tree, my daily meditations include a session on guidance from the tree. I visualize the tree and am guided to look into a particular aspect of character in more depth. Today I was guided to one of the outer twigs in the uppermost canopy of the tree. It reminded me of an antenna, which as I'm sure you know is a device designed to receive or transmit electromagnetic energy waves, such as radio waves. Are Trees Record Keepers? In a recent conversation, Marnie Hancock told me that she believed that trees were the record keepers of the earth. She said they were the planet's...


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In the story, The Midas Tree, Belle the Bluebird has four eggs in her nest. Three are small and blue and one is large and grayish. We all know where this is going……. Her nest has been infiltrated. She’s been fooled by a cuckoo! Unconditional Love Means Accepting Others Differences When the chicks hatch she loves and cares for them all unconditionally despite one of them not fitting in with the appearance of the rest of the family. It’s a simple tale, but it does remind us to love others and not to judge them for their differences. Like most fairy stories, The Midas Tree contains...


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What would happen to a tree if it had no roots? The slightest breeze or knock would probably cause it to fall over. Some of the trees in our neighborhood appear to have lop-sided roots, because the construction for the road and sewers blocks their path. A few months ago there was a storm in our neighborhood. The storm was too much for one of these trees and it came crashing down onto one of the neighbors houses as they slept, frightening them and causing enormous damage to their house. Roots Anchor the Tree to the Ground There are reasons why trees have roots. One purpose of the roots system...


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You Are Never Alone In my last post I talked about my plan to make a book trailer for the Midas Tree. Yesterday morning I created a script for the trailer, which I am pleased with. In the afternoon I meditated on how to make it into a film that can be posted on YouTube. I realized I know a lot of people who have expertise in this area and so I reached out to them for tips and tricks on what the next step should be. Feeling Overwhelmed? Then Meditate! Sometimes I feel overwhelmed by the enormity of publishing and marketing a book, but my meditation helped me to see that I am not alone in this...


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This morning when I tuned into the Midas Tree during my meditation, I saw myself sitting in front of the tree with a large sketch pad. I was being shown to create a story board about the book that I could use to get the word out. It seems that a common vehicle these days for advertising books is to do a book trailer, like a film trailer, and launch it on YouTube. Now that I have some fantastic art for the interior of the book, done by Cody Chancellor, I think this is a great idea. I did some research and see that some authors have professionally made trailers, but others make their own using...


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I live in Vancouver, BC. One thing a really enjoy here are the trees that line the sidewalks on almost every street. As I walk through the neighborhood, I love to experience the trees.  These are some of the things they teach me Presence   I always take a moment to connect with the energy of each tree as I pass by on my daily walk because they have an amazing capability to bring me into the present moment. We humans can be anywhere and everywhere in our thoughts: in the past, in the future, in some other place or another person's reality. Trees by-pass this problem entirely! Gratitude Every...


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