ETL 2016 Summer of Hope Tour - Vision Quest Begins

Friday was my first day off from work. I had a good talking to myself, "Pati, you're going to have to make something happen if you want to go on this tour." Just then a local morning talk show was on the television and I decided to email them and they had an opening on Wednesday.

That won't work! I had plans to leave on Saturday. Another good talking with myself with a reminder that a vision quest is simply about following the flow of energy. And so I changed my itinerary and will be leaving right after my interview on The Morning Blend, Tucson, AZ, on Wednesday, June 29, 2016. (If we can get a link, we'll post it on our website.)

Wednesday, June 29    The Morning Blend Line-UP… Look!!! We're on it!!!! 

--Outdoor Living At It's Best With Danny Lipford
--Humane Society Of Southern Arizona
--Evolve To Live
--Summer Style and Skin Health Cheat Sheet
--New Hope For Cancer Patients
--Wheeler Dealers
--Duel Volleyball Club
--Arizona Highways Magazine

Watch for my progress on Facebook and invite me to visit you when I'm in your area!

ON THE ROAD AGAIN!!  See ya soon! Pati

COMFORT FOR THOSE MOURNING

One last word on the subject:

Years ago while in intuitive massage school, a place helping one to trust their intuition, I walked past the library and randomly picked up a book. It was written by someone claiming to have channeled John Lennon.

As I read with apprehension, I was intrigued with one of the things that John Lennon said. He was addressing his fans who years after his death were still mourning his passing.  I personally witnessed the many people who gathered at the edge of Central Park in New York next to the apartment where Lennon had lived, singing his songs and still wondering how could such a thing have happened.

John's advise was that we had to stop all the negativity! He said that he was trying as best he could from his position to take all the negativity and transmute it into positive but that we had to learn to do this for ourselves.

It may also be comforting to know that he felt no pain after he was shot. From the book  Peace at Last: The After-Death Experiences of John Lennon, John explains:

John: I lived the lifestyle of wanting to love everybody, wanting everybody to have the hope in each other that we can create a mutual language of acceptance, a mutual language of love.

John: It didn’t surprise me, either. I didn’t try to defend myself or plea for my life. Once my transition happened, it was such a blow to the body that there wasn’t really a moment of sustaining itself. I felt I was out of the body before I hit the ground.

Interviewer: So you didn’t suffer at all, then?

John: No, no I didn’t. I remember looking at my mouth, standing above my body on the sidewalk, looking at my mouth, and it’s moving like it’s trying to breathe. My chest is pumping itself. And in that one moment, I thought, ‘It’s true! We are fish out of water.’

Me: Oh, my. What an epiphany.

I offer this here to possibly ease any pain of those who have lost a loved one to a tragic ending.
May peace and love prevail! 

ETL 2016 Summer of Hope Tour - SETTING AN INTENTION… AND THEN TRUSTING!

"If I could find someone to rent the house and water the plants, I'd be on the road!" I nonchalantly announced to my two daughters, without even really realizing that I had said it.

Well, two days later, I met a young women who had contacted me and two days after that… she moved in and I moved out! Holy Crap! It really does matter what you think and say!

She was to stay for 3 months and so I made plans for an Evolve to Live 2016 Summer Tour of Hope  After my initial panty twist, "You're going to what?"  I decided to visit all 5 satellite ETL Retreat Spaces while collecting stories of amazing people who have had the courage to make life changes that made them happy. But how was I going to visit them all, as they stretched internationally including, Canada, Ireland and Switzerland? I had no idea. But I continue to believe that anything is possible.

THE MONKEY WRENCH:

I gave my two weeks notice at my job and am currently housesitting until I'm finished with work. I was to leave on my tour this weekend when my renter emailed me that she was going to look for another place to live. Initial thought! "OH SHIT! Now… no job… no income… now what?" The mind-fucking began… It's not too late to go back to my job and stay home for the summer…  OR…I could take the higher road and stay true to my intention and practice what I preach, TRUST, LET GO and RECEIVE! So I decided that it's not too late to TRUST that God/The Universe knows more than I do and will watch over the Riverbend Retreat Center and my finances. 

I am familiar with God/ The Universal tricking us into trusting. Several years back my daughter left her job in Chicago as a basketball referee with the unwritten promise she'd been in the running to be a NBA referee. However, when she made the move, the job offer disappeared and she was left with the same "Now what?" Of course, her life changed for the better because of it all, but at the time… it didn't feel like it. 

Today one of my clients asked me, "What are you going to do now?" 

"I'm going to keep my eye on my goal.  The ETL 2016 Summer Tour! and TRUST that everything is in Divine Order…that's all I can do, because I'm not going backwards!" Why? Because if FEELS right! 

ORLANDO (Part 2)

Now, May I offer something for contemplation?

I have a friend who each morning tells me about all the negative things on his Facebook feed or what he's thinking about the politics of the day or what is wrong with our food! The list is endless and its draining!

We know from science that negative energy will attract more negative energy and positive will do the same.

One morning I said to him, "Honey, I'm not called to do anything about those things you talk about. I'm not going to go to a rally, and I'm not going to run for office. I'm simply not!

However, there is one thing I can do for the good of the planet and all sentient beings and that is to live my life filled with passion and joy! Now that may sound simplistic. But living life filled with joy and positive thoughts will raise my energy vibration which in turn will raise the energy vibration of those around me. We know this from giving massages, it's called entrainment. Or just think that when you give a smile, generally you receive one back.

I love the statement from the late Wayne Dyer: (Paraphrased)  You can't be sick enough to make one other person healthy, you can't be poor enough to make one other person rich, you can't be sad enough to make one other person happy, and in this case, we can't be sad, depressed or angry enough to bring one person back to life.

I find it helpful to try and let  God, The Universe, Infinite Wisdom, Source Energy…whatever your Higher Power is named, be in charge, knowing that EVERYTHING is happening in Divine Order and that certainly we can have compassion and empathy for the loved ones left behind. I the slain were light bearers on this earth and certainly they will be missed! But mostly we grieve for ourselves.

And through what appears to be tragic circumstances, I guarantee that we will rise up and collectively make the planet a better place. How can we as a collective, use this senseless act of violence and turn it into a positive? Well, we can keep on trying to best the best US possible! And that includes setting and reaching our personal goals.

And we can continue to LOVE… and that begins with the hardest thing to love, ourselves! Once we can all accept and love ourselves; that's when peace and love will prevail on this planet and reach far into the universe!  My book, Everyone Wants to go to Heaven, Just Not Now, may offer some consolation. 

May all sentient beings be filled with love and peace! Happy Father's Day to the amazing men in my life!!! Thank you for your love and sacrifices. 

ORLANDO (Part 1)

As we try to recover and make sense of the latest (apparent) senseless tragedy in Orlando, personally I wonder if it was about gays or l
Latinos or was it just a place where a group of people would be in the early morning hours having a fun time?

I remember back quite a few years ago when a beautiful little baby girl was being born with just a limited time that she would be on this earth. The pregnancy was high risk for the mother and they had many tests that confirmed the fact that she would only be with us for a very short amount of time.

I was one of the very lucky people who were invited to be with her. Before I had gone to see her,  I had the same questions that many of us may be experiencing right now about Orlando... WHY? And our faith in a Higher Power can be shaken! After all, how could a loving God let despicable things like this happen? Is He listening? Is she there? Do they care?

As soon as I walked in the door of her home, the room was filled with a magical energy and before I even held her in my arms, it was very clear to me, that she was an angel who had come to unite, share and bring a renewed sense of LOVE! And that she did! I remember saying to myself, "Oh, I understand now… it's about LOVE… she's come to bring LOVE!"

I will always remember that experience as being one of the most spiritual and mystical experiences of my life. I will always be grateful that I was chosen to be apart of the first hand understanding that everything happens in Divine Order and no lives are lost in vein.

I watch now as people ban together, love, heal and proclaim… that LOVE IS LOVE…..
(to be continued)