WONDERFUL SPIRITUAL CRUIS WITH MAGAZINE NARA

 What an incredible journey!

Beautiful Chief Editor from Magazine Nara, Madeleine Walles wished us speakers welcome on board. Olivia, my daughter and I were so exited. When I am part of beautiful events I always wish I could do them twice. First time, I am always so exited that I walk like in a big smile meeting fabulous people. Its like walking in a wonderful daze. People come up and told me their own animal stories, and afterwards they wanted  a picture of them and me. When I started it was always an autograph :-)

 Benny Rosenquist and Monica Aberg, fantastiska och varma manniskor. Fantastic and wonderful people.

And me and Olivia's lectures starts. An Amazing warm and wonderful audience. We got many laughs and tears...especially with my English, Swedish and Skane dialect.

 I was (am) so proud over my 10 year old daughter, that walked up infront of many people and held her own lecture "how it is to work for a mom that rescue animals." Amazing little (big) Angel.

 Three lectures per day (two cruises) and in different rooms. It was so much fun I cannot find the perfect words for it. However, even the Captain of the boat, came up and said it was a very interesting lecture. People from the audience came up and gave hugs. It was so much love and thankfulness. Amazing to walk around hearing people with excitement saying "hurry we have to run and listen to Monica! Did you listen to Benny..it was fantastic! or all the other speakers Joakim from Antikrundan, such a sweetheart, or singer Sonja Alden magic voice. And of course all the other speakers...amazing, interesting that shared their wisdom.

 Olivia had a wonderful time meeting many loving new friends ( and I am lucky to also get to know them). Rebecca a dancer with a lot of sweetness in her heart.

 This amazing lady Ann-Louise Sundstrom came up to me and told me I have a very special little girl. Its always wonderful to hear it from other persons. Ann is an Angel Healer among many things and gave Olivia and me healing.

 Amazing view from our windows.

 Thank you all inspiring people from Tidningen NARA and Johanna from Stockholm that helped me with my slides so I could show the audience pictures. Perfect help with calmness and perfection.

 I think your name is Estelle... with so much love. Your smile was always reassuring everything was ok. You welcomed the guests in to have a seat. And you tried to get my attention that it was time to end my lecture :-) Me, talking and talking so focused I didn't see your arms up in the air "Mia!!! time to end" Thank you !

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you...what an honor to have been part of this journey.

Kärlek och ljus övervinner mörkret

Krönika

Redan som treåring lade Olivia sina små händer på min mage, när jag nämnde för henne att jag hade ont. Hon använde aldrig ordet healing, utan placerade sina händer med självsäkerhet där smärta fanns. Inga ord!

Olivia ber dagligen för vår hund Sven som ofta har epilepsianfall. Jag, i min hektiska värld, säger i förbifarten att det är supergulligt av henne att tänka på honom. Fortfarande som nioåring vet hon om förmågan som hon har i sina händer.

Jag tittar på Olivia med en blandning av nyfikenhet och beundran. 
“Mamma skall jag lära dig att be?” frågar hon mig.
Jag frågar henne om jag skall knäppa mina händer och blunda.
”Nej du behöver inte blunda men titta upp emot himlen och tala med klar röst vad du önskar. Var inte rädd mamma, för då bryter du din önskan.” 
Jag tittar utforskande på henne. 
”Olivia, vet du vem Gud är?”
”Ja, det är han som lyssnar när vi lyssnar?” svarar hon.
”Menar du som lyssnar när vi pratar?”
Hon skakar på huvudet. 
”Man kommunicerar också när man lyssnar”

Jag förstår först inte vad hon menar, men under min morgonmeditation inser jag vad hon har sagt. När jag är tyst och lyssnar, tänker och sänder jag samtidigt. Intuitiva ord blir både svar och frågor som flödar.

”Vet du vem mörkret är?” frågar jag henne lite försiktigt en dag när vi promenerar tillsammans i skogen.
”Ja, det är den mörka guden! Men mamma, var inte rädd för då gillar han dig. Tänk glada tankar och du har den ljusa guden hos dig”
Jag stirrar på Olivia och nästan snubblar över trädrötterna framför mig. Jag hade aldrig hört de orden från någon tidigare. Det kändes stort att höra dessa otroligt kloka ord komma från min Olivia. Stolt tittar jag upp emot himlen som Olivia har undervisat mig att göra. Mina läppar rör sig tyst.

"Tack du ljusa Gud för min Olivia." viskar jag. 
 


That’s Amore!

#tidningennara #spiritual #children

EVERYONE HAS ANGELS IN THEIR HEARTS

                                Everyone has Angels in their Hearts

published 2014-07-03 Magazine Nara

Children have a tremendously beautiful, wise vision within themselves.  They're the light from the other side, which in His clarity has not forgotten truth.  Many children who come to this world still believe that it is the same energies here as on other side.  For many children, it is difficult to adapt to "our world".  My daughter Olivia is one of those who find it difficult to fit in to a “normal” world.

Olivia daydreams a lot, like she is flying away out of her body. And she thinks many things operate at too high a decibel.  She thinks there are too many injustices and is moved to tears easily.  Olivia loves animals, nature, and people; she sees the goodness in so much.  Even her teachers say that Olivia is different.  It's a difficult balance and many times very painful to watch.

Olivia has always been in close contact with the other side.  Even at age three, she talked about the things she saw that neither her father nor I saw.  The toys in her room started to play and several times the radio started to play when we had all gone to bed for the night.

Max, her little brother, is also very soft of spirit, and tries to fit in among the tougher boys here in the village where we live.

My kids and I were sitting at the kitchen table when Max suddenly exclaimed, "Mom, you have an angel in your heart!"

As always when my kid state these wonderful, fine clarities, I become speechless.  Olivia looks at her brother with her big blue eyes and says with deep richness in her voice, "Everyone has angels in their hearts!"

That's Amore!

MY DOGS ARE MY MINI BUDDHISTS

     My weekly column in Magazine NARA (Sweden) but I translated it into English for you.        

      MY DOGS ARE MY MINI-BUDDHISTS

Living with former stray dogs is a wonderful learning experience. For several years I have followed individual street dogs or families groups among the strays.  The sense of freedom I feel with them is a kind of independence, as in constant meditation!

For me, stray dogs are my mini- Buddhists. They teach me a lot about being in touch with the present.  I am their student, invited to take part in the school of life.  Street dogs have no expectations!  And so, they have no disappointments.  Expectations are something I wrestle with in many different situations. Stay dogs are unconditional love.  I often try to love unconditionally.  In my “pack” of former strays, when we rest together during the day everything feels like fulfillment.  

Street dogs’ intuition is outstanding. They listen to their inner compass; their intuition is as a survival tool for them.  I practice with my own inner compass, to rely more on my intuition.  If they receive food, they are happy, content and satisfied.  They don’t seek to have more than they need.

Yet I still practice my desires, with dreams that I can strive for and share with fellow human beings.

When (stray) dogs are adopted, within two weeks they stop to use their internal compass.  In most cases they will be “reprogrammed " by their new owners, just as what happens with most children.  Children also drop their intuition, as they get older.  As adults and parents, we think for the children.  It is hard not to, they need our direction, guidance and experience to learn and grow.  Or so we tell ourselves.  The same things we do for most of the dogs.  We teach them the human language, which eventually replaces their inner knowledge, their intuition.  When we dare to rely as much on intuition as children and stray dogs do, we find our own divinity within our purpose and ourselves.  We can learn and teach out our knowledge and have more compassion. To find a balance with the inner knowledge and to dare share the wisdom together with our community. Close your eyes!  Do not look at who's coming with a wisdom message for you, but listen and the book of knowledge opens up in your mind.

We do not know who our teachers are! Let your expectations vanish and open your heart to your inner compass.  I thank my mini- Buddhists for this life's wisdom.  They have a free mind without an ego, such that I aspire to myself.

I'm trying to remember what my soul already knows.

That's Amore !

Photo Ulla Linders, Lori Garcia

TO DARE TO LET GO

To dare let go

The first time I saw Ariel was back in 2008, at one of the worst shelters in southern Italy.  The dogs were standing in their own feces.  Food, they received every fifth day and the lack of water often made them drink their own urine.

Amidst all the filth and suffering, Ariel captured my eyes and my heart.  A black and white, shaggy dog, she happily limped up to the fence with her misshapen front leg.  The leg had been broken in four different places and had self healed long ago.  It hurt my soul to think of what she had gone through, but to see her positivity gave me an incredible strength.  She had been in four different shelters during her life, likely the vast majority of her life spent behind bars.  I whispered into her ear that she could come home with me. That day I adopted Ariel and four other dogs.

The smell was cruel in that place, only the flies felt lucky!  Ariel had an incredible ability to open up other people's hearts.  When the volunteers saw her misshapen leg, they expressed their horror. The next moment they looked into her eyes and Ariel's tail started to go like a propeller.  She healed people, implanted a calmness inside of them.  Suddenly, they saw the beauty, her soul, pure and forgiving.

One morning, after five wonderful years and a move to Germany together, I saw that her energies were not as vibrant as usual. We had a blood test done.  The result was devastating to me!  Her internal organs were beginning to shut down.  After a few days Ariel, stopped to eat and drank only water.  When I looked at her, she wagged her tail, “thump, thump"  like a Morse Code of love.  The most difficult decision came; to let go of the one you love.

Although I know there is a heaven for animals, I was heartbroken.  A friend showed me compassion even though I knew she was not fond of dogs.  She smiled and told me how difficult it had been for her when her mother slipped into Alzheimer's grip.  It's painful to see someone you love slip away from you.

I told Max and Olivia that Ariel was very sick.  Their behavior around Ariel changed to be more calmly inside.  A peace of mind shrouded the house!  The group of twelve dogs, each walked up to Ariel, sniffed her and walked away.  It was their way of saying goodbye.  I tried to be as strong as they.  Daring to love in the fullest, and when it was time, let the heart be full of love and satisfaction for the time we had together.  Ariel taught me that whatever happens in life, you do not forget, but it is important to be able to let go and continue to live with love and trust.

The vet came and helped Ariel over to the other side.  One of my dogs, Shiloh, laid down beside her. When someone in the pack tried to come up, Shiloh growled and chased them away.  With her nose, she tried to cover Ariel with the blanket that she was lying on, like burying her.  It was most interesting, as Shiloh had acted much the same way when we lost our Black Labrador Retriever Ranger in Italy.

I cried! Olivia put her arms around my neck, "Mom, breathe in and out!"  Outside, it was raining heavily. Max wanted to build a doghouse above the grave "so that Ariel does not get wet.”

Max went on with his own hypothesis, "Mom, what if Ariel is just sleeping!  Do you think God gets angry that we send a sleeping dog up to Him?"

Olivia glared at him, "Ariel is healthy now. She has already had a meeting with God.  God does not accept anyone who is not ready! "

I responded tenderly upon Olivia's words, "no one”.  She knew that we all would go up there, animals and people traveling to another place when we are finished here on earth.

That's Amore!