Trinity Connection Interactive Empowerment Suite

Mr Sandman Send Me A Dream

Trinity Connection — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:17:00 GMT

We can have more than one dream during our sleep, some will have meanings attached some won’t.

Most dreams we remember will be relaying a message of some sort, sometimes the message will be regarding a past, present or future event. Sometimes the dream will highlight something within ourselves we are hiding from or even unaware of, but which needs to be addressed to enable us to move forward.

Some believe dreams of this nature are our subconscious dealing with something which our conscious state will pick up on and without realising we will in fact deal with the problem. If you like our dreams can point out the cause of a problem to help us understand and deal with the symptoms we act out in our conscious state.

I had an interesting call where I was asked to explain two dreams, it was clear that the message being given was to look at and deal with insecurities and fear, when it was explained to me what was happening in the person’s life it was clear I had picked up exactly what the dreams were about. Unfortunately although this person remembered the dreams they were not yet ready to admit to their inner feelings.

Dreams can be a gauge to how we really feel when our thoughts and feelings are not busy with everyday life, and can be of great help in clarifying things. Sometimes when we have that ‘De ja vu’ feeling it could be we are in fact remembering a dream we had previously forgotten.

If you are wise you will take notice of dreams you remember and the message they have for you because they might just help clarify things in your wakened state.

Blessings.

I Am Lucky, I Walked Away…………..

Trinity Connection — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:01:00 GMT

Posted with the kind permission of my daughter.

Strong black lines snake silkily over the brow and down the straight steel nose. The tickling trickle of the stream glistens on the ear drum, tantalizing the senses to lust after it. The lips are licked and eyes switch from side to side not nervous but ready. A drip of sweat nestles on the eyelashes as they flutter open, closed, in the swarm of winged insects waltzing on the moist air. Twittering hum of the buzzing birds and pitter patter of six legs scuttling under an eclipsing leaf are unnoticed by the beasts that kneel and wait. Camouflaged carriers of fire and darting metal that splits flesh and sends limbs from body to bush. Earth ascends to the sky and dry, dirty drizzle avalanches onto new soil. Screams, cries, shouts and yelps then sobbing and silence as the dead resign to be the fodder of the forest.

Time to move, run, walk, crouch, crawl to a different clearing in the leafy sea. Another villain made of six strong men hides amongst the infants and their creators. Hands move, fingers point, tongues lay patiently in closed stern mouths. Eyes line up with heads and chests through a metal cross, panning left and right for perfect sight. The prey is alert they prowl up and down on hind leg sniffing at the air with binoculared eyes. Then leaden mosquitoes spitfire to them, devouring in one bite the essence of their victims.

Tin cans and trays on dampened fire to feed waning muscles clitter clatter in the rush for rations. Whispers of conquests cowardly and courageous slither from fluffed tongues and nibbled lips. One falls, eyes wide and sniper shocked with a red shirt collar as others scramble under nature’s duvet. The monster under their beds trots to and fro from burrow to burrow twitching its nose in excitement as the trespassers strive to alertness above, on living ground.

Sticky solutions cling corrosively to innocent flesh and the devastating radiance of an unforgiving inferno turns dusk to dawn. The orbiting rock rotates relentlessly as night and day lose their connection with dreams and reality. Cigar mouthed chattering colonels crowd over co-ordinates. Latitude and longitude lines are scratched onto fluttering pads of paper to send rumbling propellers into action. The termites cluster in their caverns as long nosed aardvarks search from the skies. Crippling craters emerge and mammals are given flight, but the painted people in rotten uniforms edge backwards. Medals are tarnished by blood and mud and lose their prowess to instil pride. The jig-sawed land is left unsolved and foliage free.

Jeers and taunts are seared into the brains of the recoiling warriors. Sniffed up spits of hate and disgust slide down beaten cheeks. The syncopated steps of crutched bodies mingle with ill-oiled wheels as the parade plods to dispersal.

Karma

Trinity Connection — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:25:00 GMT

What is it? Simple

What you send out, will come back to you

WITH MORE FORCE

So if you don't want it don't send it.

Simple isn't it, what a shame so many people don't understand just how simply it works.

Major Moon Phases - July

Trinity Connection — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:59:00 GMT

MAJOR MOON PHASES

July 2

New

July 10

First Quarter Waxing

July 18

Full

July 26

Last Quarter Waning

Weekly Medicine Card - Prairie Dog

Trinity Connection — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:34:00 GMT

Is your energy running low? It is time to stop burning the candle at both ends and take a day of quiet and inner reflection. You cannot recongise that which is being given if you are not at peace and rested within yourself.

Prairie Dog teaches that if you push something you want too hard you may be in danger of pushing it away. Take a break, step back from the situation, in time you will be able to return to it with a renewed and fresh perspective.

Get some rest you cannot think, see or act in a clear manner if you are over doing it.

Weekly Angel Card - Archangel Chamuel

Trinity Connection — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:53:00 GMT

Archangel Chamuel works on the pink ray of love and being blessed with this Archangel card indicates that you are ready to open your heart to unconditional love.

Love ahs no restrictions and accepts all people as they are. Nor does it judge. True love is so powerful that it dissolves hurt, anger and separation.

Let love flow from your heart and touch your loved ones, those you dislike and strangers.

This creates a bridge of light which the angels can move along to bring hope and peace.

In return your life will be blessed and filled with love.

AFFIRMATION

My heart is filled with the flame of love.

Dalai Lama Wisdom - Moral Values (Part 4)

Trinity Connection — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:40:00 GMT

Dalai Lama Wisdom

Moral Values

Don’t Be Seduced by Worldly Values

Materialism does not foster the growth of morals, compassion and humility.

Take Responsibility For Those In Need

It is the nature of human beings to yearn for freedom, equality and dignity. If we accept that others have a right to peace and happiness equal to our own, do we not have a responsibility to help those in need?

Take Action

No one can afford to assume that someone else will solve our problems. Every individual has a responsibility to help guide our human family in the right direction. Good wishes are not sufficient.

The Moral Code

Irrespective of whether we are a believer or an agnostic, whether we believe in God or Karma, moral ethics is a code which everyone is able to pursue.

The Moral Perspective

To pursue growth properly, we need to renew our commitment to human values in many fields. Political life, of course, requires an ethical foundation, but science and religion as well should be pursued from a moral basis.

Signs of Success

In your daily life, as you learn more patience, more tolerance wit wisdom and courage, you will see it is the true source of success.

Good Communications

Compassion….opens an inner door, and once through the door we can communicate with other fellow human beings and other sentient beings.

Teach by Example

Before teaching others, before changing others, we ourselves must change. We must be honest, sincere, kind-hearted.

Do As You Would Be Done By

We should share the sufferings of our fellow human beings and practise compassion and tolerance, not only towards our loved one but towards our enemies.

Work For The Welfare Of Others

Our daily thoughts and actions should be directed towards the benefit of others.

Practise What You Preach

We should engage in the same high standards of integrity and sacrifice that we ask of others.

Purity of Intention

Once you have pure and sincere motivation, all the rest follows. You can develop this right attitude towards others on the basis of kindness, love and respect, and on the clear realisation of the oneness of all human beings.

Caring for Others

Most of the good or beneficial effects that come about in the world are based on an attitude of cherishing others. The opposite is also true.

Give and Take

By showing concern for other people’s welfare, sharing other people’s suffering, and helping other people, ultimately one will benefit. If one thinks only of oneself and forgets about others, ultimately one will lose.

Look Ahead

It is more important to look forward to the future than dwell in the past.

The Paradox of Self-Interest

If we adopt a self-centred approach to life by which we attempt to use others for our own self-interest, we might be able to gain temporary benefit, but in the long run we will not succeed in achieving even our personal happiness.

Optimism Achieves Greatness

An optimistic attitude is the key factor for success. Right from the beginning, if you hold a pessimistic attitude even small things may not be achieved.

Cause and Effect

One’s own actions create one’s life situation.

The Power of Love

A good heart is both important and effective in daily life.

Reaping The Benefits

The reason why we seek to behave in a good manner is that it’s from good behaviour that good fruits are derived.

Building A Better Life

One wants happiness and doesn’t want suffering, and on the basis of that, one enters into good actions and avoids bad actions.

Guiding Principles

Be guided by realism, moderation and patience.

Work For The Welfare Of All

With a pure heart, you can carry on any work and your profession becomes a real instrument to help the human community

There May Be Storm Clouds Ahead, Maybe That’s A Good Thing.

Trinity Connection — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:16:00 GMT

Sitting in my beloved garden finding my centre, re-grounding myself. There is a warm breeze stirring getting stronger with each breath.

The birds cry out to one another with loud vices to be heard above the wind then quieten to an occasional chatter as the wind dies down.

Watching the flowers dance around sometimes making great sweeping bows to each other, I am privileged to see their “undersides” some just as magnificent but totally opposite to the side they present to others on a hot day.

The wind whistles through the bamboo screen reminding me of the silly ghost noises children make. The washing is flapping making a clack clack noise as it is lifted high in the air then left to drop down again. The wind chimes play a tune known only to the wind building up to a great crescendo then gently dropping back to silence.

The sun winks at me between the clouds warming me for a little while, reminding me of the warm days that have been and those yet to come.

When the storm comes I will simply move indoors and watch it from the safety of my inner haven. I don’t mind it’s on it’s way, it will freshen up the earth, wash the flowers and help them grow. I don’t need to be involved in the storm, I don’t need to let it spoil my day, a storm today holds the promise of a brighter more vibrant tomorrow.

Sometimes we need a storm to make things clearer, brighter and to make us a little stronger.

Blessings.

Take Notice Of Your Behaviour and You May Save Yourself Trouble.

Trinity Connection — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:33:00 GMT

Early yesterday morning I got a phone call from the Police telling me my car had been vandalised. The back passenger window had been smashed the driver’s dashboard had been ripped out, there was trash all over the inside of the car and of course glass everywhere. At first we thought the CD player and some CDs had been stolen but they were discovered amongst the trash in the car.

The insurance company were being awkward, the Police requested we not touch the car until they had inspected it, and the longer things went on the more I got wound up. Eventually my daughter said to me “let me sort it Mum, because you are starting to get upset and you will start shouting at people”. She was right, so I stepped away from the whole thing for an hour and occupied myself doing something else, once I felt my calm had returned I took up the reigns again.

The police inspector put a cover over the broken window and I know this was above and beyond his remit. The motor company who are going to replace the glass phoned me yesterday to say they didn’t have the right glass in stock and would have to order it in, the delay was frustrating but nothing I could do about it, they phoned me this morning again to let me know they won’t have the glass until tomorrow and after hearing what happened and the state of the car have offered to clean the car out for me and let me leave the car at their garage until the replacement glass arrives tomorrow again this is above and beyond what their usual remit is.

Now had my daughter not pointed out to me that I was starting to get upset with people, and had I not taken notice of her and stepped back and checked my behaviour I am sure these kindnesses wouldn’t have happened.

Quite often because we are frustrated by one person’s behaviour we take that frustration out on other people who are just trying to help us, if we can recognise the ones who are trying to help us and keep our calm with them we may just find they end up giving us more help than they normally would and certainly more than if we were treating them as if they were the ones who were to blame. Next time you start to loose your temper with someone just take a moment and ask yourself are they the ones to blame for your situation.

Blessings.

Porcupine - Simply Simple

Trinity Connection — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:50:00 GMT

Porcupine

Don't get caught up in the fear and greed of the world.

Have faith and trust.

Remember your playfulness as a child and visit it again.

Not everything in life has to be complicated, quite often the answer we seek is so simple we either don't believe it or we miss it. Next time you are given a simple answer to a complicated issue just accept that quite often simple works.

Blessings

How To Cope If Your Partner Is Having A Mid-Life Crisis

Trinity Connection — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:30:00 GMT

The first thing to realise when this is happening is that you are not to blame, neither are you going to have control over what they are feeling or doing and you can’t fix the problem for them, they are the only ones who can do it.

The way for you to survive their MLC is stay in control of yourself and keep your life moving forward. You will need all the inner strength you can muster and a large support group. Al-Anon deals with some of the problems so you may want to join them.

When they want affection give it to them or you run the risk of them looking elsewhere. Beware you may not get affection back, this is where your support group can help.

If they ask for space give it to them, if they want to go out with their friends let them, don’t complain about it that is what your support group is for.

Find something that gives you pleasure, volunteer work or a new hobby. You have to take care of you, your partner isn’t able to do this at the moment.

Let them know you are there to support them, that you love them and if they want to talk remember it’s about them, not you, and LISTEN. Check to make sure you understand what they are saying, don’t give advice unless they ask for it, just LISTEN

Gently remind them of the things they wanted to do as alternatives to hanging round in bars or spending every spare moment with friends. Remember keep it to do with them even if it is something you had planned together, don’t use the ‘we’ word. If they want you to join them they will ask you, so be careful what you suggest, they will take you saying no as a rejection of them.

Let them know they can talk to you by always focusing your full attention on them when they want to talk, and don’t repeat to anyone what they tell you not even your closest friend, they need to know they can trust you.

Don’t chew them out for not making time for you and the family instead suggest a date together and keep it fun. Your support group is there for you to vent.

Praise them at every opportunity, constantly pointing out what they are doing wrong will put more distance between the two of you.

Don’t question where they have been or who they have been with, and don’t keep asking them what they want regarding your relationship or what they plan in the future. They probably can’t answer you because they don’t know themselves.

MLC can happen anywhere from the 30s to the 50s. MLC doesn’t affect everyone, nor does it affect those who suffer from it the same way, and it lasts a different amount of time, for some it’s just months for others it can be a year or more. Just because your friend’s partner left them for someone else doesn’t mean yours will do the same. Once you realise that MLC is what is causing your partner to act “out of character” you need to decide if you feel your love for them is strong enough to weather the storm, or whether you are just going to walk away and leave them to it.

You cannot be in charge of them, but you can be in charge of you.

How To Cope If You Are Having A Mid-Life Crisis

Trinity Connection — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:08:00 GMT

Mid-Life Crisis although usually associated with males can also happen to females. The symptoms are very similar to those of Andropause (Male menopause), but they seem to have a different effect, possibly because they are more likely to be caused by emotional or psychological turmoil than hormone imbalance.

Fatigue
Depression
Reduced libido

Some believe the inability to deal with problems, the future, or if you have suffered a childhood trauma you are more likely to suffer from MLC. It can also be caused by lack of sleep because as men get older they sleep less deeply and this can cause weight gain and lack of growth hormone.

MLC can occur in you 30s, 40s or 50s, if it happens around your 50s you may actually be suffering from Andropause so it is better if you have your progesterone levels checked.

Some man may feel a loss of masculinity due to changes I their libido which happen as they get older, this can lead to a realisation that they aren’t immortal and they begin to question their future role, it can also lead to the need to be more sexually active and in some men this causes then to seek new female company.

If you feel you are going through or starting to go through MLC there are things you can do to help you.

De-stressing treatment such as aromatherapy massage, yoga, exercise, meditation or other techniques that help you switch off.
Accept you are getting older, you values and goals will change. Learn to accept these changes as the start of another chapter in life. Rather than thinking you have to give things up look at different ways of doing them.
Talk through your problems with a close friend or ask your doctor to refer you to a counsellor or seek private counselling if you can afford it. Often talking things through will give you the clarity you need and will certainly give you another point of view of your situation.
If depression is part of the symptoms a short course of anti-depressants can help get your equilibrium back so you can deal with the cause of the MLC
Eat regular healthy meals
Learn to balance work, rest, family and play. (Sometimes you end up in a vicious circle of being over tired from lack of sleep, you become irritable with your family who become irritable with you so you spend more time away from home with causes more friction and round and round you go. Remember family is just as important as friends and work.

Don’t be afraid to ask for help there really is nothing wrong with admitting you are in crisis and it may save a lot of heartache and health problems if you do seek help.

The Male Menopause and Mid-Life Crisis

Trinity Connection — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:26:00 GMT

Does the male menopause really exist? Those who believe it does call it Andropause because of the belief that testosterone levels in men drop and this hormonal shut down has symptoms very similar to the female equivalent the Menopause.

Fatigue
Depression
Aches and pains
Sweating and flushes
Reduced libido
Erectile dysfunction (which can be particularly hard as men tend not to talk of such things.)

Andropause usually occurs around the age of 50 and quite often is confused with Mid-Life Crisis which can occur around 30 ,40 or 50 and is more likely to be a psychological or emotional problem rather than a hormonal one. Of course they can both occur together in which case confusion sets in because mid-life crisis (MLC) often throws up similar symptoms to Andropause.

If you think your partner is suffering from Andropause the best thing is for him to get a blood test to check his testosterone levels. There is a hormone replacement therapy TRT available that works in similar ways to HRT for women, although there are mixed feelings among the medical profession regarding the pros and cons of using it. Anti-depressants can help to a certain extent and alternative ways to deal with the symptoms are numerous.

If the life partner understands that Andropause is indeed the cause of her partner’s behaviour it does make it easier to deal with.

If however testosterone levels are normal you may be looking at MLC and that is a different ball game and has to be dealt with in a different way.

Mid-Life Crises

This is usually triggered by an outside event such as death of a peer or parent, loss of job, financial crisis or problems in a marriage or long term relationship or sometimes the children leaving home, this causes feelings that life is passing by and old age is creeping up, and in turn this can cause feelings of wasted time, inadequacy, guilt or even futility.

Some people will try to fight the feelings of unhappiness by increasing their sexual activity, seeking new adventures, or even taking trips down memory lane, others will try to find the answer in a bottle or in substance abuse. Both these ways of dealing with MLC are in fact denial that anything is wrong and a way to prove to oneself that life is great.

MLC does eventually pass although it is believed the later it is recognised and dealt with the longer it can go on for. Good can come from MLC and a lot depends on how the life partner deals with it as at this time there is a great imbalance in any relationship, and it’s worth noting MLC is not just a male thing females can experience it as well.

(I would like to thank Clay for talking to me this morning and not just getting me to understand what is going on for me but also for getting me to research this which in turn has encouraged me to write blogs about it. Thank you.)

Weekly Angel Card - Generosity

Trinity Connection — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:19:00 GMT

Generosity is a quality of spirit. It is rejoicing in the good fortune of others even when you have nothing to celebrate yourself.

It is an attitude of mind which means that you are happy to give without expecting in return.

Drawing this card invites you to be generous hearted and indicates that you are ready to aspire to this noble quality.

Angel wisdom suggest that you give of yourself freely, openly and lovingly.

The rewards for generosity are great, for all that you give from an open heart is returned to you multiplied.

AFFIRMATION

I am generous hearted.

I Do Care What Other People Think.

Trinity Connection — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:01:00 GMT

I was sitting in my neighbour’s garden having a drink with her and her sister who was visiting. Her sister kept looking at me and eventually I asked her what was wrong, thinking “Oh God don’t tell me I’ve been sitting here for the last half hour with a boogie coming down my nose”……….

She cocked her head to one side and said “There is something different about you”, immediately I said "well I cut my hair last week and it’s shorter than I usually have it."

She replied “No it’s not that, there is something about the way you are acting, speaking, loking even it’s as if something inside you has changed”.

I looked across at my neighbour and we smiled at each other and I went on to explain that I had listened to some criticism about me and not liking what I heard, I had taken time to step back and notice my actions and tone of voice when I spoke and the fact that I kept people at arms length and realized that yep the criticisms were founded, and so I had been trying to be gentler, taking time to think before I reacted to something that had been said, when I was about to criticize someone for their behaviour or words, I stopped and checked to see if those things were part of the way I was,then rather than criticize the other person for them I would correct them in myself. Rather than complain that this or that isn’t working, or this or that never happens to me, I now look at the part I am playing in getting things right for me and if I need to adjust my actions I do so, or I accept it is out of my hands and let it go, or I ask for another’s opinion in case they can see something I’m missing.

She looked at me and said “well I’ve got to say it shows my dear, it really shows”.

Now those words of my neighbour’s sister meant so much to me, this is someone who I’ve met a few times and who never really interacted with me, now I know why, it had nothing to do with her and all to do with me. It made me realize that I do care what people think of me, even if I go about saying who gives a monkeys left hand print what others think. If I didn’t care what others think then others couldn’t hurt me.

I now realize that caring what others think of you doesn’t mean you are weak or you have to always comply with their wishes or their way of doing things, what it does mean is you have the ammunition to use on yourself to make yourself a better person. Remember there will always be someone who doesn’t care for who you are, you can’t expect everyone to like you, but you should always expect to like yourself.

Blessings.

July 2		New
July 10		First Quarter Waxing
July 18		Full
July 26		Last Quarter Waning

Trinity Connection Interactive Empowerment Suite

Mr Sandman Send Me A Dream

I Am Lucky, I Walked Away…………..

Karma

Major Moon Phases - July

MAJOR MOON PHASES

July 2 New July 10 First Quarter Waxing July 18 Full July 26 Last Quarter Waning

July 2

New

July 10

First Quarter Waxing

July 18

Full

July 26

Last Quarter Waning

Weekly Medicine Card - Prairie Dog

Weekly Angel Card - Archangel Chamuel

Dalai Lama Wisdom - Moral Values (Part 4)

There May Be Storm Clouds Ahead, Maybe That’s A Good Thing.

Take Notice Of Your Behaviour and You May Save Yourself Trouble.

Porcupine - Simply Simple

How To Cope If Your Partner Is Having A Mid-Life Crisis

How To Cope If You Are Having A Mid-Life Crisis

The Male Menopause and Mid-Life Crisis

Weekly Angel Card - Generosity

I am generous hearted.

I Do Care What Other People Think.

July 2

New

July 10

First Quarter Waxing

July 18

Full

July 26

Last Quarter Waning