SALEM NEW AGE CENTER New Age E-Mail Newsletter Issue #27

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SALEM NEW AGE CENTER
SALEM MASSACHUSETTS USA
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NEW AGE E-MAIL NEWSLETTER
Issue Number 27
Subscribers 3900 lightworkers worldwide
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Welcome to the Salem New Age Center's monthly e-mail newsletter. Please assist our efforts by sharing this newsletter in e-mail or print with your friends. This newsletter will be sent monthly, free of charge, to all who ask for it. Your written contributions are welcome to help make this newsletter a community effort. - Andy Lutts, Editor
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In This Issue

   *** A Few Words About Waking Up
   *** Poem Child of Tomorrow
   *** The Firmament, Lemuria and Atlantis
   *** Like Nothing You Could Ever Imagine
   *** Abundance - Are You Rich?
   *** Poem Awake Dreamer
   *** One Person CAN Make A Difference

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A FEW WORDS ABOUT WAKING UP
by Andrew Lutts

As this planet goes to light, more and more people around you will wake up. Some will wake up gradually, others will wake up literally overnight.

What is "waking up" you ask? Here is a brief list of what many believe waking up often involves

1) acknowledging that we are all one in the universe
2) discovering the divinity within everyone around you
3) feeling like you now understand what is really important in your life
4) understanding that we are multidimensional beings
5) seeing the day to day, third dimensional world for what it truly is
6) discovering your own spirituality

Even better than describing what waking up is, here is a list of things that often cause people to wake up. See if one of these didn't happen to you or someone you know.

1) Near death experience, auto accident, illness, etc.
2) Books - reading a book or series of books that transforms you
3) Personal crisis - perhaps sick of a relationship or job, time to get out
4) Loss of a loved one, reexamination of life
5) Encountering or being in the presence of a spiritual leader, guru, buddha, etc.
6) Discovering spirit in nature - seeing the energy of living things in nature.
7) Encounter, visitation or sighting of beings or entities not of this planet
8) Seeing or experiencing someone channel a highly evolved being.
9) Giving up, putting one's faith in spirit completely, desperation, giving up control
10) Powerful, striking premonition or psychic impression which subsequently comes true
11) Encountering ghosts and spiritual beings not incarnate in the physical body at this time
12) A powerful, direct personal spiritual experience

Know that many are waking up around you every day (even if on some days it may not seem like it). The process of waking up can sometimes provide people with a whole new set of challenges. Often people's issues or "stuff" confronts them directly. Do what you can to help people acknowledge and understand their new picture of reality, with all the understanding, responsibility, beauty and divinity that comes with it.

Note If you have a short story (1-2 pages) of how you woke up and would like to share it with our readers, send your story to us at andy@salemctr.com

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CHILD OF TOMORROW
by Eileen Cheng

Darkness is over, a golden age is dawning
Light of a new realization
The sun is rising, aquarian waves are spawning
Seeds of a fine civilization
Bonfires wither, the cold wind is setting
Into the mist-strickened moor
Spring is awakened, butterflies are shedding
The heavy mantles they once wore

Tears and sorrows in the moment
Make you a child of tomorrow
The tools you're given, the lessons woven
There lies the strength you borrow
Of spirit renewed by cosmic wonders
A thousand gifts you bring
Unto this earth and eternity
Unfold your fathomless wings

Child of tomorrow, light as feathers
Beyond the veil you must wander
Sailing forever like a tired old seafarer
In search of treasures yonder
Seven houses, seven dimensions
The boundaries you'll not know
From this life time to reincarnation
Embrace the mysteries that nature holds

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THE FIRMAMENT, LEMURIA AND ATLANTIS

The term Firmament has been mentioned at different times throughout history, but a mysterious cloud surrounds the true nature of this concept. Find below one fascinating account of what the Firmament was, why it was important, and how it played an important role in our distant past.

Introduction
The Firmament was a layer of frozen water (ice) above the Earth's surface. It was a huge crystalline shield in two sections, one situated at 15,000 - 18,000 feet and the other at 35,000 to 38,000 feet above the Earth's surface. It was like a clear lens. At certain times of the day, when light was reflected, it served as a mirror of the world below. Crystal temples all over the Earth held up the Firmament.

Who Made The Firmament?
The Firmament was originally constructed by the initial etheric civilization that came to earth approximately 35 million years ago. This was done to protect planet Earth from the radiation of the Sun and other dangerous cosmic radiation that regularly come through the solar system. The Firmament was maintained, broken, and re-established many times as different civilizations and invasions came to Earth. Various floods have occurred throughout the geological history of this planet ever since the time of that initial etheric civilization.

The Absence of Weather
When the Firmament existed it was under the direction of the Spiritual Hierarchy - and those who constructed the crystal temples in accordance with the Spiritual Hierarchy's wishes - so it could perform several functions for the atmosphere of the planet. First, it lowered the radiation and heat levels so that the climate of Earth, from North Pole to South Pole, was within five degrees of one another! Thus, the tropics were around the upper 70s (degrees Fahrenheit) and the polar regions were around the lower 70s. Large ice sheets did not exist across the north and south polar regions as they do today.

The second major difference in the atmosphere was that the winds and clouds did not exist. There were no clouds and every day was a sunny day! What further added to this fact was that the winds were minimal and were kept to a maximum of 5 - 7 miles per hour. Also, because there were no clouds, there were no rainstorms; so rain is something that is unique to your present era.

A Storehouse of Prana
The complete Firmament atmosphere invigorated the mind and body since the radiation energy stored prana in the Firmament. Prana then drifted across the Firmament and maintained it almost as if it were a giant refrigerator. You might call it a refrigerator of prana or energy!

The body of any creature existing on your planet was invigorated by this energy. Additionally, the Firmament also effectively kept out heat and other radiation that caused deterioration of the body. Another side effect of the Firmament was that the stars were magnified so that the sky would be seen as through a huge telescope. Thus, the Firmament prevented a ravaged atmosphere in which there are great differences in climate, storms, and extremes of weather. After the Firmament's collapse, radiation eventually shrunk the physical size of humans and gradually limited the length of their life span. In fact, some biblical stories include long-lived beings. This is a result of the protection of the Firmament. Your present atmosphere does not protect life as the Firmament once did (and will do so again).

Conflict
As the civilizations of Lemuria and Atlantis matured, conflict developed between the two. As a last resort of the struggle for control, they decided to attack the crystal temples which held the Firmament in place. Initially, the strategy was to destroy the Firmament above the enemy. However, they underestimated the effect of the destabilization of the Firmament

Attacks were made simultaneously on the crystal temples, and so disrupted the structure of the Firmament in the heavens. This caused the end of the Firmament, and the falling of millions of gallons of water from the sky. This is historically and biblically known as the Great Flood.

What was left behind was not only a period of roughly 40 days of rain but a whole new world. The old histories of humanity had been virtually flooded away and all that was left were the oral stories and legends.

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Excerpts from the book You Are Becoming A Galactic Human, by Virginia Essene and Sheldon Nidle. Information channeled from Washta, Teletron, and Mikah, by Sheldon Nidle.

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LIKE NOTHING YOU COULD EVER IMAGINE

by Andrew Lutts

In a recent channeling session with friend Chandara, we inquired as to what to expect in the new millenium. Chandara spoke the reply

"Like nothing you could ever imagine."

That kind of reply can be taken many ways. Some people will conclude that this means earth changes. Others will interpret this as to mean the beginning of the end, the apocalypse, armageddon, the revelation, or the final judgement days.

But I think it means something entirely different. I think the new consciousness of the new millenium will be an incredibly positive and wonderful awakening for mankind. The new millenium energies will build and become so prevalent in everyone around us that the world can never go back, as each soul wakes up and is transformed. The new energies, frequencies, and vibrations of the new millenium will reach even those who have struggled to hold onto the old third dimensional concepts of limitation, struggle, power and control.

How can this happen? First it happens one person at a time, then in groups, then in small communities, then in larger areas and circles, then in cities, regions, states, provinces, nations, countries, continents, and the planet. The shift to the new frequency of awareness has already begun; now it is up to us to help support, accelerate and integrate this new way of life. Yes, this is the golden age we all came here for, and yes, we will all witness it in our lifetimes.

So next time you wonder what it will be like on planet Earth in a short 14 months from now in the year 2000, just remember "Like nothing you could ever imagine."

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ABUNDANCE - ARE YOU RICH?
by Cynthia Barnard

Falling multi colored leaves, mums, sunflowers, bittersweet, Indian corn, haystacks and scarecrows decorate yards throughout New England. Bees are buzzing, gathering the last nectar from fall blooming flowers. Warm, Indian summer days calmly bring in the autumn season to us New Englanders. In days gone by, there would have been a gathering celebrating the Equinox, and giving thanks to the God/Goddess for an abundant harvest.

Fall has always been to me a new beginning, my new year. It's a chance to let go of the old, and to prepare for the darkness of winter. As I sit and reflect on the year gone by, I am filled with gratitude for the lessons I've learned. For years I've been teaching prosperity and abundance classes. Recently, my 17 year old son asked me a poignant question "Are we rich, Mom?" "People think we are because of the cars we own," he said to me. A smile came to my lips, as I drove back to the past thinking about my 1966 blue Buick. We called it the "Bomber". It took us cross country and back safely, and never failed us. Now, 24 years later, I drive a beautiful blue convertible, and I "know" that I felt just as rich in the Buick as I do now in my sleek new car.

Slowly and carefully, I answered my son. "Yes, we are very rich, but not because of the cars we drive. You are a rich young man because you were welcomed into this world by two souls who really wanted you. You are rich because you live in a home that is filled with love, and as a family unit we love each other unconditionally."

What is rich? To me, rich is having great friends, loving relationships, and peace within ourselves. It is being healthy, and feeling the joy that all life offers.

Material things are fun, and I am one who enjoys them. Beautiful clothes, nice furniture, and the ability to travel are some of the things money can bring to us. But ultimately, it is our relationships that are the essential ingredient in our spirituality. It reminds me of the story of a highly successful Harvard graduate who had a near death experience. She had a life review, and felt herself in the presence of God/Goddess. He/She did not ask what college she graduated from, or what kind of automobile she drove. The light simply asked what she had done to help others. The woman could not answer this, and came back to life forever changed.

In the movie "Contact," the most moving scene to me is when the alien tells Jodi Foster that they have learned that the most important thing they have is each other.

Every day of my life, I work towards the goal of sending forth love and compassion to my brothers and sisters. Still I am human, and I can only do the best that I can in this moment. I hope to help others realize that abundance is unlimited, like God's love, and when we tap into this universal well of abundance, our cups will runneth over.

Cynthia Barnard is a shamanic healer and teacher. She can be reached at 978-887-5301.

From the Light Network newsletter, issue #27
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AWAKE DREAMER

by Stephen Voisey

Hello dreamer, listen carefully, not to these words, but the voice that speaks inside you.
Time has cast a dream on you, each day you live, and grow older, yet answers just seem further.
I speak of a sleep, a paradox to be solved, and you are the key.
Be awake in your thoughts, though many would want them theirs.
Your control comes from within, not hollow words of others without.
If you turn in, then look out, the two won't compare.

Your days as sleepers are numbered, let not the masters of dreams allude you any more.
After light, dark returns, a cycle, a pattern, that keeps them amused.
It's the patterns that keep you trapped, in time you'll forget all from before.
They'll keep you in the dark, in many ways.
But eternal light is here, always, for in the end, dark mystery night belongs to time, and their dream alone.

Go ahead, live your life, don't let the illusion swallow you whole.
Seek not another, or other, religion or science. You are the one, which makes ones.
Remember; you have the strands to make a fabric of reality, a truth they want to hide.

The illusion will trust you to fate, and you will never find your way.
Break free, cut bonds that tie you, all you need to do is be free.
You wonder where that freedom lies, in some place, someone, some time. But it's now, always now. In you, no other.
Listen to yourself; believe yourself to be strong, as you are.

There is only so much that can be said, only so much you can read and see, there is no set point, in time, or place. Only you.
Be awake, don't wait for the moment, become it.

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ONE PERSON CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE

... ABOUT TEDDY

Jean Thompson stood in front of her fifth-grade class on the very first day of school in the fall and told the children a lie. Like most teachers, she looked at her pupils and said that she loved them all the same, that she would treat them all alike. And that was impossible because there in front of her, slumped in his seat on the third row, was a little black boy named Teddy Stoddard.

Mrs. Thompson had watched Teddy the year before and noticed he didn't play well with the other children, that his clothes were unkempt and that he constantly needed a bath. And Teddy was unpleasant. It got to the point during the first few months that she would actually take delight in marking his papers with a broad red pen, making bold X's and then marking the F at the top of the paper biggest of all. Because Teddy was a sullen little boy, no one else seemed to enjoy him, either.

At the school where Mrs. Thompson taught, she was required to review each child's records and put Teddy's off until last. When she opened his file, she was in for a surprise. His first-grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is a bright, inquisitive child with a ready laugh. He does his work neatly and has good manners...he is a joy to be around." His second-grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is an excellent student well-liked by his classmates, but he is troubled because his mother has a terminal illness and life at home must be a struggle." His third-grade teacher wrote, "Teddy continues to work hard but his mother's death has been hard on him. He tries to do his best but his father doesn't show much interest and his home life will soon affect him if some steps aren't taken." Teddy's fourth-grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is withdrawn and doesn't show much interest in school. He doesn't have many friends and sometimes sleeps in class. He is tardy and could become a problem."

By now Mrs. Thompson realized the problem but Christmas was coming fast. It was all she could do, with the school play and all, until the day before the holidays began and she was suddenly forced to focus on Teddy Stoddard. Her children brought her presents, all in beautiful ribbon and bright paper, except for Teddy's, which was clumsily wrapped in the heavy, brown paper of a scissored grocery bag. Mrs.Thompson took pains to open it in the middle of the other presents. Some of the children started to laugh when she found a rhinestone bracelet with some of the stones missing, and a bottle that was one-quarter full of cologne. She stifled the children's laughter when she exclaimed how pretty the bracelet was, putting it on, and dabbing some of the perfume behind the other wrist. Teddy Stoddard stayed behind just long enough to say, "Mrs. Thompson, today you smelled just like my mom used to." After the children left she cried for at least an hour. On that very day, she quit teaching reading, and writing, and speaking.

Instead, she began to teach children. Jean Thompson paid particular attention to one they all called "Teddy." As she worked with him, his mind seemed to come alive. The more she encouraged him, the faster he responded. On days there would be an important test, Mrs. Thompson would remember that cologne. By the end of the year he had become one of the smartest children in the class and...well, he had also become the "pet" of the teacher who had once vowed to love all of her children exactly the same.

A year later she found a note under her door, from Teddy, telling her that of all the teachers he'd had in elementary school, she was his favorite. Six years went by before she got another note from Teddy. He then wrote that he had finished high school, third in his class, and she was still his favorite teacher of all time. Four years after that, she got another letter, saying that while things had been tough at times, he'd stayed in school, had stuck with it, and would graduate from college with the highest of honors. He assured Mrs.Thompson she was still his favorite teacher. Then four more years passed and yet another letter came. This time he explained that after he got his bachelor's degree, he decided to go a little further. The letter explained that she was still his favorite teacher but that now his name was a little longer. The letter was signed, Theodore F. Stoddard, M.D.

The story doesn't end there. You see, there was yet another letter that Spring. Teddy said he'd met this girl and was to be married. He explained that his father had died a couple of years ago and he was wondering...well, if Mrs. Thompson might agree to sit in the pew usually reserved for the mother of the groom. And guess what, she wore that bracelet, the one with several rhinestones missing. And I bet on that special day, Jean Thompson smelled just like... well, just like the way Teddy remembered his mother smelling on their last Christmas together.

THE MORAL You never can tell what type of impact you may make on another's life by your actions or lack of action. Consider this fact as your venture through life.

author unknown

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