Two Self Portraits...

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Boarder Cat Sisters

Meet two great cats who are here boarding right now. First there is Lena, still a kitten and very busy. She is a purring love puss, and likes giving kisses to humans.

And here is big sister Diva, older and calmer.

What a cute face Diva has!

Death DreamWalking

I wanted to share with my readers that I have been trained as what is known as a 'DreamWalker' for the death trasition. I took the training in the summer of 2005.


What is DreamWalking? You can visit the DreamWalker website to learn more, but I'll quote from it here to give you a quick overview:

"We all die. In spite of this simple fact, our society harbors deep-seated fears and anxieties about death. People don't like to talk about it. It's taboo. Many consider death a weakness or punishment. The sick and elderly are placed in care centers, where care can mean a minimal level of medical prescriptions with little regard for the psycho-spiritual person. The funeral service traditionally marks the end of the journey on Earth. But it is also the beginning of a new journey for the one who just died. Their spirit lives on in the non-physical realms. What happens in these realms is varied, depending on their beliefs and levels of awareness. This can be a particularly lonely and discomforting time for them. The DreamWalker Guides are trained to escort their client through the mazes of the non-physical realms. They are there to comfort and reassure their client. They provide a sense of security and balance during the death transition process. If the client chooses, the DreamWalker guides them to the Bridge of Flowers, the cross-over point to the highest angelic realms. This is where the purest of angels – their celestial family – greets and welcomes them back. This isn't a religious process. DreamWalkers do not get involved in any specific belief systems. They simply act as servants and guides. Whether you are Christian, Jewish, Muslim, or even if you don't have any specific beliefs about afterlife, the DreamWalker is there as a guide and a point of comfort. They are a beacon of light in what can often be a confusing and dark time." I believe that many humans do this sort of work, in different ways, and with various levels of awareness, guiding and helping those who are going through the death transition. The DreamWalker death school I attended was to teach us to do this with full conscious awareness. Death has been a major theme in this lifetime for me, and I was immediately drawn to attending the DreamWalker death school when it became available. And, no coincidence, the very first school was offered right here in my home town of Taos, so it was easy for me to participate. While I had no fear of death before becoming a DreamWalker, since attending this training I've been even more comfortable in the non-physical realms.

More Jaya Doodles...

Photos Of Dad As A Young Man

My Aunt Jean's Daughter, Julie, was cleaning out her Mother's attic, and came across some old photos which she sent to me. Aunt Jean's was my father's sister, and included in the wonderful package of photos from Julie were two of my father as a young man. I'd never seen any images of Dad younger than his mid-twenties, so it was a real treat to get these! The first one, where he looks like a teenager, did not scan well, the background and hair being stained with glue or something, so I did some photo editing of it.



This second photo has also deteriorated over time. The hair is looking peculiar, but I decided not to mess with it. Dad's hair was black, though, not the lighter color it appears to be in this photo. This was taken when he was 21, and a student at Yale University. I think he looks a lot like his mother, Julia, in this photo.



And also, this seems like as good a place as any to include his obituary, taken from the New York Times, May 1967:

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Abstract Cat Diva With Orb

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Yes, I know it's out of focus! I like it as an abstract image. It's of a cat named Diva. And I like the very clear orb in front of her left eye. What's an orb? Depends who you ask. They show up mainly in digital photographs. Some believe they are ghost spirits. Others say they are energetic bits of consciousness. Skeptics say they are mostly flashes illuminating motes of dust. My camera picked up hundreds of them at the Quantum Leap gathering I was just at, both inside and outside. The one shown above seems to have followed me home. It's the first time I recall having an orb show up in one of my cat photos.

Hair Levitation?

I'm very pleased to say I have mastered a new skill - Hair Levitation. I'm not yet sure exactly how I will put this skill to use in my day to day life, but, even so, I DO like the peculiar way it makes me feel when I do this! I am thinking about offering classes in hair levitation to others, perhaps as a home study course through e-mail and video classes. Please let me know if you would be interested.


I showed my hair levitation skill to Lena, a young cat who is currently boarding with me. Somehow I am not sure she properly appreciated it...

Jaya at Quantum Leap

Feeling the New Energy!!

Yes! Yes! Yes!