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Blue Papaya – The Home Environment

As we move into 2013 it is a perfect time to cleanse and declutter the home in order to allow new energies to move into your life. It seems appropriate to revisit this blog on cleansing the home energies, and how they affect the children of the new consciousness.

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We all have the ability to sense energy, and children of the new consciousness are even more sensitive to it than their adult counterparts. While they may not be able to verbalize what they are sensing, even infants can sense and make it known that something is off in the energy about them.

While sometimes it may be the energy dynamic between family members, often it is the energy in a space we react to. Positive energy makes us feel good and energized, when energy is lacking it brings us down, can make us cross, sad, and feeling out-of-sorts. Space clearing is a simple and effective way to clear the energy and rise the vibration of a space so it is more positive.

Here are some of the steps you can take to clear your home or office.

1. Preparation.When preparing to clear your space, you must first do a thorough job of cleaning the area you are going to cleanse and clear. Get rid of clutter, make certain furniture is moved as you clean so there are no hidden dust bunnies left to retain the energy you are wanting to dismiss.

Decide what tool(s) you will be using during your clearing. Depending on the frequency of your clearing space (weekly, monthly, quarterly) you may want to use more than one combination of clearing tools. Listen to your instinct and choose what feels correct for your individual space and the energy level needing to be cleansed.

Optional Clearing Tools

Bells – Excellent tools, bells have the ability to dispel accumulated, stagnant energy by producing sound that permeates the molecules of space. Bell tones increase the flow of energy and restores vibrational balance. Long after the physical sound of a bell is gone, its subtle vibrations continue to fill space.

Chimes - Hand held chimes create a very clear and focused sound. Strike the chimes sharply to create vibrations that can cut through the dullest pools of energy. After striking the chime move it as though you are using a paint brush, with long broad strokes to fill the space with sound.

Smudging - Bundles of dried herbs tied together with a string to create a smudge stick. Smudging is a common tool for clearing space. Sage is probably the most common herb used for smudging. The smoke of a smudge bundle instantly creates an enormous shift in the energy of a room. It’s also one of the best methods to use when you need to shift very heavy energy. Use an abalone shell underneath the herbs to catch any stray ashes and sparks. Use a feather (turkey, raven, eagle, hawk) to spread the smudge smoke. These two elements together (air and fire) create a powerful way to balance the energy in a space. Use your dominate hand to stroke the smoke, much like a paint brush through the space. Smudging is particularly effective method to use after an illness.

Now you should prepare yourself for the clearing. Some people take a bath with a purifying salt bath or essential oils before clearing a space, and then smudge themselves after dressing in special clothing they have chosen to wear while cleansing their space. This is optional, but advised if you are cleansing a space with heavy, dense energy. You should at least be showered and dressed in clean clothing when performing your cleansing. However, the more prepared and vibrationally high your energy is, the more profoundly it will effect your clearing.

Next, plan what steps you wish to take with your clearing. If you are enlisting other family members, discuss what each of you will be doing during your clearing. Have all items that you will be using ready to be used, then set an intention or goal for the cleansing of the space. Take some deep cleansing breaths while envisioning how you want the space to feel once your clearing has been performed. Where intention goes, energy flows, the easier to make that vision a reality.

You may wish to have a table, or mantle near the space being cleansed with items that represent your intentions for the space. This sets the tone and holds the energy for the entire cleansing ceremony, and is the physical representation of your intention. This area should be both beautiful and inspiring, and include symbolic representations of the hopes and dreams of all the occupants of your home. Some possibilities are red roses to represent love, rice for abundance, a candle for inner light. A cloth can be used as a base, keeping in mind that the type of fabric you choose for it will influence the energy of the altar. A cotton fabric is earthy, red cotton is grounding. A more formal cloth in white would be more attuned to celestial energies.

2. Purification

Now that you have all your preparations done, you may begin the cleansing process. Begin before your table of intentions and speak to your guides, the house deva, and whomever else feels appropriate to you. Ask for their assistance and guidance during this cleansing, and ask to be open to the lessons and guidance they bring while doing this purification.

When you enter the space to be cleared, or the first space if you are attempting to cleanse more than one area, access the energy in that space. Energy that needs to be cleared can often feel hazy, or even heavy. You may first wish to walk in a circle around the room with your hands extended to get a feel the energy of the space. You may notice some areas don’t feel “right”, or perhaps they make your stomach turn, or perhaps even sense a different odor. Return to the entrance to the room and find center by standing with your feet hip width apart, and imagine a long column of light running from the center of your head down through you and into the floor. Take some deep breaths, and breathe out of your mouth as you exhale. It is time to use your chosen cleansing tool. For this cleansing, a chime will be used.

Listen carefully as you strike your chime. If it doesn’t sound clear and crisp, continue to strike the chime until it is bright, crisp and distinct. This indicates you’ve cleared energy in that area. Continue to do this moving in a clockwise motion around the space until you return to your starting point at the entrance to the room. You may next wish to walk a figure eight in the room while chiming to further raise the vibration. Make sure to get all corners, as this is where stagnant energy accumulates.

3. Completion

Return to the entrance of the room and once again speak to the energies you asked to assist you at the beginning of the cleansing. Give thanks for their help. You may wish to add a preservation to the room once cleansed, such as a flower, or a small stone that represents the energy you set your intention on.

Clearing of space has such powerful results, it is best done on a regular basis and especially after an argument or an upset, after an illness, before and after an unpleasant visitor, prior to moving into a new home and even when you’re just feeling that life is a bit out-of-sorts.

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Blue Papaya – Lives Remembered

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Each soul of the new consciousness has gifts that are special and unique to them, and their purpose here on Mother Earth. These gifts are not easily understood by all, thus they allow only those in their inner circle of trusted loved ones to share their more unusual and often exciting capabilities.

Past lives are something that many like to explore, perhaps have some recall of, and would like to explore. What I’ve been discovering with the new consciousness souls is this; as more and more levels of their consciousness arrive here on earth, there are those who have instant recognition of a past life, and can literally call upon that part of their totality when necessary.

Many of us are able to recall past lives very easily while about age three and four. A child may ask why they’re not the parent this time, or simply state how happy they are to be with an individual for another life. This is quite normal for every level of consciousness and eventually, for most individuals, this fades away as they mature and the general, pervasive ideology these recollections aren’t possible take hold.

Some individuals remember a life so vividly and actively, it spills into their daily life in ways that cannot be ignored. Parents start to research the clues the youth provide, sometimes unwittingly. One such case occurred here in the States with a young boy who seemed to have an obsession with fighter planes from WWII. Once his parents began investigating, they found he knew obscure things that weren’t common knowledge and their journey led them to a young man, a pilot, who lost his life on a mission in the Pacific. So many other facts lined up with things their son had shared with them, they couldn’t brush this life aside any longer and they had to accept their son was remembering events and individuals from his last life. Once they journeyed to where his life was lost and held a ceremony that was essentially a funeral at sea, their son let go of that life and fully emerged into this one.

( Soul Survivor, Grand Central Publishing)

The information I am sharing with you today is not one of these situations. This is a different type of recall; once activated, these lives have the capability to assist the individual in their own distinctive voice. One such individual currently has two lives she has connected with, one from ancient Egypt, and the other is of a life many would consider a fantasy; a life as a mermaid.

The recollection of a life in the Pacific Ocean, the mermaid, and the ability to call it up by will has helped her to tap into a knowledge that was dormant within. Now she easily acknowledges that these life forms live in all waters, (rivers, lakes, seas, oceans), and can hear their calls of greeting and knowledge. Her recall has also helped to awaken those in her family to these energies, and also to their own lives within the depths of water. Now they too hear the calls of mermaids, and sense the presence of them in different bodies of water, as well as sensing river spirits, water dragons and more. Her knowledge of their capabilities, their appearance and the like is startling and very precise. Her memories of that lifetime are intriguing, for our world has a few things correct, such as moving between the water and earth, but not much else.

The past life in ancient Egypt is just as strong and distinct. An extended family member of the Pharaoh, a position of prestige over-seeing the embalming process, this life memory is often annoyed with historical programs on Egypt, not being shy about setting the record straight on what archaeology has gotten wrong and what we have lost over time. A recent course in Egyptian Mythology has been an interesting journey-as even the minor gods are met with, “I knew that”, and “no, that’s not quite right, it should be”. Even more amusing is the need to quiet the voice and not correct the teacher on “facts” that are not correct according to that life time. Having no way to prove the information she knows, it is knowledge she notes and stores away.

These awakenings have allowed this individual to pull on the wisdom of these lifetimes. Sometimes it is the strength of the character, other times it’s the innate knowledge of that time and space, other times it is the discipline. Most fascinating is the realization that she now has a desire to take their skills and apply them to clean the water of our planet. Not with chemicals, but with natural skills and energies that we have lost or forgotten over the ages.

How many other gifts might come from the ability to tap so purely into our souls past? Hopefully our children will share these revelations over time, so that more and more we come to accept these realities.

Blue Papaya’s next gathering will be September 21 at Wheeler Park in Geneva, IL. Please use the NORTH entrance to Wheeler Park. There is a nice area there where the group will be able to work on the grass, free from other park activities.

Kung Fu Master Anthony Ernst will be sharing peaceful, centered ways for the youth to protect themselves in the presence of bullies or other negative situations. Victor van Slee, one of our founders, will be assisting in this lesson.

This BP meeting will begin at 6:30 pm, instead of the regular 7 pm, so that we can take advantage of the park and natural light.

Please dress in comfortable clothes that will allow free movement and won’t constrain.

In the event of bad weather, we will meet in the lower portion of the Crystal Life building, at The Fox Valley Jewish Neighbors meeting hall. The entrance to this area of the building is just off the alley that runs between Crystal Life and the Geneva History Center.

Blue Papaya – The Whisperers

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Many of us have known individuals who have an affinity with animals. These individuals seem to have an unknown and uncanny connection that our furry friends respond too, almost as though they understand one another at a deeper level. Some individuals have this gift with a particular type of animal, plant life, reptile, or other life energy, or with a combination of these lif forms. Some only have that connection with a soul friend that also is their beloved pet. These gifts are often referred to as “whispering” and the individual who has the gift is a “whisperer.” Many families have this type of gift handed down generation to generation, and this gift is manifesting in the new consciousness generation in very strong ways.

Between the ages of 13 and 14 there is a large possibility for growth intuitively. Many individuals come into their gifts in ways that are more defined and amplified, while for others, new gifts present themselves. For one individual, the summer of her 13th year was her true awakening into her gifts as a whisperer.

Always gifted with animals, she is one of many whisperers in her family. Before her awakening she could feel energies of animals, and of Mother Earth, but nothing very specific. One day she became aware of some happy humming near where she was quietly drawing. She had no human company, so she looked to see where the pleasant cheer was coming from. This happened several times until she was able to spot the energy that was so content as it went about its day. Shocked and amazed, she realized that the happy energy was that of a large carpenter ant. Her delight sparked further curiosity, she wondered if the ant understood her as she did him. She asked what the large ant was doing – the response back was “food” before he continued humming as he searched for his meal. Her curiosity peeked, she decided to further open her energy to see what else could she hear.

This crystal child learned many things that summer. Spiders have complicated names, and usually have a nick name. One large one, who spoke in a deep voice, liked flattery. Upon telling him he was beautiful this gentle and intimidating soul gave assurance that he would not bite anyone in the house, for he was greatly pleased by the families appreciation of him.

For every grape in a bunch, they have a name, a separate identity. This is true will all food and produce. Suddenly trips to purchase food took on a new meaning, and was exciting for everyone. Though our adventures with fresh produce, we learned how important food that is alive is, and that meat and other processed foods had little or no energy. Junk food took on an entirely new meaning to the entire family.

Trees are very content with their place in life. They retain life force energy even after being made into a product. One tabletop at a popular eatery told her about all the places in the world he has seen due to being made into different items for human use. Another tree that looked mostly dead and little time left to go told her not to feel sorry for his existence as it now is. Instead he asked her to see how happy he was to still be alive next to his partner, and that as long as they were together, he was at peace with whatever energy was around him, and affecting him. Their acceptance of life helped her to realize everything is perspective, so why choose to see the silver lining in every situation?

Pets have true names, just as we do, but they usually accept the names their owners give with grace. Sometimes their humans are referred to as mom or dad, but others call them by their given names. Wild animals use manners, often giving thanks for slowing down while driving to allow them to safely cross a street or bike path, and for the food you may opt to share with them.

Bird thoughts are more complicated and harder to understand than other animals. Plants are very congenial, and social. They even want to assist in picking their place in the garden. Flowers also have distinct personalities. She found the impatiens in her backyard liked to gossip about the other plants, not always nicely.

Bodies of water have personality and share information. They often have energies that are energetic and not visible to the human eye. What are often considered mythical creatures are in all bodies of water, at different levels of development, just as humans are.

One of the greatest lessons came from a vegetable she was loath to eat because she knew that it was alive. He and his many friends on her plate were encouraging her to eat them, saying hello and even gave their names. With encouragement from family, she began to have a conversation with them. She learned they, (the vegetables), didn’t like the meat on her plate, or the soda some were drinking – they felt those items were bad for the human body. They explained that the life force energy they provide is specifically made to help a humans body run optimally, that they do experience rebirth because they like being useful. One explained why his favorite life was as a watermelon and that being a tomato really wasn’t what he had hoped it to be. As you can tell, this was a very entertaining and interesting dinner for everyone involved.

This crystal child is now ready to embark on a new journey of her life, but over the years she has expanded her knowledge and gifts because she lives in an environment that welcomes her gifts, so she is comfortable with them, and has no fear of them.

Will everyone eventually have these types of capabilities? Only time will tell, we are at the beginning of a new evolution of our own species, moving towards more conscious based foundations and innate abilities. At the start of every great expansion of growth there are always those who push the envelope with their gifts. Those gifts eventually become accepted and even a standard for everyone else. It isn’t always easy for these brave souls to own these gifts, to champion them and feel secure in sharing them with others, and that’s why they need our support and love to help them understand that they’re perfect just as they are.

Blue Papaya’s next gathering will be August 17 at Wheeler Park in Geneva, IL. Please visit our events page for further information.

Staff Speak – Family Meditation

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Have you ever thought of introducing meditation to your children? Children are natural meditators and have an easier time at it than adults They are able to meditate amongst noise and, if distracted, can get back into it. When given the instruction, time, and space, their expansive imaginations take off, painting vivid imagery, hearing sounds, and getting in touch with their feelings. Meditating as a family can increase harmony, decrease stress, and strengthen the family bond.

Children as young as five years old can be introduced to meditation and are able to practice meditation on a daily basis. Gently encourage children of any age to meditate, by talking about it, by making it a special time during the day, and by making it fun. For younger children, there are books about meditation that can be read at story time. Peaceful Piggy Meditation by Kerry Lea MacLean is one such book. With older children, talk openly about your meditation experiences and how they make you feel, etc. Invite your child or children to meditate with you. A good time for this would be before bedtime, making it part of the routine, or in the morning before heading out the door. Set aside not more than 20 minutes, taking ten minutes for the actual meditation and leaving ten minutes for discussion or time to draw or write about their experiences.

When introducing meditation to your children, it is important to have it defined for you. Encourage your children to explore and come up with their own definition for themselves and then share yours, being careful to keep the concept open. Explain that there are many ways to meditate and many positions you can mediate from: sitting, lying down, back against the wall, etc. The bottom line is to be comfortable. Allow for exploration of the different positions as what works best for one person may not work for the others. Another key factor, especially for younger children, is to allow for them to quietly move about during meditation time. Children respond well to guided meditation that allow them to experience the meditation with their senses whether that is sight, sound, feelings, knowing, or touching. A useful book that has meditations geared toward children but very useful for adults too is Sensation Meditation for Children by Sarah Wood Vallely.

You may also make up your own guided meditations. Creating special meditations that include the interests of the family members makes it interesting and fun. If the children in the family are older, take turns guiding the meditations so that everyone gets a chance to experience the time from different perspectives. This will keep everyone involved in the group process.

Best wishes for your family practice!

Blue Papaya – Undefined

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As a society we have anchored ourselves to labels. Whether it is defining an individual by their job or what we perceive as accomplishments, their marital status, sexual preference, religion, language, skin color, hair type, etc, the labels go on and on. Our world is based on a superficial mentality that does not come from the heart, but from the third chakra. This type of judgment upon others is one of the issues the new generations of children are here to change and replace with heart chakra energy.

Love from the heart is of an enduring quality, eternal and constant. The heart chakra is the center of love, the balance between the upper and lower chakras. In the heart chakra, love is not dependent on outside influences, but experienced within as a state of being. It radiates outward, bringing love and compassion to whatever comes into our field. The heart chakra purpose is to balance and integrate the various aspects of our being. This brings a sense of wholeness, an acceptance of spirit and matter, and within this wholeness lay the seeds of inner peace.

The new generations have quite the task at hand. Through the last half of the 20^th century and into the 21^st there has been an ongoing clash to break down labels, and out dated stereotypes. Many brave souls are here breaking down the old ways of thinking and existing. Some of these individuals arrive with the purpose of creating strong change; sacrificing their own lives in order to get the attention needed so that the process of breaking down the old ways of thought can happen and move the earth’s population towards embracing newer ways of thought and interaction.

Breaking through, creating change is considered an indigo trait, but what we must all realize is that there can be no clear labels and definitions for these revolutionaries. The members of the new generation are representatives from all types of life forms. Some carry energies that are distinctly like a tree, while others are more elemental, and others are like the planet in which their soul originated. They have chosen their purpose here so that their strengths can be used to proudly awaken those that are still asleep to the changes of our planet, and those who refuse to allow change to happen.

Ironically many of these individuals are being defined with all sorts of nonsensical alphabet induced labels as they move through our heavily structured world. Don’t feel sorry for them, they chose this path. Why? They’re learning what labels can do so that they themselves can further change our world when they mature. They’re also teaching, bringing about awareness to adults who are in turn creating change for future generations. Don’t speculate about what the next group of expanded perceptions will be like. Please don’t give them a new name, a new purpose of which you define. Operate from your heart, and from love. None of us are an expert on the new generation, though we may have insights what we see is only the tip of ice berg.

The new generation are beings with real emotions, sensitivities, and a purpose, just like you. It is best to give thanks for their roles in reshaping earth’s consciousness, give love that is unconditional no matter how much they may be shaking your own foundations. Be open to what they have to say, because their voices are pure, and clear. Let us help them by losing our definitions of others, set an example of living a life that is love centered, and embracing individuals for their qualities, not superficiality.

Blue Papaya – The Greatest Lesson

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If the goal of the new consciousness children is to bring the world to a higher level of love, to help everyone to exist from the fourth chakra, what is our part in achieving this goal? The simple answer is that they are the teachers and we are the students and we need to pay attention to the lesson so that we may apply this knowledge to assist in the creation and evolution of our world. Not all of the lessons are pretty, in fact they are often detrimental to the individuals who make up the new consciousness, yet everything they do is in the name of love and assisting the souls they touch.

The new consciousness children are very much like every other child, having the same basic needs, hopes, dreams and desires. They too, are affected by the environments they live in, having chosen these surroundings to go through various life experiences that will hopefully create sparks of expanded and growing aspects of love. Some have chosen challenging home lives, others may come from a loving home but they may have something physically wrong, or have learning capabilities that challenge not only the parents but also our medical and educational systems. The possibilities are endless, yet so perfectly planned to assist our growth.

Many new consciousness children adopt addictive behaviors because they are overwhelmed by the cruelty and lack of love that exists. Some become food addicts; those who are empathic typically carry extra pounds as a protective shield. Others may choose relationships, perpetually dating or become sexual permissive in search for the love and total acceptance that has been lacking in their home life. Loners are those who understand not to engage in destructive behaviors – however their disengagement is just as big of a cry for help as other possibilities. Some new consciousness youth are perceived as ”popular” but popular in today’s school hierarchy doesn’t typically equate to kind, thoughtful, considerate and a positive role model. This type of popularity in middle school is often based on fear tactics – they must be respected otherwise the other students may be humiliated by them, bully them or be seen as unworthy. At the high school level popularity is often based on how often the student participates in partying. The more open to different aspects of partying, the wider their group of friends. Drugs and alcohol are typical ways to hide from emotions and a reality that is just too hard and they don’t know where to turn to find a better one. Their gifts and innate knowledge squashed because of the negativity they endure.

And yet, these issues, every one of them, are a part of the wake up call to our population that something has gone wrong in our society and we need to find a solution that is at the heart of the matter, the core level of how we relate to one another as a species. It cannot just be a diagnosis and a shaking of heads at the thought of “how did we get here.” We must own that our practices as a species have not evolved or have devolved. We have created this reality and we can fix it. As a society we need to start valuing people and relationships more than we value the job or material possessions.

So what can we do start the healing and move towards a more heart centered existence? As always, such answers always start at the most obvious beginning, ourselves. Whether or not you have a child who challenges your capability to love, every one of us has the ability to help create a better, more loving world for all of humanity. Exercises in patience, in non-judgment, in compassion – they’re put before us daily and we choose how we react. Often our less loving reactions are based on fear or are learned from life experiences and role models from our past. Deep breathes and attempting to quiet the mind allow us to release those moments of judgment and we can see the individual for who they truly are, a spark of the universe who at their core wants and deserves to be loved as well as you & I want to be.

Another key aspect is for our society to start accepting individualism – to embrace each persons unique character instead of trying to create a society of drones that have no free will or choice. Each one of us has the right to be true to ourselves and not feel pressured to conform. Conformity is feeding the ego, and not living as a heart centered individual. With youth some level of conformity is done as an exploration to what “fits” best or what feels right for the individual, but as adults we need to allow our youth to have those quirky clothes or hair cuts and color for a time. It’s an exploration of self that will often change as the child becomes more secure in who they are. We need not be threatened if they want to explore other religions, or are curious about other political affiliations than the ones we prescribe to. We are entrusted with these souls until they can fly on their own. If we come from the heart, their individualism is a joy and a delight. If you’re having difficulty in accepting aspects such as these, an honest exploration of needing validation in your own choices would be a wise place to start so that letting them step on their own path is easier and healthier for everyone involved.

Some individuals are easy to love, but those who challenge us, those who stretch our limits, these individuals are the ones who require the most love and are teaching us the important lessons that stretch our hearts and souls in ways we never knew was possible.

Our next Blue Papaya gathering will be Friday, April 20 at 7 pm. We will meet at Crystal Life Technology to learn the history of crystal skulls, talk about their energy and do a few group experiments with them.

Photo Image by Francene Hart.

Blue Papaya – The Eternal Emotion

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The individuals who have come to our earth plane to help our species evolve further, the indigo’s, crystal’s, & rainbow’s, are all centered from their heart chakra, not from the gut or the third chakra from which power derives and where most of society chooses to exist. For many of the new consciousness children it is abundantly clear that we are a planet that has dangerously forgotten the power of the love from which we come from, source or God. Our human egos and our fears have greatly stopped the flow of the most pure emotion, the only true emotion, the eternal emotion that is love.

Love is a secure and warm place to reside. Love accepts all, heals all, and never ends. The love we create flows vividly through the heavens, like the great lights of the Borealis and Australis. Eternal, infinite and beautiful.

What is REAL, genuine love? What does the love that the universe is created from and hums to feel like? There is actually a very good and often quoted guide in the book of Corinthians in the New Testiment of the Bible.

“Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends.”

When you have reached a level of real and genuine love, patience and kindness extends to all you meet, not just to members of family and close friends. You are patient with everyone, you are kind to everyone. This does not mean you must love every one of them as though they were a member of your family, for honestly, that won’t be possible in every situation. Still, to strive to treat everyone you meet in life with the same kindness, consideration and respect that you wish to have bestowed upon you is a good start.

Love also has healthy boundaries. Love isn’t needy, happiness isn’t dependent on another individual and their affections. You remain an individual when you have healthy boundaries. Love rejoices at success and supports interests, growth and happiness. Love allows individual growth even if it means the possible loss of a relationship.

Love understands that everyone grows at their own rate. What is easy for one, is being worked on by another. Patience and compassion are both qualities of working from a state of love when recognizing this in another. Mocking, judging, excessive pride in self and making derogatory comments of others are all examples of NOT coming from a place of love.

For the new consciousness children the reality of love is as unique as they are. Some vividly remember or know what love should be like, while others have no idea and still others are somewhere in the middle. For those who are fortunate to remember genuine love or have a innate sense of what it should be, they have very high ideals and are often disappointed in peers and mentors who give a facade of being evolved but upon closer inspection have yet to work beyond the baser human ego issues of pride, ego, fear, accepting responsibility for their choices and ultimately, self love.

This is a dilemma for some. Their disappointment palpable and often disguised as anger. Crystal’s and early rainbow’s can decide to separate themselves from individuals such as this. They want to be surrounded by those who are not held down by emotions that are only illusions. Unfortunately for our youth, the environment in middle school and beyond is often very toxic and the antithesis of love.

As parents it is in our best interest to begin to be an example to our youth at a young age so that they can handle these disappointments with grace and compassion. Explain people and situations as honestly as possible and without judgment yourself. Be an example of tolerance of others but still have strong personal boundaries. Allow conversations about situations and individuals as they happen and then let it drop. You may find by doing this your child is using their perceptions wisely and often with more compassion than you realized they possessed. The more often they are aware of the deeper meanings behind an individuals chosen actions, the more likely they are to view the individual honestly and from a place of love, than to fall into a trap of toxicity. This also will allow them to hold onto that core of innate love. By practicing it daily, talking through those rough spots openly and with compassion, it will be easier for our youth to continue their mission to raise planets vibration and move our human species towards living from the heart.

Our next Blue Papaya gathering will be Friday, April 20th. Have you ever wondered about Crystal Skulls? What is their history, what were they used for, and what are their benefits today? We’ll be tackling all this and a few experiments too! As always, Blue Papaya is an event for youth ages 8 – 23, adults welcome when accompanied by a youth! Join us at 7 pm at Crystal Life Technology. 121 S. Third St., Geneva IL.

Blue Papaya – Trusting Your Gut

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Trusting your gut, an essential tool for any one. Instincts, or your gut reaction, are an innate tool that everyone is born with. Not being able to clearly trust or perceive these built-in life cues can make life flow with less ease, more stress and potentially unnecessary difficulty.

Instincts provide guidance as we traverse through our daily activities, our challenges, when making small and large life choices and through times of needed protection. As parents and mentors to youth, we have the responsibility and opportunity to provide youth of all ages the tools and experience that will allow them to form a deep and abiding trust with this innate ability.

Children are pure, free from fear, pain and blockages that keep their instincts from being strong and clear. Due to this, at a very young age, they should be allowed to trust their gut. This also means we, as adults, must not question their choices in a ways that diminish their belief in their inner voice or teach them our own fears or prejudices for these dim and diminish this essential tool. By showing respect for their choices we help them to remain true to the very essence of who they are, build confidence in their decision making process and plant the seeds that will allow them to trust their instinct without doubt.

As young as 4 and 5 years old a child is able to discuss the reasoning behind their decisions. By this time the youth are already in some form of school and/or play group. They’re learning what children are the type they would like to share time with, and which are the ones they may need to draw firm boundaries with. We must respect who they choose as friends but we are allowed to ask what makes them a good friend and have open discussion that helps us to understand our children’s reasoning. One young crystal child was told by another classmate she wasn’t allowed to play in the classroom kitchen, clearly staking her play territory. Thoughtfully, the crystal child listened to her instinct which told her why this child behaved as she did and what to do. After accepting this, she did as she wanted, not as she was told and made a clear boundary that she was not to be bossed around. Soon the situation with the other child dissipated because she listened to her inner guidance.

As a parent we often want to jump in to rescue our child(ren), not allowing them to learn through trial and error. We do a great disservice to their instinct and to the child when we are caught up in our savior mode. The only way our children can learn to trust their gut, their choices, is to have gone through some trial and error. It is better for this to happen when they are young, in a safe and loving home environment, so that they have a more stable foundation when they get to the more challenging years of middle and high school and throughout the rest of their life.

Listen to your child, talk to them respectfully about the choices they make. You may be surprised, no matter what age they are, how sound and wise their choices are, and the process they go through to make a final decision.

Blue Papaya – Games

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Tonight at Blue Papaya we’ll be having our annual game night. It’s our way of providing insights into how different perceptions exist and work, plus it’s always very fun for everyone. Though the group only has a game night once a year, it is something we do on a regular basis in my family, and something that is very easy to incorporate into your daily lives without it seeming “it’s all about the gifts.” There are many opportunities throughout the day that can be made into games, allow the participants to be aware of their gifts’ growth and what is happening in the body, and the importance of centering. Here are a few games we have enjoyed over the years.

Game Shows: These programs are based on chance (or so we perceive) yet there are many times when perceptions can be used to predict the choices of the contestants.

One of our favorites in the past was Deal or No Deal with Howie Mandel. The premise of the game was that the contestant choose a briefcase out of a field of 30 that may hold a specific amount of cash. After they’d chosen their briefcase, they then chose, one at a time, a remaining briefcase in the hopes of eliminating lower dollar amounts. This choosing of cases went on for some time and periodically they’d be offered a “deal” they could choose or refuse in the hopes of what was possibly a larger dollar amount in the first briefcase they chose.

We turned this into many different possible games. Which case holds the biggest cash prize? Which case will they pick next? Which case has the lowest dollar amount? All of these different questions were based on what we “felt” and it was great fun when we often knew more than the person playing the game.

Wheel of Fortune has been around forever and remains a popular program. Not only is it a great show to get everyone’s brains working with the puzzles, but we often would try and predict what color or dollar amount the wheel would land on, who would make it to the final round and, at the beginning of the show, who the winner would be.

Try the programs you like, keeping in mind how you can make a part of the show be about relying on instincts for answers. It’s fun by yourself and even more fun with more involved. If a spectacular vibe comes true, why not celebrate by doing something that is a reward? Get Frosties, have some ice cream, do something that makes it silly and fun for everyone but most of all memorable. You’ve just given a family member praise for relying on their natural gifts, reinforcing their abilities and also building confidence in their gifts.

Games for the Car: Often when waiting to pick up someone, you are waiting a bit before they’re able to leave. If this is the case, make a habit of trying to predict different things: What time will they show? What color hair will the next person out the door have? What color coat will they have? All just a few that we’ve used in the past. We’ve even made predictions about regulars who we come to depend on – mostly about what they’ll be wearing, or what color that mohawk will be today. Still it’s fun and it is exciting to the children when they get it right.

If you’re waiting in an area where a car may come by on occasion, why not use perceptions to predict what color car will come by next? Or what model? If it’s a convertible will it have the top down? There are endless possibilities.

Random: If I have a repairman coming to the house, I often text my friends and have them predict a time the worker will arrive based on the window that I’ve been given by the company providing the service. I never fail to get a reply from everyone I ask, and they check back when it gets closer to the window of time to see if they’re still in the game. Now my kids write down what time they think the repairman will show!

If you know you’re expecting something in the mail, why not make a game of it? Choose a day you feel it will arrive, and if more than one person chooses the same day, go for that something extra. Add a color of the envelope, what kind of condition it is in, how it will be signed and more. My kids have even taken to predicting who will sign a card or a note when they are expecting correspondence from a set of Grandparents.

When we walk our favorite forest preserve we are often visited by the local hawk. He’s often showed up right before we get an important email or message (one of the hawk’s meanings is communication/messages), or we hear his call right before a phone rings. When we’re expecting some news, we start our walking with a grounding and centering circle and then we ask the hawk to give us a sign if we are to hear our news soon. He never fails to be accurate.

There are many different things you can make into a game, make it fit to your family’s needs and interests.

Mystery Bag Game: At Blue Papaya, we began playing the mystery bag game three years ago during the winter months. Everyone attending is instructed to use a traditional brown paper lunch bag. They need to put an item in the bag, and they should be the only individual who knows what it is. This item can be anything except a living creature. We’ve had daffodils, plastic toy animals, jewelry, food, tiny keepsakes – Atala even layered her item to make it harder for everyone to sense and to see if they picked up on the item or the container she’d put it in.

When our group begins to gather, we assign each bag a number or a letter. We then do different things with them. First we just see what impressions we get by focusing on them without touch. All these impressions are written down by everyone at that time. Then we pass the bags around one by one, this time we state what we initially perceive and then we state what we feel by holding the bag. Some people hear songs, others smell something (without truly smelling the bag), some get a sense of color while others get a sense of the purpose of the item. One year we had a necklace that had been bought either through a garage sale or estate sale. Nearly everyone had a sense of baking and comfort, which of course had nothing to do with the necklace. Were we perhaps feeling the energy of a former owner who wore the necklace often? Perhaps, we’ll never know for certain.

The reveal is the most intriguing aspect of the night, and the most educational because we then begin to see how everyone senses differently. No answer is wrong because this is all about our unique ways of perceiving.

Take a chance and try a few of these activities. Not only are they enjoyable, they’re helping you and your child learn which gifts are sharp, which need some work and most importantly, to trust that voice on the inside.

Blue Papaya – The In-between Years

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Most of us remember our middle school years as some of the most difficult to traverse. Our bodies changing from child to young adult, childhood activities and innocence ebbing away slowly, and peer pressure reaching new levels of crushing intimidation. Adding to these challenges is the beginning of gifts starting to strongly emerge.

Beginning at age ten and easing off at fourteen, a person’s unique capabilities have the opportunity to blossom along with the rest of their body. This often begins with great fascination, especially for those who are aware of their gifts at a young age and whose family life has made it clear that these things are a normal aspect of who they are. At age ten, most are still in an elementary school environment but peer pressure is beginning to be felt in a new way and it intensifies with each passing year. Crushes may be reciprocated, an interest in their appearance takes a turn, and they may be more intensely aware of what their classmates are doing and are interested in, and who they consider the right people to friend. By the time they reach middle school their peers are judging one another in ways that are often demeaning.

What happens to their gifts when they are in these types of petri-dish environments? Some will be able to handle these situations with great confidence while others will retreat from them, perhaps never awakening again, or not until they are an adult. While these are blanket generalizations, the reality is how they handle these years depends on their home life foundation, their own self worth, and how these two important factors are practiced during these years.

Parenting through transition from child to adult is just as important as the early formative years. Children are entering into a world in which labels seem to be everywhere, and the crystal children really want to be a part of a world where everyone is unique, undefined by the limits of such narrow thinking. It helps if their home life embraces the idea that each individual on this earth is as important as the next. Strongly exhibited with word, thought and action, allowing the child to feel secure and strong while being faced with situations with their friends and classmates that are the opposite of what they know in their home life.

Extremely open conversation during this period is the best game plan. While some may resist, regular meals together, open ended questions, and time shared as a family will be a grounding experience for any youth, not just the new consciousness youth. Prepare your child with honesty about the possible changes and challenges they will come across while at school. Let them know elementary school friends will start making poor choices, and make sure you are clear about what those poor choices are. Listening without judgment is also extremely important. Your child may be sharing surprising revelations about friends and classmates that make you feel alarmed and disappointed. Instead of making a statement, let them talk it out, and ask them how they feel about these decisions and choices. Just knowing they can talk to you and you’re actively listening will give them the strength to continue to stand strong in their own center. Knowing you’re there gives them that extra embrace of strength and support while at school. When they hear stories of your experiences, they will feel more confidant that they aren’t the first to go through these situations and can survive.

It’s key that you take time doing activities that help their gifts emerge. Quiet often helps; quiet spent doing something creative, reading, involved in a class. Spend time doing activities that are connected to their gifts so they feel more confidant – activities that allow you to have a good understanding of the challenges they may be experiencing. Sometimes control will be an issue, while another may be learning to stay centered and grounded. For some their gift may be multi-faceted so they may have many different parts of the gift to learn and master. It’s best in this situation to take the main aspect of this gift and learn to find comfort with it and then the smaller aspects will come together with greater ease. Whatever the situation, they need to know that while they’re moving closer to adulthood you are still there sharing and listening with interest, affection and full acceptance.