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1 the JOURNEY thejourneymag.com A Mind, Body and Soul Connection Health/Wellness/Enlightenment/Spirituality SERVING CLEVELAND AND PITTSBURGH ~ ISSUE NUMBER 89

2 ASTROLOGY PAST LIVES PSYCHIC MEDIUM TAROT Located: 5 minutes from Exit 14, Route 28, New Kensington Psychic Astrologer CAROL RUTH psychiccarolruth.net Transcendent Ground "Journey within and discover your purpose" Gabrielle Michalek - A Well Trained Psychic/medium ( Spiritualist community of Lily Dale, NY and Arthur Findlay College in Stansted, UK.) Teacher of meditation and a teacher of dreamwork. Doing individual and group readings, platform demonstrations and group events. Gabrielle V. Michalek MA in Transpersonal Psychology from Atlantic University. (412) gvmichalek@gmail.com 2215 Ardmore Blvd. Pittsburgh, PA ~ 2 ~

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4 Fo the JOURNEY thejourneymag.com A Mind, Body and Soul Connection SPRING 2018 Issue 88 Words from the Publisher Spiritual growth, I have found anyway, can come in many ways. As I look over the years of this human existance, experiences that did not make too much sense, now seem to help me understand life better. Some of the most uncomfortable times were actually like a fertilizer to help me grow. Which reminds me of a converstaion many years ago with a friend from a 12 step recovery group. One day I stopped out to visit my friend Bob who lived out in the country. I was going thru one of those dark nights of the soul and needed to vent. We were sitting on his back porch and I went on and on, I m sure, about how life just isn t fair and the whole world is against me - or something along those lines. Bob just sat and listened. After I had finally let enough out so he could talk, Bob simply said You see out there in my back yard where the grass is so plush and much greener? I replied, Yes. Thinking what the hell does that have to do with how mean the world is to me. Bob said, That area there is where my septic tank discharges. It takes a lot of crap for that grass to look so good. That simple dialogue has helped me for over 20 years to look at things differently when times are not so good. Those times we are hurting, confused and afraid can be a blessing in disguise as long as we step back and look for the opportunity for spiritual growth. May we each find our way to spiritual growth as we trudge this road of happy destiny Namsate Clyde Front Porch Page 5-7 An Inner Life Lifted for Healing Page 8-9 by Niánn Emerson Chase Reactions are Reflections Page by MartinJon Garcia Special Journey Expo Page Pittsburgh 2018 Section Publisher and for advertising information: Clyde Chafer clydechafer@yahoo.com Cell phone: the Journey at: info@thejourneymag.com Find us online at: is a free quarterly publication. We do not necessarily endorse the views expressed in the articles and advertisements, nor are we responsible for the products and services advertised or written about. ~ 4 ~ Proof Reader: Katie Aurand Contributers: Niánn Emerson Chase MartinJon Garcia Distribution: CNC Distributing No portion of this publication can be reproduced without written consent from the publisher. God s Partnership Inc. 2018

5 r more information go to or call Clyde Chafer at SPECIAL EVENTS COMING IN 2018 FROM THE JOURNEY March 9, 10 Holiday Inn Mentor (Reynolds Rd.) March 17 & 18 Expo Pittsburgh 2018 May 11, 12 Holiday Inn Mentor (Reynolds Rd.) JUNE 24 (Sunday) PSYCHIC & HEALING CRUISE on the NAUTICA QUEEN in CLEVELAND July 13, 14 Holiday Inn Mentor (Reynolds Rd.) September 14, 15 Holiday Inn Mentor (Reynolds Rd.) OCTOBER 6,7 THE JOURNEY EXPO PITTSBURGH FALL 2018 November 9, 10 Holiday Inn Mentor (Reynolds Rd) All these events and any updates can be found at Come Check Out These Special Features At Expo Pittsburgh 2018 March 17 and 18 The Monroeville Convention Center * The Healing Garden * Guided & Private Meditation Space * The Merkaba Chamber * 7 Foot Healing Pyramid * Special Price Before & After Aura Photos with Tranquil Souls * Gallery Readings with Carole Obley * Daily Discount Hour (4 to 5pm) ~ 5 ~

6 I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious. ~Albert Einstein Green Heiress celebrated its Grand Opening on the Chinese New Year in January, Since opening the doors to the public, Green Heiress has welcomed a variety of workshops, music therapies, meditation classes, events for children, book clubs, informative lectures, and so much more. On a continuous basis, Green Heiress offers a weekly yoga program called Green Yoga, which have fantastic teachers offering unique classes like love & stillness, curating calm, as well as flow classes, and traditional classes like kundalini and sivananda. Green Yoga also offers a monthly workshop for the whole family and Om Baby for parents and their babies. Finally, Green Heiress has a host of well qualified practitioners in the holistic health field ranging from acupuncture, nutrition, reiki, intuitive coaches, qi gong, astrology, women s healing circles, and various forms of massage therapy. There is truly something for everyone at Green Heiress. The vision of Green Heiress is to be a community of healers who support one another and collaborate in bringing their modalities together to create an enriching holistic, healing experience for the clients of Green Heiress. The clients of Green Heiress are part of the community as well, and can grab a cup of tea, sit in the library and read a book or seek a quiet moment in the meditation room. The whole place is beautiful, with a peaceful ambiance and soothing music. The staff is inviting and friendly, and the conversations often scintillating. ~ 6 ~

7 ~Osho~ Enlightenment is a simple realization that everything is as it should be. That is the definition of enlightenment: Everything is as it should be, everything is utterly perfect as it is. That feeling... and you are suddenly at home. Nothing is being missed. You are part, an organic part of this tremendous, beautiful whole. You are relaxed in it, surrendered in it. You don t exist separately all separation has disappeared. A great rejoicing happens, because with the ego disappearing there is no worry left, with the ego disappearing there is no anguish left, with the ego disappearing there is no possibility of death any more. This is what enlightenment is. It is the understanding that all is good, that all is beautiful and it is beautiful as it is. Everything is in tremendous harmony, in accord. Please Enjoy our Sister Publication?The Psychic & Healing Guide FREE Your Resource Guide for: * Psychics * Mediums * Astrology * Numerology * Akashic Records * Medical Intuitives * Past Life Readings * Healing Modalities * Pet Communicators * Tarot Card Readings * Spiritual Counseling * Spiritualist Churches * Businesses and Organizations Editions of The PSYCHIC & HEALING GUIDe YOUR RESOURCE GUIDE FOR ALL THINGS PSYCHIC & HEALING! YOU CAN SEE THEM ONLINE AT CBD OIL Vegetarian Hot Bar & salad bar Grab a hot meal on the go or dine in our Cafe! 7516 Meade Street, Pittsburgh, PA ~ 7 ~

8 An Inner Life Needed for Healing In order to heal, we do need to provide the inner environment for the ministry of the Threefold Spirit of God and the other living spiritual forces to work with us. Ideally the inner environment is reinforced by an outer environment that nourishes developing it. Jesus often provided a wholistic opportunity for healing and inner growth for those he personally encountered. He encouraged an appropriate lifestyle that would enhance a deeper, more lasting healing and continued ascension of soul. For example, in a previous vignette on the topic of healing, I spoke of the two prostitutes Jesus met and uplifted, first appealing to their minds and hearts (their inner environments), and then practically uplifting their material living circumstances by enabling them to change their outer environment. He provided the logistics for these two receptive women to change their outer conditions. After ministering to these women on the street, he did not just go on and say, Well, I will see you. Good luck! and leave. He empowered them to move into much better life circumstances. Many wouldn t know how to exist without adrenalin running through them Most of us are human products of an industrialized and high-tech society that has mechanized most of our outward existence as well as impacted how we view reality in general. Most decisions in this dominant culture are based on the profit motive, and there is very little soul or heart or spirit in any of it. It is a fast outer environment that sets the stage for us also rushing around in our minds, not taking much time to slow down to contemplate and think more deeply, let alone hear the voice of God s Spirit within us. Our lives are full of the tyranny of the urgent, almost constantly aware of the time and in some manner trying to beat the clock. For example, we find ourselves rushing to beat the rush hour of traffic or trapped in traffic jams of that so-called rush hour. We often get impatient with the person in front of us who may not be driving as fast as we would like them to, and so on. The increasing problem of road rage is an outward manifestation of the rage and frustration that is happening to us on the inside. by Niánn Emerson Chase ~ 8 ~ We also rush around inside our heads, finding it almost impossible to slow down in our minds to rest and be still. In fact, for some it is actually uncomfortable to slow down outwardly and inwardly, to rest body and mind, because the habit of fast living has become addictive. Many wouldn t know how to exist without adrenalin running through them, and many are addicted to the various substances that keep their body systems and brain hopped up in order to move even more quickly through their days. As a result, to become still in order to contemplate and reflect upon what is happening in their lives is unthinkable for many persons, and so they continue running the treadmill of fast, thoughtless living that brings mental anxiety, emotional anguish, and physical diseases. Alexandra Mandic, LMC AM Transformation LLC As Life Mastery Consultant, Alex can help you design and manifest a life that s in harmony with your soul s purpose. For over two years, Alex has worked with clients, helping them build their dreams, accelerate their results, and create richer, more fulfilling lives. As a sought after life coach, Alex offers inspiring workshops as well as transformational in-depth coaching programs that help clients achieve new heights of success, meaning, and spiritual aliveness. For more information about coaching programs: or please call at

9 The URANTIA Book informs us that Jesus never appeared to be in a hurry, and yet his days were highly productive and full of enriching encounters with other people. In other words, he was a highly efficient individual, accomplishing the goals he had set. That was because Jesus lived fully in the moment, and he was in God s will in each moment. You do not have to be rushing when you are in God s will in the moment, but our dominant culture does not provide a safe place for us to slow down and develop an inner life; we have to create those places and opportunities for quiet and spirit rest. The URANTIA Book emphasizes the importance of developing the inner life, and how if a civilization does not encourage that and provide an impetus, a catalyst for the youth of the culture to develop their inner life, that civilization will eventually crumble and fail. Is this a possibility for the existing planetary dominant culture that we live in? Jesus lived fully in the moment, and he was in God s will in each moment. A favorite author from my childhood, whose writings continue to enrich my life today, is Madeline L Engle. In The Crosswicks Journal, A Circle of Quiet, she says: A self is not something static, tied up in a pretty parcel and handed to the child finished and complete. A self is always becoming. Being does mean becoming, but we run so fast, that it is only when we seem to stop, as sitting on the rock at the brook, that we are aware of our own isness of being. But certainly this is not static, for this awareness of being is always a way of moving from the selfish self, the self-image, and towards the real. Who am I then? Who are you? In order for us to discover who we really are within our God-given personality circuitry, we do have to have an inner life. We have to sit in that circle of quiet. If we do not have stillness and are running around busy all the time outwardly in our lifestyles as well as inwardly in our minds we will end up in static spirituality, not progressing in our character and soul development. From a spiritized perspective of whether something is of eternal value, all too often the hustle and bustle of life, the so-called activity is basically meaningless and give us head- and heartaches rather than clarity of higher purpose, inner peace, and true healing. Niánn Emerson Chase co-founded Global Community Communications Alliance, a 120+ member intentional community (at Avalon Organic Gardens & EcoVillage) located in southern Arizona. Niánn is the Director of the University of Ascension Science and the Physics of Rebellion, as well as serving on the Board of Elders. She is a counselor and a pastor. Niánn is a world-renowned spiritual leader, educator, activist, and a prolific author with many articles on culture, society, spirituality, and sustainability. Her spiritual-based philosophies and peace-motivated efforts have positively impacted countless individuals worldwide. Her personal ideals and pursuits are to fuse revelatory spiritual teachings with the philosophical and spiritual truths from all cultures and religions into the classroom and into mainstream consciousness. Niánn shares her visions and teachings to reveal a global outlook toward a future of world peace and harmony as one planetary family. Excerpted from Teachings on Healing From a Spiritual Perspective by Gabriel of Urantia and Niánn Emerson Chase ~ 9 ~ See Stephanie at the Journey Expo Pittsburgh March 17 & 18

10 Reactions Are Reflections By: MartinJon Garcia There are so many things we react to, each and every one can be learned from. Of course if we attempt to learn from every reaction we have we won t have time for anything else, so let s start with a big one, anger. When I get angry, it is a clear sign that I am not in balance and some work needs to be done. I often hear people tell me that some person or thing makes me angry. I see how that can seem to be the case, especially in today s world where we have been taught how to place blame if we have the slighted sense of being wronged. What I would like to go over in this post is that it isn t the person, their actions or that thing that is actually making you angry, but it s you, and your imbalances. I am sorry to break it to you. When an experience comes my way in which I react with anger, I first have to separate the anger from what I might be blaming it on. It is not the guy who cut me off, it s not my boss telling me to rework some nonsense, or the kids who picked my pocket, but it is only anger. When I can see the emotion for what it is, not judge those the brought it about in me, I can free myself up to examine it. In examining the emotions, and the circumstances that brought it about, I am in a better position to learn and move on. Anger comes about for a lot of reasons, it is often an emotion that we use to cover up other emotions, it s retaliatory. I hear people say I have the right to be angry and although they are right, anger is probably not what they are feeling. I say this because, just by saying I have the right to... they are justifying. That statement also presupposes that there is another observer which could be the self, the self that wants to do the work of healing. Here, the speaker is just looking for permission to be angry, because if they re not able to be angry, they might have to admit they are not balanced. For myself this is 100% the case, and I actively work at understanding myself enough to accept that anger is needing more balance. I first have to separate the anger from what I might be blaming it on. Once, in my early 20 s, I got so angry I reacted by slamming a heavy wooden door. It crushed, and mostly severed the tip of one of my fingers. After they put my fingertip back together, for months, I couldn t help but look at how one split second changed my life forever, because my finger would never be the same again, and it was all because I got angry. Today I don t remember what set me off but I do recall that as soon as I damaged my finger, whatever it was that made me angry didn t matter anymore. We permit ourselves to be angry for all sorts of reasons. I usually see people being angry to cover up a sense of weakness. This weakness is most often associated with shame and fear, but probably a whole host of other deep seeded issues as well. ~ 10 ~

11 Unfortunately we don t have the kind of culture that values the sort of personal work which would be able to remove anger from our vernacular. When we see anger arise, there is something that needs our attention, something of us that is not being loved. When we take the time to listen to our emotions we can see the signs that are directing us to reflect and find our way to love ourselves in a deeper way. This sort of reflection will not only heal ourselves but it will heal the planet. Love may not be valued but it is valuable and there is no limit to it. I ask you to reflect on your anger and find the bits of you that need more love, because we can all use a little more. ABOUT MARTINJON I am a healer and helping others is an integral part of my life practice. My Portrait Project has seen me connect with over 500 people and make portraits of each of them.this experience has driven me to develop a form of psychoenergetic healing that utilizes portraiture. I am looking to connect with healers, as well as individuals within the sciences, to work on these new developments and discoveries I am making. Connect with MartinJon further at miedonomas.com. ~ 11 ~

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