Spiritual Recipes to Raise your Vibrations
by Susan Barnes
To raise one’s vibrations it occurred to me that I had to start eating healthy. I ate junk food and fast food because I’m always so busy. I seemed stuck in manifesting what I wanted. I could manifest most things but there have been other things such as spiritual enlightenment, continuous joy and getting clear on situations and people I was having trouble getting clear on. Suddenly it came to me in a dream, in the dream I dreamt I was eating muddy worms and gross bugs and when I looked across the table I could see people dressed shabbily with angry faces and sadness all around them. They were eating the horrible food too. When I woke up from that dream it hit me, I wasn’t taking care of my body, I was taking in bad fuel. When your body is not taken care of how can your spirit grow vibrationally? It can’t because your energy is going to trying to take care of your body and releasing the junk being put inside it every day. I decided to change my diet and have seen fast results, I’ve also gotten even luckier with out even trying.
As a teenager, I cooked with my Grandmother and won first prize in a pie contest, now I am not advocating pies with a lot of sugar but I’m trying to perfect a pie without the sugar and still tastes sweet. First, I wanted to tackle the perfect lunch. The Peach Pie will appear in my blog soon.
Sumptious Portobello Pita Sandwiches
This takes about 20 to 25 minutes to make. You will need the following:
4 pitas without pockets from the health food store, I get mine from Whole Foods or from Aikens, any place where the Pita is fresh and organic is fine.
3 medium portobello mushrooms that are organic and fresh
2 tablespoons of organic olive oil
2 medium organic green peppers,sliced
1 small organic red pepper,sliced
1 small organic yellow pepper,sliced
1 large organic onion, sliced very thin.
A bag of fresh spinach leaves
1 dash of sea salt
1 dash of organic ground black pepper
2 tablespoons of water
1/2 tablespoon vinegar (organic)
10 ounces organic, shredded mozzarella cheese
1 container of organic vanilla yogurt. ( I use the Greek kind)
Instructions: Preheat oven to 400 degrees F, unless your runs hot like mine does, then preheat to 375 degrees F. Heat a nonstick skillet over a medium heat until it gets hot. Take the Mushrooms out, clean them and brush both front and back sides with the oil, lightly. Place mushrooms in the hot skillet and cook until they are tender and barely browned on both sides. Take mushrooms out of skillet, place them on a cutting board and slice them into nice thin slices. Put to one side.
In the same skillet, heat slightly the rest of the oil until hot. Put in the green pepper slices, the yellow pepper slices, and the red pepper slices. Add the onion slices, sea salt, black pepper and water. Cook these items until the vegetables are tender, do not over cook. This could take ten to fifteen minutes unless you have a hot stove like I do, then you have to watch them closely after ten minutes. You can spice it up by adding a dash of crushed red pepper if you want more “heat”. When vegetables are cooked, add the vinegar, stir then take skillet off the hot stove and place on a cool part. Now, put in the Portobello Mushrooms and stir them in along with the vegetables.
Put the flat pitas on a large flat cooking sheet, add the mozzarella cheese to the tops of the pitas and place the pitas inside the warmed up oven. Watch the pitas closely, until the cheese has melted. When it has melted, about five to seven minutes then take the pitas out of the oven, roll up the pitas like a burrito, close at the bottom and use a cloth napkin to keep the bottom closed. Take all the cooked vegetables, a few uncooked spinach leaves and the cooked Portobello Mushrooms and fill the pitas. You can add the yogurt as a dressing if you like.
And if you’re not a big cheese eater, you can cut the amount of cheese in half if you like.
You now have a sumptuous and healthy meal, it may be a bit messy but it’ll be fun and yummy!
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As featured on Mystic Living Today, where Susan is a feature writer.
Susan Barnes is an Intuitive Spiritual Reader, Author of 9 books and holds workshops on Intuitive Writing, How to have Good Luck and Spiritual Relationships. Cooking is one of her hobbies. She has appeared several radio and TV shows including the Rachael Ray show.
She can be reached on her website at: www.susanbarnesauthor.com
Heal With Intuitive Writing by Susan Barnes
By · CommentsHeal With Intuitive Writing
By Susan Barnes
We are equipped with healing abilities each and every one of us. Some people have tapped into their healing abilities unconsciously; others do it with conscious awareness.
There are people who are well known for being healers such as, Olga Worrall, Kathryn Kulman, Jack Schwartz, John of God and Louise Hay to name a few.
There are also healers that are not well known but heal the sick on a regular basis. I’ve been healed by a healer who prefers to be unknown. This healer is also a Shaman from Mexico who can heal people and animals by simply walking past them. As a child I had allergies so severe that I spent a great deal of time in the hospital. My mother took me to Mexico to live for the climate, it was there we met the healer.
When we went to see him, I remember the first thing I noticed was the feeling when that warm oil had been poured over the top of my head. When I touched my head, I felt only my hair which was completely relaxed as the healer walked past me.
The next sensation was that of a wave of warmth traveling both outside and inside my body. In a few minutes the feeling of total relaxation passed and I went back to my normal state. Later that night, I noticed that for the first time in many years I could breathe through my nose freely and have experienced no more asthma attacks. I also stopped taking all allergy medication and haven’t been on any since.
Going back over this experience I began to ask questions, how could this be recreated? And I experimented with writing as a way to recreate this sensation and to get in touch with the healer that is deep within all of us. And I used writing as a form of self healing.
What needs to be healed?
What are some areas of your life that you want to be brought back into wholeness? Your body? Your mind? Your emotions? Your spirit?
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Please do this exercise as many times as you like.
… Surround yourself with Light and Love.
Copyright @ 2010 by Susan Barnes. All rights Reserved.
Susan Barnes is a success coach, author of 8 books, and an international speaker about success and charisma. Susan has appeared on numerous radio and TV shows including, The Rachael Ray show. Susan has been featured on Playboy Sirius radio as a guest relationship advice expert.
Susan can be reached via her Contact Page on her website for appointments – http://www.susanbarnesauthor.com
How To Have Good Luck Now by Susan Barnes
By · CommentsHow To Have Good Luck Now
By Susan Barnes
I’ve never given much thought to good luck or bad luck until recently when I was going to the mall on a crowded Saturday with a friend.
The crisp bright day gave me a feeling of happiness because Spring was around the corner. No more ice storms. And that thought became and replaced with another, “There’s nothing more beautiful than than snow on the ground and ice covered trees sparkling in the moonlight.” Mind drifted off for a moment until my friend said, “Just park at the end of the parking lot.” She pointed to a sea of cars far away from the mall.
I looked at her like she was an alien. “Why on Earth would I park so far away?” I asked.
“Because you’re never going to get a good parking space up front.” She said.
Now, the funny thing is, it had never occurred to me I wouldn’t get a parking space up front. I assumed I’d get up close. I drove up and down, row after row of filled spaces.
“See I told you.” She said.
And right as those words left her mouth a car pulled out. I had been parked in one of the closest spaces next to the mall.
My friend looked at me then scratched her head. “That was just lucky.” She said.
“Lucky?” I asked, really curious now about her thought process. “That’s weird because I always get the closest parking space, no matter where I am, even at the grocery store. Now she looked at me like I was the alien.
You see, it has never occurred to me I wouldn’t get the closest parking space or the fastest checkout line or the near misses with car accidents and even an airplane crash where I was the only one to walk away without a scratch. I never really thought about it. My memory went back to the first time I did think about luck. I was about 9 years old at a horse competition with my Grandfather, an ex-jockey and horse trainer.
I came in last in the competition. To say I wasn’t happy is putting it mildly. Also, I felt like I’d let my Grandfather down. When I looked at his face he smiled and told me I was the luckiest girl in the world. I still didn’t see it that way. Losing wasn’t in my DNA.
Furious, I kicked at the dirt outside the arena and proceeded to tell my Grandfather I’d never win because the other girls were bigger and had more experience than me, their horses were more expensive and the judges favored them over me. I grumbled all the way to the stables.
I can remember as clear as a bell seeing my Grandfather smile his warm smile and say, “Susie Bella, there was a time I felt exactly like you’re feeling right now. But then something happened.” His eyes twinkled while we washed off the horse together. I stayed quiet, pouring water over the horse, scrubbing her clean, and buffing up her hooves until there wasn’t a speck of mud on them.
I couldn’t take it anymore. I wanted to know what had happened to turn my Grandfather’s luck around. I bit my tongue and waited until he spoke.
We walked the mare back to her stall, she pranced in, showing off her shiny clean fur and combed out tail. The other horses watched her… jealously. Their riders hadn’t taken the time to to wash them off. In fact, some of them were still sweaty and dusty because they’d been ridden, put back into their stalls and left by the rider, the ones who’d won the ribbons and trophies.
“Has it come to you yet?” He asked.
The frustration bubbled up inside me, I wanted to scream, “WHAT, tell me, how do I become lucky?” But I didn’t. That would’ve shown a lack of respect and a good horserider always showed respect to their teacher.
“Why did he always have to make everything a lesson?” I thought.
We got into the car and I stayed silent. When we drove up to the Dairy Queen we both got out, walking in still in our riding gear, me with my knee high leather boots and him too.
A hefty woman behind the counter rushed over to us as soon as she saw us.
“How’s the lady with the brightest smile in the world doing today?” My Grandfather asked sincerely. To me she didn’t have a smile on her face, she looked tired and like she couldn’t wait to get out of there. But when my Grandfather said those words to her, she changed instantly. She smiled broadly and her smile really did seem to light up the place.
“What’ll it be?” She asked. “The usual?” She asked.
“Yes, ma’m.” My Gandfather answered. In a few minutes, she handed up both chocolate milkshakes with extra whipped cream and two cherries on top, not one cherry but two!
She leaned closer to us and said lowly, “I added an extra scoop of ice cream for ya’ll. You’re the nicest customers I’ve ever had.” I noticed she even had dimples, she was cute when she smiled.
When we got back to the car, I slurped up all the whipped cream and ate the cherries. “That’s the best milkshake in the world.” I announced.
“Now, you’re starting to get it.” He said.
My mind raced, I could feel the wheels of my thoughts churning. I’d almost solved the riddle of how to have good luck. But I hadn’t quite gotten it yet.
“Did you see the lady customer at the ice cream store tapping her fingernails on the counter for the waitress to hurry up?” He asked.
“Yes sir.” I said.
“Did she get a nice big chocolate milkshake with extra whipped cream and two cherries on top?” He asked.
I thought about it and it dawned on me. No, she hadn’t, she got the milkshake they show in the menu. Not the special ones like we got.
“Why do you think we got the best milkshakes in the whole wide world?” He asked.
Then it hit me like a ton of bricks. “Because, we have good luck Grandpa!” I said excitedly feeling some of my pride rush back.
“Well yeah. But it’s more than that. You see, I learned the secret to the mystery of good luck a long time ago. Luck is like a car, or a horse, or a person. The better you treat it, the better it treats you.”
“Huh?” I asked, confused again.
“When you treat good luck with respect, and you take good care of it, it wants to be around you.”
“That was one of those defining moments you have in your life. A moment you can learn from or one you can toss aside.”
“At the same time, you can’t abuse luck, cause it can be like the wind and blow far, far away.”
Now, as an adult, I can see where I’ve been lucky and where I haven’t. And it all goes back to that day with my Grandfather.
My friends don’t understand it, they say I was born under a lucky star. You and I know the truth don’t we?
Sometimes I go with friends to a casino, and I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that no matter how hard I try, I can’t lose. The last time I played poker, the odds against me were 100 to one and I still won. Because of my spiritual beliefs, I don’t abuse good luck at the casino.
You can go to any casino or bar and watch the faces of the “losers”, they’re the ones complaining that it’s the machine’s fault or the table is cold or a million other reasons why they aren’t winning. The answer is in their faces, they are projecting their beliefs about losing onto something other than themselves, in doing so, they’re disrespecting luck. And like a lady, luck doesn’t like to be disrespected.
I’ve come to realize luck is an energy. We’re all energy. What you think and say goes back to you.
Here are some easy tips to having good luck:
1. The power of your life is in your words. What are you saying to yourself and to others? Say, “I’m the luckiest person in the world, I’m blessed, I’m loved.” Say it, even if you don’t believe it, say it until you do believe it.
2. Take care of yourself, your things, your thoughts, the people in your life and others. Be generous to others, tithe, volunteer. Be grateful.
3. Be careful who you give your trust to. If it’s to someone who doesn’t care about herself or himself, that could come back to haunt you and hurt the good reputation you’ve worked hard for. Look at how someone conducts all aspects of their life before giving any energy to them. They could have spiritual cooties that rub off on you.
4. You become like who you hang out with. Sometimes you have to be the one to cut the energy cord or they can drain your good energy. This includes manipulators, substance abusers, excuse addicts, and co-dependants. Move on. Its time to evolve.
5. I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again. Smile, be friendly, say something kind. Lady Luck likes having the brightest smile in the world and she likes being appreciated for it.
6. Take responsibility for the times when you attracted bad luck. No excuses, it all boils down to you.
7. Do what you say you’re going to do. Stop procrastinating and stop making promises you won’t keep.
Do these things and you’ll see good luck is about evolving your consciousness. When you stop wanting good luck and needing it to come to you, it suddenly will. Smile at good fortune and it will smile upon you. I’ve avoided car accidents by the skin of my teeth, walked away from an airplane crash with not one scratch and am given things all the time. Good Luck is your belief system. I believe I’m the luckiest girl in the world and I appreciate it, respect it and take care of it. Say that over and over until you truly believe it and you will experience it.
Copyright @ 2010 by Susan Barnes. All rights Reserved.
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Susan Barnes is the author of 8 books, including Love Magic and Write to Ignite. She is available for clairvoyant and tarot card readings, specializing in love and money issues.
Susan can be reached via her Contact Page on her website for appointments – http://www.susanbarnesauthor.com
Susan Barnes on Marvelous Mondays – Blog Talk Radio
By · CommentsSusan will be appearing as a guest on Marvelous Mondays on hosted by Harry Shade and Phillip Gornail on Blog Talk Radio.
Tune in on Monday April 5 at 10:00pm central or 11:00pm Eastern for the hour-long show where Susan will talk about “The Secret to Good Luck and How To Win at Love, Life, Money, and Contests!”
Susan Barnes is a success coach, author of 8 books, and an international speaker about success and charisma. Susan has appeared on numerous Radio and TV shows including, The Rachael Ray show. Susan has been featured on Playboy Sirius radio as a guest relationship advice expert. She can be personally reached via her website at Contact Susan.
The Excuse Machine by Susan Barnes
By · CommentsThe Excuse Machine
By Susan Barnes
Every day you are faced with options that could change your life. Some options, or opportunities appear to be as small as a seedling while others seem to be as grand as a Mountain.
You sift through your programming, beliefs and projections then react. Or you do nothing. What you do or not do depends on your habitual patterns. These patterns are set in place by your unconscious mind at various stages of your development.
You sometimes have the same excuses you’ve grown comfortable with and at other times you think of new excuses. When examined objectively you can see that the “new excuse” really has the same essence as all of your other excuses. It’s their fault, not yours, is a common theme.
What an excuse when examined is fear. You want to date that certain person but you have a fear that you’ll be rejected, so you think of an excuse to not approach the person of interest. You want to become more intimate with your partner and yet because of fear you think of all kinds of excuses to avoid commitment.
Or how about that job you secretly want? Are you staying in a job you aren’t happy with because you’ve sold yourself excuse after excuse as to why you can’t leave and go after the job you really want?
The best person I know of who can break any excuses you may keep hanging onto is, Owen Fitzpatrick, who can be reached at, http://www.owenfitzpatrick.com. Owen helped me get rid of a lot of my excuses in a very short amount of time. You can find out more about Owen at the end of the article.
Let’s take a look at an excuse and deconstruct it.
For years I wanted to write a book, and had loads of excuses as to why I couldn’t. I had excuse after excuse, I didn’t have the time, my grammar wasn’t up to par, I wanted to write the “perfect” book.
First of all it doesn’t matter if the grammar is perfect or not, hire an editor or go to the local college and hire an English Major. Next, the “No time” excuse. When do you not have time to do what you really want to do? I had time to go to the movies, I had time to have pizza with friends, I had time to do Facebook. And that’s when it hit me, I was heaping excuse after excuse onto the purpose of my soul which was to write and to help others. As far as writing the “perfect book”, is there such a thing? My new belief is that everything is perfect. Everyone is perfect just the way they are.
I now write for the invisible audience in my head. But before I write, I choose a target audience and write for them. I visualize them reading it. I pretend there is someone reading my work who absolutely loves it. I see the readers’ face light up as they read the words on the pages. I get out of my world and jump into theirs.
The 3 Keys to stop the Excuse Machine are:
1. Look at the reality of the situation, not what you’ve blown it out of proportion to be. If you ask that person out and they say “no.” Is your world going to end? Of course not! There are over 6 billion people on the planet, go and ask another person out and keep doing so until you find someone. Be present in the moment you speak to that person, let them feel you’re centered and masculine if you’re a man, if you’re a woman let that person feel your femininity pouring out of your open heart.
2. Time? Time isn’t an issue because time doesn’t exist, it’s all in your mind. You and I make up time, we can make it slow down or speed up. I wrote two and a half books in one weekend. So, you can do anything you set your mind to do, anything.
3. Perfection: Perfection is what you make of it.You can say a certain situation is bad or good. If someone you fancy doesn’t fancy you, you can make up excuses to not give the other millions of people in the world a chance or you can say, “Thank-God it didn’t work out, I now know who not to be with, NEXT!” Because the truth is, there are many people who fancy you, who want you more than they’ve ever wanted anyone, you’re just making up so many excuses you can’t see them.
If you want to make a personal change in your life, stop making excuses now.
I’d like to thank Owen Fitzpatrick of Ireland, known as the best NLP practitioner in Europe and the UK, for the idea of this article. I told him I wanted to write but haven’t because I couldn’t think of what to write about. Owen said, “Why don’t you write about excuses?” Owen is a Master NLP Trainer, Speaker, Therapist, Communications Consultant, author of “Not Enough Hours”, an Irish Bestseller and co-author with Dr. Richard Bandler of “Conversations: Freedom is everything and love is all the rest.” You can reach Owen for a consultation at, http://www.owenfitzpatrick.com.
Susan Barnes is a success coach, author of 8 books, and an international speaker about success and charisma. Susan has appeared on numerous radio and tv shows including, The Rachael Ray show. Susan has been featured on Playboy Sirius radio as a guest relationship advice expert. She can be personally reached via her website at Contact Susan.
Copyright @ 2010 by Susan Barnes. All rights Reserved.
