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Delight in Your Presence by Cheryl Marlene

Delight in Your Presence

Delight in Your Presence is a poem I wrote after meeting someone. I thought I knew how the meeting would go and what I would think. I made my mind up before hand. Which I did even though I knew better. And then … well, I was wrong. Wrong, big time.

Somewhere by Cheryl Marlene

Somewhere

Somewhere out in the world you are there I feel your movement I feel your smile Directed toward the people in your life Your friends, your family, your clients. One day your there will be my here I feel your pull I feel your desire Directed towards the me you do not yet know But …

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No Give, No Take by Cheryl Marlene

No Give, No Take

No Give, No Take explore an aspect of sacred relationship about loosing self just to have connection.

This Womb by Cheryl Marlene

This Womb

Often, when I am looking to express feeling and experience, the words take the form of a poem. This is one of those I penned while contemplating my inner essence, my core, that which gives birth to me. This womb has given birth to babies and more. More life.  More love.  More trust … much …

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To Be Held Gently by Cheryl Marlene

To Be Held Gently

To Be Held Gently came to me after recent visit to the Portland Japanese Garden. I visit the Portland Japanese Garden often. In part because I am a volunteer garden guide. In part because it is such a beautiful place. This morning, sitting at the Sand and Stone Garden trying desperately to connect to the sand …

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Photosynthesis and the Human Body by Cheryl Marlene

Photosynthesis and the Human Body

Photosynthesis and the Human Body explores the spiritual effects of physical body experiences. Photosynthesis:  turning light energy into chemical energy. It’s good to sweat!  Doesn’t have to be physical exercise.  Sitting in the sun, an infrared sauna, or a hot yoga room. When you sweat, you’re energetically taking in light and letting it go. Getting …

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Adventure of Truth by Cheryl Marlene

Adventure in Truth

Adventure in Truth came while reading a book and coming across these words: When we let ourselves see only what we expect to see, we view the contents of our own minds and miss what is truly before us. Takashi Matsuoka, Cloud of Sparrows One of my main challenges in life is to go beyond what …

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Dear Moma by Cheryl Marlene

Dear Moma!

Dear Moma! I love you! It’s been twenty years since you passed, but I have missed you every day that you have been gone! Though there are many times I feel you with me especially in song. Every day I think of something I would like to ask you. And I think how you might …

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Lost in Space by Cheryl Marlene

Lost in Space

Is it possible to be lost in space if there is not space? To answer this question, another question needs to be asked first: How do we think of space?  There is outer space, the location and its contents outside of this earth’s atmosphere or past our known solar system. There is inner space or …

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The Spiritual Practice of Peace as Connection by Cheryl Marlene

The Spiritual Practice of Peace as Connection

The spiritual practice of peace as connection is a great example that spiritual practice can be more than meditation. For me peace does not mean the end of conflict. For me peace is the ability to connect. I do not want a world where we all single-mindedly agree on each topic. How boring! For me …

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Destiny as Spiritual Journey by Cheryl Marlene

Destiny as Spiritual Journey

Since all the work I did on destiny and fate to write The New Akashic Records, I have been very interested in destiny as spiritual journey. Here are some thoughts. Destiny then is not just the course of our lives and the fortune or misfortune we encounter. Our lives are more than the fates chronicled …

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Ganesha and Obstacles by Cheryl Marlene

Ganesha and Obstacles

In Indian mythology, Ganesha, the elephant-headed god, is the remover of obstacles. Chanting his mantra, Om Gum Ganapatayei Namaha, can be a powerful practice for releasing obstacles of all kinds, both external and internal. The seed sound associated with Ganesha is GUM — and just this syllable can be both repeated to yourself and allowed …

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What is Safe Harbor by Cheryl Marlene

What is Safe Harbor?

What is Safe Harbor? :Deep within me is the need to seek sacred relationship. This is relationship with myself and this is relationship with other, especially but not limited to a life partner. In sacred relationship, I seek a sense of alignment, a sense of coming home. In short I seek safe harbor.

The Heat of Anger by Cheryl Marlene

The Heat of Anger

Anger comes when there is a dissonance between the realization of intention and the expected path of the intention. In other words, anger can emerge when what is expected is not what happens. All action happens within the infinite possibility of the infinite and eternal which is always way beyond what is known or can …

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Your Question is Your Question by Cheryl Marlene

Your Question is Your Question

Your Question is Your Question explores the different types of inquiries which can be raised within the Akashic Records. Everything comes from the Akashic Records comes through intention. Within an Akashic Record Reading, questions are how intention is expressed. However you ask, you don’t need it to be any more than “I have this issue …

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The Journey, Not the Destination by Cheryl Marlene.

The Journey, Not the Destination

When I was in high school, I had lots of posters hanging on my bedroom wall  — it was the thing in the 70’s! My favorite had a picture of road running into the horizon at sunset with the Lao Tzu saying, “Life is a journey, not a destination.”  A concept that I have kept …

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Look Inside by Cheryl Marlene

Look Inside

Look Inside – this articles comes from the many questions I receive about how to begin personal work toward clarity and balance. There exists within the human heart the deep need to understand and find meaning. Arising from birth, searching for answers, clarity and supportive perception. Feeling a deep yearning which sometimes is muffled by pain, …

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Nuance of Change, Shift Happens by Cheryl Marlene

In the Nuance of Change, Shift Happens

I must confess that I have trouble letting go of the demand to know exactly where I am headed. I have realized recently, once again, that I am dealing in the world I call Nuance of Change. Maybe you know this place?  For me, it’s where change and shift in my life doesn’t happen in …

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What is Soul Shift by Cheryl Marlene

What is Soul Shift?

Soul shift happens when you begin to long to understand the deepest part of who you are as an integrated spiritual-physical being. When other paths of self-help are no longer effective, the sacred soul shift of the Akashic Records can support you as you explore the challenges and possibilities of your life. You are ready …

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What is a Witness within the Akashic Records? by Cheryl Marlene

What is a Witness within the Akashic Records?

Within the Akashic Records, it is hugely important to understand that the Reader does not bring his or her opinion to the Reading for Other.  The role of the Akashic Record Reader is always as a witness.