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Apr 15 2009
Todd Silva On Moon, Moo & You
When you first meet Todd Silva, you’ll be greeted by his warm smile, and short of
me telling you otherwise, you might regard him as a very normal, even typical husband,
father and businessman.
But Todd has an alter ego, a hidden identity, so to speak! He is known to a select few as “The Secret Dollar Man!”
That’s because everyday he gives away a dollar. And I do mean every day!!
Todd started doing this about two years ago after experiencing a couple of setbacks
in his life, mostly in the area of finances. An inspirational moment guided him to begin to give away a dollar, once a day, as a way to get back on track, and to get back in balance with his life.
Todd began to share his incredible story of growth and miracles with friends, and eventually Give Away A Dollar A Day grew into what it is today: A worldwide generosity movement where folks are giving away, every day, in many countries and in a variety of currencies–One Dollar wherever they can slip it, unnoticed by anyone!!
In our interview this evening, Todd told me more about what he felt called to do with this Dollar A Day Give Away. He said that he was tired of experiencing and re-experiencing the same patterns of failure regarding his financial situation. He attributed these failings to the false beliefs he seemed to have about money: False beliefs that we learn from infancy and which haunt us throughout life.
So he prayed and meditated for an answer to this dilemma.
And it came with a voice urging him to do the dollar give away program. The voice told him he had focused entirely on himself and wasn’t thinking of anyone else. Instead of thinking about what he could get, the voice urged him to turn this around.
What can I give?
Todd said that at the time of our interview, he had given away 6-700 hundred dollars over 6-700 days. He said that he has made the commitment to do this practice for the rest of his life.
It took him awhile to tell anyone about this practice, because he had the idea that he was supposed to be a serious business man. But the friend he told was enthusiastic and wanted to hear the whole story!
After a time, the idea caught on, and Todd built a website surrounding the concept. He began to get letters from the people who were doing it, describing the miracles that evolved from this simple practice.
I asked Todd if he thought the act of giving away money was an act of expanding one’s consciousness to embrace a more generous way of living?
Todd said that especially in today’s world with all the bad news about the economy, that the act of giving money away creates a belief that the Universe is a friendly place!
The subconscious mind receives the message that there is more than enough to go around.
I asked Todd how big IS this movement? He said about 1000 strong, at this time!
I asked him about tithing. I’ve read many times in books written by “Spiritualists” that tithing 10% of your income brings back 100 fold great wealth and riches.
The trouble with this theory, said Todd, is that if you are tithing to get rather than to give, that the free flow energy wave is corrupted. Tithing is also more often than not, seen as an obligation, which also stymies energy flow.
The dollar a day give away is unplanned and spontaneous. You get an extra charge as you prepare to Do The Act!!
You suddenly feel like a child who is about to go out and play with her friends in the neighborhoods of old.
When an unsuspecting person finds the money, she gets a real charge, too!!
When you drop the dollar, you are letting it go, a practice of surrender.
As time went on with Todd’s practice, he felt a shift in the relationships he had with his family and with the people in the world. He said his life began to work, began to operate from a flow rather than a block.
He said the inspiration from the practice of Unconditional Giving grows and expands every day.
He described what it was like to do it for the first time!
Today, I did it for the first time, and it was a hoot!! I went to the Vets to make a yearly exam appointment for shots for Ulysses and Mukunda, my beloved dogs. The woman who waited on me kept sighing heavily. She was either in pain, acutely depressed, or both.
A Kleenex box sat in front of her assigned place. When she wasn’t looking, I slipped it under the box. I noticed that an end of the dollar stuck out so I moved a stuffed animal that was sitting there closer to cover the dollar bill.
I have no idea who will find this money, but it just gave me an extra bounce to my step!!
I did it again, a little later, in a grocery store.
This is what I noticed. Today is tax day, and the inevitable conversation today was the dread of paying the tax man X amount of money.
An idea came to my mind that ordinarily would not have surfaced if I had not begun this wonderful practice.
I said to a friend, “Think of it as an energy exchange, not an energy drain.”
It was an inspired thought. It was a Divine AHA!!
Todd says there are 4 things to remember when giving away our dollars every day:
1) Do it every day to establish a habit of Unconditional Giving. This will gradually make an internal shift!!
2) Do it anonymously, but balance it out because you may feel like handing the money to someone who really needs it. And you might actually feel led to give more–or less –than one dollar.
3) Do it in public places so people can find it. For instance, if you throw it out the car window, it may never be found.
4) Do the practice with a sense of joy and wonderment! Let Go as you do it. Release it!!
If a state of obligation takes over your consciousness, stop doing it, for a time.
Journal as you do the practice, to make note of the internal shifts. Thinking of paying money to anyone including the Tax Man as an energy exchange rather than an energy drain is a biggy for me.
Todd’s big vision for this project is to gradually see a departure from consumerism and the consciousness of “Never Enough” to living gratefully and with a an attitude of service and compassion for all living things.
He hopes that people will learn to give in a spirit of Love.
This practice opens the way to develop connection with every living creature we meet today and every day!!
Apr 10 2009
Trapper, Clause, Moon, Moo & You: The Wisdom Of Sleep Discussion
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Trapper Sherwood is the “Wisdom of Sleep Guy,” and he was a guest on “Moon, Moo & You:
The Collective Wisdom,” 4/7/09.
We asked what attracted Trapper to the Niche of Sleep disorders and deprivation.
Sleep disorders are a major problem in the world today, and the fact that he has a passion
for this topic was evident and quite contagious as the show progressed.
Trapper said that he discovered he could not sleep around the time of his divorce several years ago.
He found the book by Dr. David F. Tracy called: “The Sleep Secret: How To Sleep Without
Pills,” and began using the exercises to get to sleep. It’s a great read, and fun to see
exactly what can be done with a public domain work, (a book, for example, that was published
before 1923), because Trapper and C.D. Jensen did inspiring work with that book.
The book is a free download at Trapper’s blog: http://thesleepsecretebook.com/blog/
Claus Jensen’s music is incorporated into the exercises that are found at the end of Dr. David
F. Tracy’s book.
Trapper explained that there are 5 musical tracks that accompany the spoken instructions which
are in Trapper’s very soothing voice.
First, an introductory tract, with “how to get to sleep” instructions with Claus’ music playing in
the background for people to get a feel for what the program is about.
A track with subliminal suggestions for deep sleep was added to further bring a person into
the mindset for relaxation.
We discussed children and whether or not this music is appropriate to help children get to sleep
for the purposes of napping or getting settled down around bedtime.
I did an earlier interview with Claus Jensen where he talked about his music for mother and child series,
http://www.musicformotherandchild.com. His music is used to sooth the baby while still in the womb, the
infant in the first months of life and child in the first several years.
We discussed drugs and sleep.
My comrades on night shift notoriously have a difficult time sleeping period. Some of the nurses I work with never sleep at all. They do resort to drugs in some cases.
Ambien is a drug which is widely prescribed.
Trapper pointed out that the latest Ambien casualty of a famous person is the death of Heath Ledger. Trapper asked: “When are we going to wake up and take the natural cure for sleep?”
Dr. Tracy’s book, “The Sleep Secret: How To Sleep Without Pills,” makes some suggestions for
those of us on the night shift: 1) stop drinking caffeine at 5 am or earlier
2) come home, turn off the computer and TV
3) lie down and listen to the audios designed specifically from Dr. Tracy’s book.
Trapper said that the hypnotic, subliminal commands on the audio puts people into a deep sleep within moments. The audios have a way of immediately taking the mind off the days activities.
Dr. Tracy pointed out in his book that the reason people can’t sleep is because of worry, resentments or otherwise having an inability to shut down the mind. Financial worries are a big reason why people can’t sleep, Dr. Tracy points out.
Letting go of these negative thoughts is the key to a good nights sleep.
We need to function at our best to find inspiring solutions to these money worries and every other worry that is keeping us from sleep.
In order to get that million dollar idea, a fresh mind is necessary.
As we discussed on last week’s show about the Angels with Amanda Goldston, asking for help from the unseen helpers just before sleep helps many to wake up the next morning with a solution to what was at first perceived as a problem.
Trapper said that 43 million people cannot sleep. In a recent survey in the UK, 8,000 respondents said they’d rather sleep than have sex.
Perhaps after a good night’s sleep, they’ll want to have sex again!
At this point in the program, Claus Jensen joined the call, which was a happy surprise for all of us!
He told us how he created the music for “Sleep Secret Audio.” He is a student of Joe Vitale’s “Attractor Factor.” Just before sleep Claus put out the intention to create the best possible music for the project. He awoke the next day with the music in his mind.
He got up immediately and wrote it down, and thus the music for “Sleep Secrets” was manifested, by intending, by praying, and by taking action when the time came to do so.
Claus said this project is truly one of the things that is meant to be.. The Internet is the Miracle Of The Message. Fifteen years ago, when Trapper was first starting his Locksmith business, he went door to door, handing out business cards. Now Claus is able to discuss this beautiful gift to the world, “Sleep Secrets Audio and PDF” with us from Denmark.
We thanked Pat O’Bryan for bringing us all together. We are all helping one another on the MilagroWorld forum, founded by Pat O’Bryan, as well as Twitter and Face Book and all the Nings and My Space, which are all contributing to make this time in history the “we” generation. We have evolved away from “Me” and embraced the “We” of all that is possible.
Without sleep, it is impossible to live a normal life, Claus said. As sleeplessness continues, we become short-tempered, irritable and depressed.
Lack of sleep is a rampant problem all across the world today.
Claus said he played the music one day while his six year old daughter was in the next room, playing with a friend.
She came into his room and said, “Daddy, what is that music? We heard it and felt like crying.”
This was the defining moment when Claus knew that this was the perfect music for the project.
Claus went on to say that the Music For Mother and Child (http://www.musicformotherandchild.com) was created with the knowledge that the first sense of a fetus or little baby in the womb is hearing. Sounds are important to children, and it is important that they hear and absorb only the positive and beautiful, because they absorb it all.
Hospitals in Denmark and perhaps elsewhere in Europe use the music of Claus and Henrick Birk Aaboe in antepartum hospital units where mother’s are on bedrest due to preterm labor.
The music does not prevent an early birth but places a blanket of music around the entire family as they go through this difficult time. When the parents relax, the children become happy. So parents must learn how to relax and be positive.
Joan’s sister, Betty, came on the call and said she has a Routine she follows to the T every night before sleep. First she keeps to the Routine of going to bed exactly at 1830 every night.
Then she Releases all of the days events to her Higher Power, because there is nothing more that can be done.
Then she Receives the blessings of all the lessons and opportunities of her day, and visualizes doing so with open arms, before she goes forth with the night long sleep.
Resting takes on a whole new meaning with this beautiful routine!
Next we talked about all the people who need to hear this message. Certainly this gift goes far across the continuum since Insomnia is a number one problem in the global consciousness.
Trapper is a former Marine and feels he has a calling to help the soldiers coming home from Iraq with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. We can first of all guess that these young people will have problems getting to sleep. Joan and I know that Mr 2020 of Vision Quest Radio is working on a program for Vets returning home with PTSD.
We know that Trapper and Mr 2020 will have a wonderful time working out the details of their common mission.
And we finished out the program with Claus Jensen and Henrick Birk Aaboe’s beautiful music!
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Apr 02 2009
Amanda Goldston On Moon, Moo & You
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Amanda Goldston was our guest on Moon, Moo & You: The Collective Wisdom
on 3/31/09. It was a great show.
I liked how we all shared our collective wisdom regarding angel encounters,
because we’ve all had them. Naturally those of us on the show were already
True Believers. But even those who are skeptics have had encounters with
Angels. They just may not have recognized them as such.
Amanda says that she talks to her angels all the time, but is careful not to do this
in public for the very real possibility that she will be institutionalized. Yet in the age of
cell phone conversations, everyone is seemingly talking to themselves in public,
making it easier for us to keep our conversations with angels going uninterrupted!
Amanda has a deck of of Angel Cards she uses to intensify her ability to communicate.
She says she also calls on different angels to deal with different challenges.
She says that we must remember to ask for help, and theses beings will be there to help
the minute or second we ask.
Joan brought up an experience she had in a difficult life situation. She woke up with the distinct
impression that someone was holding her hand. She thought it was Whitey, her husband, but
there was no one there.
Joan asked Amanda if it was an angel who was holding her hand.
Amanda said this happens all the time.
When children are lost in the wilderness, angels often show up to care for them and aid
in their rescue.
Angels wrap their wings around us all and love us until we learn to love ourselves.
Amanda said to look at angels as helpers, as connectors, as beings who hook us up to
a larger dimension and reality.
Give your angel a name or not because Angels don’t mind. They will answer to anything.
Meditate on who your angel is and how he/she can help you.
God is not limited to any religion, as well. Alcoholics Anonymous calls God the Higher Power
and in reality anything or anybody can be the Higher Power.
This is available to everyone.
Joan’s sister Betty came on the call to discuss an experience she had with the angels.
Her son was looking for a pair of pants. Betty went to the third story of her home to look for these
pants.
The pants simply showed up for her without her having to tear up the entire room. This experience
seemed so mundane, so trite. Yet by asking for help with the small things, we are practicing to
remember for the times when major challenge arises.
Complete surrender is often a component of angel contact. If we ask and get attached to how it’s
supposed to look, we block the avenues available for divine intervention.
When we let go of outcome, the contact will suddenly show up.
Amanda taught us a great journaling technique of how to we can ask the angels for help, an exercise
in “conscious surrender.”
Draw a line down the center of the page. On the left, write down everything you can do to accomplish
a particular goal you are working on, such as make a phone call or write a blog entry, for instance.
On the right, ask the angels to help the only way an angel can, by bringing into your life the people who can help, by bringing unexpected money and resources into your life. Then you let go.
In this state of surrender, you follow through on your hunches and intuition which allows the unseen
forces to carry you effortlessly to your destination.
The less you fuss about outcome and the focus on fear, the more the mind can concentrate on peace and eternity. Resistance and tension melt away.
Think of the worst thing that can happen: loss of job, loss of income, loss if life itself. Visualize what you would do if anything like your worst fear actually happens.
When you go beyond the fear, the pathways are cleared for the good to come in.
These are comforting guidelines for the challenges that confront us. We do not need to stay immersed in the reality that the world tells us is true: economic collapse, poverty, joblessness, hunger.
Unplug the TV. Pray to the angels. Open up a two way conversation with all the unseen forces in the Universe.
As I sit here writing these words, the silence that permeates this moment in time, the occasional birdsong as night falls, the glimpse of the Cardinal out my window as I think of Betty finding the pants for her son, all allows me to feel connected to to this gift of solitude and to the higher Universal Beings who everywhere surround us.
I know we are never alone. The angels wait for our invitation. The dogs who lie by my side tell me they are angels, too. The love they continuously radiate is an awesome gift to everyone they meet.
Angelic Intervention is ours for the asking. They clear the consciousness for higher energies to take the steering wheel.
As far as I’m concerned, my life is theirs. I am no longer in charge, not that I ever was.
The difference is that now, I finally know it.
Mar 01 2009
Moon, Moo & You: The Collective Wisdom
For Immediate Release
Kate Loving Shenk
The Collective Wisdom
Joan Adams and Kate Loving Shenk’s first radio show starts 3/3/09 at 6 pm on Blog Talk Radio, with additional broadcasts every Tuesday, also at 6 pm. The purpose of the show is to allow all listeners along with Kate and Joan, to share their wisdom and life experience. The name of the show is, “Moon, Moo & You: The Collective Wisdom.”
Joan (Moon Vine) and Kate (Moo) have a wealth of wisdom they want to share with you. Joan and Kate are also excited to have their listeners share their wisdom with them.
It’s a two way street!
Joan and Kate say: “We Are Jills Of All Trades and Mistress Of None.”
Please check out Joan and Kate’s Web Page at Blog Talk Radio!
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kate-loving-joan-adams
Join the conversation every Tuesday at 6 pm!!
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