Saturday and Sunday October 1-2, 2011, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Sheraton Austin at the Capitol, 701 E. 11th Street Austin, Texas

The Soul Explosion & Green Living Expo has created for you a plethora of body, mind, Spirit, and Planet conscious vendors. Our goal is to invite the community at large to expand their minds via creative ways of living in harmony with each other and our planet.  Taste fine foods;  Listen to captivating musicians;  Enjoy lectures by renowned speakers;

• Participate in two hour workshops*;
• And much, much more all under one roof.

Enjoy innovative businesses and services promoting holistic living, and environmental awareness. Feed your Spirit in a relaxing and fun atmosphere. Admission at the door is $5 per day. (Kids age 15 and under are free!)*Participating in workshops is separate from the cost of admission. Please check the workshop schedule and contact participating vendors directly for further details.  More info CLICK  HERE!

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Beyond the Veil – Spirit Guides and Soul Families

Like most people I have read many books and encountered loads of people with stories of seeing their Spirit Guides or hearing their Spirit Guides. I would use their encounters as a guideline for what I should expect in regard to my own encounters. It was not until I let go of my expectations and gave up the comparison game that I began to commune with my Guides. I subscribe to the belief that we are all unique and in that uniqueness we find our own way of connection with the Divine. 

In this intensive we will further explore the following: (a brief introduction was held on September 19 but is not a requirement for this class)

*Understanding Soul Families
*Basic review on Spirit Guides
*Tools for connection including a brief discussion with Gerard Nijhuis, author of the forthcoming novel They Honored the Deer on traveling between realities and connection with your Guides
* Meet Your Runner Guide
*Meet your Joy Guide
*Meet your Helper Guide
*Meet you  Teacher
Meet your Healer Guide

Exercises include but are not limited to the following:
* Protection and Barriers
* Cleansing and Opening Chakras 
*Further Awareness of your Guides names, colors, appearances, etc
*Creating your place for communication in the realm
* Guided meditations (Future and past) “Has your guide been with you in other lives?” 

Come to class dressed comfortably, with water and ready to delve into a new dimension and realm. 

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3RD, 11AM TO 4PMContinental breakfast will be served 
Cost: $45 for one person or $65 for two persons!
To register simply RSVP and send a $10 deposit via Paypal to kimkeeton@gmail.com
www.sanctuaryoftheawakenedsoul.com

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To those who have children in our lives, whether they are your own, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, or students… 
here is something to make you smile….. 

Whenever your children are out of control, you can take comfort from the thought that even God’s omnipotence did not extend to His own children. 

After creating heaven and earth, God created Adam and Eve. 

And the first thing he said was 
“DON’T ! ”

“Don’t what? “ 
Adam replied.

“Don’t eat the forbidden fruit.” 
God said.

“Forbidden fruit? 
We have forbidden fruit? 
Hey Eve..we have forbidden fruit! ”

“No Way! “ 

“Yes way! ”
“Do NOT eat the fruit! “ 
said God.
“Why ? ”

“Because I am your Father and I said so! “ 

God replied, wondering why He hadn’t stopped 
creation after making the elephants. 

A few minutes later, God saw His children having an apple break 
and He was ticked! 

“Didn’t I tell you not to eat the fruit? “ 
God asked.
“Uh huh,” 
Adam replied.

“Then why did you? “ 
said the Father. 

“I don’t know,” 
said Eve.

 ”She started it! “ 
Adam said.
“Did not! ”

“Did too! ”

“DID NOT! ”
Having had it with the two of them, God’s punishment was that Adam and Eve 
should have children of their own. 

Thus the pattern was set and it has never changed.. 

BUT THERE IS REASSURANCE IN THE STORY! 

If you have persistently and lovingly tried to give children wisdom and they haven’t taken it, don’t be hard on yourself. 

If God had trouble raising children, what makes you think it would be 
a piece of cake for you?

  THINGS TO THINK ABOUT! 

1. You spend the first two years of their life teaching them to walk and talk. Then you spend the next sixteen telling them to sit down and shut up.

2. Grandchildren are God’s reward for not killing your own children.

3. Mothers of teens now know why some animals eat their young.

4. Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word 
what you shouldn’t have said.

5. The main purpose of holding children’s parties is to remind yourself that there are children more awful than your own. 

6. We childproofed our homes, but they are still getting in.

 ADVICE FOR THE DAY: 

Be nice to your kids. They will choose your nursing home one day.

AND FINALLY:

IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF TENSION AND YOU GET A HEADACHE, 
DO WHAT IT SAYS ON THE ASPIRIN BOTTLE:
 

“TAKE TWO ASPIRIN” 
AND “KEEP AWAY FROM CHILDREN”!!!!!

In the end, all will be fine. 

If it isn’t fine, it isn’t the end.

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Have you met Rick Ferguson?

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Every 2nd Wednesday of the month, Tina Dismukes will be bringing to The Spirit Quest Center her vision of  celebrating the divine feminine with The Red Tent Mysteries. 

To set the scene for the evening, Tina brings in gorgeous swatches of red material and drapes them throughout the room. Fluffy red pillows are scattered about to create a cozy and intimate atmosphere of sacred space and divine feminine energy. She says, “You will be immersed within the textiles of the red tent with all the pillows of comfort to bond with women and explore your own divine feminine within.”  Tina believes deeply in creating sacred space for all those who seek it, so that they may find the truth and beauty within themselves and their personal path.

Each 2nd Wednesday of the month from 7-9pm Tina creates this sacred space for you to share with other women as you explore specific heart felt topics where you will bond, support and nurture each other and your own spirit as you discover your true inner self. 

Tina’s inspiration in creating this cocoon of support with gathered women was a book called,The Red Tent: A Novel by Anita Diamant.  If you can, take time out to read this wonderful book!

The Red Tent will take you into another time long ago and give you insight into the lives of women - mothers, wives and daughters who would gather during their cycles of birthing, menses and even illness.  “Like any sisters who live together and share a husband, my mother and aunties spun a sticky web of loyalties and grudges,” Anita Diamant writes in the voice of Dinah.When they came together, “They traded secrets like bracelets, and these were handed down to me, the only surviving girl. They told me things I was too young to hear. They held my face between their hands and made me swear to remember.”

Come Join The Red Tent Mysteries this Wednesday evening. Nurture. Explore. Share. Bond. Nurish.

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a good massage from a GREAT massage therapist!!! Yep, we have her here – at The Spirit Quest Center! How long’s it been since you’ve had a wonderful, tension and stress relie

ving massage? She even got rid of my headache!!

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Found this in the AARP newspaper….

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Lessons come from challenge. From problems. Have you been experiencing more and more days with challenges lately? We all have. Maybe those challenges come from the ego of others, internal politics, budget lessons or maybe even dealing with your own ego.

What do we do with a challenge? That’s the key. Learn to deflect the challenges with the defense of spontaneity.  See and experience the problem in the moment of its birth and learn to put it in total perspective.  Look at the whole picture.  Instead of reacting in the same way, allow your inner knowing and intuition guide you in handling the problem or challenge in a new way. The new way will come to you by thinking  outside the box – thinking differently about it than you ever have before. Sometimes changing your response to a challenge may feel like you’re taking a big chance,  but allow the new response to be okay. Be flexible with yourself and the situation. Take what comes and remind yourself to see it as a learning experience.

It’s okay to take a time out and be alone with it. Sometimes, being a hermit can bring out the wisdom you need to see things in a different way so that you can learn to react to the situations in a different way. Retreat and Recovery. R & R.

As your perspective to the challenge changes, the epiphanies will come. I love epiphanies! Ephiphanies are the sudden realization of the larger essence or meaning of something. It’s finding the last piece of the puzzle so that you can now see the whole picture.  It’s new information that may seem insignificant by itself, but when looked at in its entirety, illuminates a deeper foundational frame of reference that changes everything.

When you learn to handle a challenge in a new way, your self love increases, your love and acceptance for others can grow. Your eyes open, you “awaken” and you begin to see things in a new light, feeling gratitude for those around you, the gift of the experience, and you begin to trust and have faith in your intuitive support system.  It’s then that you can begin to enjoy the lesson experience outcome. You’ve got it! It was just a lesson.

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Today is the day to put down your burden. Give up your worries for the day to a higher source who can handle all things. Allow hope, inspiration and the joy of living – of being alive, fill your day. Today is your day to become child-like. Have fun! Play! Enjoy the friendship of others. When you talk to someone today, be there, in the moment. Really listen to what they are saying. Be open to unexpected revelations. Isn’t it wonderous the people who are brought into your life as you walk this journey? Let go of thoughts of “having to do this or having to do that” or worries about situations. It’s all being taken care of without your even having to worry about it. As you let go, you’ll find that your entire being now opens to positive emotion, higher vibration and unlimited joy… and now you can begin to relax.  That is what is important for you today. Tomorrow? Repeat all of the above.

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It struck me this morning when I woke up. Another day. Another new beginning. We are so blessed to be given a new opportunity to create new moments in our lives every day. It’s funny, sad, perplexing how we can take for granted a new day. Every day runs into the next. We move through the day and sometimes even life as if it were something to get through. Get things done. Sometimes routine, sometimes an adventure. But waking up this morning and having the thought “brand new day” gave the day itself a new meaning, a new perspective. It became exciting. It’s up to me to create this day exactly the way I want to. It doesn’t mean I have to do something extraordinary. It just means that I should treasure each moment – good, bad or indifferent. That in itself makes the day exciting. We’re only here a short time. Be grateful for every moment. Every breath. Each new experience. Experience it fully. Make it count. Bless it. Have gratitude for it. Love it. Love life. It’s a glorious day. Hope I get the gift of another one tomorrow!

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