Are you living an Inspired Life?

Hello and welcome back to all our loyal readers and welcome to those who are just discovering this Blog.

We received some very nice e-mails in response to last week's blog; I want to say thank you to all who did write--your thank you's are what helps fuel my own passion.

I never quite know what I plan to write in this space, but inspiration inevitably conquer the writing blocks.

Speaking of which, Dr. Wayne Dyer taught me that the word inspiration or to be inspired simply means "In spirit"? So when we are inspired, then we are truly connected to our Source or God or Universe or whatever you choose to call that which seems to allow us to be and thrive here on Planet Earth and beyond.

I have found inspiration in many things--from the weather --good or bad, hot or cold (and we've had both this last week!) to the purrs coming from my kitties, who now want to be on my desk most of the day, helping with my inspiration process, in between their catnaps.

What inspires you?

This is an important question to ask yourself at least 3 -4 times a year so that you can assess your life and see if you're on track with the purpose you chose for being here. What inspires you? What fuels your fire? Feeds your passion?

Or has the fire burned out?

Too often people go through life on auto-pilot. They are almost too tired or too afraid of looking at their life; because then they would realize that they were unhappy with their life and the fire has either died down so low or been extinguished completely, that they don't have the energy to rise up to greet life.

Then they have two choices: do something about it or do nothing and leave all at status quo.

The easy path, of course, is not to do anything--leave everything at status quo. For whatever reason, these people choose not to participate in life, but merely survive it.

Or you could actually trying living a fulfilled, happier, joy-filled, contented existence by fully embracing life and letting life embrace you.

Which person are you?

I know my answer--I embrace life. I choose to LIVE! For that really is what the Creator wanted for us. That is why the Universe opens its arms to us for the asking.

Did you know if you spell GOD backwards it is DOG -- man's best friend, who provides unconditional love?

Did you know if you spell LIVE backwards it is EVIL -- the opposite of 'to live'?

I hope this summer provides plenty of inspiration for you so you can chose to LIVE your life!

Remember--it is your life--Live It!

With Light and Love,
Blake

You Decide How You Want The World To Be

Last week I went to the post office to mail one of my many packages that I send out to people--books, alien toys, crystals, etc. from my company, Amethyst Moon. The town I live in is a small town, way up near the Wisconsin border from Chicago and the post office isn't that big, although it isn't that tiny either. But it is always crowded apparently. I hate getting there past 4 pm because inevitably, there will be a line.

Well, this day was no exception. There was a line and it slowly crawled along as it got longer. The air conditioning wasn't on and it was starting to get hot in there and people were grumbling. I held good spirits up as much I could, but I soon surrendered to the same grouchy mood all were now in. I was finally first in line after at least 20 minutes and saw part of the problem: only 2 people on duty, although a 3rd was trying to help people who just had mail to pick up or had to buy stamps.

There was one clerk who was helping a lady with a brown wrapped package, taping this thing over and over. The lady behind me wasn't really very happy and the woman behind her was even more unhappy. I looked and saw at least 15 -20 people behind her, all with unhappy, impatient faces.

And I let out a long sigh, as I'm want to do when I'm feeling frustrated, as it was now 30 minutes at least since I had started standing in this line. And then I thought to pray to my angels- specifically Elijah--for some relief. The answer I got was surprising: Start smiling, he said.

What? I thought back. Why? I'm stuck in a line in a hot post office where the clerk behind the counter seems to be getting perverse pleasure in the fact we are all getting upset and impatient! I answered back. I've been here 30 minutes!!! I have better things to do--I started to rant and rave, silently, of course, to Elijah. And indeed the clerk did feel to me that the madder we all got, the slower they were going to go. (Ever notice that the DMV does the same thing?)

You have 2 choices in this situation: get angry and feed the frustration or smile and laugh and lift the energy, Elijah told me.

Of course, I thought! I teach this stuff, I thought and I laughed out loud. And smiled.

Well, the unhappy woman behind me looked at me strangely--why the heck was I laughing? We were mad, not happy!

I looked at her and smiled, "Okay, so we're standing here forever--there's only 2 choices we have--wait it out or get over it."

She hmmphed at me, as if I were crazy. But I wouldn't be deterred--I was already feeling better about life as I noticed I got the clerk's attention. She continued struggling with her package and the woman that was mailing it.

I waited a minute or so and then muttered to the woman behind me, "Well, I was going to get a PO box today," I said and glanced over the angry crowd, "--but I think I'll wait!" I almost gulped,in a comical manner.

"It's that type of thing that takes so long," the 2nd unhappy woman stated flatly.

"Yup. True enough," I said and while I don't remember the specifics, I do remember I must have cracked a joke that caused the 2nd woman to smile and that made me smile even more.

The 1st woman didn't crack a smile and that prompted me to nudge her to smile--so I started teasing her about smiling. Well, if you ever start that--it's not hard to get people to crack a smile. Well, she finally did smile and the 2nd woman smiled. And then I was on a roll, as others were beginning to notice and the mood started to lift as people began to smile.

"You see if you smile--despite everything--you can raise the vibration here and this blockage will begin to move!" I announced, to the room, many who now were starting to laugh or smile at my antics. This made the clerk behind the counter unhappy and so she began finishing her package faster, something I could see happening.

"I want to know what you are smoking!" the 2nd formerly unhappy woman said, who was now laughing.

"Nothing but life itself!" I announced. "See! It works, we are started to smile and laugh and now the line is moving!!!" I said, as the clerk finally called me up.

I quickly went to my mail business as the woman behind me, now semi-smiling, went to the other clerk and got waited on. By the time I left and headed out to my car, the line was really moving and the mood in the post office had lifted tremendously.

We choose how we want our world to be: either you can be happy or be angry about life. I choose happiness.

Next time you're stuck in a line, try smiling and making small talk with those around you. They may or may not respond, but you did your part to make the world a better place--and that's what counts.

Until next time, remember to smile! And remember to choose wisely!

With Love and Light,
Blake and Elijah

Appreciate What You Have

Last week I almost lost my cat. I have 2 male cats who I (used to) let out into the back yard, where they would wander for a few hours and then faithfully come home. But no, last Tuesday, my one cat, Merlin didn't return home, when he was supposed to. He didn't come home the next morning either, nor that night. Nor the next morning, where I was now in a panic. All this time, I was also having to deal with ordinary life, but I was very distracted. All my guides told me it would be OK; as did my various animal communication friends. And finally after 4 days of worry and walking the neighborhood calling his name, and posting signs and visiting shelters, etc., Merlin came home--a bit skinnier, but none the worse for wear. And my world was again happy and joyous and in balance.

And here it is the Fourth of July 2006 and we live in a wonderful country that thousands seek to live in every year because it is a country full of freedoms. And after last week and now this week being such a patriotic week, the song lyric about the big yellow taxi comes to mine: "...don't it ever seems to go, that you don't know what you've got til it's gone....big yellow taxi came by last night and took away my old man....".

So my question is: What don't we realize that we don't know what we have til it's gone? What does it take to truly appreciate what we do have?

It took me for my beloved Merlin to get lost for days, to make me really appreciate having him in my life. His purr delights me and he can sleep by my side for hours comforting me with his mere presence.

And on this patriotic week of the Fourth of July--the week we gained our independence, I am very appreciative of my life as it currently is--free to be what I truly am-- a loving creative source. And I can do that because I live in a country which allows me the freedom and resources to be that free individual.

I also appreciate my family who came to visit this weekend and my friends who also came to call. I appreciate my health and technology that allows me to type this message to the rest of the world.

Look around you this week and appreciate what you have. Maybe it's not everything you want right now--but I bet that if you lost what you do have, you'd appreciate it then. Don't wait until that time--appreciate it to today--so you don't have to say: "...that we don't know what we've got til it's gone....".

Give thanks...appreciate...be grateful...and let the universe know that you hold joy for the things you do have in your life...and watch more come to you as a result...

Happy Fourth Everyone and God Bless America.

With Love and Light,
Blake

Time...where did it go?

Hello! It's now June and despite the fact I have now vowed to update this blog weekly--it's more like monthly if that. Where does the time go?

Of course we create our own reality and I've been creating mine and I've been very busy at it. Amethyst Moon has been going through a transistion period and in that period I've been the co-captain of the ship steering it through many ports of call.

Every week I think about what I want to write here on this white space and I've come up with many ideas. Then I can't find my link to my site, or the phone rings, or I've got to run a chore, or the cat needs to be fed or petted, or the phone rings again...well, you get the picture.

Someone asked me today why wasn't I doing this or that--and I said, yes, yes, I know--but I'm so busy doing what I am doing, that there isn't much time for what all I can do. Priority is the key and organization. Skills I am working on--in my spare time!

Over the last months, I've been searching for ways to grow my company. I've checked out various internet marketing sites including Neil Shearing's -- an interesting gentleman from England, who used to be a bio-chemist in Chicago. He's got some great products where you can resell information and e-books. Or how to make money from a home business. He sounded interesting and so checked him out and bought a product that you had to download. When I first had trouble downloading the product, I wrote him and he personally wrote back and walked me step by step through the process. The product turned out to be helpful by the way and someday I hope I have time to follow through on all the information he gives to the entrepreneur.

I also checked in with other similar affiliate programs and found lots not to my taste or what I was looking for, but several good ones, that if I had time, I could make money with.

But then the young cat jumps on my desk or the other cat (15 years young and blind) wants attention and of course I have to give it them--they are my children. (And we wonder why mothers go crazy with their kids and don't have time to themselves.) Or the computer suddenly has a virus notice pop up--the second of the day--and asks me to scan the entire computer (a 5 hour process apparently!) No, I don't have time right now!!! I'm trying to write on my blog!!! Go away!!! I cry out to the heavens!

I have been reading the Abraham book: Ask and It Is Given. This book is channeled by a group of Non-Physical Entities that are called Abraham and are channeled by Esther Hicks who along with her husband, Jerry travel the country and speak in front of groups with messages from Abraham. This is a fascinating book and I am embracing the concepts--successfully, I might add--that it teaches. My own guides have been trying to get me to read this book for the last year, but I have so much on my plate....well, I finally had the time and so I read it.

I am now listening to their tapes and as providence would have it (or in my case, my angels lead me to), I went to a live Abraham-Hicks presentation a few weeks ago and gained even more insight. And more to do on my plate as a result!

So I have on my schedule (for I am getting more organized-- really!) to update my blog every Thursday. This is my current goal. Goals are important--write them down and prioritize them. Then find the time to make them happen!

That's the next thing I'm asking for--but I have to be careful of what I ask. More time--yes; but not too much time. Just enough.

Here's hoping you have time to enjoy this summer (or winter if you're down below the equator and reading this!)

And I'm asking for more help in getting more organized and have time for my blog posting. Opps, the phone just rang! It was an advertiser and what was he talking about just as we finished our business--time!!! And the angels are listening....

With Love & Light, until next time-
Ms. Blake Cahoon

Interesting Spring

Well, it's been an interesting April and it's now it's May. What happened to me in April? Well, the first half was dedicated to traveling to New Mexico. Albuquerque to be specific--where a wonderful childhood friend lives. I was able to stay with her and her family while I explored what I had hoped to be a new home. But alas, there are no jobs for me in this scenic town and I headed back home, realizing as my friends home told me: no matter where you go...there you are.

I did enjoy a scenic trip back, going through the Rockies and across the plains of Kansas and the hills of Missouri. I didn't know that Missouri had so many trees or hills. Kansas has oil, did you know that? I didn't. I missed out on some spring tornados by listening to my angels and was grateful that I do listen to them. I would have been right in the path of a twister which overturned a large cargo truck, if I hadn't listened.

And finally I returned home--all the problems that I had run away from were still here. Even now I'm still processing some of them and have solved others. Perhaps I just need a cross-country drive to clear my head of the clutter that seemed to be stored there from winter. A good spring cleaning, as it were.

My 'road' over the last 6 months has been interesting and I am still venturing forth on a new journey. I don't know where it will take me--I guess that's part of the adventure. I do know that I trust my angels, my skulls and God. Yup, I said--God. The Almighty. Not the Source, or Goddess, but God. Opps, I've now become politically insensitive and insulted many. Oh well, that's how I'm feeling these days. No matter where you go--there you are.

So, as I watched spring unfold as I traveled south and then got to watch it unfold all over again once back home in Illinois, I am reminded that like spring, I too am 'unfolding' as I approach, gulp, my fiftieth birthday in the fall. I don't feel 50 and frankly I don't look it--at least in my mirror I don't.

I am thankful for the friends I have abroad and for my friends and family I have here in Illinois. I am thankful for the country I live in for I was able to travel across this great land without fear and with great joy at the sights and landscape. And I am grateful for repeats--of spring that is--with it's myriad of colorful tulips and daffodils, and new green leaves on the trees, recently brown and dormant. New growth, new beginnings. April in the USA....yes, a month I definitely enjoy. And can relate to.

May your spring be a blessed one, full of new growth, possibilities and beautiful flowers!

Until next time....
Blake, the country wanderer

A Brave Lady Joins Her Superman

Well, I am happy to report I have found my way back to my blog. I recently lost connections and couldn't find my way back to update my blog. I warned everyone when I started I didn't know how to do blogging--but I am learning. So on with today's blog:

Just as many of us of were, I was saddened to hear of the death of Dana Reeves, the widow of actor Christopher Reeves, who I enjoyed as Superman and whose tragic horse-riding exercise put him in a wheelchair. She had announced a year ago that she had lung cancer, although she didn't smoke. She fought her disease but finally passed and joined her husband, leaving behind a thirteen-year old son.

For us in the spiritual community, we are aware that disease is often symptomatic of a larger problem -- indeed this is why we refer to disease as "dis-ease" for we become ill at ease in our life about one of many possible things and let this fester in our souls until it finally takes hold of the physical body.

Therefore we often look at what type of sickness it is -- or where the pain physically is, when talking or looking at dis-ease. For example, if one gets a sore throat perhaps this is because we are not speaking up about something or are afraid to speak up. Chronic neck pain may point out that we are burdening ourselves with too heavy a load without help. Or we're simply letting someone near to us affect us and we think of them as a 'pain in the neck.'

While I was indeed sad about Dana Reeves, I was not surprised like so many others, that she had gotten lung cancer. For the lungs are where the heart is and Dana was simply heartbroken for losing her beloved husband, Christopher. The lungs are also where the breathe of life is and Chris was her breathe. He had problems with his own breathing when he became injured and again this is area where Dana had her dis-ease. Once we understand the spiritual relationship of the mind and the spirit to the body, it isn't hard to see how she got lung cancer as opposed to another type of dis-ease.

Of course this is only a spiritual interpretation and my own opinion. But to me it makes sense.

I know for my own life, I can make myself sick easily by becoming too stressed out, and have landed in the hospital as a result of not listening to my inner voice when it cried out for rest. It has been proven and is well documented that emotions do affect the body and has been known to create illness. Therefore it is prudent to check in on our emotions and see how we are coping and relating to the world in order to stay healthy. Many believe this is where all dis-ease starts--within our souls and mind.

Chris and Dana are now together in a better place, where he can walk and they both can 'breathe' easier. Both were wonderful, brave people who dearly loved each other and they will be missed.

Let us remind ourselves of their courageous journey and the way they lived their lives, devoted to one another, as we live our own lives. Let them be an inspiration to us. I know they have been for me. When I was in that hospital bed, I saw an interview with Christopher Reeves and thought to myself that if he had the courage to be all he could be despite his condition, I needed to be willing to do the same. He helped me get well with her courage--indeed he was Superman. And Dana's devotion to her husband makes her a very super woman too.

While I know their spirit lives on, their physical presence in the world will indeed be missed.

Stay healthy and until next time,
Blake Cahoon

Forgiveness

Hello! I have been learning the act of forgiveness and it is and has been a powerful lesson for me. I was reminded of this when I was watching the daytime program "Starting Over" which is about several women who are sharing a home and getting past issues in their lives with the help of two life coaches and a psychologist.

Today's program dealt with mothers -- specifically their mothers and how their mother have influenced their lives--and I'm sorry to say that most of these women were still at the stage of blaming their mothers for their lives.

For me this was powerful, for it wasn't too long ago that I too blamed my mother for my current circumstances. One of the life coaches asked all to close their eyes and to finish the sentence: "When I was a little girl I wish my mother would have....".

The common answers were "...love me.", "...value me.", etc. Basically how they felt about what had been done to them by their mothers.

I answered, "....I wish my mother would have been happier."

For me, that was a great realization, for it was the first time I realized that I had forgiven my mother for the things that she did during my lifetime that caused me pain. She wasn't perfect, but she did love me. And she cared about me and listened to me and taught me much. I never appeciated it the time, but I have come a long way and have forgiven her for...being human. She did the best she could with what she knew how to do, often under difficult circumstances. For that I applaud her and love her. And forgive her.

My mother passed on several years ago, on the 21st of January. I felt her presence the other night and thanked her. I now realize that I have forgiven her and in doing so have forgiven myself.

Remember that your parents are only human-- remember to love them. When the time is right, you can learn to forgive both them...and yourself. And in doing so, this will bring light and love into your heart and soul.

(Pictured: me at age 16, with my sister and my mother.)

Until next time,
With Peace, Light and Love,
Ms. Blake Cahoon

Sad News from Crystal Skull world

Hello All,

Well, I've been feeling abit under the weather lately and when I consulted my crystal skulls, Prometheus and Lazarus, they were very quiet. But today I received some sad news which might have contributed to their silence and my mood.

I received an email from Joshua Shapiro, who has a crystal skull mail group at Yahoo.com. Joshua is one of the original people who brought crystal skulls to people's attention in the 1980's. He is the original crystal skull explorer and is co-author on two books on crystal skulls. He has worked tirelessly from across the globe to bring the news of crystal skulls to the world. He and his wife, DesyRainbow visited the Chicago area in the summer of 2004 where his skull, Portal de Luz, met my primary skull, Harvey. For learn more on all this history of my skulls and my friendship with the Shapiro's, you can go to either to my website, www.amethystmoon.com or to www.lightearthenergies.com.

Needless to say, Joshua and Desy are probably a big reason I now am involved with crystal skulls and I cherish my friendship with both of these fine people. Joshua wrote to all of us on his mail list today to tell us of the passing of a fine gentleman who is one of the guardians of "Ami" -- the Amethyst Skull which first lead Joshua to the world of crystal skulls.

This blog edition is dedicated to Al Ramirezor and Ami. Please read Joshua's email to all of us and send your prayers and blessings accordingly. Thank you.

(I have posted a picture of Joshua's latest book which shows a picture of both Portal and of Ami.)

Until next time,
Blake
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From Joshua Shapiro:

Dear Friends and Members...
It is with a very heavy heart, that we must report the passingof a very special friend, that both Desy and I have knownfor a number of years now. If any of you are familiar withour latest book, you will recognize his name.

On Sunday,January 8th, in Nevada, our dear friend Adolfo Ramirezor we called him Al, moved on to a higher realm of life.Al, was one of the guardians of the ancient crystal skullknown as "Ami", or the Amethyst Crystal Skull. I had heard about a connection that Al had with this skullmany years ago but in 1997, was the first time thatAl contacted me by regular mail. In November of 1999,during a visit to Las Vegas, to give a public talk there, was the first time I met Al. He came to the lecture and even discussed his connection with the crystal skulls. For those of you who never knew Al, all we can say isthat he was one of the nicest and kindest people youwould ever want to meet. When he was in good health he always had a cheerful attitude and was fun to bearound. Besides being one of several guardians of thecrystal skull "Ami", he also worked very hard to help his Hispanic community and end bigotry. He was a person of a very high level of integrity. We will never forget our time in California, in November of 2001, when Al and his partner Stan Chan, arranged for us to visit with them and to see "Ami". We were able to bring our friend Maggie Fox from Chicago who worked with a Meridian type of device that allowed us to see energetically the effect of "Ami" on thepeople who volunteered to do some test with us. Also we had a chance to sleep with "Ami" in our hotel room and Al stayedin the room with us that night.

In the photograph that we have of Al holding "Ami" thatwe show in our new book, you can see that not only didAl have a great love for this crystal skull and honored the skull very much but that perhaps he may have had another lifetimeas its guardian before (possibly a Mayan lifetime).It was Al's wish that "Ami" would be able to be sharedwith many people in the world one day. Part of the reason for this was because "Ami" helped Al with a very serious physical problem he had in 1991. From the interview with Al in 2001, he said:"But speaking for myself, I have always enjoyed the skull, I have always thought about the skull and this skull helped me in arecovery method (before when I had a serious brain problem) and I recognize that this type of information is what other peopleneed to know about, so we are at that point today."

What happened was there was a blood vessel that was not functioningproperly in Al's brain during this time and causing him some problems. There is a surgery that the doctors knew about that has been able to remedy this problem but generally it is only successful with younger people. An older person, like Al, the physical body is not able to mend itself. The doctor's warned Al that if they did the surgery he could become like a vegetable but Al, who has been a fighter all his life decided to go ahead with the surgery anyway. Unfortunately, as the doctors feared, Al was barely able to speak or even think, when the surgery was over. So, Al asked his family to put "Ami" (the skull was just calledthe "Amethyst Skull" at this time) on the ground, with the back ofthe crystal skull next to the back of his own head and he just thought to himself, "I will get better" (over and over) -- he did this process every day and eventually he totally regained all his faculties and was able to speak and move and live a normal life again after a few months. The doctors didn't believe this could happen.

So "Ami" is still for sale and is held by a business group, that Al was a member of -- but we hope that one day "Ami" will be free to travel and have contact with people as was Al's dreamespecially after the healing he received from "Ami". So lets us all send a good energy to Al's soul on his newjourney -- he will be surely missed by all of his friends andfamily.

Thank you for your kind attentionand for honoring our friend Al.

Joshua & DesyRainbow ShapiroThe Crystal Skull Explorers

Hello and Introduction

Hello!

As the insistence of Prometheus, a star crystal skull who I became caretaker of in November 2005, while visiting Santa Fe, New Mexico, I have started a blog. (Pictured: Prometheus and I at a Chicago botanical garden.)

I am actually not too familiar with blogs, although I do understand it is a method of getting information out to the general and directed public.

We do live in the information age and we have entered the New Age. It is here where my specialty lies and to which I shall write about. Material may be channeled by Prometheus and his associate, Lazurus, a larger clear star crystal skull. He too was part of the New Mexico trip. Or it may be channeled by my other master spirit guides, angels, etc. On occasion it may be my own words--wouldn't that be novel!

What are crystal skulls? you ask. Crystal skulls are unique messengers; they are both contemporary and ancient. Their popularity rose in the 1980's and '90's with advent of both books and TV specials on their origins.

To say they were controversal in nature would be an understatement and a subject which I plan to address in a later blog. As well as more about them in general.

Tonight is a simple introduction of myself, Ms. Blake Cahoon, intuitive energy and light worker with several websites that can serve as a further introduction - www.amethystmoon.com and www.lightearthenergies.com which is where this blog's link shall live.

So, hello and once again I am off to a new adventure -- the world of blogging.

Until next time, remember to honor your Light!

Love, Light and Peace,
Blake