tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60128238813139486342024-02-20T03:04:46.568-08:00Bringing Your Soul To LightLinda Backmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10376804008161174776noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6012823881313948634.post-20003920322041175882009-10-13T22:03:00.000-07:002009-10-13T22:17:38.921-07:00Tuesday 10-13-2009To Each of You---<div>Yesterday was a day I will be focused upon for a very long time. The entire day was</div><div>spent in and around Haifa Israel---on the Mediterranean Sea. This is a city where</div><div>the Arab population and the Jewish population have a copacetic relationship. This is the</div><div>city that sits on Mt Carmel where the Essene community of Jeshua's existence occurred.</div><div>The Bahai faith based on Unity is also here. Soon, I'll be including or directing you to a different link for pictures where your own eyes can see. </div><div><br /></div><div>What we found yesterday was the early Carmelite order which developed out of the Essenes. In their emblem we find both the Star of David and the Cross. We have literally experienced the segue of the Hebrews and early Christians. There is much more to tell---please revisit my blog each day to discover more of our journey.</div><div>With Great Luv, Linda</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.bringingyoursoultolight.com" target="new">Click to return to the Bringing Your Soul To Light website</a></div>Linda Backmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10376804008161174776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6012823881313948634.post-41872230635646978102009-10-13T09:55:00.000-07:002009-10-13T10:01:38.930-07:00Israel Travelogue - October 12, 2009<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Hello--</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">As a group of 12---we begin our Israel tour today. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Please send us love and blessings, as we send the same to you.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Here is our itinerary for today. We leave the modern Israeli city of only about 100 years time to move northward. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Our first stop is in Cesearea build by Herod to honor Caesar. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 25px; font-family:-webkit-sans-serif;font-size:17px;"><div style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Caesarea is believed to have been built on the ruins of </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stratonospyrgos&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stratonospyrgos (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(204, 34, 0); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Stratonospyrgos</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> (Straton's Tower), founded by Straton I of </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidon" title="Sidon" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Sidon</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">. It was probably an agricultural storehouse in its earliest configuration.</span></span><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesarea#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">[</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">2</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">]</span></span></span></a></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> In 90 BCE, </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Jannaeus" title="Alexander Jannaeus" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Alexander Jannaeus</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> captured Straton's Tower as part of his policy of developing the shipbuilding industry and enlarging the Hasmonean kingdom. Straton's Tower remained a Jewish city for two generations, until the Roman conquest of 63 BCE when the Romans declared it an autonomous city.</span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The pagan city underwent vast changes under Herod the Great, who renamed it Caesarea in honor of the emperor. In 22 BCE he began construction of a deep sea harbor and built storerooms, markets, wide roads, baths, temples to Rome and Augustus, and imposing public buildings.</span></span><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesarea#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">[</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">3</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">]</span></span></span></a></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> Every five years the city hosted major sports competitions, gladiator games, and theatrical productions.</span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Caesarea also flourished during the </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine" title="Byzantine" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Byzantine</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> period. In the 3rd century the Jewish sages exempted the city from Jewish commandments as by this time the majority of the inhabitants were non-Jewish.</span></span><sup id="cite_ref-ZSERP_3-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesarea#cite_note-ZSERP-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">[</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">4</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">]</span></span></span></a></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> The city was chiefly a commercial centre relying on trade. The area was only seriously farmed during the </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashidun_Caliphate" title="Rashidun Caliphate" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Rashidun Caliphate</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> period, apparently until the Crusader conquest in the eleventh century.</span></span><sup id="cite_ref-ZSERP_3-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesarea#cite_note-ZSERP-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">[</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">4</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">]</span></span></span></a></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> Over time, the farms were buried under the sands shifting along the shores of the Mediterranean.<br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><div style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">In 1251, </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_IX_of_France" title="Louis IX of France" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Louis IX</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> fortified the city. The French king ordered the construction of high walls (parts of which are still standing) and a deep moat. However strong the walls were, they could not keep out the sultan </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baybars" title="Baybars" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Baybars</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">, who ordered his troops to scale the walls in several places simultaneously, enabling them to penetrate the city.</span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Following this we go to Megiddo:<br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><div style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><div style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Megiddo was a site of great importance in the ancient world, as it guarded the western branch of a narrow pass and an ancient </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_route" title="Trade route" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">trade route</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> which connected the lands of </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Egypt</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> and </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assyria" title="Assyria" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Assyria</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">. Because of its strategic location at the crossroads of several major routes, Megiddo and its environs have witnessed several major battles throughout history. The site was inhabited from approximately 7000 BC to 586 BC (the same time as the destruction of the </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Israelite_Temple" title="First Israelite Temple" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">First Israelite Temple</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> in </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Jerusalem</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> by the Babylonians, and subsequent fall of Israelite rule and exile). One of its claims to importance is the fact that since this time it has remained uninhabited, thereby preserving the ruins of its time periods pre-dating 586 BC without newer settlements disturbing them.</span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Megiddo is mentioned in </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian" title="Ancient Egyptian" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Ancient Egyptian</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> writings because one of Egypt's mighty kings, </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thutmose_III" title="Thutmose III" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Thutmose III</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">, waged war upon the city in 1478 BC. The battle is described in detail in the </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_hieroglyphs" title="Egyptian hieroglyphs" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">hieroglyphics</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> found on the walls of </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnak_Temple" title="Karnak Temple" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">his temple</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> in Upper Egypt. Named in the Bible </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Derekh_HaYam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Derekh HaYam (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(204, 34, 0); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Derekh HaYam</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> (</span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Hebrew</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">: </span></span><span lang="he" dir="rtl"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">דרך הים</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">), or "Way of the Sea," it became an important military artery of the </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Roman Empire</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> and was known as the </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Via_Maris" title="Via Maris" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Via Maris</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">.</span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Finally---we will overnight in Haifa. My greatest interest is traveling to where Jeshua/Yeshua lived and studied in the Mt Carmel Essene community in Haifa.<br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Much more to come---but now the group is ready to leave.<br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">With Luv and Light, Linda and travelers.</span></span><br /></div></div></div></div></span></div></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.bringingyoursoultolight.com" target="new">Click to return to the Bringing Your Soul To Light website</a></div>Linda Backmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10376804008161174776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6012823881313948634.post-7229705970266494182009-10-01T08:09:00.000-07:002009-10-01T08:15:06.444-07:00The Winds of Change<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;color:#6633FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Dear Ones-</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6633FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I'm wondering if you're feeling the winds of change? Even last night there were literally strong winds here in the Boulder CO area. I notice many of my fears surfacing and numerous nights with strong energetics that keep me from falling into sleep or remaining asleep.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6633FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I KNOW that we're feeling battered about as we are cleansed, shifted, altered, and prepped for the co-creation of the new humanity. You're probably like me, where at times the stresses and strains of this newness can be immensely challenging. Then I have the insight to KNOW that all is well and just as it needs to be---as we are climbing the mountain of the new world order. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6633FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Do not despair---brightness is definitely on the horizon. Now, I'm wondering-what are those of you reading this blog feeling??</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6633FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">with Great Luv, Linda</span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.bringingyoursoultolight.com" target="new">Click to return to the Bringing Your Soul To Light website</a></div>Linda Backmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10376804008161174776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6012823881313948634.post-82898350974726242072009-02-10T07:01:00.000-08:002009-02-10T07:14:43.992-08:00Preparing to Travel<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;">Dear All,</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;">It is Tuesday morning, and I have the feelings this morning of </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;">"preparing to travel" once again. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;">In human reality I'll be traveling tomorrow evening to Los Angeles for a spiritual conference, presentations, a book-signing, and private clients. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;">Yet, in spiritual truth we are all preparing to travel or are already traveling.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;">This is a high, exciting, and 'jumbled' time. Please continue to hold on. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;">We experienced a powerful full moon in Leo last evening with a lunar eclipse. Even more, I believe energy is heightening moment by moment. Each of you is a blessings to the universe. You KNOW what is truth....that you are a soul traveling the pathway of humanness toward a destination that will hold bright Light and warmth. Do not let the rocks in the road deter you.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;">Please honor and communicate with your guides, teachers, masters, and angels. They are always present for you.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;">Many of you are tied into my new book that has just been published:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Bringing Your Soul to Light: Healing through Past Lives and the Time Between</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;">Honor the wisdom of past lives and the soul period.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;">With Great Luv and Blessing, Linda</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.bringingyoursoultolight.com" target="new">Click to return to the Bringing Your Soul To Light website</a></div>Linda Backmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10376804008161174776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6012823881313948634.post-43120246539492005382009-01-06T07:59:00.000-08:002009-01-06T08:09:39.700-08:00The Blessings of a New YearGood Morning Everyone....<div> </div><div>I would like to share with you a link to a powerful video that demonstrates the truth that We are All One. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://awakentv.ning.com/video/return-of-the-ancestors">http://awakentv.ning.com/video/return-of-the-ancestors</a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>As you know, the Hopi and the Maya are ancient cultures. In this New Year 2009 we are offered the golden opportunity to release prejudice, hatred, marginalizing and come to accept that each of us is one and the same. If you view others as 'siblings', no matter whether you are comfortable with their behavior or not, your response to them will be more accepting. </div><div><br /></div><div>Very soon you will be receiving the next RavenHeartCenter newsletter (if you are not on the mailing list please contact me at Linda@RavenHeartCenter.com). Our Jan/Feb newsletter will offer spiritual insight, as well as news of trainings, our October 2009 Spiritual Israel Tour, and other offerings. </div><div><br /></div><div>Let me close by saying that my book is now available for purchase. You can go to:</div><div><a href="http://bringingyoursoultolight.com">www.BringingYourSoultoLight.com</a> to order an autographed copy or www.Amazon.com for purchase.</div><div><br /></div><div>May you be blessed in 2009....With Luv, L</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.bringingyoursoultolight.com" target="new">Click to return to the Bringing Your Soul To Light website</a></div>Linda Backmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10376804008161174776noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6012823881313948634.post-6938268535829838882008-12-25T06:43:00.000-08:002008-12-25T07:15:20.856-08:00Holiday MoodsIt is the morning of December 25. For many this is Christmas morning; for others it is the morning of day 5 of the 8 days of Hannukah; it is also Kwanza; and we are 4 days post Winter Solstice. The beauty of lengthening days of greater light has begun.<div><br /></div><div>During the last couple of days I can feel in my body, and in my emotions, that we're leading toward (notice I didn't say heading, because I truly believe that those of us reading this blog are 'leading'!) New Times. These expansive times are a stretch for many. Yet, I so believe that we'll find ourselves and more people coming to believe that we ARE a Soul having a human experience, one lifetime to the next.</div><div><br /></div><div>I suspect you already feel a 'stretching' within yourself and in others. Both in October and December I had a respiratory virus, of sorts. The first 'illness' left me without my normal voice for weeks.....it was a great frustration to me. Since I don't get sick very often, I knew there was something more happening than simply a garden variety virus. Last week I had another 'head cold' with laryngitis. "What's up?", I said to myself. With some fabulous healing herbs (WishGarden products from Boulder CO) and a nasal cleanse, Neti Pot, miraculously my voice was back in 48 hours, and I was on the mend.</div><div><br /></div><div>I've also noticed a bit more agitation, especially at night. This ALL tells me that I and we are being prepped for another heightening shift. </div><div><br /></div><div>So, hang on.....as I KNOW this is all good. Surely, each of you knows the old phrase, "No Pain, No Gain". Well, this is the case. </div><div><br /></div><div>If you just 'lead into' into the alteration and expansion of energy.....all will be well. </div><div><br /></div><div>This week I worked with three different clients who each needed a tune up! For one, she was told that she is NOT from here, and her experience of dealing with life here is, at times, challenging, yet so very purposeful. For another, we did some literal Soul Retrieval/energetic cleanse via the phone which brought forward a letting go of past hurt and trauma. </div><div><br /></div><div>Each of you is here at this time for very profound purpose. Lead into that purpose, and you will continue to KNOW the why of your present life.</div><div><br /></div><div>I wish each of you great Blessings of the Season. Remember the Unity of Oneness that is shared by us All.</div><div><br /></div><div>In Light and Luv, Linda</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.bringingyoursoultolight.com" target="new">Click to return to the Bringing Your Soul To Light website</a></div>Linda Backmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10376804008161174776noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6012823881313948634.post-82527037285090114242008-12-14T18:31:00.000-08:002008-12-14T18:39:23.665-08:00Connecting the Dots----in various waysHello Bryan and Violet!<div><br /></div><div>How wonderful to find both of your comments....thank you.</div><div><br /></div><div>I so believe that telling our own story provides a more in-depth understanding to others of who we truly are. At the same time, we spark each other's spiritual process by sharing our experiences.</div><div><br /></div><div>Violet, I visited your blog and discovered that you and I have both traveled to some amazing places in Scotland. Simply by traveling to powerful locations on the planet can enhance our journey of awakening. We attach to the energy of a 'place' where perhaps we've lived before. I share your love of Iona....where I could have stayed for days. For those of you who do not know.....the Isle of Iona in Scotland has a very ancient monastery where the mix of Celtic mysticism began to merge with early Christianity. </div><div><br /></div><div>To all of you reading this blog, please ask me any question. No question is inappropriate or strange. If you have the question on your mind, then I bet that others have the same question and hesitate to ask. So, fire away!!</div><div><br /></div><div>Have a lovely week as we build to Winter Solstice in just one week.</div><div><br /></div><div>Many Blessings, Linda</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.bringingyoursoultolight.com" target="new">Click to return to the Bringing Your Soul To Light website</a></div>Linda Backmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10376804008161174776noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6012823881313948634.post-79613849374242099482008-12-10T14:47:00.000-08:002008-12-10T17:49:16.276-08:00December 2008 Full MoonDecember 2008 is a special month.....not that all months aren't important. On December 12, just two days from now, the 13th Full Moon of the year will happen. Notice the date: 12-12-2008. Many tell us that 12-12 is a powerful opening....another stargate as some would term it. <div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><strong>Full Moon in Gemini/Sagittarius - Solstice Moon - December 12 - 11:37 AM EST; 3:37 PM GMT<br /></strong><em>NOTE: The Full Moon rises the night of December 11</em></span></p><p><em><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"></span></em><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><img align="right" height="111" hspace="8" src="http://www.starpriestess.com/img/full_moon2.jpg" vspace="6" width="130" />Laughter and chatter fill the air as the Solstice Moon rises Thursday night. The Moon in talkative, social Gemini opposes a fiery Sun-Mars conjunction in fun-loving Sagittarius. The Sun-Moon opposition squares the ongoing Saturn-Uranus opposition, forming a Grand Cross in mutable signs, the cross of changes. Jupiter in Capricorn trines Saturn in Virgo, adding a dose of practicality to the festivities. With Neptune trine the Gemini Moon, spiritual thoughts, dreams and feelings surface.</span><br /></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">The ancients celebrated each Full Moon, and I would encourage you to do the same. Note that talkative Gemini is exactly opposite, in astrological terms, from Sagittarius. Gemini-types love to share their knowledge openly with an articulate depth. Sag-types tend to be more shy and hide in the depths of their spiritual awareness. Operating from a deep perspective, while still being open to share the core of our spiritual knowing is a lovely balance.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Now, let's take a moment to examine the number 12. T<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; ">here are twelve apostles, twelve labours of Heracles, twelve houses of the zodiac, and twelve months in a year. You can "google" the number twelve to discover more detail about the significance of 12. Most importantly, go inside and intuitively ask for you own information about the purpose and meaning of 12:12. Trust that when a number continues to occur repetitively in your life there is meaning. I've discovered that often when your birthday has a date similar to yours (such as yours is Jan 9 and your mate's is June 9)....it is likely that you have a soul level relationship with that other person.</span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;">I hope to hear from many of you about what has been triggered from my writing.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;">With Blessings, Linda</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;">I do believe</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">welve is one of the perfect numbers, three is divine perfection, seven is spiritual perfection, ten is ordinal perfection and twelve is governmental Twelve is one of the perfect numbers, three is divine perfection, seven is spiritual perfection, ten is ordinal perfection and twelve is governmental perfection. It is thus that the children of Israel are divided into twelve tribes. Even though there are in actuality thirteen tribes, every time they are listed only twelve are listed. Similarly in the New Testament Jesus chose for himself twelve apostles.. It is thus that the children of Israel are divided into twelve tribes. Even though there are in actuality thirteen tribes, every time they are listed only twelve are listed. Similarly in the New Testament Jesus chose for himself twelve apostles.<br /></span></span>Twelve is the product of three times four and the significance of both of these numbers can usually be seen in twelve. Three is divine perfection and usually denotes things from or of God, thus wee see that perfect government can only exist when God is involved, in particular we shall only have perfect government when God rules all. Four is the number of the world and the creation, thus we see the perfect governments connection to that which is governed. It is the things of this world, the nature of this world that it needs to be governed. is one of the perfect numbers, three is divine perfection, seven is spiritual perfection, ten is ordinal perfection and twelve is governmental perfection. It is thus that the children of Israel are divided into twelve tribes. Even though there are in actuality thirteen tribes, every time they are listed only twelve are listed. Similarly in the New Testament Jesus chose for himself twelve apostles.<br /></span></span>Twelve is the product of three times four and the significance of both of these numbers can usually be seen in twelve. Three is divine perfection and usually denotes things from or of God, thus wee see that perfect government can only exist when God is involved, in particular we shall only have perfect government when God rules all. Four is the number of the world and the creation, thus we see the perfect governments connection to that which is governed. It is the things of this world, the nature of this world that it needs to be governed. is one of the perfect numbers, three is divine perfection, seven is spiritual perfection, ten is ordinal perfection and twelve is governmental perfection. It is thus that the children of Israel are divided into twelve tribes. Even though there are in actuality thirteen tribes, every time they are listed only twelve are listed. Similarly in the New Testament Jesus chose for himself twelve apostles.</span></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><p style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Twelve is the product of three times four and the significance of both of these numbers can usually be seen in twelve. Three is divine perfection and usually denotes things from or of God, thus wee see that perfect government can only exist when God is involved, in particular we shall only have perfect government when God rules all. Four is the number of the world and the creation, thus we see the perfect governments connection to that which is governed. It is the things of this world, the nature of this world that it needs to be governed.</p></span><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></p></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.bringingyoursoultolight.com" target="new">Click to return to the Bringing Your Soul To Light website</a></div>Linda Backmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10376804008161174776noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6012823881313948634.post-9869647984983005262008-12-07T07:13:00.000-08:002008-12-07T07:50:21.188-08:00Sunday Morning Musing<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);">Hello Everyone.....</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);">On this Sunday morning I am in the 'South'.....meaning the southern states of the US. Earl and I lived from 1971-1984 in North Carolina where Earl took his first teaching position as a 'newbie' political science professor. We were 23 and 24 years old respectively as Earl, our 18 month-old son, and I trekked across the US in a station wagon pulling a U-Haul trailer which held all of our earthly belongings. The South is rich with a historical perspective not held in the western states where we'd grown up. Plus, I'd never seen either a spring or fall that was quite so dramatic with colors and lush growth that I still miss. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);">Yet, the story and purpose of my blog this morning isn't exactly about the South. We're in Memphis TN with a full client schedule and our first presentation tied to my book, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Bringing Your Soul to Light</span> (www.BringingYourSoultoLight.com available for pre-order and will be in hand within a month).</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);">Hosting us in their home are nearly our favorite cousins (I must be politically correct here...tisk, tisk!). So, it's a rare treat to have this much time with them.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);">Now...to get to the 'meat' of this blog. I've known for a number of years that my most recent past life happened during the Holocaust where I was a young Jewish girl whose home was 'trashed' late one night. I was demanded and commanded to instantly leave my parents and brother and was drug away to a concentration camp. I believe that I traveled in the box car of a train with my dear, elderly uncle to whom I clung for life itself.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);">My job at the camp was to move from bed to bed in the make-shift infirmary with seriously ill and dying people. I wiped whatever orifice was in need and simply attempted to provide love and compassion to these people in misery. The image I experienced during one past life regression was coming upon a semblance of a cot where my emaciated dear uncle lay dying. I crawled into the bed made of a stretched piece of rough material strung between four posts and held my uncle until he took his last gasp of earth's air. Upon being asked by the therapist if I KNEW the soul of my uncle in my present life I quickly responded that this was my dear cousin of today with whom I feel very close.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);">The cousin that I mention is the cousin's house where I've been for four days. Last evening I had a beautiful experience having a discussion about the past life I believed to be true.....and listening to my cousin relate elements of what he potentially considered to be validation of the past life memory. Though there was not a sudden acceptance of my Holocaust story by my cousin, there was also not a strong casting-aside either. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);">This is the means by which we, who are either tentative believers or full-fledged believers in past lives and reincarnation, need to step gingerly into presenting the possibility of the Law of Rebirth. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);">I do believe it is our commitment to offer to certain other people the possibility and potential explanation for interests, pulls, and fascinations that we have lived before and will live again.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);">I invite your discussion of this topic and will happily and purposely respond to your thoughts.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);">Thanks for listening to my musing this Sunday morning in the South.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);">Great Luv, Linda</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.bringingyoursoultolight.com" target="new">Click to return to the Bringing Your Soul To Light website</a></div>Linda Backmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10376804008161174776noreply@blogger.com4