Online Gratitude Journal November 2009 Edition #35

Hi! Did you have a good Thanksgiving? (that is, if you are in the US, I guess.) Are you excited about the coming holidays? My November was filled with gratitudes. And one milestone achievement. . . (Photo credit)

November in Review

My highlight this month was definitely the completion of my eBook “Lightworker’s Guide to Self-Employment”. I’ve spent considerable amount of time and energy writing this eBook on spiritual entrepreneurship. It’s my gift — it’s FREE, so please check it out if you are interested in starting your own business.

Thank you all for your readership. A writing needs to be read, so you are supporting me a great deal just by reading this blog. ^_^

Fun

Have you noticed I redecorated the front page of this Yes to Me blog? The center column now shows random posts from “Ascension” and “Spirituality” categories. Because “Spirituality” is a huge category, I added subheaders that show the ten subcategories. (Everything on this blog is about spiritual growth, but I set aside” Ascension” as a special independent category, and also set aside “What’s Akemi Doing?” for posts that are mainly about sharing of my life — like this post.)

If you are reading this article by subscription, please click here to see the new front page!

Yes to Me now has nearly 200 articles. I hope this new design helps you to find older articles that you may have missed.

I also updated my About page and the blurb on the sidebar. Do you like it?

Challenges

As you probably know, English is my second language. I do quite well but I have a slight accent (and I make some grammatical errors, like with the singular / plural rules. . .). Most of the time, I hardly think about this. I know I have important messages to convey and I express them well in writing. When I do phone sessions for my Akashic Record Reading, most clients have no problem understanding me.

Except when I need to do public speaking.

I’ll be on Small Business Trend blog radio (podcast) in January, talking about spiritual entrepreneurship and my new eBook. Aaaagh! I feel a bit nervous! Wish me luck.

Where in the blogosphere Akemi has been

During the Thanksgiving week, I spent a lot of time on Twitter for the #RadicalGratitude experiment.

Twitter is fun. If you are willing, you can find interesting people worldwide to chat. I’m not sure how effective it is in marketing because I’m personally put off with people who only shout what they want to say and never seem to listen and respond to others even when they are talking straight to them (that is, using @, like @akemigaines. When you put in @akemigaines in your tweet, it shows up on the “Mentions” timeline on my Tweetdeck, so I can respond.)

If you are new to Twitter, a piece of advice is NOT to turn on auto-follow. There are so many internet marketers and hookers (I’m not joking) who just want to increase their follower numbers by preying on those who have automatic follow on. Let’s use Twitter for real conversation and learning. I follow people who have valuable messages (even if they don’t follow me back).

Some well-known spiritual teachers are on Twitter. My favorite is @Deepak_Chopra. He tweets great insights, and he often responds to tweeted questions.

Word of month

“How unconditional is your love for yourself?”
– Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy, aka SARK

I found this line in her article at Crazy Sexy Life. In the article, she describes how self-love helps to love others. Self-love is not about self-indulgence — it’s about loving life and the world as it unfolds from within.

The world is a mirror that reflects your beliefs, as Gregg Braden explains so eloquently in his book. Self-love, then is the beginning and the end of all LOVE.

Stay warm, friends. With gratitude,

Online Gratitude Journal October 2009 Edition #34

Happy Halloween! I have the feeling Halloween is big in this small town. Maybe I will take my camera out. Hope you are having fun and enjoying the fall colors, too. (Photo credit)

October in Review

I spent a lot of time thinking and writing about foods this month. I do believe physical health is important in spiritual growth. We are spiritual being incarnated in the flesh. The content is of course important, but the package is part of the deal, too.

So if you haven’t, please check this out. And this.  And let’s treat our bodies with gratitude!

My eBook “Lightworker’s Guide to Self-Employment” is coming soon. I completed my draft and it’s now in my graphic designer’s hands. When she is done, I will do the final read-through before the official release. So just another little while — I’m glad I made it before the holiday season.

Fun

In Japan, there is haiku, a short poem of seventeen syllables.
The US invented Twitter for the world, a social media of 140 characters or less.

I’ve been tweeting daily with inspirational quotes and my own insights. Communication within 140 characters is both fun and challenge. Here are some of my tweets that received multiple retweets and comments:

Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not. — Picasso

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. — Anais Nin

The world is a reflection of yourself. So love starts with self love. Love yourself completely until there is nothing that is not you.

Please follow me @akemigaines.  Thank you.

Challenges

Part of the reason why I have been thinking so much is because I’ve been detoxing myself. I’m in good health overall, but if I must point out something, I know my digestive system is weak. So I tried some herbal supplements for detox.

Gee, that was hard on the body! I’m not sure if I was ready for it. Detox can be too demanding to the system sometimes, I guess.

A year ago at Yes to Me

I was writing about entrepreneurship extensively last year. Most of the points will be in my upcoming eBook, but here is something you might find interesting.

10 Spiritual Money Practices

I’m grateful for being able to support myself.  Thank you for the money that puts foods on the table today.

Where in the blogosphere Akemi has bee

Oprah. Who doesn’t love her? I’ve posted a couple of articles on her forum. They are:

Two Approaches to Heal your Traumas from Past Lives
Are We Predestined in Life?

Check out other features on her website, too, like the newsletters. I don’t watch much TV, but some of the articles there are quite interesting.

Also, if you like reading about personal development, here is a great eBook that compiles the best articles of today’s top bloggers. Even better, this is for a great cause — the eBook is free, but you get to donate to Susan G. Komen For the Cure, a group for breast cancer cure research.  I’d like to express special thanks to Lance Ekum, who worked on the making of this great eBook.

Word of month

Biology is different in different states of consciousness. In order to reinvent the body, we must move to a new level of consciousness. — Deepak Chopra by twitter

Now if you really think about it, this is a huge revelation. Biology is different for each person depending on their states of consciousness! I’m going to write more about this next month in relation to ascension and physical immortality.

And here is a photo of the morning light taken from my porch. Pretty, huh? Each day, each season, brings new joy.

Stay warm. Let me know how you are doing in the comments. Thank you.

Online Gratitude Journal New Home Edition #33

Yeah, new home! As I wrote in this post, I just moved to Eugene, and I love it. It’s like Portland, but made more compact, less crowded, and easy to handle. I’ve been enjoying myself just driving around and exploring the town. I’m so full of gratitude! (Photo credit)

This picture is my loot from a trip to Saturday Market. The stuff in the brown bag behind the little bonsai tree are wild huckleberries. They were like blueberries without the star-shaped ends. Then there are beets, new apples, a tomato, salad mix, and lip balm made of honey.

Eugene Saturday Market has a rule of “Sellers are makers.” So these are all local products. The market presents probably a hundred or so booths that cover several blocks in downtown, selling not only produce but also hand-crafted cosmetics, clothes, jewelries, artwork, etc. And it’s only five miles from my place, and downtown parking is free on weekends. So sweet.

September in Review

I didn’t post so often this month. I love my post about soul’s purpose. I also enjoyed interviewing Janni about physical immortality. Thank you, Janni!

I will resume my Starseed series next month, this time about Blueprinters.

Further, I appeared at two of my favorite blogs. Evita shared her experience of my Akashic Record Reading. If you’ve been thinking of having my reading but just wasn’t sure, please check it out.

And Lisa, the mommy mystic, interviewed me about Akashic Records, Ascension, and 2012. Thank you, Evita and Lisa!

Fun

Do you get to have fun? Like you did as a little child?

When I do Spirit Guides Coaching, quite a few spirit guides urge us to be more like a child. As children, we had better intuition, and by nurturing our inner child, we can develop our intuition.

Sadly, many of us forget what it was like to be a child. Now my friends Kim and Jason, who specialize in the art of being childlike and gave us an excellent interview last year, published a new book called “There’s An Adult In My Soup”. It’s packed with great ideas on how to get in touch with our inner child and regain the sense of wonder and passion. Thank you for a delightful book!

Challenges

I got off caffein earlier this year. Now I’m trying to get off sugar completely.

When I quit caffein (coffee, tea, and chocolate — I never had soda anyway), I had weird headache for several days, but once it cleared, I never went back. I even wonder why I had coffee every day. (Chocolate was a bit different because it’s also about sugar.)

Getting off sugar (and other sweeteners) seems to be harder. It’s in so many stuffs, and as I get low on sugar and therefore more sensitive to any sugar intake, even a tiny bit of sugar seems to whack me off balance. I’m looking forward for the day that I’d wonder, “Why did I crave sugar anyway?”

My gratitude to those who sent me supportive tweets when I was quitting caffeine — please support me in this new no sugar challenge, too. Thank you.

Lucky Synchronicities

I made a day trip to Ashland just for fun last Thursday. When I opened my door early morning, there was a group of wild turkeys strolling, so I got the camera out right away.

Oh, how was Ashland? It’s a cute little town. The vegetation changes in southern Oregon, so it felt more like California than Oregon to me. It’s also a tourist town, with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival being so big there. Nice place, but I don’t see myself living there. I love the redwoods around here.

A year ago at Yes to Me

That’s when I started the five post series called Inside Out Approach To Entrepreneurship. This year, I’ve been working on an eBook called Lightworkers Guide To Self-Employment. Feels like a deja-vu of some sort.

Where in the blogosphere Akemi has been

So I’ve been exploring the idea of physical immortality. If we are spiritually immortal, can we be physically immortal as well? Why and why not? And in such a timely manner, Kathy Dobson started a new blog called Physically Immortal. Her first post is about open mind, which is essential if you want anything new and valuable. So whether you want to live forever or not, do check it out — it’s a great reading.

Word of month

A grown-up is someone who is done growing. — Jason Kotecki from the aforementioned book

And when you are done growing — when we stop exploring, when we stop asking questions, when we close our mind — we become obsolete. It’s death, if not physically, then symbolically. Don’t go there. Hey, this resonates perfectly with the idea of physical immortality

How did you spend this beautiful month of September? Let me know in the comments ^_^

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