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Sedonas spiritual communicator...

"...Now after a few years of seeing her in action, I can better describe for you what Fran "does" when she takes people on her InnerVision journeys.

Like most deeply gifted spiritual intuitives, she's sensitive in a variety of ways; information and experiences are seemingly always coming at her from all directions. Among other things, she's a synchronicity magnet, routinely drawing profound spiritual connections into her life, which then manifest as divine coincidence in the physical world.

That's a useful talent to be sure, but there is another way in which Fran is of invaluable service to others: She is able to receive messages from the highest Self of the person she's with, then tap into her own aspect of that same highest Self to relay the messages back to the person in the manner most appropriate to him or her.

Here's what that InnerVision thing feels like when she does it for me: It's as if a vast, mighty bridge opens up to another realm, and then waits in patient non-judgment while I decide whether or not to cross. Most of the time I accept the invitation to cross that bridge, and whenever I do, it's an absolutely awesome experience."

The Duck with a Human Mind

This observation by Eckhart Tolle is one I've always enjoyed, because it illustrates the uniquely human ability to cling to the past by holding on to our mental stories.

When two ducks get into a fight, it never lasts long - they soon separate and fly off in opposite directions. Each duck then flap its wings vigorously several times. This releases the surplus energy that built up in him during the fight. After they flap their wings, they fly on peacefully as if nothing had ever happened.

Now, if the duck had a human mind, this scene would go very differently.

The duck may fly away peacefully for a moment, but he would not put the fight behind him. He would keep the fight alive in his mind, by thinking and story-making.

The duck's story would probably go something like this: "I can't believe what he just did. He came within five inches of me. He has no consideration for my private space. He thinks he owns this pond. I'll never trust him again. I know he's already plotting something else to annoy me with. But I'm not going to stand for it. I'm going to teach him a lesson he will never forget."

And in this way the duck's mind spins its tale, still thinking and talking about it, days, months, or even years later. He may never see his adversary again, but that doesn't matter. The single incident has left its impression and now has a life of its own deep within the duck's mind.

As far as his body is concerned, the fight is still continuing, and the energy his body generates in response to the imaginary fight is emotion, which in turn generates more thinking. This becomes the emotional thinking of the ego. The emotions feed the story and the story feeds the emotions. Endlessly.

Unless the duck chooses to recognize that the fight is over - unless he drops the story - he will suffer from the endless cycle of his mind's creation.

You can see how painful and troublesome the duck's life would become if he had a human mind. But this is how most of us live all the time. For the average person, no situation or event is ever really over and done with. The mind and the mind-made story keep it going.

Unlike the duck, we are a species that has the power to remember, which is both wonderful and problematic.

Our duck has an important lesson to teach us and his message is this: Flap your wings, which means "let go of the story," and live your real life - here and now, in the present moment.