Online Gratitude Journal June 2009 Edition #30
June 30, 2009 by Akemi
I just had a mini revelation. Perhaps I’ll develop this into full article in the future, but here is the heads-up: (Photo by Mr. Greenjeans)
Occasionally I receive emails from people who want “free” readings, and I’ve wondered why. Is psychic reading typically offered free and I’m violating the rule? Hmm, no, there are plenty of psychics who ask for far more than I do. Is it because they don’t think I’m worth their money? But if so, why do they ask me for reading ever?
Is it because they don’t have money? This may seem right, but then, it hit me: It’s because they don’t pay the due that they are poor. They don’t pay what is due, so what is rightfully theirs don’t come their way in their life. They believe they don’t have the money so that is how they are. Look at the energetic exchange (or the lack thereof, in this case), and it’s quite plain and simple.
I’m not advocating to spend lots of money. When I receive bills that I don’t agree, I go after the merchant and straighten things up. I do advocate paying properly. Sometimes I pay more than the bill my, say web designer, charges me. With gratitude. Because I think the work was worth it.
If you want to be treated well for who you are, treat others well. (Plus there are plenty of articles in this blog’s archive about how to start a business and make money 
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June in Review
As promised in last month’s Gratitude Journal, I wrote about love and sex — and was discouraged with the low level of comments. Okay . . . if my readers don’t like this topic, maybe I’ll write about something else. But are you sure? I was ready to write more juicy stuffs . . .
I started writing about various starseeds groups. This is going to be a long series. I don’t think there are sufficient information about this, so I take it to my responsibility to write about it.
Fun
In 12 Steps To Raw Foods, Victoria Boutenko, the leading raw foods advocate, writes about a few other healthy habits beside eating raw. One of them is sleeping naked. She cites several studies and maintains sleeping naked promotes surface circulation. (I guess, then, being naked anytime is good, but we need to balance healthy habits with social life requirements. Plus it can be too cold outside the bed.)
Well, the weather is warm, this is the best time to try this. I do think I sleep better this way. Plus it feels good. (My sheets are 100% organic cotton.)
Victoria Boutenko also recommends jumping into cold water, sleeping on hard surface, keeping windows open for fresh air, etc. I started taking cold shower occasionally and try to keep the windows open. Not sure if I can keep doing this in winter, but for now, it works.
Challenges
Blog marketing, I guess. I simply don’t have time to go around promoting my blog. I love writing, and many articles here will be included in the book I hope to publish about Ascension and Akashic Records, so with or without large audience, this blog is very meaningful to me. At the same time, I wish I had more readers. Writing gets lonely sometimes, and there is nothing like reading comments at such time.
Lucky Synchronicities
For this, I’d like to record the great synchronicities I experience in my life. It confirms the benevolent mystery of life 
Saturday evening, June 13th. I went out walking to my local supermarket. It’s 15 minutes walk and I find it to be a good way to exercise. There is sidewalk all along lined with lots of trees and flowers. When I was leaving home, the sky was mildly overcast but it didn’t seem like it would rain any time soon.
I bought some mangos and grapefruits and came out of the store to find rain pouring down. Haven’t I learned the lesson of living in Oregon yet? It can rain any time. The sky changes in 10 minutes.
So . . . I was standing outside the store. Do I want to walk back in rain and just pretend I went swimming? Shall I wait until it clears up?
It was dark with the severe rain, but I noticed the car in the parking lot. Hey, that gray Scion is just like my friend’s. Is she here shopping, too?
I stood there looking around for several minutes. She did come out from the store, looking surprised to see the rain and me.
I got the ride home. I’m lucky. My spirit guides work hard for me. Thank you.
Where in the blogosphere Akemi has been
I’ve always been interested in eating healthy and mindfully. Here are two videos that inspire you.
First one — by the end of this short video, foods start to look different to you, I hope.
And here is a movie trailer about the miracle of eating raw. It reversed diabetes in 30 days. (HT: Evita)
A year ago at Yes to Me
I started this Gratitude Journal series a year ago. Over the course of the year, I’ve changed the format and posting frequency, but all in all, I think this is a great way to share a bit of my personal side. Namaste.
I personally like “Embrace The Big Questions Worth Spending Your Life For”. It’s about how “quick and easy” answers deprive the joy of living.
Word of month
“Cultivate a sense of gratitude for your food. Each time we remember to eat with awareness, we return to that place of inner peace.”
By earthmother. I learn a lot from her blog about eating raw, which I think has a lot to do with spiritual development. Thank you!
Thank you for your readership and comments, as always ^_^ I hope you are enjoying the warm weather.
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Hi Akemi – That is so true – if you give, you also wind up receiving. I read that some people even bless the money they give away.
I like Victoria’s ideas – I always sleep on a hard surface with the window open. I only wear clothes if it gets really cold ( I have the window opening, even if it’s snowing).
That diabetes video is amazing. It would be so much better for people to control it with food, rather than medication.
I am detoxing right now but I don’t have diabetes. I haven’t detoxed for a long time and I’m hoping to reintroduce wheat and diary products gradually, so I can work out which ones are giving me stomach problems.
Hi Cath,
Blessing the money — that’s a great idea. I say gratitude when I pay, either in person at stores or online.
I remember you are big on skinny dipping ^_^ And I read your recent post of feeling warm after you quit smoking. Now you are detoxing? So cool. Let us know how you are doing with that.
ha ha – Portland sounds like Melbourne – it can rain any time (or, as we say, 4 seasons in one day). The diabetes video was interesting – I like the way they included the emotional component. Cheers Akemi! – R
Robins last blog post..An Eventful Month
Hi Akemi!
Sex is so misunderstood by so many that it would be good to read about it on another level (other than the media shoving it in our faces every other minute).
It’s hard to believe that not many people commented on your blog about love and sex! Love is what most people say they want to understand! Maybe they are just to shy to talk about such a “taboo” subject like sex. I say BRING ON THE JUICY STUFFS!!!
I especially enjoyed your first blog on starseeds groups. It’s nice to know about the people around us. It’s almost like learning about other cultures! I’m really looking forward to reading more in this series!
The raw food diet is very interesting to me. My friend Stephen has had great success with it! I have always thought I would never be able to overtake something like that, however I seem to have woke up as a vegetarian just over a week ago! I haven’t eaten meat in something like 10 days and I seem to have no interest in it either. Wild! I am attempting to gradually increase my raw food intake with this so I look forward to seeing where this takes me. Thank you for posting extra information on this topic! It saves me from sifting through my google searches!
I’m looking forward to more blogs!
Robin,
I agree. Eating is not just physical, it’s mental, emotional, and spiritual.
Jen,
You like talking about sex? Good!
Suddenly becoming raw food / vegetarian is a fairly common Ascension symptoms. (Not that everyone in Ascension would experience this, but it happens often.) Check out earthmother’s and Evita’s blogs — I love them!
So true what you said about money and energetic exchange. “For it is in giving that we receive.” I learned that one early in life from St. Francis. It’s all about being in the Universal flow.
LOL…Hey, sleeping naked is green! (there’s actually a book by this title)
Thank you for the shout out and link.
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Hi,
I love that quote by St. Francis. So true.
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