Intuition: The Coolest Thing We've Got Going

Sunday morning, February 12th.

I'm sitting here wondering what more I can do to get people to listen to and TRUST their inner voice. I wrote a book called A Still Small Voice, have a radio show called Intuitive Living, have a website called Trust the Voice Within that people can subscribe to for free and join the movement to live by the still small voice inside (intuition). I write blogs, teach classes on intuition and have a DVD on living by intuition.

 

Intuition is the coolest thing we've got going for us and yet millions of people still don't know what it is.

I get so frustrated with religions that still teach that the only way to God is through the priest, minister or rabbi because that is not the truth.

 

Friday night on the tv show Blue Bloods was a great example. A character in the show said that God told her that her stepfather killed her mother and everyone's reactions (except for the main cop) was that she was crazy. They literally made fun of this woman for the rest of the show, even though her clues led to the killer. The character was steadfast in her belief that God spoke to her in spite of all the criticism she received.

The comments that this catholic family had around the dinner table about her were just awful, but it was a great reminder that there are millions of people out there that believe the same way.

 

The one bummer about the show other than the obvious is that she made it sound like it was a human voice that gave her these answers and she didn't make any reference to God's instruction coming from within in a silent voice. That's what throws people off is the inaccuracies because in spite of how nice it would be to hear God speaking in the tone of voice as James Earl Jones it just doesn't work like that. God speaks to us in a silent voice inside of our gut, at the core of our soul.

 

What got me going on all of this is thinking about psychic readings and the questions people ask. So often they simply need to go within for the answers, but they go to a psychic instead. Some examples are the guy who wanted to a reading to find out what kind of car to buy. The woman who wanted to move, but didn't know where , the man who found out he had cancer all over his body and wanted to know what to do, the teen ager who wanted to know what college to go to.

 

All of those questions can be answered with intuition but people don't think to turn to their inner voice for these kinds of answers. I understand the man that has cancer because that is a very emotional issue but intuition will guide him with his treatment and the best decisions for his life's plan also.

 

I worry that answering these questions will keep people from developing a relationship with their inner voice so I've been getting tougher with people. Saying no to the readings and guiding them to their gut.

 

I also feel a sense of urgency about this. 2012 is going to be full of surprises. Full of change like J C Penny standing firm in their decision to have Ellen De Generes as their spokesperson and not caving in to people demanding that they get a different spokesperson because they don't like gay people. We're going to be seeing alot of good positive changes this year. People are fed up with the same old b.s.

 

My minister said God's number is not 911. Don't just turn to God in times of need. Develop your own special relationship with Him/Her today while life is good. Get a copy of my book, A Still Small Voice and read through it a few times. Practice trusting your inner voice with the little things and gradually you will trust it with the bigger things. The Bible tells us we find God in the Still Small Voice within (Kings 19:11,12).

Join the intuition movement. www.trusthevoicewithin.com and spread the word. It's the absolute coolest way to live our life. Being guided by that amazing light within.

 

If you're feeling a little weak in the spiritual area of your life, get a copy of my book, Look for the Good and You'll Find God. It's guaranteed to help you see God in a very positive light without being preachy or religious. And if you have any suggestions as to how I can continue to pass the word, please let me know.

Another life changing experience....................

I had so many cool experiences this week end that I want to share with you.

 

Back in November, I was guided to teach a week-end seminar on the soul's perspective of life, death and life after death.

 

One of the perks of my gifts is that I've been communicating with souls of the living and the deceased for over forty years and they've taught me so much. I've written about alot of it in my book Echoes of the Soul, but have continued to learn from them and was excited about sharing new information.

 

Last week as I was mentally preparing for the weekend, I asked God to please give me as much guidance as possible over the week-end so that I could give all the participants exactly what they needed.

 

On Friday, I was in my office printing out some astrological reports for the seminar and I started to hear a group of men talking about the importance of talking about how we have humanized God and that it's all backwards.

 

These four men, who I would definitely call Elders from the other side, were having a chat session in my office and I could hear them commiserating. They were saying that most people had no clue what God is because we've humanized him.. We've projected our own humanity on him and that's why most people don't know what to think when it comes to God.

 

 I heard one of them say "yeah, look at Moses. He had a bad temper and then projected that image onto God. Told everyone God was angry and vengeful, when in fact it was Moses that had those characteristics." They said many of the stories in the Bible were from people who imposed their own beliefs and personalities onto God and that we need to develop our own relationships with God in order to know what he/she is all about.

 

I loved listening to them talk, but it was time to leave for the hotel.  I thanked them for sharing their insights, not knowing that I would find them all at the hotel ready to assist me throughout the week end.

 

The week end was a very special experience for all of us. For me, it was another one of those life changing experiences that I've had throughout my career. Those four male spirits and Lilli, the angel that works me, were all present throughout the entire week end and they continually guided me with new information.

 

It was a bit of a challenge for me because my right ear was constantly tuned into what they (the deceased) were saying, while my left ear was listening to the (living) people. I've done channelings before, done Gallery readings where the deceased bring messages for the living, but this was a whole other level of open communication between both plains of existence FOR THREE DAYS. It kind of felt like I was walking a tight rope at the veil.The place that separates our world from the other side. It was absolutely fascinating for me to see that I could do that for longer than a couple of hours.

 

Okay, so back to the messages about humanizing God.

Jesus told us that God is SPIRIT.  The Bible says that we are made in God's image and likeness and I believe that is referencing our soul, not our physical body.

 

Many stories in the Bible make reference to God being angry, egotistical, vengeful, and jealous, all human characteristics. The guides said that we have projected our stuff onto God and we need to stop doing that. Jesus told us that God is all about love. I don't recall in any of HIS stories where he says God is angry, jealous, ego driven or punishing.

 

Remember a couple of blogs back where I said that the guides said we need to pay attention? Start paying attention to how you or others think or talk about God.

We need to shift away from the negativity and start to see this creator of ours as a much more loving presence in our lives.

 

Lost your job? A loved one die? House in foreclosure? Filing Bankruptcy?

These are not God's actions. These are life lessons we signed up to experience.

God did not snatch your loved one home, because he felt like it. He didn't give you cancer because he was having a bad day. We've got to heal this horrible image we've created of God and get on with the truth about this being.

 

God is a perfect balance of male and female energy, so just know that this perfect energy loves you un-conditionally. No questions asked.

 

It's gonna be a good year. I've already seen some of the shifting happening where we're shifting from taking care of corporations to taking care of people.

We need to become more people centered in order to shift the consciousness on the planet, so let's make it happen.

 

Till next time, God Bless,

Echo

 --
 Echo Bodine, echo@echobodine.com on 1/17/2012

On the web at www.echobodine.com
"Living by your inner voice is like walking through
 life with your best friend in your pocket"
Echo Bodine
A Still Small Voice

We Need to Pay Attention

The other night in my advanced psychic class, I did a guided meditation and one of the messages that was repeated several times was to "pay close attention" to the signs from spirit guides and deceased loved ones for the next few days.

 

She (Lilli, the angel that works with me) also said that we will go to bed on the 31st in one energy and wake up on the 1st in a brand new energy. I felt the energy as she was talking about it and it felt light and easier.

 

There's so much speculation about 2012 and I'm still getting emails from people wondering if the world is coming to an end.  It's not physically coming to an end, but there continues to be more and more energy shifts where institutions have to become more people centered and less money centered. Many are resisting that and they will fight the hardest to hold on to their old way of doing business.  If we can NOT get involved in the craziness of it and watch how these big corporations and the people that run them, work through their fears and finally surrender to a new way of doing business and this includes politics, we'll be fine.

 

I would guess alot of people who are already living in fear will get even more fearful when all of this is happening but I want you to remember that YOU DO HAVE A CHOICE  as to how you are going to go through the changes that we will continue to see on this planet. You can go through it remembering that in spite of how things look, everything is in divine order (Lilli said there is divine order in the chaos) or you can get caught up in all the fear that will be going on around you.

 

Can we all please keep reminding each other that we need this chaos in order to get to a new order of things. Our consciousness has to shift to being more people centered.

 

I've warned you before that my mind jumps around quickly so I'm changing subjects again. I had a very scary experience the other night after hearing Lilli say three times, "pay close attention." You know that expression that your life flashes before your eyes? I literally had that happen the other night.

 

I was driving down Lyndale avenue. I had the green light and was just about to turn left onto 54th and I heard a voice scream "look out." I looked to my left and a blue pick up was barreling through the red light. I slammed on my brakes so fast as did the lady in the lane next to me. It was like the girls driving that pick up had no sense of the red light or that other people were driving right in front of them. They just looked at me and this lady as we were both laying on our horns and kept on going.

 

It took me a long time to calm myself down. I missed her car by inches. She was flying through that intersection. I still get the creeps just thinking about it.

I wish I would have had the sense of mind to follow her and get her license plate no. When I looked at the woman in the car next to me, she just sat there looking like she was in shock. It all happened so fast.

 

People have been driving really crazy lately. I was at a stop light the other night with a bunch of other cars and this one car next to me didn't want to wait anymore, so even though traffic coming towards us had the right of way, he went right through the red light and the other people had to slam on their brakes. It was insane.

 

So I guess my final message of this Bog is PAY ATTENTION right now. Lilli said our guides and deceased loved ones are trying to get our attention during this period of time, so pay attention. Jot things down in your journal. Be aware of what's going on around you.

 

Stay safe tomorrow night. Be sure to listen to your inner voice when making your plans.

God Bless,

Echo

 

 --
 Echo Bodine, echo@echobodine.com on 12/30/2011

On the web at www.echobodine.com
"Living by your inner voice is like walking through
 life with your best friend in your pocket"
Echo Bodine
A Still Small Voice

A Follow Up and More

Well, haven't I become a blogger lately? (my publisher would say it's about time).

 

Some people have emailed or left Facebook messages to explain to me that they are not material minded people and I want to reassure you that that's not what the message was meant to say. It wasn't saying you can't have them or can't enjoy them. It was saying don't make your possessions the thing that defines you.

 

I just had an image of a person working on their house. It was their whole focus. All of their energy went into making their material possessions AMAZING. But they never thought about working on their soul's development. The most important work that we come here to do. Love, patience, kindness, understanding, forgiveness, always learning from our experiences. Playfulness, spontaneity, making amends if we hurt someone, living by the Golden Rule. Developing our character and becoming the person we want to be. Every experience in life is an opportunity for our soul to develop further. As we grow our reactions change and shift, we can see our growth. Change is what it's all about. Always changing and evolving.

 

So don't worry if you love your material possessions. Just don't let them define you. Work on the inside so that when your life is over and you're out of your body, you're not yelling "do over, do over, I want a do over." (you'll get a do over but it won't be for awhile).

 

On a brighter note, today is Christmas Eve day and I have that same giddy-ness I always have on this day.  One of my best childhood memories of Christmas is driving to Gramma's along River Road in St. Paul, watching up in the sky for Rudolph. When I was a little girl, airplanes weren't in the skies like they are today, so every time we saw a red light, we were sure that was Rudolph and we would get so excited we could hardly stand it.

 

When we got home from Gramma's, if there was a brand new pair of pajama's on our bed, that meant that Santa had already stopped by once and would be coming back soon, so we needed to hurry up and eat the oyster stew with the little crackers, down about 10-12 cookies and head to bed. The excitement would be overwhelming. With all the sugar we always consumed, I'm surprised we ever got to sleep but we did. It always felt so special to put on pajama's that Santa left for us.

 

Santa doesn't leave me new pajama's anymore but I know he's out there. He comes in many forms and I'm so glad he's still alive in my child-like heart.

 

I know many of you are really struggling right now. Life can be a bitch. (yup, I said bitch). It can and it will be. That's a given. So buckle up and remember that if you tackle life one hour at a time, one day at a time, you can do it. Forget about the future. Forget about worrying about all the tomorrow's that aren't here.

 

Forget about all the negative things for today and tomorrow and just be in the moment. And remember that the birth of Jesus is what it's really all about. He's our older brother. He came here to show us our potential. So be excited for yourself. You have amazing potential and that's what's important. A brand new year is on the way for you to discover more cool things about yourself.

 

I'm excited for all of us. I love new beginnings. I wish you new pajama's on your bed tonight and the sun shining in your life.

 

Now tell me your favorite Christmas memory.

till next time...................

God Bless

 

 

A Christmas Meditation

I need to share this experience with people. I haven't blogged lately because my thoughts are so random and all over the place.

 

It's a week from Christmas and I've had no desire to shop or think of presents. I gave up credit cards back in 1985 so Christmas is always a little testy when it comes to pay the bills or buy presents kind of thing. The weather has been ugly. Gray skies and brown grass and that doesn't help this old Minnesotan to get into the Christmas spirit.

 

 

Before I share the meditation experience with you, I want to give you a bit more info on what's been going on lately. I've been getting requests for healings again and that hasn't happened for awhile. I stopped seeing clients for healing work a few years ago and have been concentrating more on teaching people about their psi abilities. Whenever I think about doing healing work, I always think of Jesus because he was my main teacher. His spirit came into my office many times over the years and he would teach me healing. Those were always very special times and I've missed that.

Last night I did a guided meditation that's open to the public and it still brings tears to my eyes this morning. Two or three times yesterday I asked God to please speak through me for the meditation because I didn't want my scroogy energy to come through. I wanted it to be very special for people because it's the end of the year and the last public meditation I'm going to do until Spring.

 

Usuallyl during the day of a meditation I get some kind of vision of where the meditation is going to go, but yesterday I had no clue where it was going.  I lit the candle up at the podium, turned on the music, closed my eyes and said silently, okay God, we're here. please speak through me.

 

I did the usual opening of having everyone clear their body, mind and soul and channeled the importance of healing our soul. That sometimes the sadness we feel this time of year is memory's in our soul of past life holidays.

 

And then into the sanctuary came the spirit of Jesus. He walked down the center aisle of the church and I almost started to cry. He always walks with such a calm confidence and it's not only calming to everyone around him, but you can feel this powerful energy that he has gotten so comfortable being.

 

He turned to the crowd of people and raised up his arms and said that he wanted to send healing to his brothers and sisters and when he raised his arms up, I saw this beautiful glimmery gold energy coming out of his hands, his whole being and it literally went to everyone in the room. It wrapped around them like a big snuggly blanket. I watched him look at each person individually and send healing to parts of their body, mind and soul that needed it. It was sooooooooooo powerful and I was praying that they each could feel the experience that was happening to them.

 

Then he talked about the electrical year that we're coming into. That we've been talking about making changes for years with little action to back it up and that now in 2012, the changes we've been praying for are actually going to take place. That the energy coming in 2012 will support those things that we have wanted in our lives. He told everyone to visualize little clay pots filled with dirt and to plant the seeds of their desires inside. He also told them to plant seeds of relationships they want to heal, of their finances to heal, of health challenges to heal. Of negative beliefs they carry about themselves. He told them to send the golden healing energy to people in their lives that were a challenge. To heal the challenges so that they could move forward.  He told them to send healing to everyone that they carry on their shoulders. The people in their life that they worry about. Just before he finished he told them to send healing to their loved ones on the other side because they might need healing also.

 

Then he walked over to everyone of them and ran his fingers across their foreheads. He said to let go of the worry they carry. That it was doing no good.

When he finished the healing session, he said that now comes the part where they TRUST that their prayers will be answered and that God truly is working in their lives. At that point, it took everything in me not to just sit down and cry with the other people that were crying.

 

His words were so tender. So gentle and so powerful.

Everytime I've seen this man he is nothing but pure unconditional love and it's an amazing gift in itself just to be in his presence.

 

When I got home there were very nice emails from people who attended the meditation thanking me for such an incredible experience and all I can say today is that I'm just as thankful as they are.

 

I woke up happy, optimistic, looking forward to the new year and yes, even looking forward to Christmas.

 

One of the women asked me afterwards what Jesus looks like. There was an artist named Bette Myers that had a near death experience and saw Jesus. He told her it wasn't her time to go over to the other side so she came back and painted his portrait. You can google Bette Myers and see her rendition of him. It's the closest likeness I've ever seen of him.

 

If you're having a tough time right now, sit down, close your eyes and visualize Jesus surrounding you in golden healing light all over your body as if he's wrapping you in a big blanket of golden healing energy. Do the things suggested in this blog and see if you don't feel better.

 

Talk to you in the new year if not before.

God Bless,

Echo

 

ps. When I came out of the grocery store last night, it was snowing.
 Echo Bodine, echo@echobodine.com on 12/17/2011

On the web at www.echobodine.com
"Living by your inner voice is like walking through
 life with your best friend in your pocket"
Echo Bodine
A Still Small Voice

A New Career?

Thanksgiving Day, 2011

 

I'm busy in the kitchen today making 50 dozen ginger cookies to sell at the Cottage Christmas sale tomorrow. They are always a big hit.  A couple of years ago after making a bunch to hand out to customers, many of them asked me to make them available to buy, so that's how it all got started. It's always so relaxing for me to bake anyway, so it's a very nice day here at my house.

 

Baking always gets me thinking and I've been thinking alot about my career lately.

I've always loved teaching psychic development to people. It's fun to see them have those "aha" moments when they understand themselves better. I don't necessarily teach the classes so that people can become professional psychics as much as it's important to me that people realize these abilities are one of the tools we were given to get help us get through life.. Religion sure screwed up on that one. Instead of teaching us about our spiritual gifts, they either dodge the whole subject or they've made the gift of prophecy a bad thing and that's very unfortunate.

 

But that's not what's on my mind today. Ever since that new energy arrived on the  14th, I feel like I see my life and ambitions much clearer than ever before. I'm feeling really excited about the future as I shift my work a bit.

 

My main desire in my work is to help us understand ourselves better and help people connect with God in a real sense. And the way to do that is to teach people about their soul. Every book I've written is really about healing the soul one way or the other. Each one of them has been guided by spirit and as I think about each one of them I see the bigger picture, rather than just pieces to the puzzle.

 

In January I'm going to teach a 3 day workshop on The Soul's Perspective of Life, Death and Life After Death and I want to continue to make this my focus. In September when I had my 63rd birthday, it was a reminder that I'm in the age group that's dropping like flies right now, so I better do what I came here to do.

 

I'll still teach psi development and living by intuition. Those are two very important tools that we were given to help us get through life and I want people to have full access to those tools. But I also want to do what I can to help people understand themselves in a much greater way so that they feel a that deep sense of accomplishment when they leave the planet.

 

I'm not quite sure how this is all going to take shape. I would still like to open another wonderful spiritual center here in the Twin Cities where people can come from all over the planet and get what they need to help them on their path.

That's on hold right now while I finish this book about death and what happens when we die.

 

It feels really nice to be at peace like this. Feels like lots of new doors will open soon, not just for me but for alot of people. 2012 is going to be quite an exciting year. Lots of un-expected changes coming all over the globe but it will be for the highest good of the planet.

 

Better get back to the cookies. I've still got 33 dozen to go.

Happy Thanksgiving.

 

 --
 Echo Bodine, echo@echobodine.com on 11/24/2011

On the web at www.echobodine.com
"Living by your inner voice is like walking through
 life with your best friend in your pocket"
Echo Bodine
A Still Small Voice

well, it's finally arrived.

11-11-11.

What a week it's been. People have been talking about this date for quite some time and I had no idea it was going to feel this powerful.

 

It was an ass kicker to get here though. Wow.

Many of you have sent emails wondering why I haven't blogged lately and my good friend John, down in Tucson, sent one of his sweet nudging post cards and told me it was time to blog but I haven't been able to do it.

 

These last few months feel like they've been about clearing up unfinished business and I cleaned stuff up I had completely forgotten about. People came into my life I haven't seen in years. Deep issues that were buried so far down I thought they didn't exist anymore, but to my surprise, they popped their ugly heads up and I knew it was time to heal them.

 

I've had pounding migraines, my memory has been so awful I thought I had the beginnings of dementia. I slipped back into depression for awhile but fortunately didn't stay there long. It's been a tough year to say the least, but I can look back it now that the energy has shifted and can see reasons for all of it.

 

The energy shift this week has brought nothing negative at all. Quite the contrary. I feel about as clear as I've ever felt. I'm optimistic about the future. I know that 2012 is going to continue to be an ass kicker for many people, systems and institutions but it's all for the good. The old ways have to break down in order to create a better order of life here on this planet. We are going to see incredible changes everywhere in the new year and for many, they will be welcome changes. For people who are hanging on really tight to the old ways, you are going to be challenged on daily basis.

 

The Universe has been very good about showing me my strengths and where I need to go with my career. It's time to be a full time teacher. The desire to do readings has completely left me. I need to teach people how to do this for themselves.

 

There are celebrations all over the planet today about this new energy that has arrived and I feel so excited about it. I talked to someone about it yesterday who got that glassy-eyed look like "Echo, I have no idea what you're talking about" and I'm learning to discern between the people that can feel this shift and the people that can't. There's no judgement with it. Just a knowing of who can feel it and who can't and I feel bad for the folks that are not feeling anything.

 

Grounding is definitely the name of the game right now. We need to continue to ground ourselves. Get out in the yard and do whatever you can to feel your connection to the earth.

 

New beginnings everywhere. So don't be surprised if you find yourself wanting to do the holidays differently. Or if your reaction to all the political stuff changes. Or your health improves. Of a job comes along that you've been wanting.

 

And don't be surprised if you feel a tremendous amount of love for the people in your life. It's all a part of it.

 

I'm going to play outside today. Rake the leaves (again) and make a fire in the fire pit. Talk to God and enjoy this gorgeous day.

 

To all of you that got married today, congratulations on a brand new beginning in your relationship. To all of you born today either through physical birth or death, congratulations. You picked a great day to do this.

 

I'll try to be more regular with these blogs. Now that that heavy, confusing, doubtful energy has moved on, I feel so much more connected to everyone than I was feeling. It's been tough to say the least........................

and now, so much better.

 

Love,

Echo

 --
 Echo Bodine, echo@echobodine.com on 11/11/2011

On the web at www.echobodine.com
"Living by your inner voice is like walking through
 life with your best friend in your pocket"
Echo Bodine
A Still Small Voice