http://shantimai.com/blog Life Teaching from Shanti Mai Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:44:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm not a sentimental type, generally.  Gave my kids their photos years ago, and I never miss them (the photos, not the kids!). However, this past 12 months or so, two events have occurred that have made me feel that perhaps I've left the past a little too far behind. The ... http://shantimai.com/blog/personal-history-more-important-than-id-thought.html On Sunday, January 3rd and Saturday, January 9th, Shanti Mai will have an Intuitive Fair - with YOU! Phone sessions will be 15 minutes for $30, just like at a Psychic Fair - (Sometimes Shanti misses those, so she'll give you a taste of why!).  In-person mini sessions will be available ... http://shantimai.com/blog/mini-intuitive-fair-armchair-fair.html In the past, I've done volunteer projects which were highly meaningful to both myself and the recipients.  I'm poised to begin another such project.      And I've gotten wise this time!  Before, I always asked strangers who seemed to fit the bill...  For working with pre-verbal babies, I asked mother/baby pairs I felt ... http://shantimai.com/blog/nominations-please.html Life if like a box of cho - no, I'm just kidding. Actually, I think life is a lot like a Geometry problem. Perhaps that's why, for the first time in my life, in 10th grade, I was one of the top two math kids in my grade.  - But ... http://shantimai.com/blog/geometry.html Learning styles.  The term is unfortunate, I think, seeming to suggest that we could choose a different style, just as, say, we could choose to dress Goth today. Some of us can choose our learning preference, or at least, sometimes can.  I know, for example, that I don't do well when ... http://shantimai.com/blog/laser-visioned-deaf-man.html Years ago, I attended a Remote Viewing workshop.  My (then) sweetheart's idea. He thought it would be an interesting way to bridge our worlds.  The experience, however, did nothing of the sort. Unfortunately for me, early in the day we were given the Buddah as our "target".  Tuning in to this ... http://shantimai.com/blog/gautama-viewing.html A few days ago, a friend sent a link about voting for the White House Farmer.  I thought, for a moment, that the only thing in question was which organic farmer was going to be chosen.  - And what an amazing reaction I had!  Tears ran down my face, even ... http://shantimai.com/blog/pennsylvania-ave-farmer.html Sometimes change is a good thing. While talking with a dear friend of mine, I discovered that this 82-yr.-old had lived through some serious changes.  And not the kind you might automatically image.  You might be imagining the loss of innocence, the loss of a simple life.  No, in this case, ... http://shantimai.com/blog/changes.html This past October / November, I had approximately 3 weeks of steady bliss.  It seemed no matter what happened (or didn't happen), I went to sleep blissful, woke up blissful, and noticed during the day a constant calm, a due-to-nothing joy.  It occurred to me then that Mona Lisa's smile may have been ... http://shantimai.com/blog/missing-mona-lisa.html I've been reading Ram Das' book, Still Here.  Wise, candid, and poignant.  Timely, too, as I recently flirted with death.  Shirley's death, to be more precise.  She was expected to die any day. I spent two weeks with this 94-yr.-old, annointing her as they did in the Bible, her favorite ... http://shantimai.com/blog/still-here.html