Thank you for praying for:

Rosella Glenn, Phoenix, MD, and all of her family

Dannielle King, Norcross, GA

Bill Lassiter, Jacksonville, FL

Ann-Marie and Bob Gotty, Cumming, GA

Joan Shutinya, Phoenix, Maryland

Bill Leard, Abingdon, Maryland

Kareena Orist, Chandler, AZ

Mary Ann Wolf, Baltimore, MD

Jim Fletcher, Columbus, GA

Paolo Mancini, Powder Springs, GA

Rino Gabrielle, Ontario, Canada

Jennie Farley, Boca Raton,FL

Jordan Loughran, 4, Atlanta, GA

Those who have lost their jobs in the economic downturn

Prayer results: "Thank you for all of the time that you listed Harry Shutinya on the prayer list. He is doing much better now."

Healthy Laughter - Parade Magazine April 26, 2009

"Laughter is the best medicine," the saying goes, although there hasn't been real scientific data to prove it. Now researchers are beginning to study the link between laughter and well-being.

In a study published in The Journal of Primary Prevention, scientists taught a group of 33 employees how to "induce their own natural laughter," says Judy Young, one of the authors. Rather than laughing about something funny, the team used deep- breathing techniques and sounds that provoked robust belly laughs. This may seem contrived, but the laughter was genuine, because laughing is a physical activity with physical effects. It can, for example, increase circulation and exercise skeletal muscles.

Each morning for three weeks, the participants practiced laughing for 15 minutes. At the end of that period, the researchers found that the group's "self- regulation, optimism, positive emotions, and social identification" had increased. The effects were still there 90 days later.

The planet Mercury, also known as the Trickster, the Prankster, goes apparently retrograde three times a year for three weeks. During this time we are advised, "don't push it." Words beginning with "re-" can be good to employ: review, rework, rest, reflect, record, reconsider, refresh, etc.

Robert Ohotto says, "Many times lessons you thought you had gotten down come back to say, 'Hi, how you doin'? Remember me? You thought I had gone, well actually only a part of me left and the rest of me went and hid back in your unconscious!' So, the degree to which Life seems to kick your butt during the retrograde is often in equal measure with how much you've been resisting your own intuitive guidance!"

Here is advice from Kathryn Silverton:

Mercury Alert for May 2009 :
May 7, 2009: Mercury goes Retrograde
May 13, 2009: Mercury enters Taurus
May 31, 2009: Mercury goes Direct
June 14, 2009: Mercury enters Gemini
June 16, 2009: Mercury leaves shadow

There is one thing that all three Mercury retrogrades have in common for this year. They all start out retrograde in an air sign, and move back into an earth sign, where it goes direct. This time around Mercury makes his station to go retrograde in the air sign of Gemini, the twins; and goes direct in Taurus, the sign of the bull.

During the time when Mercury is retrograde in Gemini, May 7 through May 12, we can expect problems associated with the classical areas that Mercury influences: transportation of objects and ideas from one place to another, traffic lights, communications, messages and messengers, speech, post offices, postmen, vehicles or other mechanical objects, lungs, nerves, appendages, respiratory issues, passageways including blood vessels and arteries, newspapers and news vehicles, information arenas such as books, including dictionaries, encyclopedias and magazines, booksellers and bookkeepers, publishers, advertising, small animals, clerks, desks, hearing, intellectuals, meetings logistics, learning processes, paper and its manufacturers, neighbors, buying and selling, twins, and telephones of all categories.

From the 13th forward, when Mercury resides in Taurus, pay attention to communications and logistics associated with the following: Finances and all things related to money such as banks, insurance companies, the act of processing money and anything that represents money such as checks, credit cards, coins, money orders, art, art dealers, industries associated with beauty, sweets, wheat, music and musicians, voices, vocal chords, windpipes, larynx, jewelry, landscaping, trees, tongue, throat, tonsils, teeth, uvula, trachea, thyroid glands, neck and shoulders, gout, lower jaw, lower lip, precious stones, purses and wallets and other places where money is stored such as safes.

From Lois: So when Mercury bites you, remember to laugh.

Another Transmission from The Reconnections

"Pandemic"
Channeled by Daniel Jacob

My Dear Friends,
Your collective experience, and our relationship to it, is about to come full circle. If you will recall, our very first transmission to you dealt with worldwide concerns about a dis-ease state known as "AIDS." Then, after some time passed, we spoke briefly to you about certain conditions known as Avian Flu and SARS. Now your world is witnessing the appearance of yet another MASS INFUSION of "New Energy," in the appearance of "Swine Flu."

As is the case with most Energy Activations, Swine Flu has moved your Collective Consciousness even closer to its "edge." Senses feel heightened, confusion gathers all about you, and many ponder openly whether this might be the "beginning of the end" for your race.
It is not. Terrorism, Economic Turmoil, Political Unrest, and Global Health Challenges are simply punctuation marks, heralding the END of a VERY LONG BEGINNING for Earth's Ascension back into full communion and ongoing interaction with the Glorious Multiverse.

Those who spread fear are also those who are experiencing it most deeply. Do not be distracted by the appearance of "bravado" in words or actions. The best defense is always a good offense! He or she who threatens and offends is also the one most threatened---although awareness of fear often remains buried, deep inside your unconscious mind.

Terror means ACTIVATION. The body gets hot, breathing accelerates, and a general clearing takes place---as a human psyche makes way for imminent change. A cool, calm exterior is NOT the "norm" for this period in human history. When it prevails, it's merely a REST STOP as you rev your Planetary Engine, prepping for yet ANOTHER LEAP into 4D and beyond.

Economic Turmoil symbolizes a Mass Shifting of Values. And Global Pandemic is a sign that certain walls and divisions within your physical world have been compromised---broken down----making it ever- more-necessary for individuals and groups to COLLABORATE and find COMMON SOLUTIONS to these threats that stand before you now. The word "immune" takes on a new meaning at this point. When examined closely, phonetically, the deeper meaning of this word becomes: "I am IN you."

All these manifestations - the turmoil, the terror, the terrorism, the dis-ease, and certainly the decision to collaborate - ALL are reflections of SELF, seen from various angles and perspectives as this process unfolds. To imagine that ANY part of this is the work of one person, or group of persons, tends to negate the involvement and consent of ALL PEOPLES in these transformations that are now underway.

Though your natural inclination, up to this point, has been to CAST OUT and PROJECT SHADOW upon certain individuals or groups who appear to be the initiators of imminent change - NOW is the time for humanity to individually assume FULL RESPONSIBILITY for the initiation and dispatch of each "wave" of Planetary Rebirth.

We realize that this will require a HUGE STEP of Faith. So be it! Don't bother with how things LOOK or FEEL at this point. These times are very difficult. That's a given. Instead, notice what each process (ultimately) DOES! Notice where things tend to end up.

The word PANDEMIC means "involving the whole world." That is what these current energies are doing. Wake up, Break Up, Shake Up, or Make up! The time for decision is now. We love you, more than you can imagine. We are always here. (end transmission)

Copyright, 2009, by Daniel Jacob. May be copied and shared for purposes of research and/or personal growth. All reproduction for profit requires the written permission of Reconnections, Inc.

1) Archangel Michael's May message: Link to Ronna's Website

2) Read about the Full Moon on Saturday, May 9. Go to Lisa Dale Miller's website http://www.astrowisdom.com/thisfullmoon.htm

3) Karen Bishop's latest Wings article: http://www.emergingearthangels.com/ latest.html"

4) Benjamin Bernstein's Monthly forecast http://www.itsallgoodastrology.com

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