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kristimpert@hotmail.com — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 20:58:00 GMT

Artistic Expression: Mandala

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Where does the time go?

kristimpert@hotmail.com — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 21:56:00 GMT

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Anger Weighs Twice as Much as Fat

kristimpert@hotmail.com — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:10:00 GMT

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A New Year's Resolution

kristimpert@hotmail.com — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 22:05:00 GMT

Make 2011 a Year of Second Chances

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My first book is on amazon!

kristimpert@hotmail.com — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 21:54:00 GMT

If Babies Did Crunches

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Hello & New Article

kristimpert@hotmail.com — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:24:00 GMT

Hi Everyone! Hope everyone is enjoying the HOT summer!! I apologize for not being regular on my post but I have been so busy creating new projects. I wanted to share my latest article, "The Mystery of the Hidden Mystic". Hope you enjoy it!

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Happy Mother's Day!

kristimpert@hotmail.com — Sun, 02 May 2010 22:53:00 GMT

A little something for the feminine side of men and women. Please enjoy my latest article entitled, "The Feminine Deficit"

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If Babies Did Crunches

kristimpert@hotmail.com — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:43:00 GMT

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Where was God in Haiti?

kristimpert@hotmail.com — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:21:00 GMT

This quote in bold print, "Where was God in Haiti?" took up an entire page of a newspaper I saw this morning. The article went on to discuss the suffering of the religious people in the world. All of those people who have been waiting for a savior. "Where is the savior? exclaimed the author.

Here you have poor people in Haiti, destitute, abandoned, hungry, injured and crying for help. Imagine the prayers rising up to the heavens.

What do we expect to happen here on Earth when such a disaster happens? Is someone going to magically appear and make it all better? Maybe someone will come someday and make the Earth a planet with no thunder or lightening. Maybe there is a way to keep Earth quiet so everyone living on her surface can be happy and free from ever experiencing a rainy day or a forest fire.

This however, isn't going to occur any time soon, just as being in a body will never set you free from needing to eat or use the bathroom. We are instead in the midst of an experience and are living it through the vehicles of our bodies while walking around a living planet within an expanding universe. There's not much you can do about those realities. The sun will burn you and the rain will get you wet, whether you're good or bad, ignorant or enlightened.

For thousands of years they have preached to the people that someone was coming to liberate them from their suffering. One of the most amazing pictures for me of the disaster in Haiti was the crumbled remains of a church and a statue of the crucified Christ, perfectly untouched standing outside. It was as if under the picture should have been written, "Religion lives on while man dies".

If we all keep praying and waiting, surely God will come. He will send whoever is holy to save us, rebuild the housing, feed the hungry and heal the sick. We'll just wait and watch as the heavens open to shower blessings upon all the suffering.

"Oh but look!" Here comes a man with food and water. Here is someone else with a backhoe and another with medical supplies and clean blankets. What to do? We don't want to leave our group while everyone is waiting together for a miracle. Over there is someone who can help. What to do? Everyone will think I am a traitor if I decide for myself but I've been waiting for help a long time.

Perhaps those people with the water and medical supplies are here on God's behalf. Perhaps even I can become greater in myself by getting up and helping others instead of waiting for someone else to save me. Perhaps I AM more powerful in acting for myself.

Is it just possible that God works through us rather than outside of us?

It's true that you can't see electricity. It's there but certainly not visible until you have a wire, an outlet or an appliance that comes to life with a great buzz. It's amazing - power!

Perhaps God is the same thing, invisible. Perhaps God too needs a wire, an outlet or an appliance to plug itself into so it can come alive. Perhaps human beings are that very vessel God waits to run divine current through. What if that's true?

What good is waiting for something else when you have so much to do today? What good is waiting when the current is already moving through you?

Maybe it's time to tend to the broken wires and heal the outlets so they can begin receiving divine juice. Maybe we've all just been too busy searching for something that's been with us all along. It's just like the person searching everywhere for their glasses, all the while they are simply resting on top of their head.

Additional information for the meditation technique

kristimpert@hotmail.com — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:56:00 GMT

Hi Everyone,

I have really enjoyed hearing about all of your experiences with this technique. In response to some questions and suggestions I have received, I would like to add the following:

Firstly, wooden wick candles are now in Target. They come in many different scents and are reasonably priced. Organic bubble bath can be purchased at a local healthfood store or Wholefoods.

Secondly, if you have never meditated before or find that your mind is running like a dog in a hen house, this technique will invite you to a taste of what being quiet feels like. It may only last a few seconds for you but once you've tasted it, you will want to go back for more.

When I first started to meditate, my thoughts were also very distracting. For me, I have found that it is best to just let them race through your head. Sit quietly and just let the thoughts go wild. In time they will quiet and a moment of silent realization comes. The more you do it, the easier it will become to quiet your mind. Then you can start practicing it while you are going about your daily life. It's a process.

Lastly I want to remind you that there are many ways to approach meditation. What I am offering is just a suggestion. I encourage you to continue searching until you find something that works for you.

Keep in mind why you are embracing meditation. When you connect with your inner light, you gain insight and solutions to the road blocks of your life. You become more grounded in the awareness of self and in the process become less concerned about what others are telling you to do and more focused on listening to your own heart.

I believe it is time well spent.

Enjoy!