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ELEMENTS FOR TRANSFORMATION
by Jim Loftus New and interesting products for enhancement of the body, mind, and spirit Welcome to Elements. Have you thought of going within yourself, to find out who you are or have been, to discover what effects your past experiences may be having upon you now? The results can transform your life. Someone once said that the more you learn, the more you realize there is to learn. Here are two ways to explore and tune in to our feelings and experiences, ways that may expand one's perspective on a larger and larger understanding of truth. SONGS OF PAST LIVES
One day, the townspeople witnessed an extraordinary event. They saw a tall, handsome man walk from the house where Lucious and his father lived. Upon his back was an old lute, very much like the boy used to play. As he walked down the road away from the town, the villagers also saw that he wore the tattered clothes of the peasant boy, but his face was strong and well-shaped. He stood upright, and there was an oddly familiar look in the man's eyes, his face emanating a magical glow. None in the village knew this man, nor could they account for the whereabouts of Lucious, who had mysteriously disappeared on that very day. The boy was not seen in Vintaine ever again, and his father never spoke of him. The preceding tale is not from traditional legend, literature, or medieval folklore. It is the recorded account of the past life regressions of Robert Kramer, documented on tape under hypnosis during March of 2002. Robert was guided back before this life, giving details of two past lives, the first going back to the 16th century as Lucious Gray, a disfigured cripple who played the lute, and a second past life account as Thomas Mallory, a British pilot during World War I. A professional musician and composer in this life, Robert has had little prior experience with any classical or medieval music. The compositions on this disc were brought through from a different time and place as a result of a three-hour past life regression performed by certified hypnotherapist Terry Taylor. Most of the selections on this album hint at musical styles of the middle ages, save one song, "Now We Raise Our Glass to Thee," which was sent through from Thomas Mallory, as sung by him and his mates together in a smoky pub on the night before their first mission. They were flying out in heavy fog the following morning, never to return. As you listen to the last song, you're transported back to 1915 and can almost hear the voices of Thomas and his mates singing with their mugs of ale raised as they spent their last remaining hours together. These are compositions that echo through time, showing we may indeed have passed this way before. Currently Robert Kramer is transcribing (he says "trying to compose" gets in the way of letting the energies flow naturally) at a prodigious rate, recording one or two songs daily, plus several longer pieces that come through to him in sections. During the first two weeks after his initial regression, Kramer completed over thirty new compositions, and sees this album as Volume I of a series of unknown number. Songs of Past Lives, Robert Kramer FINGER LABYRINTHS
Labyrinths can also be tools, and have found use by many cultures throughout history. As a tool, the labyrinth can function to further those who are on the path to a more balanced spiritual, emotional, psychological and physical well being. Since the labyrinth user makes no choices in direction, the labyrinth path naturally fosters mental relaxation and introspection, and is frequently viewed by its users as a metaphor for our spiritual life journey. Like life, labyrinths contain many twists and turns but no dead ends; the option to pause or move forward (or backward) is always there. Finger labyrinths, cut into wood, duplicate the paths found in outdoor or cathedral labyrinths. The two most widely known are the Cretan Labyrinth, the design of which is over 3000 years old, and the Chartres Labyrinth, as found on the floor of the Chartres Cathedral in France. They function in much the same way as a walking labyrinth, to free and quiet the mind with a physical occupation that gradually focuses one on the task at hand, putting more complex conscious thought in the background. The combination of tactile effect and movement as your finger traces the path is not only relaxing, it is opening and clarifying when pursued over time, and can greatly facilitate meditation, prayer, and self-awareness. Of special interest is the Intuipath® double labyrinth, a patent-pending adaptation of the classic labyrinth designs. It can be used by two people at once, acting to enhance their intuitive communication, or with both hands by one person, helping to stimulate and balance both sides of the brain as each hand's sensations are input to the brain's opposite halves. Of course, the finger labyrinths also have the advantages of light weight, portability, and space savings, not to mention that constructing even a basic outdoor labyrinth can require scores of hours and thousands of dollars. Finger Labyrinths Elements features some of the more interesting and delightful items to be found on your local merchant's shelf, or on your local website. You may find all sorts of strange and wonderful things presented here, and if you know of a product that you'd like to see reviewed, please let us know about it by emailing jloftus@lightworks.com, or write or call The Monthly Aspectarian office. If you have questions about these items or their uses and applications, please use the contact information given to get answers directly from the source. They will be glad to respond to your inquiries.
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In the year 1593, in a little town called Vintaine, a crippled and disfigured boy named Lucious Gray had a dream of one day leaving his village and becoming a court musician for the king. His father, a drunk and bitter man, had little use for the boy, and would regularly beat and abuse him, calling him the "sin of his mother" who had abandoned Lucious and his father years before. Some in the village were cruel, and often laughed at Lucious, pointing at his contorted face and shape, seeing him as the village fool. Undaunted, the boy would play his lute for hours on end, hoping his dreams would one day come true.
Perhaps you've wandered through a zoo or large shopping mall, or have tried to work your way through a hedge maze or the House of Mirrors at a local carnival or old-time amusement park. Walking a labyrinth is nothing like these, despite the apparent similarity. When a labyrinth is laid out in a garden or other large space, it is intended that you not get lost, that you need make no choices of path, face no dead ends. The labyrinth twists and turns, but it is a single path from outside to inside and back again; its only inherent purpose is to be walked.
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