Animals and birds have been visiting me for a couple years now. Many in my dreams and much more in person. They always have a message for me. I have heard it said that your lifelong Animal totem can be an obvious thing. It has not been for me. When they come it is usually in droves. For days, weeks or months at a time they come. They come within 6 ft. of me and visit sometimes up to 3 hrs. They even allow me to take photos. Bear, Eagle,Owl,Flicker.You name it. Dreams include being dropped by Redtail Hawk as he carries me in his talons. I am Rattlesnake dropped from his talons to the dirt beside another. I must convince this rattlesnake I am one or be bitten. I passed the test. I have been slammed into a pack of wolves by a Native Spirit man and made to fight and defeat a shadow wolf. I did. Redtail hawk has taken me out of dreams when the fear is great. I know I can call on him.White Bear has come in my dreams. These are just a few. I can’t figure out who is my totem. There must be one but All stand out. I study and honor all that come. I accept the medicine they offer but still have to wonder who my Totem actually is.

Jim B.

Your vortex article mentions a vortex on Salt Spring Island – is it by any chance at the top of Mt Maxwell? My friends and I were up there – totally alone – and we each had some wonderful experiences. Mine was a vision of natives in full costume in a circle.

Jan M.

Hello Jan,

Regarding your visions, while on Mt Maxwell..most people that go to the lookouts on Mt. Maxell are aware of the change in energy at these sites. However I have never had them verified as locations of actual vortexes. This does not mean to say that the are not.
Your visions sound wonderful and fascinating. Occasionally, when we project the right energy;  we will draw people in the spirit realm to us, in visual form. This is called mediumship and if you are a natural sensitive, you might consider receiving training, as it is a wonderful gift. I hope that you continue to explore this fascinating subject, it can bring much pleasure to you, as you develop your gift.

Regards,

Wave Walker

J.M.W.

Victoria, BC

Dear J.M.

It has often been thought that families come from the same ’soul group’ -persons who choose to come together in order to work on similiar life lessons.  The main lessons of the 4  are about structure, making decisions based on practicality and obtaining stability in relationships and career choices. Hope this helps!

Blessings, Shannon Wills

Greetings! last night in dreamtime, I had a visit from one of my spirit guides that told me the number 986. I’m wondering what the significance of this number can be? I cannot locate any info on that number specifically as of yet. thanx very much!

Warm wishes,

Michael

Hello Michael,

Interesting dream!  I think your best bet is to ask your guides for more information before you sleep. Otherwise, pay attention in future as it may come up in an address or some document etc. and if indeed it is significant, you will recognize its importance when it appears.

Best regards,

Shannon

My Birthday is on March 26, 1955 I am wanting to buy a business within a short time,would that be profitable for me?

Sandy

Hi Sandy,

Happy Birthday! As your birthday is March 26, this puts you in the Personal Year cycle #5, which is all about change! Also, you are in the beginning stages of your ‘new year’ which gives a boost of new energy for the next few months, which is useful for new endeavors, so from that standpoint, it is a good time for new beginnings.  However, let me be clear that I do not make predictions. I can show you energy patterns that are present, but it’s up to you to decide your future; no one else.  Do your homework Sandy, and good luck to you!

Shannon

What do you think of Sam-e for mood disorders?

Melinda

Hi Melinda,

While the mechanisms of SAMe’s antidepressant effects has not been fully determined, there is some biological rationale. SAMe is the primary methyl donor in the central nervous system and a number of neurotransmitters and biogenic amines, fatty acids, phospholipids, and other chemicals must accept methyl groups from SAMe for activation. Therefore, it is thought that the observed antidepressant effect is due to SAMe’s influence on neurotransmitter metabolism, membrane fluidity, and receptor activity. Both serum and cerebrospinal fluid levels of SAMe are reported to be low in depressed patients, although reports were not consistent.

However, even though controlled clinical trials for depression have been largely positive, apparently the majority of trials have significant methodological flaws limiting their clinical usefulness. Also note that a large number of those trials (if not the majority) used intravenous or intramuscular injections.

If you’ve tried other natural products without much success, SAMe is worth a try. If you’re taking any other medications (especially other anti-depressants or drugs for diabetes), make sure you are under the care of a Naturopathic Doctor before self-prescribing SAMe.

Stay healthy!

Dr. Know

With long distance healing, it’s all about loving energy and who and how you are going to direct it toward with your intention, thoughts and vision. With energy, there is no space or time. It travels to where you are sending it. That is why prayer is so powerful. The loving energy can travel with intent anywhere, any time, to anything, place, plant, person, animal, insect, and so on.

This ceremony may be done individually or with a group. In numbers the energy channelled is intense, sending out an amazing strength of healing love that is felt by many and has been known to heal individuals and situations who were open to accepting this energy with trust and faith.

Most important is to be grounded, cleansed, protected and with intent coming from love, saying a prayer of what the healing intention is. This can be for anyone or anything merged in one ceremony.

Starting with the self, ignite your divine light within. This may be in the solar plexus, heart centre or navel area. Picture the divine light as gold, white or both colours like the warm nurturing sun inside, filling your entire being as it shines outward.

Next channel the Divine energy from above (Father Sky) down through the top of your head (crown chakra) down through the middle of your spine; out the base of your spine and deep down into Mother Earth with gratitude.

Now, pulling the nurturing, loving energies from Mother Earth up through the base of the spine (1st chakra), up the middle of your spine through the top of your head (7th chakra), to the universe above (Father Sky).

Merging with the universal energies, now push gently outward from the middle of your spine to fill your entire physical body, then outward to your light body (Aura), cleansing and filling you up with this divine healing light.

Imagine doors of your heart opening, or working with your third eye, hands and/or any part of your being that easily flows the energy outward, sending the healing energy like a tunnel of light moving towards a person or place of your choice and surround it with this light. If you are not clairvoyant (seeing), be confident that it will reach its goal with your thought. You may want to say, “The divine light reaches your divine light within, igniting and surrounding you in love, peace, and joy to heal and balance your being.”

Move to the next thought or place and do the same thing. It may take 1 to 5 minutes per person, depending on how strongly you feel connected and the number of people you have in mind. At the end of the ceremony, picture the globe of Mother Earth and the universe and envelope it with the divine loving light.

Finally, thank the source, teachers, healers, helpers and divine being, guides, self, Mother Earth, Father Sky, ancestors, grandfathers, grandmothers, elements , sun, moon, stars, and your beliefs for the help and honourable connection with all that is.

By Cheryl Dawn

©Cheryl Dawn

Is it OK/Safe/recommended to take digestive enzymes and probiotics together?

Kathryn

Hi Kathryn,

Yes, as long as the probiotics are acid and bile resistant (such as the DDS line from Inno-Vite are), then there are no concerns when taking digestive enzymes. These strains are able to survive everything our digestive tract can throw at them and still survive and and colonize our digestive tract.

Hope this helps. Stay healthy!

Dr. Know

Read your article “Licensed to Krill” If it becomes too popular are we advocating a “license to kill” the baleen whales which I understand – krill is their only food. Even if there is an abundance of krill at present – there was also an abundance of cod when the white man fist came to N America – so many all you had to do was lower a basket and haul it up full At least if we use Salmon we can grow them in farms if we have to not that I agree with farms in the sea but it can be done on land if Omega is that important to sustain human life – yes I do take Omega 3 from wild Alaskan salmon until we fish them all out.

Cheers

John W.

Hi John,

Yes, it is true that the Antarctic ecosystem is very dependant upon krill as a primary food source and for this reason there are very stringent controls to ensure ecological- and environmental-friendly harvest of krill.

The management and control of the krill population is led by the 25-state member Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), which is the official and reliable international organization responsible for krill fishery management.  No shortage of Antarctic krill has ever been forecast by CCAMLR.

Facts:

• Many studies have been undertaken and they show that the biomass of Antarctic krill, one of the world’s most abundant biomass, may amount to 500 million tonnes. This standing stock is subject to annual natural reproduction providing renewable krill for predation, natural mortality and human exploitation.
• The precautionary catch limit set by the CCAMLR was 6.6 million tonnes for 2008 and is reviewed annually. It was increased from 4.9 million tonnes in 2005/06 based on the results of recent surveys.
• The annual natural reproduction of Antarctic krill is at least several hundred million tonnes constantly renewing the standing stock and granting sufficient krill for all marine mammals and fish, birds and human exploitation.

• Less than 120,000 tonnes (less than 2% of the precautionary catch limit) is actually harvested, which means that the catch limit is unlikely to be reached in the foreseeable future.
• The precautionary catch limits on the krill fishery are under constant review by the Scientific Committee of CCAMLR which uses an ecosystem approach to management.

• Antarctic baleen whales are estimated to consume 85 million tonnes per year.
• Again, less than 120,000 tonnes of the annually set total catch limit of 6.6 million tonnes are harvested by fisheries.

Also, keep in mind that the bulk of the annual catch is used by the feed industry (e.g. fish farms). So you can see, even if the popularity and demand for krill oil (for human nutrition) increased dramatically by 50-fold, we’d just be approaching the precautionary catch-limit.

Hope this helps clarify your concerns. Stay healthy!

Dr. Know

Thanks for posting this advice, Dr. Lee. You are very knowledgeable on the topic of depression. Also, thanks for mentioning music therapy as a safe, non-threatening mode of treatment. There are many ways you can use music actively or passively to address depression and anxiety. And all treatments are individualized. Looking forward to reading more of your posts.

Kat F.