LightWork, a Brighthill Magazine: Current issue

Current Issue: Spring 2010 — Healing Journeys
Collective Soul Search, by Orna Ben-Shoshan Power Thoughts Old thought: I can't do this by myself. New thought: I don't have to do this by myself. Old thought: I feel completely alone. New thought: I am never alone. I am surrounded by Love. My job is to accept it. Old thought: I'm too broken to fix. New thought: I don't need fixing. I am perfect right now. Let go of the idea that the path will lead you to your goal. The truth is that with each step we take, we arrive. Repeat that to yourself every morning: "I've arrived." That way you'll find it much easier to stay in touch with each second of your day. —Paul Coelho, from The Witch of Portobello No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path. —Buddha Adversity is the first path to truth. —Lord Byron A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it. —John Steinbeck	Welcome to the Spring 2010 edition of LightWork! Note: LightWork Magazine is on temporary hiatus while we pursue a few other projects. It will be back in 2011! This issue is devoted to our healing journeys. Healing takes many forms, and there is no one "right" way to heal. Every path is beautiful and unique, and the best part is: we get to share it! Articles Healing Through Introspection by Betsy Otter Thompson The author used Mirror Theory to understand how the emotional acting out she had done toward others affected her own health. From Depression to Connection With a Little Help From My Friends by Dr. Carla Hannaford To manage the depression cycle, we may have to first remember who and what we are—masters of our lives, not victims—and then honestly address the underlying causes. And then stop the runaway thought patterns by focusing on the present and choosing to see everything as a learning opportunity, and get the body moving and the emotions flowing through sound, music, and play. Amazing Grace by Asha Hawkesworth It is our job as individuals to take responsibility for our own healing and to walk that path as best we can. As we proceed, we will change and grow in exciting and wonderful ways, but eventually we hit a wall—because the truth is that you cannot heal yourself, but God can heal you. This is Divine Grace, and it can happen for all of us. An Equation for Consciousness by Sean Topping Eckhart Tolle said that the transition from non-flowering to flowering plants was a representation of the expansion of consciousness. Likewise, the advancement of complexity of thoughts and ideas can be viewed as an expression and expansion of consciousness. Crystal Healing: An Interview with Nicole Lanning Nicole Lanning is the author of Practical Crystal Healing: 555 Tips & Techniques. Columns Ask the Angels by Ahnna Hawkesworth Ascension Tarot by Asha Hawkesworth Seasonal Recipe Wild Rice Salad This dish can either be eaten as a side or as a meal in itself. It's best served cold, so it's ideal for lunch on a warm day. The colors, textures, and overall great taste also make this a real crowd-pleaser.
About The Cover Artist Artist Orna Ben-Shoshan conceives the images she paints through channeling. All of her paintings are completed in her mind before she transfers them onto the canvas. Her work infuses deep spiritual experience with subtle humor. Her paintings release the imagination and extend the limits of ordinary perception. Orna Ben-Shoshan has been an auto-deduct artist for the past 30 years. Her artwork was exhibited in numerous locations in the USA, Europe, and Israel. She sees her art as a medium of transferring knowledge from alternate realities, beyond linear time and thinking. Her major motivation as a visual artist is to translate the information she retrieves into a visual form, to be shared with others and perhaps expand their consciousness and inspire new ways of thinking. As she states, this is her contribution to society as an artist. To see more of her artwork, please visit: www.ben-shoshan.com During 2008, Orna has embarked on a new and challenging project: Her artwork became the theme of a new set of reading cards: "King Solomon Cards", a new and innovative divination tool which combines her metaphysical art with ancient Kabalistic symbols. The King Solomon Cards were first introduced to the public in September 2008, and were eagerly anticipated with great enthusiasm. Please visit www.k-s-cards.com to learn more.

Current Issue: Spring 2010 — Healing Journeys

Collective Soul Search, by Orna Ben-Shoshan

Power Thoughts

Old thought: I can't do this by myself.
New thought: I don't have to do this by myself.

Old thought: I feel completely alone.
New thought: I am never alone. I am surrounded by Love. My job is to accept it.

Old thought: I'm too broken to fix.
New thought: I don't need fixing. I am perfect right now.

Let go of the idea that the path will lead you to your goal. The truth is that with each step we take, we arrive. Repeat that to yourself every morning: "I've arrived." That way you'll find it much easier to stay in touch with each second of your day.
—Paul Coelho, from The Witch of Portobello

No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.
—Buddha

Adversity is the first path to truth.
—Lord Byron

A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.
—John Steinbeck

Welcome to the Spring 2010 edition of LightWork!

Note: LightWork Magazine is on temporary hiatus while we pursue a few other projects. It will be back in 2011!

This issue is devoted to our healing journeys. Healing takes many forms, and there is no one "right" way to heal. Every path is beautiful and unique, and the best part is: we get to share it!

Articles

Healing Through Introspection
by Betsy Otter Thompson
The author used Mirror Theory to understand how the emotional acting out she had done toward others affected her own health.

From Depression to Connection
With a Little Help From My Friends
by Dr. Carla Hannaford
To manage the depression cycle, we may have to first remember who and what we are—masters of our lives, not victims—and then honestly address the underlying causes. And then stop the runaway thought patterns by focusing on the present and choosing to see everything as a learning opportunity, and get the body moving and the emotions flowing through sound, music, and play.

Amazing Grace
by Asha Hawkesworth
It is our job as individuals to take responsibility for our own healing and to walk that path as best we can. As we proceed, we will change and grow in exciting and wonderful ways, but eventually we hit a wall—because the truth is that you cannot heal yourself, but God can heal you. This is Divine Grace, and it can happen for all of us.

An Equation for Consciousness
by Sean Topping
Eckhart Tolle said that the transition from non-flowering to flowering plants was a representation of the expansion of consciousness. Likewise, the advancement of complexity of thoughts and ideas can be viewed as an expression and expansion of consciousness.

Crystal Healing: An Interview with Nicole Lanning
Nicole Lanning is the author of Practical Crystal Healing: 555 Tips & Techniques.

Columns

Ask the Angels
by Ahnna Hawkesworth

Ascension Tarot
by Asha Hawkesworth

Seasonal Recipe

Wild Rice Salad

This dish can either be eaten as a side or as a meal in itself. It's best served cold, so it's ideal for lunch on a warm day. The colors, textures, and overall great taste also make this a real crowd-pleaser.

About The Cover Artist

Artist Orna Ben-Shoshan conceives the images she paints through channeling. All of her paintings are completed in her mind before she transfers them onto the canvas. Her work infuses deep spiritual experience with subtle humor. Her paintings release the imagination and extend the limits of ordinary perception. Orna Ben-Shoshan has been an auto-deduct artist for the past 30 years. Her artwork was exhibited in numerous locations in the USA, Europe, and Israel. She sees her art as a medium of transferring knowledge from alternate realities, beyond linear time and thinking. Her major motivation as a visual artist is to translate the information she retrieves into a visual form, to be shared with others and perhaps expand their consciousness and inspire new ways of thinking. As she states, this is her contribution to society as an artist.

To see more of her artwork, please visit: www.ben-shoshan.com

During 2008, Orna has embarked on a new and challenging project: Her artwork became the theme of a new set of reading cards: "King Solomon Cards", a new and innovative divination tool which combines her metaphysical art with ancient Kabalistic symbols. The King Solomon Cards were first introduced to the public in September 2008, and were eagerly anticipated with great enthusiasm. Please visit www.k-s-cards.com to learn more.