Workshop: Creating Sacred Space in the Home with Kala Ambrose
Would you like to remove the old energy from your home and restore your home with positive new energy? Join Kala Ambrose as she shares how to revitalize your home and turn it into sacred space. Noted wisdom teacher, author, intuitive, inspirational speaker, and host of the Explore Your Spirit with Kala Radio and TV Show, Kala Ambrose’s teachings are described as discerning, empowering and inspiring.
In these challenging economic times, we’re exploring “stay-cations” and focusing on our home as a retreat from the distractions and turmoil of the outside world. Now more than ever, our home is required to provide a feeling of serenity and comfort.
The focus on interior design to bring harmony between people and their homes has always been valued throughout history. One of the most respected traditions is feng shui. In feng shui, one of the most important cures (a correction to adjust the energy in a space) is to restore order by the removal of clutter and negative energy from the home. This allows positive energy (chi) to circulate fully throughout the room. By removing overwhelming stimuli (clutter) a more peaceful environment is created. Intuitively, many of us perform this act in a ritual we call spring cleaning, but what if that’s only getting half the job done? Is it possible that along with the clutter, that we can also remove the negative energy in our home?
In her books, “9 Life Altering Lessons: Secrets of the Mystery Schools Unveiled and The Awakened Aura: Experiencing the Evolution of Your Energy Body,” Kala Ambrose explains how it is possible to cleanse the “energy” in the home.
“Humanity was created with free will to do in general whatever they please and given a gift they often overlook until it is pointed out to them, which is the power of speech, the power to communicate and to say the word. If we consider the ancient stories of how Earth was created with a Word, what power do you think exists in this form of communication? How important are your words and what do you create with them?”
“Energy does not die, it just changes form. In the same respect, words do not die. Picture your home. Once you have the image of your home in mind, think about what conversations (words) occurred in your home in the past year. The energy in words have a sticky substance to them. They attach themselves to people, places and things, especially in homes, which hold energy as we spend so much time indoors, especially during the fall and winter months. Take a moment and imagine that you are holding a blue light, similar to what is used in crime scenes to detect invisible stains, which cannot be viewed with the naked eye. Shine this blue light on the walls of your home and visualize every word spoken in your home during the past year. All of these words are stuck on the walls of your home, like wallpaper and each of them have energy in them reflecting off of your walls. Ask yourself, what kind of energy has been created in my home?”
About Kala Ambrose: Whether she’s speaking with world-renowned experts on the Explore Your Spirit with Kala Show, writing about empowering lifestyle choices, reporting on new discoveries in the scientific and spiritual arenas or teaching to groups around the country, fans around the world tune in daily for her inspirational musings and lively thought-provoking conversations. A highly interactive teacher on a mission to educate, entertain and inspire, Kala teaches and writes about the ancient mystery schools and how their techniques can be used in modern day living along with the evolution of our light body which is described as the aura.
Her books, The Awakened Aura: Experiencing the Evolution of Your Energy Body and 9 Life Altering Lessons: Secrets of the Mystery Schools Unveiled cover these topics. In addition, Kala shares her love of history, travel and the supernatural in her books Spirits of New Orleans and Ghosthunting North Carolina through the America’s Haunted Road Trip series. This series is designed to share the history of cities in a fun and entertaining manner while sharing the haunted stories and offering travel tips of how to best see the cities to shop, dine, stay, and visit the haunted sites.
An award winner author and columnist, Kala writes for the Huffington Post, the Examiner, AOL, Yahoo and Fate Magazine and presents workshops nationally on the Mind/Body/Spirit connection including Auras and Energy Fields, Developing Business Intuition, Haunted History and Wisdom Teachings at the Omega Institute, John Edward Presents Infinite Quest, the Learning Annex, LilyDale Assembly, and Daily Om. More about Kala at http://www.exploreyourspirit.com/
This will be Kala’s 3rd seminar for us. We are so pleased to have her back teaching us her many wisdom’s in the metaphysical arena. She will also present a special energetic offering to our new space in the studio!
This post begins a new direction for The LOVEolution. We like to call it The LOVEolution 2.0.
About a year and a half ago, I moved to the San Francisco Bay area, and I took some time off from The LOVEolution. During that time, our contributing partners were posting lots of great content, and Aaron and I were thinking of ways how we could better serve you, the LOVEolutionaries.
We both felt that The LOVEolution needed more focus. We felt that we needed to redefine what The LOVEolution is and what we’re all about. Here’s what we came up with:
We also realized that love can be a very hard thing to define. We believe that love is a state of being, and it all starts with your ATTITUDE.
We thought long and hard about the attitudes that are required to be a LOVEolutionary, and we wrote a manifesto called 11 LOVEolutionary Attitudes.
Our next step is to explore each of these 11 attitudes in great detail, studying some of the best teachers of our time and practicing the attitudes ourselves on a daily basis.
Over the next several weeks, I will be exploring generosity, in a series called Adventures in Generosity. I will be practicing all kinds of acts of generosity, and then reporting back on what I did and what lessons I learned.
At the same time, Aaron will be starting a series called Love 101, in the hopes of defining what love is, and some specific steps you can take to live the life of a LOVEolutionary.
We would like to ask you to join us in the fun! The LOVEolution has always been about collaboration. If you’d be interested in creating your own adventure by learning about one of these 11 attitudes, practicing the attitude yourself and writing a series about it, please let us know!
I have started a new series “What Is Love?” because to me, that question NEVER gets old. There are always new and modern manifestations and expressions of Love and it is truly a joy to encounter and highlight each of them.
My Love research for this question “What is Love?” yielded hundreds and hundreds of results. I have done my best to break them down into logical topics of organization so that you might be able to explore your most interesting Love niches first.
General Definitions Of Love
This section was more of a collection of general, mainstream and reference based writings on Love. I was excited to see Love in headlines like the Economist and NPR’s blog. Of course, there is also the infamous Wikipedia with its crowd sourced encyclopaedic goodness.
65 Definitions Of Love – Our most popular LOVEolution article ever and a collection on ideas of Love from various people in our LOVEolution network.
Philosophy is super important when it comes to Love in order to really understand the various definitions of Love. Love doesn’t mean the same thing to everyone. Most people assume when you say Love you mean a certain kind (typically romantic Love). The idea here is to expand our view and definition of Love so that we may understand the many meanings of Love and be more precise when we say we Love.
Entry on Love from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy – The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, aka a VERY scholarly and academic source. Lot’s of academic oversight which allows a great academic exploration of Love from a philosophical standpoint. Is Love An Art? By Dr. Kathleen O’Dwyer – A sample of an article on Love from Philosophy Now magazine. (Subscription required to see full article) Philosophers Ponder: What Is Love? – The Marin Independent Journal interviews Troy Jollimore associate professor of philosophy at California State University at Chico.
Scientific Research and Considerations
Love in science is absolutely fascinating. There are consistently new discoveries and information being learned partially due to new technology like being able to see brain function previously inaccessible from even our best technology available. The articles in this section explore the internal mechanisms that make Love work in our heart and minds.
What Is Love by Deborah Taj Anapol Ph.D – Deborah Anapol, Ph. D shares why she believes Love is inherently free and cannot be bought, sold or traded How Do I Love Thee? Experts Count 8 Ways – A scientific look at why we Love by LiveScience. What Is Love? (Baby Don’t Hurt Me…) – Researchers at Stanford Center for Cognitive and Neurobiological Imaging hosted 1st Annual Love Competition using fMRI machine. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, What is Love? – An empirically-based essentialist account of what Love is. A two-part study which investigates new possibilities in our understanding the nature of love. What Is Love? By Chris Smith – Chris Smith lecturer at Cambridge University writes about the neurological and chemical clockwork underlying love. How Love Works – How Stuff Works breaks down the mechanics of Love and how it works. “What Is Love? A Brief History of its Many Medical Meanings” – Time magazine examine Love, health and medicine from a historical perspective. Human Nature Watch “What Is Love?” – A look at what is love which also challenges various scientific research out there. The Brain On Love – Diane Ackerman from The New York Times discusses the exciting new field of Interpersonal Neurobiology 150 Definitions Of Love – Despite this less than great looking website, there is some incredible information about past and present theories of Love as well as a look into chemistry. Definitely great for stimulating further Love study and concept understanding. What exactly is Love? – A look at Love from a scientific perspective with references to various research.
Religious and Spiritual
Religion and Spirituality in general are consistently discussing such concepts as Love. Love thy neighbor is the Golden Rule in Christianity. Hillel the elder from the Talmud tells us to Love one another and that this is the most important lesson from the sacred Judaic text. Hinduism and Buddhism are known for philosophies supporting all life. Islam also touts loving oneself, each other and God.
At the end of the day no matter what our history, background, faith and tradition, if we’re talking about Love we are part of a Universal consciousness of Unconditional Love. And that is truly a great thing.
There are many Love movements out there and it can be overwhelming to figure out which ones to check out. I’m confident there are many other movements and discussions out there I have omitted, however, these are particularly noteworthy choices exploring Love in interesting, unique and inspiring ways.
The Love list would truly be incomplete without Romantic Love. This is usually what people think you mean when you say “Love”. These articles take a look at the intimate side of Love from the perspective of finding an intimate partner, spouse or other form of Lover.
I found some videos on Love including a BBC documentary and Stanford Research exploring the complexities of Love.
What Is Love? (TEDxRaleigh) – Yours truly, author of this article, shares his thoughts on the meaning and exploration of Love philosophically, scientifically and spiritually at TEDxRaleigh 2011.
What Is Love? (Stanford Research) – Researchers at Stanford Center for Cognitive and Neurobiological Imaging hosted 1st Annual Love Competition.
BBC Documentary What Is Love – BBC producer Neil Trevithick explores how people think, feel and deal with Romantic Love across the globe. What Is The Man’s Guide To Love – A video explaining the Man’s Guide To Love website and purpose. Where Love Begins – Silvie and Maryl TV, created by holistic lifestyle coaches, passionately help people upgrade from the inside out.
Free Material and Downloads
If you are serious about exploring Love, you will be happy to find lots of free resources out there. I found some substantive PDFs from Spiritual, Scientific and Social perspectives on Love.
The Love That Does Justice by Michael Edwards – The Love That Does Justice by Michael Edwards, free PDF download from his website. Have read through this (376) page before and used this when preparing my TedxRaleigh talk on What Is Love What Is Love? A Conceptual Analysis – A scholarly analysis focusing on Love theories of Plato, St Augustine and Freud. “What Is Love, What Is Sex?” – From Human Relations Media: A teachers guide to teaching adolescents about the challenges of sex vs. Love and provide guidelines for making health decisions. Mind Map On Love – Keith Rice has a mind map on Love, very in-depth but a little hard to read.
As always thanks for reading and feel free to stay a while and take a look around. We’ll be bringing you more Love Media on a daily basis from across the world.
It took me a lot of strength to get up from my chair and walk to my boss’ cubicle. It was just a few steps away but this time it was enough to make up my mind. Several times before I had tried to walk the same hallway and then found myself turning back and convincing myself to stay just a little bit longer.
This time was different. She was talking on the phone so I had to wait for a few minutes. When she hung up I took the seat across from her and told her without hesitation “I quit”.
As soon as I arrived to my office I felt the difference. My boss invited me to help in a project, an innovation project. We had to create an internal campaign for our people to join in this massive international brainstorming. Everyone could join and add as many ideas as possible to build the future of our company. People could vote, comment or even add to ideas from other colleagues. The best idea would win great prizes.
This was not a contest like any other. This was big (international big), and my office had to make sure that everyone was in. We had to make sure that every person knew about this contest and that everyone helped boost our participation level.
After talking to my boss I started thinking about marketing tools, new channels of communication… and the phone rang.
