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Tera Ministries


 

Tera Ministries

For healing, spiritual counseling, and classes, contact me at 503-369-6444. We can meet at my safe and secure, Portland Or. location. Call for an appointment or e-mail me at lorenrayelliebramel@yahoo.com.
 

Welcome to Tera Ministry. Healing self and earth.

Everything you do has impact.



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*Healing*

Through out this web log will be information relating to healing and creativity. They are the paragraphs with *stared * titles.

*Quotes From The Masters*

Toa Te Ching- A man is born gentle and weak. At his death he is hard and stiff. Green plants are tender and filled with sap. At their death they are withered and dry. Therefore the stiff and unbending is the disciple of death. The gentle and yielding is the disciple of life.

The Holy Bible- The meek shall inherit the earth.

Course in Miracles- Nothing real can be threatened. Nothing unreal exists.

Paramhansa Yogananda- Don't expect to go to heaven unless you carry a portable heaven within your heart.

Mary Baker Eddy- God is uncorporeal, devine, supreme, infinite mind, spirit, soul, principle, life, truth, love.

Depak Chopra- Empty spaces are fullnes of nonmaterial intelligence.

Hi, from Ellie Bramel (Intro)

I love fun. Comedy is one of my best attributes. I also like collecting a joke or two. Healing is always fun! Awareness can be put into a space of humor easily with my new judgment removal kit. (Wink). My favorite joke is, well, huh, I'm not sure if I am ready to share that one. I would like to share peace with you.

Love Ellie

*Tera Ministry*

Tera Ministry is nondenominational and does not promote any religious groups or organization.We are non-profit. We are located in Portland, Oregon.

*Effective Grounding for Healing*

There exists many ideas of what grounding is. An effective grounding will bring your spirit into your body, your physical world. When experiencing true grounding be 100%conscious of your present space and present time. You will experience the now. Astral travel is not grounding. You will know when you are not grounded your attention will be on events in the past or the future or across town. Effective grounding is necessary for healing.

*Colors in the Aura *

Chakras are a vortex of energy. An accurate interpretation of the chakra color will vary with each interpreter. Emotions and events have a specific vibration and may show up as color or symbols and to some a smell. There are no set rules as to what color means. To find out what an accurate account of colors is for you, I would guide you through a grounded color meditation. This meditation not only gives you experience to identify what color means to you, it also helps you to alleviate any myths that may have been presented to you about color and symbols.

Awarness and Metaphysical Fundamentalism

We are transmitters and receivers. Being aware of what we are transmitting and receiving puts us in a more powerful place in our lives. Remembering that, 'true power' is the ability to act in a reality we know and own is created by us. Also remembering that manipulation and controlling others is no power at all. Owning 'true power' gives us the ability to make choices we are comfortable with. We will have 'more say' in what we 'think' ourselves into when we become aware of what we are 'thinking' ourselves into. Over the last 25 years I have been seeing a new form of fundamentalism developing. I call it 'Metaphysical Fundamentalism'. It can be identified by its scripted qualities. What to say and what not to say, when to say and how to say. Like Christian Fundamentalism, only using metaphysical words.

Lip Traps and X-spouse be gone.

I get inspiration for humor from real life situations. I won't mention the real life situation but I will share a bit of comedy inspired by this real life situation. I woke up a few mornings ago and placed pencil in my hand and this is what I wrote.................. Social attributes clean hair acceptable clothing polite on and on and on

Work ethics Fair and giving on and on and on Personal history Wild and free on and on and.........

Brings me to a place mmmmmmm. Always respect the rights of others. Honor spirit always. I respect that a person may not want to hear what I have to say. If what I have to say to a person is important they will ask. If I think it is important to me I will ask them if they want to hear it. How do the words fall from your mouth let me count the ways.

Ads we could use....Leading conversations uncontrollably? Buy 'Lip Traps'. 'Lip Traps' saves you embarrassment. While your brain is catching up to your mouth.

Do your friends lips move faster than your brain, while the lips shoot words faster than the speed of light? Are there disconnected periods in one sided conversations. Does 'conversation awareness' stay back behind concept form? Try 'Reverse-all' it puts the thinker before the lips. A 'Lip Trap' product.

Product Unendorsement

I presented 'Lip Traps' to my spouse. My spouse was resentful. Some time has past since I presented my spouse with 'Lip Traps'. My spouse did not want to use 'Lip Traps' but did let me know that someday after dealing with other issues, would 'enlighten-up'. In the mean time I keep telling myself my needs are important.

X-Spouse Be Gone

Is your spouse living in the memory of a past nightmare marriage. With symptoms of PTSD? Get 'X-spouse be-gone'. It comes in carpet form. You lay 'X-spouse be-gone', on the floor, like a carpet. Walk on 'X-spouse be-gone throughout the day. Before retiring each night shake it out of the door. Little pieces of crud (that symbolize x-spouse), will fly off the carpet through the air. You may not be shaking the memories of the 'x-spouse', but you can at least see 'x-spouse' as the 'crud' x-spouse really has been in the present life you share with your spouse. Remember 'X-spouse Be-gone', in carpet form.

Desire????????????????????my bottom.

I must say that I am disturbed about some of the new man made or woman made laws in the new metaphysical fundamentalism. It's a new kind of scripting. "Don't Want," the new unleaders are saying! "Desire instead of wanting". With no disclaimer! We'll it is obvious that these people have very little experience. My experience with the word desire in my family had everything to to with sex and nothing to do with wanting. Now this family of mine gets what ever they want. They go through the universe to get it. Or as some say through God. Or as others may say through God/Godess all that is. An example of wanting...... A friend of mine lived on a boat! Cool Idea. I was so pleased at the idea I decided that I wanted to live on a boat also. Not there, some place kinda secret and private. Very clear about what I wanted, a year went by. Hmm where's my boat? I want a boat with low payments and comfortable moorage. A few weeks went by the boat showed up.I ended up with a boat for the cost of $1.00 (one dollar.) Low moorage $36.00 (thirty six dollars) a month plus electric, about $26.00 (twenty six dollars). I got it! In relationship to speaking to the 'Great One' (God etc.) I was so well known that I did not have to change any details to get what I wanted. I didn't have to go by someone else's rules on what worked or didn't work. I just had to be clear on what I wanted, to the point of actually 'owning' that what I wanted, was mine. So away with metaphysical fundamentalism. The when, wheres, and hows. Look at what has always worked for you. Keep a stiff upper spiritual alignment. And dream yourself consciously into your wants.

Bees and Mecedes Benz and Cheese

Look at all that food! "Now things are changing," he said. "They lock people out of the dumpsters," said Flint. Flint, a Viet Nam Vet, was disappointed when grocery stores put huge garbage compactors in the back of the stores. In 1985 I took a trip to central Washington state. I met Flint McGranahan. He called himself an Indian. He was raised in the Rocky Mountians. He was an adventurer. He became my escort into the world of the nomadic homeless. He gave me a tour of the Oregon, Washington, and Idaho dumsters. "Dumpster diver, garbage diggers," The children of an apartment complex would chant. As I stood bug eyed as Flint opened the dumpster. Wow! Look at all those tomatoes. Oh my God what a blessing! These tomatoes only had a few bruises! I Want a freezer I shouted! There was enough tomatoes in that dumpster to make a at least 24 quarts of canned tomatoes! He let me know that food was disappearing because of garbage compactors. The was food every where! I could not believe that any one in this country could go hungry. Unless they were to embarrassed to climb into a dumpster. Many times I would see a fine car parked next to a dumpster. Looked as if they were supplementing their income. Or perhaps helping grandma. Who knows, they had the right Idea. Scooping up a bit of our resources before it was lost to the dump forever. In 1987, long after my tour with Flint, I was directed by the universe to jump into a dumpster. This store was in a small town on I-5 in Washington state. I had a newly permed hair style, puka shell neckless, and my one time pair of new nike's (only time I bought nike because I do not like tennis shoes they look funny to me.) I parked my car inconspicuously away from the huge dumpster. I confidently walked up to the dumpster. I peeked over the side. Holy ____ how in the, why did they, Oh my God again . CHEESE, my thoughts were excitedly expressing. More cheese then I have ever seen in a store at one time. Big huge rounds of cheese. "This is strange" I thought, no mold and still in wax. Big rounds of cheese. about 10 of them. A few hundred dollars worth of cheese. Blu cheese, smoky gouda, sharp cheddar cheese, chocolate gouda, Wow! I had It made! And so did my family. I was on my way up to visit family in Olympia Washington. I gave them some of the cheese I didn't tell them it came from a dumpster. Oh, by the way I was unable to salvage all of the perfect cheese rounds. The guys from the store came out with more bags to through in the dumpster. I was in the dumpster and it was filling up fast so I jumped out. The guys saw me and I felt I had to leave. I was a novice what can you say. All that food is still disappearing into the dump. And now more food is disappearing because of a lack of bees. Please pass this one on to a friend. I think it is a real eye opener.

CHEER up! The TIDE is coming in. ALL will be FABulous

Are you tired of the smell and taste of soap on your food? Here is a solution. There is a store on 21st and Tibbitts in S.E. Portland. It is called Peoples food Co-op. Loren and I enjoy shopping there. And we would encourage any one with allergies to try this store out. They are not selling GMO products. No products with growth hormones The store is full of organic flours, milk cheeses, eggs, vegetables, nuts, herbs, soaps and more. There is no red dye #40, no hydrogenated oils, no aluminum in the baking powder. And forget any petroleum products. All of their soaps are made out of plant products. Oh....check out their cooling system in the summer, it is awesome. Oh yes if you like cob sculpture there is a lot of that at Peoples Food Co-op. If you like organic meat, go to New Seasons. Oh yes and the cost of the food is competitive to any of the popular grocery chains. Oh yes and you can work there for a few hours a month to receive a substantial discount on your groceries and you will receive a free education that would put the school system to shame. They are a part of our new sustainable system..

Fiduciary Responsibility by an annonomus donnor

The legal concept that holds businesses responsible to maximize value to share holders. This also applies to any person of business to whom money is entrusted for investment, such as a stockbroker, trustee, mutual fund, pension fund, etc. Example: Fiduciary responsibility of a car company is to maximize profit to investors by keeping product cost low and price high in the aggregate. That would mean keeping a bottom end product as minimally equiped as possible so it is favorably priced compared to competing products and still profitable to sell. Such models have only features required by law, plus what the maker believes necessary to attract buyers over the competition. Such safety features as side-curtain airbags and HEPA filtration of outside air to occupants are only included if consumer demand requires it. Another example is the export of jobs if having sweatshops overseas do the work saves money thus increasing profit. Publicly held companies (meaning those whose stock is traded on the stock exchanges) are legally obligated to their share holders to do this, regardless of the human cost. Mutual fund and pension fund officers are obligated by law to insist that companies their funds hold large stakes in, do this in order to maximize financial return to their investors and pension members. Anyone in their position can be successfully sued if they do not do this. Fiduciary responsibility takes legal precedence over the national and public interest except when the law mandates a specific exception. An example of a specific exception would be if Congress were to pass and the President sign legislation requiring that jet engines used in u.s. warplanes be domestically manufactured, along with their components. The reason would be to prevent foreign suppliers from cutting off delivery in wartime. In this case the manufacturers and their institutional shareholders would be immune to such lawsuits. However, this protection would not extend to engine and parts made for commercial aircraft. The obligation to maximize return on investment (ROI) would take precedence for these products. Lawsuits to force manufacture where it is most profitable to do so would still be permitted and successful. The solution to this treasonous travesty is an amendment to the U.S. Constitution stipulating that fiduciary responsibility is to the national and public interest first, and share holder interest is always subordinate there to whenever the two conflict.

*A Little About Life

Look at your life as if you are looking into a mirror and say,That is my mind. Always remembering that life is your guru.

*Couples in Love

Yes there exists loving relationships that do last. The relationship is a love based, not need based. Although it is common for needs to be satisfied in a love based relationship. Common goals are not only necessary, but common goals are also expressed and differences are excepted. Our fear of rejection does not mean will be rejected. Being trusted friends is important part of a secure relationship. We need to feel safe in our loving relationship. Feeling safe is knowing that when we feel insecure it is a feeling. It is important that the partner is already made up of the things that we want in a loving, relation ship. It is imposable to make someone into the person we want. With our dream abilities and a little patience with the universe we can create what we want in a partner. This is not always something that we are taught at birth. It is important to realize that many of us were not groomed to understand our needs. Many people blame a mates when needs are not met. We need to meet our own needs first. It takes maturity and responsibility on our part to meet our own needs. Sharing in responsibilities can be fun in a loving relationship. Making demands that another needs to meet certain responsibilities could mean that you are not ready to except your partner in the relationship. Growth and awareness is always a good idea in a relationship. All issues can be brought to light in a way that is safe and comfortable. A responsible way to address issues is to bring them out as they come up. If insecurities keep us from expressing it is not the problem of our mate. In a loving relationship we can allow for each other emotional content and what is brought up in us when a person is expressing. Many people do have PTSD from past relationships. That is a tough one for anyone to deal with. I have noticed that PTSD is from an unconscious fear of the past experience happening again. It is important to to look at the thoughts and thought forms that were behind that experience of the past that caused PTSD. Good grounding and valid self healing techniques are important. Healing is not a form of behavioral modification. It is understanding our thoughts, thinking,and thought forms called morfic fields.

Out of My Daughters Journal

Sometimes life isn't all that we make it out to be! It seems like although we always have everything we want we always seem to complain about the little things. Once in a while we realize that we have everything and are happy only for a moment. The little things in life pass us by, The smiles from strangers always seem to mean nothing although the person who smiles at you is probably as lonely as you. It doesn't hurt to smile back but it is so much easier to look away! We always get so caught up in life and things that we have to do and its so hard to slow down and appreciate the little things like the picture your child gave you from school or a cheesy little joke that your kids tell you maybe listen to somebody when they have a bad day. If we could just take 15 seconds a day and tell the important people in our life how much we care about them, what they mean to us and how much we appreciate them in our life maybe we could say hello to a stranger or tell somebody that they are beautiful it may make a difference in our world for only a moment but I am sure that person will remember it for the rest of there life. Out of Alissa Adams Journal

*A Little About Abundance

The quality of the steps to getting there, are the same quality as being there. When dreaming your reality, don't forget, what does it feel like.

*Defining Dreams For Creating Your Reality

When I say Dream I'm not talking about sleeping. I am talking about dreaming the conscious thinking process. Dreaming about the things you enjoy the things you want. In your hand in your house. The kind of life you enjoy, who to enjoy with, and so on. If you have that part and you need a little boost don't forget the most important part of creating. What do you want it to feel like!

*Shades of the Past

So often present time is viewed through the shades of the past. Fears and anxieties are based on uncomfortable experiences of the past. Today with valid emotional release techniques, seeing through the shades of the past is now more of a choice. We now have the emotional release techniques to use to remove old patterns and decisions we made in the past. Today we are in an 'emotional release (r)evolutional'. Many times holding on to the past is the way of the ego. Some use this as a way to manipulate others. I have assisted healing and emotional release with many people. There are some people that refuse to go beyond what is familiar. For those of us that do the healing that is available it is good to remember that we do not have to let those that choose not to heal hold us back. It can be frustrating to be seen through the shades of someones past.

Gender Spacific Blames

I am in a state of disbelief over what I have heard from the feminist sepratist. I am still hearing gender specific blames. Specifically women blaming spacifically men for there lack of power how can this be that a man can steal a women's power that is so weird. I wonder if these women think these successful men have time to formulate how to undermine a women. I have never seen how undermining gave way to power. Hmm....it's wierd, the blame game thing I mean. In reality isn't power something we give away? Oh, perhaps we should define power. Power is the ability to act. Now how can a man take a women's ability to act. That is the weirdest thing I have ever heard. If we put the blame outside of our own creation we just won't get it, power that is.

2 Way's to Satisfy A Man

1) Ask him what he want's. 2) And than Listen 3)There is a third way, this one goes in depth and is examined within an intimate relationship.

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