Radharani
USA
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Posted - Jul 24 2015 : 01:46:19 AM Show Profile Email Poster Visit Radharani's Homepage Edit Reply Reply with Quote View user's IP address Get a Link to this Reply Delete Reply
Well my dear friends, I have not been on this forum much for quite some time, and for a good reason: My job/contract with the Famous Psychic Line has been VERY busy! Since it began last December, I've received several promotions and raises, and to my great surprise and humble amazement, have quickly risen to near the top of the list and have so many clients calling that I barely have time to take a break to pee in between calls. I am truly blown away by this unexpected success. It's hard to believe, at age 52, I can FINALLY say, "I LOVE my job!" something I always thought was darn near impossible. It's almost too good to be true. I love the company, I love my clients, and I feel really good about being able to help them. I set my own schedule so I can still teach yoga on the side. And the icing on the cake is that with the raises I am now actually making pretty good money, especially relative to the jobs available in this little town.
The only problem now is I have to figure out a way to pay my taxes, being an independent contractor - I had not anticipated the huge jump in percentage when you go from "poverty level" to "just barely middle class" (which is, nonetheless, a lot of money to me!). It is ironic because now I can finally pay the mortgage, but if I can't pay the taxes, the government will take my house anyway. "They get you coming and going." But, I don't want to get political here...
Anyway, I am SO grateful for this wonderful opportunity AND for all the support and encouragement from you, my dears! I don't think I would have had the courage to go for this position, to believe that I could do it, without your help. Thank God for the sangha.
Also of interest, and very pertinent to AYP, there is absolutely no question that the ability to successfully do my job as a "psychic" is enabled by my yoga practice. I've been extremely busy with renovations on the trailer subsequent to evicting the Tenants From Hell (Lucifer had thrown them out because they were too messy for hell, a horror story for another time!) and putting in lots of hours on the Psychic Line, as well as my vegetable garden, so I admit there have been days when I don't get to devote as much time as I'd like to my practice. While Divine Grace gets me through those days and allows me to fulfill my duty to the clients, the fact is I feel a huge difference in the energy, I lack confidence, and it's somewhat difficult and draining to do my job. Whereas, on the days that I do make time for my full yoga practice, I totally feel my oneness with the Source, get out of my own way and just be a clear channel for Divine Love and Wisdom to effortlessly flow through me to the clients. So even though it sometimes feels a bit "indulgent" to enjoy a nice long ecstatic yoga session, in reality it is necessary and beneficial to my ability to help others. Funny how that works, huh?!
So I don't have time to be on here much, but will try to drop by from time to time, and regardless, I keep you guys always close to my heart! And you are always welcome to contact me by email any time. LOVE!
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yogani
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Dogboy
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Love you, Radharani, and so happy things have turned for the better! If you must work, there is nothing better than loving the job. Perhaps your tax situation will ease with an extra "Abundance" sutra (). As my practice has deepened, so has my belief in allowing and surrendering to "openness", yoga will assist in meeting all needs.
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jusmail
India
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Posted - Jul 24 2015 : 07:57:51 AM Show Profile Email Poster Edit Reply Reply with Quote View user's IP address Get a Link to this Reply Delete Reply
Blessings to you. Thanks for the update
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Beehive
USA
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I've loved following your story.... Thanks for sharing it! And I'm so happy for you!
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Bodhi Tree
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Keep on truckin', Radharani!
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Purohit
India
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Dear Radharani,
NIce and refreshing to see your update as the first thing on a Monday Morning...
FILLS me with HOPE... as i too seek to claim " I LOVE MY JOB, MY WORK "
Amen..
Best Wishes..
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SeySorciere
Seychelles
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Doing a "I am overjoyed at your good news" dance
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Radharani
USA
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Hello again my dears - well, it's been a little over 6 months since my last post, and now I will bring you the latest fascinating episode of this soap opera:
After the Tenants from Hell moved out, husband and I were busy at work on renovations to the trailer and made excellent progress. We had to remove garbage that covered the entire floor and all surfaces, kind of like on that "Hoarders" t.v. show except in this case it was "only" about a foot deep. The debris included large amounts of food waste, especially sweets, along with hypodermic needles and empty insulin vials in half-eaten boxes of cookies (tenant was type 1 diabetic, making the findings even more horrifying, and I suspect heroin as well). All the plates were covered w/ moldy food remnants and scattered throughout the home. Every surface in the kitchen was covered with maggots and the stench was unbelievable. While cleaning off the maggots I chanted japa (silently, or else the little flies hatching from the maggots would have flown into my mouth!) Also found a leaky pipe under the kitchen sink that apparently had been that way for months and nobody had bothered to tell me, leading to rotted wood and mold. In addition, there was a bedbug infestation. I'd never seen them before; what was this, a sort of tick? Had to look it up online. Upon closer investigation, the bed was so heavily infested that it had to be taken to the dump, and the bugs had spread throughout the trailer. It was an incredible challenge to get rid of them, and several people actually advised us that arson might be our best option... Cleaning and debugging the trailer was a truly Herculean task akin to the Augean stables, but we prevailed! By the end of the summer we had mostly restored the trailer to its former beauty and were ready to move in. The plan was for us to live there, while keeping the house as a yoga studio and retreat center. The floor of the master bath still needed to be replaced (that part was not rented out; we'd been using the master suite for storage), but since it would hold my weight we figured it was not urgent and could wait until we had more money for major repairs. So, by fall we moved in and were quite happy there. I got the house ready for yoga students and had several retreat guests lined up!
But, then I started getting progressively sicker. At first I assumed it was just a CFIDS relapse, to be expected after all the exertions of the renovation while trying to keep up with my job and the vegetable garden. But even with rest, I kept getting worse. Husband also complained of a cough and respiratory problems but as he is a heavy smoker, hard to tell. Then one night our cat was looking up at the ceiling fan meowing at a black rope-like thing hanging off one of the fan blades. We had so many other things to clean that I'd neglected the fan up until that point. The blades were covered in a fuzzy black substance - not ordinary "dust." Then I noticed the ceiling was also covered with the substance, especially near the HVAC intake, and I began to cough and sneeze convulsively, eyes burning, throat tightening. WTF?! It suddenly dawned on me: Black Mold! It explained the aggravation of my immune deficiency and all the other symptoms we'd been having. Unable to determine the origin of the Mold, and couldn't afford professional analysis and intervention, we had to move out. There was no alternative. We had to move into the yoga studio/ retreat center!
Meanwhile we had the worst plague of insects in memory which devoured 90% of our crops despite using all manner of natural, unnatural and toxic remedies including help from our many reptile and amphibian friends. And the sinkhole has progressed closer to the trailer, perhaps a moot point since it was now uninhabitable. Additional pretty but worrisome springs and streams came up on the property. Upon studying sinkholes on the internet, I learned some fascinating information; more below.
We moved into the house/yoga studio with all our animals and it soon became apparent that I could not teach yoga here because it would never be clean enough for students to lie on the floor unless I took lots of time off from my regular job to clean, in which case I couldn't pay the bills. Thought about trying to sell the parcel w/ the trailer on it to pay off my debts, but now with the sinkholes and Black Mold, that would not be possible (or even legal). After speaking with several debt counselors and attorneys, I finally decided to file for bankruptcy. This was a very good exercise in humility and ego detachment which took me a while to process. Once I'd agreed to take the attorneys' advice and began the filing process, a banking error turned up which required that I must wait a year to file bankruptcy! (The bank had for some reason shown me as a "joint owner" of my father's accounts, which I was not.) So as there was nothing further I could do, I left the matter in God's hands, hoping I would not be sued before the year had passed, and turned my attention to my work - my wonderful job as Spiritual Advisor for the Famous Psychic Company, which was now full-time, quite busy and demanding, and very rewarding! I would not be able to do this work were it not for the siddhis that come with a lifetime of yoga practice and exist for the purpose of helping others.
Meanwhile the rain, which had been unusually heavy since 2013 when the sinkholes began appearing, continued to come down and they grew, with new springs and streams bubbling up. Husband said it looked like the ground was sinking (technically, I learned, "subsiding") although it's difficult to tell without objective measurements, like probably satellite telemetry. I did some research and learned about the fascinating terrain of our property, which includes limestone "cliffs" and areas resembling the Grand Canyon on a smaller scale, with springs and streams. I never knew Florida had cliffs. Turns out, it does not; our "cliffs" are the side of an old sinkhole! The property, like much of Florida, has a substrate of limestone caverns and underground streams, which causes the surface of the land to collapse when the water table rises or falls substantially. The water table here is just about 3-8 feet below the surface, hence the shallow sinkholes that had been forming and the lovely clear springs rising to the surface in low spots and flowing down to the creek which borders the property sloping down on 3 sides. So basically, from what I have learned, the entire property is geologically unstable and the ground could open up under us at any moment and swallow everything up! It could take a century or it could be tomorrow. Certainly there has been significant progression since I moved here in 2001 and especially since 2013. I designed and built the house to be hurricane proof, with 10-inch thick cement walls and a propane generator. Wouldn't it be ironic if it fell into a sinkhole instead?!
It very well might, and there isn't a damn thing I can do about it. I don't really know how to "worry" anymore but it would do no good in any event. It's all in God's hands. If we are to be swallowed up by a sinkhole, so be it. I am more concerned about not having a place to teach yoga, but I suppose this will work out somehow. Maybe we can find other living arrangements in another year or so after the bankruptcy is done and we get back on our feet financially. Until then, I am sending potential students to the HOY free video series on YouTube and to AYP Lessons and advising them to practice at home, and call or email me with any questions.
And so the ordinary, or even extraordinary, drama of life goes on and everything is ok even when it isn't. It simply is what it is. Meanwhile as the Sufi saying goes, we just "do what needs to be done." Dig ditches, shovel crushed concrete, mend fences, reinforce the barn floor, haul buckets of water in there for the horses on cold nights, etc. Soon we will plant our spring vegetable garden in the hope of getting a crop before the summer insect onslaught. All the while, thanks to yoga, we rest in God's Love and Bliss in the center of the heart which remains the constant Reality amidst the movie.
Edited by - Radharani on Feb 06 2016 11:57:46 PM
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Ecdyonurus
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Hi Radharani, nice to read you again! Your experience resonates with me because I am also having some special troubles in my life, and through yoga I feel/know somehow that everything is allright although by society standards one coild think that life is hard on me. Wish you all the best.
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Bodhi Tree
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After reading your account of sinkholes, maggots, mold, etc., there is a sutra in the Samyama book appendix that comes to mind...it's "elements"...which results in "mastery over the five elements (earth, water, fire, air, and inner space), enabling manipulation of all matter." In addition to the core set of sutras, I've been throwing it in the mix, and having some success. You may find it beneficial as well.
Keep on truckin', Radha.
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Dogboy
USA
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Oh Rahadrani, so sorry to hear of your misadventures. Your attitude is admirable and I hope the Universe provides for you and your spouse
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BlueRaincoat
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Wow Rahadrani, what a saga! It seems to me you are passing this test with with flying colours
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sunyata
USA
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That's a lot going on Radharani. Hope things get better soon. It's so true Yoga shows us the beauty in imperfection.
Edited by - sunyata on Feb 08 2016 11:03:20 AM
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Radharani
USA
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Posted - Feb 08 2016 : 5:32:07 PM Show Profile Email Poster Visit Radharani's Homepage Edit Reply Reply with Quote View user's IP address Get a Link to this Reply Delete Reply
quote:
Originally posted by Ecdyonurus
Hi Radharani, nice to read you again! Your experience resonates with me because I am also having some special troubles in my life, and through yoga I feel/know somehow that everything is allright although by society standards one coild think that life is hard on me. Wish you all the best.
I'm right there with you, friend!
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Radharani
USA
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Posted - Feb 08 2016 : 5:49:39 PM Show Profile Email Poster Visit Radharani's Homepage Edit Reply Reply with Quote View user's IP address Get a Link to this Reply Delete Reply
quote:
Originally posted by Bodhi Tree
After reading your account of sinkholes, maggots, mold, etc., there is a sutra in the Samyama book appendix that comes to mind...it's "elements"...which results in "mastery over the five elements (earth, water, fire, air, and inner space), enabling manipulation of all matter." In addition to the core set of sutras, I've been throwing it in the mix, and having some success. You may find it beneficial as well.
Keep on truckin', Radha.
well Bodhi, I've never had any success w/ "manipulating" the natural world, other than my friendship with all living creatures including the wild and "dangerous" ones. In my youth I did put a lot of energy into trying to do that (material manifestation) over many years, without results, and more recently as well. But here's the thing - it's just Nature. When I bought this property I didn't know it was geologically unstable and sitting on top of underground caverns and streams. Water levels are rising in various parts of the world, including Florida, due to changing weather patterns. I may be cynical, but I don't think meditation/ samyama is going to fix that. Also from a philosophical or spiritual perspective, just how much energy should we put into mentally manipulating the elements? The maggots required simply cleaning by hand, no problem. The Mold legally would require professional treatment, as the State does not recognize samyama. Call me lazy, but I think I'd rather do what can practically be done (which isn't a whole hell of a lot) and then leave things in God's hands. I feel that focusing my energies on trying to change the external world to go against what Nature is doing would be a full-time job and also a step backwards spiritually. but, to each their own. If it "works" for you, go for it.
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Radharani
USA
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Thanks Ecdyonorus, Bodhi, Dogboy, BlueRaincoat and Sunyata! Appreciate your kind thoughts. Everything will work out one way or another, or else maybe it won't, and that's ok too. Our needs are being met for the most part. My only real unsatisfied desire at this point is to have a place to teach yoga but I believe something will eventually become available. Meanwhile I suppose it's not an emergency. This little town is overflowing with yoga studios.
Edited by - Radharani on Feb 08 2016 5:59:11 PM
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Ecdyonurus
Switzerland
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Posted - Feb 09 2016 : 12:24:42 AM Show Profile Email Poster Edit Reply Reply with Quote View user's IP address Get a Link to this Reply Delete Reply
You still are teaching yoga, Radharani - by writing such great posts about the art of surrender. Thank you.
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Bodhi Tree
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quote:
Originally posted by Radharani
...the State does not recognize samyama.
Ain't that a shame? Don't worry, we'll infiltrate the Legislature in due time and re-write the laws to accommodate the reality of stillness in action via the release of sutras into silence. I worked for the Florida House of Representatives for a little while. It can be done.
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Radharani
USA
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quote:
Originally posted by Ecdyonurus
You still are teaching yoga, Radharani - by writing such great posts about the art of surrender. Thank you.
wow, thank you so much for pointing that out! very helpful.
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Radharani
USA
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quote:
Originally posted by Bodhi Tree
quote:
Originally posted by Radharani
...the State does not recognize samyama.
Ain't that a shame? Don't worry, we'll infiltrate the Legislature in due time and re-write the laws to accommodate the reality of stillness in action via the release of sutras into silence. I worked for the Florida House of Representatives for a little while. It can be done.
LOL! LOVE it! yes, please do.
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Radharani
USA
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Posted - Jun 08 2017 : 03:03:52 AM Show Profile Email Poster Visit Radharani's Homepage Edit Reply Reply with Quote View user's IP address Get a Link to this Reply Delete Reply
Cannot believe it's been over a year since I last posted here! Been super busy with work and lots of other "interesting" stuff. Funny, the title of this thread is "making peace with the psychic job," but the actual outcome has been way more than "peace." With the exception of the high taxes (contractor position, not employee), this has turned out to be an actual DREAM JOB! As you may recall, my original career plan had been to work as a counselor with my Psychology M.A., but that plan was derailed due to licensing changes that made it illegal for me to practice my profession.
I then switched gears and went into medicine, became a Medical Language Specialist, which got really OLD after 22 years, especially since I was working mostly in Oncology and the pay had dropped so much over the years that it wasn't worth the aggravation. I had opened my yoga studio but couldn't make a living teaching out here in the boondocks. I enrolled in a Medical Coding Certification program in order to make use of my prior experience and education based on advertising stating the job pays upwards of $40,000, which as it turns out, was untrue. I was about halfway through the program when I learned from people working in the field that they were lucky to make $10/hour, if that, and decided to cut my losses and drop out.
Meanwhile I had my resume' online hoping to find a job as a medical writer or editor. I was contacted by the Most Prestigious Medical Transcription Company in the U.S. who pursued me aggressively for months, but it was for a transcription position. Because I was flattered (they only hire the best of the best), I went ahead and took their entrance exam, which I aced. Then they pursued me even harder, but ultimately I rejected their offer, because it would mean being stuck in another low-paying, soul-sucking, dead-end job that I despised. My friends said I was crazy for rejecting the offer when I desperately needed a job, but my heart just wasn't in it. I wanted to make a decent income doing something halfway enjoyable. And it turned out to be the BEST decision!
Shortly after that I got a contract working as a Spiritual Advisor with the Very Famous Psychic Company on TV and, as stated previously in this thread, it has been AWESOME! The management is so incredibly NICE that it's hard to believe they are real humans. My clients are the best, most wonderful and interesting people including scientists, engineers, doctors, diplomats, military intelligence, celebrities, etc., really fun to talk to. I have ultimately realized that I actually enjoy this job MORE than Psychology, with its focus on pathology/ dysfunction and trying to "fix" people and make them fit into "normal" functional roles in society, whereas being a Spiritual Advisor is helping people gain deeper insight and grow spiritually through their life experiences. Since beginning this job I've received several promotions, the most recent of which I hope will finally enable me to pay all my bills and taxes. I'm now being paid nearly as much as I would have as a Psychologist.
And that's a good thing, because - I am bankrupt! Oh, it's been fun. I began the process in 2015 and then my attorney went out of business shortly after my last post here in February of 2016, taking my $1000 retainer payment with him. The State Bar says I am unlikely to get any money back. I had to find a new attorney and start all over with the payments. My new attorney is wonderful and has a great reputation, got an award for "Most Ethical Attorney" (is that an oxymoron, like "excellent airplane food," LOL?! no offense to any attorneys who may be reading this). My court date is this coming Friday and then hopefully it will all be settled. whew!
And then I will have to turn to my next legal case, namely, Eminent Domain. The State has informed me they are taking part of my land to widen the freeway and also to install a huge gas supply pipeline. This will require bulldozing of the strip of forest that serves as the only "buffer" between the property and the freeway, including the Sacred Grove which is a beautiful, magical healing place beside a waterfall where I used to meditate a lot. The State is supposed to pay me for the land, but attorney says they will try to condemn it instead based on the sinkholes, the uninhabitable trailer with Black Mold, and other concerns around the property.
Over the last couple of years my husband has gained and lost a couple of jobs and had an EEOC lawsuit with the last one, which he lost. Employers here in FL can fire you for nearly any reason or no reason at all. He has been unemployed since fall of 2016 and is in the process of applying for Disability on the basis of ASD (Autism Spectrum) which has interfered with his ability to get or keep a decent job his entire life.
So like I said, it's all quite "interesting"! And what does this have to do with yoga? A LOT, actually!
Between work and handling our various lawsuits, meetings with attorneys and tons of paperwork, and trying to keep up with taking care of the property including the veggie garden, it's been hard to find time to do my complete yoga practice. But I need to MAKE TIME because I've found that when I scrimp on my practice, things don't go as well, whereas when I give myself that extra half an hour or so to indulge in the Ecstasy, it improves my work and everything else. It helps me to be much more present as a channel of Blessing for my clients, and really IS worth putting the time into it even when things are hectic and there aren't enough hours in a day.
The other aspect of this in reference to yoga is that if the universe had handed me all this "stuff" prior to the Reality Shift that happened several years back thanks to a lifelong yoga practice, I would NOT have been able to handle it. As it is, the situation is certainly stressful and exhausting, but at the same time I am able to step back and find it amusing in a twisted way on some level, like a Monty Python movie.
I must say I find it quite amusing that so many people call me for advice when my own life is a freaking train wreck, LOL! But that's because I'm helping them on a deeper level that goes beyond material concerns, allowing us to better deal with life's endless worldly drama. The traffic noise is loud enough already even before the cutting down of the forest and expansion of the highway. But when I sit in meditation all the noise, like the drama, just flows right on by. It doesn't stick, and can't touch the silent Bliss in the depths.
Every day when I wake up I put my life in God's hands and pray that I may be a clear channel for Blessings of Love, Light, Peace, Grace and Holy Wisdom to flow to my clients and the world. And by God's grace and yoga, somehow it happens.
Will try to stop by here more when I get a chance. LOVE to all my friends here.
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jusmail
India
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Welcome back. We need you as much as you do us. Blessings to you
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Dogboy
USA
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Wow, Rad, your practice truly is bearing fruit, with your witness into Monty Python and all ! Thanks for the update, you sound marvelous!
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lalow33
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There is another member with chronic fatigue. I can't remember who but was asking questions about it. Hopefully, he or she will see this post.
Good luck, Radharani. We are rooting for you.
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Bodhi Tree
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Radha! Keepin' it real. Love it.
Your writing is superb. Seriously. Congrats on your ongoing success with the psychic company. Your clientele sound fascinating. Glad you are helping them navigate their life. They're in good hands.
Thank you for the thorough update, and keep shining.
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Radharani
USA
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Thx so much, my dears! LOVE you guys. Will try to drop by here more often.
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dv2014
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Always nice to read your posts. Happy to learn that your new job is going great. In fact I am tempted to get consultation from you :-) You must be an excellent counselor.
Love to you and your husband. Wishing you luck in sorting out all legal issues.
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Radharani
USA
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Originally posted by dv2014
Always nice to read your posts. Happy to learn that your new job is going great. In fact I am tempted to get consultation from you :-) You must be an excellent counselor.
Love to you and your husband. Wishing you luck in sorting out all legal issues.
aw, thx!
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Radharani
USA
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Posted - Aug 03 2017 : 02:29:30 AM Show Profile Email Poster Visit Radharani's Homepage Edit Reply Reply with Quote View user's IP address Get a Link to this Reply Delete Reply
Latest update: Bankruptcy hearing went much more smoothly than anticipated, thx to my excellent attorney! what a relief.
You know, I've been saying all along that I can't teach yoga here in the house now that we are living here, myself, husband and all our animals. Just could not keep it clean enough, especially the floor. Also I really couldn't afford to take the time off my regular job to clean and teach, because I'd be losing $$ and I owe the IRS too much. Well, that may be changing!
A dear friend gifted me with a Bissell machine that vacuums and steam cleans the floor at the same time! It is truly amazing and will decrease the time required to get the floor clean enough for people to lie on. Also, I got a big raise at my counseling job so I may be able to set aside at least one day a week to teach yoga. Yay! I've really missed teaching.
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Charliedog
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Good for you Radharani, happy teaching
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Dogboy
USA
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BlueRaincoat
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Great news Radharani.
Good luck with the teaching project!
Bodhi Tree
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Posted - Aug 03 2017 : 1:43:52 PM Show Profile Email Poster Visit Bodhi Tree's Homepage Edit Reply Reply with Quote View user's IP address Get a Link to this Reply Delete Reply
Right on. You got this.
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Radharani
USA
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thx friends, I appreciate your support and encouragement!
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SeySorciere
Seychelles
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Posted - Aug 04 2017 : 07:23:54 AM Show Profile Email Poster Edit Reply Reply with Quote View user's IP address Get a Link to this Reply Delete Reply
You are amazing!
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sunyata
USA
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Happy to be hear the good news, Radharani!
Abundance, Love, Unity.
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Chard
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Hi Radharani! Thanks for being so transparent here on the forum! I haven't read the whole thread in detail but I got the gist of bankrupcy and financial struggle. I can wholeheartedly identify with financial struggle.
I thought I would share what I have found a most helpful financial resource which is Dave Ramsey's work which I try my best to implement into my own life and its made SUCH a difference! My husband and I both have irregular incomes and I was pleased to see how Dave's monthly budget form can be used seamlessly in cases of both regular and irregular income. He also talks about bankrupcy and he, himself, has been experienced that. He has a wonderful 9 week Financial Peace University program. FYI, He is a born-again Christian and very Bible oriented (take it or leave it). What I love about his work is that he weaves the practicalities of handling money (in a very simple manner) into the realm of spirituality.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uygdUWoGFEI Plus he has a great sense of humor which I love!! I him!! He's kind of like Yogani- he keeps his concepts simple, user-friendly and has refreshing sense of humor!
Thanks for sharing! Blessings to you Radharani!
C
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Radharani
USA
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Posted - Aug 11 2017 : 05:12:33 AM Show Profile Email Poster Visit Radharani's Homepage Edit Reply Reply with Quote View user's IP address Get a Link to this Reply Delete Reply
quote:
Originally posted by Chard
Hi Radharani! Thanks for being so transparent here on the forum! I haven't read the whole thread in detail but I got the gist of bankrupcy and financial struggle. I can wholeheartedly identify with financial struggle.
I thought I would share what I have found a most helpful financial resource which is Dave Ramsey's work which I try my best to implement into my own life and its made SUCH a difference! My husband and I both have irregular incomes and I was pleased to see how Dave's monthly budget form can be used seamlessly in cases of both regular and irregular income. He also talks about bankrupcy and he, himself, has been experienced that. He has a wonderful 9 week Financial Peace University program. FYI, He is a born-again Christian and very Bible oriented (take it or leave it). What I love about his work is that he weaves the practicalities of handling money (in a very simple manner) into the realm of spirituality.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uygdUWoGFEI Plus he has a great sense of humor which I love!! I him!! He's kind of like Yogani- he keeps his concepts simple, user-friendly and has refreshing sense of humor!
Thanks for sharing! Blessings to you Radharani!
C
Dear Chard,
Thx for your kind words! "Transparent" is how I prefer to be.
While we're being blatantly honest, re: that Ramsey video you linked, he does seem like a nice guy, but as someone who has worked hard and lived very simply my whole life, frankly it's hard for me to respect a guy who was a millionaire and managed to go broke 4 years later. I am very confident I could live off of a million $ for well more than 4 years.
In any event, Ramsey's program wouldn't have been helpful in our situation. For one thing, every penny I'd saved went to the IRS, so I couldn't do steps #1, 3 and 4. Ramsey's step #6 refers to "extra money," what is that? LOL. Thankfully, my mortgage was very nearly paid off. Step #2, the "snowball method," requires that you make extra payments to pay down one credit card, while continuing to pay the minimum on the other cards, which was not possible. Therefore the debt counselors at
NFCC and all the attorneys whom I consulted said that bankruptcy was really my only viable option.
The problem with financial self-help programs from advisors like Ramsey or my favorite, Suze Orman, is that if we had "extra money" to save and pay down credit cards or mortgage, we wouldn't be in the situation in the first place. Their premise is that we have an adequate income but are just making bad choices, spending our money unwisely and/or don't know how to do a budget, which was not my problem. I'm actually good at math, budgeting and money management. I already lived a simple life and had taken all the usual steps as far as cutting back on unnecessary expenses, etc., and it wasn't enough.
In order for it to work, your income minus your outgo needs to be a positive number. As financial advisor
David Weliver states: "If you want to get out of debt by yourself, you need to earn enough money to survive AND enough money to pay down your debts." Exactly! Thank you, Captain Obvious.
My problem was simply lack of sufficient income due to chronic illness and inability to work a regular job, while paying "self employed" taxes and at the same time trying to support my common-law husband and his children and keep a roof over our heads for the last 12 years. My mother warned me not to fall in love with a poor man, but I didn't listen. The one fatal financial decision on my part was becoming domestic partners, which although spiritually fulfilling, turned out to be a very bad choice from the material standpoint. I never would have asked him to move in, had I known then what I know now. Isn't hindsight wonderful?! LOL.
And despite a lifetime of yoga practice, I never did master the "pulling $$ out of your ass-ana." If I ever do, I will certainly share the technique here, as I'm sure many people would find it very helpful!
Although I will be losing $$ when I start teaching yoga again in the near future, I consider it a contribution to charity and part of my dharma. Thx again for your input, and blessings to you!
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Radharani
USA
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Posted - Aug 11 2017 : 05:35:07 AM Show Profile Email Poster Visit Radharani's Homepage Edit Reply Reply with Quote View user's IP address Get a Link to this Reply Delete Reply
Preparing to re-open the studio (in the house where we now live!) next month. I am getting excited even about the little things, e.g. the new entry mat and shoe rack by the front door, very cheap (and tax deductible!), courtesy of Ross Store. Husband finally got a weed whacker working after more than a year of trying. This is important so that students won't have to navigate through ass-high weeds as they walk from their car to the house.
Also we have a new outdoor yoga area! I enjoy sweating like a pig doing yoga on the little one-person tiled platform he built for me and wished I had a deck or someplace where I could offer "hot yoga" during the Florida 90+ degree and 100% humidity summer, or "pleasant yoga" during the winter, to students. The sandy area out in the pasture would be ok were it not for the fire ants. Well, I decided to cover the big 16 x 50' raised garden bed w/ black plastic and go back to growing veggies in containers, due to the poor soil quality and aggressive weeds, and it suddenly dawned on me while looking at it from my little yoga platform: That would be a great outdoor space for yoga! The ground under the plastic is soft and would be safer than the tile floor inside the house for more adventurous poses like headstand, handstand, etc. yay!
Yesterday I got a call from a prospective new student and also an invitation to renew one of my ads, very good timing. It's all coming together. BTW, in case anybody needs yoga teacher liability insurance, I recently got a policy with Lockton Insurance through
IICT, International Institute for Complementary Therapists, at a great price. What I like about Lockton is that it covers all the different aspects of my work including not only teaching yoga and pilates, but also holistic wellness and spiritual counseling, tarot/ psychic readings and crystal healing.
Will keep you guys posted. Thx again for all your love and support.
Edited by - Radharani on Aug 11 2017 06:26:51 AM
Radharani
USA
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oh and btw, I don't recall if I said this before (if so, please disregard) but - bankruptcy is a great way to humble the ego and reduce attachment to material things and worldly status.
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Chard
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Hi Radharani! First of all, how funny! "Pulling $$ out of your ass-ana!" it! I shall use that line!
Thank you for your response and yes it makes sense...not so much how to handle money but more of an issue of underearning... I can just say, keep sharing here...Clarity and answers will come in time. sending you love and support, C
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Radharani
USA
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Posted - Aug 16 2017 : 01:34:31 AM Show Profile Email Poster Visit Radharani's Homepage Edit Reply Reply with Quote View user's IP address Get a Link to this Reply Delete Reply
quote:
Originally posted by Chard
Hi Radharani! First of all, how funny! "Pulling $$ out of your ass-ana!" it! I shall use that line!
Thank you for your response and yes it makes sense...not so much how to handle money but more of an issue of underearning... I can just say, keep sharing here...Clarity and answers will come in time. sending you love and support, C
thx!
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Radharani
USA
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Posted - Nov 25 2017 : 12:53:08 AM Show Profile Email Poster Visit Radharani's Homepage Edit Reply Reply with Quote View user's IP address Get a Link to this Reply Delete Reply
Well friends, I have some potential good news: As I think I mentioned previously, the State had informed me that they were going to take part of my land, the part w/ the creek, the Sacred Grove, and the forest, to widen the highway and to install a huge gas supply pipeline. I received a letter stating that they were going to send out surveyors, and I called to find out when they were coming so I could meet w/ them to determine the property boundary and where I could plant new trees to replace the strip of forest that they are going to bulldoze to install the pipeline.
The chief engineer on the project looked up my address and said, "Looks like your property won't be affected." ?! I asked, "Are you sure? I keep getting these letters." She said, "Well the highway expansion will not actually touch your property line; it's on the other side of the railroad." "Yes, but what about the gas pipeline?" She replied, "Oh - ok, don't take this as gospel truth because it's not 100% for sure yet, but I think they are planning to put the pipeline somewhere else." I told her that would be a great idea, especially since the proposed location on my property is sensitive wetland, geologically unstable and riddled with sinkholes. She thanked me for that information, agreed with me, and made a note to the file. Yay!
Still not able to teach yoga here, though. My full-time job with the Famous Psychic Company has become kind of fickle due to some policy changes which benefit the company but lower the call volume for the contractors (Advisors). So right now I don't make enough to be able to take time off my regular job to clean house sufficiently and teach yoga. Meanwhile we are still doing some renovations. Hopefully in the New Year. We shall see.
btw, I am still accepting private counseling clients. Feel free to email me.
Happy Holidays to everyone!
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Radharani
USA
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Posted - Nov 28 2017 : 11:39:39 PM Show Profile Email Poster Visit Radharani's Homepage Edit Reply Reply with Quote View user's IP address Get a Link to this Reply Delete Reply
and more good news: My next door neighbor wants yoga for herself and her daughter! So if I can get time off my regular job, all I will need to do is walk over there and teach at their house, rather than having to frantically prepare our home for students. It will be nice to teach again!
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Chard
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Posted - Nov 29 2017 : 12:30:16 AM Show Profile Email Poster Edit Reply Reply with Quote View user's IP address Get a Link to this Reply Delete Reply
Thanks Radharani for updating us
seems like things look promising. Wishing you the best in your endeavors in the new year. We are rooting for u hereC
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Dogboy
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lalow33
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Hi everyone,
I just found out that Jamie passed away. Thought you all might want to know.
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jusmail
India
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Really shocking! May her soul rest in peace
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