Mambo Samantha Corfield

A Year and a Day.

Hello beautiful readers!

Today, 9/9/2013 marks a year and a day since our beloved Sister Candelaria passed over to the other side.  I certainly wish I could say that I miss her less, or that the pain is better... but those things would not be true.

I do take comfort in the fact that she is now risen in the Vodou religion.  She is a learned soul, our dear and wonderful helper again.  I do feel her - I feel her anxious and ready to hear from you.  I feel her having missed serving and helping.  I feel her reaching out to us.  I know some of you felt it, too, and expressed it!

As of this day you may formally ask for her help!  If she was special to you, guided you, or even if you didn't know her, but wish you did, she is here for you.

She blogged once about one of her favorite poems: http://voodooboutique.typepad.com/candelaria/2010/04/still-i-rise.html - it seems so personal and beautiful right now.

If you want to call on her, ask for her help and guidance, or just honor her, you are all free to do so at this time.  

Let me tell you some things about her:  She loves people.  She loves helping, nurturing, caring, shaping, molding, problem solving.  She doesn't eat seafood, so don't offer it to her!  She does love Mexican food and most spicy food... haha, most food - she loved to cook.  She loves a good cocktail and could make a mean martini.  She was funny.  She loved to laugh.  She was talented - could sing, dance, act, and publicly speak.  She was accomplished.  She wasn't perfect, nor would she want to be.  She knew the value in being real, in being beautifully flawed, and in learning from mistakes.  And she loves a good party!  So be happy in calling on her! 

She is a Priestess of Agwe.  Anything that you would do to serve Agwe and/or LaSirene is appropriate for Sister C - blue candles, silver anything, mirrors, sea shells, etc.   Just light a blue candle, put out a glass of water, and talk to her.  She is listening.

Still she rises.

Love you all,

Mambo Samantha Corfield, www.spellmaker.com

Sister Candelaria

 

Making Healthy Decisions - Part 9

Hello everyone!  Getting back to our series on Making Healthy Decisions - the next question we want to ask ourselves is:

Who Has Some Guidance for Me Right Now?

Generally speaking, I am not a fan of asking everyone in the world what you should do next! :-)  Some of my own very dear friends will do that and, in the end, are more confused than when they started! 

However, sometimes it is a very good thing to get some help from someone else.  Perhaps you know someone who has experienced what you are experiencing.  That is not to say that any two people may have the same outcome, but sometimes it helps to get the perspective of someone you trust.

When you need help from another person, trust your inner knowing to tell who this is. Sit and do some slow, deep breathing for two or three minutes to clear your mind.  Feel yourself go into a state of receptivity, ready to hear an answer. Then ask, "Who has the right guidance for me?"

You may see a face or hear a name immediately in your mind.  You may suddenly think of someone that is not the person you want to get guidance from, but perhaps they remind you of why you want to get guidance from someone else.  Thought processes can be funny like that! ;-)

While I am always a proponent of making your own decisions, a little helpful guidance from someone you trust may be very helpful in making your final decision.  Don't be afraid to ask!  I cannot stress the "someone you trust" part enough.  I have seen too many times where friends and clients asked advice from someone who really did not have their best interest at heart.  Choose wisely when getting counsel on an issue that is important to you.

Just remember, no matter how much you trust the person, the decision still rests with you and it has to sit well in  your soul!  :-)

 Love, light, and peace,

Mambo Samantha Corfield, www.spellmaker.com

 

Making Healthy Decisions - Part 6

Good morning everyone!  As we continue on with our series on making healthy decisions, I wanted to stop for a moment and clarify what this series is all about.  Many of my readers are those engaged in more esoteric studies - spells, spiritual growth, magickal endeavors, etc.  Those readers are tending to put this exercise in that category.  While it can be used in that way to some degree, this is meant to be about every day decision making.  Some of the information may be useful in spell casting, but really it would be more useful deciding when or if to do spell casting, not so much to assist you with the actual process. :-)

Our next question to ask ourselves when making a decison is: 

What Really Matters?

This can be extremely beneficial.  Taking the time to figure out what really matters to you is crucial to making a good decision.  For some of us, we think that everything matters equally - we are passionate about every little thing. On the surface, this can seem admirable; when you look a little deeper you will see that this means that we treat all things equally.  It is very difficult to live successfully in this way.  Prioritzing things in your life will make you more organized, let you know when to pick your battles (and not everything is worth a battle - really, it isn't), and allow you to let go of certain things in order to accomplish other, more important, things.

For most people,  beings with emotional capabilities will come first - children, spouses, parents, friends, pets, etc. For some, they themselves will come first.  After those obvious choices, what really  matters after that?  Understanding what your priorities are and how your decision impacts them will allow you to weed out things that don't matter and leave you with a clearer understanding of what your decision needs to be.

For instance, is your job the means by which you take care of the things that are most important (money) or is there another way that you care for those things (emotionally, perhaps)?  If you say yes to the former, then job decisions are going to be weighed against the impact on others. If you say yes to the latter, then job decisions may be based entirely on other criteria.

Therefore, deciding what really matters to you will help you in making a healthy  decision.  :-)

Love, light, and peace,

Mambo Samantha Corfield, www.spellmaker.com

 

Making Healthy Decisions - Part 4

PLEASE NOTE: Sorry, I accidently got these out of order! So after this will actually come Part 6 since Part 5 was already published. Sorry for the confusion!

Greetings, everyone! As we continue on with our series about making healthy decisions, we move on to our next question to ask ourselves:

What Am I Not Seeing?

We have a tendency to sometimes protect ourselves in difficult situations by not being willing to seek out what we are not wanting to see about a situation. It is something we all do - we can have a tendency to gloss over the details that are unpleasant to us. Naturally this can lead to some disasters in decision making!

Often, what we're not seeing is what we don't want to see. While it may be difficult, or sometimes even painful, force yourself to look at what you don't want to see. Hiding details from yourself is truly not helping you. Trying to force an objective, dispassionate view of the situation can be tricky and take some practice, but try it! It is very difficult for a human being to try to remove emotion from a decision. Sometimes we can trick ourselves into it by pretending that the situation actually belongs to someone else - what would we tell them that we can see?

Looking at the situation from the outside looking in can often really help us in seeing what we think might not be there! Taking off our blinders and searching for clues might be difficult, however, the end reward is completely worth it!

Love, light, and peace,

Mambo Samantha Corfield, www.spellmaker.com

Healthy Decision Making - Part 5

Hello everyone! We are at the half way point in our series on making healthy decisions! I forgot to mention in the beginning that these things should be done in order! Ask the questions in the order in which they are presented. For instance, today's question:

What Would my Grandmother

(or mother, father, Jesus, Buddha, the Lwa, whomever's philosophy your admire) Do?

Thinking of a role model, whether a great spiritual teacher, admired friend or family member, spiritual person, etc., is like having a mentor on-call. Ask yourself what this person would do if facing the same situation. You should use someone whose philosophies are well known to you and are admired by you. This is not to offset your own opinion or philosophy but rather to put things in perspective by looking at another point of view, one you have admired.

This is not to go get another opinion, this is more to see what your decision would like if shaped around an admired philosophy. The decision might not be exactly right for you configured within those parameters, however, it will give you another perspective to consider. This question should be asked after you have established the prior points in this exercise. You must first consider your own feelings and thoughts before putting someone else's spin on your decision! :-)

Love, light, and peace,

Mambo Samantha Corfield, www.spellmaker.com

Making Healthy Decisions - Part 3

Hello everyone!

Today we are continuing our series on methods to use for helping make healthy decisions. Today's question to ask yourself is:

What Are My Values?

While some values might be considered universal and subjective, each of us have our own set of values germane to only us. In order for your decision to please you long term, you are going to have to make it happen within the parameters of your own set of values. At this point in the decision-making process, it is our values that come into play, leaving alone what others might think (we will get to that later).

First we must decide how our decision impacts our core values. For some, honesty might come first; for others stretching the truth might seem perfectly acceptable. Those two people are going to come to their decisions differently and most likely with a different outcome. There is no judgment here as to right or wrong, you must decide what is acceptable within your value set.

Most all of us know what is okay with us and what is absolutely not okay with us. Looking to this set of values will help you make the decision so it falls in accordance with sitting well with you later on! If the decision is going to lead you down a path heretofore unacceptable to you then either you are experiencing a drastic change in values or you are making the wrong decision! Most like, it will be the latter.

If you don't have a stable set of core values, you may want to look to establishing that for yourself. Most people already have, but every once in awhile I have a client tell me that they are unsure what is okay or not okay with them. While it is great to be flexible, there should be a basic set of values keeping you strong! :-)

Love, light, and peace,

Mambo Samantha Corfield, www.spellmaker.com

Making Healthy Decisions - Part 2

Hello everyone!  As promised, we are moving on with our series about Making Healthy Decisions.  :-)

Today's question to ask yourself when making a decision is:

What Does My Body Have to Say About This?

We hear a lot about "gut" decisions.  Really, that is no joke!  40 trillion cells can't be wrong!  :-)  When you are working on a decision, take some quiet time and just sit and listen to what your body is telling you.  Even if you want something badly, how are you feeling physically?  Does your heart get aflutter with anticipation?  Do you feel sick to your stomach?  Are your limbs tingling?  Does your decision make you smile, cry, laugh?

Take some time to note the feelings you get from your body about your decision. If your decision fills you with dread, you might want to take some time to try altering the decision in your mind and then noting how your body feels about it!  If your body doesn't feel good about the decision, try reworking it until you notice feelings of relief, smiles, even laughter!  :-) 

You are hard-wired with instinct and abilities to help yourself make a decision.  Most of us have been taught to ignore those very things that were given to us!  Try starting out by just listening to and feeling your body in different states of emotion - how does it feel when something is good for you?  What are the sensations within your body?  How does it feel when something is bad for you?  What physical manifestations do you get?  Learning to discern what your body is telling you is the first step to receiving your body's own physical guidance for you! Learning to then TRUST that guidance will be the next step.  That will only come with practice!

Practice can be simple or complex.  One very easy way to practice is to watch movies or TV shows!  Watch a movie that is funny, inspirational, or in some way positive to you.  Pay attention to how your body feels - note each part of your body and the sensations that are there.  Continue on with a movie or show that is sad or makes you angry or feels in some way negative to you (not that being sad is always negative).  Again, pay attention to what your body's reactions are.  Make note of these sensations so that you will recognize them when it comes to decision making.

Try it! :-)

Love, light, and peace,

Mambo Samantha Corfield, www.spellmaker.com

 

Making Healthy Decisions - Part One

Happy Monday, everyone!

So often good people ask me about the decisions they are trying to make in their life.  Certainly getting advice from someone can be invaluable - especially if they are a professional or have your best interest at heart (even better if they are both!).  :-)

Of course, we don't want to have to consult someone for every decision we make!  Having the ability to make your own healthy decisions is a skill well worth having and/or developing.  Today we start a series of exercises and thoughts to help us develop our decision-making process.

The very first question to ask yourself when making any decision is:

Is this good for me?

You must first absolutely decide whether or not something is good for you!  And not just now - what about later?  We all have cravings, desires, needs, and wants.  However, are they all good for you now and later?  How will this decision impact you now, next week, next year, in 10 years?  

While it is understandable that you might take into consideration how your decision impacts family, friends, co-workers, etc., you must FIRST take into consideration whether "it" is good for you!  Once you decide that, you can then take into consideration other people. 

Now you have a place to start:  Is this good for me?  Start practicing asking yourself that during situations where it might not matter as much so when it comes time for big decision making you will already have a place to start!

Start today!  What will you wear to work tomorrow?  Is it good for you?  Where are you going to eat lunch?  Is it good for you?  Where are you going to park at the mall?  Is it good for you?  What's am I watching on TV tonight?  Is it good for you? 

Remember, "good for you" doesn't just mean eat your vegetables and don't watch too much TV - what satisfies your soul?  What makes you feel good about yourself?  Once you figure out what is good for you, you will be on your way to making great decisions!

Bookmark or save this post!  (It is good for you!)  ;-)  I will be adding more information over the next few days about how to make healthy decisions and set your life in the right direction!

Love, light, and peace,

Mambo Samantha Corfield, www.spellmaker.com

 

 

'Memba This?

Hi everyone!  So over two years ago I published this post below about The Pink Bubble Meditation. Every once in awhile someone asks me about it and I will re-direct them to where the old post is.  However, this week, no less than TEN PEOPLE have mentioned it to me!  LOL.  I truly took this as a sign from Les Lois that there were people out there in need of this meditation exercise so I am simply reposting my old post for probably a whole new audience who needs this pink magick!!

Whomever is out there that needed this - God bless and here it is!

Love,light, and peace,
Mambo Sam
www.spellmaker.com

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Hello everyone!  Have you attempted meditation?  Meditation has been around for centuries and is used for many different manifestations of life:  health, love, anger management, relaxation, etc.  There are literally thousands of ways to meditate and assist in the manifestation of your goals. 

In spell work we are often trying to attain a particular goal:  It may be love, money, a job, etc.  Whatever our reason for doing the spell work, adding in some creative meditations can certainly be a way of assisting your situation.

Over the upcoming weeks, I would like to share with you some of my favorite meditation techniques. I hope you enjoy them!  The meditation technique below, the "Pink Bubble Meditation", is a wonderful meditation to use if you are working with our favorite love lwa, Erzulie Freda or working with pink candle magick or any other love magick.  :-)

Love,light, and peace,
Mambo Sam
www.spellmaker.com

Pink Bubble Meditation Technique

This meditation is simple and wonderfully effective.
Exercise:

• Sit or lie down comfortably, close your eyes and breathe deeply, slowly, and naturally. Gradually relax and feel this meditation taking you deeper and deeper.
• Imagine something that you would like to manifest. Imagine that is already happened.
• Picture it as clearly as possibly in your mind. Now in your mind’s eye surround your fantasy with a pink bubble; put your goal inside the bubble. Pink is the color associated with the heart, and if this color vibrations surrounds whatever you visualize, it bring to you only that which is in perfect affinity with your being.
• The third step is to let go of your bubble and imagine it floating off into the universe, still containing your vision. This symbolizes that you are emotionally ‘letting go” of it.
• Now it’s free to float around the universe, attracting and gathering energy for it’s manifestation.

Creative Visualization by Shakti Gawain 1978

How high is your aim?

What a marvelous quote!

Love,

Mambo Sam
www.spellmaker.com

More on Meditation and Focus!

Happy Monday, everyone!  Now for those of you who just did the nine day Meditation and Focus exercises, you  had focal points to help with your concentration.  Most of us here are doing, have done, or will be doing spell work.  Concentration and Focus are key to good and effective spell work!  :-)  So, the exercises I gave you over the several days helped with the spiritual end of focusing.  I found a great article by Tevjan Pettinger regarding the more physical portion of focus.  It is important to remember that whether your goal is successful spell work, spiritual growth, or something such as getting a new job, a successful balance between the spiritual and physical is the most likely path to fulfillment. 

Mr. Pettinger makes some excellent points.  Do you have tricks or tips that help you with your concentration and focus?  If so, we would love to hear them.  Leave a comment below!

Love, Mambo Sam
www.spellmaker.com

 THE ARTICLE:
In concentration we marshal all our dispersed energies into focusing on just one thing. When mastered, concentration can be of unimaginable benefit in our life; through concentration we can increase our productivity and give ourselves greater peace of mind. These are some suggestions for improving your concentration.

One-Pointedness

Concentration means that we can focus on one thing, to the exclusion of all else. Our concentration may involve writing or working on a particular problem. Whatever our activity the most important criteria is to give all our focus, concentration and attention solely to the activity at hand. Concentration becomes hopeless when we get distracted by several different things at the same time; to improve our concentration we must stop trying to do several things at once. If you are writing an article, don’t be thinking about what to say to your boss later in the day. If we can develop one-pointedness we will develop a tremendous intensity that enables us to achieve our tasks much quicker.

Learn to Control Your Thoughts

The main stumbling block to concentration is the inevitable distraction we get from our own thoughts. It is random, uninvited thoughts that distract us from achieving pure concentration. The only solution is learning to control and quieten our thoughts. The first thing to be aware of is that we do have the choice to welcome or reject thoughts; we should not feel a helpless victim of our own mind. The second thing is we need to consciously watch our thoughts and prevent ourselves following any train of thought that detracts from our concentration. If we casually begin a project, it is easy to begin daydreaming and lose focus; what we need to do is be very determined to concentrate without distracting thoughts. When we have this intention and determination it becomes much easier to concentrate.

Practice

Concentration is an activity like any other. Clearly the more we practice, the better our concentration will become. We wouldn’t expect to be a strong runner without doing some training. Similarly, concentration is like a muscle, the more we exercise the stronger it becomes. There are specific concentration exercises we can do, such as focusing on a small point of an object; but life itself presents innumerable opportunities to sharpen your concentration. The key is to always take opportunities to heighten our powers of concentration.

Meditation

The practice of meditation will definitely improve our powers of concentration. Actually, when we try to meditate, it is concentration that is the first thing we need to master. A daily period of meditation gives us the chance to specifically work on concentration techniques. This can involve concentrating on a candle or just concentrating on our breathing. These exercises are simple but effective.

Change is as Good as a Rest

It is difficult to concentrate on one thing for an extended time period. Sometimes, the best solution is to give ourselves frequent change. If we concentrate on one task for an hour, we can then move onto something different. This change in activity enables us to use different qualities, therefore, we can maintain our powers of concentration without becoming tired of one activity.

Physical Alertness

The powers of our concentration depends a lot upon our physical well-being. If we are tired, unhealthy and afflicted by numerous minor ailments, concentration will be more difficult. Of course, concentration is still possible; it is just more difficult. However, we have to try to make life easy for ourselves; we need to give a high priority to our physical health – getting sufficient sleep, staying physically fit. Undertaking exercise will help develop our concentration. It will help if we lose weight, clear the mind and create a sense of dynamism. If you struggle to concentrate, we need to think of a holistic solution; good physical health and fitness will definitely help develop our powers of concentration.

Meditation and Focus Exercise Wrap Up!

Hello everyone! It was so heartening to see that so many of you participated in this.  Truly, what this has been all about is manifesting your destiny!  I encourage you to keep track of where these exercises are. This time, we used them in a very general, self-awareness way.  However, they can also be pin-pointed to use to solve problems, meet challenges, manifest things into your life.

Now you can go back and read your writings.  Highlight those things that jump out at you. What did you discover about yourself, others, your relationship to people, places, and things?  This time we did this exercise to help with self-awareness and to help you get used to this form of work.  You will only do a few things differently to use this to help manifest things in your life. 

Best of all, you can use these exercises right along with any Spellmaker spell work or adjunct work that you are doing! For instance, if you were doing a nine day spell kit, you could do each day along with your spell kit - configuring the subject of your thoughts to the goal you are working on. If you were working on love spell work, you would start out reconfiguring your question slightly, such as, "Who am I in relation to Fred?" Then you would follow along the same pattern of reconfiguring your meditation questions to parallel your spell work.

You could do the same with candle work or any other of our magickal work - you can just slightly reconfigure your questions to work towards your goal. However, you do still want to stick with the basic questions and the basic pattern of questions - just reconfigure them to make sense with what you are doing.

After you have worked with this exercise for awhile, you will find that you turn to it more and more to solve problems, etc. You can use alongside any project, magickal or otherwise.

I also wanted to mention that the guidance to present these exercises, find the appropriate pictures, etc., came to me in a meditation and just rushed forward so fast that I almost could not write down the original 9 questions you should ask for the meditation itself!  It was wonderfully overwhelming!

I hope you enjoyed it! I would love to hear all of your comments and thoughts on this.

Love to all,
Mambo Samantha Corfield
www.spellmaker.com

Meditation and Focus Exercise Day 9: How do I manifest....

Hello, welcome to Day Nine of our exercise.  This day we have a few choices in our meditation question.  In speaking of "love" we have some choices:  How do I manifest/keep/improve love in my life?  So depending on what is happening in your life, this question may be framed differently.

Instructions:  Take a few deep breaths and relax yourself. Stare at the picture below with the thought in mind:  "How do I.......?"   Spend about 3-5 minutes staring at the picture and asking yourself the same question, "Who do I love?" After about 3-5 minutes, write down some of your impressions.  When you are done writing, stare at the picture again and ask yourself the same question, "How do I....?" After about 3-5 minutes, write down your impressions. Repeat the process one more time.  After your final writing down of your impressions (you should have written something down three separate times), close your notebook and do not go back and read your impressions. Get up and get away from your computer for a few minutes, drink some water, or take a short walk.  Come back tomorrow for a wrap up of this exercise! :-)

Love,
Mambo Samantha Corfield
www.spellmaker.com

Meditation and Focus Exercise Day 8: Who do I love?

Hello, welcome to Day Eight of our exercise.

Instructions:  Take a few deep breaths and relax yourself. Stare at the picture below with the thought in mind:  "Who do I love?"   Spend about 3-5 minutes staring at the picture and asking yourself the same question, "Who do I love?" After about 3-5 minutes, write down some of your impressions.  When you are done writing, stare at the picture again and ask yourself the same question, "Who do I love?" After about 3-5 minutes, write down your impressions. Repeat the process one more time.  After your final writing down of your impressions (you should have written something down three separate times), close your notebook and do not go back and read your impressions. Get up and get away from your computer for a few minutes, drink some water, or take a short walk.  Come back tomorrow and do Day Nine. :-)

Love,
Mambo Samantha Corfield
www.spellmaker.com

Meditation and Focus Exercise Day 7: Who loves me?

Hello, welcome to Day Seven of our exercise.

Instructions:  Take a few deep breaths and relax yourself. Stare at the picture below with the thought in mind:  "Who loves me?"   Spend about 3-5 minutes staring at the picture and asking yourself the same question, "Who loves me?" After about 3-5 minutes, write down some of your impressions.  When you are done writing, stare at the picture again and ask yourself the same question, "Who loves me?" After about 3-5 minutes, write down your impressions. Repeat the process one more time.  After your final writing down of your impressions (you should have written something down three separate times), close your notebook and do not go back and read your impressions. Get up and get away from your computer for a few minutes, drink some water, or take a short walk.  Come back tomorrow and do Day Eight. :-)

Love,
Mambo Samantha Corfield
www.spellmaker.com

Meditation and Focus Exercise Day 6: How can I get what I want?

Hello, welcome to Day Six of our exercise.

Instructions:  Take a few deep breaths and relax yourself. Stare at the picture below with the thought in mind:  "How can I get what I want?"   Spend about 3-5 minutes staring at the picture and asking yourself the same question, "How can I get what I want?" After about 3-5 minutes, write down some of your impressions.  When you are done writing, stare at the picture again and ask yourself the same question, "How can I get what I want?" After about 3-5 minutes, write down your impressions. Repeat the process one more time.  After your final writing down of your impressions (you should have written something down three separate times), close your notebook and do not go back and read your impressions. Get up and get away from your computer for a few minutes, drink some water, or take a short walk.  Come back tomorrow and do Day Seven. :-)

Love,
Mambo Samantha Corfield
www.spellmaker.com

Meditation and Focus Exercise Day 5: What do I want?

Hello, welcome to Day Five of our exercise.

Instructions:  Take a few deep breaths and relax yourself. Stare at the picture below with the thought in mind:  "What do I want?"   Spend about 3-5 minutes staring at the picture and asking yourself the same question, "What do I want?" After about 3-5 minutes, write down some of your impressions.  When you are done writing, stare at the picture again and ask yourself the same question, "What do I want?" After about 3-5 minutes, write down your impressions. Repeat the process one more time.  After your final writing down of your impressions (you should have written something down three separate times), close your notebook and do not go back and read your impressions. Get up and get away from your computer for a few minutes, drink some water, or take a short walk.  Come back tomorrow and do Day Six. :-)

Love,
Mambo Samantha Corfield
www.spellmaker.com

Meditation and Focus Exercise Day 4: What do I have?

Hello, welcome to Day Four of our exercise.

Instructions:  Take a few deep breaths and relax yourself. Stare at the picture below with the thought in mind:  "What do I have?"   Spend about 3-5 minutes staring at the picture and asking yourself the same question, "What do I have?" After about 3-5 minutes, write down some of your impressions.  When you are done writing, stare at the picture again and ask yourself the same question, "What do I have?" After about 3-5 minutes, write down your impressions. Repeat the process one more time.  After your final writing down of your impressions (you should have written something down three separate times), close your notebook and do not go back and read your impressions. Get up and get away from your computer for a few minutes, drink some water, or take a short walk.  Come back tomorrow and do Day Five. :-)

Love,
Mambo Samantha Corfield
www.spellmaker.com

Meditation and Focus Exercise Day 3: How can I become who I want to be?

Hello, welcome to Day Three of our exercise.

Instructions:  Take a few deep breaths and relax yourself. Stare at the picture below with the thought in mind:  "How can I become who I want to be?"   Spend about 3-5 minutes staring at the picture and asking yourself the same question, "How can I become who I want to be?" After about 3-5 minutes, write down some of your impressions.  When you are done writing, stare at the picture again and ask yourself the same question, "How can I become who I want to be?" After about 3-5 minutes, write down your impressions. Repeat the process one more time.  After your final writing down of your impressions (you should have written something down three separate times), close your notebook and do not go back and read your impressions. Get up and get away from your computer for a few minutes, drink some water, or take a short walk.  Come back tomorrow and do Day Four :-)

Love,
Mambo Samantha Corfield
www.spellmaker.com

Meditation and Focus Exercise Day 2: Who do I want to be?

Hello, welcome to Day Two of our exercise.

Instructions:  Take a few deep breaths and relax yourself. Stare at the picture below with the thought in mind:  "Who do I want to be?"   Spend about 3-5 minutes staring at the picture and asking yourself the same question, "Who do I want to be?" After about 3-5 minutes, write down some of your impressions.  When you are done writing, stare at the picture again and ask yourself the same question, "Who do I want to be?" After about 3-5 minutes, write down your impressions. Repeat the process one more time.  After your final writing down of your impressions (you should have written something down three separate times), close your notebook and do not go back and read your impressions. Get up and get away from your computer for a few minutes, drink some water, or take a short walk.  Come back tomorrow and do Day Three. :-)

Love,
Mambo Samantha Corfield
www.spellmaker.com

Meditation and Focus Exercise Day 1: Who am I?

Hello, welcome to Day One of our exercise.

FOR ALL DAYS OF THE EXERCISES:  Don't self edit!  Just let your thoughts flow.  Don't worry about punctuation, spelling, etc.  You might find yourself doodling pictures instead of writing words.  There is no wrong "answer" to the questions that will be asked. Don't limit yourself in these exercises. This is about setting your mind and will free.  Don't over think the process - just let it flow. Most of us block our own success. Don't block your mind and spirit in these exercises. This is all about the freedom to succeed in all things.  Please feel free to share your experiences each day in the "comments" section below the post.

Instructions:  Take a few deep breaths and relax yourself. Stare at the picture below with the thought in mind:  "Who am I?"   Spend about 3-5 minutes staring at the picture and asking yourself the same question, "Who am I?" After about 3-5 minutes, write down some of your impressions.  When you are done writing, stare at the picture again and ask yourself the same question, "Who am I?" After about 3-5 minutes, write down your impressions. Repeat the process one more time.  After your final writing down of your impressions (you should have written something down three separate times), close your notebook and do not go back and read your impressions. Get up and get away from your computer for a few minutes, drink some water, or take a short walk.  Come back tomorrow and do Day Two. :-)

Love,
Mambo Samantha Corfield
www.spellmaker.com

9-Day Meditation and Goal Focus Exercise

Hello everyone!
Here at Spellmaker we are always concerned with everyone's goals! What do you want? Why did you come to us? How can we help you get what you want?

Over the years I have noticed that the busier we all get, the less time we have to truly focus on our goals. So many times I will have people tell me that they will do "anything" to get the person they love, and yet balk at the idea of having to spend 45 minutes a day doing that "anything." ;-) It isn't their fault entirely, though! We live in a world where we are forced to produce, get ahead, be on top of everything, etc. However, there is a problem with that: The very goals we are trying to achieve often elude us because we are so busy and so rushed to "get ahead" that we forget that those goals need our focus and attention! We end up frustrated, flustered, and feeling a lack of direction - and we see our goals slipping away from us.

Therefore, starting tomorrow, I will publish a nine-day set of meditative and focal exercises that I structured to help you achieve your dreams and goals. For some, it may raise more questions than it answers! However, if you will stick to these exercises for nine days in a row, you will begin to see the benefit! Remember, the answers to ALL that you want to know are inside of you. You are the expert on you! Sometimes you just need a little help to remember that.

No worries if you can't do the nine days in a row right now. This blog will have these exercises on it for as long as it exists, and I expect that to be a very long time. ;-)

What you will need for these exercises: About 15 minutes alone time (more if you can). A notebook that you can keep and refer to. You may want to do these exercises many times over your lifetime. If you can keep a notebook and refer back to it, you will see how you grow, change, and achieve! Something to write with. That's about it! Pretty simple.

I look forward to your progress.

Love,
Mambo Samantha Corfield
www.spellmaker.com

Buddhist Prayer.

Hello everyone, happy  Monday!

Many times I speak with people who want to pray, but don't really want to pray to any particular diety, saint, or being.  They just want to say a prayer of good wishes, love, etc.  I think this Buddhist prayer fits the bill very well and we could all benefit from the beautiful wishes of this prayer:

"May all beings have happiness, and the causes of happiness.
May all be free from sorrow, and the causes of sorrow.
May all never be separated from the sacred happiness
which is sorrowless.
And may all live in equanimity,
without too much attachment and too much aversion,
And live believing in the equality of all that lives.

May all beings be filled with joy and peace.
May all beings everywhere,
The strong and the weak,
The great and the small,
The mean and the powerful,
The short and the long,
the subtle and the gross:
May all beings everywhere,
Seen and unseen,
Dwelling far off or nearby,
Being or waiting to become:
May all be filled with lasting joy.
Let no one deceive another,

Let no one anywhere despise another,
Let no one out of anger or resentment
Wish suffering on anyone at all.
Just as a mother with her own life
Protects her child, her only child, from harm,
So within yourself let grow
A boundless love for all creatures.

Let your love flow outward through the universe,
To its height, its depth, its broad extent,
A limitless love, without hatred or enmity.
Then as you stand or walk,
Sit or lie down,
As long as you are awake,
Strive for this with a one-pointed mind;
Your life will bring heaven to earth."

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Now, of course, it is a great accomplishment to pray this prayer and FEEL it truly.  However, I do think that there is a great deal of power in this prayer and a great deal of help for all who pray it.

Love, light, and peace, Mambo Samantha Corfield

www.spellmaker.com

Focused Meditation

Hello everyone!  Very often clients tell me that they have trouble focusing when doing the "reflection" part of their love spell work.  They find that their mind wanders and they don't feel that they are focused enough on what they are trying to do. 

The article below by Kathy Glass, M.S. instructs on how to do focused meditation. I have added some notes here and there to illustrate how one might use this to focus on their petitions for spell work.  Additionally, using this exercise just to learn to focus, without involving your spell work at all, will help you when you DO go back to your spell work. 

FOCUSED MEDITATION

This type of meditation involves focusing on something intently as a way of staying in the present moment and turning off your internal dialogue. Many people find this type of meditation easier to practice than classic meditation where you focus on nothing to quiet your mind. With focused meditation, you can choose to focus on almost anything that involves the senses, including sounds, visual pieces, tactile sensations, tastes and smells, and even the your own breathing! Here’s how:

Here's How:

Choose a target for your focus. The sound of a metronome, the smell of incense, or a pleasing picture are all popular choices.  Get into a comfortable position, and relax your body. Turn your attention to your chosen target, and take in the sensation it provides. Focus on the sound, smell, sight, etc. and simply experience what it has to offer. The idea is not to think about it, but simply to experience it, being fully present in the moment.   Mambo's Note:  If you are doing spell work and using this exercise to focus on your petition or goal for the spell work, you could use either a picture that represents the successful outcome of your spell work to you.  You could also use the product you are using as the focal point - candle, doll, talisman, etc.  In this way you can allow yourself to relax into the meditation and simply focus on the outcome.  This is not to say that this replaces the rest of what you do in the spell work, but is a way to help you focus on the outcome.

1. If your internal voice starts to analyze it, or begins to rehash stressful situations of the day, worry about the future, make a list for grocery shopping, or anything else, gently turn your attention back to your chosen target and the sensation it provides. Let your mind stay quiet and clear.

2. If you find your mind engaging you and realize that you’re not being fully present with the sensations of your chosen target, don’t let your inner perfectionist beat you up for ‘doing it wrong’; simply congratulate yourself for noticing, and return back to the present moment and the sensations it has to offer.

3. That’s it. It may sound a little strange or difficult to understand as you’re reading this, but as you practice this type of meditation, it will become easier and make more sense. The more you practice, the more benefits you will experience. Enjoy!

Tips:

1. Give it time. Meditation often takes practice. If you’re expecting to do it ‘perfectly’, you may actually create more stress for yourself than you relieve, and you won’t want to stick with it.
2. Start with shorter sessions—like five minutes—and work your way up to longer sessions—like 30. With practice, this type of meditation becomes easier and more effective.
3. If the experience is frustrating for you and you don’t really want to continue, you may find more success with other types of meditation.

What You Need:

• Some quiet, private time.
• Comfortable clothes.
• A willing attitude and an open mind.

End of Article

Focusing on a goal, petition, or reflection during spell work is often the biggest challenge that my clients have to overcome.  Doing this exercise will definitely help you if lack of focus is a challenge that you have.

Love, Mambo

Raja Yoga

Greetings everyone!   I did hear from several of you that you tried The Pink Bubble meditation!   I am so glad that you did.  It is easy to use and something you can use in conjunction with your love spell work or any other spell work. 

Now I wanted to share some things with you about Raja Yoga meditation.  This is a little more complex but it can still be so very useful to you if you give it some time and try it.  Many times during our spell work, we have a tendency to get frustrated, negative, and just start to feel like nothing is going our way.  Well, as you know, just feeling that way has a tendency to bring a negative spin to your spell work and can cause ill effects!  So then we are in this vicious cycle of not feeling good because things aren't happening for us and things aren't happening for us because we are not feeling good about them! 

On our forum and in our blogs we discuss many different ways to cope with these feelings.  Meditation is another coping mechanism that can help you clear out the negativity and make a peaceful path to getting your goals!

In a recent post on Sister Bridget's Blog there was a discussion about "relinquishing control."  Meditation is also a great way to achieve that goal.  When we truly  meditate and set ourselves free, even if it is just for a few minutes, we set the stage for positive energy flow and stop trying to control every little thing in our lives. 

Peace and Joy!  Mambo Sam

Raja Yoga Meditation

Daily mental exercises. The act of Raja Yoga meditation for at least 15 minutes in the early morning will have a positive effect during the entire day.

Upon waking have the thought; I am a peaceful soul, my aim today is to radiate peace to every person that I come into contact with.

These meditations have been taken from the knowledge as taught by the Brahma Kumaris Raja Yoga meditation organization. The organization is unique because the main administrators are women. Dadi Prakashmani, Dadi Janki and Dadi Gulzar are the spiritual leaders whom create an atmosphere of spiritual love and humility. They are the embodiment of what they teach, shinning lights of love and peace.

Raja Yoga meditation

Try to experience the stillness of mind of being a peaceful soul as other thoughts emerge in the mind do not judge or focus on them but repeat ............ I am a peaceful soul ............. I am a peaceful soul ............ My mind is filled with peace .............. I radiate peace to the world ............... I feel the gentle waves of peace flowing across my mind ........... As these peaceful thoughts emerge in my mind I feel the stillness and silence envelopes my mind ................. I am the peaceful soul ...... I am a peaceful loving soul ............ My mind feels light and free from worries ........... I realize my real nature is peace .......... Peaceful thoughts flow through the mind and I feel the self becoming light ...................... I am a being of light shining like a star ....................... I radiate peace and light to the world ...................... The light and peace envelopes me and the waves of peace and light shine like a lighthouse............................................. This is the wonderful journey of self discovery.

Raja Yoga Meditation philosophy

The basis for attaining an experience in raja yoga meditation in to understand the self and the mind. The human mind is the most creative, powerful and wonderful "instrument" we possess. Using this energy called mind we have been able to search the deepest oceans, send humans to the moon and scan the molecular fabric of the building blocks of nature. But have we found our true self? We have become the most educated and civilized society in our history, but are we civil towards each other?

The soul has three main faculties; the mind or consciousness, the intellect and the subconscious.

Thoughts flow from the sub conscious mind to the conscious mind. Feelings and emotions form in accordance with the montage of thoughts flowing in the mind. Therefore our state of mind at any given moment is determined by the thoughts in our consciousness, and also with the feelings that we associate with those thoughts. Since our sub consciousness contains all our previous thoughts and experiences, it is necessary to selectively control the flow of thoughts that emerges from the sub conscious mind.

The intellect is the controller which is used to discriminate so that only positive and benevolent thoughts flow into our mind. With meditation or deep contemplation, the individual is able to strengthen and sharpen the intellect. The end result is a constant state of well being. If we are able to understand the self as the source of energy that creates our feelings, then the following will become our aims.

Become aware of our state of mind and of the thoughts that flows into the mind from our subconscious.
Strengthen the intellect so that the individual can discriminate and thereby only allow positive and peaceful thoughts to flow into the mind.
Through this process of self development the individual develops more control over the mind.

Dadi Prakashmani, Dadi Janki and Dadi Gulzar are the spiritual leaders of the Raja Yoga meditation organization. They are the embodiment of soul consciousness, filled with love, light and happiness.

These meditations have been taken from the knowledge as taught by the Brahma Kumaris Raja Yoga meditation organization. Raja Yoga meditation organization

More on Raja Yoga

The Pink Bubble Meditation

Hello everyone!  Have you attempted meditation?  Meditation has been around for centuries and is used for many different manifestations of life:  health, love, anger management, relaxation, etc.  There are literally thousands of ways to meditate and assist in the manifestation of your goals. 

In spell work we are often trying to attain a particular goal:  It may be love, money, a job, etc.  Whatever our reason for doing the spell work, adding in some creative meditations can certainly be a way of assisting your situation.

Over the upcoming weeks, I would like to share with you some of my favorite meditation techniques. I hope you enjoy them!  The meditation technique below, the "Pink Bubble Meditation", is a wonderful meditation to use if you are working with our favorite love lwa, Erzulie Freda or working with pink candle magick or any other love magick.  :-)

Love, Mambo Sam

Pink Bubble Meditation Technique

This meditation is simple and wonderfully effective.
Exercise:

• Sit or lie down comfortably, close your eyes and breathe deeply, slowly, and naturally. Gradually relax and feel this meditation taking you deeper and deeper.
• Imagine something that you would like to manifest. Imagine that is already happened.
• Picture it as clearly as possibly in your mind. Now in your mind’s eye surround your fantasy with a pink bubble; put your goal inside the bubble. Pink is the color associated with the heart, and if this color vibrations surrounds whatever you visualize, it bring to you only that which is in perfect affinity with your being.
• The third step is to let go of your bubble and imagine it floating off into the universe, still containing your vision. This symbolizes that you are emotionally ‘letting go” of it.
• Now it’s free to float around the universe, attracting and gathering energy for it’s manifestation.

Creative Visualization by Shakti Gawain 1978