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Tuesday

From World News (WN) Network

An article from World News (WN) Network about my new novel, The Awakening, the first in the Beyond the Veil of illusion series.

http://article.wn.com/view/2014/04/10/Socialites_Hippies_Sex_Romance_Marijuana_Ayahuasca_and_Spiri/

Clooney and Amal Engaged or Another Clooney Prank?

Clooney Engaged or Prank? One has to ask themselves with the string of pranks that George Clooney has played over the years if it's true that he is really engaged to Amal Alamuddin.
Remember, this is the same man who spends years planning elaborate jokes. Since there is no official word yet from the Clooney camp, I am still holding my breath. I do, however have a couple of things to say on the subject.
George, if you have found true love, them my best wishes to you and your future Mrs. Shall you both share a love that transcends time and space, filled with kisses as sweet as the ripest peach and starry evenings.
If it is a prank, then I bow to your magnificence and beg for your tutelage. (last article on Clooney Prankster Team). And of course I still want to kick back have a beer as we compare the holes in our jeans while fishing at the arch

Wishing you both joy and happiness.
Blessings from your pal, the eat pray love girl,
LeeZa Donatella
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Touching the Lives of Others

As I spend time at the Casa of Dom Ignacio in Abadiania Brazil I am touched by all the wonderful people that come here. Most travel the long distance seeking physical healing. There is one man in particular originally from Russia who came here to heal from brain cancer. His smile is as bright as the sun and his eyes warm your heart.

I speak to a lot of people in my travels sharing words of love, encouragement and strength. I am often told that my time with them has helped them in some way. But when my Russian friend was leaving he hugged me and said that I made a difference in his life, tears formed in mine. Funny how a few kind words can touch one's heart.

As I continue to serve others and spread the love, I think of people like my Russian friend who endure experiences far beyond my comprehension and are still able to share their love with others.

Wishing you blessings this day and always,
LeeZa Donatella
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PS - I LOVE questions, so please keep them coming! I answer every one and depending on the topic, add them to a question and answer section at the bottom of each article. There are no stupid questions, just unasked ones. We are all here to help each other. Open your heart and share your question. You just may be helping another by asking it. To shy to post a comment. That's okay. email me.

Monday

Eliminating Doubt in Yourself

So often in my life I have been faced with a crossroad. Have you? It's when we are at that place that helps us blossom and move forward that we are faced with with great life changing decisions.

Let me give you an example.
John is an incredible artist but has always made a decent income as an auto mechanic. His job pays the bills but it's not his passion. When he rises each morning all he can think about is putting his brush in hand and painting the sun as it rises over the meadow. That IS his joy.

Noticing Your Energy

Have you ever been in a place in your life where you feel love and bliss most of the day? I can tell you that it is the most delicious feeling to be in your heart. With that said, when you are, even the most subtle shifts in your energy field to that which is not bliss are disturbing.

This was my experience this morning, when I was in a state that was less than bliss upon waking. I noticed that there was something off, but had no idea why, feeling like a bull in a china shop. It was a unsettling in my stomach, a sharp edge in my tone and a deliberate harshness to my stride.

I had to take a few minutes and re-center to get back into my heart before proceeding.

Be aware of your energies as you move through your day and move back to your heart when you feel those lower vibrations start to creep in.

Wishing you a day filled with the Love,

LeeZa Donatella

Links of items I enjoy, that you may find useful

Berkey Water Filter The only filter I've found that removes fluoride from drinking water. We filter fluoride from our drinking water to decalcify our pineal gland to connect to increase our spiritual awareness. (article on the Pineal Gland)

Spiritual Guide Incense I love this incense that gets me into the zone.

Great Meditation Music

Comfortable Meditation Pillow
Essential Oil Candles

Chakra and Healing Stones

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Other authors books that have helped me on my journey.

The Four Agreements by don Miguel Ruiz

The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield

The Essential Rumi by Jalal al-Din Rumi

Carlos Castaneda's books

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Friday

Vibrating Love

Vibrating Love
I am always blessed when I can stay in the higher vibrations, frequencies that are so delicious that they tickle the hearts of everyone I meet. Actually it's more than that and I blush just a little as I write this. When I started focusing on vibrating only love, well, a strange thing happened when it came to the opposite sex.

Across the Universe

When asked to write about recent movies that I have seen, I had to admit that being in the middle of nowhere Brazil does not lend itself to finding a movie theatre. I did however crawl out from under the rock I’ve been hiding under and finally watch a YouTube recording of Across the Universe. It really blew me away. Beside the fact that the lead character has the sweetest accent and a buttery voice, he is also not bad to look at. Add in the fact that the story is set around Beatles music it became a winner for me.

I am finding it difficult to say with any certainty what other works I have seen that would fall into the same category. I guess you will just have to look for yourself and see what you think

Not my typical post, but this film does fit into my genre as it looks at love and life past the two-by-two illusion into something that stretches the imagination and makes us think of something other than the homogenized world and the ticky-tac.

Blessings from your eat pray love girl,

LeeZa Donatella

Wednesday

How to Attract Your Soulmate, Your One True Love

I was traveling abroad making appearances and in one week alone I had been asked almost a dozen times several questions about soul mates like, "How do I attract my soulmate?, How to I find my soul mate?, Do soul mates really exist? Why can't I find my soul mate? How can I have true love? How do I manifest a good man?" and my favorite, "Can I smudge for a husband."

What I discovered is that people are similar no matter where they come from. Everyone wants to find that special once in a lifetime true love that transcends time and space. Do you blame them? Because it seems to be the theme, I thought it was time that I shared with all of you a couple of tidbits about soul mates and soul connections including the definition of a soul mate, what a soul mate is not, the purpose of soul connections and a 3 step process to attract that soul mate, your one true love faster than you can say, ‘well hello there.’

Before I give you the formula about how to attract your soulmate, let me give you a little soulmate education.

What is a Soulmate?
The first thing you need to do is know what a soulmate actually is. It's my understanding that we all are part of a particular soul family. A good example is likening your soul family to an extended family of about 250-2000 relatives, except your soul family is so much bigger with each one being considered a soul mate.

How can you recognize a Soul Mate?

You recognize your soul family by the instant connection you share. A soul mate can be either male or female and can be the same sex or the opposite sex to your own.

A perfect example of a soul mate connection that I experienced was when I was traveling abroad and a Middle Eastern women and I met by accident and instantly connected. We spent several hours speaking in English, then all of a sudden she started speaking to me in Farsi. She looked at me sideways when I didn't respond. I nonchalantly said, “You do know that I have no idea what you are saying.” She apologized and we both got a big laugh as it happened several times again before we made our farewells for the evening.

Not all soul mates are Created Equal
I say this in jest, but I often get the question, “I thought a Soul Mate was my Life Long Partner, My True Love? If he was my soul mate, why did he hurt me?”

Not all the soul mates we meet are intended for a long lasting physical relationship. It can be confusing when we meet one of our soul brothers or sisters because our work together is not always apparent, especially when we feel that instant connection and attraction. With thousands of your soul family members floating around, each of them we meet serves a purpose and we need to be open to doing the work we agreed to with them which may not necessarily be a physical relationship. We meet these people because we have both made some cosmic agreement long ago, that we would play out some experience with them, help them on their way, complete a karmic dance together, learn and grow from each other.

Something I hear all the time is: When I get x job, x amount of money, more muscular, that new hair style, car, lose 15 pounds, I will DO this and that or be this or that. I could go on and on, but I think you get the idea.

Sweetheart, if you are going to wait to live your life until tomorrow, let me tell you this: tomorrow never comes. You have to be content and satisfied with where you are right now. And when you are then each new day you will get a little closer to your brand of perfection. The funny thing is that once you find your inner love and are okay with where you are at right now, well, you realize that you are perfect. And when you realize that you are perfect then you are worthy of, well everything.

Sedona Crystal Skull Meditation

Crystal Skulls Meditation
Right before I left Sedona for Brazil on my quest to revisit some of the spiritual places I loved in South America, I received an invitation to meditate with over 200 crystal skulls. Over the years I had heard that crystal skulls existed, but had never heard of any one having so many of them. I was honored to be included as one of the few people that they allowed to meditate with them this one evening, as I sought to bring my awareness to the next level.

I felt very privileged for the opportunity to be in the same room with such energetic symbols and knew that they was a once in a lifetime experience. 'What will I take away?' I thought as I drove the 20 minutes to the neighboring town of Clarkdale. Time would only tell. I was just so tickled and giddy that I could hardly sit still in my seat as I bounced to the tunes on the radio. When I arrived I was greeted by two lovely people, Jeanne and Jaap, my hosts for this wondrous 2 hour journey of discovery.

I removed my shoes and gazed upon the over 200 skulls organized in circles upon circles in the center of the room. They seemed to be divided into major sections, each location's name written on a small place card. I wondered what that meant, but never got a chance to ask. In front of each section was also a cushion where a person would sit in meditation. Each section also had a jar of water, which I found out was infused with some energy from the area. Tonight's mediation was focused on the 6th chakra, the third eye or what some call the brow chakra where all intuition comes. The water was infused with the 6th chakra's energy, from a Sedona location representing that chakra. We were instructed to drink the purified infused water to help us on our journey and my heart leapt as I opened the jar. 'I am truly blessed, ' I thought. What better way to start my journey of increasing my consciousness then to focus on this of all other chakras. 'How did they know? How have I not heard of this in the couple of years I have been living in Sedona?'

Well someone knew that I was ready for this, ergo the invitation. I was finally ready to take it to the next level and I was eager to see what I would discover.

I relied on my hosts Jaap and Jeanne to educate me on the process and fill me on on the purpose of the skulls and what to expect from the meditation. I was appreciative of their 20 years each of experience, evident as they shared the history and the science with the group.

We were asked to close our eyes and connect to one skull, permitted to hold it in our hand. Since my experience is a private one, I will not at this time divulge what happened to me. What I will tell you is that it was life changing and I walked away from this experience a more enlightened person, taking with me ancient information that I will utilize in furthering my spiritual growth and consciousness.

Jaap and Jeanne allowed me to tape them. Below is a video of the interview I performed after the meditation.

Please visit their website for more information on what they do and how to contact them. http://www.lemurantis.com

Wishing you a day filled with new adventures and experiences,

LeeZa Donatella

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Monday

Soul Mates and Soul Connections

I have been receiving a lot of questions about soul mates, like: what a soul mate is; how can I find my soul mate; if this person was my soul mate why did they hurt me and a plethora of other soul connection and twin flame related questions.

For lovers of Fifty Shades of Grey, you will enjoy reading a delicious story about soul mate connections called, The Awakening, now available on Amazon to take a peak!

It is my understanding that we all are part of a particular soul family. Now one can argue that there should be only one soul family under God, but based on my studies and experience, I do not happen to agree. For arguments sake, let’s say that you have an extended family of about 60-100 relatives. Well, this is the approximate size of your soul family. Each one of those can be considered a soul mate, with one exact mirror image of you being your twin flame.

How can you recognize a Soul Mate?

A soul mate is someone that comes from your same soul family. You recognize them by the instant connection you share. A soul mate can be either male or female and can be the same sex or the opposite sex to your own.

A perfect example of a soul connection I experienced was here in Abadiânia when a Middle Eastern women and I instantly connected. After we had spent several hours speaking in English, she started speaking to me in Farsi and looked at me sideways when I did not respond. I nonchalantly said, “You do know that I have no idea what you are saying.” She apologized and we both got a big laugh as it happened several times again before we made our farewells for the evening.

What is my Twin Flame?

Imagine someone who had the same traits, thought the same, had the same hangups and faults, same great qualities, same good days and bad days as you and now you are describing your twin flame. Do you want to date a carbon copy of yourself? When it is good, it will be very good, but when it is on a down cycle, it can be unbearable. There are plenty of other soul mates that you CAN have a long lasting relationship with that are not so torturous.

I thought a Soul Mate was my Life Long Partner, My True Love?

You are talking to the hopeless romantic and I can tell you that not all soul mates are created equally.

I say this in jest, but I often get the question, “if he or she was my soul mate, why did they hurt me?” It can be confusing when we meet one of our soul brothers or sisters because our work together is not always apparent. People believe that a soul mate can only be our one true love. Well, your wrong, so let me educate you now.

With thousands of your soul family members floating around, each of them we meet serves a purpose and you are not supposed to have a physical relationship with every soul mate you meet!
And the ones that we do have a physical relationship with, not all of them will be long lasting. We meet these people because we have both agreed before coming to Earth that we would play out some experience with them, help them on their way, complete a karmic dance together that we perhaps began in a past life, learn and grow from each other, or yes, fall in love and live together for a long period in this physical lifetime.

But even knowing what I have just explained about does not make it any easier when you meet someone with whom you share an instant attraction; who wears their soul at the tips of their eyes and as hard as you try not to look into them you do and you start to fall. So STOP and pull yourself together as you get up and think sensibly before the dance becomes something it shouldn't. And if that tango last too long and leads to a dip or two as you cross the boundary with a soul mate that you were not intended to be with in a physical sense, don't beat yourself up. It has happened to the best of us as we are tickled by that intense connective energy throughout our lifetime. Just brush yourself off, chalk it up to experience, learn something from the encounter and continue to move forward.

Sending you love and great soul connections this day and always.
Blessings from your personal eat pray love girl,

LeeZa Donatella

Sunday

Never Be Embarrassed if it Helps You or Someone Else Grow

To say that it can be a little embarrassing channeling messages for strangers can be an
understatement. Let me provide for you an example based on my personal experience. The other day I was in the shower as I got ready to meet some women for dinner. From my watery heaven I overheard a group talking in the courtyard behind my room. Here I was lathered up, enjoying the refreshing feeling of cool water on my body on a hot day, when I received the overwhelming urge to go out there and join them. ‘You’ve got to be kidding me,’ I said to myself and ignored the call to duty. Oh, no, they were not accepting no for an answer today as I almost felt a hand on my back pushing me out of the shower in an attempt to hurry me up. ‘For Pete’s sake,’ I thought as I dressed, my hair, dripping wet. ‘What’s the big rush?’

Don't Feel Obligated to Do what you Don't Like

I know I have written about this in some shape or fashion before but feel that it's important to be blunt. I am originally from New York, after all. When I say that you should follow your passion and your joy, I really mean it. Today, if there is something that I am asked to do and I don't want to do it, I really don't do it. I walked away from a long term relationship where I was not happy as well as a very lucrative corporate position that provided me with no joy. And as I walked into the potential darkness of the unknown I knew one thing; that I would be shown the light. I smile as I write this knowing the joy I now experience; it's more wondrous than I could have ever imagined.

Today, I am tactfully honest about not doing anything that I dislike, No longer do I go to functions that I know I won't enjoy, sit on the couch watching that football game to appease someone else or spend time with people with whom I have nothing in common just to be polite. As far as involving myself in drama, well, let's just say "No Way Jose." It just proves to be a torture that I am no longer willing to endure. I can easily find more enjoyable alternatives, like trimming my toenails.

Whoever said that life was sacrifice, didn't know what they were talking about.

So if you love spending time with your aunt Bessy but the thought of accepting an invitation to endure her homemade pot roast makes a small bit of bile move toward the back of your throat, instead ask her over your home or meet out for a special dinner to catch up. You'll surprise yourself how quickly your frown will be turned upside down as you do only what excites you and provides you with pleasure.

As I continually follow my passion I move a little bit closer toward enlightenment and am enjoying the deliciousness of life and the abundance that comes, What's not to love about that?

Sending you love and blessings this day and always, your personal eat pray love girl,
LeeZa Donatella
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info@leezadonatella.com

PS - I LOVE questions, so please keep them coming! I answer every one and depending on the topic, add them to a question and answer section at the bottom of each article. There are no stupid questions, just unasked ones. We are all here to help each other. Open your heart and share your question. You just may be helping another by asking it. To shy to post a comment. That's okay. email me.

Blending In VS Standing Out

John of God

Funny how you find a place and seem to blend into the local culture so easily. This has been my recent experience as I go back to one of my favorite spiritual places, Abadiania, Brazil.

The humidity here has transformed my semi-curly dark hair into full-blown ringlets that spiral down from the top of my head past my shoulders. I am greeted on the street or in shops by native and foreigner alike as if I live here. They speak to me in Portuguese and I get looks of surprise when I indicate to them that I have no idea what they are saying to me.

I find it charming when fellow Americans either ask if I speak English or shoot me questions as if I work in one of the local eateries and cafes that I have been reunited with since my recent return to this gem of a town. I think it's because this place, like my hometown of Sedona, AZ, is full of spiritualism, allowing me to share my love of life with the heart-centered people who frequent this spiritual oasis in the middle of nowhere.

We are all brothers and sisters on this Earthly journey and are here to connect and share. It's the smile to everyone I meet; the touch of a hand when I see someone is hurting; telling a fellow seeker of truth that crying is a release. (my article on Crying); or spending time to listen to a wise elder who is here for healing. They see the love that I am and I appreciate the person they are.

Spiritual Consciousness without Giving Up Bacon

As I write this posting I have had less than 4 hours of sleep in the past 43 hours, yet am refreshed and alert. 'Why is that?', I wonder. I certainly never had this much stamina before.

I think it has to do with spiritual awareness. As I connect more to the energy all around me and increase my own consciousness, I am finding many of my abilities have been augmented. My body easily recuperates from fatigue, illness and injury. My mind is sharper and my senses are heigthened. I am also discovering new abilities as well.

I feel and look younger and greet each day with a song, smile to all I meet, sharing with them the love in my heart.

Gee, if I knew that spiritual consciousness without having to give up bacon would do this for me, I would have run down this path years ago.

Wishing you a day filled with peace, love and laughter.

LeeZa Donatella
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Wednesday

How to Enjoy Your Travel Day

Whether you are traveling by air, bus or train, a sure fire way to enjoy that travel day is to be courteous and kind. Go out of your way to show the love within you with patience and gratefulness to the staff that is checking you in at the travel counter as well as the baggage, security and gate staff. Say thank you often and brighten their day with a smile and a kind word.

Strange Occurrences in Sedona

So a funny thing happened after I spent 2 hours meditating with over 200 crystal skulls outside Sedona.

The next day I was waiting for my friend Michele at one of Sedona’s eateries. As I sat there I picked up the knife that was on the table. I held it in my hand with the butt side of the knife still on the paper napkin next to the corresponding fork and spoon on the table. I sat there for several minutes patiently waiting while going through a mental checklist of my tasks for the day, when I heard a click.

‘Now that’s interesting,’ I thought as I looked down to discover the spoon attached to the butt end of the knife.

So, what happened? Well, apparently, the knife had become magnetized. When Michele entered, I showed her and she taped the incident. Let's take a look.

‘An interesting fluke,’ I surmised, until I held her knife for a minute and it too became magnetized. I do not pretend to know why this happened, nor do I have an explanation. It did however make for good YouTube video as I posted them on the web, laughing out loud as thoughts of witty sayings danced in my head, like 'It must be my magnetic personality.'

We had lots of laughs as we played with the spoon and knife seeing if by concentrating we could allow it to move one way or the other.

Important to note that no one was harmed by the incident and it did not deter from our focus on eating our lunch.

I have to say that there must be some scientific explanation here, but in the back of my mind I hope that there isn’t. Sometimes when we desire to move forward, it’s nice to think that there just may be a little superman or wonder woman in all of us.

Blessings and Love to you this day and always,

LeeZa Donatella