You Can Be the First Reader of "The Journey of The Jewel" Here's How!

My dear friends,

Amazing summer days we're having. The energy is almost unrelenting in wanting us to let go. I continue to write "The Journey of The Jewel".I have reached the 2/3 mark in completing my book. I, myself can only write if I surrender to the energy of love.

I am excited about what's becoming of the book. A former coach of mine said, that this book will take me many places. I want that the book support me in my future projects. I was collaging today, and it came through powerfully my intention to help children trust in their inner guidance through connecting in nature. There is still more information coming after the Aug. 6th eclipse, so I'm holding off on declarations about my upcoming service to humanity.

"The Journey of The Jewel" will answer questions like these...

How did I manage to complete my almost 3 year journey, often being without money? What did I learn about my relationship to the Invisible Realm? How did I manage to book myself in the Algeciras cultural center, where not even the locals manage to get in? What role did my space cat, Principe, play in my story? How did the raging fire manage to spare the buildings on the ranch,yet burn everything around them? What were my walks in the night on the lonely winding road, all about? What was the divine vision I had for humanity, in my altered state in the desert? How did I manage to make the exodus from the Moroccan Sahara to the coast, 500 km away, without food and money?

A page of my story is published in the book which was released this June, "Bee-ing Attraction: What love has to do with business and marketing?" by Jan Stringer and Alan Hickman

My stories spellbind the reader. I write in guided flow. My intention is to inspire the reader to trust in the Invisible Realm and to be uplifted.
There are many myths we have lived by, through our schooling. These myths get dissolved. Time and time again, the reader sees evidence of the miraculous. Wonderful blessings surface out of nowhere. If you love Paolo Coehlo's "The Alchemist" or Elizabeth Gilbert's "Eat, Pray, and Love" you will love my story. My story appears almost surreal in some parts, and yet it was all real. The more connected we are to the Invisible Realm, the more surreal the life around us seems.

I am inviting you to be one of the first to receive "The Journey of The Jewel" which will be published in September 2009!

I would love for you to support me by being the one to purchase one or more copies of my book in advance. I am selling copies of my book at $20 a copy.

For people who purchase 3 copies or more, I am offering a special BONUS, which is reflective of a special gift I have of putting the healing energy into inanimate objects. You will receive a stuffed animal decorated with a crystal necklace. You will be astonished that the animal you receive was just the one for you!

It is very simple to participate!
1. Email me about your intention to participate anniesherwood@yahoo.com2. State how many copies of my book you want to purchase for a book delivery date in September 2009.
3. Send me a personal check for the number of copies of the book you desire. You can also send a direct deposit to my account. (I'll send you the acct.no.)

You can make the check out to:
Homer Sherwood
and mail to:
Annie Sherwood
21 Dellforest Court
The Woodlands, TX 77381
USA

4. I will send you a receipt for your purchase by email.

In September 2009, when the book comes out, I will have it shipped to you,
and will include The Surprise Stuffed Animal, for those of you who order 3 copies or more.

I thank you for your loving support and interest in sharing my gifts and talents with all of you!

Many hugs,
Annie Linnea Sherwood
jewelbeams@comcast.net
anniesherwood@yahoo.com
281-853-5455 (cell)

Eclipse Times

The eclipse takes place on Wednesday, July 22nd in India from 5:30 AM India Standard Time, has its maximum effect at 6:21 AM, and ends at 7:19 AM. Since the times can get confusing because of the international dateline, here are some for reference:

India - Wednesday 5:30 AM to 7:30 AM... Read More
Universal time - Wednesday Midnight to 2:30 AM

London - Wednesday 1 AM to 3:30 AM
Rome - Wednesday 2 AM to 4:30 AM

New York - Tuesday, 8 PM to 10:30 PM
Chicago - Tuesday, 7 PM to 9:30 PM
Denver - Tuesday, 6 PM to 8:30 PM
Los Angeles - Tuesday, 5 PM to 7:30 PM
Honolulu - Tuesday 2 PM to 4:30 PM

Link to explanation of the solar eclipse by Nasa scientist:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/07/090720-solar-eclipse-july-22-missions.html

Truly Loving Communication: Helping to Heal the Planet

Is there a part of you that holds back from speaking your Truth?
Are you afraid of what the consequences will be?
Is money, security and/or fame part of the reason why you still keep silent?

1. For people who are in relationships where you feel that people are truly
past or potential abusers, I can only say from my own experience,
it is better to let them go. Let them go quietly with a few words that will
not disturb their fragile state.
Separate from them.
Let them go by lying on the earth, and releasing their energy back into
mother earth's core. Let Her take care of them. It is beyond what
you came to earth to be in service.

2. For family members with whom you still must collaborate for being in service,
Just be love for them. Keep pointing them back to the positive. Acknowlege them.
Find a way to laugh with them. Surprise them.
Watch for which conversations you want to allow.
Hold your light within. If you must set a boundary, do it quickly, practically, saying what you will
permit and what you will not. Leave out all meaning or make wrong.

3. For people with whom you feel a level of trust in that both of you
hold responsiblity for the words spoken and the words received:

Almost all of us passed through the phase of life of very confusing
and complicated strategies for survival.
We became so analytical about how to be in relationships,
sometimes not realizing that we were still trying to control outcomes.

We defaulted to being nice, and this can be counterproductive,too.

If you feel hurt or invalidated by someone,
and perhaps it has been a consistent pattern;
If you disagree, and you feel it is important to speak your Truth,
communication is important, for helping to heal our planet.

We can help one another wake up.

First ask yourself,
"Why am I upset, truly?"

Look at what your concern or upset is.

Then ask yourself, " What "being" do I want for myself? (before speaking
to this person)

(because only you can give yourself a better feeling state of being,
and part of it IS communicating to the other)

Once you feel the shift inside to being love,
and you are clear that your intention is for healing...
(even though you may be feeling lower emotions of frustration, resentment,anger)

Reach out to the other person.
Ask them to take some time with you for loving communication.
Before you begin,
Light a candle, place some flowers, or burn some incense to set your intention.
Take 10 minutes to sit quietly to breath
Invite the Invisible Realm to help you communicate with love.

The conversation can go something like this...
The words will flow from your declaration of "being"

As you come together:

"Will you create an intention with me of "Healing" in our relationship?

"I would like for you to listen to what I have to say.
I promise to speak from I. I take responsibility for feeling better
in this situation, and part of it, is by letting you know how I feel
and what I want, what works for me and doesn't work for me.
Please listen without comment or judgement.

"Then, I invite you to speak from your experience and I will listen
without comment or judgement."

"When we finish, let us speak about what we appreciate about each other,
each one listening attentively without comment."

(For people with whom you feel ready, invite them to pass five minutes in silence gazing
into each other's eyes.)

with great love, Annie

Why I Threw the Millionaire Book into the Trash

On a walk this morning, I met a cheerful African/American
man with his two dogs. He was wearing a tee shirt with
Big Bend National Park on the front. I asked him if I could greet his dogs.
"Did you go to Big Bend I asked?"
"Yes, he said,"
"Isn't it amazing being in the wide open where there
is nothing but you and nature? One becomes very clear what
is nature out there. Here people are pretending it's nature."
I tell you what...
We're not going to be able to import food much longer. People think
they have their careers. They don't realize that soon we will all
have the same career, gardening."
The man listened and chimed in, "People don't wanna get their hands dirty."

"There's nothing like a homegrown tomato on my sandwich!" He spoke with experiential knowledge.

We departed as the sun became more intense and as I
continued my walk under the canopy,
"Why I Threw My Millionaire Book in the Trash"
popped into my head. I knew I was to write about it.

I think you understand why I threw the book in the trash.

Are you listening to what is wanting on mother earth?
When you go out in nature, what is the message you hear,
as drought spells stretch for longer periods,
and more irrigation,
and less oil production,
and more carbon in the air?

Are you listening to what is wanting to happen?
What is mother earth asking of you?

She is training us to wake up and listen to our deepest
inner messages. We won't be following a 9 to 5.
We won't be doing things for money.
We will be responding to the needs of people(including yourself!) and mother earth,
and taking care of our communities.

What is mother earth telling you?
to put on your suit and make one hundred more speeches about money?
wheel and deal and scheme?

What is all this scheming about how to make a million dollars?

In reality there is no scheming.
In reality there is no money.
There is only the divine energy in her many forms.

Anyone who thinks about money is thinking about money.
Thinking!

Two friends broke their relationship,
after Jenn lent money and agreed that
Adel could repay in payments.
Then suddenly, Jenn wrote a curt email:
"I want all of the money repayed to me now!"
Jenn is a LOA business coach and an intuitive.
Jenn said to Adel one day, "There is someone you
can work for that lives just around the corner."
Adel knew who she was intuiting:
an unlikely prospect for coaching...a very angry man.

All of this for the sake of money.
Manipulation. See how insidious it can be?
We get so sidetracked about what really matters.

We won't be writing many more millionaire books.
Money is fine. It's been a tool we needed and will need, as long as its
part of the game.

meanwhile, MOTHER EARTH IS ASKING YOU TO LISTEN

Following the Male Leader?

We have just a short time, before we enter in to a whole new phase of our lives.
I just found out that I will not know completely what my service to the world is,
until after June 23rd. (sometime after that date) Meanwhile, certain healings were brought forth for us, and will be repeated in the month of June before the solstice.

Recently I noticed that I once again wanted to fall behind the footsteps of a male spiritual leader. Yes, he speaks in a way that invites thought and inspiration.
Yes, he is charasmatic. And no, I don't feel the energy transmitted through him, than I've felt in my own meditations or in the energy vortexes I have been in. I have always asked the divine realm, through ascended masters, to channel the energy to me, as I meditate. I envision some of them with great reverance, to help me draw on the divine energy. I have done this for the last 27 years.

Yesterday, I called my intuitive mentor and pyschic, for clarification in this area and others. She is the one whom I called from time to time as I travelled alone in southern Spain and Morocco, following inner guidance. She is clearly one of my guides to the Invisible Realm.

The message channeled to me: "Don't follow male leaders any more!" I had been getting pieces around this direction throughout my journey, as I would call in to Her through Skype,from sometimes remote regions.

I would first like to ask you what could be the deepest meaning of this message, if you take this to be something to contemplate for yourself,
as we are entering into our Truth big time in these next few months, and anything which does not serve inside of us, will be healed. That is for sure. We are graced with and guided to everything we need to pass through this divine portal. All you have to do is believe so.

What could this channeled message mean?

We know that the male species has the divine presence in his core, awakened or not.
And,,,

I am getting that there is new knowlege for us to have now. It is time to finely tune our understanding and own our own divine goddess presence.

I know for myself, there is still a little bit left of...the princess waiting to be rescued by the prince (since my father was mostly emotionally unavailable to me as a child). From time to time I find myself believing what is coming out of a male authority while shutting down my own Truth. It is uncanny.

In Spain, there was a male friend of mine, who acted as a Gnostic community leader. I would go to his house in the city to speak with him. I was guided there from the very beginning. As I sat there in his living room, and he expressed his opinion, I watched myself hold back from speaking my own Truth, contrary to his! (had been doing this my whole life!) Being in Spain awakened much in me. I was horrified! I let him get away with nonsense and he was speaking about me! I was not so interested in getting political, never have, or defending myself. There is no need to defend anything AND there is a need to speak my Truth! (and from there, one can be very playful about it. Sometimes what is called for is humor. Sometimes sterness. Sometimes a parable.)

So the point of my story is: I learned that I had been denying my own Truth, blocking myself from my own Truth, because of a man I wanted to please.

There is much more unfolding to me about male leaders and it has nothing to do with being against males or being in disgust, or wanting to wage war. And yet there is something very crucial to understand here. It has to do with ME, GODDESS ME. DIVINE GODDESS WITHIN ME.

I would love to hear about your own discoveries, and so I will pause a few days before writing more. I am writing to the GODDESS in you!

with great love, Annie

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