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		<title>Making a difference..</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 23:58:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What I have recently been aware of is that life is so much more then something that is at face value. And the following examples really show how the choice is ours to see every situation in a new light. When driving you come across that person who is going 20 under the speed limit [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crystalheiderich.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6077119&amp;post=122&amp;subd=crystalheiderich&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What I have recently been aware of is that life is so much more then something that is at face value. And the following examples really show how the choice is ours to see every situation in a new light.</p>
<p>When driving you come across that person who is going 20 under the speed limit and you pass by them flipping them the bird. But what you don&#8217;t know is that person had just lost their father and are on their way home from the hospital. </p>
<p>When you are at the grocery store and the clerk doesn&#8217;t acknowledge your existence and even ignores you when you ask for assistance. You think, &#8220;what a B*tch or a**hole.&#8221; But what you don&#8217;t know is that they just found out that the baby they were pregnant with, didn&#8217;t make it.</p>
<p>When you are out for lunch and the person beside you is yelling and throwing things around and making a &#8220;scene&#8221;. You think this is inappropriate in a nice restaurant like this. What you don&#8217;t know is that person has the symptoms of Alzheimer&#8217;s and is re-living a scene from their earlier years at war.</p>
<p>All these scenarios have the ability to have a different outcome. With small shift in perception these scenarios had the ability to transform into something magical.</p>
<p>When driving you come across that person who is going 20 under the speed limit. You follow them and think of them as a angel showing you to slow down and you start to think that you could also slow down in many areas in your life. As you pass by slowly, you smile at them and you see that they have tears streaming down their face. You send them love. And you go on your way with a feeling of appreciation for what just transpired.</p>
<p>When you are at the grocery store and the clerk doesn&#8217;t acknowledge your existence and even ignores you when you ask for assistance. You go to the flower department, buy one single flower and give it to them and say, &#8220;I hope this helps brighten your day in someway.&#8221; As you leave, they feel as though that is a sign that there is hope and that things will get better for them. They smile at you and you leave feeling the ripple effects of a simple gesture that warms your heart to tears. </p>
<p>When you are out for lunch and the person beside you is yelling and throwing things around and making a &#8220;scene&#8221;. You go over and offer your assistance. The person with the symptoms of Alzheimer&#8217;s thinks you are his long lost love and wraps his arms around you. You give them a hug and they snap back into the present and let go and return to sitting at the table with their family. You leave with many thanks from his family and you leave feeling full of warmth. Everyone smiles at you.</p>
<p>Life offers many opportunities to show up and be the best you. From holding the door, to giving someone a quarter for a shopping cart. Take every opportunity to show up as the best you that you can be and see what happens <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Relationship Love for Valentines day</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:42:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Relationships come to the forefront on Valentines day. This is a post about how we can begin with love from the inside, which will then radiate out to all the relationships in our lives. The true test of our relationship with ourselves is when we get involved in outside relationships. Could our friendships, romantic relationships, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crystalheiderich.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6077119&amp;post=120&amp;subd=crystalheiderich&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Relationships come to the forefront on Valentines day. This is a post about how we can begin with love from the inside, which will then radiate out to all the relationships in our lives. </p>
<p>The true test of our relationship with ourselves is when we get involved in outside relationships. Could our friendships, romantic relationships, family, or co-worker that show up in our life be there to teach us something about ourselves? The real question is are we ready to listen? It is up to us, only us to see our lives in a new perspective, a new vantage point, here is where all the magic lies.<br />
How often do we point the finger at what someone else did, didn&#8217;t do, or could have done? How often do we give our power to someone else hoping that they will fill our empty bucket? Putting the power in someone else&#8217;s hands doesn&#8217;t mean the job is going to get done! Usually it is never really done the way we want it anyways. When we have attachments that someone needs to be a certain way or do a certain thing we set ourselves up for disappointment and frustration. No one out there is responsible to create our happiness for us. Because as long as we are looking out there for the compliments, gifts, cards, words, expressions, reassurance, and praise we are putting our happiness in the hands of others. How freeing would it be to choose from your our perspective to be happy? That everything else that came your way is just the icing on the cake.<br />
How fair is it that we expect people to be someone who they are not? Yet we find ourselves in a daily cycle of attempting to control people and outcomes till we drive ourselves crazy. What would happen if we let go of the expectations that anyone needs to be our anything and love them for who they are? As we learn to authentically love them just the way they are we are learning how to love ourselves unconditionally as well. For everything we love and hate in another is the exact thing that we love and hate in ourselves. Some may think &#8216;but I am not like that person at all&#8217;! Well maybe were not that person in the way that we think. Lets say there is someone at our work who talks and talks and is the center of attention. We are shy and introverted and we can&#8217;t stand them. They could be reflecting our need to be heard and seen&#8230; So we could control the person at work to not talk so much, but why would we when we can acknowledge our need to be heard and take action on doing that for ourselves. Rather than attempting to control people and circumstances, which only causes suffering.<br />
We are all walking around with mirrors on us. So it is our choice to see this as a fun game to learn and grow within ourselves or we can see it as a living nightmare. Our choice. Our choice to let go of the need to control others and just learn from them, love them. Whenever we are hating or resenting someone, we are hating and resenting a part of ourselves. We can learn to love these parts of ourselves. When we take the time to love ourselves, it is easy to see the beauty in everyone; for we are all pure love expressing ourselves to the best of our ability with the tools that we have at the time.<br />
So lets challenge ourselves to say &#8216;thank-you&#8217; for every person and situation that show up in our lives. The people that cause the most trigger within us are our biggest teachers to show us how to unconditionally love parts of ourselves.<br />
Thank-you everyone for showing me how to love myself more deeply and completely.</p>
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		<title>Dear Self</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear self, Though many in this world look forth to material things and accomplishments as a way to define who they are as individuals I want you to know that you don&#8217;t have to lead by the norm. It doesn&#8217;t matter what car you drive, what house you live in, what your occupation is, or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crystalheiderich.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6077119&amp;post=115&amp;subd=crystalheiderich&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear self,</p>
<p>Though many in this world look forth to material things and accomplishments as a way to define who they are as individuals I want you to know that you don&#8217;t have to lead by the norm. It doesn&#8217;t matter what car you drive, what house you live in, what your occupation is, or even what clothes you wear. Rather it is what truly connects you to your soul, connects you to anothers soul and what makes your day seem light and brilliant. I want you to know that you are loved eternally by me.. I am never judging you or pushing you to be something that you are not. Rather that is the illusion that you are believing about yourself. </p>
<p>I want you to know that I only see your beauty.. I see your beauty in the depth of your percieved distruction.. I see the beauty in your darkest moments. For I understand that you are exploring contrast and it doesn&#8217;t define who you are <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  You are forever magnificent in my eyes. If you could see yourself through my lenses you would never have any doubts on the perfection that you are&#8230; </p>
<p>I know that everything that happens in your life is for a reason, and I hold you in the place of the solution rather than the problem that you sometimes focus on. I know sometimes you would rather live a life of roses and cherry blossoms but I want you to understand that there much profoundness in the percieved pain. With this depth you are able to have an understanding of the evolution of the consciousness of the world. You know that in your core that the “crisis” in the world right now is actually providing so much more for the future because of it&#8230; there is mirror moments where you forget who you truly are which is light, which is love, which is peace, which is infinite.. That is okay.. It is all well. I want you to know though that I am always here. I am not going to go anywhere for we are not seperate. No one is.. Though sometimes that can be a hard concept to grasp in your place of feeling disconnected.</p>
<p>I want to leave you with the utter most joy, peace and happiness, as this is what you are meant to experience in this glorious life here on planet earth. You are on the leading edge <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  What a magical time to be alive. Look at the sun, stars, moon, and all that surrounds you.<br />
You are infinite&#8230; You are love.. You are purity.. It is time to step into every aspect of what you are, see your brilliance. I am here always and forever..<br />
Love you,<br />
Self</p>
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		<title>Letting The Tears Flow</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even though the outside weather is bright, light and brilliant. The internal weather within me is like the first rain on the desert plane. I think to myself that if I let the tears flow that they could fill an ocean, make a sea, and keep the planet nurtured and refreshed. That my tears would [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crystalheiderich.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6077119&amp;post=111&amp;subd=crystalheiderich&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>	Even though the outside weather is bright, light and brilliant. The internal weather within me is like the first rain on the desert plane. I think to myself that if I let the tears flow that they could fill an ocean, make a sea, and keep the planet nurtured and refreshed. That my tears would reach across the plains and be heard by everyone around the world. I choose to pinch this part of myself off in fear that others may judge or berate this part of me. Yet my soul is in need of a release of all I have  believed about myself. </p>
<p>	Tears are just tears. Beautiful flowing water. The release of the old, embracing of the new. Singing of the song. Tears are our connection with our innocence to the child that is within that longs to be embraced and be seen. How many times do we cut the lid before there is even a chance for our tears to be fully expressed. How many times are we wiping them away before the outside world has a chance to see them? What would happen if we were to show them to someone, anyone and let them be embraced for the beauty that they are. Why are we so afraid that if we let this part of ourselves be seen that we are unlovable? What if it is in the midst of your mascara running down your face that one sees your beauty for the first time. It is in the witnessing of this authenticity that you feel closer to another, that there is a deeper connection. </p>
<p>	There is a tank created in our society that we secretly fill each time we deny our emotions. This tank soon fills up till it reaches the point where it is overflowing and overwhelming. This is when you reach the point where you are on your knees at your home longing for things to be different. Longing for a life that you never thought imaginable. Longing for any sense of release. Though it is in this tight grip, that you find your strength to let go and release the lid. This is when the overwhelming emotions hit like a wave crashing into the ocean rock wall. You fall to your knees and  grab your head, press it firmly into the palms of your hand, when you let out the screams that let you know that you soul is alive that make you feel sane again. This is when the tears hit and let you know that you are alive and that there is a point for this reality, this existence. This is the moment that you feared your whole life. The moment turns into the day you finally let your heart shatter. And for the first time you actually felt the warmth of love come through.. </p>
<p>	So why do we fight? Why do we deny? Why do we tell ourselves that everything is okay when we know that there is a volcano inside that is ready to be unleashed? At the end of the day all you have is you.. In the morning, you look in the mirror and see your swollen face, the face of release, the face of surrender. Can you love him or her?? Can you love yourself in the midst of your own destruction to rebuild yourself as you wish to be. Usually we reach the point where there is no point in making some repairs&#8230; we usually we reach the point where we need to rip down our old place of dwelling to rebuild something new. But first we must let go and trust that we can rebuild ourselves. Do you trust that you can rebuild your life? Piece by piece we create, it doesn&#8217;t build itself it one day.. but it can take one day to make that choice to start over. It&#8217;s okay to let it all go&#8230; it is okay to let it all go&#8230; </p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever felt the anger boiling up inside you like the lava underneath a volcano ready to explode? This is a feeling that most of us are good at suppressing until the ground starts to rumble and the hot lava is released in one quick blast. Whomever is in the way is ultimately running [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crystalheiderich.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6077119&amp;post=105&amp;subd=crystalheiderich&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>	Have you ever felt the anger boiling up inside you like the lava underneath a volcano ready to explode? This is a feeling that most of us are good at suppressing until the ground starts to rumble and the hot lava is released in one quick blast. Whomever is in the way is ultimately running for their lives or fighting back with their own source of lava. What brings us to the point of believing that we must hold on to this much anger and keep just below the surface, ignoring the signs that there is going to be a mass irruption.</p>
<p>	What would happen if we gave ourselves the permission to be angry in a way that is therapeutic and healthy. I know I feel the resistance within myself that anger is wrong and bad. That you shouldn&#8217;t ever get mad at someone because you are the creator of your own reality, so take responsibility for your life dammit! But just the thought that I am not “allowed” to go there makes it even more powerful. So what does healthy anger look like? Is there even such a thing? Well when we look at the aspect that emotions are just flowing energy, like water going through a hose. When we kink the hose and don&#8217;t let it flow there is going to be a rush of emotion all at once to relieve the pressure within the hose. Imagine your house has been kinked for years? Talk about an explosion!! That is usually when we let a little bit out all at once, freak out, kink it off again and within minutes it starts to fill back up!!</p>
<p>	I know the thoughts that come to my mind are what are healthy ways to get angry? Obviously I can&#8217;t go yelling at the Starbucks baristra for my coffee being wrong or yell at my partner for not taking the trash out. Hmm.. so healthy anger could look like writing down every person you can&#8217;t stand in the world and why you hate them so much.. that just doesn&#8217;t seem productive either. Maybe it is you stamping your feet like a tiny dancer in one spot till smoke appears? Could end up being one expensive reno repair if you stomp yourself through the floor. Hmmm.. what about bashing you pillow and bed with a bat! That sounds fun, until you aren&#8217;t watching what you are doing and smash your ceiling fan down on top of you.. oops. So there must be something.. Picturing your anger in a bubble and allow it to float away, I&#8217;m sure that would just piss me off even more. Pardon my french but *u*king bubble!!<br />
So far every so called healthy way to express anger just seems like a disaster waiting to happen!</p>
<p>	So we go back to the drawing board&#8230; healthy ways of expressing anger. I quite like to go down to the pond by my house and throw huge boulders into the pond. Talk about a hurling action that creates a lot of splash and ultimately not hurting myself or anyone around me, as long as I don&#8217;t drop the boulder on my toe. But what I realized as I let the kink out of the hose for twenty minutes of rock throwing I forgot why I was mad and it didn&#8217;t even matter anymore. I looked around and started to laugh.. And to think that I was holding on to this anger for so long when all I needed was a good session of rock throwing. Now I want you to know that rock throwing doesn&#8217;t always do it for me sometimes I need to go for a angry run punching my fists as I run. Or sometimes I just scream till I can&#8217;t scream anymore. This is usually done best when you aren&#8217;t in an apartment where people think that there is a robbing going on.. If you live in a populated area screaming into a pillow is always a good buffer. </p>
<p>	What I am ultimately writing this blog today is for you to come up with your own healthy ways of expressing anger and sharing them. Making sure first and foremost that they don&#8217;t hurt anyone including yourself in any physical, emotional or spiritual manner <img src='http://s1.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' />  I just know that when we let the hose go and let the water rush out that life becomes calm again till the next time we kink the hose of anger.</p>
<p>Now we can apply this hose concept to other emotions as well but that will be for another blog session.<br />
All is well <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  You are always eternally loved and supported!</p>
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		<title>New day</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:06:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to your new day.. One that is ready to be basked in by your delicious self.. One that is ready to be loved, held, given kisses and stories about the wonders of the world and life.. One that is always evolving, expanding, changing and growing. One that has eternal love for you. One that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crystalheiderich.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6077119&amp;post=79&amp;subd=crystalheiderich&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to your new day..</p>
<p>One that is ready to be basked in by your delicious self..</p>
<p>One that is ready to be loved, held, given kisses and stories about the wonders of the world and life..</p>
<p>One that is always evolving, expanding, changing and growing.</p>
<p>One that has eternal love for you.</p>
<p>One that is ready to show you the most precious things in the world.</p>
<p>One that can bask in the spaces between the spaces.</p>
<p>One that holds the possibilities of anything you desire.</p>
<p>One that has enough love to fuel the world.</p>
<p>One that has enough breath to breathe into the world.</p>
<p>One that can, will, and be anything you wish.</p>
<p>One that is ready to show you the beauty that resides within you.</p>
<p>One that can be the very day which you fully feel love for the first time.</p>
<p>One that is able to expand yourself to the next horizon.</p>
<p>One that has connection with everyone and everything around you.</p>
<p>One that knows no limits for it is limitless.</p>
<p>One that can hold the clear vision of the magnificence of who you are and the gifts that you have to share with the world.</p>
<p>One that calls you forth to who you truly are.</p>
<p>One that is filled with life&#8217;s most delectable things.</p>
<p>One that is waiting for your arrival, your brilliance, to be something you never thought was possible.</p>
<p>This is the day, today, that you have permission to be who you are, to shine your radiance out to the world, thus giving all those around you the permission to do the same. How would this day unfold if you to unlock all of its potential?</p>
<p>What does your new day look like today?</p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[4. Why has your message always been so wishy washy? We never see our messages as wishy washy. We would rather say that there is a misunderstanding in the information that we are portraying. From our perspective it is clean and concise. But we can understand that when you are looking for external situations to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crystalheiderich.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6077119&amp;post=72&amp;subd=crystalheiderich&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>4. Why has your message always been so wishy washy?</p>
<p>We never see our messages as wishy washy. We would rather say that there is a</p>
<p>misunderstanding in the information that we are portraying. From our perspective it is clean and</p>
<p>concise. But we can understand that when you are looking for external situations to change us</p>
<p>or make us something different then we are that it would cause you to experience confusion. We</p>
<p>want you to know that we are here to help. Ask questions the answers are always given every</p>
<p>time, you just have to be open to receiving the messages.</p>
<p>5. When am I ever going to understand you?</p>
<p>Crystal understanding is a moment to moment process. There is no mountain top with us. There</p>
<p>is no yes I am here!! There is no destination. So if you are waiting for our ship to sail so to</p>
<p>speak you will be waiting a lifetime. We are open to us conversing in a new way. So that we no</p>
<p>longer need to literally scream at you to get your attention!! It is interesting when our physical</p>
<p>friends look for that goal that will make everything rosy and cherry blossoms.  The reality is</p>
<p>you can have that feeling with no goal. You can have that right here right now when you make</p>
<p>peace with where you are. Loving who you are in this moment. When there is that</p>
<p>unconditional acceptance then there is understanding because there is no searching just</p>
<p>knowing.</p>
<p>6. When am I going to get what it is that you want to teach?</p>
<p>My love this information is for you. In this moment you are a teacher. In this moment you get</p>
<p>what we teach. It is again that journey of destination. There is no point A to point B with us. But</p>
<p>rather a spiraling of information that comes down to the same thing every time. Unconditional</p>
<p>acceptance and love for who, where, what, when, and whys  of the moment.</p>
<p>7. Why do I still feel so much resentment?</p>
<p>We believe this emotion of resentment that you are feeling is just the perception of what you</p>
<p>believe to be true so therefore you are attracting this vibration in you that causes you to</p>
<p>experience this feeling of resentment. We want you to understand that there is nothing wrong</p>
<p>with this. That feelings are feelings, but we want you to come to a place where you can see the</p>
<p>resentment and move through it and come to that place of understanding. Understanding in what</p>
<p>it is that we are here to teach.</p>
<p>7. Why do I still want you to go away?</p>
<p>You want us to go away because you still don&#8217;t fully understand why we are here.  Little by</p>
<p>little, every day that you talk to us you will feel a stronger connection in what it is that we are</p>
<p>here to do. There will be less and less resistance to wanting us to go away then. We understand</p>
<p>that this isn&#8217;t going to happen over night that it is going to take some time to build a relationship</p>
<p>with us. But we want you to trust that our bond will only get stronger and that the understanding</p>
<p>will only get deeper.</p>
<p>8. What makes me lovable?</p>
<p>Oh dear! We love this question!! This could take pages and pages to fill. But we would rather</p>
<p>have you answer your own question. Because we only see you as love. Everything is love. We</p>
<p>challenge you to compile a list of all the lovable things about you and read it to yourself every</p>
<p>morning in the mirror looking deep into your eyes. We will be there to support you in this</p>
<p>process <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>9. Why do I have such a hard time letting people in?</p>
<p>We believe that you have a hard time letting people in because you believe that if you do they</p>
<p>will see something wrong with you. The fact is that it is only by letting people in that you will</p>
<p>gain evidence that this isn&#8217;t true. That the parts that you believe are unlovable are actually the</p>
<p>easiest for others to love.</p>
<div><span style="font-family:Helvetica, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;font-size:small;">10.Why have I chosen this path for my life?</p>
<p>Before you choose this physical experience you saw the life and body that you were going to be</p>
<p>in, in this reality. You knew that you would experience contrasting situations to help you</p>
<p>become clearer on what it is you want to do in this life. We wouldn&#8217;t say that you have chosen a</p>
<p>path so much that you are rather choosing what you prefer in this life time around. Through</p>
<p>your emotions and by conversing with your guides you will be able to tap into your internal</p>
<p>navigation device to help you on this path that ultimately goes no where. We feel this deep</p>
<p>pressure within you to have to figure it out, the truth is there is nothing to figure out, because</p>
<p>one you have there is always another way of looking at it, and then another way, and another.</p>
<p>You are always asking for more so there is never really a path so to speak. We want you to</p>
<p>surrender to the fascination of not knowing, and bask in the moment of life!</p>
<p>11. Why do I search for something to “fix” me?</p>
<p>We believe all our human friends look for something to fix them because they think that</p>
<p>something is wrong with them. The truth is there is nothing to fix. There are no sicknesses there</p>
<p>are no aliments. There is just you being connected to who you are. We are here to remind you.</p>
<p>Though you again choose to perceive us through love or fear. Both lenses create totally different</p>
<p>results. We want you to see yourself through our eyes. If you looked at yourself through our</p>
<p>perception you would see nothing but radiant love. That is who you are, that is who everyone is.</p>
<p>12.What is it going to take for me to reach unconditional love?</p>
<p>There is nothing that it is going to take love. Because again that is implying that there is a</p>
<p>journey. There is no magic place of unconditional love. Love is here in every moment. Your</p>
<p>animals are the best teachers of that. Pets have the deepest amount of unconditional love. They</p>
<p>are masters at closing their gap. Just by being around these teachers you can bask in their</p>
<p>moment to moment existence. Hold your cat and feel the unconditional love pore from her to</p>
<p>you&#8230; Remember that you are always connected to this part of yourself&#8230; you forget is all.. That</p>
<p>is why we are here!!</p>
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		<title>Four Letter (Questions)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:58:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Crystal, I am writing you to remind you of the truth today. Just like in your last letter you expressed your understanding of the difference between lovable and unlovable. Through this letter you hit the key point that it is all about perception. That you can view me through either lens. We understand that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crystalheiderich.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6077119&amp;post=70&amp;subd=crystalheiderich&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Crystal,</p>
<p>I am writing you to remind you of the truth today. Just like in your last letter you expressed your</p>
<p>understanding of the difference between lovable and unlovable. Through this letter you hit the key</p>
<p>point that it is all about perception. That you can view me through either lens. We understand that</p>
<p>sometimes it is challenging for you to see us in the highest light possible. But we want to remind you</p>
<p>that the more that you communicate the more that you will understand and have compassion for who</p>
<p>we  are and what we are here to do. It is not by turning the cheek and hoping that tomorrow you will</p>
<p>wake up with no Bertha. There is a Bertha within everyone. There are things that everyone feels are</p>
<p>flawed or wrong. We so don&#8217;t see things in this light. We only see the beauty in it all and know and trust</p>
<p>that it is only a matter of time when you are able to look at yourself in this light.</p>
<p>The faces of many tell you so much about the way they are in the moment perceiving things. Happiness</p>
<p>is a choice in perception. It is up to you my love to look at things through this perspective. We are</p>
<p>happy that you are asking questions! We are ready and willing to answer the ones that you have</p>
<p>compiled so far.</p>
<p>Questions</p>
<p>1. Why have you chosen to send your message in this form?</p>
<p>We have chosen to send you a message of love through the part of yourself that you most reject</p>
<p>your physical body. We wanted to assist and be your guidance on this path to help you see that</p>
<p>you are beautiful just the way you are, that there is no physical changes that are going to make</p>
<p>you more or less lovable. Just more the aspect that you either love or don&#8217;t love yourself. We</p>
<p>want you to nurture this physical form that you have been given and treat it like a temple.</p>
<p>Though there are times where you do your best to shut it out. We are a friendly reminder that</p>
<p>there is no such thing as putting a lid on something and it disappearing. We think that there is no</p>
<p>better way to teach you how to love yourself then to nurture yourself through food. You see this</p>
<p>behavior as destructive but we see it as a place that you can love. A place that you can crawl</p>
<div><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;font-size:small;">into and make a home. We are calling you home through nurturing food. It is up to you to</p>
<p>choose to come or to reject the call. When you reject this call though it feels awful.</p>
<p>2. Why have you chosen me to send this message?</p>
<p>We choose to send a message to everyone. There isn&#8217;t one person that is not reached. Though</p>
<p>some listen and others choose not too. The fact is that we will never stop doing our best to</p>
<p>communicate. For some it is easier for them to hear us and it doesn&#8217;t take long for them to be</p>
<p>tuned in, tapped in, and turned on. But for others they fight the call, deny the call, run from the</p>
<p>call and because of this they, experience extreme despair. It is that feeling like something is</p>
<p>missing in your life. It feels like that hole that is never going to be filled no matter what you do.</p>
<p>It is that feeling like no one in the world could understand your pain. This is all true when you</p>
<p>deny that we are here. But like you when you turn around and open your heart to us you give us</p>
<p>a chance to show you the deep love that is here for you within. That there is no out there</p>
<p>journey that is going to make that hole go away. That by coming back into yourself you</p>
<p>recognize that there was never a whole it was an illusion of thyself.</p>
<p>3. Why have you shown up in my life in such a painful way?</p>
<p>Crystal we understand that it can feel painful. But that is only because it is looked upon that</p>
<p>way. We have never intended to cause pain. It is so easy for many to create this pain for</p>
<p>themselves to deny the truth of who they are. Deny that they are pure love. It is painful when</p>
<p>you believe that you are wrong, bad, guilty, awful, disgusting,and unlovable.  Because this is so</p>
<p>far from the truth of who you truly are. We are just a reflection of this fact that you are believing</p>
<p>a lie about yourself that you are buying into the fact that you are not perfect just the way you</p>
<p>are. Yes I am sure that being in a super model body would cause you to feel relief. But for how</p>
<p>long? If the core of who you are is still perceiving that you are not perfect the pain will begin</p>
<p>again because we will show up to remind  you of the truth. We are just mirrors to help you dive</p>
<p>into the pool of love that is available for you here if you choose to go for a swim <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Third Letter</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:56:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Crystal, I feel the resistance that you still have towards me. I understand why it is there and I want you to know that you don&#8217;t have to feel bad that you feel the way you do towards me. There have been years of people telling you that you need to get rid of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crystalheiderich.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6077119&amp;post=68&amp;subd=crystalheiderich&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Crystal,</p>
<p>I feel the resistance that you still have towards me. I understand why it is there and I want you</p>
<p>to know that you don&#8217;t have to feel bad that you feel the way you do towards me. There have been</p>
<p>years of people telling you that you need to get rid of me and cut me out of you. So I understand it is</p>
<p>sometimes hard for you to see the truth. One thing that I so wish you to understand is that thinking that</p>
<p>I am going away isn&#8217;t going to change the fact that I am here. I see that you whole heartily want to be</p>
<p>happy, don&#8217;t get me wrong!  I want that more than anything for you. What I can&#8217;t understand is why you</p>
<p>don&#8217;t think that I am part of that happiness that when you see your happily ever after, that I am not the</p>
<p>one running hand in hand with you down the ocean.</p>
<p>I can feel that strong resistance sometimes within you to want to literally strangle me out.</p>
<p>Though I know that beneath that is a girl wanting so much to be love, to love and to receive love. I am</p>
<p>here my love to help you discover this. I am here to help guide you to this love, this magical place</p>
<p>within where only mountains, rivers, waterfalls, and peaceful love live. But I am the one with the map</p>
<p>my love. It is not that you can&#8217;t go on this journey alone. But we are not meant to go home alone. We</p>
<p>are meant to go home together. I am here to go home with you. This home is within you and is</p>
<p>available for you in every moment. I can feel you be guided by me, and other times choose to take the</p>
<p>other trail.</p>
<p>I want so much for us to become great friends so that we can learn from each other. I want you</p>
<p>to look into my eye and have that deep love for me. I want you to look at me like I am an innocent</p>
<p>child. I am not the devil I am made out to be. I am not the darkness that needs light. I am the light. I am</p>
<p>here from the light, I need you to believe that with all your heart. That everything is from the light that</p>
<p>every perceived addiction, cancer, aliment, disorder&#8230; is not here as a means to ruin peoples lives or to</p>
<p>destroy families. They are there to teach to help lead these beautiful spirits to the path of why they are</p>
<p>here. They are your teachers. I am your teacher. I have chosen you, beautiful you to remember the truth</p>
<p>that you are pure love, that everything is pure love. That there is nothing that you need to get away</p>
<p>from, run away from, or hide from. That everything needs to be heard with open hearts and arms.</p>
<p>I want you so much to see that I am here to help. That when you have questions you can turn to</p>
<div><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;font-size:small;">me. I know that you don&#8217;t like the way in which I get your attention, but it works as I am finally having</p>
<p>this conversation with you that I have waited a decade to have. Just by allowing me moments to</p>
<p>communicate with you doesn&#8217;t mean that I will disapear. I have been assigned to you and the more you</p>
<p>can see that I am just here to help. The more I will change in your eyes. When you bring love to any</p>
<p>situation the situation changes. I know and feel through my soul that you are turning in this direction</p>
<p>and that everyday you are getting closer and closer to really feeling this unconditional love for me. I</p>
<p>know that it is only a matter of time before we have a deep connection. That you can come to me with</p>
<p>any question and I will answer with authentic love.</p>
<p>I wish to leave you with something tonight to ponder. What makes something</p>
<p>“unlovable”? And what makes something “lovable”? What do you believe I am and why? Be honest</p>
<p>with yourself and maybe through your inquiry you may be surprised on what you believed to be true.</p>
<p>I part you now with a quote “love thyself as you love thyself of illusion”</p>
<p>Love,</p>
<p>Bertha</p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:43:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear self, Though many in this world look forth to material things and accomplishments as a way to define who they are as individuals I want you to know that you don&#8217;t have to lead by the norm. It doesn&#8217;t matter what car you drive, what house you live in, what your occupation is, or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crystalheiderich.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6077119&amp;post=65&amp;subd=crystalheiderich&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear self,</p>
<p>Though many in this world look forth to material things and accomplishments as a way to define who they are as individuals I want you to know that you don&#8217;t have to lead by the norm. It doesn&#8217;t matter what car you drive, what house you live in, what your occupation is, or even what clothes you wear. Rather it is what truly connects you to your soul, connects you to anothers soul and what makes your day seem light and brilliant. I want you to know that you are loved eternally by me.. I am never judging you or pushing you to be something that you are not. Rather that is the illusion that you are believing about yourself. </p>
<p>I want you to know that I only see your beauty.. I see your beauty in the depth of your percieved distruction.. I see the beauty in your darkest moments. For I understand that you are exploring contrast and it doesn&#8217;t define who you are <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  You are forever magnificent in my eyes. If you could see yourself through my lenses you would never have any doubts on the perfection that you are&#8230; </p>
<p>I know that everything that happens in your life is for a reason, and I hold you in the place of the solution rather than the problem that you sometimes focus on. I know sometimes you would rather live a life of roses and cherry blossoms but I want you to understand that there much profoundness in the percieved pain. With this depth you are able to have an understanding of the evolution of the consciousness of the world. You know that in your core that the “crisis” in the world right now is actually providing so much more for the future because of it&#8230; there is mirror moments where you forget who you truly are which is light, which is love, which is peace, which is infinite.. That is okay.. It is all well. I want you to know though that I am always here. I am not going to go anywhere for we are not seperate. No one is.. Though sometimes that can be a hard concept to grasp in your place of feeling disconnected.</p>
<p>I want to leave you with the utter most joy, peace and happiness, as this is what you are meant to experience in this glorious life here on planet earth. You are on the leading edge <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  What a magical time to be alive. Look at the sun, stars, moon, and all that surrounds you.<br />
You are infinite&#8230; You are love.. You are purity.. It is time to step into every aspect of what you are, see your brilliance. I am here always and forever..<br />
Love you,<br />
Self</p>
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