Zeus' Palatial Blog

We’ve flown into December and as my oldest son is fond of reminding me his birthday is coming up quickly. He let slip it was only 20 days until his birthday about 50 times this morning. Yes, he has a December birthday as he was born at 23:30 on December 22 in the middle of a snow storm. What does that mean to us? Well, seeing as both Hera and my families are rather large we happen into a month long barrage of Christmases and Birthdays. By the time December is over every year I’ve contracted for an addition to the house. Don’t get me wrong I am not complaining as I realize just how fortunate our families are to be able to come together and share with eachother. I’m simply afraid that my children will disappear in the monster amounts of stuff they have. Justification usually comes with the donation of outgrown toys and things to local charities and organizations, so I suppose all the outpouring of love gets paid forward anyways.

Hmmm - paying it forward - that’s a term I’ve been hearing more and more of lately. The best form of paying it forward that I’ve seen is taking the feelings from a kind act someone has done for you and giving that same feeling to another person by doing something for them. It actually works exactly like energy manipulation in psi since one thread of energy charges another, which charges another, which charges another, and so on. I’ve been really attempting to use some of my free time lately to “pay it forward”. The funny thing about it is that the more I do things for others the more I realize that it makes me feel just as good. And due to the cyclic nature of the Paradigm Shift it all comes back to me eventually to make my life better. For people just starting the shift please read my Paradigm Shift series, because it is extremely difficult to get the ball rolling. Once it starts though .. wow.

Okay, I really need to get this whole time thing under wraps because having hit the autumnal equinox already is simply mind boggling to me….

The boys are back in school mode and thing are going relatively well. Being up most nights myself trying to keep myself in school mode is an entirely different story. As I get older I find it a little more difficult to motivate the boys and myself. I just can’t wait for hockey season and the 7am games.

Where’s the last month gone? Well, we’ve been renovating the house and that’s pretty much zapped any spare time I have. And if remodeling the inside weren’t enough we’re also doing new fences, a patio, and gazebo over the hot tub. If anyone finds a money tree please let me know — actually never mind - it continues to be a great reason to massage reality for necessary income. Always with the psi somewhere!

Personally I’m doing wonderfully and really needing to switch focus to my quickly approaching deadline for the Circle’s fall classes on Psychic Readings. Don’t worry it’ll all work out in the end - how is a mystery. Or it will be until we know all about precognition!

With the nice weather comes Hera’s famous BBQs. This coming Saturday apparently is our first one (I’m usually the last to find out - not that it makes any difference to me since I’m ready for them at a moment’s notice). A few of Herc’s school friends and their parents are coming over and bringing siblings that are Apollo’s friends — really handy how that all works out. It promises to be a good time to relax and socialize.

My neighbours are moving again. We tend to go through neighbours quite quickly as this will be the third set in three years. Not that we’re bad neighbours (my neighbour on the other side has assured me we’re the best neighbours he’s ever had in the 30 years they’ve owned their house) just that we cycle through them quickly. We live in a desirable area of affordable housing, so people are always moving in and out as the economy goes up and down. My current neighbours are moving because of job losses and economic issues. At any rate it should be interesting to see who we end up with next door. I know I could cheat and take a look, but that wrecks the fun of living life just because!

I’ve wrapped up the Dream Course in the Psi Palatium Circle. Originally I was going to run a four week course and changed it into an eight week ordeal. I’ve cobbled together a PDF that I am going to rehash and add to that will end up being over 60 pages in length. For something that was going to be 10 pages originally I think we’ve gone above and beyond but that was mostly because of the participants that wanted more and really did get involved with sending in dreams and interpreting them for themselves. I probably have enough dreams still not included to add another 30 pages to the course, but have to draw the line somewhere.

Taking over in the Circle will be Nesjamag and Svenove with Operation Psi Practice. Their enthusiasm and well planned layout should prove to be quite the program for everyone. Join it now (starts May 4th).

It’s the first week of Hera’s (my wife’s) new job and after reading through her new schedule I’m pretty much convinced that she’s trying to kill me. Not that her attempts have ebbed at all over the years, but we’re going to see just how spontaneously flexible my own schedule can be over the next few months. Of course I was well aware of all of this beforehand, and that was one of the driving factors behind owning my own company (flexible schedule). Most of my clients are understanding and sympathetic and know that in a pinch I’ll still be able to get everything they ask for finished - how is a mystery

Even with the increased loading provided by Hera’s new line of employment I’ve been managing to squeeze in quite a lot of psi. And to top it all off, because the Dream Course is still running I was able to skip last night and got a good sleep in with one very good dream. Apollo (my younger son) has been really pouring on the telepathy as of late in wanting to communicate ideas without having to voice them. This is quite the contrast from his brother who would much rather verbally communicate an idea before telepathy. Mind you Hercules (the older one) is far more empathic than his brother.

My “trip” for May is completely firmed up and I will be away for an eight day stretch over May TwoFour (ask a Canadian) as I will be a couple thousand kilometers from Olympus. I’ll fill in more details as the time for my absence approaches.

Well, it’s been an interesting week without Hera (my wife) around. As previously mentioned she’s off being retrained as she is shifting jobs to be closer to home. The boys and I have fended for ourselves with great success and friends and family have pitched in to cover the times that I am called away for short periods of time. It’s been interesting for me to look at how our house operates since it never occurred to me how many people visit and/or are at the house at any given time. Someone mentioned the fact to me this week and since it is normal for me I suppose I never paid it much mind. It isn’t uncommon for me to find ten to forty people in the house at any given time. I suppose everyone just keeps different lives and homes — mine is communication and gathering central LoL!

It’s been raining all day today and I was dealing with some grumpy weather-centric people early this morning. I love the rain and lightning storms. When I went to pick Hercules up from school I got all the parents involved in a game of jump the puddles while we waited for the kids to finish gym class. Sure it may mean some plans get ruined and yes you’re going to get wet, but you take the good with the bad and do the best you can anyways. I’m an eternal optimist and it upsets my overly pessimistic friends. The point is that every one of us picked our children up and went away laughing, smiling, and relieved of stress. So … that makes me crazy … sort of … but there is ulterior motive to my madness (there always is). Think of the big picture in this - with the child that has a parent that hits them when the parent is angry .. for whatever reason. Being able to remove that parent’s anger and stress through an unnoticed cleansing game gives that child a day without pain and fear. Sure, I might be thought of as crazy sometimes but that’s okay if my ultimate goal is realized. No one gets hurt and no one knows the difference — that’s a job well done.

As Hera (my wife) is packing for her week away training for her new Ministry position I’m making sure I have my ducks in a row as far as my upcoming week is concerned. Usually I would be in charge of parenting only 3/4 of the time during any given week, but because of Hera being away I’ve had to make some slight changes in my schedules. I am looking forward to Hera’s new position which is much closer to home and will more evenly distribute parenting time, which will translate into less “uber” scheduling for me. Though I tend to have the boys more in any given week than Hera does we always ensure that she can take them to “special” things that I specifically avoid just so the boys and her have their own fun stuff to do together. To give you an idea I don’t take the boys out to eat. Hera on the other hand will get them fast food once a week for lunch as a treat. Finding the balance in family isn’t easy, but then again it isn’t easy with energy either. And as I’ve quoted before, “Nothing worth doing right is ever easy.”

The more I use this blog and reveal more about myself the more questions I’ve had flood into my e-mail. A recurring questions seems to wonder how I have time to accomplish my “psi appointments” if I’m always attempting to be available for family. The answer is quite simply usually. Since there is a group that looks after all of our “psi appointments” there are many that do not have children, or that are single. We schedule as best we can to make sure the non-children people are available for the hours when people like me would normally be having family time. The majority of my open schedule is during school hours, or after the boys are in bed. I can have someone stay at the house without issue once the boys are sleeping. Everyone remains happy since most single people would rather not be tied up for their nights and most family people would rather be available for their families during the day. Oh, that looks like balance too doesn’t it.

There must be some underlying message in today’s post regarding balance in life. I wonder if it’s important?

A night of driving rain and flooded roads couldn’t keep Hercules and I away from the Monster Jam. Though I cheated a little to keep the car from stalling in several feet of deep flowing water as many other abandoned cars and trucks had we made it to the arena somewhat dry. From there we experienced the wonder of being pelted with dirt thrown up by the big wheels of the trucks and the loud revving of engines. Overall it was a great night and we had tonnes of fun. Herc made lots of new friends with the kids around us and I ended up meeting some new psi contacts, which was a nice bonus. You just never know where people are going to pop into your life! In hindsight because of all the rain I should probably have taken one of the other vehicles that has more ground clearance, but the Matrix did just fine boating us to and fro.

Oh I know some people reading this will be horrified that I as a North American own a Toyota. There are a lot of bumper stickers floating around right now that say “Out of a Job Yet? Keep buying foreign!” But I have to say that my Toyota has given me little issue in the time that I’ve owned it and I expect a lot from my vehicles. Plus the fact that it was made two hours from my house (yes, the Matrix is Canadian built) let’s me get away with it. Not to mention the fact that the “North American” vehicle that I own actually has more foreign parts in it then my Toyota does. Where does this leave the argument? It means that people need to understand what Globalization really means and why they are losing their job because of something that happened elsewhere. The economy is suffering from the Butterfly Effect! If only more people understood psi and the need for responsibility of action things like the current economic crisis could be avoided. Of course if more people knew what being responsible was I’d have a lot more free time too.

The time change has thrown me off somewhat today. As we spring forward an hour it leaves me scrambling to make sure I’m in the corrected timeline (oops). I’m sure to get it by the end of the day so not to worry.

So back in February Hera purchased tickets for Hercules (my oldest son) and I to go to the Monster Jam and watch the monster trucks — interestingly enough she bought the tickets just after that rash of deaths and increasing my life insurance (I’m sure it’s just a coincidence). At any rate tomorrow night Herc and I will be off to the arena. To say that my son is thrilled is something of an understatement since I’m quite sure his enthusiasm could easily make those with a weak bladder wet themselves from second-hand excitement. I should probably make sure to have a nap so I can keep up with him …

The maple sap is running and they’re boiling syrup again. For the 175th year the family is making syrup. I’ve been brushing up on my tour talent as I always enjoy talking to people that can’t escape me, since they’re stuck on the hay wagon, for 20 minutes at a time. I will probably have to pop out to the sugar bush just to talk to the animals and make sure they know what’s going on. No need to have deer jump out and frighten the horses .. not to mention coyotes, or wolves and what have you. Sounds a little like Dr. Doolittle I know, but someone must have realized that humans aren’t the only ones that can be understood using psi.

Being 16 degrees (Celsius for those nice people south of the border) out today it was beautiful and most of the snow has melted. We only have small mounds in the shaded areas now. The boys and I had a chance to get outdoors and dug out the tractors, bikes, motorcycles and extra cool fun stuff that we could ride around on the driveway and lawns. We got a good solid couple hours of play time in before dinner though both boys were just a little down that I refused to put everything back together in the backyard until at least after I return in May. I’m sure they can survive without mazes, trampolines, fortresses, etc for another couple of months.

And as I think about how to finish up this post the alarm begins to sound so now I’m off …

It’s Friday and the boys have a day off from school due to the teachers having a professional development day. Not that it matters really other than I actually got to sleep in rather than get up and take them to school. Seeing as I didn’t get to bed until 0400 again it was a nice change in routine. I had an unprecedented five hours of sleep it was grand. The boys are doing whatever they do while I’m working in my office (or pretending to work as I write this). Tonight Hercules (my oldest son) and Hera (my wife) are going out for a mother/son get together, or something of the like, and that leaves Apollo (my youngest son) and I home for a father/son night. We’re going to build an igloo and I’m finally going to “officially” best him in a game of Mario Kart.

On the other side of the spectrum I’ve decided that I need to make the west ways cross-country trip again and have put things into motion for that. I’m looking at the middle of May as the time slot and will be on the Island over the two-four. That should give me loads of time to see everyone that I need to, create new plans for the coming year, and take some time to do some work out in the virgin forests. I have a thing for wild spaces and love the gigantic trees all over the place. I’m going to see if on this trip I don’t have to hastily come up with some technique for bear and mountain lion encounters, but then again that’s half the fun. I’ll be doing this tour alone as the family can’t take the time to make it with me (not to mention the expense of such a trek), but that’s alright too as it allows me to condense things a lot for a shorter but very efficient foray over 4000km from home. You just have to love the vastness of the country!

As far as the Palatium is concerned I’ve been working on my new set of Dream Classes for the Circle. I’m looking to post them beginning in March. I just wanted a complete change from my usual teachings and thought dreams would be a great place to visit. People in the chat channel have been bringing up dreams and we’ve been interpreting them quite regularly lately which lead me to create a class to help out.