Zeus' Palatial Blog

A friend of mine pointed out last night that I hadn’t updated my blog in nearly two months and people would start to think that perhaps I’d lost interest in psi, or even fallen off the face of the Earth. Let me assure all of you that I have neither lost interest in psi, nor have I fallen off the face of the Earth. I have simply been incredibly busy and haven’t squeezed updating my blog into my daily schedule. Guess it’s time that I change that up a little though.

People in other communities that I haven’t visited recently due to my lack of extra time have been asking me whether I still practice psi. This question always concerns me because psi isn’t something you pick up try a little and then put down. Psi is a way of life. Everything I do everyday has something to do somehow with psi. Whether it be intents that I’ve laid down to establish goals, or information I’ve gathered in order to do something I am constantly using psi in my life. I suppose I find myself using psi for slightly different things being a parent than I would have when I was younger. My wife and I are constantly in flux with work and personal schedules so it’s nice to be able to reconnect with her on issues of mutual interest when we clear our schedules for each other. We also like to stay one step ahead of our sons. It’s not always possible of course, but knowing what the kids are up to at any given time is a real time saver as a parent. When they were younger psi also saved loads of time in deciphering what was wrong and how we could go about soothing them. I realize that this level of psi won’t appeal to everyone since not everyone is married and not everyone has kids. But when I was younger my friend group used to use psi in order to communicate get-togethers and locations where we all were. For the younger set I was a teenager before cell phones were popular and GPS was still a secret military thing, so we would use psi for things that you’d use your smart phone for these days. Making psi an integral part of your life isn’t really that difficult, it just takes some creativity and an open mind. The benefits of a psi-life are worth the effort.

As you all know I’ve postponed the Psychic Reading course due to my full schedule and will be pushing it into 2010. I am expecting a slowdown in the dead of winter for work, so that will give me the necessary time to actually finish writing up everything. I realize that many people are anxious for new material unfortunately it does take a lot of time to put it all together, so you have to be patient. The Psi Palatium has been around for over a decade already - it isn’t like it’s going anywhere.

Those of you that haven’t joined the chat channel regularly should consider doing so. It’s a great community that can have some wonderful conversations if you start them up. Don’t be shy - there’s nothing to lose and a whole new life with psi to gain!

Alright. We leave tomorrow morning for the cottage, so those of you that follow along with my every few day posts please don’t be alarmed when nothing happens for a week. I’m not taking the Internet with me on this trip (just to escape for awhile) so unfortunately you’re all stuck without me (please keep the cheering down).

While I’m away in the woods it’ll give me some good nature time to explore energy lines (yay for being close to several converging ley lines) and to practice some psi. I say practice but since I use psi every day in my life it’s more exploring techniques that I don’t get to all the time (or that can’t be used in front of others for fear of reality disturbances).

I must say that I’m surprised Hera hasn’t asked to uproot the house and take it with her. The sheer amount of stuff that we’re taking for a week is incredible. It’s a good thing we were forward thinking enough to purchase a vacation vehicle that is large enough to handle all the extras. While we’re gone we’re also lending a car to her brother - under Hera’s strict rules - it’s a first for her in trusting her brother so we’ll see how she handles it once we’re back. Hera’s packing is epic in nature with lists of cross referenced everything. My job is simply to pack the vehicle making sure we can access everything that needs accessing and that there is enough room for the four of us. And yes, I remembered to pre-cool the electric cooler so the drinks are cold when we arrive. Tonight we’re doing the car shuffle and since I already loaded 120L of fuel into the van it’s all set to go for our journey. I say that like it’s some huge trek across the Nation when in fact it’s only a five hour drive (well okay three but I cheat since I dislike driving for that long).

Those of you expecting a shift next week I’m thinking of starting Wednesday mid-afternoon and increasing perspectives into Friday. For the rest of you there are some waves of charged energy sweeping around the globe so you get to ride those. Be on the lookout for “touchy” bosses and authority figures since they’ll be a tad on the grumpy side.

Best of the Energies!

So a tornado went through yesterday - no one was hurt here on Olympus (it somehow went around us). We did have enough water that part of the basement flooded, but not much damage and the cause has already been rectified. It’s always something for fun and new to keep me on my toes. Mind you my neighbours probably think me crazier than usual since I was outside in the storm fixing issues with neighbours houses and ensuring that those that were in the wrong place needed to move and seek shelter. I realized I was going to get wet so I put on my bright orange swimsuit and my ever loved “I’m Evil” tshirt (thanks Aaron). Believe it or not I was having a blast!

I finally fixed my lawnmower, so I don’t have to use my neighbour’s massive front-wheel drive mower anymore (though it is still stored in my garage). I’m back to my little red mower that could. I tuned it up, gave it an oil change and sharpened the blade while I had it apart and wow does it ever run like a top now. Just to put it through its paces I cut the yards and it performed exceptionally well.

We made it through Day 1 of summer vacation, so there’s only another couple months to make it through. I do believe we’ll be going to the Chalet in a couple of weeks for a getaway. Nice little distraction in the Northern woods. Let’s see if Hera decides to play face-to-face with wolves again this year. Personally I’m betting on the bears coming back, which is a great experience to use some inter-species psi and educate the boys at the same time.

I’ve got a bunch of drywalling and painting lined up for the next couple of weeks as we continue to turn the main floor of the house into whatever Hera’s new vision is. She’s been watching too many of those design shows and reading through the design magazines again. I do admit to it looking really quite nice though.

All typed out for now … BOTE

The forecast is supposed to be nice for the next while - I realize I could just look into the future myself but that takes energy and the nice weather people at Environment Canada are supposed to know what they’re doing. They’re not psychic, so they have to make guesses on probabilities without knowing the likelihood of each step of that probability. But I give them the benefit of the doubt.

The nice weather has meant that the boys and I have had loads of time to play outside. After putting on hats and lathering on liberal amounts of sunscreen to protect them (their red hair and blue eyes equates to spontaneous combustion upon exposure to sunlight) we venture forth. The poor trampoline has already gotten a workout from the absolute pounding its received having the boys and their friends and families (alright and sometimes me) flipping and jumping on it. I’ve had to tighten the playground equipment bolts again from the traffic load playing tag or what-have-you that loosens everything over time. The sandbox constantly has holes on the go, tunnels to China (I knew there was a reason we put 1.5m of sand in there) and race tracks etc. The outdoor train set has been well received and provides hours of entertainment as well as comfortable shade under the well placed sun umbrellas.

The newest thing this year has been the addition of swimming lessons. Though it’s been more than a few years since I actually did any full time work in it I’m technically a fully trained lifeguard. I went through my medallion and cross training at quite an early age and ended up doing both twice because I wasn’t old enough to receive them upon graduating the first time. After that I took swim leadership courses and the class trainings while waiting to be old enough to take the NLS training. All that aside and fast track several years, recertifications, and pools later and I end up training my kids to swim. Apollo is like a fish while Herc is a little more cautious of the water. I don’t blame Herc at all since his body type allows him to float like a rock while the leaner Apollo is able to stay afloat a little easier. I don’t expect them to be excellent swimmers, but I do hope they catch on and like the water. I find it much easier to have people at ease in different mediums … ground, water, etc. Not to mention it’ll make it a lot easier to take them on the sailboat when they can swim. Yes, the boys wear life jackets but at the same time I’d like to ensure that they are able to swim too.

None of this has anything explicitly to do with psi, but at the same time you can see where psi is woven in and out of my everyday life. It really isn’t an add-on to - it really is an aspect of life.

Well, enough of my ramblings for the day we have a gathering to get ready for.
Best of the Energies Everyone!

We’re getting closer to the official start of summer (those of you without four seasons have no idea how exciting it is to be able to go outside in shorts and t-shirts again). This also happens to mean that I have to add in looking after the outside of the house to my list of ‘things to do’. I really don’t mind it though since I like tending to the gardens and lawns. Speaking of the lawn I still haven’t repaired my lawnmower but since my neighbour continues to store his mower at my house I continue to use it as necessary (yes, I oil, clean and fuel it when I’m done).

We’re looking at new fencing. Oh, the joys of building fences (after all these years I spend dismantling mental fences too hahaha). Seriously I have one fence that really needs to be rebuilt. The section that needs rebuilding is about 50m long and 2m high. To be honest it’s needed replacement for a couple of years, but I’ve been putting it off since fences are one of the things I really don’t like to do. For some odd reason I have no problem with decks, but as soon as I go vertical I’m done for.

Trains? Yes, I’ve always had a little bit of a fascination with them. The boys have an unofficial Island of Sodor in the train room, ride on trains in the yard and I’ve recently found a lot of O-gauge styled outdoor track and rolling stock in my garage. Is that it? No, I also have an HO-gauge setup. But this story revolves around the Lionel outdoor stuff that I’ve come across in my garage. The boys and I have decided that an outdoor train set would be a wonderful idea and have devoted a small 3m patch to creating a little layout to enjoy.

Why all this craziness of different things? It’s all about balance. What?! Balance! There needs to be an equal amount of work with play. If you aren’t de-stressing and winding down after doing whatever it is that stresses you up then you aren’t balancing yourself. The more imbalance you create within yourself the more apt you are to succumb to some random energetic nonsense.

I love to work - I love to play. Sure I’d rather play more than work, but if I play too much I find a deep seated need to work for that balance.

Is there a moral to all of this? Not really - it’s all just meant to showcase how psi and its lessons are not a separate aspect of life, but a very intertwined necessity of reality.

I finally got around to changing up the Article Archive page of the site to include a new PDF file download area. As I get through creating actual PDF e-books out of our works I will post them in this new section of the website for personal use.

There is a new Chat feature on the website that is FAR easier to use. Just click and start chatting - that simple. I’ve been thinking about changing things up for awhile but as always something else caught my eye first. Well - I followed through without getting distracted this time.

I’ve said this before but I really do have a lot of articles and information waiting in the wings to be included in our archives. To be perfectly honest the admin side of the site never got finished with the last website change so it was difficult to change things around. This oversight has recently been fixed which is why I’m again adding things to the website.

Hercules and Apollo are looking forward to the quickly approaching summer off and I’m desperately looking for things to keep them busy for a couple months. I’ve stacked the media and play rooms with new things and added some great features to play central. Hopefully between all the stuff and their friends Hera and I can keep the evil red-heads occupied!

A story? Sure.
Have you ever modified a bubble machine? Not like the little ones but the ones that blow thousands upon thousands of bubbles a minute. It just so happens that we have one in the backyard that’s seen its share of modification to increase production. After my latest round of modifications we turned it on and were having a wonderful time suffocating in the absolute barrage of bubbles when the wind picked up a bit. Wouldn’t you know it the whole mass of glycerin strength bubbles got picked up and deposited in my neighbours yard not to mention that the wind changed direction and we were quickly drowning their yard up to the bursting of their 6ft fence. What happened next? Why my neighbours (both retired) emerged from the house, turned on their radio and danced together around their backyard through the bubbles. They later thanked us for such a wonderful and thoughtful event. Bubbles anyone?!

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?

We’ve wrapped up the second weekend of the two weekend Maple Syrup Festival and that means I’ve finished my 24 hours of talking. Record numbers came out this year for the horse tours (which I lead and give), so I actually ended up running a couple hours longer each day than usual. It’s a good thing someone had the foresight to completely clear those days. That marks the 16th year I’ve done the tours for the family and I’ve already been requested again for next year - talk about booking ahead.

Though I’ve been doing psi all week in between everything else that was on for March Break I’ve really been relegated to the more mundane things that I use psi for in everyday life like keeping tabs on people and figuring out what my sons are up to. I did get a chance to visit with some other Pure Energists since I’ve been out in the woods so much this week. We had a short gathering to discuss new projects et al and it was nice to see everyone again (I don’t always have the opportunity to visit as much as I’d like to).

I thought I’d gotten through my last appointment unscathed but as I’m sitting here typing for the first time in a couple of days I realize now that I’ve broken the baby finger on my left hand. You just never realize how much you use that finger until you need the “a” and shift keys. I suppose the little finger on my right hand may have been worse since that’s my “enter” finger. Oh well, just means I need to schedule in a healing cycle tonight before I get too engrossed in anything else.

This week coming looks to be pretty routine and then my wife heads off for training for a couple weeks leaving the boys and I to fend for ourselves. We’ve done it plenty times before, so it won’t be an issue it just means that I have to make my work schedule that much more flexible. Nothing worth doing is ever really easy … at least that’s what I’m told