Spiritual Superstar Blog...by: Carrie McCully

Giving Back .....

Dear God, please put it into people's hearts to give back to their communities.....

I had the privilege of watching Oprah today. A man the Brady Campaign honored last year, Geoffrey Canada was on. It was a re-run I missed the first time. My friend Diane Weathers, Editor at large at Essence magazine brought him to our attention.

Geoffrey is the most admirable and honorable active visionary on the planet. He has implemented an educational program in Harlem that insures a progressive and full education, for children without alternatives.

Please visit www.hcz.org to learn more about The Harlem Children's Zone and Geoffrey Canada. Please, consider giving to this action oriented, hard working cause.

Our Children are our future.

Love, Carrie

New York City Rocks....

Just about 15 minutes ago my area, that includes 500,000 people regained power. We had a power outage that lasted for about 90 minutes. We've had 1,300 lightening strikes, many or most are in the town my ex-husband lives in. I asked him to come here, he thinks it's going to be okay.

I was in New York for 911, and a major black out four years ago. We as a population are not prepared for major disasters. I watched from the street, civilians stopping four lane traffic to allow emergency vehicles to pass-by. People were asking what they could do to help the elderly. My community is exceptional.

I realized I had $1.25 in my wallet. What could I do? No ATM's, no virtual assistance. I couldn't even get a cell line out. We should be prepared. I should have had a candles, cash and a flashlight. Well actually, I just didn't have hidden cash. I do have an emergency kit from Costco. Whomever makes them should include a $200.00 waterproof cash bag inside. We should have emergency dollar currency that only goes into affect when we reach a code "XYZ level." Emergcash. I'm going to push my Senators about this.

I have to shut down because of city warnings, I just wanted to say that NYC., rocks and I love my people. They care.

Love, Carrie

Afraid To Move Forward??

"I am In perfect balance. I move forward in life with ease and with joy at every age." Louise L. Hay, HEAL YOUR BODY

This is an affirmation from Louise L. Hay's book HEAL YOUR BODY. It pertains to hip problems, or Psoas Muscular issues. According to Louise, it manifests itself when we are fearful of life's major changes.

I don't feel innately threatened, I don't feel much anxiety, but I do have a constant lower back, hip pain. I've learned enough to know that we often don't consciously know what is building as fear in our bodies, or Dis-ease. A reason I am so pro-higher states of consciousness, is that I want to experience life from a state of awareness and not from a day-to-day crisis management state and it's possible, I usually live in that place.

The truth is that I have major life choices in front of me. I feel my age at times and I am not always in balance. One of the things I've learned from meditation and learning is that we have these "blocks" to undo. And as I say frequently, it often F-ing hurts.

My hip feels like it's own entity. It's screaming for attention. It doesn't seem to me to be something to run to the doctor for, I think it's emotional. I believe it's about more of letting go and facing my next moments. I live alone, I work alone and I miss my kids all of the time, when they aren't home. I think this is part of it. I am used to a man being in my life to help me make decisions and now I am doing it by myself. As I should. We should all know how to live via our own power. I'll say it again, It F-ing hurts. But, what is life if Carrie McCully can't live as a whole being, addressing my pains, feeling my own bliss and creating my own destiny? I will re-marry at some stage and I will follow my calling. This blog is to go day to day showing my ups and downs. Physical, mental, emotional and mostly spiritual.

Louise, suggests that it's about balance. I commit today and to forever to live in balance.  I work on it daily. Now I just have to get to that little Chinese Doctor, around the corner to sticks some needles in my bum to relieve the pain. :)

Love, Carrie

Girls Behaving Badly...

I just spent 7 hours driving back from Maine. During the course of the drive I spend a good deal of time on the phone with my best friend Jac. I was talking to her about my "Forty Days To Spiritual Sobriety" program.The program isn't based on chemical sobriety, but it addresses it. Which led us to talking about when we were kids.

Jac has a very unique sense of style and when we were 14, she had this ferocious pair of Fiorrucci Leopard stiletto rain boots. My Mother was in Brazil and I was home alone. Jac decided to run away from her house Newtown, CT., to my house in Westport. CT. Jac and I both were anorexic, certainly no mothers dream of the perfect daughter.

At some point the police came to my house, I opened the door, skinny as a UNICEF child, in a negligee, holding a cigarette with an open bottle of Vodka on the counter. Jac was hiding under a bed visible from the door. She looked like the witch in the Wizard of Oz when the house came down. Two pointy toe boots poking straight out, and straight up.

The police asked me if I had seen Jacqueline, No, No, No. I had no idea where she could be as I was looking at her hilarious feet. Not one officer asked why I was an obviously malnourished, smoking and drinking teenager, home alone.

We laugh about how absurd it was, but we're both parents now and somewhat horrified at this point. It makes me really pay attention to my own children.

I just thought I would share a little of what set me on my journey for the work I do. Either make sure you know where your kids are or at least what shoes their wearing.

Love, Carrie

You Know What You Want, When You Feel It....

You know when you feel it, you can't let go. It's the spirit of poetry or inspiration. It often occurs as a blip or as a promise of a new beginning. You want to hang onto it and live it as fully as you can, make that feeling a daily way of living. You want to replace the routine in your life with this new hope.

It all happens as a mental process that originates from the spirit or a collective consciousness. Follow those signals, write them out. Commit to them. I love Mary J. Blije's song NO MORE DRAMA. She talks about letting go of drama to find your success and happiness, and how it's our choice to win or lose. Use your blip of inspiration to pull you up to a new sense of awareness, creativity and productiveness.

Being successful isn't just money, status or accomplishment. It's living out your ideas of what makes you an interesting and a happy person. What makes you unique? For me, I've chosen alternate roads of education for my kids, I do community service and I live as if I am the drummer to my own band. I follow through with those little bits of inspiration to create my dreams. Look at someone like Jimmy Buffet, he has people who follow him, called "parrot heads", he writes books, he writes TV shows, he makes food products, etc... He is fearless of failure, totally unique and successful.

Let go of the drama and follow that little idea that comes from a magical place.We, me, all have issues, but to live out our truest potential, we have to follow our dreams.

Love, Carrie

Safari Is Totally Unforgiving....

If you wish to actually see what is going on at http://www.carriemccully.com. please use anything but, Safari. As a longtime Mac user, I'm losing faith in their ability to work with other browsers.

We are trying to introduce our trip to India with Roger Gabriel and myself, but anyone using a Mac is going to see mayhem. Keep up with us with Internet Explorer.

Love, Carrie

Clearing Out The Clutter To Fill It with New Stuff....

Yesterday I attempted the seemingly impossible. I cleared out my hard copies of long held onto documents. In my work I know that the Universe can't provide more of the Good stuff if we are hanging onto the bad stuff. Many of the things we hold onto are just negative reminders and blocks for us. I really didn't need to keep old legal arguments, in various stages of revision regarding the custody of my kids. That was a long time ago and the papers were all name calling and character assassination. Besides, the kids are teenagers. Who cares at this point who gets a Thursday or a weekend? They decide for themselves.

I scanned important papers: tax documents, Divorce settlement papers, writings, and work previously done with my ex-boyfriend. I then went to town with my micro-shredder. I must of had four bags of cut paper and I felt cleaned up. I then had room in my filing cabinet for all of my current work. The hardest part was letting go of work I had done for people that never appreciated or acknowledged what I had contributed.. this really pissed me off.  Just looking at these scripts, articles and business plans, made me want to kick some ass. I realized that by letting all of this go I was making room for my future work to be recognized and valued. More self-esteem building, a good lesson.

By the time I was finished, I had a headache, backache and a good dose of anger. I couldn't sleep and had to really think about what it all meant. It meant I was letting go of the past. This morning I felt, yippee, freedom. Nature abhors a vacuum. Clean out your closets and see how fast they fill up again. This time I'm filling my internal and physical space with positive, life affirming work. I'm ready to fill my once hidden clutter with new organization and abundance. I woke up today ready to make it happen. You can too.

Love, Carrie

Ain't No Easy Trip....

Do you know how fortunate I feel? I moved around a lot, starting at age four.

My Mother and I did this strange move from Louisville, KY to Beverly Hills, CA - everything after that is a blur.

From there I would literally move around the country depending on a personal (7 year old) temper tantrum or go live with whoever would take me in. It never seemed to be of interest to my parents about whether or not I finished a school year somewhere or if I was in a play, I don’t remember anyone showing up. I’m not into bashing my parents anymore, they tried. I was just a guinea pig.

As I reflect on my life I can see the great divide. I was young, tough and quick, and I didn’t know how to feel, all I knew was survival on a day -to- day basis. I swear today I will never need a GPS. I have the instincts of a homing pigeon. I never knew what “home” was, but I learned from an early age how to get from A to B. or at least from American Airlines to Delta.

What I did know was that, I deserved more respect from my elders than I was getting.

This really screwed with my self esteem, hence the years of abusive relationships and self medicating. To my biggest surprise, my two very best fiends, one from age 11 in Florida and one from age 13 in Connecticut have mysteriously returned to my life. It’s like I’ve flown full circle. I started to respect myself and the good things from my youth came back to me.

When we’re parents we are supposed to instill security and self-esteem into our kid’s lives. When this doesn’t happen, the damage always shows up later on. The gratitude I feel today is because I forgave my past, I gave up feeling like a victim lost in the woods.

You don’t have to be anywhere special to “BE” at home.

Love, Carrie

My Apologies about Mac Safari....

My personal website http://www.carriemccully.com (still temporary) doesn't read well with the browser Safari. I am a Mac user and this annoys me to no end. Be patient. Our Big new site is coming shortly. I know i've said this before, but, I want it done right!

Love and patience, Carrie

Mercury In Retrograde....

We are now in what is called Mercury in Retrograde. Specifically Mercury, in the sign of Cancer in retrograde. For all of you nay Sayers out there have a look at your life and tell me that you haven’t seen massive confusion, emotional confusion and deals gone astray.
This period last from June 15th –July10th, recommendations are to not sign important documents, don’t move house and bury your head in the sand.

My personal experience has been: lost wallet, apartment door lock broke, writers block, every light bulb blowing out and forgetting what day it is. (Tuesday?) Life is too short to pay too much attention to our planetary movements .But, this SOB does create a 3 week round of confusion. It is important that we recognize the energy the universe presents, especially when it is potentially negative. It isn’t a personal "Im screwed up" issue.

I believe some good natured fellow in a small bar in Ireland must have coined “Murphy’s Law” during a Mercury in retrograde. The Guinness tap must have shut down.

As I am completely honest about life, I recommend planning your wins or important dates for after July 10th. I also advise not taking things too seriously. If you lock your keys in the car, have a laugh. It’s not the end of the world.

Sensitive people like me tend to feel life on a very primal level. It isn’t wrong, it’s just our nature. Look for inspiration to keep your mind healthy, Exercise to keep those endorphins up and Meditate to stay connected to your potential.

Keep that light shining, even if the bulbs blow out.

Love, Carrie