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Michael Jackson's Charity Work, Events and Causes
Charity biography
Michael Jackson wrote “We Are The World” with Lionel Richie in 1985 and performed it as part of an all-star single to raise money for Africa in 1985.
The Millennium-Issue of the “Guinness Book Of Records” names Michael as the “Pop Star who supports the most charity organizations”, according to JacksonAction.com, which has an extensive timeline of Jackson’s charity work.
In 1984, Jackson equiped a 19-bed-unit at Mount Senai New York Medical Center. This center is part of the T.J. Martell-Foundation for leukemia and cancer research. Later in the year, he visited the Brotman Memorial Hospital, where he had been treated when he was burned very badly during the producing of a Pepsi commercial. He donated all the money he received from Pepsi, $1.5 million, to the Michael Jackson Burn Center for Children.
In 1986, he set up the “Michael Jackson United Negro College Fund Endowed Scholarship Fund”. This $1.5 million fund is aimed towards students majoring in performance art and communications, with money given each year to students attending a UNCF member college or university.
He donated the proceeds from the sales of The Man In The Mirror to Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times, a camp for children who suffer from cancer.
Jackson donated tickets to shows in is 1989 Bad Tour to underprivileged children. The proceeds from one of his shows in Los Angeles were donated to Childhelp USA, the biggest charity-organization against child-abuse. Childhelp of Southern California then established the “Michael Jackson International Institute for Research On Child Abuse”.
In 1992, he established the Heal The World Foundation, whose work has included airlifting 6 tons of supplies to Sarajevo, instituting drug and alcohol abuse education and donating millions of dollars to less fortunate children.
Read more: http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/113-michael-jackson#ixzz1PNnUlcmK
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
METHODS THAT ANGELS MAY USE TO COMMUNICATE:
METHODS THAT ANGELS MAY USE TO COMMUNICATE:
People have a tendency to think that all communication is like the movies will show----you see a vision of this magnificent Being and start to have a nice conversation! This is rarely the case and people sometimes will be upset or discount their experiences until they drop their expectations and begin to understand the different methods and combinations of methods that they use to get through to us. There are endless ways that they may use to reach you!
AUDITORY: You may hear a voice. It may sound a lot like yours, or it may be unfamiliar and / or accented. Music may be heard, before or during a message or music may be the message, like when some fragment of a tune may keep running through your head. Meditative, soul-vibration music can evoke feelings that prove to be quite accurate. You may compose or channel music, if you are so inclined. You may be "pushed" to turn on the radio at just the right time to hear a snatch of a song that has a message in it. People in our culture tend to be more open to music than many forms of communication.
VISUAL: This is when you actually "see" the Angels and Masters, or you may be seeing symbols or pictures in your mind, or maybe around a person you are talking to. You may see something over and over again, put in your path by your Angel. In your meditations you see images that your Angel has sent you. They can be fragments, or follow a story line. Or you can see something ordinary and in that moment, it becomes overlaid with meaning. Or you may recall some memory from this life or a past-life that relates directly to what you are questing about. Colors can become very significant also. We tend to place an emotion with a color in a very personal way, so seeing a color "jump out at you" can be meaningful. The pictures may be like a slide show, rather than a movie.
UNIVERSAL SYMBOLS: (Jungian, Gestalt, personal) These are your personal totems, including symbols, animals, etc. This type of communication can also include the use of various types of tools that utilize symbols, such as the Tarot, I Ching, Numerology, Runes, Astrological charts, etc. Nearly everyone has seen objects in clouds, curtains, walls, etc. Messages can be transmitted in this fashion. Symbols that we receive may be ones that "haunt" us for years and require the gradual unfolding and processing of years of work. (For many years I saw the image of a blue pyramid, which was meaningless until I had an insight, as an adult). Animals, insects, etc. can also bear messages, although it is not as common in this culture as it is in others.
KINESTHETIC: You feel their energy field brush through or immerse yours (This can be subtle or profound). You may feel a touch on the shoulder, or elsewhere, depending on each persons' receptivity to touch. This is a fairly common occurrence. Other common forms of kinesthetic communications include automatic writing, sculpting, painting, drawing, etc.
VERBAL: This is when you open your mouth and you hear something amazing come out and you wonder "Where did that come from"?!
DREAMS: Your Angels speak to you through your dreams. Dreams need to be remembered to be of the most benefit to you, however. Therefore, it is NECESSARY to keep a dream journal, especially in the beginning. The dreams may be censored in some manner, protecting you from spiritual shocks by disguising the message. Your Angels may look different than they would at normal times, but you suspect, feel or "know" it is actually them, no matter how they look. The way they look may have a direct bearing on where you are at in your life at this time. It can be quite comical or dramatic; they have to go to great lengths at times to get your attention! We will cover dreams more later.
OLFACTORY: You may perceive an intense smell or fragrance that is closely associated with some feeling, memory or experience in the past or future. (As an event unfolds, you may remember that you smelled this odor before, and it may give you a much needed clue as to what is going on.)
TASTE: All senses can be utilized, including taste. It is used as a symbol, much the way a smell is. i.e. chicken soup. An analogy about taste is included later in the class.
INTELLECTUAL / TELEPATHIC: This is a seed thought which is "planted" and expands from the center of your mind, radiating into your mind as a sudden awareness. It is a very complete awareness.
KNOWINGNESS: This is hard to explain to someone who has not experienced it, but it is the most common form of communication. Closely related to the intellectual / telepathic method, you simply have an absolute certainty about some event, question, situation, etc., and know exactly what the answer, action to be taken, etc., is. No one can convince you otherwise, People tend to underestimate the power and real elegance of this method.
ACTUAL PHYSICAL PRESENCE: This probably happens quite a bit, however, most people will not recognize them at the time! For most, this method will usually be used in unusual situations, ot in emergencies, and not by all Angels.
THE FEELING OF A PRESENCE: This type of awareness is quite important and needs to be mentioned. It is the hard to define, yet very definite feeling of a "presence," an Energetic Quality. This may be accompanied by feelings of great love emanating from the presence. This is often felt over a shoulder. Female energy is often over the left, male over the right, but this is not a hard and fast rule. This is also a very common form of experience.
HIGH SELF: The High Self is a kind of reflection of the soul. It is the closest we come to our to our individual essence while in the physical body. The High Self is the means we use to reach our Guides, and as stated earlier, the ability to interact and communicate with our Guides depends upon the clarity of the connection with the High Self. That clarity and communication depends upon being "Grounded". The integration with the High Self is a process of moving into and out of harmony with ourselves, over and over.
Sometimes it seems as if we are "in the flow" and everything is moving easily and effortlessly. Other times it may not be that simple. Sometimes it can seem like we will never feel that ease again. This is a natural rhythm of life and as the saying goes: "what goes up, must come down". The opposite is also true. If you are in a time where your communication is just not happening, stop trying, give it a rest and know that it will start again. Maybe you have been overdoing it and need to take a break! Be patient!!
As time goes on and our commitment is strong, we move into the flow for longer and longer periods of time. But it is not a linear process. It is two steps forward and one back. The High Self is not a Guide, but it is often called an "inner teacher". (This is different from the Inner Master-- the Inner Master is a real Being who is there to Guide you.) Some paths consider the High Self a separate entity, but the High Self is best considered as part of the interrelated whole.
"Waking Dreams" This is a strange and wonderful way that your Angel will communicate with you. This works for almost anyone. It involves having a sign or a symbol that is meaningful to you, that serves as a link or a cue from your Angel to you. It boils down to an increase in your awareness, everyday. Awareness of your surroundings, your feelings, thoughts, etc. It is an almost magical way that these methods come together for some people.
It can be a very simple event, such as meeting someone on a bus -- a total stranger-- and having a conversation somehow begin, about the exact thing that was bothering you. You go away feeling much better, musing on how nice it was that you needed that very conversation to help you get perspective, and then, what do you know, there it was...
It can be more complex, taking the form of a series of coincidences or happenings that give you information, warnings, reassurances; whatever you need for your spiritual growth. If I hear the same thing three times from three different sources over a week or so, then I start to pay attention to that information. It almost always proves to be something valuable to my growth.
Saturday, June 11, 2011
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