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The angel with rainbow-colored wings on this card represents the guide that each of us carries within. It is sometimes called our higher Self or our soul. Like the second figure in the background, we may sometimes be a little reluctant to trust this guide, because we are so accustomed to taking our cues from the outside world rather than from the inner dimensions. In truth, our own deepest being is trying to show us where to go in any given situation.
When this card appears in a spread, it is telling you to trust the inner guidance you are being given. This inner guidance speaks in whispers, and sometimes we hesitate, not knowing if we can trust this inner self. After many attempts, we learn to use this part of ourselves. As we begin to understand communion with our own soul, this intuitive self comes across clearer and clearer. Several successes later, you have learned to follow your inner guidance and you feel more whole and more integrated. You listen to and feel your soul’s intentions as they move outwards from the very center of your being. If you go with it, this beam of light-knowledge will carry you exactly where you need to go in life. By following your inner knowing, your life becomes filled with blessings. You become more radiant as your goodness grows. You come to understand that the soul’s knowing is like light and that not knowing is like the dark. Without true spiritual knowledge your upper spiritual room is dark. You bring in a small light of spiritual truth and the darkness becomes lighter. Traditionally, this card represents the archetype of your Work in the world. It symbolizes your power to focus and follow a project to completion. At the higher levels, it reminds you to get clear on priorities and commitments that you want to give your energy to. This helps you know where to set your intention. With clarity of priorities and commitments, you break through confusion and obstructions. Your mind, heart and action are aligned and all moving in the same direction. This is wholeness. Or you could call it Holiness.
Editor's NotesGood luck with all your projects, Toni. I see so much energy and sincerity and commitment invested in them, I feel that they've got to meet with great success.
Be well, The photographs taken at the NNBA 16th Annual Conference in Orlando are online at http://www.warrenbemis.com/16_annual_conference_orlando.htm
Enjoy,
Patricia Ann Bemis, RN CEN 1-877-353-8888 (Eastern Time) Hi Toni, Punta Gorda, FL—October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. As part of a nationwide education campaign, women are encouraged to educate themselves about breast cancer and to get a mammogram. In 2005, the American Cancer Society reports that 211,240 new breast cancer cases in women will be diagnosed, and 40,870 will die of the disease. Early detection of breast cancer can make the difference between life and death. However, women also need to be aware that malpractice litigation is driving mammography toward extinction. The number of women needing regular mammograms outpaces the capacity of the dwindling ranks of radiologists able and willing to read a mammogram. Radiologists across the country, faced with the prospect of litigation and the high cost of malpractice insurance, are now refusing to read mammograms. Radiology residents are passing over specializing in breast imaging, and over 700 mammography centers across the United States have closed their doors in the last few years. While there is reform legislation under debate in states nationwide, pressure from the litigation industry continues to thwart efforts to set limits on damages and put other controls in place. For the small amount radiologists are reimbursed for mammography compared to the fear of being sued and the possible million dollar payouts, they are justifiably deciding it is not worth it. “The growing malpractice litigation frenzy in this country shows no signs of abating.” warns René Jackson, R.N., B.S.N., M.S. author of the upcoming book, The Death of Mammography (Caveat* Press 2005). “Delayed diagnosis of breast cancer is one of the most common and expensive malpractice allegations made against physicians today.” The Physician Insurers Association of America (PIAA) reports that since 1985 over $304 million has been paid on behalf of physicians nationwide on claims related to cancer of the female breast. The Center for Legal Policy (CLP) at the Manhattan Institute says that currently, out of the total U.S. tort costs of over $200 billion (more than 2 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP), trial lawyers gross $40 billion a year in revenues, or 50 percent more than Microsoft or Intel and twice that of Coca-Cola. It also says that the lawsuit industry is increasingly sophisticated in targeting its customer base through the Internet and traditional media outlets, and its government relations and public relations arms are the most powerful of business lobbies. Anti-tort reform organizations such as The Center for Justice and Democracy (CJD) counter that the insurance industry is responsible for the skyrocketing insurance rates driving radiologists out of business. However, The Capital Research Center, an education and research organization, reported recently that CJD published a 50-state study claiming that jury verdicts do not influence the insurance rates paid by physicians, and that lawsuits don't drive insurance rates. A General Accounting Office (GAO) Report released in June 2003 refutes this claim. Jackson and co-author Alberto Righi, M.D., contend the public needs to know how women’s best defense against breast cancer is being driven to extinction. They offer a comprehensive analysis of the crisis and specific solutions.
The authors of The Death of Mammography are available for interviews.
Rene' Jackson, R.N., B.S.N., M.S. is a Special Procedures Nurse in Medical Imaging at Charlotte Regional Medical Center, Punta Gorda, Florida. Author of more than forty healthcare and nursing articles, she is also a reviewer and contributor for many professional manuals.
Alberto Righi, M.D. is the medical director of a radiology group in Florida. He obtained his M.D. at the University of South Florida; his radiology specialty at Tulane; and his neuroradiology specialty at the U. of Miami. For information about National Breast Cancer Awareness Month or for information about breast cancer and breast health please contact: NBCAM, at 312-596-3548; or at nbcaminfo@yahoo.com For information about The Death of Mammography, by René Jackson, R.N., B.S.N., M.S. and Alberto Righi, M.D. go to www.caveatpress.com. To receive a complimentary advance review copy, please call 800-380-8286.
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