March 2019 Snake Oil
Energizer Bunny
I have always been very loyal to my friends and the people I care about. Many friendships have been part of my life for decades now. Consistent commitment is something that is quite natural for me. The majority of friends that I have lost over the years either sabotaged our relationship or wandered away for their own unique reasons that I don’t take personally. Life and the people in ours change and I comfortably recognize that not every friendship or relationship is meant to last for an entire lifetime. Most of the jobs I have had lasted many years. I have some regular clients that I have consistently worked with for almost two decades now. I have been doing this column since 2003, I currently have over one hundred thirty columns. I have been doing Navigational Consultations for a living for over twenty-five years now. My skills in this area have grown and become more polished. Some people mistakingly think I do things this way because I am stubborn. Stubbornness is a fear of change, and I have no fear of change. I know that change is a natural part of life and more often than not, a good thing. The truth is I am hard-wired to be perseverant. If I am pointed in a specific direction and I like that direction, I am a bit like The Energizer Bunny who just keeps going and going...
The first time I realized I was in perseverance mode was when I was twenty-two. I was studying an amazing series of channeled books called the Michael material.The Michael material pinpoints how seven different soul ages, life goals, modes, attitudes, chief negative features, and other aspects of human personality operate. All human beings have one of seven types of modus operandi; the way we achieve our goals. Our mode is set at birth (part of our astrology or over-leaves) and the way we accomplish things for an entire lifetime. While reading about the seven possible modes, perseverance made the most sense to me. The positive pole of perseverance is persistence. It’s negative pole is immutability. After a year or so of Michael study, I was able to pinpoint my specific mode, and I had an actual Michael channeler who reconfirmed this.
Even though there are seven different types of modes for accomplishing goals the most common mode is actually observation. About 55 percent of the worlds population is in observation mode. The positive pole of observation mode is clarity. The negative pole is surveillance. When an accident or incident on the side of the road occurs and most drivers have an obsessive need to slow down and make sure they see exactly what has occurred, and further slow down traffic movement, illustrates how common this mode is. The sometimes obsessive popularity of television and sporting events are other examples of how widespread this mode is among the general populace. One of the benefits of observation mode is that it can slide into any of the other six available modes and perseverance is one of the places it can slide to. The other five modus operandi are: Caution mode with its positive pole of deliberation and its negative pole of phobia; Power mode with its positive pole of authority and its negative pole of oppression; Reserve mode with its positive pole of restraint and its negative pole of inhibition; Passion mode with its positive pole of self-actualization and its negative pole of identification; Aggression mode with its positive pole of dynamism and its negative pole of belligerence. If you can see yourself sometimes using some or all of the listed modes from time to time, you are probably a person in observation mode who slides.
Perseverance mode is all about staying on track. It is frequently chosen by our Higher Self to give one the ability to accomplish long term goals and to pay off karmic debts. There are some definite perks to having access to this mode. I workout and go to the gym four days a week, even when I don’t feel like going. My perseverance mode and tendency to be comfortable with routine overrides my laziness. Perseverance has helped me develop a very healthy, fit body. When people in perseverance commit to a specific direction we truly commit. Because perseverance enables one to stay on a path we are able to plow forward through mistakes and learn how to inevitably make less mistakes. We can truly become experts because we dissolve obstacles with repeated efforts. Perseverance mode people can seem very much like brave warriors who remain undaunted in the battles of life. We are less likely to give up no matter how difficult something is. Even physical illness will not stop someone in perseverance mode. One of the most common mistakes human beings make is the tendency to give up, quit, or pull back in fear right as they are about to move to a new level of internal or external success. Perseverance gives one the persistence to follow through and not waver.
There are some negative aspects to this mode. I know this firsthand. I sometimes get caught in the negative pole and trap of immutability. When I was younger I stayed in a few unfulfilling and even abusive relationships because even though I was unhappy, I still stayed committed. I held onto jobs for months longer than necessary because even though I was no longer fulfilled I was both comfortably and uncomfortably used to them. The “choo choo train” of perseverance tends to stay on track and keep moving even if the track is running off a cliff. While I know that beliefs form our reality, I have had difficulty shaking and letting go of negative beliefs, even when I knew that they were only leading to unhappiness. Old, unproductive habits can be difficult to let go of with this modus Operandi. I have overindulged more than a few times with ice cream, and other physical pleasures that tasted good, but were not beneficial to me in the long run. I would keep indulging because “I just wanted to get rid of it, get it out of the house.” Dissolving bad habits can be a challenge when you are in perseverance mode. Thankfully even with the negative pole aspects of this mode, when perseverance leaves a bad relationship, or any toxic situation behind, it will never return to it. We can choose to commit to a better road. We just have to recognize that it’s a wrong road and have the willingness to put ourselves on a better track!
If your Modus Operandi is not observation mode, perseverance, or aggression mode (aggression mode is able to slide to perseverance as well) then you can still benefit by committing to using some perseverance in your life. Commitment can be an extremely attractive quality in relationships, family, and work environments. Perseverance appears to be a type of loyalty that can seem quite chivalrous to others. Proper use of perseverance can make us respond to things like a trained athlete, who knows when its time to step up one’s efforts and also when its time to take a needed rest. Wise use of discernment combined with persistence is a powerful combination. Being discerning is knowing when to stop following a path that is leading to a potential blind alley. When you choose a goal or course of action that has the potential for real success, a dash of perseverance can help you to commit your Energizer-Bunny-self to it, and keep you going and going and going...
Jim Ventura 10-13
Notes
I originally ran this column back in late 2013. I made very few changes to it, but did update it to match my current stats. I discussed in some detail part of the Michaels teachings when referring to the Modus Operandi, the way we are wired to carry out our life goals. You can have a Michael chart session to get more insight personally. You can also check out taking 3 classes to learn this incredibly valuable way of understanding who we are and navigating more effectively when it comes to other people with different soul ages, essences, life goals, attitudes, etc....Check out this series as well as Tarot class options, Astrology, and Past Lives, later in this newsletter.
January was a difficult month for me personally. I had a lower intestinal block (first ever and I plan on it being my last...) to say it was painful would be an understatement. I lost 16 pounds in three weeks from fever and difficulty eating for almost the first two weeks of it. I had days where all I ate mostly broths and grapefruit. Thankfully with a little help from modern medicine, a lot of help from herbs, and mountains of help with acupuncture treatments I am 85 percent better at this time. I am writing a column about what this was about physically, emotionally and spiritually that will likely be seen in print in the May or June Snake Oil. It was a scary ride but truly fascinating from a physical, emotional, and spiritual perspective and I am sure will be helpful for many of my readers about how I have so far approached healing this blockade.
I have posted a really excellent channeled piece this month about the difference in romantic and sexual relationships and how our culture often confuses these two things. Check this out later in the newsletter.
We have definitely had a long winter even by Phoenix standards and while I have enjoyed the cooler (sometimes downright cold!) weather I am looking forward to the Spring.
Wishing Everyone a Happy March! Cheers, Jim V
“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.’ Thomas Edison
“Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. if I quit, it lasts forever. That surrender, even the smallest act of giving up, stays with me. So when I feel like quitting, I ask myself, which would I rather live with?” Lance Armstrong
New Client Special 2019:
January 1st 2019 thru October 31st, 2019 Special: New Client introductory offer:
$10-15 off listed rates for your first 45 minute session, 70, or 90 minute session! Ask for the special when you email Venturasag@yahoo.com to book. Debit and credit card payments get $10 off for 45-90 minute sessions. Local in-office clients can get an extra $5 off for cash or check payments for sessions. If you want to buy a new client a thoughtful gift of a session you can also take advantage of these rates!
$10-15 off listed rates for your first 45 minute session, 70, or 90 minute session! Ask for the special when you email Venturasag@yahoo.com to book. Debit and credit card payments get $10 off for 45-90 minute sessions. Local in-office clients can get an extra $5 off for cash or check payments for sessions. If you want to buy a new client a thoughtful gift of a session you can also take advantage of these rates!
My current rates (new clients can subtract the above discounts from these rates): 45 minute sessions $85. 70 minute sessions $110. 90 minute sessions $130. Sessions can be in-office or by phone.
“It isn’t by getting out of the world that we become enlightened, but by getting into the world...by getting so tuned in that we can ride the waves of our existence and never get tossed because we become the waves.” Ken Kesey
Channeled corner. I read many, many books from different trance channelers in the 80s and 90s. Unfortunately many of them are now out of print, but I still have a huge collection and will share some of the best material I have collected over the years.
Romantic Relationships
“Despite what your culture has to say, there is a definite difference between romantic and sexual relationships. Although both can dovetail nicely within one relationship, each has distinct qualities and a purpose of its own. First of all a romantic relationship is not limited to the relationship between two people of the opposite sex by any means. In the truest sense of the word, romantic relationships can occur between any two human beings: two children; an adult with his grandmother; a mother or father and a baby; two good friends in a non-sexual relationship. How can this be?
The misunderstanding comes from your culture’s confusion of the two words, romance and sex. When you think of romance you immediately tend to think of candlelight dinners or sunset walks on the beach followed by sex. However this has very little to do with true romance. Your dictionaries define romance as a fictitious and marvelous tale. And although it is true that romance is marvelous it is definitely not fictitious. So, what is romance?
Simply put, romance is a state of being fully emotionally open to another person without expectations or conditions. Romance is a state achieved through the moving part of higher emotional center. It requires absolutely telling the truth to yourself and the other person. When you are in a true state of romance you see the other person exactly as they are and you fully appreciate them for it. You know their limitations and you choose to overlook these difficulties for their sake. You choose to love them anyway without regard for how they respond or what they do. This is most obvious in the relationship between a mother and child but we reiterate, it applies to all types of relationships.
Thus feeling romantic is more of an inner state that really has little to do with the other person. Nothing is required of them. You may in fact feel generally romantic and this would include your relationship with people, animals, plants, and things. Or, you may feel romantic in a more focused way toward one individual. There is a feeling of having a crush on the person or a feeling of falling in love. Again, in your culture this is usually interpreted sexually but if you look more closely you will find that these feelings are seldom associated with erotic attraction. In fact, unfortunately many of you resist or try to crush romantic feelings toward another because you fear that you are being inappropriately sexual.
For example many fathers mistrust their romantic feelings toward their daughters and as a result shut them out when they grow to puberty. Men often fear their romantic feelings for their mothers or female teachers and try to hide their love for them. Likewise men often fear they are homosexual because they feel love for another man...”
Tao To Earth Michaels guide to relationships and growth. Jose Stevens
“Practice kindness all day to everybody and you will realize you’re already in heaven now.” Jack Kerouac
Snake Oil Radio
Thursdays at 3:30 pm (there will be two live broadcast this month)
My next live broadcast of Snake Oil Radio will be Thursday, March 7th at 3:30 p.m. mountain time. Usually one or two Thursdays each month you can catch a new show. Each 45 minute show will expand on my current column’s subject matter. It will also offer an opportunity for you to call in live (or chat with other listeners in the chat room) with comments and your thoughts about the topic of discussion. If you miss the live show, you can catch any of my previously recorded shows on the web site’s archive. You can also catch Snake Oil Radio on I-tunes (download my pod-casts there).
To hear a live show, all you need to do is be at a computer and tuned into: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Jim-Ventura You may also access it by going to the site and type “Snake Oil” into the search option. You can also go to the shows that are currently “On air” at that time and find me. The call in number is 646-200-3966 for questions and comments.
“Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.” Pema Chodron
Intuitive and Oracle reading classes 2018
While I no longer host group classes in my home, some of my most popular classes are still available! I will be adding a possible Skype option in late July of 2018 as well. Now classes can be in-office, by phone, or through FaceTime.
You can take one introductory class or continue with a monthly class for up to six months for any of the classes offered. Each instructional class is 90 minutes. You may schedule a one on one class in office or by phone for yourself, or have a friend or family member join you and split the costs.
Single one person class: $55.00 or 3 classes pre-paid $150.
2 people $70 for each class ($35.00 each) 3 classes pre-paid $180 ($90.00 each).
Email me for more information and my availability calendar to book your personal intuitive and oracle development classes. Venturasag@yahoo.com
Current options:
1. TAROT CARD READING
Whether you have some experience with Tarot or have never used this oracle before, Tarot classes will assist you in understanding the wisdom and insight contained in Tarot cards. The classes will focus on teaching you how to read the Tarot for yourself and eventually for others. The Tarot can be used for prediction, to accelerate spiritual growth, and increase your awareness or “navigational life skills.” If you don’t have a deck, assistance will also be provided on choosing the right deck for you. Whether you plan on using oracles for self guidance, or wish to expand into doing readings professionally, the classes will assist you on your road to mastering the Tarot.
2. ASTROLOGY-101
Astrology classes will teach you all of the basics to read any Astrology chart. You will learn to interpret your own chart, as well as those of others. You will gain insight into house placements, signs, symbols, angles, retrograde planets, cusps, transits, etc... We will explore how powerful the influence of astrology is in our lives. Working with your unique astrology chart (western astrology, Placidus house system) will help you with understanding yourself, your unique skills, challenges, and how to use this knowledge to navigate through this life with more empowerment.
3. MICHAEL MATERIAL
* What is your soul age? The soul age of friends, family, and people all around you ?
* How do past lifetimes influence us in the present ?
* What does karma feel like, and how does it work ?
* How does your chief negative feature impact your life, and can it be changed?
* What happens when your partner is an idealist and you are a realist ?
* What is your life goal? Is it dominance, acceptance, flow, discrimination, growth, reevaluation, or submission ?
*What is your essence, your soul mate’s essence ? Artisan, priest, king, server, sage, warrior or scholar. ?
* What is a soul mate, task companion, heart link ?
* What is your centering and what do the higher centers feel like?
After this workshop you will understand all of these questions and many more, and more importantly have the answers.
What is the Michael teaching?
The main goal of the Michael teaching is agape or unconditional love. The teaching views life as a learning game in which fragments of the Tao - that essential part of each human being - set up lessons which continue over lifetimes. These lessons are learned via the personality which Essence chooses each lifetime. Michael teaches us what the components of the personality are so that we can learn to use and see these components in ourselves and in others. In that way we can learn to understand why human beings behave as they do. Michael is composed of 1,050 individual Essences who have lived on the physical plane and now teach from another plane. One of the most basic and important principles of the teaching is that it is not a religion or a belief system. Michael encourages their students to self validate all of the information they receive. The system was originally in print in over 12 volumes of information. “My studies of this material have been extensive and now I offer what I have learned to my students” Jim Ventura (Old Scholar). The classes will help you to use and understand the material without the need to read all the out of print books. This series is highly recommended!
4. PAST LIFE JOURNEYS
All aspects of past life exploration, from hypnosis, dreaming techniques, past life regressions will be discussed. By understanding the influence of karma and the past lives we have already lived, we will show how our past experiences affect us in our present life. The class focuses on setting up a past life journal, and explores the progression of our soul’s journeys. Astrology, Numerology, and many other tools will be utilized to aid you in becoming aware of your past lifetimes. The classes will increase understanding of relationship patterns, release fear and phobia’s, letting go of allergies, and other blockades are some of the many possibilities connected with this type of study. “Desire to live again, because that will be your lot in any case.” Nietzsche
“The unhappiest people in this world, are those who care the most about what other people think.” C.Joybell C
Here’s my contact information to make an appointment for a session, or information on current classes: Email: Venturasag@yahoo.com (best method for contact).
Phone calls: (602) 957-3035 text only: (602) 349-0746
Information about the different sessions and types of readings and services, past Snake Oil columns, and how to order my books and audio CD’s can be found at my website: Http://JimVentura.com
