Advanced Intuitive Development Students Graduate!

I know, it’s been a month since I posted a blog on here.  Please accept my apologies! I have been tailoring the new Connection Beyond myspace, and posting smaller blogs there.  If you haven’t already signed on, just go to www.myspace.com/connectionbeyond to see our page. To read the posts and to view the photos, you must have your own account to do that.  It’s free to sign up.

So back to the post at hand. Yes, the most recent Intuitive Development class has graduated. They have completed close to twenty hours of course work, and have taken all three levels. Currently, we are planning to showcase their gifts some time in the fall. I can’t wait! The class actually started off with close to 15 students and at the end of the line, we had 3 still standing!

Congratulations to: Tina Shipe, Rich Braconi and Stella Devries!

They have the best sense of humor, and energize me everytime I see them. They thought it would be a good idea to have a class name, so they put their heads together and came up with “Marisa’s Mutts”.  Not what I expected, but hey if they like it, so be it! At times, they come to live events, and their gifts are refining rapidly.  There will be more news on the Mutts coming soon!

Congrats!

July 2008 Inspirational Message From Marisa Pell

Greetings,

Ahhh. Take a deep breath! The erratic energy has now shifted, making way for a smoother road ahead in July. Finances improve this month, and relationships should sail along without any major problems.

This is a month of preparation for you. The aggressive energies have lifted, but that doesn’t mean that action will take it’s place just yet. This is a time for enjoying the energy and taking the time you need to prepare yourself for a very busy time in August and September. Think of the last time you moved. There were a few months before the move where you took the time to pack some things, and go through your clutter. You weren’t rushed, nor did you feel any pressure to do things last minute. Let’s fast forward to a week prior to your move, and then we see the madness! This is true of any major change. Another example would be a wedding. Think of the craziness of the week before.

Why is this relevant? Well, we are in an incubation stage. Think of the ’six months before the move’ time. This isn’t a time to flare up and rush those last minute details. You will be busy enough when the time comes. Heed advice of the old saying: don’t put the cart before the horse. These next three weeks will give you a chance to unwind from the June’s fire and brimstone. You need to recharge your batteries before you go back out into the world to make things happen.

It’s best to warm up before you work out right? What happens if you haven’t been to the gym in a while, and you just went full blast on the weights without stretching? That’s right, you could pull a muscle or cause yourself an injury. So, let’s ‘warm up and stretch’ this month. You will need endurance for the months ahead. The pace will be lightning speed for you, and you’ll wish you had taken this time to relax, and get things in order. Trust me, your time is coming! Take care of the smaller details now so you could tackle the big picture later.

Happy 4th!

Marisa

June 2008 Inspirational Message From Marisa Pell

 

Greetings, 

Do you feel like a tornado hit your life this month? If you do, you’re not alone. Mercury Retrograde put many aspects into a tailspin over the past few weeks creating mass confusion and miscommunication. But don’t worry, the last two weeks were the worst, and now we are coming out of it. It’s best not to make any large decisions, especially FINANCIAL ones until after June 19th. Personally, I would wait until we are in the clear…closer to July 1. 

This aspect seemed to hit the sector of friendships this month. You may have heard of many misunderstandings between long term friends. If this aspect got the best of you, you may even have cut off their friendship. Or a close friend may be dealing with this. But don’t worry. Your friends aren’t gone forever. However, this will be a period of positive space, growth and change for a lot of people.  Since we are in a land of confusion during mercury rx, misunderstandings are usually clouded and temporary. Once the communication aspects return, things will turn around. Any decisions made during mercury rx are usually temporary and have a chance to be changed.

Whatever your confusion may be, my advice for the rest of the month is DON’T PUSH IT. Do not try to force things to happen, or to make people see your point of view. You will only distance them further, and it will be even harder to remedy later. It’s best not to force your will onto anything you think you want. Reflect on the old saying, “Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it.” 

If you force something now, during a time when things are cloudy, it may not be something you’ll want in the long run. Then you’ll have an even larger issue of trying to “get out” or undo what you agreed to. This is especially true of contracts, agreements, and financial business. READ THE FINE PRINT MORE THAN ONCE. Better yet, have a second set of eyes look over everything.

If you are considering a job change, or deciding to work for someone new, BE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND YOUR JOB DUTIES! If you are thinking of making a commitment to a new relationship, make sure you are not blinded by the chemicals of a new romance. Make it a point to learn enough about that person to make a well informed decision. All in all, we are still riding a difficult wave, so if a decision is not dire, don’t make it!

Best,

Marisa

 

 

Connection Beyond Returns To Myspace

After several requests and a year off the wagon, Connection Beyond is officially back on myspace. There is also a separate blog on the profile where I will be posting more day to day thoughts and activites.  I have to keep all you blogaholics interested!

You will notice that anyone can view the profile, but if you would like to add comments, or read the blogs, you will need to send me a friend request! If you are not a Myspace member, it’s totally FREE, and is a good place to stay connected to friends and family.

Click Here To Go To The Connection Beyond Myspace Profile.

Looking forward to hearing from you!

Double Whammy - Recession + Retrograde!

 Hi Everyone,

Ok, so don’t get too nervous…this too shall pass. In the last week, we experienced some difficult energy. You may have felt a lot of forward motion in early May only to feel a sudden halt on or near the week of the 26th. Well, you’re not alone. With the economy issues and Mercury going into retrograde on the 26th, you’re bound to feel a little shaken.

Don’t be surprised if you’re feeling stuck or even a bit depressed.  If you have job issues or own a  business, you could worried a bit more than usual. Watch your thoughts! Remember that thoughts can manifest into material form. Luckily, the rusty wheel has started to make a shift today, but slowly (so don’t get too excited.) You still have to watch contracts during this time, and make sure to double check everything!

If you are new to the term Mercury Retrograde, click here to check out a good site. This astrological aspect happens three times a year for three weeks at a time. This is not a good time to sign contracts or for anything new. Yes, this means buying a new car, new home, getting married, or meeting a new romantic partner.  If you are reading this, and you’re thinking, “Oh no! I just did one of these things! Am I doomed??”

No! This is not a time of doom for you. It is rather a time of miscommuncation, misunderstandings, and confusion. You must DOUBLE CHECK everything, because the mind is a little clouded. The planet Mercury itself does not spin on a reverse axis, it just appears that way.

Now, let’s look at the bright side. Mercury Rx is very good for a number of things including:

• Getting in touch with old friends
• Reunions
• Anything “re’s” Redo, Remodel, Replace, Revise
• Great time to finish up old projects or “tie up loose ends”
• Great time to research past lives
• Listening to old music
• Discuss memories with friends and family
• RELAX and REJUVENATE!
• One of my favorites: watch some old 80’s flicks like Back To The Future

This aspect will continue until June 19th, and of course there is the Mercury Rx shadow a few days before and after!  It’s always good to know you’re not alone

More About Lexi - Testimonial from Guest

 Good Evening,

I just received an e-mail testimonial from the guest I wrote about in my blog post below about events happening while a gallery is taking place, only to be validated later. Of course I don’t remember all the details, so it really helped that Pat sent me her version of what transpired after the session. I wanted to share this with all of you so that you could see that even if you don’t understand information while you are having the session, wonderful validations could happen somtimes many months later.  In my opinion, these moments make the experience all the more magical!

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Marisa,

Someone asked at one of your galleries if you ever give information that is actually happening as you speak.  I’d like to share this story with you.

At the end of my very first visit to you, you said there was a dog in my life and the dog’s name was Lexi.  I said I did not know of any dog named Lexi.  You then said the dog’s name was Lexi or Alexis and I continued to have no idea of any dog by that name.  The closest thing I could relate this to was that my veterinarian drove a Lexus.  You said this is a dog and insisted the that I write the dog’s name down because this dog would have a special meaning to me.  That was the last thing you said to me before I left that morning.

Naturally since this was my first visit with you, I was overwhelmed with the details and accuracy of events you described to me that morning.  It was also at a time when I had suffered a devastating loss, so needless to say when I left you I needed some alone time to process and consider everything you had told me.  When I walked to my car, I had a voice mail from my friend, Kate, but decided to call her a little later.  When I pulled in my driveway Kate was calling again, and when I went in the house she had left a message on my answering machine.  After I was home about an hour I returned Kate’s call.  Here is what followed.

Kate was very excited when I returned her call.  Her family dog had been lost a few months prior and she had posted a very generous reward in the newspaper.  Someone had seen the story and reward and called her telling her that they a beautiful dog like the one she had lost but they had to find a good home for her because they were relocating.  Kate already had two dogs but she told me her and her husband went to see the dog that morning, and they brought her home and she was just beautiful.  Then she told me her name was Lexi, and I would just love her and did I have a crate she could borrow.  My heart stopped for a second as I repeated ”Lexi?”.  She could hear the surprise in my voice and she said, “well her real name on her papers is Alexis, but they call her Lexi”.  Lexi turned out to be an amazing dog and I spend all my time with her now when I visit Kate. 

About 11 months later I was sitting with Kate at her house in front of the fire on a snowy night.  Kate on one leather couch, me on the other with Lexi lying beside me with her head on my lap as I held her head, rubbing her neck as she rested.  Then out of nowhere, Kate looked over and said to me, “There is something I need to tell you because I watch you with Lexi and I know you love her so much and she loves you.  The morning we went to get Lexi we were not bringing her home for us, we already had two dogs, and we went to get her for you.  We knew that a dog would be the one thing that might help you get through the difficult time you were going through, but when I got her home I just fell so in love with her and could not part with her “.

So Marisa, while you were telling me about a dog named Lexi that morning, Kate was about 45 miles away on her way to pick up a dog named Lexi with every intention of bringing her home to me.  While I would have loved to have Lexi, and while this may or may not have worked out as was meant to be, Lexi is a very real and very special part of my life, and I am so grateful for all the love she shares with me.  Lexi has a wonderful life with a wonderful family, and all the love she could possible want, and she is a true angel that continues to touch my life in a very special way.

Thank you Marisa, for bringing your special gift to so many of us.

Always,
Pat

Don’t Hesitate to Validate!

 Hello Again,

Wow, I’m double dipping today. Hopefully, this will make up for all this time that I didn’t write. Either too much or not enough right?

As most of you know (or may not know), the difference between mediums and psychics are vast. Performing readings at group events can be physically draining at times. A medium not only receives messages but must also be a translator for the messages coming through.  The ability to interpret the language correctly becomes very instrumental in attempting to relay the message to the living person.

Last Friday, we had a gallery at The Crowne Plaza Monroe, near East Brunswick NJ. It was a rainy night and everyone was suffering from a case of the ‘blahs” and just being in slow motion. I could see it was going to be slow night for mental clarity among us since the energy was like quicksand.  I always tell my audience that it is just as important to be open and receptive as it is for me to be.  Providing messages to anyone also requires clear, sharp thinking both on my part and the part of the person receiving the message.

This is where validations come in. Sometimes, newcomers get nervous when the spotlight is on them and have what I call “psychic amnesia”. They become like a deer in the headlights when I finally do come to them with a message. They may forget their own name, their loved ones names who have passed. This may be due to nervousness, or just plain overwhelm from the experience. Problem is without validations from the sitter, it is tough to see if the information is really for them. This is why I always tell people to write down the information whether or not it makes sense to them.

With this work, unfortunately for me, most of the validations come after I do the readings and go home. Once the sitter leaves the gallery, and is in a calm state, a lot of the details of the session start to make sense. In addition, once they present the information to their families, they have get more information validated. A session is like a puzzle piece that must be put together by various family members and friends.

When I was explaining how the group session worked on Friday, I saw a nice young couple in front of me who asked about language barriers in sessions.  I asked the girl how they had heard about me, and she said she reads the blog! So, Julia, this blog goes out to you!

I really didn’t think that a lot of people were reading these posts, but Julie was enjoying them quite a bit. THANK YOU JULIA for inspiring me to blog more!

Julie was actually the first person I came to at the gallery. Some names made sense and we were off to a good start, but then the connection got muddled and other people’s relatives started to jump in. I was bummed at the end of the gallery because I really wanted Julie to leave with a connection, because I felt strongly that someone was there for her.

Well it turns out someone was, and it happened to be her grandfather, but she didn’t realize it until she left. She was nice enough to send me an awesome e-mail about her experience telling about what she figured out afterwards.

She allowed me to post it here for all of you! So here it is…and if you have a story, send it in!

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Hi Marisa,

Just wanted to say thanks for a wonderful session today at Crowne Plaza Monroe. I’m the girl who asked you about the language barrier when connecting with the spirits. Don’t know if you remember, but at one point you said something about the name George…and cheerleading…and a scrapbook..to two ladies sitting close to the door, but those things didn’t make too much sense to them. While on the way home, I realized that my grandfather who had passed was named George. My little sister was in the cheerleading team, and she had just showed me in fact two days ago a scrapbook that she made about a month ago on a trip to Europe. How odd is that!

I’m not sure if it is a coincidence that I can relate to all three things since one of the two ladies did mention she was thinking of redoing her wedding album. But I wish I had realized my connection during the session and raised my hand! In the beginning of the session you had us think of the people whom we hope to connect to, and my grandfather was the first person I thought about. So maybe he was there after all, had I known that!!! I hope he will be able to show me some signs or signal to let me know he was there (if he was).

My friend (the only guy there haha) is still thinking hard about the person you mentioned who was shot during some underground business type incident, hopefully he will be able to come up with something.

Although I didn\’t get a reading tonight, it was really amazing to see how spirits from the other side are able to communicate to us. I’ve always been very interested in the spiritual world myself and do hope someday i will be able to do what you do and help others. I’m glad most people at the event did get some closure or questions answered. It was truely an unforgettable experience and please don’t ever stop doing what you do. I look foward to seeing you again in the future and hopefully next time some of \”my people\” will be able to connect with you!

Regards,
Julia

Events Happening While A Gallery Is In Progress!

  Hello Again,

Please accept my utmost apologies for not writing in quite a while.  It’s been very busy around here, and travel has had me on the road a lot. But no excuses! I have a lot to say these days, which I think you will find interesting. If you haven’t already, please read my May Inspirational Message below about all the changes going on with jobs.

So back to my topic at hand: I’ve been noticing some strange patterns happening at group galleries and private sessions lately.  Those on the other side are mentioning events that are going on somewhere else WHILE THE SESSION IS TAKING PLACE! Of course the person being read cannot validate these details because they have no idea that they are going on, so luckily I’ve had some people come back and tell me what transpired after they left the session.

This is why I have people take detailed notes of everything I say. If the person being read only writes down what makes sense while the session is happening, then they are missing out on all the other information that could be validated by family members once they leave. These, to me, are the real AH HA moments!

The one story that blew me away came from a woman who has come to see me five times, and each time I had a hard time reading her. When I refer to people ‘blocking’ their energy, I would say she wins hands down! I remember scheduling a session with a woman over the phone to come and see me in person. I liked her energy and was looking forward to seeing her. Even though she said she has seen me before, I didn’t recall the name. When she came to the door, I knew I recognized her face but couldn’t place it. As she sat down, she said she had to tell me something amazing that happened to her after the last reading. Then she reminded me that I had a very difficult time with her each time I read her because of her energy being blocked. She told me at one point, I got so frustrated I had to leave the room! We had a good laugh about it, and I couldn’t believe after all this that she kept coming back.

Now to the good stuff. She told me that while I was reading her last time, I mentioned a dog named Lexi or Alexis.  So, after the reading, the person went home and saw that there were several messages from her friend on her phone. She didn’t feel like talking to anyone, so she ignored the calls. Finally, the calls got so persistent that she called her friend back. Her friend told her she was trying to get in touch with her all day to let her know that she just got a NEW DOG! The name was Alexis on paper but Lexi for short. This all happened WHILE THE PERSON WAS GETTING THE READING!

But wait, it gets better! About a year later, the woman was at her friend’s house with the dog and her friend said she had a confession to make. She told her that Bernstein the dog was supposed to be a GIFT FOR THE WOMAN who got the reading, but when she picked it up she got so attached to it that she kept it!

The woman was actually connecting to her husband who passed. He was mentioning this dog while the gallery was going on to let her know she would be getting a dog, but her friend got it instead!

In another instance, I was doing a private gallery at a home in NJ. When I arrived, the host told me that several people were not able to make it. During the session I mentioned a Ronnie* (name changed), and the host said that that was her next door neighbor that was supposed to be there, but was unable to come last minute. Since there was someone there for her, I had to give the host messages to give her even though the woman was not there. 

The spirit was the woman’s grandmother and she told us to tell her not to to let Ronnie’s husband measure the front door, because the measurements would be wrong and when the new door came it would not fit. I asked the host if Ronnie* and her husband were doing renovations. She said yes that they were remodeling their kitchen, but knew nothing about a new front door. The grandmother also mentioned collector sea shell soaps, and again the host didn’t know what this meant.

The next day I received a phone call from the host telling me that she went over Ronnie’s house, and that WHILE THE MESSAGES WERE BEING GIVEN ABOUT HER, her FRONT DOOR WAS BEING MEASURED AT THAT EXACT TIME. There were several people at her house doing this, including her husband. At that point in time, she didn’t know what the seashell soaps were. Then suddenly she remembered that she had a box of her grandmother’s seashell soaps, and in honor of her she was redoing her bathroom with matching seashell wallpaper!

Moral of the story is: don’t get frustrated if you don’t understand the messages right away!

PS Sometimes I even get frustrated if I can’t validate details! Keep telling me your stories, it keeps me inspired to do the work!

Best,

Marisa

May 2008 Inspirational Message From Marisa Pell

Greetings, May is slowing down this month, so you might start to get a little nervous. Business may not be going so well and finding the resources you need to make ends meet may be a bit difficult. Some of you may have even lost a job, or are seriously considering a major career change. This may all sound glum, but the truth is that the universe is ushering in new energy to “weed your garden” so to speak. As far as finances go, they will start to slowly improve this month. You won’t see a sudden upsurge of funds all at once, but you will notice a little here and there to get you through. We don’t realize it, but when we are reading the papers and watching TV and all we see is “Recession”, we tend to take on that energy and become afraid. I like to think of recession as a time to “recess”, pull back and reassess where we are headed. Are you in the right career? How is your current spending? Are you making the kind of money you want to be making? Are you investing for your future properly? Whether you like it or not, it is time to take finances and career into consideration. The more fear you generate by thought, the more that energy is being put out into the universe and experienced by others. This is why the mass media (tv, radio, even billboard ads) is so powerful, because these “thoughts” are broadcast to us, and even if we are not paying attention we subconsciously record them. The good news is that you could change your thoughts at any time. Believe it or not, you could make a major difference in the universal energy. Think about all the people you come across on a daily basis. Do you really think your state of mind doesn’t affect each person you encounter daily? And it doesn’t stop there! Those people then encounter their families, coworkers and friends too. Whatever energy they took on that day will be projected onto other people. It’s a chain reaction, and by the end of the day, your reactions, thinking and actions could affect a stadium full of people! Think about this the next time you want to flip someone off on the highway Don’t worry, things will turn around! Best, Marisa

April 2008 Inspirational Message From Marisa Pell

 

Greetings, 

 

 

Can you say absent-minded? Wow, I can’t believe the energy this month. Not only is the energy in slow motion, but our minds seem to be in the opposite energy of racing thinking! Don’t worry though, this beautiful weather is bound to continue, and who can’t be cheerful with the natural light, sunshine and blooming flowers?

You may feel like you want to rush into your next phase of life — whether this be a new career move, relationship, or health regimen. You may also feel impatient because nothing is really manifesting. You want to enjoy the slow moving energy, meditate in the new sunshine, but perhaps you feel guilty because the money isn’t rolling in right now. Your inner voice wants you to worry, and to find a solution immediately! So you rush around aimlessly just to ease the guilt of doing nothing and enjoying life. We have been conditioned, haven’t we? At least if we make ourselves crazy, we can at least say we tried — right?

Stop right there! I would like to remind you of the joys of spring and the symbols that come with it. We can’t force the flower to bloom when we want it to, nor can we force it’s petals open. It blooms in it’s own time, and the universe is fully in control of this process. If you are part of the universe and it’s natural processes, then you are connected to this unfolding process. However, you were born a human with free will to go with the universal flow or against it. What would happen if you took a beautiful rose and ripped it’s petals open? Not a pretty sight. Part of the beauty is watching the petals unfold and enjoying each part of the process.

It’s time to tend to your inner garden. Feed and nourish yourself with organic produce and pure water. Go outside and take a deep breath, and allow all of the Earth’s elements to cleanse you. Trust that opportunity will hatch at just the right time! Enjoy the slow moving energy before things speed up again!

 

All my best!
Marisa