Author: Judith Hirst

  • Notes on the 100 Mile House 2018 Fall Conference – Cariboo Paracon

    The conference is over, and this blog is a compilation of notes about the fall conference which Questers sponsored with Spaced Out Radio. The Setting Spruce Hill Resort is a beautiful spot, located at 108 Mile House, with rooms and chalets available. For those that are exercise enthusiasts, outdoors, there are miles of trails for…

  • Happy Thanksgiving October 8 2018

    One of my friends sent me this lovely short prayer to use for Thanksgiving.  I am delighted to share it with you. Creator, Great Spirit We thank Thee for food and remember the hungry.We thank Thee for health and remember the sick.We thank Thee for friends and remember the friendless.We thank Thee for freedom and…

  • A HEALING CANCER WORLD SUMMIT FROM HAY HOUSE

    Editor:  I am sharing this information because it sounds like a wonderful conference. According to the American Cancer Society, you have a 1 in 3 chance of contracting cancer in your lifetime, and 1 in 5 chance of dying from it. With these staggering statistics, it’s no surprise that cancer-related fears are at an all-time…

  • A Blast From the Past–Einstein Is Right!

    Einstein is Right! A survey of the stars using the Hubble Space Telescope has confirmed the accelerating expansion of the universe and Einstein’s ideas about gravity, a team of astronomers said. ……….. The survey, published this week in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics, confirmed that the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate, propelled by…

  • Welcome to October 2018

    Imagine, October was originally the eighth month of the Roman calendar. It always had a length of 31 days and became the tenth month of the year when King Numa Pompilius reformed the calendar and added the months of January and February around 700 BCE. Did you know that October’s birth flower is the calendula…

  • 20 Ways to Get Good Karma Instructions for Life

    –by The Dalai Lama 1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk. 2. When you lose, don’t lose the lesson. 3. Follow the three R’s: – Respect for self, – Respect for others and – Responsibility for all your actions. 4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes…

  • A Simple Healing Breathing Exercise

    Find a place to be quiet in. Sit down, or stand, and bow your head. Straighten up and breathe in deeply. Breathe in the joy of a child’s laugh. Breathe out the anger you hold in your body. Repeat 6 times. – Many blessings! From the Editor – This is a simple exercise that I…

  • Invocation That May be Used at Equinox

    The fall equinox arrives on Saturday, September 22, 2018.  This day is special because it is the second day of the year when day and night are almost equal.  Different cultures refer to the Autumn Equinox as “Mabon” –  a time to express gratitude, complete projects and honor a moment of balance. The following invocation…

  • Why “Focus on the Bright Side” Isn’t Helpful Advice

    From the Editor: The following article appears on the https://tinybuddha.com website. It was written by Vironika Tugaleva.  It is a beautiful writing about an issue that many of us wrestle with – looking for the bright side when maybe we need to look at the dark side. About Vironika Tugaleva Like every human being, Vironika…

  • Talking About Haunted Places in Alberta and British Columbia

    Have you registered for the PARACON – Quester’s Fall Conference – at 100 Mile House BC?  One of the attractions at the conference is focusing around ghost hunters and a ghost walk.  I began wondering if there were other locations in Canada that had well known, haunted sites.  I found a great website called Haunted…

  • Spirit Animal – Moose

    Moose are one of the more ancient four legged ones. In Alberta, we see them in the foothills, in wooded areas, and sometimes even along the rivers in the city. Moose was named from the Algonquin word “Moz” which roughly means stick or twig eater. Moose are totally herbivores and may eat up to 112…

  • September 1 2018

    September arrives today.  Some fun facts: September is the first month of the Autumn or Fall season. September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 121 days remaining until the end of the year. September in the Northern Hemisphere is similar to March in…

  • Letting Go–It is Hard to Do!

    Several weeks ago, my mother, who is in a nursing home, had a bad fall.  The first question is always, “How did that happen?”.  And the second question is, “How could that have been prevented?”  And then, you start to figure out what happened and worry the “why and how” over and over in your…

  • The Five Tibetans–The Fountain of Youth

    From the Editor:  Many years ago, a friend gifted me a book called, “Ancient Secret of the Fountain of Youth” by Peter Kelder (Harper Press, 1985), and I learned the five movements to create more energy and to have better memory.  The movements that I learned are repeated twenty-one times each day, and may be…

  • Registration is Open for The Fall Conference – PARACON 2018

    Ladies and Gentlemen, You may know register for the Fall Conference by using this link… https://questers.ca/conferences/fall-conference/  You can download the brochure here – https://questers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/paracon2018.pdf  A listing of all of the different ticket types for the conference, is available at the bottom of the page, as below. Register, and come and hang out at Spruce Hills…

  • Most Haunted Episodes Filmed In The North West Of England

    At Questers, we are excited about the Ghost Tour on an old section of the old Cariboo Wagon Road, which is situated on the Spruce Hill property, for our Fall Conference at 100 Mile House BC.  Check out the information at Facebook – because we are doing something different this year for our annual Questers’…

  • A Happier You by Eckhart Tolle

    The greatest goal you can set this year is to make peace with your life, no matter your circumstances. These 10 powerful insights from Eckhart Tolle will get you started. • Don’t seek happiness. If you seek it, you won’t find it, because seeking is the antithesis of happiness. Happiness is ever elusive, but freedom…

  • Spirit Guide–Fairy Penguin / Blue Penguin

    Years ago, a reader asked me why she was seeing a “Fairy Penguin” in her dreams and seeing pictures of them when she looked in magazines.  The reader was seeing a Spirit Guide.  What I have learned  is that when a spirit guide pops up in your life, it is there to help you focus…

  • More on UFO’s and the Questers Fall Conference Sept 28-30, 2018

    Ladies and Gentlemen!  It is time to think about registering for the fall conference to be held at the beautiful Spruce Hill Resort and Spa on the 28th, 29th, and 30th of September.  Read more about the conference and the speakers at https://questers.ca/conferences/fall-conference/. Remember, there is an evening UFO Skywatch (We are planning an evening…

  • The Strong Minded Snake (Determination gains Respect) from Buddha Teachings

    Once upon a time there was a doctor who was an expert at treating snakebites. One day he was called for by the relatives of a man who had been bitten by a deadly poisonous snake. The doctor told them, “There are two ways of treating this snake bite. One is by giving medicine. The…