Welcome to what the F is going on in Latin America and the Caribbean, CodePink's weekly YouTube program of hot news out of the region. In partnership with Friends of Latin America, Massachusetts Peace Action, and Task Force on the Americas, we broadcast every Wednesday at 4.30 p.m. Pacific, 7.30 p.m. Eastern on CodePink YouTube Live. On Sunday, February 6, Costa Ricans took to the polls to elect a new president. According to the latest results reported from Costa Rica's Supreme Electoral Tribunal, TSE, there will be a second and final round on April 3 between former President Jose Maria Figueres of the National Liberation Party and Rodrigo Chavez of the Party for Social Democratic Progress. Figueres received 27.29% of the vote and Chavez 16.66% with approximately 80% of the results reported. To win the first round outright, a candidate had to secure more than 40% of the votes. The two leading contenders will face each other in a runoff on April 3 with a total of 25 candidates who were competing against a panel of 25 candidates who were competing in the first round. Additionally, all 57 seats of the National Legislative Assembly are also up for grabs. A divided legislature is likely, with local media forecasting Figueres' National Liberation Party taking most seats, but well short of a majority. A disappointing election result was the record level of absenteeism. According to the TSE, 40% of eligible voters stayed away from the first round of voting. So joining us today to discuss Sunday's election results is Matt Kierkegaard of Progressive International. We're so lucky to get him this morning. He's been traveling all over Latin America, observing elections all over the hemisphere this past year. Matt was on the Progressive International delegation in Costa Rica. You served as an international observer. So welcome, Matt. So wonderful to have you with us this morning. Matt's joining us from Bogota this morning. It's a pleasure to be here. So I feel so lucky to have you here with all of your experience, and you and I last saw each other in Colombia, spring of last year. So here you are back home. Let's talk about what happened Sunday in Costa Rica. I'm embarrassed to say, and I will share this with our audience. I'm going to be learning a lot about Costa Rica today along with our audience. We don't talk enough about Costa Rica, and I think in part, it's we in the northern hemisphere so identify it as so strongly allied with the United States. We often don't talk much about it. I think we may be probably right or wrong. Take Costa Rica for granted. So we're lucky to have you with us today, Matt. So why don't we start with what actually happened on Sunday and then maybe we can back into the context that led up to a country of just over five million people having 25 candidates for president, which is you wonder how how united a country can be politically when there's that many. Yeah, that's right. It was it was a swagger on the ground in San Jose during the during the weekends and of course for the elections themselves as an elections observer, as you mentioned, it was a you know, quite quite a spirited election in in the capital itself, as you mentioned in the rural areas, especially in the rural provinces outside of the Central Valley, where the majority of the population lives, really record levels of obscenitism in some provinces, even over 50 percent, which is quite unique for for the Costa Rican proud democracy that they that they have. What actually happens, as you said, was two candidates are moving on to the to the runoff. Jose Maria Figuez, a former president and son of, you know, really the sort of founder of of modern Costa Rica, who took power in the forties through a military coup and then proceeded to to abolish the military as Costa Rica is known for. We really been one of the only countries in the world to not to not have a military and I can get more into that if we if we want. But that's a long ancient history. And Rodrigo Chavez, who was really a surprise candidate in this emerging in this runoff, pulled, you know, about about five percent, five or six percent before. And as you mentioned, ended up the day at night with with nearly 17 percent. So really, I think we're a lot of the we're a lot of the undecided vote went and, you know, I think it's important to mention really the total collapse of the pack. The pack is the part of the action to you and it was the rule. It is the ruling ruling party for the last eight years. The the presidents have been from from the pack and they didn't even get one percent in the election. This time they will be eliminated from from the Congress, from the National Assembly. So really a complete repudiation of of of the ruling of the ruling order. In the Congress, as you mentioned, there won't be a majority for for the party of the National but there will be probably a decent coalition where they can be cobbled together to pass pass laws. It's sort of an array. The left did much better in in the assembly than in the in the presidential race. And I think that that's the front of the broad front party. And they they were quite happy with with their results, winning about eight percent of the of the assembly, six representatives, all young socialist leaders under 32 years old. So I think they're quite happy with the new young group of legislators coming in. And, you know, that's sort of where things stand. I maybe I can get into to sort of each of the candidates one by one, if that would be if that would be helpful. Let's talk about. Well, first of all, that you mentioned legislatures, young legislatures, socialist legislatures under 32. I got that to me is really fabulous. A lot of people say, well, they have no experience. I know it's probably better that they have little influence.  They'll have a tremendous influence in the legislature, but don't come with the. The history, yeah, and we're seeing this throughout the Americas, with the exception of the United States. And I would love us to somehow figure out how to get young people into Congress in the US, because we are seeing this throughout the Americas in many countries, their governments and even their presidential leadership being, you know, under 60, under 50, in many cases, under 40 in some. And I think that's really very, very exciting to see this happening in the Americas. But let's talk about. Let's talk about the the lead presidential candidates going into the runoff April 3rd, who they are and what their vision is for Costa Rica, for domestic policy. And if possible, foreign policy as well. Sure. Yeah. So as I mentioned, you know, Jose Maria Figuez has already been already been president in the nineties and really comes from a political dynasty in Costa Rica, the Figuez family. His sister, Cristiana Figuez, is you might remember leading the UNF triple C, the climate change the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change for, you know, more than a decade, really during the early 2000 through all of the sort of the moments when that was most most critical, most in most of the news and really was seen as a vehicle for change. He is a he is a centrist.  His vision for national development, I think we could describe as green capitalism is basically his model and the opening of Costa Rica to to World Trade. So what I mean by that is he's not. I think that he is first and foremost a liberal in that sense. You know, he's not afraid to work with partners in in Asia, but he also is very much looking to open the Costa Rican market to to the to international capital and to the extent that he even proposes and defended on the debate stage, making English a man that a co-official language with Spanish. From his perspective to to give Costa Ricans more opportunity, but really, I think it's clear that this is a a chance to make Costa Rica a bilingual labor force that is able to work for Amazon or for any other major, you know, international corporations that would love to have that it would love to open call centers and consultancy firms there. You know, let me just interrupt because you say open to international capital. And so I'm thinking, you know, even at the Salak Summit in Mexico City in September of last year, even last low of of Ecuador mentioned, you know, wanting to trade internationally and open up their markets and he was very clear Russia, China, U.S., not exclusively U.S. But I'm hearing you say international capital and then making English an equivalent language to Spanish. So they're looking to the north in they're looking they're looking to the north. But I think they also, you know, this is a he's a former world economic forum guy. I think they will be looking strongly to strongly to strongly to to China, frankly. And to the rest of Asia as well. Costa Rica was one of the first countries, I believe, to to recognize China, even with its sort of deeply anti-communist history. You know, the sort of the history of just very briefly, but a bit of the history of Costa Rica, you know, in the after Figuez's father took power by military force in the forties. You know, this was an this was an anti-communist coup. And basically the the the the negotiation with the United States was, you know, we'll be your anti-communists in Central America. But you have to let us develop on a social democratic path. So they nationalized the bank, they invested heavily in in in in education and in medicine. And, you know, this has sort of led to Costa Rica to be able to plow a lot of the money that would have been used probably in in in Cold War conflicts into, you know, social development. And this is sort of it brings Costa Rica to where it was today. Of course, the bargain was, you know, we'll always be your anti-communist. The Communist Party was banned until the until the mid 70s, and there's never been, you know, really a a protagonist's left force since since the since before the forties. And that's sort of where things where things remain today. And that's the vision that he gets will will continue on. It's important to mention that, you know, he was also he gets was was also the he began to sort of undo this social democratic compromise at the beginning of the 90s. He was the first one to privatize many of these formerly public institutions. I think that's a major threats that his presidency represents, to be to be honest, moving forward.  It'll be probably sold as dynamic green development that we can only do by the sector. And so these are things to watch out for. And if you get a probable to get his presidency, I think he would be favored. He's heavily favored to win. And Rodrigo Chavez, as I mentioned, the surprise candidate, his his competitor now, sold himself basically entirely as a technocrat to say, I went to Harvard, I speak five languages. I worked at the World Bank. I know how to go Costa Rica on the next path. What are my policies? What's my ideology? You know, it's doing the right thing always. You know, it's he served as minister. He served as minister in this current government and, you know, was was was forced out relatively quickly. He doesn't want to go as far as, you know, making English a man, a co-official language, but he wants to make English maritalian schools. And, you know, I think his his probable electoral strategy will be one of anti-corruption, you know, because of the sort of dynastic elements of the Figuez family that comes out of a lot of baggage.  He's he's associated widely in Costa Rica society with with elements of corruption, especially in the 90s and in 2000s, you know, right or wrong. And, you know, I think that it's given the forces that sort of remain that didn't make it into into the runoff. I believe Rolero Chavez's strategy will likely be a national anti-corruption front to say, you know, I'm the right guy for the job and Figuez is corrupt and we from across the spectrum from left to right to me in the center are prepared to, you know, weed out corruption at the national level. We'll see how well it does. I think it's, you know, Figuez isn't a shoe in, but he is probably the the the candidate favored to win at this point.  One, the importance of these young people in the legislature to make sure whoever becomes president develops a nation favorable to a new generation of Costa Ricans. And it's it sounds like that pressure is going to really have to come from the legislature and from the and from the citizens themselves in order to get what they want. It doesn't sound like either candidate is really focused on a true national program for its citizens. And also, how do you how do you explain these two men coming out of, you know, a field of 25 candidates? The population of Costa Rica is just over five million people. So you have five million people who have split and then those aren't even not everybody is actually aged about. But of those five million people who have, you know, political sympathy across 25 candidates. No. Is this an extraordinarily fraction of a factionalized, fractionalized population? Or is there or is this a result of not any one candidate having a real strong, clear vision for the country? Yeah, I think it's important to take a sort of take a step back in the early 2000s. The Costa Rica signed and then ratified Tafta, which is the Central American Free Day Agreement. And this was really it was fought hard. It was another sort of privatizing moments for these these public institutions that had served Costa Rica well through throughout the second half of the 20th century. And there was a major reaction against this by the people and also by organized elements of civil society. And it led to in 2012 and 2014, the first time ever that the sort of two party system was broken, the PAC and and and and this was, you know, really seen as a as a moment for possibly the left, possibly the center left to an election that was one on the repudiation of free trade agreements and ended up, you know, being a mandate for for two, you know, for two terms leading us up to this present moment. It didn't get anything done. And so, you know, it was in a similar sort of way, you know, maybe to a to a U.S. audience that people felt after the Obama presidency to say, you know, we had so much hope and and and for change in this moment and nothing happened. And so I think, you know, what we're seeing now is really people looking for any alternative. And so with no candidate even breaking a quarter of of the vote, this is really a reflection of this.  And what you end up getting with such with such rupture is actually the status quo has come back, has has reasserted itself even, even more strongly now. So, you know, maybe it's important to just mention very quickly, you know, some of the candidates that didn't make it, but, you know, represent important forces in the country. First and foremost, Fabrizio Alvarado, who is a, you know, right wing, you know, Pentecostal fundamentalist who did make it into the runoff last time and was expected probably to make it into the runoff this time, he did not. But, you know, he represents probably a strong 15 percent block of, you know, of an evangelical really right wing movement that has consolidated, has consolidated itself in the country. And there are two others, I think, that are worth mentioning.  And the real left wing, Fabrizio, who also won 10 percent. So while there were 25 candidates, you know, really, these are the candidates that actually were able to break above one or two percent and actually, you know, appeared on the debate stage and appeared in the national discourse. So these are sort of the buffet of options that were being discussed regularly in Costa Rica society. And, you know, I think a lot of those undecided, a lot of those people who used to vote for the PAC, it looks like went for a proletary go chavis.  He's no longer able to go to the World Bank.  Here's that it appears that the voters care. Yeah, they didn't they didn't care, which is a surprise for me, especially in Costa Rica. But, you know, this this this conversation of gender equity, of feminism, especially emerging emerging from from younger voices from a new generation demanding something better has taken center stage if it took, you know, a hit at this in this election. You know, this is something that comes up as we're watching so many nations develop emerging economies in the in the hemisphere. We progressive to leftist. There's a real difference. Well, and and understandably so, given, you know, where your politics originate, what your culture is, where what your nation of origin is. But talking about the sexual harassment suits and whether they matter to people or not, one, some people just look at that and say, you know, it's tabloid news and let's move on. Other people take it quite seriously. But there is this real. And I think probably an episode I'd love to have you come back and just talk as a separate subject, what we would define on the left as social Marxism versus economic Marxism. And some of us, you know, in the global north and wealthy countries have evolved and or have the luxury to talk about social equity, social social Marxism, whereas emerging nations are more concerned about economic equality, economic growth, economic Marxism. And there's a big divide on the left as to what, you know, how that shakes out. And it really has to do with so much of your cultural and national origin and where you are as far as, you know, economic and political evolution. I would say that for many feminists in Central America and South America, again, depending on the country that, you know, abortion rights are huge for the women in the global north. But in in nation south of us, feminism is described as how do I get electricity and running water in the house? How do I get my kids, you know, public education? How do I get my family health care? Those things first and also tend to be of more more conservative socially as well, particularly in rural areas. And so it's interesting for just to hear, you know, that some people worried about the the World Bank issue and some. It's just, you know, let's move on or it just let's move on. It's tabloid news or right now it really doesn't matter. We need other things for our people and our society before we talk about that. I mean, you mentioned you mentioned the the the cultural setting. And I think this is really critical in Costa Rica. I mean, it is a deeply, a deeply conservative and Catholic and Christian nation to the extent that it's the only I believe only nation in the in the Americas. I believe that fact check me, but I believe it's the only nation in the Americas that still has a state religion and that state religion is so it is not a it is not a secular state. It is a Catholic state and, you know, to the to the extent that, you know, in there on their logo for their public health system, you know, Mary appears with with Jesus or something very. And, you know, this is this is this is the state of things. I think, you know, where you're seeing a lot of support for the front, the Amplio for the left is emerging from from the universities, from young people, not exclusively, but to a large extent, this is where it's being where it's being driven from. And I think the big question for the front, the Amplio will be how much they can they can break out of this. This formation, which, you know, is maybe 10 percent, as we've seen of the of the population that really is is is going to going to the ballot box on these terms and can break into, you know, a more national project that they that the population feels is supporting, you know, all aspects of society and really driving forward to a more egalitarian substantive democracy. I think this was their of this is still in their in, you know, this is in their program, but making that a reality is that is another is another piece of work altogether. And I think a lot of work remains to connect to the bases in Costa Rica to connect to the working class. And I think that will be the task of the front, the Amplio for for this for this coming four years and well beyond that. It's let's talk a little bit about Costa Rica's relationship with its neighbors and how these election results on April 3rd could or could not affect any substantive change in its in its regional relationships and and then also across across the hemisphere. I mean, I think you and I would both agree we are in a particular moment in the Americas, we we are seeing, you know, a multilateral, multi polar paradigm unfolding before our very eyes and how wide it spreads and how rapidly it spreads. You know, we don't know, but we are certainly watching this happen with all the election results that occurred last year. So many of them have embraced global trade, China, even Argentina now has announced that it's going to join the Belt and Road Initiative, particularly for energy projects. So how does Costa Rica play into this? How do you see its role? I well, I think that, you know, one of the interesting things about Costa Rica is that folks there are not under any illusions as to sort of their place in the global economy, as you mentioned, it's five million people. It's one of the smallest countries in the hemisphere. And they're they're very attentive to international trends because, you know, frankly, they sort of have to ride those waves wherever they wherever they go. And, you know, so I think if we were to see being hopeful here, I think if we were to see, you know, a real project for for regional integration emerged in a much more serious way at the end of this year, possibly with the election of Lula and Petro and, you know, in coordination with, you know, Orich and Fernandez in Argentina and Amlo in Mexico, I don't think it would be at all inconceivable to for Costa Rica to to join those efforts. I think, you know, if that's where they see the tides moving, I think they will they will follow that. On the other hand, if that doesn't materialize, I think they won't have any any qualms about, you know, cozying further up to the United States, given their their long-standing relationships, you know, in North America and their, frankly, dependence on Northern tourism to really drive the country's economy, which I think will only be probably be deepened even further as this move towards green capitalism intensifies and, you know, more hotels, more luxury hotels are built and inequality deepens. So, you know, I this is I think they're pragmatists. I don't think that they they are either of these two candidates have, you know, deep ideological convictions in the in this space. But I don't think that we'll see any changes with, you know, their approach to, you know, for example, Nicaragua on their northern border for Venezuela or, you know, any of the any of sort of the they're not going to join the revolutionary movement. No, no, no, I don't think we'll see any changes. And if we do, it will be it will be because there there's sort of no way to no way to avoid it. This is. Do you see them more maybe aligned with Mexico and Argentina's political and well, you can't compare economically because those other two countries are so huge. But Mexico and Argentina kind of hold a specific space in the progressive countries. And in fact, I know people work in both governments and they're very clear we're the only two progressive nations in the Americas.  You see Costa Rica more in line with that or. No, no, they're not leftists for sure. No, I don't think that I know I don't and I don't think that we're going to see any real progressive change, except for perhaps, you know, some leadership on their continued leadership sort of on on climate and environmental issues. But even that has, you know, is not. Is especially if you get us where to win, you know, both of these both of the leading candidates do not support the Eskazoo Treaty. The Eskazoo Treaty was in, you know, Eskazoo is in Costa Rica itself. But it's a it's a really a landmark regional treaty to protect environmental defenders and to secure information regarding large, large projects that would impact the environment. And like, like. What was like, you know, mega projects? Like hydroelectric dam and mining and things like that. Things like this, but also specifically surrounding, you know, guaranteeing rights for environmental defenders. So the communities that defend those lands that are so often assassinated or or or harassed in other ways across the region.  Yeah, yeah. You see some of the worst in the world there. Actually, absolutely. And but of course, you know, the famous case of that, because it is and, you know, notice, you know, we see this across the we see this across the the hemisphere across the world, really. And this is an attempt to change that. And both of these both of these candidates, you know, I don't think we'll ratify that agreement. These principally affecting indigenous people in Costa Rica. Or they they they are. Well, yes, I mean, most strongly, yes. But I think they are also affecting, you know, compassing on rural as a peasant and rural rural communities as well. The indigenous population of Costa Rica believes about is about 3 percent. So so less than in other parts of the of the region. But yes, these are the principally the lands that are under attack and, you know, sort of in line for for new development and and violence. So, you know, no, I don't I don't think we'll see any any great changes by both of these both of these candidates. Don't support any changes to to to, you know, abortion legislation. For example, they right now Costa Rica has only in the life in the case of the life of the mother is abortion permitted.  Things that are no, I don't see any to any progressive change. Unfortunately, well, so the next round is the final round. The runoff is April 3rd. Are you going to be back in Costa Rica for for that? I don't think I will be back, unfortunately, just due to scarce resources. But but, yes, it will be it will be April 3rd. And, you know, we are, I think, completely confident in the integrity of the electoral process. In my in my observation there, you know, there was really nothing to be too alarmed by, except for the entry of private money into politics, as we both were always seeing and seeing more and more of. But really, you know, I think this is it should be a probably a clean process, a transparent process, and one where we will likely see Figuetes come out on top again. Wow. Well, it's going to be an interesting. It's going to be an interesting to see how it all unfolds and how and how Costa Rica moves forward in this new this new paradigm that we're watching. Because it could be very exciting for all of us, you know, even more conservative trees like Costa Rica, even Ecuador, even mentioned earlier, is embraced. Now, try lateral, you know, lateral trade with the US. And so it could be could be very good for all of us, including those of us like me from the United States could eventually force our own our own, you know, changes as well. So so, Matt, is there anything that we should we should talk about before I let you go? Anything that I over, you know, blaringly omitted or anything that you would like to share with our audience? No, I think that's I think we really hit it all. You know, I mean, one thing I forgot to mention just, you know, I was doing a little bit of fact checking myself as we were in interviews that, you know, Costa Rica was one of the one of the first countries in South America or in Central America to join the Belt and Road. So, you know, there are continuing development initiatives also from from China happening there. And I think, as I said, I think you'll really see this sort of pragmatic approach moving forward. I don't think that we're going to see too many changes or, you know, a hard shift to the United States, even either of these candidates are, you know, progressive by really any stretch of the imagination. But but Costa Rica also has a lot of parallels to the US, especially in its in its composition to its composition of left forces. And I think we'll probably be learning together how to move forward in a more in a more powerful way and in the way that we can build for we can build power. So, you know, I think lots of lots of contact with with with the comrades in in front of them will be will be important for for folks in the US and especially in a nation that's so affected by by US tourism, by US contact, more important all the time. So just wanted to say thank you very much and and and that's all for me. OK, thank you so much. I'm so glad you had time to talk with us today, especially having just returned from the elections on Sunday in Costa Rica. So I want to just remind our audience, you've been watching what the F is going on in Latin America and the Caribbean Code Pink's weekly YouTube program of hot news out of the region. We broadcast every Wednesday, 7 30 p.m. Eastern and also be sure to catch Code Pink Radio, which broadcasts every Thursday morning, 11 a.m. Eastern on WBAI out in New York City, simulcasting at a WPFW Washington, D.C. So thanks again, Matt, really wonderful to have this conversation and to see you at least by zoom. And we should talk about Columbia, the upcoming Columbia elections next and what we can all do to to to support, you know, what's going on there. Absolutely. Thanks, Terry. And yeah, folks want to learn more about progressive international. It's a progressive dot international and will be keeping tabs on Columbia both through their both through their congressional elections in next month, as well as their really highly contested presidential elections in May and June. OK, more to come, folks. Thank you so much.


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That's where the thought creates and you can have instantaneous experience of your manifestation or within minutes and it's an exponential process and it doesn't take really any labor it doesn't take even knowing all the skills I talk and teach people to because we're so fully in alignment with our higher self and our guides. So what you just said you said what you teach to people and I know you have clients and groups and so forth. So how do you help people manifest what they want? So let's say somebody comes to you, gosh, there's so many examples, right? Somebody, there could be a career somebody wants maybe they wanna shift their finances maybe they wanna shift what's going on in their body health-wise or maybe they want a relationship or right or they wanna write a book like you did. So of all the things they come to you and they say, Amira Hall, I need help. I really wanna manifest this what would be the steps you'd show them? What are the techniques that you work with? Well, the most interesting thing that I picked up when you just said all those different experiences almost every single person that comes to me and says, I want to create this career. Funny enough, its spirit guides me to actually clearing energy that's not related or so they think to why they wanna create. I would say that a hundred times out of a hundred we need to clear something that's impeding our ability to manifest. There is some energetic block there is some energetic call it a mental or emotional call it a fear, call it mom's energy call it something from our experience from birth to now or even a past life that energy has to be cleared. And quite honestly, I don't do really anything other than help people release help people release some of the unconscious energy that's preventing them from stepping into that alignment where the magic happens, where the miracles happen every day, every minute. And so it's a flow. I think the more we can clear release, let go what we're not we can step into that superpower aligning and trusting and knowing and keeping the vibration high that is the secret. So, the very, very, very, very first thing we learn because nobody knows how to do it is grounding. A lot of people that I encounter say, oh yeah, I know how to ground, I ground but meanwhile they're thinking of 15 things they put their keys down, went into the bathroom and forgot where they put their keys down. They're not present. They want to address what you were saying before just to concur when you were talking about the first thing you do and somebody comes to you because the obstacle in manifesting is something that's going on energetically within us. And I would say like four months ago and before as a metaphysician working in this world, I would have said, yeah, and I would have gotten it here. But now I can't even believe I'm saying this but I'm actually four months through my shamanic university school. I have two more months to go and it's been so profound because I'm learning these processes to do on people exactly what you're saying. It's everything from extractions to cord cutting to way deeper. And I'm seeing things that are amazing and people that I'm taking out to help them. And of course I get to work with other students and they are doing the same for me. And I'm seeing, I'll go a whole week and all of a sudden realize, there are huge changes happening for me. There are tremendous shifts because of that exchange I did with that other student and what they removed from me. And I am loving this process. So I have to say, I know intimately now in a different way what you're talking about and how important that is.  You're trying everything right. Exactly. And the pattern repeats and I just want to say with great love it's often, it's way beyond subconscious.  Somebody could have been sending hatred your way or anger or trauma that somehow got crystallized or embedded in you or an entity. Interdimensionally is accurate because as multidimensional beings of light, we are crossing many barriers. And so a lot of healers don't really understand that. I don't think they can really, I know a lot of people are being like time jumped into understanding this. But quite honestly, this whole awareness of being grounded, I've worked with many people who've been long time on their path. And even after we finished my 10 weeks of mentoring and then a month or two past that, they'll be, I don't know, vacuuming or doing some dishes and they went, oh, I just felt it. Oh my gosh. Now I know what you're talking about. So it's not something that is really, you could talk about it and talk about it till the moon is blue, but it's an experience. And again, it's all about clearing unconscious levels way beyond like you imagine an iceberg. It's not at the top of the iceberg, which most of us in metaphysics have been dealing with, maybe an inch below the water level, but this is going way down. One of my interesting issues right now with manifesting is, and I think I have gifts in manifesting like real co-creator gifts, but I get in my own way. And so this is just for instance, because I have a feeling lots of people will resonate, but to pull back the curtain, I'm gonna be doing this webinar coming up on how to be interviewed. I work with spiritual messengers. Now doing the webinar, I love, I love, right? Connecting with people, I love, I love. But the whole backend stuff, uh-huh.  You can't just show up for an hour and you know, you have to know where you're going and what you're gonna share. And I wanna give people a gift for coming. Like there's all these pieces. Then I know once that's complete, I need to figure out copy, right? For a landing page. And so people can register for it. And I gotta write that up and then I gotta hire someone from private. And then, right? And then what happens here is I'm like, and I'll push it off every day from my to-do list. Would you like some help right now? Yeah, and I wanna say I've already- Okay. I had a shift recently where I felt, I just shifted into the finish line. In case this helps somebody, I went to the finish line and felt what it will feel like all the Benny's I will get, all the new people, I'll meet possibly new clients, all the people I'll get to help. Once I got in the excitement, I'm like, I can do one thing at a time. And I have been making headway, but I would love more. So I'm a yes. Yeah, so let's create this little snapshot of creating anything. This is a foolproof tool that I use day in and day out. So imagine putting your masterclass, that whole concept that you just described of everything in it. And I like to use symbols. I prefer a symbol that's universal and that to me is a rose, right? Everybody can relate. And I've got clients around the world. So when I say a rose or a flower, they get the same picture. So let's just, let's everybody think, and everybody who's listening, think of something that you would like to manifest. In your case, Debbie, you've got it real crystal clear, but how you wanna help them, the program that more or less, okay? We got that whole thing. All right, so then beside it in your mind's eye, imagine a gauge and it could look like a fuel gauge or an odometer on your car. And that there's a little needle on it from zero to 100%. And ask yourself, and no cheating, what percentage does that mock-up of your desire look like you can have in this moment that you could receive it? So it's really funny. It looks like a car that's sputtering. It's going from the little dial goes to 50 and then sputters up to 75 and then moves 50 and 75. It's shaky, right? It's on shaky ground, but now, and it could, yeah. So I could analyze that for you and tell you why, but that's not even relative, right? It's like, I like to bypass all of that analytical part of where we all get tangled up. And you're no different than me and everybody else, right? We get in our way. And so with that in mind, it's not at 100. So looking back at that rose or that symbol, whatever symbol comes to your mind, begin imagining you've got a psychic sponge and you can start absorbing any energy on there from other people. It could be other people that are- I'm sorry, can I get clarity? Any energy from the rose or from what am I sponging from?  So that's your mock-up. And so what we're gonna do is absorb or clear off any energy that other people, other than yourself might have on that rose. It could be your tech team, thinking about what work there is. It could be people that would like to attend but the timing is off. It could be people that attended other trainings and whatever the, it could be so many factors. Just, we just wanna clear or absorb, pull out any energy from other people that are interfering with your desire coming into fruition. And you just let me know when you feel like that's complete. Yes, it's complete. Okay, good. Now I want you to clear out with another psychic sponge so that you can let that sponge disappear and then another sponge to absorb and remove any energy you have on that desire. Your fears, your worries, your, all the work. Oh my gosh, some might work. Oh, when am I gonna have time?  So it's not about negative or positive. They're all feelings that are impeding that creation. Wow. I just literally saw my mouth open. It's coming. Yeah, that's so cool. Yeah. Sometimes we see some real funny pictures doing this. It's really cool. And you know, to be playful with it, to pretend we're in kindergarten and there's no coloring outside the line or there is lots of coloring outside the line. Yeah, we just get to make it up and follow spirit and have fun with it. When we, the less serious we take this, I think the more powerful it becomes. Great, I'm complete. Great. Now looking at that gauge that you had earlier, where's the needle pointing? Ah, now it's going between 80 to 100, 80 to 100. So it's still wobbly, okay? So give that gauge a cord or a tube, hook it to the center of the earth, just in your mind's eye and see that grounded. There's that word, grounded. And what happened? This is amazing because you always think of grounding yourself. I never thought of grounding energetically something I wanted to create.  So I put them in an imaginary bubble in the side of the room and I just ground them so I discharge all the energy that blocks me from getting to it. Yeah. So what happens to the gauge Debbie as you do that? Oh yeah, it definitely creates stability and I like calm in the, in its space. So it's not quite looking at 100. Now, because it involves other people we wanna give it between 95 and 100 because everybody has free choice, right? We're not impeding on anybody's free choice or forcing anybody to do anything that we don't want. But you can ask the gauge is there something that the gauge wants me to give to it? So rather than taking away, is there something that we would deposit in that gauge to bring it to 100% and what do you see? Wow. So first of all, that is so brilliant Amira because I teach my book writing students the same thing. Every time they come into a block I have them connect with the book and have a conversation and they love this exercise. It was a big breakthrough. So I so get it, what you just did is brilliant. So it was like, and I think I intuitively knew this anyway and this is the problem also creating an agenda. There starts being a boom, boom, boom. Like I'm not a stiff person at all. I'm a very free flowy.  Like you're doing a great job at copy and you're doing a great job at knowing technically where you're going all this stuff but really what it needs is you, right? And being present with it, being present. So you can drop in the letter, you know, why owe you into that gauge? You can drop a picture of yourself into that gauge whatever that looks like to you. Beautiful, my God, that's so good. And then we're gonna roll up that gauge and we're gonna drop it into that rose or that symbol. And this is where you can step into it and feel it. Like it's a room and you just walked into it and experience that gratitude and experience that joy and the fulfillment and the applause. And you can also give thanks to the creator at this point for having this creation right here right now. Oh my God, this is beautiful. I hope everybody out there is doing that for your own dream. Yeah, my heart's just, it's very cool. And so then we wanna step out of it. So this is like in real time, you created this and the quantum field, it exists. You brought yourself into alignment with it. And so now as you step out, you can do a couple of things. Sometimes I bring it into me, I reach out and bring that symbol right into my body or I snip it off and I let it rise up into the manifestation realm, I let go. This is the other key component is letting go. And a lot of people just keep digging it up and rehab. Well, it hasn't come yet, it hasn't manifested. And you can't, I caution you not to dig it up and redo it and redo it and cancel it and make another, cause you're not trusting the universe. You're not trusting God. You're not trusting yourself. Instead, if it doesn't manifest within a real, let's say in a week, you don't see some progress, I would clean it off. It's simply calling back this already created manifestation and just do the whole exercise again with the gauge and cleaning it off and release it again. Sometimes that happens, yeah. That was so beautiful and I am very, very, very grateful. I really felt that so strongly and it started to connect with another manifestation in the rose, by the way, favorite for flower, true story. And I've been asked to speak on some huge stages and they're coming to me and asking and it involves travel and it's a big deal. I'm very honored and I'm gonna be speaking cause I've always spoken about visibility but I'm gonna be stepping into the UFO, the metaphysical, the shaman and that's the conversation I wanna deliver. So there's a lot of new stuff for me. And before we started, you said psychically, I already got that you're reaching for the stars and that you're really changing a lot and thank you cause it's so accurate. And so that was also in the rose. It just showed itself to me that moment and it was more owning was no effort. It was just like embracing. Being all of you and being in that grace of receiving. And so, I often look at the having gauge as we looked at that, but there's also another component to this and that's receiving. A lot of us can't receive our good. And there again, it comes back to what do I need to clear what trauma, what belief system, emotional baggage we're hanging on to. Like you, I'm gonna be speaking on a stage this summer. I was invited to speak at the International Association for Near Death Studies. So at their annual conference. And I've held myself back from speaking on stages, but it's, I think no matter what, whether you've had a near death and you've talked, you can connect whether it's in the shaman journey, as we're advancing, as we're elevating our consciousness and the frequency, we have to learn how to manifest in a whole new way. And that more than ever is requiring us to be present. Because we can get things out real easy. Are there different tools manifesting in a new way? Are there a quantum energy tools that can be used also for the health, the wealth of relationships and so forth that are different? It comes back to grounding. It comes to us being present. The next tool that I teach in terms of tapping into our intuition so that we can see clearly is being able to be in the center of our head and knowing how our spirit, if you think of Hawaii, your spirit just goes there. As you talk at the UFO conference, we all just went there. The International Association for Near Death Studies, we just went there in Washington, DC. So, but we have to learn how to stay present because our spirit is adventurous, it's creative. It wants to explore, whereas our body needs to feel safe. So, as a human, having this spiritual being, having this human experience, they're not really talking to each other unless we've got that click and the body feels safe enough to then trust this new information that's coming in. So, whether it's for our channeling or for its manifesting, we're kind of being held at a higher level of responsibility. As you soul sisters and soul star seeds are here to have this experience of a spiritual being having a human experience and stepping into our superpowers, how can we do that if we're not aware or present? How does it really translate to fulfilling our heart's desires? And this is the thing that I see struggle, so many lightworkers and healers really struggle with is truly manifesting. Because it's not, they tend to be hit and miss. It's not a consistent pattern, and that's why. And nobody's taught us how. So, we're learning. We're learning, yes, absolutely. I know also you talk about the importance of visualization and I wanted to ask you for people. My visualization is hit and miss. I don't think that's my strong point. Certainly, sentience is my strong point. And possibly, well, it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter what my strong points are. But my visualization sometimes, I got nothing. Like it just doesn't happen and sometimes it does. So, for people whose visualization that is either not a sense that works for them or also is not their strongest, is there a way around visualization that we can still create this potency? The way I see it is we have all of these gifts, all of these abilities, every one of us. And you can write, you learn to write in school, I learned how to write. My handwriting might be prettier than yours. Why is that? Did I spend more time? Was I more creative? I'm not saying that is true, but we can develop this. And that's the problem. Nobody's taught us how to develop. You visualized a rose. You simply closed your eyes and you saw that rose. That is clairvoyance. Now, the point of all that is most of us, it's very, very common, clair sentience, which is clear feeling. That's using our second and third chakra. The claircognizance is also very common, clear knowing. It's the clear audience, the clear hearing and the clairvoyance that most people haven't developed. And that's exactly what I teach people, how to get to those levels. I feel clairvoyance is one of the highest abilities, not only for healing, because we can dial into it when we can see specifically what we're looking at and use a particular tool to advance it or give us more information. In fact, remote viewing is basically clairvoyance. But it's usually, I think it's also using more analytical, whereas in the work I do is, I don't know, I'm gonna say it's university level, but we play like we're in kindergarten. So when we can relax and play and have fun with it, our spirit communicates in pictures. That's it. Got it. What is your success rate in helping people who feel they're non-clair? I haven't had anybody in my training who's not developed their clair. In fact, one student I had from Saudi Arabia, I was living in Dubai at the time and he approached me. He was already a healer, an energy healer, and he wanted to develop his clairvoyance. So we did the whole program and we had our consult after. And I said, so I don't feel like you're happy. You're not really content with the results of this training. And he goes, yes, that's true. He was very polite and sweet. And I said, well, I think we need to give it a week or two or a month. Just let's simmer because the way I see it is you're in such an incredible growth period. All the moving parts are still settling and you're still growing and settling and growing. So I got a call back about three weeks or so after that. And he says, I'm here. You're not going to believe this. I'm seeing the organs in my clients' bodies like it's a video. Really? So his perception of what clairvoyance was going to be for him, he thought he was going to see like I saw. And quite frankly, every person I work with, it's a little different. And I can teach you tools and step by step to expand it. But at the end of the day, it's you, just like with singing, Debbie, you develop your voice, right? You develop your style in presentation and delivery and how it works for you. And it might dovetail, let's say, with your shamanic background or some of the other healing modalities. All of a sudden things start whipping around and you just take it to a whole new level. That's what that's about. Yeah, thank you. That's so right. That's really a nice thought too. So you can, you have 100% success rate. You can turn this on in people. However, it manifests differently. Our blueprint is different for however the clair is meant to be. Because of the perception of how are we believe what is true or the way we see things. If we all look at a painting and you say to me, well, I see the reds and the blues and I'm like, I see the yellow, right? We see things different. So that is naturally going to be translated also into the buoyant space. Is there such a thing as selling, manipulating energy? And if so, how can we use that? I'm not sure I follow you. What do you mean manipulating? There was something I read about on your website about selling, manipulating energy. Does that make sense? Well, what I don't, I guess I'm going to perceive that is when somebody's selling something or if there's a program out there, they can use energy to manipulate. And whether or not you can see that, that it's a, let's say an advertisement that everything looks great. But in reality, there's some underlying energies that are trying to get you to do something, but it might not deliver what you want. Does that make sense? Absolutely, yes, yes. And I see a lot of that. I see a lot right now, especially within the spiritual community. There's a lot of wonderful healers that are coming online and package up some trainings to go out into the world. But it's not all what it's being made out to be. 100%, I work the Conscious Life Expo, which is girlfriend, you've got to go. I've been, yeah. I mean, you need to present next February. It's amazing, 15,000 people through the door and they're all us, right? And you go booth to booth to booth and boy, I don't know.  I know some people may love it. There's like, so for instance, there's a psychic, whatever he is, who is there every year. And I finally thought, this guy's here all the time. There's always a line. I got to experience him and he was a chunk of money. And I threw it down right away just to get on his calendar. I have to tell you, Amira was one of the worst readings. I was sitting there. He was so short. I looked just like one of the housewives of Beverly Hills. I don't remember the name because I don't watch those shows. And from that, he said things about me but there was nothing that was full of detail or it was so milky toast. And I sat there and went, what a waste of my time.  And there's so much of that. And I have people calling me, one lady said, my God, this person wanted me to send $1,000 and they needed new drapes and new TV.  Amira, I had a hairdresser once.  And she was working with someone who was milking her dry. And I remember this years ago, she was working on my hair and she was telling me what she was paying this person. And I was like, stop, stop right away. This is a scam, my friend. Oh my gosh, she realized it.  And I call it a guru game. And I don't mean, so the way the game works is if you become a teacher or healer, you have an energetic cord to your students. And it connects to the crown chakra, crown chakra. And so what happens is then you have this following and they don't know that they're being directed by this crown chakra and under the control. Like you have to do everything that they put out. You have to buy every book. You have to go to every event.   And that's unconsciously, of course, but that's how they control you. And I- So come see Amira or me and we'll do some cord cutting for you. So you don't have to go through that anymore. And more than cord cutting, what I teach people is how to get to the core. There's a picture. There's a seed that's been planted. And that's how the cord keeps creating. If you don't know how to clear the actual seed or that cord attached, you might have to continually repeat and cut and cut and cut and cut. Yes, and if you have an affinity for it, that's the other thing. Somebody can completely clear you, but you still have an affinity for that. You can recreate.   Whatever the picture is, is still there.  It's a snapshot. And so that energy continues to create. And then what I also do is go through the timeline and connect up any of the points that are interrelated to that to get all of it. I love it. Oh, okay. Again, and that may take two or three goes because we're interdimensional beings. And so multifaceted, you know. So back to the guru game. This is what is going on too. And people just get sucked in through the misinformation of what I wanna say. Like back to the website or programs or underlying manipulative energy. That's a manipulative game. And so people aren't learning or being able to access their true higher self. So in my trainings, I teach people how to separate their energy from their teacher. I'm calling my energy back for my students all the time. I pop in, they might say, gee, Amir, I felt you standing right next to me today. They feel it, I pop in and I pop out. I'm very attentive to keeping my energy clear from them because that gives them space to develop their own spiritual strength and presence. If somebody else is in your energy field, you can't be present. There's only room in this physical body for Amirah. When I'm acting out or having weird behavior, then it's because there's other entities plugged in or other energies that aren't mine.  A drink, yes, ma'am. You notice how your personality changes. Our spirit steps aside. Our complete soul self steps aside. That may be another aspect to us.  Because then it's like a rotating door and they're going, hey, Amirah's had a drink. The bottle's already on down at Amirah's, yeah. So that's what, and drugs too. And so just like, yeah, we'll leave it there. Okay. That's a deep rabbit hole. Yeah, it's a deep conversation. You communicate with entities beyond this reality. Is that correct? Yes. Can you say who or what the entities are? I communicate with the Arcturians. I call, it seems to be a collective to me, but I identify it as a singular. So I call, and all I could see was blue faces. So I just call it blue. That's our familiar name. And so, yeah, they first came to me when I was walking a golf course in Dubai. And it seems like that would be my little secret time where I would connect to go, okay, I need a sign.  And what is that relationship like now? How do they help you? How do you connect with them? Are they your family, your star seed family? I always felt like I was from Sirius. That's where I kind of kept them at bay, just sort of like looking at this, trying to figure it out, what exactly do you want from me? But it's all about teaching. It's about teaching humanity. I feel like they've been with me since my near-death experience. And I feel like there's others, there's the Syrians. And I have a being that, well, this famous Lee Carroll channels Cryon. Cryon Energy has been with me since 2000. Cryon comes to me as a healing master. So whenever I have a loved one or somebody in my life that's struggling, I send Cryon Energy. And so it's incredibly powerful, but I don't channel it the same way Lee Carroll does. Truly, truly for healing, that's spontaneous. Beings, our loved ones from the other side come through all the time for me. Sometimes I'm channeling, I would say a collection of light beings and several times they've come through and they haven't given a name. They just told me that they were the brothers of the galaxy, that they were helping facilitate the shift in energy. So I kind of say that the big part of my work though has been to help people have what we've come here to create. Not to get... I love talking to extraterrestrials, ascended masters, but I'm constantly being reminded that the work is happening here for us to integrate our spiritual essence and awareness to manifest here in the now. When we connect with many of them, we leave the body and we leave present time. And so that's the part I struggle with. Yeah, my curiosity, it's a fascination, but it's also very seductive. And it takes me anyway, off of what I'm supposed to be doing here. You had a lot of life-changing, being-altering experience, your near-death experience. Will you unpack that a little bit? Will you share generally what happened before, during and after, and how you became who you are right now? Sure, thank you. Before, you know, there was a moment when I hit rock bottom. Have you ever hit rock bottom? Few times, yes ma'am. It's not fun. My dad died, I was going through divorce, and that was all within a few months of each other. And then I was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome. My doctor told me, this was when I was living in San Diego, to go home and prepare my affairs that I was dying, or I would end up the rest of my life in a wheelchair. And so, and I was pretty low, pretty depressed. And then when I thought that things couldn't get worse, I got fired from my six-figure job. And so it felt like my entire life was unraveling like a thread in a fine sweater. One, you know, just completely destroyed. So what happened is that I spent the next seven years making drastic changes in my life from my physical health. And I started studying the ancient mystery schools. And that's, but there was a fascination for me about what happens when we die. And so I then was nudged to go to Egypt. And so I went on a spiritual journey to Egypt. Now, at the time I had a six-figure job, I was in, that's easy for me to say, technical sales or sales and technology. And I went on the spiritual pilgrimage and it was there outside the Valley of the Kings where all the ancient pharaohs tombs are that I had my near-death experience. And what happened was I felt myself hurling through the cosmos towards a familiar blue small planet, was off in the distance. And it was the sound of these Arabic voices that were working served like a beacon that was showing me where I left my body. And it was really, it was very difficult. It actually felt like I was trying to put on wet clothes. It was unsettling and it was painful to try and get back into my body that I struggled with. And thank goodness I had an Egyptian friend with me that day that nurtured me until my body and my energy was restored. But the whole time I was just feeling this incredible bliss and love, pure love that was, I was tethered and I was untethered at the same time, if that's possible. But at the same time, I was starting to see these otherworldly beings and hearing things that and seeing phenomena that defied explanation, it felt like I had stepped into the cantina scene of Star Wars. So it was a very unsettling time. And slowly I made my way back to the US that day, actually. And it was that part that was actually the most shocking to my body. As it started to wane, however, I started to see things that other people did not. And it was very unsettling for me. I could hear things that other people couldn't. And so previous to this, you didn't have psychic abilities at all? I would say I was intuitive, but keep that this in mind, it was in 1998 and I was in the corporate field. So I would have intuitive hits. I'm a canceran. I'm probably one of the most psychics in Pisces and Scorpio, but it wasn't validated. It wasn't validated. In fact, it was more invalidated for me going through all my work career or growing up. Now I had a grandfather who used to read his tea leaves every single night after dinner. And you know, that was never ever discussed in my family. Oh, grandpa's just looking at his tea leaves, right? But I did have visions when my great, not my great, my aunt passed away. She was a nun. She would come back to me and say, just tell me that it was gonna be okay. Before my grandfather died, I was getting visions of him in the dream, showed me that he was gonna go one way on the path and then I would be taking another. So I had a lot of experiences like that, but there was nobody in my family that validated it. Oh no, you're just imagining. Oh, you've got a great imagination. That was how it was validated. Yeah, so I was really good with art. I was really good with people. I could sense things and know how to do the right things at times, but it was sort of just a hit and miss. It wasn't, I didn't realize how strong it was, perhaps. And you had an experience of the all that is in the milieu of everything that occurred for you. Can you share that experience? Yeah, so what happened? It was like, as I came back to the US and I was really freaked out, I withdrew.  I wanted to, so I kind of surrendered and just said, okay, I gotta figure it out myself. I'll just, you know, but I came across one healer that told me, oh, Amira, you've got stuck energy. And I'm like, hallelujah, I'll do anything. What do I need to do, right? I wanna be out of this misery. I just wanna go back to my six-figure job. I was doing great, right? Career was great. Didn't quite work out like that. But anyway, I was actually in LA. I went to the book expo and I was on a massage table after a grueling day, you know, perusing all the books. And I had a spontaneous out-of-body experience. In that moment, I was given a tour of the all. They told me I couldn't stay, but because for a good year, I had been asking, where did I go? Where did I go? I wanted to know. And I even talked to a shaman, not, well, he's a shaman, but they call him a sheikh in Arab culture. And I said, where did I go? Did I die? Because this was before internet, really. There was no books on near death, you know? He said, my dear, he said, you didn't die because he thinks I'm gonna be underground, right? You went very, very, very far. That was his explanation. So I was getting closer to it. And then in this experience, I was shown where I went. And I literally, I remember standing in front of this grand corridor with doors on either side of the corridor. To this day, I think it was like the hall of records. Or, and so I entered and my guide told me, you can enter any door you like. So I took the easiest path, don't we always? I went to the right, it was a gold door. I went through the door, I didn't open it. It was like I merged through it. And I stepped into what was like, this is the best I can describe because words truly elude me for this. It was like a moving kaleidoscope of color and patterns. And at this, I was merged into it and with it. It felt warm and it felt soothing and it felt protective. And I said, where am I? What is this? And my guide said, this is the fabric of all creation. This is love. Oh my gosh, oh my gosh. Say more. And of course, I was told that I couldn't stay, but I was just like, oh, just immersed. Imagine being back in the womb of your mother, right? That just such a yummy. Well, and then I was just rudely transported out like it was just a real slam to my spirit.  Then I was in the corridor one more time and I asked to go across the corridor, stepped in through this pink door and it was this opaque emerald green. I said, well, where am I now? And they explained that and well, I actually got a review of my life. I saw a timeline with my life where all my emotions had literally created all my dysfunction, all the destruction and the dis-ease. And so I learned from that moment that everything was energy and it was emotionally attached and I had left a string of it and that was what was causing my current issues. And so I knew in that moment, when I went back, I was to detox the emotions, detox the physical body and I was responsible for all that. And I was responsible for what I create, that everything is energy and I create with my energy. That's all. Wow, that's all. Just hanging out with the vibration of love and God. Being given a review so you can come back and literally should you choose and you did, you healed everything. Oh my gosh. And what a journey that must have been to, cause I have a lot of compassion. It's not easy. That's a lot of unwinding to do. A lot of lineage as well. For anybody and we're all so different in how our emotions are. I'm a Cancerian too. So I feel so deeply and my moon is Scorpio. I feel so... Oh, see, I knew I could see the Scorpio and the Cancer, yeah. Well, and so, yeah, I didn't know that my emotions were a superpower, right? And so I, yeah, I was always told as a little girl to stop crying or quit, snap out of that mood. But unbeknownst to me, I was absorbing all the dysfunction in my family to heal it, right? As star seeds, as light workers, unknowingly, that's what we're doing with these little sponges and we're just absorbing it all. And yeah, so I had to unlearn that. And that's exactly what I teach people is how to be a sovereign unit, your own soul vibration and to separate from other energies in the way that you're healing yourself. It's not that you're separating and isolating from other people, but Debbie's energy for her body, Amira's energy for her body, right? And then we come together and we can appreciate all of the richness between us, but my energy will corrupt your hard drive in your body and your energy will corrupt mine. So if you think of it as a malware or a virus, it will think snafu and short circuit things. So then guess what? We're not manifesting what we want because these foreign energies are interfering and taking precedent. Yes, wow, especially when you're sensitive and empath, it's like, yeah, it's very powerful to maintain your own space and energy and sovereignty when someone else is going through something and you can sense it. Yeah. So yeah, and so how do we navigate that? How do we not take it on and support them in healing? And so those are all the techniques that I teach is so that we're not losing ourself rather than we're gaining ourself and being responsible for our power because when our energy literally goes into somebody else's body or aura that we're literally making them sick. Yeah. We can hold the space for them to heal. And there's power in that.  I know in 12-step programs, they say about somebody who's an addict, right? You can only help them so much, but at some point you have to completely detach because quote-unquote, this person, the addict, has their own bottom. And I think that is powerful at saying, I'm getting out of the way, they haven't hit it yet. And it's the same for whatever people are going through. You wanna love them, you're gonna support them. Anyway, you can to the exception of yourself, right? And your own emotional health and any toxicity is just not okay. When you have a very clear understanding of your own frequency as an empath, I know when something else enters my energy field, I'll feel off or I'll get confused or I'll get distracted and I can sense it, but I also have tools to release it.  That's absolute BS. Maybe it was our younger versions of ourselves that thought that we could do that. Energy's constantly moving.  In fact, what white light does is it's a giant pause button. It is so strong that our physical body can't hold white light for very long. It's a kind of short circus. Now, gold light, yes, but that's the problem is people are bringing in this white light. Guess what?   Oh my gosh, I so understand everything you're saying. I love it, I love it. And my dear, I mean, there's, okay, the next place I wanna go is how can people connect with you and if anybody are these books on your website or should they go to Amazon and how can they work with you? They're on my website that you can go and get those and also on Amazon. So yeah, they're just Google the name or Amazon the name and... And your programs too, they're on, so her website is Amira, M-A-M-I-R-A-H. Of course, if you're watching us on YouTube, youtube.com slash Debbie Daschinger, or if you're watching us on my Spotify channel Dare to Dream with Debbie Daschinger, you can see us and our names are right there at the bottom and you can see how her name is spelled but is A-M-I-R-A-H, Amira Hall, H-A-L-L, that's her website, amirahall.com. What does Amira mean? Princess. Were you born with that name? I was born with the name Deborah and Deborah was queen, right? Yes, that's my born name. So I stepped down. I stepped down and that was a big shift. It was a great shift because I thought princesses, I never did it for that reason, don't get me wrong. It was a spiritual name by a spiritual teacher that gave me the name. He said, you should be using the name Amira. I thought he was out of his mind but just before I went to the trip to Egypt, I heard a voice saying that you should be using the name Amira and that's when I used the name and everybody loved it and everybody met me with it by the name of Amira and I received all these gifts from all the Egyptians. I'm like, I'm loving this. That's when I stepped into manifesting, you know? And so I thought princess is cool because you know what? I don't have to carry around the burden of the world. I just get to live a good life. And everyone loves a princess, right? And the princess is always happy in the end. Yeah, yeah. So anyway, that's how it came to be. What language then is Amira? It's an Aramaic name, Aramaic, yeah. A lot of Arabs have that name but there's Jewish people with that name. So it's Aramaic from the time of Jesus. Since I like to point out, I'm not picking favorites. And Amira Hall, what do you next dare to dream? This is dare to dream. What are your future dreams and goals? Well, I am launching a brand new training called Amplify. Amplify your intuition and manifesting. And so I'm gonna take people through the journey of not only learning how to read, using their clairvoyance, but also manifesting. So just as we did today, that's like an example. We are healing ourselves with every reading that we offer and every process that we're creating. So that's a new, exciting venture, the information's on my website under the training. What else? I thought I might be taking another trip to Egypt this year, but that's on the back burner for 2024. And I would say the next big thing is that National Conference for the International Near Death Studies in Al-Qaeda. Yeah, we're gonna see all of that.  And who knows, maybe your Syrian family or the Arcturians will show up and help guide you. They've got their figures in it. Totally, I believe that that's, I mean, that's what I got when you were sharing that, that it isn't actually taking off track. They are so helping you. Like this is a master team assisting you, not always consciously, but that you have a good team and you don't even pay them. So kudos. I would like to say that they paid me. And last November, we were in the Great Pyramid. We had private time for two hours. There were only six of us up there. And so as we're chanting, oh, in this mega amphitheater, like in terms of sound, so what was happening is, I really felt like we opened a portal. We were, I was just pouring my heart out in that space. And we were, I felt like we were all levitating. I mean, it was an incredible experience. We came out and one of the ladies had injured, fell and hurt her knee. She couldn't climb up to the top, to the king's chamber. She, about 5 36 o'clock, she opened her eyes and she looked up into the sky. And there was as clear as day, these golden stars in the shape of the Pleiades. And she snapped a picture right out of the bus. But I mean, I've never seen that so clear. And so it was like, we literally opened the portal and it was like them flashing their lights showing, hey, you did it, you know, it was awesome. We did it and we're with you. Beautiful. Thank you so much for coming on the show. This went so fast and I'm just grateful to be connected with you. Thank you, sweetie, so much for my, all my heart. It's been a real joy. I end today's show with this quote from Stephen Richards. All things that exist form an endless area of quantum energy with infinite possibilities waiting to happen. Subscribe to this number one transformation conversation. Dare to dream with Debbie Dashinger, like, comment. I read them all. Next week on the show, Yeri is gonna be the amazing Rob Gauthier, formally known as Treb Channeling. Rob Gauthier channels over 100 ET consciousness, publicly including Ardi Treb as well as Archangel Metatron. If you love this show, tell your friends. We always appreciate it. And remember, don't just dream, dare to dream and then use the technique over and over that Amira Hall described earlier so you can help remove any of the obstacles from without and from within in order to properly manifest. Thanks for joining us today.


Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the voiceover of a lifetime. Silent Mike here with a little bit of training footage, a little bit of recap, a little bit of knowledge mixed with a little bit of spice and everything nice. Thanks so much for being here with me as we speak on this Monday evening. Seven days away from the latest Third Street Barbell Good Company drop. You'll follow 3sb.co for all your needs, elevating the athletic apparel game. And also you can follow me, Silent Mike on Instagram or Third Street Barbell on Instagram if you want to see some of the teasers of the stuff we're coming out. But here we are, baby. I think it's a heavy squat day. We've got a couple days of footage right now. A lot of questions about my programming, my full body splits. Let me just keep up with y'all and let me tune you in to how I'm training lately. So I got three main powerlifting barbell days. Monday, Wednesday, Friday. I sneak them in in between my twist streams and my shift at the gym. So what I like to do is squat three times. I'm currently benching three times and I'm pulling twice. Today I try to go a little bit heavier on squats. I believe this is a Friday workout. But basically I have a medium Monday squat, a lightish Wednesday squat and a heavyish Sunday squat. I will throw in variations, but as of right now they're all kind of the comp lift. I'll sneak in a high bar depending on how my body feels. But soon I'm waiting on the Transformer bar by Kabuki. It's in the mail and that's going to take over one of the days for a block. Bench-wise, we got a heavy bench day Wednesday, a close grip rep day Friday, and a medium rep day comp grip on Monday. Deadlifts, we're throwing in different blocks. I just finished kind of a conventional block on Monday heavy. Which I think you guys will see some footage here. And lightish snatch grip on Friday. And I say lightish because overall it's about the stimulus, right? And so I'm going beltless, I'm going snatch grip which automatically limits the amount of weight I can handle compared to if I threw on a belt. And I did in my regular grip, right? The range of motion is longer, much more difficult with the snatch grip. And obviously the belt helps me out a little bit. Yeah, I remember this day. So we go 505, I think for a single or triple. This weight moves really, really well. This is 485, I believe on the squat. Some days you have it, some days are grooving and moving. Some days you aren't. Sometimes you've got a little pep in your step. Some days you aren't. The longer you've been doing this thing, the less days do you feel like Superman. And so I haven't had a Superman day in a little while, but today, you know, I feel like a baby Superman with just a tiny piece of, I got a Kryptonite splinter. I don't have a rock on Kryptonite on me. So I'm feeling good. The second one, as you see here, even though it looks really solid, I lost a lot of tightness in the hole. And so something I'm going to do forward here is I'm going to really work on controlling my pace on the way down. I have a lot of leg strength, but for some reason I don't have confidence in my leg strength. And so what I tend to do is rely on how explosive I am. I rely on my speed, I rely on getting in and out of the hole. What? So what I'm going to try to do is slow myself down, really feel the hole. Excuse me. And then drive up as hard as I can. And so that's going to be one of my main focuses on all three days, whether it be reps or not. Again, on this day was the little bit of bench press. I'm just doing sets of seven, eight, nine, 10 on the closed script, trying to build some muscles and the snatch grip, which I actually ended up going really heavy because I started to warm up. If you guys look closely here at my shorty shorts, you got a teaser of what's coming in the next 3SB block. But I work up to a heavy weight here. Again, I work everything in cycle. So back to the programming. Apologies for my ADHD rants. Tuesday, Thursday then, I'm just doing back in arms. I like to get a little pump. I move around with the boys. I turn on some music. I want to get some blood flowing. I hop on the assault bike. I do a little bit of back. Little bit tricep, little bit bicep. Call it a day, call it a week. The weekends I'm taking from my mental work and all my laptop work or computer work and trying to ignore kind of the gym itself. Now, on the programming itself, what I'm trying to do is again have two variations on the exercises I'm doing three times a week. One variation on the exercise I'm doing twice a week, the deadlift. But even on the main movement in particular, the deadlift, I'm going into blocks of four to six weeks and those variations switch every four to six weeks. This is very loose programming. I'm trying to have fun. I'm trying to progress. And I'm trying to not get my head caught up in the numbers right now. So is it completely optimal for my strength gains? Maybe not. Is it completely optimal for my muscle gains? Maybe not. But what's most optimal is that I'm getting good work in. Not great work, but good work in for the long term. I'm enjoying myself and I'm trying to find the flow and build back some work capacity. So this is actually today's workout. And again, like I said, I did a four to six week block on the conventional and I was doing some pause and I was doing some snatch grip. And so here I decided to work up a little bit in the sumo. And today as the first sumo back in a while, the groove actually felt really, really good and I was feeling a real, real snappy. As you guys can see the bar speeds moving really good and my positionings overall really solid. A little pain in my quad and my knee to be honest, just from the positioning because I'm not used to it. But we're gonna build on this. So I work up to a heavy set of 605 for two and then a drop set of 545 for five, which actually went really, really smooth as well. The overall goal that I need to work on here is patience and I think that's something I've seen. I've been doing technique critiques on tikka talk. If you guys wanna follow me there by all means, I'll try to help you out and we'll do a little duet together and we're not doing the renegade, I'm gonna help you lift. And so the longer the video, the better so I can coach you through it. But the biggest thing I see in most people's deadlift is just patience. You get a little bit of tension and you all of a sudden try to throttle it. I do a pretty good job on this set actually of taking my time on that setup.  What squats and bench tends to be easier because the weight's on you, you're kind of forced into tension and deadlift you have to create it with your body in the ground. Here you can see I rush a little bit and although that moves decently, these are the back down sets, it doesn't move as fast as I want you. I actually didn't even record, I messed up. I didn't even record the 605 for two. I wish I did so you could see how I rushed it a little bit. After this, I just hit some light squats. Again, I'm doing sets on the lighter days, seven to 10 on the medium days for five to seven and then the heavy days a single, feeling the groove of a single and some back down sets. I hope you enjoyed the video. I appreciate you guys so much. New video Monday, Wednesday. Stay up and we'll talk soon.