"Radiating Grace"

                                                                                                      Radiating Grace                                                                Aramaic and the Essenes    In thinking about when I first heard of the Essenes, I realized that I don't actually remember!   Most likely it was many years ago when I attended Marie Refior's group and we discussed comments from Edgar Cayce, Ruth Montgomery, Eric Butterworth, "The Gospel of the Essenes" or ?   I do know, however,  that I was familiar enough with the Essenes to think of Unity Village, when I went there to study, as having been created in that image or at least influenced by it and their ideas.    I also remember that my first hearing of Aramaic (in this lifetime) was during a lengthy family stay in Duluth, Minnesota.  Before we left,  Marie, my teacher/mentor, had given me an Aramaic tape by Rocco Erico.  While there and in listening to that Aramaic tape, I was literal

                                    " Radiating Grace "                                                         My "Teachers "       Blessed with so many "teachers" from all walks of life, it is difficult to choose which ones to share here, so  I will begin by sharing some of my amazing "teachers" in the Woodland, CA area.       I was blessed with a brilliant ballet teacher/dancer/choreographer, Earl Riggins, who passed along his love of dance and continued to dance himself in the area into his 80's.  Mr. Riggins had been in the original San Francisco Ballet Co. and I learned a lot not only about ballet, but also folk dance, which he taught,  tap etc.  His teaching method was the opposite from those around him--I never heard him shout at anyone!      Prior to joining the Riggins School of Ballet, I had had an experience with a woman who sat in a chair pounding out the tempo and shouting at her students as we learned "I'