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with Lauri Quinn Loewenberg I shot my Siamese cat, once in the back, then twice in the back of the neck. He stared at me as he died. It was spooky and so wrong! I'd never hurt him. Why would I dream of shooting my cat?
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I'm not sure what I need to know at this point but, one of my clients told me about you and I feel I'm supposed to contact you. I have two issues foremost in my mind:
1) I want to and will quit smoking. I'm working with a local professional and we're covering a lot of ground. I'll continue working with her but I'm wondering if I should also seek someone separately to do hypnosis. I've purchased self-help books and CDs to further enhance my journey. I feel greedy and impatient and excited and hopeful and frustrated.
2) I also feel it's time to open myself to a relationship, but one of the things I'm using as an excuse not to is my smoking. Part of it is valid. I don't want to date a smoker because I'm unable to be a non-smoker if I date a smoker; and if I date a non-smoker before I quit, I'll constantly be self-conscious.
When I'm going to quit, what is the best way to quit and when do I start dating? Also, what's up with $38 worth of gas? I haven't figured out that message.
Dear Cindy,
I believe anyone can walk away from or embrace anything. We do what we do by choice, even if we think it's "automatic." Smoking, drinking, gambling, exercising, volunteering and your moral code are all choices. Breathing, eating, and sleeping are not choices—they're essential for survival.
The thing about smoking (which is why it's the first on my list of survival) is that it affects the absolute Universal essence of life. Breathing is the first thing we do upon arrival and the last thing upon departure. Air is our Infinity. Think of air as the one thing that connects all life and suddenly its value goes up. Think of the people affected by health conditions that rob them of air and the value increases further. Watch those people (because of their lifetimes of smoking) who must purchase air to even survive.
I used to smoke—from age 15 to my early 30s. I thought it was "cool." Then I met the man I would marry and asked him if my smoking bothered him. He told me it didn't. Because he didn't connect the essence of me to the activity of smoking, the very next day I decided to not smoke. I carried the cigarettes in my handbag, had ashtrays out in my apartment, and had a full carton in the fridge. I didn't smoke that day, or the next, or ever since then. After a month, I gave away the cigarettes.
I'm a big supporter of people's right to choose and it's your body. However, I think you can choose to not smoke. My mother died of lung cancer; so not smoking is kind of a big deal to me now. The last statistic I read was that 37 percent of Las Vegas residents smoke, which of course means that 63 percent of us don't. Someday I'll open Mystic Mona's Smokeless Saloon and Dance Hall with a full, classic soda-jerk and coffee bar. I'm one of those non-smokers who prefers a smoke-free environment. It's that Murphy's Law thing for me, the "chain-smoker" always seems to choose to sit next to me, oblivious to the smoke billowing toward me.
As for your relationship question, I see you heavily involved with a very gregarious man within six months. It won't matter whether you smoke or not ... that really is an excuse on a lot of levels for you. The cards say the man with whom you'll become involved is already around you. It's as if you can reach out your arms and touch him. He has brown hair and light brown or hazel eyes. I like him because he doesn't take anything too seriously and is very patient with your indecision about most things in your life. He holds love with an open hand.
What's up with gas prices? I'm not that kind of psychic.
Mona Van Joseph is a licensed professional in the psychic arts through the city of Las Vegas. You may e-mail questions to [email protected].