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Gazing Into The Vail Lodging Crystal Ball

For your vacation, where should you stay? Which Vail Village lodging should you choose?

There are many options for you to choose from. Here are the best: hotels and motels offer clean rooms, with room service and can usually be configured for one, two, or three guests (with the addition of a cot)...and maybe even a family of four can squeeze in. Some come with kitchenettes and others do not.

If you're planning on staying longer, consider renting a condo – available for people who are staying on any length of vacation but want the amenities of a home in their Vail Village lodging. Some condos, The Vail Spa, for example, come with heated indoor – outdoor swimming pools, jacuzzi's, a workout room, internet service, plus other ammenities.

Another Vail Village lodging to consider is the rental of a home. Homeowners who do not live in Vail year-round occasionally choose to rent out their home to vacationers. You'll have a great house to live in, along with the amenities of a home that you want (like a full kitchen as well as privacy and a back yard) sometimes you'll also enjoy a deck, barbecue, and pool. These homes are ideal for the family that wants to spend time on their own or the large group of friends who won't find as much enjoyment in each other's company if they were in a hotel.

If you don't want to stay in Vail, you can always stay at a Snowmass hotel or Snowmass inn or you can stay at an Antlers campground or Antler motel…which are small town a couple hours away. Other towns to consider include Aspen, Avon, Arrowhead, or Gypsum. All of these towns are basically found along (or just off of) the I-70… it's very convenient!

There is Vail Village lodging for every size of group and for every budget. But what's the secret to a successful trip? Book early!

So, you have your lodging. Remember,the perfect ski vacation is a ski vacation spent in Vail Colorado, on the eastern edge of Eagle County, Colorado. You're right in the heart of the rugged Rocky Mountains and that means great skiing. How good is the skiing? SKI magazine said it was the best ski destination in North America…that's a claim to fame that's hard to beat!

So if you are an avid skier – or even a beginner with a passion for the slopes – Vail is the place to be this winter for some fast action on the slopes. Go to Vail and you'll be blazing through the powdery snow. Take lessons to improve your ski skills and "graduate" from the Front Side where the beginners like to ski to the Blue Sky Basin where most average skiers find an enjoyable run. Perhaps you'll hone your skills enough to make it all the way to the expert-level slopes that can be found in the Back Bowls.

You'll fly into the Eagle County airport, which is in Gypsum, about 40 minutes away from Vail and when you get to Vail, you'll drop off your stuff and head to the slopes.

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The Witch Ball/Gazing Ball

Altered States Exploration With Mirror Gazing

There are of course many ways and means of investigating consciousness or altered states of awareness but a very little known but effective way of exploring these areas is the very ancient technique of mirror gazing.. The Greeks used a similar type of device that enabled them to have 'visions' that were of great benefit in arriving at decisions. In fact the remains of these devices can still be seen in some parts of Greece like Ephyra for example.

These particular places where mirror gazing took place were known as psychomanteums and some researchers have constructed modern psychomanteums for studying the phenomenon of altered states of awareness.today. Dr Raymond Moody, who has famously researched the near death experience, has been the main proponent who has brought this practice back into favour amongst consciousness researchers. however, Dr moody was extolling the virtues of this technique in grief counseling as the process is said to create communication in some form with the deceased. Some early studies in this area do suggest that much grief can be alleviated after a few sessions at a psychomanteum.

We also find mirror gazing in the shamanic tradition throughout the world. In Siberia, Tungus shamans used copper mirrors to work with spirits. In their language, the word "mirror" is derived from the word for "spirit" or "soul", and so, the mirror was regarded as a window into the soul. Some zulu tribes of Africa also used 'mirror' gazing although it seems more likely that water was used as the medium instead of a true mirror.

Even a Celtic manuscript dating back to the twelfth century shows that an early king of England gazed into a cauldron in order to receive visionary information. indeed this is what early cauldrons may have been first used for as depicted in various movies about witches and magic.

One of the American Presidents found information through mirror visions. During the evening of the Presidential election of 1860, Abraham Lincoln reclined on a couch, and looked over at a mirror. There he was shocked to see a strange double image of himself. In one image, he looked like he was, and in the other, he looked pale and ghostly. Lincoln shared this experience with his wife who predicted that the first image meant that he would be re-elected to a second term, and that the second meant that he would die in office. As we all know, her interpretation proved to be true.

Today however mirror gazing can be utilized in the same manner as crystal ball gazing or 'scrying' as it is officially known. In any type of divination technique you are looking for symbolic information and not necessarily literal answers to issues that are pressing for you. You may of course have to wait a while for information to emerge and naturally you will go into an altered state whilst gazing or staring at the glass or mirror. Some people say that you have to gaze just beyond the mirror in a slightly darkened room and after a while it goes fuzzy or misty and symbols related to your issue or question will emerge in some way. It may be that your sub-conscious mind is responsible for some of the answers that come out of the process but even if that is the case it may still remain a helpful and creative process for many.

About the Author

Lee Heather is a counselor and the webmaster of http://www.growthjunction.com - a large and ever expanding repository of personal development information ranging from public speaking skills to meditation and work/career information.

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