"Astarte Sharanada Deva is a gifted healer whose committment to truth as a seeker and practitioner brings forth limitless possibilities in her work. Her selfless attitude of compassion and patience combined with the intensity of her belief in wellness as our natural state makes her a very effective vessel for God's Grace to heal others through her."

Love, David Newman, Founder and Director of Yoga on Main, Manayunk, PA.

"I have been blessed to know and work with Astarte Sharananda Deva for several years. She is a woman of wisdom, compassion, love and a deeply Spiritual Being. Astarte brings to her healing and teaching a freshness and joy; a wealth of experience, a caring for all people and the inner desire to help, to heal and to give of all that she is and that is love."

Jim Curley, Director of One...A Shared Journey, Spiritual Life Coach.

"Astarte Sharananda Deva is a wonderful healer who has a wealth of knowledge in many traditions. She is a very loving person with an open heart who personally cares for her patients and clients and treats them in body, mind, and Soul."

Swami Ramananda, President of New Life Yoga International, author of BLISS NOW and "Wings of the Dawn" CD.

I have come to to a point in my life where I reach to everyone I see and meet. I can no waste my energy on reaching out to only a particular few. We must reach to everyone. Everyone deserves our love. We can not live in fear anymore. Don't fear them. Reach out to them and love them free. If they judge, let them. Love them anyway. If I consume to much energy only reaching out to certain people, then they will be the only ones that recieve my love. My love belongs to everyone. To the priest in the church, to the homeless man on the street, to the drug attic, to the alcoholic, to God, unlimitless, in abundance of the love of God to every soul on earth. Everywhere I go, no matter where it is I reach out with love to everyone, without fear. I have been very involved in this. This takes all of my being. I give away all my love, without fear, without judgement. And when judgement, hate, anger, or whatever negative vibrations come at me I love them anyway and I don't take on these vibrations. I let people be who they are and give to them what they are willing to recieve. And when they are unwilling to recieve I let them go in love. But I never giveup. I always come back to them with more love. And they crack, they let go of fears, they recieve this love. This vibration is being felt all over the planet right now, we are all doing it. LOVE. It is a ripple affect. Everyone is waking up. Love them, don't fear them. Speak the truth without fear or judgement and love them anyway. The love of God never fails. Life is simple. Love or fear. Everyone is looking for the same thing. We all want to be loved. We are all coming together in love. Victory, we win. Don't limit yourself to a certain clique, tribe, group of people. Reach out to world. What you withhold from your brothers and sisters, you withhold from yourself.
Love everyone and love yourself. And don't let anyone take away your power to love.

I love you

In being Astarte, I have finally come home!

Astarte is one of the most ancient Goddesses in history. She is known as the war/battlefield Goddess, and the "daughter of Ptah". Astarte was actually a warrior goddess of Canaan and Syria . She is the goddess of fertility and reproduction.

"Astarte is an Eternal, which means she has all the abilities of a normal Eternal including immortality, superhuman strength, levitation, illusion casting, and the ability to project cosmic energy. Astarte also has the ability to make males fall in love with her and do anything she says." (www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/astartee.htm)

ASTARTE
(Mythic - Phoenician)

The Enduring Star - Called Our Lady of Byblos, Astarte, one of the most ancient Goddesses of the Middle East is closely identified with the Goddesses Hathor, Ishtar, Aphrodite, Frega, Dande and Irdrani. Byblos, the City of the Great Mother, patronized learning and the priestesses of Astarte's temple collected a great library of papyrus scrolls. The Greeks called papyrus byblos which came to mean any holy book (thus, the Bible).

According to Egyptian records, as early as 1500 BC, Byblos was a prosperous trading center. Known as the "Queen of the Stars," Astarte ruled over the spirits who lived in heaven as light, hence stars. Traces of legends abound, relating Astarte to the "Black Virgin" in Syria and Egypt where a virgin birth was celebrated each year late in December.

Astarte was frequently referred to as the Heavenly Virgin. Her image is most frequently seen on ancient seals or reliefs holding the sacred lotus in one hand and two entwined serpents in the other.
(angelfire.com)

Being Present

The moments of being in emptiness
In the moment
Unaware of where you are
Or what’s going on around you
Are the moments when we are most focused on what we’re doing
There is no thinking except to what’s in front of you,, next to you,
and how you feel inwardly.
Judgments not are made on anything in the world.
The only thing that matters,
Is the intricate details
Of the thoughts and flow of the moment.
Minute factors beyond this do not exist.

Astarte Sharananda Deva©

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Love

The love within my heart
Is an open door for you to touch
I am a vessel of compassion
waiting here for you
I watch your eyes of wonder
of not knowing who I am
I see the joy inside you
You are so capable of
I see your lovers embrace
in the lands from above
I am here for you waiting
I am here for you watching
There's no need to be afraid
I am here to help you
I am here to be with you
I am here to help you see
Your limbs only need to walk my way
And I will gladly give you the key.

Astarte Sharananda Deva, 8-25-03

OM SHANTI!