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ISSUE AWAKENING 4

A POWER BEHIND TRAGEDY by Isira

SUFFERING IS OPTIONAL An interview with Byron Katie

MEDITATION FOR BUSY PEOPLE by Osho

THE BELOVED ONE by Ski Shayne Innes

GROWTH 8

BREATH TRANSFORMATION by Jaan Jerabek

ART THERAPY & THE BRAIN by Glenda Needs

HEALTH & WELLBEING 13

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HOW CAN QIGONG TREAT DISEASE? by Simon Blow

YOUR INFINITE POTENTIAL by Rachelle Terry

CROSSING OVER by Nicole Cody

MEETING YOUR SPIRIT GUIDE by Isabella Gentilin

MOON CALENDAR by Mari Garcia EYE ON THE SKY by Robert Crawford

THE 11:11 PHENOMENA by Uri Gellar

LIFE AFTER SUICIDE by Elisabeth Jensen

GETTING AND MAINTANING BALANCE IN LIFE by Dr Mary Casey

CHANGE YOUR MIND by Michael Morel

PSYCHICS

ENERGY HEALING

MASTERING MANIFESTING by Juliet Martine

RELATIONSHIPS

READY TO LIVE MY DREAM by Wendy Lawson

STEPPING INTO YOUR POWER by Mark Anthony

THE ALKALINE BODY by Dr Sang Whang

ASTROLOGY

A NATURAL APPROACH TO ANXIETY by Robert Reeves

SUCCESS

STEPS TO A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP by Marie Elise Ellen

SOUND WORKS! by Lyz Cooper

WHEN DO THE TEARS STOP? by Joy Brisbane

HOLIDAYS WITH A DIFFERENCE 12

PAST LIVES IN THE LAND OF ETERNITY by Amber St Clare INDIGENOUS WISDOM KEEPER by Azriel Re’Shel

COLOUR IN FOCUS by Anna Wilson

HEALING THE SOUL by Dr Albert Villoldo

2012 - YOUR CHOICE by Heidi Woodman

OUR FUTURE DEPENDS ON YOU by Joanne Antoun

HEAL YOUR LIFE by Susie Mulholland

FEATURES 10

COURSES AND WORKSHOPS

REGULARS 16

MOON CALENDAR

A-Z CLASSIFIEDS

IN BRIEF REVIEWS

The ability to wonder is a state of pure innocence. The more we know, the less we really know. Notice how it makes you feel in that place of “not-knowing”, how does it make you feel? Many today have lost the ability to wonder, to simply sit in not-knowing … that place of childlike open curiosity, and allow for their heart to reveal itself. A friend of mine recently commented that kids these days have had their Godgiven ability to wonder hijacked by technology. He told me about a family gathering that took place where during a discussion someone raised a question no-one had an immediate answer for. One of the children rushed to an iPhone and googled for an answer. “Here it is.” Everyone now knew, but did they really? The not-knowing as an opportunity to deepen into the unknown and allow for life to deliver a degree of insight or awakening was replaced by someone else’s knowledge. How much growth comes out of this? Rumi once said: “Conventional opinion is the ruin of our souls, something borrowed which we mistake as our own. Ignorance is better than this.” The most direct way back in to our own Eternal Self is to simply allow the notknowing the space to be, to have a place within ourselves. Knowledge is a crude substitute for the Knowing that arrives when we are willing to sit in wonder… wondering how life will reveal itself to us today. Our minds are in such desperate need of security that the not-knowing is never a comfortable place for it … but it is the most precious place for the soul. This gift of wondering is pure contemplation. It is a profound spiritual practice that requires no technique … we innately wonder at every given oppor tunity. We know it so well, as little children we were totally immersed in it, embraced by it … our whole life was an expression of it. Recapturing this place of innocence is vital for our times. From this place of wonder, we are able to open up to the infinite opportunities available in each moment. Dare to not-know for a while … sit in

the purity of not-knowing and see what a difference it brings to your day. Come back to that place of innocence and wonder …

“Returning to the root, We get the essence.” -Hsin Hsin Ming Take a moment ... why not this moment. Pause within its sweet embrace. Wondering what to do with it? Ignore that ... there’s deeper work to be done. Wonder instead at the miracle that’s holding you. Wonder at the breath that’s breathing ... The ears that are listening ... the thoughts that think themselves into being ... then dissolve back into emptiness again. Wonder at just who this is that woke up this morning. Groggy-eyed ... hardly a movement ... then suddenly it’s here. But where were you while the body was sleeping? Wonder about where you were while the body was dreaming and deeper still ... wonder about what existed in deep dreamless sleep. Wondering about such things is why we are given this miraculous ability to wonder. I wondered when I was four ... I continued to wonder when I was seventeen ... I’m still wondering now ... and I thank God for it ... for the wonder of it all. I wonder ... what will I see today? What will I be today? I pause and I open up to This... this Eternal Wonder glistening forever here in my heart. Wondering my way back into You. God I wonder ... and I thank You for it. With Love, Leo Drioli and Enza Vita.

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A Power Beyond Tragedy ○

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BY ISIRA I know I join many in expressing my compassion for all the people who are faced with recent extreme trauma and challenges. As we bear witness to a spate of natural and social disasters, it is natural, even for those not directly affected, to feel overwhelmed or shocked. The truth is we ARE all affected, because we are indeed all connected. We are ONE LIFE. I know that we all share a deep desire to help in some way and to support those who are most in need at this time. And during these times of upheaval help is needed. There is the process of renewing – of re-con-

structing. People are responding all over the world – material help is being given and indeed is very needed and relevant. Deeper than this, however, something is happening at an emotional level in the consciousness of humanity. There is great solidarity that awakens in the hearts of humankind during times of immense tragedy – and a process of reflection. Now, as we face an accelerating scale of disasters, it is essential we take the time to reflect. It is time to re-consider our priorities and to re-gauge what has true or lasting meaning in our lives. At times such as this we are

stripped of our usual sense of security and comfort, and we cannot ignore the stir of our inner feelings. There are questions to consider – soulful questions to reflect upon. The power of reflection may lead us to a greater change, beyond the surface level of fears and traumas. Although we naturally seek to extend ourselves to others, to comfort or to reach out for help, it is our inner dimension that most beckons us during times of upheaval. If we gather our thoughts into quiet contemplation we may re-connect to the peace that is always here... the essence underlying every moment – even in the

midst of disaster. The essence of life itself commands its power in our life. It is this which calls us to look beyond the transitory events in order to find true understanding and more lasting meaning. It is through this that we may acknowledge another dimension of help that is available to us – always … the truth and power of silence … the conscious presence that is forever here … eternal awake awareness … forever oneness … forever peace. This is the presence found in our silent meditative being. Whether material order is regained or not, silence is here... peace is in our midst. It is here in each one of us. As we become more conscious of this presence within, we regain a state of calm, an equipoise, an awareness that sees, knows and feels that which is beyond our usual attachments to the material world. It naturally, powerfully, opens us to the constant flow of life, where we can know that, no matter how things appear on the surface, deep within, there is always freshness, newness and wholeness. There is a stillness – a power that always remains undisturbed. In this stillness and silence we regain the vision of life’s true nature. We regain a state of acceptance and connectedness with life – as it is. And, as we do so we surrender. We attain a radical state of trust in our self as conscious being and in life as eternal presence. As we trust ever more deeply in the power of this conscious presence we see that we are always provided with all the help that

is needed and with all that is always in truth – with the true nature of our self and existence. Yet at large, the general population look on in bewilderment. Why? Because most of us are still caught in the illusion and attachment to form. We are still looking to our physical realm for all the answers: for success, fulfillment and happiness. Meanwhile, the universe and our world continue to be … an infinite field of ever-changing energy ... a dance of cause and effect ... a constant process of creation and destruction. Nothing in the world of form is permanent – only its essence is permanent. So why is humanity always glued to the image of horror in tragedy? Why are we so afraid of upheaval when such events are a natural part of life’s constantly changing process? We are transfixed by tragedy because at an unconscious level we are trying to understand and come to terms with ‘death’... transformation. What are we missing? It is the deeper perfection of life itself that we miss – the stillness, the essence that has nothing to do with the coming and goings of form. This brings us to the problem of depending on what ‘happens’ to make us happy. And, as we see, most of humanity is fixated with what happens at the material level. As far as true joy is concerned, your football team winning, or you winning the lottery is completely irrelevant. Peace is the same – whether you have your house one day and not the next is irrelevant.

True joy and deep peace cannot be achieved through dependency on transitory material events. Nor can they be manifested by an act of will, especially if that will is based on a goal or need from the external world of circumstance. That will lives in the same world in which rich men exploit poor people and hyper-consumerism destroys our natural environment. True happiness and peace actually derive from an essence beyond form. It is consciousness itself which is always the supreme essence of who you are – complete, needing nothing more or nothing less, having no conditions. Simply being. In times of great upheaval our deepest fears are always exposed, and the ego runs amok. Yet despite the scattered and divisive noise of the mind there is always a deeper thread of awareness. It is this thread that can be our greatest help in our darkest moments. Right in the midst of the mind’s fear, the darkness of the ego, is a ray of light – a deeper shining presence, an unconditioned awareness that itself is the light of all love, joy and peace. Contrary to how it seems, this essence is not a tiny part of us – some tiny fragment hidden between the folds of our conditioned mind – it is the WHOLE of us. This essence is the totality of our self – our eternal, ever-present being, which is forever ONE. Essence is not a small thing, it is immense. It is immeasurable. It is our essence that can show us the way, that delivers the true help that we need, the answers we seek, the peace we yearn for, and the love we long to return to. Using the mind to solve ‘problems’

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SUFFERING IS OPTIONAL ○

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gions have destroyed. “Any act done with totality becomes your prayer.” ○

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Osho (Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh) was an enlightened mystic from India whose wisdom has impacted millions of people. Osho was one of the most prolific author on this planet with over 650 books (64 million words) in print! This article is excerpted from Osho, The Hidden Splendor, Talk #11

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AN INTERVIEW WITH BYRON KATIE Byr on KKaatie Byron tie, founder of The Work, has one job: to teach people how to end their own suffering. Based on Byron Katie’s direct experience of how suffering is created and ended, The Work is an astonishingly simple process, accessible to people of all ages and backgrounds, and requires nothing more than a pen, paper, and an open mind. ace unThrough this process, anyone can learn to tr trace ha ppiness to its sour ce and eliminate it there. Katie (as happiness source everyone calls her) not only shows us that all the problems in the world originate in our thinking: she gives us the tool selv es frfree ee to open our minds and set our ourselv selves ee.. But what about injustice? Are we supposed to sit back and let it happen? Byron Katie addresses these issues in this interview. Ar ou sa ying wwee should acce pt things as the e— Aree yyou saying accept theyy ar are— even wwhen hen ther e’ guing with rreethere’ e’ss injustice —and stop ar arguing ality? Byron Katie: “Not at all. We can’t accept things as they are, as long as we believe that they should be different. We can try to think positively till we’re blue in the face, but beneath the thoughts we want to believe are the thoughts we are actually believing, thoughts such as ‘I’m not good enough’ or ‘My husband should listen to me’ or ‘People shouldn’t suffer.’ When we question these stressful thoughts with the four questions and turnaround of The Work, we find our own truth. We begin to live in reality, not in our thoughts about reality. We begin to see that it’s possible to live without stress, anger, and sadness. And when we do, we become part of the solution, not part of the problem. Are you concerned about injustice? Where are you unjust in your own life? Take care of that first, by questioning your thoughts. The Work always leaves us kinder, happier human beings.” Ma ybe T he Wor ess Maybe orkk will lea leavve me without str stress ess,, without pr ob lems le? Wha ear prob oblems lems.. But isn isn’’t tha thatt irirrresponsib esponsible? hatt if m myy 3-y 3-year ear-old cchild hild is star ving? Won om a position of no starving? on’’t I see her frfrom str ess and think, “W ell, tha t’t’ss rreality eality stress “Well, that’ eality,,” and just let her star starvve? ”Oh my! Sweetheart, love is kind; it doesn’t stand still and do nothing when it sees its own need. Do you really think that violent thoughts, such as the ones that come with problems, are necessary to feed a child? If your 3year-old is starving, feed her, for your sake! How would it feel to provide for a starving child without stress or worry? Wouldn’t you be clearer about how and where to find the food that is available, and wouldn’t you feel elation and gratitude for it? Well, that’s how I live my life. I don’t need stress to do what I know to do; that’s not efficient, the way peace and sanity are. Love is action, and in my experience, reality is always kind.” Some people ffeel eel empo wer ed and ffeel eel a sense of wwellellempow ered hen the ight ffor or wwha ha theyy ffight hatt the theyy think is right. Ar Aree the theyy being wwhen on the right pa th? Is their wwor or ving them undue path? orkk gi giving

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BY OSHO Too busy to relax? Try these two or three minute meditations to help you de-stress, unwind, and enjoy not taking yourself, or the situation around you, too seriously

Step Dailyy Watc tching Ste p 1: Dail hing

str ess? stress? “I’ve heard people say that they cling to their painful thoughts because they’re afraid that without them they wouldn’t be activists for peace. ‘If I felt completely peaceful,’ they say, ‘why would I bother taking action at all?’ My answer is ‘Because that’s what love does.’ To think that we need sadness or outrage to motivate us to do what’s right is insane. As if the clearer and happier you get, the less kind you become. As if when someone finds freedom, she just sits around all day with drool running down her chin. My experience is the opposite. Love is action. It’s clear, it’s kind, it’s effortless, and it’s irresistible. “If you have a problem with people or with the state of the world, I invite you to put your stressful thoughts on paper and question them, and to do it for the love of truth, not in order to save the world. Turn it around: Save your own world. Isn’t that why you want to save the world in the first place? So that you can be happy? Well, skip the middleman, and be happy from here! You’re it. You’re the one. In this turnaround you remain active, but there’s no fear in it, no internal war. So it ceases to be war trying to teach peace. War can’t teach peace. Only peace can.

“Start being aware with day-to-day, routine actions, and while you are doing your routine actions, remain relaxed. “There is no need to be tense. When you are washing your floor, what is the need to be tense? Or when you are cooking the food, what is the need to be tense? There is not a single time in life that requires your tension. It is just your unawareness and your impatience. “I have not found anything — and I have lived in all kind of ways, with all kinds of people. I have always been puzzled: why are they tense? It seems tension has nothing to do with anything outside you, it has something to do within you. Outside you always find an excuse only because it looks so idiotic to be tense without any reason. Just to rationalize, you find some reason outside yourself to explain why you are tense. “But tension is not outside you, it is in your wrong style of life.

Step Accept ourself Ste p 2: Acce pt yyour our self

“You are living in competition - that will create tension. You are living in continuous comparison - which will create tension. You are always thinking either of the past or of the future, and missing the present that is the only reality that will create tension. “Just find your own talent. Nature never sends any single individual without some unique gift. Just a little search…. Whatever qualities and whatever talents you have, use them to the fullest, and the energy that is involved in tensions will start becoming your grace, your beauty.

Step Artist Lovve Ste p 3: Be an Ar tist of Lo

“Whatever you are doing, do it with such love, with such care that the smallest thing in the world becomes a piece of art. It will bring great joy to you. And it will create a world without competition, without comparison; it will give dignity to all people. It will restore their pride, which reli-

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The Seven Stages of Enlightenment by Enlightened Master Swami Vyasadevananda There are seven States of Con- Re-lieving Tongue Position and plac- upwards. sciousness - physical, emotional, ing the back of your right wrist on top How do you sustain this state of mental, motivational, Soul, Uncon- of the front of your left wrist (see consciousness? How do you hold it ditional Love and Liberation. Each diagram below). for a long time? It’s easy! You simply stage of Enlightenment (the fifth purchase a special ceramic disc from State, when you cognise your Soul, Face Lift Yoga. This disc has been the Divine Spark that is You) can be specially prepared. It r realised by using a special Hand holds the Enlightened Position (or Hasta Mudra). The n States of Consciousness. first stage is when your Soul sits You simply tape the BLUE face of The Third Stage slightly behind and above your the disc onto your navel. Then you head. You look through your eyes at The third stage of Enlightenment is hold the Hand Position for the fourth the physical, emotional, mental and when your Soul sits at the front of stage of Enlightenment (see diadesire bodies that You have. Some your forehead. You may feel a little gram below). pressure there. You can access this people call it ‘witnessing’. state easily, simply by breathing with Cramps Relieving Tongue your Cramps Relieving Tongue PosiPosition tion and placing the front of your You can access this state easily, right wrist on top of the front of your e simply by breathing with your left wrist (see diagram below). Cramps Relieving Tongue Position Then make the sound AUM once and placing the back of your right only, closing your eyes when you wrist on top of the back of your left reach the M. Then you let go the wrist (see diagrams below). Hand Position and walk around in daily life holding the four th stage of If you do it for long enough you will Enlightenment - in other words, fall in love with the person in front of knowing that you are the Soul, posiyou. It’s not them, it’s simply the state tioned at your hara, and interacting of falling in love. with others from that FREE state.

The Fourth Stage

The Second Stage

The second stage of Enlightenment is when your Soul sits in the centre of your head. You are present in Your body. You can access this state easily simply by breathing with your Cramps

Spiritual growth occurs when your centre of attention drops from your head to your heart, then to your hara or belly centre. The four th stage of Enlightenment does this. You FREE your head from its monkey mind, from its continual yadayadayada, for a shor t time. You can access this state easily, by breathing with your Cramps Relieving Tongue Position and placing the side of your right wrist on top of the side of your left wrist so that both of your thumbs are

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THE BELOVED ONE ○

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BY SKY SHAYNE INNES The practice of heart awareness enables enlightened communication which brings outcomes of a very different order. In this edition, I would like to consider other aspects of evolving in love. One of the most frequent difficulties I see between couples is reactivity. I am using the word reactivity in the context of ego activity. Reactivity is ego activity. Reactivity is always ego activity. We react when we are coming out of ego identification instead of true awareness of who we really are. Typically, these ego identifications are learnt from our past experiences, particularly in childhood, and inform our present moments. Such ego identifications reflect feelings of not being good enough, safe enough, lovable enough - not pretty enough, clever enough, strong enough and so many more. In turn, such ego identifications lead to limiting beliefs that we need to be rescued, in control, better than and other ways of coping. Our intimate relationships are often a direct reflection of these fears and are called, in psychology, codependent. This simply means that we get into relationships in order to get something from the other person: to feel good enough, loved, emotionally safe or needed. When we don’t get these needs met, we become fearful, reactive and blaming. Fifty years ago, many relationships were essentially codependent and worked, to some extent, because of the social norms of the day. Today, our tolerance is becoming less and less for that kind of relationship. How many times have I heard women say, they don’t want to be his mother, housekeeper or sex object. How many times have I heard men say they don’t want to be a sperm bank or provider/ protector. Beyond these roles, that we can play for each other, is an enormous longing for deep connection and true meeting; where relating is heart to heart, where love is so rich and fulfilling that infidelity is not even a consideration let alone a choice. In the last decade, consciousness has evolved to mirror unity and oneness. We have all heard the phrase, “It takes two to tango.” Now we are beginning to realise that it

doesn’t take two to tango because there is only One. The implications of this new consciousness of Oneness, is that we are a hundred percent responsible for every aspect of our relationships. Blame simply doesn’t work. On the contrary, it makes our relationships with each other even more troubled and painful. Quite a number of years ago, when running the Love’s Alchemy course, a participant gave me an article written by Joe Vitale about Dr Ihaleakala Hew Len and Ho’oponopono. He gave me this article saying that it was a good illustration of what we were working with. And, indeed, it was. On Day 3, we work with the true language of love and the miracles it brings into our lives. Dr Len’s story reflects just such miracles. What we learn is that miracles happen naturally as expressions of love. In a nutshell, Dr Len cured an entire ward of criminally insane patients without having any contact with them. There are many aspects of this story that are truly fascinating but the one I want to focus on here is the core principle of responsibility. My meeting with Dr Len four years ago was memorable and, for me, profoundly confirming. I had long recognised that one of the most significant implications of the new physics was that of a unified field of consciousness out of which everything arises. If we want to change anything, anything at all, we must first make the change within our consciousness. As I often say, “We don’t live in a material world, we live in a mental world.” If our world reflects lack and limitation, we must change our consciousness of that. If our relationships reflect pain and unhappiness, we must change our consciousness of that. This is what Dr Len did with that ward of criminally insane patients. He didn’t try and change them. He changed his entire consciousness of them. He took complete responsibility. In his words, “I was simply healing the part of me that created them”. This is where love comes into it. The language of love is a transformative language. Most of us speak the language of fear, even in our love relationships, but certainly in most other relationships. Michael Leunig,

one of our great Australian modern day mystics, says it so well in this little poem called Love and Fear. There are only two feelings. Love and fear. There are only two languages. Love and fear. There are only two activities. Love and fear. There are only two motives, two procedures, two frameworks, two results. Love and fear. Love and fear. What language do you speak? What language do you use with your beloved? The language of love requires respect, trust and kindness regardless of whether you think it is deserved or not. So often, we can’t make this shift because we think if we do we are condoning or permitting the behaviour we see as bad. The only way we can make this shift is to go beyond our ego reactivity. Aligned with our highest expression, we don’t allow anything the other person says to land no matter how hurtful or annoying. We hold true awareness, not to get a result, but because it is the Truth. To quote another wonderful modern day mystic, Byron Katie, “It’s all you. Until you can see it’s all you, the work is not done”. Such true awareness brings the wonderful possibility of becoming a great lover through the activation of heart awareness. As we deepen into love, so we heal our relationships with ourselves, with our beloveds and our beautiful planet. Our presence aligns with divine love and awakens the new earth. Sky is an inspiring spiritual teacher. Her incisive insight combined with an engaging presence, add power and magnetism to her message. Author of the book Love’s Alchemy, Sky’s focus is on the transformative power of love. She is a psychologist and spiritual coach with her consultancy in Sydney where she offers courses and private sessions. She also runs retreats in the Promised Land, a beautiful valley near Bellingen in northern NSW. Teaching in Australia, Japan and the UK, Sky is an awakener. Her invitation is to awaken to your true nature and, thereby, fulfill your purpose. For sessions or details of events call 0417 288 642 or visit www.lovesalchemy.com

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SOUND WORKS!

how an ancient modality can change yourlife ○

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BY LYZ COOPER This ancient modality is rapidly becoming the most talked about, dynamic and effective therapy out there. Sound therapy is now being remembered and the results are outstanding! More and more people are choosing sound therapy when helping to improve their health and wellbeing, as well as for general maintenance. Whether it is a monthly ‘tune up’, a weekly soundbath or a more intensive programme, this wonderful modality has something for everyone. We know that on a fundamental level everything is energy and that our intention can shape this energy. Candice Pert and Bruce Lipton have written about how our thoughts change our biology and chemistry and quantum physicists have shown us that our intention can literally change our reality. But where does sound come in? We have scientific evidence to suppor t that the fabric of the universe is energy resonating at a frequency, which creates a sound. We therefore are ‘sound beings’. It therefore makes perfect sense that sound frequencies are assimilated by the body, mind and energy system really easily and effectively. Skilful use of therapeutic sound helps entrain brainwave frequencies, allowing the chemistr y of the body to rebalance and for cellular regeneration to occur. Different sounds are also used to stimulate or decrease pranic (energy) flow and musical inter vals have also been shown to change the energy and atmosphere. What is involved? To receive, all the client has to do is lay on a treatment table and relax. A good sound practitioner will have already taken a full case history and a British Academy of Sound Therapy

qualified practitioner will also perform a diagnostic scan of the energy system. This is done by running sound over the body which changes as it comes into contact with fluctuations in the energy field. Rather like an ultrasound scan of a baby in utero, this gives the practitioner a picture of where the imbalances are in the system. The practitioner then chooses the most appropriate sounds to help bring the system into homeostasis – the optimum way of being. This is done by gently bathing the body in the soothing warm rich tones of the Himalayan (Tibetan) singing bowls, moving seamlessly to the voice with vowel sounds and harmonic overtone singing (the toning of more than one note at once) which is tailored to the clients individual needs. The cool and expansive song of the crystal bowls then comes through the voice, holding the client in the most beautiful safe space as the crystal sound ebbs and flows around them. After 30 – 40 minutes of this wonderful journey the sound is punctuated by the heavenly tinkles of little chime balls which signal the start of the grounding section which slowly builds to a crescendo, bringing the client back to the ‘here and now’.

low pitch. This sonic cuddle is the ultimate unwind! Is sound for you? Once you have star ted on your sound journey you will find that a wonderful world opens up to you. I speak from my heart as I write this. 1n 1994 I was forced to leave a stressful job in advertising through ill health. Up to that point I had also practiced massage, beauty therapy and Reiki as a part-time business. Over the space of a few short weeks I was bed-ridden with ME. Over the next few months I began to intuitively use my voice and was amazed by the way it moved energy around my body. I also experimented with using Himalayan bowls and drums as well as my voice and began to recover rapidly. When I was better I contacted the Institute for Complementary and Natural Medicine in the UK to find out where I could train but there was nowhere in the UK, Europe or the USA. I then began several years of research and development, developing ancient techniques as well as new ones. In 2000 I founded The British Academy of Sound Therapy, the first training establishment in the UK to offer a recognised qualification in Sound Therapy. We now have five professional training courses that we offer in the UK. Due to the success of my book, Sounding the Mind of God, and due to the support of the International Institute for Complementary Therapists, I am delighted to be coming to Australia to run the very first training course of its kind. Sound is very much part of the fabric of this wonderful country and I cannot wait to get started! L yz Cooper formed The British Academy of Sound Therapy in 2000. Her work encompasses crystal and Himalayan singing bowls, voice, Mantra Therapy, Drum Therapy, Tuning Forks and Gong Therapy. She has received very positive feedback and support from the general public as well as the press with numerous features in magazines, newspapers and radio and television worldwide. mail@healthysound.com www.healthysound.com

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When you are feeling depleted and low in energy try some ‘sonic caffeine’. Spend time toning the vowel sound ‘eee’ in a fairly high pitch (not so high that you strain your voice though). High pitches stimulate the energy system, whereas low pitches relax the system. After several minutes stop and feel the buzz! If you are feeling frazzled at the end of a long day why not try some sonic ‘hot chocolate’? Spend several minutes toning an ‘ahh’ in a middle to

Lyz’s Sound Therapy training starts in November in Adelaide. For all enquiries and further details email mail@healthysound.com or look at www.healthysound.com/ international

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BY JAAN JERABEK Thinking too much? No inner peace let alone inner meditative stillness? Whether it is anxiety, obsessive thinking patterns, obsessive compulsive disorder, too active a mind that results in sleep issues or simply the inability to quieten the mind and still it in order to experience a meditative state, we all suffer to various degrees from too much thinking. The ‘monkey mind’ , the overly busy mind is actually the end result of holding onto too much emotional pain in the heart/body mind. Hi, my name is Jaan Jerabek, and I am a recovering thinkaholic. By nature we are beings that yes, have an intellectual faculty and are gifted with mental level/logical intelligence. If though, you are unable to choose when to think, focus & harness the power of your mind to problem solve or work and when through simple choice decide to just ‘switch off ‘ your thinking principle and simply ‘be’ present... present to the beauty, magic and awe of the now moment, then you are at the mercy of the automatic aspect of the mind that you have no conscious control over. This means that you are unconsciously driven to think, obsess, analyze, judge, go over and over in your head about the same theme, worry etc. It literally means unconscious pain is using your mind to occupy your awareness so as you do not have to be aware of the overwhelming emotional pain that is sit-

ting in your heart. This is a black and white, one plus one equals two type of equation. All of your automatic thinking that you have no control over is the end result, the symptom, of deeply buried emotional trauma. Emotional trauma is literally the root of your automatic over –thinking, and through capturing the essence of the pattern of thoughts you can actually trace the thoughts back to the root itself. If you are thinking/stressing about your relationship, you are at the mercy of the pain of Grief. The initial feelings of grief around abandonment and separation you experienced around your mum and dad not communicating their love to you in your love language or mum and dad simply not meeting your emotional needs. If you are thinking/stressing about money, you are at the mercy of Fear, the survival issue and not being supported/loved and protected by mum, dad and God. If you are having thoughts/fantasies of confrontational communications, arguments with people in your head, you are at the mercy of initial loss of power with your mum and dad. This loss of power is behind all anger related thinking including judging and criticizing people in our heads. Guilt and Shame issues have their own voices in the head. These are too complex to try explain in this article, but in a nutshell, they bind the other 3 primary colours of emotional

pain together. It is the trick that our defence structure uses no matter what philosophy, religion, ‘take on life’ is. If you are human you unconsciously use the thinking principle to stay in ‘active, male’ energy so as you do not have to surrender and sink into your ‘passive female’ aspect and feel the emotional pain that is behind the actual themes of the thought patterns. Simply put, your unconscious defence structures spare you from unresolved emotional trauma through your automatic thinking and monkey mind. The mind cannot stop the mind. Just like you cannot get to know yourself through your mind. The only way to stop the monkey mind is to feel the emotional pain over time. I was so at the mercy of my head and thinking process when I was younger that at the end of high school, I could not sleep at times for a whole night, not even a minute. My mind would be so, so active. I was a thinkaholic. I turned to pot, tranquilizers such as Xanax and Valium because they gave me ‘peace’. Not really, they gave me an addiction. Peace started to come in increments when I came across cathar tic Breathwork. I tried other forms of Breathwork since the age of 14, which I will not mention out of respect. I got to see many forms kept me in my head and in denial of my emotional pain. A lot of types of breathwork would let me transcend and have a ‘spiritual’ experience but not integrate deeper emotions that are so necessary to heal and integrate in order to ‘re-enter’ the physical body properly, hence leave the realms of head tripping and spiritual

innerSelf newspaper escapism behind. I noticed as I thoroughly started to feel and hence deal with the pain behind my belief that I was not good enough to be loved, and that there was something wrong with me, my mind chatter died down drastically, in huge increments. I started to experience ‘living in meditation’. I really got to appreciate that anyone can lock themselves in a room for a while and transcend and bliss out for a while, but unless they deal with their deeper emotional case what happens when they leave the room and enter the world of their boss, relationship/marriage, life? Bang! Whatever undealt with emotional pain is there is re-triggered. Same old, same old ‘headspace’. If on the other hand people challenge themselves to go into their deeper emotional pain, they will eventually transform it. Not transcend it temporarily, like through meditation, or spiritual orientated Breathwork. When people transform it by integrating the deep emotional pain through Cathartic Style Breathwork, people will not re-trigger the pain, it will simply not be there anymore. Permenant peace and a life in the meditation space. Living in meditation, not dabbIing in it. Cathartic Breathwork is the long lost Siamese twin of meditation and is the ultimate access to living in a state of meditation/peace. It is what disciples of enlightenment have used since time immemorial to cleanse the body mind and prepare the system for divine energy downloads from their masters/ gurus. It is what is now becoming accepted as the future of psychotherapy. A very grounded, down to earth and effective therapy. This article is an extract from Jaan Jerabek’s upcoming book: ‘Stop Thinking and Start Feeling’. Tr a n s f o r m a t i v e E d u c a t i o n International, founded by Jaan Jerabek, is the largest Breathwork & Breathwork therapy training organization in the Southern Hemisphere. They can be contacted on 1300 500 881 or go to www.jaanjerabek.com or www.thedepressionsolution.com

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Although the field of ar ts therapy has a long history, particularly in the UK and USA, justification for the use of the ar ts has been through qualitative or anecdotal evidence. Very little research has been directed toward the neurological functions and cognition theories that support the use of arts as an effective therapeutic tool. Verbal counselling relies on the patient or learner, to verbally construct and reconstruct their personal stories in such a way that provides new insight and the opportunity for growth. Arts therapists incorporate arts mediums into this story-telling process in order to engage other senses, access other material and to widen the patients’ scope of potentially therapeutic engagement. Neural network concepts of learning and thinking may provide some understanding to the significance of arts therapy practice as a valuable psychological intervention. Neural network models embrace the computational functionality of the brain. Although these functions are not yet predictable or observable to human

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examination, they occur in an ordered and logical manner. Each experience adjusts neural synaptic connections in ways that are truly unique to each individual. Following a critical psychological incident, a person attempts to make sense of his experience by following many paths of thought, to understand its place in their life and to move forward. How a person responds to a critical incident cannot be easily predicted, and is affected by other personal experiences or learning. The sum total of this person’s neural synaptic layout is unique because of the experience and ‘wiring’ that underlies it. Similarly, single events do not frequently result in dysfunctional outcomes, but often a combination of experiences can reinforce unhelpful patterns of behavior. The effect upon the neural network can be described using the analogy of a stone in a pond. In a single stone drop, our ability to predict and respond to the ripples is larger than if a handful of stones are dropped in the same pond in quick succession. In this in-

stance many concentric circles are created that will interact with each other in complex ways. Thus where a single event may create a relatively predictable pattern of neural connections, the sum total of many life events, creates a myriad of possibilities, all with a different impact upon the individual’s experience and perspective. The words we use to describe our unique experiences are limited when compared to our ability for sensory discrimination. If we try to verbally describe the taste alone of a cup of coffee, we may struggle to seek out appropriate descriptive words, and are unlikely to be successful without utilising visual and culturally appropriate descriptors such as colour, or “the hot drink we have to get us going in the morning”. Inadvertently we may describe a cup of tea. But how long does it take us to easily recognise the taste of coffee? Our sensory taste receptors are far more accurate and speedy, with a wider ‘vocabulary’ than our verbal language. Even descriptions of everyday events utilise sensory terms. We understand ‘warm relationships’, ‘cold shoulders’, ‘feeling low’ and ‘high’, having a ‘blue day’ and when someone can ‘see right through us’. The visual sensory system within the brain is able to store a much more

accurate description of a face than words can articulate or ‘remember’. We look at a face and know it, even if we cannot remember their name! In Post Traumatic Stress disorder, physical actions and other sensory matches that occur following the initial incident, have much more emotional weight than verbal descriptions of the experience. Often sensory experiences that replicate some aspect of the traumatic experience can reawaken the initial fear. This is rarely from a verbal recollection of the trauma, rather from an everyday occurrence that reactivates some of the initial trauma’s stored sensory neural network. If our lives are recorded in a sensory pattern of neural networks, and words do not adequately describe sensory experiences, then engaging a symbolic and multi-sensory model for resolution of an issue will lay a new pathway in the sensory neural network. Language alone, with limited sensory engagement, may not be the most effective method for changing a well laid down pattern of psychological dysfunction. Although some of the activity in the brain is ‘hardwired’, neural network models explain how multiple sensory input can enhance implicit learning and create new networks. If psychological therapies are consid-

9 ered learning new patterns of thinking or rationalizing emotive behavior, then implicit learning- knowledge through lived experience- may be best facilitated by multi-sensory engagement with one’s individual stories. The field of Arts Therapy is yet to prove underlying positive neurological change as an outcome for this method of psychological intervention. It is still only possible to collect anecdotal evidence and speculate that sensory engagement in psychological therapy better communicates with the cognitive, emotional and somatosensory neural networks and in doing so creates greater efficacy than purely verbal therapy models. Glenda Needs is the Senior Lectur er Lecturer in Ar ON Institute Artt Ther heraapy aatt the IK IKON of SA, QLD & WA. She has been a pr actising Ar or man practising Artt Ther heraapist ffor manyy year oss a rremar emar ka oad rrang ang broad angee earss acr across emarka kabbly br ou w ould lik of cclient lient ggrroups oups.. If yyou would likee to xperience its stud studyy Ar Artt Ther heraapy and eexperience potenc ence to erence potencyy and mak makee a dif difffer other s , then contact T he IK ON IKON Institute on 0439 016 763 or inf o@ik oninstitutesa.com ffor or yyour our info@ik o@ikoninstitutesa.com inf or ma tion pac k. IK ON pr infor orma mation pack. IKON proo vides Na tionall edited Diploma cour ses Nationall tionallyy Accr Accredited courses in Ar t T her sonal heraa p y, Tr ansper anspersonal Counselling Counselling,, Counselling Counselling,, and Youth Wor orkk in SA, QLD QLD,, and W A. V isit www .ik oninstitutesa.com to ffind ind out www.ik .ikoninstitutesa.com mor moree.

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EVENTS, COURSES & WORKSHOPS for the Mind, Body & Soul InnerSelf encourages our readers towards the development and integration of all aspects of the self: physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual so that they can thrive on all levels. This issue’s feature aims to inspire and motivate people to find new ways to better health, growth and spiritual awareness and present a whole new world of opportunities to explore. Whether you want to boost your health, growth, wealth, love life or redirect your thinking on a more spiritual plane this feature will help you do just that by covering educational courses and practical workshops and events,on everything from healthy eating and exercise, to courses to stimulate and educate the mind, to workshops and retreats to develop and nurture the soul. TRAIN TO BE A SOUND THERAPIST The fir st high quality practitioner level training in Australia! Facilitated by published author and renowned teacher Lyz Cooper from the British Academy of Sound Therapy, the training concentrates on the use of Himalayan singing bowls, crystal bowls and voice (toning and overtoning) to heal the energy system. The course is a ‘practitioner level’ training course,

enabling students to make informed diagnosis of a client’s energy system and to treat the imbalances that present themselves. This methodology consistently produces positive results. Course fully residential, held in Adelaide starts November 2011. mail@healthysound.com www.healthysound.com/international

MICHAEL MOREL WORKSHOPS Michael is a gentleman who has gathered many experiences and much knowledge during his life on the planet. He wishes to share such

knowledge with those who seek information about The Mysteries of The Mind and of “Life”. He invites you to join him in that space he calls “There” which he describes as ”The spot between the Rock and the Hard Place “when both have been removed and no-thing is in opposition. It is where complete Freedom dwells, uninhibited by the invisible bonds of ignorance and fear. Check Michael’s website and blog at www.michaelmorel.com

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SYDNEY INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MEDICINE COURSES Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has become popular in Australia as many Australians turn to natural medicine for their health care. $ 4.3 billion has been spent for complimentary medicine last year including rapid growth in Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine businesses. For the first time the Government us recognizing TCM as a formal health care profession as TCM national registration will take place on 1 July 2012 and the first TCM hospital supported by both Chinese and Australian government will also be opening in North Sydney next year. TCM registration may also result in partly sharing the commonwealth Medicare system as

Chiropractors and Physiotherapists have done so before. For TCM course details contact Sydney Institute of Chinese Medicine on (02) 9281 2289.

AUSTRALIAN CENTRE FOR HOLISTIC STUDIES The Diploma in Holistic Living Counselling. Are you ready to stop ‘working’? Becoming a Holistic Living Counsellor is unique lifestyle not just a career. It’s all about living Holistic Happiness. Evolved and better than ever our graduates who embrace the new Diploma in Holistic Living Counselling with its joyful living, love it. Work with individual clients, run groups on the ‘7 Living Essentials’ or use A’dor Holistic Living principles to bring wellbeing strategies to your workplace. Extensive and emotionally engaging, there is nothing like this in the way it assists you to find your full potential. Start today.

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ALKEHELA Christina has been studying and practicing the art of healing and meditation since 2000. She lived and studied with the Native Americans as well as with the Shamans of Guatemala, Peru and Brazil. Her studies included Reiki, Shamanism, Crystal Healing, Sound Therapy, ceremonies by indigenous people and their history. She was taught how to heal her body and now shares these tools in a unique treatment that incorporates all her teachings. Christina runs Guided Meditation Classes teaching you how to take back control of your thoughts and free your mind as well as Reiki courses. For more www.alkehela.com

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MAUM MEDITATION “Who am I? Where do I come from? Where do I go?” Everything has a foundation. The foundation of all creation is the original True mind, which is the True world. This True mind is never-changing and everlasting. Humans do not live in the True world, with the True mind…Humans live in their individual human mind. The human mind is merely an accumulation of individual experiences, which is why we all have different minds. These experiences are stored as pictures and we live identifying ourselves with these pictures, rather than the True mind. This “picture world” is not living and is incomplete, therefore we will not find complete happiness. Only in the True mind, the True world, is there life and complete happiness.Maum Meditation, a not-for-profit organisation, was founded by Woo Myung in 1996. Woo Myung was awarded the Mahatma Gandhi Peace Prize by the United Nations-NGO International As-

innerSelf newspaper sociation of Educators for World Peace in September 2002 and was appointed as World Peace Ambassador by the same organisation. “Maum” in Korean means “mind”. Maum Meditation accurately defines the True mind, and has a seven step method to discard the human mind so you can find your True mind and self. Just after level one you will know the answers to “Who am I? Where do I come from? Where do I go?”. We do not “teach” you the answers. You discover them yourself. Come to our Saturday seminars and discover in more detail what this means. For further information visit our website at www.maum.org or contact us on (02) 9804 6340. We are located at 6 Stewart St. Eastwood NSW and over 290 other locations around the world.

THE LUMINOUS WAY TRAINING The Luminous Way Spiritual Training is a genuine School of Light that has been established for 15 years. The Founder and Teacher of the Training is Maureen Edwards. The aim of the School is to help the members unfold their better nature from a spiritual perspective. To this end the

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BY AMBER ST CLARE The sunlight shimmers with dust and sand kicked up by the footsteps of thousands of years. Dust falling from the crumbling temple walls and the ruined mud brick houses of an ancient people, sand swept across the desert by the fierce winds of the Kamseen which swirls all around us as our felucca rushes headlong over the Nile towards the shelter of an island in the river. Behind us a cloud mountain of sand is racing across the desert swallowing all in its path, but thankfully our sailors maneuver us safely behind the island just in time, and the wind rushes on without pulling us with it. There is an old temple on this island, so ancient that very little is left of it and tourists do not usually bother to come here. But today, what is left of it provides us with excellent shelter, and we scramble, laughing, up the small hill and settle down between its giant fallen columns to begin the past life meditation that we were sup-

Love yourself enough to heal ... For the first time in Australia, we welcome Kahu Fred Sterling who is a shaman of Native American ancestry, a master medium, master healer, presenter, author, a talk radio host of the Great Shift weekly Internet video webcast, and for more than twenty years, the medium for the loving spirit guide, Master Guide Kirael, a 7th dimensional guardian spirit who is in service to evolving societies such as Earth. Kahu embodies the qualities of profound spiritual wisdom, extraordinary passion, honesty, authenticity and humility. With the guidance of Master Guide Kirael, Kahu Fred pioneered Signature Cell Healing™ in the 1990s. It is a gentle touch healing modality encompassing a total approach to healing the four bodies: spiritual, mental, emotional and physical. Participants learn how to focus energy on the "signature" or Creator cell, which lies deep within the pineal gland in the brain. This all-important cell holds the memory of our cellular perfection and our original life blueprint. The reawakening of this signature cell allows for a return to optimum health and balance in all four bodies. This integrative method is so powerful, yet so simple, and continues to evolve exponentially with profound results. Experienced healers and new seekers alike will benefit from the knowledge shared by Kahu, who is living testimony to the power of Signature Cell Healing™, demonstrated by his astounding recovery from a massive stroke in 2006. Come and experience Signature Cell Healing™ and Kahu Fred Sterling first hand. The workshop includes: x x x x x

The importance of Prana Breathing Developing your Sixth Sense Working with Cellular Consciousness Awakening the Chromosomes of Youth & Vitality Lighting up the Meridians

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The ‘Rogue Cell’ that creates Cancer Engaging the Lymphatic System in Healing Stem Cell Programming Techniques Ancient Lemurian Healing Wisdom Using Trinity Points for Healing

A Signature Cell Healing™ weekend with Kahu Fred is a rare experience going beyond the learning of hands-on techniques. Amazing transformations and spontaneous healings oftentimes occur throughout the weekend, changing lives and forging close bonds between participants. Many experience profound changes, with life taking on greater meaning and higher vibrational focus. Master Guide Kirael says “it’s a new world, a new time and a new place. Tell your friends what we’re doing. Our mission is to heal the planet one person at a time, if that’s what it takes. The journey to healing is all about Love. Love yourself enough to heal into love.” For more information on the “Awakening to Signature Cell Healing”™ workshop & the “Kahu & Kirael Live” channelling and book signing events in Sydney, visit www.SignatureCellHealing.com, email Australia@signaturecellhealing.com or call Suzanne Eckert 0414 320 659 or Kerry Keogh 0402 280 815

posed to do on board the felucca as it drifted gently down the Nile. Well, that was the plan anyway, but the Kamseen took care of that. However, this is a wonderful place for a past life regression and the swirling dust and sand of the wild wind seem to be a part of it, a planned surprise by the old Gods and the forces of nature who serve them. Something to help us negotiate our way backwards through time to the people we used to be. “Look at the dust” I say to my group as they make themselves comfortable, “pick up the sand, let it spill through your fingers, watch it as the wind blows it away, this is not just dust and sand, this is the remains of temples and homes, of clothes and furniture, even of animals and people. All things eventually turn to dust, pick up another handful, perhaps you hold in your hand all that is left of an ancient life, your own ancient life, or perhaps many of them.” We have all lived more than one life, and for those who harbour a fascination for Egypt it is highly likely that they have lived at least one lifetime in the shadow of the pyramids. What better way to enliven those memories of an ancient past than to walk once again where you have walked before, to reconnect to the person you used to be and all the knowledge you possessed back then. As souls, we are a continuous stream of Divine Consciousness that clothes itself in various bodies at different times, and when that body has served its purpose and we have experienced all that we were supposed to experience in that lifetime, we leave that body behind us and move on, but in the deepest layer of our minds we are able to remember. Sometimes only a small glimpse of a life, sometimes the whole breadth and truth of it, and it is all there waiting for us … at home, in Egypt. Amber St Clare is an Independent, Esoteric Egyptologist who takes small group tours to Egypt. For bookings and information on the next tour please go to www.mirrorofeternity.com To purchase Ambers CD’s of meditations on Ancient Egypt please visit www.amberstclare.com.au

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BY WENDY LAWSON I couldn’t imagine the reality of being able to step into a career of my dreams whilst making a good living and helping others. It’s possible… I have always loved caring for others and dreamt of finding a vocation that made sense. I wanted to make a difference. My dream of going back to study was always being sidelined by either lack of money or time. Late in 2009, I became involved in some self- development workshops and received different types of treatments in complimentary medicine.It turned out that I loved it! I became certain that pursuing my passion of helping others by developing a career in complimentary medicine was exactly what I needed at that point in my life. I knew then that it was exactly what was missing and what I had been looking for to fulfil my life, both personally and professionally. The veil was lifted. This inspiring realisation led me down the path I was to follow to my ultimate destination of becoming a complementary health practitioner.After some extensive research I found more and more positive reasons as to why natural health would be a wonderful area in which to delve into - not only as a self-fulfilling vocation but as a viable career. What was impor tant to me was finding an environment where I would be amongst like-minded people with the same yearnings that I had. I wanted to be a part of a supportive, personal atmosphere where I could develop myself and my skills, which would eventually enable me to encourage and assist others to do the same.

I joined a reputable College that offered training in Diplomas on weeknights and weekends. This meant that I could continue with work and family duties whilst pursuing my dream. The college I attended embraced and encouraged me throughout my learning experience. The instructors were of an exceptional calibre, thoroughly professional and caring in their approach to instilling their wisdom and experience in me. The way in which this fed my passion was invigorating. I felt the challenges were set at just the right level to motivate and push me to do my best. I achieved more than I had thought possible. The students became my friends and we supported each other as friends, family, study partners and eventually, colleagues. The College had a fantastic system in place which enabled me to get the practical experience I needed to become a professional, confident and experienced practitioner.They had VET FEE-HELP, so that with this Federal Government loan the issue of finances vanished. In Victoria, the College is also approved for the Skills Victoria subsidy, which is a grant you do not have to pay back. What a great opportunity! As I developed as a practitioner, I undertook professional practice hours in the attached student clinic. Whilst I was nervous to begin with, the staff and instructors, and even the other senior students encouraged and suppor ted me. Within a shor t while I felt and acted like a professional. Clients were telling me how much I made a difference to them and how I had changed their lives. They were walking out with a new perspective on life,

innerSelf newspaper which I had contributed to! It felt amazing. I knew that there would be no more wondering what I would do with my life. I could make a difference every day by caring for people and learning more about myself in turn. The whole experience has been a positive and enriching one for me, where I learnt more about myself than I had realised I would. I am now happily on my journey as a professional natural health practitioner and still, I am able to contribute to peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lives in many other ways. I am a mentor to new and developing student, I have regular contact with other professionals who offer support and feedback, and I can sleep easy each night, content in the knowledge that I have found my place in life. I now look forward to developing further in the many avenues that have opened up since I embraced change and took the first step to my new life. More and more Australians are turning to alternative health therapies as a means to seek a holistic approach to their health and overall well-being. The diversity of this sector is immense with branches in as many specialties and interests as you can imagine. Australians spend millions of dollars each year on seeking assistance in the complementary health industry, highlighting the enormity of this area and its ever growing appeal. The opportunity for making a living in this industry became real and available, especially when facilitated by learning institutions that specialise in nurturing and developing practitioners in this field. If you (or someone you know) are interested in finding complementary medicine and complementary medicine schools, let career training within fast-growing industries like massage therapy, kinesiology, aromatherapy, reflexology,and others get you started! Explore the opportunity for learning in a vocation that appeals to you and embrace the prospects in complimentary health. For more information on beginning YOUR dream contact The Health Arts Collegevia email on study@thacollege.edu.au, research all your choices at www.thacollege.edu.au or you may call to speak with YOUR personal course adviser on 1300 658 326.

WholeHealth with ROBERT REEVES, NATUROPATH

A Natural Approach to Anxiety Anxiety can be a common complaint for many people. It is described as a feeling of fear, or being anxious, something most of us will experience from time to time. It becomes more of a concern if you suffer from these fear-based feelings consistently and have constant thoughts of worry and danger. If you find that you are overly perfectionist or that you worry about almost everything, then these may be signs that suggest you have an anxiety condition. In my clinical experience I have had patients that fear choking on food, feel nausea when completing certain tasks such as driving, or experience panic when they feel trapped in a certain circumstance. It is best to be assessed by a trained practitioner so if you feel you may have an anxiety problem please see your doctor or psychologist before beginning any kind of treatment.

Energetic Meaning of Anxiety

Anxiety says that you are uncomfortable and no longer feel safe. It tells you there are certain aspects of your lifestyle where you would like to create some change or leave certain aspects behind completely, but at this point you are unable to do so. It shows you that you do not feel safe. We all need, and deserve, to feel safe and so if you do not feel protected and supported your energy will become scattered. Often it is a root chakra issue, an energy center located at the base of your spine. By sitting quietly for a few moments and holding onto a red jasper crystal, focus your mind on the area at the base of your spine. Imagine a ruby red, glowing ball of light. Sit with this energy and allow yourself to regain a sense of comfort and peace, knowing that you are protected by the Angels and God.

B Vitamins

Vitamin B6, B9 and B12 are involved in almost every single brain function. During anxiety your body is running on adrenaline and stress hormones that cause you to go through metabolic processes faster than normal. Your body can quickly become deficient in needed nutrients that help to calm your body and bring relaxation. Imagine how many brain functions that you are having every minute, or how many thoughts you are processing. Now, think of how many whole grains you ate today, how many legumes, pulses, etc. The nature of todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s diet is deficient in foods rich in B vitamins, so it may be necessary to supplement with a good quality multivitamin or B complex for additional nutrient support. B vitamins can help to bring your body and mind back into balance and help to restore the sense of peace that you crave.

Vibrational Essences

There are several forms of vibrational essences on the market today such as flower essences, crystal essences, environmental essences and even essences made from Angel energy. Each of these types have their own areas of focus and no one is particularly better than another. Find yourself a good practitioner and you will find that they will be able to help you to calm your nerves. Essences are unlike essential oils, as they can be taken internally, usually by placing a few drops under the tongue. They are perfect for people with anxiety as they can be carried with you throughout the day and taken as needed. There are no fears of over-dosing and they will not interact with other medications. This way you can take your remedy as often as you need to, so that you feel cool, calm and collected all day long. Some things essences can help to bring are peace,

www.innerself.com.au calmness, releasing fears, relaxing anxiousness, clearing dark thoughts and returning your focus on love.

Protein

Protein is an important part of everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s diet but should be looked at more closely for those with anxiety. Protein is made up of amino acids that help to heal your nervous system and give nourishment to your brain. Many foods contain amino acids in their protein, however only a handful contain all the essential amino acids that you need to get

through food. These are animal meats such as good quality (preferably organic) beef, lamb, chicken and fish, and also soy. You are able to get all the essential amino acids from other foods but it requires you to combine various foods in order to do so. This is okay for vegetarians but if you have anxiety I would consider having at least one animal protein meal per day so that we can ensure you are getting enough of what your body needs. All of the preceding information is meant as a guide only and is not

13 meant to replace proper medical care. Please speak with your health care professional before under taking any of the above mentioned advice. Robert Reeves is a Naturopath whose passion for helping others started as a young boy, spiritually gifted and highly intuitive. Robert uses his psychic insight and mediumship abilities with his Naturopathic training to help his clients reach their utmost potential. Phone: (02) 4648 4200 or 1300 668 772. E-mail: inf o@r ober tr ee .com.au info@r o@rober obertr tree eevves es.com.au Web: www .r ober tr ee .com.au www.r .rober obertr tree eevves es.com.au

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Reverse AGING

with DR SANG WHANG

The Alkaline Body My book Reverse Aging shows how the accumulation of acid waste leads to complications including osteoporosis. Understanding this biological function is vital to understanding why drinking purified alkaline water is important. Following are some diseases which can be improved by combining your eating of organic alkaline forming foods with the drinking of negatively charged alkaline water for the very best health results.

Arthritis, gout

Many different forms of arthritis and gout are the result of acid accumulation in the joints. Heavy people add more pressure on their joints, thus speeding up wear and tear; however, a young person seems to do fine even if he is heavy. It is the accumulated acid that damages cartilages and irritates the joints. Unfortunately, the joints are where the blood cannot carry out wastes easily. Gout is the accumulation of uric acid in the joints. According to Webster, gout is a disease resulting from a disturbance of metabolism, characterized by an excess of uric acid in the blood and deposits of uric acid salts in the tissues around the joints, especially of the feet and hands: it causes swelling and severe pain, especially in the big toe. In today's medicine, there is no effective treatment for these types of degenerative diseases. Because it is painful, one instinctively takes pain killers; however, aspirin types are acidic and they can further irritate the joints. The sooner we accept the fact that these diseases are the result of too much acidic waste, the sooner we will find the cure for these problems."

The true cause of cancer

Dinking alkaline water will not harm healthy cells while it may destroy malignant cells. Research should be done to see how alkaline water may help in curing early stages of cancer, depending upon how far the cancer has progressed. I am sure that there is a point of no return. However since the healthy cells are alkaline and the malignant cells are acidic, drinking alkaline water will not harm healthy cells while it may destroy malignant cells. It is worth trying.

Degenerative diseases

In general, degenerative diseases are the results of acid waste buildups within us. When we are born, we have the highest alkaline mineral concentration and also the highest body pH. From that point on, the normal process of life is to gradually acidify. That is why these degenerative disease do not occur when you are young. They occur usually after 40. The difference between the 20 year old you and the 40 year old you physically is that you have accumulated more acidic wastes at 40 than at 20.

Osteoporosis

The skeletal structure of the body is a “calcium bank”. When the body’s condition becomes too acidic, it frequently makes compensating withdrawal of calcium from the bones, leaving them brittle and subject to breakage. A bone is made out of proper combinations of calcium and phosphorus. When just the calcium is removed, the remaining bone becomes highly phosphorous and it becomes weak. The postures of many old people change and they seem to get shorter as they age. These are the results of losing calcium from the skeletal structure. Prolonged usage of alkaline water can help prevent this disaster of the modern diet. Ionized calcium can help to repair the damages. Sang Whang, is an engineer, scientist and inventor with many U.S. patents. An improvement and maintenance of his own health without medicine, diet or exercise caused him to investigate the phenomenon and led him to the discovery of his theory of Reverse Aging a book on how he reversed the early stage symptoms of diabetes and high blood pressure.

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Left-Right: Jesse, Dwayne, Chris

PURPLE PASSION SPREADS! INTRODUCING A DYNAMIC AUSSIE TRIO AND THEIR VERY SPECIAL ‘PURPLEBERRY’ “We have never been more focused and clear on our direction as a company. We want to affect people positively through everything we do; our vibrant marketing, our incredibly nutritious products and the way we function as a business. Our goal first and foremost is to set the precedent for sustainable and conscious businesses.” Dwayne Mar tens (26), founder, Amazonia Dwayne Mar tens (26), Jesse Kaniecki (25) and Chris Norden (33) epitomise Aussie culture – tanned,

toned, cool surfers in their 20’s living the Bondi life, they’re single guys who ooze health from every pore…the sor t of guys you can’t help but get along with. However, beneath their ‘beachy’ exterior, they have cultured a truly onia unique business in Amaz Amazonia www.purpleberry.com.au. From very humble beginnings to a global, multimillion dollar success story in just three years; their values remain the same as they always have been – ethical, passionate and positive. Founded by Dwayne Mar tens, Amazonia was born out the back of

his friend’s kitchen in Fremantle, where long hours were spent packaging his very first products. Three years on and incredibly, Amazonia is now a multi-million dollar business specialising in the importation of the Açaí berry (Purpleberry) from the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil*. Selling in over five countries and counting, Dwayne’s success is a direct reflection of his positive and infectious mindset. Dwayne says; “In a traditional sense, I had no business background when I set up Amazonia. I was and still am well-travelled and approach every single day with enthusiasm. My philosophy in life is about ‘Shining Brighter’ which is simply about uplifting people. It’s rare that a day goes past in the office when we don’t receive an encouraging phone call from another Purpleberry person. They’re just as passionate about creating positive change as we are. “Amazonia came about from meeting a small Brazilian distributor of Açaí who sold his business to me for the price of stock. I designed my logo, set up a portable juice bar and worked long, hard hours hitting up markets in Perth, WA. As I worked longer with Açaí I discovered how nutritious it actually was. It clicked at the very beginning that I had a very real opportunity to culture a sustainable industry and produce an exceptional health food. “I remember a friend saying to me ‘soon enough you’ll need some help with this’… I never imagined I’d need so much help! We now support over 4000 families in the Amazon, not to mention our extensive operations in Australia and abroad. It

www.innerself.com.au makes me smile thinking back to that humble beginning at my small stall in Fremantle markets, which to this day still supports a large number of our ‘grass root’ customers.” As Amazonia grew, Dwayne met Chris, who had experience in the Açaí industry in Queensland. Together they expanded Amazonia into the sunshine state, before bringing in Jesse, a good friend who had helped Dwayne in the early development stages of Amazonia. It was the trio’s combined enthusiasm and unwavering drive that spearheaded the Purpleberry business. National Marketing Manager, Jesse says; “What I really enjoy is that I am par t of something that genuinely cares for people. It feels great to put so much effort into something you believe in and watch it have such a positive influence! I’m a country boy at hear t and honest by nature and what I personally feel when eating Purpleberry is that it doesn’t let me just sit around! It gives me that energy to get out and enjoy my life and this is something I want to share with as many people as possible. Who wouldn’t want to feel this good all the time!?” Managing Director, Operations, Chris says; “Gaining Fair Trade status is by far the most rewarding career moment for me to date. There is literally nothing more motivating than knowing we’re making a difference by saving Açaí rainforest, producing quality products and all the while supporting Brazilian families. We visit the Amazon annually to ensure these practises are never compromised.” Dwayne adds; “You see we are the ONLY Fair Trade source of

Purpleberry because we respect our source; we protect it, believe in it and constantly invest in it which in turn provides the best Purpleberry possible, allowing everyone to shine brighter through our products.” Jesse adds; “People are way too dependent on pharmaceuticals and synthetics these days. Don’t get me wrong they have their place, however we’ve forgotten that once upon a time, fantastic health came from eating real, wholefood nutrition; actually enjoying naturally rich foods like superfoods, fruit and veg. Quite simply, the only thing that has ever healed ourselves has been our own bodies! Hence whatever the problem, taking drugs and trying to heal selectively rarely works – we must first tackle health problems with optimum nutrition.” “2011 is an exciting year for Amazonia.” says Dwayne. “This is off the back of four consecutive months of record sales, which is a testament to the quality of our products and proof that it’s actually working for our customers. You see, there’s so little nutrition in the products we eat these days, we want to get MORE nutrition to more people by developing a larger product range unique to the health industry. Our goal is to have the most nutrient rich products on the market, minus the junk!” says Dwayne. Amazonia also aims to double its 2000 acres of preserved Açaí rainforest and the 4000 families that currently work under their Fair Trade initiatives in 2011. Meeting any one of the team, it’s clear that they’ve never been more motivated to accomplish this goal.

MORE NUTRITION TO MORE PEOPLE Truly passionate about “getting more nutrition to more people” Amazonia has created the most nutrient rich product range available on the Australian market. Thanks to a wide range of bars, capsules, puree, frozen packs and powder, Amazonia products provide an easy and delicious solution for daily optimum health. The freeze dried Purpleberry powder alone is packed with an amazing 42 times more antioxidants than fresh blueberries, guaranteed the highest grade of Purpleberry on the market due to the company’s unique processing methods and direct sourcing. Unlike synthetic multivitamins, Açaí is a wholefood product. This is what makes Amazonia’s Açaí truly beneficial for all. A highly nutritious, true superfood that not only tastes like the wild Amazon but also helps protects it. Amazonia’s product range includes Purpleberry powder, puree, smoothie packs, capsules, berry bars and coming soon – chocolate and nutrient shots. For more information and stockists visit www.purpleberry.com.au.

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INNERSELF •JULY - SEPTEMBER 2011

MOON CALENDAR JULY

AUGUST

SEPTEMBER

1 M D ] New Moon D Solar Eclipse The

1 M F Getting the detail right becomes a priority. 2 3 M G Providing a balanced outlook is admirable

1 2 M H Be upfront with all your dealings and

New Moon together with the solar eclipse heralds a time of group endeavours which may include family, friends or neighbours. The excitement that accompanies this will also contain frustration and inhibitions and for some may also include a level of loss or separation.

but not at the expense of your opinion.

4 5 MH Overreaction to situations may place you at

avoid underhanded or secretive actions.

3 4 M I Enthusiasm and inspiration will help

the best results.

a disadvantage. 6 ‡ 1st Quarter Moon H The challenge is to continue to maintain clear lines of communication although this may be compromised by emotions and insecurity. Endeavour to be objective when necessary and express your feelings when and to whom it matters. You have a right to be heard.

spur things along. 5 ‡ 1st Quarter Moon I The surge of energy will help move things but be careful as enthusiasm alone cannot achieve much. Use the inspiration of the time to bring in much needed assistance which can help realise some concrete results. 6 M J A need for practical outcomes determines what needs to be done.

6 7 M G Cordial relations can overcome most

7 8 M I Taking a broad view of the situation will

7 8 M K A lateral and objective approach is

obstacles. 8 ‡ 1st Quarter G The challenge is to maintain focus on existing relationships and still be discerning. Be prepared for the intensity of encounters as well as possible windfalls. 9 M H Intense emotions may surface so be prepared for some overreaction to seemingly ordinary situations.

help you see things not presently apparent.

called for.

10 11 M I The focus changes and a broader

brought to matters at hand and some ruthless action will need to be taken although not at the expense of others. An encounter which is seemingly accidental may prove to be fateful and the results may surprise everyone concerned.

2 3 M E Relish the acknowledgement but beware of arrogance.

4 5 M F Being overly critical does not achieve

perspective is called for.

12 13 M J Taking control of matters will help ensure the results you want.

14 15 … Full Moon J Things become much clearer as the action necessary is now indicated however be prepared to make changes in order to realise the full potential of the time. 16 MK Think outside the square and the results will be unexpected.

17 18 ML Heed hunches and intuition as they may come in handy.

19 20 21 MA Take action to keep up the momentum. 22 23 Moon enters B ƒ 3rd Quarter Moon B Sun enters E Be practical but not stubborn as the results of the last fortnight’s actions are now evident. It is important to shoulder any extra burden in order to benefit from your efforts. Proud, flamboyant and inspiring are Leo’s hallmarks.

24 25 26 MC Be prepared to share information. 27 28 MD Nurture those that are important. 29 30 M E Take pride in successes and accept wellearned acknowledgement. 31 ] New Moon E The New Moon heralds the beginning of a new cycle and information and communication are the issues. Dot the i’s and cross the t’s otherwise there is a great likelihood of misunderstanding and confusion.

9 10 M J Be prepared to take a hands-on approach. 11 12 M K Some risks may be necessary if you wish

9 10 11 M L Greater compassion or sensitivity is

to achieve your current goals.

to date may be good but do not rely on sentimentality. Be prepared to look into all the detail and use what has been uncovered to achieve the results needed. 13 M A Time to accept the challenges that are about to be presented.

13 14 … Full Moon K then Moon enters L Clarity is

15 16 17 MA Things will clearly be moving quickly so be prepared to act.

14 15 16 M B Be aware of practicalities before attempting anything.

17 18 M C Keep your ear to the ground as news

18 19 MB Practical matters need attention but do not

travels fast.

drag your feet for fear of changing things.

key to finalising matters but do not rely on rumour or hear-say on which to base your actions. Instead use reliable sources especially when things may be uncertain or unpredictable. Base actions on analysis and objectivity. 21 M D An emotional connection with something or someone dominates now.

20 21 22 ƒ 3rd Quarter Moon B then Moon enters C A romantic notion or lack of boundaries will undermine what has been achieved so far. The action required now to complete what is at hand will call for clarity and keeping both feet firmly on the ground. Be prepared to listen to advice but keep your own counsel and act from experience not from desire. 23 Sun enters F Practicality, perseverance and attention to detail are the hallmarks of Virgo. 24 M D Emotional bonds dominate.

25 26 27 M E Take your pride in hand before it can cause problems.

28 29 ] New Moon F The New Moon in Virgo begins a cycle of practicality and endeavour which will call for precision and perseverance. New ventures attempted will also bring new encounters some of which will be the catalyst for a change of direction within a few months.

30 31 M G Consensus can achieve much but make sure that everyone plays their part.

19 20 ƒ 3rd Quarter Moon C Information is the

22 23 M E Sun enters G This is not the time to stand on ceremony; humility achieves better results. Cooperative, Social and Fair are characteristics of Libra.

24 25 M F Overly critical responses are not productive.

26 27 ] New Moon G This New Moon heralds a time of new beginnings especially where relations with others are concerned. A time for taking risks with new undertaking especially those that are unusual, are on the cutting-edge or involve technology. Cooperative efforts based on mutual interests and respect can achieve much.

28 29 M H The intensity of emotions may be challenging for some so be prepared for overreactions.

These are generic interpretations for each of the zodiac signs. For a more personal interpretation, astrological consultations are available by appointment on

G Libra – air H Scorpio - water I Sagitarius - fire J Capricorn – earth K Aquarius – air L Pisces - water

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LUNAR PHASES AND PERSONALITY TYPES Lunar phases occur as a result of the relationship between the Sun and the Moon. This cyclic relationship produces the lunar cycle and everyone is born at a particular point in this cycle. A birth can be labelled as a “first quarter” “full moon” or “balsamic” . The lunar phase a person is born in refers to the relationship between the person’s Sun (the sense of self) with their Moon (their emotional expression and security). Therefore, the lunar phase that a person is born in can reflect how that person deals with life - the nature of the energy and their attitude to life and how they deal with it. The lunation cycle is a visible symbol of our place in the larger cycle of life. Without a calendar, we cannot accurately pinpoint our day

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emphasised.

12 … Full Moon L What has been achieved

of birth, however, we can easily discern our “Moon” birthday simply by looking at the phase of the Moon. Every month, each and every one of us resonates to that aspect of the Sun-Moon relationship that is imprinted in our psyches. This describes the basic capacity of the person to relate to life generally. In order to find the lunation phase you are born under, you can consult an almanac for the year and find out what the Moon phase nearest to when you were born. Dane Rudhyar, a famous astrologer developed the theory of phases and used it to develop the eight lunation types of personality which we will be discussed in a series of short articles over the

coming issues. A NEW MOON occurs when the Moon is less than 45 degrees ahead of the Sun. For a period of three and a half days every month, there is a New Moon and all births during this period will have a New Moon in their chart. Mari Garcia is a professional consulting astrologer. She is co- principal of ASTRO MUNDI, which offers astrological education for the beginner and the professional. Mari is a Council Member of the Astrological Guild of Educators International and is a founding member of the Forum of Professional Astrologers. For information telephone 8563 9182 or 0421 326 001 or email: mgarcia55@bigpond.com

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BY ANNA WILSON Remember the wonder of seeing a rainbow as a child? That is a wonder that never seems to leave us, we see a rainbow and if we are alone, we stop and look at the colours with awe, if not, we exclaim to whoever is with us, “look; look... a rainbow!” A rainbow appears so beautiful; we wonder how can it be... Even though we know it is the effect of light refracting through raindrops, a rainbow never ceases to amaze us. In that instant of seeing a rainbow, we feel happy. That is what colour can do, make us happy. We all know that the present moment is not so bad, not really. What happens is, within the present moment we spend time wor-

rying about the future or regretting the past, and thus we taint our present moment, which is really not so bad. Colour can bring us back to the present moment. A moment in which all else fades away except for the realisation of colour. Colour has a subliminal effect on us, which is why it is used so successfully in advertising. Fast food outlets often use red and yellow. Red is a passionate grounded colour, it makes us hungry and energised. Yellow is a sunny happy colour that makes us want to laugh and talk. So we can see how red and yellow work well in places where for optimum turnover of customers, people should feel hungry, chatty and sociable, but ener-

gised so that they want to leave once they are full and see what else of interest they can put their energy into! As colour works on us anyway, understanding a little about the quality of colours, means that rather than being affected at the whim of those who know its powerful effects, we can start to consciously use colours to bring about effects in ourselves and in our lives that we desire. The great thing about colour is that because it works on a subliminal level, and thus affects our minds without us being aware of it, we need do nothing but see colour for it to work its magic in our lives. So obviously for colour to work we need to be able to be able to see it. We are using colour as focus points. With this in mind wearing a coloured ring, bracelet or watch, would be effective as our hands are are often in view as we look at the time, work on the computer, or when we reach forward to pick something up. Conversely a coloured necklace, unless it was very long would not be seen unless we were looking in the mirror, so it would not be as useful as a focus point. Conscious focus points of colour are also good to use in the home, as scatter cushions in a chair your eye sees rather than sit on. So if you use the couch they can be arranged on a chair that is observable from your position on the couch. Once you start using focus points of colour to bring desired changes or effects in yourself

ADYAR BOOKSHOP Serving Sydney and Australia for almost 90 years, Adyar Bookshop is one of Sydney’s oldest booksellers and Australia’s leading mind body spirit book and gift shop. Established in 1920 by The Blavatsky Lodge of the Theosophical Society, Adyar has been selling metaphysical and alternative publications to generations of people eager to explore theosophy and the world around them. Roughly translated, Adyar means ‘peace’. It is the name of a river in Chennai, India, and the international headquarters of The Theosophical Society is situated on its banks. Adyar Bookshop has had several homes during its life, from humble beginnings when it started literally out of a suitcase under the stairs of the Theosophical Society headquarters in Hunter Street. A couple of years later the TS moved to Bligh Street where it remained for many years. From 1979 to 1983, Adyar made its home in Culwalla Chambers at 67 Castlereagh Street. In mid-1983, Adyar moved again, this time to Pitt Street near the Hilton Hotel. Adyar

next moved to the mezzanine level of the State Theatre Building in Market Street late in 1985 where it remained for the next seven years. In 1992, Adyar made another long term move to 230 Clarence Street, where it stayed for 17 wonderful years. In June 2009, it relocated to its current home at 99 Bathurst Street, opposite St Andrews Cathedral and it just celebrated its second anniversary here. To mark this occasion, Adyar Bookshop introduced a new loyalty program, where for an annual fee of $15.00, members are entitled to an instant ten per cent discount on any purchase. Until the end of August, any customer who joins goes in the draw to win one of 18 prizes, including an iPad, iPod Nano or a $100.00 gift voucher from David Jones or Harvey Norman. Adyar Bookshop has an extensive range of books covering everything from Astrology to Zen. It also stocks a large range of cards and gift items including crystals, incense, meditation cushions and stools, statues, soaps, Tibetan prayer flags and much more.

Adyar now runs author talks every Thursday evening from 6.30pm in the main bookshop chamber, as well as running a movie screening once a month on a Wednesday evening. These movie nights have included movies such as Oh My God, Wake Up and Cancer is Curable Now. For more details of these events, consult the bookshop’s website at www.adyar.com.au. The bookshop has always been well known for its in-house practitioners and offers tarot, clairvoyance, channelling, soul path reading, kinesthetic sensing, palmistry, coffee reading, mediumship and Indian head massage on a daily basis. Every month, former Adyarite Walter Mason reviews many of the latest books being sold at the bookshop on RadioOutThere, an internet based radio program developed by former ABC television and radio presenter Barry Eaton, who also authored the best selling 2010 book Afterlife. Adyar is excited that 2012 will see its 90th birthday and it is looking forward to serving Australians for many decades to come.

www.innerself.com.au or your life, you will get more inventive and start to work out pertinent colours for yourself at par ticular times during your life. As life changes, so too do the colour choices that will help us. Some ideas are a big red pepper grinder in the kitchen against a white wall, if you feel you are wanting more energy and passion in your life, and of course if you spend a fair amount of time in the kitchen! When studying, yellow can bring us clarity and violet can help us ground our ideas. To have these colours help you during study, it is as simple as painting a yellow ball and a violet ball on a piece of A4 paper and sticking it to the wall in your line of vision. Each time you take a break from study, or want some clarity over an issue, or are not sure how to put your ideas into words for that essay, look up at your painting. This will refresh and clarify your mind, giving you room to make sense of what you are studying, or if you are writing an essay it will help you ground your ideas into the printed word. If you find the day always starts with an argument, either with your partner, in traffic or at work, start the day with a green focus point. Green is harmonious and is the colour of new beginnings and forgiveness, have something green by your alarm clock, if this is the first thing you see in the morning. Also by the bathroom mirror, that gives you a start to the day. If there is a leafy route to work, take that route, and if there is a park nearby work, try to pop out even for a few moments to take in the green of nature around you. Focus on colour, and enjoy. Anna Wilson, Founder of the C o l o u r Blueprint S y s t e m , promotes joy c r e a t i o n through colour, taught at her school, ‘Almanac, a space for learning’ in Double Bay. Anna is a Registered Nurse, Meditation Facilitator and Energetic Practitioner. She believes in putting the joy into this moment, because it is from this point that we create. Phone: 0419 473 234 email anna@colourblueprints.com www.colourblueprints.com

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BY AZRIEL RE’SHEL On a recent visit to Kata Tjuta I spent a few magical hours in the sacred womb space along the Valley of the Winds, sitting on the banks of a stream running through the red domed rocks. While my children played happily and harmoniously, creating endless games with the rocks, mud, dragon flies and other treasures of nature, I sat. This is something quite rare for me as a mother of four, but the land compelled me to. We were sitting next to and below a thin bridge and from time to time there was a trickle of visitors crossing over the river on their walk along the Valley of the Winds. After about an hour and a half of sitting peacefully, quietly soaking up the energy of this exquisite place, a large tour group came over to the bridge, the tour guide shouted out a loud “whoo hoo” and then loudly crossed over the bridge, proceeding to educate his group into the geological origins of the area with much gesturing, posturing and general raucousness! As the group walked past our gentle harmonious little gathering down below on the river bed, I had the strangest feeling or remembrance of being an Aboriginal person when the white man came. It was quite remarkable, I felt this strong dominating and over masculine energy moving towards the bridge as the group came and then emanating from the group across the river as the leader gave his talk. It really jarred with this very feminine and sacred site. There was a feeling of being violated, having this pure and precious space we were resting in, violated. I’ve travelled fairly widely over our beautiful planet and have visited 6 of the 7 continents. Across the world there has been domination of the more feminine spirituality, or indigenous wisdom, a way of being that is very gentle, flowing, connected to community and the land. Every continent has its stories of domination and relegation of pure spiritual val-

ues that honour the land and its people. While some of these stories are now coming to light with the rewriting of history from a different standpoint, not from the oppressors, such as in South Africa, the Andes, there are still many nations today that still suffer under this domination. In our own country there is terrible injustice, racism and lack of freedom, while one half of the population lives in relative luxury, with more than comfor table housing, access to all the foods under the sun, electricity, water, and has excellent health standards, and freedom, Aboriginal people suffer with terrible overcrowding and lack of good housing, or the right to determine their own future and housing and are forced to sell the mining rights to their land in order to secure basic rights for themselves. Aboriginal people are marginalized, ignored and hidden. Most Australians are at best apathetic towards the plight of Aboriginal people, and many are often very disparaging and racist. There appears to still be a government policy (albeit covert) of wiping them out, through illness, despair and greater disconnection from their heartland. We are now moving into times where we need to balance and heal the disconnection on our planet, between these two ways of being, the way of the “western” world where greed, abuse of power and materialism have reigned with the more ancient way still lived by many indig-

innerSelf newspaper enous peoples. We need to take the highest expression from both and come to balance. The indigenous people of this country have answers for us, they have solutions to help us live abundantly and in harmony with the land. This is not backward thinking, this is practical. We have mismanaged this land so badly that there are severe water issues (that the government is not telling us about), desalination, environmental problems on a mass scale, sweeping fires, drought, things that did not happen when Aboriginal people managed the land. In our current lifestyle we are headed for food shortages, water shortages and will ultimately wipe ourselves out. Yet, in the top end, in Arnhem land, indigenous people are returning to the old ways, and are self sustaining living off the land, managing their communities in the old ways, empowering themselves and their youth, bringing back their esteem through this self determination. But they are in danger of being forced to move and live the western way, disempowered, and back on government handouts, as of course the land they are living on, is rich in minerals. We need to listen, to honour these people, to open our hearts and learn from them. Every time I spend time with indigenous elders, it is their way of being, their gentleness, their ancient wisdom that touches me so deeply, the quality of their hearts, that touches a place in me that brings tears and joy. Spending time with indigenous elders and wisdom keepers on the land, invokes a deep remembrance of times gone by. It’s like a cellular remembrance is ignited and with it the deep desire for a return to this way of

being. Really at each of our core there is the desire for connection and love, this is truly at the root of materialism. Aboriginal elder, Bob Randall says we must connect with everyone we meet, talk to everyone, he says, your neighbours, the lady at the checkout, the person next to you on the bus. Connect, re-establish community and connection in society, one person at a time. In this way we truly open our hearts to everyone, not just our family members, we develop compassion and non-judgement, other people’s problems become ours too. We must go to the first people of our land, meet with them, share, get to know them, learn from them, open our hearts to each other and heal the terrible rifts of the past. There is so much suspicion, mistrust and terrible pain. For too long Australians have shoved their terrible history deep under the carpet and continue to carry on life whilst secretly shouldering an incredible ancestral shame. We need to forgive each other, embrace and move into the future together. It is time to let this go, to meet our brothers and sisters in the deepest love, to dance together, to sing together, to love together, so we can make this land sing the songs of a beautiful, harmonious and vibrant future together.

Eye on the Sky with Robert Crawford, Astrologist and Teacher

July-September 2011 New Moon - 1st July

A New Moon begins this quarter with the opportunity to plant our seed of desire in a particular area of our lives. The effor t and attention we give to this area of life over the following fortnight is then illumined on the Full Moon. This is how we live in symbiosis with the Moon Cycle every month, in order to manifest our goals and objectives. It is part and parcel to life and our actions are as much unconscious as they are conscious to this phenomenon.

New Moon in Cancer

In the sign of Cancer the focus is on discovering that inner sanctuary that resides in us all. This will help to establish emotional peace, provide nourishment for the soul’s journey; knowing that to cling to anything only contributes to a fear of loss.

Cancer in the 8th House

Azriel Re’Shel is a freelance writer, yoga teacher and workshop facilitator. She and her husband Jeremy Ball run Transformational Tours, taking people to connect with wisdom-keepers and sacred sites, for transformation and healing.

The astrological house that the New Moon energises will help you understand the main area of life that is under ‘developmental tension’. Should it be the 8th house as in Julia Gillard’s - “other’s values” need her attention and consideration. Clinging to an old ideology (for example), may only see her as defen-

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sive or disingenuous (her natal Moon in Gemini, in the 7th house). This New Moon is also a Solar Eclipse, giving it an extra impact if you have planets between 5 and 10 degrees Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn. The PM’s Sun is 6 degrees Libra, marking this New Moon /Eclipse as a period for re-orientation.

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We begin with this New Moon/Eclipse that also forms a ‘Cardinal Cross’. Pluto at 6 degrees Capricorn opposes the Sun-Moon, squared by Uranus at 4 Aries and Saturn at 10 Libra. This alignment occurred 6 months ago, continuing the theme of establishing a new faction or ideology that better serves where we are at personally and/or collectively. One such example of this Cardinal Cross playing out on Earth is the revolt by so many countries as they battle for independence and appeal for human /democratic rights. Australia’s quandary on migrants/ refugee intake is another example of establishing a fair policy (Saturn in Libra) in order to give people a fresh start (Uranus in Aries).

3rd - 26th August

Mercury retrogrades: Appearing to move backward in motion from 1 degree Virgo to 18 Leo.

This is a period to reconnoitre the Leo qualities in ourselves; for the heart (Leo) and the head (Virgo) to unite and display thoughtful (Virgo) self-appointment (Leo). Mercury opposes Neptune in the second week of August and September; one’s ideals need to be realistic in expectation at these times.

30th Aug; Jupiter Retrograde

Jupiter’s redress is from 10 to 0 degrees Taurus and takes us through to Christmas. This is a period to consolidate and then to build something of greater substance. In Julia Gillard’s example and public life, it is to consolidate relationships (Taurus is her 7th house) and build sustainable polices. Transiting Jupiter opposes her natal 12th house Neptune bringing much angst to this period with collusions anticipated from all par ties. Another couple that are caught up in the planetary picture this quarter are the Prince and Princess of Cambridge, commonly known as Will and Kate. April – June 2011 For Will a Cancerian his grooming, position of influence and current duties are astrologically highlighted. His actions around the 7th Aug when Mars conjoins his Sun will gain our attention once again. His chart suggests that balancing self-declaration within his inherited position and family dynamic is a steep climb, a learning kerb in the coming 12 months. Similarly shown in Princess Catherine’s chart, particularly so with regard to subser vience to others (the inlaws).This appears uncomfortable to her Aries nature (her Ascendant) and it will be interesting to note how she behaves.

Summary

I have walked you through the life of a future King, our Prime Minister and now to the most important person of all; you. This quarter my astrological advice begins with coming home to your ‘self’ under the light of the New Moon in July. Understand what it is that nurtures your soul and provides emotional wellbeing; knowing that you already have everything within you to satisfy the most voracious of appetites for living. Make August a period to align your head and heart whilst Mercury retrogrades. To then display your personal qualities for all to see (Leo) and to better serve (Virgo) your personal situation. Generally speaking, Mercury’s retrograde in August is not the best period to buy ‘more’ but to utilise what you already have. Transactions and negotiations are under redress as the “re” prefix in the word Mercury retrograde suggests In September whilst Jupiter retrogrades, consolidate your personal resources – both your inner and acquired assets; so you can build (Taurus) and extend (Jupiter) on those areas of your life that you wish to develop and seek greater recompense.

Regular Planetary Review by Astrologist Robert Crawford Planet Arc Astrology Centre planet.arc7@bigpond.com PH: 07 4057 4554

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BY DR ALBERTO VILLOLDO We live in an age that suffers from loss of soul. We learn in school that the world is inanimate, that the universe is dead, that we are an island of life in lifeless Universe. We learn that the stars are not the eyes of god but nuclear furnaces that in time will become white dwarfs and eventually explode, spewing their lifeless innards into the void of space. We have learned to explain too many things. To an Indian child high in the Andes, or in a Hopi reservation in the Southwest, life is still a mystery, the sky is inexplicably wondrous, the rocks are beings that talk to you and counsel you. They know that rivers don’t lie, that when the mountain speaks it whispers with a

voice that was heard on the first day of creation. I remember walking with a missionary friend in the high mountains of Peru. We were nearly to 14,000 feet, where the air is crisp and thin, when we spotted a boy, no older than twelve, sitting on a large rock. As we drew closer I offered him a few dried rolls of bread I carried in my back pack. The boy’s face lit up, he thanked me for the bread, and ran off toward his home. My friend, who had only recently left the seminary, explained how it pained him to see such beggars. I remember turning to him and saying that this boy was no beggar, but a warrior who slept under the stars covered at night only by his little poncho.

To this boy, and to all the native peoples of the earth - the aborigines in Australia, the Sub Saharan people, the villagers of Tibet - the earth is animated. It has a Soul. And the threads of our own Souls are interwoven within the tapestry of the Earth’s Soul. The word anima is the Latin word for soul. And one of the prices we have paid for our technology and our philosophy of materialism is to lose our touch with the Soul of the Earth, and with our own souls. We’ve inherited an inanimate world. How did this happen? Some say it star ted in the Renaissance. In the year 1564 the elders of the Catholic Church convened a Vatican Council to determine if women, animals and American Indians had Souls. After long debate it was determined that women indeed had souls. Yet the wise men of the church unequivocally declared that Indians and animals did not posses a soul. This gave the conquistadors the liberty to enslave Indians, animals and nature alike. In the first one hundred years after the Conquest, 60 million Indians died in mines and fields working like beasts of burden. They had no soul! Two centuries later, Renee Descar tes arrived at his famous “I think, therefore I am”. He divided the world into subjective and objective phenomena, into matter and spirit. Matter was not the stuff of spirit. The ear th was not spiritual, we had to plow and turn it and struggle with it to feed ourselves. Spirit was an untouchable other to be attained once we dropped this outer form, our physical bodies. The word matter comes from the Latin Mater, Mother. With Descartes we finally achieved the definitive separation from the feminine, from

www.innerself.com.au the mother earth. Science replaced all the old mythologies. Objectivity and reason became the new reality. The divine within us was reached through penance and prayer, and not through personal awakening and direct revelation. Miracles ceased happening. We forgot that reality were only those myths that we don’t quite see through yet. That they are invisible to us. Like the air we breathe. The Soul is what brings us face to face with the mystery of creation. As an anthropologist I’ve always been amazed at the fact that we (Europeans & Americans) are the only peoples in the world that were kicked out of Paradise. In all other world mythologies, in the Hindu, Buddhist, Native American, humans were given the garden to tend and be caretakers of. Only in the Judeo-Christian tradition are the first children of the Earth ousted from Paradise. They forgot the language of the rivers, of the mountains, and stopped speaking with God. They were told they could eat every fruit but that of the tree of knowledge. And they did, first the Woman, our first Mother. And we were punished for tasting the forbidden fruit. In this time in history, it is indeed time to re-connect with our souls and dream a new world into being. Dr. Alberto Villoldo of The Four Winds Society, is a psychologist and m e d i c a l anthropologist who offers you a scientific framework through which you can apply the ancient art of energy medicine to your daily life and professional practice.

Pearls of Wisdom WITH DR MARY CASEY

Getting and Maintaining the Balance in Life! We always hear about ‘the balance’. We need to balance work and home, pleasure and chores, socialising and commitments, kids and partner or family and friends etc. There are many therapies as well as information in books, magazines and now on-line that educate us on how to get the balance back into our lives. And it is a difficult task to actually get all these things balancing and in harmony. When they are not balanced, we experience stress or anxiety or eventually illness if we are not careful. If on the other hand we manage to achieve that bal-

ance, we experience a much more relaxed way of living and working. While this all sounds good, how do we do it? Mothers especially who try to juggle so many things at once may not give balance a second thought, simply because she doesn’t have the time to do so. Well there is an easy way that will provide you with great insight. All you have to do is make a circle on a piece of A4 paper big enough to take up the width of the page. Once you have done that, divide the circle into segments of all the things you do. Take into consideration everything you do

innerSelf newspaper in a month. Include areas such as :social, spiritual, mental, professional, family, community, financial and physical. Make the sections as percentages. For instance if half of your time is spent at work, then you would section off half of the circle for work (50%). When you are done, take a look at the chart that you have made and examine where there is too much or too little time spent. The next step is to do another chart and divide the areas evenly and match it against the one you have done. How does it look? Chances are it is pretty uneven! We are all guilty of unequally dividing our time, however by having it in front of you, you can see where you are going wrong. The secret is the awareness. We cannot change what we don’t know or acknowledge. Doing this is very insightful indeed. So the next step is to decide and strategise about how you can even up the areas of your life so that you have more time for yourself and less stress. You may need to have the kids do more around the house or make their own lunches. Something we find difficult that is quite common is asking for help. We tend to do everything ourselves. Do you put in more at work than what you are paid for? This seems to be a growing problem these days. I see people working til late into the night, especially younger people. They want to keep their job so they stay back to finish their work but they are not remunerated. This is unfair and while people let business owners get away with it, they will. Try and balance that by letting the boss know that you need to have time in lieu at least. It is important to speak up. So check out all those areas and decide what you need to change and how you are going to do it. Once you have planned your changes, write them out as goals and start doing. It’s so easy to say it but the hard part is in the action. For relationships, a great way to use this tool is to get your partner or your kids to fill a chart out for themselves and see how they are faring. Compare theirs to yours and analyse the difference. Work together on your charts. This can be a real eye opener because the charts can be opposite, especially if you have been busy for a long period of time. People get into really bad habits and are not aware of how different their lives are compared to their partner. The plan here should be to make your char ts as even as possible. It makes for interesting discussion and better understanding each other. Having done that let’s look at some tips for finding the balance in life. Examine the areas of your life that need changing. Where there is too much or too little of something plan to even them up. Plan what you need to do to make those changes. Share this with your par tner or family Take action!!! Action is what counts...otherwise the Nike slogan would read...”Just Say It”!! Dr Mary Casey is founder of The Casey Centre for Health and Education based in Casula NSW. www.caseycentre.com.au Mary’s mission is to raise people’s self awareness so that personal worth, responsibility and integrity become commonplace in families, communities and government. Contact ceo@caseycentre.com.au for further information.

Flowing Chi with SIMON BLOW

How can Qigong treat disease? Qigong is one of the components of the holistic system of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Guigen Qigong was developed by Dr Xu Hongtao a specialist doctor from the Qigong department at the Xiyuan Hospital in Beijing. The name ‘Guigen’ translates as ‘returning to the source or root’. The six sections of Guigen Qigong help regulate the meridian system, encompassing the ancient Daoist understanding of Restoring Na tur al Har mon Natur tural Harmon monyy. Combined with Traditional Chinese Medicine practice, it brings harmony to the mind, body and spirit. The dynamic forms and stillness meditation are prescribed to both in- and out-patients at the Xiyuan Hospital as a part of their therapy. According to Dr Xu, there are three different types of medicine, str uctur al, functional and ener structur uctural, energgetic etic.. We seek treatment for various conditions relating to these types. If we have a fractured arm, we need the structure to be set and allow the natural healing process to take place. Similarly, if we have a problem with our internal organs, we will need herbs or other medications to adjust their function. Qigong works on the Qi or energy level, with the building blocks that help maintain the structure and function of the body. When asked to describe how Guigen Qigong and meditation treat disease, Dr Xu answers: “In different medical systems, the meaning of the term ‘disease’ is different. But Qigong has an effect on most chronic diseases to some degree. According to conventional medical theory, this would suggest that one Qigong system should include not just 6 but thousands of sections, each addressing one of many different ‘diseases’, which would be impossible. “Instead, Qigong is a truly holistic healing knowledge system. Our body has a complex diagnostic and healing system that I call the ‘internal hospital’, a hospital called Nothingness, all inclusive. Critical to genuine Qigong healing is the understanding that Qigong does not work at the structural level (anatomy), but at the qi level, or qi based knowledge system or framework, even beyond the qi dimension. Your question was about what kinds of diseases can be treated by Qigong, or which section applies to which disease. Disease is a term based on sensational knowing, but to practice Qigong effectively, the first step is to put aside all sensations. For example, for a doctor to give someone a diagnosis of gastric ulcer, he first needs to know the patient’s symptoms, such as “pain in upper abdomen” or “tender in the local area” and then carry out an examination. These initial procedures, based on sensation, give the doctor clues about the cause of the problem gastritis, gastric ulcer or tumour, for example. Next, he may prescribe an investigation by gastroscope, a visual examination perhaps indicating some structural abnormality. He may perform a biopsy under the mi-

croscope – another visual technique - to determine whether an ulcer or inflammation is benign or malignant. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Qigong practitioners, however, work on Qi, not on diseases. They treat the Qi stagnations and make them flow smoothly and easily. When the Qi system is genuinely fixed or repaired, the problems in the structural dimension (diseases) will be healed very quickly. This is why we emphasise, “Nothingness is the best prescription.” If your internal diagnostic system scans your Qi system and finds nothing, it means that there is no stagnation in your Qi dimension, and your Qi-body is normal. The Qi-body is the root or source of the structure-body. Qigong cures the ‘diseases’ in the body through repairing Qi. Although I don’t list diseases such as cancers (of the breast, prostate, uterus, stomach, intestines), chronic inflammations (mostly caused by viruses, bacteria, physical and chemical factors, autoimmune factors), emotional and mental problems, metabolic diseases (overweight, diabetes, coronary heart disease and rest enosis) or insomnia, most of chronic diseases are included. To obtain a better result, the following conditions should be met. First, the patient should be very willing and open to resolving their problems through Qigong practice. Second, the patient must have the energy and ability for daily practice. These two are the basic requirements for Qigong selfhealing. The first is more important than the second. If the patient’s practice abides by the general principles of Qigong, good results will appear naturally. Yours, .guig en.cn Dr Xu www www.guig .guigen.cn Simon Blo w is the author of numerous Blow books, DVDs and audio CDs about this ancient healing art. A near fatal accident at the age of nineteen lead Simon to investigate various methods of healing and rejuvenation a path he has been following ever since. He is a Sydney-based master teacher (Laoshi) who has been leading regular classes, workshops and retreats for beginning and continuing students since 1990. Simon has received training and certification from Traditional Chinese Medical Hospitals and Daoist Monasteries in China and Buddhist Monasteries in Australia has been given authority to share these techniques. He has been initiated into Dragon Gate Daoism and given the name of Xin Si, meaning Genuine Wisdom. Simon is a Standing Council Member of the World Academic Society of Medical Qigong in Beijing. www .simonb lo wqig ong .com or call www.simonb .simonblo low qigong ong.com (02) 9559 8153

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Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. ~Albert Einstein

Primitive store, a brand of AGlobalBeat Pty Ltd, is based in Sydney and has been in existence for over 15 years. Predominantly a wholesale business, it supplies over 2,000 retail outlets throughout Australia. It also sells directly to the public via the web and exhibits at the Sydney Royal Easter Show and the “Mind Body and Spirit Festival” in winter in Melbourne and Sydney. The “Primitive Store” brand focuses on natural fibre clothing and accessories for adults and children. The winter clothing is sourced from Latin America and primarily of alpaca and sheep’s wool. They offer a variety of unique products, including: Ecuadorian Jackets with indigenous motifs, cardigans and jumpers, Peruvian baby alpaca capes, ponchos & accessories (hats, scarves, gloves). In additional there is jewellery, musical instruments and handicraft, such as hacki sacks and worry dolls from Guatemala. We ensure that proceeds go directly to the local cottage industries that produce these goods. We are also involved in a number of charities and orphanages that we sponsor though profits to Primitive Store and most importantly that there are direct distribution of these funds. The “Light n Breezy” collection, within the “Primitive Store” brand, is a line of free-flowing, comfortable clothing which can be layered. Looking great on slim women as well as

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I often get asked how I got to be doing what I do, which is a difficult question to answer in brief. I guess my creative journey began by following intuition and inspiration in the face of various limiting considerations and challenges that lay in my path…all self imposed of course! With the decision to finish my career as a real estate agent and embark on one as a full time ceramic ar tist came an expansive journey that has led me to places I could not have imagined. In fact, if someone had told me a few years back that I would publish a set of oracle cards, I would have fallen to the ground laughing! I had always been drawn to the art of the Mayan civilization for no reason that was obvious to me other than an admiration for the simplicity, symmetry and beauty of form inherent in their sculpture. With clay up to my elbows for a good 3 months, I immersed myself in inspiration and set about creating replicas of pieces that sang to me. This process led to a period of research as I felt the need to give an informative description of the origins of each piece. Of course

OUROBOROS much of the information available on the Maya refers to the Mayan Calendar and so my curiosity grew. Suddenly, I found myself surrounded by people that were exper ts on the workings of the Calendar. Synchronicity is a mar velous thing! What came to light from that point on was much more spiritually charged. There is a truth and beauty of Spirit woven into the art and teachings of the Maya that is all too often overlooked. The subsequent creation of the “Mayan Key” Oracle Cards came about through necessity, I felt they were needed. Typically our western culture loves

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to sensationalize and elaborate on facts, with a good dose of drama, so if you were to ask the average guy on the street what his knowledge of the Mayan civilization is, the answer would be limited to information fed them by Hollywood, something along the lines of “weren’t they the ones who sacrificed people … and didn’t they predict the end of the world in 2012?” There came a point where I felt the need to dispel a few myths. Valuable insights were being missed and we were running the risk of a group mind taking shape that had the potential to become a self fulfilling prophecy. So, let’s look at what the Calendar is all about. At the very core of Mayan culture was a belief in a unified consciousness. Consciousness being a state of awareness or mode of operating that each and every one of us lives by. The Unification of that consciousness being an interconnection between all of us/humanity ... and bigger still, an interconnection between us, earth and the essence of everything in existence. Now, with this concept understood, all the “Tzolkin” (known commonly as the Mayan Calendar) does, is measure the evolution of that consciousness. In other words, each block of time referred to in the Calendar, including this last block of time that we are currently in, relates to a level of consciousness or mode of operations ie the way we relate with ourselves and everything around us. Yes the Calendar ends on a date that has been interpreted by some as 21st Dec 2012 but it does not foretell of an apocalyptic event leading to the demise of humanity! Instead, it relates to the end of a cycle...and the beginning of another. It marks a

turning point or point of no return to a way of life, an evolutionary tipping point in the way we perceive ourselves and our effect on all that exists around us. It’s a good thing! So now, this doesn’t rule out the possibility of a little “shaking up” along the way. There are some man made creations, systems and controls in place that may very well require a bit of a shove before they can dissolve or change. What we as individuals need to keep an eye on, is how we respond and contribute to this. It pays to look at what is happening off to the side. So for those who have gone into a tail-spin around a natural disaster for example. What if we were to look at the result outside of the physical event ie. sure, an earthquake or flood brings about some death and destruction.... but more powerful still, lets then have a look at the unprecedented surge of empathy, generosity, love and care that emerged from humanity...and how that contributed to the evolution of consciousness. It is never about the actual event but more about the energies that come into play around the event. So let’s see … fear of loss, competition and isolation or empathy, generosity, love and unity... mmm, choices, choices! Heidi grew up in the Adelaide foothills of South Australia and now lives in Eumundi Queensland with her husband Brenton and their two children. You can speak to Heidi at her market stall at the Eumundi Markets on wed and sat or contact her online through her website www.newearthart.com.au

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BY URI GELLAR Uri Geller amous ar ound the gglobe lobe ffor or his mind-bending aabilities bilities Geller,, ffamous around bilities,, discuss the 11:11 phenomena. If yyour our aattention ttention has been dr a wn to c loc ks and w hes tches dra cloc locks waatc at eexactl xactl ead on. xactlyy 11:11, then rread I star ted experiencing this rather bizarre occurrence when I was forty years old, at first I thought they were coincidences, I would stand with my back to a digital clock and something made me turn around and I would notice that the time would be 11:11. These incidents intensified. I would be checked into hotel rooms on floor 11 room 1111. I started noticing these digits on computers, microwave ovens, cars, documents, etc. I decided to write about it on my website. I was immediately inundated by hundreds

of emails from all around the world. Individuals were telling me their own 11:11 stories, almost always saying “I thought it only happened to me”. It is difficult for me to decipher what this is all about but my intuition tells me it’s positive. When I see the number 11:11, I pray for sick children and world peace, the prayer takes a moment but it’s very powerful. Please if you can do the same I believe it helps!!!! I believe that people who have constant contact with the 11:11 phenomena have some type of a positive

mission to accomplish. It is still a mystery to me what it is that we all have to do or why are we all being gathered and connected together, but it is very real and tangible.

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For many years the number s 11:11 have been mysteriously appearing to people all over the world. Often appearing on digital clocks, the sightings of 11:11 tend to occur during times of heightened awareness, having a most powerful effect on the people involved. This causes a reactivation of our cellular memor y banks. There’s a stirring deep inside, a hint of remembrance of something long forgotten. The appearance of 11:11 is also a powerful confirmation that we are on the right track, aligned with our highest Truth. Throughout the years, I have personally encountered thousands of people all over the world who, have experienced repeated sightings of 11:11. They all want to know what is happening to them and why. What does the 11:11 signify? 11:11 is a pre-encoded trigger placed into our cellular memory banks prior to our descent into matter which, when activated, signifies that our time of completion is near. This refers to the completion of duality. When the 11:11 appears to you, it is your wake-up call. A direct channel opens up between you and the Invisible. When this happens, it is time to reflect on whatever you are doing for a moment and Look Larger. A transfer is in position. You can enter the Greater Reality if you wish, pray or meditate and seed your future and also, you can be seeded by the Invisible. You can ask for help in some specific area of your life or simply listen quietly and receive a revelation. The appearance of 11:11 is an always beneficial act of Divine Intervention telling you that it is time to take a good look around you and see what is really happening. It’s time to pierce the veils of illusion that keep us bound to an unreal world. You have been chosen, because you are ready, to step into the Greater Reality. To lead the way for others into a new way of living, into a Greater Love. To

The Doorw Doorwaay to 11:11

This can presently be perceived as a crack between two worlds. It is like a bridge which has the inherent potential of linking together two very different spirals of energy. As we unite together as One, bringing together our fragments of the key, we not only create the key, but we make visible the Doorway. Thus this bridge functions as an invisible door or a doorway into the Invisible realm. The 11:11 is the bridge to an entirely different spiral of evolution. The symbol of 11:11 was pre-encoded into our cellular memory banks long ago. Returning our cycle of incarnations upon the Earth. The 11:11 has rested dormantly within us since that faraway position under time-release mechanization, combined with sealed orders which would only open when the 11:11 was fully activated. It has been gently sleeping, awaiting the moment of triggering. And now the 11:11 is finally activated. 11:11 is the pre-encoded trigger and the key to the mysteries of the universe and beyond. Some of you have recognized this symbol as something of significance,

yet have been unaware of its true meaning. With the advent of digital clocks many years ago, the significance of 11:11 began to make itself felt, often appearing on clocks at times of accelerated awareness. For those of you who have known that 11:11 was something special, we now need you to come forth into positions of leadership. For you are important parts of the key. 11 isn’t just a precursor to danger etc – it’s the whole point! 1+1 = 2 unity, togetherness, peace.

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can occasionally result in some insight as well as some improvement in our situation, and our ability to deal with life’s difficulties. However, it does not result in freedom from them - a transcendence whereby we are no longer tied to conditions to feel happy, secure, loved or at peace. This sor t of change is really only temporary, because it is still associated with a conditioned identity that will continue to create problems and suffering in more subtle and creative ways. What I am pointing to here is a greater power, a deeper solution that frees us from the whole conditioned identity. Whether we know it yet or not, this is what we are seeking. What we truly want is freedom from the condition that creates our suffering in the first place. When you use the mind or ego, it is like rearranging furniture in a prison cell in order to make it more comfortable. When you enter awareness – pure consciousness – you leave the prison cell altogether. In fact, you see that there never was a prison to start with! The prison was just a projection of the mind. It is the liberating power of awareness that can offer the greatest help during these times of trauma or unease. Not only can it aid you at a ‘personal’ level to regain a sense of peace and trust in life, but it can be extended to others, enabling a greater solidarity and capacity for us to unite in the aftermath of tragedy. As you awaken more to your own essence, you become a field of peace and love – you shine as this peace and love. You also become a presence of true compassion, capable of extending this deeper awareness into other people’s lives. You become the presence of a deeper vibration that affects the whole at the unseen level, but at a very real level – the level in which we truly are all ONE and in which true peace is known. This is the type of help that is all-reaching, unhindered by physical distance or limited conditions, connecting of all people in all places – the true harbinger of peace, wellbeing and happiness. Isira is Australianborn. She came into this world conscious and awake, and at the age of 29 fully awakened. Isira’s presence is a sacred blessing field of consciousness that activates our energy field and reveals enlightened answers. Through her consultations, programs and books including “A Journey of Awakening” Isira inspires and supports us in our own awakening. www.isira.com

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BY DAVID LANE We live in a very challenging and exciting time. Change is happening everywhere and people are questioning what used to be accepted as the ‘norm’, on a large scale. Human consciousness is waking up. Science (particularly Quantum physics) is providing those who want to listen, with a wealth of data to help us understand our holographic connection with all creation. It is providing us with information to understand; not only how energy works, but how it affects all other energy. It is encouraging us to rethink our understanding of how the Creator expresses Itself. It is also challenging us to rethink many aspects of our human evolution. Much of this new information contradicts many of our traditional beliefs. We can expect the ‘old school’ of thought to fight this revolutionary approach to understanding our relationship with our Creator. Many people feel threatened by change because it takes them out of their comfor t zone. The main resistance to change is because we are reluctant to let go of the fast fading paradigm of 3rd dimensional duality thinking. A paradigm where right and wrong exists! It makes sense that any authority will defend its beliefs under this old system because to be proved to be wrong is likely undermine everything associated with their (often) many years of study and research. I will give an example of this! Much research data now exists that overwhelmingly supports the belief that humans have been around for tens of thousands of years. This is contrary to traditional beliefs that humans have only existed for a few thousand years. Let us use the pyramids for an example. The studies of their geology, the residual recordings of climatic effects,

how the very heavy stones were moved and then carved with incredible precision, the highly technically advanced artefacts found, the science behind the seemingly random different locations. There is a wealth of information coming from several different sciences and ancient records that all point towards highly evolved and technically advanced cultures. More recently; high tech. marine surveys of the Khambhat gulf off the west coast of India have revealed what looks like whole cities that are now submerged up to 40 metres deep. Some of the new scientific methods for the dating of artefacts; indicate that objects recovered from the sites suppor t the existence of civilisations over 30,000 BCE. This dates them back before the last ice age melted away. These are just two examples of a huge amount of research supporting the concept that life was not how we have been lead to believe it was. Now we have a new phenomenon evolving that challenges the way we think life is! The relationship and interaction between human and universal consciousness. Recent scientific data from different areas of research is measuring consciousness (I.e. Google - global coherence initiative).This type of information has the potential to show us how our thought energy affects all of creation. It has the ability to give us a real and tangible understanding of how the ‘Electro-Magnetic’ energy of our thoughts and emotions create measurable outcomes and effects. Science has shown us that we are made up of units of energy in the form of subatomic particles. These particles are in turn made up of two units; one is ‘electo’ and the other is ‘magnetic’ (E.M.). All creation is formed from these two units. Re-

search is also showing us how our thoughts and emotions are emitting E.M. units that inter twine with all other thoughts and emotions to create a measurable ‘Human Consciousness’. Special ‘monitors’ that are placed around the world are providing measurable data regarding this phenomenon. Likewise monitors can also measure localised consciousness (in the local area). Humans can now see the affect that combined thought is having on events and even matter. It is possible to see the ‘hologram affect’ occurring in real time. This research is also showing us how little we understand of ourselves and our relationship with mother ear th and beyond. One of the new paradigms is that everything is a form of E.M. energy and all energy is connected and affected by all other energy. The Creator is the source of this eternal energy supply. However; the Creator exists in a precreative state, therefore the Energy of the Creator is not affected by anything that has been created i.e. E. M. Units. In other words; our thoughts can affect creation but cannot affect the Creator. Negative thoughts create lower vibrating units of E.M. whilst positive thoughts create a higher vibration. Negative thoughts (including negative Karma) continue to generate negative energy in our individual energy field. This effectively keeps our vibration lower. Some people are raising their consciousness (vibration) whilst others resist the flow-on (hologram) effect of the energy emitted from these beings. Free will and choice allows them to resist. A deep divide is emerging between the two fields of energy, creating a great conflict. If and when a dimensional shift occurs; mother earth will jump one whole dimension (or octave in sound) and only those people vibrating within a certain E.M. range will be compatible to the energy shift. The others will not be able to absorb the shift in their energy field and will be left in the 3rd dimension. A new paradigm is forming where science is helping us understand our Spirituality. David Lane www.realise-who-you-are.com David’s spiritual journey started out with Christianity but now includes many other understandings drawn from a diverse range of information. He believes that we are all individuals who have come to tread our own unique spiritual path. David’s first book called ‘The Handbook to Heaven’ is about how we spiritually evolve and how to monitor our journey. David is now on // twitter.com/#!/ SpiritOneInfo

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OUR FUTURE DEPENDS ON YOU Our future isn’t set in stone, it depends on you, the choices and the actions you take. There is no doubt that we are in the midst of incredible change, everyone is talking about it no matter what the age group, even young children are asking what and why of the changes in our world...everyone can sense that something is going on but most get caught up in the fear and uncertainty rather than recognising that each and every one of us has within us the power to make all the difference. The choices we make and how we react to the changes will determine the outcome. In the last few issues I shared with you what is happening on our planet, why and how the power of your heart centre can make all the difference. More detailed information of what was shared can be found in the eBook titled The Power of You on my website. However, in this article and future issues our focus will be on how to contribute to the changes and create a future that we desire. What goes on inside of us is a reflection of what is going on outside of us and vice versa. Everything is amplified and accelerating and we can either breakdown or breakthrough. Nature is always building and grow-

ing towards more consciousness and just as a caterpillar goes through one of the most incredible transformations as it becomes the butterfly so too are we. It’s time for us to transform so that we too can stop crawling, allow the changes to occur, spread our wings and fly. Nori Huddle, in her book “Butterfly” so beautifully tells the story of the transformation from a caterpillar to a butterfly. As you read it you can’t help but see that this is what we too are experiencing. What follows is my adapted version. Keeping in mind that what goes on inside of us also goes on outside of us.

The Imaginal Cell Story

The caterpillar’s new cells are called ‘imaginal cells.’ They are so totally different from the caterpillar cells that its immune system thinks they are enemies…and gobbles them up as it tries to resist the change, for fear of the unknown. It can’t understand what is happening or why. The imaginal cells at first struggle with being different, feeling alone like they don’t belong, but then new imaginal cells continue to appear, more and more of them. Pretty soon the caterpillar’s immune system cannot destroy them fast enough as more and

more of the imaginal cells survive. This represents those of us who are more conscious. And then something amazing happens! The tiny lonely cells start to clump together, into friendly groups, they join forces, work together, they look out for each other and recognise the importance of community. They all resonate together at the same frequency, sharing and passing on information of their vision of the highest possibilities. Then after a while, another amazing thing happens, these communities of imaginal cells start to come together as they recognise the power of coming together as one, all resonating at the same frequency, all sharing, all passing on information inside the chrysalis. Then suddenly at the same time

innerSelf newspaper they all realize that they are something different from the caterpillar, that they are no longer the same, no longer who they used to be or what they thought they were. They are something new! Something wonderful! And in that realisation is the birth of the butterfly, because now it knows it is more. In the experience, through the challenges it has grown and transformed. No longer will it do those things individual cells must do because now they are a part of a multicelled organism…a family who can share the work. Each butterfly can take on a different job – there is something for everyone to do and everyone is important. Each cell can do what it is drawn to do and everyone encourages it to do just that. It is now time for us to come together as one, to recognise the importance of community, to be compassionate and truly care for one another, to always leave every place a little better than when we arrived. Just as the imaginal cell must hold the image of the butterfly in order for it to become, so too must we hold a positive image of our future. This is your opportunity to create the future you desire and live the highest possibility. Joanne Antoun sees clients for personal sessions of CTC – a life transforming Combined Therapy Cocktail and runs regular seminars that inspire, motivate and empower, leaving you feeling a new level of connectedness and awareness that motivates you to be the best you can be. Visit her website at www.joanneantoun.com So how do we make a difference? First of all you start by getting out if life’s waiting room

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I recently had a miracle occur in my life. I’d had a health problem for a while and I’d been trying absolutely everything to get my body to heal. But nothing I was doing was making any difference whatsoever, if anything it was just making the problem worse. To the point that I became so frustrated that eventually one night as I was brushing my teeth and going to bed I said to the universe ‘Forget it! I give up! You win! I don’t care about it any more!’ When I got up the next morning, as if by the hand of God, I found that my body had been completely healed! The health problem that was there the night before was gone! Totally healed! My body was 100% better! It was a miracle! We deem something to be a miracle when something happens that is beyond the powers of our rational explanation. Logic would have said that in order for my body to physically heal, something had to happen first to enable it to take place the way it did. And yet I hadn’t done anything that night to instigate my body to heal. Or had I? The only thing I had done was to give up. I absolutely 100% gave up on manifesting the good health I so desperately wanted to achieve. Yet when I gave up, that’s

when my miracle occurred and what I wanted magically appeared. So what was it about giving up that enabled what I wanted to literally appear over night?

The Secret To Manifesting With Success

I now realise that when we are able to truly ‘give up’, energetically we actually trigger three things to occur. Firstly, in the process of giving up we let ggoo of our ffear earss. Most of the ear time when we really want something to manifest or appear in our lives, it’s because deep down inside we’re actually fearful of what will happen for us if the thing we want doesn doesn’’t happen. We want to attract a great new relationship, because we’re fearful that if it doesn’t happen we’ll be left all alone. We want to attract greater financial abundance because we’re fearful that if it doesn’t happen we won’t be able to afford what we want in life. When we have a fear underlying our desire to manifest something in our lives, the energy of the fear burns away the energy of our positive intent, wish or desire, before it’s even had a chance to take root, and we create an energetic attachment to the thing that we fear.

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When we reach that point of giving up, we actually move beyond our fear and release ourselves from its bind. This then frees up our desired intent to start growing ‘energetic roots’ in the physical world so that it can start manifesting into our experience. The second thing that happens when we give up is that we dr drop anyy op an mental stories that might have been sabota botaging manifesting sa bota ging our manif esting. Mental stories such as how we are not good enough, smar t enough, attractive enough, lovable enough to get what we want. Mental stories about how the thing that we want will be so difficult or hard to get, how it will take a long time, how it happens easily for other people but not for us. Whenever we tell ourselves a story that is contrary to the direction we want to be heading, it effectively undermines and sabotages the manifesting of our intent. When we give up and stop trying to get the thing that we previously wanted so much, we put a stop to the telling of all those stories that were unknowingly blocking us from allowing what we wanted to come into our lives. And the third thing that happens when we give up is that we get out of the way and stop interf interfering ering with the na tur al pr ocesses of the Law of Atnatur tural processes traction. When we are able to give up, we stop trying to force things to happen the way we think they have to happen, and we stop doing things that may have previously been limiting the way in which what we want was able to happen. As we give up and move our attention to focus on things other than what we were previously trying to manifest, we stop holding onto our originating desire and that then enables the universe to start bringing our intent into our reality with greater ease. And that for me was the biggest lesson from experiencing my miracle. What I wanted to happen was able to happen, literally overnight, when I simply got out of the way and stopped interfering with the natural organising forces of the universe. I thought that we were the ones that had to make things happen in our lives. Now I truly understand that we are not. We are the ones that create the originating desire or intent and put it out there. We are the ones that take action to help what we want to manifest. But we are not the ones that do the ‘doing’. That is the job of the natural laws of attraction and the organising forces that operate within our universe. Our job is to simply get out of our own way and stop sabotaging things, so that the universe can do what it naturally does, which is bringing the energy of our intent into physical form in this matter-based world. And what a fun and fulfilling experience that can be, if we can learn how to let go and truly enjoy the process! Juliet Mar tine is a professional Energy Martine Healer, Soul Intuitive & Manifesting Coach. She works with clients throughout Australia and overseas, to help clear health and life issues, tune into your true life purpose, and teach you how to truly master manifesting so you can create what you want and be living a life you love with greater health, wealth & happiness. Phone Juliet on 0413199649 or visit www .julietmar tine .com.au www.julietmar .julietmartine tine.com.au

Steps to a Healthy RELATIONSHIP Once we enter this world, it is a given that we immediately begin to form a relationship with another and so begins a never-ending series of connections with people. Possibly no other subject has a greater significance than the one of relationships with another. We would never become who we do without the relationships we have. They form our perspective and understanding of each other and life, they also form and shape our beliefs.

Forming Healthy Relationships

From bir th, we are influenced by those that form the close relationship network of family and it spreads on out from there. At school we form an attachment to be good, get rewarded, to do well for the teacher and also to have lots of friends, another series of relationships. When we venture into the working world we form acquaintances with those who work in the same building, those who undertake the same type of work and those who serve us at lunchtime or get on at the same bus stops as us. These other people are of tremendous value to us insofar as they offer a variety of beliefs, desires and interests and we are free to respond or give our attention to them as we please.

The Value of Relationship Issues

Within our relationships there will always be differences. This is what makes us so unique. The differences really do have an important role to play as they are vital to our overall growth. Understanding the value of differing opinions is often something only realised in hindsight, because we are often so busy trying to get our point across that we never stop to hear another, or let what they have got to say settle, before jumping back in and trying to prove why what we think is right.

For me, I know looking back on some distressing events I have experienced, I can now see the benefits of those situations that I found myself in. There is no point of focussing on the unpleasant details and issues of relationships. Negative attention to anything perpetuates more negative attention. When there is anger with words or actions, no one in a relationship benefits.

Steps to a healthy relationship

The same can be said of setting yourself the impossible task of keeping another happy. As demands increase, so does the sense of duress, especially when the simple fact is, dancing to someone else’s tune can be so draining. Then when they do not feel better, they blame you. We all hold a myriad of opinions, expectations and beliefs on innumerable subjects. I believe it is the attention we give any one thing by energising and activating it, that make things even more dominant. It pays to be very aware of what we are creating and the effect it can have on our relationships with others. There are times when we think what others think of us is so important. You see it all the time, from little children’s behaviour through to adults, seeking praise, validation or commendations for their actions. However, to keep approval coming

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from others all the time, can be extremely exhausting. An impossible and futile endeavour, as perhaps there is no greater waste of time than that of trying to influence the way other people see you. Taking time out to reflect for a few minutes, may help you see that what others think of you, is nothing to do with you, and that your happiness can only ever come from within you. It is a very personal thing - happiness - and that too is nothing to do with anyone else. It is true that everyone wants to feel good and to be of value to another. Mostly though we go looking in all the wrong places for that elusive outcome.

Maybe all it takes is to look for the positive aspects in people and in our life generally. We all like to be admired for example. When we admire our partner, our boss, our best friend they glow in the knowing of that. When we find ourselves admired even if for something simple, like the way we dress, we will revel in that. By learning to focus on all the things we have got going for us and to appreciate our surroundings, our work, our family, our partner with all that is working in our life, our life lifts a notch. Joy and ease and flow emanates and we notice that we are forming relationships that we really desire. Here’s why. The people drawn to us are a perfect reflection of who we have become. It is amazing what shows up in our experience when we let go of what no longer serves us. Marie-Elise Allen is the face behind Sassy Vibes, an online boutique for the purchase of safe, chemical-free pleasure products. Phone Marie-Elise on 1300797090 OR visit www.sassyvibes.com.au ©copyright - 2011 Marie-Elise Allen

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As a soul there is no such thing as separation from those we love The grief of parting was not new to me, but there had been no grief to compare with the absolute loss I felt with the death of my soul mate...my lover...my best friend...my husband, Jeff. At times the ravages of pain upon my mind and gut left me exhausted, tired of spirit. All of a sudden, things that once felt impor tant no longer mattered. Little things were what counted: Jeff’s laughter across a room; only one toothbrush in the bathroom; the touch of his fingers on my back; cuddles in the early hours of morning and his lovely grey eyes suddenly welling up with warmth, tenderness and love. It was the humanness of him, no longer accessible, that drove me to moments of utter loneliness, of gut-wrenching pain. The grief, frightening in its intensity, left me emotionally naked and raw. Doubts of long-held beliefs tugged at my mind, challenged my truth, my courage.

Tears of grief have no respect for time or place

They often ran down my face at the most inappropriate times and usually without warning. I remember standing at a counter, waiting to have the registration of Jeff’s car changed over into my name, silently crying. The man behind the counter was having great difficulty dealing with his embarrassing customer. It was not the actual changing of names that brought on the tears. It was handing over Jeff’s death certificate. At

a time when I was struggling to cope with this sudden change in my life, the super efficiency of the business world with its coldly calculating, practical applications, I found distressing. Each time I had to hand over a copy of the death certificate, Jeff’s name was removed from yet another piece of paper. It felt like these people were methodically taking another part of Jeff away from me. His name was being erased from computer screens and official documents, as though this lover of mine had never existed.

Love cannot die

Out of my longing came an awareness of Jeff’s presence. Like all who sense this for the first time, I wondered if it was my imagination. Being the strong energy he had always been, the persistent presentation of his love and presence in my life became too potent to simply excuse as the workings of the mind. Time after time he validated his ongoing existence. I began to comprehend that, in the disembodiment of the soul, the binding negative elements disintegrate and we become pure love, pure light. I have learned to communicate with Jeff, to open my heart once more to his love. I have also learned to let go of him and to walk on my own path. I have become more deeply aware that life before and beyond the grave is a wondrous journey. As a soul there is no such thing as separation from those we love. We are connected to them for all of eternity. Jeff did not grieve for me. From the other side, his vision, his knowledge was far greater than mine. He could see the bigger picture I could not see. He knew we were not separated. There was no denying I still missed him. At times the tears would well up without warning. But gradually, laughter came more readily, and the joyfulness of life was seeping back into my mind and heart. I learned that in letting go of my need, my desire, to have Jeff with me in physical form, I had begun to draw him back in a profound way through our soul connection. I was learning that my heavy energy, heavy vibrations of grief and pain were blocking this connection. People in the spirit realm, without the baggage of a body or the force that keeps us grounded to Earth, have a much higher and lighter vibration than we do. It is not easy for them to lower their vibrations in order to contact us. Jeff came through to me with far more clarity and strength when my energy was lighter with peacefulness and happiness. I may have lost his humanness, but at another level we were rediscovering each other. It was as though we were beginning a new love affair. Joy is the author of WHEN DO THE TEARS STOP? It is her dearest wish that, in sharing this journey, the love and help she received will be imparted to those who know the devastating pain of grief. Joy is trained in nursing and counseling, and has completed several courses enabling her to work in the field of grief. She also uses her gift as a medium to communicate with loved ones who have died and to introduce her clients to their spirit guides. For more information visit WWW.JOYBRISBANE.COM

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BY MARK ANTHONY Over the years working one on one with clients I have noticed there are patterns in our lives that go hand in hand with illness. One of the main issues I have seen is people have given their power away to others. When we give our power away we are making ourselves the victim of the circumstances happening at that time. I have seen on numerous occasions people blaming their parents or their partner for their emotional or physical issues, this is classic self disempowerment. To explain this I will share an example of a woman who had serious marital problems. She came to me express-

ing how her husband would not help her around the house or with their children. She was very frustrated to the point where she was ready to leave the relationship. We went further into her problems with her husband and found she had subconscious beliefs around being generally unsupported throughout her life and especially by her husband. Through the healing we were able to change those beliefs and teach some new feelings to her. Some of the feelings we taught her subconscious were knowing what it felt like to be supported by her husband, that it was possible to be supported by him and

how to let go of the trauma associated with the years of being unsupported. In the course of the follow up a few days later she informed me that her husband was now frustrated with their children as they were not helping him take the clothes off the line and not helping him wash their dog. One year later I spoke to her where she informed me that she was pregnant and thanked me again for the healing. She went on to explain that the day of the healing, a year earlier, she had felt her anxiety disappear which allowed her to fall pregnant. The point of this story is that she had blamed her husband for her misery

which was giving her power away to the situation thus making her a victim of the circumstances and rendering her powerless. The subconscious beliefs that she was living with had created a life for her that was filled with disappointment. When we identified her beliefs she was able to recognise that it was in fact her subconscious that was creating the problems in her life. By releasing these subconscious beliefs she was able to recognise her part in creating that reality which allowed her to release those beliefs and step back into her power. The power she stepped back into was being worthy of having a loving, nurturing and suppor tive relationship. When a person reacts to a situation they are giving their power away to that situation. Every problem has a simple solution and if you look back through your life at some of the problems you may have had you will find that they usually sort themselves out when you let go of the attachment to them. If you are detached from the situation or issue you are able to look at it objectively which will allow you to clearly see the solution but as long as you are emotionally attached to it you will keep yourself in the hole making it an uphill battle to get out of it. Objectively looking at an issue will allow you to see the truth of the situation which means you are in your power and able to recognise the solution quickly and effortlessly. In the case of the woman had she been able to recognise she was carrying beliefs that she was unsuppor ted throughout her life she would have been able to consciously take positive action with her husband that would have created a more harmonious life for them both. Once she was able to recognise her beliefs she became empowered and realised that the issue was within her and she was the only person who could change it. The important thing to take from this article is recognising who you have given your power away to and why. Often giving our power away comes from a sense of entitlement where we believe someone owes us something or if we believe our true happiness, love or joy comes from outside of us. We are not fighting in this life to get power but we are living our lives to reclaim our power that is our birthright. Remember, nobody has taken your power. The truth is, on some level you have given your power away. It is time now to reclaim your power and create the most incredible life for yourself. Mark Anthony is a ThetaHealing Master, ThetaHealing Certificate of Science, ThetaHealing Australia Representative Australian Publisher of All ThetaHealing Books & DVD’s Phone: (+612) 9613 0712 Co-Creation ThetaHealing Mark@Thetahealing.net.au www.Thetahealing.net.au www.CoCreationpublishing.com.au

YOUR INFINITE POTENTIAL How your aura reveals why you are not shining ○

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BY RACHELLE TERRY How completely baffling it is when you want something so much and yet your actions and behaviours produce precisely the opposite effect. While you may consciously want something, fear, guilt, and defence mechanisms can cause us to, on a subconscious level, set up a chain of restrictive patterns which prevent what you want from eventuating. These patterns are pernicious and not seemingly visible, unless we take a look into the human energy field, also known as an aura. Your aura can indicate your mood, emotions, talents and strengths but most impor tantly, the fear-based patterns which are preventing you from being the best version of yourself. I have seen auras and the patterns existing within them since I was young and am continually fascinated and amazed by how complicated we humans are. At a spiritual fair I gave a woman an aura reading to identify her personality traits, strengths and talents. After our reading she had her aura photographed at an aura photography stand. She ran back to me excitedly, showing the two pictures - my drawing and the photograph. They were identical. While aura photography is a fabulous tool for promoting awareness of our energetic field, the layers of your aura are so complex that it would be difficult to capture the multiple facets of this in a photograph. Each issue you are dealing with will have a unique effect on the colours, movement and shape of your aura. I examine the aura to gauge the progress of a client’s healing process. This observation can be a useful tool because although many varied healing methods can help to address your issues, unless there is an indication of when the patterns have left, you may find yourself on a frustrating “therapy pilgrimage”. Fears can prevent you from identifying the true source of a problem. If you avoid an experience or emotion, a disturbance in the energy field will occur, affecting your health or forming patterns in your life. I saw, in a phone consultation, that a client had a pattern in her stomach of an acidic, yellow colour. I then had a vision of her experiencing angst before her husband returned home from work. She also had a light blue, fear-based pattern in her large intes-

tines. Using a ThetaHealing technique, I cleared these patterns and to my client’s delight, her long term irritable bowel syndrome symptoms left. Unresolved fears can cause you to hide yourself. Perhaps you fear rejection, judgement or confrontation. In an attempt to prevent these fears from manifesting, your subconscious may set up a mechanism to make yourself “disappear” in the company of others. I saw what I call an invisibility pattern on a client, Mandy. Around her was an oily black energy which, energetically and psychologically caused her to merge with the background. This pattern was a defence mechanism, created while growing up in a household of constant conflict and bullying. Mandy’s way of avoiding attack and criticism was to make herself “disappear”. I asked if she felt over-looked. Mandy replied that she was frequently forgotten in groups and found that when in public, too often passersby would walk straight into her, as if they had not seen her. Though it could have made for an interesting superpower, Mandy of course was physically visible but her energy pattern was emitting the very clear message, “Just pretend I’m not here!” Fear patterns can act as a pause button on life events. Catherine, a 35 year old mother to be, came to me only days before her overdue baby was scheduled to be induced. She hoped to have her birth occur naturally without the inter vention of drugs. I promised no guarantees but was willing to conduct the session. I saw that there was a frozen, white, fear-based energy around the womb. When I looked into the pattern I saw the vision of a silver cord, connecting the pattern to Sarah’s mother. The fear was that she would become like her mother and treat her child in the same, controlling way in which she had been treated. As a result, it seemed Sarah’s subconscious was attempting to delay the bir th. We cleared the pattern and the unborn baby gave me a beautiful message which I conveyed to Sarah. Two days later I woke up in the middle of the night with the thought, “Sarah’s having the baby!” I sent healing to her then fell back to sleep. The next morning I woke to a lovely text and photograph of the baby. The labour

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SoulConnection with NICOLE CODY

Crossing Over

Visits from departing Friends My old dog nuzzled my arm until I woke up last night. An odd glow lit the foot of my bed - there stood a friend from America. I haven’t heard from him for a few months, and at two in the morning it was all a bit confusing. Momentarily I thought he was really standing there, and then I understood… He was about to cross over. We spent the next few hours talking. My friend was sad to be leaving his family but excited about the next step of his journey. He’d popped in on me because he felt compelled to try before he stepped across into the place he was going next. He urged me to tell his loved ones that he’d heard everything they’d said, and that it meant the world to him. And he wanted them not to worry or be sad. I called his family and shared what had transpired. They confirmed his sudden illness and rapid deterioration, and that they’d just made the agonising decision to turn off his life support a few hours before. His family were comforted to know that although he’d been in a coma, he’d heard their messages of love. We don’t seem to have much advice to follow when it comes to death in modern western society. One of my best friends Maggie died of breast cancer recently. She didn’t want to die in a hospital so her family brought her home – she was frail, bald and emaciated. As she became weaker I saw a separation in my friend’s aura. Her physical aura grew dim and small, but her etheric aura became large and luminous, just touching her physical aura like a soap bubble. Maggie whispered what she was experiencing as she faded in and out of consciousness. It was very beautiful, she said, and Dad had come to help her (he had died some years before) but she was very afraid. There was a beautiful garden and people dancing, and she really wanted to join them there. She was tired and couldn’t keep fighting, but she felt so guilty to be leaving her family when her job with them wasn’t finished. When her mum and husband came into the room Maggie’s physical aura would immediately strengthen as she tried to be strong and stay with them. When they left the room her physical aura became instantly weaker and her etheric aura grew bright again. Two days before her death, a strong pink and gold light descended upon Maggie, and the whole room was filled with a Divine presence. I don’t often work with Angels or people who have passed over but my friend’s room became filled with Angels that I could physically see. As soon as they arrived she began the journey of letting go, and became more and more peaceful. We all gave Maggie constant attention and love, and told her that it was okay for her to go to the Light. My friend was leaving a young family behind, and she resisted death with every breath while the living were in the room with her. Finally a beautiful moment allowed her to begin the process of finally letting go. Late on the night of Maggie’s death, the spirit of a physically stunning young woman turned up by her left side. Maggie’s eyes widened in amazement and delight. “My friend’s here, my beautiful friend. I don’t believe it. She’s here!” cried my dying Maggie. I watched this beautiful girl lean over Maggie’s broken body and stroke her cheek, whispering to her, and as she did this Maggie’s physical aura became paler and paler and her breathing laboured. Then her etheric aura completely disengaged and floated to the top of the room, held by the most slender and delicate silvery cord. I left then and went home, so that my friend Maggie could share her final moments in privacy with her family. I found it hard to sleep that night. Just after I finally dozed off I was woken by a bright light in my bedroom. My beloved Maggie was standing at the end of my bed in a pink dress, and with raven hair down to her waist held by a jewelled head band. She looked years younger and radiantly beautiful. “Thank you, Nicole,” said my friend, smiling widely. “I’m okay, and I understand everything.” She then gave me some short messages for her Mum, husband and family. I heard from the family the next morning that Maggie had passed away ten minutes before she came to me. I’ll leave you with the final thing my friend said to me on the night of her death as she stood at the foot of my bed. “Don’t worry Nicole. God is everywhere. It all makes sense when you get here. It’s really okay, and so am I. I love you. Tell them all it’s okay. It’s all just love.” © 2011 Nicole Cody is a Metaphysical Teacher and Channel. She specialises in Soul Blueprints, Life Direction Counselling and Spiritual Mentoring. For more information contact 07 3256 0815 or www.nicolecody.com. Or find her on Facebook. Light and Blessings be Yours!

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YOUR INFINITE POTENTIAL Continued from page 27 had started at the time I had woken. You may have noticed that some people seem to have a draining effect or a feeling of heaviness. After spending time with people in their space you leave feeling exhausted. What you are sensing is the level of life-force in their energy fields. The negative effects you are sensing are fears which prevent a person from embodying their life force and truly thriving. These fears create patterns and patterns can be changed. You may have noticed that other people seem to radiate a positive energy. They seem to emit warmth and joy. You feel more positive around these people, and these effects may impact on your mood and even change the course of your day. So how do I see these effects in your aura? Fear patterns dull your aura while joy, love and passion manifest as vibrant, magnificent, radiant colours. Joy appears as a brilliant, golden-white colour and moves upward and outward. Unconditional love appears as a warm rose/gold. It can be orange, white or gold, is quite electric and has the effect of “activating” energies within yourself and others. Passion generates vitality, a clear, bright charge of light through your body. You may notice that when you feel engaged in and passionate about something in your life, your energy levels are higher. Try this for yourself: Take time to acknowledge your passions. What would you be doing if you were pursuing your true purpose? Become aware of fears which come up. Write these fears down. Acknowledge the effects these fears have on your body sensations. Consider how these fears play out in your behaviours to prevent you from carrying out your vision. You were created according to a magnificent, perfect, healthy blueprint. Fear patterns may have caused disturbances in your field. With the help of healing tools and clear insight, these patterns can be cleared and you can truly thrive again. Rachelle, a Sydney based practitioner, sees and pinpoints the cause of these patterns, using her ability to view the energy field. She then uses highly effective therapy techniques including Theta Healing to shift the negative patterns on a deeper level. M - 0414 317 323 • E auratherapist@gmail.com

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Meeting your Spirit Guide Spirit Guides are souls on the other side who at one point in time have lived on Earth and have life experience. They have chosen to become Spirit Guides and selflessly guide us. Your Spirit Guide has been with you since the day you were conceived. He/she is your best friend, on the other side, will never leave you, and always willing to assist. Meeting your Spirit Guide for the first time is a beautiful and exciting experience. Once you have chosen to meet your Spirit Guide/s, take some time to get the know them. Take the time to be with them. They are there to give advice on all aspects of your journey here on Earth and are always ready to be called upon. Once you learn how to communicate with your Spirit Guide, they can help in all aspects of your life; Career, relationships, health, decision making, spirituality, finances, anything you can think of. Your Guide is there to help answer any questions and find solutions to problems that you may be facing. You will get to know your Spirit

Guide, their voice and feel their presence. This guided meditation will help you meet them. Practice it often. Learn to go to that place in your mind where you can be with your Spirit Guide and get the guidance you need. You will feel a sense of inspiration and fulfillment once you have met your Spirit Guide. This experience is a wonderful way to enhance your relationship with them and have them consciously with you all the time. Be prepared for wonderful insights and inspiration! If you have not done so yet, get ready to formally meet your Spirit Guide through the following meditation.

Contacting your Spirit Guide

- Find a quiet place where you will not be disturbed. Close your eyes and focus on your breathing. Remember to breathe in deeply through your nose and exhale out through your mouth. With every exhaling breath, release any tension. Relax. Get comfor table. Focus on your breathing. In through the nose,

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innerSelf newspaper out through the mouth. Release any thoughts that enter your mind. Imagine yourself surrounded in perfect while light. - our white light is our protection light. Now that you have asked for your white light, you will only attract positivity and repel any negativity. Feel the white light surround you. Keep breathing. -Take your awareness to your third eye (area between your eyebrows). This is the space where you will receive visual images from your Spirit Guide. - Ask and invite your Spirit Guide to come forward. Invite your Spirit Guide to come close to you so that you can meet. You may feel a presence next to you or see a visual image of a face. This is normal. Let it happen. - If you are not feeling anything, ask them to come closer. At this point, you may feel them, see them (with your third eye) or hear a word. They are mentally communicating with you. All the senses you feel are real. - Now that you have made initial contact with your Spirit Guide, ask them their name. Who they are? What they look like? Male or female? Don’t be afraid to ask whatever you feel. Get to know your Guide. Be as curious as you like. Be social. - Take some time to have a discussion with your Guide. Don’t worry about formalities, and don’t be passive. - Ask your Guide if there is anything they would like to tell you in order to strengthen your connections with the Spirit world. Ask if there is something that you need to know now that can help you on your path.

Ask if there is something you should be aware of. Listen! - Once you have finished talking with your Spirit Guide, thank them for their time. - Ground yourself. You may feel like writing down your experience. I always find this useful. - Remember, there will be many opportunities for you to visit and speak with your Spirit Guide. They will not divulge all information in your first meeting. Be patient and take the time to really become friends. - You will know it was your Spirit Guide if the words are wise, caring, compassionate and inspirational. If the information did not seem like that, then your own thoughts were interfering with your meeting. Don’t be discouraged, you have plenty of time! - Remember, the first answer you get from your questions is usually your Spirit Guide answering. - It is always best to meditate before you meet your Spirit Guide. Your Guide will always be beside you. Don’t worry too much if it did not go to plan this time. You can always try again tomorrow! Be patient, your Spirit Guide is not going anywhere!! Isabella Gentilin is a spiritual medium, healer and author of ‘Whispers of an Angel’, who has worked as a counsellor for over 12 years. Isabella believes in following her passion and listening to her higher self will bring peace, love and abundance to all. She runs workshops and continues to write for adults and children. For more information contact Isabella at isabella.gentilin@hotmail.com .

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PsychicREALMS with ELISABETH JENSEN

LIFE AFTER SUICIDE Depression and suicide are a large part of our society now. We try to avoid talking and thinking about the subject but knowledge is empowering so I would like to share my story and insights with you. After completing my training as a Registered Nurse I suffered severe depression. No real cause could be found for this though I did have physical health problems as well. Visits to Medical Practitioners resulted in a cocktail of medication that helped for a while then seemed to cause me more problems in that my whole personality changed and I was often a very difficult patient and person to be with. Psychiatrists had no answers for me and I attempted suicide a number of times. After 25 years of great sadness Angels came to my rescue and my whole life changed. So now I understood how the hidden world of lost souls and unhappy spirits that surround many Health Care Professionals affecting their health on many levels. As a psychic medium and healer my true passion is not just effecting communication between people and loved ones in spirit but also healing the many lost souls who wander this earth plane causing more grief for themselves and others.

THE MOMENT OF DEATH

This should be a beautiful time for all involved – seeing your family and friends off to a new and more joyous life is still hard going for most of us however. For a person of faith and with peace in their heart their Spirit leaves the body as a flash of beautiful white light and moves toward the Light assisted by many spiritual helpers. For those who commit suicide it’s usually not like that – they leave their physical bodies and then look back in surprise. They are still ALIVE but their body is dead – but their mind and the emotions they wished to escape are still with them. So they are not free and in peace but tied to a spirit form that can still see and experience the pain of their death plus the realisation of the grief they have caused to those they loved. Some people firstly move back into their lifeless body then later attach very closely onto another living person for some guidance and comfort plus in an effort to explain their situation. Nurses and doctors are definitely at risk here as are family members.

HELLO? I AM STILL HERE!

Yes that’s often the problem as the unhappy spirits seek assistance and to talk to those who can’t see them but soon star t to feel over-

whelmed with the energy of grief and sadness themselves. My daughter is a medical doctor and psychiatrist and I has suffered much physical pain and stress at times from her patients returning to seek more of her gentle care and understanding. Some angry patients have even returned to ask her why she didn’t warn them they would be still be alive after death! Fortunately I can see this and assist her if this happens but in my nursing days I had no under standing or knowledge of all this so just took another Valium or antidepressants to dull my stress and anxiety.

ARE YOU DEPRESSED...OR POSSESSED?

Yes, some spirits can even merge right into and stay in another person’s physical body. They usually mean no harm but this can cause heaps of unexplained physical complaints, low energy levels and a general feeling of sadness and confusion. It takes a skilled spiritual healer or psychic medium to coax them gently out and to send them off to the Light in the company of Angels or other helpful spirits. Of course there are more unpleasant spirits who do intend harm to their hosts but usually it’s just the spirits of those who have died suddenly, especially if they died following chronic drug and alcohol abuse. For the souls choosing to leave earth school early there is no punishment, no purgatory or judgement from the Higher Spiritual Realms or God or Goddess...just sadness that a soul couldn’t overcome the difficulties of living on this earth school. But we can see where the idea that one who commits suicide will not be allowed into Heaven comes from.

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SPIRIT RELEASEMENT THERAPY

This is an amazing therapy that has many new advocates among psychologists, medical doctors and nurses in USA but it’s still regarded as a bit scary and negative in Australia although I have seen many instant and remarkable healings result from this healing process. I see the situation rather like a few hundred years ago when medical doctors didn’t wash their hands after attending patients and attending bir ths. There just was no understanding of germs and bacteria and viruses and their role in illness – so the first doctors to point this out were scorned as being crazy but it’s much the same for me today! If only we could ensure all people received an understanding of the death process and what they needed to do to ensure they reached the Light. Plus if they miss out first time it’s easy enough to guide them through the process in spirit. Eventually many people emerge back from their time in the Light so joyful and keen to be able to assist their loved ones still on earth school in positive ways. ELISABETH JENSEN has more helpful articles on her website www.isismysteryschool.com or you can call 1300558075 for brochures of her courses and Hello from Heaven! Mediumship events. Voted Australian Psychic of The Year 2010, Elisabeth is also Vice President of the Australian Psychics Association and has trained many professional mediums and psychics internationally.

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BY MICHAEL MOREL Change your mind and you can change your life forever! From a very early age we have been conditioned to work only with what I call “The Traditional Mind” This is the mind which can only reason with positive and negative or “Right and Wrong” . We often discribe this as being “Between a rock and a hard place”. In this space there is little room for movement and so from a very early age we learn that to be right is to be rewarded and to be wrong is to be punished [in some form or other]. Therefore we ALL want to be RIGHT which is why there is so much conflict in the world...In order to eliminate this false belief we need to get connected to Earth! Indeed in order to create life itself we need positive, negative and earth. As humans we can only believe what we have been taught to believe and, as these teachings are “hammered” into us over many generations we find it not only difficult to change but fearful as well. Civilisation is in the throes of a battle between The Traditional Mind and The Organic Mind. The for mer[or Ego mind] is NEVER satisfied no matter how much it gathers. It always wants MORE and more is never enough. The Organic [or Spiritual Mind] on the other hand does not dwell on want but on “Need”. There is a vast difference between the two for once one has what one needs there is no other need. I believe that we are in the

throes of a Third World War albiet at a mind level as those in control strive to keep us imprisoned while on a soul level we all yearn to be free...This is evident in The Middle East and other countries where Dictators and Authority is being challenged. The Soul needs to be totally free. Free to express its creative nature as it was meant to do. In our present and past civilisations we have been taxed for being creative hence have yet to reach our full potential. To change your mind you fir st need to acknowledge that there is something other than the conscious mind. That is to say the Subconscious and the Super conscious [Which many label God] which are never imprisoned like our conscious mind which has only words to play with. Once again it is trapped between right and wrong. The Organic Mind is the level of conscious we seek and it simply IS. When you discover your Organic Mind you will be in a perpetual state of meditation for the word meditation simply means “To Be” I have been in this state for more than a decade and can gaurantee that if all minds were to embrace this consciousness there would never again be wars, violence, disease or death as we know it. In my past I have experienced the shackles of the Traditional Mind which on a couple of occasions threatened to end my life. I cannot begin to express the joy in this new consciousness where miracles are a common occurance,

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health and energy are boundless and there is “No Doubt About Me” I sincerly trust that others will join me and spread the word that to have both inner and outer peace all we have to do is “CHANGE OUR MINDS”. Michael Morel is agentleman who has gathered many experiences and much knowledge during his life on the planet. He wishes to share such knowledge with those who seek information about The Mysteries of The Mind and of “Life”. He invites you to join him in that space he calls “THERE’ which he describes as “The spot between the Rock and the Hard Place “ when both have been removed and no-thing is in opposition. It is where complete Freedom dwells, uninhibited by the invisible bonds of ignorance and fear. Check Michaels website and Blog . www.michaelmorel.com For further information www,michaelmorel.com

It is our choice whether we have a fulfilling life or if we just exist from day to day. We have ‘never’ done it all on our healing journey. Each day presents new adventures, experiences, fears, feelings, excitement and challenges and we can choose to embrace them and make every day a magnificent time or simply stay stuck in our comfort zone and watch the time of our life slip by. Every day is a new day, a new beginning! Louise L. Hay is a metaphysical lecturer, teacher, mentor and author. For nearly 30 years Louise has assisted millions of people in discovering and using the full potential of their own creative powers for personal growth and self-healing. In her bestselling book “You can Heal Your Life” Louise’s key message is “if we are willing to do the mental work almost anything can be healed” she also explains how limiting beliefs and ideas are often the cause of illness and she shows how we can change our thinking and improve the quality of our life. Louise Hay’s intriguing personal story of self discovery and love show us how her simple philosophies can change and empower our life. Louise combined all her experiences, healing and wisdom to develop a powerful 2 day workshop called “Heal Your Life® and Achieve Your Dreams”. Through these workshops people

are assisted in creating positive change in their body, mind, emotions and spirit. Louise Hay’s philosophies are a simple message having a profound positive effect on people from all walks of life. “The thoughts we think, and the words we speak, create our experiences” is one of her powerful messages that are simple to absorb and very achievable. The Heal Your Life® work gently guides you through understanding how your negative thoughts and limiting beliefs, which may be stored deep within, could be preventing you from creating a wonderful life full of self love, acceptance for yourself and others. When we truly love ourselves, everything in life works! So what is the Heal Your Life ® work? Heal Your Life® is the catalyst for self love and discovery. Let me share with you some outcomes: · Learn how to love yourself and others more fully; · Understand your family dynamics and barriers to love; · Release negative emotions that block your joy and creativity; · Improve your health, relationships, prosperity and bring more peace into your life; · Learn to use affirmations that bring about positive changes; · Discover your own power, strengths and inner wisdom;

· Nurture your inner child; · Create the life you dream of! “Every thought I think and every word I speak is an affirmation for my future” Affirmations are a very powerful tool in supporting positive thinking and are effective in changing our life patterns and outcomes. The benefit of positive thinking is medically well established. Affirmations allow you to consciously harness the power of positive thinking. You then have the choice of directing them to specific areas of your life that need attention or where you want to bring about change. The great news is that affirmations really work and can transform your life. ”Remember, you are the only person who thinks in your mind. You are the power and authority in your world,” says Louise. “I am prosperous wherever I turn.” “I love my life and life loves me.” “I am healthy and strong in body and mind.” Susie Mulholland’s inspiration from Louise Hay’s transformational work, combined with her own life experiences allows her the perfect opportunity to teach and empower people. Susie has been working in the healing industry for 20 years and is the Heal Your Life® teacher trainer for Australia and New Zealand. She is passionate about training successful workshop leaders who will then take Louise Hays Heal Your Life®

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A-Z GUIDE Angels work to people from all walks of life. When we learn how to love and accept ourselves in the moment, then life does become easy. Every day is a new day and a new beginning, why wait to create the life we dream of? The life we truly do deserve? Through positive thinking you can break the cycle of negativity in your life. Through Louise Hay’s healing techniques and positive philosophies you can learn how to create more of what you want in your life including complete wellness in body, mind and spirit. You can Heal Your Life and Achieve Your Dreams – NOW. Susie is the Heal Your Life® Teacher Trainer for Australia and New Zealand and truly passionate about life with a wealth of experience and expertise. You will be enriched by her extraordinary teaching skills and exclusive energy as she touches the lives of all who attend her courses. Susie loves Louise Hays philosophies on life and lives them daily. Susi’s inspiration from Louise Hay’s transformational work, combined with her own life experiences allows her the perfect opportunity to teach and empower people. Susie has been working in the healing industry for 20 years and is the Heal Your Life® teacher trainer for Australia and New Zealand. She is passionate about training successful workshop leaders who will then take Louise Hays Heal Your Life® work to people from all walks of life. Please contact Susie for all information www.healyourlife.net.au

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Spirituality Know Thyself as Soul. Sant Mat is a practical spiritual path based on meditation, ethical living, service to others and love for all creation. Its goal is to enable the soul to return to and merge with its source; the purpose of human life described by mystics of all traditions. Discipline and dedication are essential, as is the help of a competent living Master. Entry is via a preparation program. There is no charge at any stage. Know Thyself As Soul Foundation is a non-profit incorporated association. For further info call 1800 462 193 or visit www.santmat.net.au.

The Adventures of Horatio Hope and Clara Compassion By Michael Morel Join Horatio Hope, a wandering philosopher, and his indispensable companion Clara Compassion on this wonderful adventure through the Land of Impossibilities, a cold and friendless place of great danger and malevolent forces. Their mission: To rediscover the Lost Law of the Universe by accompanying the Human race on its journey towards the Mansion in the Sky. This mythic story will resonate with many readers, old and young alike. Pub: Sid Harta Publishers. For orders visit www.michaelmorel.com or phone (08) 8294 4641.

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When Do The Tears Stop? Through Grief’s Night Into A New Day By Joy Brisbane This book is a powerful testament to life’s eternal nature. Through the author’s deep loss of her soul mate/husband/lover/best friend, she discovered the higher Joyfilled connection available even after the death of the human shell. Out of her deep grief and longing for her departed husband, an awareness of his presence as pure love and pure light began to present itself. And through this, a profound realization that life before and beyond the grave is a truly wondrous journey. Pub: Authorhouse www.joybrisbane.com Phone 0428 734 471

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