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Abundance is natural

CLEAR SEEING SPOTLIGHT ON PSYCHICS

Anxiety An Indicator of Unsurfaced Depression

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WHOLENESS IS WHOLENESS An interview with Deepak Chopra by Leo Drioli

HOW DOES ART HEAL? by Glenda Needs

CURIOSITY by Isira

SOUL VOICE An interview with Karina Schelde by Leo Drioli

THE FULLNESS OF LOVE by Sky Shayne Innes

MOMENT BY MOMENT MINDFULLNESS by Peterji

SOUND AWAKENING by Daniel Murtagh

DEVELOPMENT 8

ANXIETY - AN INDICATOR OF DEPRESSION by Jaan Jerabek

THE LAKOTA INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA by Matthew Greenwood

UNCOVERING YOUR SOUL’S PURPOSE by Juliet Martine

HEALTH & WELLBEING 20

A NATURAL APPROACH TO WEIGHT LOSS by Robert Reeves

IS YOUR SLUGGISH THYROID MAKING YOU SICK, FAT AND TIRED? by Belle McCaleb

ARE YOU PUTTING YOUR MEMORY AT RISK? by Dr Quentin Chen

THE KEY TO SUCCESS IS FROM THE HEART by Tracey Stranger

THE CANCER RIDDLE by Sang Whang

EGO BASED THOUGHTS VERSUS - HIGHER SELF BASED THOUGHTS by David Lane

DON’T PANIC, EAT ORGANIC by Jennie Miller

PROSPERITY

REDEFINING RELIGION IN THE ENLIGHTENED AGE by Claire

ABUNDANCE IS NATURAL by Stuart Wilde

APPRECIATING YOUR BUSINESS STORY by Nichola Burton

ABSORBING THE ESSENCE by Simon Blow

FROM THE EDITORS

RELATIONSHIPS 14

RELATING WITHIN A RELATIONSHIP by Marie-Elise Allen

WOMEN BEING WOMEN by Martina Hughes

GETTING TO THE HEART OF THE MATTER by Rachelle Terry

CLEAR SEEING - PSYCHICS AND MEDIUMS FEATURE

BE IN THE LIGHT by Carlos Delmomd

ENERGY HEALING

LIFESTYLE

GETTING GROUNDED by Wayne Anderson

SACRED DESTINATIONS by Carmel Glenane

HEALING THE ENERGETIC BODY VIA QUANTUM FREQUENCIES by Graeme Cogdell CRAVINGS, ALLERGIES & ADDICTIONS AND BIORESONANCE THERAPY by Andy & Anna Barrie

ASTROLOGY 24

A NEW CHAPTER ON THE HORIZON - PLANETARY REVIEW APRIL-JUNE 2010 by Robert Crawford

EVOLVE INTO BEING by Mish Morski

PAST LIFE REGRESSION AND SOUL MATES by Tony Reilly

REGULARS

HEALING RITUALS YOU CAN DO AT HOME by Nicole Cody

IN BRIEF REVIEWS

MOON CALENDAR

TOOLS FOR HEALTHY LIVING

KALEIDOSCOPE

PSYCHICS

COURSES FOR THE SPIRIT

10 TIPS TO A TERRIFIC PSYCHIC READING by Elisabeth Jensen

TRUSTING IN TRUST by Sonia

YOUR PATH TO CLEAR SIGHT by Joanne Antoun

Are you feeling it too? The quickening that’s taking place right now is something we’ve been anticipating for a long time. But now that it’s actually here, do we recognize it for what it really is? However we choose to define it, there’s no denying it … many, many of us are feeling the shift … this pull to deepen and bring to light areas that for so long have remained a “no go” zone. For many, we’re finally here … ready to truly see who we are and move into this profoundly. From all walks of life, there’s an awareness building that, we can move into the vastness of our eternal nature yet still maintain our fully human connection with the world. We’ve matured now in our insight and realization of the accessibility and availability of our divine nature, but we also know the deep work necessary to actualize this consciousness in our daily life. It’s no longer enough to know … it’s now time to be. And we’re not simply talking about the personal awakening here … for many, the responsibility for clarifying and awakening into our divinity for the good of all has become a powerful driving force. Collectively, we’re making major breakthroughs in realizing that it simply won’t work any other way … we have to get it together once and for all … And, it’s not only about me and you, it’s about the good of all life. Eckhart Tolle estimates that 10% of the planet is in the throes of awakening or has already awakened. He’s not speaking about full enlightenment necessarily, but, many are spontaneously popping into clarity … young and old alike. And with this collective awakening, if you tune into what’s happening and are part of the ride, you’ll be much more aware of how perfect life is … just as it is … even with all the challenges around us. Our psychic sensibilities may be more acute, with more synchronistic

happenings taking place in our socalled mundane reality, but more impor tantly, a real awareness of our interconnectedness is at play here … and with this, the lifting of the veils that have kept us in darkness for so long, revealing how close we always have been to the One that shines through every heart. Times are challenging, no doubt about it … but, if you’re riding the quickening current of this awakening, it’s an exhilarating heart opening encounter moment by moment. I was corresponding with a dear friend recently and found myself writing something that stopped me in my tracks by a curious turn of phrase … I wrote: “Each moment is the very awakening itself. So here it is … pulsating in full clarity right now … this is it: Love and be loved.” When I wrote these last four words, I paused to take them in … reflecting on just what the line meant to me and where words such as these actually come from. Two weeks later I received a quarterly mailing from a spiritual teacher who ended his letter to his students with the phrase: “Love and be loved, as you serve ,” lifting it up another level. So, are you feeling it too? I sense that it’s now time to actually do it … accept the truth that you always, already secretly know … the love you seek is your true self in deep disguise ... it’s now time to actualize it, for the good of all. Love and be loved, Leo Drioli and Enza Vita.

You can visit Leo Drioli’s online blog - Reflections from Eternal Vastness at www.leodrioli.blogspot.com

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Anxiety An Indicator of Unsurfaced Depression

Abundance is natural

DON’T PANIC, EAT ORGANIC Do you really know what goes into your food?

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less action (Karma yoga). Tuning out is through mindless activity, melodrama on the level of feeling, ego based behaviour and lack of stillness.

IS: What role do our expectations have on our happiness and success in life? Dee pak Chopr a: Happy people see oppor tunities Deepak whereas unhappy people see problems. Happy people know how to make others happy. Happy people are also secure and have self esteem beyond self image.

IS: When we catch ourselves in one of our “ego-reactive” moments, what’s a simple process that allows Soul to come to the fore? Deepak Chopra: When you catch yourself in the ego reactive moments be a silent witness of your behavior. Observe the sensations of your body until the discomfort goes away. Don’t fight the ego. Fighting the ego is the ultimate melodrama of the ego!

IS: Could you share how to use the three ways of Reflection, Contemplation and Meditation to break down our old conditioning?

Wholeness is Wholeness ○

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AN INTERVIEW WITH DEEPAK CHOPRA BY LEO DRIOLI Deepak Chopra has been writing, presenting, teaching and healing for over thirty years now and with his latest book Reinventing the Body, Resurecting the Soul he’s arrived at a conclusion that he sees as the most important discovery he’s made to date: “Union cannot be achieved one piece at a time … the truth is that wholeness is wholeness. People don’t feel whole because they have excluded their bodies from the spiritual journeys … [and] at the other end of the scale, they have sent the soul into a never-never region above and beyond this world.”The following interview looks at his latest views on the ways of unity, healing and transformation. InnerSelf: In your new book “Reinventing the Body, Resurrecting the Soul”, you say that your body and all manifestation are the product of consciousness, so does it mean that the body can only be transformed from the position of consciousness? How do we do this? Deepak Chopra: Consciousness expresses itself as cognition which is thinking and knowing, perception, speech, behaviour, personal relationships, social interactions, environment, nature’s forces and biology. In order to transform the body all these aspects must be given attention.

IS: Consciousness is can be defined as subject/object related and awareness as pure non-duality. As the creator of your own reality do you work from consciousness or awareness… basically, can you share your insights into the mystery of creation? Deepak Chopra: Chopra:There is non-local consciousness which is beyond conscious awareness and beyond subjectobject split. It is both our soul as well as the universal domain that we call “God.” Once there is subject-object split there is the birth of the ego observer and object of perception. In order to experience higher states of consciousness one has to go beyond the subject-object split and the hallucination of the separate self. In doing so one finds infinite love, compassion, creativity, joy, kindness and higher values.

IS: When you speak about “resurrecting the soul” are you referring to consciousness or awareness? Are you referring to the One Soul… or the individualized expression of that? Deepak Chopra: Chopra:There are several experiences of consciousness such as consciousness with awareness when there is subject-object split, Consciousness without awareness as in deep sleep. And consciousness with awareness beyond the subject-object split which is enlightenment. I am speaking about enlightenment as a means to resurrect the soul.

IS: How do we tune into the soul? And how do we lock ourselves out of it? Dee pak Chopr a: Deepak Chopra: a:Tuning into the soul is through being which is (Raja yoga), feelings of love and compassion which is (Bhakti yoga), knowledge (Gyana yoga) and self-

Deepak Chopra: Reflection is asking questions and listening to the answers: Who am I? What do I want? What’s my purpose? What’s my contribution? What are my unique skills? How do I express them? How do I make my relationships loving and nurturing? Contemplation is to hold an idea such as love or compassion as a seed thought and let it go wherever it takes you. The seed thought could be love, compassion, peace, harmony, etc. Meditation is transcendence though awareness of breath and obser ving your breath. Use of mantra, mindfulness, and other mind body techniques that still the mind and take you to a field of silence.

IS: Desire is the fuel to manifest our dreams… yet desire can also manifest our worst nightmares. How can we en-

sure that our desire stays aligned to our higher aspirations instead of our ego? Deepak Chopra: Chopra:Desire evolves as our consciousness evolves. Survival instincts move to ego motivation, and from then on to love, compassion, creativity, and higher guidance. Desire spontaneously evolves through the practice of meditation and mindfulness. It is important to ask ourselves whether your desires will bring joy to you and those who are affected by your desires.

IS: For most of us the challenge of surrendering or letting go is a constant… do we ever reach a place of effortless “letting go”? What strategies do you put in place to stay conscious in your daily life challenges? Dee pak Chopr a: Yes we do achieve a place of effor tDeepak Chopra: less letting go if we pay attention. Always remember that the most powerful state of life is subtle intention and choiceless awareness.

IS: Where does “Grace” fit into the picture of our awakening? And, can we do anything to allow Grace to enter our lives… can we prepare ourselves for it? Deepak Chopra: Grace is a by- product of higher states of consciousness. You do not chase Grace. Grace happens when you let go and surrender to the unknown. Grace manifests through synchronicity and meaningful coincidence. Deepak Chopra is the prolific author of over 56 books, more than 100 audio, video and CDROM titles that have been translated into 35 languages with over 20 million copies sold worldwide.Through The Chopra Centre, Dr. Chopra is revolutionizing common wisdom about the crucial connection between body, mind, spirit, and healing. His mission of “bridging the technological miracles of the west with the wisdom of the east” remains his thrust.

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BY ISIRA I was having a conversation with my daughter the other day when the topic wandered from her favourite – movies – right into the reality of oneness! She had recently seen the movie, Bran Nue Dae, and loved it, because she is so into music, dancing, friendship, fun and families – and also because we are part Aboriginal. What struck her particularly deeply in that movie was that we are all ‘literally related’. Her alert mind headed off on a trail of great excitement and wonder to come back with the unquestionable and logical realisation that we must all be the same one big life, because we actually are ‘literally’ (her very specific emphasis) related. I listened to her following that trail with a pitch of great excitement and wonder. She followed the line of each person being related to another person who’s related to another person who’s related to another person… and so on… which means that along the line we are all related to each other. It has to be so, she said, because you can just keep following the trail all around the whole world. At that point her excitement got jammed as she tried to take her realisation to another level. ‘And, and, and… well it doesn’t just go in a line… you know Mum… it goes out… and… it… we … it spreads… like…?’ ‘Do you mean like a ripple darling?’ I encouraged. ‘Yes!’ Her excitement could have filled the universe! (Which it actually did!) ‘Yes, each trail starts with one person and actually ripples out,’ I added. So our conversation continued in the wonderful, excitable and natural tone of a child’s wonder. She also realized that we must all be ‘part everything’ – that we can’t be just one type of race. Which really means again, that literally we really are everything… So then why is everyone fighting? Doesn’t that mean we are just hurting our self? And if

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we are all part everything as people, then we must also be part everything as animals, plants, rocks, earth and space… because we all eat… and everything we eat is related to everything else… just in the same ripple way. So then we really, really ARE everything… the whole universe! We ventured on to talk about the spatial nature of ourselves and the universe – the fact that none of it is linear, and that all of it is connected (given that everything is related to everything else… including all the plants and the trees and the rocks). And therefore, if all of it is connected then we really have to literally (there’s that word again!) be one life! Wow! Her excitement at knowing this just reflected back to me how beautiful this mystery really is. The mystery I’m referring to is the fact that we all take on the journey of forgetting we are one… only to embark on a journey where we turn right back around again and stare into the face of our very ONE Self with childlike awe and wonder! Of course we have all thrown a few tantrums and struggled desperately with this mystery, but once we’ve done the circumnavigation and seen ourselves as we really are, and as we always have been, we realize it’s all worth it! It also struck me as quite funny that a 14-year-old girl could get this so clearly and with such certainty – the realization itself was enough. Yet the average adult wants to pull the whole question of oneness to pieces in the effort to convince him/her self because the adult is actually more certain of the illusion of separation! How hilarious… there’s that good old cosmic joke again! That brings me to a quality that is central to my daughter’s realization – childlike wonder. It is so open, so curious, so questioning. It is free of the boxes of opinions and ‘learned answers’. It is free to look with the open eyes of innocence, simply at what lies before us. So how do we, as adults, re-

capture this childlike nature? Actually it is not so difficult, because just below the surface of that ‘serious adult’ is a very curious being. We all have this quality. Even if we are deeply conditioned – and those conditions result in a strong attachment to the ego and the whole illusion – still by nature we are curious. Curiosity leads to another inherent characteristic… we are watchers! Yes. By nature we humans are voyeurs. In fact, we are all ‘witnessing’ in every moment. Sadly though, we can lose ourselves in watching the thoughts about what is happening rather than just watching what is happening. By making use of our ‘witnessing’ tendency – with a bit of curiosity thrown in – life can take a different turn… we can become childlike again. There is no need to be shut down or trapped in opinionated freeze-frames of the mind. Stepping into the attitude of curiosity can be like being given a magical looking glass! Suddenly we are adventurers… explorers of the never-ending journey of life. Life is so extraordinary, so endlessly diverse, that we really must be eternal, because we will need eternity to discover and experience it all! The more we watch with curiosity, the more we really see. Just like my daughter… we see what is really all around us… simply as it is. It is this ability to see life simply – free of opinions – that lights the flame of wonder in our life. And when the flame of wonder is alight we burn with the brightness of love and joy. Rather than escaping the world and its apparent miseries, immerse your self ever more deeply in its wonder… celebrating each moment. Isn’t this The Way… to be what we seek to be? Perhaps then we can reassess our motivations and affirmations to discover an attitude that opens the whole world to us: to reunite us again with open, innocent, childlike eyes… ‘I am curious.’ Isira is a universal spiritual teacher who embodies love, peace and liberation. It is her goal to assist in raising global consciousness. Her teachings show us the certainty of our inner power so that we can live and respond in Presence, to impact the earth and humanity positively. Her core teaching, The Presence, is a living meditation, enabling us to experience and access the power of true presence within. Isira has been presenting regularly in Australia and overseas for over twenty years and has published her extraordinary autobiography – “A Journey of Awakening”. Her celebrated teachings facilitate awakening through profound, practical and simple tools. For more information and program schedules visit www.isira.com or phone 02 9091 6833 or 0404 162 285

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know it as love; to know Oneness through the creation of sound and light, all kinds of phenomena and all kinds of experiences. This is where the mystic lives, at the source of all this. The mystic is at peace with paradox and dichotomy knowing it for what it truly is – another invitation to dance with life, to fall deeply into love with life. To know love at the heart of all of this, whether we consider it ideal or not, is to find what we might call Utopia. This is where we are going.

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BY SKY SHAYNE INNES Cultivating the Mystic through Adversity

During our meditation evening the other night, someone made the comment, “But Sky, that’s Utopia!” I heard myself answering, “And where do you think we are going?” Both comments, his the way it was said and mine, have stayed in my mind nagging like an inquisitive child wanting to know more. Now seems a perfect opportunity to give them attention. The man who spoke these words is a person who has spent a very significant part of his life searching to make sense of life and the world we live in. To do this he has explored past the normal dimensions of daily life with its pressures of work, family and surviving in a material world. He has explored the psychological and spiritual realms and beyond to his soul group and purpose here in this incarnation. This is a man that has a vast cosmology with a very real awareness of the big picture. He has an awareness of an emergent universe and that we have something to do with its evolution. So at some level, his comment, implying Utopia as an impossible ideal, surprised me. Even more surprising to me was my reply. “And where do you think we are going?” I have put a question mark in but it is a very rhetorical question. Actually, it is a statement and even now, as I write this, I can feel the strength of my conviction. It is so much more of a statement than a question. And surprising, because I have never thought of where we are going as Utopia. Is Utopia possible or is it pie in the sky? So much of what we experience in life is far from any idea of Utopia; far from an ideal place or life. Our bodies are imperfect or, worse still, diseased. Our days are filled with struggles of one sort or another – trying to pay the mortgage; feeling disappointed or troubled with family situations, friends and lovers; time pressures trying to fit everything in; feeling unfulfilled and unable to meet expectations – and so much more that we find far from ideal. If I were to ask you the question, where do you think we are going, I wonder what your answer would be. For many of us, there is no escaping the polarity of existence with its light but also its darkness. Doesn’t Utopia suggest a place where there is only light and no dark - a perfect place of fulfilment and mastery? Perhaps, but I don’t know. I can’t conceive what such a place would be like. How odd that we have so many words for such an ideal – Heaven, Shangri–La, Kingdom of God, Atlantis and Lemuria, Paradise, Garden of Eden, The Golden Age, Arcadia – and yet we have only vague notions of a land of milk and honey. We long for such an ideal and yet we don’t seem to really believe in its possibility. The film, Avatar, is a good example of our

longing and delight in such idyllic expression and still just another war movie depicting the battle between light and dark. Are we ultimately trapped in such a polarity, escaping through fanciful images of ShangriLa ignoring hidden darkness? In Tom Stoppard’s play called Arcadia, one of the themes is the dichotomy of Chaos and Order. Imagine if there was only order with no chaos. How would a forest grow and what would it look like? These forces are inextricably linked and balance between them brings stability and strength. The Taoist yin-yang is a symbol of the whole needing both forces for creation. One idyllic early morning a few daysago, I was lying in the sun on a small pier. Watching the movement of the ocean’s tide coming in I experienced this balance so perfectly. I followed the disorderly movement of a piece of seaweed as it moved according to the ordered rhythm of the waves bringing in the tide. I could feel the extraordinary order in the apparent chaos. I could feel the peace and harmony in this balance. Such stillness in motion. The balance of chaos and order, light and dark is where Utopia is found. The promise of all dichotomies is to open to the highest possibility that belongs only to this moment. In the sacred space of the hear t is the awareness that bypasses the mind where polarity and dichotomy are found. Out of this expanded awareness, the seeds of perfect balance are germinated. From here we are able to respond to the apparent chaos harmoniously and harmlessly. The darkness only exists to invite in the light. From the shadow, light is found. Life cannot take you where there is no love. We can only know and appreciate the force of darkness with heart awareness. We step out of our ego and into an awareness of the fullness of love. Adversity is no longer adversity but the ebb and flow of life as love. If we go back far enough to the very first light manifested, we find the very first polarity, the very first dichotomy, the very first manifestation. Existence, which includes your life and mine, is the dichotomy. Are we returning to an uncreated dimension of non-being? Is that what it will take for Utopia to be realised. In the song Heaven by the band Talking Heads, there is a line that goes, “heaven is a place where nothing ever happens”. Why bother? Why have a creative principle just to uncreate? I cannot believe that this precious thing that we call life is ultimately about non-life. On the contrary, life is a precious opportunity to

Sky is an i n s p i r i n g 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 02 9362 9866 or visit www.lovesalchemy.com

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Moment by moment mindfulness Enlightenment is an unending creativity that brings the nothingness within everything to life now. It is a space within, where it is possible to disappear so far into the background of ‘being’ that the mind ceases altogether. The mystery is, that there is so much to say about it, and yet so little, if one sticks to the bottom line. How can words adequately define the silence from which they spring? How can the dualistic nature of the mind finally rest in union? The real question is not whether freedom exists, but how we bring our selves into alignment and recognise this truth in our own lives. When an individual realises the truth, it becomes perfectly clear to him or her that they are part of the collective consciousness. In truth there is no difference or separation. Oneness is seen or sensed in everything. My purpose is to ignite in you a flame of longing for total liberation, and secondly to make it down–toearth and credible. Without on-going

commitment, responsibility and a willingness to give ourselves totally to the spiritual process, we will only get so far and our mind may tell us it’s time to quit. Part of our Western inheritance is that we are conditioned with the ‘everything is instant syndrome’. Impatience is one of the greatest obstacles to enlightenment. In spiritual life, there is usually a gradual breakdown in the identification with self, yet sometimes there are instant shifts of awareness. Sudden breakthroughs do happen for people, but they need to be seen in perspective. It is what we decide about the transformation we are experiencing that keeps us tethered to another level of delusion in the name of being spiritual. We gain insight from our experience but often forget that the depth of enlightenment is to be freed from seeking anything at all. It is a thoughtless state. At the present time there is a great renaissance in the possibility of spiritual awakening. When Buddha lived, he said that the wheel of Dharma would turn again in two

thousand five hundred years. That era is here now, but along with that growing interest in enlightenment, comes a corresponding level of ignorance. Currently there is an abundance of spiritual information available, yet some of it is confusing. Absolute statements can be taken out of context. While it’s one thing to have a glimpse of the truth, it’s another story to permanently reside in it. While one sometimes falls into a state of bliss or love and the truth becomes self-evident, this can soon change and the mind returns. If thoughts are not in the foreground they will be whispering somewhere in the background. They are predominantly subliminal and can’t be seen until one gets a better view. Moment by moment mindfulness is a key in one’s spiritual practice and is greatly strengthened with meditation techniques such as breath awareness.

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InnerSelf Whichever path we travel, spirituality is about containing higher levels of energy. Its culmination, which is God realization, is to know that all things are part of a field of consciousness that is evolving perfectly within a divine and endless creation. The enlightened view is a quantum shift from looking for what is out there as an experience, to seeing it from in here, as the source of the experience. Knowledge is not the foundation of enlightenment - enlightenment is the foundation of real knowledge. Awakening is a three-fold process moving from ignorance to knowledge to enlightenment. It requires information to get from ignorance to knowledge but it is energy that transforms one into living in the real state. Getting caught in the middle is the biggest hurdle to cross because as we let go, we start to lose our footing. We are on unfamiliar ground and often seek guidance at this point. Our humanity is like a veil surrounding the source. We need to deeply feel what it is like to be human, because being human is where our growth is. Beginning to see human nature as it really is, allows us to perceive the oscillation that happens between ignorance and knowing. When awakening happens, one experiences bliss. Sometimes it is accompanied by the realisation of immortality. The creation and destruction of the mind continues to take place until finally, everything disappears back into the source. Shakespeare hit the nail on the head when he wrote: ‘To be or not to be, that is the question!’ To desire not to be, is to bow down in absolute humility to the power of God, and only the most sincere of seekers will eventually be given that opportunity. The fruition of karma is the outcome of intensive longing. Self-sacrifice is the true transition into the divine realm. Nothing that I or anyone else might say about enlightenment can take away what one will face to find it. In my experience, people who realise the full depth of enlightenment will have paid their dues. Enlightenment is the end of personal evolution and the beginning of divine evolution. This eventually brings gratitude and responsibility. The transcendental dimension reveals to us that we are joyful in our innocence. Now life is neither holy nor mundane, simply a reflection of pure consciousness. One of my teachers once said to me that if one is going to have desire, let that desire be the desire, to end all desire. Attachments to knowledge and more heightened states of awareness all pass away, because they are part of the mind. Enlightenment is beyond the realm of the most vivid imagination; its silence and depth is unending. This is the Samadhi state. PeterJi is a spiritual teacher who ignites the flame of freedom. After awakening in 1980, he did many more retreats in the Satipatthana tradition and with another master master.. In 1992, he began teaching nondenominationally and has since travelled abroad. His first book called ‘The Secret of Eternity’ is now available. For more information contact April Mai on 0414 544 817 E: info@peterji.com www.peterji.com.

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Sound Awakening ○

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BY DANIEL MURTAGH

How to experience all the positive results of long term meditation through merely listening to ReWake, regardless of any past meditation experience or lack of it!” Sound surrounds you. It is everywhere. It is inescapable. Through the power of music it has the potential to move millions. Through the power of language it can elevate entire cultures. Sound permeates every aspect of your life, and yet it is so easy to take sound for granted and simply use it as a tool for communication. But sound is so much more than that. As a professional music producer I have the pleasure of helping people communicate meaning through music, and can feel its intimate connection with our emotions. Simultaneously, as an experimental audio engineer, I have come to realise the incredible power sound has to heal and affect our state of being as a whole. The use of sound in healing and as a therapeutic tool is not a new concept. In fact, it has been around for millennia. Interestingly enough, Western science is only now beginning to understand many ancient practices that have existed for thousands of years. Using sound to enhance meditative practice is something that is evident in multiple cultures throughout history. From the beautiful singing bowls of Tibet, to the droning mantric chants of the Vedas, sound has been used to assist in the healing of mind, body and spirit since the dawn of civilisation. Many people may assume that because these cultures are indeed ancient, they lacked the scientific prowess we enjoy today and only performed primitive rituals and practices. This is not the case, as many scientists worldwide are beginning to discover. Ancient cultures and mystery schools of the distant past un-

derstood the science of sound intimately. One need only to investigate some of the incredible acoustic properties of the great pyramid of Giza to begin to grasp the advanced knowledge of the ancients. The Egyptians were so advanced in their understanding of sound properties and possessed such incredible acoustical knowledge they were able to tune physical spaces to resonate in response to specific sound frequencies. Using what’s known as “sacred geometry” and a special kind of architecture that reflects the mathematically perfect ratios found in natural biology, the Egyptians were able to create amazing sound structures within their sacred temples. In the Kings Chamber within the Great Pyramid, the geometry of the space generates naturally amplified, low-frequency sound waves, which have curious effects on human consciousness. This type of rhythmic pulsation, matches the human brain-wave frequencies found during deep meditative states and has been shown to have profound effects on human physiology. Fur ther Nor th, the shamans of Native America used drumming and rhythmic beats to influence their state of being. One of the most powerful aspects of drumming and the reason that cultures have used rhythm for millennia is that it has the amazing capacity to alter people’s state of consciousness. Through rhythmic repetition of ritual sounds, the body, brain and the nervous system are energised and transformed via a subtle natural phenomena scientists are calling “entrainment”.

Whilst the ancients understood living systems in a far different manner than our current scientific system does, there is sophistication in their approach. Through practical application, the ancients developed their own form of spiritual sound science, exposing themselves to specific auditory stimuli to alter their consciousness whilst fully understanding the beneficial effects of the process. Whilst the practical application of sound to create altered states has been around for aeons, the scientific understanding of this phenomenon has only just begun to shed light on this fascinating process. Fur thermore, the discovery of quantum physics and the development of sophisticated physiological measuring devices, has stimulated much research into the field of sound as a catalyst for healing. The understanding of these concepts and the expansion of our digital culture, has fostered the development of a variety of powerful audio technologies. Research over the past few decades has shown that exposure to particular types of auditory stimuli can have powerful effects on listeners physical, mental, and emotional states. This technology is now used to assist and enhance meditative practice, promote expanded awareness, and generate feelings of deep relaxation. This type of audio technology is known as brain-wave entrainment. Entrainment is a process, whereby any two separate, vibrating or oscillating systems, when placed in close proximity to another, begin to imitate each other. Take a piano for exam-

ple. If you were to strike only one key and listen to the decay, you would hear not only your one note, but a multitude of harmonics that resonate in harmony. Whilst this may sound ordinary, the implications are deep. A curious experiment you can try at home, is to hang a number of pendulums around a room and set them swinging randomly. Over time you will find that the pendulums will begin to fall into sync and swing in unison, or at least fall into a similar phase relationship. As all matter in our universe is made up of vibrations, indeed, your very brain-waves are vibrations themselves, entrainment proves to be a very powerful science, that begs for further investigation. Using brainwave entrainment audio can be beneficial for you physically, mentally and emotionally as the Egyptians and Shamans clearly knew. By implementing a regular routine of meditation using brainwave entrainment you can expect a variety of positive physiological outcomes including stress relief, improved sleep, enhanced creativity, and deep relaxation. This type of technology can also assist in inner healing and conscious awakening, and allow for mind-expanding states of consciousness to occur. The ability to apply practical knowledge of sound is becoming readily available in Western and European culture. Thanks to modern day communication generating a new level of interconnectedness, you can begin to see a correlation between ancient eastern holistic knowledge and innovative western science. This synergy of ancient wisdom and mod-

ern technology is paving a path for self-healing and awakening to occur. Daniel Murtagh is a professional music producer with a Bachelor of Music Studies and a Cert. IV in Music Technology. During his years in the field of audio production and recording, his fascination with human consciousness and technical expertise with sound has led Daniel to create ReWake , a remarkable audio series which uses natural Australian soundscapes, recorded in stunning locations and pristine quality. In ReWake, Daniel uses his expansive knowledge of recording techniques to create spatial sound effects superior to that of cinema surround sound.

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ANXIETY – An Indicator of Un-surfaced Depression ○

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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH JAAN JERABEK Q. W ha hatt is Anxiety from an ‘Emotional Intelligence’ viewpoint? A. Anxiety is the equivalent of the surface presenting symptom of varying degrees of old emotional pain just below the level of conscious awareness. This emotional pain is close to coming out and because painful emotions are deemed as ‘bad/dangerous/ no-go-zones’ by the body and mind’s defence system, the ‘fight or flight’ defence mechanism is activated. This ‘fight or flight’ mechanism is fear and adrenalin-based, which is why an anxious person experiences the symptoms of being on edge and ‘strung out’, hyper- vigilant, feeling as if something ‘bad’ is going to happen or go horribly wrong. As a result, the person who has ‘emotional pain’ coming to the surface, due to family and cultural conditioning, and simple human nature, resor ts to needing to keep busy and distract themselves from/avoid feeling, the emotional pain which is trying to get their attention. It is often simply human nature and the way we are ‘wired’ that makes us want to naturally avoid ‘unpleasant’ emotions. This busyness will be either

compulsive physical activity or mental activity or a mix of the two. This is why anxiety will very easily be covered up by ‘workaholism’ and can be masqueraded as ‘striving for success and accomplishment’. If success is not a person’s focus they will simply become ‘Doaholics’ and keep themselves busy in a 101 different ways, doing anything from cleaning the house, organizing and reorganizing things such as clothes drawers or the kitchen cabinets or indulging obsessively in their favourite passion/ hobby. The mental activity is also a favoured mechanism used by us to distract ourselves from/ avoid feeling, our emotional pain. If you have a look at the workaholic mechanism you will see that a work/do-aholic will do anything to avoid sitting still with themselves and what is really happening in their emotional world. When your average work/do-aholic is forced to sit and be still, they will find that the activity, which is the distraction from the emotions, will suddenly go into their head and they will think, plan, analyse, turnover things in their mind, they will even think of the same thing from different angles over and over a 1001

times... anything as long as they are thinking and being active mentally so they do not have to enter the ‘space’ of being-ness and passivity , within which emotions rise to the forefront of their consciousness. As the ‘anxiety reaction’ is undealt with over time and builds up/escalates as a response, or if a person experiences a significant ‘triggering of ’ of a past emotional trauma, the anxiety response can become one that is so amplified it becomes gradually (or overnight) what mainstream psychology refers to as ‘Obsessive Compulsive Disorder’ or even the ‘Up/Manic’ phase of the Bi-polar/ Manic depressive cycle (as anxiety is in 8 out of 10 cases an indicator of an upcoming depression phase in the next 2 weeks to 2 years), when the drivenness to ‘do’ or ‘think’ becomes extreme and ‘irrational/illogical’. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is just higher up on the severity end of the Anxiety scale. It is the same mechanism behind it. It is that simple really... over thinking about it and over analysis of it (due to the collective humanity being at the mercy of too much thinking/ analysing due to the collective

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avoidance of our emotional pain) has made the contemplators of the past try to distinguish it from the common everyday degree of anxiousness and ‘self controlling’ behaviour. Q. So I assume since it is old emotional pain at the cause of the symptom of anxiety anxiety,, then this has to be addressed to deal with the root of it? A. Yes, how to deal with it is actually straight forward. Since it is the old emotional pain coming to the surface that triggers off what we call the anxiety symptoms, a sufferer of anxiety needs to be willing to deal with their emotional baggage. The first step of this is coming out of denial that there is something to deal with in the first place. That there is actually something very straightforward behind the symptoms of hyper-vigilance, restless sleep/ insomnia, obsessive thinking and overall state of angst. Something that is not really dealt with by taking legal drugs such as Xanax and Valium. Unfortunately traditional psychological/ counselling approaches are very out of date to the point of useless in their ability to help people understand and ‘experience’ what they have buried in there unconscious. Experience is the only true knowledge. It is only when someone experiences a release of old emotions that they did not even know were there for them, do they truly start to understand what was

behind their anxiety (or depression) symptoms and then a natural understanding and coming out of denial can occur for them as to the job they have ahead of them. Just this understanding itself that results from one treatment of emotional release therapy is usually enough to take the edge off the anxiety itself. The good news is that the same tool that enables people to experience unconscious emotions also enables these emotions to be able to be permanently released and dealt with relatively quickly and symptoms of anxiety to noticeably go down in the shor t-to-medium term. This tool is Cathartic Style Breathwork. A 60 minute cycle of a particular style of breathing that needs to be guided by an experienced professional and results in the breaking down of the defence between the conscious and unconscious realms of the mind. Jaan Jerabek is the founder of ‘ T h e Depression Solution’ and ‘Transformative Education International’. He trains therapists and facilitates ‘Advanced Life Transformation’ programmes for sufferers of Depression & Anxiety. You can find out more on www.thedepressionsolution.com or call 1800 500 881

PBA, A REVOLUTION IN THE PSYCHOLOGY FIELD Integral Psychological Bio Acupressure The IPBA Process is a totally new concept with two main aspects: First, it allows to treat oneself when confronted to a difficult situation (stress, anger, depressive state, obsessions…) Secondly (and this is the most significant part of IPBA) it makes possible to remove from our minds emotional blocks such as the lack of self confidence, the fear of being abandoned, the difficulty of becoming pregnant or of losing weight. 1. Treating oneself in order to face difficult situations: The principle consists in the simultaneous stimulation of five points of acupressure through pressure. This stimulation produces a specific energy on the body, an energy opposing the energies linked to the emotions which threaten to take control of us. In so doing, we become capable of handling the situation at hand. As an example, imagine feeling extremely upset before an exam or before talking in public. You will need only two minutes to get relaxed and gain control of the situation. You will just have to apply to yourself the five points concerning negativity, the five points concerning fear, and last but not

least, the five points concerning communication. 2. Removing the emotional blocks: However the true revolution of IPBA is the removal of emotional blocks. This is the job of trained qualified therapists. The stimulation of certain points of acupressure produces the secretion of endorphins at brain level. This secretion, together with the verbalization of the block by the therapist, creates a quantic phenomenon, and leads to the removal of the block from the zone of the brain where it had lodged itself (the amygdala.) For years now, this method has proved itself to have no side effects and to be more efficient, with quicker results than other therapies such as EFT, ENDR, NLP, Gestalt Therapy or rebirthing. Clarisse Odum Ph: 0451513793 Address: PO Box 3359 Tamarama NSW, 2026

InnerSelf fused the ‘fighting once again’ for a physical action of retaliation. In reality what the vision meant was that these proud and wise Warriors, Medicine Men and Women would come back in Spirit and fight for the Earth and the Hearts of Humanity , to help restore balance . To those of you that feel that ‘good fight’, the opportunity exists to meet and experience the Lakota People. Between the 15th and the 30th of August 2010, Matthew will be leading a journey to Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota. Matthew is also a Mentor, Spiritual Councillor, Shaman and Personal Growth Facilitator. For more information about the work Matthew Greenwood does, view his website at www.greenwoodspiritualjourneys.com.au or phone him direct on 0410 658 797. PO Box 1328, Mt Barker SA 5251

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BY MATTHEW GREENWOOD Over the last 150 years, many books and studies have been written by scholars relating to the ceremonies, customs and legends of the Lakota people. My story and connection with these proud people is somewhat different, let me explain. For just over 20 years now, I have been consciously on my spiritual path learning more about myself, my purpose and developing my spiritual work. As much as this brings great change to one’s life, the one constant in all of this is my connection to spirit and in particular my spiritual, emotional and physical connection to the Lakota Indians of North America. Up until around ten years ago it was only a spiritual connection, working with my Spirit Guides and that of my clients. It was through seeing, listening and feeling the warmth, wisdom and guidance of these wonderful teachers that I began to understand and experience the past life connections which made this union of man and spirit so comfortable. It was at this point that much changed. After going through a long term relationship breakdown, I saw a counsellor in Adelaide who unbeknown to me was part Lakota Indian. Of course this only came out after telling her of my goal at the time of going to the US and living with the Lakota people. It’s at times like this, when you realise that in the greater scheme of things there is a plan and we are being guided by subtle forces. Within 2 years I was backpacking from Vancouver, in Canada down through to South Dakota in the US, to work and live on Rosebud Indian Reservation with a Lakota family that had been prearranged with the help of the counsellor I’d met previously. My planned stay on the reservation coincided with the Rosebud Pow Wow, which brings many First Nation people together for 4 days of drumming, dancing , singing and celebrations. So I was excitedly looking forward to this! Gary, who I was to be staying with picked me up from the bus station which was about an hour from his home. So we had much time to talk and get to know each other. It’s as if we had been good friends for years, same age, very similar interests, even his children were the same age as mine and of course Gary has a deep spiritual connection. So this was a good start to my journey. I should say at this point that in the months lead-

ing up to my trip, I would constantly see a wolf in every meditation I had. This wolf became more active and playful as time progressed, even to the point of feeling him physically whether in meditation or just walking down a street. When arriving at Gary’s home, it was my surprise to see this wolf greet us! In real life! This beautiful animal had shown up a year or so before my arrival and stayed. He and I took to each other like old friends, he even played just like he did in my meditations. Amazing! Over the next three and a half months, I had the oppor tunity to meet many of Gary’s friends who are of the same spiritual nature, also meeting elders and experiencing many ceremonies including Sweat Lodges, Giving Away, Sun Dances and of course the Pow Wow. Of all the things I was hoping to learn, the one overwhelming and unexpected experience I was to have, was to be witness to these peoples generosity and patience . Their willingness to share and open their home was very humbling. When you understand not just what they have contended with over the last five hundred years of white occupation and settlement , but what they still have to contend with. From living in third world conditions in one of the richest nations in the world, to approximately 75% unemployment rate, with an attitude from the government that that they would just quietly go away, it was a truly hear topening experience to be welcomed in as family . It reminds me of a story I was told by one of the elders, Dancing Feather, whom I talk with often . A vision that was told and passed down to the Chiefs and Medicine Men many years before white settlement was to prepare for a great upheaval and decimation of their people. But in years to come the people would return to fight once again. Many at the time con-

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The Key to Success is from the HEART ○

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BY TRACEY STRANGER Are you stuck in the circus of your mind? Do you find yourself going in and out of confusion, chaos, frustration daily? Can you feel your heart pulling you out of your thoughts to a deeper more meaningful place? Have you ever felt like that every day, every day and every day? When you live your life from the hear t, there is a quality of warmth, friendliness, safety, security, calm and loving that permeates everything that you think, say and do. Have you noticed that? I’m sure you have when you connect with a special friend, your Mum, your Dad, your daughter, your son, your grandma, your grandpa, your uncle, your auntie or even your dog, your cat, your horse or an imaginary friend! Your heart lights up with delight. You see and hear your heart dance with love and joy. A wave of warmth washes over you and all of a sudden your problems dissolve. Love attracts and embraces. There is no separation. Love is inclusive, warm and cohesive. Love makes no judgment or criticism. Lo Lovve supports and encourages. Love is a wonderful thing that we can actually choose to flavour our life with. When you choose to live from the heart, love will steer your life, and your mind becomes a servant to love. The mind is a wonderful tool. As the Zen ou Master of the quote goes: “Ar Aree yyou Mind, or Mastered by the Mind?” What is your heart’s burning desire? Now, how can you achieve that with the abundance of knowledge and skills that you have? And you do have an abundance of knowledge and skills don’t you? Yes you do! Use your imagination, intuition and creativity to design the outcome you want. Talk with friends and colleagues. Get together, brainstorm, use the mind as your tool and servant and let your driving force be from the heart. When your intention and focus is fueled from the heart, the inclusive warmth of love will permeate your outcome. You will touch other hearts with your warmth. Together we help each other. That is the

true nature of the human spirit. We are all connected, we are not separate. The key to success is from the hear heart.t. A place where you can rest in stillness and safety, be inspired by creativity and imagination and make a difference sharing love and joy.

From The Heart Daily Meditation

Find a comfortable place to sit, your back and spine supported. Uncross your legs and arms and relax your shoulders. Gently close your eyes and begin to relax. Focus on your breathing and notice your breathing start to slow down. With each breath in and with each breath out, you are becoming more and more relaxed. It is easy to relax and you become aware of your whole body relaxing. In fact you notice any tension around your head and neck is starting to dissolve. Your eyes, jaw and mouth are beginning to droop as you relax more and more with each breath. You notice your heartbeat is getting louder. Focus on your heart and feel the calm and stillness that each breath brings. Focus on your heart and feel the calm and stillness that each breath brings. As you focus on your heart you realize that your thoughts are no longer important and you see those thoughts gently drifting away. As you focus on your hear t you know you’ve found a place inside you that is always calm and still, warm and inviting, creative and inspiring. With each In-breath feel your hear t expand in your body. With each Out-breath feel your heart rest in joy and peace. Each In-breath expands your heart more and more. Each In-breath fills your entire body with love and excitement. Each In-breath lights up every single cell in your body. Each Out-breath you feel more and more secure and safe.

Each Out-breath you feel at home and loved and nurtured. Each Out-breath you feel strong and calm. Continue to breathe naturally and focus on your heart. You now know you can live each moment in your day from the heart. You now know you have infinite creativity and compassion when you come from the heart. And you now choose to live each moment of the day from your heart. All it takes is your awareness and focus to remember to come from the heart. Remember…Live from the Heart, Live from the Heart, Live from the Heart. Breathe in and feel your body lighten up as your awareness returns to the room. Breathe out and relax. Breathe in and gently open your eyes keeping your focus on your heart. Breath out and maintain that loving calm and stillness. May each In-breath remind you to come from your Heart in all that you think, say and do. May each Out-breath remind you to give gratitude. Enjoy all the Gifts, Excitement and Pleasures of Life when you come from the heart! For a Free mp3 of Coming From the Heart Meditation visit: www.HowToOvercomeStressNaturally.com/ blog/heart Tracey Stranger has a Bachelor of Applied Science (Microbiology), Certificate Modern Hypnosis & Time Line Therapy, is a health writer and an author. She is available for private consultations and group workshops. Her book How to Overcome Stress Naturally is available nationally through all good book stores. Contact Tracey on Mob: 0409 879 271, E: inspire@traceystranger.com or www.HowToOvercomeStressNaturally.com

Ego-based Thoughts versus Higher Self-based Thoughts’ ○

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BY DAVID LANE If we want to evolve from an ‘ego controlled being’ into a ‘spirit controlled being’ we need to be able to understand, monitor and control our thoughts. We need to move towards more of our thoughts coming from our higher self. This shift of consciousness starts a transition into a higher dimensional reality. ‘The earth plane is a ‘Third Dimension’ reality and our human vehicle we call the ego belongs in this environment. This dimension is a ‘Duality Energy’ experience made up of the ‘two’ opposite polarities of positive and negative. It is really important to understand that neither part can exist without its opposite. We come to know either one by also ex-

periencing its opposite as well. For example; if we only lived in light and had never experienced darkness then we would not recognise that we were in light because we would not know any different. Its opposite gives us a ‘reference point’ for us to make a ‘comparison’ or a ‘judgement’. Both are important for us to experience either polarity. Here are some examples of these opposite energies; Love Fear Negative Positive Right Wrong Mind Body (Brain) Male Female The example that will be explored here is

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and wrong cannot exist there. Making ‘judgements’ about right and wrong cannot exist either. Right and wrong are replaced with ‘levels of truth’. We move to a higher level of consciousness which sees different beliefs as coming out of different levels of awareness or different levels of spiritual maturity. We observe the different beliefs and their outcomes or effects without judgement. Perceptions of right and wrong are replaced perceptions of understanding. This allows for people to hold different views without having to argue or debate their point to prove that their belief is right. If there is no fear of being wrong then there is no need to prove that we are right. We can live our truth and allow others to live theirs when we are operating out of triune energy. This does not mean that we have to agree with or condone another person’s beliefs or actions. For example; everyone has the right to smoke, we may believe that it is an unhealthy habit but we don’t have the right to impose our belief onto them. However, if their smoke were to interfere with us then we have the right to protest. We need to stand up for our own beliefs and rights because if we didn’t then we would not be honouring and loving our self. Everyone has a right to exFather Son Holy Spirit press their beliefs but they don’t have the right to impose Super Conscious Sub Conscious Conscious these beliefs or their will onto anyone else. This higher level of consciousness creates an environment where we Body Mind Spirit can express understanding, co-operation, compassion, humility and unconditional love. There is no room for judgWe know that we need our human vehicle to experience ing another when we apply unconditional love. This may life in the third dimension energy of the earth plane. It help people understand why they need to include their makes sense that our ego based thoughts will be operathigher self if they want to truly express the qualities of ing in a duality energy environment as well. Therefore unconditional love. needing to have beliefs based upon the duality energy of Exercise; Notice the judgements you make daily. See ‘right and wrong’ would also make sense. However, when how many are essential for your own survival and well bewe include our higher self in our thinking process we autoing. Notice how many are about you feeling of value or matically move into triune energy and so we have to leave about you being better or more important than another the duality thinking of ‘right and wrong’ behind. We can person. These will be duality based thoughts. see from the examples of triune energy above that right Notice how many times you listen to and accept someone’s point of view with understanding and without the need to respond or give your point of view. The higher self has no need to explain or give its opinion unless asked for. This is because it accepts all points of view as coming from different levels of truth or consciousness. The Higher self knows its own beauty and importance so does need to look outside itself for reassurance or approval. Learn how to deal with your stresses and ‘issues’

the duality of right and wrong. We know there are many right and wrong things that we could do and we are making either right or wrong decisions all the time. Our legal system is based on making ‘judgements’ of what is right and wrong. Our survival can depend upon us making right decisions and wrong decisions could place us in jeopardy. It is easy to see that duality thinking is necessary on the earth plane. Judgement is also a very important human characteristic and we are making judgements about all sorts of things every day. There is nothing wrong with any of these activities because our ego needs them to operate in a world of ‘duality’. However, when we include our Higher Self in our reality and thinking, the dynamics change. In duality our thoughts are coming from our Mind and Brain but once we include our Higher Self in our thought process then we have ‘three’ energy centres involved: Brain - Mind - Spirit. This moves us into a new dynamic of three energies known as ‘Triune energy’. We are now thinking from a world of higher consciousness. Here are some examples of Triune energy:

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Redefining Religion in the Enlightened Age

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In a time of recycled fashion and recycled music, it’s time to give religion a second look ○

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BY CLAIRE These days, everything is getting a 21st century make-over, be it music from the sixties, fashion from the seventies or interior design from the eighties (too soon? Wait for it...) To make a successful resurgence, most things need something new, a new beat or a new way to wear an old dress. We’re constantly growing and evolving, so for something from our past to remain harmonious in our current society, it too needs to evolve. Organised religion, for the most part, is not a fan of evolution...pun intended. The strict rules and procedures are kept the same according to a fixed understanding of how God wanted it, so the basic argument is that such rules shouldn’t be modified to ‘keep with the times’ or to be popular. This works in theory, but is subject to two fundamental flaws. Firstly, if this was the case, nothing should ever have changed since the birth of each major religion, a situation which is as impractical as it is terrifying. Secondly, this works on the shaky-atbest premise that those that came up with the rules in the first place had perfect clarity and understanding as to what is required of every single one of us by our Creator.

Most of us who are on a path towards enlightenment, ascension or simply a gentler way of being, come from a religious background, often quite a strict one. Many have rejected this religious past due to bad experiences or even simply because they reached a crossroad at some stage where their personal sense of morality or spirituality clashed with that of their church, temple or mosque. Given the inflexible and unwavering structures of most religions, the latter are left citing irreparable differences as they look elsewhere on their quest for Truth. The sad part of this is that there is great wisdom to be gained from all religions, if the institutions could just get out of their own way and let the world discover the gold in amongst the judgement and condemnation. But we are all learning to take personal responsibility for everything in our lives, so of course this must also be true of our spiritual growth and guidance. So rather than pointing fingers and harbouring blame for what was and still is in the world outside, consider creating your own set of laws and guidelines that assist you in finding your truth – your own personal religion. What are your new Commandments?

Why bother? I hear many readers ask. Why not do away with laws and guidelines altogether? Ultimately, this sounds ideal. However, right now, are you truly free of all laws and structures? Or are you subtly continuing to adhere to religious laws, family and cultural laws – even laws you created for yourself in the past? It was Ram Dass who said, “If you think you’re free, there’s no escape possible.” Once you acknowledge where you are boxed in to old structures, you can start re-writing laws and creating new structures that will, albeit paradoxically, help lead you to a place where they are no longer necessary. So what are YOUR new commandments? If you could car ve some new ones into stone, what would they say? Here’s one to ponder on to get you started; “Do unto yourself what you would have done unto others” Have you ever beaten yourself up over something that, had you been consoling a friend who had done the same thing, you would have insisted was not a big deal and nothing to be ashamed of? Have you ever told a colleague that they are working too

hard and need to take time for themselves, only to feel guilty when you taken an extra-long lunch break? Spend some time pondering what other commandments would brighten your day and assist you with your own healing. Write them down, preferably on a tablet.

Don’t throw out what you can reuse: Getting creative with scripture

Scripture is almost a dirty word in parts of our society. But what’s often overlooked is how much value can be found in the Bible, the Torah, the Koran and the other Holy Books. The problem is that people have become so fanatical over time that these books could never hope to live up to the hype continuously generated by their followers. (Perhaps James Cameron and George Lucas know how God feels.) The Truth isn’t out there, Mulder, it’s in here – in us, and in those texts, buried amongst misinterpretation and inadvertent red herrings. What seems like a metaphor is literal and what seems instructional is really symbolic. Read with an open heart, through the essence of our being, however, all is revealed. So at a time of the year that’s energetically potent for many religions, get busy with your scissors and threads and weave something new, inspiring and deeply personal out of that old religion that you’ve had stashed away in the attic all these years, gathering dust. You never know what you might find while you’re up there. An astrologer and Reiki master, Claire runs workshops and weekly meditation sessions in addition to seeing her own clients. She works out of Sahu Healing Space (www.sahu.com.au), a centre she created to provide the space and resources for clients and practitioners to pursue their own healing journeys. You can contact Claire on 0407 359 347, or email claire@sahu.com.au.

Clinical Research Demonstrates the Multifaceted Effects of Qigong

In the early 1980s Chinese scientists initiated research on the health and healing claims of Qigong . Of the hundreds of research studies that were performed, few were published because suitable journals were unavailable. However, about 1,400 reports were published as abstracts in the proceedings of conferences. English abstracts of these reports as well as those from scientific journals are collected in the Qigong and Energy Database that presently contains more than 5,000 abstracts of Qigong studies and is available from the Qigong Institute, for more information on Qigong research please visit www.qigonginstitute.org The concept of Qi energy has been an integral component of Eastern philosophy, art and medicine for thousands of years. However, there is no single accepted definition of Qi. Some people think that Qi is an electric energy, while others believe it is magnetic energy, or heat energy. Scientists have long been interested in measuring Qi but it cannot yet be measured by any medical science or explained via physics. However, there is a lot of science behind Qigong – moreso than any other form of Energy Medicine. Qi is central to Daoist philosophy it is the natural force which fills the universe, the universal spirit, the energy behind the continuous movement of molecules and atoms. In Japan it is called ‘ki’, and in India, ‘prana’ or ‘shakti’. The ancient Egyptians referred to it as ‘ka’, and the ancient Greeks as ‘pneuma’. Native Americans call it ‘Great Spirit’ and for Christians, it is the ‘Holy Spirit’. In Hawaii it is known as ‘ha’ or ‘mana’. The Chinese believe in Three Powers of the universe: Heaven (Tian), Earth (Di) and Human (Ren). Heaven Qi is the most impor tant, consisting of forces such as sunshine, moonlight, gravity and energy from the stars and planets. Earth Qi is controlled by Heaven Qi and according to Chinese theory it is made up of lines and patterns of energy, the earth’s magnetic field and underground heat. Each individual person has their own Qi field which always seeks bal-

ance. All natural things, including humans, plants and animals, grow within and are influenced by the natural cycles of Heaven Qi and Earth Qi. According to Chinese Medicine, within the human body there are two major types of Qi: Congenital Qi (Prenatal or Ancestral Qi) which is the Qi that we are born with; and Acquired Qi (post-natal) which is the Qi that we generate within our lifetime from the air that we breathe, the food that we eat, Qigong practice and being in harmony with the universe. The Qi that flows at the surface of the body, as a protective sheathe, is called Wei Qi or protective Qi. Each internal organ also has its own Qi. According to Daoist cosmology, the two most fundamental forms of Qi are Yin-Qi and Yang-Qi - the primordial feminine and masculine energies. As well as Heaven Qi and Earth Qi, many Qigong practices utilise the Qi that emanates from trees, flowers, lakes and mountains. If our eating and breathing patterns are healthy, and our qigong practice strong, we can generate a surplus of Acquired Qi, which can then be used to supplement our Congenital Qi. This can aid in many inherited conditions. We depend on nature for our development and growth - everything in the world comes from the interaction of Heaven Qi (Yang) and Earth Qi (Yin). We breathe to absorb Heaven Qi and eat to absorb Earth Qi. The essence of the food we consume is transpor ted by the Spleen to the Lung to combine with fresh air to produce Zong Qi. Supported by Original Qi stored in the kidneys, Zong Qi is then transformed into True Qi which in its Yin aspect becomes Yin Qi (which flows through the meridians) and in its Yang aspect becomes Wei Qi (which protects us from external pathogens). In Daoism, Qi has four major actions: ascending, descending, entering and exiting. When Qi is flowing smoothly, and there is balance between its ascending/descending and entering/exiting functions, then we are healthy. Inner Alchemy reveals the human body to be the meetingplace of Heaven and Earth. During Qigong practice we draw Heaven Qi

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down from above and Earth Qi up from below. Even when we’re not doing qigong practices, we absorb Heaven Qi with every breath we take, and Earth Qi through the food we eat. This is why there are not specific Qigong exercises for different conditions as Qigong helps balance and harmonise the Qi. When the Qi is in order the Mind, Body and Spirit will also be in order. Extracted from the Book/DVD No 2, Absorbing the Essence by Simon Blow. Simon had 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 for beginning and continuing students since 1992. Simon has received training and certification from Traditional Chinese Medical Hospitals and Daoist Monasteries in China and has been given authority to share these techniques. He has received World Health Organisation Certification in Medical Qigong clinical practice from the Xiyuan Hospital in Beijing. 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. He has also created a series of Book/DVDs and guided meditation CDs. Phone (02) 9559 8153 www.simonblowqigong.com

One question I am frequently asked in my role as an art therapist and teacher is “How does art heal?” As any art therapist will tell you, art making is a healing process, but our understanding about how this happens is not yet clear. Some interesting studies over the past few years demonstrate that art making is not merely a distraction technique, but that it can be a significant mood regulator. Two studies at Boston College in the United States examined this phenomenon. In the first study completed in 2005 by Petrillo and Winner, and repor ted in the Journal of the American Ar t Therapy Association, 42 participants were exposed to material chosen to elicit a negative mood. These participants then completed one of two tasks. The first group were asked to create a drawing of anything that they liked, based upon how they were feeling at the time. The second group were instructed to copy the shapes provided onto another sheet of paper. All participants were then asked to report on ‘valence’ (or pleasure) and ‘arousal’ at the end of the drawing phase. These two measures of valence and arousal are well proven measures of mood, and require a person to simply mark a point where they ‘fit’ on an “Affect Grid”. After studying the drawings and shape copying of the participants, along with their self-reported mood, it was clear that those people who drew pictures, rather than copied symbols, achieved a much happier mood. So copying symbols, or the simple task of putting pencil to paper may not be enough to generate mood change, but drawing pictures can create more positive emotion. A second study by Dalebroux, Goldstein and Winner, published in Motivation and Emotion in 2008, used a similar method with seventy-five participants to examine how

mood repair occurs with art making. These researchers were interested in whether the power in art making came from catharsis, (expressing the negative mood), from distraction, or from positive emotional redirection. This study is particularly interesting in that it demonstrates that distraction alone is not as effective as directing positive imagery connected to, but moving away from, the precipitating factors for the negative mood. Freud believed art making was a means of developing positive outcomes in a fantasy form, and thus creating an internal reckoning with events. This process of drawing a positive picture as a sequel to the negative imagery fits well with Freud’s theory. Most humans are motivated to achieve a ‘feel good’ state. We seek out methods of regulating or improving our mood. Often this is a combination of cognitive and behavioural strategies that is done with full effort or concentration, in order to change a perceived uncomfortable state. Many of these strategies have been previously tested by the individual and deemed an effective tool. Some people choose venting activities, some choose distraction and others choose consciously uplifting methods. Art making allows for an individualised process that can be a venting, distracting or positively focussed activity. We also know from earlier research that engaging in art making can reduce blood pressure, self-reported stress levels and enhance perceptions of control. It is no surprise then that many people, at many times in life, engage in ar t making, at some level or another. Aside from professional artists, many other people doodle, sketch, photograph, collage or find some other means of expressing themselves artistically. Perhaps it is the innate physiological and mood regulating qualities of art making that draws them to such pursuits. As an art therapist, one of my most privileged experiences is in witnessing the journey of a client, from the initial visual representations of darkness and despair, to the blossoming imagery of positive outcome, even when circumstances have not yet or cannot be changed. Creating this positive imagery frequently enhances the quality of life for the client. It is often easy to forget that anything we wish for, we must first imagine! Art Therapy enables a vivid imagining of a positive outcome and often gives great hope for the future. Much of the research into art as a mental health tool has so far focussed on the outcomes of engagement, with positive results, and thus we have evidence to support the use of Art Therapy. Those who use art in therapy will attest to its remarkable power. We may not know from whence the stars have come, but we do not doubt their existence! Perhaps we do not know how, but we do know that Art Heals. The Ikon Institute provides Diplomas in Art Therapy as well as Transpersonal Counselling, Counselling and Youth Work. In 2010 Ikon will also begin providing these courses in QLD and WA. Please contact Rebecca on 0439 016 763 or e-mail info@ikoninstitutesa.com to find out more.

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BY WAYNE ANDERSON There is a direct connection between ourselves and our environment. It is a constant interaction that we rarely feel until confronted with a view to the horizon or the stars. Then it stirs something, a sense of freedom mingled with a sense of peace, something limitless touches us. An awareness of something that’s bigger than us is at work, when all that we can see is absorbed a part of the magnificent whole. In this, it is not the individual that dominates the energy of the place, but the environment, generating an infinite sense of peace and freedom, an insight into the timeless collective of nature. The Australian Outback is a label given to one of the oldest surfaces on Earth, a most unique landscape with an ancient story that you can touch and feel. There is a presence in the stillness that governs the vast plains, the remnants of ancient mountain ranges. One billion years of the evolution of the Earth is alive in Central

Australia, and the rhythm of life is in the sand under your feet, in the stones, in the vast mountains. The cleanest air on the planet fills your every breath, and the sheer presence of the landscape fills you with peace. The connection between you and the land is undeniable wherever your origin. Many feel an overwhelming sense of belonging, a sense of that aspect of life that is beyond thought. A state of Being not governed by your watch, or your wallet, or by things you should and shouldn’t do. The layers that make up your life peel away, the deadlines are gone, you can feel your lower belly relax, and simply Be . A contentment comes, a remembering of who you are, your awareness expands, colours become clearer, somehow more meaningful, what last week caused anxiety is now dwarfed by the experience of the Now. In the silence, under the million stars you can fill up on the beauty of the place, a perspective shift. An awareness of the truly timeless becomes part of your being,

your energy, your very essence grows. This is Beautiful, it can bring a tear to the eye it is so magnificent, by simply being there you become part of it. Uluru and Kata Tjuta are natural wonders of astounding relevance and gravity. It is accepted that Uluru is but the exposed tip of a rock that could extend well past five times it’s height into the Earth’s crust. Many consider the Rock to be the Solar Plexus of our planet, an unmistakable energy source that can be felt. An aura you can share, an experience available to all of us. You can bear witness to the mighty ‘Finke’ River which follows the same course today as it did when only algae and bacteria covered the lands of the planet. There are fossils on this surface, amongst the rippled rocks, of the first sea life. Nowhere else on Earth can you escape the confines of time like you can here. A powerful insight into creation, that transcends thought, an experience that becomes a part of you. An opportunity presents itself. Among the ancient ripples in the centre of our continent is a mountain range now known as the ‘George Gill Range’ upon which is over thirty permanent water holes, each an oasis in a land surrounded by the ‘Simpson,’ ‘Tanami’ and ‘Great Western’ Deserts. Near the middle of this pristine country is a place called ‘Lilla,’ (‘Sweet Water’), home to the most sacred of water holes of the ‘Anangu’ Central desert people. It is a meeting place between the Urrente and Pitantantjara people in Lurritja country, and has been this way for time beyond memory. This is sacred land, and only recently have the Aboriginal families of the area opened an invitation through se-

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lected Tour Guides to experience the Indigenous culture of the area. Here on a guided walk, you can experience firsthand sacred places of a culture which has nurtured the area for tens of thousands of years. Untouched landscape, a vibrant and plentiful country full of history for the Aboriginal people of the area, of which you are invited to share. A spiritual place. It is Healing Country, and is available to those privileged few who choose to come and grow. Become a part of the ‘Awakening’. Come feel what spiritual teachers speak about, come connect with the Great Mother in a way that will change your view of life forever. Come beyond what is outside there, and experience Being Whole, using your perspective shift for positive change when re-entering the routine of your everyday life. By walking and feeling this ancient terrain, you can fill up, from the Ground up, where not even the sky is the limit. When will you Initiate yourself with this land that always has been, and always will be patiently waiting? Wayne Anderson’ s spiritual journey began after ‘waking up’ at the age of thirty, he moved on from his consumer lifestyle in greater Sydney before ‘coming home’ to Central Australia where he has now settled. A freelance journalist and independent film maker, he is a life student with unshakable faith in the unlimited potential of people. Helen Gregoriou, Change Catalyst, invites you to join her on a magical journey of selfdiscovery in the Outback of Australia on sacred Indigenous land. Corporate lawyer and Ayurvedic Practitioner, Helen Gregoriou runs self-development journeys through spiritual discovery, imparting her knowledge and teachings to initiate the changes needed for the life you deserve. For more information, e: contact Helen on helen@initiate-tours.com | m: 0423 550 668 www.initiatetours.com

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BY MARIE-ELISE ALLEN Do you know that the most impor tant relationship you can have in your life is the one you have with yourself? This relationship you have with yourself is like a blueprint that sets the nature and quality of your relationship with others. Fur thermore, it will quench any ‘need’ for a relationship, and bring the deep content and enjoyment of time on your own and being single in a rewarding and empowered way. Self acceptance, and self love will enhance an existing relationship; ironing out problems and taking it to the next level, or attract a healthy, optimum relationship at an appropriate time if you are single. There are those who suggest that only as a couple can we really feel “complete.” That somehow if we are alone (by choice or circumstance), then we’re defective in some way. That paradigm of thinking is so far from the truth! The secret to creating and attracting a successful loving relationship with another, whether you have found that ‘other’ yet or not, lies in loving yourself. When we can approach life from a

place of knowing happiness within ourselves, of not requiring another to be the source of our joy, of lining up with our own self and feeling love and joyfulness in being who we are, then our world does indeed become our oyster. It is only when we are our most whole, when we are lined up with self, when we are in the best possible relationship with our self, when we have kindness and gratitude for who we are, right here, right now, that we’re able to enjoy a healthy, meaningful relationship with anyone else. In other words we become lovable. The most productive and continual commitment that one could ever make to a relationship would be the continual bonding with the expansion of life, which causes you to discover who you are. It is called alignment. When it comes to love relationships, you may think about and know the qualities you want to show up in a par tner, yet how many of those qualities do you show yourself? Are you considerate, kind, loving, and generous to yourself, for example? Do you acknowledge your gifts,

InnerSelf beauty, and attractiveness? Do you celebrate you and enjoy your own company? Are you intimate, honest, and respecting of yourself? Are you committed and faithful to you? Your relationship with yourself will be mirrored in your relationships with others. What you cannot give to or receive from yourself, you will lack the ability to do so with another. When you form a relationship, two lovers who are complete (in alignment) within themselves, suppor t something invisible and something immensely valuable. It is in the poetry of being together, and in the music heard in the deepest recesses of existence and in the dance of tenderness that ripples the soul. To know this, to be the poetry and the music and the dance yet remain independent, is to know freedom. In exposing yourself to one another, there is no fear. You each know who you ARE. You know your inner beauty, you know your inner fragrance; there is no fear. At the other end of the spectrum, ordinarily, there is a lot of fear which exists within relationships, because one of you (or maybe both) can’t find or smell that fragrance. Instead there is an odour riddled with jealousy, control, anger, hatred and ownership of the other. Those thoughts are like a cancer spreading and moving their way through a relationship in an extremely destructive way. There is no person, ever, no matter how hard they try to be a good partner, who can stand on their head in enough ways to make up for the negative thoughts the other partner thinks or feels. It stands to reason that your connection to self cannot depend on your partner and where they are at. By using your own power of focus to keep yourself in alignment with who you really are you will be in the best position to be a source of inspiration to your partner. Remember love is not the relationship, love is the relating. Relating means you are always beginning a new period, you are continuously meeting up with this significant other in your life. Every day you are different from who you were the day before, life makes sure of that, whether it is wanted or unwanted. We begin each day as someone new, we have become more of who we are, so relating within a relationship is continuous ‘poetry in motion’. So, reach out and take the time to hear each other, touch each other, spend time together in harmony, have laughter and humour always bubbling on the surface, find new ways to express the desire for something to be done different, or to bring attention to a behaviour that does not feel good for you. There is nothing more empowering than taking responsibility for how you feel when relating in a relationship. Marie-Elise Allen is the face behind Sassy Vibes and the originator of www.marieelise.com. Sassy Vibes provides women and men with an online boutique for the purchase of safe, chemical-free pleasure products. In addition to this, Marie-Elise is a key-note speaker and offers workshops and various opportunities for all those wishing to delve deeper into self-enquiry of which sexuality is an integral part. Phone Marie-Elise on 1300797090 OR visit www.sassyvibes.com.au ©copyright 2009 Marie-Elise Allen

as that is the way of polarity. Polarity is always balancing itself, when a woman has moved into a masculine posture, the men she attracts will be more feminine; and when a woman falls deeply into her feminine she attracts masculine men. Women may force the premature end of a relationship due to “his lack of manliness”. However, she would find that through taking care of herself and learning to express her feminine, either the relationship will shift and he would reclaim the masculine space or the relationship will fall away, leaving her to attract a partner who is a more suitable polarity match. So whenever, we are experiencing discomfort in our relationships and waiting for the other to change, look inside, ask yourself what needs to be taken care of internally. The discomfort is simply your own being calling you home. The joy of life is restored when men and women remember who they truly are.

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BY MARTINA HUGHES Women want to talk about men… More specifically, all the things that men need to change or do differently in order for the relationship to work or for her to be happy. When did women get so out of balance that her happiness became a man’s responsibility. A woman who is out of balance with herself imagines that all of the concerns in the relationship would disappear “if only he would change” or “if he would share his feelings.” She becomes overly concerned with his emotional state and the fact that he “doesn’t share”. And when asked why she feels unhappy she will say, “it’s about Bob, I think he needs to do something new.” Women tell men that they are not being “real men” and complain to each other that “he is not man enough for me.” There is only one remedy for a woman to take – to realise that she needs to be more of a woman in order for her to experience the men around her differently, she needs to be willing to be vulnerable, to be tender, to be soft, exposed, expressive in her feminine essence. So many women have lost sight of what it is to be a woman. We have examples of the totally submissive woman throwing herself away and the totally emasculating woman taking control of everything. But where did the in tune, in touch, healthy expressive version of the feminine go? Where is the woman who is open, receptive, and wise? A real woman relaxes into her feeling nature, she uses structures and masculine intention where necessary but the way she moves within is from her feeling base, connected to herself as the source of knowing and feeling. A real woman will nur ture and tend to her inner needs. She will take time and space to recognise what is of value in her life, and she will give priority to what is of value. She will nur ture real, loving and intimate communion with other women. She will support the men around her to grow, she will let him know what moves her, what touches her deeply and she will let him know when she

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experiences him being out of alignment with his values. A real woman does not manipulate or use her sexuality to feel powerful or to fulfil her egoic desires for attention. She will not repress her sexuality or undervalue the natural power of her relaxed sensual, sexual being. She will nurture herself sexually, she will feel confidently alive and loving and vibrant in her body. She is also discerning, she knows when to say yes and when to say no. In sexual relating, she will experience herself as open and receptive and she may be available to one man or many. She feels into the sexual opportunities to ascer tain whether there is something of value for her, for him or both. She may ask, “Will it support us to move towards creating a more loving space for being of service to our communities?” She gives herself lovingly to a man without expectation or condition. She allows her source, her love, to overflow and touch the man’s heart deeply. She leaves a man free to discover for himself what it means to be a man. She takes care of her inner feminine and inner masculine so that she falls so deeply in love with life, there is no way out. She nur tures only that which is real inside of her. She drops all stories, agendas, performances and fantasies. She knows the quality experiences of connecting with her essence and she lives from this place. Sharing her essence with the world never drains her, is never a chore, simply an opportunity to share and amplify her inner experience. She interfaces with the world through the feminine; she is tender, compassionate and loving in all thoughts and actions. The way she feels is expressed in her tone of voice, the way she holds her body and the expression on her face. She celebrates life and inspires men and women to rejoice in life and the unique expression of their essence. She knows that men become men when women become women,

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Abundance Is Natural ○

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BY STUART WILDE We have been programmed by the system to believe that there are shortages and lack, and that uncertainty is normal. It is not. That idea is a psychological racket, designed to control people and keep them in line by making them fearful. Don’t buy it. Since the beginning of time, philosophers, visionaries, and great spiritual leaders have talked about the natural abundance of our planet. The difference between being aware of our natural abundance and owning a hefty portion of it is one of the main spiritual lessons we come to the earth-plane to learn. It is the art of controlling energy and manifesting your thoughts and ideas. We live in a 3-D world that reflects back to us the energy, words, feelings, and thoughts we put out. We’re not all

well versed in the manifestation technique, and it takes us time to learn it. But that in itself is a great blessing. Imagine a world where everything you thought, felt, or said suddenly appeared in front of you. Sure you could materialize a million dollars on the kitchen table in 30 seconds flat, but each time you had a disquiet or a fear, you would also have a monster standing up against the refrigerator, trying to eat your lunch! We come into this sluggish 3-D world with the

16 ABUNDANCE blessing of a special protection. We can have thoughts and feelings that don’t instantly materialize in front of our eyes, as they do in some of the spiritual dimensions I’ve experimented in via the out-of-body state. So the fact that you can’t just materialize money may seem to be a hindrance, but it’s also part of a greater protection that allows you to learn the art of manifestation without getting hurt in the process. It isn’t hard to see the abundance of our planet. You only have to look at the fruit trees in the fall, the lushness of life. We know that money is not rare and that abundance is natural. Buckminster Fuller calculated that if all the wealth of the world was divided equally among its citizens, each and every one of us would be a millionaire. It’s natural, therefore, for everybody to be abundant — our natural state is “rich.” The things that get in our way are feelings of lack, despair, and confusion; and the inability to master the marketplace of life. More often than not, we get in our own way — by placing in our thinking obstacles, detrimental ideas, and strange resentments that we have to clamber over to get to the honey pot. Start by reminding yourself that there’s loads and loads of money around. Perhaps it sounds a bit silly, but you ought to begin every day by telling yourself that there is no shortage of money. In fact, there are untold trillions of dollars, yen, pounds, D-marks, and so on swishing about — more than you could ever spend. It’s vital to understand that, and to remember that there are millions of millionaires: lovely, rich people to whom you can sell ideas, products, and energy, and so become a millionaire yourself. We have been programmed by the system to believe that there are shortages and lack, and that uncertainty is normal. It is not. That idea is a psychological racket, designed to control people and keep them in line by making them fearful. Don’t buy it. Most people, suffering from a limited mind-set, have no comprehension of just how much money there is actually available to anyone with the will to “step up and collect.” Look at the ancient holy books. You will see that they are full of hope and positive expectancy and abundant affirmations. In the Bible, for example, the words of Jesus are abundant. He lived in abundant times. There is no place in the Bible that says that Jesus wasn’t making ends meet, even though Joseph and Mary were supposedly poor at the time of his birth. However, because we are taught a fear of power, it is naturally assumed that somehow money is evil, that rich people are dishonest and crooked, and that they feed upon little people. While the economic forces of our planet are certainly stacked in favour of the big institutions and governments, there’s nothing stopping each one of us from gathering our fair share. It’s hard to align to money if you think it is evil and nasty. But once you come to an understanding that money is neutral, that abundance is natural and spiritual, it’s easy to see that having money does not necessarily deprive somebody else. Many of the great teachers have given credence to the idea that abundance is spiritual and that it is your feelings and the power of your thoughts that create abundance for you. In fact, if you are wealthy, more often than not you will be disposing of your money commercially and

InnerSelf charitably, supporting people around you, and adding to the overall velocity and flow of wealth. As I’ve said elsewhere in my writings, there are trillions of dollars zipping about electronically on any given day. Those electronic signals are literally passing through your body right now, as are all the TV and radio signals that are in your local area. If you stop and think about the millions flowing through your hands at the moment, imagine making a slight flick of the wrist in order to halt some of that loot in transit, so it sticks in the palm of your hand. A flick of the mind is faster than a flick of the wrist. Money is good. Greed is not good. However, there is no reason why you can’t be very rich, stinking rich, in fact, and still be an extremely spiritual and wonderfully generous per son aligned to the God Force, with a huge heart and compassion for everyone you meet.

METAPHYSICS

One of the inner concepts we have to grasp early on is that the whole of our reality exists in a wave-particle duality. It is a key factor in understanding why some people are rich and others aren’t. What the wave-par ticle duality means at a quantum level is that our supposedly solid reality is not actually solid at all. Everything exists in an oscillation or a hazy-wave; it is ill defined. This hazy-wave condition remains the same until a particle is observed, whereupon it changes from being somewhere in a hazy-wave state to being solid and existing in a definable place. The metaphysics of money, and our ideas around money and abundance, follow much the same path as the laws of quantum physics. In order for money to become part of your life, it has to go from a hazy-wave state of ideas — dreaming, wishing, yearning, and vague maybes — into a solid state: a dollar bill, credit in your bank account, a coin in your pocket. If you can convince yourself at the very deepest level of your being that there is no lack, no unfairness, and no discrimination, and that making money isn’t hard, you suddenly open yourself to greater wealth. This is because you’ve collapsed your self-denial, your aversions, and resentments, and you flip from the insecure hazy-wave state that asks “Where’s the rent coming from?” to the solidparticle state. Suddenly you know where it’s coming from ‘cause the check is in your hand. In collapsing your hazy-wave money dysfunction, you open yourself to endless points of abundance. This simple click of the mind opens the door metaphysically. Remember, all points of abundance — points in our 3-D reality where money is actually delivered, where transactions take place — are solid par ticle states, not hazy-waves. So to make the manifestation process work for us, we have to put aside all our hazy-wave ideas of lack. We have to become centered and align to the solid symbols of abundance. We have to know we can do it. When thinking about your money flow, say to yourself, There is a way, and I will definitely find it. This affirmation works well for almost all of life’s little problems.

ACTION

Take a little time over the next few days to stop and concentrate on things you consider to be manifestations of abundance. Go to places where wealthy people hang out, look

at the symbols of their wealth, and affirm that the abundance of this earthly dimension is holy and good. Yes, money can be used for evil purposes, but in itself it has no energy. In order to make your feelings right, you’ve got to agree that abundance is natural. You can’t look at abundance with anger or envy, and you can’t become abundant if you exclude yourself. So when you see a person in a limousine who is wearing fine clothes, if you say, consciously or subconsciously, “What a rat. That lifestyle is not for me; poverty is holy and good,” you deny your potential. It isn’t easy for most ordinary people to look at extreme manifestations of wealth and join in the idea. The ego is too racked with jealousy or inadequacy and judgment. We’ll look at a palace and say, “That’s not my kind of house.” We see expensive things and say, “That’s far too much for me.” To be abundant is simple, but first you have to be able to join in with your feelings. It’s not vital that you can instantly visualize yourself in the presidential suite of a five-star hotel, providing you don’t deny yourself the possibility. In other words, you may say, “I don’t have to stay at the Grand Hotel, but it’s certainly something I could take in my stride; it’s certainly something that I am pleased exists. Moreover, I’m thrilled for the people checking into the presidential suite right now.” In this way, you switch from the negative affirmation that money is bad and that poverty is holy to the idea that money is neutral, that abundance is natural and God-given. So, acknowledging abundance as a daily affirmation is a part of your disciplined action plan. Make a point of noticing the plum tree full of fruit, gaze at fields of wheat, meditate on the endless rows of vegetables at the supermarket, and accept the warmth of the sun as it rises each morning. Also, engage your childlike self, with awe, in the abundance of stars in the night sky. Each of these are signposts of the Universe-at-Large reminding you that you have the gift of life — that your journey takes place on a planet that is blessed and chock full of everything you’re ever going to need. Say to yourself several times a day, There’s plenty of money in the world, and large chunks of it are just about to drop effortlessly into my lap. Tell yourself this out loud, for in vocalizing things, you invoke them and make them real. There’s nothing wrong with a bit of “fake it till you make it.” It’s just an affirmation, and anyway, you will make it real in the end. Yes, of course you will! Money is just a symbol we use to facilitate the gathering of memories and experiences. It assists in interaction with others, and it allows us to come to concepts of honour and integrity, fairness and compassion. It’s one way you endorse and love yourself, for it is how you make yourself okay. Using money to nurture yourself is a manifestation of your acceptance of self, your endorsement of self. Can you really love the world if you don’t include and love yourself? Money is in there with you on the spiritual journey; it’s a part of the self-realization seminar you signed up for this lifetime. Yet, most are victimized by this idea because they fall for the ego-trap of thinking that their self-wor th is linked to glamour, wealth, and their bank balance. You are eternal and worth plenty, even if you are “busted flat in Baton Rouge, and heading for the train....”

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And the money seminar you signed up for is just that. A seminar. It has many useful lessons; ponder on them. From money we learn honesty, correctness, and generosity. We also learn the proper use of power; and sometimes we stuff it up, wielding our money darkly, manipulating and terrorizing people, or using our wealth to gain an unfair advantage over others. Sometimes money shows us how cover t we are; or worse, it shows us how to be mean and nasty. Money is a special mirror; it tells us stories about ourselves if we choose to look in it. And from this wonderful symbol, “money,” we learn trust and faith and hope. We come to believe in ourselves. We are forced to be creative, look the world in the eye, and offer our energy — our wares. And we are asked to do that honestly and correctly, with kindness for all. Money forces us to believe in unseen forces, and it helps us to be grateful and to remember God. Money sometimes shows us the road out, when others are dark and sneaky and ugly about the symbol. It shows us many things, money does. It’s a friend, harsh and blunt sometimes, but a true friend, nonetheless. We have to believe in money, as we have to believe in our friends, no matter what their weaknesses and faults. Yes, money carries us a part of the way to unconditional love. It does, strange as the idea may seem. So expect the best from your seminar, and expect your friend to show up right away.

AN ABUNDANCE RITUAL

Now do this: Get a seven-day candle (one of those votive candles in a glass “jar”), and place it in the southwest corner of your home. With the candle you can place any sacred or power object you may have. Next, you’ll write a letter to the Universeat-Large asking for a cash refund. I’ll explain: In this lifetime, you have worked, you have helped people, and you have loved and cared for them. You have generated good energy, much of which you didn’t get paid for because, naturally, you didn’t expect to get paid for kindness. But you are entitled to a cash return for all that love and energy you put out, but only if you ask for it. So ask. Add a sentence that says you love and believe in yourself, that you love and believe in others, that you know the world is abundant, and that you feel worthy and entitled to your cash refund. Light the candle and put the letter with it. Then each day, visit your sacred spot and ponder on the imminent arrival of your refund. Do this until your refund appears, restating your affirmations and replacing the candle each week for as long as necessary. It’s okay to leave these candles burning all the time just make sure they’re in a safe place. Expect a surprise. You’ll be amazed. When I did this exercise, I waited for a few weeks, then $30,000 dropped in my lap unexpectedly. Nice refund, I’m thinking. Author and lecturer Stuart Wilde is one of the real characters of the self-help, human potential movement. His style is humorous, controversial, poignant, and transformational. This article is excerpted from The Little Money Bible by Stuart Wilde

What’sYourStory with NICHOLA BURTON

Appreciating Your Business Story Very successful, wealthy, high profile advertising guru and, up until this point, extremely fit and healthy, my client, let’s call him Jack, found himself in an emergency ward at 2am one morning last week suffering chest pains. What events took this energetic self made man to this potentially life threatening situation? Back in September 2009, Jack’s small five man agency landed ten major publicity campaigns scheduled for April and May delivery. Jack was busy dealing with normal day to day business and the contracts were put to one side until January. Jack had been in this business for a decade and could service these campaigns with his eyes closed. Talented with a natural instinct for marketing, Jack was a creative animal who never bothered with business planning. That was for suits and bean counters – not for a true artist like Jack! It wasn’t until one midnight after a month of consecutive 18 hour days, when his office manager was diagnosed with cancer and departed on extended sick leave, his sales manager resigned and his assistant left for her honeymoon that Jack looked at his exploding IN BOX and gasped. Now at this point, he could have easily called an employment agency to organize temporary staff. However he did not. You see, Jack trained people himself and held no value for training manuals or work procedures. That took him away from doing what he loved best. This team had been with him since day one – quite a record in the advertising industry. Loyal and reliable, they love working with Jack and created their own working system while on the job. Jack believed in trusting people to create their own best practice. He taught by example and repetitive instruction, was a great boss, fun, flexible and very supportive. Now with three people gone and major dead-

lines looming, Jack had no time to create training manuals for temporary staff to come in and assist. He wasn’t even sure what his staff did in detail. He had relied on his office manager, now uncontactable in a private cancer hospice, to run the show so he could get on with business. So Jack did what he knew best. He worked harder and longer doing whatever it took to deliver these campaigns. He also put more pressure on his graphic artist to pitch in and help. She could answer telephones but as Jack had no system, no manuals or procedures outlined for her to follow, she needed constant assistance. Increasingly frustrated with his graphic artist, angry with himself and way behind with his campaign delivery, Jack suppressed his emotions with sugar and caffeine so he could keep going by day taking four panadol each night so he could sleep. Jack was so blinded by his personal “story” that he did not appreciate his current circumstances and therefore fuel himself and his business with their value. Every personal development guru delivers a similar message – gratitude. The common denominator is to appreciate your life as it is regardless of anything else that is going on. Dr John F Demartini says: “What you appreciate grows.” He is talking about counting your blessings. So when your wife leaves you, the kids are sick and your small business looks like Jack’s, it’s kinda hard to feel grateful when you’re in the

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InnerSelf middle of it isn’t it? So Jack’s body gave him some time out to look at his “story” and consider its value in his business and ultimately his life. Eleanor Roosevelt said “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” What better way to appreciate your dream than producing a business plan that manages everything you need to keep your business alive in every situation – good times and in bad. Humanity has traded since prehistoric times. As an exchange of product or service in a transaction between a buyer and a seller, what early man bar tered 21st century man charges in currency. The amount of charge is measured by our calculation of what it takes to deliver the product or service. In Jack’s story, he was being paid one cow in exchange for four months ploughing in a field. An annually reviewed business plan could have helped Jack to evaluate his resources, plan his client proposals and projects and charge accordingly. Jack’s recent painful business experience clearly demonstrates what is impor tant to him. Jack’s need to do what he loves plus the driving force of proving his worth to his father (one of Jack’s stories) effectively minimized his business risk management strategy limiting his business sustainability. When you mean business and you know what you value, appreciate the “story” that drives the decisions you make in business (and in life) and match these with your business vision and goals; you appreciate what you have – you count your blessings and add value to your life and to your business. CEO for a major Australian Music Agency, Telstra Business award nominee, senior international facilitator for The Demartini Method™, Nicki is qualified in Business Management, Training and Human Behaviour and works with global clients (major Corporations to self employed sole traders) producing Business best practice systems and spinning Publicity Campaigns. For more info, visit www.nicholaburton.com.au © Nichola Burton 2010

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endeavours to date may seem successful but there may be things which remain unclear or confused. Take the time to clarify them as they may result in either deception or disappointment. 6 MA Take action to clear up what has been left undone.

required. Be prepared to look at things differently. 6 ƒ 3rd Quarter Moon K Results may be mixed as frustrations and delays continue. Instead of trying to break down brick walls, you may be better off considering how you can get around the problems and still get results. 7 ML Emotions and sensitivity are heightened

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15 16 17 MD Increased sensitivity makes you

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21 as a consequence of others who may be unable or 22 ME‡ 1st Quarter E Time to act on feelings. unwilling t o assist because of illness or weakness Taking the initiative will bring sudden experiences which may be helpful in achieving goals or putting plans into action. Facing the challenges raised will also engender greater confidence.

of some sort. Curiosity, communication and versatility are the hallmarks of Gemini.

22 23 MG Make sure that relations are cordial if not

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things along.

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new cycle with the challenges of new horizons and the excitement of promised sociability and successful teamwork. Sustained effort is necessary to ensure goals are met. 15 MB Do not stubborn about what you want but do be practical.

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to factor these in and be flexible otherwise difficulties and losses may be all that is achieved.

29 30 MJ Take responsibility to get things happening.

29 31 30 MI Take a broad view of things and maintain enthusiasm.

A GUIDE TO THE ZODIAC SIGNS

A Aries - fire B Taurus – earth C Gemini – air D Cancer – water E Leo – fire F Virgo - earth

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

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7 8 9 MB Be practical about what has been done and focus on the present.

10 11 MC Do not disregard news or information, as this will be helpful.

12 ] New Moon C A difficult New Moon with the new cycle born of hardship, restriction and inhibition. This is a time where caution must be exercised and prudence colour all endeavours. Information received should be treated carefully. 13 MD Any attempt to manipulate a situation to advantage may not have the outcomes you want.

14 15 ME Make sure there is substance to your words and actions otherwise credibility is damaged.

16 17 MF Take the time to attend to details as this will improve what you can offer.

18 19 ‡ 1st Quarter Moon FM enters G The difficulties continue as any action planned may involve separation or leaving something or someone behind. There are also misconceptions about a relationship. Before taking any action, be prepared to look at things critically. As the Moon changes sign later in the day, stand by your convictions rather than simply pleasing others.

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20 21 MH Sun enters Cancer Intense emotions may surface so be prepared for some overreaction to seemingly ordinary situations.Creativity, caring and nurturing are strong Cancer traits.

22 23 24 MI The focus changes and a broader perspective is called for.

25 26 MJ… Full Moon J The Full Moon brings to a head the emotional tensions of the last few weeks with the eclipse highlighting long-term worries. The issues will initially seem worse as things come to a head, but then a change in circumstances will see the issues start to clear.Solar Eclipse

27 28 MK Be prepared to look at things differently and use the information at hand.

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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 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

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BY ROBERT REEVES Weight issues plague each of us differently during various stages of our life. Rarely are we happy with our current weight, we either feel too heavy or too thin, rarely are we at a happy medium we would be comfortable with. The majority of people suffer from an increase in weight and hence have the desire to lose weight not only for personal appearance reasons but also for their health. Current research has shown us that Australia is one of the most obese countries in the world and so there is obviously room for improvement in our countries health. When talking about weight loss we almost always are faced with diet and exercise as being our primary answer, and don’t get me wrong, I too feel that this is a significant player in the weight loss team, yet I also feel that there are other causes for weight gain that are often overlooked and can be greatly assisted through natural medicine.

The Role of Stress in Weight Gain

Stress can also play a major role in weight gain. When our bodies are under stress we produce the stress hormone cortisol. This steroid hormone helps us with coping with stress, however if we get stuck in this stress mode and our bodies forget to shut off the production of this hormone we can begin to gain weight as a result. So again just by reducing our stress levels our bodies will heal faster. Various herbal medicines can help correct this but must be assessed on an individual basis in order to be effective.

Diet & Exercise

Basically in order for us to lose weight we need to expend more energy than what we take in, so essentially this means we need to exercise to burn off the food we eat. Not rocket science and since we have all heard this a hundred times before I am going to save you reading it again and move onto some other interventions that you may not be familiar with. Most fad diets are highly restrictive or alternatively they replace food with liquid shakes. This doesn’t teach us the fundamental principle of eating and how to make healthful choices, so obviously I don’t recommend them. If we look back at traditional foods that are comprised of real unprocessed foods, mostly vegetables and salads and some protein is the best choice for your diet.

Protein Intake

Protein is often lacking in our diets and whilst we think of eating a piece of red meat at dinner to be sufficient it often isn’t. You want to aim for around 1g of protein per kilogram of body weight ie an 80kg adult would need 80g of protein per day. Here is a rough guide on the protein contents of some common foods: • 150g organic chicken breast = 32g • 150g organic beef = 32g • 95 g can of tuna = 18g • 150g lamb = 30g • 160g barramundi = 33g • 1 large egg = 6g • 1 cup milk = 8g • 15 almonds = 3g

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BY BELLE MCCALEB • 130g tofu = 11g • 100g tempeh = 19g • 130g yoghurt = 6g As you can see in order for us to reach our daily intake of protein we need to eat a variety of protein containing foods and snack on protein rich foods throughout the day.

Starvation Mode

Our bodies will hold on to extra weight if our nutritional status is not optimal, think of it like a starvation mode. Whilst we may not have wasting, due to the poor nutritional quality of the foods that we consume our bodies are unable to gather a full range of vitamins and minerals and as such we hold onto extra weight as a survival mechanism. A simple multivitamin may be enough to help us start the weight loss process. Look for something that is well balanced and also has reasonable amounts of each nutrient. There are many products that say they are multivitamins and whilst they contain all the necessary ingredients, the levels we need for proper absorption just aren’t there so consult with your Naturopath or health care professional to find out which option is best suited to you.

A Genetic Cause

Recently there has been some research which may indicate a genetic cause for difficulty losing weight.

There is now a blood test available in which we can check to see if you are defective in the MTHFR gene. If the test comes back positive you, like many others, may find 500cmg of Folinic Acid per day to greatly assist you with your weight loss struggle. This activated B vitamin helps to repair the gene and allow your body to regulate weight control as it should. All of the preceding information is meant as a guide only and is not 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 that uses a range of natural therapies to assist you in achieving your goals. Robert is also the creator of a new range of Vibrational Essences. Phone: 1300 668 772 or (02) 4648 4200. Email info@robertreeves.com.au Web: www.robertreeves.com.au

As women age, the incidence a “sluggish” or non-optimal thyroid function is prevalent quite despite what is termed as “normal” in a thyroid hormone test. The most common screening test for hypothyroidism is the TSH or thyroid-stimulating hormone. Often in women in their 30’s and beyond, the TSH starts to creep up – an indication of sluggish response by the thyroid. Even though the range of normal TSH goes up to 4, many women have signs of poor thyroid function or cellular response to thyroid hormones when the TSH level in the blood passes 2. When one examines sequential TSH results over a few months or years one frequently sees this gradual creeping up of the TSH. If clinical hypothyroidism is suspected additional tests such as Total T4, Free T4 and Free T3 may be ordered by your doctor or naturopath. These assist in determining if there is adequate conversion of T4 (from the thyroid) into T3 (the form that acts at a cellular level). Additional tests that may be useful include testing for thyroid antibodies if autoimmune causes are suspected (Hashimoto’s thyroiditis) and reverse T3 (a form of T3 that is “reversed” in its molecular structure and does not work well). If clinical hypothyroidism is detected then hormone replacement therapy is instituted by

your doctor. So what if all the tests are “normal” but your TSH is creeping up and/or you are f eeling unw ell? You may be feelunwell? ing tired and depressed and you may be gaining weight, can’t concentrate and really feel the cold. Other symptoms associated with a sluggish thyroid include constipation, muscle cramps, joint pain, dry skin, hair loss, fluid retention and menstrual irregularities. Also associated are increases in your total cholesterol and LDL – increasing your chance of hear t disease. Obviously these symptoms can be associated with other hormone imbalances such as adrenal fatigue and peri-menopausal estrogen dominance (discussed in previous articles in Inner Self). Due to the increased incidence of “sluggish thyroid” in the middle years often there are several hormone imbalances combining to paint the picture. So if you don’t have “clinical hypothyroidism” as diagnosed by the blood tests but believe you may have a “sluggish” thyroid what can you do? Hypothyroidism and/or “sluggish thyroid” are commonly associated with autoimmunity and can also be influenced by nutritional deficiencies. Factors that contribute to immune overactivity include food intolerances, gut dysbiosis, poor digestion and heavy metal toxicity. Gluten sensitivity for example has been associated with Hashimoto’s disease. Maximising digestive function is essential as is treating “dysbiosis” or an overgrowth of noxious bugs in the gut – the cell walls of these bugs are toxic and can put the immune system into “high gear” leading to autoimmunity. Heavy metal toxicity such as mercury and lead may also contribute. Deficiencies of iodine, selenium and zinc directly impact thyroid production and activity. Digestion and production of vital stomach acid is

impacted by zinc deficiency. The amino acid tyrosine is required for synthesis of thyroid hormones and if your protein intake, digestion or assimilation is inadequate you may have a deficiency. It is recommended you have a Hair Mineral Analysis through your naturopath to assess both your nutritional and heavy metal status. Specialised amino acid testing is also available. On the herbal medicine front there are several herbs that stimulate and balance the production of thyroid hormones. Iris versicolor, Commiphora mukul, and Fucus vesiculosis are three medicinal herbs that help to correct “sluggish” thyroid activity. It is also useful to balance adrenal hormones and numerous herbs can be utilised including Withania somnifera , Rehmannia glutinosa and many others. Depending on the situation and particularly if you are in peri-menopause or menopause it is important to also balance the sex hormone contributions to symptoms. Herbs can also be used to treat other contributing factors as mentioned above include auto-immunity, digestion and dysbiosis. A qualified medical herbalist is recommended as this is a specialised field and herbal medicines are just that – medicines with both cautions and contraindications. On the dietary front increasing foods high in selenium, zinc, iodine and tyrosine is helpful. Such foods include: brazil nuts, cashews, almonds, chicken, eggs, fish, garlic mackerel, oysters, tuna, broccoli,

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roid is sluggish. The single most impor tant lifestyle factor to improve thyroid function is exercise. Aerobic exercise stimulates the enzyme required to convert T4 into its more active form T3. A minimum of three weekly sessions per week is recommended. Yoga is also particularly helpful for balancing our hormonal systems. Asanas (poses) which “invert” the body such as the shoulder stand are

wonderful for “toning” up the thyroid. Seeking the advice of a qualified yoga therapist is recommended. Belle McCaleb is an accredited and experienced naturopath, medical herbalist, nutritionist, counsellor. For more information contact her on (08) 8379 0220 www.mccalebhealth.com.au

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Are You Putting Your Memory At Risk? A sur vey conducted by the MetLife Foundation in 2006 revealed an interesting fact. They found that most people actually fear Alzheimer’s disease and its memory loss more than heart disease, stroke or diabetes. The only other disease people were more fearful of was cancer. And if you looked at only those people who were 55 or over, then they actually fear Alzheimer’s and memory loss even more than cancer. It is certainly a fact that younger people are much less likely to worry about memory loss than people over 55. But why do we prize our memory so much? Memory contains your life experiences and connects you to the things and people you know. In many ways you can almost say that your memory is who you are. If you lose your memory, then it’s almost like losing everything in your life and there may be very little meaning in living. So let’s look at what may cause this loss of memory or brain function? Traditionally it was thought that memory decline comes naturally with the aging process. However, not everyone over 70 automatically loses their memory. And you may even have personally known or interacted with people in

their 80’s or 90’s who have their full mental capacity and can share their wisdom and life experiences. Through scientific researches, it has now been shown that stress and poor quality sleep are factors that can contribute to poor memory function. Dr. Amy F. T. Arnsten of Yale Medical School published a report in the journal Science. She claimed that stressful situations in which the individual has no control of were found to activate an enzyme in the brain called protein kinase C. This enzyme seems to impair the short-term memory and other functions in the prefrontal cortex, which is the part of the brain that carries out the function of executive decisions. Another scientist, Rober t Sapolsky, from Stanford University, investigated the relationship between stress and health. He reported that a prolonged flood of stress hormones can actually cause shrinking in certain brain areas, particularly in the hippocampus, whose major role is in memory. On top of that, researchers in Britain conducted a survey of 1,000 people and found that the average ability of the respondents to carry out simple tasks and recall daily events had worsened compared to a decade ago. And not surprisingly, 18 per cent blamed increasing stress for their in-

21 HEALTH ability to concentrate. It has even been concluded that stress can create symptoms of attention deficit disorder by Cornell’s Weill Medical College and The Rockefeller University. 20 medical students who just took their licensing exams had their brain scanned using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) while taking a test that gauges the ability to shift attention from one task to another. Results showed students who were most stressed out by the prospect of taking the licensing exam were the least efficient at shifting their attention bac or th betw een backk and ffor between tasks. Therefore reducing their mental capacity and pr oducti vity producti oductivity vity.. A study published in The Journal of Neuroscience gave us a more thorough explanation on this matter. It suggests that chronic stress affects attention by altering neuronal growth in the brain. Medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) is typically involved in paying and shifting attention. By comparing neuronal change in stressed and unstressed rats, scientists found neurons in the stressed rats’ mPFC were shorter and had less branching than those in the normal rats. So we can literally say that Stress is bad for your brain cells. I have written extensively in regards to the relationship between stress and sleep in previous issues of InnerSelf, so I don’t have to prove to you once again that there is a direct link between stress and poor quality sleep. Then, is there any modern re-

22 HEALTH search giving out evidence that poor sleep can cause memory loss? Researchers at Australian Catholic University and University of New South Wales analysed the results of 14 different studies from around the world relating to memory performances. The most conclusive results were found in pregnant women, especially during the third trimester, where they can become much more forgetful, and they are usually suffering from insomnia and fatigue during those periods. A study by North Carolina State University came to a similar conclusion, but in a different group of people. According to the study, inadequate sleep is a major cause for memory loss amongst the elderly. So I hope you can see from the various research findings that I’ve shared with you, both stress and sleep disorder are factors in contributing to poor memory function and even reduced productivity. If you are serious about preventing memory loss, you should pay attention to ways of reducing stress and improving sleep. Dr. Quentin Chen is currently the only Australian to hold Australian University Bachelor degrees in both Western and Chinese Medicine. In fact, there are very few people in the world that have achieved this status. Dr. Chen’s knowledge of both Western and Chinese Medicine is invaluable in assisting patient’s health needs. For more information Tel: (02) 9687 0288

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The Cancer Riddle After billions of dollars and decades in time, we are not any closer to solving the cancer riddle, the number two killer in this country. Never mind solving or conquering cancer, we don’t even understand the fundamental cause of cancer. WHY? Is it possible that our whole approach to cancer is wrong? As a scientist who spent the past twenty years in the research of scientific reasons for human diseases, I say we are missing one essential element: ACID. It is the excess acid in our body that cultivates cancer. The scientific facts are: 1) cancer cells are acidic while healthy cells are alkaline, 2) an acidic environment contains less oxygen than an alkaline environment, 3) healthy cells die in an acidic environment while cancer cells die in an alkaline environment. It is a scientific fact that when we apply highly concentrated alkaline solution (pH >13) to a skin cancer spot, the skin cancer cells die. The spot hurts and leaves an ugly red burnt mark; but when the new skin grows back, there is no sign of cancer. An interesting thing to note is that the surrounding healthy cells do not die. A high pH alkaline solution does not kill healthy cells like radiation or chemotherapy does. I do not recommend laymen treating their own skin cancer this way, but I do recommend that professional dermatologists experiment with different pH solutions and come up with treatments for different kinds of skin cancer. Another interesting scientific fact that helps us understand the human body’s natural survival technique is the ability of human cells to multiply (mitosis). We are told that the average human body has about 75 trillion cells. Cells live about 4 weeks and die after mitosis, and one cell becomes two; how-

ever, after 4 weeks, our body does not have 150 trillion cells, but still 75 trillion cells. This means only half of the cells multiply and the other half must disintegrate or die. If 37.5 trillion cells die in four weeks, how many cells die in one week, one day, one hour, one minute and one second? More than 10 million cells die per second! The law of nature is such that strong and healthy cells multiply; damaged, injured, infected, contaminated, radiated and weak cells die. To maintain health, a healthy body must be capable of dumping all the dead cells, natural and man-made. Dead cells are acidic and require alkaline minerals or bicarbonate to neutralize them and be dumped safely through urine. They are the cause of diseases when we cannot dump them. Our exhaust system, therefore, requires plenty of bicarbonate. Bicarbonate is an alkaline buffer that neutralizes excess acid in the blood and maintains a healthy blood pH value. Medical science has discovered that as we age, we lose bicarbonate in the blood, noticeably so after the age of 45. This is the average age when we begin to show signs of diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, osteoporosis, arthritis, kidney stones, migraine, and even cancer. The decline of bicarbonate in our blood is the cause of physiological aging. If we could charge bicarbonate to the blood — like a battery charger charging electrons to a battery — we could help the human body maintain good health and live longer. As long as we do not increase our body’s alkalinity, we will never solve the cancer riddle. Diet and exercise are not enough to make a significant change; we need effective bicarbonate chargers. Mr. Sang Whang is a successful inventor, scientist, and engineer. Mr. Whang has discovered a new theory of aging and reverse aging. He explains the health and aging processes in layman terms in his book, Reverse Aging, regarded as the original scientific thesis of the new theory of aging.

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BY JENNIE MILLER, NUTRITIONIST In the rush to produce more and more crops to satisfy growing demand producers have had to resort to using a lethal cocktail of pesticides to control disease and insect attack. Good news for their bank balances perhaps but not good news for your health, this is why you need to be informed of the advantages of organic food. Did you know that if you consumed an average apple you would be eating over 30 pesticides, even after you have washed it? The quality of food has definitely gone down since the second world war. For instance, the levels of vitamin C in today’s fruit bear no resemblance to the levels found in wartime fruit. Organic food is known to contain 50% more nutrients, minerals and vitamins than produce that has been intensively farmed. You will have to eat more fruit nowadays to make up the deficiency, but unfortunately that means eating more chemicals, more detrimental affects on your health eating something that should be good for you! Also don’t forget about the cocktail of anti-biotics and hormones that cattle and poultry are force fed. What happens to those chemicals when the animal dies? Digested and stored in human bodies is the answer, have you seen pictures of animals in severely cramped conditions in battery farms? It just does not make sense to state that any animal kept in these conditions is healthy and produces high quality food. And, once you try some organic produce and taste an apple the way it should be, and perhaps how you recall it tasting in your youth, you will never go back to mass produced fruit again. Sure there are issues with availability and cost but with a bit of research you should be able to find local stores who stock organic produce. Also, don’t forget about your local farmer, I’m sure you will be able to find one that has seen the light and opened up a farm shop to supply local residents. Why not take a look around and see who is offering produce in your area?

SOME MORE STARTLING FACTS

Pesticides in food have been linked to many diseases including: Cancer Obesity Altzheimer’s Some birth defects Not a nice list is it? There are probably others but if you think about it, how can it be okay for you to eat chemicals and not expect some form of reaction in your body. Our bodies are delicately balanced wonderful machines. Any form of foreign chemical is bound to cause irritation at the least.There are likely to be commonly used pesticides that will prove eventually to be harmful. This has happened repeatedly with problems only being scientifically pinpointed after many years of use. There is no reason to feel confident that governments have identified and banned all harmful pesticides. Surely it is better to err on the side of safety and buy properly certified organic products? Do consider taking a closer look at what you are eating. It’s for your health after all! CHILDREN NEED IT THE MOST Children’s immature and developing organs, brains, and detoxification and immune systems, plus their larger intake of food per kilo of body weight, combine to make them even

more susceptible to toxins than adults. Elizabeth Gillette’s landmark paper in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives showed how a combination of low-level environmental, household and dietary exposures caused subtle yet measurable developmental deficits in children. Toddlers eating mostly organic food were found to have less than one sixth the pesticide residues in their urine compared to children eating conventional foods, lowering their exposure from above to below recognized safety levels.

THE BOTTOM LINE

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Decreasing one’s toxin burden and increasing one’s intake of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants can have a significant impact on health, especially when trying to improve or restore health. Can people afford it? I’m certain of it. Official household spending statistics in Australia reveal that the average family spends five times more on junk food, take-away, alcohol, and tobacco than on fruit and vegetables, and five times more on recreation than on fruits and vegetables. To make healthier choices they need encouragement and education. Organic food isn’t a luxury. It’s how food’s supposed to be, and a valuable part of any regimen intended to maintain, improve, or restore health.

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Transformation through Soul Voice

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A New Chapter on the Horizon Planetary Review • April - June 2010

“May you live in interesting times” Is an old adage that reflects our current passage in time and is to be celebrated, in order to LIFE Live It Fully E veryday (LIFE LIFE). 2007 – 2011 2011: Saturn opposes Uranus and squares Pluto. Notable for the polarised struggle between old and new ways in which to administrate our personal lives as well as administration of the general populace. 2012 – 2015 2015: Uranus squares Pluto To be a more amplified period of social change. Presently a new chapter is on the horizon as innovative Uranus hurdles the last degree of the zodiac, 29 Pisces into the first degree 0 Aries, laying claim to resurgence with a pioneering zest. To manage a successful hurdle of Uranus from Pisces into Aries it will be necessary to stand outside our own illusions, relinquishing to the fact that nothing lasts forever yet is forever transfigured and lasting. To let something go allows the opportunity to venture on a road not previously taken. It is all too easy to obsess about endings, negating the fact that it offers new beginnings. Your own natal chart will determine what areas of life this implies. If you have planets or points at the end of Pisces and/or the beginning of Aries, it will be all the more felt. June ‘66 – Feb ’67 births (Saturn at 29 Pisces) will also be restructuring certain areas of life that are in need of resurrecting. 19 th April - 11 th May May: Mercury retrogrades from 12 – 2 de-

grees Taurus. Re-access that which you value – possessions, resources and self-wor th evaluation. Mercury squares Mars in Leo & challenges us to openly demonstrate our level of self worth. June - Dec: Dec Jupiter co-joins Uranus in Aries. A time for risk and reward to favour new ideas or ideologies built on sound strategies as opposed to indiscriminate actions. Say no to ‘Reckless Eric’. 28 th May - Dec 2011 2011: Uranus ingress from Pisces to Aries. An 18 month developmental period as Uranus moves into Aries, back tracks to Pisces and over the sign line of Aries once more, taking us to January 2012. As previously discussed a ‘give up to gain’ attribute applies. This is an 84 year cycle, previously occurring in the 1920/30’s. April - August August: Saturn Opposite Uranus. Uranus symbolises a need to feel free and unabated but needs to be integral to the fact that a set of controls is necessary to maintain structure and definition; to give a beginning, middle and end (Saturn). This Saturn, Uranus opposition has been an ongoing ‘ding dong’ battle with five rounds (oppositions) since 2007, whereby old and new factors and factions wrestle it out to try to get the right blend of administration. It is very much in keeping with social revolutions and comes around every 40 or so years previously occurring in the 1960’s. In our personal lives it has been instigating where a fresh approach to our self image and determinism (Uranus moving into Aries) anchors and en-

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Kevin Rudd’s chart

We all have the opportunity to witness how oneself-image is projected onto others. Our Prime Minister’s ability to demonstrate what actions to now take in the governance of the nation aligns to a milestone period in his personal career, which is indicated in his natal chart. His actions need to be carefully considered to save face and/oror save a mountain be made out of a molehill. Mars opposite Neptune is the trigger on his chart in early June, looking likely to be prime time and prime viewing.

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Astrology reflects the patterns the planets demonstrate and this fascinatingly corresponds to patterns in our own life development. The interesting times we currently live and to live it fully everyday has come to a period of influence where a fresh approach to old principles needs addressing to transcend our ways of being. Any endings are merely new beginnings, and it is an exciting and exhilarating time led by Uranus moving into Aries. New developments, innovative thinking and enterprising ideas are within the ether for us all to embrace and enjoy with a new-found zest and pioneering quality to embark. We look toward new roads to travel and humanitarian bridges to be built as a collective enterprise in a renaissance period of establishment. Robert Crawford is an astrologer with Planet Arc Astrology Centre. Phone: 07 4057 4554 0427 795 534

InnerSelf: What you’re working in has ancient roots... chanting, singing, mantrahas been used for thousands of yearsin all cultures, but you have a different take on this... what is the difference between Soul Voice , and the other sound healing modalities that have been created of late? TM

Karina Schelde: We are working with what is possible ultimately when working with the human voice in order to become a pure and clean instrument where we are really the vibrational energy flowing through us to the maximum from the Cosmos. That requires that the student commits to themselves that “Yes, I am already a healing instrument when I put my pure intent and focus and essence of my highest healing energy that I already have into the voice ex-

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pression or vocalisation.” However, as you’re doing this you’ll discover that every human being has so many blocks: physical, emotional, mental and spiritual... our work gives the student the whole way through – down to the base and down to the Earth. There are many modalities, not only voice, that shor tcut either into the head or the throat or to the heart or the middle of the body... but it doesn’t go the whole way down to our defined connection to the ear th. That means you need to tap into the roots of yourself... you need to tap into every layer. That’s where humanity has cut itself off. We are very good manifesters and very good thinkers for example, but where is our whole heart? How do we put all that we are into the work we’re doing. Soul Voice is very different because of this “no compromise” to really go through all our different layers of blockages, which of course takes time. TM

IS: So why does sound specifically help us connect to our depths? Karina Schelde: Sound itself is a conductor of all vibration in the universe. You could say that sound goes beyond our linear brain and goes directly into the more primordial within ourself... directly into the subconscious. If it’s doing that it taps into our inner source power. This is where our original self really knows what is good for us. We could say it’s our Highest Guidance. When we work intentionally with the sound, you can direct the sound to go into the places [that need healing]... and of course sound unifies and synergises our work for the universe and humanity. You know when people sing together they feel “Wow, I’m in unison” because they’re letting go of all of their linear separations in the brain. IS: So why does the sound of our own voice hold such power?

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Sound is one of our greatest doorways into the creative power of the subconscious and beyond. Hearing is the first sense we develop in the uterus and as early as four months after conception our sense of hearing is fully developed. Sound is vital to us and as we begin to work with it using the tongue as children, it quickly becomes an instrument for survival, healing and communication. Karina Schelde is a pioneer of sound healing and transformation. She has taken the principle that the human voice is a mirror of the inner universe and developed Soul Voice , a profound method for helping her students access their blockages, work through them, release them and in the process awaken, heal and transform. In the following interview Karina shares her insight into just how powerful the “Soul Voice” is within us all.

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Karina Schelde: Because instruments outside of ourselves, be they computerised sounds; electronic sounds; instrumental sounds don’t have a hear t ... they don’t have a higher consciousness. This work brings back the spiritual resonance that the human body already has in the hear t and through the higher consciousness – that multi-dimensional being that we are. We bring that power back, you could say, and synergise it in the sound so that we can really be this divine instrument. Instruments outside ourselves don’t have a spirit... a computer or guitar doesn’t have a spirit even though we can put Spirit into it. We are now ready to give the power back to the human. We are a microcosmic energy of all that is possible. IS: What is the connection between sound and feeling? Karina Schelde: When you’ve had a long day and you’re asked how you feel and you just make that sighing sound... aagh... and have a good cry.[You’re actually saying,]“This was a really hard day”. We know that with sound we can intuitively and spontaneously connect with our feelings. Now in Soul Voice, I work on going consciously and directly into the

emotional body because without tapping into the emotional body we cannot really develop our higher consciousness. If we didn’t have heart or feeling we’d just be a robot (which is what society trains us to be). So, the sound that my students enter... say it’s a sighing sound [as in the above example] as soon as you let go of your linear brain (which you do in a sounding process), you come into cotact with something more original within yourself and that taps into our emotions. The basis of the body is the feeling ... is the heart. When you do “sounding” you stop thinking in a normal linear way and the higher consciousness or the “real voice” from within starts to vibrate in other ways and you get totally new powers and insights. IS: Obviously Soul Work is great for anyone who wants to transform or heal but what about for an actual singer who simply wants to be able to sing better? K arina Sc helde: Absolutely. Schelde: There are always quite a few singers at our workshops because it goes so much out of the normal structural ways that professional singers have learned. We even tap into what are [normally labelled] off-key sounds. When we learnt to sing in our childhood we were taught that if you don’t sing on key, you can’t sing. I teach from the very star t of the workshop that “you can’t do it wrong”... you can’t do a false note or a wrong sound. This means that all sounds and expressions that come out of you are accepted. That’s the way to come back to the heart... to the feeling... to be totally accepted because everything is included. The subconscious Soul Essence will know what you need to release and through what you release you’ll come to a bigger understanding and clarity as to what is your true authenticity. IS: So our words carry immense power as they are constucted out of sound, yet we so easily hide ourselves behind our words... as we know, the very same word can heal or harm, depending on our intent... K arina Sc helde: Yes, the sound Schelde: vibration comes out through the way we speak. The sound of our own voice is the vibration of who we are [at any given moment.] So I can hear through the tone of voice where people are at. IS: What is the intention behind your work? Karina Schelde: There is an aspect that’s very impor tant in Soul Voice where we dive beyond what we understand as the inner female and inner male energy. [This work] is a way to go beyond the stubbornness of the masculine approach to living, where we aren’t able to bend and be flexible beyond what we think or we know. This is what I work with as the high inspiration of the “unknown” and it’s where God dwells. Sound is phenomanal in helping us to break

InnerSelf down that which we no longer need... helping us to step out the way by not using what we “think is right” but to simply let it happen ... because we know it needs to happen. IS: What is your big dream for Soul Voice? Karina Schelde: Schelde:The way that we’re sculpturing and forming the Soul Voice work globally is that it’s really built up from a tribal energy... a community approach where the students come together in unison. And how powerful the sound is when they work together collectively, intentionally. This will grow as more and more people come into the “Sound Tribe” community... people with in-depth training, working through their own shadow and coming through to be a much clearer instrument for the Divine purpose. I also see that it is really a method that could go into schools, business, children’s centres... it’s such a profound method that can move many areas of society.This can of course happen in one spot as well as different corners of the planet.

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BY CARMEL GLENANE Karina will be conducting workshops on: Saturday-Sunday 1st & 2nd May 2010 at The Augustine Centre 2 Minona St, Hawthorn, Melbourne, Victoria Contact: Veronika Busch 0402 794 635 or connect_with_vb@yahoo.com.au Saturday and Sunday 15th & 16th May 2010 at Valdora Community Hall 360 Valdora Rd, Valdora, Sunshine Coat, Queensland Contact: Helen Lowe 0458 469 168 or voicesoundhealing@gmail.com Saturday and Sunday 22nd & 23rd May 2010 at Tallebudgera Valley Community Hall 611 Tallebudgera Creek Rd, Tallebudgera Valley, Gold Coat, Queensland Contact: Alora Waldron 0414808052 or soulfirecreations@ymail.com

Allowing yourself to take a holiday, says you need to receive. Well done! How about a holiday, which is not merely a getaway but incorporates the added dimension of inviting the Sacred Essence of the country, its people, and the spiritual traditions of that country, to heal, empower and renew you.

JAPAN

Japan is a transformative, feminine and nurturing experience, especially Mt. Kurama which is known as the ‘heart’ of Japan. Mt Kurama, located 40mins outside Kyoto, is the mountain where Dr. Usui (founder of Reiki) brought through the five sacred Reiki Symbols. Japan’s delicate spiritual energies reflect the energies of The Goddess Quan Yin’s gentle nurturing power. In the ancient shrine city of Kyoto, there are many powerful Buddhist temples, including Sanjusangen-do The Thousand Armed Kannon Temple with 1,000 Kannon’s (also known as Quan Yin) statues in the temple. The city’s beauty is phenomenal, featuring spectacular gardens, a geisha district, authentic Japanese cuisine, peace, order and tranquility. Unwind in traditional Olsen style bathing houses of warm mineral springs or relax in the peaceful retreat rooms. Quan Yin is traditionally worshipped on the Full Moon throughout Japan. This year the Mt. Kurama, temple officials, invite spiritual seekers from around the world to partake in celebrating the Annual ‘Wesak’ Festival. The ‘Wesak’ is a Buddhist festival, celebrating the unity of the Masculine and Feminine Principle, it is a time for meditation, ceremony and purification. Group meditation amplifies the collective consciousness of the Universal Heart, bringing the seeker to ‘All Love’.

EGYPT

Saturday and Sunday 1st & 2nd May 2010 at The Augustine Centre 2 Minona St, Hawthorn, Melbourne, Victoria Contact: Veronika Busch 0402 794 635 or connect_with_vb@yahoo.com.au

Saturday and Sunday 15th & 16th May 2010 at Valdora Community Hall 360 Valdora Rd, Valdora, Sunshine Coat, Queensland Contact: Helen Lowe 0458 469 168 or voicesoundhealing@gmail.com

Saturday and Sunday 22nd & 23rd May 2010 at Tallebudgera Valley Community Hall 611 Tallebudgera Creek Rd, Tallebudgera Valley, Gold Coat, Queensland Contact: Alora Waldron 0414808052 or soulfirecreations@ymail.com

The essence of Egypt is in aligning your consciousness to the Ancient Deities themselves. The Hieroglyphics of the temples reflected, through the reliefs, architecture and atmosphere the energies of the Goddesses & Gods. Egypt feeds your soul. Imagine being initiated to the Feminine frequencies in the King’s, Queen’s, and Subterranean chambers also known as the Pit in the Pyramid of Giza. Reflect on the timeless wonder of the Sphinx, touching the stele at the heart of its initiation chamber between the paws. Discover old Atlantis again at Sakkara, as the desert winds whisper their secrets. Horus the Falcon hovers as he guides you to his temple complex in Edfu, revealing the essence of order, protection, and freedom. Float upon the Nile which reflects the starry body of the Goddess Nuit. Re-code your cellular memory with The Great Father Osiris as he resurrects your weary spirit in this most ancient of temple complexes in Abydos, healing you by the green Osirian well, where the secrets of the ‘Ancient Flower of Life’ can be revealed. Be drawn to the mighty temple complex of Abu Simbel where Ramses II and Nefertari’s love was immor talized. Find power and strength with Sekhmet, the austere warrior goddess/mother of Karnak who will receive you if you respect her

power. Explore where ancient rituals and offerings were given to the stellar forces at Dendara, home of the Hathors, Goddesses of Love and Pleasure. Be welcomed home to the arms of the Mother, Isis, on the Isle of Philae you as your felucca glides at dawn to her home, which restores and rejuvenates. The ancient Egyptians were known for creating order out of chaos and the Goddess Maat was just for that. Allow your soul to come home to the power the Ancient Deities represent, whilst absorbing the essence of the ancient Goddesses and Gods. Their essence lives on when we surrender to the mysteries of Ancient Egypt.

Carmel Glenane, B.A. Dip. Ed. is an internationally published author of “The Immortal Woman” founder of Atlantis-Rising Mystery School & Healing Center. A channelled writer, spiritual teacher and sought after healer. Carmel’s spiritual adventures are tailored for you to experience transformation through ceremonies, meditations and teachings, in a safe, nurturing, and supportive environment. Japan Tour Departs May 25th 2010 Egypt Nov 13th 2010 Contact 07 5536 7399 info@atlantis-rising.com.au www.carmelglenane.com www.facebook.com/ carmel.glenane

Birdwings

Your grief for what you’ve lost lifts a mirror up to where you are bravely working. Expecting the worst, you look, and instead,here’s the joyful face you’ve been wanting to see. Your hand opens and closes and opens and closes. If it were always a fist or always stretched open, you would be paralysed. Your deepest presence is in every small contracting and expanding, the two as beautifully balanced and coordinated as birdwings. Rumi

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BY GRAEME COGDELL The potential for the body to heal itself from any illness is extraordinary . The energetic body, although invisible, exists just as the physical and mental body exist and connects all dimensions of a living being via the ‘divine matrix’ or quantum field. This field, or matrix permeates all things throughout the entire universe, and can be accessed to enable the whole body to be immersed in quantum frequencies to bring about the body’s own ability to heal itself. Healing of a person can take place in any aspect of itself whether that be in the energetic body, the mental body, the emotional body or the physical body. Carol Ritberger and Louise Hay have done much research into the effects that negative emotions and thoughts can have on the energetic body and the physical body manifesting into various illnesses or symptoms that affect our well being. Louise Hay in her book ‘You can heal your life’ explains how limiting beliefs and ideas are often the cause of illness. The energetic body, according to Carol Ritberger (from her book Healing Happens with Your Help), is “responsible for sustaining the life force that moves throughout the physical self, and for directing the body in how to absorb and distribute the effects of our thoughts, emotions, attitudes, and beliefs into the cells, muscles, organs, glands, and all of the major systems.”

Carol Ritberger goes on to say “the energy body is a highly developed communication network that’s in constant contact with all the systems of the physical body. It’s the common interface through which we interact with everything, both externally and internally. It serves as an antenna, transmitting and receiving energy carrying information through its vibrational frequencies.” It follows then, that when the cells of the physical body and the DNA which contains the entire blueprint of the person, are stimulated by quantum based frequencies, then the whole body in all its dimensions is awakened to bring about its own healing. Although science knows very little about how the DNA works, its is now believed that the DNA contains, among many other things, the healing codes for all dimensions of the person, whether from the energetic, physical, mental or emotional aspects of the body. Quantum BioEnergetics Balancing Technique is one such modality that is having an enormous impact on the healing process by awakening these healing codes of the DNA enabling the body to heal itself from all manner of illnesses and diseases. Quantum BioEnergetics (QB), according to Melissa Hocking in her book ‘A Healing Initiation’ is “bringing about healings unprecedented in our time”. “…It is the use of readily accessible quantum frequencies, via the human energy anatomy, for the

purpose of aiding the biology.” These frequencies “continue to flow through us, within each and every particle in existence, in our very cells, in the vibration of the DNA matrix within us.” It would follow then that the energetic body, being at one with everything in existence within the “divine matrix”, is also activated to facilitate healing by clearing blockages that might stop the flow of communication to the cells and DNA of the physical body. Feedback from people after having Quantum BioEnergetics sessions is affirming the ability of quantum frequencies to facilitate healing in all dimensions of the body whether that be at mental, emotional, physical or spiritual levels. Graeme Cogdell is a Quantum BioEnergetics B a l a n c i n g Technique™ Practitioner and together with Androulla Nasaris they facilitate healing sessions in Adelaide, SA.. You can contact Graeme on 0416 115 208 or Androulla on 0411 269 660.

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SoulTalk with JULIET MARTINE

Uncovering your Soul’s Purpose

Cravings, Allergies and Addiction and Bioresonance Therapy Ever heard yourself saying you’ll give up anything as long as it’s not bread - cheese, milk, sugar, coffee, beer or whatever else it is you can’t live without? Over the years we’ve often heard this in our clinic. When we do, we know it’s something we’ll have to address if our patients are to get well. Why? Our experience, and the research of clinical ecologists world wide, points to one thing: an allergic reaction the patient hasn’t been aware of. This hidden or masked allergy is highly addictive and has aptly been called ‘the unsuspected enemy’. Understanding this lead to a breakthrough in treatment and was largely due to the work of an American doctor, Herber t Rinkel. He discovered that people who eat a lot of a particular food and suffer cravings when it’s withdrawn, need look no further for the cause of their ‘illness’. If they go too long without the food then symptoms occur. Migraine sufferers, for example, may be sensitive to dairy but snacking on cheese can give them a lift and relieve their headache. Over time they will need more and more of the culprit food in order to suppress the symptoms and the beneficial feeling will last for hours at best. Finally the immune system response becomes exhausted and the symptoms persist whatever the person does. The main problem is that the victim rarely suspects this addictive

form of food allergy. It is ‘hidden’ or ‘masked’ because the food in question is eaten on a regular basis, often daily. If a problem food is only eaten occasionally then the reaction would be immediate and it wouldn’t take long to work out the culprit. An example is someone who comes out in a rash shortly after eating a seasonal food such as strawberries. The real troublemakers, however, are the frequently eaten foods like wheat and milk, foods most people have been exposed to from an early age. It’s as if the body has learnt to cope but what has really happened is that an instant reaction has developed into an ongoing condition. It is easy then, to see why masked allergies and their symptoms continue to baffle patients and doctors alike and the real culprits of conditions such as asthma, skin problems, lethargy, irritability, and digestive problems go undetected. Traditionally a clinical ecologist will unmask your addiction, identify the allergenic food or substance and remove it from your diet or environment. With the introduction of BICOM Bioresonance therapy, however, allergies can be neutralized so you can eat the food without getting symptoms.

How Does BICOM Bioresonance Therapy Work?

All cells emit weak electromagnetic waves similar to brain waves. These

waves plus those of substances, such as food, are separated into healthy and unhealthy components by the BICOM machine. The healthy waves are boosted and returned to the body to strengthen normal functions. The unhealthy are only returned after being “inverted”, thus cancelling their effect in the body. With a food allergy, eliminating the unhealthy response means you no longer get allergic symptoms when you eat the food. Andy and Anna Barrie introduced BICOM Therapy to South Australia in 1998 when they emigrated from the UK and were soon booked up months ahead. They introduced a training course to meet this demand and now there are over a hundred therapists Australia wide. Some were already health practitioners, whilst others decided to turn their interest in complementary health techniques into a career. The main course is now taught in Hobart with introductory seminars and workshops in mainland capital cities. Training begins with a low cost introductory day followed by a workshop to give hands-on experience so students can be sure before committing to the full course. Practitioners For details of a practitioner near you, visit www.bioresonance.net.au

I’d like to ask you a very impor tant question: W h y ar aree you here? Okay, so it’s not a new question, and you’ve probably asked it before, but it is a fundamental question that sooner or later we all ask ourselves in order for us to live with a greater sense of meaning, purpose and joy. So if the question is such a common and inevitable one, why do we find it so difficult to answer? Perhaps we’re asking the wrong person. When you ask yourself the question ‘why am I here?’, who is it you’re asking? More often than not we’re asking our personality self. That aspect of our consciousness that’s limited by our thinking mind. But it wasn’t ‘you’, the personality ‘you’, the human being ‘you’ that made the decision to show up here this lifetime. That decision was made by your Soul. Your Soul self was the one that decided to incarnate into this life. So really, you need to direct your question at the level of your Soul if you want to find the answer. But sometimes that’s difficult to do for ourselves, so that’s where a reading can be helpful. Whenever I do Soul readings for people asking their Soul why a person has come here this lifetime, the answers generally fall into three categories: • The person is here to embody a par ticular ener energg y or vibr ation . They are here to carry a particular energy this lifetime such as love, joy, harmony, a lightness of being, or compassion, and to share this

with the world around them as a healing gift to themselves, humanity and the whole of life. • Others are here to learn a par ticular aspect of themselv es . To learn how to be in their selves power, to live with an open heart, to be authentic, to apply their wisdom, or perhaps to live the path of forgiveness and inner peace. • And some people are here to be agents of change change. They are here to do a particular job as a catalyst in raising awareness, consciousness and behaviour in areas such as self awareness, the environment, business leadership, humanitarian issues, or relationship matters, for the greater benefit of everyone.

Which category are you?

So how do you know which category you fall into? Well to start with, it helps to sit and contemplate each of the above three aspects. Ask yourself the following questions, simply inviting the answers to come from your Soul rather than trying to force them to come by engaging your mind: 1. If I were meant to embody a par ticular ener g y or vibr vibraa tion during my time here on earth, what energy or vibration would that most likely be? 2. If everything that’s happened so far in my life were trying to teach yself me something a bout m myself yself, what would that most likely be? and 3. If I could change anything here on ear th, what would I most

want to change? Sit with your answers for a moment. If you received an answer to more than one question, notice if there’s any difference in the significance of each of the answers. Perhaps all three aspects feel equal in their energies and you are here to fulfil several different purposes this lifetime. Or perhaps one aspect resonates at a more powerful level for you, and this is your Soul’s primary purpose this lifetime. Just by asking yourself these three simple questions you’ll begin to touch upon a deeper connection with your Soul Self and a greater understanding of your potential here on earth. Whatever answers come to you, they will provide you with powerful insights and guidance as to the direction you’re meant to be heading.

Asking your Soul

Of course, the best thing to do is to converse directly with your Soul Self Self. That level of your consciousness which had a purpose in mind when it intended you into this lifetime. Take some time out to create a still space and then sit quietly and set the intention that you wish to connect

28 ENERGY with your Soul Self. Feel the focus of your attention shift to that higher level as your energy raises with your intention. Then ask your Soul to tell you why you are here. Sit quietly and allow the answer to come to you, in whatever form it does. It may be a word, an image, a symbol, or a feeling. Whatever comes, just sit with it and sense into it. It may not come straight away. It may not come today or even tomorrow. It may require you to come back and to ask the same question of your Soul every day for the next week, month or even year. But I promise you that if you set the intention that you want to know why you are here, and that you keep asking the question at the higher level of your Soul, the answer will come. And when it does, it will resonate at such a deep level that it will fill you with love and make your Soul sing. For you are here for a reason. Everyone is. And that reason is unique to you. That is what makes you so special... Needing clear guidance and direction from a higher level? Juliet Martine is a professional Energy Healer and Soul Intuitive. She sees clients for life-changing healing sessions in her Sydney clinic as well as doing Soul Intuitive readings in person and by phone for clients all over the world. For more information visit www.julietmartine.com.au or phone Juliet on 0413 199649.

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BY MISH MORSKI Everything I see around me in this physical world is my belief. It may have started as someone else’s belief and over time I adopted it and made it mine. When I was born, I was new to this earth, forgetting all that had ever been so that I could experience and expand. The wholeness of “all that is” expanded from my experience. In other words every other person, animal, mineral, vegetable and matter expanded because of my experience. If this is true for all of us, you are really a whole lot bigger than what you think! Before I came to this earth I chose the carers that I wanted to care for me. These were the ones who would help me obtain the experiences and lessons that I wanted…As I learnt their beliefs, I started to take them on as if they were my own. As I grew, experiences were born. New beliefs were formed that were my own beliefs. I learnt to label things. Matter that was put into my mouth became food, role models were named parents, carers, aunts or uncles, things that I sat down on became chairs, the round object I put food on became a plate. At the same time I learnt behaviours as well. How to conduct myself, what kind of manners were appropriate, how to treat others,

how to react to situations, react to emotions. I learnt how much love to have for myself and others, how to display love, how much to give and how to receive. All of the labels and behaviours were all existing beliefs that someone else experienced and I took on. As you look around the room you’re sitting in right now, reading this, notice that all of the things you lay your eyes on only have a meaning because you gave it a meaning. In acknowledging the existence of the objects in the room you are acknowledging your beliefs. Beliefs can be created by simply repeating an affirmation over and over. I will give you an example from my own life. A large part of my life was dedicated to not loving who I was. Not consciously I seemed to find ways of sabotaging myself and my integrity. 10 years ago I became aware of this lack of love. Yet I didn’t know how to change it. Then a beautiful counsellor I had found advised me to start loving myself by repeating an affirmation out loud – “I love myself”. I was to repeat this as many times as I could remember for one week. She reminded me that you have to start by re-

training the mind. When you tell the mind something over and over, it starts to believe that it’s true. So everyday I started on the toilet, yes that’s right, the thinking throne, as it was the one place I visited regularly. I repeated ‘I love myself’ as many times and as fast as I could for the first day. I felt silly doing this and wondered if this could really change the way I felt about myself. As the days went on I found I was saying the affirmation a lot more and quite randomly. After a few weeks I started to slow down the words and before I knew it I was really listening to what I was telling myself. I star ted expressing the words as I meant it. I started to love myself. As I did, things started to transform. The way I was with my children, partner, family and friends all star ted to change. I was laughing more and enjoying life. I was empowered. I continued the affirmation for months. Finally I knew I had created the belief and what a great one to create! Beliefs stay strong until a situation or experience changes your mind or emotion...The experience either created a new belief or continued the pattern of the old belief. But, and here’s the trick. Was I consciously aware that, underlying this, there was a belief that was influencing the experience of the situation? (Now there’s something to think about!)

Feeling lost? Stuck? Unclear about your life purpose and direction?

SOUL INTUITIVE READINGS with Juliet Martine Psychic and Soul Intuitive Juliet Martine does readings in person and by phone for clients all over the world. During your Soul Reading Juliet provides information about why you are here, what your Soul’s plan was for you this incarnation, what past life patterns you have come here to address, and what the next steps are on your path. If you are feeling lost, stuck or simply unsure as to what direction you are meant to head or how to get there, a Soul Reading provides you with the guidance and direction you need to help you start living your life with greater meaning, purpose and joy. Get clear in your life direction and start living your true purpose. Whatever your questions, a Soul Reading provides you with a direct conversation with your Soul to provide the answers you need. “Thank you for my soul reading - it could not have been more accurate, timely and relevant. I can’t thank you enough Juliet - the reading was comforting, confronting and powerful in more ways than you could possibly know.” Kim,37yrs If you’d like greater clarity, direction and abundance in your life phone Juliet now on 0413 199649 to arrange your Soul Reading or visit

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www.innerself.com.au All that you have become is from what you have known and experienced and the beliefs that you hold. We must still be grateful for what we have learnt, what beliefs we have taken on, as they have given us the experiences that allowed all of us to expand, wholly, physically, mentally, spiritually, emotionally and universally. Allow yourself to imagine if you could change all the patterns of behaviour and the meanings, the labels, that you have given things, that you had learnt from bir th through to where you are right here, right now! Making the present only the present without past beliefs! If you could cancel the existing beliefs that do not serve your highest divinity, you could then have a totally new experience, one without attachment, one that you may be able to influence! I call it freedom and that allows you to create!!!! Mish Morski holds a Dip in H e a l t h Science, (Holistic Counselling), Reiki CI & II, FSP levels and teaching I, II & III, Trainer in Motivation and Self Development and is a Flower Essence practitioner. Call Mish Morski for an appointment on 0412 444 867 or contact by email evolve@iporimus.com.au, www.mishmorsi.com

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BY TONI REILLY Some people are so eagerly waiting to meet their soulmate that they are pouring all of their energy into worrying about when, where and if they are going to meet Mr or Mrs Right. This is unfortunate as when our energy is unduly focussed we can miss other impor tant areas we should be channelling our energy into. Positive areas, like developing friendships or talents or learning about accepting and loving ourselves. You may have other things to learn before you are ready to have this pre-planned or destined meeting with your primary soulmate. Be assured if this is part of your life plan, you will meet at the precise time and stage of your life that you are meant to. Soulmate is a term which can be used for anyone in our main soul group. We each have a soul group which is usually made up of 4 to 20 souls, they show up in our lives under agreed conditions, in agreed roles and relationships. This is for the purpose of our soul developing by learning its lessons. Your soulmates can come in the form not only as a loving partner but as a best friend, a sibling, a parent or relative.

Sometimes those from your soul group may come in the form of someone key in your life, perhaps even a colleague at work. You usually recognise someone from your soulgroup by the ease of conversation upon meeting or have the feeling you know them from somewhere. You might feel or sense strong energy between the two of you. Perhaps you have someone in your life whom you share unconditional love and support, or feel you would do anything for a particular friend or family member and they for you. I urge you to take notice of who your biggest fans and supporters are, perhaps your Dad is always patting you on the back assuring you that you are

Full Sensory Perception Healing Are you?

Scared or Feeling depressed Tired or Low on energy Low in self esteem Post Trauma Angry or Stressed Abused - physically, spiritually, mentally or emotionally Live with negative thoughts Revolving negative thought forms consistently Always doing too much Physically unwell Defensive or Worried what others think of you Having relationship issues Not confident to speak your truth Uninterested in life Psychically attacked Having unhealthy relationships

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Evolve, Love and accept yourself Work towards full body enlightenment Grow and Find your spiritual path Speak your truth and Live with integrity Increase your energy levels Be more present Become more positive Be able to make decisions and Trust yourself Get rid of some baggage Have more balance in your life Learn to heal yourself Find your path Move towards ascension Live for your highest of good Change the way you live Manifest your desires Allow your dreams to become reality Change the way you think Get rid of attachments Clear your chakras Allow your intuition to guide you Clear your house and Land of negative energy Become a healer to heal others

Full Sensory Perception Healing works on cancelling beliefs, contracts, patterns and removing any darker energies that stop you from living as your highest divine being. It brings balance, empowerment and happiness back into your life. Mish holds a Dip in Health Science, (Holistic Counselling), Reiki CI & II, FSP levels and teaching I, II & III, Trainer in Motivation and Self Development and is a Flower Essence practitioner. Her passion is to help others on their journey as she has been helped on hers. She also teaches courses I, II & III in FSP. All teachings are of the Dolphin Star Temple Mystery School. Call Mish for an appointment on 0412 444 867 or email evolve@iprimus.com.au, or visit

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InnerSelf the best, at whatever, in fact you really can’t do anything wrong in his eyes. As much as we join with our soulmates to learn hard lessons some of them are here to soften the blows while we learn and they do that with loving guidance and support. When I am working with clients who ask about meeting their special soulmate or twin flame (however they like to describe it) I find they may be shown a lifetime where they have had a truly amazing heartfelt and often simple life full of love and happiness. They can feel how joyous and light they feel. And if they have not yet met this person they are not able to recognise them during the regression. However, they become fully aware that this love is coming for them. There are occasions when they may be told a little about the person they will pair up with. This is not guaranteed, as, if knowing this information is not serving your good, your guide will not allow you to know too much information. The regression is healing for the client, as by seeing that there is someone coming whom they do not recognise can open them to feeling positive about letting go of someone or a relationship they have been mourning and allow them to be truly

open to letting their soulmate relationship in. It may also be shown in another lifetime the reason they agreed to be in the relationship they are mourning and enable them to recognise why they were in the relationship in the first place. Or they may simply discover that knowing someone is coming that they can focus on what ever else is going on in their life a the time and enjoy it rather than obsessing over something they have no control over anyway. If the client is already in a relationship with their primary soulmate they may be shown other lives together, where they have supported one another or evoked certain circumstances which enabled both souls to learn a lesson. Some prior lessons can leave unreasonable feelings in even a primary soulmate relationship. For example, a client may see themselves as a young married couple very much in love and see that the husband went to war, or went hunting and never returned, perhaps a wife died in childbirth leaving the soul feeling abandoned and worried that they may lose this person again. This can show up in a current relationship, as an unreasonable fear of

their partner dying or worrying that a partner will leave when no amount of assurance from their par tner can change these fears. These types of experiences may have been agreed upon for the soul to learn strength or not to rely on others for their happiness, and sub-consciously can leave one person in an otherwise healthy loving relationship in their current life to have feelings of abandonment and insecurity which they can not seem to control. Once they understand where the feelings stem from they are able to release the fear and lead a more positive loving and balanced relationship. We are all here for love. Toni Reilly is a Past Life Regression facilitator, and s p i r i t u a l development teacher, having trained with Dr. Brian Weiss in New York. She facilitates Private Sessions, Training and Workshops in Brisbane and Melbourne and around Australia visit her website for more information www.tonireilly.com.au or call Toni 0413 088 070 or email toni@tonireilly.com.au

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with NICOLE CODY

Healing Rituals You Can Do at Home

Often we look outside ourselves to find comfort, and to release and heal emotional and energetic blockages and traumas. While there are many loving and qualified people available to help us, sometimes the most simple and intense healings we can have are ones that we conduct on our own behalf. The most important ingredient here is Right Intent. The purpose of Ritual is to focus your energy and concentration, and to put your Ego, conscious and unconscious Self on notice that this is important! Make sure you read each ritual thoroughly to be clear about what you need to do, and what tools you may require so that you begin in an organised and calm state. If you find these rituals helpful, please write and let me know. I love and appreciate your feedback!

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Spiritual Calling? Directionless?

Ritual for Healing the Solar Plexus Chakra (Third chakra, about 3cm above navel)

The Solar Plexus Chakra is our energetic centre for self-sovereignty. It is the centre for personal power, sense of self, self-esteem and action! It deeply affects our digestion and metabolism, adrenals, pancreas, liver and gallbladder, stomach, intestines and skin. It is an incredible centre for any form of selftransformation, and can be used in becoming a strong, connected person with a healthy self esteem, direction and sense of self. It’s our ‘action’ chakra for using our will and intentions to make things happen in our lives. Purpose: This healing is for people who just can’t slow down and relax, who have lost their way, or their individual voice, who have digestive problems, diabetes and insulin resistance, weight issues, perfectionism, anger, bitterness, resentment, low self-confidence, who are disempowered or need to be all-powerful, who are stuck or over-scheduled and push themselves relentlessly. It is especially good for people who use stimulants such as caffeine or sugar to keep themselves going, who lack energy and direction, or who put the happiness and opinion of others before their own. Tools: A citrine crystal. A large glass of water. Clean loose clothing. A journal and pen. Method: Read through this carefully before you begin. Do this ritual in daylight, when you have access to the sun. Leave yourself at least half an hour, and some quiet time afterwards for integration. Create a space where you can sit and stand comfortably, with access to outside. Choose a sunny day. Take your crystal, hold it in your extended palm, and allow the rays of the sun to enter the crystal. Visualise the crystal becoming charged with the sun’s energy. Place the crystal in the glass of water, and leave it in the sunshine until you are ready for it. Now stand outside, bare feet on the earth. Stand facing the sun. Raise your arms above your head, tilt your face upward and feel the sun’s warmth radiating into you. Open your mouth and imagine you are drinking the energy of the sun. Feel the loving energy and power of the sun as it travels down to your stomach and solar plexus region. Bring your attention back to your solar plexus chakra, filling yourself with yellow light. As you begin to feel this strength and energy within you, say these words “I intend my best life. I AM powerful. I choose health. I choose success. I choose happiness. I choose abundance. I choose the path that is right for me. I honour my body and my soul. I will succeed. I AM worthy. I AM powerful.” You can say this once, or repeat it as often as you prefer. Now open your eyes. And say the following “I choose clarity. I intend Guidance. I AM open to transformation.” Now take your journal, sit down and write about what you would like to create in your life. Start by writing the words you have spoken aloud. Trust that as you tap into your Solar Plexus Chakra you will be energised and attracted to your own heart’s desires for your life. Write down whatever comes to you. Feel the energy and warmth start to flow and circulate within your body. Sip your crystal water as you do this. As you relax, say these words, “I am Energised. I am Worthy. I am Whole.” Each day this week, spend a few moments bringing the power of the sun into your Solar Plexus Chakra, and write in your journal about your goals, hopes and dreams. Take a large sheet of cardboard, cut some pictures out of magazines that match your journalled goals, and place this dream board where it can inspire and guide you. Each time you look at it, say to yourself. “I AM a powerful creator in my own life. I choose to manifest this now!” ©2010 Nicole Cody is a Metaphysical Teacher and Channel who runs seminars throughout the World in Spiritual and Personal Development. She specialises in Soul Blueprints and Life Direction Counselling. For more information contact 07 3256 0815 or www.nicolecody.com. Light and Blessings be Yours!

Consultations & Workshops with

Nicole Cody! Acclaimed Australian Psychic, Channel and Metaphysical Teacher

Nicole Cody has the answers! Make the most of your life! Nicole’s ability to connect with her guides and yours, her spiritual gifts and her channelled wisdoms will really help you get your life on track. Discover how to make the most of your own gifts and talents through a personal consultation or workshop. Life Direction Readings.............90mins During a Life Direction Reading Nicole works with you to clarify the essence of who you are, why you are here, and what you can accomplish in this lifetime. No matter where you live Nicole can work with you through a distance or face to face consultation. Life Purpose Readings................30mins An intense 30 minute session where Nicole reads and interprets your Soul Blueprint, explains your Life Lessons and gives you a strong overview of your Life Purpose.

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Strengthening Our Empowerment and Wisdom by Ingrid Johansson Thousands of years ago our journey on earth was focused on empowerment and wisdom and we lived free from dis-ease and dis-harmony. Our soul resonated like a silhouette connecting us as complements to our Divine Source. We died when our time came to return to our Divine Source, once we learned and shared new levels of empowerment and wisdom. But for centuries we have lessened the ability to connect easily to our Divine Source with its realms of pure consciousness. We have failed to carry the many types of light frequencies, colour spectrums and harmonic sounds which are unknown to our well-meaning modern scientists. Our physical body is so heavy with dis-harmony we no longer divinely resonate. Our soul’s silhouette has become partly detached from our physical bodies. Our divine union has been weakened, when our soul continues to de-anchor and for various reasons we die. Now we live and die on earth, in suffering, dis-ease and dis-harmony, distanced from the empowerment and wisdom which reigned long ago. As generations have reproduced, dis-harmony and dis-ease has magnified and is now locked in our cellular memory. Our earth’s suffering has become a massive dilemma and challenge. Our Divine Source continues to seek ways to reunite strongly within our physical bodies as we were eons ago, to again be positioned to feel the intimate closeness and oneness. Now we have a spiritual window of restitution. Many wonderful inspirations of the past helped us hang on to thin threads of goodness, and more and more pure inspirations and ideas are coming to our earth plane to assist in the global release of humanity’s disharmony. People from all walks of life who have resolved false ego,

coming from a pure heart and soul, are now positioned to assist in taking back our birthright to be connected and aligned to our Divine Source. These gifted “commissions” are now available. But beware. It is natural to listen to those who market their “gifts” well and talk the talk. Many of you of good heart and soul on your path to astute clarity will need to learn how to recognise those who remain in ego, and who are sometimes unaware they are misaligned from truth and light. Without judging these people we can remain compassionate because they have not yet learned to come from pure heart and soul. My message for you today is to go within. Ask your Divine Source for the clarity to be guided to those who seek to release the mentor in you, so you stand in your full magnificence shining in health and vitality. After years of meditation and prayer, in 2009 I burst through the final painful barriers to realise my life’s purpose. Messengers of the Divine Source spoke with me explaining how to assist in the alleviation of our earth’s suffering. Some insights included how to decode and re-code the human race. As I moved to heightened levels of clarity, the latest insights showed me a new method of gaining a deeper connection via our eyes to our soul. Other methods have assisted the angelic realm to bring levels of pure consciousness back into our earth’s atmosphere to assist us to strengthen our connection to our Divine Source. I have been told this is just the beginning for myself and all of you. Last year I was also gifted a mantra and am instructed to share it with you. It can be said alone or as you place your hands over the photograph above titled “Angel of the Universe” taken in my garden 8 th February 2010. A larger photograph appears on my website where I share

more information and insights. I AM I am of the Sun I am of the Earth I am of the Moon I am of the Stars I am of the Galaxies I am of the Universe I am of the Mother I am of the Father I am of God God is in me I and God are one I am of the God Essence I am the Mother I am the Father I am of the Mother and of the Father The Mother the Father and I are one © Ingrid Johansson 25th Sept 2009

Ingrid Johansson ‘An ordinary person on an extraordinary mission’ Throughout my professional career I worked mostly in senior nursing management specialising in care of the elderly. In 1994, I experienced burn-out but the profession I loved was unable to cure me. I turned to natural therapies. In 2009, I burst through the final barriers to understand my life’s purpose. For various therapies which assist you in strengthening your empowerment and wisdom please visit my website. SUNSHINE COAST, QUEENSLAND. Personal sessions at Universal Health for You, by telephone or by Skype

Phone Ingrid on (07) 5441 3818 Email: info@universalhealthforyou.com.au

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PsychicWAVES with ELISABETH JENSEN

TEN TIPS TO HAVE A TERRIFIC & NON-TERRIFYING PSYCHIC READING As a professional psychic for many years I have seen lives transformed and healed by a positive psychic reading – and heard of many horror stories by clients and psychics alike. In reality it’s usually a lack of understanding and education of how psychic abilities actually work that causes most difficulties in this area for both clients and psychics. Here are some ways you can have a much better psychic reading. 1. Do Your RResear esear esearcc h Fir st Psychics vary enormously in their natural abilities and training, plus some specialise in one area only e g mediumship. Mediums are your best choice to hear how your loved ones in spirit are plus to help resolve loss and grief issues but are often not so good with relationships, finances and health problems...people in the spirit world mean well but if this wasn’t their area of expertise in life they can’t help much from the other side. So for health problems consult a medical intuitive and healer – plus your own medical practitioner! Ask family and friends for recommendations about whom to contact for readings if you know they have seen a psychic before. If possible check out the websites of your likely psychic to ensure that if you want a Past Life Reading you contact a psychic who can read Akashic Records – likewise for timing of events e.g. planning a wedding date, its best to

consult a numerologist or astrologer and finally don’t forget to check fees and method of payment to avoid difficulty at the end of your session. 2. Don esear Don’’ t Do Your RResear esearcc h tion! During Your Consulta Consultation! Many clients feel this is the correct approach. “Don’t tell the psychic anything about yourself – if they are really psychic they should know all about you “ well meaning friends tell you. So 30 minutes of your one hour consultation time consists of you trying to decide if the psychic really is psychic –then after they have proved themselves for the next 30 minutes you receive a little bit of general stuff about your future -much of which “never happens” So you have proved the clairvoyant is psychic – and tested their patience -often thus setting up a resistance to a flow of communication. 3. Relax & Be Open During Your Consulta tion Consultation If you do this the psychic can receive a clear flow of information from your aura and angels. It’s often easier for them to give you an accurate and detailed reading then. Telling the psychic why you are there saves time and the rest of your appointment you can receive lots of new information about your situation and the best way to deal with it. 4. Tak akee Details Of Lo Lovv ed Ones You Ar Aree Asking About Be they in spirit or people you are

concerned about having a picture makes it much easier for the reader to connect with them energetically. 5. Can You Tell Me About My Ex Please? Unless its relevant and an enquiry of genuine concern for a client e g “I want to travel overseas but I am worried about leaving my elderly and sick parents for a long period of time in case of a crisis,” any clairvoyant with good ethics will refuse to answer these questions. 6. W ill A Psy Psycc hic Tell Me When I Will Die? Most psychics won’t answer this question and I do suggest as a general rule you don’t ask. As a medical intuitive and former Palliative Care Nurse I believe in certain cases its better to be prepared and plan for your future in the spirit world and for the future of loved ones. So it’s not a topic I focus on but it’s not something I refuse to discuss. 7. Can A Psy Psycc hic Tell Me What The Best Path For Me Is? Yes. The future is not fixed! It’s wonderful when clients ask for suggestions about a future path. The Angels and Divinities love this and can give helpful suggestions here. 8. How Do I Make Sure The Psychic Is Accurate? The information a psychic gives you should resonate with you and most will tell you something only you could know. For future predictions

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naturally only time will tell. 9. What Can I Do If I Don’t Like My Reading? Discuss it with your psychic to see what can be changed about your future. Sometimes unpleasant information is given to you as a catalyst for change – remember the information might be correct at the time of the reading – but much about your personal future can be changed. Events involving other people might be outside your control. 10. I Loved My Reading – But Will The Events Happen? Yes, winning the lottery, travel and a new lover are all possible – but you still have to buy the tickets and allow your intuition and angels to guide you to be in the right place at the right time! ELISABETH JENSEN also writes for The Australian Psychics Directory and was voted 2010 Psychic of the Year by the Australian Psychics Association Members. As author of her own Isis Lotus Oracle Cards and founder of Isis Mystery School she teaches worldwide especially focussing on training psychics and healers in Australia and Asia. A former Registered Nurse and Counsellor she is passionate about providing professional levels of training for her many students.

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Your Path to Clear Sight ○

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BY JOANNE ANTOUN

Once again I feel compelled to write about what is a good psychic/medium. I come across so many people that are disenchanted about the whole process, and don’t know where to look, and what to expect . First and foremost you must trust your own intuition , everyone has a wonderful inner gift of knowing what is right for them , unfortunately we are all sometimes a little busy to hear our own “inner voice” A good psychic/medium is there to gently guide you, she or he can only give you possibilities, not tell you what is inevitable as everyday things shift and change in this universe of ours. The things that may have been predetermined yesterday, may change with your choice and free will to bring you a different outcome tomorrow. That’s why even a brilliant psychic may seem like they have made mistakes at times as they are unable to predict your every move . Of course some things are predetermined and people do stay on the path they have chosen, then the psychic’s message will remain set in stone . I think it is wonderful how everyone is opening up to the spiritual world at the moment. One must be careful to listen with their heart. A psychic delivers messages from Spirit ... Spirit is there to bring you love, to nurture you, to help you to grow, and to help you understand the circumstances that surround you. If the messages you receive are negative, or are filled with doom and gloom and bad news, then you will know straight away that this person is not tuning in to Spirit/God ... because they have not made you feel closer to the source, they have not made you feel you can embrace life and take a positive outlook away from the reading. A good reader will always make you feel better about yourself. They will help you to grow. So choose wisely and follow your intuition.

Are you struggling to cope with what feels like a rollercoaster of emotions? Do you yearn to feel more connected, to increase your intuition and see more clearly? Is it your desire to find balance, to create a place of peace and help our planet? There’s no doubt that we are living in a time of great change, but with this comes an opportunity for tremendous growth, an opportunity to become who we are in our fullest potential, but first we must do the inner work, and this requires freeing ourselves of all the baggage that nolonger serves our purpose. Emotions are amplified at the moment, what used to bother you a little, now bothers you a lot. This is all par t of the healing and clearing process, anything of lower or negative vibration must be healed and released as dormant parts of our DNA become active. We are transcending to a place of higher vibration and along the way there is much to learn. Be open to change because this will literally be the most rewarding journey of your life.

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This transition will be much smoother if we do the inner work. It’s necessary to focus on healing the emotions as they arise, freeing ourselves of the past that no-longer serves us and learning to be present. The art of keeping your energy here in present time, and being still is what is required, to not only increase your intuition but also allow you to see clearly and live the life of peace we all desire. When we feel down we are literally vibrating at a lower level, we feel weighed down, stuck, unable to see clearly, We simply raise our vibration by living more on purpose. Be aware of what you believe, think, feel and say, be positive, have loving thoughts, speak from the hear t centre and have an attitude of gratitude. Start by giving thanks for all that you truly appreciate in your life: your family, your friends, your health, the peace in our country etc. Within a moment or two you will notice that you now seem to be thinking not with your head but with your hear t, your hear t consciousness literally feels like its expanding. Not only does this make you

feel great, but instantly balances you and raises your vibration. In this space you begin to see things more clearly, possibly even what you couldn’t see before. Solutions to your problems begin to appear with clarity, more options become available and everything unfolds much more smoothly. In this space if you affirm all that you desire in present tense, the chance of attracting it to you is quickly amplified. For example, affirm the following: I love my life, I only attract loving people in my world, I am a magnet for di vine pr osperity ttr act to divine prosperity osperity,, I aattr ttract myself the perfect relationship/job etc. The key is to always affirm in present tense. If we use the words “will” or “going to”, like tomorrow, it never comes. Being present and having an attitude of gratitude raises your vibration, allowing for

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clear sight, and as you match the vibration that holds what you desire then it too becomes a part of your world. A simple yet incredibly powerful exercise to help stimulate and open the third eye or our psychic sight is to sit quietly in a position that’s easy for you to meditate, preferably with your spine straight. Smile slightly and place your tongue gently on the roof of your mouth. With your palms facing your body but not touching bring your right hand up in line with your throat and your left facing your navel. Remember to not touch the body. As you do this visualise a pillar of light filling your body from the top of your head through to the bottom of your torso. Hold this position for about one minute. Now slowly start to move this energy in the following manner. Star t by moving your right hand away from you slightly and down towards the base of your spine as your left hands works its way up. Continue to do this circular motion for another minute or so as you feel the energy moving through you. Now raise your non-dominant hand and touch the area of the third eye (between your eye brows and up slightly) make a gentle upward motion as if prying open an eyelid. The results of this exercise are usually immediate, intuition increases, you may begin to see colour especially when you soften your focus. Any itching of the third eye or a slight headache is normal and will subside as your body adjusts. Enjoy the experience, ask specific questions and trust in the guidance that comes to mind. Also ask to be shown your guidance in the physical, take a step forward in faith and watch your path unfold. Joanne Antoun is a Lecturer in the field of Personal Growth and Consciousness. Joanne sees clients for personal sessions of CTC – a life transforming Combined Therapy Cocktail and runs regular workshops 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

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CLEAR SEEING - PSYCHICS AND MEDIUMS ○

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BY RACHELLE TERRY “I can’t hide anything from you!” Oops! Well considering the fact that I could see her aura and the sadness and dread, which blocked her hear t, she was right. However the underlying truth in that statement was that she couldn’t hide anything from her heart. Linda was a colleague who was planning her wedding. Normally as the date draws closer a bride-to-be will have a white, highly charged energy in the aura which relates to mild anticipation, excitement and possible insomnia. In this case, when I saw Linda’s dark, sinking, purple energy in her heart area, I could tell this was not the aura of someone excited about the change to occur in her life. When we had a moment alone I asked, “How are you feeling?” She replied, “Really good! I’m looking forward to it”. I looked her in the eyes and said, “How are you really feeling?” She burst into tears. After a big hug and a cup of tea she forgave me for my question. Consequently, Linda went through with wedding. Unfortunately, the marriage ended a few years later. While every experience you have brings gifts and lessons, this beautiful, sensitive girl’s heart had known the truth all along but her mind had found a way to counter it. The hear t has an electromagnetic field and has been measured to have a radius far greater than the field of the brain. It is my belief that the hear t energy field (or hear t chakra) has its own consciousness and by obser ving the heart, I am able to identify how people will interact with the world. I became interested in a rare and fascinating phenomenon of heart transplant patients taking on personality traits of their donors. While watching a documentary on this I could see correlations in the auras of the heart transplant recipients and the descriptions of characteristics of their donors. For example, one

patient had a purple, contracted aura which would indicate a reserved, introverted personality, but her heart area indicated an extreme duality. It emitted a gold, expansive, positive and extroverted aura. She described changes to her personality since her surgery including a more happy go lucky and exuberant quality. The suggestion of changes in personality as a result of organ donation is not supported scientifically against the percentage of people who see no change and it would be easy to explain this away by attributing a major procedure such as this to changes in a person’s outlook on life. There are however some anecdotal cases so extreme including changes in tastes, character and even sexual preferences. One case documented includes a girl who recalled, via her dreams, the murder of her donor with perfect clarity. This apparently assisted police to resolve the murder case. A female client wanted to work on issues around forming new relationships. She found that she felt invisible a lot of the time. When I looked at her aura I saw that she had a frozen energy around her heart. In a ThetaHealing session, we uncovered and removed the subconscious belief causing this and preventing her from attracting new people into her life. Two days later I received an excited voicemail. It seemed the flood gates had opened – three new dates as well as an introduction by a friend. As I struggled not to feel a little envious I remembered what had occurred in our session which had been conducted over the phone. My client had been sitting in a café and exploded into laughter. In rapid succession two guys walked past and winked at her. They both appeared to be patrons of the methadone clinic next door to the café. I suggested she might want to be more specific about who she would like to attract into her life.

A client came to me with an issue he had had for many years of people avoiding him. For a compassionate and caring person with a great deal of unconditional love for people, it didn’t make sense that every time he went somewhere, people would disconnect from him and either physically avoid him or avoid talking to him. I noticed a huge orange coloured block around his chest area in his aura. It was a wall he had put up earlier in life to make himself independent in order to avoid the pain of rejection. Underlying this pattern was a belief that if people were to get to know him, they would disapprove and abandon him. We released the unhelpful subconscious beliefs in a ThetaHealing session. After just his first session, he sent me a message, saying that he could never remember feeling so good. After his third session, he was a new man! He had become aware of a wonderful feeling of self-love and acceptance. His own vulnerability and openness gave others permission to open up to him. While all patterns, constrictions and auric blockages do not necessarily reside in the heart area, I believe the heart is the medium through which the soul communicates its message. Rachelle Terry, a Sydney based therapist, has had the ability to see auras from the age of seven. She is able to identify the soul level purpose, talents, health issues, life patterns and any constrictions preventing you from living life in the flow. *Baby and child readings also available* Contact Rachelle: M: 0414-317-323 E: auratherapist@gmail.com

Medical Intuitive Rachelle Terry

Your aura stores memories, blockages, shock waves and emotions resulting from previous experiences. If these are left unattended, recurring patterns can form, affecting your relationships, career, behaviours, health and life events. 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.

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Sheena-Gaye, also known as Lit-El Star, came into this world consciously aware of her own divinity. Speaking with the Creator and aware of her Guardian Angels from a very young age, her life has been a ever-deepening and sharing of the Eternal Spiritual Being that she knows herself to be. For Sheena-Gaye, each day is a new day offering infinite Joy and Wisdom from her Angel Guides, and she offers herself as an oracle, healer and teacher for all who seek it. Many attest to her wonderful gifts of healing and insight which you can read in her “Book of Praise” on her website. She has recently established Angel Essence House as a place of inspiration, refuge, and healing. www.angelessencehouse.com Phone: 0402 504 415

HEALINGS FROM THE HEART

Rowena is a psychic medium, writer and healer. She believes that everyone deserves a chance to be free and understand their true path. For psychic readings, distance healings and spiritual guidance in a genuine, open environment, please call: 03 9509 0073 * www.myoroca-health.com.au * Blessings!

JULIET MARTINE

Juliet Martine is an Energy Healer and Soul Intuitive. Juliet helps you to heal, to discover your authentic self, to step into your power and to blossom into your fullest potential on all levels. She sees clients in Sydney and does phone readings for clients all over the world. She is also the founder of Karmabelles - beautiful energy-infused jewellery and clothing that focuses and empowers your energy to help you

manifest your heartfelt intentions. www.julietmartine.com.au or 0413 199649.

JUDI SPARRE

Judi Sparre is a Theta Healing Practitioner, a channel for automatic writing with guides and angels and an Angel Intuitive trained with Doreen Virtue. She is a young thinking woman with a passion for all things of spirit. She is following her life purpose as a healer to all humankind and does this in the light of the creator. Phone JUDI SPARRE, Theta Healing Practitioner and Angel Intuitive on (07) 3293 4484 or 0414 634 114

MARLAINE NICHOLSONSMITH

Marlaine is a gifted clair voyant-medium who has been working professionally since 1998. After her mum died, she searched for a way to connect with her parents on the other side and soon discovered that she had inherited the ability of “clearseeing” from her Scottish ancestry. Working with her mediumship gift she is able to communicate with depar ted loved ones and uses Tarot and Crystals coupled with her clairvoyance for spiritual guidance and personal readings. She also specialises in Past-Life Hypnotherapy and Spirit Guide drawings. To book your meeting with Marlaine who works from the inner west of Sydney, simply phone 0419 267 084. www.pastlifesydney.com.au

JULIE HAINES

Julie has always had the ‘gift’... being born in Wales, she’s stayed connected to the magic of the land and goes back every year to revisit her ‘connection’ to her celtic roots. “The land

speaks to me”, she says “I go back every year to touch the earth which is filled with a gentle energy that’s calming and helps me recharge.” Julie is a Medium and Psychic and works with Tar ot ffor or inspiring and arot accurate readings offering a 20% discount on your first session (3/4 1/2 hour) if you mention InnerSelf InnerSelf.. Phone 0428 859 964 visit www.fieldofdreams2.com

NANCY DE GIOIA

Nancy de Gioia is a spiritual healer and consultant. Nancy says,“I teach those who are looking for a way to find peace in their lives... the way to walk with Jesus Christ. He said ‘Follow me and I will make you fishers of men’. I now follow Him to the best of my ability and teach others to do the same. I also specialize in Past Life Regression. I am a Psychic Medium and channel for those in Spirit who wish to come through from the other side. I do readings by phone or email with a credit card facility, or one-on-one healings with a reading at my home, and I am very dedicated and passionate about what I do. I have been practicing for 16 years and I consider myself truly blessed to have been given the gift I have. Peace be with you always. Walk in the arms of our Lord Jesus Christ.” Phone 0265575797.email nancydegioia@bigpond.com.

MANON DE JONGH

Manon feels very passionate about helping people through her aura reading; “If we all bring out our true essence, the beauty which lies within us, we will be much happier with ourselves. By spreading our happiness, we will affect our surroundings and will create heaven on earth.” Phone 0431 286 940 www.aurareadingandhealing.com

Seeking Psychic Protection?

This practical booklet by international lecturer and teacher John Fitzsimons explains how to get (and keep) you, and your home and work environment “clearer”. Send $10.00 (postpaid) to Aspects Pty Ltd, PO Box 5171, Clayton Vic 3168 Australia. For details of Australian SEMINARS, MEETINGS and CLASSES on PAST LIVES, HEALING, MEDIUMSHIP, PSYCHIC PROTECTION etc, write to the above address or contact us by email or phone. (See us in person for individual counselling or book purchases on these topics)

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CLEAR SEEING - PSYCHICS AND MEDIUMS GARY - GENUINE CLAIRVOYANT MEDIUM

30 years experience & naturally gifted. Gary is an accurate & gifted Clairvoyant Medium. GARY will guide you in all aspects of your life, focusing on Relationships, C a r e e r, m o n e y, t r a v e l & Success in life. During your session with Gar y, he will use all of the following: Clairvoyance - Mediumship, Crystal Ball Scrying, Channelling, Psychometry, Psychic Tarot, All Spiritual Readings. Gary always works with Angels & Guides. Private Readings are available: 30 Minute Sessions & 60 Minute Sessions. Spiritual Healing, & Courses are available - All Certificate Endorsed. Ph: (07) 5522 0418 or Mob: 0421 415 457 anytime. www.garyclairvoyantmedium.com info@garyclairvoyantmedium.com.

ELISABETH JENSEN

Elisabeth Jensen was voted National Psychic of the Year 2010 by the Australian Psychics Association for her work as both a psychic and Soul Healer. She teaches widely and is highly regarded as a Psychic Medium, Medical Intuitive and Channel. Visit Elisabeth’s website www.isismysteryschool.com to read more helpful articles or sign up for her FREE Newsletter.

SEEKING PSYCHIC PROTECTION?

A practical booklet by international lecturer and teacher John Fitzsimons explains how to get (and keep) you, your home and work environment “clearer”. Send $9.50 (postpaid) to Aspects Pty Ltd, PO Box 5171 Clayton Vic 3168 Australia. For details of Australian, New Zealand and other overseas Seminars/Meetings on Past Lives, Healing, Mediumship, Psychic Protection etc, visit our website or contact us. Web: www.vicnet.net.au/~johnf or PH: (03) 9562 9707 ( after hours)

PETA PRIOR

With over 25 years experience as a professional psychic, Peta has worked on many well known psychic lines around Australia and the United Kingdom. She is now a regular on ESO.tv Peta’s deep desire to make her reading more effective for her clients has seen her develop her natural ability through study and metaphysical training. You will find Peta’s unique style of reading is honest, healing, insightful and inspiring. To book your telephone reading call Peta on 1800 72 77 62 or log onto www.angelpsychic.com.au

PSYCHIC INSIGHT

Psychic Insight was star ted with one mission in mind - to offer the best in Psychic resources in Australia, across the spectrum of all things Spiritual. From Psychics, to Spiritual Mediums, Spiritual Mentors, tarot readers and more, the team at Psychic Insight are some of Australia’s best in the field of Metaphysics. Each month, the operators are tested and their abilities verified by independent members of the public. Psychic Insight is proving to be at the top of the game, instead of saying so ourselves, our feedback and comments speaks for itself. See our website for more www.psychicinsight.com.au

JACQUELENE CLOSE MOORE

Jacquelene Close Moore is a naturally gifted, awarded psychic and medium, events and media experienced, and has completed over 10,000 readings since 1995. She has communicated with and painted spirit since childhood, her connection amplified after a neardeath-experience at 5 ½ yrs which clarified her purpose and path. M:- 0439 488 558 W:- jacquelene.com.au

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BY CARLOS DELMOND Be in the Light. Easy to say, but maybe not as easy to put into practice. Why? Because we are living inside a human body, with five senses plus many other senses, that we aren’t even aware of, laying dormant deep within. Poor little human being. We believe that we are so strong but we are really only children playing with energies. And you know what? It is very hard for us to learn, because we don’t trust anybody and for that simple reason we are living in fear most of the time. But right now we are running out of time. Our mother Gaia needs us, but like all children, we don’t listen and we don’t want to do anything about it. We are in Kindergarten, and we believe this is all. We don’t want to move forward on the ladder of our own evolution, but there is a way, there’s always a way: we need to learn to have freedom from our ego-self energy. This energy that always urges us to accomplish, while our soul merely asks us to enjoy the process. Buddha said; “If desire, which lies at the root of all human passion, can be removed, then passion will die out and human suffering will be ended. This is called the True Cessation of Suffering.” In our personal agenda, on the front page we are able to read in capital letters the word: “ME - ME – ME” – this “ME - ME - ME” of our ego-self energy makes us believe that we are the only one walking on planet earth. The ego-self energy, is so clever, it controls us through our

own fears, and we don’t know that the opposite of fear isDivine Love. Waiting for us is our soul essence, this pure energy of love … and that is all. Our more important task right now, is the return journey back to the source of Divine Pure Unconditional Love. When we are able to maintain our focus upon our own personal God, in that very moment we will be able to create our new reality with new thoughts and beliefs. We need to learn how to engage in creative activities and avoid addictive and destructive behaviour. So friends, the task may not be easy, but it’s the only way to set ourselves free once and for all. Any task in life needs our patience and discipline. If you haven’t got these qualities, you won’t get anywhere. So focus on giving Divine Love to all the living beings on planet earth. Divine love, is divine pure energy coming from the core of life. Call it Source, call it God or any name you want to, but go out and give according to your personal beliefs. Next issue we will give you practical tools to be in touch with your own innerself or subconscious mind. I’ll offer the way to move inside the Light, be one with the Light, become the Light. Our elder brothers are waiting for us to open up our spiritual being to the Light.

With Peace, Love & Light Carlos Delmond Dip.Hyp. Spiritual Hypnosis Trainer Carlos Delmond arrived in Australia

in 1973 from Uruguay - South America. By 1975, he felt it to be the right time to start his own personal spiritual journey towards the Light. Paramahansa Yogananda opened the door to infinity for him. He had been in India a couple of times and also many other countries. He has studied hypnosis with Leon Cowan and Tad James (Australia) - Dick Sutphen; R.Churchill ; M.Mulder (U.S.A.) and Acupressure with Master Zhang Hao (Australia). Carlos is a Master Hypnotist, an Advanced Hypnotherapy Instructor having done Professional Hypnotist Training (Dip.Hypnotherapy). He also works with Past Life Therapy & Metaphysical Counselling and is a Reiki Master and Spiritual Soul Trainer. He is based in Sydney and can be contacted on 0412 408 620.

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Beacons of Light “I declare my intent to be a Lightworker.” With these words Steve Rother’s life changed forever – the words were spoken on January 1st, 1996 whilst attending “a simple yet deeply spiritual ceremony” on a San Diego beach. Steve and his wife Barbara had decided they wanted to bring in the New Year in a way that was different from anything they had ever done before. Steve wasn’t even sure what a Lightworker was. The words came from a seemingly unfamiliar place deep inside. At that moment he heard the very strange sound of laughter from over his shoulder. This laughter was to become part of his now everyday world. This was his introduction to “The Group” We in Australia now have an opportunity to connect with Steve and Barbara to experience the divinely inspired messages of individual and international growth and development. Steve and Barbara teach about personal power and human evolution. At each seminar there will also be a live channel from The Group. This is an experience not to be missed. Are you ready for the next step in your evolution? Steve, whose background was in the construction industry, found that this was all new and very unfamiliar territory. He researched the internet to find out what “Lightworker” meant. At every turn there was that familiar laughing. He began writing on-line meditations and the words just flowed faster than his fingers could type. . Where did this come from? He was writing information about events of which he had no direct knowledge. How could a previously non-spiritual person, a former building contractor for most of his adult life, put out information like this, instructing people on how to move to the next

stage of their evolution? The next time the information started coming, Steve asked the question “Who are you and where are you from?” The voices answered in threefold: A. It is none of your business B. It is none of your business. C. It is none of your business. This did not sit well with Steve, he was upset: “I had spent a lot of time with these voices and was not receiving the answer I wanted.” “For a short time, I went into fear and actually cut off the flow of information. During that time, I felt as though I had a hole in my chest where my heart was meant to be. I seemed to be missing a part of myself. It was not long before I went back and asked them why they would not give me their credentials. They responded with: “We will ask you to consider each message for the content of the message alone and not by any label that has been placed upon it. We are here to help you re-member your power and we cannot do that if you continue to give that power away to things such as labels.” The wonderful laughter had returned and once again. They had my full attention. TOOLS OF DISCERNMENT Now the voices began to speak more clearly than ever before. Somehow I instinctively knew it was a group of several entities and they confirmed it as they began to speak to me. They our hear t said: “ If it pulls aatt yyour strings, then take it as your own. If there is anything less, then leave it without judgment, for it was placed there f or another heyy called this another.. ” T he the tool of discernment and said it was a tool that would allow us to be the greatest expression of the God within each of us. The Group said this was a tool to be used in all areas of our lives—from who you allow in your energy field to what television

shows you watch to what food your place into your body. They simply did not care what we called them. Steve and Barbara now distribute the Beacons of Light messages over the Internet to over 50,000 people in 93 countries in 21 languages. The Free Virtual Light Broadcast – messages from the Group goes out on the last Saturday of every month. The Lightworker.com website attracts thousands. Steve has written 6 books translated into 18 languages including Re-member – A Handbook for Human Evolution. Steve and Barbara have also conducted channellings at the United Nations on 5 different occasions on two continents. Steve and Barbara have helped thousands of people all over the world to find their own personal power and inner guidance. Now it is YOUR turn.

COURSES FOR THE SPIRIT Classes, courses and workshops Usui Reiki Network

Adelaide June 5/6 th 2010 5 th Dimensional Living – Learning to use Magic. Advanced Registration $220.00 before April 15th 2010 (after $250.00) Sydney June 12 th Crystal Activation/ June 13 th Being An Empowered Human Advance Registration $220.00 before April 15th 2010 (after $250.00) Bookings: Leslie-Anne Menzies leslie-anne@angelstoinspire.com.au or phone 0408 083 185 www.angelstoinspire.com.au Each Seminar will include a live channel from “The Group” The Lightworker organization is a non-profit new energy company dedicated to spreading light on planet Ear th For more information, visit www .Lightw or k er .com www.Lightw .Lightwor er.com

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Steve and Barbara now distribute the Beacons of Light messages over the Internet to over 50,000 people in 93 countries in 21 languages. The Free Virtual Light Broadcast – messages from the Group goes out on the last Saturday of every month. The Lightworker.com website attracts thousands. Steve has written 6 books translated into 18 languages including Re-member – A Handbook for Human Evolution. Steve and Barbara have also conducted channellings at the United Nations on 5 different occasions on two continents. Steve and Barbara have helped thousands of people all over the world to find their own personal power and inner guidance. Now it is YOUR turn.

Adelaide June 5/6th 2010 5th Dimensional Living – Learning to use Magic. Advanced Registration $220.00 before April 15th 2010 (after $250.00) Sydney June 12th Crystal Activation/ June 13th Being An Empowered Human Advance Registration $220.00 before April 15th 2010 (after $250.00) Each Seminar will include a live channel from “The Group”, The Lightworker organization is a nonprofit new energy company dedicated to spreading light on planet Ear th. For more information, visit www.Lightworker.com Bookings: Leslie-Anne Menzies leslie-anne@angelstoinspire.com.au or phone 0408 083 185 www.angelstoinspire.com.au

IKON INSTITUTE

Ikon Institute has been running in Australia for 20 years and is the leading provider of Art Therapy and Transpersonal Counselling. In 2010, Ikon Institute is introducing Diplomas in Counselling and Youth Work (and Certificate IV), and also running the Diploma’s of Ar t Therapy and Transpersonal Counselling in QLD and WA. The Ikon Institute is an organization dedicated towards the growth and development of the humanistic helping professions. Email info@ikoninstitutesa.com or call (08) 83509753 or 0439 016 763 for a free information pack.

Intensive training in Reiki Three remarkable a n d , dynamic Reiki teachers will be presenting seminars for the Usui Reiki Network. Barbara McGregor, founding editor and publisher of Wellbeing magazine, has been teaching Reiki for 20 years. Her two associates, Keven Duff and Sue Lake-Harris, were both in apprenticeship for 5 years each. All three committed to preserve the teachings in their entirety, and have extensive teaching experience. For very special, intensive training in Reiki, contact the Usui Reiki Network. Ph 03 9015 7564. reiki@reiki.com.au

SOUL VOICETM

Soul Voice TM is for people from all walks of life, whether you have already consciously explored your voice or are a novice. The 2-day Soul VoiceTM workshop will allow you to get back in touch with and liberate your native voice, enhance your communication and unlock your creative expression through sound. Facilitated by the method’s inspiring and internationally acclaimed founder Karina Schelde, you will be guided through a range of fun and profound techniques to get you to your core. Sound is an incredibly powerful medium but Karina is a very responsive and passionate facilitator who works through the layers beautifully. Soul VoiceTM two-day workshops are now being held around Australia. For more information and booking deatils please log onto www.soulvoice.net

DIAN BOOTH

Dian Booth has been recognised by Native American Healer, Bruce Hardwick, as one who is in the vanguard of bringing for th The new form of Healing from Australia. We’ve always know it was coming, and called it ‘The Healing with No Name’. Dian will begin this exciting programme with Ceremonies which include Indigenous Healing Knowledge, Sound and Colour Healing, Dolphins, Crystals, and much more. For details phone (08) 8952 2259

YOU ARE WARMLY INVITED TO AN ECK WORSHIP SERVICE

Each service focuses on an aspect of Eckankar and features either a reading or an audio or video talk by Harold Klemp, the leader of Eckankar; a HU Song (Ancient Mantra) to open our hearts, and a group discussion on spiritual principles at work in everyday life. The ser vice lasts about an hour. Join others seeking to bring more insight and divine love into their lives at this special celebration of the Light and Sound of God. There is an opportunity afterwards to enjoy a chat and some light refreshments, and to meet new (or old) like-minded friends. The ECK Worship Service provides an opportunity for you to ask any questions you may have. ATTENDANCE IS FREE

Newtown Community Hall Brown St, Newtown, Sydney (upstairs behind library) 10:30am - 11:30am Sunday April 11 How Love Teaches Us Sunday May 9 Patience - Our Greatest Spiritual Virtue Sunday June 13 Learning Life’s Lessons Contact 02 9212 2100

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Swimming Naked ○

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BY: ALAN COHEN One of my great delights is swimming au naturel in the mountain pools near my home. Amidst the hidden folds of majestic green valleys, thousands of sparkling waterfalls spill into crystalline pools. Not long ago a friend and I set out for a day of play in the pools. Soon after we arrived, a few more people showed up. “I should probably put my bathing suit on,” I thought. “These people may find my nudity offensive.” The thought was followed by a staunch, “But I was here first. Besides, most people are used to nude swimming here. I’ll just carry on as I am, and trust that everyone will be fine.” A little while later a family arrived. “Now I should really put my suit on,” I thought. “The family may be uncomfortable with me and my friend being naked.” “But we were here first,” I thought. “And kids usually go naked anyway. I’ll just let everyone be big enough to be okay with it.” Half an hour later, a tour group arrived. Off the mini-van the Japanese poured, camcorders rolling. “Now I really better get dressed,” I figured. “If they don’t like it, that’s their problem,” I reasoned. “Besides, I was here first.” So went the day. No one else ever removed their suits, but everyone seemed fine with us being naked, and we all enjoyed ourselves. The visitors came and went, and when my friend and I were ready to leave, we calmly got dressed and made our way back down the path. As I left, a deep sense of peace pervaded my being, along with a new illumination. This, I recognized, is the key to living freely: Do you have the courage to swim naked even when others are wearing their suits? The idea, of course, is a metaphor. I am not referring simply to being physically naked. It is infinitely more important to be spiritually naked - to be who you are, whatever you are, where you are, and act from a sense of inner vitality rather than social ac-

commodation. There comes a time when you have to launch out on faith, thumb your nose at fear, and follow your gut instinct. Helen Keller declared that Life is a daring adventure or nothing.

Life On The Edge

Across the bay from the picturesque fishing town of Homer, Alaska, sits the prettiest little island you’ve ever seen. Halibut Island can be reached only by a rickety ferry greeted by orange-beaked puffins along its windy route. The island spor ts a famous seafood restaurant joined by a long and winding raised wooden sidewalk to a sprinkling of offbeat art galleries. The resident sage of Halibut Island is an old-timer named Glenn Tillam. This amiable patriarch is often found sitting against his fence just down the lawn from his house overlooking the bay. The day the tides of destiny drew me to Halibut Island, Glenn happened to be at his picket office. Not wanting to miss this juicy opportunity to pick his brain, I decided to toss my hat into the philosopher’s ring. I approached Glenn as nonchalantly as I could (feeling terribly clumsy as an obvious city slicker) made some small talk, and asked if he could tell me in a nugget the most important thing he’s learned over his years. I’d say, just go out and do what you want, and if you don’t get killed, you’ll have some fun.

To Live Deliberately

Thoreau affirmed, I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life. Sadly, very few people on this planet live deliberately. Instead of sucking all the marrow out of life, the unchosen lives they reluctantly lead are sucking all the marrow out of their souls. Waitresses, cab drivers, and bank tellers look tired, angry, and

balled with frustration. This is not because joy is not available, but because they do not know that their heart’s desires are available for the asking. They have settled for second best, and as W. Somerset Maugham astutely noted, It’s a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it. Perhaps we need to fall back on the immor tal wisdom of Zorba the Greek, who summarized his radically joyful philosophy of life in declaring, A man needs a little madness, or else he never dares cut the rope and be free. Perhaps it’s time for a little more madness in your life - not destructive madness, but the kind of outrageousness that demonstrates that you cannot be predicted. Predictability in a human being is akin to death. Remember the plight of beloved dramatic character Shirley Valentine, a London housewife withering from boredom and routine. Shirley explained, I always said I would leave when the kids grew up, but when they grew up, there was nowhere to go. There is somewhere to go now, and you deserve to be there. The “Zorba Shift” may or may not require you to make external life changes. What we are talking about is an inner acceptance of your right to dance. But it does ask you to swim naked. It’s your life, and if you don’t live it, no one else will live it for you. Cut the rope and be free. Alan Cohen, M.A. M.A., is the author of 22 popular inspirational books and CD’s, including the best-selling The Dragon Doesn’t Live Here Anymore , the awardwinning A Deep Breath of Life, and the classic Are You as Happy as Your Dog? His books have been translated into 24 foreign languages.