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ANYTHING THAT'S REAL DOES NOT DIE The LAST Interview with Barry Long

THE DELECTABLE TASTE OF FREEDOOM by Behram

WOMEN OF THE 21ST CENTURY

BEYOND FEAR AND SUFFERING by Isira

YOU ARE NOT YOUR MIND by Eckhart Tolle

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AWAKENING THE TRUE ESSENCE OF OUR NATURAL VOICE by Chris James

DEPRESSION by Jaan Jerabek

THE MIRACLE OF LOVE by Sky

THE TRUTH ABOUT ABUNDANCE & PROSPERITY by Qala Sri’ama

HOW TO TEACH CHILDREN YOGA by Swami Prema Ananda

THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE AND MENOPAUSE by Dr Quentin Chen

CHEMICAL ADDITIVES ARE THEY KILLING OUR CHILDREN?

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ORGASMIC-NESS IS A WOMAN’S NATURAL STATE by Shantam Nityama & Martina Hughes WOMEN RE-DEFINING by Marie-Elise Allen

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RAISING YOUR LIFEFORCE ENERGY by Justine Crowley

CREATORS OF CHANGE 2012 by Sarah Liddle

TRIGGERING THE LAW OF ATTRACTION by Wayne McDonald

BE YOUR OWN HEALER IN SECONDS by Marama

Don’t listen to it…all that stuff about “not enough”…all those words of fear, doubt, lack and unworthiness hold immense power…but not because they are being expressed “out there” in the words and thoughts of others…no, but because you listen to them as thoughts in your own head. We all are receivers for the thoughts that flow through the One Mind we’re all plug ged into…how we react to these thoughts is what determines the quality of the life we are living. Right now, the world is gripped in a psychic stranglehold of fear…all our securities are being challenged, so it’s the perfect moment to put all the wisdom we have gleaned over the years into practice. Love truly is the only answer. Within us all is a vast ocean of infinite beingness…this we all are. To practice Its presence, not now and again, but moment to moment is what’s being called for. This boundless ocean of love carries with it all the richness of life…it feeds us, informs us, inspires us and sustains us. Within it is the wisdom of the Eternal One…pulsating with infinite knowing…always here, always now, always available…in every breath. Yes, we know it’s so…but now it’s time to demonstrate this knowing. Do you dare to admit to yourself once and for all that what you really are is Definitionless Awareness and to make every effort possible to allow for This that looks through your eyes to be the ground of your being? Are you willing once and for all to end the to and fro dance of remembering and forgetting…to finally

bring it all to a halt and simply “Be who you really are”? Right now, the world needs conscious, aware and awake, loving beings to demonstrate the truth that “There really is nothing to fear”. It’s now time to unmask the great imposter within, this thought construct of a “me” that so dominates our perspective on life. This “me” is simply another one of those “fear fabrications” that stem from the words that flow through our thinking minds. All those fear-based thoughts continue to manifest the “little me” within you…when the identification with the fear ends…love remains. It is time now to “Be who you really are.” Are you ready…are you willing? “Wisdom tells me I am nothing. Love tells me I am everything. And between these two my life flows.” Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj With love, Leo and Enza.

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Anything That’s REAL Does Not Die The last Interview with Barry Long

(PART I)

By Leo Drioli

Every time I met with Barry Long for an interview for one of our publications, it would always trigger a major shift within me. This following interview took place a couple of years before he died in 2003 and once again allowed for such a shift to take place. You’ll notice that at the start of the interview, the first few questions are answered but he’s actually waiting for the right moment to address the “real me” by delivering one of his masterful wakeup calls... A true Master knows what to say and when to say it... it’s then up to us to hear it and take full advantage of what’s being presented. Barry Long was not my spiritual Master as I follow another tradition but I’ve always admired and respected his forthright approach to presenting Truth... his ability to cut through our delusions and to reveal just what’s there within us that’s holding us back. I came away from this interview gifted with an awakened sense of the Eternal Presence that sits within us all. I remember sitting in a shocked but profound awareness for a few days... till the ego began to clutter and reclaim the attention again. It was fascinating work transcribing the following interview, hearing his words as if he was still with us... watching as he did what he does so well... the stripping away of the unreal to make some space to see what’s left – the real. For, in his own words “Anything that’s real does not die.” The first part of this two part interview begins with Barry being very patient with a Leo armed with some appropriate yet intellectual questions...watch how he masterfully moves me beyond my mind...into that purer place of the heart...he’s like the lion stalking his prey, waiting for the perfect moment to pounce... and pounce he does. Leo – I’ve watched you on videos and read some of your books and you describe yourself as “Master of the West”. Why are you “Master of the West”? Barr y Long – Well I

started off by saying that because everybody is into eastern masters and I don’t subscribe to eastern masters as any aspect of my teaching... their words I endeavour not to use... words such as Karma... I don’t use their other words, I might use one or two. But I avoid them because as a Western Master I must to be able to use Anglo-saxon words and English is the common language of the West. Unfortunately I speak that, and that alone, except for Australian. And as a Master of the West I’m also a master of words because the West is the place of words... we’ve got more dictionaries and encyclopedias than the East ever had. The East has the Sanskrit tradition and I have a great knowledge of the East – the East that is inside me and the “Real East”. Not the fancy East that’s produced so many so called teachings. I don’t subscribe to that although I don’t question what anyone’s realisation is. Leo – Do we need a Western Master to awaken in the West? BL – Of course you do. Eastern masters can’t awaken you because they’re not going to deal with the problems of the West. They’re going o get you to sit in front of them... like Rajneesh... definitely a Master who changed people psychologically by his presence as a Master should have. But then they go away and get up to their old tricks again. Having had a breakthrough, as it were, opening a crack... a bit of a schizophrenic crack which is necessary...They then close up and get on with the old habitual stuff. Or, make concepts of the teaching... which is what people do in the West... trying to make concepts of everything because they don’t get the idea, they get the concept. Leo – Where does your teaching come from? BL – My teaching comes from the deep place inside of me which is... what is that place inside me? The same place that’s inside you only it comes out differently in every being. Every being is different, as the fingerprint

displays the unknowable and indescribable on it, and every being is unique once they stop being the habitual and robotic. And that’s the problem with the West and it’s a problem with the educated East... they’ve become robotic and habitual too because the education as we know it today is of the West... and not of the East. Leo – What tools do you use for your students to awaken to the place inside you just mentioned? BL – First of all I use my presence, that’s the most important thing. The most important thing now is that you are actually with me. And in the presence of whatever it is I have realised within. That communicates subconsciously. Secondly what I have to do is to make people aware of the impediments to the realisation of God or Truth. Once you are aware of the impediments and start dissolving or addressing the impediments, then the Truth naturally is there... or God is there or whatever you call it. Leo – And the way you do this is... BL – Well I usually say “How’s your love-life Leo?” I’d say it in many ways... I’d say to people “You should come along to my meetings.” I say, “Any area of you living life which causes you to be emotional, to think, to worry... is an area which is an impediment to your realisation of Truth, or God or the Unknowable... Which is ridiculous.” So that’s easily identifiable, and then I help them by saying, “Well let’s see what buttons we can touch... Mother, father, lover, previous lover, children, job, current lover, current wife...” Leo – Is this something that you consciously do or is it something that happens spontaneously by being around you? BL – No of course when I use such techniques or devices as that, I’m using a technique or device which is the reciprocal of the ignorance at that level in people. So I use a reciprocal or the

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opposite to the ignorance that is in the people in front of me. And that’s how it’s got to be because only by fusing ...in merging the two... the two opposites: the positive and the negative, when they merge they’re no problem. And the West consists of the Negatives and the Positives. Leo – Obviously living in the moment, not projecting into the future or the past is what it’s all about. Do you have any techniques that assist with this being present? BL – Yes of course. You only project into the past or into the future while you have a problem inside you. And while you have a problem inside you, you are not innocent, because to be innocent is to have no problem within you... nothing arising. The problems arise and then you’re not innocent. Part of my job is to make you innocent. Leo – You teach that Imagination can in no way assist in the awakening process yet many other teachers work strongly with imagination to attain realisation... why? BL – Imagination is a devilish facility that men and women have. Now, would you tell me the difference between imagination and worry please. Leo – Yes they’re the same, but can’t we use our imagination in a constructive way to awaken? BL – There is no constructive way to use your imagination. Imagination has to be dissolved. You don’t need imagination once you’re intelligent. It’s only when you’re un-intelligent and robotic and drawing from... a drawing on a synthesis from the memory and experience that you need imagination. Leo – These other teachings indicate that we need to image where we want to be... BL – Oh what a lot of rot... How can you image where you want to be... you can’t image the unknown. You can only image what you already know. So on you go in a cycle... round and round you go. You can’t image where you want to be. Leo – But isn’t what we imagine a part of the world of God Within? BL – No! Leo – But everything is part of God... BL – No. Everything is part of what man made or God made. Now God

made the earth... God made the rain... the clouds and the sun and all of that. The impediments, such as imagination are man-made. Leo – But who made imagination? BL – Man! He started to not be intelligent. Leo – So you’re saying that God didn’t give us the ability to imagine? BL – No! God gave you the ability to be intelligent. And you and I as Man or Woman, we turned that into imagination. To imagine you want to be somewhere where I am not ... to have something that I do not have. And so we set up a whole cycle, a whole world – a man-made world of ignorance. Whereas when you’re intelligent there’s nothing to want, nothing to need... everything ... Now you can’t just shake your head... Leo – I’m agreeing with you... “There’s nothing to do, Nowhere to go, nothing to seek, nothing to know... Just be here with Me.” BL – Yeah, but why do you keep trying? When you’re nodding your head that means to me... you see... you’ve heard it before, I’m saying everything that you’ve always heard before... but I’m not. I’m not saying what you’ve heard before. I’m new. I speak to you newly, there’s no good nodding your head. It’s about changing... not trying... not wanting... not imagining... not wishing... not... well... You’ve got to apply that to your life because we can all imagine. And all these Masters or Teachers, whatever they are, talking about “Hold on to an image...” and that sort of stuff. You don’t need an image. You only need an image when you’re unintelligent and the

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more you hold on to an image... that image will reveal to you – if you truly hold onto one image – that image will reveal where it came from...you imagined it. When it comes from the imagination, then it comes from Man’s unhappiness and discontent – because that’s where his imagination came from...in that, when he was intelligent he started to think about what would be better if it was changed. And there’s nothing that needs to change. But do you want to pursue that any further? I know what you’re saying...Imagination as a creative function...right? Now “creative” is different to “positive”. And “creative” is different to “negative”. So positive and negative are the rules of this world...Man’s world works on positives and negatives: Happy today – Unhappy tomorrow. Celebrating today – Gloomy tomorrow ‘cause he’s lost what he celebrated, right? Positive and negative. Now creating comes from – Being what I am. And what I am is the unknowable God...let’s call it God – I call it God because it upsets everybody. Everybody says “I don’t know about this ‘God’...” they chucked God out the window didn’t they? The Gurus, like me, they chucked me out the window except for some people. And that’s bad luck for them. Now to be creative is to be in touch every moment with the place of Truth...with the place of Love, which is not possessive love...with the place of innocence...with the place inside that is exposed – absolutely naked and exposed within the body that is listening to these words, and the body speaking. Now out of that comes a natural creativity which created the trees...which created

INTERVIEW the birds and so anything that is created is about the source of it all. That’s how to write about creating. You don’t write a novel and think you’re creative. That’s just synthesizing memory and experience. To be creative is always to speak of Source, because that makes you intelligent. Because only intelligent Man and Woman speak of the Source so that it is meaningful, not just some clap-trap that they go on about, especially from Eastern teachers. I don’t know, stuff I hear from teachers of the East is, to me, purely synthesizing imformation. Leo – So a purer definition of Imagination, Divine Imagination would be part of that creative process you’re talking about? BL – Yes stillness... Absolute stillness within. You can only be creative when there is nothing arising. Cause what’s going to arise in you is the past of what is known. So if you’ve got a problem, you know what the problem is and you might say as people do to me “I don’t know what it is.” I say “ You know alright...it’s just that you don’t want to face it.” But, to anything that arises is the past. Now that can’t be creative...that might write a good book, a good and interesting novel, by synthesizing. But we’re talking about creating which comes from innocence, stillness, silence within...I can be speaking all day but I am silent within, ‘cause I’m innocent and I’m not trying to be anything. But you asked the question, I give you the answer. A child for instance, when it’s born, it’s so beautiful, we love it... we can’t help but love a little child. And when you watch them when they don’t know you’re watching... they’re beautiful, they’re in their bodies. You see, their body is beautiful. But when they get ugly is when they start to get experience and likes and dislikes. They get ugly and if you ever... have you got any children? Leo – Yeah BL – Yeah. Have you ever seen the psychic change on their face when the devilish emotion comes into them? Terrible... terrible... possession. But it’s in the human race, in all of us. So the baby’s body is innocent. Why is the baby’s body innocent? Because it’s made by God. What is the problem that enters the baby... the emotional psychic problem... what’s that made by? You and me in the past as Man and Woman... our society and it continues to contribute to it. And as the child grows, it grows in information... in knowing but not in knowledge which is Gnosis. Leo – You said somewhere that the Master carries the disciple until they’re able to discover the Master within. What did you mean by this? BL – When the Master takes on someone, it’s not a disciple, it’s someone that is living or practicing the teaching that he has been given, right? They’re practicing to the best of their ability. Such a person, if they keep coming to me, then I am able to... I’m always moving... see my teaching that you read about is nothing like I would teach in this moment and next moment it won’t be the same as the last moment. So it’s always moving on. So when they come and be with me, to the degree that they stop conceptualising and living what I’m saying, they come with me into a deeper place within. But they can’t help it in the West – conceptualising. All the advertisements make us conceptualise...The newspapers, the media – all about conceptualising. There’s not a bit of truth in the whole lot of it. All concepts – not the idea. Concepts are made from the idea. What you have to do is to get the idea. And the idea is

not conceptual, you can’t conceptualise it. It’s a place within... it’s a holy place... it’s the idea.

‘You are a light that is forever. You are consciousness. You are not just a person. The person will trouble you. The consciousness is what you know inside to be right and true. That is the love inside you and the beauty inside you.’

PART TWO OF THIS INTERVIEW WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE NEXT ISSUE. BARRY LONG was one of the world’s great spiritual masters. He taught for over 35 years. He was uniquely of the west: down to earth and practical. His books, tapes and videos are comprehensive, encompassing all aspects of the spiritual life from meditation to raising children, from cosmic consciousness to making love. His works are published in 11 languages. He is widely recognised for his original teaching on love which is the first to distinguish love from sex, and has transformed the love lives of many around the world. Barry Long died on 6 December 2003, at the age of 77. It was his wish that his books and tapes should continue to be published and be made available by The Barry Long Foundation International.

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The Delectable Taste Of FREEDOM I believe that, a great way to enjoy life is to focus less on the by-products of a super life and more on living superbly. Are you living passionately, regardless of the many setbacks you may have experienced in life? Or do you have a tendency to complain and feel resentful each time your expectations are not met? Have you chosen your life experiences, or have they been chosen for you? Free choice is not about thinking, speaking or doing whatever you want, whenever you want, or however you want. It is the strength of character to choose to think, speak and do, what is fitting and wholesome in each moment. Have you noticed how powerfully your desire to consume, achieve and possess things keeps you forever restless and lacking? Wouldn’t it be far better to feel the joy of emancipation by investing your time and resources wisely? Understand that the way to true freedom is similar to hiking up towards a magnificent, shining peak glimpsed here and there against the blue sky, through the wild tumult of delusion. So, acquire good judgment that liberates you from the fantasies that plague human existence. Being free, in its most pristine form, is not related to freedom for the self, but freedom from the self; especially the “self” that

weaves fantasies which promote greed, fear and aggression and their attendant suffering. To be fettered to a lifestyle that leaves you wanting and dissatisfied at the end of the day, is surely not the way to peace and contentment. Be aware of how your insatiable yearning for transitory pleasures, depletes you and steers you away from your deepest needs and desires. Therefore, be wise and serene in whatever you do or experience, because it is the hallmark of true liberty. Being alive is based on a long succession of choices with their inevitable web of consequences that lead to either greatness or grief. Each day, from a vast number of choices, you must decide the most insightful way to navigate through life’s illusions that entice you away from true autonomy. The quality of your experiences depends entirely upon how skillful you are in making these decisions and living by them. So, from time to time, ask yourself if your goals are pointing you in the direction of a destiny you are really keen to experience. Multiplications of zero are always zero! Therefore, isn’t it a waste of life to pursue goals that yield little or no satisfaction? Do not mistake the promise of emancipation to be the acquisition of material and professional goals. Exam-

“That which is false troubles the heart, but truth brings joyous tranquility.” - Mevlana Rumi

ine your assumptions deeply, to see if they are really serving you. When a belief or desire is enshrined as an absolute, you experience a rigid fixation of mind and circumstances, which freeze the flow of freedom. Learn to change perspectives on every situation; particularly those perspectives or influences that entice the masses to stay shackled to a life of servitude to their passions. Consequently, instead of clinging to your point of view, feel the freshness of having a viewing point, from which to select and implement better choices that lead to a flourishing life. The greatest tree reaches for the highest heights and sinks the deepest roots. Do so likewise. If you rearrange the molecules of carbon in the right way, you create a diamond. In physical form, a lump of carbon and a diamond look very different, yet they are merely different expressions of the same potential. Similarly, when you rearrange your values and priorities wisely, you can transform your life into a masterpiece, from which the delectable taste of freedom emerges. The greatest value in being free is that it promotes inner tranquility and outer effectiveness. Thus, keep attuning your perceptions and actions, until one day, you see the Light. What is something that appears to be formidable, but which you will gain mastery over at the earliest? Behram is the Chairman and Managing Trustee of Nembutsu Centre in India and a Buddhist teacher of international repute, with over 18 years of experience. He will be teaching in Australia in February March, April 2009. To know more about his visit, please call Arooza Irani on 0404 653 222 or log on to his website www.nembutsu.org

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Beyond FEAR and SUFFERING That our life is filled with challenges is natural: for life is a process of growth. All growth involves change. Along with change we experience a sense of tension as our being goes through a transition from one acquired state to another. This applies at every level; physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. And this involves what we call pain. Actually, ‘pain’ is simply a current and state of energy that corresponds with this transition. Yet pain and suffering are not mutually inclusive or the same symptom. They are not occurring for the same reasons in life. Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional. Although, if we do not understand pain and why it is occurring – such as the great pain we are feeling at the collapse of our environment and world economy – we enter a state of mind-crippling fear, which leads to a deeper state of suffering. Many people are feeling truly terrified by what is happening, but such a response is profoundly limited and limiting. To continue reacting to world circumstances with the mind state of fear will only fuel our spiral-

ling passage of self-demise. Rather, it is important to understand what these signals of fear and pain are about. Fear is simply an unconscious reaction to a state of pain – whether the pain is situated mentally, emotionally, physically or spiritually. Our fear is the undeniable evidence that we have been living an unconscious life and we have created a world of unconscious circumstances – a world of conflict. Fear is the first signal that we are becoming aware of the consequences of our unconscious actions – both individually and collectively. Fear reminds us that we have lost our centre of awareness – we feel as if our lives are out of control. Fear makes us really pay attention. Fear indicates that we are profoundly aware of a state of pain and imbalance. This awareness has been raised for a purpose – not because we are powerless in the face of such challenges, but because really we are much more than the unconscious mind that created them. Most people mis-perceive fear, believing that it is the evidence that

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life is somehow a terrifying power that has control over us, that we are at its mercy, unable to do anything about our circumstances. Fear seems to make us feel as if we really are powerless. Because we react to this fear by shutting down to what it is really doing, we also shut down any ability or possibility of consciously utilizing its energy. We don’t like what we are seeing, so we project our self out of the moment and into the past or future. In that state of mind we have no true power or response within the moment. Have you heard the saying, ‘feel the fear and do it’? Fear is the energy that says we have limited the way we see and understand life. This attracts and creates undesirable circumstances and as a result we misperceive those creative powers and circumstances. In fact we are projecting our minds’ illusions onto the circumstances. So fear is literally F false E evidence A appearing R real. It is a surface signal of our soul, tugging at our mind for us to wake up and be present to our pains with a deeper conscious awareness: to see what is really happening. Fear commands us to do something. ’There is something you need to do, now open your eyes properly so you can really do it!’ It pushes us into the face of our pain. Here, we can do one of two things: either we react unconsciously again and slide back into the mind of fear that tells us we are powerless, or we choose to consciously look at the pain and its purpose. Let’s not see pain as a fixed and undesirable state that is being done to us – let’s begin to see that it is simply an energy within our life process. Pain indicates a process of change within us. We need to pay attention in order to evolve, adapt and bring our self into a state of harmony again. Even when pain is the direct result of an ‘accident’, it is because our physiological being is re-orchestrating itself (hence the energy that is felt and labelled as pain) to regain a state of congruence. And the accident most often occurs due to a lack of our con-

scious attention; we have not been centred enough in our self, paying attention to the moment and our inner signals. When we are not paying attention to our inner being, to its signals and innate knowing, we may continue to compromise our very self – going against our own authentic nature or needs. As a consequence a greater state of imbalance begins to manifest, bringing with it stronger and stronger signals of circumstance and pain (such as the growing global crisis we are facing). Very often these signals are also letting us know that we are holding onto something that does not serve us, such as belief systems, the actions those beliefs give rise to and the consequences that are born of those actions. So pain can represent either holding on (which indicates the need to let go) or a process of transformation (the need to let things be). Again, this could be at any level (physical, mental, emotional or spiritual), yet it will ultimately result in a physical symptom. So the signal of pain is actually a tool of our conscious intelligent self raising an alarm, attempting to alert us to something we need to address consciously. Actually, the more we live our life consciously, the more subtle the pain signals become. They don’t ever disappear in entirety because they are part of our natural energetic makeup. Pain is inevitable – it is a functional energy that serves us in our process of evolution and growth. Suffering, on the other hand, is a condition caused by a deeply set state of resistance or attachment. Of course, this is not to overlook situations of crisis where many people are experiencing abject poverty, war and disease: this is indeed great suffering. Yet, if we look at this closely we will come to see that even these circumstances are largely due to the human ego condition. Most of these circumstances would not be occurring if humanity were beyond the greed of ego, which creates great inequity through attachment (self greed) and resistance (ignoring and rejecting the needs of others). But resistance and attachment are not inherent in our nature or inevitable. Humanity has a choice – suffering is optional. At an individual level, one may be experiencing great pain, yet not be suffering. In fact one can even experience a sense of peace and freedom even while a condition of pain is occurring. When I was in hospital with a life-threatening illness I had this very experience. I could feel the pain energy of the body going through a transition. Yet as I was in a deeply surrendered state I had no resistance to what was happening. Rather than reacting with fear, I chose to be consciously present. In this deep presence of oneness with the pain I entered a state of profound peace and encountered incredible insights about my condition. This led to a ‘resurrection’ of my whole being! Pain was an inevitable part of the transformative process. By resisting ‘pain signals’ that our being is creating and messaging to us we create an

even greater field of tension and blindness until our circumstance is overwhelming. It is at this point, when we go beyond a conscious ability to respond, that we spiral into deeper states of suffering and fear. We give up our ability and become the disempowered victim. We push it (and our self) into the unconscious realm. While our pain is buried in the unconscious realm, its transformative power remains locked up. No matter how far into pain, fear or suffering we have gone there still remains only one true response for us to regain a sense of balance: surrender into presence. And it is up to us to choose this. When we let go of our minds’ resistance we can yield with what is happening, We can begin to understand what it is telling us, and we can be carried through by its own power. We transcend suffering and transform pain. Similarly, a moment of great fear may catalyse a conscious change. As we utilize this energy we can enter a lucid state of awareness. We let in to the pain that we initially reacted to with fear. The transformative power and consciousness that is in the ‘pain energy’ is unleashed, set free to do its work. The energy has the freedom to flow. Actually, we don’t need to do anything – IT already is the energy and intelligent life force that will carry us to a renewed state – we just need to let it happen – consciously. It shows us how we are to let be and how we are to respond. We can gain a true understanding of the nature and purpose of pain and we can understand that suffering IS optional. We are the ones who create our experience. When we take the seat of the one who is choosing we can surrender to a state of conscious presence – we ‘let go and let be’. When we let be we can live with even greater conscious awareness in a state of self-mastery, by using the tools of pain and fear for our conscious evolution. When we pass through the gateway of fear we discover the power we really are. We become the master and embrace pain for the tool it is: Pain is aiding us in our journey of self-discovery and the process of manifesting harmony. Isira is a being of Divine Love, who lives and radiates Awakened Presence. She is here to touch and inspire as many people as possible to enable individual and global consciousness to be awakened: to live in awareness and impact the earth positively. A spiritual teacher and global peace ambassador, Isira has been teaching meditation and inspiring selfrealisation for over 20 years. Her core teaching, The Presence, is a living meditation - it enables us to experience and access the power of true presence within. Isira delivers universal teachings regularly in Australia and overseas and has published her well-celebrated autobiography – “A Journey of Awakening”. For more information visit www.isira.com or phone 02 9091 6833

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Presented by Phil and Lee Finkelstein We all dream, but are you making best use of all the time spent as Soul in the Inner Worlds? At this workshop you’ll learn how to gain greater recall of your dreams and how to take important steps in your own unfoldment through Lucid Dreaming or Soul Travel in the Dream State.This workshop will provide you with the Ancient Wisdom of the Dream Teachings of Eckankar, as handed down by the Vairagi Adepts through the ages. Attending the workshop you will:

Many years ago during a visit to the state of Arizona, a friend offered to give me a ride in his single-engine plane. I’d never flown in one before and jumped at the chance. Settling into the cockpit, he arranged a flight plan from Phoenix to Sedona a distance of about 200 kilometers - with the airport’s traffic control tower. He revved the little plane’s engine, rolled it down the tarmac and lifted it into the clear desert sky. Once we’d reached cruising altitude, my friend let me take the controls for a while. This was in the days before soundproof cockpits. The earphones we wore served multiple purposes; to be able to communicate with each other in the plane and to receive instructions from the air towers, but also to block out the noise of the engine’s whine. My friend’s voice piped in through the headphones, “The control tower in Sedona is beaming us a navigational signal to the airport in Phoenix. If you fly off course, the audio signal you hear in your headphones becomes fainter. Try veering off to one side.” I banked the little plane slightly to the left and sure enough, the beeping sound in my headphones grew softer. When I turned the plane back on course, it became stronger.

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I thought, wouldn’t it be great if we humans had this kind of navigational signal to keep us aligned in life? Then I realized in fact, we do. Have you ever heard a soft, subtle sound inside your head? Most folks I talk to hear it when they’re in a really quiet place, like right before they’re going to sleep. It’s like a high-pitched ringing or the hiss of electrical wires. If you cover your ears with your palms, you can hear it better. Those sounds are not physical. So where do they come from? For years, I’d been doing what we call spiritual exercises (similar to meditation, only more proactive) where I’d close my eyes and focus on listening to that funny inner sound. From my studies in Eckankar, I’d learned that this inner sound was one aspect of the ECK, or Life Force. I’d listen, but would wonder how this funny sound was going to uplift or take me to higher states of consciousness. I’d been experiencing a flow of energy coming in through the top of my head (the crown chakra) and flowing down the back of my neck to my upper shoulders. It felt warm and tingly, like warm water, causing slight shivers of pleasure. While this felt really great, I wasn’t sure what to make of it or how to use it, and so let it go for a while.

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GROWTH Then about the time I began questioning what to do about the funny inner sound, I had been experimenting with the sound and the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;tinglingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; feeling. I wondered if they had anything to do with each other and tried allowing the sound to flow into my inner being through my crown chakra. Bingo! That was it. As the inner sound flowed into me, it changed from being just a funny little sound, to a rushing, flowing current of pure energy and life. It tingled and pulsed, seemingly enlivening every atom of my inner being as it flowed through my body and out my toes. It felt wonderful. When this happened, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d experience a free, floating sensation, as if I were hovering in inner space. Everything felt both infinite yet intimate. I soon realized this was an out-of-the-body experience. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d experienced this feeling before, but its occurrences were happenstance, certainly something I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t able to duplicate at will. But now, by just allowing the inner sound to flow in through my inner being, it would happen almost automatically. All the years Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d been listening passively to the inner sound, was like standing on the shore of the sea, listening to the sound of the waves coming in. By allowing the inner sound to flow into my inner being, it was like running into the surf and diving into the water. Once fully submerged, I could feel the pull and pulse of the waves, the refreshing tingling sensation of the salty sea enveloping my skin. This inner sound, the ECK, comes from God, or the Creator Itself. This sound is Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s breath or essence. When we allow It to resonate within our deepest inner being, we are allowing God to speak to us. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a vibration of creation, goodness and love, and when it flows through us, at least for that moment, it changes our atoms to be more Godlike. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re like the little planes, and the navigational tower thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sending out the sound signal is like God. When we get off track in our lives â&#x20AC;&#x201C; either by doing, thinking or feeling things that are not in harmony with God and life, we can feel it in our hearts, and it probably doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel so good. But when weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in line with this signal, when itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s flowing in and through our being, it feels good and honest. In the next article, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll talk about the other aspect of the ECK, the light. Phil Morimitsu is the author of In the Company of ECK Masters: RealLife Experiences with Spiritual Masters in the Twentieth Century and The Seeker. An American artist and writer, Morimitsu has travelled worldwide giving talks about his books and about Eckankar. Currently, he lives and works in Hong Kong.

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Awakening The True Essence of our Natural Voice she realise that if she took her reawakened soul-full voice, her gentle breath, conscious presence and re-configured body along to a choir and started to sing songs that she allowed to emotionally move her from her centre, or that reinforced old ideals and beliefs or even dogmatic principles, her body would have to â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;step downâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; energetically and she would then have to â&#x20AC;&#x153;rebuildâ&#x20AC;? the energetic connection inside herself.** **[This is one of those energetic truths that people just DO NOT want to hear. But it is SO energetically logical. Everything is energy â&#x20AC;Śright? Once you become switched on to the natural flow of your voice you start to feel the energetic repercussions of everything you say. If the energy in your words is harmful, engender emotions, comparison or self doubt, is malicious or neurolinguistically manipulative, in fact everything that is NOT from the heart, it will have a very physical effect on you, on your body, your organs, your cranio-sacral fluid, your general well â&#x20AC;&#x201C;being. And this WILL happen. Whether we are too numb to feel it is another matter!] She pondered on this, and after a while said emphatically â&#x20AC;?Well thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s THAT for singing then!â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hold onâ&#x20AC;? I said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;just feel this

I recently had a private session with a client. Alice (not her real name) had been singing in choirs since she was 8 years old, and played a string instrument competently. She had, however, stopped singing in choirs some time ago. Alice had been practising her gentle breath* and developing her conscious presence for quite a while, and now she wanted to learn to sing from her innermost (esoteric) awareness. I asked her what she would do when she was able to sing in this re-connected way, and she said she would rejoin a choir. *[Note; the gentle breath is the foundation of our re-awakening our natural voice. It is the way to meditate without imposing ANY energy or force or mental dictate on our body. The body and lungs are then allowed to start to FEEL what is a natural breath. This is so important and is rarely understood. It is from this gentleness that our NATURAL voice can unfold, flower, be reawakened. Our natural voice is unforced, has no agenda, is not driven or projected, or constructed, it SIMPLY FLOWS. And this of course, is the last thing that oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;mentalâ&#x20AC;? energy does] We mused on this, and I commented that this was OK but did

sound...â&#x20AC;? and I toned gently, note after note ... very simple, just gentle sounds. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Goodness â&#x20AC;&#x153; she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just could not stop myself smiling. What a beautiful sound.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;OK, lets try it, â&#x20AC;&#x153; I said, and we started to explore some simple gentle tones. At first her sound was formless, disconnected, forced, and came just from her throat. (She was in tune of course due to her musical experience, but that was all!) So we kept tuning in to her letting go of the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;pushâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, the self-judgement, and the contraction, and then she made her first un-forced sound. She opened her eyes immediately and said â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oh that feels so wonderful, I can actually feel it in my body.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yes â&#x20AC;&#x153; I commented, â&#x20AC;&#x153; but notice how your mind is leaping in immediately and not letting you feel what else is there!â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ah!â&#x20AC;? ... she got it. Alice was starting to discern for herself. Her sound became more and

more resonant, gentle, heartfelt and connected, and after each sound she was able to be more and more still. So after the second tone there was a 10 second pause before she spoke, then 30 seconds, until eventually she was truly able to connect and feel ... like a radiance through her body, and eventually she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is the most wonderful sound I have ever made in my life, and this is the most I have ever felt and connected to my body.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Great,â&#x20AC;? I said. â&#x20AC;&#x153; Now imagine a person with your life experience, your social set, all the connections you have, imagine presenting to all the people you know what it feels like to re-awaken their voices, hearts, and bodies, and to feel this connected.â&#x20AC;? I am not going to write schmaltz here, but, Aliceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s face was truly radiant and her eyes alight. She was realising the vast possibilities of what she could actually do with her transformed innermost voice. And she realised how much she could do at home, continuing the

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process of tuning herself in to her re-awakening body and heart and voice. And off she went. Oh and by the way, Alice turns 78 in a few weeks. WHATS STOPPING YOU? With love Chris Chris James teaches internationally about the healing power of sound, song, voice and meditation. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Everyone is born with a beautiful voiceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Chris says. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Discover your natural voice and learn that we can experience and trust our creativity and intuition, speak our truth...and be heard.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Founder of The International School of Sacred Sound, Patron of The UK College of Sound Healing, Chris is renowned for his ability to unite audiences of thousands in song, facilitate intimate groups, and corporate conferences. He has led singing at concerts, festivals and seminars for over 20 years. Teacher Training Programmes are conducted internationally.

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DEPRESSION An Illness or emotional constipation?

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The treatment of depression in the new paradigm we are in now, requires us to change our attitude collectively. The approaches that account for most of the depression treatments in the past were very clinical, overly logical, unwholistic and even brutal. There seems to have been a need to categorize depression; is it non-melancholic, melancholic, reactive, clinical, does it come from genetic factors, is it personality style? Is it biochemical? Let’s put it in its category, label it, and follow the standard protocol for that type. Even though the labelling and following protocol has been the much needed approach to scientific problem solving, depression has zero to do with science. It does have everything to do with emotional intelligence and awareness of our true nature though. The labelling of the types of these afflictions does more damage than

good. People are creating the ‘stuckness’ of depression in the first place by limiting themselves and putting themselves into a self induced hypnotic trance of ‘I have Depression, I am Depressed, I have Depression, I am Depressed and since I have a,b & c form of Depression I will always be on anti-depressants or will need five to ten years of therapy. ’ The truth is that Depression is a call to introspect and undergo a process of emotional release, and growth - hence a change in personal values & a life transition. The truth is also that there is only one Depression. The causative factors of the degrees of Depression are the only real difference; by way of how many units of pain there are for each individual. These units of pain are the old and toxic emotions leftover from the past. ‘Emotional constipation’ is the most direct way

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of putting it. For example: 10 units of old emotional pain may be experienced as reactive depression. If 50 units of pain, it is heading towards clinical depression, and 100 units of pain could be entering the chronic/melancholic depression zone. Understanding the Depression process: Depression is the surface presenting symptoms of varying degrees of old emotional pain, trapped deep in the unconscious layers of the mind, which has grown so stagnant and toxic that it stops the rest of one’s energy flowing – be it happy/joyful feeling energy or physical action/motivation energy. This may lead to the reported feelings of deadness/ unhappiness and lack of inspiration and enthusiasm. Usually the emotional energy that is trapped in the unconscious layers of the mind is grief and/or anger and all the various shades of these two primary emotions. For grief the shades may be emptiness, despair, helplessness and hopelessness, melancholy, gloomy/moody, despondancy, flat/numb, tiredness and so forth. For anger the shades may be frustration, irritation, withdrawn, non- communication, sulking, bitterness, impatience and so forth. What depressed people suffer from is the by-product of holding onto emotional pain that has passed its use-by date and needing to be released. This release can easily occur through an effective emotional release technique such as Cathartic Style Rebirthing Breathwork – the ultimate emo-

LOVE tional enema. When we hold onto an old and painful emotional experience, which is made up out of (for example ) 10 units of lifeforce energy, 11 units more of lifeforce energy are required to hold down the emotional experience in our unconscious mind, and in our neuromuscular system in the form of tense muscles. If we have many old emotional pains held in our system there ends up being less lifeforce energy left to be used up as happy/ joyful feelings, inspiration/ motivation and energy to live...What we call Depression then takes over. Whether the main depression episode is triggered by a stressful event; comes from a personality style, or is put down as genetic or biochemical, the emotional cause explains the mechanism behind all of these. Even what we call genetic depression is not a case of depression being passed down into the physical body through genes. Even though there is a slight element of this, what really is passed on from mother and father to child are the unconscious emotional coping habits and the same degree of self-worth/healthy attitude towards themselves. So if mum and dad never gave themselves permission to feel their emotions fully or value themselves in a healthy and nurturing way and let themselves live fully, then we received these messages very early on and decided that is how we should also be. The end result is that if a lifetime of our parents not allowing themselves to feel fully would result in depression for them, would not the same way of dealing with (or should I say not dealing with) our emotions eventually result in the same for us? When we look at biochemical depression, which is a type of depression attributed to a lack of serotonin or nor-adrenaline going through our system, we also see a behind the scenes mechanism occurring ... our body and mind are one unit. Simply put, if there are no happy juices – joy flowing through the mind/ emotional energy system, of course this will eventually show up in a biological/ physical reflection of the same thing. The physical happy juices/ joy chemicals being serotonin, nor-adrenaline and other mood stabilizing hormones and neurotransmitters that antidepressants try to address, will be absent. It all goes back to the emotional, mental and spiritual bodies. Jaan Jerabek is in his 15 th year of facilitating Rebirthing Breathwork sessions and personal development programmes. People fly from all over Australia to participate in his residential programmes. He is passionate about making Breathwork a mainstream psychotherapeutic healing modality especially for depression and anxiety sufferers who often are suffering in isolation and needlessly. You can find out more about Jaan Jerabek and his work at www.jaanjerabek.com and www.thedepressionsolution.com or call him directly on 02 9985 7278 in Sydney.

THE MIRACLE OF LOVE When you have a constant awareness of love, there is the fulfilment of your deepest desires. Having just finished presenting a week-long course of Love’s Alchemy at my home in the beautiful Promised Land valley near Bellingen, I feel full and replete from sharing with a lovely group of people in such a special way. As my mind wanders over the events of the past week, it strikes me again how truly transformative love is. And, how overlooked this power is! It is probably fair to say that we really don’t even understand the word ‘love’ to its fullest extent. Many of us associate love with relationships - a lover, our children, a dear pet or friend. Love is to do with love stories and love songs, girl movies and other romantic expressions. Love is an accessory to our lives, one that we long for but is not really necessary to the serious business of surviving and succeeding in life. At worst, our perception of love is as sentimental rubbish, which gets in the way of rational and sensible thinking. In truth, love is the very principle of existence and the process by which existence occurs. Love is the premise for existence. Without love, there is no existence, no manifestation, and no universe. In this little four letter word is hidden the very reason for existence. Love brings all this into being. Part of the reason this is not better understood, is that it is not really understandable with the egoic mind. The mind cannot fully comprehend the significance of these words. The truth of these words is recognised in the heart. This is heart intelligence and therefore we don’t understand it but we do recognize it beyond any understanding. Mystics from every great spiritual tradition have realised this for aeons. It is well summed up in the Judeo-Christian tradition with the words, “God is Love”. So far, science has not recognised that love gives rise to everything. Some scientists say that consciousness gives rise to everything. In a way, this is actually saying the same thing. For when we experience pure consciousness, it is felt as pure divine love. The direct experience of this is indisputable and explains the certainty with which the mystics speak of this. As Thomas Aquinas said, “Love takes up where knowledge leaves off”. The nature of consciousness or God is love. There are scientific enquiries that give tangible and wonderful evidence of love as the premise for existence. This is a particularly poetic and exacting example from paediatrician Joseph Chilton Pearce. He describes how at conception, the very first cells to form are a tiny cluster of sound cells. To grow, the inherent intelligence of the embryo must be stimulated into life, and it is these

sound cells, hearing the mother’s heartbeat, that trigger growth. After a few days, these new cells start to pulsate. This is the start of the heart. What I find so significant is that it is the relating of one heart with another that causes growth. After all, the heart is the quintessential symbol of love, and as Pearce points out, this is the biological imperative for growth. There are other studies that make the same point. Famously, the studies done after WWII with premature infants and young orphans where lack of physical contact, hugs and cuddles contributed to their physical decline so significantly, the experiments had to be stopped. In the Upanishads of the Vedas, India’s most ancient and sacred scriptures, it says that love is present everywhere. It is infinite and invisible, though all the galaxies emerge from it. Love is implicit to the workings of the universe. It is the fundamental force of evolution. We see it in reproduction involving the sexual attraction between creatures that gives rise to birth. We see it in mother love, where the giraffe may sacrifice her life for her baby. We see it in the multitude of small acts of kindness and caring permeating our daily lives. This is how I express it in my book, Love’s Alchemy. “Here the word love refers to so much more than the love we think of among other human emotions. Here we are referring to love as the incredibly powerful cosmic energy of attraction. Like gravity or magnetism, in a deeply original and profound way, love holds together the seamless manifestation of form. It is what holds together the cells of your body; it is what holds your body in place on this planet; it is what holds this planet in place orbiting around the sun; it is what holds our solar system in place among the other hundred billion galaxies.” And this is how R. Buckminster Fuller expressed it. “Love is metaphysical gravity.” Love is the force of life and, as such, we can live our lives in love. What does it mean to live in love? It means to live free of fear. It means to see everything through the eyes of love. It means to make everything about love. Send love, experience love, invoke love, transmit love, and radiate love. When you have a constant awareness of love, there is the fulfilment of your deepest desires. One of the people on this last week’s course shared a lovely story circulating in cyberspace currently. This is a shortened version of it. Three-year-old Michael was excited about his baby sister’s arrival into the world. Day after day, Michael sang to his sister in his Mummy’s tummy, “You are my sunshine, my only sunshine..” He was building a bond of love with his sister. During labour there were complications and the

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baby was born in a very serious condition fighting for life. So much so that into week two of intensive care, it did not seem that she would survive. Michael kept begging his parents to let him see his baby sister but children are never allowed into intensive care. His mother finally decided to take him to his baby sister as he might never see her alive. Dressed in an oversized scrub suit and looking like a walking laundry basket, the head nurse bellowed, “Get that kid out of here. Children are not allowed.” His usually mild-mannered mother glared steely-eyed at the nurse and said he is not leaving until he sees his sister. Michael gazed at his tiny sister and after a moment began to sing, “You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. You make me happy when skies are grey.” Instantly she seemed to respond. Her pulse rate came down and became steady. Michael kept on singing and his baby sister’s ragged, strained breathing became as smooth as a kitten’s purring. Tears streamed down the head nurse’s face. The next day his baby sister was so well, she was able to go home. I am sure you have all seen the bumper sticker “Miracles Happen”. This is when those miracles happen, when there is a frequency of love. In the course, I have a visual that says, “Miracles happen naturally as expressions of love”. Sky is an inspiring spiritual teacher. Her incisive insight combined with an engaging presence, add power and magnetism to her message. Author of the book Love’s Alchemy, Sky’s focus is on the transformative power of love. She is a psychologist and spiritual coach with her consultancy in Sydney where she offers courses and private sessions. She also runs retreats in the Promised Land, a beautiful valley near Bellingen in northern NSW. Teaching in Australia, Japan and the UK, Sky is an awakener. Her invitation is to awaken to your true nature and, thereby, fulfill your purpose. For sessions or details of events call 02 9362 9866 or visit www.lovesalchemy.com

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Let go & Live It amazes me how much insight you can get from children’s movies. This morning I was watching a movie with my five and two year old, half way through I started crying (releasing emotions) and my five year old asked why I was crying. I’d had a realization and every realization is a life changing experience. This morning’s message was to release the need to control. As above so below from within to without. What this means is what you FEEL on the inside is what you get on the outside, the world around you. Talking the talk but not really FEELING or BELIEVING it inside will not give you the same result. I had a client just recently who spends their time trying to control their partner and children. Her children range in age from twenty to eleven so as you can imagine have developed their own personalities and are fighting against being controlled by their parents. The only way to gain true inner peace is to let go. This doesn’t mean don’t take action, this means don’t be obsessed by the result. Know what you want, take guided steps to get there & let it go. Spending time & energy trying to change or control other people will never give you the result you desire. The only person you can change is you. By starting on you and focusing on the good

in others and the things you like, love and appreciate about them your relationships will improve. This doesn’t just relate to other people, it also relates to you and your life experiences. Once you truly release that need to control your life you will be filled with greater joy and greater results as you are no longer limited and causing yourself unnecessary stress. So often I hear I just wish I knew the answer, the magic solution, the key or the secret. You are the secret to your life. You are the key and the magic solution. You are all the joy, bliss and love you could ever dream of. Once you can tap into your own inner peace, love and strength it will flow through in all areas of your life. Remember we are all human, the first person in your life you need to love, protect, forgive and honor is yourself. Be true to you. Be the mother, father, guardian to you. Nurture yourself and do what you FEEL is right. This is not necessarily what you THINK is right. If you always follow what you think & not what you feel you’ll never get the results you truly desire. Starting 2009 Evolution Events will be holding regular meetings and workshops for Lightworkers and anyone who is interested to join together to assist in raising your personal vibrational energy. By doing this as a group we can work with more people and hence

increase the virbrational energy of the world. For practitioners, we will be holding workshops to help you improve your business giving you the opportunity to get to more people and again help in raising vibrational energy. For more information visit our website www.lightworkersconnect.com Samantha is a mother of 2 boys under 5, Director of Evolution Events Pty Ltd and founder of Empowering Women. Her passion is to empower women in all areas of their lives by giving them the tools they need to create and maintain their own independence, confidence and lifestyle through her website www.empoweringwomen.net.au and regular workshops run across Australia and later next year in the US. For more information about Samantha please visit the website www.empoweringwomen.net.au or contact her direct if you have a story you would like to share or to become involved in the Empowering Women community by emailing sam@evolutionevents.com.au.

How your Psyche-type affects your life, your health and your relationships At the very heart of everything we do is the pervasive influences of our PsycheType or Personality Type - from the work we like to the people we enjoy sharing our life with. Our Psyche-type has an incredibly powerful yet involuntary influence on all our interpersonal relationships - most especially with those close to us. This precarious balance is the stuff that sitcoms are made of; each party knows what they want the other to understand but as is often the case they hear something else or act in a manner entirely different to what we would expect. So how can we get on with people who are not the same as us, who hear something different to what we said, and then do something contrary to what we expected? We are in fact, sending messages constantly. Some we intend while many we are largely unaware of created by the integration of what we said with the tone, emotional expression, our appearance and delivery, all of which synthesise into a communication that is often considerably outside our intention. Simply being in the space of another person starts a communication process; each person trying to assess the nature of the other, perhaps wanting to make a good impression only to be confronted with preconception before a word is spoken.

Too often we make a serious mistake when we assume that the person we are talking to is indeed receiving the exact message we intended to send. So how do we make the best of relationships especially those important ones that we have essentially no choice in? How do we keep our relationship with our marriage partner vibrant and alive throughout our lifetime? How can we come to terms with all those family members who are nothing like the rest of us but we need to keep the peace? Like so many mysteries of life, the answer lies in knowing ourselves and the machinations of how we interact with different Personality Types. Knowing our own Psyche-type helps us to understand the nature of the communication we project; by watching how others react to our actions and respond to our words we get feedback on how we and our message is received. Understanding how these two disparate sets of communication intersect we can gain an insight into the nature of the other person, their perception and judgment style and how we should proceed toward a beneficial and harmonious relationship. While most people take a hit-ormiss softly, softly sledgehammer approach in delivering their message, the informed person can comfortably navigate the potential

mine field of diverse personalities, spending more of their time immersed in the experience of the range of view others offer. By recognising the value system of others we can harmonise our own presentation ensuring a smooth integration of ideas and actions toward a mutually beneficial outcome, a win-win interaction. Over eighty years ago Dr. Carl Jung identified a series of Psychic preferences that each of us are polarised toward. This knowledge has been known and applied extensively by therapists, counsellors and some psychologists but unfortunately not made widely

*The word Psyche carries several meanings which are appropriate: “The mental or psychological structure of a person” and “The spirit or soul”. This presents an interesting synthesis of meaning; contained within our soul, our boot-strap code are the tools to enable us to fulfil our Dharma, our purpose for life. ^The word Persona means “The mask we wear” to survive, to comply with the expectations of others especially our parents, teachers and employers. The greater the persona the greater psychological stress we suffer.

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available to everyday people to better understand and manage their Interpersonal relationships. Given that these same people recognise the reality that the vast majority of us have suffered some degree of pain or alienation at the well intentioned hands of our parents, close relative or teachers, how come this most powerful tool to combat relationship stress is not taught in school to young adults who are about to embark on life’s great journey? Surely if this knowledge has the capability of overturning the misunderstanding that plagues effective communication and understanding everyone should know about it! One problem is that most of us believe that we are all the same, that others share the same values as we do. Nothing could be further from the truth! When people first learn that others in their life are different for a reason and that these differences are sewn in that person's psyche* from birth, they are shocked. Again, most people believe that everyone sees things the same but some people are ignorant or prone to malfunction. Learning Psyche-type can be achieved from books, in workshops or from online courses, accurate feedback from a qualified practitioner is essential in order to understand our own Psyche-type. This is because we simply cannot see ourselves. Many of us have spent so many years being the person that others expect us to be that it has left us drowning in our persona^ that ultimately leaves us feeling hollow and phoney jumping through impossible hoops with resultant health, career and personal relationship failures. Many difficult and painful relationships are finally understood during this learning process; we realise that everyone has a particular skill set that ensures the human experience is both diverse and divinely inspired. Taking the time to learn Psyche-type will have a profound effect on your life, your health and your Interpersonal relationships. For further information contact the authors: Lisa Hobden or Peter A. Mann on 0403070633 or at InterPersonality.com

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“Learning to Be SELF-ish” “Selfish? Oh, you can’t use that in a title”, said someone. “That implies self-centredness, and not thinking of other people first. That’s not very spiritual, is it! But how can you be centred in yourself, hear the workings of your own heart, and honour your own soul and it’s inner yearnings and wisdoms if you don’t take some time in your life just for you? One of the foundations of spiritual awareness is personal responsibility and accountability. And our awareness of self, our thoughts and desires shape the very fabric of our world. We need to know who we are and what we want. We need to be responsible for the direction our lives move in. We need to look after our ‘stuff’ whether that be health, possessions, bills or relationships - either on our own, or by asking for help as needed. Each week I see people who have pushed themselves past burnout. They have become part of a machine, working too hard serving others, and/or in jobs they don’t enjoy anymore (although they may have once loved them!), struggling to provide homes and possessions they then don’t have time to fully experience. I see people who are exhausted, who have broken spirits, who have lost their way, who are lonely and isolated, unhealthy, and often terribly sad. These people are wise and spiritually aware. (Many are practitioners themselves). People who have given unselfishly to others for years, but who are unable to treat themselves with the same level of love and care. They just feel driven to help others, and this good work is happening at the expense of themselves. And they’re walking wrecks. Yet they tell me they don’t ever want to be selfish! Does this sound like you? In this past year I sat beside the bed of a number of good people who were preparing to die, or whose lives had been forever changed through accident or illness. They all expressed deep regret about not attending to the things that really mattered to them, and wasting precious time on activities and relationships that had not enriched themselves, their loved ones or society in some way. For each of them, these things that so burned within them were now out of their grasp, although they had been presented with countless opportunities to pursue these things beforehand. Often they had done their ‘duty’ instead of pursuing the callings of

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2008 IN REVIEW Take a moment and reflect on 2008. Was it a positive year? Did you spend any time working on the things that are precious dreams? Did you spend enough time with the people you love? Did you have any fun? Was it another year where you put off doing the things that are important to you, or to your wellbeing? Has another year gone by without going back to study, or writing that book, or starting that business, or sorting out your health, your weight or your cupboards? Are your financials still in a mess? Is that thing still looming that you promise yourself you’ll get around to, but haven’t yet? Is 2009 shaping up to be another year of same old, same old? By learning SELFishness (making time in your life for YOU!!!) you create a wonderful opportunity for self exploration, personal development and a return to balance in your life. Every major religion and philosophy talks about the need for us to grow – to be the best that we can be – to share our talents, to live a loving, compassionate and healthy life. In order to give regularly to others we first have to learn how to give to ourselves. We need to work out how to replenish, heal and sustain ourselves. We must be able to recognise and nurture our talents, to take care of our health, and to have time to learn and grow as souls. When we are rested, and feel expansive and supported, we work from a positive and creative mindset. We are centred. We hear and pay attention to our inner guidance. We gravitate towards study, work and situations that will allow us to use our gifts and abilities. We make good decisions. We feel a natural connection to all things, and we are easily able to give time and energy to others – in fact we feel compelled to. When we come from a space of balance – when we practice extreme self care – we radiate light, love and positive energy into the world, and our lives become a blessing for ourselves and others. Nicole Cody is a channel, metaphysical teacher and Soul Guide. For more information contact 07 3256 0815, or www.nicolecody.com

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Raising Your Life Force Energy for success, abundance and prosperity There is so much negativity going on all around us in relation to the current economy, and sadly as this negativity continues it magnifies all thanks to the law of attraction. The modalities of abundance principles, Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) and energy healing combined together are absolutely powerful. Many individuals are unaware that making positive shifts in source energy; your life force energy is so critical to attracting success, abundance and prosperity at any level; and as a result of the law of opposites; the opposite is absolutely true as well. Your words, feelings and actions dictate your mood on a daily basis, and ultimately your destiny. We are a physical extension of source energy – we are spiritual ‘beings’, we have an intellect and we live in a physical body – the key is to initially attract the energy levels we require in order to achieve our goals, dreams and desires. For instance, say you want to be in a loving, fulfilling relationship of some kind by a certain date. The energy you put out in attracting your soul mate at the time of your intention is determined by your levels of positive versus negative energy, and where your life force

energy is vibrating at towards this outcome. If you have dense or low levels of energy; this is exactly what you will attract in your soul mate, and instead of being in a loving, harmonious relationship you will both be competing for each other’s energy, and if you were brought up with siblings you can totally relate to this. James Redfield in his book “The Celestine Prophecy” refers to this competition for energy as “control dramas” where children compete for love and attention from their parents in the absence of abundance. Unfortunately in this instance energy is a tool used to control and manipulate people around us, and often unconsciously. One of my mentors said to me that “most people want energy without even being aware of it. People think they want money, but what is money? What is love? What is having an exciting life?” Absolutely; all of these areas of life are just another form of energy including your health, family and other relationships to name. Get this: we all want energy. When you really get this your entire paradigm shifts into a completely awesome thought realm. Again the key here is to attract and

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maintain positive energy in your life. It is human to sometimes slip, however the key is to recognise this consciously so you step back up above the line where your life force energy levels are consistently high, where you are consciously aware of control dramas, and can give them the flick the moment you find yourself competing for energy, and the latter is also responsible for the tall poppy syndrome in Australia. Do any of these ‘stories’ sound familiar to you? People around you who say these things on a regular basis – negative people who try to bring you back down to their level; in other words trying to lower your high life force energy to make them feel secure which is something you definitely do not want as you have read this far; such victim mentalities as: “you just do not understand how tough it is for me” or “you do not realise how much has happened to me” and “poor me” – please give yourself permission to not hang around such people anymore, and you will already begin to feel a lot lighter. And if you have not already, you need to invest in a coach like myself who also focuses on energy work to attract high levels of life force energy into your life; and when this occurs all the negative people – also known as the energy stealers and competitors drift away in your life; whereby predominantly your hanging around positive, like minded people, and once your there you really appreciate how awesome life actually is!

A coach is unattached to your current reality, and if you tell your friends your hard luck stories, like the examples above; they would sympathise with you because misery definitely loves company, and would thus keep you at their level; you are much smarter as you are now making the choice to grow and change for the better! Remember: we are here for a good time, not for a long time – life is way too short to be stuck in your current reality, as you now realise massive, massive changes for the better, and definitely in order for you to grow emotionally in particular. And also remember, making lots of money is a piece of cake; you must get the fundamentals right in the first place to ensure happiness and fulfilment, which we all want and please trust me the abundance will then naturally flow on as a result! Justine Crowley is a respected abundance and prosperity coach/mentor, energy healer, Certified NLP Practitioner and Quit Cigarettes in 60 Minutes specialist. She is regarded as a caring and compassionate person designed to ensure YOU achieve more success, abundance, prosperity and fulfillment in your life. Justine also utilises these skills and gifts to invest in real estate and the stockmarket on a regular basis. For more information on the above please contact Justine on 0403 790 303 or your more than welcome to e-mail her at justycrowley@hotmail.com.

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PROSPERITY life. The Law of Attraction can be defined as whatever you continually think about, feel, dwell upon, fantasise about or fear, you attract into your life. Everyone knows the Internet, however not everyone understands the 'Ethernet'. The Ethernet is like a super-quick 'cosmic Internet' that works though sending messages via 'the cosmic airwaves'. Every thought sends out a vibration on the 'Ethernet' and when thought is energised by emotion, the energy attracts a complimentary energy to you in the form of a person, situation or event. The two polarised emotions that energise thoughts are enthusiasm

and passion on the one hand and fear on the other. To consciously trigger the Law of Attraction the first step is to connect strong emotion to what you think about or dwell upon. Remember that I have already said that it works in the positive and the negative. This means if you dwell on your problems or all the obstacles in the way of you achieving what you want and you get fearful of what might happen, the fear energises your thinking so the Law of Attraction will work powerfuly in attracting new and even bigger obstacles and roadblocks to your success. If you have deeply held beliefs such as 'I'm not good enough' or 'Life's a struggle' and focus on

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first step to getting more of what you want. Start to believe good things are possible for you and then start to act as if that is true. Get clear on an important goal for the next 12 months. Write it down as clearly as you can. What do you want to achieve? How will you feel when you achieve it? What will you be saying in your own mind and what will others say about you when you have achieved it? Get clear on these answers and then start to act as if it were true. Start to act as if you have abundance. Start to act as if you are successful. Get enthusiastic about your outcome and start to act as if it really is going to come

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Regular Planetar w Planetaryy RRee vie view FEBRUARY - APRIL 2009 THE PERIOD 2008 – 2012 Amidst the economic downturn that astrology allowed us to forewarn (Pluto entering Capricorn) and Saturn’s current opposition to Uranus which impels a need to break away from outdated protocol and initiate not only new systems and strategies but international congress befitting to our shared plights, is a forecast taking us to 2012. FEBRUARY 09 February sees six of the ten planets transit through Aquarius, an air sign where ingenuity, improvisation and the need for liberation are common anomalies. New alliances and governing bodies are likely to be formed if not discussed, demonstration and protest also high in this a month with an ‘Aquarian Agenda’. Swayed by the force of the solar and lunar eclipse (26th Jan, 9th Feb respectively) and then dominated by Venus in retrograde motion through March/April; the next three months offers a time to re-establish the true meaning of ‘personal wealth’ that comes from within, so as to enrich both our personal relations and collective relatedness. FEBRUARY’S ECLIPSE February commences in the midst of the Solar and Lunar Eclipse that polarises the signs Leo and Aquarius. It will be necessary for us all to put our personal agen-

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das (the ‘me’ part) to one side if we (the collective) are to ascend and ride the crest of this ecliptic wave given our economic and ecological frailties. Should you have planets close to 6 and 21 degrees Leo/Aquarius, you will be riding this ecliptic wave and its effects more personal to you. This eclipse is part of the group or series (as eclipses are) that inspires change of alliances and/or improvised ideas in tackling situations where old methods no longer work or serve us. The natal chart for China is activated by this eclipse series on their axis of self and others. Attention to the way it is seen as a nation by its own people and viewed by other countries is highlighted. As is its trade agreements and trade emissions. Prince Charles’ chart and the Queen’s are both impacted and one would expect to be in the public eye, particularly their roles in society. Barack Obama’s public image is also influenced by these eclipses. It is noteworthy to observe that the ecliptic path falls over his and the Chinese chart along the axis of ally &/or opponent, making for interesting negotiations should it run concurrent! MARCH/APRIL AND VENUS RETROGRADE. Every 18 months Venus ap-

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pears to move in the opposite direction to its usual orbit when viewed from Earth and is termed retrograde in motion. It is an illusion of the eye associated with Venus being at its closest position to Earth and Earth’s own orbit around the Sun. For 40 days and 40 nights Venus retrograde allows us to pause in our seeking and reflect on where we are going with regard to the very core of what provides meaning and value in our lives prior to relating this sense of worth and merit to others. This period for introspection occurs from 6th March – 17th April between 15 degrees Aries and back to 29 degrees Pisces, similar to 8 years prior. Therefore that which you were trying to ‘harmonise’ and establish in your relations then may be similar to now. Venus passing over the last and first degree of the zodiac, 29 Pisces and 1 degree Aries provides a sense of completion and starting over. “To put the past into perspective and live in the now”, is certainly written on this astrological message-board as is unification. The Aries New Moon on the 27th March sees the Sun, Moon, Mercury and Venus align and offer a great opportunity to take charge, believe in self and live in the moment - enriched by all the opportunities it offers. The symbolic meaning (termed, Sabian symbol) behind this New Moon describes, “The iridescence that genuine selfdirection permits”. Public figures influenced by this Venus retrograde include; Rupert Murdoch, Olivia Newton-John and Bindi Irwin. Venus squares Pluto twice over this 3 month period, falling in the first week of February and then the very end of April and into May. When planets are at 90 degrees or square to each other a challenge necessitating managed forceful action is impressed on our psyches. February’s square shows ‘the matter at hand’ whilst the square at the end of April’s allows the period between to be ascertained and managed with a greater level of awareness. The experience that Venus in Aries square Pluto in Capricorn provides throughout this three month period will leave us and lead us all into feeling a little different with regard to our values and the conditionings we struggle to acknowledge regarding love and money. Quote: “It is not the fear of the unknown but the fear of leaving the known” that locks us into a pattern of familiarity that is currently in redress. Prepared by Robert Crawford ph: 07 4057 4554 / 0427 795 534 iconscious@hotkey.net.au

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1 2 MB Keep your feet planted firmly on the ground and concentrate on practicalities.

3 ‡ 1st Quarter Moon B There is much that needs to be done and a positive outlook makes anything possible. A steady and focused attitude is called for in spite of the tension and uncertainty which is in the air. 4 MC A good time to emphasise communication.

5 6 MD Emotions are close to the surface so be careful of overreactions.

7 8 ME Take pride in what you have achieved but refrain from arrogance.

9 10 … Full Moon E Moon enters F Lunar Eclipse The Full Moon sheds an optimistic light on matters at hand. Use the energy to show off what has been achieved. There is the opportunity that this may also bring protection or sponsorship from interested parties. The Lunar eclipse adds a flavour of commitment especially where relationships with others is concerned.As the Moon enters Virgo, the attention turns to the detail and this can pay big dividends.

11 12 MG Trying to please everyone is the greatest barrier to effective decision-making.

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13 14 15 MH Be upfront in all your dealings so you are not accused of underhandedness.

16 17 ƒ 3rd Quarter Moon H Moon enters I As the results of activities are realised, there is the desire and the drive to push things along to an ultimate conclusion. Concentration, quick action and persuasion will deliver what is required.The Moon moves into Sagittarius and results may be exciting but do not try and impose your worldview on others. 18 Sun enters L Empathic, compassionate and sensitive are the hallmarks of a Piscean. 19 MJ Take control and establish authority over the current situation.

20 21 22 MK Take an objective approach with an emphasis on knowledge and communication.

23 24 ML Maintain boundaries to avoid unwelcome involvement. 25 New Moon L The New Moon carries a flavour of sociability and good cooperation with others. Activities and new beginnings associated with people coming together for a common purpose and objective are indicated.

26 27 MA Use the energy to take on new challenges but beware of being too confonting.

MARCH

1 MB Take stock of physical surroundings and in order to get things done.

2 3 MC Avoid relying on hearsay to gain information. 4 ‡ 1st Quarter C Thoughtfulness before any action is taken will ensure that plans made can be realised. Otherwise there is the likelihood that any endeavour will be all talk and no action. 5 MD Nurture and protect what you are trying to achieve.

6 7 ME Do something which helps you shine. 8 9 10 MF A practical approach without compromising goals is indicated. 11 … Full Moon F Full Moon brings the realisation that ideas and knowledge are important to the putting a stamp of authority on any endeavour. This will ensure the success that is sought. 12 MG Harmonious relations go a long way to making life easy.

13 14 MH Deep feelings may be aroused and may cause others to back away.

15 16 MI Optimism is healthy but be wary of over-confidence.

17 18 19 ƒ 3rd Quarter Moon I Moon enters J Time to take stock and be flexible as unusual circumstances call for action based on experience. A logical and thorough approach can bring things to a successful conclusion. As the Moon moves into Capricorn the energy may slow however practicality is emphaised. 20 Sun enters A Aries loves a challenge and thrives on competition and action. 21 MK Some lateral thinking can produce surprising results.

22 23 24 ML Emotions can be overwhelming so keep grounded.

25 26 MA Be careful that haste does not undo what has been achieved. 27 New Moon A There is a lot of passion and initiative with this New Moon as well as an emotional attitude to associations. This may be detrimental if feelings are in opposition to what is desired or planned. 28 MB Take practical steps with new enterprises.

29 30 31 MC Keep the lines of communication open.

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1 2 MD The desire to nurture and be nurtured in emphasised. 3 ‡ 1st Quarter D This is a time of action and the challenge is to rearrange existing circumstances or to overcome any possible restrictions. Use the passion inherent in the time in spite of any sensitivities. 4 ME Acknowledge what has been achieved and give recognition where it is due.

5 6 MF Be careful that a need for perfection does not undermine the outcome.

7 8 MG Compromise and cooperation can achieve much but not at the expense of the goal.

9 10 … Full Moon G Moon enters H There is much energy in the light of the Full Moon to power forward and taste success with the matters at hand. Decisoons can be made quickly although one must guard against excessive haste as this may lead to disagreements or disputes. As the Moon moves into Scorpio, be wary that you do not take things personally as this may only exacerbate the situation.

11 12 13 MI Look at the big picture and keep to your

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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14 15 MJ The emphasis is on responsibility and credibility in all activities

16 17 18 ƒ 3rd Quarter Moon J Moon enters K Consolidating what has been achieved may come at a price. There may be pressure or confusion about priorities. Public opinion may have a very strong influence.As the Moon changes sign to Aquarius during the day, it may be advantageous to consider all options even if they seem far-fetched.

19 20 Sun enters BML The hallmarks of Taurus are practicality, stability and common sense.Emotions are close to the surface and overreaction may occur.

21 22 23 MA Don’t let the grass grow under your feet, take action now.

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New Moon B The nature of the New Moon suggests the beginning of new associations with those of similar interests. However, difficulty in communication may threaten separation or estrangement. The important point is to look after the practical side of things.

26 27 MC Get all the information you can as this will prove useful.

28 29 MD An emotional connection to something or someone influences things.

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Qi is the energy of life it’s cultivated through work expressed as creativity shared through humanity enabling us to merge with the universe returning to nothingness Simon Blow The flow of energy or Qi (Chi) in our body is directly related to our posture and body movements, breath and mental condition. When the mind, body and breath are in harmony, our Qi will also be in harmony. It will flow naturally through the energy channels or meridians of the body, allowing us to connect with the energy of the universe The practice of Qigong is a conscious way of regulating our own energy system, it’s a bit like we are a musical instrument and we need to regularly tune our posture, breath and mind enabling our instrument to play to its full potential. There are thousands of different styles and systems of Qigong either done standing, moving, sitting or lying which also includes Tai Chi (Taiji Quan) and they all have this same basic principle of regulat-

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ing mind, body and breath. Below is a description of the basic standing posture, it’s a very powerful technique, connecting to the Earth (Yin) and Heaven (Yang) helping open all the energy channels of the body. Please practice this for at least five to ten minutes.

Basic stance Stand with feet parallel, shoulder-width apart (like standing on train tracks) and knees slightly off lock. Let your weight sink into your legs, feet and into the ground. Keep the coccyx or tail bone slightly tucked in, chest relaxed, the back straight. Hold your arms away from the body, fingers open and relaxed pointing to the earth, palms facing the body. With the chin slightly tucked in and the top of the head (Bai Hui point) reaching to the sky as if a silken cord attached to it is lifting the whole body, light the Hui Yin, gently squeezing the pelvic floor. Relax your eyes and face. Keeping your jaw relaxed, place the tip of the tongue on the top palate of mouth, just behind the front teeth, breathing in and out through the nose. When breathing in, let the abdomen push out slightly and as the breath comes out, let the abdomen contract. Just

relax, letting the whole body breathe. With the eyes closed, allow the breath to become smooth and even, and let your mind rest. After a few breaths, concentrate on the out-breath, relaxing from the top of the head to the soles of the feet. Just relax down through the body on the out-breath. After a few more breaths, let the knees and hips sink a bit closer to the ground, feel the pressure go into the feet. Like a tree, follow the roots from the soles of your feet deeply into the ground. As you let the breath out, relax down through the body into the ground, letting the stress and tension of the body dissolve into the earth. After a another few breaths, with your awareness, push up the spine one vertebra at a time, checking that the chin tucks in a bit and letting the head pull away from the body. We seem to stand taller as the top of the head reaches up and touches the sky. Stay in this posture feeling the peace for as long as feels comfortable at least five minutes. Simon Blow a near fatal accident at the age of nineteen lead Simon to investigate various methods of healing and rejuvenation a path he has been on for over twenty five years. 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 Taoist 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 Taoism 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 instructional DVDs and guided meditation CDs. Phone (02) 9716 4696 www.simonblowqigong.com

How to teach children yoga In earlier traditions of Yoga, many of the great masters started their yogic life in early childhood. They remained devoted to the practise of yoga as adults and continued to practice well into old age. Many yogic masters have shared their knowledge of yoga through teaching and writing about the wonderful benefits that yoga can bring to an individual’s physical and emotional wellbeing. While the daily practice of yoga and meditation in childhood has been practised by eastern cultures for hundreds of years, western countries are beginning to embrace these ancient methods to combat modern issues such as childhood obesity, anxiety, emotional disturbances, bullying, self-esteem and eating disorders. In Western society the practise of teaching yoga to children as a way to enhance their physical and emotional wellbeing is only starting to be recognised in schools and considered as a choice for “after school activities”. The health benefits of yoga for children are being recognised and documented as a way of addressing these types of issues facing children today in a modern society. Various studies carried out in the United States of America involved schoolchildren from disadvantaged backgrounds performing a daily half an hour of yoga before

school and a brief meditation /relaxation during lunch break. The results were not surprising for the yoga teachers involved in theses studies. The staff and teachers noticed that over the duration of the program the benefits of improved class attendance, selfesteem, less bullying and aggressive behaviour took place. The reaction from students involved in the programs evolved from a reluctance to participate through to maintaining and enjoying the daily practise of yoga and meditation. As a result, a number of these types of programs continue to expand across many schools throughout the United States. The greatest challenge has been to help parents recognise that ‘sporting and after school activities’ do not always have to be the more traditional choices of aggressive high impact sports as a means of developing social skills or to get rid of excess energy. It is common for parents to make the decision as to which sport or activity the child will take up. Symptoms of poor attendance or lack of enjoyment towards the activity may be an indicator that their child could be better suited to have a more holistic activity like yoga to provide a physical and emotional outlet that may underlay their behaviour.

I have noticed a definite change of attitude within the last 2-3years, from parents who are recognising that the practice of yoga has many rewarding and beneficial results to rival it’s more aggressive and traditional counterparts. In my experience, children who attend her classes intuitively know that when they practise yoga regularly they feel better, have more energy, less behavioural problems, greater self esteem, respect and understanding for their bodies and an improved concentration on their schoolwork. Teaching yoga to children is not a matter of giving them the same or slightly varied type of class given to adults.” Traditional yoga postures such as shoulder stands and other inverted postures are not taught to children. Yogic masters warn that a child’s bones are potentially not ready to do such postures on demand. Likewise, some of the forward bends are removed from children’s yoga practices, as it is not appropriate to put pressure on

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ChineseMedicine with DR QUENTIN CHEN

The Menstrual Cycle and Menopause Since the main theme of this issue is Women of the 21st Century, I think it’s appropriate to discuss a very important aspect of women’s health, the Menstrual Cycle and Menopause from the Chinese medicine perspective. What the “Bible” of Chinese Medicine Says… “Yellow Emperor’s Classis of Internal Medicine” (Huang Di Nei Jing), one of the most influential classical text on Chinese medicine, believed to be written between the 5th to 3rd Century BC., contains knowledge and wisdom about achieving health and wellness that continues to guide Chinese medicine today. In the very first chapter, there were discussions about the stages of development of the human body and it depicts that women’s physical developments are measured in “Seven year” blocks, while a man’s development are measured in “Eight year” blocks. That’s why girls usually mature before the boys do.

It states that by age 7, a girl’s life essence is strong and all her childhood teeth would have changed over to adult teeth, and her hair would be lush. By age 14, sex hormones would start to show effect, menstruation started and she would be able to carry a child. By age 21, she should have her wisdom teeth. By age 28, her body would be in peak condition. By age 35, her bodily function would start to decline and her face would not be as luminous as before. By age 42, she would start to show some white hair. And by age 49, her menses would stop and she would no longer be able to bear a child. Considering the text was written almost 2500 years ago, this was certainly a very accurate observation and depiction of the physical and physiological developmental cycle of a woman. And due to factors such as better nutrition and unfortunately contamination of our food sources with hormones etc, the onset of menstruation of girls today is getting earlier and earlier. The onset of menopause for most women is still around the late forties unless there is some medical conditions causing early menopause.

WHAT INFLUENCES THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE From the Chinese medicine perspective, the regulation of the menstrual cycle is heavily influenced by the function of the Liver and the Kidneys. Liver in Chinese medicine is regarded as the “pump” for the Qi (energy) and blood that flows around the body (To gain a deeper understanding of this concept, please visit www.TheChineseDoctor.com and download a Special Report on “Your Energy Explained”). While “Kidney” encompasses not only the urinary system, but also the reproductive and hormonal system, and is said to contain “life essence” this is vital in maintaining our bodily functions. Just about all of the menstrual problems that we see today, such as menstrual pain, bloating, breast tenderness, clots or dark menstrual blood, heavy or scanty menstrual flow, early or late cycle, mood swings and irritability can all be attributed to either “Liver” or “Kidney” dysfunction in Chinese medicine.

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MENOPAUSE The various symptoms associated with menopause are also attributed to dysfunctions of the Liver and Kidney system in Chinese medicine, and imbalance of Yin and Yang. Meditation, Yoga, and Tai Chi are possibly the best form of exercise and ways of combating some of the symptoms of menopause. In most cases, avoiding hot, spicy foods are useful, as well as consuming foods that are “cooling” in property (not cool as in temperature) that can also nourish the Yin. Foods such as: • Tofu and soy bean products • Black sesame • Chinese black & white fungus • Plenty of fresh leafy fruit and vegetables The use of herbal therapy is highly recommended when symptoms are affecting the quality of your life. Seek out a qualified TCM practitioner in your local area. If you would like more information on Chinese medical treatment of Menstrual or Menopausal issues, please visit www.ReportDr.com

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Are They Slowly Killing Our Children? Let me start by saying a chemical additive doesn’t necessarily ‘appear’ to be a problem immediately after ingestion. Quite often the effects are cumulative; a gradual build-up in the body produces roller-coaster days, some good, some bad. Some children are more sensitive to food chemicals and display immediate effects soon after ingestion of additives, colours in particular. In small amounts additives are not harmful. Effects are dose related and, tragically, dose for weight, children are consuming several times more additives than the acceptable daily intake (ADI). Before we get into the details of the most common problem foods, it is necessary to understand the testing and approval process, with emphasis on those factors that may confer the level of risk of toxic additives in infants and young children’s diets.The standard application and approval process put forward by the Food Standards Australia New Zealand

(FSANZ) includes a requirement that the manufacturers provide sufficient scientific evidence to support the safety of an additive. Generally, additives are tested on two species of animal. Test animals are then observed for any effects on DNA, detectable links to cancer, major vital organ damage, etc. If any signs of the aforementioned effects are observed at high doses then a non-observable effect level is established by slowly reducing the level of additive until the animal displays no ‘noticeable effect’. This reduced level is considered a ‘safe level’ for human consumption. The concept of a safe level is based on the average adult intake. At present, there is no separate ADI for children. Consequently, dose for weight our children are getting horrific amounts of these toxic additives in everyday snacks and meals (1).What is even more disturbing about this approval process is that additives are tested in isolation. The reality is humans consume in-

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numerable and frightening cocktails of additives in combination.How these additives react in combination has only become of interest to scientific fields in recent years. In March 2006, the Soil Association and Organix brands presented the results of a three-year study, on the effects of combining four common food additives. The results propose that the tested combinations can have a neurotoxic effect.The toxic effects on nerve cells were examined by using a combination of the following four common food additives: E133 Brilliant Blue with E621 monosodium glutamate (MSG) and E104 Quinoline Yellow with E951 L-aspartyl-Lphenylalanine methyl ester.The mixtures of the additives had a much more potent effect on nerve cells than each additive on its own. The effect on cells was up to four times greater when Brilliant Blue and MSG were combined, and up to seven times greater when Quinoline Yellow and Aspartame were combined.The study shows that when the nerve cells were exposed to MSG and Brilliant Blue or Aspartame and Quinoline Yellow the additives stopped the nerve cells from normal growth and interfered with proper signalling systems.The experiments were done in laboratory conditions and the additives were combined in concentrations that theoretically reflect the compound that enters the bloodstream after a typical children’s snack and drink (2). Risk of toxic additives, in isolation or in combination, is evidently most high among infants and children. Age is an important susceptibility factor, with infants and young children being most vulnerable to chemical carcinogens. Scientific risk assessment data suggests

that infants (newborns) have a limited capability to detoxify due to premature development of the liver and drug-metabolising enzymes, furthermore their extremely small body weight may provoke toxicity.The fact that young children have higher nutritional requirements, smaller body masses and their diet is less varied than those of adults suggests that they may have the greatest susceptibility to toxic effects. For example, their soft drink and dairy consumption alone may be as much as 16 times greater than that of adults . There are many more factors that promote increased susceptibility of infants and young children to toxic additives, all of which have been recognised in health and science fields for well over a decade but has not been given a moment of thought when determining ADI levels for additives! To date, all additives are passed for approval without being tested for any effects they may have on children’s behaviour and learning.Clearly, it is up to the general population of adults to be calling for stricter regulation and more caution to be taken with food additives in an effort to

protect the vulnerability of future generations. Children have little control over what they eat, they are less informed than the adults around them and therefore rely mainly on adults for making informed decisions and taking precautions to protect their precious lives. As a parent/carer/teacher every effort should be made to identify toxicities that could potentially harm our children and put a stop to the plethora of toxic additives going into their tiny bodies. Lauralee Berrill, BaSc Major in Sport, Exercise & Nutrition is currently writing a book “Toxic Generation” insight into the dangerous effects that toxic chemicals in our food & personal care products can have on our health. Currently writing a book “Toxic Generation” insight into the dangerous effects that toxic chemicals in our food & personal care products can have on our health.

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The Ultimate Secret to Long Life In the 1930’s, researchers discovered that they could extend the life of rats by 33% if they limited them to a very low-calorie diet. Not only did the animals live longer, they suffered fewer late-life diseases, appeared more youthful, and their bodies’ biological aging processes were slowed. Since that time, scientists have produced similar life-extending results with many other creatures, ranging from fruit flies to fish. Is caloric restriction per se responsible for the observed benefits, or some other factor that is reduced when calories are cut? Studies show that limiting either fat, protein or carbohydrate, without accompanying caloric reduction, does not seem to increase maximum life span. Nor does supplementation with extra antioxidants and multivitamins. Varying the types of fats, carbohydrates and proteins ingested also had no effect. In fact, no other intervention except caloric restriction has yet been shown to slow aging. Can caloric reduction work in humans? Probably, but there is no definite proof. Human life spans are long compared to many other creatures, and longevity studies can . . . well, take a lifetime. Then, there is the added difficulty of finding human volunteers willing to stay a little bit hungry their whole lives. Studies with primates, our close genetic cousins, provide some clues. Investigations on monkeys have been underway since 1987, and preliminary results suggest that caloric restriction increases both health and life span in primates. Biomarkers of aging, such as insulin levels, glucose levels and blood pressure, lead researchers to conclude that monkeys eating less age more slowly. In most studies of this nature,

calories are restricted by 30 to 50% of what the animal would normally eat. Care is taken to see that enough vitamins, minerals, protein and fat are ingested for the proper functioning of tissues. On this regime, monkeys seem healthy and happy, albeit anxious for their meals. In the U.S., the participants of the Biosphere 2 experiment were forced to eat a low-calorie diet for two years because their food production was less than projected. They experienced the same antiaging trends in biomarkers as were found in the monkey experiments. There are many hypotheses to explain the life-extension power of a low calorie diet. The one that has the most support posits that low calorie intake reduces the amount of free radical damage to cellular mitochondria, although no one knows the mechanism of how this might occur. While it seems probable that caloric restriction is an effective way to prolong life, researchers warn of some pitfalls for those attempting such a regime. Care should be taken that the diet is adequate in vitamins, minerals, protein and other nutrients. In addition to suffering hunger pangs, if the diet is too severe, it also is possible that the ability to handle stresses, such as cold temperatures or infection, could be compromised. Women may become less fertile or stop ovulating, and this might increase the risk of osteoporosis and loss of muscle mass later in life. Anyone under 20 years old should not engage in caloric restriction.

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Naturopathic Nutritionist in the 1980’s she built on her studies to be versed in teaching meditation, stress management and using aromatherapy to help people relax, improve health with diet and supplements, change negative patterns with counselling, hypnotherapy, reiki, DNA and energy healing. Jenetta holds degrees in Literature, History and a Masters in Philosophy and is a registered practitioner with the ATMS, ASCH, a Master/ Practitioner with Reiki Australia and affiliate member of the ACA and the ABNLP. She designs holistic and corporate programs to suit individual and company needs. Contact Jenetta on (02) 9609 4881 / 0414 680 713 or visit www.stressfreemanagement.com.au

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Destiny has established itself as one of Sydney’s finest holistic centres. We offer a unique range of products and healing services by caring and qualified practitioners. SERVICES INCLUDE: Tar ot/Clair v o y ance/Mediumship • Massa arot/Clair Massagg e Energetic & Spiritual Healing • Palmistry PRODUCTS INCLUDE: Books • CDs • DVDs • Crystals Essential Oils • Bush Essences Clothing • Jewellery EVENTS: Evenings with Spirit Connection - OPEN 7 DAYS Email: destinywellbeing@bigpond.com Website: www.destinywellbeing.com Phone: (02) 9953 9030

Patricia Verma has owned and operated the Destiny Wellbeing centre in Neutral Bay for 8 years. Patricia came to the healing and spiritual business via a circuitous route which encompassed a corporate career in the fields of mining, engineering and import and export. Patricia operates several business in Australia. To contact Patricia phone 9953 9030

MAUREEN EDWARDS Maureen Edwards is the Founder and Master/Teacher of The Luminous Way Spiritual Training, an authentic Spiritual Path supervised co-operatively by herself and the Angels of Light. These Angels directed Maureen how to transfer the unique Healing Gifts, manage powerful energies, and give spiritual instruction to her students. Her advancement has lasted a lifetime, and is ongoing as the School develops. Maureen’s public teaching began in 1995, and she also runs a busy Natural Health Clinic. Maureen teaches only those things which are tested and true. The school’s members confirm that her methods have been proven valuable, reliable and safe. Contact Maureen on (02) 4236 0521 (bus. hrs only) or mail at PO Box 69, Jamberoo 2533.

JANIE BURRY “LIFE IS GREAT - FREEDOM IS OURS” LIFESTYLE - INCOME - TRAVEL HOME BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY Veronica & George were among 800 worldwide delegates recently attending a 5 day Personal Development Conference in the Bahamas, one of three conferences held each year in exotic locations, directly related to their portable Home Office Business. With a computer and mobile phone this business can be operated anywhere in the world, .You could be part of this “Fresh New-look” home business in the booming Personal Development Industry, not MLM or NLP, it will be life changing! You have the opportunity to earn in a month, what you earn in a year! Simple steps you could apply to your life, which contribute to the success of the home business owners who attend these conferences. Be passionate. Are you on fire for what you are doing? Expect to be Successful. Successful people are never surprised, failures are always shocked. Have Vision and Goals. Visualise your short, mid and long-term goals at all times, only focus on what you want. Network. Your network creates your network. Mastermind with Leaders. When you surround yourself with successful entrepreneurs making multiple six figure incomes, you will learn from them, tap into their vibrations and share that level of income. Think Big. Live Life Without Limits. Do you unintentionally set limits for your self? Are there some things you don’t even try because you just know you won’t be any good? Gratitude. Be grateful every day for the smallest things and be prepared to be grateful for all the great things that are ahead, live life on purpose. Would you like to: Fire the Boss? Make an Executive salary working 20/25 hours per week from home? Have the Law of Attraction working for you? IF YOU THINK YOU CAN OR THINK YOU CAN’T – YOU ARE RIGHT SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE KNOW THEY CAN TAKE ACTION NOW - JUST DO IT!!! Visit – www.TheSecret-Steps2Success.com

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NICOLE CODY Nicole Cody is a Channel, Soul Guide and Metaphysical Teacher, who works internationally to help others discover and understand their Gifts and Talents through her channelled sessions, workshops and seminars. Her wish for everyone is that they come to know how loved, unique and necessary they are to the fabric and evolution of this planet. We all have a purpose. By being true to yourself you can come to know and live that purpose, and embrace the joy of inner peace that being YOU will bring. Nicole can work with you no matter where you are. www.nicolecody.com (07) 3256 0815

MARIE-ELISE ALLEN Marie-Elise Allen is the face behind Sassy Vibes and the originator of www.marie-elise.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 E-mail: admin@sassyvibes.com.au OR visit the website www.sassyvibes.com.au

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NICOLE STEWART Director of JOI Pure, Nicole Stewart, discovered her passion for aromatherapy whilst working as a Registered Nurse in England in 1990. Upon returning to Australia and inspired by the holistic healing power of pure essential oils, she commenced her study in Aromatherapy. Disenchanted by the number of companies and products that were marketed as “aromatherapy” that had no aromatherapeutic qualities and contained many harmful chemicals, she began to create her own genuine natural products and in 1998 JOI PURE was born. Her passion, vision and determination has seen Nicole establish her well respected skincare and spa range whilst raising her 5 children with husband Rosco on their beautiful property in Brigadoon where they have purpose built the “House of JOI”. Contact Nicole on (08) 9296 3891 or visit www.joipure.com

I have always had a deep interest in the human potential movement yet I still allowed life circumstances and the people around me to keep me from life’s work. Later in life, presented by my husbands health challenge I was forced to re-evaluate just what I was doing with my life and where I was going. This quickly shifted focus for me as I moved back into the holistic and personal development work I am now so immersed in. I now helps others to consciously empower themselves through the 6 Simple Steps of a Personal Development program that I and my husband now present as a home business/study package. My husband and I now balance travel to exotic destinations with fulfilling work as we assist others to also find a joyous way to live the life they’d love to live. I can be contacted at The Secret Steps to Success, phone 0414 543 194.

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Pamela is an innovated holistic practitioner always on the look out for more effective healing practices to offer her clients. She puts her success down to her life experiences, the studies she has done as well as her passion for helping people. With a history in training Pamela has developed her own unique style of counselling. With a Masters in NLP, an advanced Certificate in EFT she now has even more to offer due to her recent studies with the leading USA allergy expert; Sandra Radomski. This allergy relieving technique involves using a Laser on acupuncture points combined with EFT, Body Work, NLP, Spinal Release and Holloway Technique. What’s the secret to Pamela’s success? Humour and a genuine belief in what she is doing. Pamela moved to Brisbane 2 years ago and has found success living in the sunshine state. Pamela can be contacted by email; guided.solutions@gmail.com and also through her website; www.guidedsolutions.com.au

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she opened her first Crystal Shop in Darling Harbour. Patricia has developed her healing skills over the years training in modalities such as Reiki, Crystal Healing, Counselling, Bach Flower Essences and Power of the Mind. She now runs New Lifenergy at Marrickville where she and her daughter Katie share their love for the work they do. A firm believer in the adage “As you think, so you are.” Patricia sees only the positives for the future, no matter how bleak the press like to paint it. You can visit Patricia at New Lifenergy - 153 Marrickville Rd, Marrickville, 2204 or Phone (02) 9519 9821

MARAMA CARMICHAEL Marama is the founder of Essential Wellbeing on the northern beaches of Sydney. She is a master energy healer and therapist who studied physics at university before moving into the corporate world and finally finding her vocation as a healer. In her private practice Marama uses many techniques including intuitive massage, reiki and flower essences and her favorite and most powerful technique Metagetic Bio-spiritual Kinesiology. For more information on self programming, Essential Wellbeing, or to contact Marama www.essentialwellbeing.com.au , info@essentialwellbeing.com.au or phone (02) 9982 2666.

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NORMA HUNT Norma is the course co-ordinator at Australian Institute of Health, looking after all their students needs – assignments and practical. Originally from New Zealand Norma easily moved from early childhood education background into alternative therapy, finding it a real joy in learning new things daily and meeting many students and clients at their centre. Norma has played a major part in helping Mary and John Bruninges to streamline and market their very successful Colon Hydrotherapy Courses. For details visit www.australianhealth.com or phone (07) 5574 0399

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Orgasmic-ness is a Woman’s Natural State Woman carries an intrinsic, infinite capacity for orgasm, pleasure and bliss. Sadly, her natural potential has been neglected due to repression of the feminine energy and a lack of sexual understanding in our society. We live in a world where the sexual imbalance in women is creating disease, struggle and fear in the collective psyche. The question for humanity is – “How do we support women to return to their natural feminine state?” When a woman is natural, relaxed and orgasmic in her femininity, struggle disappears from her life and the peace she emanates affects the whole environment. For a woman to experience her natural orgasmic state, she needs to relax and learn to breathe deeply into her body. Her deeper breathing will make it easier for her to feel and

connect with the internal sensations, without judgment of what it “should look like or feel like”. Heartfelt sex and unfathomable orgasmic states happen in the body, not the mind. One way a woman can support herself dropping into the body prior to lovemaking is by lying down and placing her right hand on her lower abdomen with her left hand being placed over the right hand, breathing fully into her lower belly and vagina. This will assist her in being more sensitive and present in the vaginal area. Once a woman has more awareness in her vagina, she will begin to feel the electrical impulses emanating from the end of a man’s penis and into her body. It is this electrical energy from the man’s penis which initiates and activates a woman’s dormant inner mysteries.

When a woman is tense in her vagina, there is less feeling and sensation and so she goes into performing mode to make it seem like something is happening. Through this performing, she becomes further disconnected from her body, her inner self and her partner. This creates further tension internally, and leaves her feeling dissatisfied and empty afterwards. When a woman starts discovering feelings and sensations in her vagina, she can then reflect to the man what she is feeling through her ecstatic sounds. A woman’s sounds are a powerful gift to a man during lovemaking, as they provide direct and immediate feedback of what she is feeling and experiencing. Thus, the man can tune into the woman’s sounds and know whether she needs more or less stimulation, deep or shallow penetration and whether to adjust the position of the bodies or remain the same. When a woman suppresses her sounds due to societal conditioning, she leaves a man hunting for her in the dark without any indication of where she can be found, energetically speaking. As a woman plays with her sounds more, she comes to realise that she can actually guide and teach a man how to make love to her, rightly, solely by using her sounds. The deeper a woman relaxes into the feelings inside her vagina, the stronger she registers the electrical impulses radiating from the man’s penis. It is this electrical

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charge which stimulates movement and the flow of energy throughout her body. This movement and flow of energy leads to a natural undulating of her spine and gentle contractions of her vaginal walls accompanied by sounds that flow from deep within. All of this will have a natural ease, allowing the woman to no longer strive for one orgasm, instead she enters the world of the orgasmic wave of bliss. In this world, she is capable of having orgasms, one every eight tenths of a second, for hours. In orgasmic bliss, the waves of energy keep opening her body, taking her and the man into deeper and deeper experiences. In this state, the boundaries between man and woman disappear and they feel as one; a pulsating energy which transcends the physical experience and becomes a taste of the divine. S h a n t a m Nityama, Tantric Mongoose, has been facilitating profound transformation in the lives of men and women in workshops and sessions for over 25 years. Nityama brings fresh insights on the masculine/feminine dynamic, a unique form of bodywork to restore orgasmic bliss in the body and powerful wisdom on using sexual energy for awakening to our divinity. For more information visit www.nityama.com Martina Hughes has been mentored extensively by Nityama to support her return to a natural feminine state of being. Martina’s greatest passion is sharing the essence of these teachings through workshops and sessions which support men and women to realign with their natural polarity and to know their inner divinity. For more information, visit www.tantricblossoming.com or phone 02 9664 1110.

Women Re-defining As a teenager I used to dream of falling in love and getting married. That dream unfolded and I was married at the age of 19 and divorced at 21. From there I became an intrepid traveler and met many men in many countries when suddenly it occurred to me that perhaps I was just not the marrying kind. Living life fully, I embraced the excitement of different cultures and fell in and out of love as often as I boarded a plane to my next adventure. Then it happened! Whilst back in my country of origin (New Zealand) a blind date resulted in meeting a man with whom I would have a long relationship and eventually a daughter. I never dreamed I would finish up a single mother, yet that was the outcome when my daughter was about three months old. From there I simply got on with life. When my daughter was six months, I began work part time, which then stretched into more and more days until eventually I was back in the work-force full time. It is a given we seek love and intimacy throughout our lives, and yet finding it is not necessarily a sure thing. There are those of us who seek comfort and stability; others, like myself, delight in excitement and experimentation. We may get to know ourselves, even begin to like ourselves, yet how often do we acquiesce to a partner, put ourselves last, ensure other’s happiness and needs are met before our own? This is how we can, and often do, lose sight of ourselves and who we are in our own right. During the years my daughter grew into a young adult I learned lots, cried often, laughed heaps, felt blessed and cursed, and eventually realised that large doses of alcohol was a stumbling block and certainly not a valid roadmap to finding myself and feeling really happy. It was when I began working with people who had life threat-

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ening illnesses that I began believing in myself and made changes to behaviours that no longer served me, with the help of amazing friends who influenced my life enormously. The cyclical nature of women’s lives means that we’ll all face periods of transition and change. The chance to begin again or follow a different path is something more and more women are embracing or talking about doing. The number of women that I come into contact with that, for whatever reason, find themselves single again in their late 40’s and early 50’s is astounding. On the same note, however, many of these women over 50 say that this is the BEST time of their lives whether they are in a relationship or not. I meet women of this demographic who are sassy, classy, confident and very intelligent. Some establishing their own businesses and really picking up on opportunity and running with it. These women find themselves starting over, and meeting themselves for the first time. Through the experiences of life there is a stronger, more determined person who emerges at the other end. This may take time and is not always so, yet I am constantly inspired by those whose paths I cross who are on the journey towards rediscovering their true

ENERGY HEALING selves. Ultimately, it is our relationship with self that is the most significant and indeed the most important relationship that we will ever have because all other relationships are reflections of this. Often, though not always, the desire to be in relationship with another comes from a place of wanting to fill a void, a space that somehow feels incomplete. When we enter into relationships from this starting point, they often lead to much disappointment and disillusionment and we end up concluding that relationships ARE hard. However, if we could be awakened to the fact that love of another begins with love of self, kindness, tenderness for another and from another begins with kindness and tenderness towards ourselves first. It is the relationship with self that leads us eventually to a place where the life makes sense. As within, so without. A great teacher once said that happiness is an inside job and it’s the same with loving: loving is an inside job! Our relationship with self includes our sexuality. It is so beautiful to witness women with the willingness and desire to include their sexual self as part of the healing process and to work alongside

them, supporting them as they acknowledge desires and longings and not feel guilty about it is an incredible privilege. From this place of intimacy with ourselves we naturally find deeper intimacy with others. As we get in touch with ourselves physically, emotionally, spiritually and sexually, we can begin to release ourselves from past experiences and can appreciate the catalyst they have been in propelling us into a new and more stimulating life experience. Copyright ©2008 - Marie-Elise Allen 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.

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The Truth about Abundance & Prosperity What makes one person fully able to manifest vast prosperity and another struggle to be able to create the abundance they feel they need? What unique chemistry does one person have that another seems to lack, that determines the difference in their abundance and prosperity? Can an individual’s make up be changed so that all beings can hold abundance consciousness? The natural laws of the universe state that as humanity’s hearts grow so will their ability to attract prosperity and abundance because it is the growth and evolution of our hearts that ignites the power of attraction of abundance in life. Our brain and its ability to hold an illuminated consciousness also allows us to raise to higher states of awareness including to abundance consciousness. Three key factors affect all souls to either be blessed naturally with abundance consciousness or to have to learn how to think and act abundantly. One of these factors is simply our genetics and the path of our ancestors and whether they have

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held abundance consciousness or poverty consciousness. In other words, we carry the memories of our ancestors and thus naturally think a little like them in regards to abundance. Of course if we have been born into a family where abundance was always there, we not only inherit these ideas from our parents but also have an environment all of our lives that reinforces our abundance consciousness. The second factor is simply whether our own brain chemistry carries a high enough vibration to allow our minds to be able to focus the thoughts and awareness of abundance. Do we have an illuminated brain filled with light that allows us to clear focus and positive thoughts or does our brain carry a lower vibration than we need to clearly see ourselves and our world as abundant? When our brains are charged with enough light, our thoughts are always positive and our minds are always able to have a clear and positive focus. Often for most individuals when they aim to create their goals that are based on a greater abundance than they are used to, fear arises within them due to the fight/ flight response of their brain and this fear makes most people distracted from holding a clear focus and acting from a state of abundance consciousness.

The third is simply whether our hearts are open enough for us to be sharing in all that we create from all of the abundance we already receive or will receive as we become more prosperous. In other words, do we hold fears that cause us to hold all we receive and not share this with others? Could we be more giving in life to support our abundance consciousness in life? When we share what we have created from what abundance we do have, more abundance is attracted by the power of our open hearts. Our world is full of people who have half-dreamed their lives into being, have given up on their dreams or they have broken spirits due to following their dreams with non–illuminated brains and their fears, feelings and thoughts producing a much different manifestation than their soul dreamed could be their reality. A broken spirit and the inability to live out our potential is the root cause of many of humanity’s ailments and inner pain, causing broken down families and communities. Every soul is worthy of the abundance they need to live a life where they fulfil their soul’s purpose and heart dream. This old pattern of being unfulfilled is able to be transformed by humanity when the body and brain is illuminated with divine energy in a specific way, opening the pathways of a soul to live in a higher vibration and be freed to be able to think in the new creative way that is necessary to attract abundance easily. The illumination of the en-

ergy centres of the human body and brain that store our most limiting patterns of thought and belief and unconscious fears is able to be cleared by us all. Abundance is simply a consciousness that anyone can attain if they approach the world, and their own life in a clear way. Abundance consciousness attracts abundance into your life in accordance to the vision you have of yourself and your life. Universal Abundance is a state that anyone can attain when we ignite our lives via these 3 steps and choose to direct the flow of abundance to provide our world with something needed by others. Abundance is a birthright and can be attained easily when this three step alignment is made. Qala Sri’ama is an International Presenter, Spiritual Teacher and Author, whose deep connection to the Enlightened Masters has blessed many people’s lives and opened their hearts to their inner source of love - their divine connection. Through Qala Sri’ama, the Enlightened Masters offer to powerfully assist all who are ready to awaken to the inner light, love and empowerment. Qala Sri’ama is presenting Sundarah 2009 on Abundance and Prosperity from 2 nd – 5 th April in Sydney (attendance by donation). See www.sundarah2009.com for details. The 3 Day Sundarah is brought forth from the Grace of God to support every person to re-

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ENERGY HEALING lease any genetic or inherited memories, to raise the vibration of their mind and brain and to support every soul to release fear of not having enough to give from your heart when your heart wishes to share. These are the three primary blockages to a person becoming more abundant in life and over the 3 days all will receive healings, blessings and teachings for the alignment of your consciousness and energy to Abundance and Prosperity. Simply by receiving the divine energy your brain needs to illumi-

nate enough, so much can occur that you truly wish would manifest. This is offered to you over the Sundarah Blessings and Teachings. Of course this is only the first step, but through this you will be able to hold the vision clearly and communicate clearly, which are the two other vital steps to consciously emanating abundance consciousness in your everyday life. From this, abundance will naturally begin to be your manifestation more and more as you practise these simple three steps. As a creative being, you may be

assisted deeply by receiving this Sundarah. Healings, blessings, lluminations and clear teachings will be offered to you purely for the purpose of liberating your energy and consciousness so you may be attuned to the consciousness of abundance and thus from this new place, create and attract the abundance you need to fulfil your life purpose and goals easily. We welcome you to this gathering for your energisation, healing and enlightenment towards your Abundance and Prosperity.

When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it—always. Mahatma Gandhi

NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION: CREATING A WINNING SPACE ‘I was once blind, but now I can see’ John 9:25 Have you ever wanted to walk into a room and know what everybody else in the room was thinking? Have you ever wanted to know how to interact with other people in way that gives you an aura of success instantly attracting everyone in the room to you? What I am talking about is nonverbal communication. We live in a world where the most important ingredient for success, happiness and prosperity is communication and 80-90% of all communication is nonverbal. When one learns and understands how and why we as human beings react and communicate with each other we are given an edge in life. This edge gives us the ability to intuitively negotiate a business deal, successfully sell to a client or even comfort a friend. Nonverbal communication is one of the essential building blocks of life, yet despite its importance it is being sadly overlooked. Through my journeys as a traveler and a healer I have been taught the essential tools of nonverbal communication. Tools that have not only dramatically changed my life but have changed the life of those I have taught. We live in a nonverbal world and the way to properly survive is know how to create a winning space, and creating a winning space involves understanding non-verbal communication.

Nonverbal communication is a set of principles that teach us how to behave and communicate properly in order to convey who we are and what we want to achieve. There are more than 30 principles that I teach that will help guide you in creating a winning space. Principles that if followed will help you control your life for you highest good and the highest good that you interact with. The first seven basic principles are as follows: 1. When entering a room or situation, always remember to pause and allow the energy of the room to connect with your energy. Allow all present to acknowledge your presence in the room or situation. 2. Allow Synergy to occur. Allow each one in the room, or situation, to openly read your intention and your winning attitude. 3. Always make sure you are dressed for the occasion. Allow your clothes to speak of your winning attitude. 4. Always keep your hands open, your posture straight and your stance relaxed. 5. As much as possible within the situation speak positively and in a pleasantly slowly cadence. Allow your words to be well thought where their sole intention is to peace, understanding and for the highest good of

all that are present. 6. Practice patience. Speak last. Always choose manners. Take note of the flow of the room and accept your place in it. 7. Allow silence. Always acknowledge the words of others and honor their nonverbal cues. These principles form the basis of nonverbal communication as a sacred art. Although what one needs to understand is that when you misuse them you are exploiting universal energy. What I am teaching is preparing people for the world in which we live, how to use nonverbal communication in a positive way under the guidance of the Creator. I also teach how to notice when people and companies are using it against us in a negative fashion. Nonverbal communication is a weapon being used against us on daily basis. The average commercial has over 130 nonverbal cues to get us to buy their products. It is why we walk into a shoe store and buy a new pair of shoes even though we don’t need them. Nonverbal communication has a profound influence on our daily lives and we don’t even realize that it is going on. My teachings allow people to look through the other side of the mirror and understand the why. The tools that were developed to undo us can be used for the

light. Non-verbal communication is intricately interwoven into the fabric of life and the world in which we live. That is why I have been asked by the Creator to teach this important subject along with others such as ‘the power of words’, ‘empathy’ and ‘intuition’. For without these tools we are walking through this world with our eyes closed. By learning the fundamentals of human interaction and communication we are choosing to live with our eyes open, walking a path that will lead to places we never thought possible. We walk and live with purpose. This is the greatest gift we can give humanity and ourselves. Eric Unwin was born in Canada and is Energy Empath who travels the world giving hope and healing to those in need. Being energetically empathic allows Eric the ability to see and sense energy in an intuitive fashion. For those that he works with, he sees their lives forward and backward, seeing their past lives and future all at once. Eric has traveled extensively throughout the world, including Tibet, South America, Thailand, China, India, Canada, USA, and Tahiti.

Learn the sacred art of NON VERBAL COMMUNICATION Teac hing rrolling olling module cclasses lasses frfrom om FFeebr uar ptember bbyy Eric Unwin eaching bruar uaryy to Se September Learn nonverbal communication with a set of principles that teach us how to behave and communicate properly in order to convey who we are and what we want to achieve. There are more than 30 principles that I teach that will help guide you in creating a winning space. Born in Engleheart, Ontario in Canada, 42 year old Eric is an Energy Empath, and travels the world giving hope and healing as he undertakes distant healing, private sessions and facilititates courses in different aspects of energy mechanics. Being energetically empathic allows Eric the ability to see and sense energy in an intuitive fashion, being able to see the energy of emotions. Eric was trained from birth by his grandmother from whom he gained insight and experience from a very early age as she taught him to shape, move and change energy. Eric says for some, space and time are a very weak cage, and this is how he has experienced life. As a time/life traveler, he has the ability to see lives forward and backward for the people he works with. Whatever is shown, Eric sees as wisps, shards, and possibilities. But as we change through our lives, so can these and the very knowledge of these can change the outcome. All of Eric’s work is permission based. This is how it has to be, he says. The Navajo Indians describe this as the ability to be everywhere and nowhere at the same time. All of Eric’s work is permission based. This is how it has to be, he says. It is this permission that allows him to work forwards and backwards with people, seeing their past lives and future all at once. Eric has traveled extensively throughout the world, including Tibet, South America, Thailand, China, India, Canada, USA, and Tahiti.

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Creators of Change 2012 Are you aware of the massive change our planet is going through? Are you open to what new changes are emerging? What changes are you making to get yourself ready for the new awakening of our planet? The fourth dimension is our next step in our evolution. Right now as a civilization we are living our lives in third density. A density characterizes the type of energy field we are living in, and since we are only made up of energy it effects our entire life, the entire planet. The higher the number, 1,2, 3, 4 the higher at which the energy field is oscillating at. This means that the shift from third density to fourth is going to take our energy to a faster level. We choose to evolve and we choose consciously to make that shift from third density, which is where you most likely are to a new dimension for your soul. When you are oscillating at a higher energy frequency (fourth density energy) events, people and circumstances that correspond to your life purpose will be drawn to you. Fourth density is closer to home than most people realize. While you have been practicing many of the fascinating and interesting ideas you read, see and hear about, you will have found that you

are deeply losing sight of the shore (the physical Maya of the third density) and going to unseen waters (fourth density) . Each lesson you have learnt throughout your years of self development have been equally important for you and every element of your life. Everything you have been doing to help you grow personally has been preparing you for the year 2012. This is the awakening of our souls, the magic of our power, and the beauty of our stillness arising in the unseen moments of perfection. If we were not to grow or develop ourselves we may not pass through this huge transition phase smoothly. Thus unfortunately will be the case for many. When we die we pass through to the dimension that we die on. We do not change our true essence when we pass away. We go through to the next realm that fits with the oscillating energy of our soul. If you have been a loving person to peoples faces but then behind their back bitched and complained about them then your souls energy is going to be a mix of the two (predominantly the dominant energy) and it will take you to the next realm that corresponds with what ever energy and evolvement that you hold in your soul. When shifting from third to fourth density look within to what you need to do. You will be guided

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this space of stillness consciously decide that moving from third to fourth density is a priority for you. If you do not want to drive to a certain location why would you drive there then? The same is true for moving forward with your transformation and evolution. You must consciously decide that you will move from the normal Maya of the physical world to the special sacred space of the fourth density world. Its all choice. Your choice. What will you choose right now? Below is a chart characterizing third and fourth density. Fourth Density Allowing Non-physical Creator Present God Universe created by you Thoughts create new ones Multiple consciousnesses Love and Trust Present result from now Emotionally and experientially Cause and effect are one Energy expression Clear intention and attention Desire, purpose, alignment Surrender You are the dimension Respond Always new Broad Unlimited beings It is important to make a study of the above chart. Notice where you are off-track and set about making it happen to getting back on track. Any change takes time and it takes commitment. Don’t belittle yourself if you get off track. Just get right back on. The shift from third density to fourth is going to happen; the question that I propose to you is “What are you doing to prepare for it?” Live your life to the best you can, be in the now, be centered, love and be open to whatever is presented to you. You play a powerful role in this universe. The universe is watching, waiting and anticipating for what we as a civilization are going to be doing from now until 2012. This is the most exciting time to be alive. Live your life 4D style.

Healing with Colour Colour-Therapy is a healing system used by ancient cultures for thousands of years based on the use of light and colour. For a long time Science have been recognizing that the cells in the body communicate through the medium of light, which is transmitted through the meridians in the body to the cells of the organs and to the brain. Peter Mandel, an outstanding scientist, naturopathic healer and author, started 39 years ago in Germany to pioneer new technologies for healing. He developed light therapy called Colour-Puncture as well as the brilliant diagnostic system of Kirlian photography called Energy Emission Analysis. Colour-therapy is continually expanding and now includes coloursounds, crystal therapy and induction therapy (brain waves) Colour-Puncture is a gentle, pain free and non-invasive treatment offering a real therapeutic alternative medicine to people that are unwell and/or in pain. It is very effective in treating the aged or people convalescing or those who are looking to maintain health and prevent illness. Colour-Puncture uses a special torch (see photo) into which coloured rods of quartz lights are inserted. It is used on acupuncture points, as well as other points, to transmit healing information to body systems and organs that are out of balance. By bringing in awareness (light) during these treatments, issues are brought to the surface, and illness already manifested can be cured as well as the removal of emotional blockages before they will cause disease within the body. This works on both conscious and unconscious levels. One of the most important diagnostic tools in Colour-Therapy, Kirlian Photography, as Peter Mandel has modified it, is also called ‘EEA=Energy Emission

Analysis’. It is used as an accurate and sensitive diagnosis method. The energetic field in each acupuncture meridian in the fingers and toes can be seen on a black and white photographic print. The energy emissions captured by the Kirlian camera reveals the presence of energetic imbalance long before symptoms manifest clinically on the physical level. Through early diagnosis and follow-up therapeutic intervention, the deterioration to a more advanced phase of disease can be prevented. The Kirlian photo not only reveals the symptoms, but also points the practitioner towards the root cause of imbalance. It is designed to address the non-physical origins of illness as well as its physical symptoms. Susanne has been working with people in a healing capacity over many decades. She has been trained as a registered nurse and as a counselor prior to devoting herself to Colour-Therapy. Since 1989 Susanne has focused on healing with colours and light and has been trained personally by Peter Mandel in advanced methods of Colour-Puncture and Kirlian Diagnosis. She dedicates herself to make Colour-Puncture accessible in Australia and New Zealand and has continued each year to study personally with Peter Mandel to update herself on all the latest developments in Germany.

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The New Lemuria There is a common belief among the surface population that Lemuria has been destroyed under the waves of the Pacific Ocean over 12,000 years ago, and that it no longer exists. In a third dimensional perspective, this is entirely true. The thermo-nuclear blast that destroyed most of our continent along with almost 300 million of our people, created a most painful devastation to the physical surface of this planet and its inhabitants than any one of you could possibly imagine.

It also created a tremendous shock to your Mother Earth. Almost overnight, in its final stage, the continent of Mu, our beloved Lemuria, who was considered by all the “Motherland”, the cradle of civilizations for this planet, had vanished. The rest of the world was utterly stunned, mourning the loss. The pain of the loss of the Motherland was so great, that even today of your time, most of the people on this planet are still carrying this pain and the trauma deep seated in their cellular memory.

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The souls of those who perished at the time were the most devastated, and they are the ones who are still carrying the most pains and traumas in every part of their being to this day. Many of you on the surface who have formerly perished in the blast have completely closed yourselves to the memory of your glorious Lemurian ancestry because, for you, the ending was so tragic and so painful. Your pains and grief have been buried deep within your subconscious, waiting for the time it can surface again to be healed. The purpose of the transmission of this information is to assist all of you who will read these words to start consciously to heal those records, first within yourself, and also for the planet. For this, with great love and compassion, we offer you our assistance. To all of you reading these words, let us say to you that Lemuria has never been totally destroyed as it has been perceived in your present timing. It still exists to this day in a fourth and fifth dimensional frequency, not yet visible to your third dimensional vision and perception. As the veil between those dimensions continues to become increasingly thinner, we want to assure you that in a not too distant future, your beloved Lemuria, in Her new Splendor and Glory, will reveal Herself to you in a very physical and tangible way. As you open yourself up to a higher conscious way of living and purify yourself of all distorted and erroneous belief systems you have embraced in the last millennia, you will be able to perceive your beloved Motherland, once again, and eventually be allowed to step in to be received by Her with all the Love and Splendor She has now to offer. You will be invited to, once again, join us very tangibly in this place of paradise. At the time of the blast, Lemuria and what it represented to this planet was lifted into a 4th dimensional frequency. It continued to thrive and evolve to the level of perfection and beauty it has now reached with those who were able to come along at the time. If this information brings tears to your eyes and opens your heart to heal those pains that have been buried within you for so very long, let it flow, let it flow. Allow the flow of your tears to bring healing to every part of your being. Allow yourself to really feel it, and em-

brace it in the heart through the breath. Allow all remembrances and pains to be felt fully without suppressing any. This is how you will bring forth your healing, increment by increment. As you inhale it through the breath, your GodSelf will dissolve and heal those imprints forever. Ask your Higher Self to assist you to uncover those records that are holding you back from unfolding your new glorious reality. In your daily meditation, we ask you to do this work faithfully until you feel a completion. Connect with us and with our Love heart to heart. You may ask for our assistance, and we will be there with you as you do this most important inner work. Gradually, the deep-seated pains will be lifted and you will be much lighter. The clearing of this pain will also assist you in perceiving much more of who you really are. It will allow you to make giant leaps into your full spiritual resurrection. Now with the assistance of 7 new major gateways opening in the year 2002 and at the beginning of 2003 to assist your planet in her ascension, this work will be made easier for all of you. As you ride the wave of ascension with us, the time of your sufferings and challenges will be much shortened. Your glorious future in the New Lemuria is now on the horizon for all of you who will consciously choose it. This channel, Aurelia Louise was granted a while ago the opportunity of a quick, momentary glimpse of the New Lemuria. She was deeply touched and she knows with absolute certainty in her heart that what we are writing through her at this time is not simply a promise that remains in a distant future. She has seen some of it. She knows with every cell of her being that this manifestation could possibly become a reality within this decade for many of you or soon after. The ball is in your court! Channeled through Aurelia Louise Jones, the founder of Mount Shasta Light Publishing and The Lemurian Connection Newsletter. She has published three books about Telos and the Lemurian teachings that are now published in French, English, Spanish, Hebrew, Romanian, Portuguese, German, Romanian and Japanese. For further details phone Robert on 02 4919 1023.

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you shower automatically. Use whatever intention works for you, you can make it as detailed or as simple as you like. It’s like a contract with yourself and your energy system, so make sure you are happy with it. You might like to add something about “all in alignment with the highest good” and it’s a very good idea to have a heart-felt thank you in the intention. It’s also much more useful to use language like “non-beneficial” rather than “negative”- often we carry around stuff that is not serving any purpose and just being baggage. Also, labeling something as negative creates resistance which can actually draw more of whatever you are labeling to you. This programming your system with intent can be used in LOTS of different ways. Do something once (or more if it doesn’t feel “solid” to you) and intend that every time the physical action is taken the energetic intention will take place simultaneously. The physical action acts as a trigger for the intent, so shower = washing away of non beneficial energy. Every time. Without you having to DO anything special or fit anything else into your day. You can use it as you are leaving work to leave your work stress behind for instance. Two more tricks for when you are feeling stressed, upset or anxious. 3 Breaths. That’s all it takes. If you find yourself under stress, take 3 deep and conscious breaths and you will be surprised how much calmer you feel. Also look up and out, it creates different connections in your brain. Actually making you feel happier and calmer. Marama is the founder of Essential Wellbeing on the northern beaches of Sydney. She is a master energy healer and therapist who studied physics at university before moving into the corporate world and finally finding her vocation as a healer. In her private practice Marama uses many techniques including intuitive massage, reiki and flower essences and her favourite and most powerful technique Metagetic Bio-spiritual Kinesiology. For more information on self programming, Essential Wellbeing, or to contact Marama go to www.essentialwellbeing.com.au , email info@essentialwellbeing.com.au or phone (02) 9982 2666.

The Difference a Smile Makes Before we start I would love it if you could smile. Don’t just sit there and read the words, actually smile. I know you can do better than that! Smile, and not just with your mouth but with your eyes too, so that you are beaming out that positive expression to all those around you. Now don’t you feel better? It’s amazing how such a small, seemingly insignificant act can make the world of difference to your energy and in response, to the energy of those around you. I’ve always been a smiling person and if you will allow me to indulge you in a little story you may begin to understand the amazing difference that a smile can make. I have lived in a small country town my entire life. It’s one of those towns where everyone knows everyone else’s business and the shop owners are on a first name basis with you. It’s wonderful and you feel completely safe and at home. As you walk down the main street you can’t help but notice someone you know, you give them a friendly smile, a wave and you carry on. In 2004 I began my studies as a naturopath, of which I recently completed, and was required to travel to the city several times per week. I found that the demographic of people in the city are vastly different to those I was so used to. Sure, my colleagues were friendly but I noticed something different about everyone else. I was no longer faced with friendly smiles, but instead people in a hurry that didn’t even have the time to make eye contact. If you did accidentally make eye contact it was common courtesy to quickly look away again and hurry off in another direction. This was a huge shock to my system and I could feel my energy lower as I began to reflect that same image to prevent looking out of place. During my meditations the Angels have told me that we are able to change this energy of lack, as in a lack of time, money etc, simply by choosing to smile more. They say that the energy of a smile lifts the energy of a room and lightens the spirits of those around. Think of how you feel when you are smiling. Notice how you instantly think of carefree moments in your life. Notice that when you are smiling you no longer have the mundane concerns of stress, time restrictions or even pain. Don’t they say that laughter is the best medicine? Whilst we have recognized this we have forgotten the important step of prescribing laughter

for ourselves. I encourage you to not only smile more but to even take that extra step of designating certain times of the day where you make the conscious effort to remind yourself about smiling. You may like to write down the word ‘Smile’ on a note and stick it to your desk. This way when you see the note you will be reminded to smile, and thus reduce your tension and improve your work. Stick a smiley face to your refrigerator and smile as you open the door, you may be very surprised to find how it changes your food choices. Make the effort to smile as you leave for work, drop the kids off at school or go shopping as this is the image you want people to have of you. A smiling face is a beautiful thing. It is my prayer that after you have enjoyed reading this article that you will raise your own energy by placing a gentle smile on your face. I hope that you beam this beauty outward to lift the spirits of others. The old adage says that others lead by our example and so if we choose to live a life filled with joy then others will choose the same as they can see how much easier life becomes. This will in turn spread the energy of joy and love around the world and we will make a powerful difference to mankind. One person can make a difference but a smiling person can do so much more. Let’s make it our choice to smile more and to make 2009 a wonderfully prosperous year filled with joy and happiness. Robert Reeves’ passion for helping others started as a young boy, spiritually gifted and highly intuitive Robert dedicated himself to an advanced education in a complete field of natural therapies including Naturopathy, Herbal Medicine, Nutrition, Bowen Therapy, Emmett Technique, Crystal Healing, Bach Flower Remedies as well as Angel Healing where he has been trained internationally by Doreen Virtue Ph.D. Robert uses his gifts of psychic insight and mediumship abilities in conjunction with his naturopathic training to help his clients reach their utmost potential. Phone: (02) 4648 4200 or 1300 668 772. E-mail: info@robertreeves.com.au Web: www.robertreeves.com.au

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If you believe the theory we create our own reality, it’s time to put it to the test. According to Edgar Cayce and many others, we can change anything we want for the better, all we need is the critical mass to create a huge explosion of change. I was impressed by a little prayer mentioned by Neale Donald Walsch in the last issue of InnerSelf, he says “The most extraordinary prayer I have ever heard is one sentence, I find myself saying continually throughout my life, ‘Thank you God for helping me to understand that this problem has already been solved for me.’ ” He goes on to say that this prayer has moved him through the most difficult moments in his life, into peace and equanimity and even serenity. So won’t you join me in saying the above prayer in the plural. Say it daily in regard to the world situation of unrest, the economic downturn and the environmental issues we face. Visualize and believe with all your heart and soul, a complete turn around of the above and see only love, compassion, peace and abundance for all. Send a copy of this article, or this newspaper to your friends and relatives, in this country and around the world, ask them to join with us in this beautiful prayer for our world, let’s hit that critical mass fast, as we watch in wonder and awe, while creating the most wonderful future for ourselves, and those who come after us.

It is said if you want to spread the word just tell five, and get that five to tell five more and so on, do the maths, it wont take long to go around the world, we are mighty powerful beings, so let’s use that power now. We each played a part in creating the present situation, we can each play a part in changing it. As we pray, don’t forget to pray for our leaders around the world particularly Mr Obama and our own Prime Minister Mr Rudd that they may make the right decisions for the benefit of all. I work in the field of vibrational medicine, homeopathy being a good example, but don’t underestimate the healing power (vibration) of prayer sent in absolute faith and sent with love from the heart. Reiki is a healing energy of unconditional love, the body being the channel it comes through and administered by the hands. This brings tremendous energy through the channel body, creating great heat and even vibration of the hands at times. All of you who do Reiki, get a map of the world and administer Reiki, help our world to heal. While on the subject of vibrational healings, I must make mention of Sound Therapy (all you musicians and song writers please take note). I once attended a lecture given by a medical doctor from India who was also a homoeopath. He had become interested in the positive healing effects of Vibrational Sound Therapy and Colour Therapy, so he started to take les-

sons in music and singing. During his lecture on homoeopathy he took a short time out and asked us to close our eyes as he sang a little song. As he was singing I was experiencing some quite dramatic physical symptoms in a certain part/organ of my body, when he stopped my symptoms went away. He then explained which organ that melody affected and why. I can tell you from personal experience he was spot on. In our new world all this could become the norm. One of the first things we must all do, as we decide to fix our world is to first fix ourselves, you know the old saying “Fix the man, fix the world.” Let’s all make a list of the things we want to change for the better, what are the personal goals we want to achieve in 2009? Keep all your focus on the positive end result, knowing that every positive change we make as individuals has a positive impact on our world as we are building that energy. Most of all love and respect yourself, know you deserve the best. You deserve to live in peace, you deserve to have abundance and experience joy, we all do. I wish you a wonderful 2009, and remember, we do have the power to fix our world, just believe it. Remember love is the highest vibration of all, so love yourself, love each other, and I will see you all in our new world. Catherine was trained by Dorothy Hall in Iridology and Common Sense Nutrition. She is a certified NLP and TFT practitioner and an advanced Reiki healer. Holds diplomas in herbal & homeopathic medicine. For appointment (covered by most health funds) please phone 1300 304 781, (02)4751 4781, or 0438 514 781.

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NEW SOUTH WALES Alexandria Crystal Twins - Wholesellers crystals, minerals, jewellery, beads; Unit 42, 556 Gardeners Rd, Alexandria, NSW; 02 9693 1373. International Institute of Kinesiology Australia - Certificate IV - Diploma in Kinesiology. 39 Mitchell Rd, Alexandria NSW 2015. www.iikinesiology.com Phone 0438 256 738.

Bellingen Rapt in Earth - Alternative Health Clinic. The practice of natural therapies for spiritual, physical and emotional healing. 3/25 Hyde St, Bellingen NSW 2454. Phone Karen & Jo (02) 6655 0333. Mood Moments. Reiki Master, HandMade Soaps. Shop 3, 44 Hyde St; Bellingen NSW 2454. Ph: (02)6655 2627 Kombu Wholefoods - Thriving shop in Beautiful Bellingen. Also large online store. 105 Hyde St, Bellingen NSW 2454. (02) 6655 9299. www.kombu.com.au

Blackheath Lotus Temple - 38 Govetts Leap Rd., Blackheath NSW 2785; (02) 4787 9003.

Blacktown Bowen Essence - Gentle, Dynamic form of Bodywork; 14 Springfield Avenue, Blacktown, NSW 2148; 0418 470 166.

Camden The Crystal Shop - Crystals, massage, reiki, kinesiology, workshops; Shop 8, 166 Argyle Street, Camden NSW 2570; 02 4655 3703

Campbelltown Blackcats & Broomsticks. Magical Supply Store. Shop 3b, 263 Queen St, Campbelltown NSW 2560. Ph: 0437 106 763

Carlingford AJM Quantum Health-Allergy Testing & Bicom Therapy Clinic. 6 Parkland Rd, Carlingford NSW 2118. Ph: (02) 9872 2640.

Cooranbong Pure Organics - Certified organic fruits, vegetables, groceries; 4/37 Currans Road, Cooranbong NSW 2265; 02 4977 4015

Dee Why Essential Wellbeing Therapeutic Retreats - Comprehensive natural therapy centre. 16a/818 Pittwater Rd, Dee Why NSW Ph (02) 9982 2666.

Miranda Aurora Crystals - Gifts for the Soul; Shop 3059, Westfield Miranda, NSW 2042; 02 9525 1150

Neutral Bay Goodies Gems - Indian New Age Products. Shop 7/260 Military Rd, Neutral Bay NSW. (02) 9904 9921.

Newtown Beyond Newtown - For all your newage needs; 207, King Street, Newtown NSW 2042; 02 9557 7269

Randwick Ambrosia Health Centre Accupuncture and Natural Therapy; specializing in women’s and children’s health; 193, Cloverlly Road, Randwick NSW 2031; 02 9665 4341

Cannon Hill Good Price Pharmacy Warehouse Bunnings Centre, Cnr Creek & Wynnum Rds, Cannon Hill QLD.

Coorparoo

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All About Health & Body - 168/170 Cavendish Rd, Coorparoo QLD.

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Helensvale Crystique New Age - Shop 1075A Westfield Helensvale Town Centre Drive Helensvale QLD 4212. Ph 07 55194778

Maleny Maple St Co-op - 37 Maple St, Maleny QLD.

Richmond

Morningside

A Thousand Paths - Tarot reader, Kinesiologist, Reiki & New Age Giftware. Shop 6, 285-289 Windsor St., Richmond NSW; Phone (02) 4578 0400

Planet Matterz - Cnr Wynnum Rd & Burri St, Morningside, QLD.

Sans Souci Satori Hypnosis - Clinical Meditation, NLP, Life Coaching; www.satorihypnosis.com.au; 38, Meriel Street, Sans Souci NSW 2219; 02 9553 6788

Paddington Fundamental Foodstore - 219 Given Tce, Paddington QLD.

Southport Crystique New Age - Shop 1027, Lvl 1, Australia Fair Shopping Centre, Marine Parade, Southport 4215. Phone (07) 5527 0144.

Springwood

Stones Corner

Catherine Bell and Assoc. Naturopathic Clinic. 359 Great Western Highway; Springwood NSW 2777. Ph: 1300 304 781.

New Dimensions - 425 Logan Rd, Stones Corner QLD.

Strathfield

Crystal Living - Shop 1069 Garden City Shopping Centre Cnr Logan & Kessells Roads, Upper Mount Gravatt QLD 4122 Ph 07 34206700

Sai Import - Wholesaler of Gemstone Stirling Silver Jewellery. 2 Noble Ave, Strathfield NSW. Phone (02) 9642 1038 or 0402 887 773

Surry Hills Colon Care Centre - Colonic Irrigation, Weight-loss, Digestive problems; Suite 4a2/410 Elizabeth St, Surry Hills, NSW 2010; 02 9211 1174

Sutherland Crystal Garden Crystal Shop & Healing Centre - Psychic Readings, Tarot classes, Palmistry, crystals, new age music, clothing, books & jewellery. 7/754 Old Princess Hwy Sutherland NSW 2232. Ph (02) 9545 6299

Sydney Adyar Bookshop - Australia’s largest alternative & metaphysical bookshop; 230 Clarence Street, Sydney NSW 2000; 02 9267 8509

Tintinbar Pure Indulgence - Health and indulgent getaways; 71 Fredericks Lane, Tintinbar NSW 2478; 02 6685 3021

Greystanes

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Crystal Clear Intentions - Reiki / Seichim Master, Crystal and Angelic Healer, Readings, Workshops, Meditation. 24 Carnation St., Greystanes NSW 2145; Ph 0403 027 732; email crystalclearint@optusnet.com.au

Gnostic Corner - Healing, organics, florist, spiritual café; Corner of Boulevard and Chambers Place, Woy woy, NSW 2256; 02 4342 0434

Glebe

Young Community Centre - Main St, Young NSW. Beverley Walker, Community Exercise Programs inc Tai Chi, Chi Gong. Phone (02) 6382 1948

The Glebe Healing Centre - Large range of Wholistic Therapies. 34b Taylor St, Annandale. (02) 9566 1222.

QUEENSLAND

Young

Upper Mount Gravatt

Victoria Point Tranquil Spirit - Spiritual gifts & Natural Therapies. Shop 6, 119-123 Colburn Ave, Victoria Point QLD. (07) 3820 8835

Woody Point Purple Unicorn - Magical gifts and supplies. Shop 4, 58 King St, Woody Point Qld. Ph (07) 3283 1055

Woolloongabba Mrs Flannery’s Natural Grocers - 52 Annerley Rd, Woolloongabba QLD

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A beggar had been sitting by the side of a road for over thirty years. One day a stranger walked by. “Spare some change?” mumbled the beggar, mechanically holding out his old baseball cap. “I have nothing to give you,” said the stranger. Then he asked: “What’s that you are sitting on?” “Nothing,” replied the beggar. “Just an old box. I have been sitting on it for as long as I can remember.” “Ever looked inside?” asked the stranger. “No,” said the beggar. “What’s the point? There’s nothing in there.” “Have a look inside,” insisted the stranger. The beggar managed to pry open the lid. With astonishment, disbelief, and elation, he saw that the box was filled with gold. I am that stranger who has nothing to give you and who is telling you to look inside. Not inside any box, as in the parable, but somewhere even closer: inside yourself. “But I am not a beggar,” I can hear you say. Those who have not found their true wealth, which is the radiant joy of Being and the deep, unshakable peace that comes with it, are beggars, even if they have great material wealth. They are looking outside for scraps of pleasure or fulfillment, for validation, security, or love, while they have a treasure within that not only includes all those things but is infinitely greater than anything the world can offer. The word enlightenment conjures up the idea of some super-human accomplishment, and the ego likes to keep it that way, but it is simply your natural state of felt oneness with Being. It is a state of connectedness with something immeasurable and indestructible, something that, almost paradoxically, is essentially you and yet is much greater than you. It is finding your true nature beyond name and form. The inability to feel this connectedness gives rise to the illusion of separation, from yourself and from the world around you. You then perceive yourself, consciously or unconsciously, as an isolated fragment. Fear arises, and conflict within and without becomes the norm. I love the Buddha’s simple definition of enlightenment as “the end of suffering.” There is nothing super-

human in that, is there? Of course, as a definition, it is incomplete. It only tells you what enlightenment is not: no suffering. But what’s left when there is no more suffering? The Buddha is silent on that, and his silence implies that you’ll have to find out for yourself. He uses a negative definition so that the mind cannot make it into something to believe in or into a superhuman accomplishment, a goal that is impossible for you to attain. Despite this precaution, the majority of Buddhists still believe that enlightenment is for the Buddha, not for them, at least not in this lifetime. You used the word Being. Can you explain what you mean by that? Being is the eternal, everpresent One Life beyond the myriad forms of life that are subject to birth and death. However, Being is not only beyond but also deep within every form as its innermost invisible and indestructible essence. This means that it is accessible to you now as your own deepest self, your true nature. But don’t seek to grasp it with your mind. Don’t try to understand it. You can know it only when the mind is still. When you are present, when your attention is fully and intensely in the Now, Being can be felt, but it can never be understood mentally. To regain awareness of Being and to abide in that state of “feeling-realization” is enlightenment. When you say Being, are you talking about God? If you are, then why don’t you say it? The word God has become empty of meaning through thousands of years of misuse. I use it sometimes, but I do so sparingly. By misuse, I mean that people who have never even glimpsed the realm of the sacred, the infinite vastness behind that word, use it with great conviction, as if they knew what they are talking about. Or they argue against it, as if they knew what it is that they are denying. This misuse gives rise to absurd beliefs, assertions, and egoic delusions, such as “My or our God is the only true God, and your God is false,” or Nietzsche’s famous statement “God is dead.” The word God has become a

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closed concept. The moment the word is uttered, a mental image is created, no longer, perhaps, of an old man with a white beard, but still a mental representation of someone or something outside you, and, yes, almost inevitably a male someone or something. Neither God nor Being nor any other word can define or explain the ineffable reality behind the word, so the only important question is whether the word is a help or a hindrance in enabling you to experience That toward which it points. Does it point beyond itself to that transcendental reality, or does it lend itself too easily to becoming no more than an idea in your head that you believe in, a mental idol? The word Being explains nothing, but nor does God. Being, however, has the advantage that it is an open concept. It does not reduce the infinite invisible to a finite entity. It is impossible to form a mental image of it. Nobody can claim exclusive possession of Being. It is your very essence, and it is immediately accessible to you as the feeling of your own presence, the realization I am that is prior to I am this or I am that. So it is only a small step from the word Being to the experience of Being. Eckhart Tolle is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Power of Now (translated into 33 languages) and the highly acclaimed follow-up A New Earth, which are widely regarded as two of the most influential spiritual books of our time. In addition, Eckhart has written a book designed for meditative reading entitled Stillness Speaks. A book consisting of selections from The Power of Now is also available, entitled Practicing the Power of Now.

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