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THE POWER OF INFINITE LOVE & GRATITUDE Interview with Dr Darren R. Weissman

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

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EVERYDAY SELF AS A PORTAL FOR SPIRIT by Persephone Maywald

CHEMICAL ADDITIVES - Are they killing our children? WALKING THE BLACK DOG by Amanda Allen

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SPIRITUAL BEINGS HAVING A HUMAN EXPERIENCE by Katina Jones

2009 - AN INTERESTING YEAR by Michelle Stanton TRIGGERING THE LAW OF ATTRACTION by Wayne McDonald

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DEPRESSION by Jaan Jerabek

SACRED TRIBAL BELLY DANCE by Acushla

THE YEAR YOU WERE BORN by Elizabeth Peru

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THE ADDICTED BRAIN by Robert Mittiga

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WOMEN OF THE 21ST CENTURY

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KEYS TO IMPROVING RELATIONSHIPS by Diane McCann

LETTING GO TO INCREASE WORLD UNION by Jonathan McIntyre

ARE YOU READY TO HEAR THIS? by Beverly Allen

4 KEYS FOR TUNING UP YOUR PSYCHIC ABILITIES by Danielle Lewis

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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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The Power of Infinite Love & Gratitude An Interview with Dr. Darren R. Weissman By Leo Drioli Dr. Darren R. Weissman is the developer of The Lifeline Technique, an advanced holistic system that discovers, releases, and interprets the root cause of physical symptoms and stress – emotions trapped within the subconscious mind. When I phoned Darren to arrange for the following interview, I was met with a very real sense of what I can only call “love” that came through the sound of his voice. I immediately knew that here was a man who walks his talk. His book “The Power of Infinite Love & Gratitude” is an in-depth exploration of exactly this: That Love and Gratitude (Love in Action) are the Healers within us all. During the following interview his words continued to resonate as this loving energy, bringing warmth and a sense of wellbeing into the environment as an appreciation for both his work and his clarity grew. Leo: I’ve been reading your book “The Power of Infinite Love & Gratitude” and Diane McCann here in Adelaide has talked a lot about your work… I really feel that what you’re doing is quite unique…can you talk to me about the word “love”, so many people really don’t know what this word means and I think you have a real handle on it… Darren Weissman: Love is something that, so many people talk about but it’s more of an experience… it’s not about one thing, it’s everything… it is the bridge, the connector, the healer, the wholeness. For example if you look at the chakra systems in Ayurvedic medicine and you look at the heart chakra which is the fourth chakra, which represents love… that fourth chakra is the bridge between the body and the spirit. Whether you

take the microcosmic connection to one cell in the human body connecting to another cell… it’s an energy or a vibration of love that enhances the highest potential of that function. Or whether you think about two people connecting or disconnecting it is the highest vibration that enhances that. Love is ultimately an experience. Love is not a “foofi” thing… Love sometimes can be angry, Love sometimes can be scary… it can be sad. It’s all things… it’s more how one accepts the moment that is an expression of love… it’s more how one forgives the moment that is an expression of Love… it’s more how one is grateful for a moment, no matter what that moment might be… it’s holding a space of compassion… that’s an experience of Love. Leo: In your book you work with the Five Basics of Ultimate Health… what are these basics? DW: These basics are acts of self-love. They’re the conscious tools or strategies that a person can choose that enhance the person’s body, or life to thrive. The Five Basics have to do with the quantity and the quality and the frequency of one’s water intake; food intake; rest of their body and rest of their mind; exercise of a person’s body or mind and what is called, Owning your power. Which ultimately is, in a moment, authentically being yourself, authentically choosing love over fear, authentically choosing peace over conflict, authentically choosing to be a love-giver rather than a love-seeker… that’s the essence of owning your power. These Five Basics are crucial in really educating people what strategies can be implemented in enhancing the self-healing and regenerating capacity we have as human beings.

Leo: In your book, the main focal point is The Lifeline Technique which you’ve developed… can you describe it simply for our readers? DW: The Lifeline Technique is a philosophy, it’s a science and it’s a technology. The ultimate essence of The Lifeline Technique is based upon [the idea] that the body is a self-healing organism and that when there is a symptom in a person’s body or stress in a person’s life, that symptom or stress represents emotions that are buried in the subconscious mind. Every symptom and every stress represents an emotion that’s buried in the subconscious mind. And The Lifeline Technique is a roadmap or a blueprint of the subconscious mind so that the Lifeline practitioner can use kinesiology (musclereflex testing and a hand mudra which means “I love you” in sign language… the “love” hand mudra, and the words “Infinite, Love and Gratitude”… Lifeline practitioners harmonise these emotional reactionary patterns with this vibration of Infinite Love and Gratitude. And so we never treat symptoms, we never treat disease, we never stress… the Lifeline practitioner will actually use the symptom and use the stress or the disease as a way to create a portal which ultimately is a doorway into the subconscious mind. Because once we can connect to the subconscious mind then we’re tapping into the Infinite Mind and the part of a person’s body that is designed to heal and regenerate the aspect of a person that is intended to thrive. So The Lifeline Technique ultimately is a laser-like system that helps the person become a truly conscious individual rather than a reactionary individual. Leo: Some people who don’t investigate the Technique in depth may say it’s simply work-

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ing with affirmations or even just placebo at work… what do you say to this? DW: Well, whether it be a placebo at work or not it makes profound changes in a person’s mind and placebo works in the mind too so I don’t take it as a negative connotation whatsoever… We definitely work with affirmations within it but it’s so much more than that. It goes beyond consciousness to a realm where we can only imagine what it might be. I mean, the greatest enigma that exists right now for humankind is… What is the subconscious mind? And once we begin to appreciate what the subconscious mind is then we’re talking about the really meaty stuff. The subconscious mind controls every function of our body. We’ve got about fifty to a hundred trillion cells in our body and individually and collectively fortunately we don’t have to tell our temperature to maintain at 98.6 degrees … we don’t have to tell our heart rate or our blood pressure or blood sugar or our hormones to function, in our immune system to do different things… there’s an Infinite Mind which is the subconscious mind which controls these functions. But the subconscious mind also is the place where emotions or experiences, or memories that were never processed exist. When these emotions get activated it creates a whole sub-set or series of symptoms and stress… and so The Lifeline Technique can be termed as an interpreter for symptoms and stress so that people can truly begin to understand why their body, is expressing or experiencing symptoms, or why they’re suffering repetitive patterns in relationships, that keep people based in fearful thoughts and perceptions. So whether it be a placebo, I’m sure people can say a lot of different things… you can’t really be told about the Lifeline, it’s an experience in itself, but it’s an experience that once you do experience it, it forever changes a person’s life. Leo: You had a turning point experience in your own career when you came across Dr. Emoto’s pioneering work… why did it make such an impact on you? DW: First and foremost for people that don’t know Dr. Emoto’s research… he asked the question “Does water have consciousness?” He wanted to discover if this is truth because the hu-

man body is two thirds water and the earth itself is two thirds water. And an interesting fact is that over 90% of all life on the planet lives in water. And so it’s a great question. So Dr Emoto used what’s called a darkfield microscope and he looked at water in its living state, based upon a group of things. He would freeze the water and look at it underneath the microscope slide. Or he would have music played to water and he would observe what type of formation the water would create when the vibration of the music was experienced by the water… and he found ultimately that vibrations of Love and Gratitude create a crystallized formation that is so beautiful in the water, whereas vibrations of fear or hatred caused a breakdown in the structure of water. What the epiphany was for me is that because we are water, that it’s not just our conscious feelings and our conscious actions that are creating a reaction of a beautiful formation or a breakdown in our water but it’s our subconscious voice. You know, what about the subconscious thought… the fears that are still within the mind stemming from when you were in your mother’s womb… when you were a child in an environment that didn’t have the ability to teach love because that environment didn’t know love itself. And so it couldn’t teach something that it didn’t know. Because our brain and our body doesn’t know that difference between imagination, memory or reality, when the subconscious pattern is activated our water reacts in a reflective way to that vibration as if it’s experiencing that moment for the very first time. And so if it’s one of fear, then it’s going to break down the water… what does water do to electricity? Leo: It carries it. DW: It conducts it… It’s a carrier of information so when there’s a fear vibration, that’s running back of the nervous system. And in using muscle testing, immediately we are able to appreciate the impact of the nervous system by the weakness within the muscle. And a Lifeline practitioner guides a person through. So this research is really pinnacle for appreciating so much that goes on. What’s interesting is that a doctor that was at my practice at the time, Dr Tom Bayne, had a dark-field

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microscope as well and I said “Why don’t you take a person’s blood prior to doing The Lifeline session and do your diagnostic work about that person… and then I’ll do a Lifeline session on them and take their blood again and see what happens.” The session literally was fifteen or twenty minutes and the difference between the blood before and after was monumental. And in the back of my book you can see multiple “before and after” Lifeline sessions showing… (because blood is 90% water)… the impact that it has on the physical body. Just about every disease process known to humankind is inflammatory in nature. “Inflammatory” means it involves the blood. And so when you look at the impact that goes on within the blood of a person that’s doing The Lifeline Technique, you can start to appreciate the potential impact this system can have… at the person’s ability to be the self-healing completely regenerating organism that they are, and how profound that is. Leo: You use the universal sign language mode and hand mudra “I love you”… you mentioned that earlier… why? And how does this hold such power? DW: My cousin Rob Morgan, is the first deaf chiropractor to ever graduate. While he was interning in my office at the end of the day of seeing clients Rob turned to me and he held his hand in this “I love you” hand mode. And I was just filled with this overwhelming warmth and comfortable feeling in my heart… it just felt so good. And I said to Robert “What is that that you’re doing?” And he did this gesture and said “I love you.” And I said “Wow, come over here.” One of my masteries is Kinesiology… I’m very good at my profession. And I had Rob come over I found a reflex in his body that represented a certain organ such as his liver, and I found that it was weak and I held my hand in that “I love you” posture and the reflex immediately became strong. Now at this moment this confirmed to me that “Rob is the great healer.” Everyone knows that when you say “you know what, I love you, thank you so much for this opportunity… or just being in my life…” When someone authentically expresses love… when a mother holds her child in an embracing, loving way… you know that that’s heal-

INTERVIEW ing, but it was at that moment that it confirmed through that neurological reflex that that feeling is actually doing something. Now what’s interesting is that this was prior to learning about Dr. Emoto’s work, and I didn’t realize that what I was saying in that “I love you” hand mudra to Rob’s body, what was happening is all of the molecules that made up his body would be impacted by the vibration and the intention of this hand mudra of “I love you”. You know, to talk about one thing is to talk about a thousand different things. One part holographically represents the whole. That’s really how The Lifeline Technique works as well… it’s a symbiotic system of multiple systems… multiple aspects of natural medicine ranging from Chinese Medicine in the 5 Elements theory; Ayurvedic Medicine in the chakras; Shamanism with modern day ways of working the mind-body-spirit ranging from NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming; EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing); NET (Neuro Emotion Technique) to Applied Kinesiology… all of these different systems fuse into one system that I’ve named The Lifeline Technique. Ultimately, to throw a lifeline to a part of ourselves that is in a drowsy mode so that we can liberate and awaken to a power that at one point we didn’t have the consciousness to choose love. Leo: Gratitude is obviously a big part of this system, why is Gratitude so important? DW: Gratitude is love in action. When you say “Thank you” to someone for doing something, what you’re really ultimately saying is that you value an action or a word or an intention… “Thank you for saying that.” “Thank you for doing that.” “Thank you for being who you are.” When you value something it means that it’s meaningful. Ultimately, that’s our journey. Human’s search is to discover meaning in their life. And gratitude is the alchemist… it’s the greatest alchemist that transforms a moment of fear into courage or pain into power or victimization into victory. Gratitude enables you to - even though a moment may appear to be negative…that in an infinite universe… even though you’re not able to perceive the positive invisible form somewhere in the invisible world – even though it’s not in the particle, it’s somewhere in the wave…Even though it’s not in the manifest, its somewhere in the unmanifested… When you say “Thank you”, when you express appreciation or gratitude, you immediately begin to create the attractive field for what it is that you intent… it is truly love in action.

short term memory. And in doing so we aren’t able to integrate it into our primal mind…there’s no creativity or logic in the essence of that experience. It just stays in this primal reactive place. And so when we’re disconnected on a subconscious level with love and gratitude and it gets activated later in life…here I am at forty years of age but that’s still a four year old part of me who’s disconnected from the fear that’s activated. My body responds as if I’m four in an environment of fear. My thoughts are of fear and because we don’t know the difference, as I said between imagination, memory and reality…we’re at the mercy of that experience and that’s why we really want to do our best to stay in an observer role…we really want to do our best to stay in a place where we don’t take anything personally but rather, we take things spiritual so that we can learn from the experience and choose love despite the experience…to choose peace despite the experience…it enables us to do that. Leo: Part of the work involves working with our personas…what happens there? DW: It’s a fragmentation of sorts where we become hypnotised…where we have no memory of a particular experience and walls are brought up. The primal wall is the wall that’s around our heart and when those walls are brought up it creates a certain perception that we become identified and defined by particular experiences where there are certain behaviours, and certain thought processes and a certain physiology that functions via particular personas. For example, we all have different personas and even personalities that com out in different times, whether it be when we’re in our professional job or whether we’re driving by ourselves listening to our favourite music…different aspects of personas or personalities come out. What’s interesting that research has shown is that people, especially …and this is very dramatic…that multiple personality disorder will have one personality with Diabetes or even different coloured eyes while in the same body a different personality will have normal blood glucose and blue eyes will be brown eyes. And so, that’s an extreme level of trauma that causes the walling off of personalities. But everybody

at a certain level has multiple personas where we have different components of behaviour that is associated with our different personas. And so with The Lifeline Technique we harmonise these particular identities that have been buried in the subconscious mind. Leo: Can you share some of your successes with The Lifeline Technique? DW: The Lifeline Technique doesn’t heal anyone. It doesn’t heal anything…the human body is designed to heal, regenerate and be whole. We all have the unique capacity to heal. And so I’ve had people that have come to see me with allergies and other immune disease…I’ve had people that have come to see me that have complete tears in ligaments in the bodies or people that have been diagnosed with cancer…people that have had post-traumatic stress from being in a war… I had a woman that came to me today that I saw that was diagnosed with a lilt uterus and it was affecting her menstruation and her bladder. I did a session and by the end of it twenty minutes later the pain that she had been going to see multiple gynaecologists for, was gone, and she was just smiling, saying “I’m just feeling happy”. The core thing about The Lifeline Technique is that anyone can learn to do it. You don’t have to be a physician; you just have a passion to want to know more and to be open that there is more. The paradigm for treating symptoms and stress and disease…that’s western medicine or allopathic medicine…they do that very well and to just honouring that experience is important. The Lifeline Technique is a bridge for holistic physicians and western medical physicians looking for other ways to enhance their patient’s experience of healing. In no way does it heal disease…chemotherapy doesn’t heal disease either. It kills something and then the body does the healing of its own. Dr. Darren R. Weissman is an internationally renowned physician, speaker, educator, developer of The LifeLine TechniqueTM, and author of The Power of Infinite Love & Gratitude, An Evolutionary Journey to Awakening Your Spirit published by Hay House. He has practiced holistic medicine for 14 years and

opened The Way to Optimal Health medical center in Northbook, Illinois in 1999. Most recently, he has presented at the Oceans of Gratitude cruise with Dr. Michael Bernard Beckwith, Celebrate Your Life conference (sponsored by Oprah XM Radio), and at the Hay House, Inc. conference, I Can Do it!. In addition, he is a contributing author in the latest best-selling book by Dr. Masaru Emoto, The Healing Power of Water. He is currently writing a second book in the field of energy medicine.

Dr.Darren R. Weissman will be in Adelaide to present a 5 day Training program on The Lifeline Technique on March 13-17, 2009. For details and registration phone 8248 1281 or email beyondtheordinary@internode.on.net. Visit www.infiniteloveandgratitude.com for videos and further information.

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Leo: What happens when we disconnect from this Love and Gratitude? DW: First and foremost, no one ever chooses to consciously disconnect from it. That is a mechanism that exists in the subconscious mind. The subconscious mind has this consciousness preceptor and receptor. In the early years of life, while we’re in the womb or the first seven years of our life, we are being programmed subconsciously by our environment. Mostly by our mothers and the environment that we live in…and it’s ultimately our environment’s ability to choose love vs. fear. And when our environment does not have the ability to choose love over fear in a particular moment during these formative years of our lives, the subconscious mind will then, in an encapsulating, protective way, hold onto that experience,. And it will not process that experience as it does other experiences, from short term memory to long term memory. It stays in

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

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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 of 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

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only need an image when your unintelligent and the 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,

INTERVIEW and the body speaking. Now out of that comes a natural creativity which created the trees...which created 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. 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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OPEN AND AWARE – OUR FEMININE SIDE Do you remember times as a child when you were watching something, or just listening, completely absorbed, and were quite happy to be still? You were meditating – it is something we could all do naturally and easily as children; we just didn’t know what we were doing. A client of mine, after learning to meditate, suddenly remembered for the first time how she loved sitting on top of the shed on the farm where she lived as a child. She could sit there for hours, just watching everything. And it was when she learned to meditate that she realised that it was the same experience she had had on top of the shed. When children are in this state they are very still, totally open and receptive, very concentrated and you can see how comfortable they are in their bodies. This is the natural state of our minds and bodies – resting in the senses, receptive and aware, just taking in everything around us. Being still and open is a blissful state in which we feel completely at peace with ourselves and the world. OUR FEMININE & MASCULINE SIDES In the meditation tradition this state is always represented as feminine. Whether we are male or female, we are all born from our mothers, and this state is the first state we experience – the beginning and end, the natural state of

our minds and bodies. It is still, open and aware of everything. You don’t have to go anywhere – you simply are, totally and completely – being, not doing. When we learn to think, the price is that we lose contact with this state, in fact, it is often actively discouraged. I can remember being told off as a child for daydreaming when I became completely absorbed in something. My parents were always telling me I’d lose my head if it wasn’t screwed on! This is because we can’t think and be in touch with our bodies and our senses at the same time. Thinking is represented as the masculine state in the tradition. It is active, focused and directed. You have goals and move towards them – doing, not being. Meditation provides the means to consciously reintegrate the ability to become absorbed, still, open and receptive, while maintaining the skills of thinking. We learn to think and to focus at school, but the other side of our minds and our nature is just left to chance. Many people don’t know that this can be trained too, and that these two abilities, to be able to focus and to be open to everything are actually two different forms of concentration.

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Recognising your spiritual self Have you ever had the experience of not recognising someone until the person speaks or is up close? And what is it that you recognise? It’s not always what the person wears, the style of hair or even a particular way they stand, because you can also think you recognise someone and be mistaken. To recognise means to re-cognise or to “know again”. What is the experience of recognition? It’s a combination of perception and acceptance, rekindling your relationship with something familiar. On the physical level, recognising something you already know is usually a matter of senses working with your general knowledge. You might recognise an image of the Mona Lisa, for example, or the scent of lavender. Recognition also is the ability to differentiate. How do you identify a child amongst thirty children of the same size in identical school uniforms? Recognising a person requires an understanding, the immediate knowledge that comes from intuition. You recognise life force and essence, who the person truly is. And what is the feeling of recognition? When you want to go towards the person, recognition can bring comfort, warmth and peace. You make eye contact and the person recognises you. You might feel expanded and happy. Even if you want to avoid the person, recognition brings relief. You know. How does recognition apply to your being? Perhaps you’ve had the rather shocking experience of not recognising yourself in a reflection—at first. That’s because everyone lives in an interior world. In many ways it’s easier to recognise your own patterns of thought than your physical self. Let’s take it to a deeper level. The great sages of yoga say that recognition is the key to your spiritual self. Like the person you don’t recognise at first or the child you try to pick out of a group, the essence of divine Consciousness is already here, already available. You just have to recognise it. And in the same way that recognition means to re-cognise or to know again, when you recognise your spiritual self, it brings relief, comfort, warmth and peace. You remember that you know. What is your spiritual self? You might call it your deepest nature, inner wisdom or the life force within. It is also known as the wit-

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ness, the part of you that has been with you always. Your spiritual self is a deep knowing; it is your own consciousness. You actually have many experiences of your spiritual self. The instant upon waking. The quiet moment when all is right with the world. Love for a child, a partner, a track of music. Beauty and colour. The joy of sport, food, good company, rain or sunshine. Even the intensity of high emotion. The key is to recognise them. Whenever you experience heightened awareness or deeply connect to yourself, make a mental note. In time, you’ll notice that you have set a clear pathway. You’ll experience and re-cognise, or know again, (and again, and again) that your spiritual self is always here. MEDITATION: ON AWARENESS Focus on your body and what’s happening right now: what you hear, smell, taste, touch or see. Stay in your present experience. Now focus on your awareness. Notice how it absorbs information from the senses but also is the vibration of your living essence. Investigate your awareness and allow yourself to recognise that your awareness is your spiritual self. INQUIRY: WHO AM I, REALLY? Recognition at the deepest level is connection with the universal sense of simply being. Make yourself comfortable and take the time to ask yourself, “Who am I at my deepest level?” Tell yourself to go deeper. Keep repeating this question and watch how it resonates. As you let go and relax, what do you recognise? CONTEMPLATION: ON RECOGNITION The power of your awareness creates extraordinary reality in every moment of your life. Swami Dayananda (Nancy Jackson) is the author of 108 Meditations and is a regular feature writer for Australian Yoga Life magazine. She also is the Director of the Adelaide Shiva Yoga Meditation Centre at 79 Military Road, Semaphore. The Centre conducts Saturday night Satsangs, and courses on meditation and self-inquiry. Join us for Tuesday night study groups on the psychology and philosophy of yoga; and this year’s retreat on “Spiritual Direction”. Contact (08) 8242 4929 or www.meditationyoga.com.au for more information.

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The Sound of God

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. 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. Then about the time I began questioning what to do about the funny inner sound, I had been experimenting with the sound and the ‘tingling’ 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, I’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. I’d experienced this feeling before, but its occurrences were happenstance, certainly something I wasn’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 I’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 God’s breath or essence. When we allow It to resonate within our deepest inner being, we are allowing God to speak to us. It’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.

We’re like the little planes, and the navigational tower that’s sending out the sound signal is like God. When we get off track in our lives – 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 doesn’t feel so good. But when we’re in line with this signal, when it’s flowing in and through our being, it feels good and honest. In the next article, we’ll talk about the other aspect of the ECK, the light. Phil Morimitsu is the author of In the Company of Eck Masters: Real-Life Experiences With Spiritual Masters in the Twentieth Century and the Seeker. An American artist and writer, Morimitsu has traveled worldwide giving talks about his books and about Eckankar. Currently, he lives and works in Hong Kong.

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Q & A on thought vs reality Q: Is enlightenment anything like you thought it would be? Linda: No, it’s nothing like I thought it would be, because even though intellectually I knew that it was the death of the ego, I couldn’t really believe that life in the body would be possible without the ego. While I was still immersed in the ego/mind to whatever degree, there was still a huge fear of letting go of my self, even though that was what I wanted more than anything. Even after years of intensive practice, it was still a huge leap to completely let go of the ego (or mind).It’s a bit like jumping off a cliff, but you actually have to be pushed over by your own suffering. You are finally forced to completely let go because you can’t stand being your self anymore. You have to prefer the possibility of death rather than being in the grip of the thinking mind for another moment. I suppose I still believed that enlightenment would be a very, very pleasurable experience. But it’s not like that because it’s the end of experiences, the end of time. There’s no one there to have any more experiences. There’s no one there to desire any more experiences. The experiences that I used to crave most were those in which I would ‘lose’ myself to a large degree, where I would become so immersed in the experience that the self would almost disappear and I would forget about time. There would be almost no separation between me and the experience. In enlightenment you actually become the experience and it doesn’t really matter what the experience is because the important thing is that there is no separation between you and the experience.

It’s like closing the gap between you and the experience which you are craving. When there is no separation , there is no time. There is only separation when you are attached to the body, attached to time. I used to think that there would still be an ‘I’ feeling good, but it’s something much deeper than that. The deep, eternal peace that people talk about is just the freedom from wanting to feel good, the freedom from wanting, or not wanting, to feel anything. You just fully accept whatever is happening and you realise that the only resistance that you had was from your self. I finally realised that it wasn’t what was happening that was important, it was my reaction to it. There cannot be stagnation in enlightenment because it is not a fixed state. It is like being in eternity while still in the physical body. There is a sublime peace, but it is a very intense state - the present moment is so incredibly fast. I suppose I thought that there would be the moment of enlightenment and that would be it. I didn’t realise that I would be more and more deeply immersed in the present moment , and I can now see that this will keep happening until the death of the body. Even though there is great value and enjoyment in being in the body, I can also now see that with the death of the body there will be the ultimate union with life. Linda Clair is a non-sectarian teacher, and is also the author of the book ‘What do you Want?’ She teaches mainly at the Simple Meditation Centre in Crafers West in the Adelaide Hills. For more information, please phone David on 8339 7848 or visit www.simplemeditation.net

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Everyday Self as a Portal to Spirit Many spiritual paths aim to transcend the personality, seeing it as the primary barrier to enlightenment. It is true that the personality is a barrier, but it is not only a barrier. It is also a doorway, lovingly beckoning us towards self realization. How can this be? We find that the key is understanding, in the deepest sense of the word. As we come to explore and understand our everyday self, it slowly dissolves, and what is revealed is the True Self that’s been hidden. When we pause to really notice our everyday self, we see that it is often a troubled self that seems far from enlightenment. We find that we regularly experience difficult emotions and reactions. We yearn for the unattainable, and desire things that ultimately do not bring us satisfaction. We find that we are often pushing ourselves around, telling ourselves that who we are and what we want or feel should be somehow different or better. A subtle distrust often motivates our actions towards others and the world. We find ourselves repeating the same patterns and habits, whether or not they bring happiness. In other words, we often experience the truth of the Buddha’s teaching, that life is suffering. So how did we end up here, and what’s to be done about the situation? In the beginning we come into the world as pure expressions of Spirit. When we look at infants, we can see their unmistakable glow, purity, spontaneity, complete being-here-now, and even if it seems very long ago and far away, we can assume that that’s now we arrived too. But the infant’s connection with Spirit is fragile, because even though we are Spirit, as infants we do not know it. Life events soon conspire to put barriers between our conscious self and Spirit, which slowly sinks into unawareness. This mostly happens because our parents seldom recognize Spirit, and cannot reflect it back to us. Instead, they reflect and react to our emotions, body, gender, intelligence, temperament, “goodness” or “badness”, and so on, and we eventu-

ally take those parental messages to be who we actually are. This process forms the foundation of our everyday self, but unfortunately there are some problems with this self. Not only does it cause us a great deal of suffering, it also forms a defensive shell around the True Self, blinding us to who we really are. Because it is built on a foundation of unconsciousness it is inherently shaky, uncertain and lacking. Even if we don’t feel this consciously, it plays out as self criticism, self-doubt and lack of trust. The whole catastrophe of adulthood is that we are trying our best to be enlightened beings, but it’s impossible without ongoing access to Spirit. Instead, we struggle to make do with the everyday self that replaced our True Self. Let’s take love as an example. As adults, we have mostly lost touch with the Love of Spirit, the infinite luminous field of lovingness that’s actually our fundamental nature. Because of this loss, we experience a profound lack of Love, often believing ourselves to be unloved and unlovable. So we do our best to fill the aching void. We imagine that love is something that we can get from the outside, and come to treat it as a kind of commodity which we can earn by being “good” and doing the right thing, whether or not we feel like it. When we do have some love, we see it as something that we own, that we can give or withhold in order to influence the actions of others. We become extremely attached to our sources of love, and react with hurt, despair, anger and self-criticism when we lose them. Transformation begins when we simply recognize exactly where we are, when we start to see that our underlying disconnection from our true nature as Love has led us to seek it in all the wrong places. As we bring acceptance, curiosity and kindness to ourselves, we may remember the events of our childhood that stamped in the sense of unlovableness, and the messages we received from others about the deficiencies of our love. We start to understand more and more deeply our current predicament and how

we got to be here. Eventually, we can bring the whole pattern and history into consciousness. And as we go even deeper, we will eventually find the ultimate jewel, the hidden True Self with its unbounded Love. Miraculously, the path that led us away from Spirit is also the exact path back. There are of course many other aspects of Spirit that we lose, such as Peace, Value, Power, Aliveness, Will, Contentment, Joy and Strength. Instead we find restlessness, self-criticism, hatred, fatigue, powerlessness, depression, hurt, anxiety and anger. The magic is that, just as our issues around love lead us back to Love, every one of our difficult emotions can lead us back to the exact aspect of Spirit that we lost. For example, when we explore and understand our anger in all its ramifications, we eventually arrive at Strength and Aliveness. When we explore our powerlessness, we find True Empowerment. When we lovingly investigate our lack of self esteem, we eventually find that we are actually of infinite Value. We come to understand that our everyday self is both a barrier and a doorway. It locks us away from Spirit, but it’s also the key to Spirit. We do not have to struggle to transcend any part of ourselves, but can lovingly embrace it as a signpost pointing to a lost aspect of our True Self. Thus any personal exploration done with sincerity, curiosity and a desire to understand brings us closer to who we truly are, to the True Self which is our birthright and our deepest heart’s desire. This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond. Rumi

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LOVE ONLY-ONLY LOVE In the past 9 years and more intensely 2008, I have found myself increasingly given only one choice as a solution for all upsets, dilemmas, hurts, guilts, pain, perceived attacks and unfairness and lack of peace. That is ultimately to Love Only –without exception and without any qualification. I have found myself so backed into a corner with no redress from the world of the police, of what is fair, of integrity of others, of how I think people should behave, of what is right and wrong from the perspective of human justice. None of these things of the world gave me any solution. It was only when I chose to surrender it all over to Love Only on my part that miraculously things transformed. The piece de la resistance of this for me came with the conclusion of the gift that my next-door neighbour of the past year unknowingly gave me. Fourteen days before he was due to move out after being given notice by his landlord, I had spent another sleepless night due to loud music, shouting, violent and drunken behaviour and two attempts on my part to ring and ask him to keep the noise down at 1.00 and 2:30 pm respectively. After getting up early to go to the market with less than two hours sleep and my mind, once again, getting caught up in the projection of my fears that this would continue for the next two weeks and what could I do, as in, who could I complain to, that I woke up, remembering this had never worked in the past nine years. Thus I started forgiving and blessing the situation, him and myself and surrendering it over to the Higher Self. As soon as I demonstrated the willingness to have this

healed through forgiveness and love, rather than through fear, resentment, blame and control - by the time I returned home I had the voice of the Higher Self within me saying that I could no longer put out into the world anger or resentment. That I could not act out of integrity with what I knew as a realitynamely that anger, feeling the victim and my judgments of not love are never justified as they are not based on what is real and that instead all I could do was to Only Love and Love Only. From this quiet, profound vision and powerful insight, I disciplined myself to practise this for the next two days and within two days the young man unexpectedly moved out – two weeks before he was due to. At the same time I had committed to Love Only around the situation, I felt such a rush of warm gratitude and thankfulness towards my neighbour again for giving me such an amazing opportunity to practice, learn and know the Truth. ONLY LOVE IS REAL Love is the greatest force in the world. In fact, it is really all there is in Truth. Love totally transcends everything and anything that is not Love. A Course in Miracles says that everything is either Love or a call for Love. If we are experiencing anything that is not Love, we are being given the opportunity to extend Love and thus to have positive power over it. And it is by repetition that we learn this, practice this and thus experience it. By this I mean we keep encountering in our lives experiences to learn and grow from by finding that the only real way to transcend and have power over anything is to repetitively bring willingness to Love to our percep-

tion of it. When we do, we begin more and more to experience a world of Love. A loving person sees a loving world. We are not separate from what we see and what we see is what we decide to see. The world we see is our world, a world that is subject to what we hold in consciousness – this is what we have a choice around - what we hold in our minds and how we think about anything. In our evolution we begin to awaken to the fact that we suffer in order to know that we do not have to suffer. With that awareness is the power of choice we have to Love rather than fear in some form. Whenever I realise I am caught up in suffering, and I remember that I do not have to suffer, I then choose to extend Love, forgiveness and blessing and very quickly my experience transforms into peace, safety, gratitude, trust and love only. By choosing, committing and trusting that only the Love is real and anything that is not Love has no power over us, we have a huge impact on our world and that of others. And as we raise our own awareness with this commitment we take the whole class with us. Julie Way is an Adelaide Rebirther/ Breath Therapist and Personal/ Spiritual Development Consultant as well as the author of the book Personal Mastery She has recently published an inspirational booklet Thoughts for a Miraculous Life as a herald to her third book The Miraculous Life© (work in progress) in which she expands on the above subject. Julie presents regular lectures in Adelaide on a Friday evenings. (See advertisement this issue.) She can be contacted P. 08-84439162 or julieway@ozemail.com.au See www.julieway.com.au

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Spiritual Beings Having a Human Experience It was fifteen years ago when I stood in front of a diverse group of long term unemployed people to share with them my thoughts and experiences about making dreams comes true. How, before we can achieve our dreams, we have to be clear about what that dream looks like. To immerse ourselves in it, feel it, see it, smell it and go through the motions of experiencing it. I have the habit of saying “you can have anything you want, if you really want it “. I remember with clarity the man, sitting in the front row. He was fuming as I continued to talk, then he eventually erupted and almost spat at me with undeniable anger “you can’t tell

me I can have anything I want. Look at you, look at the way you are dressed, you have a job, you don’t know what it is like. I want to be a Doctor, but I am a bus driver!! You can’t tell me I can be a Doctor!! Why don’t you get me a job!! I could see and feel his pain and sense of hopelessness. Yes, I thought, I knew where he was coming from. So, I went on to tell him my story. I was not asking him to do something that I have not done myself. Before you can achieve your dream, you must know what it is in case you miss it and it passes you by, to some other destination. You must have a clear

vision, to know what you want, to have courage to do what needs to be done and have the faith to know it will come to you. Obviously the bus driver did not believe me. Even the Yogi I met recently did not agree with me. He talked about Karma and if it is not meant to happen, it won’t, so it was no good dreaming or wanting something that was not your Karma, he kept saying. Now we can talk about this for a long, long time, but for the moment, I want to share with you an extract from the writings of Shoghi Effendi called: DYNAMICS OF PRAYER FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS

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Step 1: Pray and meditate about it, then remain in the silence of contemplation for a few minutes. Step 2: Arrive at a decision and hold this. This decision is usually born during the contemplation. It may seem almost impossible of accomplishment but if it seems to be an answer to a prayer or a way of solving the problem, then immediately take the next step. Step 3: Have determination to carry the decision through. Many fail here. The decision, budding into determination, is blighted and instead becomes a wish or a vague longing. When determination is born, immediately take the next step. Step 4: Have faith and confidence that the power will flow through you, the right way will appear, the door will open, the right thought, the right message, the right principle, or the right book will be given to you. Have confidence and the right thing will come to your need. Then as you rise from prayer, take at once the 5th step. Step 5: Act as though it had all been answered. Then act with tireless, ceaseless energy. And as you act, you, yourself, will become a magnet, which will attract more power to your being, until you become an unobstructed channel for the Divine power to flow through you. Many pray but do not remain for the last half of the first step. Some who meditate arrive at a decision, but fail to hold it. Few have the determination to carry the decision through, still fewer have the confidence that the right thing will come to their need. But how many remember to act as though it had all been answered? How true are these words “Greater than the prayer is the spirit in which it is uttered and greater than the way it is uttered is the spirit in which it is carried out.” I have used this recipe for achieving my dreams for twenty years and without fail, the answers come. When I add a pinch of action, a dash of courage and a good dose of faith, the dream becomes a reality. Along the way, I am aware of the experiences I receive and how they shape me. What I do with them, is what creates my tomorrow and what creates my tomorrow is what I leave behind, for as a spiritual being having a human experience, when I leave this world I can only take my deeds, my experiences and the love in my heart with me. The material achievements get left behind. Katina Jones is the Founder and Managing Director of Aspects of Healing and Equals International, College of Integrated Healthcare, 25 Leigh St., Adelaide, phone (08) 8110 1200.

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DEPRESSION An Illness or emotional constipation? 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 personal-

ity 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 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.

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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 emotional 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?

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The Year You Were BORN Have you been feeling the great urge of late to find out why you are here? Has Life Purpose been a topic of hot discussion in your mind and an inner search for meaning? Indeed, in larger and larger numbers people are now being forced by their own will into situations where finding their passion and living “on purpose” is key. Age is no barrier to finding your life purpose. You could be 18 and having an epiphany of why you are here from attending a college lecture or dance party. You could be 60 and have just had the courage to walk away from a toxic relationship. You could be nearly 30 or 40 and have lost your job, or a family member and this is your catalyst to search for greater meaning in your life. No matter what your age or circumstance to awakening, there comes a defining moment or series of moments in life when we can see clearly, ask fervently and then

allow surrender to a better, more purposeful life than the one we currently are playing in. Once we have has realised that there is a higher meaning to life then the task of finding that purpose begins to take over. We want to know where to look, the right questions to ask and “How will I know it when I’ve found it?” An excellent starting point for anyone looking into the greater reason for their soul’s journey this lifetime, and the way their life has unfolded to date, is to begin by acknowledging the energies that were around in the year and the decade you were born into. We choose the perfect time to be born. What century, what sex, what cultural background, what parents, what colour and more, all of which is designed to propel us along our life’s course. Right down to the day, hour and minute, we carefully select the alignment of planets and world climate, which is best suited for us to

enter into. By studying and gaining an awareness and deeper understanding therefore of the consciousness climate of the planet, the year and the decade you were born into, we can begin to then work with our birth energies and go with their flow, rather than working against what could very well help us realise our innate potential, sooner rather than later. For example, if you were born into the sixties like me, you chose an era that was flavoured with political unrest, the higher consciousness of the psychedelic movement, media coverage of war and a growing population opposed to war. There was student activism, the space race, the civil rights movement for equality, the rise of feminism and a new freedom in fashion with the mini-skirt, love children and flower power. This was a decade that demanded freedom, peace, change, equality and personal expression. Consider then that these energies are your innate birth energies and you have some better idea as to what qualities to nurture and encourage in your life. These qualities may well explain why you have always felt such a strong desire for equality, personal expression and peace. With this awareness you can then start acknowledging that these are the energies that feel innately strong within me, so now I’m going to work with them rather than shunning my true strengths from view. To find the world events and energies at play around the globe the year and the decade you were born into, simply log onto this very

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1. The Noughties Technological advances are expedited as cell phones and the Internet go global. Terrorism is the new perceived threat to survival along with global warming. The economy crashes worldwide. Genetic engineering flourishes along with viral diseases. Spirituality and the self-help movement expand at a phenomenal rate as people turn away from traditional religion. The energies of truth, spirituality, honesty and green living are highlighted. 2. The Nineties We can now watch war on TV as it happens around the globe. The Middle East erupts, as organic living grows in popularity in the west. Environmental consciousness grows and equality comes closer with the end of Apartheid in South Africa. Designer drugs go mainstream as the World Wide Web explodes and brings us all closer together. The energies of expansion,

nots. Television is introduced and the world becomes slightly more transparent. The energies of conformity vs. individualism, racism, breaking free and letting go are highlighted. 7. The Forties A decade of frugality as war grips the planet and the first atomic bomb is used against humanity. Consequently the world is shocked and comes together with the founding of The United Nations. The post-war population soars with new babies coming into this energy. The energies of forgiveness, drama, security, restriction and care are highlighted.

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health, earth stewardship and communication are highlighted. 3. The Eighties The end of the cold war between east and west. The world unites through Live Aid, Band Aid and the Aids epidemic grows. Students protest on mass over nuclear power. The Berlin Wall comes down and we witness the massacre at Tiananmen Square. The computer age goes mainstream and music bends gender. The energies of unity, peace, compassion and freedom are highlighted. 4. The Seventies Women’s liberation and role in society go mainstream and true equality begins to be realised. The electronics and digital age begins with the home computer and vide games being born. The children of the forties manifest the foundation of our current age. The energies of mind expansion, non-conformity, women’s right’s and digital consciousness are highlighted. 5. The Sixties Psychedelics go mainstream and lift higher consciousness. Music becomes freer and people let their hair grow. The youth demand peace and begin actively demonstrating. The world demands equality. The energies of personal-expression, peace, equality and higher consciousness are highlighted. 6. The Fifties The cold war begins and fear of communism spreads across the globe. Quality of life soars in the western world, as does the gap between the haves and the have-

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THE ADDICTED BRAIN: BEYOND WILLPOWER The Disease of Addiction The Human brain is a complex and fine-tuned communications network containing billions of specialized cells (neurons) that give origin to our thoughts, emotions, perceptions and drives. Often, an addictive behaviour and/or substances is taken the first time by choice - to feel pleasure or to relieve depression or stress. But this notion of choice is short lived. Why? Because repeated addictive behaviour and/or substance use disrupts well-balanced systems in the brain in ways that persist, eventually replacing a person’s normal needs and desires with a one-track mission to seek and use addictive behaviour and/or substances. At this point, normal desires and motives will have a hard time competing with desire for the addictive behaviour and/or substances. Addictive behaviours can include gambling, sex, work, eating disorders, internet, relationships, video games, and even religion can become addictive.

• Altered brain regions that control decision-making and judgment. Addictive behaviour and/or substances of abuse affect the regions of the brain that help us control our desires and emotions. The resulting lack of control leads addicted people to compulsively pursue the behaviour and/or substances, even when they have lost their power to reward. The disease of addiction can develop in people despite their best intentions or the strength of their character. Addiction is especially insidious because it affects the very brain areas that people need to “think straight,” apply good judgment, and make good decisions for their lives. No one wants to be an addict, after all.

HOW DOES THE BRAIN BECOME ADDICTED? It typically happens like this: • Addictive behaviour and/or substances of abuse activate the same brain circuits as do behaviours linked to survival, such as eating, bonding and sex. The addictive behaviour and/or substances cause a surge in levels of a brain chemical called dopamine, which results in feelings of pleasure. The brain remembers this pleasure and wants it repeated. • Just as food is linked to survival on day-to-day living, addictive behaviour and/or substances begin to take the same significance for the addict. The need for the addictive behaviour and/or substances becomes more important than any other need, including behaviours (like eating) which are truly necessary for survival. • Eventually the drive to seek and use the addictive behaviour and/or substances is all that matters, despite devastating consequences. Control and choice and everything that once held value in a person’s life such as family, job, community, are lost to the disease of addiction.

PEERING INSIDE THE BRAIN Inside the brain, the actual neurological response to alcohol and addictive behaviour and/or substances consumption (and the affects of addiction) can clearly be seen. And we do mean seen, in vivid, multicoloured, multidimensional images relayed by high-tech scanning machines. In the past several years, scientists have learned more about how the human brain works than in all the previous centuries, primarily because of the development of a series of machines that allow them to look inside a living brain while the brain’s owner is awake and responsive to stimuli. Different types of messenger chemicals inside the brain, called neurotransmitters, carry information from one brain cell, or neuron, to another. Imaging technologies can reflect the activity in these transmitters, measuring how well (or how poorly) they do their jobs when addiction has affected the brain. Some of the key neurotransmitters whose communication functions are disrupted by abused substances or behaviours are dopamine, serotonin, GABA, and glutamate. And while all addictive behaviour and/or substances of abuse directly or indirectly affect dopamine, there are also specific addictive chemicals that affect other neurotransmitter systems. For example LSD and Ecstasy alter serotonin function; heroin and morphine affect opiate receptors, but especially GABA and glutamate.

WHAT BRAIN CHANGES CAUSE SUCH A DRAMATIC SHIFT? Research on addiction is helping us find out just how addictive behaviour and/or substances change the way the brain works. These changes include the following: • Reduced dopamine activity. We depend on our brain’s ability to release dopamine. In order to experience pleasure and to motivate our responses to the natural rewards of our everyday life, such as the sight or smell of food. Addictive behaviour and/or substances of abuse produce very large and rapid dopamine surges and the brain responds by reducing normal dopamine activity. Eventually, the disrupted dopamine system renders the addict incapable of feeling any pleasure - even from the addictive behaviour and/or substances they seek to feed their addiction.

“GO!”: THE DOPAMINE PLEASURE PATHWAY Research has shown that all addictive behaviour and/ or substances of abuse directly or indirectly activate the brain’s pleasure pathway, the intricate network that controls and regulates our ability to feel pleasure. When we experience something good - lovemaking, a good meal, a beautiful sunset - our brain experiences a surge in the level of the neurotransmitter dopamine. We feel warm, calm and happy. After a while dopamine returns to a baseline level, and we go about our lives, looking forward to the next pleasurable experience. We look forward to the next time because the experience is logged into the brain’s limbic system, which, in addition to being the centre for pleasure and emotion, houses key memory and motivation circuits. This is what the brain’s dopamine pathway does; it records both the actual experience of pleasure and ensures that

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the behaviours that led to it are remembered and repeated. In between pleasurable events, there is a quiet period when the neurotransmitters return to their baseline levels. It is useful to remember that the whole system evolved from the biological imperative of survival. Food meant survival of the species, in the most literal sense. The first time we experience an addictive behaviour or substance, the amount of chemical we ingest often exceeds (by a factor of anywhere from two to ten) the levels of naturally occurring neurotransmitters in our body. Dopamine levels may spike higher than they do even with eating, and that initial spike typically lasts longer. That experience, no matter how brief, is stored in the hippocampus and amygdale, important centres

of motivation and sometimes called the “Go!” system. Getting drunk with your buddies, getting high at the beach - they both initially flood the brain with dopamine, along with a picture-memory of the event and the body’s pleasurable response to it. And so we look forward to doing it again. But it’s a trick. After each upward spike, dopamine levels again recede, eventually to below the baseline. The following spike doesn’t go quite as high as the one before it. Over time, the rush becomes smaller, and the crash that follows becomes deeper. The brain has been fooled into “thinking” that achieving that high is equivalent to survival (even more so than with food and sex), and the “Go!” light is on all the time. Eventually, the brain is

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PERSONAL GROWTH forced to turn on a self defence mechanism, reducing the production of dopamine altogether - and weakening the pleasure circuit’s function. At this point, the addicted person is compelled to use the substance or behaviour not to get high, but to feel “normal”- since there’s little or no dopamine response to be had. It is like repeatedly jamming your ATM card in the slot even though your bank account has been long since overdrawn. “STOP!” THE BRAIN’S BRAKES In addition to the “Go!” system, the brain also has a built in “Stop!” system: the prefrontal cortex, sometimes referred to as the seat of sober second thought. With this system, we pull all the information together, weigh it, examine the risks and consequences, and strategize the next move. Is this a good idea? Is this illegal or immoral, or will it make me sick? Will I be able to drive safely? Will I be too hung over to get to my job in the morning? When things are working right, the “Go!” circuitry and the “Stop!” circuitry really are interconnected and are talking to each other to help you weigh the consequences of a decision and decide when to go or not to go. It’s not that they’re separable. They’re interactive. They’re interlinked at all times. With addicts, however, it’s as though (the systems) have become functionally disconnected. It is as though the “Go!” system is sort of running off on its own, it is a rogue system now and is not interacting in a regular, seamless, integrated way with the ‘Stop!’ system. The drugs or behaviours of addiction directly activate the pleasure pathway, but recent research shows that addiction also involves the same pathways that manage memory and learning; that is, the addictive process moves in, undergoes or weakens what the brain knew before, and then teaches it something else entirely. Successful recovery from addiction truly involves a rewiring of the brain. With a combination of evidence-based treatments and sometimes prescribed medication, it is possible that the brain can recover and undergo the retraining needed to block out the signals that trigger addiction and relearning to respond positively to the experiences that brought happiness before the brain was hijacked by addiction. However this can be a long process and individuals need all the support and encouragement they can get in this process of recovery. Wholistic treatment is definitely the way to go. Addiction is a disease and not a disgrace. If you or someone you love is in the grips of addiction reach out TODAY, recovery is possible. Robert Mittiga is the Program Director of GATS Counselling & Treatment Services, Adelaide AUSTRALIA For more information Ph 08 8367 0057 (7days) www.gatscounselling.com

The Protection of Perfectionism Most of us like to do things well. Most people strive to do the best they can and usually take some measure of pride in their achievements. Wanting to do your best is a natural, healthy approach to life. Trying to be perfect, on the other hand, is a different matter. Humans are not perfect and in most cases, it is unreasonable to expect them to be perfect. Unfortunately, for many, a constant drive to be perfect rules much of their life, causing unhealthy amounts of stress and anxiety. Why is this so? It would be impossible to say what drives the need for perfectionism in any individual, but one thing we can be sure of: it helps them feel safe and comfortable in some way. “If everything is perfect, I have nothing to worry about”. The problem is, they still worry. They constantly worry about getting things perfect! For these people, it is more than just wanting to do their best. It is a subconsciously driven need of emotional protection – a need to feel good when somewhere deep inside, they don’t feel good. It helps create a sense of being in control. Unfortunately, of course, it is something over which they have

very little control. This relentless quest for perfection is a common symptom for many of my clients. Although they may not seek help specifically for it, it is often a part of many problems, for which they have no answers. Like anything that is generated by the subconscious, it can only be eliminated by the subconscious. Many people find ways to cope with their fears and tensions, and never really deal with the causes. This usually leads to a stressful life of physical illness and further emotional unrest. When the subconscious feelings that cause these problems are eliminated, the resulting symptoms are also eliminated. When the drive for perfection is no longer a part of their life, these clients are amazed to find they are not only free to make mistakes occasionally, they are also truly free to be relaxed, healthy and contented. Thankfully, with the desire to change and a little help, we have the means to release subconscious feelings that cause unhappiness and ill health.In the words of the old song “Do what you do, do well”. But if you have to be perfect, you will be stressed. Let your

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THE GODDESS WITHIN A Time to Reclaim Your Wholeness Would your life have been different Goddess is a journey into your Self as you honour, heal & forgive your past, empower your present & celebrate your future. If you have ever asked yourself: Who am I really pleasing? What holds me back? Am I getting and/or doing what I really want? If you have ever struggled with relationships or with yourself or... if you simply ‘know’ there is more; then this weekend could be for you. Diane McCann, facilitator of this international seminar since 1987, is well known for her ability to inspire people & she uses empowerment, humour & skill to bring out the full potential in the people she works with. She did her first workshop when she was 13 and has held the vision of world peace since then. Goddess was created to give people more choices to live their lives consciously, creating harmony and peace within their own lives, their family and thus the world.

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KEYS TO IMPROVING RELATIONSHIPS I am a born romantic. My ideal fantasy would be to have my husband come in on Christmas morning (or any other for that matter!), wearing a silk sarong, with a flower between his teeth or behind his ear, my breakfast on a tray and while I luxuriously eat, he does a sexy dance, just for me! Is that going to happen? Perhaps in my wildest dreams but I can guarantee you it won’t happen in real life. He hates sarongs, rarely buys flowers, doesn’t cook and hates to dance! His ideal fantasy would be to sail around the world on a yacht leaving behind most of civilization and that includes mobiles and the internet. The very idea of sailing round the world never mind being computerless is enough to cause my heart to flutter…And not with joy! So then, after way more than 2twenty years, how is our relationship as strong and passionate today as it was in the beginning? Some of our keys are: Key #1 - We both put ourselves first in terms of taking care of our own needs so if he wants to watch TV and I want to read a book, it’s okay with each of us. I have seen too many co-dependent relationships and it the relationship fails, one person falls to pieces. This happens at death a lot where one partner will simply pine away because they have no sense of self without the other person. We think of ourselves as having, not a dependent relationship, or an independent relationship but an interdependent relationship where our love is very strong, but we are not dependent on each other to live our life. Key # 2 – Our relationship is our second highest priority. Every day we commit to honouring each other. My non-romantic husband will go and start the car for me, turning on the air conditioner or the heater depending on the weather and turning the car around so I can simply drive out of the drive-way. When I come home after running a workshop he will have my dressing gown warming up in winter and perhaps a bath run for me. I might cook his favourite red meat dish (even though I’m a non red meat eater), or buy his favourite yachting magazine as a surprise. Also every single night before we go to sleep we give each other 3 acknowledgements. One thing this does is that you have to be conscious around what they are doing for you and the second thing is that no matter how grumpy you might feel, it is hard to not feel the love when you are being acknowledged… so if any upsets have occurred, they are quickly released. (I had to learn that the practicalities of life are how Robert shows his love and while it wasn’t the romantic dance in the sarong… which is more life sustaining, more real and more long term?) Key # 3- We give each other Freedom so while we are different

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in many ways we allow each to grow in whatever way that serves us. For instance I love to learn and that often means traveling overseas and while Robert doesn’t have that same urge, he never says no to me because he understands learning is one of my values and priorities. If he wants to go off for a weekend yachting, I have no problem with it. We encourage each other to pursue dreams, however different they might be. Key #4 – Communication. We have an agreement to clear up misunderstandings immediately they occur. Now sometimes I need time to think about it; where was my responsibility in this upset (set up) etc., so occasionally I have to ask for a couple of hours before we nut it out. In the old days I would have just said nothing was wrong and left it at that, both of us knowing full well that something was wrong, but not having the emotional intelligence to know how to clear it up without laying blame or judging or becoming righteous. This comes down to Key # 5 which is Respect. We respect each other enough to tell the truth even when it is not easy! To have the willingness to say what you feel is the greatest gift you can bring to a relationship because it stops the doubt. To learn to ask for what you want (especially in bed) is another gift that we practice, another thing that took a long time to feel safe with (should I ask…. What if he/she won’t do it, like it….. and from the other side of the bed: Don’t they like the way I have done it in the past, what’s wrong with how I do x, y or z). We are such complicated beings and nowhere more so than in the area of love and lovemaking. 50% of the population are in a relationship many attempting to get out and the other 50% are attempting to get it! Slight exaggeration but you know what I mean. We get into relationships and then go off and put our energy into our career or into babies or businesses or cars or… or… or… and our relationship gets put on the shelf. We see so many people having affairs; believing the grass is greener on the other side of the fence but it is rarely so. Learning to speak your truth, communicate your needs, having respect for each other, being willing to put energy daily into this precious relationship is how it will blossom and grow and take you from the romantic dreaming of spring to the beautiful togetherness of winter. Diane McCann facilitates THE GODDESS WITHIN seminar for women and together with her husband Robert, facilitates Man’s Inner Journey for men and Tantra for couples (www.goddesswithin.com.au; w w w. m a n s i n n e r j o u r n e y. c o m ; www.tantraaustralia.com) They can be reached via email on beyondtheordinary@adelaide.on.net or by phone on 08 82481281

SACRED DANCE change of movement. If the mind wanders for even a moment a cue may be missed and hence - create a break in the energetic synchronisation of the dance.

Body Awareness Through learning The Sacred Tribal dance vocabulary, dancers become aware of areas that require attention and healing. Tension or immobility in certain parts of the body often indicate energy/emotional blocks which may be causing a holding pattern due to unresolved or unhealed emotions. Through bringing our awareness to these areas, we can learn how to clear the blockage, facilitating the smooth flow of energy through the body enabling better range of movement and a balanced flow of emotion.

SACRED TRIBAL BELLY DANCE A dance of personal power and love WhileTribal Style Belly Dance is a relatively contemporary dance form, it deeply resonates as an ancient celebration of the most sacred feminine elements - intuitive power, sensuality, grace and harmony. The cultural roots of tribal style originate from the gypsy dancers ofthe Middle East and incorporate influences from Flamenco, Indian and North African dance. The mesmerizing presentation of group synchronization is what drew me to this dance form over seven years ago. The desire to share this dance and its magic with other woman is what has led me to the development and actualisation of Sacred Tribe Dance Studios - Adelaide’s school of Tribal Belly Dance (since 2004). I developed Sacred Tribal Belly Dance through respecting the integrity and philosophy of Carolena Nericcio’s (founder of Fat Chance Belly Dance) improvisational genre while incorporating my own artistic sensibilities, which have been fuelled by many years of training in American Tribal Style, Tribal Fusion and Bharata Natyam (Indian Dance). The exotic fusion of the Sacred Tribal Style is a format that I feel encompasses the most beautiful aspects of this dance, where dynamic interaction, graceful lines and empowering muscular engagement are emphasised. I have always been interested in the deeper, sacred elements of belly dance and for this reason I have chosen to address some of these elements in this article. My journey of learning, performing, teaching and training teachers has been an ongoing process of self - awareness and a powerful avenue of embracing my personal power. From my observation, personal power seems to be a common deficiency among many women. Over the years I have witnessed amazing transformations of those who come along to a class with low self-esteem, poor body image and an inability to make eye contact. It has been a privilege to observe the evolvement of so many womenin reclaiming their personal power, and working toward balancing the feminine energy on mother earth. We are all on our own personal journeys and we come together to

learn, share and grow. Tribal belly dance works on many levels and is a unique experience for every woman who takes classes. For some it is a fun way to tone the body and unwind from stress, for others it is a disciplined dance form and a unique pathway to selfawareness. Either way Tribal Belly dance has the ability to create positive change in one’s life regardless of age, occupation or race.

Shadow work Like many forms of bodywork, we are often faced with confronting ourselves on various levels. For some, shadow aspects can be triggered which have often been denied (fear, envy, unworthiness etc). By bringing awareness to these areas we bring light to these shadows allowing the integration of these hidden aspects of our selves. Through integration we move towards wholeness and acceptance, which ultimately leads to happiness.

be fearless, or at least unafraid to face your fears and ride through it, coming out stronger. Challenge yourself to push for the best, not just diddle around. Take it seriously, love it, hate it, fight with it, dance with it. Jump off the dang cliff and GO for it!” Baraka Acushla is artistic director of Sacred Tribe Dance Studios, SA and is also a qualified acupuncturist. She is a teacher and workshop facilitator (along with the Sacred Tribal teaching team) and directs and performs with the tribal performance troupe, Omnia. For more information phone 0410 298 801 or visit us at www.sacredtribalbellydance.com

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TRIBAL BELLY DANCE FOR SELF-AWARENESS Opening the heart The Sacred Tribal Style requires dancers to open the heart and trust each other through the magic of synchronised improvisation. By being in each other’s personal space and dancing as one, we learn to trust that it is safe to connect and through connecting with each other our hearts open to life, love and laughter. “…The feelings of joy, hope and renewal and spiritual connections that we can experience through sacred dance and not always felt by the beginner. A period of discipline and training, a shaman’s journey. Gradually inner and outer worlds fuse, and the dancer can move beyond conscious concern with the physicality and perfection of form. When we arrive at this place we are connecting with the music and the mystical and the ethereal, surrendering to a power that uses us. We are danced.” Sacred Woman, Sacred Dance

Presence Tribal Style requires the dancers to stay focused in the present moment and to synchronise energies with each other while staying alert to the subtle cues to indicate a

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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 innumerable 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 Qui-

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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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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.

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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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2009 - an “interesting” year “Being in the Zone is living life fully present in this moment, feeling deeply at peace regardless of whatever may be happening in your external world. It may also be referred to as living in the NOW or going with the flow of life. In this state of being, you always feel good and miracles are a normal everyday occurrence. Productivity and success in all areas of life happen spontaneously.” 2009 is shaping up to be what is called an “interesting” year. Interesting in that there is so much uncertainty about how the year will pan out for each of us.

turb your inner peace. Believing a lie will automatically throw you out of the Zone. When you start investigating your stressful thoughts, you’ll be amazed at what you used to believe was true! When these lies are debunked, you’ll experience a totally different world – one you may never have seen before! Do not assume that something is true just because your family, friends, business colleagues, the media and society believe that it is. There was a time when the majority of people believed that the world was flat!

PROJECTIONS OF THE FUTURE ARE ONLY STORIES BASED ON ASSUMPTIONS. When the media provide projections for the year, they tend to lump everyone into the same basket, predicting that it is going to be a difficult year for ALL. But can you absolutely know that this is going to be the case for you specifically? Of course not! No one can predict the future. Even an exceptional clairvoyant can only see tiny aspects of the “future”. If you believe the story that it is going to be a difficult year, you’ve already put on a pair of dark sunglasses made up of pessimistic beliefs which will naturally colour all that is happening for you in this moment in a negative light. I call this, being OUT of the Zone. In this state of being, life will indeed feel difficult and a sense of helplessness may overcome you.

THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WITH JOBS ARE FINANCIALLY BETTER OFF IN 2009 If you are in business, you may wonder if your customers will still be able to afford to buy your products or services this year. The good news is that with low interest rates and low petrol prices, the majority of the population who have jobs are actually financially better off and have more disposal income to spend. The downside for them could be lack of time and greater demands placed on them to also take on the tasks left by others who have been retrenched. This creates opportunities for businesses to provide the support these people need. So, if you are in the business of supplying pre-cooked or easy to prepare, highly nutritious meals, supplements, alternative healing therapies, education etc. you may actually experience a lift in sales this year instead of a fall.

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world is always a mirror of what you believe right now. The barometer for whether this is positive or negative for you is how you feel in this moment. If you feel good now, you’re in the Zone. If you don’t feel good now, you are OUT of the Zone. If you are OUT of the Zone, ask yourself “What am I thinking?” and debunk the lies. You’ll immediately step back into the Zone. It’s as simple as that. If you believe all the bad-news stories currently circulating, you’ll fall OUT of the Zone. In 2009, unless you are an expert at debunking stories, I recommend you limit your exposure to negativity by staying away from negative people, newspapers, TV news etc. Instead, keep company with people with whom you feel good. Take good care of your state of being and the rest will take care of itself! Michelle Stanton (08) 8356 4160 is the author of “The Timeless World – Debunk Your Fears and Discover Heaven on Earth” and “The Magic of Selling in the Zone – The Z-Factor that turns Winners into Champions in Sales” available at Quantum Bookshop, Melbourne Street, North Adelaide. To find out more about working and living in the Zone attend our Breakfast in the Zone on the first Thursday of each month at Café Vagabondo in North Adelaide or go to www.zonehigh.com

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Triggering The Law of Attraction Many people have seen the movie 'The Secret' and have gotten excited about how the Law of Attraction can improve their life but they still keep recreating past experiences and don't make any real improvements. Why? Simple. Many people understand the theory but are lost when it comes to activating the Law of Attraction in their own life. You can create the right relationship, wealth and whatever success means to you but first there are some simple steps to follow. Firstly what is the Law of Attraction? This is one of a series of natural laws that are an ever-present backdrop to life and affect every aspect of your life. Here are a couple of general points to understand.

Firstly, it does not matter if you believe in them or not, the natural laws are affecting you and the results you are getting now and into the future. They also work in the positive and negative: the universe simply does not discriminate between what you might call good or bad, it simply responds to the energy you send out. Every person has a specific energy that is derived from your thinking and emotions. This 'energy' has a particular vibration that you emit at subtle levels and via the Law of Attraction a complimentary energy is attracted into your 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 hardships and misery, then do not be surprised when you have more hardship and misery in your life. Your 'emotionalised' focus has attracted it to you. Where you place your focus expands. If instead you keep focused on what could go more right and get excited about the result that you

want, then the Law of Attraction will work and attract more psoitive people, circumstances and opportunities to you. Here is a powerful question for you: What would you have to believe to achieve what you really want? Get clear on the answer to this question and get passionate and excited about achieving your goal. The more excited and passionate you are, the quicker the Law will work for you. You must replace any negative thinking by affirming positive thoughts focused on what you want NOT on what you are trying to avoid. As you train yourself to think more optimistically, you will start to attract different things to you. The Universe is abundant and is waiting for clear commands from

you. In fact, many people are clear. They are clear that success is hard work. They are clear that life is hard. They are clear that there is not enough. Lo and behold, that is what they attract. Changing your mindset is the 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 true and you will trigger the Law of Attraction in a very powerful and purposeful manner. Wayne McDonald is the Founder, Success Knowhow Pty Ltd. Live with purpose and passion! The above is an extract from a DVD that is part of a 6-month home study personal development program. Do you want to understand how to create your life as an enormous success? What about being self-employed in the personal development industry? Call me on 08 8339 6781 or visit www.successknowhow.com and change your life forever!

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WOMEN IN RELATIONSHIPS IN THE 21ST CENTURY. . .What are the rules? One of the most frequent questions we are asked by women in our workshops is “How do I stay in relationship with someone who is not meeting my needs?” Now, if we had a definitive answer to that question, I suspect we would have a recipe for success. The truth (well our truth anyway) is that relationships in the 21st century are not easy. In previous generations, our mothers had some very clear rules about what it meant to be a woman. Usually it involved a short term career in nursing, office work, teaching or such, followed by marriage, motherhood and a lifetime of caring and cleaning. The man was the ‘breadwinner’ and mum stayed home. Today, the rules have changed. Women have rights and options and can now choose to have a career, drive cars, even vote! The old rules no longer really apply. We are making up the rules as we go…and it is creating a great deal of angst. It is time to decide what we want the rules to be. When Germaine Greer and her generation burned their bras it was an act of militant defiance – a cry to

allow more freedom into women’s lives. Well, that we have – but at what price? As women we have a responsibility to future generations to work out what we want and how we want our lives and relationships to be. Not from a place of force but as socially conscious empowered women. What do you want from a relationship? How will you integrate outmoded values with new 21st century values? How will you integrate technology and greater everyday demands of mobile phones, computers etc? How will you juggle motherhood and career and where does fatherhood fit? What are the boundaries in your relationship? What is important to you? Let’s not forget that men don’t have a rule book either. Look at any magazine from the 50’s and 60’s and you will find them filled with articles on pleasing your husband, creating a perfect home environment and raising children. This is their old role model - mostly

pampered after a hard day at work. As we enter this age of partnerships, it is time to reflect on what is important - from a place of Power not Force . At this time there is much talk about The Law of Attraction. Commit to attracting and manifesting a healthy balanced environment that supports you. Keep communication clear, stop reacting from old outmoded beliefs and as we move into that place of power, remember, you don’t have to be superwoman. As long as we are pretending that we have it all handled and that we can manage everything, we are cheating each other. Lets commit to being truthful and start to create clearer more honest relationships with each other and instead of burning bras, lets burn some of the old rules and create new guidelines that work for us.

Mary Hamilton-Smith and Sandy Walker have been running groundbreaking Personal Development Workshops for women since 2001.These include Seven Paths to Personal Power, Chrysalis, Reiki plus the yearly Sacred Feminine Tour of Europe. They are passionate about supporting and empowering woman and committed to creating a safe nurturing environment For further details call 08)7001 4003 or 0405 228 560 email: orionwomen@optusnet.com.au :www.orionwomen4women.com

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Women of the 21st Century As the world continues to undergo massive change, women are coming to the fore in leading the way in their own field. We take the chance to introduce to you, original, wise, strong, passionate, and creative women in SA LINDA CLAIR Linda Clair is a non-sectarian teacher, and is also the author of the book ‘What do you Want?’ She teaches mainly at the Simple Meditation Centre in Crafers West in the Adelaide Hills. She has meditated with Peter Jones and also regularly spent time with Barry Long, the Japanese Zen Master, Hogen Yamahata and with Hogen-san’s Master, Harada Tangen Roshi. For more information, please phone David on 8339 7848 or visit www.simplemeditation.net

SWAMI DAYANANDA S w a m i Dayananda ( N a n c y Jackson) is the author of 108 Meditations and is a regular feature writer for Australian Yoga Life magazine. She also is the Director of the Adelaide Shiva Yoga Meditation Centre at 79 Military Road, Semaphore. The Centre conducts Saturday night Satsangs, and courses on meditation and self-inquiry. Join us for Tuesday night study groups on the psychology and philosophy of yoga; and this year’s retreat on “Spiritual Direction”. Contact (08) 8242 4929 or www.meditationyoga.com.au for more information.

Breath Therapist and Personal/ Spiritual Development Consultant as well as the author of the book Personal Mastery She has recently published an inspirational booklet Thoughts for a Miraculous Life as a herald to her third book The Miraculous Life© (work in progress) in which she expands on the above subject. She can be contacted on phone 08-84439162 or julieway@ozemail.com.au www.julieway.com.au

BRONWYN BARTER Bronwyn is a Rebirther trainer and has been t r a i n i n g Rebirthers for many years in Adelaide & Melbourne. “Many clients come to Rebirthing, looking for the answers, that they know, are deeply buried within themselves. When you begin to understand that you are 100% responsible for your own outcomes on this life’s journey, then Rebirthing can give you the tools. Once a person can see clearly, what it is that has been holding them up, it is so much easier to get on, change the old patterns and have a great life.” For free information, enrolment brochures or for private consultations call Bronwyn (08) 8260 2086

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DIANE MCCANN Diane McCann attended her first

workshop at thirteen! For 49 years she has continued to both learn and share her vast knowledge worldwide. Recognised as a pioneer, having brought great speakers and seminars to Adelaide, in 1987 she created ‘The Goddess Within’ to empower women to live more consciously. Together with her husband Robert she co-facilitates Man’s Inner Journey and Tantra for Couples. Inspiring, empowering, humourous, with wisdom in both spiritual and health arenas, Diane brings out the full potential of those she works with. Diane can be contacted on (08) 8248 1281

AMANDA ALLEN Amanda Allen is a former State, National and World Champion Triathlete. Amanda is a Personal Trainer, Nutrition and Lifestyle Coach, Level 2 Sports Coach and Workplace Trainer. Amanda is one of the few physical trainers/coaches available in Australia who brings together high level sporting achievement and wholistic health, fitness and lifestyle coaching; with a clear focus on achieving balance between mind and body. Amanda is proprietor of Realise Personal Training – a wholistic health and fitness practice based in Adelaide. For more information contact: 1800 202 909 www.realisept.com.au

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Learn Reiki with the Usui Rei-ki Network, Australia’s oldest and largest Reiki training organisation Operating continuously for 26 years, the Network has trained over 20 000 people in Australia alone. Learn Reiki I & II, develop professional practice skills, join groups, attend retreats, & more! Meet Reiki Teacher, Sue Lake-Harris, at a free preview with demonstration - Thurs, April 2nd Alzheimers Assn 27 Conyngham St, Glenside (6:30 for 7 p.m. start). Learn about Reiki and the Network’s services.

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Linda Brook is a Natural Clairvoyant, Vibrational Healer and Psychotherapist. She can help you with Readings • Healings • Past Life • Massage • Weight Loss • Smoking • Self Esteem • Success • Motivation Phone Linda on 8240 0864 or 0414 912 898

JO To be the inspiration of our own destiny from Our Higher Self, Angelic Wisdom, Spirit and Mother Earth we build the bridges to know, see, hear and feel their power in love and light. Jo has spent 45 years of learning and 20 years of teaching in a fabulous journey of discovery and enlightenment. In partnership with the power of spirit, using Psychometry and the Tarot is the focus of her personal readings. Serenity Training 8396 0469 / 0431 892 611 www.serenitytraining.com.au

WOMEN PAME PRICE Pame Price As well as running Retreats/Workshops on the Tree of Life and a Guided Meditation CD. Pame offers many services which include Professional Counselling, Reiki & Seichim Master/Teacher, Numerology, Tarot, Meditation Classes, and Public Speaking. She has managed her own business since 1995. Ph 8242 1783 or 0419 038 434.

BEVERLEY ALLEN Beverley Allen offers Healing and Guidance on how to move out of the illusion of the mind and into a heart centred awareness of higher knowing. She reads your energy and tunes into your past lives and offers relaxed counselling and understanding. She runs a private practice in Prospect, and now runs a weekly meditation group that offers deep relaxation, energy alignment and reflective stillness. Beverley also gives talks and runs four retreats a year with Paulette Watts that focus on joy, upliftment and the gathering together of likeminded souls. Ph: 0423 234 792 or email: bevallen@adam.com.au

LEONIE MARKS Despite years of, qualifications, experience and knowledge – I still felt disconnected. Until total meltdown brought me “unstuck” showing me the real HOW of vibrational healing and spiritual growth. My purpose is to help you too. Leonie Marks 8398 0004 www.leoniemarks.com

LYDIA Crystal Light Therapy is a great link to the healing energy of Abadiania and that of John of God, the crystal lights help to align and cleanse your Chakras assisting in energising and uplifting mind, body and soul. Lydia is looking forward in sharing her insight and knowledge with you, as she in-

vites you to connect with her which will allow the expansion into the spiritual realms for: Crystal light therapy, Clairvoyant readings , Vibrational and spiritual healing, Spirit rescue, House clearings . Contact Lydia on 0417190158 Email : ly-di-att@hotmail.com

ELIZABETH PERU Elizabeth Peru is a Sound & Colour Healer, Soul Teacher and Spirit Channel through her soul-based enterprise Deltawaves Sacred Sound & Colour Transformations. With a previous background in Corporate Accounting and Management, Elizabeth is government certified in Sound and Colour Healing, holds Master Level Reiki and has a regular column, “Sacred Wisdom” in national Australian magazine, Insight. Elizabeth’s services include Private Sessions, Personal Healing CD’s, Courses and Workshops, Public Event Speaking, Weekly Meditation Groups, Monthly Sound Healing Evenings, Weekly Energy Emails, Guided Meditation CD’s, Distance Healings, Sacred Anointing Products; she is a WEA Teacher and more. Visit her extensive websites 0422 002 917 Elizabeth@deltawaves.com.au W: deltawaves.com.au W: thecrystalcity.net

LINDY POIRIER Lindy Poirier is a qualified, experienced Psychotherapist who takes great joy in successfully improving the happiness and health of her clients and empowering them to reach their full potential. With warmth and empathy Lindy helps clients to overcome emotional issues and negative blocks and become stronger, more positive and cope better. She uses special, highly effective, powerful techniques that achieve rapid relief from emotional upset, plus longterm, significant positive benefits. Lindy specialises in treating anxiety, stress, depression, fears, phobias, panic attacks, grief, pain, trauma, low self-esteem and confidence, relationship issues, anger, weight control, smoking and more.

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SUSANNE MEANEY S u s a n n e Meaney from Vital Harmony is a gifted healer and massage therapist. She offers regular training sessions in Thetahealing (basic and advanced), as well as ‘Manifesting & Abundance’ and ‘Vianna’s Rainbow Children’ classes. Also offered are individual consultations, mentoring, house & business clearing and past life journeys & healings. She is also a Civil Marriage Celebrant who will tailor each ceremony to suit the needs of the couple. She can be reached on 08 8370 8557 or 0418 845 119. Her website(www.vitalharmony.com.au) is currently being updated but will soon list new information regarding seminars.

ALISON CORRELL Psychic Medium, Reiki Master/ Teacher, Seichim M a s t e r / Te a c h e r , Metaphysical Lecturer with 28 years experience, Alison is now one of Australia’s most respected psychic mediums and has helped develop and train other talented psychics and healers. Her down to earth personality and accurate, detailed readings has given her a large clientele all over the world. For information on readings and workshops with Alison visit www.spiritblue.com.au

LORRAINE WEBB Lorraine is a Teacher and therapist and has created many courses in self development. She is also the author of Practical Guide to Healing the Inner Child. She is passionate about her work and is a clear channel for the Divine Energies that wish to come through. For an appointment call 8342 4109.

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gels and Archangels. She does Energetic Healing and Past Life work. For more info call 8342 4109

LESLEY POST Lesley is a Healer and teaches Meditation. Her focus in healing is on deep emotional trauma and past life connections. Lesley also teaches Abundance and Forgiveness workshops. For more info call 8342 4109

JAN CAMPAIGN Jan is the Facilitator of the well known Lorraine Webb, Healing the Past – integrating the Inner Child workshop. Jan also does healing and does a process called ‘The Key’ which helps people move through fears, Jan has a passion for this work. For more info call 8342 4109

ISABEL IBARRA Isabel is passionate about Health and Well-Being. She enjoys helping people improve their lives and be happier and healthier for it. She is using the most effective process available to Quit Cigarettes in 60 Minutes with a Lifetime Guarantee. For more info call 8342 4109

JUDY DUGGAN As a woman of spirit, I am a healer, Registered Nurse/ Midwife, trained in Breathwork, Rebirthing, Reiki, Energetic Healing and Therapeutic Touch. I bring to my clients a wide range of healing techniques, life experience, providing a safe, healing space. For more info call 8342 4109

CHRISTINA SANSOM I am a medical intuitive working at the Adelaide Healing Energy Centre. I love being able to give insight

into the physical issues that are associated to the emotional and spiritual issues for the client. I call upon my spiritual connection and my medical training. For more info call 8342 4109

RUTH SPEHR Ruth is an Energetic Healer, passionate and committed to a heart centred approach in healing, assisting people on their journey of self discovery. Her healings and courses help people to awaken. To enrol in ‘Psychic Development’ or ‘Express to Joy’ contact Adelaide Healing Energy Centre on (08) 8342 4109.

SHALLAGH WARREN Shallagh has a great love for working with Spirit. She enjoys sharing this with others through clairvoyant card readings, advanced psychic development course and house clearing. Shallagh facilitates the children’s school holiday program, encouraging and inspiring children to explore and express their own special qualities. For more info call 8342 4109

ELISE CARR As a Rebirthing practitioner, Elise is passionate about and committed to supporting those who yearn for change in their own lives. In conjunction with her Rebirthing practice, Elise is currently researching for a PhD in Anthropology. Her topic of study is Rebirthing: why people choose Rebirthing as a healing modality, and what is the mind/body experience of Rebirthing. Elise is currently inviting members of the public willing to be interviewed about their understanding of Rebirthing to contact her. It is not necessary to have experienced a

Rebirthing session. For information about the research topic, Rebirthing and sessions, contact Elise on 0417 809 198.

SANDY WALKER Having the opportunity to support and empower women has been the greatest of gifts in my life. As wife, mother, grandmother and friend I am constantly delighted to be in the company of women and to have the opportunity to be a catalyst for change in the lives of so many and bring the gifts of what I learn back to my own family life. Using the tools I have learned over many years in self-development and especially through the vehicles of Rebirthing and Reiki, I am proud to have developed, in conjunction with my friend and business partner, a series of programs that support and empower women. Orion Women Sandy Walker www.orionwomen4women.com 0413 559 467

MARY HAMILTONSMITH My name is Mary Hamilton- Smith; I facilitate Personal Development workshops for women. After years of not knowing who I was and going through the motions of living, whilst dragging my past with me, I discovered personal development. The impact it had on me was life-changing and I felt drawn to continue this work for other women. I am very passionate about the infinite possibilities available to all of us. My goal would be that all women experience our workshops and rediscover who they truly are from the inside out. Orion Women Personal Development www. orionwomen4women.com

KERRY DENICE Spiritual Teacher, Healer and Counsellor specialising in assisting people through the process of spiritual awakening. Meditation Classes, Discussion Groups as

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WOMEN well as individual sessions are available. Learn to protect y o u r s e l f against all negativity, develop your psychic ability and find your own answers and to find ‘YOUR TRUTH’. Phone (08) 8276 3421 or www.kerrydenice.com

BRIAR EYERS Briar Eyers encourages people to experience the joy of singing with others in a group. Not enough people sing. It is one of the best therapies and takes only a little time and effort. She enjoys life, writes poetry, talks with friends and ofcourse sings. Favourite book, the Bible. Phone 83735351 • Mobile 0412489714 email briar@internode.on.net

DR. KHURSHID SHROFF Dr. Khurshid Shroff runs the Little India Art centre in Adelaide which offers regular sessions in the multifacets of Indian art and culture. Being a reputed dancer, choreographer and teacher she has a Doctorate in Fine Arts (dance) and conducts Bharata Natyam dance classes for all ages at her centre. Khurshid conducts specialty Indian dance classes at the University of Adelaide and workshops for schools and community centres. She has also produced a DVD on Bharata Natyam dance training, bringing out its therapeutic and yogic benefits, sold at leading bookstores in Adelaide. For more information and bookings contact Khurshid on Tel 83 44 4482.

CATIE SPEIGHT Naturopath Catie Speight has been using QX therapy in Glenelg for nearly 8 years. Catie describes the QX as the benefits of Kinesiology and Homeopathy with Technology. QX therapy helps to get results fast because it first checks which healing frequencies you need the most and what your highest priorities are for your body. This cuts out a lot of guess work.

“I love that we are able to stimulate your body to return to its own balance, and I am able to enjoy seeing results sooner rather than later”. For more information contact Catie on 8294 3265 or visit www.tuneintohealth.com.au

JOANNE Joanne is a powerful channel of love, healing light and guidance from Spirit. Joanne has helped many people transform their lives…Let her help you clear the life patterns which no longer sustain you…She will replenish your soul, restore and nurture the person you are and guide you on your path of true happiness and joy. For an appointment please call Joanne on 0432 851 759

MICHELLE STANTON Michelle Stanton is the CEO of Zonehigh P/L, an organisation whose vision is to raise the consciousness of the world. Her Zone Coaches are experts in helping people step into the Zone and achieve extraordinary success without effort or stress. She is the author of The Timeless World – Debunk your Fears and Discover Heaven on Earth and “The Magic of Selling in the Zone – The Z-factor that turns Winners into Champions in Sales”. Some of Zonehigh’s high profile clients include Fiveaa, NOVA, Raywhite, Club Financial Services and SA Great, as well as Mark Bickley and Matthew Bode. (08) 8356 4160. www.zonehigh.com

ACUSHLA Acushla is director, teacher, trainer and workshop facilitator of Sacred Tribe Dance Studios, South Australia. The school offers quality tuition in Tribal belly Dance (since 2004) with several studio locations around Adelaide. Acushla has also attained an Advanced Diploma in Chinese Medicine (Acupuncture) and has always had a passion for healing and personal development. The classes offered at Sacred Tribe Dance Studios, are a wayfor woman to experience an atmosphere of encouragement and acceptance while learning a disciplined dance form. It is Acushla’s

desire to continue nurturing a philosophy of openness, unity and support among woman. Acushla can be contacted through email: acushla@sacredtribalbellydance.com or phone: 0410 298 801 www.sacredtribalbellydance.com

BARBARA MCCLOUD B a r b a r a McCloud is a Kinesiologist, Counsellor, Colour & Sound Healer. Enjoy Barbara’s 20 years of professional experience in a relaxed and supportive atmosphere for: • Private & group consultations • Counselling for personal development • Heal yourself, heal your life • Find your truth, your passions, your insights and your freedom • Create the life you desire from a place of tranquillity and strength. PH 8278 6558 www.kinesiologysa.com.au

GEORGIA My name is Georgia and I am turning 30 years old. I have studied spirituality for over 14 years. After a few traumatic incidences and a near death experience, my spiritual development expanded and my interest in counselling people psychically grew dramatically. I also specialise in numerology and reiki. Please phone 0411476442 for readings and healings.

SUE LAKEHARRIS Sue has used Reiki on a daily basis for the last 12 years, and it has been a major part of her professional life since 1998. A teacher for the Usui Reiki Network, past Chair of the Council of Australian Reiki Organisations, and heavily involved in professional standards development for practitioners, Sue credits reiki with the reversal of numerous long-standing health issues, including those that prevented her from having children - she is now a mother of 2! Sue will be presenting a 20 hour Reiki I Seminar in Adelaide from April 3rd to 5th. Contact Pat for details. Ph: 8240 0571 E-mail: reikisa@reiki.com.au

JANE FRISBY HEARD A trained teacher & facilitator with over 25 years experience in teaching, personal development & counseling. Jane was introduced

to the Mechanics of the Mind course by Dr Reza Samvat in 1992. She has studied and taught both the Introductory and Advanced series ever since. Through offering the MOM course, Jane witnesses the results as life changing. Her role as facilitator assists others to access the innate spiritual capacity within all of us, enabling the move to the next shift in consciousness with ease. Contact Jane on 08 8388 2210 / 0412 082 380

SHARYN SINCLAIR AND CAROL ASHTON Sharyn is a passionate organic food devotee. A mother of five hungry boys she was constantly running from store to store to purchase all of her family’s organic shopping needs. Wouldn’t it be easier, she thought, if everything was in the one location. So, along with her friend and now business partner, Carol Ashton, she decided to open just such a place - Wild Thyme Organic Market & Cafe was born. For details phone 08 8361 8888.

LIANE JONES Liane is a qualified Remedial M a s s a g e Therapist, Angle Intuitive, Intuitive Counsellor, Energy Healer & Overseas Journey Guide. She has been part of the stressful business world & now wishes to use her gifts to help people be all they can be. She has a Healing Centre in Renmark, and also practices in Mile End & Findon. Phone 0418 542 325

JANE DONOVAN Having spent 25 years in the performing arts industry as a choreographer and entertainment producer, Jane joined Social 8 expecting to find a very different working environment. As a spiritualist and someone who loves helping people to grow and become the people they want to be, she takes great pleasure in using this same passion used in the arts industry at Social 8. Just like encouraging a performer to tackle a

show that may initially appear to be a bit of a stretch, she likes to encourage Social 8 members to be brave and get out there socialising. For details phone8362 6800.

ROBYN KOSMIDER Robyn is the brains behind Social 8 having founded the company nearly 5 years ago. Being a single professional woman, Robyn recognised a need in the market to provide a comfortable environment for single people to meet and so she started Social 8. Not only has Robyn been responsible for introducing people resulting in many marriages and long term relationships, but she also met a special partner herself through Social 8. She brings to Social 8 her strong sense of family values, commitment, dedication and determination. For details phone8362 6800.

URSULA NOTARI Ursula Notari is the vibrant force behind the continued success of the Adelaide Hills Natural Health Centre, now located at Abergeldie House (Grand Opening is on March 28). Ursula is a passionate and innovative woman, winning the 2003 Small Business Award after opening up the Swiss Wellness Day Spa at Hyde Park. Following the success of the Day Spa, she developed a skin care range for its clients – the Swiss Wellness 100% natural and organic skincare line – that is soon to be exported worldwide. If you’re looking for a natural health practitioner with all the holistic skills and latest diagnostic equipment, phone for a booking. For further details phone 8338 2620 or visit www.healthnatural.com.au

MELISSA HOCKING Melissa Hocking, having a double degree in Science, is an Anatomical Physiologist, and is a highly sought after international speaker, author, teacher, and healing facilitator of Quantum BioEnergetics. The combination of Melissa’s traditional education with these evolving, readily available, quantum frequencies is truly an asset. The founder of melissa hocking healing, co-founder of Quantum BioEnergetics International™, and

the originator of the Quantum BioEnergetic balancing technique™ Melissa continues to learn and evolve alongside these amazing frequencies, her education consisting of an extraordinary convergence between the Science and the Spiritual. For details phone 1300 723 356 or visit www.melissahocking.com

MARION MORNINGSTAR Marion is an energy healer who has come over from East Germany to settle in Australia. Bringing her unique skill-set to a newly created business venture with her husband Sean, they are soon to launch a delicious range of pies into SA, Byron Gourmet pies. Marion balances her work with her mothering and enjoys the challenge of staying open and innovative as a woman in the world today. For details about Byron Gourmet Pies phone 0488 949 711

ANNA MACOLINO After 25 years of suffering Chronic Fatigue, frustrated by Western Medicine, Anna eventually came to heal herself through many aspects of the Mind-Body connection. Through specific questioning she draws out where her patients core problems lie, with very immediate and effective results. Anna is presenting a “Refocus Your Life!” goal setting workshop where you’ll learn the 5 Fundamental rules to help you create an inspiring future and get the results you want, on Sunday 22 nd February 2009. For details & booking phone 1300 880 051.

ZOE MCDONALD Zoe is an active medium, who works fully consciously connecting to those that have passed over. She is also a medical intuitive who volunteers her time at the Women & Children's Hospital, bringing much solace to those in need. Her work has been recognised by the mainstream media, featuring on Adelaide’s Mix 102fm Radio station, every Monday 8 - 8.30am. She was also one of 14 finalists in “The One” psychics TV Show last year. Zoe can be contacted on 0402 987 226 or visit www.mediumzoe.com

Penny Sarah - Kinesiology Dip.T.,B.Ed.,Dip.Kin.

“Bring balance and wellbeing to your life.” Childr en - learning, speech and language, anxiety, sleep issues, stress. Children Health - stress, anxiety and depression, unresolved emotional issues, grief, digestive issues, allergies, sleep difficulties. sonal De Per ersonal Devvelopment - increasing self awareness, fostering creativity, developing spirituality, assisting with making life changes and letting go of the past, Improving personal relationships, achieving personal goals. F or an aappointment or ma tion on cour ses infor mation ppointment and inf phone 0432 446 591 or email pjsarah@bigpond.com

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

MEGAN LILLE Megan Lille, Transpersonal counsellor, Therapeutic art practice, Pregnancy Belly Casting, and massagedraws on a rich and varied life experience to create with her clients a sacred space in which to explore and express. 218 Glen Osmond rd Fullarton 5068 Ph 0414 596 994

tive mutism. Unable to speak, Cinzia’s search for healing began. Today she is a gifted teacher, Reiki Master, Reflexologist and Psychotherapist. Cinzia’s psychic abilities were discovered after a near death experience. Cinzia continues to develop her psychic potential using the knowledge taught in her workshop “Three Magic Words”. Her readings allow accurate access to your future with comprehensive answers to your questions. Available to the Psychic Fair. • Psychic Readings • Foot Reflexology • Information regarding “Three Magic Words” workshop (the key to your true power & potential) • Cinzia’s Tarot Readers Workshop. Phone Cinzia Vuat on 0410 456 540.

Sure God created man before woman. But then you always make a rough draft before the final masterpiece. ~Author Unknown

LEAONA HAMOOD My name is Leaona Hamood, a former aerobics instructor of ten years, I have over 20 years experience in the Health and Fitness Industry and have always had a passion for a healthy mind and body. I am a qualified Private Subconscious-mind Healing (P.S.H.) therapist and studied under the founder and Principal of the International Centre for Subconscious-mind Training and Research (Qld). My aim in life has always been to help people emotionally and physically. I am available 7 days a week and most evenings and can be contacted for enquiries or appointments on 0419037830.

CORAL SMITH I Have been working with health equipment for some 15 years – promoting and selling all over Australia Mainly at Health Expo events.. However I have travelled to the country promoting good health and demonstrating my Zen Chi massager at field days including Cleve field day in S.A last year. I enjoy taking my products to people who really do not have a chance to visit city events as they are hungry for the latest healthy living products. I have other massaging equipment available – I really believe this machine is a MUST For every household. Coral can be contacted on 07 3279 4308.

YOU WERE BORN TO FLY: Silva Method can give you your wings Silva Method has come to Adelaide. The resident lecturer is Trevor Steele

Ph: 8367 5713 or e-mail silvadel@myway.com Courses will occur regularly. For four decades millions of people have profited from Silva’s dynamic meditation. As the UK Independent said:“Still the best seminar of its kind.”

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MAGDALENA Magdalena is the founder of Universal Heart Healing and works closely with the highest realms of the Angels, Archangels, Ascended Masters, the Goddesses, Egyptian deities as well as many other Spiritual beings from the highest vibrations of love and light. Magdalena is also the creator of her powerful “Inner Awakening” weekend intensive course, offered at level 1 and 2. This course has been created for individuals who wish to awaken their spiritual gifts and accelerate their healing process to embrace their hearts desires and true potential. She is now taking bookings for her May 2009 course, please book early as places are limited. For more details please call Magdalena on 0422302377.

PENNY SARAH Penny, Dip. T. B. Ed., Dip Kin., is a Kinesiologist who uses a range of therapies in her practice such as Kinesiology, Reiki, Bush and Bach Flower Remedies, Aura Soma, Bowen Therapy, Cranio Sacral Therapy, and Inner Child Techniques. Penny has a Diploma and Bachelor of Education. She continues to teach Kinesiology, Reiki and Inner Child workshops with an emphasis on personal development. For further info phone 0432 446 591.

KATINA JONES Katina Jones is the founder of EQUALS International Pty Ltd. Among other appointments, Katina has served on Australia’s Executive Committee for UNIFEM (United Nations Development Fund for Women) for three years. Over the past 8 years, Katina has represented Australia at the United Nations in New York on several occasions in the area of Human Rights, and was appointed as a delegate to the Commission for the Status of Women in 2004 and 2006 at the UN, NY. In 1996, Katina was invited to join the Rotary Club of Adelaide Light as their first female member. In 2004, Katina was inducted as Rotary International’s first female District Governor in South Australia. During her Governorship, Katina developed a new strategic direction and implemented a new organizational structure and leadership style in District 9500. For further info phone 8100 1200

CINZIA VUAT As a child, mother of four, Cinzia suffered from selec-

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Forgiveness is not a dirty word I can hear the groans, ‘not forgiveness, not again, but you don’t understand!’ It is human nature for us to want validation for the wrongs that have been committed against us. We clutch them to our chests, refusing to let go, until they become the story of who we are. They become the excuses for not participating fully in this life, relationships, and careers. In fact we become so involved in the stories of the crimes committed against us, we can create illness. What I am going to say to you is, they are just events, and your thoughts about those events are keeping you stuck! The good news is thoughts can be changed! The question is, ‘do you love yourself enough to just let it go?’ Why are you following up unloving acts, with your own unloving acts? I am sure you have a complicated story as to why you can’t .The reasons to remain stuck are countless. I say to you, there is only one reason why you should let it go, YOU! Forgiveness is not about approval, it is not about right or wrong, and it is not about forgetting. It is about providing you with the quality of life you truly deserve. It is about stepping out of victim mode, and living the life you were meant to live. It’s about you achieving happi-

ness. It is about loving you! So many of us are waiting for a punishment or ‘just desserts’ to fall on the head of the committer of these crimes, I will be able to let it go, when...In the mean time you are being punished on a daily basis. You haven’t done the crime, but you are certainly doing the time. Now, before you start to beat yourself up, stop, take a breath, and truly listen to what I am about to say to you. We all do the best we can at any given time. With the benefit of hindsight many of us may make a different choice. The problem with that is while you are looking back at where you have been, you are failing to be in the moment. In the moment, that is where the point of power is. You can make things happen! I will let you in on a little secret, if you have ‘should’ in a sentence, you are working on a way to punish yourself. If we stay stuck in our pasts, we are punishing ourselves, mentally, spiritually and physically. The past can be years ago, or a minute ago. Be your own best friend, love yourself, let yourself LIVE. Let it go, forgive them, forgive yourself, and if that seems too hard, just be willing to forgive. The universe doesn’t make it complicated, we do. Willingness is all you need, and from that huge shifts can take place! Love yourself enough to let it go! Shelley Murphy is a You Can Heal Your Life Workshop Leader Phone: 08 8121 4266 or 0407435169 Web: www.adam.com.au/buddha/ HealYourLife.htm Email: Shelleymay@adam.com.au

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Letting go to increase WORLD UNION The changes in the world over the last 6 months have been nothing short of colossal and dramatic, haven’t they!? For example, the coming to office of the new young President, Barak Obama, in the United States. He and his new team will soon inherit a whole host of horrors to work with including facing the financial and economic woes which are having so many repercussions in countries around the globe and look like continuing for some time to come - and there may be more yet to uncover, as the Bush administration drifts into obscurity,. There are varying levels of instability and turbulence in other countries which are still hitting the headlines; there are bipolar weather conditions to contend with, and the sustainability issues around the deterioration of our natural resources continues to raise major concerns. Here in Australia, the impact of these things seems to be less volatile at this point, although our own drought has not yet broken and the question of “How will our own financial processes stand up to the possible tidal waves of international collapses we’re still seeing?” needs much more consideration. In the spirit of giving in this new year, what can I do to let the incredible largeness of Life’s energy be present in these situations? One way is to offer a conscious

Attunement. In our practice of this non touch energy work, we define it as “the alignment of body, mind and heart with the forces of Life from Source, from Spirit”. There is the technique side we practice, yet there is so much more and it relates to the consciousness with which I/ we do things every day and the larger impact that can have - it is like the “dropping a pebble into water and the energy rippling out” effect we have in what we do. One aspect of Life energy/ Attunement I held in my heart this past Christmas was to be aware of “being in it but not of it” as I remembered that most of the usual gifts being given, while touched with loving sentiment, really were composed mostly of expensive dust! This was not to denigrate the act of gift giving nor the gifts themselves, but to consciously remember within myself not to place too much “stock” in the material world. After all, isn’t it my/our lust for the “stock” of the material world that is causing much our suffering right now? Would our financial woes be different if my “stock” were in the spirit of my serving my fellow man? What price is there on true heart to heart being together (such as Christmas time); of the genuine sharing of laughter, songs, stories, appreciation, thankfulness and pleasure? These are the non-dusty treasure-able gifts to me and they are extremely recession proof - no matter what time of year!

Something that is worth noticing and acknowledging in all of the chaotic conditions I’ve mentioned is that our previously disparate “world body” of humanity is being both encouraged, and forced by circumstances, to draw together in “one body” as countries meet to talk of solutions and work through issues that will ultimately unite (or separate) our planetary home. What a wonderful opportunity among the disturbances to “be in it but not of it”, to choose instead to create the possibility of greater union this year! As I am and we are conscious about letting the universal current of Life, of Attunement, pass through all of this, we offer every chance of something new and exciting to be born, to be created. My ability to rest in Spirit, to let all that is happening in and around me pass through me yet not to be moved in these extra-ordinary times, contributes a healthy steadiness into my world, into our world - a steadiness that opens the gateways to the new. I’d suggest that for any of us who have creatively mastered the pressures and challenges of long term relationships, demanding jobs, raising children, a life threatening disease or a horrendous tragedy by being vulnerable, yet strong; remaining loving and forgiving; living lightly and passionately; now is when we can bring the cosmic possibility of miracles in to this changing world. We have Life experiences that can handle these confronting times and turn them to advantage for all. And, for all it must be, because that is where the greater energy is, in the

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The powerful and effective techniques I teach are very simple and easy to learn! “IT IS SAFE T O LLOOK OOK WITHIN” ~Louise L. Hay Shelle Shelleyy Mur ph phyy You Can Heal Your Lif kshop Leader Lifee Wor orkshop Phone: 08 8121 4266 or 0407435169 We b: http://www .adam.com.au/b ud dha/HealY ourLif http://www.adam.com.au/b .adam.com.au/bud uddha/HealY dha/HealYourLif ourLifee .htm Email: Shelleymay@adam.com.au

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Dian Booth - Master Soul Healer Sounds from Aboriginal Australia, Egypt, Atlantis, Lemuria. Come to the heart of our wonderful country and listen to the sounds of your soul. “One of the truest healers of our age” (Alan Gutierrez, Emerald Energies, USA) Sacred Journeys, Healing CDs, Tapes. Diploma in Sound and Colour Healing Ring Dian: 0417 800 219 www.soundhealing.com.au dian@soundhealing.com.au

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This practical booklet by international lecturer and teacher John Fitzsimons explains how to get (and keep) you, your home and work environment “clearer”. Send $9.50 (postpaid) to Aspects Pty Ltd, PO Box 5171 Clayton Vic 3168 Australia. For details of Australian, New Zealand and other overseas SEMINARS/MEETINGS on PAST LIVES, HEALING, MEDIUMSHIP, PSYCHIC PROTECTION etc, write to the above address or contact us by email, fax or phone. WEB: www.vicnet.net.au/~johnf PH: (03) 9562 9707 (also after hours) FAX: (03) 9540 0595

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ENERGETIC HEALING “one body”. How can I bring “one body” union this year? The practical metaphor to use here is to see the “world body” is similar to when I know my own body, my own physical form, is more than the weight it needs to be. It takes all of me to work with it; it isn’t a one part piece; my mind, my heart and my body have to be in agreement for it to happen and then put in the work together for there to be the reality of losing weight. So, for 2009, my union will be to let go of my lust for food, find the quiet spaces in me and ask what is needed in these moments. Then, hold space for the agreement to develop between all my aspects of body, mind and heart to find the way through; feel for the “yes” to come to me, followed by simply doing it. It could be saying no to larger portions at meal times, or meditating on care for myself, or doing more exercise, perhaps a change of diet or a change of attitude; maybe more discipline is needed or less stress; is it a change in job or choosing to be with the right people; letting go of my fears would be good, or raising my Life oriented consciousness by being more aware, that I need? Whatever it turns out to be in each moment, these are the kinds of things that I can do once the agreement has been reached by all of me, my “one body”, to bring union, order and creativity, into my weight process and it does work!! It is not just my stomach that has to do it alone, although that might be where the effect shows up; it is a total commitment by all of me to see the change happen. There is the union the whole world needs; a commitment to a whole or one body experience, loving the different parts yet acting as one. The Attunement I can bring through me, and for the whole world too, is a full alignment with my forces from my Source (and not the bottled kind!!!) there’s an incredible gift of giving that can change the world this year! Jonathan MacIntyre is an internationally qualified Attunement Practitioner & Teacher and has been practicing and teaching this process and lifestyle for 7 years www.attunement.org - he also manages the Riverdell Spiritual Centre www.riverdellspiritualcentre.org.au - near Gawler, a 9 acre retreat & conference facility and community. For more information contact Jonathan on 08 8522 5278 or 0408034584 or jonemsa@bigpond.net.au

ARE YOU READY TO HEAR THIS? You are not your mind .. you are not a battleground for low self worth and fear. So who are you? Are you ready to hear this? You are evolving consciousness … a soul on a journey. A soul who has experienced many past lives, had many tough lessons, and now has the opportunity to let go of the illusion of fear and awaken into a more expanded state of being. There you have it. The thing here though, is that it’s not that easy. The mind puts up a fight. The mind built on fear will hold centre until you take the steps to calm it down and explore your expanded state of being. As you let go of what you’re not, and awaken to who you are ... challenging though it is … it’s really awesomely, outstandingly worth it! It’s a journey ... a spiritual journey Home. Home to your true Self. When you begin this journey is up to you ... how fast you move along the path is up to you. The sooner you move into Love and out of fear, however, has an impact not only on you, but your loved ones, the society you live in … and yes, even the planet you live on. By listening to and living your life from your own soul awareness, you are blessing the planet with new energy and new hope. As an Earth family, let’s face it, there are changes needing to happen. It begins with you being ready to release fear based living and open to heart centred living. We are at a challenging time in our story (not just history but herstory as well) ... now is the time to move. Not everyone is ready to move into a more expanded state of being … so if you are ready, if you feel the call to expand and shift … it is important that you do. So how do you move? Make a clear statement of intent that you choose to move and follow your knowing or your instincts. I appreciate that this is challenging … we

are used to listening to someone else who we believe is more powerful or knowing than we are. This is fine as long as whatever you hear, you take within, and feel whether it resonates with your inner knowing. Calm the mind, breathe deeply into your being and Trust Yourself. Listen to yourself .. what do you deeply want? Are you here to survive and run around in circles … or are you here to finally lift yourself and the planet out of the mud of the past and into a greater, more loving, conscious way of being? Meditate, read books you are drawn to, spend time with others who choose to shift and evolve, let go of the bundle of fears and issues that you ‘think’ you have, and awaken to the power and potential within you. YOU are the blessing this earth needs Now. Where to go from here is Simple Really ... It’s our mind that keeps it complicated. Why do most of us find it so hard to simplify things in this very busy world we find ourselves in? Because the mind has control at this stage. We are dominated by our minds. Our emotions and physical body shudder under the impact of this choice. And it is a choice. We have let the mind take us around in circles and we don’t have to play the mind games anymore. To me, a spiritual path is a path that supports me to go beyond the mind and the games it plays, to an awareness that there is so much more. We as humans are capable of so much more than chasing our tails and feeling exhausted, pointless and often unwell and in physical or emotional pain. There is a way beyond this and it doesn’t need to be complicated. The mind may try to make you think it’s complicated, but it isn’t. Whether you are Buddhist or Christian, Muslim or Atheist ... whether you are African or Chinese ... a grade A student or bottom of the class ...

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into astrology or ... well you get the picture ... whoever you are .. it very simply begins by realizing you have a heart that feels, and a mind that needs to find its place. We need to come together in the beautiful simplicity of all this. The more we open our hearts and move beyond the minds that separate us .. the more this planet has a chance for balance .. and the more we personally have a chance to find deep wisdom and meaning. Yes, there is a point to the craziness of this world! Hallelujah I say! The point is to move beyond the world that the limited mind is creating, and create a world born of heart and spirit. As we stop and allow our stillness and our depth, we find that there is so much more to us. Now, having said all this, I need to say that I am not an awakened master. I am not one who sits on the mountaintop of enlightenment (just yet anyway). I am however moving with wisdom and love. I face challenges, fall down and lift myself up. All of us struggle and are regularly challenged. This is part of the challenge to move beyond the mind. What I am saying here is that we need to come together on the spiritual path. We need to perhaps not be so reclusive and protective sometimes, and open our doors to others on the journey beyond the mind. This is a group effort as well. We benefit from coming together. When we support each other we all move faster and it makes for a more joyful journey. So find friends on this path, find a group that reflects where you are on the path, support the charity, the bookshop, the teacher, the friends, the meditation group, the artists, the musicians that are on the path of the heart. You are important, you can contribute to the wave of energy of awakening. We do need to find our solitude and stillness at this time, but we also need each other at this time as well. We need each other’s smiles and hugs and encouragement. So let’s move beyond the complexity of the fear based mind and reach deep within our hearts and move now into dreaming and manifesting a world born of good heart. Spend time deep within your own stillness but reach out to share the journey with others. For more information contact Beverly Allen, Spiritual Healing and Counselling Ph: 0423 234 792 or email: bevallen@adam.com.au

What Is Happening To Me? There are many changes happening on the planet at this time. If you read the newspapers and watch the news on TV you will feel as if the world is coming to an end. Not only are there dramatic climate changes including, extreme colds and extreme heat, earthquakes, fires, more extreme cyclones and king tides but also the economy has been turned upside down. Companies are closing, people are losing their jobs and their houses, governments are trying to maintain power and control over their countries and the people. So stop watching and reading this gloom and doom as this only creates more negativity and fear. This scare tactic is a last ditch effort for those who have been abusing their power to keep control of people by fear and manipulation. The world as we knew it is changing forever for the benefit of the planet and all Mankind. There is nothing to worry about! These changes are all part of the ‘bigger picture’ the necessary steps required as part of our evolutionary process into the ‘GOLDEN AGE’. Mother Earth is clearing and releasing negativity and raising her vibration, these often violent climatic changes are changing the landmasses, landscapes and coastlines. There will be massive earthquakes that will cause land masses to disappear in some areas and appear where there was only water before. This is a unique

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way of clearing whole areas at one time, which has been happening for thousands of years, so do not be alarmed this is a natural process. Have you ever noticed that even after a small rainstorm the air feels and smells cleaner, the energy feels lighter the colours look brighter and we feel lighter and more energised and more alert? Just multiply this many times over when a more dramatic event occurs, so you can see there is nothing to worry about. We are being forced individually to look deep inside ourselves to see what is really important. How many times over the years has a major crisis occurred caused by either a natural disaster or manmade disaster, where the result has been a uniting of people to help with the aftermath? This happens because we know deep inside ourselves that we are all connected and we can feel the pain of those affected and empathise with what is happening to them. This awareness is building in each and every one of us, thus our vulnerability to these emotions needs to be protected. As these huge changes occur, the energy of the planet (especially in the immediate location) is deeply affected causing sudden huge shifts in energy. It may feel to those who are becoming ‘awakened’ that we seem to be riding the waves of energy shifts, as indeed we are, as we are more sensitive to these changes. Some may feel like the waves are tsunamis, at other times they may feel gentler but our awareness is becoming more acute as we are evolving. The alignment of many planets at this time is also affecting the energy around us. Just recently we were able to see with the naked eye the alignment of Jupiter and Venus and the Moon with the Earth, and this was brought to our attention with many beautiful photographs being taken of these events. There are many physical symptoms to the evolutionary process due to this heightened awareness and vulnerability including Panic Attacks, Anxiety,

ENERGETIC HEALING Depression, Tiredness and Agoraphobia. We may feel less inclined to go out into areas where many people gather e.g. large shopping centres, parties, busy roads and sports arenas as even the thought of being with people may make us feel anxious and fearful. This may even affect our ability to attend our normal work environment as our empathy and vulnerability to the many varied energies other people are giving out affects us too deeply. Some may even say we have become anti-social, but we are just

unable to place ourselves in environments that affect us negatively, sometimes on a subconscious level, we may not even be fully aware of why we are feeling this way. We may also decide people we previously regarded as friends and family no longer make us feel safe and happy. You must always seek medical advice if you have any symptoms that continue. This is the perfect time to look at ourselves, who we are, what we are doing, what we believe, what makes us happy, and what do we

want to do with our lives, including what is our passion. We now have the time to stop, stay still and reflect on our lives and discover ‘our purpose’ in this life and ‘our TRUTH’. Previously we have been too busy putting ourselves LAST, as everything and everyone else is more important and have not had time or inclination to do this. How do we find the answers to these many questions? The simple answer is to learn to meditate, appreciate who we are, wonder at the beauty around us, in other

words “stop and smell the roses” and find out who we really are. By learning to meditate we can learn to ‘go within’ and connect to ‘who we are’ and ‘all that there is’ and learn to protect ourselves from all negativity and understand ‘why this is happening’ and ‘what it all means’ to a level we are ready to receive and understand. As more and more people are taking these steps this is bringing about more positive changes to the planet. New career paths and new relationships are opening up to us,

as we manifest what it is we truly desire. Who would have thought that in our lifetime there would be a ‘black man’ elected as the president of USA? It was only the last century that ‘black’ people were segregated and were even slaves and were demonstrating and fighting for their human rights. The effect of this election was felt all around the planet and the belief that ‘change’ has been made possible and the hope of many has been ignited to the possibilities of the future of a united mankind. This just con-

firms how much we are evolving each and every one of us and how this DOES affect each other. Good luck, remember it is not the destination that is important... it is the journey. Kerry Denice is a Spiritual Teacher, Healer and Counsellor specialising in assisting people through the process of spiritual awakening. Phone 8276 3421. www.kerrydenice.com

Reconnective Healing and The Reconnection® Today we appear to be surrounded by many forms of what we know as alternative, complementary or natural forms of healing, some old, some new and some continually evolving. We also hear a lot of talk about the power of the universe, our connection to the universe or to our source or core essence. We are told that if we put belief and trust in this connection and this universal force that we will evolve faster, operate with balance and harmony, and increase our consciousness. Why do we appear to make hard work of this? Perhaps many people struggle with the letting go and the knowingness that we are more than the human form. Is it that hard to be humble and trust that God/Love/Universe/Higher Self/Core Essence (whatever we like to call it in whatever belief sys-

tem we have) really does know best? Can we really let our ego go? Many forms of healing modalities out there today appear to limit themselves by this inability to believe in this concept. Many have created manmade ritual, or made additions to the original forms of healing, or need to call in some forms of entities, or use items or symbols to assist. Others require people to diagnose, or feel strengths and weaknesses, or use testing procedures, or direct the healing into specific parts of the body. Others require we cleanse and purify ourselves, before, after or during the sessions. What if we were actually provided from this connection to the Universal Force with a pure source of healing that needed none of this, and yet has

amazing capabilities to heal on all levels - mentally, spiritually, physically and emotionally bringing us back into harmony and balance to operate at a higher level. Who are we as humans to decide that we know better? Why not let the healing come into the body and let it go where it is needed. Symptoms are just an indicator of dis-ease and yet many including allopathic (western) medicine use these as a complete diagnostic tool. How many times do we hear of mis-diagnoses. Is this because we operate from a blinkered human perspective? Possibly so. Who are we to think that our ego and human form know more than our connection to God/Love/Universe etc. , and yet we still see many forms of healing where the practitioner is supposedly to know

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best. If we diagnose and then direct the healing to a specific area are we going to assume we know best and maybe miss something else which may have been more important for us to work with? Should we limit our work by using restrictive rituals which take away from the original purity? When we try and add to something we often take away and dilute from the purest form. Why not use a type of healing which requires no diagnosis, no direction, brings in light and information to the body in the highest form, is guided by the connection with God/Love /Universe, and does not require aids and crutches from the practitioner. All we need to do is to be part of the equation between the client, God/Love/Universe and ourselves as practitioners, being

the observer and the observed, letting go and stepping back from our egos and remaining childlike in the process. This form of healing known as Reconnective Healing ® is new, real and beyond technique. The Universe does know best and will bring us the healing that is right for us at that time. Across the planet people are having healings through Reconnective Healing from many dis-eases once thought to be incurable. No promises but just maybe you could too? This is more than just energy healing, bringing in light and information through frequencies considered by scientists to be unique to Reconnective Healing and is also inclusive of a number of older modalities now thought to be subsets of Reconnective Healing. Reconnective Healing and The

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Reconnection® operate outside the normal space and time dimensionality. It may begin with healing but is truly much more. For more information please visit www.TheReconnection.com. Anthony Craig is a C e r t i f i e d Reconnective Healing and Reconnection Practitioner and Mentor and is also a member of the Teacher Development Program. Based in Adelaide he travels extensively educating and expanding this work locally and worldwide and is available as a guest speaker. Anthony is available for appointments at Genesis Healing Centre, Glandore, ph 8297 7703 or see the advertisement for a practitioner in your area.

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What is BICOM Therapy? BICOM Therapy is a biophysical technique based on concepts in acupuncture, homeopathy and quantum physics. Most orthodox and complementary medicine uses chemicals (pharmaceuticals or herbs) to alter the body’s biochemistry. However, research in American universities has shown that living organism generate tiny electromagnetic fields which naturally regulate their biochemistry and that these can be used for a drug-free and non-invasive therapy. The therapist uses the BICOM instrument to pick up electromagnetic waves from the patient, modifies them and sends them back to improve the body’s ability to regulate its own physiological processes. Introduced over 25 years ago in Germany, there are now over 8000 users in Europe and over 70 in Australia. Although it can treat all kinds of diseases it is best know for success with allergic and chronic diseases. HOW DOES IT WORK? Traditional Oriental medicine believes our bodies are crisscrossed with energy pathways. A balanced flow of energy is an indicator of good health. For diagnosis, energy imbalance is detected by taking electrical measurements from acupuncture points on the fingers and toes. Specific programmes in the computer can then re-establish energy balance using electrodes on the skin or on top of light clothing. Various scientific studies have shown that the human body gives off electromagnetic frequencies over a wide range from a few vibrations per second (brain waves)

to many thousand per second (visible light). The most useful range therapeutically is from 10 to 150,000 (radio waves). Filters in the BICOM can separate ‘healthy’ frequencies from ‘unhealthy’ frequencies. The therapist can amplify the healthy energy to give a boost to an organ or system in need or attenuate it to calm down an overactive area. The unhealthy energy waves can be turned upside down to cancel a disturbing effect using a ‘mirror’ circuit similar to that used on the Concorde to reduce the engine noise in the passenger compartment. This ‘mirroring’ can also be used with frequencies from substances such as incompatible foods or tooth fillings, bacteria, fungi, heavy metals and pesticides to reduce the strain these place on the body. HOW CAN IT HELP ME? Many people seek help with a specific symptom or condition such as: • clearing radiation and metals • allergies and food intolerances • eczema and asthma • chronic fatigue • digestion problems (IBS, Crohn’s) • hormonal imbalance (PMT, menopause) • fungal infections (candida, thrush) • joint and muscle pain • stop smoking program Certainly, BICOM therapy has proved particularly successful to people with these conditions. However it is also a holistic therapy, which aims to treat the whole person not just the symptom. The aim of BICOM therapy is

to restore the body’s self-healing, or regulatory powers. Hence the frequent comment “I’m feeling better in myself”, referring to things such as more energy and vitality, fewer infections, better sleep or more normal appetite. Many patients come for preventative health care as problems will appear in the energetic system before there are any symptoms that would show in conventional tests. WHAT HAPPENS IN A TREATMENT? At your initial consultation you will be asked about your medical history and treatment to date, symptoms and when they started, chemical and electrical factors at home and work. From electrical measurements on your hands and feet, the therapist will assess your energetic situation. Based on this assessment, the therapist will plan your treatment starting with removing energy blockages. You will then receive you first ‘basic treatment’. This treats the whole body, scanning the whole frequency range. You will be lying on a mat and have your hands and/or feet on metal electrodes. Follow-up sessions will address specific problems you have been having. You may be asked to give a tiny sample of saliva or urine as the BICOM can pick up information from this to make the therapy more successful. Several programmes will be run with electrode placements and frequencies chosen to suit the organs or systems being treated. For more info contact Julie DeCesare (DIP BRT) 0416 101 325

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BECOMING YOUR AUTHENTIC SELF! People are searching for the meaning of life and ways to make their own existence meaningful. Now more than ever! As we face a new year and a new energy, bringing us closer to the end of the old ways and the beginning of the new. For those that have already faced their demons and healed the illusions they once had about who and what they are, the year to come, 2009 holds excitement and yet more growth to look forward to. Yet for others it will be an escalation of fear and ill health and all that goes with it. So many are lost and cannot find the way, they think it is difficult and that you must do and face so many demons along the way that it appears hopeless, so in the sense of hopelessness they fall prey to the demon within all of us, the negative ego. They fall deeper and deeper into the illusion of this third dimension which is fear based. They fight to prove to all and sundry that they are all powerful and knowledgeable about the ways of the world, fighting the little child within that tells them they really are still weak and fragile. The battle rages as they believe within the illusion that they are strong and all powerful and they have everything and everyone around them worked out. Yet in the darkness of the night when occasionally the walls around them fall and the far distant voice of the Higher Self reaches out, they know they are truly lost, disconnected from their true power, disconnected from their Authentic self who ironically is the very power that they seek! Yet they have been denying this power for the illusionary power of arrogance, addictions, swearing, abusing self and others, controlling, believing that this is the power that will make them great. They have been blaming everyone and everything for the mess they think is their life, denying their role and the fact that all that has happened to them was intended to help them come back to their true self. Denying the fact that they set themselves these challenges long before they entered this world, knowing that forgiveness would set themselves free of the past and honouring that their Higher self, Authentic self, would find a way of pulling them out of the illusion they call ‘life’. For each of us this Higher self is waiting patiently to be invited into your life, it cannot barge in, for you have free will on this dimensional plane to play the game of life as you so wish. So it waits patiently, popping in whenever you give the slightest space for it to have a voice. How difficult it is for the Higher self, since you pollute your body and mind with all kinds of drugs such as alcohol, tobacco, illicit drugs, anti depressants and then of course the polluting of the mind by watching violence and obscenities, listening to others that speak only of the past and con-

tinue to reinforce their own personal ‘victim’ story. It is no wonder that our bodies are racked with fear based energy, which of course blocks the Higher self from entering because now we have managed to shut down all our spiritual centres, our chakras, our spiritual bodies. Now we are so deeply imbedded in the illusion of this world that we now believe the illusion is real! Make no mistake about it, this is the plan of the dark forces still at work upon this planet, to fill you with fear via the media, to keep you fearful for your very existence, fearful that you may lose your home, your job, believing in the illusion of limitation and lack that there is not enough to go around, that you cannot have your share of all that is provided by the Creator. This is madness to be sure! You believe others, believe what the television tells you, believe the predictions of disasters; predictions that a flu is coming any time now and x amount of people will surely die! You are told to medicate your beautiful little angels that have come into your families to help wake you up! These highly evolved souls, our children, have been coming in on mass to help us create the new way of being, they are so knowing, yet waiting for their time to shine, they are often the one in the family speaking sense yet they are not listened to or valued for their unique gifts. Why are they being medicated on mass? Because they are too sensitive to the bad energetic food that is fed to them, plus the anger and rage that they feel coming from their parents. They are sensitive to the fear that is around them because they are highly evolved sensitive angels. They cannot understand the school system it doesn’t make sense to them, often they are smarter than those teaching them, so what do we do? We put them on medications to ‘calm them down’. It would be truer to say to ‘shut them down’ from their Higher self so that they now are on the same level as those around them. This is outrageous! When will we on mass awaken from such madness? You allow the powers that be play with your mind because you have no control of it yourself. You allow fear to rule your life! Where is the trust and faith? It is time for change! It will take individual change. How to do this? Firstly recognize that you are the centre of the Universe, change starts with you! Come back to humility! This is a big word. What does it mean, what does it mean to humble oneself? Imagine yourself and physically do this, get down on your knees and beg your Higher self, your Authentic self to step into your life and take over. You cannot do this from the head because I said ‘AUTHENTIC SELF’ your Authentic self knows what you feel and what you mean, so it must come from a place deep within your

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heart, where you reach out to your Higher self acknowledging that you know nothing! That you have messed things up to this point and now you are reaching out and asking for help from your Higher self, you are inviting it into your life. You must be in a state of surrender, willing to surrender all you think you know and come back to ‘I AM A CHILD OF THE UNIVERSE’ I know nothing! For in truth this is so, we all know nothing, we only think we know. You can only know from one’s own experience, as such this is such a one-dimensional view of the world, you do not nor will you ever have an over view of the meaning of life. You may be a seeker yet the most evolved of us realize they know nothing! However those in ego will tell you they know EVERYTHING! When you begin to understand this you are on your way to enlightenment! Now once you have opened the door to your Higher self and invited it to take charge from here on in, you will most assuredly need some help in releasing the negative thought patterns and energy that has held you captive for so long. That is where I and others can offer help. At my centre I have trained many therapists to help clear these negative patterns to allow the Higher self to comfortably be able to communicate with you without the battle with the negative fearful ego. 2009, I have been told by Spirit, is a year of CREATING, we will all be creating in the coming year. Those that are well upon their path, following their Higher self it will be one of expansion and joy and true abundance. For those still caught up in the illusion of the old ways it will be one of creating their greatest fears. So unnecessary really! As we know this is the PLANET OF CHOICE! You will have to choose once again which path will you follow and how willing are you to give up the old ways to embrace the new? Since we are all one, this message is for all of us and not the special few. It is a special message for you from the HIGHER SELF within me honouring the HIGHER SELF within you. God Bless. Lorraine Webb is the director of the Adelaide Healing Energy Centre. To know more phone 08 8342 4109. If you wish to contact her about this article you may email chat or make an appointment on healing2@adam.com.au or phone 08 83424109.

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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. 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 embrace 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.

Four Keys For Tuning Up Your Psychic Abiilities Although I have been practicing and studying in the psychic realms for some 35 years, I still find regular tune-ups very useful. Being psychic is all about focus, learning to refocus on different frequencies, like tuning to a new station on the radio. Yes, it is as sim-

ple as shifting your inner focus to another radio beam. Once you find the station, you listen “deeply”, with your heart, your feelings and your whole body. Here are the four keys to tuning in easily, and listening deeply. 1. Meditate - I meditate daily, while I’m washing the dishes, knit-

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PSYCHIC ting, walking the dog, as well as privately, quietly in my room. Every good psychic that I know builds the practice of daily meditation and prayer into their schedules, first to clear any energy accumulated through the work and the daily stresses… then to contemplate whatever key questions are on our minds… and open up to insights and inspiration from our Higher Selves, our Angels, Guides and our Divine Source. Since meditation is so important to psychic and spiritual work, we have provided an entire section of meditations and visualization exercises

to help you to focus inward. 2. Work with tools - A very effective way of activating your psychic self is to consult with a tool like the Tarot, the I Ching, a pendulum, a crystal ball. Astrology, numerology, even lucid dreaming can help you gain insight, to “catch the flow of the energy” and follow it into the future to see what might manifest. It is a good idea to play with a few different tools because they each have their own “tone”. I love the Stars and Dice for a quick clear answer, the Russian Gypsy Fortune Telling Cards for an interesting “global” view, the Angel Cards for

my “word of the day”, ( if I’m noticing, I can usually find that it has some real meaning). But when I want a reading, I work with the Tarot for some detail and depth. Explore the world of psychic tools for yourself, see what you work best with, where you feel a consistent alignment. 3. Play/Practice - One of the reasons that folks end up feeling blocked psychically is often because they are trying too hard, taking it all too seriously. A sense of humour and a playful, light-hearted attitude are essential elements in every good psychic development

program. Have fun practicing, play with different tools and mediums, allow your abilities to unfold naturally, joyously. To get started, look up our Psychic Exercises section! 4. Study/keep a journal - Read, Read, Read… whatever appeals to you, follow your interests, just get out and explore the psychic and spiritual realms. There are hundreds of books on the subject, and dozens of well-respected authors from whom you can learn whatever you wish. Check out our recommended reading lists for some great ideas. Keeping a journal helps you to track your questions, insights and

progress. I urge my students to keep their journals handy, to catch those insights and odd inspirations that seemingly come out of nowhere..(Answers from your meditations will often come in this way, some hours or even days after you have contemplated a question.) I also remind students to review their journals frequently because these notes will often have a lot more meaning in hindsight. By reviewing your journals regularly, you will notice patterns and become familiar with your own personal symbology. While being psychic for me is a

way of life, a way of looking at the world and relating to it, it also involves a set of skills, skills that can get rusty if they are not honed regularly. Check out the Psychic Exercises and the Meditations and Visualizations at www.globalpsychics.com/involving-you/ for some useful ways of honing your skills. See you there! Danielle Lewis is a Mystic, Psychic, Medium, Numerologist, Energy Healer.

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Psychic & Conscious Living Fair Mar Marcch 14th and 15th 2009 Open 10am - 4pm both days Greyhound Park, Angle Road, Angle Park, South Australia Come, see & experience this new, large, 2 day event, planned to promote better health & wellbeing for mind, body & spirit. STALLS TO INCLUDE Clairvoyants, Psychics, Taror Card Readers, Massage, Bowen Therapy, Reiki, Aura, Chakra, & Energy Healers, Aromatherapy, Crystals, Weight Loss Products, Jewellery, Gifts, Vitamins, Organic Foods, Skin Care Products, Books and much much more

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Classes, courses and workshops for the Body, Mind and Spirit Man's Inner Journey Regular workshops are being held called Man’s Inner journey, an Adventure into your Core helping men to gain the tools to effectively deal with life, enjoying a new sense of understanding, about yourself and women, connecting to your core, tapping into the wisdom of your Spirit and honouring the sacredness of your place on this planet. As men we seem to have the connection with ourselves and with what we really want. We have been conditioned to be strong and invulnerable yet inside everyone of us lies a feeling, intuitive, passionate and powerful man. For further details and brochures phone (08) 8248 1281. www.mansinnerjourney.com

Presentation & Demonstration of THE LIFELINE TECHNIQUE FEBRUARY 10th - 7.00pm. Whether the body is speaking to you with a physical symptom, stress, fear, addiction or emotional upset Dr Weissman says every symptom represents an emotional experience buried deep in the subconscious mind, he says it is a gift waiting to be unwrapped so we can access our true potential free of the sabotage of the subconscious mind. The LifeLine Technique acts like a laser beam to discover and heal in a fast easy stress free way. It is very deep in its pathways and the results have been incredible. ‘The LifeLine Technique’ is a simple protocol described as the fusion of science and spirit. It incorporates the traditions of natural healing, The Five Element Theory of Chinese Medicine, Ayuveda, NLP, modern science, and the new frontier of energy medicine or energy healing into one easily accessible system. Venue: Rosefield Uniting Church Hall - 2-6 Carlton Street, Highgate. Ample Parking. Off Fullarton Rd near the Ferguson

Avenue shops near Cross Road. To register, email beyondtheordinary@internode.on.net No charge for this evening. Bookings are essential though.

Dancing the Chakras Experience an uplifting journey of self-awareness and transformation. Dance the pathway to healing and wholeness as we gently open, clear and harmonize our seven key chakras. Through movement meditations, sound and free dance, we dissolve old energy patterns, nourish subtle energy bodies and connect with our inner wisdom and intuitive guidance. For bookings and information contact Susan Howlett on 0403 318 683 earthstar@chariot.net.au

Healing Steps, with Wu Tao Dance Have you imagined yourself gliding gracefully across the dancefloor, flowing with the music ... then told yourself you’re too old, or too unfit, to start dancing now? Not so. Wu Tao – The Dancing Way caters for all ages, levels of fitness, and experience with dance (or lack thereof). Wu Tao is a form of exercise therapy which incorporates dance, music, movement and meditation. Based on the five elements in Chinese Medicine, stretching and flowing poses open the meridians as you dance. Call Heather, 0409 196401 (McLaren Vale) and Nicola on 0421 194 998 (Port Adelaide, Mawson Lakes). www.wutaodance.com

Crystal light Therapy Crystal Light Therapy is a great link to the healing energy of Abadiania and that of John of God, the crystal lights help to align and cleanse your Chakras assisting in energising and uplifting mind, body and soul. For more info contact Lydia Mobile: 0417190158 Email: ly-di-att@hotmail.com

Deenanath is a meditation teacher, known as Dinesh Oak by birth. He was given the sacred name of Deenanath by his Spiritual Master. Being a family man he lives in Adelaide, SA with his wife and son. He started his spiritual quest from early childhood. The meditation method he teaches is for people from all ages and backgrounds. They are easy to practise with Body, Mind and Emotions. Deenanath started Swayambhu Meditation, through which people can experience the true nature of their inner self, and derive strength, inspiration, happiness and contentment from within. Call DeenaNath on 0413478979 for more info.

accept who they are, overcome fear, de-stress, dream, make and achieve goals, unplug long lasting trauma and become more creative in their lives. None of us are broken…we don’t need fixing. However, things happen in life– people suffer ill health, divorce, depression, job loss etc. This workshop supports women to manage their spirit within these events. For info and bookings, call Mary or Sandy, Orion Women office, 344 Brighton Rd, Brighton. (08) 70014003 or 0405 228 560 www.orionwomen4women.com orionwomen2@optusnet.com.au

Age of Miracles Unexplained phenomena, which many call Miracles, are manifesting on a regular basis: weeping statues; healing Crosses of Light and springs of healing water; bronze and stone sacred statues that appear to drink milk; mysterious crop circles. Within the past few years, virtually every spiritual tradition has seen the fullfillment of some prophecy, come and see some of them. Free talk ‘Age of Miracles at Cosmic Pages on the 14th February 2009 (2pm-3pm). Phone 0428 592 209 or visit www.shareintl.org for more details.

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Seven Paths to Personal Power Established in response to calls from women for balance, direction and empowerment in their lives. Participants are supported to relax,

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DIPL OMA OF KINESIOL OGY IS NO W AVAILABLE DIPLOMA KINESIOLOGY NOW Full time – commencing May 2009 For details please contact Barbara McCloud of The Kinesiology Centre of South Australia Phone 82786558 www .kinesiolo www.kinesiolo .kinesiologg ysa.com.au

DANCING THE CHAKRAS ÒBase ÒSacral ÒSolar Plexus ÒHeart ÒThroat ÒBrow ÒCrown

Experience the beauty of dance, sound & movement in this transformative course. Free your body, balance energy & restore harmony as you follow the liberating pathways of the 7 key chakras.

THE CENTRE C OM 2 May to 20 June 2009 Sat 3 - 5pm Kundalini Dance ~ 8 Mar, 18 Apr, 17 May, 27June SUSAN HOWLETT 0403 318 683 earthstar@chariot.net.au

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Tentative workshops for 2009. • Weleda Natural Medicine and Body Care • Health and Wellness • Anthroposophic Medicine - a practical guide for parents • Anthroposophic Art • Introduction to Anthroposophy • An Introduction to Waldorf (Steiner) Education • An Introduction to Waldorf (Steiner) Kindergarten • The Magic of Festivals • Anthroposophic Society lecture series. Please contact the Anthroposophic Book Centre on 8223 1841 for more information.

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Bring relaxation, Inner peace and joy into your life using the sacred mantra HU. The word HU has been used throughout history by those interested in the art of spiritual living. You are welcome to join us on Tuesday and Thursday mornings 0700- 0730am. A gold coin donation is suggested. To register interest phone Claudia 83888891 or 0429340094

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Spirit Blue Spirit Blue is a new holistic retreat in the Adelaide Hills offering a place where people wishing to awaken their spiritual senses can take day or weekend workshops conducted by experienced facilitators including well known psychic/medium Alison Correll. Courses include Reiki/Seichim, Tarot, Numerology, Astrology and Psychic Development and are available throughout the year. Weekly guided Meditation groups are starting late January. For further information please visit www.spiritblue.com.au or Ph 8388 5288 Mobile 0409 280 561.

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Experience the harmony of mind, body and spirit Love, Healing Light and Guidance from Spirit Shamanic Healer and Medical Intuitive White Dove and Parrot Medicine Flower Essences and Herbal Remedies Spiritual Educator and Communicator Palliative and Family Grief Support

Spiritual Healings with Joanne… Dovelight Corner 122 Partridge Street, Glenelg South Phone 8376 4566

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THE DIVINE ALCHEMIST By Elisabeth Jensen Alchemy can take many forms and is a rather overused term these days used to imbue a sense of mystery and magic into an everyday product or service. So what does a Divine Alchemist do to earn their living and pass their time? They are likely to earn their income as a spiritual healer of some kind but are rarely wealthy people as their focus is spiritual study, communicating with Divinities and the development of psychic powers. True alchemists can create weather changes at will by communicating with the elementals of the air, water,earth and fire and can bend metal easily this way too – or can balance elemental energies within themselves and others to heal elemental imbalances and physical disease. Divine Alchemists know how to connect with various divinities to change their personal environment, physical body and receive and transmit messages and energies from the Divinities for themselves and others.

spirit communication and control of the forces of nature using the mind and personal and divine energies. The science of Divine Alchemy began in ancient Egypt and was discovered by Hermes Trismegistus – later known as the God Thoth. Moses was said to be a Master Alchemist and Moses was an ancient name for the Sun – the symbol of Alchemy. Alchemy demonstrates that the laws of the spiritual and material world are one

and the same and the well known The Hermetic Principle is “as above so below, as below so above “ So the Divine Alchemist is also aware of being a God or Goddess in physical form – that is aware of their own enormous powers to create change by their thoughts alone. Setting an intention to achieve a goal is to an alchemist a decision to make the event happen. So it pays to consider your power of intention to manifest real-

ity as a great gift – a gift that can be lost and cause havoc in your life if you fall into depression and negativity and uncontrolled anger. To achieve Divine Alchemy you need to bring together two forces - Individual Intention and Divine Grace or Light. Through the alchemical process we can condition our own consciousness to become the shining Sun of Light. The ability to create Light means we become the Light.

ALCHEMY OF LIGHT & MEDITATION Jesus was depicted with a White Halo always – his mother Mary always wears blue – as does the Egyptian Goddess Isis. I am aware that both Isis and Mary are in reality now simply the Divine Feminine Blue Light. Osiris seen as the husband of Isis has a pale green energy. If you meditate deeply for a period of time and ask for all these Divinities to flow their

energies through you will have an alchemical reaction – called a Sacred Marriage of male and female energies. Thus you will be more in harmony with yourself and ready to start on your path to become a Divine Alchemist. ELISABETH JENSEN is the author of ISIS LOTUS ORACLE, Ancient Egyptian Divination and Magic Cards. Sign up for our FREE email newsletter! www.isismysteryschool.com

WHY BECOME A DIVINE ALCHEMIST? To be in control of your life you need to surrender to your Soul Purpose on this earth. If your Soul Purpose is to assist many people you need to become an alchemist...indeed if everybody on earth was a Divine Alchemist there would be no need of hospitals, banks, air conditioners and the like! So it’s a valuable pursuit that has been lost to the pursuit of technology and machinery. The medieval alchemists sought a formula to turn lead into gold but the Divine Alchemist seeks to turn a heavy physical body into Light and Spirit and also to create change in non physical reality. So the summoning of elementals, Archangels and Divinities to do this is an important part of the process. HOW TO BECOME AN ALCHEMIST? Study, reading, meditating, channelling, spiritual initiations and skilled teachers in spirit and physical realities are required. To fast track your abilities a trip to Egypt to lie in the Great Sarcophagus is recommended. There is the ultimate Alchemical Chamber...I see people physically dissolve in there as I invoke Divinities to do their alchemical initiation work. As they physically reform their aura and physical body changes and after a time of some slight disorientation people usually notice they feel quite different with increased healing and psychic abilities. As not everybody can take this physical journey you will find spending time in meditation at any sacred or power place will assist – Uluru, Chalice Well in Glastonbury, Stonehenge, Sedona, Machu Pichu or even the church at Yankalilla in South Australia where the Virgin Mary appears, are all power places where the veils between realms are very thin. MYSTERY SCHOOLS AND ALCHEMY All the ancient Egyptian mysteries schools taught alchemy to their students. Alchemy is a little different to spells as these tend to require more focus in physical objects to help the desired outcome whereas with alchemy its basis is

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A-Z RESOURCE GUIDE ANGELS Leslie-Anne Menzies – Angel Intuitive. All Angel Healing appointments include ABC of Angels book www.angelstoinspire.com.au 0408 083 185

ASCENSION Guidance and assistance for the journey. Counselling and inner process work to aid in awakening to your Self-mastery. Ph: Jennifer 83395745. email: lewcoom@chariot.net.au

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COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES Bowen, Massage, Myofascial Release, Reflexology, Detox Foot Spa. Magill. www.bowen2massage.com.au Call 1300 884 782

COUNSELLING A new centre for Psychotherapy and Counselling in Pt Adelaide. Navigation through Life. For an appointment ph 0438 509 207

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Read All About Yourself. 25 Page Astrology Report from $19.99! Baby, Child, Personal, Compatibility www.astrotalk.com.au or Ph 0401 418 999

8 week Course - 7 February to 28 March 2009, Kundalini Dance workshop 13 December and 11 April. Saturdays 3-5pm at The Centre OM, City. Bookings - Susan Howlett on 0403 318 683 earthstar@chariot.net.au

ATTUNEMENT Heal the world! Restore yourself with Life giving Attunements - experience the gentle power of this non-touch energy work; feel more relaxed, focused, centred. Classes available - Riverdell Spiritual Centre, Gawler. Contact Jonathan on 0408 034 584 for an appointment or more information

AWARENESS Discovering your True Self Nature,empowers and heals relationships. Create fulfilling life experiences with Compassion and Awareness. Ph;Robbie 08 8556 2450

BOOKSHOPS The Anthroposophic Book Centre is the retail outlet for books, crafts, educational aids, toys, cards, ornaments and Weleda skin care and health products inspired by the teachings of Rudolf Steiner. 96 Halifax Street, Adelaide. www.bookswithsoul.com Ph: 8223 1841 or email bookcentre@internode.com. Opening hours – Tuesday to Friday 12noon to 4.00pm, Saturday 10.00am to 1.00pm. Please contact the bookshop for information about upcoming workshops and lecture series.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES Organic Business Opportunity - Help change the world and create wealth from home. Free training, support and website provided. See www.bodymindplanet.com Personal Development Home Biz with potential to make your annual income a monthly income. Not MLM. Ongoing training and support. www.createyourfuturesite.com Rich dont get rich between 9-5, they do it between 5-9! Work hard for 45 years or smart for 2-4 yrs part time! Are you a self motivated individual with a strong mindset or a burning desire to create your own future? Proven business opportunity rated by Forbes as the most viable way for an average person to be financially free. Call or text 0410 584 488 Start your own home business in Personal Development. $200K+ first year earning potential working part time using principles from ‘The Secret’. www.LiveLifeBoldly.com LIVE YOUR DREAMS! Be your own boss – have time & freedom whilst making a 6 figure income! Not MLM. 0404 418 134. www.worldofabundance.info

CLAIRVOYANTS Clairvoyant, psychic, medium, genuine, confidential DEE cr/cards 1800 619 855 $2.45/min./ 0438349832: 1900999115 $4.35/ min.mobex, 1902290683 $27.50

EMPLOYMENT Telephone salesperson required, experienced or schoolleaver trainee position available selling advertising for InnerSelf Newspaper, from our office at Highbury. Phone 8396 6752.

FOOD Hemp body products oils and flour. From Organically grown hemp.Australian owned Buy direct on (07) 4097 6191 or www.puredelighthemp.com.au retail/ wholesale

GIFTS Fantastic range of Balinese style homewares and garden decor direct from the importer. Uplift yourself and your surrounds, visit www.batu.com.au or phone (02) 9526 6401

GOLDEN AGE Educating • Teaching. Anyone wishing to support private meetings on Golden Age in your hometown contact Frank at 0488 178 996 or email galaxy_focus@hotmail.com

HEALING Get Reconnected with a range of healing, readings & massage options available now at Genesis Healing Centre, 37 Beckman St, Glandore. For more information phone 8297 7703 or visit www.genesishealing.com.au If you are looking for a refreshing experience we offer healing crystals, Jewellery, Windchimes, Clothes, Oils, incence and a large range of gifts, tarot cards, we can also offer you meditation classes, reiki, Intuitive card readings and body piercing, we can take you to the world or fairies and crystals. Open 7 days a week. Gypsy Rose. 49a Semaphore Road, Semaphore 5016. Ph (08) 8449 9700 ANGEL LOVE HEALING. Spiritual Healing with Joanne…. Love, Healing Light and Guidance from Spirit. Phone 0432 851 759

HEALTH Hemp body products oils and flour. From Organically grown hemp.Australian owned Buy direct on (07) 4097 6191 or www.puredelighthemp.com.au retail/ wholesale

HEALTH & HEALING Asian Remedial Therapy. Acupressure (No needles!), Shiatsu,Reflexology. Remedial Therapies that get results! Great rates, Flexible hours, Health Fund rebates. Marion, Mobile and Corp o r a t e . tony@waytobetterhealth.com.au or call/text 0414 516 165

Wise and Healthy Intuitive Reading and Planning, for Chronoic Illness specialising in Chronic Fatigue and Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Syndrome. Phone 8240 5648. Constipation, Bowel health problems, digestion, ellimination info. www.qkbowelhealth.com. Phone 1300 132 268 We have over 30 different Therapies, Workshops and Classes, set in very relaxing surroundings. Our practitioners come with years of experience and are very passionate about their work. 39 Anderson Walk, Smithfield Ph: 8254 6778. Gifts, CD’s, Crystals, Books and lots more. We care about YOU ! www.inbalancehealthcentre.com.au Massage Certificate Courses. Start a new career with our 5 & 10 day Intensives. Please Call 1800 987 987 for Free info kit www.brandonraynor.com Reconnective Healing with Steve. Try the ultimate life changing experience. Also Reiki Master, E.F.T Teacher. Reconnect with Spirit. Phone 0418 830 399

HOME BUSINESS DESERVE WEALTH? The secret to abundance in a proven business! Your hours, profit is all yours, support/training & fun! Heidi 1800 456 9 2 0 www.AwesomeOutcome.com

HOME SERVICES Saver Painting. Home and commercial. Environment Friendly. Free prompt quotes. Pensioner discount. “We care.” Ph mobile 0415 514 122.

IRIDOLOGY Want to understand Iridology? Announcing “The Integrated Iridology Fundamentals Flashbook”. 64 full colour pages. Photos and explanations. $44. (02) 4358 1234 www.iridologyonline.com

JEWELLERY Beadz N Jewelz for all your beadi n g supplies,tools,crystals,gemstones,custom made jewellery & tiaras,dichroic & lampwork glass,& much much more. 4 Roder Court St Agnes 5097, ph 8395 3195 or visit www.beadznjewelz.com.au

have made a choice to support local farmers, manufacturers who support fair trade and people who believe real food is essential to our wellbeing. Open 7 days. 101-103 Melbourne St North Adelaide. 83618888 www.wildthyme.net.au CERTIFIED ORGANIC FACIAL – in home pampering facial treatment featuring Miessence skincare and cosmetics. Ph Vanessa 0885243992 and mention MiSpa Facial.

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Courses available with Listening Ears Services. Weekend Retreats, Reiki Level 1to Master/teacher, Numerology, Tarot, Phone Pame 0882421783 email listears1@chariot.net.au, www.listeningears.net STOP STRUGGLING. Private Subconscious-mind Healing (P.S.H.) has helped many people with problems such as: addictions, anxiety, low self-esteem and many other stress-related problems. To achieve permanent inner healing, gently Phone P.S.H. Therapists Leaona Hamood 0419 037 830 or Michael Oster 0411 174 110 for an appointment Many people only require from 1-4 sessions

PRACTITIONER OPPORTUNITIES Need Practitioner Insurance? Join IICT for Australia’s Lowest Price for Membership and Discounted Practitioner Insurance Package covering all your modalities under the one banner. We provide Professional Affiliation to over 550+ natural therapy modalities. Benefits include: Advertising opportunities; Referrals; Practitioner Directory and more. To find out how you can benefit visit: www.iict.com.au For Free Info Pack email: iict@iict.com.au or call now for a free quote: 1300 653 981.

PRANIC HEALING Treat physical and emotional ailments through Pranic Healing. Treating the cause not just the symptoms. Private readingsalso available. contact TJ at Life Inspirations on 8254 1453 or 0413 590 106.

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SA Reiki Healing and Teaching Centre. (Est 1990) non-profit assoc. & Metaphysical & Crystal Shop. Great range of crystals, Feng Shui products, Cards, books, music, gifts. Healing every Wednesday & Friday – Donation only. Reiki classes and various workshops held regularly at 55 Fosters Road, Greenacres. For more info – Phone: (08) 8266 3276.

Swayambhu Meditation – Pathway to True Self. For lasting peace and real happiness call 0413478979 or visit www.swayambhumeditation.com.au

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10-day in silence. Vipassana Meditation Retreat at Victor Harbour: April 13th - 24th 2009. www.dhamma.org/ PO Box 10292 BC Gouger St, Adelaide/ 8278 8278

Belle Fleur Lavender - Australia’s premium natural lavender skincare range of products, includung gift packs. Wholesale and retail available. www.bellefleurlavender.com.au

MASSAGE REMEDIAL MASSAGE, Reiki, Intuitive Counselling, Personal Growth. Health Fund Rebate. Mile End, Network Chiropractic Clinic & Renmark. Phone Liane on 04128 542 325

NEW CONSCIOUSNESS A call to awaken. Step beyond past limitations into your full divine expression. Classes now in Ade l a i d e . www.divinecreators.com.au. New Consciousness Teacher, Keryn Lee. 0408 857 620

ORGANICS Organic Food Store & Cafe. At Wild Thyme, we believe wholeheartedly in safe, seasonal and sustainable organic food. When you shop or dine at Wild Thyme, you

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PSYCHICS Tarot/Clairvoyant readings – Psychic Development Group vacancy – Spirit Guide Meditation CDs for sale $25.00 Authorized Marriage Celebrant. Tel: (08) 8376 9090 Liz / Fred Welling (Glenelg) Master Psychic Medium. 98% accurate. 38 years experrience. I can come to you. $30.00 per. Phone: 0433 145 110 Accurate Psychic Tarot/Phone readings. Spiritual Guidings, any issue. Theta Healing, Remove

Fears/Blockages. Heal from the past. Carolyn 0438 790 641 Clairvoyant/Psychic, Medium, Tarot, Angel Cards etc. www.magicalvisions.com Genuine Medium. 20 years experience Australia and Internationally. Strong clear readings, personal or business. In person (Melbourne), phone, email. Ian Rogers 0412 432 398 iproger@bigpond.net.au

PSYCHIC PHENOMENON EVP (Electric Voice Phenomenon) / Spirit Photography. I am interested in meeting others also interested in this field. Phone Karen on 8254 2942.

PUBLISHING Make it happen now! Publish your manuscript with Joshua Books. Contact us on (07) 5493 1700

READINGS Reading Day. 1st and 3rd Saturday of each month. $20 per 30 minutes. Professional readers. For bookings phone SA Reiki Healing & Teaching Centre (non-profit)55 Fosters Rd, Greenacres. Phone (08) 8266 3276 Secret Numerology. Learn how to use the gifts you have to create the life you deserve. Ph 0433 930 011 email helen@stoneartists.com.au Hand written chart with 1/2 hr consult $80 PRIVATE READINGS with Donna. Acclaimed and Experienced Clairvoyant/Intuitive; Lifepath Readings; Tarot, Aura, Channelling, Numerology & Psychometry. Ph: 0409 099 948 Northern Sydney. By Appointment.

REBIRTHING Rebirthing is a safe, simple breathing technique that can change your life. Rebirthing/ Breathwork uses the breath to activate, release and heal stored cellular memory. Ideal to use when you want your life to change. The Australian Academy of Rebirthing/Breathwork verifies the integrity and professionalism of the following members. Trevor Applebee - Mawson Lakes 0418 836 261 Bronwyn Barter - Mawson Lakes (08) 8260 2086 Elise Carr - Allenby Gardens 0417809198 Jillian Trowbridge - Geranium 0408 813 401 Veronica Reinders - Mt. Pleasant 0438 880 894 Rebirthing a transformational journey. In historic Gawler, with Sue Marshall, Breathwork Practitioner. Enquiries welcome, 85 221 848. More information, www.australianbreathworkassociation.org.au

REIKI ARC Inc. Australian Reiki Connection. Australia’s Leading REIKI Association Est. 1997 - Run by Members for Members with fellowship and support. Access to Insurance. FREE Membership of [AARP] Association Australian Reiki Professionals National Referral Directory. Discounts on Massage Tables, Music CD’s Salt lamps. Informative website & Forum ARC INK Quarterly Magazine. SA State Rep. Christine Sinclair Ph. 0411 604 753 National ph 1300 130 975 www.australianreikiconnection.com.au

public for Reiki treatment Wed-Fri $10 Conc. 55 Fosters Rd, Greenacres. Phone (08) 8266 3276. REIKI AUSTRALIA: Are you looking for opportunities in personal and community enrichment, member journal, insurance, national website directory, events, professional support for Reiki practitioners and masters? You’ve found it. Join us now. www.reikiaustralia.com.au 1300 664 780 contact@reikiaustralia.com.au

ROOMS FOR RENT Practitioners needed to share new clinic in Woodville area. Phone 8346 0478. Practitioners, we have quality rooms to rent. Also conference workshop room. Phone 8254 6778. debbie@inbalancehealthcentre.com.au New holistic medical practice on Melbourne Street North Adelaide requires professional health practitioners as contractors. Please call George 0402 110 775.

SPIRITUALITY Know Thyself as Soul Foundation. Sant Mat is a practical spiritual path based on meditation, ethical living, service to others and love for all creation. Its goal is to enable the soul to return to and merge with its source; the purpose of human life described by mystics of all traditions. Discipline and dedication are essential, as is the help of a competent living Master. Entry is via a preparation program. There is no charge at any stage. For further info call 1800 462 193 or visit www.santmat.net.au. Searching for Truth? The teachings of Emanuel Swedenborg will provide you with many helpful insights. Call 0298881066 or write to Swedenborg Centre, 1 Avon Road, North Ryde, 2113 for free book/info pack.

TAI CHI Taoist Tai Chi taijiquan internal arts of health. Beginners classes: North Adelaide, Kurralta Park, Adelaide and the hills. 0423776955 www.taoist.org.au

WORKSHOPS Channeling, Spiritual Healing, Tarot and Psychic Development. To be the inspiration of our own destiny from Our Higher Self, Angelic Wisdom and Spirit, we build the bridges to know, see, hear and feel their power in love and light. Serenity Training 8337 7081 www.serenitytraining.com.au

WORSHIP SERVICES You are invited to an ECK Worship Service on the first Sunday of each month. Each service focuses on an aspect of Eckankar, featuring a reading from the ECK works, singing HU, talks, and a group discussion of spiritual principles at work in everyday life. The service lasts about an hour. Attendance is free. Join others seeking to bring more insight and divine love into their lives at this special celebration of the Light and Sound of God. There is an opportunity afterwards to enjoy a chat and some light refreshments, and to meet new (or old) like-minded friends. Held at Payneham Community Centre, 374 Payneham Rd Payneham. Phone 8388 8891 or 8396 1379. Free HU CD for every newcomer. Visit www.eckankar.org

YOGA SA Reiki Healing and Teaching Centre (est 1990) non-profit assoc. Reiki I & II classes and various workshops held regularly. Open to

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At Burnside. Gentle, easy and supportive classes to help you gradually improve fitness and remove stress. Phone Linda Veale on (08) 8337 6763.

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Cosmic Pages - Major mind, body and spirit bookstore; 338-340 King William St, Adelaide. Phone 8231 9105. Bliss Organic Café - Organic, fairtrade, music art, lifestyle; 7 Compton Street, Adelaide. Phone 8231 0205. New Dimensions Bookshop Alternative philosophies bookshop sice 1968, 310 South Tce Adelaide. Phone 8223 4877. Sagarmatha Souvenirs - Wonderful range of Nepali gifts & spiritual artifacts; 13 Hindley Street, Adelaide. Phone 8410 8733 1920 Boutique - Shop 22, Adelaide Arcade SA 5000. Phone Melissa on 0418 891 967

SA Reiki Healing & Teaching Centre - Reiki, metaphysical and crystal shop; 55 Fosters Road, Greenacres. Phone 8266 3276.

Aldgate Vital Harmony - Experience the Vital Harmony of the Adelaide Hills. Phone 8370 8557.

Aldinga Beach Marie's Crystal Cave. New Age store. Corner of Shephard Rd and Gordon St Aldinga Beach. Phone Marie on 8556 5692.

Belair Isis Dimensions - Wholistic Healing, spiritual workshops / retreats for women, men & children; www.numberswork.com. Phone 8370 3509

Beverley Natalie’s Total Beauty Care - 654 Port Rd, Beverley SA. Phone 8244 8270.

Cheltenham Linda Brook - Reading, healing, reiki, pastlife & massage; 25 High Street, Cheltenham. Phone 8240 0864.

Christies Beach Yoga To Health - Yoga Classes & Workshops. Phone Louise Wiggins on 8386 0571.

Clarence Park Body Revive Vibrosaun and Massage Therapy Centre. 53 East Ave, Clarence Pk. Phone 8351 5000.

Crafers West Simple Meditation Centre - Linda & David Clair, meditation, counselling. 66 Emmett Rd, Crafers West. Phone 8339 7848.

Gawler Total Wellbeing. Shop 21.22 Gawler Nthn Market, Gawler. Gordon Marshall, Remedial Massage Therapist, Sports and Therapeutic Massage.

Glen Osmond Adelaide Hills Natural Health Centre - Quality, Experienced Naturpathic Services. Abergeldie House Holistic Centre, 548 Portrush Rd, Glen Osmond. Phone 8338 2620 Organic to Go. Cafe and Food store. 365a + 363b Glen Osmond Rd, Glen Osmond. Phone 8379 2131.

Glenelg The Organic Store - Certified organic fruit & veg & groceries. 37 Broadway, Glenelg. Phone 8295 7767.

Goodwood The Eternal Spirit - Retail Shop & Healing Centre; 100 Goodwood Rd, Goodwood. Phone 8271 9666.

Grange Phoenix Rising Healing Centre - Healings, Meditations, Readings, Workshops. 675 Grange Rd.Grange. Phone 0411 034 177.

Kensington Park Rainbowtree - organic baby products including clothing, toys, modern cloth nappies and slings. Fiona House - Kahuna Bodywork, Holistic Massage, Polarity Therapy, SCIO Bio-feedback and Food Mentoring 0416 473 163 Sue Upton - Sports/Remedial and Relaxation Massage, Aromatherapy and Pregnancy Massage 0420 241 851. 320 Magill Road, Kensington Park phone 8332 8733

Prospect Balance & Beyond - Readings, Gifts, Energy work, Workshops; at 80a Prospect Rd, Prospect. Ph. 0408 172 356 or visit www.balanceandbeyond.com.au Nirvana Massage & Piercing Studio - Reflexology, Therapeutic Massage & Body Piercing. Shop 9, 81 Prospect Rd, Prospect. Phone 8344 8850

Foodwise - Full supply of organic produce; 7 Jetty Road Largs Bay. Phone 8242 7882.

Alternative Choices - Incense, Crystals, Singing Bowls, Books, Jewellery. Phone 8641 0251. 140 Carlton Parade, Pt Augusta.

Magill A Life Abundant - For all your health needs; 587 Magill Road, Magill. Phone 8333 3144.

Meadows B & D Farm Paris Creek P/L Producers of organic bio/dynamic milk, yogurt, quark, butter & cheeses; www.bdfarmpariscreek.com.au; Phone 8388 3339.

Moonta Bay Soul Radiance – Healings, meditation, workshops. Phone - Jenny 0408930991

Morphett Vale Back To Basics - Kathleen Smith. 188B Main South Rd, Morphett Vale. Phone 8186 4433.

Newton Go Vita - Go get health, go stay healthy; Shop 20, 299 Montacute Road, Newton. Phone 8337 9818. Adelaide Training College of Complementary Medicine Natural Therapy college, products & services; 3/297 Montacute Road, Newton. Phone 8365 0811.

Norwood AMCAL Pharmacy Norwood Shop 12, 161-169 The Parade. Phone 8332 1085. Healthy Life Norwood - Natural Health food store; Coles Norwood Mall, (164 Rear), The Parade Norwood. Phone 8332 1085.

Noarlunga Earth Magic - Unique Meaningful new-age gifts; Shop 111, Colonades Shopping Centre, Noarlunga. Phone 8382 0811.

North Adelaide YouYa Collections - Beautiful ingredients to enrich life: high quality loose teas, natural body and skin care products, artwork and gifts... Shop 7/152 Melbourne Street, North Adelaide. Phone 8361 6866. Romeo’s Organics - North Adelaide Village. 71-79 O’Connel St, Nth Adelaide. Phone 8361 9150

O'Halloran Hill Sue's Place for Nails & Astrology Charts. Sue Hooley. 5 Paul Court, O'Halloran Hill. Phone 8381 9442.

Plympton Julie’s Bodycare - Massage, Reiki, Numerology, Past Life Therapy. 57B Bray St, Plympton Pk. Phone 8371 4311 or 0412 348

perfect handbook for anyone interested in commencing or deepening their meditation practice. Pub: Lifeflow Meditation Centre www.lifeflow.com.au Ph: (08) 8353 0000

Pt Adelaide The Answer Within. Alternative Health & Lifestyle Studio. 9 Timpson St, Pt Adelaide. Phone 0403 850 619 or 8447 3158.

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Heart of the Hills Market - Food, treasures, arts & crafts. 1 Lobethal Rd, Lobethal. Phone 8389 5615.

Phil Morimitsu will be presenting a workshop in Adelaide “Catching the Wave of Awakening” on Saturday June 13, 2009. For book orders or details about the workshop phone 8396 1379. Pub: Eckankar Books www.eckankar.org

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Pt Elliot Authenticity Health Retreat Rest, relax, rejuvenate at authenticity; 14-32 Waterport Rd, Pt Elliot. Phone 8554 2088

Pt Noarlunga “Get with It!” - Personal Transformation & Family Connections Centre. CHILD, TEEN & ADULT CLASSES in Mind, Body, Emotional & Spiritual Growth, ALL Visual & Performing Arts. Private Consults, 60 Trim Cres, Old Noarlunga. Ph 8386 3318.

Pt Pirie Beauty for You - Full range of beauty services, therapeutic massage, Bowen Therapy. 23 Alexander St., Pt Pirie. Phone Natalie on 8632 6505.

ONE - Essential Writings of Non-duality Edited by Jerry Katz This sourcebook for understanding the profound perspective of unitary reality and the mystical dissolution of self in the universal is in a class of its own as one of the clearest and most helpful introductions into non-duality available today. Jerry Katz has brought together a fine collection by compelling writers and past awakened teachers such as Ramana Maharshi, Lao Tzu, Rumi, Ibn ‘Arabi, and contemporaries such as John Prendergast, Steven Harrison and Bernadette Roberts. This is not only an introduction and overview of non-duality but also a penetrating exploration of the art of living an ordinary life that grows out of the undivided experience. Pub: Sentient Publications www.sentientpublications.com

Semaphore Ocean Organic Therapies - Remedial Massage - Health & Wellbeing therapies. Rebecca Barter. 103a Semaphore Rd, Semaphore. Phone 0419 819 653.

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Life in Balance The Lifeflow Guide to Meditation By Graham Williams This easy-to follow, practical guide to meditation is both for the beginner and advanced practitioner. Graham Williams, trained in both Burmese and Tibetan Buddhist traditions is the founder and director of the Lifeflow Meditation Centre and has created a uniquely Australian approach to meditation. Written in direct, engaging language Life in Balance contains detailed instructions, making it the

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Stepney Sagarmatha Restaurant - Delicious, authentic Nepali cuisine; 6264 Payenham Road, Stepney. Phone 8363 6291

Strathalbyn The Old Market Shed - Health food, fruit and vegetables; 9 Dawson St Strathalbyn. Phone 8536 3777.

Tanunda The Sanctuary Health and Healing Centre - 106 Murray Street, Tanunda. Telephone (08) 8563 0388 or visit www.thesanctuaryhealingcentre.com.au

Torrensville Blend Body care Urban Retreat. Aromatherapy products & treatment services. 26 Huntriss St Torrensville. Phone 8354 2006.

Tranmere Spiritual Visions - Clairvoyant Crystal Practitioner and Workshops. Shop 22, 172 Glynburn Rd, Tranmere. Phone 0428 523 900

By Hajjar Gibran Since Kahlil Gibran released his masterpiece, The Prophet, in 1923, many have tried to emulate its poetic beauty and profound insight. And, many millions of readers have yearned for more after an unfulfilled promise of the Prophet’s return when he wrote: “Should my voice fade in your ears, and my love vanish in your memory, then I will come again.” Now, several generations later, Kahlil’s descendent Hajjar Gibran offers this soulfully intoxicating literary cocktail of mystical wisdom and artistry set in a compelling contemporary setting. Pub: Simon & Schuster Phone: (02) 9983 6654

The Seeker By Phil Morimitsu This spiritual story is based on a past-life memory from Tibet in the 1600s. As a monk, Lobnear-Wa travels from a secluded monastery into the harsh world of 17th century Tibet, along the way discovering the Temples of Golden Wisdom that lie between heaven and earth. Within their walls he faces tests of the heart as challenging as any mastered along the rocky paths that lead him to their heights. More than a fable, this book is an account of the journey to self awakening that every seeker of truth will eventually undergo.

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Annual Flying Stars for 2009 A New Year is an important time in Feng Shui; we set about checking our charts to see what the coming year will bring and how we can use this information to our advantage. The solar calendar is used to mark the start of a new year, with this year the Earth Ox beginning on February the 4th 2009. One very popular method to ascertain the Qi is “Flying Stars”. Flying stars is part of the Xuan Kong system in classical Feng Shui. A flying star chart is like drawing up a horoscope for your house. It shows the potential strengths and weaknesses of the building along with predictions for future events. Without the need for a lot of Feng Shui knowledge or going to the effort of drawing up a personalized chart, I am going to show you a way to access some of the beneficial areas of your home for 2009 through the Annual stars. The life force energy or Qi comes in many qualities that change over time, and this reflects in our luck cycle. Each year the Annual Stars change and their presence are felt as it impacts with the natal chart of the house. If you don’t know the natal chart of your building, that’s fine, we can still access the best annual stars as their influence over the natal chart is generally positive. If you look at the annual star diagram, you will see it is made up of a nine numbered grid with the compass directions for each sector. If you have your house plan, divide each side of your house into three to be able to obtain nine equal sectors. Then overlay the annual star grid over your house sector plan, aligning up the compass directions, you may have to stretch it to fit, then you will see which rooms of your house will be influenced by a particular star. First let us start with the three best stars of the period; they are 8, 9 and 1. These numbers are used to represent a type of Qi, in this case life generating. So the most auspicious sectors for 2009 are Southeast, Central palace and the Northwest. The trick to the annual stars is, once you know where the best stars will be, utilize these areas as much as possible, avoiding the negative sectors if you can. So for example, if you find that your living room has the annual star 8 this year, you will then be in a position to make the most of this auspicious star, as you would already be using this room quite a bit. If not, make sure to use it for important events this year. SOUTHEAST This is the primary wealth location for 2009 so those who have a

Main door in this sector will generally have good outcomes with their financial endeavours. If you don’t have a Main door here, not to worry, just remember the tip and use the room more. You may like to place a water feature in this sector to help. Note: do not place a water feature in a bedroom as it is too yang for sleeping. CENTRAL PALACE This is a good sector to use if you are thinking of starting something new or changing direction. It is the secondary wealth sector for 2009. The Central Palace is good for those seeking promotion, it is also good for those looking for romantic relationship luck. An open plan area here will be beneficial, again you may like to place a water feature here to stimulate the Qi. NORTHWEST The Northwest is favourable for the artistic and literary fields. It is favourable for career development and modest wealth pursuits. If you are an employee, it will bring support and help with recognition from your superiors. In addition to these three sectors there is also two other sectors that are usable in the year – the South and the Southwest. The South is good for study and is also a good sector for relationships. The Southwest is helpful for authority and for rising up the corporate ladder. The most inauspicious sectors for 2009 are North and West. The North contains the Five Yellow whilst the West has the sickness star. The recommendation for bad stars in general is to try and leave them alone. Do not renovate, bang the walls or break the ground in these sectors. If the West happens to be your bedroom you may want to think about changing your sleeping arrangements this year to avoid any illness. Also if you are thinking of renovating this year, always check the location of Annual Afflictions to make sure you are not activating sha qi, and then choose an auspicious, safe date to begin work. I wish you all a happy and prosperous 2009. Cindy Coleman is a classically trained Feng Shui Practitioner. www.fengshuipalace.com.au or call 0421 913 468.

Looking for a place to meditate north of Adelaide? Wendy and Trevor are opening their garden in Mawson Lakes to the community for meditations Thursday evenings from February 2009. The meditations, suitable for beginners and the experienced, will be the simple breathing into the abdomen technique, which is the original, powerful technique most used in meditation practices. The meditation garden evolved from our desire to have a peaceful place at our home. So a little over 12 months ago we redesigned and enclosed an area using various Elements such as FireEarth-Metal-Water and Wood. We used left over stone from our home build to make 7 seating areas based on the 7 Chakras, creating enough room for around 35 people. When creating the seating we placed crystals, shells and flower essences in the concrete bases. Originally we designed the space knowing we wanted to share with others and thought it would be “sometime further in the future”. And so come and join in and enjoy an hour each week in a group meditation. The first meditation is on Thursday the 5 th of February, the garden will be open at 7.15 p.m. for a start time of 7.30 completing at 8.30 $5 donation. The address: 2 Grassmere Place, Mawson Lakes, ph 0418 836 261. Cosimo De Paola Cosimo De Paola is a Tonal Realist artist who is predominantly a painter; however, he also works in a range of disciplines such as drawings and the occasional sculpture. Cosimo is currently de-

veloping a body of work on an emotional, spiritual nature, which deals with his perception of the human/animal connection. The paintings resonate a “St. Franciscan” theme with an element of symbolic animal spirit “Totems”. Cosimo’s creation of expression celebrates the notion between the physical and metaphysical world of living within the moment. Artists such as Michelangelo and Leonardo Da Vinci, of the renaissance period have always been a key influence to Cosimo De Paola in creating strong aesthetics in his painting technique. He also finds a strong attraction to the bizarre fantasy world of the enigmatic Middle Ages artist, Bosch. For details phone 0403 789 249. Elise Carr In 1988, after realising that all her dreams were not manifesting, Elise embarked on the journey of a lifetime, the internal journey of the self. Of the many modalities she has explored, the most powerful and affective has been Rebirthing and now Elise works as a Rebirthing practitioner. Elise has an enormous passion for life, is deeply committed to her own evolution and is committed to supporting those who yearn for change in their own lives. Rebirthing is a life-changing , lifeenhancing modality that is gentle, safe and permanent. For private sessions please contact Elise on 0417 809 198

Supersensonics - Voyage into the Synergy of the Spheres Mercury Cinema, Adelaide | March 11-15th & 18-22 nd , 40min With Darren Curtis & Bradley Pitt ‘Supersensonics’ performed at the Mercury Cinema in large screen format with state of the art sound opens new paradigms of immersive experience, higher entrainment and the activation of the super-soul beyond linear reality. You will enter unfolding ûelds of colour and sound as Darren Curtis performs live interdimensional music with sacred visuals of supernature through sacred mandalas, cosmic star realms and multidimensional worlds. Thus the participant’s consciousness opens to future worlds beyond time and space. Admission: A$21/ Ch$12 / Conc$18 / Group6+$15 ea (+service fee). Bookings: 1300 Fringe or FringeTix/VenueTix www.adelaidefringe.com.au See Fringe Guide p.75. ‘Supersensonics’ builds on the success from Fringe 2007-08 that won BANK-SA awards with sold out shows. www.sacredresonance.com.au/ supersensonics Promo $30 both ’Supersensonics’ & ‘3xperimentia:Live Cut LIFE WITHOUT LIMITS “What if” you could turn your yearly income into 1 month’s income? This thriving new and exciting home based business is here to turn that dreams into reality and create a life without limits for you and your family. This Global personal development business is a ground floor opportunity. Only being in existence for the past 7 yrs in

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AUTHENTICITY HEALTH RETREAT CAFE` Arriving for lunch at the Authenticity Health Retreat Café, we were greeted by a beautiful 19th century manor set amongst vineyards in the gentle sloping plains above Pt. Elliot. This was to be a family experience. Reminiscent of a French/Italian country villa, we were made to feel right at home as we sat down in the dining room to prepare for our meal. Sitting down… uplifting music playing in the background, we began to be transported in time and place. We could very easily have been in France or Italy… Beginning with a delicate Cream of Artichoke Soup as an introduction to the fresh organic gourmet vegetarian cuisine that lay ahead…dish after dish would prove to be equally delicious.

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Next the dips… Pesto, Moroccan and Tsatziki… fresh and tasty. Followed by Spaghetti Putanesca… this was superb, absolutely delicious… authentically prepared with a fine blend of fresh tomato, basil and capers sauce. As the sound of the birds singing waffed into the room, the delicious food and exceptional service couldn’t help but enhance our sensual pleasure. Everyone at the table kept on commenting on just how delicious each plate was. Next came Chick Pea Rissoles, a delicate blend of chick pea and Spanish onion rissole pan-fried and served with chilli. Followed by some Spanakopita, spinach and feta cheese filo triangles with salad and finally pan fried Hamoumi with sesame (Cypriot style). Topped off with a fantastic full flavoured organic espresso (Mexican coffee from Rio Coffee) we sat back and enjoyed the coolness of the dining room as we looked out at the afternoon heat. Our compliments to Enrico the Chef, Margaritis the waiter and of course Gregory and Laura, thank you for a wonderful day at Authen-

ticity Health Retreat Café. Highly Recommended. For further details phone Laura on 8554 2088 or visit the café and retreat at 14-30 Waterport Rd. Pt Elliot. Reviewed by Leo Drioli

SAGARAMATHA NEPALESE RESTAURANT It is always exciting to discover a hidden gem, and the tantalising flavours to be savoured at Sagaramatha on Payneham Rd definitely qualify as such. For the uninitiated, Nepalese food is considerably less oily and spicy than Indian food, and has more intricate flavours from that of Tibetan cuisine; the result being a fresh, and energising mix of colour and olfactory delight. To sample these flavours, we had the banquet menu which consisted of no less than ten individual dishes ranging from a delicious se-

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lection of curries including Khasiko Masu (tender goat), Jhinge Machhako Tarkari (prawns), Kukhurako Masu (perennial favourite butter chicken), Misayako (pakora and samosa-like entrees accompanied by delightful dipping sauces - of which seemed to disappear very rapidly), and staples of Jhaneko Daal, naan and steamed rice with assorted pickled sides. We all feasted generously, but were not left feeling bloated due to the low-oil content and fresh produce used in the dishes - all of which were finished and the bowls wiped with what naan remained. The decor of the restaurant did not strike me as particularly authentic due to a contrast of decidedly un-Nepalese furnishings, offset by assorted Nepalese cultural objects and pictures on the walls. Although perfectly inconspicuous, if the interior of the restaurant was akin to the authenticity of the food and friendliness of the staff, it would make for a genuinely delightful dining experience. That aside, I would thoroughly recommend the Sagaramatha culinary journey. Reviewed by Paul Newland

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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 superhuman 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

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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 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 ques-

LAST WORD tion 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

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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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