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GANGAJI

See What is Always There

GENEEN ROTH Women, Food and GOD

RICHARD MOSS

Our Lives Always Begin NOW

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Gifts for the Body & Soul • Self Worth equals Self Love in Action The Pathfinder - how to Choose or Change your Career Meditation and Health • The True Beauty within our Voice Struggle Less Surrender more • Are you Addicted to Dieting? Sex . . . Where to from Here? • Luminous Beings we are • and more . . .

DOLORES CANNON Pioneer in Regression Hypnosis

IN ADELAIDE

IN THIS

ISSUE AWAKENING 4

MEDITATION AND HEALTH by Dr Graham Williams

YOU ARE NOT WHAT YOU ARE SEEKING by Linda Clair

MY EVOLUTION AS A HYPNOTIST by Dolores Cannon

GRAINS NUTS AND LEGUMES by Sharon Weidenbach

I, THE SOUL, THE OMNIPRESENCE by Mary Shaw

CREATING WHAT REALITY? by Jennifer Coombe

WHERE DO I BELONG? by Jonathan MacIntyre

YOU MATTER! by Louise Tebble

THE ROAD TO ADVENTURE by Amanda Allen

WHEN PEOPLE LISTEN by Angela Stephenson

YOU ARE THE ONE TO MAKE THE CHANGE by Kerry Denice

THETA HEALING by Christa Metzer

INSIDE OUT by Debbie Kemp

CAN WE CHANGE OUR FUTURE? by Anthony Craig

ONE by Claudio Silvano

ARE YOU BOUND BY OLD WAYS? by Jane Whiting

YOUR MANY “I”S by Swami Dayananda

LOVE AND FEAR by Persephone Maywald

SEE WHAT IS ALWAYS HERE by Gangaji

OUR LIVES ALWAYS BEGIN NOW by Richard Moss THE DANGER OF FOLLOWING OUR EMOTIONS by Gemma Keogh

GROWTH 8

STRUGGLE LESS SURRENDER MORE by Julie Way

LOVING YOUSELF HOME by Dr Darren Weissman

LUMINOUS BEINGS WE ARE by Alan Cohen

THE DREAMTIME OF AUSTRALIA’S EAST by Carmel Glenane

RBTI ANALYSIS AND GOOD HEALTH by Belle McCaleb

MINERALS: FUELLING YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM by Dr Rob Hutchings

HORMONES AND HOW THEY AFFECT US by Kasey Yates

GET YOURSELF MOTIVATED by Miriam Henke

SPIRITUAL JOURNEYS by Lorraine Webb

BALANCE IN OUR LIFE by Leaona Hamwood & Michael Oster

ARE YOU ADDICTED TO DIETING? by Dorian Marsland-Smith

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I DON’T CARE WHAT YOUR STORY IS . . . by Jane Donovan

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IN BRIEF REVIEWS

Life is challenging because we can’t pin it down, we can’t control it. The moment we think we’ve got it worked out – everything shifts and changes again. No that’s not quite it … everything is shifting and changing moment to moment … life is constant flux …yet our minds try to do everything but allow and flow with what is. When we think we have it worked out, we can pretty confidently say – get ready … this too will change. Not to say that there’s not a place we can sit in that is stable, true, clear and real in all of this. There is, but it’s not in our thoughts and imaginings about life … it’s a gentle movement back in to who and what we really are…always, already are. When we are challenged by the world not meeting our expectations, instead of stubbornly soldiering on, battling through what appears to be the obstruction or the enemy, it may be wiser to pull out of the situation, step back for a moment and allow the fullness of what is to come naturally into view. And it’s never very far away, no matter what our minds say. No, it’s not too hard, or too confusing, or too challenging …we’ve simply lost ourselves in our thoughts again, these ideas about how life should be rather than allowed for what life is, to be. When these moments arise … take heart, there’s always a way back in … There’s a place where the sun forever shines ...Do you know it? There’s a place where who you truly are is always constant ...Have you seen it? There’s a place that whispers a magical Hum...Have you heard it? There’s a place that allows, simply allows for all that is ... to be as it is...Can you be it? Beyond the thought ... Beyond the emotion ... Beyond any birthed notion of “some-

thing” there is This ...This placeless place. Call it what you will, but don’t seek it. Let it simply reveal Itself. You cannot go there. Going creates distance. Simply allow It to be seen, to be known, to be felt. How? Ah ... Already gone too far. “How” cannot take you there. How does not qualify as a way ...There is no path. Only allowing for what is, to be. Any movement towards it is in fact a movement away. The Call simply calls. When you hear It, was it because you listened? No ... you heard because you were open ... ready ... willing ... available. This is all that’s being asked of you: Be willing to let It come into view. When It does, this placeless place will be real, true and lasting. Ideas will still come and go. Feelings will continue to arise and be felt but this placeless place will have made itself seen and known. No turning back now. No more forgetting ... no remembering even. Simply the allowing for This that always already is ... always already was ... always already will be, to be. Simply allow. Love to you, Leo and Enza

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

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DOLORES CANNON Pioneer in Regression Hypnosis

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ISSUE 29 (SA Edition•Oct-Dec 2010)

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FLOW

with DR GRAHAM WILLIAMS

MEDITATION AND HEALTH It’s been known for a long time now that meditating will help keep you in better health both physically and mentally. The scientific literature goes back many years and shows how effective meditation can be both for healing if you are sick, and also for keeping yourself healthy. In fact, because the scientific evidence is clear, many doctors are happy to recommend meditation to their patients. I was attracted to meditation because I had explored both psychology and philosophy at University but found that it left my inner life untouched. The path I followed in meditation fulfilled this completely and also, to my surprise, had a profound effect on my body and physical health. Here are some of the ways meditation can benefit your health.

Physical health

The deep relaxation meditation gives is the key to the physical benefits it provides. You can relax more quickly and deeply because this surprising simple, yet profound, tool gives you the means to relax your body to the point of sleep while your mind is still alert.

Releasing physical tension

As Dr Andrew Weil in his book Spontaneous Healing says: “All illnesses should be assumed to be stress-related until proved otherwise. Even if stress is not the primary cause of illness, it is frequently an aggravating factor”. With stress comes physical tension which can lead to chronically tight muscles. They malfunction because they have become rigid and hard. This burns up our energy resources and is exhausting. Also tense muscles are vulnerable to tearing when used because, not being flexible, they are not so able to stretch when a demand is made on them. On the other hand, when we relax our muscles become flexible and supple and so burn far less energy. Our bodies are much healthier and we don’t get so tired. Rigid muscles are the hallmark of stress whereas a healthy body is supple.

Stimulating the immune system

Tension and anxiety have a very detrimental effect on the immune sys-

tem because they are the signals of an outer emergency. All the body’s resources are then directed to the emergency and it produces cortisol and adrenaline which suppress the immune system’s function of combating disease and helping the body repair itself. The body’s self-healing mechanism is then shut down. So when you are tense or anxious the immune system is switched off, when you relax it is switched on. And so it is only at those times when we are sleeping or relaxed that the immune system has the opportunity to function properly. This is why meditation can have such a profound effect on stimulating the immune system. It provides the ability to attain states of deep relaxation consciously and often.

Improving breathing and blood flow

When stressed, we breathe in tight, short, jerky patterns. Our muscles automatically tighten and so this restricts blood and oxygen flow to all the organs. Our muscles and organs become starved of oxygen. When we are not aware of how we are breathing, we perpetuate this tight, shallow breath pattern and so, without realising it, keep our stress levels on full alert. Meditation gives you the ability to change your breathing pattern quickly and easily. A short spot meditation using the breath takes only 20 seconds and this can restore your whole body to balance. When the body reaches its state of homeostasis it takes in the amount of oxygen it needs.

Mental health

Being able to develop and maintain your emotional and mental health is the hallmark of meditation. We have much more control over this than we realise, and learning how to use meditation can save us from many of the problems that have become endemic and which are totally preventable.

How our minds and bodies work together

For example, whatever emotional or mental state you are experiencing is reflected in the way you breathe. And, as I have shown, the way you breathe is an immediate indicator of your stress levels and of how tense or

relaxed you are. The smooth, open, relaxed breathing of meditation balances our minds and thoughts just as much as our bodies.

Balancing the brain and the emotions

In the experiments which Lifeflow and Flinders University conducted it was very clear how both sides of the brain were equally active in states of meditation. Both sides were coordinated and balanced. Instead of the thinking and feeling functions being out of balance, or, as they often are with many people, virtually in conflict with each other, they can work together. This conserves energy and means that meditators can have the ability to think clearly and feel deeply at the same time.

Maintaining emotional health

Of course there are many causes of stress and the ill health which follows. However, a fundamental cause is how we react – not being able to free ourselves from the thought patterns we often get stuck in. And this is completely in our control. With meditation you can see the old emotional patterns and, by becoming aware of them in this way, you can allow them to release. And then, as you become stiller and your balance deepens, you enter the deeper meditation states which are some of the most incredibly healthy mental and emotional states we can experience.

Nourishing yourself

Just as we feed ourselves physically, so we can nourish ourselves with healthy emotions through meditation. You can do this consciously with certain meditations, but all meditation can bring you to a state of clarity and bliss. And even if this is only for a few seconds it has a profound effect on your mind and body. You are totally free from any unhealthy emotion and inner conflict. This blissful, clear state is loving and accepting, life-affirming and the essence of health. Dr. Graham Williams has thirty years’ experience in teaching meditation, is the Director of The Lifeflow Meditation Centre and an adjunct lecturer at Flinders University. His first book Insight and Love is in its third edition and his book Life in Balance was released in 2008. It is available online, in bookshops in Adelaide and throughout Australia. The Lifeflow Centre provides regular meditation courses in their city studio and retreats in a relaxing hills setting. P 8353 0000 W www.lifeflow.com.au

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what is ENLIGHTENMENT? with LINDA CLAIR

YOU ARE NOT WHAT YOU ARE SEEKING NDM: Many people in the neo advaita movement say that you are what you are seeking. That this is a problem of a false belief that there is a separate seeker that can attain, find, reach enlightenment. That any kind of communication or teaching that encourages one to continue doing this, either through meditation or any other means is only keeping the seeker chasing his her own tail and perpetuating the dualistic illusion, the Lila, more samsara, maya so to speak. So they say there is no method to do this. Everything is just acausal, “It just happens” or it does not so you may as well give it up and just relax. Forget about it and live your life. However many of these communicators say they are not teachers since there is nothing to teach but still give meetings and satsangs on their message of non teaching and to do nothing. What are your thoughts on this? Linda Clair: Maybe it’s more true to say that you are not what you are seeking, you are not who you think you are. The source of all suffering is the belief that you exist as a separate self and this is not something that you can disprove intellectually. All beliefs stem from this, so all beliefs are false. You can’t convince yourself that your body is an illusion; you can’t talk your way out of it. You can only realise this through your own body, and this takes a lot of practice, guidance and love from someone who has realised this in their body. NDM: What would you say is the difference between a glimpse at awakening and full blown enlightenment? Linda Clair: An awakening is still

subject to time – it comes and goes. Enlightenment is permanent - it is the end of time and the realisation of eternity NDM: Do you see stages or levels in this enlightenment process? Linda Clair: Yes, I feel that there are levels of maturity leading up to ‘enlightenment’ and also after ‘enlightenment’. NDM: Do you mean this in the sense of it deepening over time or something else? Linda Clair: I have been in this ‘state’ for over 5 years now, and it has deepened significantly. It’s true that once one is ‘enlightened’ there’s no going back or going forward, but once one is established in this state, there is a further maturing or deepening process that naturally occurs. It’s an extremely intense state to be in all the time – ‘now’ is a highly energetic state. The body can feel quite fragile at times as it adjusts to containing even deeper, more intense levels of energy. It feels a bit like the universe is contained in your body. NDM: Some people say that if someone “understood” that they are not the body/mind, that they are this ever present awareness, not the ego, that this is self realization. Do you believe someone can become self realized, enlightened by realizing this with the mind, logic, some form of philosophical reasoning or the intellect? Linda Clair : Enlightenment is completely beyond the intellect, beyond logic, beyond reasoning. It is not something that can be understood by the intellect, but can only be realised in the body. It’s nothing like I thought it would be because it is nothing that can be imagined, or thought about. It’s the complete unknown. Once I was free of the control of the mind, or intellect, I realised how limited it is, and how it rules by fear. It’s a bit like

being held captive and being told by your captor that everything outside your prison is dangerous, so there is a great fear of going beyond it. But once you go beyond the mind you realise that it was all a bluff. NDM: When this occurred, ho w did yyour our par tner as wwell ell how as your friends and family react to this? Linda Clair: When I returned from Japan, I was in a deeply detached state – there had been a fundamental shift and the person that I had been wasn’t fully there anymore. My partner reacted quite strongly for a while – quite a bit of fear came up about what was happening in me. After realisation, the fear dissipated and he was very happy about the whole thing. There didn’t seem to be a reaction from my children – they were busy finding their way in the world, as I was finding my way out of it. The rest of my family just think the whole thing is a bit strange and don’t really want to talk about it, which is fine with me. Some friends think it’s great and feel that if I can do it, then maybe it’s possible for them, and others don’t want to know about it (or me). I was never a highly social person and during the years of intense practice, I became even less social – I just didn’t have the energy or desire to socialize much. I know there are quite a few people who think that I’m arrogant for even saying that I’m enlightened. 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 0437 817 167 or visit www.simplemeditation.net

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Mind & HEART with SWAMI DAYANANDA

YOUR MANY ‘I’s Have you ever had two inner voices arise while making a decision? Or have you noticed you act differently depending on your situation and the role you take? To your children you are a parent, to your co-workers you are a colleague, or supervisor or trainee. To a friend you are fun, to a stranger, you are unknown. Everyone has many identifications, and these change over time: living in a new place, expanding your family or general maturing as an individual. How many ways do you identify yourself? The ‘I’ that organizes, the ‘I’ that jokes, the ‘I’ that sings—or never sings. You can describe physical appearances or personality traits. You can talk about likes and dislikes, habits, jobs, education and a variety of behaviours in relationships. You can also compare notes with other people to create a picture of yourself. Aside from general identifications, everyone has emotional ‘I’s. The angry ‘I’, the worried ‘I’, the depressed

‘I’. Plus the imaginary ‘I’s: “When I get more fit . . .” “Once I have the perfect partner. . . “ “As soon as I get my certification . . . “ Then there is the ‘I’ of the moment: “I can’t do that”. “I don’t approve”. “I’ll try anything once”. And these might change. Even when you believe your actions and words are consistent, are they? Maybe one ‘I’ has centre stage one moment and another the next. The ‘I’ that was self-conscious might become the ‘I’ that just wants to dance.

Who cares?

For the most part, it’s of no consequence how you identify yourself. You only create conflict when your identification generates tension. Sometimes the ‘I’ makes you suffer more than you need to. How can you tell when you are in conflict? The first clue is when you justify yourself, which is to make an excuse for your behaviour. Do you ever fall back on the excuse of the ‘I’ to not do something? “I would never

speak to a group of people”. “I don’t cook”. Or to get your own way? “I am the best person to choose the colour for the room”. Another sign of conflict is how you feel inside. Some limiting ‘I’s are true: “I don’t drive bulldozers”. With a statement such as this, you might simply feel neutral. But what if “I don’t paint” actually brings the inner tension of “Yet, I’d like to learn how and am afraid to try”. And what about the discordance of “I have regrets” or “I’m never good enough”. When identification brings tension, maybe it’s time to take a closer look.

Observe yourself

All inner work begins through awareness. As best you can, start by noticing your experience of your different ‘I’s. Begin without judgement—as though you are describing a character in a movie. The officious I, the tentative I, the know-it-all I, the submissive I, the offensive I, the thoughtful I. Which of your many ‘I’s gets insulted, is vain, or is generous? In which of these ‘I’s are you most expanded and in which are you most tense? Through obser vation you may notice that some I’s create moods that make you negative. Notice how an ‘I’ gets stronger when you feed it and weaker when you don’t— like the devil on one shoulder and angel on the other.

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As you observe the fluctuations of your many ‘I’s you will also notice a part of you that is your deepest ‘I’. As you observe your many ‘I’s you will also recognise those that are no longer helpful, or may even create blocks. How can you break through? One method is to consider the opposite. “I have desires” can become “I am content”. “I can’t forgive” can become “I accept”. Another method is to soften your language. “I detest” or “I dislike” can become “I don’t prefer”. The less you identify with most of your ‘I’s, the more you open yourself to possibilities.

The unchanging ‘I’

As you observe the fluctuations of your many ‘I’s you will also notice a part of you that is your deepest ‘I’. It is the ‘I’ that is left after you strip away all other identifications. The one that witnesses you and everything you have ever thought, or said or done. It is the ‘I’ that is strong, wise, loving. This is the ‘I’ you contact through meditation. As you release your engagement to your thoughts the harmony of pure being arises. The sages say that this ‘I’ is the light of consciousness, your ultimate essence. When you no longer feel attached to anything you think you are, you allow who you truly are to shine through. Swami Dayananda is the Director of the Adelaide Shiva Yoga Meditation Centre at 79 Military Road, Semaphore. The Centre conducts courses and sessions in yoga, meditation, self-inquiry and the philosophies of yoga and spirituality. The Centre’s new Lokananda Conscious Living Retreat Centre near Eudunda will be holding retreats in 2011. For more information, contact 8242 4929 or www.meditationyoga.com.au

Seven Days in December

Talks #2 with Linda Clair Recorded on a 7 day meditation retreat at Crafers West SA in December 2009, Linda Clair encourages the participants to give it all they have in their practice, reminding them that every moment is precious. Each talk, delivered in her direct and inimitable way, is both an encouragement and a challenge to make the most of every breath. If you’re interested in a frank, no holds barred approach to meditation practice, this CD offers a depth and clarity not easily matched. For details phone David on 8339 7848 or visit www .simplemedita tion.net www.simplemedita .simplemeditation.net

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Love of the

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LOVE AND FEAR As spiritual seekers, we live with the challenging paradox of love and fear. It often seems as though the world is a scary, threatening and fearful place, and yet our spiritual teachings - and sometimes our own direct experience - tell us that the basic fabric of the entire universe is actually an infinitely kind and luminous love. If everything and everybody is actually an expression of this infinite love, then why are we so often fearful, anxious, nervous and afraid. Surely there should be nothing to fear in a world where everything is made of the sweetness of love.

We’re out of Touch with Love

What seems to be happening is that we are usually out of touch with this fundamental ground, the sweet, kind love and holding of Being. Separated from the Source, we end up feeling as though we are completely on our own, like cold lonely planets floating in space. We feel alone and disconnected, with no real support and no firm ground to support us. We feel as though we are solely responsible for our own existence, and yet we feel inadequate to properly take care of ourselves. We feel that no place in the world is perfectly safe, and that even our existence sometimes is threatened.

With no Love, there’s Fear

When we are so completely separated from the ground of love, life cannot help but become a fearful thing. Understandably, we start taking steps to protect ourselves in what looks like a menacing world. We are afraid that others will hurt, criticise or control us, so we hide the parts of us that might attract negative attention. We fear that we will be lonely and friendless, so we hang onto friendships that no longer serve us. We fear what the neighbours will think, so we don’t raise our voices in either anger or joy. We fear that we will not have enough money, so we stay in employment that’s stifling our souls. We fear that our partner might leave us, so we repress our frustrations and annoyances. We fear our emotions will overwhelm us, so we push them down and put on a brave face. We fear that we’re inadequate to meet the demands of life, so we

rehearse new situations over and over again. We fear illness, decline and death, so we try to stay young as long as we can. Some of us are even so afraid of our fear that we convince ourselves by daredevil acts that we’re totally unafraid. The list goes on and on, because there’s a way that fear is our basic emotion, and is a part of every layer of our personality.

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Reconnecting with Love

So how can we star t to reconnect with the true ground of Being? First, we need to simply acknowledge the truth of our fear. Given the pervasiveness of our fear, this is an enormous challenge. And we so often resist our fear, which adds to the demand. We’re afraid that we will be seen as weak and inadequate if we let all our anxieties hang out. We’re afraid that if we feel all our terror, we will be totally frozen or completely overwhelmed. We are tempted to try to overcome our nervousness by rationalizing, or by trying to override, overcome, dismiss or let go of it. We steel ourselves up to be strong while we’re really quaking inside. But these kinds of actions are actually driven by fear of the fear itself, and can only worsen our plight. We cannot begin to work with our fear until we stop pushing it away and pretending it isn’t so. We need to accept that we actually are afraid, and that’s how it really is. Only then can we star t the process of unwinding our fear by starting to get to know it. And as we bring our kindness, compassion and curiosity to those terrified places inside, they do start to relax and reveal themselves to us. Eventually, piece by piece, we come to understand them, and they slowly lose their hold on our souls. In time, as we continue to dissolve our fear with curiosity, compassion and understanding, we start to reveal the true ground of our existence. We discover that there is a true ground, and it is made of a delicately sweet, light and luminous love which supports and permeates every atom of the universe and every cell of our being. We understand that there is no separation between us and the ground, or between us and anything else. There is only the oneness of our bodysoul with all that is, and in that oneness, it is impossible for one part

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to harm another. We feel totally safe and held in a tender, loving, gentle embrace, and we relax completely in the abiding sense that we will always be taken care of, and that no matter what, we will be OK. We understand that there truly is nothing to fear, we are completely safe, and that we can trust in a loving, benevolent universe. It is the trust that even if we fall, we will be held. If we let go, things will be okay. If we let ourselves not know, we will be guided. If we stop trying to take control, things will unfold as they should. We finally experience a universe that is not only pervaded by love, but actually is love. We come to know that everything within it, including ourselves, is a manifestation of love. We finally understand that even our fear, which has tried so valiantly to protect us from harm, was always motivated by love, and like everything else, in the end is made only of love. Persephone Maywald has been a student of the Diamond Approach to self realization since 1986, and is a Teacher in Training in this spiritual path. She is currently offering Low-fee Individual Sessions for those interested in experiencing the Diamond Approach. She also offers Study Groups on the writings of A.H.Almaas, founder of this path, and is a transpersonal psychologist. Contact her at 0435 014 821 or persephone@diamondsoul.com.au. For more information see www.diamondsoul.com.au www.diamondsoul.com.au.

We all have the capacity to swim naked in the ocean of consciousness that is the true self. The true self is not your self. It is what your mind and body are in, what nothing alive can exist without, but which is limitless and blessedly exists without your effort. I say blessedly, because if it depended on you for its existence, then you would have to make some huge effort to establish it, to maintain it, and to make sure that it didn’t die. Generally, once people have tasted the nectar of their true self, this is what they get very busy trying to do. The taste itself is a mystery to which we can apply numerous metaphysical theories, but the mystery continually defies all theories. The idea that the truth of who you are can penetrate your individual consciousness for even an instant and reveal what individual consciousness is made of, while remaining independent of individual consciousness, flattens your mind. Then the mind usually goes to work; it tries to retrieve that moment of absolute awe, or keep it, or understand it, or serve it—to generally do something with it. The mind makes many attempts to “keep” what is already always here, and these attempts feed the mind’s activities of working to understand. Then one day individual consciousness is finished. As the joke goes, “… and then you die.” The everpresent possibility in your life right now is to stop trying to do anything to get who you are and simply rest in this nectar of pure consciousness that is always here. To try to keep what is always here is absurd. To try to establish what is already eternally established is ridiculous. That it is impossible is good news. The bad news is that in trying to keep what is already permanently here, the “hereness” is tragically overlooked. Because we base our energy and thoughts on states of individual consciousness, we constantly overlook the truth of stateless consciousness, which is always present. Consciousness is not an object. It is hereness itself. Our minds are usually involved with an object that appears and disappears in the hereness, and because of that, we overlook the nature of hereness. Pure consciousness is what these words appear in, what all bodies appear in. It infuses all words and bodies, and it is conscious of itself, and it is you. In your recognition of yourself as pure consciousness, you awaken to yourself. Normally, when we speak of consciousness, we are referring to particular states of awareness—being aware of something or not being aware of something—rather than to the awareness itself. For instance, we may identify focused consciousness as “awareness,” and unfocused consciousness as “unawareness.” Unawareness becomes equated with “unspiritual” or “not awake.” But consciousness is fully present in each state. In one state, it is clear, aware of present time, with focused attention. In the other state, it is diffuse, unaware of time, and purely subjective. Each state, awareness or unawareness, is suited to different situations. For instance, if you are learning something new or performing a task that requires detailed focus, to be focused on the object to be learned or the task performed is more appropriate than being unaware of it. On the other hand, if you’re spaciously reflecting, such as prior to discovering the solution to a problem or creating art, it is more appropriate to have no object in mind. It is more appropriate when embracing a lover or a child to be in a timeless, suspended state. In an extreme example, sleep requires suspension of objects and time, while driving a car demands focus on objects and time. Different cultures and subcultures tend to elevate certain states of consciousness and devalue other, apparently opposing states. For someone conditioned by the corporate world, consciousness focuses on the “real world” of time and getting and keeping objects. Someone commit-

ted to this worldview may retreat from their real world for recreation, but it is clear to them where reality is. Likewise, most religions and spiritual movements place reality in what may be called “heaven,” “nirvana,” “paradise,” or “transcendence.” Of course there is overlapping in all worldviews, but the elevated state is considered the ultimate reality. However, if we stop valuing one state over another— even for just a moment—then we can discover that awareness itself is continuous and that all states move in and out of awareness. Awareness is unchanged by any state that appears in awareness. This is a radical invitation: Do not try to reach any state of awareness, whether focused or diffused, and do not try to keep any state away. Rather, recognize what is always present. The wonderful result of this recognition is that objective states become clearer, subjective states become softer, and peace is found in all states. While it is useful to develop your mind, your body, and your work, developing consciousness is a huge mistake. Development happens only because consciousness is already here. If your attention is on “developing” rather than on recognizing this, you go in a circle, chasing your tail and searching for what is still here. In a moment of truth-telling you can recognize for yourself, “Oh, I picked up the search again.” You can deny that you have picked up the search, you can justify picking up the search, or you can stop. In that moment, you can turn your attention to the silence at the core of whatever is occurring. I invite you to stop. Right here. Right now. Stop. Whatever it is you are searching for, stop. Whatever it is you are trying to keep away, stop. Stop and see what is always here. It may appear terrifying, it may appear thrilling, it may appear dead, it may appear blank, but if you stop reaching for it or running from it, you cannot help but finally see what is. I use the word “consciousness,” but if you have some idea of what that is, throw it away. We can also use the word “God,” but there are confusing meanings of God according to each religion and even each individual mind. No matter how you have tried to name it, drop the words you have used and see what is left. See what is shining here, right now, without needing a name or a definition. For an instant, recognize not only what is within you, but also what you are in—what you are born into, what you live in, and what you will die into. As a means of deeper investigation, you can inquire directly within. You can ask yourself this question: What is here? Take a moment just to be still, to be here, regardless of what is passing through you. Recognize that you are the hereness that all is passing through. All the changes, sights, sounds, smells, emotions, thoughts, information, events, births, and deaths are all passing through the ever-present stillness that is here now in the core of your being. Gangaji is an American-born spiritual teacher dedicated to sharing the path of freedom through simple and direct self-inquiry. This year marks her twentieth year of teaching and sharing the essential message she received from her guru, Papaji, on the banks of the Ganges in 1990. She is the author of the Sounds True book The Diamond in your Pocket: Discovering Your True Radiance.

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BY JAAN SANAAM JERABEK Self Worth/ Self Love. We all aspire to having a high degree of self worth, though very few of us entered adulthood with our sense of self worth intact. If you are one of the lucky few you most probably have a high degree of self esteem and confidence, you feel good about yourself experiencing self honour and dignity, you have easy and smooth flowing relationships, you have your financial reality mastered and are free of addictions. Addictions ranging from drugs/alcohol, food, workaholism and even an addiction to misery are not in your experience. The rest of us though, who entered adulthood with low self worth experience the opposite. I have been running programmes on self worth for five years now and

the twelve years before that the programmes I designed & facilitated were really the lead up to, and the beginning of the evolution of my ‘Self Worth’ programmes. You see, no matter what the issue is in your life, whether it is anxiety or depression, relationship issues, money issues, life purpose issues, spiritual disconnection... all of these life challenges have at their foundation your Self worth wounding. Self Wor th wounding has at its core your heart wounding. The more your heart has been wounded and the more it is shut down, the greater the issue you have with your Self worth. It is through accessing your deeply buried grief, and the anger that usually covers it up, that will result in your Self Wor th becoming

healed and healthy again. All of our heart wounding issues are a result of a ‘perceived’ loss of love. Perceived, because we have never lost love. How can we? We come from love, are an expression of love, are simply love itself. Everything is love because God who is everything is love in essence. The child’s mind and reactiveness unfortunately does not have the maturity to know this yet, hence every time we experienced not having our emotional needs met, we decided it was a case of not being loved. This happens very easily we are now discovering through modalities such as ‘Cathartic Style Breathwork’. It is very subtle. For even the act of being fully present to someone is an experience for that person of being loved. Consciousness

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itself is love. Every time therefore a child experiences mum and dad’s full presence and attention they feel loved by them, because mum and dad’s consciousness is love flowing towards the child. They feel seen, acknowledged and validated on a soul level. They feel worthy of this love the more they experience their parent’s full awareness and presence. How many of us can truthfully say that mum and dad were fully present to us, and they felt fully seen, acknowledged and validated as a result? Not many of us. As a result we decided on some level we were not wor thy of their love, or something was ‘wrong with us’ so we did not receive it, or we were not good enough to receive it. And as a result we started to treat ourselves in the way we perceived we were being treated. For as an adult, yes, we treat others as we treat ourselves, but as children it is the other way around and we treat ourselves how we perceive others are treating us. This results in, yes you guessed it, us not loving ourselves. Low Self Worth. This is something so subtle that even people who have ‘good memories’ of their childhood and believe mum and dad fully loved them eventually discover that since mum and dad could not be with them 24/7 because it was simply impractical, and because mum and dad were either too caught up in their pain, too in their head or simply absent a lot, soon uncover memories that there were instances that they decided they were not being loved. Many people have their life explained to them when they hit these deeply buried memories through Breathwork. Suddenly they discover the ‘mysterious’ depression and relationship issues are not so mysterious but have

a base in what I call ‘Subtle Trauma’ not ‘Gross Trauma’ such as sexual abuse, neglect, emotional/mental abuse etc. The road to healing self worth is very simple. People have to access these painful episodes of their childhood and let themselves feel the emotions. In the re-experiencing of the grief/sadness that resulted from this ‘perceived’ loss of love, they start to heal their ‘heart wounding’ hence their self worth. The more you let yourself grieve, the more the Self Worth heals. This is the 1st step and the most impor tant step. People need to take personal responsibility for their childhood ‘mis-interpretations’ and the ‘real’ emotional pain that comes with these ‘mis-interpretations’. People need to make their emotional healing through genuine therapy, not reading self help books and self analysis, a #1 priority if they want a higher sense of self worth. The 2nd step is just as crucial . Since their whole life had a foundation of low Self Worth, those who suffer from low self worth have to start putting into practice, through action on the material plane, Self Wor th/ Self Love in Action. For ‘Love’ is a verb. Love is a doing word. Self Love therefore is taking actions that people with high Self Wor th take. Self Love is not hugging yourself and feeling good about yourself – even though that comes into play automatically. The 2nd step is about reclaiming your power that was lost along with self worth and speaking your truth to people, standing up for yourself by putting in place boundaries and ‘re-defining’ who you are in the world ( a person with a new level of Self Worth) and what you will and will not put up with. Boundaries are the next crucial step after the emo-

tional work is done, they are actually put into place as you continue the emotional work. The next step, the 3rd step, is letting go of the ‘should’s’ in life and asking yourself ‘do I really want to?’ Letting go from your life what brings misery and struggle, and giving yourself life circumstances that bring joy. Many people skip the 1st two steps and jump to this one and wonder why things do not work out when they leave their 9 to 5 job and find that they cannot manifest a life that will bring them joy. The inner reality has not shifted yet, and since the inner reality is always going to be reflected in the outer reality. The negative inner reality will sabotage the outer reality eventually. Finally the 4th step is taking steps towards your dream life and staying committed to actualizing it. It is like gears of a car though. Unless you do the deep inner, hear t wounding healing work, then boundary work as the 1st and 2nd gear, you will not go into 3rd & 4th gear easily. Self Love is an Action. Jaan Sanaam Jerabek has been facilitating emotional release therapy t h r o u g h Breathwork with individuals and groups since the age of 20. He is in his 17th year of private practise and now devotes his time to training therapists and bringing Cathartic style Breathwork to the community through ‘The Depression Solution’. You can contact his organization ‘Transformative Education International’ and ‘The Depression Solution’ on 1300 500 881 or visit www.jaanjerabek.com or www.thedepressionsolution.com

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BY CHRIS JAMES The voice is always a microcosm or reflection of our lives. What stops us from seeing the true beauty within our Voice?

For most of us it is so many years of putting ourselves down, and from such an early age not being allowed to express freely.

When we see ourselves thorough the eyes of our teachers and parents, we can only see ourselves from this contracted and judgmental viewpoint and we end up believing that it’s us! When these critical and imposed beliefs are peeled away we can look deep within and truly see that we are simply beauty-full, and we don’t need to be anything that we are naturally not. All of this, both the contracted belief, and the re-claimed expression are reflected and can be felt and heard in the voice. The freedom to be ourselves is all we need. We are not our work, we are not what we do, nor whom we were born to, or are partnered with, or what nationality we may be, and as we recover our self-expression this freedom returns. When we re-discover our natural voice we can express the beauty that we are within. And this comes with an awareness of self-loving gentleness. And this is why it is so important to be working with the voice gently. To do this, we must first, bring our body back to a gentle way of being, starting with the breath. The gentle breath is the foundation of our return to natural self-expression. It is then that we can bring through our natural and unique voice, and allow it to gently expand to its full resonance with no pushing or striving or force. The amazing strength and clarity that comes with this awareness is profound, and affects our daily life, as we can then start to return to feeling the energetic quality of the voices, music and interactions of our life and surroundings. It is true – everyone is born with a beautiful voice! Is living joyfully in every moment our natural state of being?

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BY TRA-ILL DOWIE I believe it was Kahlil Gibran who wrote, “Work is love made visible. And if you can’t work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms to the people who work with joy”. He is referring here to a notion which has steadily been lost in the post modern age, a loss which Marx wrote about some 150 years ago with his notion of alienation. So often today the everyday pressures of life manifest as a relentless force of coercion and seduction, constantly alienating people from Gilbran’s, simple sentiment: that work should be a creative and joyful enterprise, which allows one to sustain one’s sense of purpose and action in life. It was Pablo Neruda, who captures how lost this mode of being is becoming, in the way only poets can when he wrote, “Monday burns like oil at the sight of me arriving with my jail face on”. So many of us know all too well our Monday morning jail face, the dread of another boring empty monotonous week of soul-less drudgery, trapped on a road, heading to somewhere we don’t wish to be. And why? Because so many of us have been bought, because so many of us have sold our magnanimity in our lust for prosperity. The real question that must be asked is: ‘is it worth it?’ Is what you do, worth what it costs? If the answer is ‘yes’, you are lucky! If the answer is ‘no’, then I would contend that you need a calling more than a career or vocation. For what is there that is more valuable than your great-

ness? Financial prosperity is wonderful, but surely not at the expense of your moral integrity. The Success that is so lauded today is almost exclusively concerned with issues of personal security. But what I want to ask is ‘where is your willingness to do something for others’? For it is ultimately this that makes life and work rewarding, this is what Gilbran is reminding us of. Gilbran is gently saying there is more. Here that critical yet almost forgotten Greek notion of paideia, is critical. Paideia is that special type of education that comes out of maturation of one’s soul through death. Death of what one thought and believed, to expand and allow greater possibilities. Maslow believed that in order to be self-realized or self-actualized one must have a connection beyond the self or society, what he infers is the need get past ourselves and contribute to something greater in order to be our best. Such sentiments always remind me of Theodore Adorno’s statement that “the condition of all truth is to let suffering speak”. So the question that surely must follow is in what way is your career in service to others. In what ways do you attend to the weak and the wretched of this earth, in your work and attainment of prosperity? For as Gilbran reminds us, if your work is not love made visible, you are best to simply sustain those whose work is. As a psychotherapist I am constantly reminded of this, by virtue of the fact that my profession is such a powerful privilege to be a par t of; the word ‘psychotherapy’

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BY DORIAN MARSLAND-SMITH “Are you crazy?” I hear you ask. “I might be addicted to food, but dieting, no way! If I didn’t diet, I would be the size of a house!” But stop for a minute and think about it – how much of your life energy gets taken up with a preoccupation with food, body-weight and dieting? How much time do you spend reading diet books or talking with your friends about diets? How many magazines have you bought at the supermarket check-out because they feature the latest diet fad to take Hollywood by storm? The preoccupation with dieting and body dissatisfaction has reached alarming levels. Many studies show a large proportion of the population, mostly women, have been on more than five diets in their life. Further studies demonstrate that the more diets a person goes on, the higher the likelihood of them gaining more weight after each diet. Other studies demonstrate that 95% of people who diet frequently regain the weight within the next one to five years, and usually end up heavier than when they first started dieting. Even more scary, we now know that girls as young as seven are starting to diet. What would your life be like if you gave up dieting? What would happen to your weight? Would it spiral out-ofcontrol to a point where you would never be able to stop it? What would you do with all the time left over if you weren’t constantly thinking about how to lose weight? Or finding the perfect diet, or trying to stick to a diet? You might be surprised to know that many people lose weight permanently when they stop dieting, give up the whole diet mentality and begin to develop a healthy relationship with food. When we adopt sound principles for healthy eating rather than rigid rules about good and bad foods, we can start to listen to what our body really wants rather than being at war with it.

What are the signs of being addicted to dieting?

•Having lots of diet books on your bookshelf •Going on lots of different diets over a long period of time •Knowing nearly every diet on the market •Pricking up your ears whenever someone’s talking about a diet •Never maintaining weight loss •Never getting to the end of a diet •Having friends describe you as always being on a diet. Dieting gives a sense of being in control – for as long as the diet lasts. This feeling of control can feel great compared to the flip-side – feeling out-of-control when it seems the food “takes over”. However, the feeling of being in control is really about handing over power to the diet rather than you holding the power. What’s this power we’re handing over to the diet? It’s the power of choice. When we’re on a diet, we don’t choose what to eat, the diet does. The diet tells us what to eat, how much, and sometimes when to eat. We also hand over our feelings of success or failure to the ultimate judge of dieting success – the mighty scales. When the scales show a loss, we feel great. But what happens to our feelings when it shows no loss, or even worse, a gain? Often this can be a trigger for chucking the diet in and swinging back to being out-of-control with food. Then the cycle starts again. So no wonder people get addicted to dieting. It provides the illusion that we’re in control whilst we’re on the

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InnerSelf diet. We feel confident and strongwilled but the truth is, these feelings are built on very shaky ground. It’s not surprising that many dieting addicts experience being on an emotional roller-coaster. Feeling good about the self is externally controlled in the same way that being on one diet or another gives the illusion of being in control of food. What to do? Face the truth about how much your life is controlled by dieting. STOP DIETING and handing over your power of choice with food. Develop self-mastery by beginning to build healthy eating and activity habits you enjoy and can sustain. Shop regularly so you have healthy food at hand, both at home and at work. Carry healthy snacks for when you’re on the run. Focus on the new habits you’re building, not on what you’re missing out on. Start to trust your body to tell you what it needs, how much, and when. Drink lots of water. If you seem to sabotage your efforts at building healthy eating habits, you may have old emotional pat-

terns linked with food which need to be resolved. See a subconsciousmind practitioner (Neurolinguistic Programming Practitioner, or Private Subconscious-mind Healing Therapist) to help release the sub-conscious causes of emotional eating. It’s much easier when the old emotional drivers are released and don’t overwhelm your intentions and goals. Dorian MarslandSmith is a qualified Life Coach, Private Subconscious-mind Healing Therapist (PSH), and MetaPractitioner in Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) and Neurosemantics. She specialises in assisting individuals to overcome negative body image and emotional eating so they can achieve their natural weight without dieting. For more information visit www.passionforlifecoaching.com, call 0448 881 268.

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BY BRAD GREENTREE Did you know that the body and mind is connected? The best way to think about this is that we are essentially learning how to work with our unconscious mind in Hypnosis. One of the impor tant things about trance and hypnosis is the notion that you have an unconscious mind. Did you know that you had an unconscious mind? Let’s define the term “unconscious mind”. Your unconscious mind is the part of you that you are not conscious of right now . Think about this for just a minute. You probably wouldn’t be aware of the feeling of your feet against the floor or your back against the chair or the feeling of your hand holding this newspaper. While you have sensations coming into your body, we are not aware of a lot of those consciously, on the other hand however, your unconscious mind manages those sensations for you (and does more than you can imagine for you as well). It causes your heart to beat, it circulates your blood and it causes your digestion to work. It makes your lymph systems circulate and among other things it makes your eyes blink. So, the unconscious mind is in charge of all of that. Another very important assumption that you should make is that your unconscious mind can communicate with every cell in the body. We also know change happens in an instant, and we all know that consciously trying to change a behaviour only starts to happen once it changes at the unconscious level (almost like we don’t even notice we are doing the new change). Sometimes things have to get extremely bad or ex-

tremely good before we make the change, however the process of making that change happens in an instant. Hypnosis allows us to bypass the conscious reasons why we can’t change and allows us to adopt a new behaviour and decision instantly. Brad Greentree – Leading industry Trainer and Business Coach. Over 10 years ago, Brad purchased one of Sydney’s smallest dive centres (becoming the youngest owner of a dive centre in Australia) and within 5 years turned it into one the most successful dive centres in Sydney. From there he moved his attention to Coaching and empowering people and since 2004 he has been a Master Coach and Trainer in Hypnosis, NLP and Time Line Therapy® – a training program which provides people with the tools to reach their goals in business and life. It has been taught to thousands of people in Australia, including sales teams looking to get an edge and individuals wanting to create permanent change in their lives.

The Tad James Company’s internationally recognised 3 Day Modern Hypnosis Certification Training will allow you to become proficient in the mind body connection. You will learn Hypnosis to improve on four major areas in your (or your clients) life 1) Overeating 2) Quit smoking 3) Performance enhancement 4) Stress Reduction. W: www.NLPcoaching.com, E: Conor@nlpcoaching.com T: 1800 133 433

Have you ever considered or dreamt about creating a rewarding career within the healing arts profession? If so, I was just like you once and I can resolutely say that it is not only possible to work successfully within the Holistic/Wellness/New Age industry, but it is also richly fulfilling on all levels and you may even choose to be a trailblazer as well! The first thing to realise and accept is that you are stepping into a “profession”. Even if you will be parttime at first while you market research and test the waters on your new venture, you are still working within a profession and as such always act and think accordingly. Once you have some qualifications under your belt in the area to which you are most drawn, then it will be time to consider whether you want to make this field your career or simply leave it as a personal endeavour. There’s nothing wrong with learning many healing modalities and then never working within the industry. You may just want to learn for personal love and satisfaction and share with family and friends. This is a good choice. Not everyone is suited for a life of full or even part-time holistic healing. Too often I meet people who believe they have to become practitioners after studying a course when really they are not ready or suited to the profession. Like any professional arena you must have gained personal life experience in a broad range of areas first and be in a very solid place yourself before you can transfer your healing arts to another or go into business for yourself. Commitment to your per-

sonal healing path is essential. Working full or even part time tial within the holistic industry is challenging as you are being asked 24/7 to live an authentic life. There can be no faking in this industry; people will read straight through you. You will also be required to walk your talk, so every word of wisdom and advice you give to others you will also be asked to act on, absorb and live. Consistency is also vital vital. In my experience clients will put their trust in someone who is regularly seen publicly, provides good, valuable information and is in touch with their audience. You also need to consider covering a good cross section of the community with your services. For example, you may give away free advice in regular newsletters as well as have premium paid for services in your business model. It’s also a good idea to pick a mentor or role model to gain inspiration from. Choose someone who you resonate with and admire within your field of endeavour and look at how they create things. But, remember to stay true to you and keep your style and work as original as possible. Again a successful holistic practitioner/business/career will be one that is authentic. Think about how many practitioners you see come and go, because they were simply copying someone else and not being themselves. In regards to advertising, again consistency is vital. Consider your budget and then stay professional and on track within it. One big advertisement once a year may not be as effective as a regular email newsletter or smaller regular adver tising.

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Remember clients trust those in the healing profession who have staying power. It takes time to build up your reputation. So be consistent in your output and you will be rewarded with a long and life-affirming career.

More of my Top-Tips for working within The Healing Profession:

•Make the most of social networking on FREE sights like Blogs, Facebook and Twitter. Create a prominent presence in your community and remember it’s not all business adver tising. Clients will also want to feel connected with you personally so include heartfelt posts that reveal your soul truth. •Think and act professionally from day one. That means no gossiping about others in your industry. There is a lot of ego and competition in the holistic industry and it comes from people who are not being authentic by quickly riding on the coat tails of others. Come from your heart, know how good YOU ARE, get good solid business advice and stay true to your plan and your way. Then be patient and discerning. •Keep your plans to yourself. Yes, I cannot underestimate the power of secrecy. Only launch once you have a good solid platform and are ready to go on all new projects. Too often I see practitioners tell everyone about their plans only to have all of the energy dissipated and never see their business ideas fulfilled. •Not everyone is suited to running their own business. You may be better suited to working for someone else. Honestly assess what position you are comfortable with and then follow it. It’s not about what so and so is doing, but what you are comfortable with. •Create an online presence. The Internet is a global audience just waiting for you. No matter what your presence is, keep it streamlined and professional from the beginning. Decide on logos, colours, visions, goals and then set about building on them. Again consistency in everything is key. Most importantly BELIVE IN YOU. Like any profession you are needed but you will need to believe this. Belief in self comes from personal experience, so put yourself out there, live your truth and then from my own experience, you will never look back. Elizabeth Peru of Deltawaves Sacred Sound & Colour Transformations is an International Soul Teacher, Soul Wellness Expert, Spirit Channel and Sound & Colour Healer. Based in Adelaide, Australia with a global outreach she is well known for her bi-weekly Global Energy Report The Tip-Off and global healing services. www.deltawaves.com.au P: 0422 002 917 E: elizabeth@deltawaves.com.au

THE PATHFINDER: How To Choose or Change Your Career for a Lifetime of Satisfaction and Success

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tionally recognised 3 Day Modern Hypnosis Certification Training will allow you to become proficient in the mind body connection. You will learn Hypnosis to improve on four major areas in your (or your clients) life 1) Overeating 2) Quit smoking 3) Performance enhancement 4) Stress Reduction. Also, should you choose to be certified as a Hypnosis Practitioner, you will be trained to see clients at the completion of your program (including how to get insurance and how to start up your practice). W: www.NLPcoaching.com, E: Conor@nlpcoaching.com T: 1800 133 433

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Seeking a more satisfying career that more closely aligns to your heart’s desire? The following is a range of diverse and varied course options which will help you create the life and career of your choice.

College of Neuro-Training Adelaide Campus

College of Neuro-Training provides comprehensive training based on over 30 years of continued research and teaching in Neuroscience, Kinesiology and many other modalities. It is the only College that presents this unique blend of Kinesiology and Neuro-Training in a nationally recognised dual qualification, beginning with the Certificate IV in Kinesiology. Director / Instructor Dana Hookins B.Ed., Dip.T., Cer t IV TAA, Registered Specialized Kinesiology Practitioner. 08 8280 8045 • 04123 70945 www.optimum-health.com.au

Ikon SA Diploma Courses

Many people find their jobs unfulfilling. They often want a career that is rewarding and which helps others. Most people don’t pursue their dream because they don’t have the confidence or ‘know how’. At Ikon you will gain a strong foundation of

knowledge, grow personally, and develop the skills required to support clients’ healing and growth. Ikon runs Nationally Accredited Diploma Courses in: Ar t Therapy; Counselling; Transpersonal Counselling and Youth Work. Our courses run in Adelaide, Brisbane and Per th. Contact Ikon SA for an information pack and start your career following your passion. (08) 8350 9753 | 0439 016 763 info@ikoninstitutesa.com www.ikoninstitutesa.com

The Kinesiology Centre of SA

For many years Kinesiology has been used to identify and clear stress from the physical, emotional and mental bodies. Now Kinesiology has an insightful Self Awareness program written by Barbara McCloud specifically designed to heighten your awareness and to awaken the truth that resides deep within. Barbara’s program can be completed for personal self development or for professional status as a Specialised Kinesiologist. Please remember “You cannot assist another to awaken if you, yourself are still asleep”. For further information contact Barbara McCloud at The Kinesiology Centre of SA – 8278 6558.

TO GET THE EDGE Career & Success Coaching

TO GET THE EDGE program is aimed at helping young women gain career direction and valuable life and workplace skills, to have the confidence to attract the right opportunities that will lead to living life to highest potential. Held at Happy Valley. 9 sessions x 2 hrs. Tuesdays 7-9pm or Wednesday 10am-12pm. Only 6 in each group. Investment: $280. Call Suzanne on 0414932252. Facilitated by Suzanne Bowers of Empower You. Accredited Life Coach, NLP Practitioner, Speaker and Trainer. Phone Suzanne on 0414932252

Become an ART THERAPIST or COUNSELLOR to enjoy a Richly Rewarding Career Art Therapists and Counsellors commonly report that they ‘finally found a career that is meaningful and where they know they are making a positive difference in peoples lives’. Ikon graduates work in a wide variety of settings, bringing their individual experience and passion to the process of helping others improve their lives. Enrolments are now open for our 2011 Nationally Accredited Diploma Courses in: • Art Therapy • Counselling • Transpersonal Counselling • Youth Work Stud er th Studyy in Adelaide Adelaide,, Brisbane or PPer

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COURSES for the Spirit- Classes, courses and workshops The Diamond Approach

Persephone Maywald has been a student of the Diamond Approach to self realization since 1986, and is a Teacher in Training in this spiritual path. She is currently offering Low-fee Individual Sessions for those interested in experiencing the Diamond Approach. She also offers Study Groups on the writings of A.H.Almaas, founder of this path, and is a transpersonal psychologist. Contact her at 0435 014 821 or persephone@ diamondsoul.com.au. For more information see www.diamondsoul.com.au.

Pranic Healing & Arhatic Yoga

There are many forms of meditation each with their own benefit. According to Grand Master Choa Kok Sui, the founder of Pranic Healing and Arhatic Yoga, the quickest way to achieve inner peace, spiritual connection and Divine Purpose is by activating both the heart and crown chakras and blessing the world. The hear t chakra (clairvoyantly seen as a 12 petalled golden lotus) is the centre of human love; the crown chakra is a thousand petalled lotus of many colours with

an inner tier of 12 golden petals. It has been called the “Hear t in the Head”. This is the centre of Divine Love. By meditating and activating both chakras regularly, the energies of the Higher Soul blend with the energies of the incarnated Soul and we become conscious, living extensions of the spiritual world. How do we do this? The method revealed by GMCKS is through the “Meditation on Twin Hearts”. This meditation not only instills a sense of peace and brings about healing but can have a profound effect on the entire world. For an information pack on Pranic Healing which includes a free DVD with the meditation on Twin Hearts Contact Daniel at A Life Abundant 587 Magill Rd, Magill. 8333 3144. www.phsa.com.au

Breathe Australia Conference

Breathe Australia Conference November 11-14 2010 Breathwork / Rebirthing – making a difference in Birthing the New Consciousness. This conference will offer the opportunity to identify what is happening in this time of change and provide you with practical ways to birth new realities that make positive outcomes to

health, happiness and wellbeing. Gain personal and professional development from inspirational teachers and presenters. Breathwork is a simple, but profound breathing technique. Inviting all breathworkers/ rebirthers, teachers, natural therapists, counsellors and interested people to come along and share 4 days of connecting, networking, healing and being inspired. Further information at www.australianbreathworkassociation.org.au

TANTRA - THE GIFT OF A LIFETIME

Regular Tantra The gift of a Lifetime workshops are being run for couples only. These 5 1/ 2 day long seminars are held in Adelaide, Queensland and Bali. There is absolutely no nudity in theswe workshops. Tantra transforms your sexual and spiritual lives by uniting them. It is the missing piece of the spiritual puzzle. It is the fuel of relationships that allows women to access the deep well of their spiritual essence, their Shakti power and it allows men to recognise and claim the healer that lies within all men, creating for every couple a union of sexual wholeness woven into a tapestry of intimacy and hear t connection. It

Help make a DIFFERENCE in people’s lives Have a FULLFILLING career in Natural Therapy The College of Neuro-Training offers Govt recognised training incorporating:

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Feeling stressed at work? Tired and exhausted? Need a hit of creativity? You need to steal away from it all and treat yourself to a weekend pampering your mind, body and soul! Join us at Essence in Spring, a weekend away to relax, rejuvenate and learn! Soul Enterprises facilitates and guides a range of events including weekend retreats and travel, workshops, professional development days and online courses bringing people happiness and positivity, good health and wellbeing. For more information on all upcoming events go to www.soulenterprises.com or contact Melissa Parente on 0421 996 983.

Womens Initiation 2010

Prue Blackmore is a Transpersonal Counsellor and Art Therapist who has walked the Shamans path for over 15 years. She also has a 25 year background in psychiatry and mental health. Prue facilitates many powerful workshops and courses that are designed to allow par ticipants to shake loose the masks that hide them, the stories that bind them and to then fulfill the world of possibilities they entered this life with! These include Womens Initiation, Shadow Weaving, Conscious Parenting, Crone Ceremonies and other awakening and transforming journeys of transition through the life cycles. The Womens Initiation is a rite of passage, things long forgotten in the west, to our great detriment. This shamanic journey into womanhood draws upon thousands of years of feminine wisdom and takes place in both community and solitude in the Adelaide Hills. This is the ritual that allows us to leave the things of childhood behind and stand fully in the power of that which we truly are. Utilising myth, ceremony, art and clay work, we connect - in this face to face gathering of mutual concern, love, fellowship and sisterhood - with the power within all women - the Goddess. Rise up now women and live fully! For further info phone 0419 819 089 visit us at www.thrivebydesign.com.au

Munay Ki - Shamanic Mastery

MUNAY KI Shamanic Rites in November 2010. This shamanic Master

Path will propel you into your empowerment and give you the tools, support and knowledge required to walk the path of the Earthkeeper. To live the ordinary life in an extraordinary way, helping to create a tolerant and loving world. Receiving the 9 initiations and living in alignment with these shamanic wisdom teachings will help you step up as a strong and wise human - bringing your soul’s whisperings to conscious and courageous creation. You will learn how to clear your energy field the way the Inka shamans do. You will learn how to manage your energy and grow the power of the Rites within you. You will be taught how to give the initiations to others. These initiations establish deep and strong connections between you and the Earth, with nature and all life. Sa & Claudio invite you to join them on a rich and UNFORGETTABLE journey. Read more about it on our website: www.sacredradiance.net Please contact Danijela for info and registration: 0407 883 445 Email: dtodan@adam.com.au

Chris James in Adelaide

A Weekend of Transformation Through Sound with Chris James. 9th & 10th October 2010, 9.30am -4.30pm. Cost$350/ (Earlybird $320 - Repeats $250) admin@chrisjames.net www.chrisjames.net

Healing with LaughterYoga

Healing Laughter... Don’t just survive, Thrive. Shift Happens! Mondays 7 pm – 9.30 pm, October and November. “These educational sessions develop Resilience, Confidence, Life Balance & Creativity”. Take-home tools for mental & physical fitness with fun. David Cronin, FSP Laughter Therapist (aka Dr Hugh Moore). Ph 0415 676 709 for info and bookings. rdcronin@internode.on.net

Angelic Divine Universal Healing - Divine Healing Therapy

Crystal, Candle and Gift Shop - Tuesday mornings 10am to 12pm,Thursday nights 5pm to 9pm. All other times by appointment only (Please note trading times can change without notice so please call to confirm). Divine Healing Therapy - By appointment Monday, Wednesday,

Thursday and Saturday. All of my therapy sessions include a channelled healing through gods divine language and a combination of Spiritual Guidance, Atlantean Healing, Reiki & Isis Healing, Past Life Release, Sound, Colour & Crystal Therapy, Shaman Healing, Release of Emotional Blockages, Chakra and Aura Balancing, plus anything else your body and soul needs on the day of your session. 1 hour Chakra, Aura and Light Rejuvenation $80.1 hour Divine Healing $80, 1 hour Sound, Colour & Crystal Therapy $80, long distance phone healing $80, group inner light rejuvenation healing through meditation $30, Singing Bowl Workshops & Goddess and Angel Retreats. I am located in Bellevue Heights, SA. Phone for appointments, shop and healing room address 0414 295 629.

Evening with Dolores Cannon in Adelaide

Thur sday, 4 November 2010, 6-9 pm, Mercure Grosvenor Hotel, 125 North Terrace. The world’s foremost past-life regressionist and author of 15 books present an amazing three hour seminar on adapting to the coming earth changes, the awakening to current shifts in consciousness and lots more... This extraordinary seminar is designed to help participants tap into universal truths and fresh insights into global and spiritual transformation. We all know that we are living in a time of great spiritual and physical changes on this planet. But how do we best adapt to these changes? How do we exist, without fear, within these rapidly moving transformations? You also get the chance to ask questions like these and also get the answers to your own burning questions! This evening will be an open forum where the audience can ask questions about any of the topics Dolores has written about. Some topics covered could include: • 2012 and the New Earth • How fear distorts everything • The true nature of God or the Source, where all come from and all must go back to • Help from beings of faraway worlds • The new children and the three waves of “volunteers” Dolores will also be facilitating a group regression in which she will put the entire audience into a light trance state and take them to a past life. This should not be missed, one of the most incredible delights you will ever experience! There will also be a post event book signing for anyone interested. For bookings and more info please visit www.enlightenedevents.com.au. Phone (02) 8338 1570 and email info@enlightenedevents.com.au

Study the Law of Attraction

3 week intensive Law of Attraction online counselling course, under instruction of Australian Global CLAC Lecturer Mar tin Atherton and course director and author Dr. Stephen Rinaldi. As a student you will learn the real

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history and truth behind the Law of Attraction, the views of science vs. Religion, preparing yourself for attraction, developing your personal counselling style, the principles of counselling with LOA, and much more! Learn why so many people globally now want to expand their basic understanding of these universal theories to realise harmony into their everyday lives! Next course will be delivered nationally Oct.11-29th 2010. To learn more and register visit www.globalclac.com/australia or email martin@globalclac.com

Worth from Aldinga Arts Eco Village is coordinating a unique body mind spirit experience during a two-day summer retreat intensive. The retreat, for beginners and professionals, is designed for participants to access a range of practices led by exciting professionals. Yoga with Simi Roche, Pilates with Gabrielle Giffin, Voice and Sound Healing with Heather Frahn and Mary Laslett and Creative Dance with Kat Worth. It is a wonderful opportunity to delve into a wholistic exploration of the physical and emotional self within the picturesque beach location of Por t Willunga/Aldinga. For information and bookings please call Kat 0412 992 513 or email dancingkat@iprimus.com.au

Create Your Own Future

Empowers you to look at your life. Design your new abundant life. Create Your Own Future will show you how to set goals, unlock your inborn creativity, other workshops available. For more information phone 0410 790 528 or email coachingbreakthrough@msn.com

Vipassana Meditation

Vipassana meditation is a practical technique which enables one to lead a more positive, balanced and happy life” “This path of self-development through self-awareness is remarkable in its simplicity, its lack of dogma and above all its results” “The basis of any healthy, harmonious society is always the healthy and harmonious individuals who populate it. Only if each individual has a pure, peaceful mind can we expect peace in society” - S N Goenka 10-day residential retreat at Victor Harbor in December 8th -19th 2010 www.dhamma.org.au 8312 3105

Discovering Your Spirituality

7.30 to 9pm Tuesday October 26th, 2010. Have you been trying to make sense of the world and figure out what is the right path for your spiritual growth? Then you don’t want to miss this unique and complimentary presentation on how to accelerate your soul’s capacity to progress beyond conditioned thoughts to love, generosity, forgiveness and service.

7 Keys to Healthy Mind and Body

7.30 to 9pm Monday November 22nd, 2010. Are your health issues concerns you? Do you know that the Health is the Knowledge and Wisdom of Life? The body is the temple of self transformation. In this powerful and complimentary presentation, you will gain insights into the tools necessary to promote healing at all levels of your life.

Dreams - Language of the Soul

Whole Body Retreat

Dance, Pilates, Yoga and Sound January 7th and 8th, 2010. Kat

7.30 to 9pm Monday December 13th, 2010. Who are those strangers in my dreams? Why do I fly, drawn and fall off the cliff. Why my dreams come through? Dreams are the language of the soul and most powerful tool to heighten our soul awareness. All held @ 342 Brighton Road , North Brighton. Call 0410 580 994

Awakening to Spirit • Community HU • Worship Services • Workshops • Satsang • Discussions

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The reason for spiritual enlightenment is not to esca pe lif ut to lear n ho w escape lifee , bbut how to lilivv e it ric hl richl hlyy, to enjo enjoyy it. Harold Klemp, The Language of Soul

The Art of Spiritual Oneness Eckankar in Adelaide contact LeeAnne on 0424 474 464

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BY GEMMA KEOGH Acclaimed Buddhist master and scholar, His Eminence the 7th Dzogchen Rinpoche, is giving a series of public talks across Australia this September and October titled Why the Mind Experiences Hope and Doubt. The Dzogchen lineage holder, whose education was supervised by H.H. the Dalai Lama, warns against the dangers of following our emotions and explains that placing our trust in our ever changing feelings will lead us further away from the peace that we are searching for. “We believe that our emotions are real and permanent and we follow them, thinking they will lead us to inner peace. But this is a trick of mind as they are only temporary and like thieves who steal our peace — we rely on them yet they leave us dissatisfied, unfulfilled and we are disappointed when our positive feelings do not last.” Life is changing with every moment so holding on to an experience and not accepting change will only cause us suffering. Realising this, says Dzogchen Rinpoche, is the key to peace. “When we truly realise the impermanence of life, we will understand that life’s experiences are also impermanent and only then can we experience freedom from the hope and fear of our emotions.” Why do we trust and believe our emotions? Dzogchen Rinpoche teaches that our feelings are old companions that we have known for many years. “Our mind is like an old friend that we trust completely. We blindly follow the advice of mind and are fooled by mind’s stories, not realising how mind creates our emotions and behaviour.” Dzogchen Rinpoche reminds us that when we take our emotions too seriously, we grant even more power to our mind and lose our ability to connect to our innate wisdom. “Following our emotions and believing that we need their support is just a trick of mind that has become our habit. Our inherent wisdom is in fact the ultimate suppor t but can only be experienced when we quieten and rest our mind.” Our busy schedules mean that we often suffer from stress and can be quick to react to difficult situations, but Dzogchen Rinpoche explains that by creating space between what we experience and how we respond, we develop the ability to act with wisdom. “There is nothing inherently wrong with emotions; they arise within all of us. Instead it is our reaction to them that is de-stabilising and consequently we disturb others. We then regret our behaviour and the harm it has caused.” But sometimes our emotions feel so intense that we are compelled to react immediately and creating space is very difficult. Dzogchen Rinpoche offers reassurance that this will become easier over time by regularly examining where our emotions and thoughts come from. “There is a reason why we become angry, there is a history and we play an important role in creating the conditions for our feelings to arise. When we realise that it is our own mind that shapes our experiences, our emotions will hold less power

over us, allowing our wisdom to emerge. “To experience freedom from our mind we must be aware of how it influences the information we receive from our five senses. We are often distracted by hope and short term pleasure like a moth drawn to the light of a flame or a fish seduced by bait on a hook, only to end up in serious danger. “By watching our senses and seeing what happens, we will realise how busy our mind is being continuously distracted by temporary joys, following an endless chain of thoughts and never resting. “For example, anger is like a fire which will burn as long as we supply it with fuel. So if we stop fuelling our anger by not following our thoughts and emotions, then our anger will dissolve by itself.” In the modern world, there are many methods and therapies to manage emotional suffering but Dzogchen Rinpoche encourages us to go straight to the root of our problem. If we wish to experience long lasting and genuine inner peace, we can cut the root of our suffering by resting the mind. Directly resting the mind no matter what we are doing, our disturbing emotions and feelings of stress will dissolve. “The sweet taste of sugar cannot be explained through language, it can only be appreciated by personal experience. In the same way our true nature cannot be expressed through words, or felt through emotions, but can be experienced by resting the mind in meditation. “When we have the complete view of how mind works and when we understand the truth of our emotions, we are naturally inspired not to follow them. We do not need to exert great effor t or to employ a complicated antidote— we can simply rest our body and energy and then mind will also naturally rest.” Throughout September and October Dzogchen Rinpoche is visiting Torquay, Melbourne, Adelaide, Alice Springs, Maroochydore, Brisbane, and Sydney holding a series of public events and retreats. For the full Australian tour schedule please visit www.dzogchen.org.in or www.shenpen.org.au.

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The Awakening ○

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BY BARBARA MCCLOUD I awaken this morning to find myself standing in the middle of devastation. A bomb had gone off some time ago, the dust had well settled, the ruins were old. There is not a plant to be seen, the sky is grey and bleak. I can hear no life, no birds – nothing. I am here all alone, not another human or living creature to be seen. I do not know where to go or what to do. There is an acceptance that I am alone and this is it. I am not sad, just lost and not sure what to do. Is there anything at all left in this rubble to salvage? Do I stay in this place and build a new life? Or do I seek out and search for a new place, a fresh place, one that I do not need to clean away or work around, all this rubble, mess and devastation. For here there are no plants, no real life, nature in this place has also suffered. I ask is it my responsibility to repair this place and clean up this mess? I am told from a voice somewhere “No my love, the earth is a master at that job. In a few years the earth will have this place back in balance and harmony, it knows what to do and how to do it. Leave well alone, all is being taken care of here.” So this means I am truly free to move on. I can just walk away and start a new life. I believe it would be nice to have a new start, a new place. This could be exciting to be in a new place, new smells, new scenery, new experiences. I am feeling excited at these new possibilities. I am ready to take off on my new adventure and then something within the landscape catches my attention and as I tune into it ... I look around and see/remember the past that I once enjoyed. The land holds memories, for there is nothing material left here, just ruins. In stopping and feeling the land I hear past laughter, singing, children playing. I smell home cooked meals, and the warmth of the kitchen fire. I feel the sensual bliss at the memories of being held and loved and the sheer beauty and comfort of sleeping with my loved one curled around my body. I feel my loins become excited at the thought of making love with the man of my dreams, the man who loves me through to my soul. And then I see that these memories are not just from 1 life time. I have lived here in this place for many lives and these memories have been drawn from all those life times. And I also realise now that when I feel the earth and allow it to speak with me and help me to remember I feel no pain, no sadness. Only the loving times exist. When I ask the earth “How is this so?” She speaks and tells me that that is what she does. She only holds to the memories of love and beauty,

that is why she can repair this place on the earth so quickly. Through love and beauty she will rebuild everything into living vibrant energy. She knows how to encourage new growth up through the rubble and over time the flowers will again bloom in spring, the rain will fall, the sun will shine, the birds will sing and the animals will return. Everything will be in true and natural harmony. When I ask “Where is all the pain and the sadness – where has it gone?” She (Earth) tells me “It is beyond the veil. In this place that you find yourself in today, the veil is thin and with a slight movement from you the veil will open and you will see and hear the pain again. Beware do not be reckless in opening the veil not only will you hear and see the pain and suffering but you may be deceived into believing in it and in the millisecond that you allow that belief into your mind you will also FEEL the pain and suffering. Once you have felt It, you will once again believe in it, thinking it all to be true and real.” I asked the earth if she could feel the sadness and pain and she said “Yes, I can” “Well HOW do you hold ONLY the memories of love and beauty?” E: “T he “The heyy, m myy lo lovv e , ar aree the only memories that are TRUE TRUE. Sadness and pain are illusions, created by distortions of the truth and part truths, so why would I commit them to memory” “How can a distortion of truth help anyone? And a part truth is never enough to set you free.” “How do I avoid moving the veil?” E: “Stillness of Heart and Soul.” “Stillness does not sound passionate and vibrant and I want passion and vibrancy in my life” E: “Ah, but it is. The earth yields true, long lasting love. The love that is ever present, the love that supports you through the darkness of night.” “I thought that was God’s love, eternal and forever” E: “There are two forms of love. One from the Heavens (Father) and one from the Earth (Mother). “Are these loves different” E: “Yes” Father love is expansive and giving to ALL. As the sun shines down on ear th equally Father love shines down on us all. Father love is the love that feels passionate and vibrant, the one that makes you feel you want to sing out loud of all the joy in your life. Father love always exists but is not felt all the time. You will feel it come and go just as you feel the sun rise and set. Mother love is the love that makes you feel secure, nurtured, and accepted for who you Continued on 36

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Act on your promptings…before they become a forgotten, passing thought in a busy day ○

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BY BOBI VIKOR Promptings ... they come into our mind in a flash and leave to go to our sub-conscious even quicker. We all have them. For some of us it can be several every day, but taking action on a prompting is not something we think we can do easily. So what is a prompting anyway? It is that quick thought that we should do something. It could be a task we have been putting off, or it could be remembering a certain person we haven’t contacted for a long time. It can be a life changing event for you, or for that special someone you thought of. As busy people in a fast paced world it can be said that we are in danger of losing forever the human touch in our communications. A phone call or sms text is quick

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SEX . . . WHERE TO FROM HERE? For centuries sex was hidden away and then in the past decade it is flouted in our adver tisements, TV shows and magazines. Privacy has gone by the board and anything you want in the sexual arena is available thanks to the internet. Where does that leave us though? We have high divorce still, people having affairs, being addicted to pornography and using drugs, alcohol or other stimulants to get it on/ up. I read once the first sexual encounter can determine your future, e.g. if it was in the back of a car then the excitement of that adrenaline pumping experience which, after a few years of marriage/relationship (which can be humdrum sexually) becomes something craved = thus affairs. What is missing for many in the act of sex of intimacy. Orgasm means “little death” and you do it alone, so for many people the eyes are closed (lover is shut out), lights are off (can’t see the person you love). Let’s face it, intimacy can be scary. To reveal ourselves, our true needs, both sexual and otherwise is a very frightening thing to do. What if they think we are weird? What if they leave us? Best to keep quiet, just take what is offered and don’t rock the boat! For me sex without magic is a waste of time! That is why we learned and teach Tantra. So what is the difference? Well in the western world sex consists of foreplay and then penetration and, quickly following that, orgasm. Let’s decipher that. What is foreplay? How many people (particularly women) know what they actually like, what really allows them to bring their consciousness back from “what’s for dinner tomorrow” to really being in their body and truly feeling what is happening? Because growing up, sex was a taboo thing, most women were not encour-

aged to discover their own bodies finding what was pleasurable and what wasn’t… oh yes… and because we are women, when the moon is in a cer tain place what worked last night is not going to work tonight anyway! Men get confused… but you liked that last night! Women are also led to believe that men are the ones responsible for the Big O and of course; men think they have to have an erection to “perform”.. another 2 myths bite the dust. As Tantric teachers we know too well that women often make love way before they are really ready and this causes a numbing of the walls of the “yoni” making it more difficult to “feel”. Imagine a valley and a mountain; western sex means the valley is foreplay and the mountain is the orgasm. In Tantric sex the valley is the orgasm and the mountain is what else is possible. Exact opposites. In Tantra we don’t begin love making with the end in mind, we simply enjoy the journey wherever that may lead. Intimacy doesn’t come about without eye contact, without connecting your breathing, without seeing your beloved… Lovemaking needs to be a conscious act designed to bring two people closer together not something to gain a release. See what happens when you actually breathe in harmony together while not moving…. What do you feel? What do you see in their eyes? Is it comfortable looking or not? Let’s look at Tantra from the chakras perspective. By uniting in Tantric Love these are some results…. 1st red base chakra allows for the foundations of your lives to be safe and solid. 2 nd orange chakra is where we hold a lot of pain and Tantra allows you to feel vulnerable and empowered sexually and also gives you a choice (which some people never

had). 3rd yellow chakra allows you both to stand in your power and meet as equals. 4th green chakra allows unconditional love with no fear and a deep intimacy. 5th blue chakra offers true communication, where speaking the truth is encouraged not feared. 6th indigo chakra encourages trust of our intuition sexually and spiritually and our visions to manifest. 7th violet chakra takes two individuals and merges them into one united in tantric love always and the connection to God/Source/Great Spirit energy; bliss is the result. Tantra is the spiritual piece of the missing jigsaw puzzle and absolutely wor th learning in order to create harmony and maintain the passion that started your relationship. The gift of intimacy, of surrendering to the energy in your own body while being with someone you love brings at-one-ment. Tantra means weaving and weaving our consciousness together with our beloved results in peace in the home and thus in the world. Diane McCann Mathews, facilitator of The Goddess Within, and together with her husband Robert, facilitator of Man’s Inner Journey and Tantra for Couples. Web: beyondtheordinary.net.au Email: beyondtheordinary@internode.on.net

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BY KATRINA MCGILCHRIST Over the years I’ve reflected on these words Brandon Bays said to me. At the time I thought defensively, “I’m not lying. I just don’t know who I am.” I then shared that there had been moments when I’d known who I was. She said, “In those moments, who were you?” and then the light bulb flashed on. I was this Grace, this Love and this Light, and in that moment I remembered with total clarity that I was ALL of this. It’s amazing how we can star t telling ourselves a story, a story that

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BY GENEEN ROTH Geneen Roth’s pioneering books were among the first to link compulsive eating and perpetual dieting with deeply personal and spiritual issues that go far beyond food, weight and body image. She believes that we eat the way we live, and that our relationship to food, money, love is an exact reflection of our deepest held beliefs about ourselves and the amount of joy, abundance, pain, scarcity, we believe we have (or are allowed) to have in our lives. What are you hungry for? Hint: It’s not food. In fact, it’s everything but food. This provocative new book reveals the self-defeating truth about dieting, while lighting the path to a full and healthy life. Says Oprah, “This book is an opportunity to finally end the war with weight and unlock the door to freedom.” Below is an excerpt from the book. When I was in high school, I used to dream about having Melissa Morris’s legs, Toni Oliver’s eyes, and Amy Breyer’s hair. I liked my skin, my breasts, and my lips, but everything else had to go. Then, in my 20s, I dreamed about slicing off pieces of my thighs and arms the way you carve a turkey, certain that if I could cut away what was wrong, only the good parts—the pretty parts, the thin parts—would be left. I believed there was an end goal, a place at which I would arrive and forevermore be at peace. And since I also believed that the way to get there was by judging and shaming and hating myself, I also believed in diets. Diets are based on the unspoken fear that you are a madwoman, a food terrorist, a lunatic. The promise of a diet is not only that you will have a different body; it is that in having a different body, you will have a different life. If you hate yourself enough, you will love yourself. If you torture yourself enough, you will become a peaceful, relaxed human being. Although the very notion that ha-

tred leads to love and that torture leads to relaxation is absolutely insane, we hypnotize ourselves into believing that the end justifies the means. We treat ourselves and the rest of the world as if deprivation, punishment, and shame lead to change. We treat our bodies as if they are the enemy and the only acceptable outcome is annihilation. Our deeply ingrained belief is that hatred and torture work. And although I’ve never met anyone—not one person—for whom warring with their bodies led to long-lasting change, we continue to believe that with a little more self-disgust, we’ll prevail. But the truth is that kindness, not hatred, is the answer. The shape of your body obeys the shape of your beliefs about love, value, and possibility. To change your body, you must first understand that which is shaping it. Not fight it. Not force it. Not deprive it. Not shame it. Not do anything but accept and—yes, Virginia—understand it. Because if you force and deprive and shame yourself into being thin, you end up a deprived, shamed, fearful person who will also be thin for ten minutes. When you abuse yourself (by taunting or threatening yourself), you become a bruised human being no matter how much you weigh. When you demonize yourself, when you pit one part of you against another—your ironclad will against your bottomless hunger—you end up feeling split and crazed and afraid

that the part you locked away will, when you are least prepared, take over and ruin your life. Losing weight on any program in which you tell yourself that left to your real impulses you would devour the universe is like building a skyscraper on sand: Without a foundation, the new structure collapses. Change, if it is to be long-lasting, must occur on the unseen levels first. With understanding, inquiry, openness. With the realization that you eat the way you do for lifesaving reasons. I tell my retreat students that there are always exquisitely good reasons why they turn to food. Can you imagine how your life would have been different if each time you were feeling sad or angry as a kid, an adult said to you, “Come here, sweetheart, tell me all about it”? If when you were overcome with grief at your best friend’s rejection, someone said to you, “Oh, darling, tell me more. Tell me where you feel those feelings. Tell me how your belly feels, your chest. I want to know every little thing. I’m here to listen to you, hold you, be with you.” All any feeling wants is to be welcomed with tenderness. It wants room to unfold. It wants to relax and tell its story. It wants to dissolve like a thousand writhing snakes that with a flick of kindness become harmless strands of rope. The path from obsession to feelings to presence is not about healing

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our “wounded children” or feeling every bit of rage or grief we never felt so that we can be successful, thin, and happy. We are not trying to put ourselves together. We are taking who we think we are apar t. We feel the feelings not so that we can blame our parents for not saying, “Oh, darling,” not so that we can express our anger to everyone we’ve never confronted, but because unmet feelings obscure our ability to know ourselves. As long as we take ourselves to be the child who was hurt by an unconscious parent, we will never grow up. We will never know who we actually are. We will keep looking for the parent who never showed up and forget to see that the one who is looking is no longer a child. I tell my retreat students that they need to remember two things: to eat what they want when they’re hungry and to feel what they feel when they’re not. Inquiry—the feel-whatyou-feel part—allows you to relate to your feelings instead of retreat from them. Sometimes when I ask students what they are feeling in their bodies, they have no idea. It’s been a couple of light-years since they felt anything in or about their bodies that wasn’t judgment or loathing. So it’s good to ask some questions that allow you to focus on the sensations themselves. You can ask yourself if the feeling has a shape, a temperature, a color. You can ask yourself how it affects you to feel this. And since no feeling is static, you keep noticing the changes that occur in your body as you ask yourself these questions. If you get stuck, it’s usually because you’re having a reaction to a particular feeling—you don’t want to feel this way, you’d rather be happy right now, you don’t like people who feel like this—or you’re locked into comparing/judging mode. So, be precise. “I feel a gray heap of ashes in my chest” rather than “I feel something odd and heavy.” Don’t try to direct the process by having preferences or agendas. Let the inquiry move in its own direction. Notice whatever arises, even if it surprises you. “Oh, I thought I was sad, but now I see that this is loneliness. It feels like a ball of rubber bands in my stomach.” Welcome the rubber bands. Give them room. Watch what happens. Keep coming back to the direct sensations in your body. Pay attention to things you’ve never told anyone, secrets you’ve kept to yourself. Do not censor anything. Do not get discouraged. It takes a while to trust the immediacy of inquiry since we are so used to directing everything with our minds. It is helpful, though not necessary, to do inquiry with a guide or a partner so that you can have a witness and a living reminder to come back to the sensation and the location. Most of all, remember that inquiry is not about discovering answers to puzzling problems but a direct and experiential revelation process. It’s fueled by love. It’s like taking a dive into the secret of existence itself; it is full of surprises, twists, side trips. You engage in it because you want to penetrate the unknown, comprehend the incomprehensible. Because when you evoke curiosity and openness with a lack of judgment, you align yourself with beauty and delight and love—for their own sake. You become the benevolence of God in action. A few years ago, I received a letter from someone who’d included a Weight Watchers ribbon on which was embossed “I lost ten pounds.” Underneath the gold writing, the letter

writer added “And I still feel like crap.” We think we’re miserable because of what we weigh. And to the extent that our joints hurt and our knees ache and we can’t walk three blocks without losing our breath, we probably are physically miserable because of extra weight. But if we’ve spent the last five, 20, 50 years obsessing about the same ten or 20 pounds, something else is going on. Something that has nothing to do with weight. Most people are so glad to read about, hear about, and then begin any approach that doesn’t focus on weight loss as its main agenda that they take it to be license to eat without restraint. “Aha!” they say. “Someone finally understands that it’s not about the weight.” It’s never been about the weight. It’s not even about food. “Great,” they say, “let’s eat. A lot. Let’s not stop.” And the truth is that it’s not about the weight. Either you want to wake up or you want to go to sleep. You either want to anesthetize yourself or you do not. You either want to live or you want to die. But it’s also not not about the weight.No one can argue that being a hundred pounds overweight is not physically challenging; the reality of sheer poundage and its physical consequences cannot be denied. Some people at my retreats can’t sit in a chair comfortably. They can’t walk up a slight incline without feeling pain. Their doctors tell them their lives are in danger unless they lose weight. They need knee replacements, hip replacements, LAP-BAND surgeries. The pressure on their hearts, their kidneys, their joints is too much for their body to tolerate and still function well. So it is about the weight to the extent that weight gets in the way of basic function: of feelings, of doing, of moving, of being fully alive. Yet. The bottom line, whether you weigh 340 pounds or 150 pounds, is that when you eat when you are not hungry, you are using food as a drug, grappling with boredom or illness or loss or grief or emptiness or loneliness or rejection. Food is only the middleman, the means to the end. Of altering your emotions. Of making yourself numb. Of creating a secondary problem when the original problem becomes too uncomfortable. Of dying slowly rather than coming to terms with your messy, magnificent, and very, very short—even at a hundred years—life. The means to these ends happens to be food, but it could be alcohol, it could be work, it could be sex, it could be cocaine. Surfing the Internet. Talking on the phone. For a variety of reasons we don’t fully understand (genetics, temperament, environment), those of us who are compulsive eaters choose food. Not because of its taste. Not because of its texture or its color. We want quantity, volume, bulk. We need it—a lot of it—to go unconscious. To wipe out what’s going on. The unconsciousness is what’s important, not the food. Sometimes people will say, “But I just like the taste of food. In fact, I love the taste! Why can’t it be that simple? I overeat because I like food.” But. When you like something, you pay attention to it. When you like something—love something—you take time with it. You want to be present for every second of the rapture. But overeating does not lead to rapture:

19 WOMEN & FOOD It leads to burping and farting and being so sick that you can’t think of anything but how full you are. That’s not love; that’s suffering. I’m not exactly proud to say that I have been miserable anywhere, with anything, with anyone. I’ve been miserable standing in a field of a thousand sunflowers in southern France in mid-June. I’ve been miserable weighing 80 pounds and wearing a size 0. And I’ve been happy wearing a size 18, been happy sitting with my dying father, been happy being a switchboard operator. But like many people, I’ve had the “When I Get Thin (Change Jobs, Move, Find a Relationship, Leave This Relationship, Have Money) Blues.” It’s called the “If Only” refrain. It’s called postponing your life and your ability to be happy to a future date when then, oh then, you will finally get what you want and life will be good. You will stop turning to food when you start understanding in your body, not just your mind, that there is something better than turning to food. And this time, when you lose weight, you will keep it off. Truth, not force, does the work of ending compulsive eating. The poet Galway Kinnell wrote that “sometimes it is necessary to reteach a thing its loveliness.” Everything we do, I tell my students, is to reteach ourselves our loveliness. Diets are the result of your belief that you have to atone for being yourself to be worthy of existing. Until the belief is understood and questioned, no amount of weight loss will touch the par t of you that is convinced it is damaged. It will make sense to you that hatred leads to love and that torture leads to peace because you will be operating on the conviction that you must starve or deprive or punish the badness out of you. You won’t keep extra weight off, because being at your natural weight does not match your convictions about the way life unfolds. But once the belief and the subsequent decisions are questioned, diets and being uncomfortable in your body lose their seductive allure. Only kindness makes sense. Anything else is excruciating. You are not a mistake. You are not a problem to be solved. The Sufi poet Rumi, writing about birds learning to fly, wrote: “How do they learn it? They fall, and falling, they’re given wings.” If you wait until you have Toni Oliver’s eyes and Amy Breyer’s hair, if you wait to respect yourself until you are at the weight you imagine you need to be to respect yourself, you will never respect yourself. To be given wings, you’ve got to be willing to believe that you were put on this Earth for more than your endless attempts to lose the same 30 pounds 300 times for 80 years. And that goodness and loveliness are possible, even in something as mundane as what you put in your mouth for breakfast. Beginning now. Geneen is the author of eight books, including The New York T i m e s bestseller, When Food is Love, and a memoir about love and loss, The Craggy Hole in My Heart . Women Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything is her newest book. From Women, Food and God, by Geneen Roth. Copyright © 2010 by Geneen Roth & Associates, Inc. Reprinted by permission of Scribner, a Division of Simon & Schuster, Inc.

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InnerSelf

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BY BRONWYN BARTER “I’m frustrated,” she said as she slumped into the chair, “I have read all the books, I have meditated every day for the last 6 months and have written thousands of affirmations, and I am still not feeling happy. I am still depressed and still have horrible thoughts that I need to get rid of and,” she continued, “ I’m too scared to come off the tablets.” I could see and hear that Isabel was not feeling happy about her apparent lack of progress and that she was quite upset about still waking up feeling slow and unmotivated. It’s a common story when my clients first come to see me. My clients often feel dejected after all the effort that they have put into changing their lives, and not feeling like it is having any positive effect. The problem is often a result of the way that those who are depressed and sad have handled their situation. Isabel’s case is typical of those that are dealing with depression today. When Isabel, now 25, was feeling depressed as a teenager she went to her mother and confided in her that she was not coping. It was the ‘friend trap’ at school, who to be friends with and who not to spend her time with. “You know there are the smart, funny,

popular ones and the kind not so smar t ones”. Isabel became confused and needed some advice, she spoke to her mother and she just shrugged her shoulders and said that she should probably “work it out for herself”. So Isabel, being a sensitive girl herself, decided to spend most of her time with the kinder and not so popular group. Then the “war” as she described it began. Isabel was teased and bullied, constantly and cruelly by the popular girls. By the time that Isabel’s mother had noticed that she wasn’t eating Isabel had lost considerable weight, and couldn’t concentrate on her schoolwork, her grades had begun to suffer and she had started to spend more and more time in her bedroom, staring at the ceiling and crying and crying. A trip to the local GP found her on anti-depressants, just to get her over this ‘stage’ in her life. Isabel was now 16 yrs old. Life rolled on for Isabel, she was able to muddle through her school years, although she says that it was like “looking at life through a curtain”. She left school and went to work in an office situation where, you guessed it; there was an office bully!

Isabel was now 19 yrs old and had been on the anti-depressants for 3 yrs. She was not coping at work and had started crying again, suffering from headaches and not turning up to work. Her job was at risk, so she was advised by her GP to just increase her medication. Then someone gave her the book, “You Can Heal Your Life’ by Louise Hay. It was like someone had turned over the rock that she had been underneath and she could see the sunlight for the first time! Now she could see and feel that she was able to help herself, so a new journey began. She was a sponge for everything that she could read and listen to, and she became a searcher for information about taking back her own life. There is so much excitement at the beginning of this enlightenment journey that it becomes an obsession. Yet it can be a trap. Isabel explained to me her method “I know what to do, I’ll just read all the books and I’ll fix it myself!! I can do it alone!!” Isabel is now sitting in front of me describing how she has done everything that she can possible think of to change her depressed feeling and thoughts, and she is getting disgruntled that nothing has changed. It is 9 yr s now, that she fir st star ted on anti-depressants and there has never been any medical advice as to how to withdraw from them. Anti-depressants will mask the symptoms of sadness and upsets, however they will not help us overcome any problem that has caused such feelings. Isabel went back to her GP and asked for advice to reduce the medication so that she can start to feel and heal again. She also needed help, by a therapist that happened to be a Rebirther, to assist her to learn to cope again as she does her withdrawal from her medication. I explain it to my clients this way: If you were to break your leg, you would go to the hospital and they would set the bone straight and place a plaster cast on your leg and send you off home to “heal”. The doctors don’t heal you, you do, you heal the bone from the inside with your God given healing ability! After 6-8 weeks you return to the hospital and after ascer taining that your bone has mended the doctors remove the plaster. However, now the muscles have become weakened, because they have not been used to supporting your leg for the time that it took to heal. You will need to do some physiotherapy and strengthening exercises as a way of rebuilding the muscles to support and move your

Bronwyn Barter - Rebirther & Rebirther Trainer Rebirthing is a safe, simple breathing technique that gives you the opportunity to observe and then change patterns and thoughts formed in the past that may be having a negative affect on your life now. With the benefits of hindsight the way forward becomes clear and the lessons and experiences from the past can be acknowledged and left behind. Bronwyn’s approach to Rebirthing is gentle and empowering. Call for private daytime or evening Rebirhting sessions. Bronwyn is also a Rebirther trainer and has been training Rebirthers for many years in Adelaide & Melbourne.

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www.innerself.com.au leg. If anti-depressants are the plaster that provides a safe place for you to heal your emotions, then you would just be able to come of the pills and all would be fine. What we know is that the anti-depressants don’t actually change anything, all they do is cover up the broken heart, they hide the sadness and joy and when the plaster is removed all hell breaks loose!! Unlike our bones, our emotions are not healed by plastering over them with drugs. A Rebirther or other therapist who is comfor table with emotional release and healing will provide an environment where the client can readjust to feeling the whole range of emotions again. The reason why most people go onto medication in the first place is that they are not taught or supported to cope with a situation that needs to be dealt with. Frightened by the depths of our emotions we reach for anything to shut them off. Prescription drugs are the ‘socially acceptable’ addiction of our times. Rebirthers are the physiotherapists of the emotional body, supporting our clients to rebuild their emotional strength. All the books in the world will not replace a kind heart and someone to listen and be with you whilst you heal. Your therapist does not heal you, you do the healing, we just provide the space, teach you to breathe and come to know unconditional love. Isabel’s teenage experience at school could have been very different if she had been listened to and coached to honour her tears and to deal with the bullies. She would have been less likely to have had a similar problem later at work. The lesson would have already been learnt!! Isabel is now learning the value of being supported as she very slowly reduces her anti-depressants, encouraged by her Rebirther. Her new affirmation is “I love and accept all my feelings, I am strong.” Always consult your prescribing practitioner before reducing medication. It can be dangerous to go off medication without professional supervision, as withdrawal symptoms can be very severe. Professional advice is always warranted. Bronwyn Barter Rebirthing Consulting A u s t r a l i a , Rebirthing Training Australia. Author, “Healing the Dependency On Depression, Are You a depression Addict?” 08 8260 20 86 www.rebirthertrainingaustralia.com.au

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BY DAVID CRONIN When was the last time you had a really good, long belly laugh? And how did you feel? This is no joke! That feeling lasts all day. Did you know that adults laugh on average 15 times, and children 400 times a day? In laughteryoga we use the physical action of laughter for 3 reasons:: 1. The health benefits you enjoy 2. The joy you share with others 3. World peace through laughter Sounds serious? But how can you laugh, with all the poverty, disease and war in the world? Well, people can give to others only when they care about their inner life, as well as connecting to the community. We must first be able to love and laugh at ourselves, and with others, for generosity to grow. Laughteryoga is a powerful, positive force for both personal and community wellbeing. Yoga-based laughter stimulates you to the real thing. It is infectious, and it spreads when you laugh in a group. Besides being fun, there is now a growing body of scientific research exposing the dangers of chronic stress, and showing the long-lasting, positive effects of laughter on your body, heart and mind. In the 1990’s Dr. Madan Kataria was a yoga teacher, as well as a medical practicioner. He realised that rhythmical breathing used for thousands of years in yoga was similar to laughter. Together with what he knew about the medical benefits of laughter, this fired a passion to take his idea around the world. People could stay healthy simply by laughing regularly. Now laughteryoga is still spreading rapidly. In over 65 countries around the world, well over 600,000 people laugh together. Like the Blues Brothers, Dr Kataria is on a mission. He calls Laughteryoga ‘Mind-body medicine’. That is, it re-connects our

disparate par ts, makes us whole again. He believes that moving from ‘body to brain’ is best. Or in other words, ‘Motion creates emotion’. The Founder of Laughter Clubs International says: ‘It is our nature to play and laugh as much as a child.’ And: ‘If we can learn to laugh unconditionally, our happiness too will become unconditional.’ How healthy is laughter? Like the three reasons, laughter works on three levels: 1. Physical, your physiology 2. Social, and 3. Psychological, your mind I call these your hips, heart and head! And your spirit I see not as a separate level, but all three together. Laughter stimulates and strengthens all bodily systems, and even your immune system gets stronger. Socially and mentally you can look at things from a different perspective. For example, we are accustomed to think of a rainy day as bad, a sunny day as bright and happy. But hey, in Australia we need every drop. So be a ‘Laughter Cloud’. Drench dry zones! Laughter: •Connects people, stimulates •Creativity •Lowers blood pressure & barriers to •Open communication •Ups oxygen levels & energy •Dissolves tension & stress After laughter we can see other alternatives, to anticipate & manage anxiety. “It is sweet to be silly at the right moment”- Horace, Roman poet. But being silly in this day and age is not easy, and it’s even harder to find the right moment. Usually we wait for a special occasion, the right place and people. We are raised with so many restrictions, to the point where we take them for granted. “You must have a proper reason to laugh; Grow up! Responsible people

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perceived as threats. 4 5 MI Inspiration and a bird’s eye view will help move things forward 6 ] New Moon I The New Moon brings a change with the promise of optimism and a brighter outlook. Projects started now can capitalise on the enthusiasm and sound judgement of the time. 7 MJ A hands-on approach is the best way to ensure that things are done properly.

2 4 3 ME Relish the acknowledgement but beware 5 MH Be upfront in all your dealings. of arrogance. 6 ] New Moon H The New Moon brings up popular 4 mass feelings which come up as a result of false 5 MF Overly critical responses will win no friends. information or a lack of clarity. There is difficulty in getting 6 a point across but creative use of imagination may be the 7 MG Interaction with others is important but do answer. not surrender your opinion simply to keep the peace. 7 MI Enthusiasm and inspiration will help spur things 8 ] New Moon G The New Moon this month along. 8 highlights optimism and excitement that comes from 8 9 MK Value knowledge gained even if it is from change or speculation. The energy can be both 9 inspiring and volatile so there is a feeling of 10 MJ The emphasis is on responsibility and unusual sources. 10 ‘bending or breaking’. Be prepared to be flexible as credibility in all activities. frustration at what seems missed opportunities may 11 11 lead to unnecessary risks and unwanted 12 MK Knowledge and information are what is 12 ML Increased sensitivity impacts on consequences. 9 MH Intense emotions may surface so be prepared for some overreaction to seemingly ordinary situations

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be revealed and may result in a separation or breaking of a bond initially. However, joint success is the outcome. 22 Sun enters Capricorn Capricorn is known for their work ethic, perseverance and determination to succeed. 23 ME Give credit where credit is due and you will see better results.

24 27 25 28 MF An analytical view of things may help you find 26 MF Be careful that a need for perfection on our laurels.

what you are looking for. 29 ƒ 3rd Quarter Moon F Resolutions and decisions in relation to the current situation will do much to settle any existing conflict or quarrel. However, unnecessary or unjust constraints will be met with rebellion causing upset and excitement. 30 MG Encourage cooperation but refrain from being the arbitrator.

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protective of loved ones.

29 30 ƒ 3rd Quarter Moon ME The results of

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

undermines the outcome.

27 28 MGƒ 3rd Quarter Moon G Matters are now being concluded and there may seem to be a changing mood or inconstancy of expression. Adaptability is called for as this will assist in the gaining of experience.

29 30 MH Refrain from taking things personally. 31 These are generic interpretations for each of the zodiac signs. For a more personal interpretation, astrological consultations are available by appointment on

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

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

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

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InnerSelf don’t laugh; What will people think? If I laugh I might lose it; Spontaneous behaviour is childish; Laughing at work is inappropriate; Be sensible” – etc. For this epidemic of seriousness, laughter is the best antidote. ‘There isn’t much fun in medicine, but there’s a great deal of medicine in fun’ The history of civilization is littered with laws about laughter, and it actually got to the stage that it was illegal to laugh! A study done in the 20th century found that people laughed on average for 19 minutes a day. Fifty years later this was down to 6 minutes. And now? It’s clear we need to lighten up and laugh more. Long ago they knew this. Proverbs 17:22 ‘A mer ry hear t does good like a medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones.’ Pure laughter is cleansing, nourishing & healing. Laughter that is based on caring & empathy helps develop resilience, and helps people cope with difficult situations. So seek out opportunities to be playful and laugh. Take your work seriously, but not yourself. ‘The arrival of a good clown exercises a more beneficial influence on the health of the town than the arrival of twenty asses laden with drugs.’ Dr Thomas Sydenham 17th C. With Laughteryoga you regain the confidence to trust your inner GPS – your ‘innergenie’ – the true source of your energy!

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BY LEAONA HAMOOD & MICHAEL OSTER Balance in all areas of our life is always important to our mental, emotional and physical health and perhaps even more so at this time of the year. At the time of writing, almost everyone I know is juggling Christmas shopping, work commitments, end of year functions, family get-togethers, celebrations and holiday plans. We know that some people thrive on activity and excitement, while others would rather crawl under a rock and wait till it passes. Both reactions are valid. The most important thing is that you feel happy and comfortable inside. Then what if you are one of those who only really feel comfor table when you have something to do? Many people spend their life working day and night. Others rush around doing things and if they find themselves with time left over, they remember something they just have to do. They are unable to take the time to relax. Some people go to parties and can only enjoy themselves if they drink or use drugs, while others quietly eat their way through the evening in order to feel good. Have you ever thought about why it is that some people seem to be obsessive in the way they do things? Could it be that this compulsive behaviour somehow helps them feel safe and good about themselves? Could it be that they are hiding from uncomfortable feelings of some kind? If you ask them why they behave like this, they always have some plausible reason as to why they have to do these things. When we are out of balance in any area of our life; be it work, social, recreational, mental, emotional or physical, there is usually some kind of underlying emotional unrest and the subsequent activities are helping us feel safe in some way – we are too busy to feel uncomfortable. It doesn’t have to be like this. Hundreds of clients have repor ted major changes to their health and happiness as a result of restoring a happy

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BY DOLORES CANNON

balance in their life. With a little help, they have called on the infinite wisdom of their subconscious and let go of the inner tensions that previously ruled their world. For most, it is relatively simple to do.

With permission and endorsed by I.C.S.T.R. (QLD) – ww.icstr.com.au My name is L e a o n a 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 0419 037 830. My name is Michael Oster. I am a qualified P r i v a t e Subconsciousmind Healing (P.S.H.) therapist and also a Registered Nurse of 20 years standing. My qualifications in PSH have come from studying directly under the founder and Principal of the International Centre for Subconscious-mind Training and Research (Qld). For the last ten years I have been working with people around behaviour change, particularly in the addictions area. I have a passion to see positive change and growth in people. If you feel like you’re ready for change, I can be contacted for enquiries or appointments on 0411 174 110.

Dolores Cannon is one of the foremost pioneers in regression hypnosis, using a technique that she pioneered over 30 years ago that allows her to access the subconscious mind of her subjects. She believes by use of her technique that she gains access to the Universal Mind. Her objective is therapy for her clients, and ultimately an investigation to recover lost or hidden knowledge into who we really are.

It seems strange to me to look back over my work in regressive hypnosis therapy and see how, not only myself, but the entire field has evolved and changed. When I was thrown (ever so gently) into the field of reincarnation in 1968 it was all new and challenging. I had opened a door that would never be closed again in my mind. There were no books or instructions in those days to guide a therapist, so I have had to write my own rules and develop my own technique from the beginning. I discovered time travel, going to the past and being able to relive history as it was occurring. Because I didn’t know what could or could not be done, I chose to challenge the abilities of the mind and find out what was possible through hypnosis. Of course, it has taken me many years to make these discoveries, and I am still discovering new ways to use hypnosis and new ways to obtain information. As a researcher and a reporter, I love history. What better way to research it than to visit the past and ask questions of people living there “now” and get “live” information? This was where my first books came from, information obtained from hundreds of subjects. I grew up in the Protestant religion, taught Sunday School and sang in the choir. I always left Church with a nagging feeling that there was more. I had questions that were not answered in the Bible or by my minister. Of course, being civilized and a good Christian girl, I couldn’t ask. So I resigned my-

self to teaching the children at Sunday School. The stories were interesting and I didn’t have to be involved in the teaching of dogma that I no longer believed. Over time as I became more and more involved in metaphysics and dropped out of the Orthodox Church, I’d found the “real” meaning of religion, spirituality as opposed to religion. Most churches have lost their way and do not know the important difference between those two words. In my early days when I was writing my first books (Jesus and the Essenes and A Soul Remembers Hiroshima), I saw past lives as following a linear time pattern. I was still taking “baby steps” and that was the only thing my mind could comprehend: one life following another separated by time and specific dates. As I continued to explore past lives other theories started to be introduced. The first was the theory of imprinting (written about in Keepers of the Garden and Between Death and Life.) This was the concept that we didn’t have to actually live many, many lives, but that we could be imprinted (or overlaid) with the memories of other people’s lives. This was done if the personality was coming in to experience a life that was different and which it had no background to draw upon. The memories of those lives were taken from the vast Library on the spirit side before incarnation (with the help of our spirit guides and masters), and overlaid or imprinted onto our own soul memory. The introduction of this unusual concept really shook my foundations. I struggled with it for a long time. But then as I studied my reactions to this new idea, I realized that if I didn’t at least examine it with an open mind I was no better than the Church with its doctrine: “Just accept. Don’t question.” So I began to look more closely at this new concept, and others that presented themselves (such as parallel or

overlapping lives), and gradually wisdom began to seep into a closed mind. Once the mind begins to question, there is no going back. You can’t unlearn what you have learned. It is only now, thirty years later, that I can see the wisdom in what “they” were doing. Almost every client that comes to see me for past-life therapy asks the same question, “What is my purpose? Why am I here? What am I supposed to be doing?” I always tell them we can find the answer if it is “appropriate”. The subconscious mind (which I work with) will never give the person more than they can handle. The subconscious says, “We can’t tell him yet. You don’t star t a baby out on a three course meal. You give them milk first, then soft cereal, then mashed vegetables. Then much, much later you give it solid food.” This was a perfect analogy, and it made me understand how far I had come. With the Convoluted Universe series “they” are continuing to expand my mind. Just when I think there is no more to learn, no more new things out there, they give me a new concept or theory to ponder. “They” say we are finally ready for these more difficult concepts. My mind is constantly being expanded by their challenging ideas. I continue to explore... Dolores Cannon is the author of numerous books which include: The three volume set: “Conversations With Nostradamus,” covering the prophecies of Nostradamus. Four books dealing with UFOs and aliens: “Keepers of the Garden,” “The Legend of Starcrash,” “Legacy from the Stars” and “The Custodians.” Two books about the missing parts of Jesus’ life: “Jesus and the Essenes” and “They Walked with Jesus.” She has also written about what happens when you die and where you go afterwards in “Between Death and Life” and “Five Lives Remembered.” “The Convoluted Universe” series covers deep metaphysical concepts.

AN EVENING WITH DOLORES CANNON IN ADELAIDE

Thursday, 4 November 2010, 6-9 pm Mercure Grosvenor Hotel 125 North Terrace The world’s foremost pastlife regressionist and author of 15 books present an amazing three hour seminar on adapting to the coming earth changes, the awakening to current shifts in consciousness and lots more... This extraordinary seminar is designed to help participants tap into universal truths and fresh insights into global and spiritual transformation. We all know that we are living in a time of great spiritual and physical changes on this planet. But how do we best adapt to these changes? How do w xist, without ffear ear wee eexist, ear,, within these rapidly moving transformations? You also gget et the cchance hance to ask questions like these and also get the answers to your own burning questions! This evening will be an open forum where the audience can ask questions about any of the topics Dolores has written about. Some topics covered could include: • 2012 and the New Earth • How fear distorts everything • The true nature of God or the Source, where all come from and all must go back to • Help from beings of faraway worlds • The new children and the three waves of “volunteers” Dolores will also be facilitating a group regression in which she will put the entire audience into a light trance state and take them to a past life. This should not be missed, one of the most incredible delights you will ever experience! There will also be a post event book signing for anyone interested. See Back Cover Ad

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yourNATUROPATH with BELLE McCALEB

RBTI Analysis (Urine-Saliva Analysis) and Good Health Good health depends on efficient digestion, assimilation of nutrients and utilisation of your food energy. Often one or more of these processes are out of balance and this is reflected in our biochemistry and symptoms of ill health. These symptoms, if left unattended, may lead to chronic disease. Luckily the body can be assisted to regain its biochemical balance and good health with RBTI- Reams Biological Theory of Ionisation! Since ancient times the residues of urine have been studied to gain insight into the health of the body. In the modern day we have expanded on this ancient approach through the application of the Reams Biological Theory of Ionisation. RBTI involves an examination of samples of both urine and saliva for parameters that reflect processes essential to health including liver and pancreatic function, blood sugar regulation, cellular debris clearance, electrolyte and water balance and protein digestion. These parameters include measurements of pH, salt and carbohydrate content and protein wastes. Urine pH is one indicator of how well your body can digest and assimilate nutrients from food and supplements. You may be unable to absorb nutrients and supplements if your pH is too acid or is too alkaline. A contin-

ued poor pH balance can cause bowel disturbances, bloating, nausea and aches and pains. Without treatment this may lead to further illness and disease. Ignored imbalanced pH can affect your blood and oxygen carrying capacity along with all cellular activities, hormone systems, immune functions and other bodily functions. Saliva pH indicates the degree of pressure that your liver and pancreas are under and relates to the body’s ability to begin the digestive process in the mouth. Whenever the pH of the urine or saliva is away from ideal, Reams found that the flow of energy through the body was imbalanced in some way. Total carboh carbohyy dr a tes in the urine tells us how well the body is handling carbohydrate foods. Efficient digestion and utilisation of carbohydrates is needed to maintain steady consistent energy. Any variation from ideal may indicate difficulty with holding optimal sugar balance. Fatigue, cravings, poor dietary control and nerve related symptoms such as anxiety, depression and addictions can then result. Cellular debris in the urine is measured to see if your body is cooperating by self cleansing. A body that is unable to co-operate, often needs a change of diet and supple-

mentary assistance to help it to let go of accumulated wastes. These wastes can easily become toxic to the body if not removed on a regular basis. Suggestions are made for changes that would enhance the removal of wastes. Salts and toxins levels reflect fluid and electrolyte balance. Numbers too high or too low are an indication of imbalanced resistance and electrical conductivity in the body at the cellular level which can have major effects on your health and life. Urea levels reflect the amount of un-utilised protein being passed through to the kidneys for elimination. This informs as to whether your body is co-operating in your quest for optimal health or whether there are blockages in the upper or lower body. Blockages can put too much pressure on the heart and digestive system potentially leading to heart attacks, high blood pressure and toxic overload. Knowing where blocks may lie can help you target areas of greatest concern and bring your focus onto old unresolved blockages of a physical or emotional cause. Vir tually any malady of the human system, whether it is physical, mental or emotional , can be seen as an energetic imbalance. RBTI gives us insight into this underlying energetic imbalance from a biochemical point of view. Once imbalances are pinpointed corrective procedures including dietary change, digestive support, and pH and mineral balance through supplementation can be utilised. These are generally implemented in a step by step manner with monthly or bi-monthly RBTI to track the re-balancing procedures. Correcting imbalances can be a ma-

www.innerself.com.au jor help in calming the body and mind, eliminating symptoms and reversing disease. Belle McCaleb ND, RN, MSS-C, BSN is a naturopath, herbalist, counselor and registered nurse. In addition to a general wellness practice Belle specialises in Women’s Health and Cancer Support. She has been a Women’s Health specialist since 1986 with qualifications in obstetrics, gynaecology and reproductive endocrinology and infertility. Belle began specialising in cancer support from 2003 and is the consultant naturopath for Cancer Care Centre in Unley, South Australia. In addition to RBTI Belle uses Live Blood Analysis, Bioimpedance Analysis and other specialized testing including hormonal profiling. Her practice is located in the Eastern Adelaide suburb of St Georges. Contact Belle on (08) 8379 0220 or by mobile 0432995470. www.mccalebhealth.com.au.

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your CHIROPRACTOR with DR ROB HUTCHINGS

Minerals: Fuelling Your Nervous System The nervous system is the master control centre for the body on which all other systems depend. Every second the brain produces millions of “bioelectrical messages” that are transmitted down the spinal cord. Between every vertebrae a pair of nerves emerge and branch, to ultimately connect every cell of the body. Without nerve transmission life would cease. If the flow of information is disrupted the health of the body will suffer. This is why corrective chiropractors focus on keeping the spine in optimal alignment; to ensure there is no interference to the flow and function of the nervous system. In addition to optimal spinal alignment, the nervous system requires the correct fuel to function properly. The body requires at least 90 different nutrients and minerals in the diet on a daily basis. These include 60 minerals, 16 vitamins, 12 amino acids and 3 essential fatty acids.

Sick soil means sick people

Researchers have proven time and time again that the root of most disease is impeded nerve supply and nutritional deficiency. Unfortunately our foods, at one time abundant in all of the nutrients our bodies require, are becoming increasingly depleted in nu-

tritional value, particularly their mineral content. Our soils in Australia are significantly depleted in minerals as they are geologically ancient and our modern, large scale farming practices have further stripped away vital minerals and nutrients. Commonly used fertilizers are limited to three primary minerals - phosphorous, magnesium and potassium, leaving fifty seven essential minerals unaccounted for! Organic and biodynamic farming, where plant material is returned to the soil, goes some way to minimise the depletion of our soils, but given our soils in Australia are naturally depleted, mineral deficiency is a concern for all Australians. Interestingly, or sadly, the increase in degenerative disease in the western world can be correlated to the decline of our food’s nutritional content. Mineral deficiency can be linked to numerous degenerative and metabolic conditions such as heart disease, cancer, arthritis, osteoporosis, nerve pain, ADHD, ADD, joint stiffness, immune deficiency, birth defects, endocrine (hormonal) system diseases – just to name a few. For example, osteoporosis – a feared bone depletion disease that has traditionally affected mainly

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HORMONE health with KASEY YATES – NATUROPATH

So what are hormones anyway? And how can they affect us?

women, but now increasingly common among men – is nothing more than the body’s attempt to get the minerals that it needs for nerve and hormone function from the bones. It has to resor t to stripping minerals from the bones because the diet is deficient in the minerals that it requires and the hormone balance of the body has been upset. It should be noted that calcium is commonly taken by people who suffer from osteoporosis or are at risk. This strategy has been largely ineffective because calcium is only one of the sixty required minerals.

commonly available in the rock based form, which is a great source of minerals for plants, but nearly un-absorbable by humans. Your supplement might look like it contains a high dose of calcium for example, but how much is your body actually absorbing? Taking 60 minerals a day doesn’t have to be a mammoth effort. Fortunately there are simple and affordable solutions to ensure your family is getting all the minerals required for health, energy and proper nervous system function.

Mineral Supplementation

Colloidal minerals are a plant based liquid form of minerals that are readily bio-available to humans, as they are in the form we find in nature. Thus our body knows what to do with it. At Health Align we offer a synergistic blend of highly bio-available plant based colloidal minerals to our chiropractic clients. Not only are minerals paramount for nerve function through the body, they speed the correction process of realigning the spine. Minerals are a chiropractor’s best friend.

Until soils are revitalised with all sixty required nutrients, mineral supplementation isn’t just a good idea – it is a law of life! However, before you hit the shops consider what type of mineral supplement you require. The majority of mineral tablets available are largely ineffective for three reasons: 1) supplementing one or a small number of minerals (e.g. iron or calcium tablets) is ineffective when we need 60. Our bodies require the full spectrum of minerals and if you are deficient in one, chances are you are deficient in others! Also by supplementing only a few minerals you may be further imbalancing the body. 2) mineral absorption and effectiveness is influenced by the combination of minerals consumed. Remember minerals would naturally be absorbed through our food and thus our body is designed to absorb the full spectrum together. 3) mineral supplements are most

Colloidal minerals

Dr Rob Hutchings has a Bachelor of Kinesiology and Doctorate in Chiropractic. He practices at the conveniently located, Health Align on Glen Osmond Rd alongside Pilates Instructors, nutritionists, massage therapists and personal development coach. You can find out more about the services offered by Health Align at www.healthalign.com.au or phone 8338 2221.

When we hear the word ‘hormone’ it can often spark a variety of thoughts and concerns, whether it be unscrupulous athletes in the news, the side-effects of hormone replacement therapy, or hormone-treated foods, the connotation is often a negative one. The fact is hormones that are found naturally in our body, whether they are considered good or bad, are absolutely essential to our existence! A hormone is defined as a molecule produced in one of the various endocrine glands, which stimulates or has a specific effect on another part of the body. When hormones are released by glands, such as the gonads (ovaries/testes), adrenals, pancreas,

thyroid, pituitary, etc, they act as messengers, relaying information to tissues and organs which allows the body systems to work properly. From waking us up in the morning, to helping us get to sleep at night, virtually all our bodily functions are under some sort of hormonal control. Hormones stimulate and inhibit growth, can activate or obstruct the immune system, as well as regulate our metabolism. Specific hormones, such as cortisol, prepare the body for the stress response fight or flight, as well as provide other energy requirements. Hormones can cause feelings of hunger and cravings, and are involved with mood swings, concentration and memory, as well as diges-

tion. And then of course, there is the effect of hormones on our reproductive system. Hormones such as oestrogen, progesterone and testosterone regulate the menstrual cycle and prepare the body for each new phase of life, such as puber ty, fer tility/ parenting, and menopause. Hormonal imbalance can occur with anyone – men and women, young and old. Fluctuations in hormonal levels can often start as very minute and therefore the effects these changes begin to have on our body are seldom noticed. As we age, the effect of hormonal changes usually intensifies and as such, many men and women will notice a marked difference in their physical and mental well-being by the time they reach middle-age. Some symptoms of hormonal imbalance can include abdominal bloating, acne and other skin problems, anxiety/depression, aggression/irritability, breast swelling and tenderness, poor memory and concentration, weight gain, fatigue and extreme tiredness, food cravings and binges, headaches and migraines, insomnia, joint swelling and pain, low libido, mood swings, nausea, and oedema, as well as symptoms of premature aging (eg hair loss, urinary problems, etc). So, what are some suggestions to help balance your hormones: •Eat an organic, healthy diet. Skip the fast foods, sugary foods and soft drinks! Begin each day with a healthy breakfast, prepare your own healthy lunch, and try to have dinner before 7pm each night. • Introduce organic ‘superfoods’ into your diet, such as spirulina, chlorella, acai berries, goji berries, noni juice, etc. • Drink at least 2 litres of purified water that is NOT packaged in a plastic bottle. Many plastics contain toxic chemicals that mimic oestrogen in our body, causing hormonal imbalances. • Exercise every day and reduce stress! Join a Pilates or Yoga class and take a long walk! • Get out in the sun! More than 80% of Australians have been found to be Vitamin D deficient. • Sleep. Be in bed by 10pm

25 HEALTH at least 5-6 nights a week. Staying up late consistently can wreak havoc on your endocrine system. • Remove chemicals from your life! Take a good long hard look at all your personal care products and house cleaners. Did you know that you can be exposed to over 300 toxic, harmful and hormone-disrupting chemicals A DAY by using commercial personal hygiene products and cleaners?! Use ONLY natural products on your skin, hair and house hold. Not only will your body thank you but so will the environment! •Try not to eat or drink out of plastic containers, and certainly do not ever microwave anything in plastic. In fact, get rid of that microwave altogether! They are harmful to our food and our health – you don’t need one! •Support your liver. It has a huge role to play in maintaining our digestive system as well as balancing our hormones, and sometimes it needs a little help. Many ‘hormonal’ symptoms are often related to liver function, such as nausea, headaches and insomnia, so keep that very integral organ in mind and maybe every so often, do a detox. •Don’t smoke, drink alcohol or use drugs. All of these poisons cause great stress on the body, disrupting the hormonal system as well as many other impor tant functions in the body. Smoking, alcohol and drug use WILL make you age prematurely. It’s never too early or late to learn how to take care of your body. Hormonal balance is central to staying fit, healthy and young, and will allow you to live the energetic, happy life that you desire! Kasey Yates – Naturopath, graduated from the South Australian College of Natural Medicine in 2006 with Advanced Diplomas of Applied Science (Honours) in Naturopathy, Western Herbal Medicine and Nutrition. I specialise in hormonal imbalances and weight loss, amongst other things. Kasey’s Naturopathic Clinic is situated inside Romeo’s Organic Wholefoods which is a large health food shop that supplies ‘alternative’, organic and ‘super’ foods. Romeo’s Organic Wholefoods North Adelaide Village 71-79 O’Connell St North Adelaide SA 5006 Ph: 8361 9150 Fx: 8361 9137 romeosorganics@internode.on.net

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Iridologist

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with Naturopath & Iridologist LYNNE SINGLEWOOD

Know exactly what nutrients your body is crying out for YOUR EYES NEVER LIE

Something to think about! Medicine is a science, and science is about data, numbers, and clinical trials, it’s about what can be measured (which is important), but life is much more than facts, it’s actually full of mystery, wonder and the unknown. So we need to look at all the variables , because you are a unique individual. This is why I love looking at the iris (the coloured portion of the eyes). The iris as mentioned in my previous columns tells us a lot about genetic characteristics and potentials, which have been encoded into your DNA from past generations. One of the features we look at in the iris are the variations of colours. All the different colours in your eyes indicate different potentials, for example there are only three coloured eyes, blue eyes, brown eyes and the mixed colour (meaning there are blue and brown eyes in this individuals genetic pool). Yes I can hear you thinking “that’s not right, what about green?” Green eyes are a variation of blue eyes with a yellow wash over the top and can indicate that the individual needs to nurture their kidneys. Think of your kidneys as your battery terminals, “Are your batteries low, are you running on overdrive?”

Whether the yellow colouring has come through genetically, or from circumstances during this lifetime, it indicates the need to give the kidney’s a little extra support. Your kidneys can be affected by your emotions and are involved in the cleansing process of the body, they aid in the elimination of toxins, along with the skin, your bowel movements and your breathe i.e. when you breath out carbon dioxide. Here are a few tips to help you support your kidneys. There are some beautiful herbs to nourish the kidneys such as nettle or couch grass: drink adequate amounts of water; too much protein may overload the kidney with nitrogen rich metabolic waste. If kidney problems are suspected, the diet should be low in protein and protein should predominantly be from vegetable sources. Personal hygiene needs to be good, and dietary irritants should be avoided, also avoid excess coffee and tea etc.

YOUR HAIR MAY HOLD THE SECRET?

Have you ever heard of Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis? It’s a specialized analytical test that measures the levels of trace minerals found in a sam-

ple of hair. These trace minerals are essential in all phases of life, they provide the building blocks to life itself and are necessary in the production of hormones and enzyme activity. Sometimes depending on where we live or what we do for a living etc. toxic minerals such as lead, mercury and cadmium etc, can be stored in various parts of your cells and tie up certain nutrients, this may mean you need more of this particular nutrient, for example mercury can tie up iron and zinc, this could deplete your immune system or affect your digestion. I think due to the poorer soils found today, the modern farming methods, fertilizers used, the environmental pollutants we all live with and our diet and lifestyle choices, the need to monitor our nutritional status is becoming increasingly important. To know exactly what nutrients your body is crying out for, your hair could possibly give us some answers, just as the rings on the trees can tell us a lot about the life of the tree, so too can the hair. Your hair might be the key to better health.

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eyes even portray various personality traits.

Herbal medicine is a very effective but gentle method to support and nurture the body when our bodies need a little assistance to regain optimal health. The formulation made specifically for you and your body.

I will work with you to develop a dietary and lifestyle plan to improve your health. Not only will you feel the difference, but with Hemaview™ you may see changes in your blood as your treatment progresses.

Live Blood Analysis is an observation of live blood, which involves viewing of a freshly taken blood sample under a microscope. A tiny prick is made on the finger and a droplet of blood is added to a sterile slide.

Iridology is a fabulous non-invasive, painless and economical tool to aid the practitioner to evaluate areas of the body that need to be nurtured so the individual may have a better quality of life. The

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launched throughout Australia, it’s called “Shake it” this program is based on a carbohydrate controlled diet that incorporates good levels of dietary protein, appropriate levels of healthy fats and moderate exercise to support rapid and lasting fat loss. “Shake it” encourages the body to utilize fat as the primary source of fuel, resulting in fat loss while preserving the muscle mass. When muscle mass is lost, it can reduce the ability to burn calories and increase your likelihood of putting fat back on. The principles of this program consist of one meal replacement per day, along with two sensible meals and two snacks, it comes with a list of allowable foods, and a recipe book to help you with some really good ideas and strategies. The “Shake it” program is now available in my clinic. Lynne Singlewood is a teacher of natural medicine at Endeavour College, she teaches iridology and oriental diagnosis. Lynne is a dynamic naturopathic practitioner who has a passion to help the community with their health and well being. Her deep love of iridology and herbal medicine is infectious, visit her at the NEW Findon Clinic (Integrated Medicine). Ph: 0421618792 or email lynne@irishealth.com.au. Web site: www.irishealth.com.au

What is “Living Water”? Austrian scientist Victor Schauberger coined the term living water when he discovered that natural hexagonal, snowflake-like water clusters are found in healing springs around the world, and that this geometrical structure is what gives the water its healing properties. Patrick and Gael Flanagan in their book Elixir of the Ageless also found that (I quote from Conscious Eating by Gabriel Cousens, M.D.): “High-energy colloids, or particles with a high electrical charge, act as ‘energy seeds’ that attract the free water molecules to form liquid crystal shells ... this type of colloid is the same type found in the famous Hunza water, which the local people drink from their natural glacial streams. Some people believe that this colloidal water of the Hunzas, who are known for their life spans of up to 130 years, is one key to their incredible health and vital longevity. Below, water molecules from pristine mountain springs have a beautiful geometric structure of hexagonal crystal (6-pointed). This is living water. In the center, polluted water is ugly and distorted, it’s dead water. Photos are from The Messages of Water by Masaru Emoto.

Fresh Spring Water from the Sanbuichi Yusui Spring in Japan.

Polluted Water from Biwako Lake, a water reservoir in Japan.

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SPRING IS HERE! The Wood Element according to traditional Chinese medicine and what it means for you ○

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BY REBECCA QUIN The season of spring is the beginning of the yang cycle and is represented by the wood element. Wood is direct, upright and growing. It roots itself deep into the earth but sets its goal on reaching the heavens. Wood is strong but flexible and readily adapts itself to its environment. Spring is symbolic of regeneration, renewal, new beginnings and change; It is a rising, dynamic, force that is direct and controlling. The liver and gall bladder are the organ/meridian partnership for this season/element. They are responsible for the smooth flow of Chi, the storage and distribution of blood and govern planning and decision making. The eyes, tendons and ligaments are physical manifestations of the season and therefore expressed in our vision and direction in life, along with our ability to move with grace, ease and flexibility. This season, you will observe a flurry of energy and activity in nature around you. Seeds are germinating and shoots are popping up through the earth. Birds are building nests and seeking mates. Bees are busy searching for newly opened blossoms to gather up nectar and pollen for the hive. Leaves and blossoms form on trees and the changing winds whip up their branches.

Take care not to spend the newly acquired energy growing within us, as an eager child would with their pocket money. The secret here is patience. It is much wiser to conserve some of the energy than spend it all at once. Here is how to make the best of spring and utilise its growing energy for good health and prosperity. Go to bed no later than •Go 10pm and rise no later than 7am. The old saying of “early to bed, early to rise - makes a man healthy wealthy and wise” has never been more valid as it is in Spring and Autumn. Spring clean. Each day on •Spring waking before you get up, lay or sit quietly and visualise clearing out your mental clutter. Spring clean your mind leaving it fresh and open to new possibilities and beginnings. Goal setting and planning. •Goal Start to visualise, make plans and put them into action. Use this Feng Shui Tip for success; Write down the most important thing you want to achieve this year on a red piece of paper and place it in a red envelope (or roll the paper in a scroll and tie with a red ribbon) and place in a place you see it every day to remind you to take action towards achieving it. When you have achieved your goal ceremoniously burn the paper reciting an affirmation of gratitude. Go Green. Green is the colour •Go of the season and should be your

first choice in food. Eat plenty of organic green leaves, shoots and young green vegetables. This is a great time of year to begin an eight week gentle cleansing diet as the liver energy is at its peak and will respond well to the detox (avoid rapid detoxes as this puts stress on the liver and kidneys). Enjoy stir fries with lots of green vegies. Try sprouted grain breads, seeds and beans. Try to eat fish at least twice a week and up your fruit and vegie intake while decreasing stodgy refined foods such as white bread, chips etc. Start the day with a large glass of warm filtered water with a whole lemon or lime squeezed into it (an effective liver cleansing tonic). Avoid fatty, fried foods, alcohol, refined wheat products, overeating and eating late at night, all of which over burden the liver and leave us feeling tired and slugish. Exercise and stretch. It’s •Exercise time to increase your exercise time and frequency. Gradually increase intensity over the weeks leading up to summer; resist the urge to ’go all out’ straight away. Practice daily a Tai Chi or Qi Gong form that stretches and twists - such as The ChiBall Method’s Spring class or the Dance of the Dragon - to increase flexibility and help the body detoxify. Exercise early in the morning before breakfast and finish with a standing meditation under a tree or in a green leafy area to augment your Chi. Protect yourself from the •Protect wind. Wind is considered an evil in TCM and can invade the body through the pores of the skin. It is impor tant to keep covered up in the spring, especially on windy evenings when our defensive Chi is at its weakest.

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www.innerself.com.au Express your feelings. An•Express ger is the root emotion this season and is harmful to all the internal organs, especially the liver. If anger is suppressed. It leads to long term resentment, frustration, bitterness and hatred which blocks Chi flow and ultimately leads to disease. Although it is not always appropriate to express your anger when it arises, don’t bottle it up. Energy punches as in the Spring ChiBall class can help release pent up feelings. Practice 100 energy punches whenever you feel angry or frustrated, making sure you shout ‘hoo’ as you punch and exhale. Notice how quickly you feel the emotions release and dissolve. Patience. There is wonderful •Patience. story about a very busy man, whom, while strolling through his garden, came across a butterfly starting to emerge from its chrysalis. He watched as the butterfly struggled over and over, slowly breaking through the skin of the chrysalis. The man became impatient, as he was very busy and wanted to witness this miracle. So he decided to hurry the process, tearing open the chrysalis to release the butterfly. As a butterfly struggles over and over to break the chrysalis, its wings gradually strengthen allowing it to escape and then fly. The man’s impatience disrupted this process and sadly the butterfly died because its wings hadn’t developed fully, therefore were not strong enough to fly. Let the energy of spring inspire you, but don’t rush things; let them unfold naturally in time. Originally trained in the UK for group fitness during the 80’s, R e b e c c a rediscovered the fitness industry t h r o u g h ChiBall in 2003. Trained in Pilates, The ChiBall Method™ and Dance of the Dragon™, Rebecca takes a gentle approach to healing through exercise and has been described as a gifted and inspirational teacher. For more information Visit the official ChiBall™ at www.chiball.com

WholeFOODS with SHARON WEIDENBACH

Grains, Nuts and Legumes Using the whole food We all want to eat “healthier” and consume fresh, tasty foods more often. However some commercially prepared foods may appear to have nutritional and taste differences to those prepared at home. Why is this so? Historically we always ate our processed grains, nuts and legumes very close to where they grew. This was due to fragility of the processed product and mills were near towns and bakers. Milling processes were very simple and consisted of two stones rubbed together – we consumed “whole food” either dry (flour) or wet (eg soaked almonds to prepare “milk”). In modern times we transpor t products extensively, storage is increased (warehouses, shops, home pantry) and packaging infers “freshness” is maintained. Processing may also include; extreme temperature, chemicals to assist processing, removal of “undesirable” food components and addition of artificial colours, preservatives and miscellaneous additives that we have no control over. Foods that are commonly milled include: Legumes (or pulses) - haricot, kudzu, lima, mung, broad, soya, tamarind beans and chickpea, lentils, dal peas. Legumes are a rich source of world protein, however as it is “incomplete protein” it is best consumed with a cereal food. The outer seed covering is often removed in modern processing to increase digestibility and improve shelf life, this can result in loss of thiamine. Seeds - all the cereal grains, amaranth, chia, quinoa and buckwheat are commonly milled. For cereals both the outer bran (fibre rich) and germ (contains natural fats and nutrients) are usually removed in processing.

Nuts (including drupes) - chestnuts, almonds and hazelnuts are milled for rich nutritional value and flavour.

Milling Effects

Some of these foods will only release their full benefits when their hard outer coating is cracked. Eg Whole linseeds are not digested at all unless cracked/milled. Others lose their perceived health benefits if milled too long before consumption. Oxidization (commonly termed “rancid”) is common amongst all products that have an oily component (most of these foods have some desirable health giving oils or fats). E.g. Linseeds loose potency after 30 days when refrigerated, less if at room temperature. Others alter the performance of prepared foods. EG If too much wheat bran is included in bread dough the bread loaf will have a reduced rise. As the wheat bran’s long sharp fibre “cuts” the gluten strands that are formed during kneading. Milling at home can provide huge savings (whole foods are much cheaper than processed), save on cupboard space (you don’t need all those containers cluttering up your shelves) and ensure you receive the full nutritional benefits that you want. When choosing an appliance ensure it has sufficient power (you don’t want to burn out your motor or ), that the container is made of a substance that will not crack or chip, that the shape and size are appropriate for the foods you intend to mill (eg a small narrow container heats up faster than wider base containers and may not be suitable for when very hard grains or large volumes are required). Also ensure that your blades are sharp enough to cope with the super hard outer coverings without becoming blunt or damaged.

28 HEALTHY LIVING Also, when milling ensure you do not overload the container (you need free movement to get even milling and minimise heat generation), don’t over process (you will have made a paste or “butter”), remove your processed food quickly to ensure a quick release of heat and store freshly milled foods that are high in oils in a dark, covered container in the refrigerator.

LSA Recipe

An easy one to try at home with: 3 parts Linseeds (flaxseeds), 2 parts Sunflower seeds and 1 par t Almonds. Linseeds contain high levels of omega-3 fatty acids (1 Tbspn a day is suggested), fibre and antioxidants (phytoestrogens) and are a good source of protein. Sunflower seeds contain protein, fibre, vitamin E, selenium, magnesium, copper, zinc, folate, iron and antioxidants Almonds are rich in vitamin E and contain good sources of protein, fibre, monounsaturated fat, manganese, copper and vitamin B2, Use it on fruit, yogurt or cereals, include it in smoothies or sprinkle it over salads, pasta, rice or baked vegetables. Store refrigerated in a dark sealed container and ensure you drink plenty of water to complement the increase in dietary fibre consumed. You can also use freshly milled Linseeds as an egg replacer. To replace 1 egg – Mix 1 Tbspn milled linseed + 3 Tbspn water, allow to sit for a few minutes (it will become gellike).

Disclaimer

All information contained is of a general nature. Always consult a qualified health professional before making any unusual dietary decisions. Sharon started her working life with 13 years in nursing and has now found her passion in showing people how to take advantage of technology and prepare healthy, tasty meals whilst saving time and money with a Thermomix. She is also a Group Leader who assists other Thermomix demonstrators. Telephone Sharon on: 0409 150 729

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The Road to Adventure is Paved with Self Discovery! No one truly knows themselves until they go on...and on, and on, and on...way beyond their familiar comfort zones. Physical challenges present an extraordinary opportunity to discover who you are and what you are made of! As with life, physical demands aren’t always easy, nor are they always an appealing or particularly romantic endeavour, but with each hurdle overcome, each mental resistance surmounted, each fear defeated, each kilometre chalked up, you often discover a profound depth of character and self-reliance that would remain obscured, unknown and untapped in the warmth and comforts of daily life. Physical challenges are my spiritual path. I seek personal discovery through the pursuit of physical adventures. The journey to be vitally fit, healthy and strong is a spiritual and compelling one for me. To be at my physical best I have to be at peace with myself, in balance with my emotions, determined and disciplined in my training, gentle with my body, persistent in my commitment to myself, willing to endure pain and set-backs, courageous in my efforts to improve, mindful of my priorities and I have to be unrelentingly enthusiastic in my heart! I also have to eat extraordinarily well, rest optimally, think optimistically, trust my processes completely, turn-up no matter what the weather or temperature, develop mental toughness, expand my sense of humour, be creative in my approach to training and I have to continually be willing to ‘fail’ in order to grow... To have wild, lofty, hairy, audacious goals is the easy part. To turn up to the daily grind in preparation for these goals is another reality entirely! I love big goals...I discover myself in the journey toward their attainment... often I have not ‘succeeded’ in the achievement of my lofty goals...but the journey toward their realisation has always been deeper and more personally fulfilling than I could have dreamed at the outset... There have been many uncomfor table set-backs along the way – depression, haemorrhoids, fibroids, heavy drinking, lack of self-belief, sugar addiction, fear - there always are. I am not alone in this. But as I have continued to turn up to myself, day after day after month after year, I have discovered that the most precious gifts are often hidden in the muddiest and most unlikely of places – training and racing for me. When I don’t feel like getting out of bed, when it is cold and wet and windy and dark outside, that is the moment of truth...I can choose to grow or choose to stagnate...when I hit snooze I have made a very clear choice stagnation. 99% of the time today I am able to get up and turn up because I look after myself to the absolute best of my ability. I didn’t always think I was worth it...now I know no other

way than to feed and fuel and care for myself with unbridled abandon and steadfast commitment! I love to feel the fullness of my strength, fitness, radiance, health, vitality, energy, enthusiasm, confidence and playfulness – these things are an integral part of my soul: developed and refined through dedicated participation in my own physical, mental and emotional expansion. There is nothing I would trade for these ‘things’. I respect the immense gift of these feelings that I have for myself and about my being – forgive me but this is not arrogance, its excitement! These ‘things’ are hard earned. I don’t always completely want to do what must be done, but I do it anyway. I don’t always want to swim 900m butterfly, do 100 pull-ups and 100 chin-ups, or run 3 x 2km repeats day after day after day, but I do it because I know that the sense of achievement and triumph over my own fears and perceived limitations is unparalleled. I meet myself in the darkest places of my being everyday! Eleanor Roosevelt once said ‘do one thing every day that scares you’. I agree, and I take it further, I do things physically, mentally and emotionally everyday that scare me...some days less, some days more...but every day and a lot! I’m always learning, always ‘failing’, always searching further and I’m always growing. I wish this feeling of health and vitality on everyone...it is an experience that everyone should have at least once in their life, at least then people might have the first hand experience and necessary information in order to truly choose what level of health, vitality, strength, fitness and playfulness they genuinely want and choose in their lives. Life is an extraordinary adventure! Amanda Allen is a former State, National and World Champion Triathlete, Cyclist and Firefighter. She is a Personal Trainer, delivering Corporate Training, Lifestyle Coaching, Triathlon and Adventure Training, Seminars and Group Training. Amanda is currently training for the 2012 Olympics in Canadian Canoeing. She has studied Wholistic Psychology, Yoga, Event Management, and has a Bachelor of Management. Contact Amanda on 0400 262 116 or visit: www.realisept.com.au

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www.innerself.com.au it” carries a lot of wisdom. There are many reasons why this works. Firstly the way you project yourself to other is how they will perceive you. If you project a friendly, confident person interested in other people, then that is how you will be perceived. Then in turn, you will perceive this back within yourself that “Hey, if they think I’m confident, then maybe I am!” Unconsciously, your behaviour can influence your beliefs as much as your beliefs influence your behaviour. If you worry about what other people think of you, ask yourself why you care? Most strangers are so self-preoccupied and caught up in their own thoughts they are too busy to be even giving you more than a fleeting thought! Draw strength and inspiration from the people in your life who accept you and love you unconditionally.

My Top 7 Tips for developing confidence

1. Give up caring what other people think of you. 2. Engage in self-development activities that help you resolve your past hurts and let go of your negative self-beliefs that hold you back from achieving greatness 3. Fake it until you make it! 4. Practice facing your fears and overcoming them, one step at a time 5. Acknowledge, celebrate and take ownership of the positive traits, skills and talents you have 6. Develop your communication skills and become a good conversationalist 7. Smile! Choose to be a pleasant, positive person to be around Remember, if you want confidence, you have the power inside you to make it happen! Miriam Henke is the director of Revelation Training & Coaching, and a specialist in personal breakthroughs. She coaches using NLP, Time Line Therapy™, psychology, guided visualisation and life coaching techniques. Miriam also runs local NLP Practitioner and Master Practitioner Trainings. For more information, contact Miriam@revelationtrainings.com.au or 0403 374 694.

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BY JENNIFER COOMBE We read a lot about the idea that “we create our own reality”. I remember years ago when I came across a little book on affirmations and how excited I was by this discovery. Could it really be this simple to have the life I wanted? I worked with affirmations and visualizations avidly. And yes, many changes occurred, not always in the way I had hoped or expected, but I could certainly see them as pathways to what I wanted in life. At that stage what I didn’t fully comprehend was how we are always creating our reality, and that it is created from all levels of consciousness, the conscious level, the subconscious level, the unconscious level and the Soul. We may wonder why when we are visualizing our perfect life circumstances, nothing seems to change. This is because we have subconscious or even unconscious beliefs and patterns that have a greater force in our lives than we know. For example, if you are affirming the perfect relationship, be aware that you are carrying the patterns of your parents in their relationship and even those of previous generations. If your parents had a relationship characterized by power inequity or any sort of abuse or abandonment issues, you may unconsciously be creating a similar relationship with your partner, in order to bring these patterns to the surface, that is into the conscious level. This way they can be healed and released. The world and your relationships are the mirror through which you can see yourself. It is a powerful thing to ask in every circumstance, what is True here? What is this showing me? I believe that working with a positive mindset and techniques such as visualisation and affirmations are very valuable tools for creating the reality we want as long as we are aware that they may take us on a circuitous journey. If we are affirming financial abundance we may come face to face with our poverty consciousness. If we are affirming a particular business success, we may need to confront our feelings of self wor th and any failure consciousness within. As the saying goes, “ Love brings up everything unlike itself.” The positive will bring up the polar opposite if it is anywhere in our consciousness. This is why the

shadow work is so valuable. When life gets tough, a question we may ask ourselves is “why do I want this reality?” There can be a tendency here to blame ourselves. It is a good question however. The answer may often be that we simply don’t know. Life is a mystery, and our human minds can’t possibly have all the answers. It sometimes has to be enough to simply acknowledge the situation we are in, affirm that you have a preference for something different, release the feelings that arise from it and ask what the experience is teaching you It seems like this time in our history is fraught with so many issues globally. We are facing many uncertainties and are challenged daily not to buy into fear. As spiritual warriors we need to arm ourselves with tools, almost prepare for combat to face what appears to be happening. These tools can include regular self inquiry and meditation, with an aim of constantly trying to remember who we really are, being vigilant to victim consciousness, facing our fears and with clear intention, releasing them over and over again. We are moving through the eye of a needle and we can’t take our baggage with us. Our experience is based on our perception of this experience. Often a shift in perspective can also shift our reality. Being grateful for what we do have is important. What we focus on expands and an attitude shift moves us into a more receptive place to being open to what is truly our greater good. Low vibration has to shift if high vibration is brought in. A gratitude journal for daily use is a great way to remember the good things in our day. It may only be to remember to be grateful, but the intention behind it is where the power lies. Growing is not always comfortable. Evolving is not always a great experience. We may not always get what we think we want but we will get what we need. The personality is only a part of us and our Soul or Greater Self will always have the last word. For more information contact Jennifer C o o m b e , CounsellingMarriage, Family & Personal - Crafers, SA. Ph 8339 5740 Email lewcoom@chariot.net.au

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SINGLE in the suburbs with JANE DONOVAN

I don’t care what your story is… You are worthy! I hear so many stories of why someone is not in a loving relationship when they desire to be in one. I hear about the person who is too old, the one who is not sophisticated enough, the one who is not emotionally connected, the one who is not interesting enough, the one who is not pretty enough, the one who is not entertaining enough, the one who is not confident enough, the one who is not successful enough, the one who is not slim enough, the one who is too quiet, the one who is not happy enough, the one who doesn’t have time, the one who has too many children, the one who is....fill in the blank. This to me is called, so what! You are all worthy. This is called stuff and we all have stuff. So what! Are you using this as an excuse? Are you allowing this to stop you achieving what you want? If you believe nothing more, please believe this... YOU ARE

ALL WORTHY! Sure, everyone has a journey to go on and sometimes this stuff is getting in the way of meeting and sustaining a healthy relationship yet I have never met anyone who hasn’t a story that says they are not worthy. If you find that you are the one who ..... fill in the blank, and it really is stopping you then take the time to see how this story could be changed to rectify this belief. We are programmed from such a young age to believe so many things that are limiting us in our happiness, our success and our joy. By taking the time to examine what it is we believe in and why will help you to highlight any old beliefs that need replacing with new ones. Often people carry beliefs that create boundaries that are really not there. These beliefs could be in-fact not our belief but that of our parents, or carer during childhood or teacher or childhood

friend. Yet subconsciously we have taken on that belief and created a boundary that perhaps is no longer serving a purpose in our life. The belief or boundary may even be detrimental to our happiness. It could be a simple memory of being told that someone who is fat isn’t worth dating. Or someone who is quiet would be boring to be with. Or someone who hasn’t achieved wealth is not a good provider. These simple statements said in the past as a thoughtless statement could easily have impacted on your limited thinking. I recently met a lovely lady who came to me wanting to meet someone to fall in love with. As I discussed with her the requirements she had in a potential par tner, she shared with me it would be better if they weren’t attractive as someone who was attractive wouldn’t be interested in someone ugly like her. This women I can tell you was well presented, impeccably groomed, had a lovely clear and open face, was gentle in nature, a kind and compassionate women and someone who I felt presented beautifully. Sadly, her father had repeatedly told her as a child that she was ugly. Now a fully mature and lovely woman, she still carried this memory with her and truly believed what her father had told her. These early

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www.innerself.com.au memories are so damaging yet with a little work can be changed to a new, authentic and much more empowering story. Another man I met, now in his 50’s felt he wasn’t wor thy of meeting a suitable partner although he desired one, as he had repeated been told in childhood from parents and teachers that he would never amount to anything. I however saw him as an interesting man who held a stable position in a solid company, had a very long list of interests that he had become quite accomplished at and had much to offer a potential partner. He was a man who potentially demonstrated loyalty, trustworthiness, reliability and a stability that many women would love to have in a partner. Take the time to question why you believe what you do. Ask yourself is this belief still serving me? If the answer is no, then take the time to reframe this belief into one that does suit you in the now and will enable you to be free. Reframing beliefs is quite easy to do when you present evidence that shows how limiting to your experience this belief is. Step forward in the new you with a new belief that is now serving your highest good. And in the meantime, while working on changing this story, keep telling yourself, ‘I am worthy’. Repeat it so often that you eventually start to believe you are worthy. Then as you do this, you will find your story starts to change. So here is your new belief, ‘I may be ..... fill in the blank, however I am worthy’. Yours in love, Jane Donovan Social 8 www.social8.com.au www.janesloveshack.com.au

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BY LOUISE TEBBLE Did you know we humans have approximately 60,000 thoughts per day? And…that most of these thoughts are repetitive, non helpful and actually, when you think about it, terribly dull! Of these 60, 000 thoughts a whopping 87% are negative. Of this 87%, an estimated 99% are grossly over exaggerated projections of how we think circumstances and events may eventuate. Did you catch that word “MAY” eventuate. Knowing this, is it any wonder that many of us experience feeling overwhelmed so much of the time? The human brain is pre-programmed to worry, to fear and to play the endless and pointless “what if” game. You know what I mean… “Oh my god, why did I say that?”, “What if they were laughing at me?”, “What if they don’t like me?”, “What if I really stuff up”…and on “it” goes. “It” is otherwise known as the ego. How did we get to this place? The oldest part of our brain is pre-programmed to fear; but this is only part of the story. The other part of the story is “taping”. As we grew and developed we “taped” messages from the adults who surrounded us. These “taped” messages were (you guessed it!), generally of a negative nature. So, before long, we took on the role of being our own worst critic. An example – adult Penny accidentally knocked over a glass of water. No big deal, but in her head she immediately heard the stern words of her grand-dad “you stupid idiot”!

This phrase was heard often by Penny as she grew; the message “not good enough” was assimilated; taken on board and held as a core belief. This core belief (and others of a similar nature) informed Penny’s perception of the world and of herself. So, how do we address this incredible imbalance? How do we “deal with” all this negativity? Firstly, we need to come to the understanding that blaming anyone, including ourselves and those adults who raised us, is a waste of energy. There is actually no long term joy to be found in the blame game. The key is to take responsibility for who we are. Take a long hard look at yourself and ask such questions as “Am I who I want to be?”, “What qualities do I wish to actualise within myself?” Also, work within the positive. Look at what you wish to improve, not at what you wish to overcome. For example – “I wish to take more time out for myself” as opposed to “I wish everyone would stop putting me under so much pressure”. When going through this process, it can be most beneficial to have an experienced, fully trained professional therapist to guide you; a therapist who knows when to challenge you, because as Mark Twain proclaimed “We lie best, when we lie to

32 HOLIDAYS WITH A DIFFERENCE ourselves”. The great news is that within the very action of taking responsibility for oneself, of “who” we are in the world, we find our true power is waiting for us. No-one can empower anyone else; the very meaning of the word is “taking one’s own power”, it is not something that one can give another, “a la” silver service style. When we come to the understanding that this is “me” and I am completely and absolutely responsible for me (my thoughts, my actions, the consequences of my actions, bar nothing), our mind opens. Once we do this, and only when we truly do this, are we ready to change. Here comes the thrilling par t – Change? Yes we can! The absolute sheer joy and privilege for me, as a professional, is to walk with and guide a fellow human being as they take up the challenge, the responsibility, and their own power, to lead a life more authentic. I leave with you a prayer I heard recently – “God, help me to accept my True self, no matter how beautiful that is!” As a social worker, accredited mental health practitioner and family therapist I view the world through a “big picture” or “systems” lense. This basically means I recognise that everyone fits within a system and that that system is linked to another system, which is linked to another and so on. Individually, we do not and can not exist alone; we are social emotional creatures. This paradigm dovetails beautifully and seamlessly into the so-called “new age” which teaches that we are all connected and “OF” each other. In practice this means - when we hurt each other, we also hurt ourselves. Universal blessings to you. Louise has worked as a professional therapist for well over a decade and she specialises in relationships; those with our True selves; with our partners; parents; children and community. Louise also works intensely with parents who wish to learn the skills necessary to bring up children who are resilient, happy and inherently successful. Mental Health Medicare Rebates apply with GP referral. Contact Louise at The Wellness Oasis, 49 Portrush Rd, Payneham. Ph 8362 8444

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I the Soul the Omnipresence ○

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ager. No prior knowledge or understanding required. Each Initiate Tours explorer group can choose from a variety of differing modalities, tools and activities to make your journey unique and individually tailored for your needs. The opportunities are boundless. Take home tools specifically crafted for your needs will enable continued growth in life long after your outback experience

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BY MARY SHAW I feel a shiver run down my spine as I read the words, “I the Soul, the Omnipresence” and when I say these words I am immediately moved into an altered state of consciousness. The Soul is who we really are, existing multi-dimensionally and in all states of consciousness simultaneously. Sounds a little grandiose doesn’t it! So how does this relate to our everyday lives. The other day I listened to a friend describing how he felt after undergoing surgery to remove a cataract and replace a lens in one of his eyes. He is amazed at how clear and bright everything is, but also realises how little he saw before and how hazy it was. I relate this to the journey to Soul and into the realisation of what this really means. We feel we are seeing all parts of the path on this journey to Soul, but we are only seeing a very tiny part of it. The rest is revealed as we let go and become a Conscious Being. How do we do this? Back to my conversation with my friend – he was told to take things easy and be careful after the operation as for a short period double vision may occur causing confusion, so there was a need for discernment. How many times on our journey to Soul as a Conscious Being have we been told to use discernment? Many, many times. What, Why and How are good questions to ask ourselves along the journey. Taking it easy and slowly is also good advice. The aim for many people is to reach the magical state of consciousness known as Oneness. The true aim is to exist in Oneness continuously. Generally most people flit in and out of this state because for many reasons they cannot allow themselves this bliss and joy all of the time. Others don’t want to be in Oneness because they are frightened of losing their sense of Self, or feel it would be totally boring to be at one with all. All of the above reasons disappear if you allow yourselves to accept and move into the Conscious

The experience

Initiate Tours State known as Oneness. We see how miniscule our issues are and we are able then to see the numerous States of Consciousness that we exist in simultaneously. Eg: Oneness, Beyond Oneness etc. Not only are there numerous States of Consciousness in this our Conscious Being but there are numerous consciousnesses other than our own to explore. As the Soul we are omnipresent therefore we exist in all Conscious States and all consciousnesses simultaneously. We do this whilst being fully aware and conscious in our everyday lives. We are magnificent powerful Beings but we only allow ourselves to see a miniscule part of ourselves. I impel you to be who you really are. I the Soul, the Omnipresence. Mary is the founder and creator of Conscious Gateways and her passion is working with the Multi-dimensional Soul energy. Mary is an experienced facilitator and has the ability to initiate change on all levels of Consciousness. She has over 35 years experience in the Metaphysical Arena. Mary also facilitates enlightenment tours to Egypt, Peru and other Sacred places. Contact- Mary Ph: 08 97544231 Mob: 0405 003 233, Em: marym@primus.com.au www.consciousgateways.com

The wisdom that we can learn from ancient cultures is as infinitely magnetic and spiritual as it is stimulating, symphonic and rewarding Every “Initiate” experience is as individual as it is a defining adventure of self-discovery Initiate Tours will take you to places you think as yet exist only in the imagination. We all walk and talk but most of the time we are somnambulists.

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Corporate lawyer turned Change Catalyst , Helen offers personalized excursions to outback Australia with a twist. Helen invites you to join her on a magical journey of self-discovery on sacred Indigenous land. Helen uses her 15 years of corporate experience coupled with her knowledge of the 5000 year old Indian Ayurvedic ‘science of health and wellbeing’ on her voyages impar ting her knowledge and teachings to empower you

to initiate the changes needed for the life you deserve.

Our journeys

Initiate Tours have been specifically designed to accommodate a myriad of genres for progression in spirituality and wisdom for all dharmas and every personality type. Become one with the land and the Self. Learn of ancient Aboriginal dreamtime Tjukurpa (history, knowledge, religion, morality and law) that has successfully guided indigenous life for over 60,000 years.

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Initiate Tours include a guided Ayurvedic consultation for every voy-

There’s something on every grain of red, magnetic, majestic outback ear th for everyone. In the vast, scorched, ochre stained landscape of central Australia, a morphology of feeling permeated Helen’s soul “Waking at 4am to cheat the blistering sun, the smell of the previous evenings burnt embers sends the pulse of life coursing through my veins. Rising from my swag, I dust off the red-stained earth from my boots. Body synapses fire waves of exhilarating nervousness and excitement in anticipation of the days climb. The stillness is thick as fog in the air....... Unfamiliar effervescent sounds and smells impress themselves upon me imparting the centuries aged wisdom generated by the indigenous caretakers of the land. As I gaze across the vast pastel stained expanse before me, I catch my breath being drawn in and slowly out of my chest and sense the dry dustiness stroking the tip of my nose. Standing on tip-toes, hand to brow staring up at the mountainous rock that is the days mission, a consciousness of feeling intoxicates me with its sticky hue. The damp morning air particles gently stroke my skin in this arid place of abundance… I feel as a euphoric child, sense the

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ULURU EXPERIENCE! May 2nd 14th September 2nd to 12th 2011 11 nights held at Uluru Central Australia. This journey is for those wanting to train as Energetic Healers or those wanting a personal transformation. Recommended highly for those with chronic medical conditions. Life is never quite the same after this! tender embrace of mother, I am daughter..sister. It would be no longer possible to ever return to the nothingness again”

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The wisdom that we can learn from ancient cultures is as infinitely magnetic and spiritual as it is stimulating, symphonic and rewarding “I wanted to do something with my life that gave me pleasure and absolute fulfillment as well as giving something back. Initiate Tours is my “labour of love”. Close to Helen’s heart is her involvement and exchanges with indigenous Aboriginal people which she combines with Initiate Tours expeditions in an innovative way. An exchange of wisdom has a power that can only be experienced not talked about. Are you ready to make the change? Be the change and it will be so Contact Initiate Tours P: + 61 2 96655718 F: +61 2 96655718 E: info@initiate-tours.com W: www.initiate-tours.com

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BY LORRAINE WEBB Following one’s spirit often draws us to far off shores or to places of spiritual significance within our own country. At some point we are all drawn to look inwards and to awaken from the dream of illusion that exists on this plane. When we answer that call and turn our attention inward often we find the path becomes clear and the direction opens as one step leads us to the next. It appears to many as to myself, opening to clearing the past and healing oneself then leads us to places of importance, connecting to the energies of these places, to remembering times long past when we existed in this place yet in another body. We are drawn then to places like Uluru as the heart centre of this amazing land to help us to open our hearts and release all that no longer serves us. Often there is a calling to travel to other major energy centres around the globe such as Egypt and Peru to connect, release and reclaim energies from times gone by. This has been my journey and one that I passionately lead others on who are drawn to the path that I travel. This is a time to follow one’s heart, when you feel the calling step forward, release fear and have trust and faith that you will be shown the way and all will be provided if it is Divine Will. If you are ready to open your heart contact me on 08 8342 4109. Lorraine is a Spiritual Healer and Reiki Master. She teaches meditation classes, Spiritual Development and a four module healers course and facilitates the life changing 11 day Uluru Healers Retreat. She developed the very popular inner child workshop and is the author of “Practical Guide to Healing the Inner Child” and had 2 self help CD’s and the “Living and Dying Consciously” DVD.

MAGICAL EGYPT 17 days, departing 12th November 2010 This is a magical tour through the temples and tombs, spending two nights sleeping out in the Sahara Desert, plus 4 days sailing the Nile. Lorraine takes you on a spiritual experience from beginning to end! Book now don’t miss out! MYSTICAL PERU April 30 th 2011 16 days , visit amazing Incan townships, Lima, Cusco, Sacred Valley, Colca Canyon and of course magical Machu Picchu. Spend a night with the Quantati people on their floating Island. Experience shamanic sacred ceremonies. Let Lorraine guide you through this mystical place of beauty and simplicity. FLINDERS RANGES RETREA TREATT - 4 days ‘HEALING THE PAST’ ‘SELF EMPOWERMENT’ ‘ASCENSION’

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BY CARMEL GLENANE Australians love travelling overseas for many different reasons. However sometimes we just need to escape to a part of the world in our own country without the extra commitment it physically requires to travel internationally. As the dreamtime spirits of our Sacred Hear t awaken, it is to the easterly point of our coastline they turn, bringing mystical secret headland, Fingal Head into a beacon of light. This sleepy coastal village evokes images of the ‘Sea Priestess’ and Mermaids. Dolphins and Whales hug its deep waters off shore, evoking the Lemuarian energies since the be-

ginning of time. Captain Cook named Fingal Head, Point Danger in 1770, due to its dangerous Coral Reefs. Fingal lighthouse is known as the ‘Keepers Lighthouse’, its light flashes every five seconds. Five, being the number of the Mysteries, is a symbolic guardian of the spirits of the land. With spectacular whale watching cruises and a strong indigenous local culture Fingal Headland is a secret destination in the heart of the Eastern Australian ‘ley lines’. Fingal’s strikingly powerful ‘Dreamtime Beach’ under the beauty of the night sky under with a

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In these precarious times self development and discovering your ‘Authentic Self’ is more important than anything else. Your relationship with your ‘Higher Self’ and following your ‘inner guidance’ is what is required.

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34 COUNSELLING Full Moon can reveal the silvery form of the Goddess Isis through the sea mists. As night transforms to day the first rays of the dawn light bring through The Great God ‘Ra’ - Lord of Light, the life giving source from the sun. Ancient Egyptians considered the early morning ‘Opening of the Hear t Sun Salutation’ rituals to be the most potent time of the day to manifest their clear intentions. Mt. Warning, an ancient and powerful spiritual portal in the Northern Rivers Region of NSW, was carved out of a volcanic eruption 20 million years ago. The 8.8km Initiation to the summit and back evoke the spirits of ‘Arakwal’ and ‘Bundjalong’, the Indigenous custodians of Mt. Warnings spiritual lineage. This national heritage and sacred site is a mysterious energy centre, certainly to be respected for it’s power to cleanse and balance inharmonious energies for the initiate. The mountain is a friend to those who seek to transform and shift stuck earthbound energy. The energies of Mt. Warning were very recently balanced by an Alchemist Magician whose energy portals are in her homes of Bali and the Big Island Hawaii. Together she and I with a strong committed group of lightworkers from around the country, brought the feminine energy into the hear t of this mountain. As we awaken to the raw and elemental energy of Australia which reflects the Ancient Lands of Lemuria and Ancient Egypt, we can begin to align ourselves with the spiritual lineage of our land to draw upon the indigenous spirits of nature and unlock the secrets which lie awaiting for the seeker to discover the true hear t of their land. Bathe in the essence and purity of this Ancient land and dive into the dreamtime spells which guide your soul home to the heart of our Mother, Australia. Carmel Glenane, B.A., Dip. Ed. , internationally published author of “The Immortal Woman”, founder of Atlantis-Rising Mystery School & Healing Center. A channeled writer, spiritual teacher and sought after healer of 17 sacred journeys. Contact 07 55 367 399 info@atlantis-rising.com.au www.carmelglenane.com www.atlantis-rising.com.au

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BY ANGELA STEPHENSON Isn’t it nice when people listen? When your requests are responded to, when your feelings have been heard, when your wishes can be considered and your hopes known, you feel empowered to ask, feel, plan and dream. Having someone listen to you can bring great rewards. Consider the potential for change around you that can come from sharing new perspectives and ideas. Consider the esteem coming from having others relishing in your experiences and your interests. Consider the confidence that would grow from knowing that you’re held in the mind of others and indeed it is your mind that they cherish. That you, with all your wisdom, energy and heart, belong in the lives of others. Now consider the change in you when, through listening, the curiosity of others leads you to process an issue differently, to add to your knowledge of you, to envision new steps toward a dream or, indeed, dream anew. This is what listening can do for us. When someone takes the time to ask us questions that extend and liberate our thinking and then listen to us in a way that conveys our unique importance, we grow. And similar to the ripple in the pond, we bring many in our lives along with us. Relation-

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ships grow. And similar to the boats rising in an incoming tide, we go on to impact positively on community, whether they be geographic, vocational, social or other. Society grows. When someone listens to us, we can give more, and so listen more, to others. Humanity grows. So who are we listening to the most right now? Those with the loudest voices? Not always. Those with the most to say. Sometimes. I believe we listen to those that are being asked. Who are we asking questions of? People in the public eye. People of notoriety. Of celebrity. Of power. But who do we want to know best? Our loved ones. Those around us. The people who we have found interesting, lovable, inspiring and special enough to keep at our side. So why aren’t we asking them more? Because we don’t know what to ask. This is why counselling, lifestyle coaching, personal growth forums, spiritual counsel and good friendships can be so powerful. These can work well for two reasons. Someone listening. And asking the right questions. I suggest to you whenever you encounter a question which facilitates a fresh understanding, a potential solution or a new sense of purpose or motion. A question that helps you remember and makes you smile. When you hear a question that fires your own imagination. Amuses you in your response. Or causes you to fill with pride or power. A question that makes you feel like you belong. Or releases something within you or heals. Pass that question on to others. Ask a loved one what kind of animal they see themselves as. What the nicest thing anyone has ever said to them is. Ask them what they’d like to be remembered for. Or what an ideal bumper sticker on their car would say. And then listen. Enjoy the experience of knowing them. They’ll grow. You’ll grow. And down the line, we’ll all grow. Angela Stephenson, social worker is the creator of a range of Feel Good Be Happy cards. Feel Good Be Happy cards are a range of greeting cards facilitating an interview between card-giver and loved one. Greeting cards are given out at times when you’re already reaching out – make it count more. Ask these different questions and listen. You’ll be giving the greatest gift – growth. And you’ll have a giggle! For more information visit www.feelgoodbehappycards.com.au

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BY JONATHAN MACINTYRE As the season of winter draws to a close, has its cold wet space been a time for your inner reflection, or downtime, or lying fallow, or being still, as this cycle is meant for us? It is not our usual western society way, is it? It is more like work, work, work! Yet the animals and plants know winter’s value in their nourishment, refreshing and re-energising. Have you let the new seeds of your Life contained within you - knowingly or not - nestle in and begin to germinate? Are they growing and ready to receive the buffeting winds, the warmer sun and a little more life giving rain that our spring is soon to bring to bear? In this spring climate and atmosphere change - which is perfect for encouraging the growth of what is new (seeds) in us - we’re just beginning to see the evidence of what has taken root in our creative midst over winter. For me, a question has risen up and it is “Where do I belong?” A

great reality checking enquiry and a revealing question for all of us, if we risk going there. Many people wouldn’t give much thought to it preferring to put it in the comfortable box of just staying with the “same old, same old” routine and perhaps complaining a little about this or that from time to time. Others might funnel the question in to their external circumstances, wondering whether a relationship is actually working for them or not, or asking if they’re in the right job, or should they be taking this particular route in life now, or...fill in the blank. These can be useful questions, and excavating answers and deciding on an action can be some next steps in the process of discovering “where do I belong”. From a true Life energy standpoint - there is a simpler answer to the question that can really empower our lives. The first part is in realising at the very core of ourselves we are

Life energy, and we can direct the question inward to there first. This point of energy is universal in nature and is energetically connected to the All there is - we belong to that first and foremost, as it is the source of us. When we know this sense of belonging and align with this energy, the answer to where our belonging will take us in the world, in all that we can be, is where we can act out the truth of our longing - to be all that Life energy in us is! Tuning in to our Life energy is about listening deeply to ourselves in body, mind and heart - particularly in winter when the energy opportunity is strong to do so. It is why the energy works of such fields as Attunement, meditation, yoga, silent retreats, prayer, the presence process, Reiki, etc., help keep us in connection with our very centre. From here, at our core, we naturally find the inspiration bubbling up that takes us in to the “being” and “doing” of the longing of our Spirit. As we express this be-longing energy into the world, we give real power and blessing into that which truly matters to us. Our sense of belonging grows from our individual Self and initial family awareness, into a whole human race family awareness and experience. It is the source of our giving into the world family right where we are that generates our happiness, wellbeing, security and deeper knowing of belonging. Are you taking the time to listen for the presence of that universal Life energy in you today - the place of your belonging? Perhaps an Attunement can pave the way for this to be more of your lifestyle? It is worth it! Jonathan MacIntyre is an internationally qualified Attunement Practitioner & Teacher and has been practicing and teaching this process and lifestyle for 10 years www.attunementlifeenergy.org.au - 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 8523 1329 or 0408 034 584.

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YOU ARE THE ONE TO MAKE THE CHANGE ○

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Personal MASTERY

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BY KERRY DENICE There is much happening on this planet at this time, which is causing much confusion. Is the world coming to an end with the latest bouts of financial uncertainty, earthquakes, oil spills, floods, famine as well as loss of jobs, relationships, health issues etc.? This is all intended for us to take stock of our lives and find out what makes us happy. What makes our heart sing! Rejoice and live in the here and now do not wonder or spend time in fear. Do not look at the past and only see regret and wasted time and energy in what is no longer important to you. You are all here and have been chosen to take par t in the biggest change (on all levels) that has ever happened on this planet. You are chosen for your uniqueness, you have been chosen because you are all part of a giant jigsaw. Your uniqueness is what sets you apart from others. There is no-one else like you, so there is no need to compare your life, your happiness with others because no-one has ever experienced the things you have experienced, no-one has ever had the thoughts and ideas you have. Yes, they may be along the same lines, but your thoughts and ideas are yours, no-one else’s. I’m writing this to stress how important you are. No matter what you think, just by you being here is making a difference. Just by your spirit taking part in this journey is making a difference. Now is the time to reflect on this and acknowledge this as TRUTH. Why are you here at this place and at this time, many are asking. There is no coincidence that many are ask-

ing this question at this time, because now is the time to make the change. Now is the time to release all fear and worry about what the future will bring. Now is the time to live in the moment, connect with your power and recognize the power to change your life forever. No longer living in the past of what ifs and looking at the future if only, but feeling and seeing the now – the present. Be grateful for all the things you have, know with faith and trust all your dreams will come true. Yes, faith and trust that is something that we are all working on, especially at this time of great confusion. When many are intent on creating fear, fear about tomorrow, fear, fear, fear. There is nothing to fear but fear itself. It is time we all realized there is nothing to be afraid of. We create our own situations to enable us to learn more about our self, to learn lessons that is all. How many of us when we complete the lesson realize that whilst some of them are quite painful and long winded, at the conclusion when we finally realize what it was all about, we are quite relieved and realize we are now better off than we were before. But this is the tricky bit, to stay in the moment and realize everything happens for a reason and that we are truly loved and are being cared for and this is just part of the journey we have chosen. So how do we begin to have faith and trust in who we are and why we are here and everything is okay. We learn to meditate to go within, to reconnect to all that is to connect with who we really are. The feeling of connection is very important at this

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Struggle Less ~ Surrender More time to enable us to realize who we really are and the power we hold within us. We are responsible for how we feel, how we react and what we do, no-one else. Once we recognize this then the power to change all that we do not like or want in ourselves and in our lives is within our grasp. Be strong, be wise and surrender all fear and enjoy this journey you are on. It is unique to you, you may share it with many but only you have walked in your shoes, only you feel and think the way you do. So do not buy into the fear being created around you, take charge of your life and decide that everything is as it should be for now and you have the power to change it all. Peace, love and happiness Kerry Denice KERRY DENICE is a Spiritual Teacher, Healer and C o u n s e l o r. I n d i v i d u a l Counseling sessions attuned to your needs, Spiritual Readings, Meditation Classes and Discussion Groups are available. Learn to protect yourself against all negativity, develop your psychic ability and find your own answers and ‘FIND YOUR TRUTH’. Phone (08) 8276 3421 or www.kerrydenice.com

The moment we choose to trust what is happening in our everyday lives, no matter how awful it looks and feels from the fear within us that incites us to resist from our judgments ~ and we surrender instead with faith, love and a larger perspective, the Higher Self within us can then take the stage and start to transform and heal the situation ~ often miraculously. We need to first recognise that we are battling with our blinker-like judgments as foes, and that the more we battle with wilful steely resistance, the more powerfully it fuels our fears that makes us struggle to control it. In the past few weeks I have been watching my bank account dwindle, along with my bookings for consults. The degree of worry combined with feeling helpless to change it woke me up to the fact that I needed to stop feeling the victim of this and to take complete responsibility to contributing to my experience of a lack of funds by fuelling it with fear. So I consequently made a decision to let go and trust as I was struggling big time with this. When I woke up to the fact that I had really bought the horror movie again, I remembered the truth that I do not have to suffer. I also made the impactful decision (which I had never done in this congruent way before around money,) to cease to fear completely what was happening in regards to having a cash flow reduction. I often joke that God does not wantme to be a kitchen hand or a waitress –God Bless them

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all! (I used to work in restaurant/café kitchens when I was in my twenties and I loved it!) ~ so the solution has never has been about ‘getting another job’ to supplement my income. Every time I have endeavoured to find other ways to’ increase my income’ on the recommendation of accountants and well meaning friends, my consulting and teaching has suffered and my income has stayed the same and I ended up exhausted. The reason I am telling you this, is that what was really happening was that I was being backed up into that very familiar corner of my life where there was nowhere else to go except down on my knees and surrender the whole issue over to the Higher Self/ Higher Power to take care of. Now this is not the way of the world ~ the way of the world is to ‘soldier on’ to work harder, to strategise to find ways of resolving the problem. This is all well and good and this just does not work for me anymore. And the strong intuitive message I was also getting was to not ‘cry poor’ to anyone, though I was very tempted, so often and so strongly to borrow money to get me by. My thinking kept going in that direction and it was pulled back by the strong intuitive sense not to. A Course in Miracles says that it’s personally insulting the degree to which we have to do the work of healing and resolving anything. When we turn our living and our lives over to being guided from this greater Spiritual level, then that means all of it, no matter how much we want to, or think we have to take care of it. This is what most of us find very challenging with really letting go the reins and of being in the driver’s seat and surrendering what we are struggling with over to the Higher Self to resolve. The world we have been conditioned in says you cannot do that – that it’s not being responsible~!

A Crescendo Point

Yesterday my life reached a crescendo point in regards to finances – I awoke with the realisation that I had important, big bills to pay that day and only a little cash to pay them with. I watched another small bubble of fear come up, and because I was in that corner of mine where I had nowhere else to go, I just popped it immediately with the thought of

choosing to surrender, trust, forgive, bless and release it all over to the Higher Self and to cease to struggle and suffer with fear. Within about an hour of doing this, the quiet, inner voice of intuition said “Just check out that kitsch, old money box that is shaped like a cockatoo that you have stashed away ~ it sounds like there is a note in it.” To my surprise, delight and awe I kept pulling out all this money ~ the exact amount of money I needed to pay my house insurance~! I could not, for the life of me, remember putting that money in there~! At the same time I realised I was experiencing a miracle and as a consequence did a lot of gratitude that day too. Later the same day, I received the exact income to get new glasses (for some reason, both pairs of my glasses had just ‘disappeared’ and I had turned my house upside down looking for them – so there was an added financial pressure) and to pay for having my computer fixed~! For a while now, I have known that I was being asked to surrender my control around my finances, but I was coming kicking and screaming! The miracles of that day have anchored a deeper level of surrender and let go in me and a willingness to relinquish the struggle more immediately over to the Higher Self with trust, faith and safety. JULIE WAY© July 2010 Julie Way is an Adelaide Rebirther/ Breath Therapist/Certified LifeLine Practitioner 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 evening. (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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THETAHEALINGTM BRINGING BALANCE ○

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BY CHRISTA METZER As I write this on my visit to the “home” of ThetaHealing TM in Idaho Falls, US where the founder, Vianna Stibal, has set up the ThetaHealingTM Institute of Knowledge (THInK), I contemplate the meaning of balance. Balance can be viewed from many different perspectives such as 1) achieving bodily equilibrium on the physical, mental and emotional levels, 2) bringing into proportion and harmony, 3) attaining symmetry and poise 4) stability and steadiness 5) equilibrium, to name just a few. We talk about achieving balance, maintaining balance, striking a balance, a healthy balance, a natural balance, an ecological balance, a perfect balance, upsetting the balance, being off balance, a balanced individual. Our very lives depend on balance, the regulation of our internal environment, of our bodily functions. The regulation of the balance that maintains us as a biological being in a stable, constant, steady state is called homeostasis. Homeostasis regulates our internal systems such as temperature balance, blood pressure, hormonal balance, catabolism and anabolism or metabolic balance. Our systems are so finely tuned that we are usually unaware of this process until we are off balance and become ill with a cold or a flu, become anxious or depressed, or develop inflammation or infection. Pain is a sign of imbalance and is the body’s cry for help. Why do we find it hard sometimes

to maintain balance? Do we work so hard that we have little time for play or leisure? Does our weight seesaw? If we binge drink or binge eat on weekends and eat and drink normally for the rest of the week, is this a healthy balance? Do we find that we overreact to a small, even trivial, incident? There are many reasons for us to be thrown off balance, such as excessive or repeated stress, trauma, fear or anger. We may be fighting our own selves such as occurs in autoimmune disorders. How can we create balance if we have conflict or disharmony in our bodies, in our lives? How can we create balance when we hate ourselves or our bodies, when we are repeatedly angry with or resent others around us? Do we create disharmony or conflict in our lives (subconsciously) because of these feelings? If we have peace and harmony in our lives will we become bored or depressed? Are we motivated to get things done or take action only if we become angry or resentful? We choose how we live our lives, or do we? How much are we a product of our genetic heritage in the way we think, in the way we act (not just how we look) and how we react? It would be better to change how we think and teach ourselves that we know how to be motivated without the need to become angry or resentful. Teach that life can be fun, exciting and adventurous without needing to create conflict and disharmony. Teach that we know how to assert

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ourselves and nip things in the bud, rather than creating illness or disorder to avoid disharmonious relations. When we release our fears, resentments and teach ourselves better ways to manage our lives in harmony then our body will look after itself. When we are off balance we need to restore our balance; the balance in our biological systems, lives, work, family, community and universe. Understand that emotions, feelings and thoughts have a direct effect on our physical wellbeing. ThetaHealingTM is a powerful tool to literally change our mind, the way we think and perceive, thereby changing the way the mind influences the body to create optimum balance and health emotionally, mentally and physically. Christa Metzer has been a Natural Therapist for 18 years, and is an a c c r e d i t e d Naturopath, Bioresonance Therapist (Bicom) and a practitioner of ThetaHealing TM. She assists people in finding the cause of their condition so that it can be “dis-created”. She also is a Certified Instructor of ThetaHealing TM and runs classes regularly. Phone Christa at Brighton Health Matters on 8377 3716

We are all on a quest, a journey to find the ultimate prize. Is it fame, fortune, status, beauty? No, it’s peace, inner peace and a sense of acceptance and love. This sounds simple but it eludes most of us for a good part of our lives until we realize that we held the key to this treasure all along. The reason why we never knew we had it already is because it has been buried under a lifetime of negative beliefs and self talk. These beliefs have been planted there by events that have happened to us but we are the ones that have kept them alive whilst slowly killing our self worth. We all think that the new car, house, job, partner or body will ultimately make us happy. Unfortunately this is a very short term bandaid. What we are really craving is our own self love and self worth. In these times there has been much suffering and abuse at the hands of others but whilst the abuse may have stopped, we take over for our abusers by not challenging those feelings of unworthiness they have implanted. We may not have had the strength or courage to stand up to our abusers then but don’t let them have one more day of our power and energy by continuing to believe their lies. Our personal quest will be an adventure, both thrilling and scary, exhilarating and fulfilling. This is not to minimize our pain, just the power we give it. Our perception of the events can greatly affect our recovery and ability to move forward. When we take responsibility for our own emotions and realize they are not the enemy but use them as an opportunity to unlock the key to our self defeating patterns, the happier and more at peace we will be. In time, hopefully we may even recognize that the person, and most probably more than one in our lifetime, has only pushed a wound that was already open. Our job is to trace that wound back to its root origin so it doesn’t keep returning and heal it from there. If we do not heal this wound it will continue to rise up. The circumstances will be different, the players in the scenario will be different, but the one thing in common they will have is the same emotion we attach to it. Liken it to gardening, if we pull out the tops of the weeds and leave the bulbs they will keep returning To mask these emotions rising up again and again, many of us will try to suppress them by turning to addictive behaviour in one form or another. Hence, enter the workaholic, shopaholic, alcoholic, gym junkie, and numerous others that I am sure we know all too well. Comfort food, smoking, drugs, sex, television, being online, to name but a few. We are the common denominator in our life story and these people and circumstances are just catalysts to give us yet another opportunity to heal an old wound. Eventually, we may even be able to thank all these events and people that have caused us anguish over the years and see the circumstances as a GIFT. People come into our lives to teach us, about US. Through these events there may have been a lot of positives that we have gained. The most likely being, higher levels of compassion, empathy, and an acute awareness of our own behaviour onto others. My hope for all people who have been subjected to abuse is that we still have enough strength and self worth to fight one more battle. To realize we are not victims but just the leading role in a play. All the clues are there when we step outside our story and choose to learn what the message behind the story truly is. Push through all our negative beliefs and fears and find our true treasure and key to freedom. Be our own therapist and treasure hunter and set ourselves free. Join me on The Quest of a lifetime, OURS. My quote for you today is: A Soulmate Reflects Back To Us That Which is Unhealed With Love, Light and Passion Debbi Kemp Debbi Kemp is a wholistic practitioner, intuitive counsellor and an Angel Whisperer. www.angelwhisperer.com.au Facebook: Debbi Kemp Angel Whisperer Advanced Spiritual Workshop September 29th details on website

The Awakening Continued from 14 are. Mother love can always be felt, is always present, always supporting and nurturing of you through the day and the night no matter what you are doing or who you are being.” “How can I feel both of these loves all the time?” E: “Through Stillness of Heart and Soul. And even then Father love will come and go, filling you will vitality, enthusiasm, and inspiration, and then it will recede. You will experience Father love in waves, sometimes huge as in a storm and other times as gentle ripples. But just because the water turns still it does not mean that Father love has disappeared, he is just giving you a time of rest and tranquillity. Humans on the other side of the veil have misunderstood these waves. They have felt the huge wave as one of falling in love with another and the stillness as falling out of love. This is just a misperception of Father love. So through not being tempted, or by using discipline in not moving the veil, I will feel the love of Father and Mother (Heaven & Earth) love. E: “Yes” Why am I not feeling these loves at the moment? This morning, in this place of devastation there is no life and no love. It is as though I am dead. I have accepted that this is a death. I have accepted that I am all alone. I have seen my beautiful and loving memories of the past. What now. What is next for me in this life. Is it time to truly die and leave this place for good? Is it time to explore new pastures and find a new place on the earth to live? Do I stay here and watch you bring this place back to life? If I choose to live I need to know how to live from a place of Stillness of Heart & Soul so that I don’t move that veil. That feels to be almost impossible to achieve. I am confused, I am in this place where I can see the devastation, the pain and suffering is on the other side of the veil but I am not feeling the love that you speak of. I am calm but I have no joy in this moment, I feel alive but blank. E: “Yes, you are at a mid point. I understand the lack of life you are feeling. It is like the land you are standing amongst. You have let go of most of your attachments. There is a lot that has been destroyed within you and you are waiting for me to create new growth within you and bring you back into balance. Father love is at a low at the moment as it is meant to be, and Mother energy is working deep within you bringing about your inner calmness. How do I maintain this state, so that you may continue your work without interruption from me? E: “Be gentle on yourself. You have been working so hard to get yourself to this place. Please rest and be gentle. Yes, you will need discipline. But not a discipline of force or punishment. Gently observe yourself. When you see yourself near the veil, turn away. If you by accident disturb the veil, apologise, repent, and ask for forgiveness. This must be sincere and honest for if you hold a fraction of justification you will hold the veil open and pain and suf ollo w. Once the veil is disturbed it is so sufff ering will ffollo ollow easy to succumb to temptation to play in the mine field of pain and suffering that caused this devastation that you now find yourself standing in. All that will happen is that you will repeat this whole process, as you have done for many life times. As far as I am concerned, being your Mother, this does not matter, for I am infinitely patient. I am here for you forever. When you are ready. When you hold in Stillness of Heart and Soul, with the required fortitude, strength, courage and peaceful gentleness that is required for this task, your success is assured. It will then be impossible to fail. Your work is not yet complete, but you are close. There will be times that you will feel you are failing but you will just be tidying up loose ends. The longer you hold this state of Stillness of Heart and Soul, the more the restoration takes place. It is always hardest at the beginning, for you cannot see the restoration that is taking place deep within yourself. Just as you cannot see the seeds beneath the earth sprout their roots and send up their growth towards the earth’s surface, you cannot see the work I am doing within you. But with patience, all of a sudden the first shoot will appear, and before long you will be surrounded by them. In time you will see them flourish and grow into strong and healthy plants attracting back the birds and animals and you will feel the greatest joy in your life. For this joy will not be reliant on another human being. This joy will be of your own making, through your own dedication to the love and peace of yyour our Soul. You will be tr ul ee ,and inulyy fr free de pendent and complete w no dependent complete.. Your lo lovv e will kno know bounds, no limitations and you will experience the bliss of your Mother and Father blending to make you, their child. A child made of love, for lo ela tionships with other s will fflourish lourish lovv e . Your rrela elationships for they will be based on true love. The love that honours the Mother and Father energy within. The love that honours the laws of spiritual love. And although you will have found this wonderful love within yourself your journey will not have come to an end, for you will always have to listen to the calling of those spiritual laws and stay true to them, to maintain this place of love. For in break-

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Can we Change Our Future? ○

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BY ANTHONY CRAIG Many people have experienced the benefits of Reconnective Healing® and The Reconnection® over the past 1015 years. But what if this is only the beginning? After many years of research science is just beginning to understand some of the things that happen with this work. They know that it is unique. They know that it is more than the other forms of healing we have had on the planet before. Being quantum based, light and in-

formation is added to the previous healing energies we have used. The simplicity of Reconnective Healing defies the belief systems of many people who are trapped in the structures and limiting beliefs of the past. Simply connecting with God/ Universal Source at a superconscious level allows the transfer of information to bring us back to the balance and harmony we seek on all levels, and to that which we remember. Many people experience the often

miraculous healings that occur on a physical level, and yet Reconnective Healing is much, much more than this. We are passing through a time in this planet’s history which is quite unique, occurring once every 26,000 years where the earth is at the farthest point in its orbit from the centre of the universe and the planets also form a straight line signalling the end of a cycle and the beginning of the next. As we move through this transition we notice that chaos is increasing. How responsible are we for helping the future of the planet? Consciousness is increasing and there is a belief that we are responsible for determining what happens in the next cycle. Are we being given more to help us make appropriate decisions and broaden our understanding of the bigger picture? We are only just beginning to understand that the Reconnective Healing frequencies move well beyond healing as we have known it. We know, and science now suppor ts with many studies, that these frequencies affect all living things, humans, animals and plants from the cellular level to our DNA to our very essence. Through light we are reactivating our being. Scientists have shown that the frequencies ‘condition’ the space around us and we know that entrainment occurs when others come into contact with either the space or people already holding the frequencies. Experiments at Lake Biwa in Japan last year demonstrated that water quality improves when exposed to the frequencies. In fact water crystals photographed by Dr Emoto show the formation of a perfect ancient sacred symbol, the Seals of Solomon. The

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www.innerself.com.au perfection in shape is only matched by that of a water crystal exposed to the thought of love. We are continually learning about the interconnectedness between all that is and how we are all ONE and that what we do has an impact on EVERYTHING else. Imagine this scenario: we use the frequencies on our self, and our space and our plants/vegetables, and our animals, in our business environment, in our sport, in our play and in our relationships. These frequencies, which are powerful, palpable and always present whether we are conscious of it or not, begin to entrain into our environment in an ever increasing way. For example the cow produces milk after eating grass from the earth which we then drink, all of which are affected by these frequencies. As we begin to experience these frequencies more and more we start to realise the extent and everlasting effect that they can have on the healing and evolution of Earth and humanity. Perhaps we need to develop a Reconnective Lifestyle using these frequencies in our everyday life! For more information visit www.TheReconnection.com. Anthony Craig is an A s s o c i a t e Instructor, and C e r t i f i e d Reconnective Healing and Reconnection Practitioner and Mentor. Based in Adelaide he travels extensively educating and expanding this work locally and worldwide and is available as a guest speaker. Anthony is also available for appointments ph: 0412 832 664.

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BY CLAUDIO SILVANO Dear reader, who are you? No, not your name or one of your many roles; and certainly not what you do for a living. Who are YOU YOU? When you close your eyes and rein in your other senses. When you quiet the mind and become aware of your thoughts, and let go of the illusion that you are your thoughts, that you are your mind. Who are you then? Who is the you that is aware of the mind? Aware of the self? Aware of awareness. Who is the you that quietly witnesses life, but is never caught up in its drama, in its stories? I had a strange experience when I was in my early teens. I was walking in my hometown, going somewhere un-

important, when awareness fell on me suddenly and unexpectedly, like an avalanche. I am the only one exists, it said and stopped me who exists dead in my tracks. It was not a thought, for it was accompanied by a sudden explosive expansion of awareness that lasted for just an instant. But in that instant it spread out around me as fast as lightning. Nothing like that had ever happened to me before and nothing quite the same has ever happened to me since. It was like this: in that instant a secret door had opened and I was gifted with a glimpse of something so mind-bogglingly vast, so removed from the understandings of my mind and the parameters of

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logic, that it knocked the breath out of me. Time slowed down. I remember looking at the faces of those who passed me by in very slow motion and I remember seeing them with a new clarity, with entirely new eyes. Then, of course, the mind kicked in and analysis started. And for the next 40 years I confused the analysis with the experience. Now, approaching 60, I feel that I’m finally starting to get it. This “getting it” feels right because it is just so simple. If it wasn’t, I would be suspicious. For it is the mind that complicates things and makes things up in order to try and understand what is completely beyond itself and beyond all understanding. For there is no ‘me’ writing this article and there is no ‘you’ reading it sometime in the future. In fact there is no future just as there is no past. There is also no person loading up their car across the street as I write these words, or driving past, or waiting at the bus stop down the road. There is no crow flying over our house and no ginger tomcat brimming with attitude swaggering past my window. There are no trees, no grass and no wind, no sky and no sun. There is no war, no election, no right or wrong. No death and no birth. And there is most definitely no fear and no ego, no guilt, no regret, no lost opportunity and no lost love. The outside is just this amazing canvas onto which I project what is inside of me. So there is no one to blame and no one to praise, no one to miss, or resent or love or hate. There is only me, in all of these forms, in all these experiences. Only me, and I am pure, exquisite and unconditional love. So please dear reader, do try this on: “ I am the only one who exists.”

Claudio Silvano and his wife Sa run shamanic training courses and workshops that are steeped in Oneness Consciousness. They come to Adelaide regularly to run their Munay Ki Shamanic Initiations. For more information please write to welcome@sacredradiance.net or phone 08 9434 5059 / 0403 699 479. Also see their Munay Ki ad in Moon Calendar centrespread this issue.

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BY JANE WHITING Are you tired of repeating the same old relationship patterns over and over? Do you feel stuck and bound in old ways? Working at the soul level can bring about profound and wonderful change for it is at this level where all true change occurs. Communicating soul to soul can bring about insight and understanding way beyond the ability of the everyday self which complicates, confuses and makes false assumptions. Circumstances and relationships that seem helpless offer enormous opportunity for growth, expansion and liberation. Receiving soul communication from another can be incredibly empowering for a whole new perception is created. One can see clearly the bigger picture and find simple solutions to seemingly complex circumstances. Our soul always sees through the eyes of love. A client of mine was in a long term relationship with someone who had dependency issues. My client loved her par tner deeply and he treated her well but she wasn’t sure how the relationship could work. Can someone on the spiritual path have a committed, long term relationship with a partner who regularly drinks alcohol and smokes? After a guided journey to the soul plane where she communicated soul to soul, heart to heart with love, her partner gave her his perspective on life. He asked her to see his qualities and strengths, to see the best in him. My client realized that she had been very controlling and trying to mould her partner into someone that would fulfill her needs rather than allowing him to follow his own path and learn the lessons he needed to learn. Her love was conditional and oppressive. When we allow others to be whom ever they wish to be it frees them

from resisting us and often the very “problem” becomes much less so or not at all. My client also started having dreams and experiences where she actually saw her par tner as a master. She realized through her partners love, which incidentally was much more allowing and accepting than hers, she was being offered a wonderful opportunity to know and experience Divine {unconditional} Love. Another client who was adopted as a baby had never met her parents and knew very little about them. After I guided her to the soul plane she was very lovingly met by her mother who told her she had never forgotten her and how much she loved her. Here her mother also introduced her to family members she didn’t know existed. After a while my client noticed her father standing off in the distance as if he didn’t want to be a part of the scene, it seemed evident he wasn’t being accountable for his actions. Eventually he came over and embraced her. This was an incredibly powerful and healing experience and my client was extremely grateful for this. These two experiences are examples of the power and creativity of the soul and the enormous opportunities that soul communication reveals. Communication at the soul level always provides a winning solution based on love. Jane Whiting is a Registered Nurse and Spiritual H e a l i n g Practitioner. Teaching; Soul Love, Transforming with Divine Will and Level 1 Isis Lotus Healing Phone 0431 921 246, Email jane_whiting@hotmail.com

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In 1955, Reverend Mar tin Luther King Jr. stated in Montgomery, Alabama “Men often hate each other because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don’t know each other; they don’t know each other because they cannot communicate; they cannot communicate because they are separated.” Has much changed in the past 55 years? Have we learned from the hate, fear, misunderstanding, lack of communication, and separation? On a certain level, there has been an extraordinary level of change. Think about it, The United States of America has its first African American President. The Civil Rights Movement paved the way for a universal voice to be heard. In 1968 (the year I was born), the sanitation workers of Memphis, Tennessee picketed in the streets with four powerful words around their necks. I Am a Man Dr. King came to the calling of these fine men to help lead them in a peaceful march for equal rights. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated while in Memphis supporting these sanitation workers. I’m humbled and in awe of the great courage, faith, and compassion that Reverend King lived his life by…a cause he was so impassioned with, fueled his Will to face the challenges of hatred, fear, misunderstanding, and separation. For Martin Luther King, love was the only solution. I too recognize this simple yet profound truth and have awakened to a way to bridge the gap of hatred, fear, misunderstanding, and separation. The vision that moves me is grand, while at the same time practical and applicable for each and every human being on this planet. Peace begins within. It begins in every country, state, city, and home around the world. It begins in the hear ts of every man, woman, and child who hates or feels the ravage hatred; is feared or afraid; is misunderstood or doesn’t understand; feels

separate rather than whole. There are many people, just like Dr. King around the world that are leading the way, sharing their passion and igniting the Wills of those that are in search of another way to move through the painful, scary, and stressful challenges of life. In 2010, While in Australia during the Celebration of Learning (this is what I call the exam to become a Cer tified LifeLine Practitioner (CLP)), I was dialoguing with three incredible women about living life passionately and purposely. One woman, who is now a CLP began by saying, “I’ve been in the military for the past 10 years. I’ve been diagnosed and have suffered with bipolar disorder. I used to contemplate committing suicide every single day. My heart was in such a state of depression that I didn’t want to live. I ran and continue to run a LifeLine session on myself every single day and as a result I no longer have any thoughts of suicide. Regardless of situations, I’m unable to bring up that depressed feeling in my heart. I’ve discovered my passion…I have to share it with the world. It saved my life and holds the promise to support and save others!” No matter what books you’ve read, seminars you’ve taken, or CD’s and DVD’s you’ve listened to or watched . . . many people are in search for something to awaken them to living authentically from the heart. If you or someone you know is finding life to be a hateful, scary, confusing, and an isolating experience then I highly encourage you to be open to the possibilities of following your hear t rather than your head. Just maybe, like Reverend Mar tin Luther King Jr., there’s a calling for you to make a difference in the world. More often than not, so many people feel that their life’s journey is meaningless and lacking purpose. Remember, one choice made from your hear t, holds the power to forever change the world.

On a plaque outside the Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee, the location where Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated reads: “They said to one another… Behold here cometh the dreamer… Let us slay him… We shall see what will become of his dream.” Genesis 37 19-20 Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream is alive and well. It is inside each and every one of us…it’s in you! You have an opportunity to make a difference in a world that continues to fight and struggle. Racial, religious, gender, educational, and economic tension continues to create immense social stress and anxiety both individually and collectively. This is a challenging perception that the world we live in is facing. However, it’s important to understand the power of perception and the role it plays with creating stress and anxiety. We only perceive what we believe. Each and every belief is learned…passed down from generation to generation. Just because you learn something doesn’t make it true…or what may have been true at one time is no longer true now. The only truth is love. If you want to feel at home in your body, relationships, community, and the world that you are co-creating the starting point is self-love. What’s your dream? Mine is to awaken humanity one person at a time through the infinite power of love and gratitude. Challenge yourself to shine. We’re all one family, one race…the human family, the

InnerSelf human race. As the late great Reggae icon Bob Marley stated, “One love... One heart… Let’s get together and feel alright.” Today is the day for you to take action. Go out into your community and perform conscious and random acts of kindness. There’s an endless number of ways in which you can begin to make a difference in your own life and therefore the world around you. Here are some ideas to begin with: · Clean up a park. · Organize a community garden. · Volunteer your time at a retirement home reading stories, telling jokes, or using whatever unique ability God has granted you to make a difference a stranger’s life.

· Forgive someone that you’ve been holding a grudge against. · Be conscious of conserving energy and water. · The list goes on and on . . . You never know how far and wide your efforts of love and compassion will ripple. R egardless, if your actions cause one person to smile just for a moment, you’ve done a great deed. Remember, there’s no testimony without a test. Your soul’s destiny will reveal itself the moment you recognize that one person’s suffering is the entire world’s suffering. Allow your light to be seen . . . this act of courage provides a path and a clear vista for others to own their own power. World peace is created through inner peace.

Keep shining! With Infinite Love & Gratitude Dr. Darren R. Weissman 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. His mission is world peace through inner peace. Darren is an internationally renowned lecturer and has helped thousands of people awaken to their infinite potential and The Power of Infinite Love & Gratitude. www.infiniteloveandgratitude.com

Dr Weissman will be in Adelaide in FFee br uar y 2011 teac hing teaching Infinite Lovv e and Gr Graa titude – T he Lif LifeLine echnique hnique.. T he PPoo w er of Inf inite Lo eLine Tec hnique F or mor or ma tion contact Diane on 0882481281 moree inf infor mation Email: be dinar y@inter node .on.net beyy ondtheor ondtheordinar node.on.net

EFT — WEEKEND TAPPING RETREAT The beautiful Adelaide Hills will play host to a WEEKEND TAPPING RETREAT centred on Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) on November 6 & 7, 2010. This Retreat is a nurturing ‘time out’ for relaxing, healing, understanding yourself better, learning, meeting like-minded others, being cared for in a peaceful bush setting close to Adelaide. And when you’re also experiencing the startling benefits of an easy self-help technique with a high success rate — you’re ahead! You’ll be able to use the tapping technique to quickly make life easier for yourself and your family (even your pets) for the rest of your life. Even children can use it. WHAT IS TAPPING ABOUT? We fingertap on acupuncture meridian points on face and body, while we briefly focus on a personal problem. EFT improves emotional states, many physical difficulties, and performance in any arena of activity. EFT is the most popular of the new Energy Psychology Therapies, with both health professionals and lay people. At the Retreat you’ll experience lots of tapping away problems. You can also enjoy delicious food, laughter, meditation, yoga, impromptu dancing, socialising, and a bush walk. Overnight accommodation is com-

fortable shared rooms. More than a million people around the world have explored EFT’s free online information and tuition (www.eftuniverse.com) and EFT literature. (Picture more than a million people tapping on themselves and smiling…) Retreat facilitators will be Certified EFT/Matrix Reimprinting Life Coach Annie O’Grady and EFT/Matrix Reimprinting practitioner Judy Timperon. They both consult in Adelaide and also do EFT by phone and Skype internationally. Annie has spent more than twenty years around Australia as a complementary practitioner, trainer and writer assisting people to quickly dissolve all kinds of stress and inspire themselves without drugs, through natural therapies. Judy, a former schoolteacher, uses EFT/Matrix Reimprinting to empower people to transform their lives, teaching them how to dissolve stress, pain and anxiety, allowing for peace and happiness. She also runs ‘Live Your Dream’ workshops. Even experienced personal growthworkers find EFT to be the missing tool. People like Joannna Christie, who said of one EFT session, ‘Wow, one hour – for twenty-five years of baggage! I’m now really together and in control. There’s been a knock-on effect on my eating prob-

lem too.’ Housewife and mother Anita Earl: ‘EFT has shifted attitudes in me that seemed immoveable.’ Paediatrician Dr. Anagha Taylor: ‘EFT empowers the individual.’ Nurse Jess Donovan: ‘I will value this forever, the workshop was fantastic.’ Paramedic aide Janice Mudge: ‘It actually works, as you feel the instant results.’ All are welcome at the Retreat, no prior EFT experience is required. (See advertisement) ANNIE O’GRADY is a Certified EFT/ M a t r i x Reimprinting practitioner and teacher based in Adelaide. She does EFT by phone and Skype anywhere, and conducts demonstrations, Workshops and classes. Phone (08) 8537 0447 Email: annie@EFTemotionalhealing.com Website: www.EFTemotionalhealing.com JUDY TIMPERON is an EFT/Matrix Reimprinting practitioner based in Adelaide. She works with individuals and Workshop groups, does EFT by phone and internationally on Skype. Phone 0439 990 980. Email: judy.timperon@gmail.com

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BODY MIND SPIRIT NEWS & VIEWS Angela Kirby

I have been working as an Art Therapist for several years now, with clients from all walks of life, on an individual basis in a private & confidential setting, including holding regular workshops privately and community based. Art Therapy is an integral part of today’s society in helping us to move through life’s challenges, it is gentle, moving, assists in us looking at the big picture and all encompassing of where we fit in this world today. The words “Authentic Self” is the beginning of your journey forward in unfolding you, to be the ‘real you’ in this life. This is a remarkable & transforming process that assists in moments of crisis, and other transitional stages of ones life. I would consider valuable for all people who want to bring about change in their lives without life necessarily being forced upon you to make those changes! Rather than just talking about your issues, I integrate meditation (relaxation techniques), use of clay, drawing, writing & other forms of creativity as a means of unravelling to assist in release of emotion of life long stories that aren’t necessarily ‘your truth’, allowing healing & relaxation to occur naturally. This isn’t about producing ar t work or for ‘artists only’; it’s about inner healing and reducing stress, fear, grief & for those who are living with illness or feeling stuck or directionless. Art Therapy deals less with curing and more with healing which in turn brings about self actualisation, in that it is important to remember that we are spiritual beings having a human experience. Inner healing enables the curing to take place on all levels. I also include other forms of Psychotherapy to integrate an individuals overall process in a safe journey forward. And I am very pleased to announce that I am now using the Raindrop Technique Member # 1058300 of Young Living Essential Oils. I have regular Supervision with a fellow Psychotherapist to ensure that my work is reviewed, professional as well as personal. You can contact me on 0417 850 748 for a booking and to ask questions, I would certainly be honoured to help you. frizzkirby@bigpond.com web: www.frizzkirby.com

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The Awakening Continued from 36 ing these laws, you will find yourself back on the other side of the veil where pain and suffering exist. This is not a punishment, it is just a law of nature. How do I know when I am living by a spiritual law? E: “Ask yourself these questions. This will demonstrate what side of the veil you are on. Is the feeling I am experiencing reliant on another person or circumstance? Am I holding a sense of superiority, judgment or condemnation towards anyone in this moment? Am I needy and untrusting in this situation? Do I want to punish another or myself? Do I feel obstinate and fixed in my beliefs and understandings? Am I imposing my beliefs and expectations on another? Am I wanting to fix another and is my assistance becoming a rescue attempt to save another from their life and their consequences or even to save myself from my life and my consequences? Look around you, are you causing another pain and suffering? Is my guidance and my action determined by my needs and desires, for someone in the outside world to bring me love, pleasure and self worth. To answer these questions you will have to be absolutely honest with yourself. Do not be deceived by half truths truths. If you have answered YES to any of these questions you are on the side of the veil that will result in pain and suffering. If you are not honest with yourself when you answer and you have chosen denial instead, you will still find yourself on the side of the veil that will result in pain and suffering. So in simplicity – if you are in pain and suffering you are not honouring spiritual law. When in pain and suffering you will find there is no stillness of Heart. When in pain ask yourself “Is it my Heart that is broken or is it my Soul calling to be set free?” On finding yourself on the side of the veil that holds pain and suffering, you can always move through the veil by honouring spiritual law. The journey is always through the Stillness of Heart and Soul. Not everyone are experiencing pain and suffering, they even seem to be happy and yet they are not following spiritual law. E Just because they are in denial, does not mean they are not in pain and suffering and do not be fooled by their appearance of happiness. Pain and suffering sits deep within but always seeks release. So things will happen in life to bring that pain and suffering to the surface, when they are ready to deal with it. Just as your pain from childhood was held deep within till now. Nature has its own way of bringing things to balance. Trust it. Trust in natures timing. Dearest Earth Mother thank you for talking with me today. I have felt your calling to share this with others – as you are the epitome of sharing. To all those who read this dialogue I hope it brings you a measure of peace and comfort whilst you too stand in the midst of devastation. Barbara McCloud is a K i n e s i o l o g y Practitioner and Trainer & Professional Counsellor www.kinesiologysa.com.au

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PsychicREALMS with ELISABETH JENSEN

ANCIENT GUARDIANS, PRESENT DAY HEAVEN OR HELL In early January this year I moved my healing school to Seacliff, a peaceful suburb of Adelaide overlooking the sea. All went well with the move and despite it still being Christmas holidays for many people the phone rang constantly with new student enquiries and was well in my world. Then suddenly the phone stopped ringing – except for clients cancelling courses - and a swarm of angry ants invaded my little healing centre – even running all over my sacred altar! I felt quite upset as a whole string of events seemed to indicate I wasn’t meant to be working in my present location- even though I felt I had been guided here and had space cleared my new centre with the assistance of the Angels. Had somebody dropped a curse on me or was it simply the effects of Mercury Retrograde – well known as an astrological time of confusion, delays and disruption?

MEETING MY SPIRIT LAND GUARDIANS

Feeling as if I could hardly breathe one afternoon I decided to ask in meditation the cause of all these problems. I immediately saw hundreds of silent ancient aboriginal male spirits gathered around me –

some looked friendly enough and some didn’t seem happy at all with me. Asking them what the problem was they said I hadn’t asked them if I could do my healing work on their land and they had gathered together to decide if I could stay or not. I was quite surprised as when I arrived I hadn’t seen any spirit guardians to ask this permission from but evidently I should have still asked! The Kaurna people lived in this area before European settlers came in 1830 and there is a Dreamtime “Tjilbruke Spring” not far from my office building which is built on ancient sacred aboriginal healing land. The previous occupant of my new space had always requested permission to do her healing and counselling work here I was told, so I asked for the same permission and it was granted. I felt a great sense of relief at this and most of the gathered spirits departed, but one man said he was to be my personal guardian now whenever I did healing or spiritual ceremonies here. Soon after that all the ants just disappeared despite the fact I did not use insecticide - though I did speak telepathically to them and asked they leave my centre and find a new home or face the consequences. The phone started to ring with positive

calls once more and I discovered to my delight my healings were far stronger and more effective in my new location.

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My healing guardian has also appeared on several occasions to offer helpful methods of dealing with unpleasant psychic influences affecting my clients and in par ticular with those who seem to have themselves unknowingly broken ancient laws but not been able to find a way of making amends for this. As long as I remember to daily request the permission of the guardian spirits to teach on their land my workshops go very well and smoothly here – so it’s become such very special place to me here – my own little heaven on earth.

ANCIENT EGYPTIAN TEMPLE & TOMB CURSES

All ancient temples in Egypt were protected by guardian spirits and divinities – it’s the same in most of the powerful old temples in Asia and India. So it’s always wise when visiting these places to request permission from the divinities worshipped there to enter and thank them on leaving. If you seem to be constantly unwell or anxious after such a visit and didn’t do this perhaps one of the guardian spirits or elementals used outside the Temple for protection might still be causing you problems so you need to meditate on this or seek professional spiritual healing assistance. Tombs in Ancient Egypt were protected by the God Anubis plus by the fire Elementals – so YES the curse of the Mummies is real, but it’s not

www.innerself.com.au quite as dramatic usually as in the movies! I love to meditate in the tombs of Egypt as they are very powerful spiritual places and the energies from all those past ceremonies so many thousands of years ago still are there. Lots of visitors to Egypt are unaware you shouldn’t just enter the Great Pyramid or the tombs and temples without this permission and severe stomach upsets, insect bites and coughs with high fever can be a symptom of psychic attack. The Fire Elementals have been programmed to energetically attack persons entering the tombs to cause harm or steal treasures so if you in meditation ask FIRST to enter in peace – that you intend no harm and thank them for the work they do, no harm will happen to you. Anubis is a Divinity, so never harms anybody and can assist you to have an amazingly smooth and safe visit to Egypt or will simply leave you to struggle on alone there if you don’t invoke his assistance and protection. We coexist on this ear th with many nature spirits, land guardians and spirit ancestors – this is their heaven and they will allow it to be yours too if you remember to do your spiritual homework. ELISABETH JENSEN is the 2010 Australian Psychic of the Year as voted by the Australian Psychics Association. As founder of Isis Mystery School she teaches ancient Egyptian Magic and Alchemy worldwide. Elisabeth has been initiated in the Great Pyramid of Egypt as a High Priestess of Anubis and Isis. Please see more helpful articles at www.isismysteryschool.com

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BY STEVE FLEETWOOD Channelling has been around for millennia. You do it every day, whether it’s one of you sub personalities as a parent, friend or lover. To consciously choose and embrace a relationship with a high being of love requires considerable faith. To trust in this relationship and explore this relationship can bring great joy, laughter and extra ordinary levels of self realisation and actualisation. By creating a very high space of light and clarity allows one of your highest spirit guides to meet and introduce themselves. This time is auspicious as if meeting a very special friend who has been waiting for your level of awakening to come to this level of greeting. Initially to continually bring this level of awareness, joy and laughter requires considerable focus. When you have you have embraced and embodied this aspect of beingness the wonders of other worlds, dimensions, realms and domains can literally bir th and explode into your awareness. You could be in your coffee shop and you start to see people with all aura’s and energies flowing back and forth between their friends. As you integrate this level of awareness and star t to apply this level of information and knowingness your life can transform overnight. Over a period of time your life can become more vibrant, knowing, pa-

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Energy Intelligence by Aleksandra Zaric

Zaric has managed to cover a lot of ground in this spiritual self empowerment manual. From the very first chapter on “The Power of your Belief System” through to “Universal Laws that will transform your Life”, to Mapping your Gateways to any Destination” right through to “Entering and exiting other Dimensions”... it’s all here. If you’re looking for a road map on your journey to awakening, this could be it. Pub: BookPal Australia Phone: 0405 385 019 www.aleksandrazaric.com

Decoding the Human Energy Field By Peter H. Fraser & Harry Massey

The Law of Attention By Edward Salim Michael

This simple yet extremely powerful transmission by one of the West’s leading teacher s of Nada Yoga, presents one of the clearest and most comprehensive description of the process of awakening via meditation on the Inner Sound. Emphasizing inner attention and an awareness of attitude, Michael’s practices can help aspirants make direct contact with the divine source each of us carries within. Pub: Inner Traditions www.innertraditions.com

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A Daily Dose of Sanity By Alan Cohen

A page of inspiring anecdotes and Soul Recharging wisdom for each day of the year - this book is a beautiful bedside companion. Turn to today’s page and be offered another humorous and gentle gem of insight from this popular self-help teacher. Pub: Hay House www.hayhouse.com.au

What would you do if someone swore that you knew the secret of life and put you on a stage to tell it? A television show set up a hysterical prank on precisely this theme. For the gag, a courier driver was asked to deliver a package to a religious temple (fabricated by the television show). Unknown to the driver, the pranksters had taken a photo of him and replicated it as a painted portrait, depicting the young man dressed in the royal regalia of the fictitious sect. When the delivery man arrived, the disciples (actors hired by the program) took one look at him and began buzzing excitedly. They ushered him to the front of the sanctuary and invited him to sit on a plush cushion of honor. Then they revealed to him that he was the chosen one, the long-awaited prophet foretold in their scriptures. To allay any doubts, a servant parted the altar curtain where, lo and behold, hung the majestic portrait of the deliverer, “painted by a visionary centuries ago.” “Please,” begged a disciple, “give us some words of wisdom.” The driver surveyed the portrait and looked over the throng of expectant devotees. A hush fell over the assembly. He sat down on the pillow, took a deep breath, and spoke: “Life,” the sage explained, “is like a river.” The disciples “oohed” and “aahed” on the heels of his utterance, hanging fervently on every sacred word. “Sometimes life flows easily, and sometimes you encounter rocks and rapids,” the guru illustrated, “but if you hang in there and have faith, you will arrive at the ocean of your dreams.” Again the students swooned with ecstasy. More “oohs” and “aahs.” This was indeed the day they had been waiting for! “Well, that’s about it,” Swami courier driver curtly concluded, “I have to go now and make some more deliveries.” Reluctantly the devotees rose, bowed reverently, and sheepishly cleared the way for the anointed one. Amid profuse veneration he made his way to the door. Now here is the amazing postscript to the story: the program played the same trick on several courier drivers, each of whom found profound words the moment he sat on

the cushion. The invitation to wax profound brought forth the inner wisdom in these unassuming fellows. Deep within our heart, each of us knows the truth. The answers we seek, the power we strive for, and the acknowledgement we attempt to gain, abide inside us. Given the opportunity (being placed on the cushion) or the challenge (being pushed against a wall) we know what we need to know, to do what we need to do.

Who are you?

Perhaps you have come to the point in your life where you are asking this all-important question. Be careful how you answer, for in your response lies your destiny. If you think you are small, oppressed, or worthless, your world will confirm your belief. If you see yourself as a whole, creative being, here to express joy, give and receive love, and make a contribution to life on the planet, so will your selfimage be affirmed. As Henry Ford noted, “Think you can, or think you can’t, and either way you’ll be correct”

We Are Spiritual Beings Going Through a Material Experience

You and I are more than our bodies, emotions, thoughts, and experiences. We lived in spirit before we arrived on earth, and we will live in spirit after we depart this world. While we are here, we live in spirit, too - but if we believe we are limited, we will not enjoy our magnitude. Our noblest purpose in life is to remember our spiritual nature in the face of suggestions and appearances that we are material only. Our spiritual nature is the only thing the world cannot tamper with or take from us. No matter what experiences we pass through, what we gain or lose in the drama of earth, and what people enter or leave our life, our true self remains whole, intact, and perfect. We always had it, and always will. Alan Cohen, M.A. M.A., is the author of 22 p o p u l a r inspirational books and CD’s, including the best-selling The Dragon Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, the award-winning A Deep Breath of Life, and the classic Are You as Happy as Your Dog? His books have been translated into 24 foreign languages.

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