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CONTENTS 03
05 A death worth pondering
11 Evolution of consciousness
15 Spirit guide
John Ptacek
Steve Ray
Raym Richards
Just the mention of death can make us quiver with fear. But do we misunderstand the meaning of death? And does this misunderstanding block the only path leading away from a fragmented existence?
Steve points out that fear helped us to get here because it helped us to escape danger, and then asks if it is possible that we are keeping alive a reality that is not real, through this innate fear within us – that ‘bad stuff happens’.
Embarking on a journey with a well known environmentalist, Raym discovers things aren’t always as they seem, as he releases her lifelong phobia of water.
Merilyn Newnham In 2010 I was to put my ‘regular’ life on hold for ten weeks and walk 1400km of the centuries old Camino de Santiago across France and the top of Spain to Santiago de Compostela. This was a life changing experience; the mystery of how is still unravelling.
08 A million steps to a new life – footprints on the road to Santiago by Brad Kyle At 39 years of age, I looked down upon the body of my father – who had unexpectedly passed away – and I realised that he had always been my hero. His loss shook my very foundations, and inspired me to walk an ancient pilgrimage.
10 Three simple strategies for riding the waves through 2012 Sol Luckman It’s patently obvious that our planet is undergoing some heavy changes centring on the year 2012 that have been prophesied the world over ... the Hopi message is one of hope.
12 Milton Erickson, wounded healer by Steve Carey Inspiration of NeuroLinguistic Programming, father of modern hypnotherapy, doctor, psychiatrist, psychologist, psychotherapist, prankster, showman, salesman, magician, author of more than 140 papers and books, wounded healer... Dr Milton Erickson MD (1901-1980) was all these things, and many more.
13 Hypnotherapy – magic or just an ancient mental super food Leon Cowen How does hypnosis work? Here’s an article to debunk any old stories you’ve been told, and demystify the voodoo that surrounds hypnosis. What’s more, you’ve probably got some subconscious beliefs that are not serving you – yes, hypnosis can help.
23 Ripple News
Billie Dean The pressure is on humanity to change into a more grown-up species – one with their heart open and operating from their heart chakra of love upwards, not from their first and second chakras of fear and survival.
17 2012 – the changes we wish to create / Feature part 1
28 2012 – the changes we wish to create / Feature part 2 31 WA Calendar and Directory 32 QLD Calendar and Directory 33 NSW Calendar and Directory 34 VIC Calendar and Directory 37 December Stargazer: 2012 predictions – anarchy, armistice or Armageddon?
20 Unleashing vitality: achieve optimal health with Ayurveda’s ancient wisdom
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Susan Westfall Ayurvedic medicine aims to permanently cure a disease without drugs, without side-effects, without invasive procedures and, in the process, restore optimal health to prevent future problems. These guidelines are a first-step towards a healthier life and a release of vitality!
There’s no doubt that there’s a real buzz about 2012. And let’s face it, the lead-up to the Year of the Dragon has been a roller coaster ride on many fronts – floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, popular uprisings, financial crashes, bankrupt economies...
39 Picking flowers Kristina Jensen Take a walk in Kristina’s garden and drop into the tranquility she has created. Then, pick your own flowers and follow her recipe for hair tonic.
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e have over 75 people offering you advice in this one magazine this issue – 75 editorial points of view for you. How could that be? Well, it’s like this. I had a burning desire to bring advice to everyone around the 2012 phenomenon. Yes, as most people know, 2012 is not just a year but rather a milestone of sorts. The Mayans predicted the end of something or other on supposedly 21st December. There’s been much speculation. Some have even suggested disastrous consequences. However, while none of us knows completely, it seems pretty obvious that, where there is a death, there is always a birth. This is totally in line with Mother Earth’s cycle – no escaping it – and it seems a bit like gravity to me in its inevitability. So, even if there were an ending of something, then it’s not an ending. For me, I’m convinced that we are not all going to suddenly ‘wake up and find ourselves dead’ because we don’t all have a lines on our palms indicating a sudden departure. Yes, I have seen many things come true from reading a palm in my past. Indeed it’s what really got me into this spiritual stuff. I used to consider myself an atheist and I was taught palmistry by an old guy in the accounts department at work. Ben Jonson was fascinating, a direct descendent of THE Ben Jonson (look him up on Google – no time to expand here). He was Jewish, born in China, raised in India and had learnt palmistry from the servants there. I became quite adept at it (can’t remember the finer details now – so don’t ask) and, after seeing so many correspondences between what was written on the palm and what had occurred in a person’s life, I realised that there must be some sort of grand plan. One of the old dead dudes in the Old Testament also asked for God to show him his destiny in his hands – so I decided that maybe there was an intelligence behind our physical appearance. This was back in the 70s – I had many a free bottle of wine or dessert when a waiter saw me reading someone’s palm over a dinner table. I’d find another palm stuck under the candle flame and an offering in the other hand. Anyway that was then. Back to now – we’d all have a big break in our lines if something sudden were to happen to end our physical bodies, and this is not so. Hmmm… what could it be then? Back to the over 75 people with advice and opinions – I was so wanting to bring you a gift from others this issue that I was pushing and pulling at my advertisers (as most of them are lovely people who have lined up to do ‘light’ work at this time) and yet they were not getting what I was wanting to bring you. I started writing an email to 9,000+
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people to give them one final plea to do something and, as I was writing, I found that I was offering them to send in a dual contribution – editorial with their contact details and a little promotion as well – and I was removing the price barrier totally. I offered everyone to pay what they felt to pay. The result was overwhelming. In the end, four people took offence somehow with my approach or what I said, but there was a landslide of people who were so grateful and saw this as the sort of thing that has to happen if we are to move forward as a community in and beyond 2012. You know, my little fear-based physical self wonders how that could possibly be, how could I find the $55,000 base line figure each month if it were just built on what people wanted to pay? How can any business survive that way? Is it just a sign that many of us in this niche are naïve about money, or even scared of it? But then I look at all the ‘Occupy’ movements around the world, and hear the things they are exposing – about the greed at the top and the plight of the workers – and I wonder. Maybe there is a basis for paying what we think we should. Certainly communism has proven not to work, and certainly private enterprise works well when the person in the chair, the boss taking the risks, gets well rewarded. However, when the boss is exploitative, then it’s no longer a humane system. Gees … many smarter brains than mine have tackled this issue with no resolution. I’d better stop while I can, but it does make me wonder if there is more than a haphazard coincidence in my deciding to throw this feature about the changes ahead open to people on a new payment basis. I certainly didn’t set out to do that, although I had met Shakti Durga again at the Sydney Mind Body Spirit expo recently and was admiring her way of running her whole business, the Harmony Centre (see p.33), on donation. She told me that at first the donations didn’t cover her needs, but gradually, as she changed her way of looking at it within herself, she found that they covered them very amply. At the time I found myself saying to her, “I wish I could run my business that way”. Suffice it to say that I am trialling the idea again in the next issue, which is our double month one, Jan/Feb. Next time the topic builds on this one, and focuses it a tad more – please see page 28 for details. There are so many other people in this issue that are talking about 2012 and the changes to come – you’ll find people directly speaking about this on pages 10, 11, 17-19, 28-31 and 37-38. I’ll leave you to explore. With love
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A death worth pondering JUST THE MENTION OF DEATH CAN MAKE US QUIVER WITH FEAR. BUT DO WE MISUNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF DEATH? AND DOES THIS MISUNDERSTANDING BLOCK THE ONLY PATH LEADING AWAY FROM A FRAGMENTED EXISTENCE? BY JOHN PTACEK Surely the birds tweeted as they do now, and car doors thumped closed, and freeway traffic groaned half a mile in the distance, and colleagues chatted as they strolled in pairs to their cars, discussing plans for the weekend or letting out nervous bursts laughter to release a day’s worth of pent-up stress. And the clouds crawled in animal shapes across the sky. And the wind parted my hair. And the scent of lilacs washed over me. But I missed these precious moments of the only life I’ll ever know because my senses were switched off. I was living in another world, the one playing out in my head. Whole chunks of life pass by unnoticed when I am lost in thought. What is it about the groundless, airless world of thought that is so compelling it can compete for my attention with a flock of honking geese sailing overhead and win? Why do I drop whatever I’m doing to indulge my racing thoughts as if I were a doctor responding to a life and death emergency? Because it is a matter of life and death: the death of me – thought-induced me, the whimsical invention of my whirring mental machinery. When thought ceases, so do I. I die to the molecular world around me: the birds and cars and people and expressways, the trees and buildings and rivers and
neon signs. I am the puzzle piece fitting perfectly into those around me. Out an aeroplane window I am an imperceptible dot in a sprawling, seamless mosaic. In death I awaken to this heavenly perspective at ground level. And yet I resist this enthralling state of death with all my might. I race back into the arms of thought to keep myself alive, leaving a trail of ellipses in my wake...gaps in time when I lose touch with the world around me...during walks through parking lots…in the course of conversations…while immersed in a Chopin polonaise…in the throes of a kiss. The thoughts that keep the dream of me alive interrupt the flow of life and defile its beauty. Life appears as a series of vaguely connected vignettes rather than a miraculous whole. By dying to the dream of me, wholeness is restored. I give up the ghost of a sovereign existence. Is there another death worth pondering? Is it the demise of my body that makes my knees knock, or is it the death of me, the person I assume lives inside it? Do I quiver with fear when I imagine myself as a paltry pile of ashes, or does
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Going with the flow to the end of the earth IN 2010 I WAS TO PUT MY ‘REGULAR’ LIFE ON HOLD FOR TEN WEEKS AND WALK 1400KM OF THE CENTURIES OLD CAMINO DE SANTIAGO ACROSS FRANCE AND THE TOP OF SPAIN TO SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA. THIS WAS A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE; THE MYSTERY OF HOW IS STILL UNRAVELLING. BY MERILYN NEWNHAM
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ooking back on that journey is rather like looking at reflections in a twirling mirror ball. So many facets, on so many levels. Living in the NOW for 70 glorious days, with everything I needed to sustain me contained in a pack on my back. I shared the physical and emotional journey with like- minded travellers I met along the way, was inspired and uplifted by the searchings and teachings of some very special people with whom I connected, and enjoyed the extraordinary ‘Camino moments’; the synergies that possibly occur in my everyday life, but here on the Camino, I had time to notice! On 7th August, 2010, I set off from Le Puy en Velay, the home of lace, lentils and the Black Virgin. Neither religious motivation, nor even the wish to undertake a modern day ‘pilgrimage’, whatever that means, had been the catalyst for this journey. I simply wanted to do something very different from
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osmosis within seconds I would catch sight of one or other of these symbols. They were my ‘guides’ which would unfailingly lead me over the long distance to Cape Finisterre, a further 80km walk from Santiago, and my final destination. While the origin of the pilgrimage to Finisterre is uncertain, it is likely it dates back to Celtic times, when it was thought to be the ‘end of the earth’. Along the Way, nature’s beauty speaks profoundly. Rough, chalky limestone plateaus, centuries old oak forests, peaceful flowing rivers, berry laden juniper bushes, rocky pathways, squirrels scolding, bells tinkling on the sheep and cattle grazing high in the mountains, the mist rising slowly across the valley. Every day I was topped up by this richness and variety. Centuries old fortresses, cathedrals, castles and abbeys, originally built in remote and extreme locations as defence strongholds during the Hundred Years War, or Religious Wars were astonishing, the life and work of the locals in tiny villages that had changed little in a century. I passed through wheat fields, along ancient walled lanes, shady beech or oak forests and sometimes along hot tar roads: at each turn there was yet another reminder of the significance of this pathway. Ancient stone bridges, streams that have bubbled along for thousands of years, soothing the feet of millions of weary travellers. And they did it the hard way. Not for them the light-weight backpack, clothing, and durable walking boots designed for comfort and support! One of the highlights on most days was stopping at a bar or restaurant along the way for a refreshing panache – beer mixed with limonade (a French-style lemonade) – and
seeing familiar faces, of special friends and fellow pelerines. Another was a treasure-trove of gastronomic delights at local markets; stalls flowing around the town square and spilling down narrow streets – a glorious medley of colour, textures and the aromas of all manner of regional specialties. Only the freshest produce. Huge cheese wheels, tables groaning with fresh seasonal fruit and vegetables, foie gras, cured meats, stacked salamis, artisan baguettes and huge pans of mouth-watering paella. In my wanders in the French town of Figeac’s Saturday market I thought I heard the strains of Mozart. Hunched over his portable and rather tinny keyboard, the musician caressed the keys, creating music which caused goose bumps. Not only was Nigel’s music beautiful but he was beautiful to watch. Judging by the donations being thrown into his large black felt hat, others felt the same way, generously rewarding his talent! Special people make the experience more exquisite. A knock-about larrikin priest from Melbourne was celebrating 40 years’ service to the church, and put Catholicism into a different perspective for me; a charming Frenchman who at 60, after 35 years flying for Air France was transitioning to become a lay priest, immersed himself in the history, architecture and art of the many cathedrals, chapels, churches and monasteries along the Way. A Canadian philanthropist, who has set up a Foundation in Canada and funds important drug re-habilitation programs for homeless youth, was walking the Camino in preparation for a return journey the following year, expecting to have the company of three young people who have
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NO NEED FOR MARTYRDOM ON THE CAMINO THESE DAYS successfully kicked the habit. I enjoyed walking along with three young women (a German, Korean and American) in their early 20s, all travelling solo and walking the Camino after completing their respective studies, reflecting on where they really want to go with their lives. A petit German woman Anita, in her late 60s, who became a walking and dinner companion, and will remain a lifelong friend, had walked 1200km already when I met her, having started in Nuremberg in Germany – this was the second time Anita had walked the Camino. Every day was different, a combination of peaceful solitary time, convivial company and an irresistible smorgasbord of organic produce; fig trees with laden branches, wild raspberries, strawberries, blackberries, apricots, pears and apples growing by the wayside, all begging to be picked; passing by vineyards (with the sweetest grapes you could imagine), olive trees dripping in fruit, almond plantations, fresh walnuts (without a hint of the slight after-taste of packet walnuts). Dinner each night was a gay affair – traditional meals made from locally grown produce, excellent regional wines (no matter how much I drank I did not once have a hangover or sinusitis so often associated with many of our Australian wines – must be the preservatives I think), vegetables from the garden and other delicious local fare, and of course fantastic company. While there are as many different reasons for walking the Camino as there are walkers doing it, even the most sceptical would find it difficult not to be touched by the personal change that occurs for most, no matter the reason for first starting on the Way. For me, it was the catalyst for finishing relationships which had done their time, identifying and strengthening those that were important, clarity and a vastly different approach to work and lifestyle, a huge improvement in my physical and emotional well-being. As a result, I have had the confidence to travel solo earlier this year through Romania, Croatia and France, again on a shoe string and without speaking the local language. Who knows what lies ahead, but I know it will be an amazing journey, wherever I go.
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On the Camino one can get by on little more than $25 a day if frugal. Walking each day between 20 and 30km, the trail led from one village or town to another. Accommodation is very affordable – at best, the charge for staying in some gites is by donation only – the majority of gites offer very comfortable and clean dormitory accommodation. At the higher end, if I wanted a private room and ensuite as a treat, my daily spend would be around AUD$50. No matter the price, a most delicious three course meal – always made from locally grown produce and showcasing recipes of the region, and the local wine, was available for around $1. The traditional breakfast – baquette, croissant, cheese and jam (usually home-made) and washed down with a huge bowl of coffee – was included in the accommodation tariff. I met one cheery New Zealand woman who has been travelling around Europe for the previous ten months, following local pilgrim trails and getting by on about AUD$20 a day – definitely cheaper than living at home for her! When I climbed up the long hill out of Le Puy on that first day, I was a wellcovered, and not particularly fit 62 year-old grandmother. I was quite clear that walking 14km a day was enough for starters. I could not know then, that nine weeks later, and 11 kilos lighter, I would walk 45km on the final day before arriving in Santiago. The Camino wanders through mostly magnificent, ever changing scenery. It also includes some challenging stretches: walking for long periods alongside busy motorways, kilometres trudging through the outskirts of the bigger towns we passed through, and crossing the flat, endless messeta in Spain for seven days (I have to admit to not being a dedicated pilgrim, as I caught a bus for part of this!) These challenges are all part of the bigger experience though. Some peregrines (pilgrims) walk every inch of the way, others walk a section each year during their summer holidays, some, like me, will choose transport to travel certain sections, and still others only walk the last 100km into Santiago de Compostela, to qualify as an official pilgrim and receive their credential. Everyone does their Camino differently.
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A million steps to a new life – FOOTPRINTS ON THE ROAD TO SANTIAGO AT 39 YEARS OF AGE, I LOOKED DOWN UPON THE BODY OF MY FATHER – WHO HAD UNEXPECTEDLY PASSED AWAY – AND I REALISED THAT HE HAD ALWAYS BEEN MY HERO. HIS LOSS SHOOK MY VERY FOUNDATIONS, AND INSPIRED ME TO WALK AN ANCIENT PILGRIMAGE. BY BRAD KYLE
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n this modern world both time and efficiency are always of the essence. Often, it seems difficult not to get caught in this web in some way, and our lives are poorer as a result. I know mine is. Quicker is considered better, as is easier, smoother and any one of a number of words describing the new societal way. Can you imagine a show like 60 Minute Makeover – a television program where the whole house is renovated in just an hour – ever being aired in the 1950s? Apart from the fact that the entire premise of the show may not have been achievable back then (perhaps with the exception of an Amish ‘barn raising’), nobody would have been interested in watching the result. I like that. The fifties would have suited me well. Back then, the people were still prepared to do the hard yards if it meant quality of product, or even quality of character. Or even if it didn’t! They were willing to take the steps required. No shortcuts. No easy options. These days, a quick look at Google suggests that in just three steps I can have all sorts of success (I’ll choose piano please), become a knight – or a saint – or
even make it to heaven. For one extra step, I can have an epiphany, become a star, or again have assorted success. I might stick with the three-step version – it’s quicker! Yet if I were to plug in, say, ‘sixty-four steps to’, then suddenly the options dry up somewhat. (Though, just as a footnote, you can actually learn how to break up with your girlfriend.) It seems that nobody wants to do more than they have to. What would you say if I offered you something that would change your life? Yes, a million steps to a new life. Would you accept? When you think about it, it’s a huge promise, but it’s also a huge number of steps. What to do? What to do? But this is exactly what the Camino de Santiago offers everyone who chooses to walk upon it. Of course, the saving grace is that each step is literally only a step. The Camino (or the Way of Saint James) is a long pilgrimage across Spain. The best known route – the French Way – starts on the French side of the Pyrenees and travels 800 kilometres westward before finishing in Santiago. There are no Sat-Navs to guide the way, only a multitude of hand-painted
yellow arrows and scallop-shell markers. They do the job remarkably well. While I’m no historian (or Camino expert for that matter), I am however a proud peregrino (pilgrim) with a worn out pair of hiking boots who just happened to glean a few facts along the way. The roots of both Santiago and the pilgrimage dig deep into the early 9th century. The legend has it that James – as in one of the twelve disciples of Jesus – was beheaded in Palestine, and his body placed by his followers in a boat and set out to sea. The ship eventually made it to the Galician coastline, and a short ox-and-cart ride later, his body was buried on Mount Padrón. For whatever the reason, all was forgotten for many centuries, until the time clock clicked over to the year 813. True to present-day Camino form, its inception was just as quietly spectacular. A hermit by the name of Pelayo was guided by the stars to the burial site; and the rest is history. The Santiago Cathedral now stands on the very same spot. In those early years, the million steps (perhaps two million, as pilgrims did not have the
Santiago airport – or aeroplanes, come to think of it – as an option for their return home) were more to do with securing eternal pardon for their sins. These days, the motivations seem to be less about religion, yet more about the spiritual. In 1986, there were less than 2,500 pilgrims that walked the trail. Last year – a Jubilee year – the number was closer to 250,000. So what is it that’s drawing people back to the Camino in record numbers? What does it have to offer? To summarise in a paragraph or two is doomed to barely do justice to this amazing place, but here goes. There are many fascinating cathedrals spread throughout the width of the Spanish land, and of course, the rich history that goes hand in hand with these majestic constructions. There is the gorgeous countryside, ranging from the snow-covered Pyrenees (I wish I had brought more than just shorts to walk in!) at the start of the journey, to the rich earthy plains in the middle, and the lush green land of Galicia to complete the perfect trek. Whether poppies, butterflies, vineyards or the seasons unfurling before
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meant to be, or living closer to our nature – or perhaps even just living simply – that encourages us to enjoy each moment with peace and joy as our (more constant) companions, even when the going is tough. A million steps to a new life? You bet! So why does society choose three steps versus even 103? I guess that, even though we’ve lost our way, we still crave the simplicity that will extract us from the complicated. Perhaps too, we are looking to weed out the inefficiencies in our attempt to find perfection. When you look at it from that angle, it’s a pretty noble quest; it’s just that we’re looking in the wrong direction. The Camino turns our focus within, to a place where even the most complicated things reveal true simplicity, and the inefficient is perfect. It is a place of joy and peaceful stillness. From this deep well rises a lovely tune, and though the melody is different for each pilgrim, the music both guides and inspires, resulting in a new and improved outward life. For me, this renewed belief and courage resulted in the first baby steps toward a book-writing career, but that is a mere shadow compared with the internal changes that take place. There is no one particular step when these things kick in. Step by step, they evolve over the journey. One final question if I may. Do you need to be in Spain to take this pilgrimage? No, of course not! The million-step plan is really all about the repetitious surrender to each and every step – each and every moment – of our lives. It can and will work anywhere in the world. But if you want a handy head-start, the Camino de Santiago is the place to be. A master and a student were discussing their upcoming pilgrimage across a foreign land. “My son, what step will be the most important along the journey?”, the master inquired. The student’s face brightened. Being a good and learned student, the young man knew the answer. He quoted the Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu. “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”, says the student. “Therefore the first step is the most important.” The master smiled knowingly and shook his head. “The one you are on, my son, the one you are on.”
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the eyes, the beautiful sights are endless. Add to the wondrous mix, the myths and legends that are heard along the way, the delicious Spanish food (tapas, paella, even the ham and cheese rolls are exquisite) and wine, the wild weather and incredible challenges, then you can catch a miniscule glimpse at what the Camino sets before us on the Spanish table. But for me, while these aspects are quite incredible in themselves, the pilgrimage is really more to do with the personal experiences. It is the people you meet, the stories you become part of, and the things you learn that will radically change your life. Yes, for me, these things are truly the Camino. I have heard it said that the only baggage you have on the trail is the baggage you bring. This is true on both counts and I am painfully aware that the heavier load is not the nine-kilogram backpack. Yet, perhaps this gives the first insight into why people are drawn to this million-step adventure. Another way of stating this (as mentioned by the host of one of the hostels I stayed in) is ‘you don’t do the Camino; the Camino does you’. So I ask again; what does it have to offer? Where would the journey take you in this life? Would you be the same person at the end? I can answer that one; the answer is no. For me – and you need to remember that I’m not an avid walker – there’s something about going at a pace that our bodies (and arguably our minds) are made for. Within a handful of days, the mind quickly learns of the multitude of natural restrictions placed upon it by the human body. It quickly becomes apparent that there’s just no point stressing about how to get to the next town more quickly. If it’s 50km away, then no amount of planning or thinking will get you there on the same day (as long as you’re committed to the million steps!). So, what tends to happen is that surrender will take place, and with that surrender – an acceptance of our human limitations – a lovely peace results. As the days and the miles unfold, the peace and joy are inevitably greeted by a happiness and thankfulness for this experience we know as life. Miracles start to pop up everywhere; beautiful, extraordinarily ordinary little miracles become part of your day, and everything becomes vibrant and alive. It is perhaps the true world – and your connection with it – that you knew was there, but all too fleetingly experience. And within this surrender, you can see the perfection in all things; the efficient and the inefficient, the quick and the slow, even the delicate flowers and the barbed-wire fence. Is the journey a bed of roses? No, it isn’t. It is extremely difficult in parts, hugely frustrating (especially those snorers in the hostels), and for me, nothing short of an emotional roller-coaster ride. But would I change a single thing about the experience? No. I loved every moment of it, even the many times that I truly disliked. There’s just something about being where we are
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Three simple strategies for riding the waves through 2012 FOR MANY WHO STUDY COSMIC CYCLES, IT’S PATENTLY OBVIOUS THAT THE END TIMES ARE UPON US—AND THAT OUR PLANET IS UNDERGOING SOME HEAVY CHANGES CENTRING ON THE YEAR 2012 THAT HAVE BEEN PROPHESIED THE WORLD OVER ... THE HOPI MESSAGE IS ONE OF HOPE. BY SOL LUCKMAN
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ake two of these little pills and call me in the morning.” Ah, those were simpler days, when all our troubles seemed resolvable by a magic bullet. No longer. Today, through forces seemingly beyond our control, we’re pressed to dig deep for the answers to a suddenly kaleidoscopic array of strange and bewildering dilemmas. Economic stability, or lack thereof. World peace, or what’s left of it. Peace of mind, but only when heavily sedated. Physical wellbeing, challenged by waves of cosmic energy ripping through us with awesomely accelerating intensity. Why is it that everyone and everything, including ourselves, all of a sudden seems to be splitting apart at the seams? For many who study cosmic cycles, it’s patently obvious that the end times are upon us—and that our planet is undergoing some heavy changes centring on the year 2012 that have been prophesied in scriptures and wisdom traditions the world over. The Hopi nation, famous for their detailed prophecy of the end times, have released a short official video about this truly wild period of history. While certainly not rose-colored as to the extraordinary challenges of these times, ultimately the Hopi message is one of—pun intended—hope. These times, say the Hopi elders, involve a “return to connecting our heart with the heart of the path to the future”. Stated otherwise, the message is that we must regain an inner balance with all of nature, starting with ourselves. We must travel from the inner to the outer when balancing ourselves and the
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world—a dual process that must occur in that order. In other words, to heal and transform the world, we must first be willing to heal and transform ourselves. If we start by healing and transforming ourselves, we can survive, and even thrive, through the 2011-13 window of personal and planetary transfiguration. The end times that are upon us, then, simultaneously constitute a beginning—one holding the possibility of a genuine rebirth for Mother Earth and all her children. According to Vedic texts, in fact, we’ve reached the very nadir of planetary darkness, known as the Kali Yuga, and there’s literally nowhere to go but back into the light. In other words, cosmically speaking, things simply have to start looking up, sooner rather than later. Below, I outline three simple strategies— which you can adopt in your own way—for participating as co-creators with and riding on top of the tremendous waves of galactic energy sweeping our world, instead of being swept under by them.
STRATEGY 1: STAY IN THE MOMENT The intuitively sourced masterpiece known as THE LAW OF ONE makes it abundantly clear that in the moment, in the here and now, is where we find love—not in some abstract yesterday or tomorrow. Readers of Eckhart Tolle’s more mainstream THE POWER OF NOW have been exposed to a similar line of self-empowering thinking. But for those new to this concept, or in need of a refresher, the energy of love— rather, the actual experience of loving energy—is so potent that, by itself, it can heal and transform the body, mind, and spirit.
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STRATEGY 2: BE MORE, DO LESS In an article devoted to examining the current intensified energies, Denise Lefay emphasises that for many people (especially those of us who consider ourselves lightworkers), the time of always having to do is ending and the time of being is beginning. “Now that many of us have completed the horrendously difficult [period] of transmuting, integrating and paving the way out of total darkness for all interested parties, we’ve got to learn how to consciously create from within ourselves … and BE what we’ve worked so long and hard to accomplish”, writes Lefay. “Now we’ve got to adapt to increasing Source energies beginning to flow through us, our bodies and brains like it never has before while in physical bodies. Now we’re learning to DO by BEING; to understand by knowing on our own internally and not externally through other beings, guides, channels or sources.” The point here, as I understand it, is not to do nothing. Rather, the point is to be entirely present when doing anything— and to only do things that merit our being entirely present. As much as anything else, being more and doing less can help us stay in the moment where love is. And love can do all the rest.
STRATEGY 3: TURN ON, TUNE IN, DROP OUT Never before has counter-cultural icon Timothy Leary’s famous advice to seek the truth within, by whatever means necessary, been more apropos. But here, allow me to clarify my interpretation of Leary’s words as they apply to these confounding times. By ‘turn on’, I mean put yourself in a receptive mode to receive intuitive guidance about your life choices from your Higher Self. Your Higher Self is like a hall of fame coach who can take you to the promised land if you can simply let go of your ego long enough to listen. By ‘tune in’, I mean actively open to this guidance—through prayer, meditation, creativity, exercise, or simply being. Above all, you must have the intention to tune in to the wisdom of your Higher Self. And by ‘drop out’, I mean cut out whatever might be creating static—whether that’s TV, texting, internet news, or ‘fear porn’—in your connection with your Higher Self. Once we connect with our Higher Self, much becomes clear and much progress in our healing and transformation can be made as we implement our inner guidance. Sol Luckman is a prolific visual artist and critically acclaimed author of fiction and nonfiction. His numerous books include the international bestselling Conscious Healing: Book One on the Regenetics Method and the newly released Potentiate Your DNA: A Practical Guide to Healing & Transformation with the Regenetics Method. Sol is also author of the Beginner’s Luke Series of seriocomic novels that hilariously foreground the role of imagination in creating our individual and collective reality.
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Evolution of consciousness
Our long history as humans has certainly built up deep habits which drive us into fight or flight modes at the smallest whiff of something going wrong. It’s almost like we are EXPECTING things to go wrong. These habits are in fact our connection to our physical evolution which has helped us to arrive here after more than 2.5 billion years of change. Fear helped us to get here because it helped us to escape danger. When we were fully part of the animal kingdom, danger was ever-present. Now we are stepping outside that kingdom because something has changed. Now, we are conscious and we have the capacity for loving and being loved, and we can trust, forgive and have faith. These characteristics are lifting us outside of the physical evolution paradigm and into the spiritual evolution reality. As this happens we step beyond the physical laws that have shaped our physical and emotional behaviour to this point in time, and into the laws of love which operate beyond our understanding. Is it possible that we are keeping alive a reality that is not in fact real, through this innate fear within us – that ‘bad stuff happens’ and is the natural order? There are many who testify to a life that changes dramatically when they accept the drama in their lives in such a way that they don’t react to it. It’s almost as
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et’s assume for a moment that those saints who testify to a divine universal plan are right, and that the universe is indeed loving and filled with joy. If that is true, then it makes complete sense that negativity would be removed from us, our environment, life situations, etc., because that is the natural order of things in a loving universe. And yet, on the surface at least, the evidence is compelling that this is NOT the case; that events ARE random and bad things can and do happen to you at any time and, when they do, you are either lucky or unlucky – depending on what happens to you.
though, by not reacting when things go ‘wrong’, we can change this deep fight or flight pattern within and in effect create a different reality. When we accept what is happening around us, particularly when it’s what we would normally recognise as ‘bad’, we are surrendering. Part of us is admitting there is nothing we can do about it. What this means is that the very same situation can be experienced dramatically differently using altered approaches and this seems to relate to the mindset being used. If we ‘let go’ of the challenging aspects, stop ‘resisting’ what is happening to us, and start trusting that somehow ‘all is as it should be’, something truly profound starts to happen. This becomes even more embedded when we mix in the ingredient of GRATITUDE. Gratitude is the thing which brings in the new reality by saying: ‘I like this reality’, thereby allowing further erosion of the old bad habit and the false reality of pain and separation that we have created through our choices to follow negative emotions. There is truly the most amazing freedom to be found in a state of being that effectively says: “I can’t lose anything. I have it all”. Fear dies and love flourishes. If we derive our purpose from what we have and what we don’t have, we will stay within the natural selection paradigm
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Milton Erickson, wounded healer INSPIRATION OF NEUROLINGUISTIC PROGRAMMING, FATHER OF MODERN HYPNOTHERAPY, DOCTOR, PSYCHIATRIST, PSYCHOLOGIST, PSYCHOTHERAPIST, PRANKSTER, SHOWMAN, SALESMAN, MAGICIAN, AUTHOR OF MORE THAN 140 PAPERS AND BOOKS, WOUNDED HEALER... DR MILTON ERICKSON MD (1901-1980) WAS ALL THESE THINGS, AND MANY MORE. BY STEVE CAREY
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can tell you everything before they say anything. Even his tone deafness was put to good use: “So much is communicated by the way a person speaks”, he pointed out. “My tone deafness has forced me to pay attention to inflections in the voice. This means I’m less distracted by the content of what people say. Many patterns of behaviour are reflected in the way a person says something rather than in what he says.” Watch film of him, and what strikes you most is his absolute concentration on his client. There is footage of him at 79, months before his death, wheelchairbound, his tongue partially paralysed, operating on one lung, in terrible pain. What is remarkable is how completely he is absorbed by his patient. He is driven by relentless curiosity to understand his patient’s world, so that he can help him make the changes that he wants. (In Ericksonian therapy it is the patient does the work: the therapist is there to help.) Despite – or, as he would say, because of – his various setbacks and difficulties, Erickson got off the farm and to college, went on to train as a medical doctor and a psychiatrist and to hold many senior positions in both professions. He is now
if anything, ‘Ericksonian’ actually means. He seems to have worked hard, in fact, to avoid being pinned down, or allowing theory to overwhelm practice: “Each person is a unique individual”, he was keen to point out: “hence, psychotherapy should be formulated to meet the uniqueness of the individual’s needs, rather than tailoring the person to fit... a hypothetical theory of human behaviour”. Theory always comes at a price: the richness of the facts. So in the last couple of decades of his life, as his fame grew (and his health deteriorated), he was visited by psychiatrists and pyschotherapists, linguists and academics, all keen to bottle Erickson. Usually it went like this: on Monday they would come and tape and transcribe a session with Erickson and a client. On Tuesday they would ask him to explain the many points at which they had no idea what the hell he was doing. On Wednesday they would go away, more confused by the explanation than they had been before they’d heard it. Next year, each would publish a book, explaining exactly how Erickson really did it. They didn’t agree on much. In any case, Erickson preferred stories to theories, parables to explanations. He
“ ” He is driven by relentless curiosity to understand his patient’s world, so that he can help him make the changes that he wants.
remembered as the most eminent, the most gifted and perhaps too the oddest of clinical hypnotherapists, as well as for his central role in the development of NeuroLinguistic Programming (of which he never perhaps entirely approved: “they thought they’d got the whole onion”, he’s quoted of saying of Bandler and Grinder: “I gave them just the skin”). He has inspired thousands of psychotherapists around the world, and played a key part in the acceptance of hypnosis as a therapeutic tool and in brief therapy as a model for treatment. His approach is characterised by flexibility and his ability to mobilise the client’s unique strengths and capabilities, and it is this flexibility that makes it so damned tricky to define exactly what,
used to recall his own childhood, and watching his father struggle to lead a recalcitrant year-old calf back into the barn on a blustery winter day. Spurred by young Milton’s laughter, Albert challenged him to get the calf into the barn. “Erickson responded, after some consideration, by pulling on the calf’s tail as his father continued to attempt to lead it into the barn by its head. The calf directed its stubborn resistance at the more annoying of the two forces and dragged Milton into the barn.” (Jeffrey Zeig, W. Michael Munion, Milton Erickson, London: Sage, 1999.) Utilisation, see? You can regard the calf as resisting, if you like, but where does that get you? Better to work out how to use that energy in a way that works.
FINDING OUT MORE ABOUT ERICKSON The best book to start with is My Voice Will Go With You: Teaching Tales of Milton Erickson, edited by Sidney Rosen.
Today, though it still has a long way to go, clinical hypnotherapy has advanced towards mainstream respectability. Erickson isn’t solely responsible, but he has played a massive role in that development. And your therapist is almost certainly going to regard herself as ‘Ericksonian’. For one thing, she’ll regard your unconscious as an important tool in directing the therapeutic process. For another, she’ll expect you to possess the resources yourself to make the changes you want to make. She’ll regard your presenting issue as non-pathological, a result of your attempt to adapt to the changing demands of your life. She’ll take an active and directive role in your therapy. She’ll expect you to work on your stuff between sessions, and regard that work as important in developing permanent change in you. Above all, she’ll be looking to utilise aspects of your problem, your life, your behaviour and your functioning in the therapy she devises for and with you. Even so, it makes little sense to speak of ‘being Ericksonian’, if, by that, we mean adopting Erickson’s own peculiarities, idiosyncrasies, walking stick and love of purple... unless, that is, you too were born in rural poverty, colour-blind and dyslexic and struck by polio. Erickson was the best Erickson the world has ever known: your mission is to become the best you the world has ever known, rather than some rather lame and pale imitation of somebody else. Dr Steve Carey is a clinical hypnotherapist and Course Director of the Academy of Hypnotic Science in Melbourne, which teaches Ericksonian hypnotherapy, but not ‘being Ericksonian’.
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seen in either of them before. I can see that while Nina carries herself well she also looks tired to the point of exhaustion, something I do not expect to see in someone who is working for spirit from higher guidance. Spiritual growth often leads to a sense of peace and detachment, insomuch as many of the challenges we perceive in this threedimensional reality are revealed as fearbased illusions. This does not mean that we do not engage in this reality and support the causes that we believe in. What it does mean is that the dramas attached to such activities no longer affect us. This woman looks quite affected by her work and I feel for her. continued on page 16
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Prior to our shamanic journey together, Nina explains that she has tried many ways of overcoming her lifelong phobia but none has succeeded. Describing her spirit guide Bald Eagle, she recalls connecting with him in a workshop over 25 years ago. He has been guiding her ever since. He is passionate about the environment and is a great motivator for her. I expect that we will encounter him on our journey – so it’s useful for me to know a little about him. Already I feel uneasy. Surrounded by crystals we embark on our journey. Unusually, she guides me and I allow it, intrigued by what might happen. We find ourselves in the bush at dusk, and the smell of fresh wood smoke drifts past us as we walk towards a small campfire next to a teepee. A man is sitting by the fire waiting for us: Bald Eagle is a fine looking man at the peak of his prowess, mature and strong. He is surprised to see me. Who is this? He telepaths. Is he dreaming? Does he know where he is? He is not dreaming she responds. He is in a trance with me and we are both fully aware. He says he can help with my fear of water. I have told you that it is not safe for you to look into this. It is best that you just learn to live with it. I know, but I’m sick and tired of it and I’m prepared to face any challenge to be free of it. You should not bring this man here. This is our sacred space. I thought you would be pleased to meet him – he is a shaman. He does not dress like one. Where are his badges of office? His totems? His tools? What ceremony has he done to bring you here? It doesn’t work that way these days – it’s much simpler in the 21st Century. Ha! He does not seem impressed by this idea, but tolerates my presence. We sit next
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012 is an opportunity for people on a spiritual path to clear their karma and live the life of grace always intended for the human being. The pressure is on humanity to change into a more grown-up species – one with their heart open and operating from their heart chakra of love upwards, not from their first and second chakras of fear and survival. That old mode of operating has to go as we step into true realisation of our sacred I AM divinity. Aboriginal Elder, Minmia, tells us that the earth changes are to force us to reconsider our priorities – to turn us away from greed-based, scientific materialism to the simple things that are really important – love, compassion, kindness, family, friends, community, deeper and more sacred connections with animals and nature [In the film This Sacred Earth: The 2012 Phenomenon] The astrology for this time is intense. It tells of social change like the 60s on speed. We can expect the falling away of familiar structures in just about every aspect of our society. People who are prepared and understand this change will thrive. This
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is the time of the visionary. The time of the New Green, the time of cooperation, collaboration, community, and deep peace for all species. Out of the ashes will arise this new world – a golden age of self-expression and humans reaching their full potential as fully realised human angels – a quantum leap in evolution. Despite the growing spiritual community, we still haven’t seen that tipping point occur. My sense is that many people think this is automatic, but it takes work. The fifth dimension is a karma-free zone – so all those still with karma are weighed down with emotional baggage. Ascension requires lightness. Billie Dean is a writer, filmmaker, spiritual teacher and interspecies telepath. This Sacred Earth: The 2012 Phenomenon is her third film. Billie and her family run A Place of Peace Sanctuary for animals, providing a forever home for over 40 horses in need, most of them brumbies. Billie also founded The Billie Dean International Deep Peace Organisation.
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Unleashing vitality:
Tastes to enjoy
PITTA
KAPHA
Sweet, sour and salty
Sweet, bitter, astringent
Pungent, bitter, astringent
Tastes to avoid
Pungent
Pungent
Sweet, sour, salty
Balancing foods
Dairy (butter, cheese, yogurt) Oils are essential
Dairy (ghee, yogurt) Beets, carrots, garlic, hot peppers,
Dairy (cottage cheese) Romaine lettuce, endive
Ghee Wheat, rice, corn, oats
onions, spinach, tomatoes Sour and unripe fruits
or tonic water Puffed cereal , millet,
Bananas, coconuts, dates, mangoes, melons, peaches Asparagus, beets, carrots, cucumber,
Brown rice, corn, millet rye
amaranth, quinoa Leafy greens All vegetables are good
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green beans, okra, onions and garlic, radishes, sweet potatoes, turnips
Apples, apricots, pears, pomegranates, dried fruits Tofu, kidney beans
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Warm, moist, heavy, Soft, oily foods, moderately heavy textures
Cool or warm foods Less oils/fats
Warm, light and dry food cooked with minimal oil and water
Spicy foods cooked in oil Soothing foods (warm milk,
Moderately Heavy textures Reduced spices
Light, raw or lightly cooked Hot food
cream, butter) Breakfast essential (warm and sweet)
(heat body too much) Cold food (ice cream, frozen snacks) Starchy foods (Vegetables, grains and beans)
To avoid
Raw foods Iced drinks Caffeine
Oily foods (promotes fire in your prakriti) Hot and spicy Pickles, sour yogurt, Cream and cheese Vinegar Alcohol, fermented foods Caffeine
Sweets must be avoided Oils must be avoided Frozen desserts Cold food Minimise dairy (butter, ice cream and cheese)
Balancing spices
Cinnamon Cardamom
Black pepper Coriander
Ginger Cumin
Cumin Ginger Cloves
Cardamom
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WHAT SHOULD YOU BE EATING? According to Ayurveda , there are six tastes, some of which are beneficial and others aggravating to a particular dosha type. These tastes are: sweet (madhur), sour (amla), salty (lavana), bitter (katu), astringent (kashaya), and pungent (tikta). Each of these tastes reflects a pair of elements, hence aggravates some doshas while balancing others. So, now that you know a bit about what your dosha is and what you need to balance, look below to find the foods that you should include and exclude from your diet based on a balancing of tastes! See table on page 20. Now let us consider some of the general healthful practices of Ayurveda philosophy to ensure vitality and ongoing health.
FOOD PREPARATION Raw foods are not considered particularly healthy in Ayurveda as they take too much energy to digest, release prana (nourishing life-giving energy), and give only a quick bout of energy. Raw foods are often used in cleansing regimes as they release ama, the built-up toxins from our daily life. Cooking enables easy digestion and efficient nutrient absorption. Further, well-cooked grains, beans and vegetables release prana in the colon, instead of using it to be digested, which provides a longer, more sustained energy release.
CLEANSING Cleansing is not an overly attractive practice in the West, yet is an essential component of Ayurvedic health. Recently in the West, the benefits of cleansing have been recognised and coined ‘the sleeping lion of medicine’. Undigested food left in the colon accumulates and is known as ama. These toxins create digestive distress leading to bloating, constipation and/ or diarrhoea, weight gain and/or loss and improper absorption of nutrients. Being a waste product, its accumulation will surely lead to disease.
HERE ARE SOME SYMPTOMS THAT YOU HAVE AN AMA BUILD-UP:
❥ White coating on your tongue in the morning ❥ Prominent body odour and bad breath ❥ Dulling of skin/eyes ❥ Excessive sleepiness, low energy, lethargy ❥ Constipation and/or diarrhoea ❥ Poor appetite and a craving for quick energy (junky or sugary foods) ❥ Loss of vitality ❥ Cloudy mind, ‘spaced-out’, difficulty concentrating ❥ Aches and pains Almost everyone can ascribe themselves to suffering from the above ailments and
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yet accept them as a normal part of their life. We should accept nothing but an optimal sense of vitality – so do not live with feeling of malaise and lethargy; clean up your life by cleaning out your colon! Cleansing in Ayurveda is called panchakarma. Generally, as soon as anyone enters an Ayurvedic clinic, the first thing that the practitioner will prescribe is an intense cleansing protocol. There are many different kinds of cleansing, including therapeutic sweating, blood lettings, nasal cleansing, external application of soothing oils, fasting paradigms and herbal treatments. Cleansing paradigms are generally catered to the individual person but everyone can benefit from a routine cleanse with fasting combined with herbal treatments.
CONSCIOUSNESS AND FOOD Now we will touch on one of the most important aspects of Ayurveda, one which will be sighed upon heavily in the Western world, yet is seamlessly brilliant. Basically, while you are cooking food, you are creating, and the energy in your hands and in your mind will be reflected in your cooking. For example, if you are stressed, worried, rushing, and unhappy while cooking, not only do you increase the probability to drop your dish or burn your sauce, but you are making your food inherently unhealthy, infusing your dish with the emotions of the chef. Then, while eating, one should be calm, relaxed, at peace and with every bite, chewing completely and intentionally. Food needs to be appreciated, enjoyed and consumed in a peaceful manner so as to maximise the absorption of nutrients and wellness. This is why vegetarianism is essential to the Ayurvedic philosophy. When an animal is killed for consumption, all the stress, fear and suffering is implanted into every molecule of meat – and this is the energy that you will soon put into your body. If that is not enough, then you must consider the unnatural state of most of the meats that you buy: hormonal treatment, toxic chemical contamination from the factory’s manufacturing, steroids, antibiotics and an entire myriad of treatments that we would never consider placing upon ourselves!
CONCLUSIONS How simple it is to cure your own imbalances that creative the essence of disease! You do not need to visit a doctor for every ache and pain, every feeling of malaise or even chronic fatigue! Just look into your constitution and manage your lifestyle so as to maximise balance and recreate the perfection you were designed to encompass! Susan is a formally trained scientist with a passion for alternative health and eastern philosophies. She strives to connect allopathic medicine with Eastern wisdom, thereby creating a holistic view of life. She lives in Montreal, Quebec.
Lemon myrtle NOW YOU SEE IT – NOW YOU DON’T. AUSTRALIA’S NATIVE LEMON MYRTLE, HAS ONLY RECENTLY BEEN SEEN IN TRIALS TO WORK AS AN ANTI-FUNGAL AND ANTI-BACTERIAL HERB – AND NOW IT’S FIGHTING FOR ITS SURVIVAL IN OUR ECO-SYSTEM DUE TO AN IMPORTED ‘RUST’. BY TRACEY HOGAN
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ou might have tasted the delight of the lemon myrtle, or Backhousia citriodora, in an Aussie bush tucker rub or spice mix. It’s incredibly ‘tangy’, and is often described as ‘more lemony than lemon’. What you can taste is the citral, a component of lemon myrtle with promising applications. In a clinical trial published back in 2003, the application of lemon myrtle essential oil had a 90% success rate for the treatment of the virus Molluscum contagiosum. This virus usually affects children, but can also be sexually transmitted in adults. It causes flesh coloured, dome-shaped pearly papules on the skin, usually with a little indent in the middle. It’s from the pox strain of viruses and is mainly spread by skin to skin contact. The trial was conducted with 31 children between 2 and 6 years of age (the average age was 4), and there was a greater than 90% reduction in 9 out of the 16 children treated with lemon myrtle essential oil. Treatment for Molluscum contagiosum can otherwise be invasive, with tissue scraping or freezing, so lemon myrtle could be considered a less invasive way to reduce the size and spread. Spontaneous resolution can occur, but can take between 12 and 30 months! From the study they made the hypothesis that it may be more than the citral component of the lemon myrtle at work here to inhibit this virus, and further work would be needed. It does provide a much less painful alternative to treat this virus, which can occur on the face, armpits, and travel more extensively over the body. Lemon myrtle, ironically, is fighting a battle with destruction due to an introduced ‘rust’. Myrtle rust was first found on a property on the New South Wales central coast in April, 2010. It belongs to fungi known as ‘guava rust complex’. It had never been found in Australia before, but is native to South America, Mexico, and in the United
States (Florida and Hawaii). Because the fungi produce microscopic spores easily carried by the wind, it may have entered Australia on plants or other goods being shipped around the globe, or it could have even hitched a ride on someone’s clothing. Myrtle rust is a serious pathogen that may damage not only the lemon myrtle industry, but also have an impact on the tea tree oil industry, as these plants have also been affected in some areas. Some eucalypt species have also been impacted. When the plants are severely infected, young plants and new growth become stunted and, in the worse cases, die. There is ongoing work happening to find a solution to this to minimise the impact, not only for the essential oils industry, but for the Australian environment as a whole. Growers are closely monitoring the severity of the impact. Fungicides have been trialed but are an unfavourable solution. One of the attractions for growing lemon myrtle was that it didn’t require pesticides or fungicides. It’s now spread to some commercial plant nurseries, and large areas of bushland. Further spread of the disease is anticipated. The Commonwealth of Australia has chaired a Myrtle rust co-ordination group. It will co-ordinate ongoing actions to mitigate the impact of the Myrtle rust on our natural environment. It’s potential application as an anti-viral and anti-bacterial may be short-lived if we don’t find a solution to this ‘rust’. It’s not only the complementary medicine industry that will see the ripple effect of this ‘rust’ that has travelled across the globe, as the long-term environmental impact is yet to be determined. Tracey Hogan is a Sydney naturopath, nutritionist, herbalist and homoeopath with 18 years’ experience in the industry. She regularly writes on complementary health topics.
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TIME LINE THERAPY ®™
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- A POWERFUL TOOL TO SUPPORT THE HEALING OF CANCER by Dr. Tad James
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Not only does the release of negative emotions clear up physical health, it also has the potential to improve the mental and emotional health of the person. There has been research in Europe (that was conducted on over 10,000 cases of cancer) that this paradigm of Time Line Therapy ® is no longer just a theory. The conclusion is that all cancer starts with a severe psychological conflict that throws a person into shock. This conflict then changes their life completely and they are never the same afterwards and is known as a Significant Emotional Experience or SEE. This type of SEE usually occurs on the average of one to three years prior to the onset of the first symptoms of cancer.
IT SEEMS THAT THERE ARE TWO MAIN STAGES IN THE PROCESS OF CANCER: 1. The Disease Phase: SEE occurs, the client has no strategy for dealing with the trauma, the emotion is trapped in an area of the brain, the brain begins to send wrong signals to the area of the body, and a tumour growth occurs in a corresponding area of the body. 2. The Healing Phase: The SEE is released, conflict is resolved, the trapped emotion in the brain is released, an edema in the area of the brain occurs, and the tumour stops growing.
Following is a case history of one of my clients – Marlene, who came to me 10 years after being diagnosed with breast cancer which had now spread despite having undergone surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. The first session, Marlene looked grey, was very weak and could barely walk into the room. I found that she was suffering or had suffered all her life from a number of negative emotions including depression, sadness, fear, guilt, anger, hate, anxiety, hurt feeling, pain, low self esteem, and jealousy. So I asked her what had happened one to three years prior to the lump in 1983. She gasped and said that in 1980, she and her husband had first met, and had gotten together. In 1981, even though he was extremely aggressive, she had married the man and he had also cut her off from all her friends and family. During the first intervention, we released all of her negative emotions using Time Line Therapy ® and we cleared her decision to have the lump in the right breast, and any subsequent choices for less than perfect health. That night she had the best night's sleep she had in five years. During the therapy, she shifted over from the disease phase to the healing phase. The next day she came in alert, smiling, and all trace of the gray had disappeared. Thus Marlene entered in to the healing phase. Of course, anyone with a life threatening disease should see a medical doctor first before seeking a non-traditional route like Time Line Therapy® ™ techniques. (Time Line Therapy®™, NLP and hypnosis are not a replacement for medical treatment.)
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rom the point of Light within the Mind of God Let Light stream forth into the minds of men. Let light descend on Earth. From the point of Love within the Heart of God Let Love stream forth into the hearts of men. May Christ return to Earth. From the centre where the Will of God is known Let purpose guide the little wills of men. The purpose which disciples know and serve. From the centre which we call the race of men Let the Plan of Love and Light work out. And may it seal the door where evil dwells.
In building a more just, interdependent and caring global society, what humanity needs above all, is more light, love and spiritual will. During Christmas people of goodwill from different religions and spiritual backgrounds unite in prayer by using The Great Invocation. Will you join in this healing work by including The Great Invocation in your your prayers and meditations during Christmas 2011. The source of The Great Invocation is the book “The Reappearance of The Christ” by Alice A Bailey. Books available at: Theosophical Society Bookshop 126 Russell St, Melbourne 03 9650 3955 or email enquiries@tsbookshop.com.au Adyar Bookshop 99 Bathurst St, Sydney 02 9267 8509 or email books@adyar.com.au
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JANETTE WATKINS - SPIRIT CAREERS Everyone is psychic from birth. It is not reserved for a few 'gifted' people. The secret is that everyone is gifted in some way with special skills, knowledge and abilities that must be identified, acknowledged and claimed in order to develop their mediumship skills. Janette has trained people to become professional mediums, healers, spirit artists and other spirit careers (20 years). Often the best mediums are not always the ones who put themselves forward first. And the reason they excel in the right environment with an encouraging mentor is because they already understand what service means – it is not about them! It is about being of good heart and focussing on their clients' needs in order to give meaningful messages. A tip for those who get nervous prior to reading - pretend you have someone in spirit and start describing them. Spirit Careers Mediumship Courses starting early New Year. Workshops themed in old spiritual cultures to tap into past lives: Native American, Tibetan, Egyptian – Isis, Atlantis, Delphi, Celtic and training is given on a wide range of reading techniques, individual styles and incorporates your special gifts. Course includes guided meditation, mediumship (loved ones & pets passed over); spirit guides; aura drawings/readings; trance channelling, spirit art, automatic writing, spirit voice; psychometry; past lives; shamanic journeying; animal totems; flower readings; crystal chakra balancing. Guidance on business & marketing.
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TOOLS TO FIND CERTAINTY IN A CHANGING WORLD
KINESIOLOGY WITH HEALTH AND VITALITY CLINIC, CLEAR ISLAND WATERS, QLD
No one needs to be reminded that the world is changing, as is each and every one of us. One of the most certain things in life is this flux, these changes, and they are not always to our liking, but I ask myself are they actually gifts to help me grow spiritually? Even with my best made plans and intentions, there is little I actually can control of any lasting value or effect, other than my own attitude, my viewpoint and how I react to things. Furthermore, I’ve started to realise that sometimes life may not even be supposed to turn out the way I want it to. If it did so conveniently, maybe that would just be a self-satisfying and empty life. So maybe I can make better use of my time and energy by focusing on changing myself. And maybe even to open my eyes to, and work with, a higher and more complete plan of life. Then, what is this higher plan? Only you, yourself can find that out. No quick fixes here. Yet the teaching of ECK can offer a few very effective spiritual tools that may prove to be life-changing for you, tools that may help you to find a way to make sense of this life. One of the best things about these spiritual tools is that they are tools or techniques that you can use without making drastic outward changes to your life and routines. Self-discipline is a good asset, sure, and so is creativity and an open mind, but more than
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anything else, the driving force is probably that inner longing to touch base with the core of who you really are. That is why many people report discovering new aspects of themselves that have a deep ring of familiarity, and “Yes, I know this! It rings true!” One of the greatest tools that you can use right now, is to sing or chant the word HU. This is an ancient, and once secret name for God, the Supreme Being, the ultimate source of all life, whatever name you may choose to give it. Singing HU brings an awareness of our self as Soul, and brings a connection with the highest in life. To sing or chant the word HU, find a quiet place to sit down for 5 to 10 minutes. Gently place your attention on the area between your eyebrows, the spiritual eye, and chant HU in a long drawn out breath, at whatever pitch, note or notes that suit you. While we sing HU we don’t aim to manipulate or direct anything, we simply sing it with a feeling of love and openness. Sometimes you may
experience a feeling of lightness and simplicity, see or experience white or blue light, or an inner sound. This practice helps to remove the cobwebs from our spiritual eyes so we can see or know the workings of the Divine Spirit in our daily lives. You may also notice an increased awareness of dream experiences and a growing inner guidance. We warmly invite you to the Sunday afternoon session of the 2012 Eckankar Australian Seminar, January 8th (1pm-4pm) at the Parmelia Hilton, Perth, WA, to whet your appetite with a few spiritual tools that you can take home and put to the test in your own daily life.
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Kinesiology is an efficient modality that has been around for over 30 years. Most clients find it a fast and effective way to better health and vitality. We are living in a fast paced society that affects our daily life. Career, children, home, stress and pressure of this everyday situation can affect our nutrition, chemical, emotional, physical and environmental daily performance. This is how kinesiology works – during muscle testing, messages go between the muscle and the brain and and back to the muscle. Stress in the system will disrupt the messages and show as a weak muscle response. When this weakness arises it needs to be corrected by the kinesiologist and client's priority correction. With kinesiology I can balance your body in many different areas: released stress (emotional, chemical, environmental, physical sports injuries, gaining strength, achieving a good nutritional balance, eliminating toxicity from your body and to have a good liver/kidney function for better health and long lasting happy life. Brain integration and TMJ are a huge part of kinesiology correction, especially in children. as the benefits of these corrections can help our kids at school big time.
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ORGANIC WINE, OLIVES AND FIGS‌
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The basis for a delicious afternoon’s relaxation around an antipasto platter, for which you need look no further than a small organic family farm just outside the historic farming village of Canowindra in the Central West of NSW. That farm is called ‘Rosnay’. Getting out of the wool industry in 1995, Richard and Florence and their son Sam decided to go into viticulture and horticulture in the picturesque and rich farming region, and, when planting the first vines in 1997, they had already decided to do it organically. As former wool growers from northern NSW, the family’s decision to grow grapes, olives and figs was a business decision, but with a heritage going back to Florence’s grandfather, Alberic Dulong de Rosnay, who had a small vineyard in the French Beaujolais early last century. According to Sam, the decision to go organic was made easier by the vast array of new techniques and certified products available to farmers today. The new business aimed to bring together the family’s passion for good food, natural living and sustainability, and these are some of their products which you can purchase wholesale, through retailers or direct online.
WINES To quote a Master of Wine who visited Rosnay, these are “truly delicious wines that show how exciting the Cowra Wine Region can be for organic grape growing� (Rob Geddes MW). The first commercial Rosnay wine, the 2001 Shiraz, won best red wine in the Cowra wine region in 2002. Since then all the Rosnay wines have been medal winners, but they are not made as ‘show wines’, due to the philosophy that wines should be made as naturally as possible, without fining, oak chips, and other winery tricks that alter the true flavours that emerge through organic and biodynamic farming methods. The reds are unwooded (as are the famous Chateauneuf du Pape reds) and medium bodied, vibrant and elegant. The Triple Blend (Shiraz – Cabernet – Merlot) is the most renowned. The whites are modern and fruit driven, also made without oak, but with no malolactic
fermentation to cover the delicious fruit flavours and natural acids. The signature white is the Unwooded Chardonnay Semillon, which has been produced since 2002 (and now badged with a unique, slightly cheeky name: ‘Blanc’ (it’s French for white). Since 2008, Rosnay has been one of the leading producers of organic sparkling wines in Australia, and the sparkling Chardonnay and Rose are increasingly popular. They are made using the Australian Charmat method, with certified organic raw sugar used to produce the natural pressurised fermentation.
OLIVES Sam says that the olives and olive oil have been one of Rosnay’s most successful products, as shown by one comment recently received through the website: “I was given a bottle of Rosnay Extra Virgin Olive oil as a gift and I have to say it was the most beautiful olive oil I've ever tasted (and I lived in Italy for a year).� The olive varieties grown are Corregiola (oil), Mediterranean (oil and pollination) and Kalamata (table olives and oil). The Rosnay olive oil has all three varieties giving it the
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’m so excited to share this new element of LivingNow – perhaps an experiment in a new co-operative way of doing business. The people on these pages who share with us what they see or wish to see for 2012 did so on a ‘pay as you wish’ basis. They have given you their contact details so that, if you resonate with them, you may look them up. This experiment was an overwhelming success in terms of interest and energy support, and a work in progress in some other ways. However we think it important to continue and see where it leads. The content itself is rich and varied, with hints and help for the year ahead, and I hope you will get a gift from reading them. I’d like you to consider keeping these pages and, if you are having a down moment, stick a pin in one and take the message on board for the day. To carry on the discussion and focus it somewhat, the feature for our Jan/Feb double issue, coming up next, will be entitled ‘The future we want’. If you have something to contribute, and you’d like to get your name and contact details in front of nearly quarter of a million LivingNow readers, all you need to do is submit 120 words and a photo by 14th December and pay what you see fit. Please write to editor@livingnow.com. au for submission guidelines.
MY 2012 IS GOING TO BE GREAT! As a life coach and radio show host, I want to share my talents and gifts in helping others really learn to love themselves! Too many of us treat our friends better than we treat ourselves and spend our days beating ourselves up, criticising ourselves and believing we are not worthy. Deep inside we know we want more but we are stuck in fear and negative behaviour when we really deserve to live the most amazing, loving and fabulous life. I want everyone to believe they are worth the best! Lisa Phillips www.amazingcoaching.com.au
TIME TO REVITALISE BODY AND SOUL 2012 for me begins yet again with my body, nearly 70 t years of it, living in it, hating it, loving it – no more this love-hate relationship. Instead I am going to simply love it and let it be. My guru, Muktananda, says focus within and not on the flesh too much. So I will turn within and focus on the self. So this month December 2011, it is time to take a trip to two islands in two countries, to heal in their aquamarine seas
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and sunshine. Sea and sunshine – need I say more? Come, take a trip with me to Langkawi and Koh Lipe, twin jewels on my map. Let me share these with you. 0419 367 261, Moni Storz.
NEW START, NEW YEAR, NEW RELATIONSHIP Same old fears. New relationships should be lyrical and poetical, frivolous and fun. Dating should be exciting and expansive; full of anticipation, not dread. If you aren’t among the 35% of people who fall in love with a partner they meet on the internet, why not? The F word again. Well fear not. There is a pain-free way to internet date. Buy the breakthrough book from internationally-acclaimed relationship authority and Psychoneurologist Dr Buzz McCarthy who says when armed with the right tools you can forget internet dating fears and you too will be happy to start the new year with a new relationship in mind. www.MenToAvoidMenToEnjoy.com, Dr Buzz McCarthy, 0414 510 474
THE MAGICAL CRUCIBLE CENTRE Now more than ever before, communities need intimate and secure places to meet and process. The Crucible Centre occupies a magical valley in the Blue Mountains that is perfect for yoga, meditation and spiritual retreats. This has been John and Hilary’s place for the past 16 years. Here we have created a haven for a sustainable future with spring water, our own organic home-grown food and an exquisite spiritual sanctuary to share with our friends in the consciousness movement. As we have just added 16 beds and built a kitchen in the Lodge we thought it would be lovely to hear from you. 02 6355 2223. admin@cruciblecentre.com.
2012 MESSAGE FROM CATREENA More people are learning to live a life with Spirit, and beginning to master their minds, emotions, and live in their hearts. Many are learning their thoughts truly create their world. In 2011, lots of fear surrounded our planet. Remember we are all god. You are the only bit of god like you in the whole world. Have the courage to be that god and see others for the god they are. I created my healing centre as a place of loving support in that journey. If you need help to move away from fear, or just some reassurance, please feel free to contact us. Catreeana - Creative Peace, psychic healer and spiritual teacher, 0409 805 674
2012 IS A UNIVERSAL 5 YEAR 5 energy is about focus and passion – and it is also about freedom, freedom to focus not on our fears, but on our freedom to create a more compassionate and caring environment at
home, work, locality, nation. It starts with our focus, not on fear, but on here – having extraordinarily rewarding experiences. Why? Because we are powerful enough to create wonder-filled lives! With my harmony harp, I share my 25 years’ healing and teaching experience to empower people to relax and de-stress, and reconnect with their own wisdom (inner tutor) through guided musical meditation. Kate, 0414 642 810.
WHAT’S YOUR BODY TRYING TO TELL YOU? Acceptance of whatever we encounter in life is key to health. We can’t choose what happens to us, but we can choose how we react. The power of love and gratitude is infinite in its ability to heal and transform our lives. This year, every time you catch yourself fighting against a headache or wishing your boss would resign, how about trying this? Ask yourself, Is my body or life trying to awaken me to something? (Hint: the answer is always yes!) Have gratitude for the dialogue that is going on and choose to remain in as loving a state as possible. To deepen this practice and create ongoing transformation in your life and all those around you, grab The Lifeline Technique. Damien Meldrum, Certified Lifeline Practitioner and Registered Nurse. www.open2life.com.au
AFRICAN ARTEFACTS These African pieces have arrived to our shores to assist with our work with Mother Earth. They initially carried so much potent energy that needed to be transformed by Spirit to diminish the potency of energy, to align with Australia’s vibration. Artistic movements such as cubism, fauvism and expressionism have often taken inspiration from the vast and diverse heritage of African masks and statues. Suzanne Nicholson has a collection of quality antique, classical, ethnic, native, ritual, traditional, tribal, art from Central and Southern Africa on the Sunshine Coast Queensland. Visit the gallery at www.livingnow. com.au/users/grace and enjoy!
MEDITATION MADE EASY Australian made and produced, healingsounds CD is unique in its integration of exquisitely recorded nature sounds and powerfully enhanced-binaural beat technology. Taking the listener to the deepest state of Delta meditation in just 20 minutes, healingsounds simultaneously increases beneficial brain neurochemicals, including DHEA (the anti-ageing hormone) and Melatonin (the ‘sleep chemical’). Used with stereo headphones, you can experience profound relaxation, deep meditation, stress relief and enhanced creativity effortlessly at the touch of a button. healingsounds enhances your spiritual
practice and allows you to reach depths of meditation with ease, at a speed not normally possible. Available www.venturebeyond.com.au
CHANGE-STRATEGIST’S QUIDE TO SELF-LOVE offers new hope for relationships in unpredictable times. Author of Permission to Dance, A Course in Love & Happiness, Gayla Maxwell tells us this is a time for igniting new hope in our relationships and our daily dealings. She says, “We are confronting fear on multifaceted and intensified levels; enough so that we are collectively seeking a way out of our personal and united turmoil.” Gayla says, “this ‘way out’ can only be found in the opposite of fear; powerful, unconditional, love.” She adds, “but we cannot share what we do not have to give. Self-love and selfesteem must be our top priority if we are to contribute authentically to loving personal and professional relationships.” 0412 285 549.
EVERY CHILD IS WORTHY OF FEELING EMPOWERED And confident to follow their heartfelt dreams, sharing their wisdom and gifts with the world. Our vision is to empower children to have a strong sense of self worth; to understand their emotions; to acknowledge and unveil their abilities; to help them connect to themselves and those around them. We are reaching out to parents and carers who are looking for support and guidance with their children challenged in today’s world. We provide holistic answers for children experiencing emotional, behavioural and learning difficulties; supporting families through the process of learning, growing and evolving. www.butterfliesdance.com.au
DEEP PEACE AND FREEDOM FROM FEAR We just launched our not-for-profit The Billie Dean International Deep Peace Organisation to promote peace and freedom for all species through the arts, education and compassionate action. As an innate interspecies telepath and decades long animal and peace advocate, my wish is for the Deep Peace Movement to spread quickly in 2012, awakening the hearts and souls of humanity and bringing a world of deep peace and reverence for all species -- a world free of fear for non-humans as well as humans. To support our work or join our community and school, see billiedean.com
BE THE HEART CONNECTION YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD In 2012 let me help you become more of your heart presence in your life as I become more of my heart presence in mine. Invite me
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to use my psychic, and transformational healing tools to help you transition into greater heart stability, heart trust, and heart security. Clear and release blockages to ensure your heart life abundantly flourishes. As you welcome your increasing heart fullness you will become more resourced and able to flow more easily with the internal and external changes now and beyond 2012. Text / phone me now for your heart connection phone sessions: Satya 0425 411 545
BRINGING TACTILE THERAPIES TO THE WORLD I want to see more skill in body therapies for less cost. Learn about our three-in-one body therapy course. In a time of economic uncertainty I would like to give existing or prospective tactile therapists a maximum amount of value for less cost - I would like to give to them 3 nationally recognised diplomas for the price of one! Learn remedial massage, Bowen therapy and musculoskeletal therapy made possible through our special integrative methods. Academy of Integrated Therapies, Chermside Qld. 07 3359 8523 info@ aoit.com.au. www.aoit.com.au
BEGIN THE YEAR WITH CLARITY in this spiritual mentoring process designed to meet your intentions. Cimone-Louise is a third generation clairvoyant who uses her psychic gifts to provide others with tools to discover purpose and peace of mind. One of Australia’s best psychic mediums, Ezio De Angelis, regards her as an “incredibly talented healer and teacher”. One of her services is Intuitive Mentoring and here is a link about it www.youtube.com/ watch?v=LEvZd2NQfAY. To book in for a free 30-minute sampler session over Skype, head to cimone-louise.com and for daily inspirations www.facebook.com/ cimonelouise
WHAT WOULD IT BE LIKE TO KNOW THAT ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE? What if by being you, you have the capacity to change the things in your life that you want to change: money situations, relationships, body, or simply being able to wake up happy? For years Dr Dain Heer was very unhappy. He had all the trappings of contentment and yet he was miserable and close to suicide. It wasn’t until finding something called Access Consciousness that he realised he could have the freedom and change what he was looking for – and change is exactly what he did. Spend 2.5 days with Dr Heer in Noosa, QLD, from 3rd-5th Feb. 0451 164 639, diva@ accessconsciousness.com, Www. BeingYouChangingTheWorld.com Www.BeingYouBook.com Www.AccessConsciousness.co
SMALL BUSINESS IS THE BACKBONE OF AUSTRALIA but most people don’t realise the courage and work it takes to run a small business, especially in a climate of economic and political fear, when the national pastime is looking for a bargain on the internet. Remember that small shops hold communities together. Having said this I think 2012 will be a good year for us as we already have many exciting events, classes, workshops, groups and therapies booked in. We look forward to seeing you. Robyn Jenes, Earth Harmony Shop and Well-Being Centre, 246-250 Yarra Street Warrandyte, 03 9844 5155, www.earthharmony.com.au
HORSES HEALING HUMANS Yes, I am unashamedly biased, as I live with an extended family of 10 Arabian horses, and have the honour of facilitating the beautiful, simple and profound way that these magnificent beings support humans to grow and become aware and present daily. From children with trauma, to adults who have lost connection with their heart and unique gifts, to organisational teams searching for excellence, to therapists looking for a new way to support their clients’ growth… let the horses in their beautiful, free and powerful presence support your growth into 2012. Our human health is intricately woven with our connection to animals and nature. Get connected and risk being alive! Meg Kirby, www.gestaltequine psychotherapy.com.au
2012 FROM HERE TO ETERNITY Many are apprehensive and fearful about 2012, yet when we fill our very being with Universal love for ourselves and those who cross our path, then confidence will diffuse any fear which threatens our peace. Indeed, this is a great time to be alive! I am looking forward to 2012 with joy and peace in my heart. What about you, are you ready to release the fear and be an instrument of peace, love and joy? I can’t tell you everything in 100 words, but 2012 from here to eternity, tells all. Available from bookstores or www. annabelcastro.com
EMPRESS BESTOWS A BOUNTIFUL 2012 The tarot card I drew for 2012 is the Empress. As the Great Mother, she offers a wonderful vision for the year ahead and promises us beauty, creativity, abundance and love. She’ll be supporting all of our individual and group endeavours to nurture planet Earth, its plants and creatures and she will be continuing to encourage re-awakening to feminine ways of being and knowing. Personally, in 2012, I envisage continuing to serve Her through
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my tarot work - sharing the cards’ wisdom and guidance with clients in divinatory readings, exploring with students the magic, mystery and enlightenment that the Tarot offers us all. Jeni Bethell, www.jenibethtarot.com
THE BUSINESS OF FUN ‘N’ JOY My awareness for 2012 is that more of us are stepping into the space that we know really exists. We have a far greater capacity to change. What would it take for everyone to BE happy? What if there were more possibilities and not less? My expertise is in awareness and consciousness with business. For me business has always been joyful and fun. “Money follows joy; joy does not follow money”. [Gary Douglas]. I’m launching my new book Joy of Business in 2012 and conducting monthly seminars, as I’d like to expose everyone to the energy of what it’s like to have fun in business and make money and change the world. Simone Milasas. Accessjoyof business. com and accessconsciousness.com
TOWARDS HEART CENTREDNESS Something is happening... there is a momentum towards something beautiful, infinite, loving. Heart-centredness is growing. Strangely there is also a polarisation as the old doesn’t want to die, or should I say, we’re finding it difficult to let go of our old habits. The emerging new era is connection to our Source, which means remarkably, anything that separates and divides will no longer gather traction. We invite you to come to our weekly Open Heart Meditation evenings and discover what that calling from your heart is all about. 8pm every Monday at Kilbride Centre, 54 Beaconsfield Parade, Albert Park, VIC. Steve Ray, 0419 005 386, www. padmacahaya.org.au
MEDITATION ON TWIN HEARTS Whatever 2012 has in store for us, this beautiful meditation (free online) will help. When a person does this meditation, divine energy flows down, filling the practitioner with divine light, love and power. The practitioner becomes a channel of this divine energy. In addition, practitioners may experience divine ecstasy and bliss, and a feeling of oneness with all creation. This has been a common experience among advanced yogis and saints of all religions, and can be verified through their holy scriptures. The descent of the divine energy causes the temporary expansion of the practitioner’s major chakras and inner aura. Free online: If you want to experience the twin hearts meditation, go to the NSW Pranic Healing site and you can download it as a community service: www.pranichealing.com.au
MAKE IT REAL 2012 is the year for all of us to realise – as in ‘make real’ and manifest – our greater magnificent being. You’re already a whole magnificent divine being, if only you can remember to reconnect with that part of you beyond the five senses and the physical human being self. We’re all divine beings with a greater spirit, here to experience all that life has to offer in this physical universe where consciousness becomes reality. May 2012 be your year to step into living from and being your true magnificent greater self. Juliet Martine - Healer, Soul Intuitive & Manifestation Coach, 0413 199 649 www.julietmartine.com.au
HEAR THE UNSPOKEN WORDS Will 2012 be a year of self investment? Of listening to your heart and allowing your own wisdom to emerge? Investing in the self paves the way for deeper understanding. Why not honour yourself? Begin 2012 with self-nourishment! Our environment, people, situations... all a mirror giving us an opportunity to grow, heal and discover endless wonders of our existence. Each moment we share with another can be turned into gold. Next time you engage in a conversation, listen to the unspoken communication. The way to do this is listen through the heart, where wisdom is found. Laura Broadbent, www.goldensense.org laura@goldensense.org, Ph: 1300 887 581
EXPANDING STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS My vision for 2012 is for a year of expanding consciousness and of exploring and understanding the ‘self’. Knowing more about who and what we are, can lead to greater understanding and tolerance of others and their beliefs. The Monroe Institute who we are working with, offers programmes that provide you with tools that can lead to deeper levels of self-discovery and expansion of one’s awareness. Hemi-Sync®, a sound technology developed by the Institute which is used in the programmes, helps you achieve and control different states of awareness so you can access your untapped inner resources and realise your own true destiny! Gwen Jones, www. meditationretreatsaustralia.com.au
PERSONAL GROWTH NEEDED For those of us who have been tested in 2011, preparing us for our journey towards 2012, personal growth is a must now. We all must look at ourselves and be honest without judgment. If you are feeling trapped or stuck in your life, check out our website for different courses we offer and read how the team at The Natural Approach can help you move forward in only 6 one-hour sessions, allowing you to evolve as a new person. www.naturalapproach.com.au 03 9370 8777
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A TIME TO BE KIND 2012 is a time to be kind to yourself, your friends, family and strangers. Did you know that kindness can be a natural anti-depressant? It’s proven that an act of kindness provides the giver, receiver and even onlooker with a release of serotonin to the brain that increases wellbeing and energy, and produces a wonderful feeling of positivity and self-worth. Incredibly you’ll become addicted to kindness as it changes your thoughts, feelings and actions, and improves your life. Visit the Ripple Kindness Project and get your FREE Kindness Cards to create your own ripples of change at www.rippleeffects.com.au.
10 SECONDS TO LIVE THE REST OF YOUR LIFE – WHAT DO YOU CHOOSE? In 2007 I was dying. I made a demand on myself that year that I would find a cure. What showed up was something totally unexpected. The universe heard my demand and sent me what I required so I could choose something different. What if 2012 was actually the year that judgment ceased to be the source for creating our reality? What if we all started to generate our own realities without judgment? What would that look like for you? Liam Phillips, Founder & Author of Curing the Incurable www. curewithease.com 0429 806 196
BEST FUTURE YOU COULD WISH FOR There is much hype that 2012 is a space of closure for this planet. Creator shows me the potential for humanity to grow as it is already doing. Be kind and understand you are supported by a loving God who will always be your best friend. 2012 is the best possible future you could wish for because all your abundance is provided in its vastness. As a qualified naturopath and healer with 25 years’ experience and with comprehensive skills, I have made it my life’s work to promote connection to God and spirit as part of my practice. www.katherinebrightaustralia.com will show you everything about me and what tools I can offer you in your journey to enlightenment.
POSITIVE EVOLUTION 2012 for me is all about people stepping into their personal power and using it to co-create a more evolved universal human consciousness, a world that works. This is a total shift into the Positive Evolution of Bruce Lipton and Steve Bhaerman’s book of that name. Making this conscious shift in our awareness is grounded in accepting some things previously regarded as ‘out of the ordinary’ as ordinary parts of who we are and what we do. One of these ‘out of the
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ordinary’ things done previously by only a few is working systematically to evolve our personal energy system and to strengthen our connection to Divine Source. An example of a modality that allows anyone who wants to do this is the EMF Balancing Technique®. To make this information more available within Australia, I have spent most of 2011 developing a Certificate IV in Electro Magnetic Balancing Technique, which has now been approved by the VRQA to offer from 2012. Graduates will have recognised employability skills needed to gain employment in the Australian health and well-being sector as well as being able to offer their clients Phases I-IV of the EMF Balancing Technique®, Foundations of Evolution. I invite you in 2012 to step into your personal power and co-create a world that works. More information about EMF Balancing – visit www.emfworldwide.com More information about the new Certificate IV and to register your interest – http://www. emfmelb.com/content/certificate-iv-electromagnetic-balancing. Justus Lewis PhD is an accredited EMF Balancing Technique® Supervisory Teacher, Phases I-XII. Mobile: 0400 156 069, www.emfmelb. com, www.transformasia.com.au
FROM DARKNESS INTO LIGHT The Archangel Michael heralds the coming of a year of change. His sword symbolises the importance of cutting away what is no longer necessary. In 2012, your desire to realise your spiritual potential grows stronger. Your frustration hides a reluctance to let go. Often, we strive to remain positive in the face of adversity. We do not realise that, to reach the light, we must first pass through the darkness. When you are ready, I offer you my expertise, drawn from 16 years as a counselling psychologist. I offer you my compassion. I know the emotions that are stirring within you and I offer you my guidance. I shall walk beside you, and help you find your path. www.KarenNixon.com
RADIATION LIFESTYLES BY DEFAULT Who is not a user of rapidly-evolving technology? At what price to health? Cumulative exposure to microwave and electromagnetic radiation travels from appliances through flesh, bone and walls. Low-level radiation weakens cell walls from babies still in the womb to children and adults in range. Invisible and silent radiation does not mean no radiation. Some babies are born with brain tumours. Some health problems emerge slowly. My wish for creating change in 2012 is for people to have a wider awareness and less irrational denial that self-radiation is the emerging major public health problem. Simply pinpointing the invisible radiation hotspots with a handheld radiation meter empowers individuals to see and minimise
their personal exposure and make informed choices about reducing it. For 54 free hints on how to minimise radiation exposure and to obtain your easy-to-use radiation detector meter, please visit www. RadiationResuce.com.au or phone Robyn Wawn on 1300 436 628.
HONOUR OUR AUTHENTIC SELF My vision is for humankind to awaken to the inner life, and to live the outer life from an authentic sense of self that honours both our own self and one another. We grow through the process of examining our lives, healing our fears, our pain and losses, facing our shadow. As we heal, we develop compassion, beginning with a deep sense of self-compassion. It is through this sense of self-compassion that we know how to relate with loving-kindness, to ourselves, to one another and to Mother Earth. I offer my support, understanding and knowledge to you on this journey. Tara Green www.taragreen.com.au
BRING ON 2012 AND ITS EXCITING TRANSFORMATION that has yet to fully settle within the core of our beings! As an energy healer of many years, I have been very excited to see the direct and rapid change in the chakral and auric bodies of my clients. Now is the time to connect to your energy and harness the great power that is your being. I would be more than pleased to help anyone that needs energy rebalancing/ refurbishment, holistic counselling or perhaps wishes to partake of a beautiful energy healing session with the addition of essential oils. Anne-Marie, 02 9653 2482.
CREATE YOUR SOUL’S DESIRE IN 2012What is your heart and soul calling you to do next year? Release all attachments and need for control. Surrender, forgive and let go. Step bravely into the new year, clearer, lighter and ready to fulfill your soul’s purpose. For this is where true fulfilment, joy and passion reside. If you are in the process of transition or change in any area of your life and would like some help or support from someone living this change themselves, then please contact Connie Valentine Maranca - counsellor, coach, healer, reiki master, workshops, psychic tarot readings, author. 0410 647 313 or www. HolisticHealingInstitute.com
NIA — THROUGH MOVEMENT WE FIND HEALTH My 2012 wish is that more people return to living and moving in their bodies. Martha Graham spoke a powerful truth...“The body says what words cannot”.
Many of us stop listening to our body. Our body has innate, intimate wisdom and is home to our emotions and spirit. NIA classes develop our ability to sense tension, lack of flow or restrictions and to move mindfully to self-heal. This is powerful and freeing. We use movement as medicine, a source of joy, and to embrace our uniqueness. Discover for yourself, any age, how to live fully in your body. www.niaaustralia.com.au, Carolyn Yuen, Nia Instructor.
LOVE WHAT YOU DO My wish for LivingNow readers in 2012 is that more women empower themselves in their lives and business. Many of us have a vision but become stuck when it comes to taking action. You can change this by adopting my winning formula which is vision + action = results. If we women want to BE the change we MUST step up, step out and DO the change. We need to stop diluting our skills, talents and brilliance and get out there and shine. As a gift to LivingNow readers, I am offering 12 FREE discovery sessions to help you make 2012 the best year of your life! joanbell@ abetterlifebydesign.com, www.abetterlifebydesign.com
SHARING THE WISDOM IN ALL After spending years of seeking the answers to who we are, I noticed that the best way to get a deeper understanding of oneself is to open the mind and heart to the wisdom in all beings. Our vision for 2012 was to create a website called Earth Gurus dedicated to the amazing people of this planet, a place to learn, understand, experience, connect, laugh and give to one another in an open and loving way. We hope you enjoy this FREE GIFT and connect globally to people from all walks of life, bringing our world closer to peace and unity. Adam, Earth Gurus Australia www. earthgurus.com
LOVE, THE ULTIMATE POWER Today, right this moment, make a rock solid commitment to treat yourself and speak to yourself only with loving kindness, compassion, forgiveness, and acceptance. Make this the centre of your approach to life. Keep a notebook in your pocket and jot down every time you put yourself down. When you catch yourself, imagine this human-self that you are putting down is a vulnerable child just trying to grow. Do your best to find a way to mentor yourself in that moment in a kind and constructive way, then watch your life transform. Phil Golding – psychotherapist, meditation/self-awareness coach. Inner Harmony Center, 07 3399 7876, www.innerharmony.com.au
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BAT FOR GAIA 2012 will open more doorways to understanding who we truly are! As a change agent, I want to share my years of experience and knowledge in the areas of spiritual healing and holistic guidance. The time is now to step up to the plate and bat for our planet Gaia. I have been inspired by learning, healing and transformation through the modalities of aromatherapy, counselling, oracle cards, reiki, crystals and sound instruments. They help us create sacred space; open us to our gifts; which brings us together to co-create a better world. Mathlini-Rosze Cernigoi, www. aromaharmonics.weebly.com
WHAT A GREAT TIME OF YEAR! Before I set my goals for 2012 I go through what I have achieved for 2011. I write down everything I am proud of and grateful for. Any goal that I did not get done is not a failure. I may have changed the goal or had another exciting opportunity that I chose to put first. I re-evaluate that goal to see if it is still something I want to do and set for 2012. Sometimes we set goals that we are not passionate about and that is another reason we didn’t get it done. www.tessajetson.com.au, speaker, trainer, entertainer, author and mentor
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commitment for 2012 that you find the clarity, courage and devotion to give yourself fully to this service, and never look back. I offer courses and coaching in finding your unique service and sharing it wildly with the world. I have worked with many using the four stages of creation – activate, engage, build and renew – to guide the calling of our service from a sweet possibility to a rock solid reality. There comes a time when all there is left to do is say yes to the calling in our heart. Is 2012 the year to live your service? Then I am here to serve you. www.theartoflivingawake.com
WHERE INTENTION GOES, ENERGY FLOWS By changing our intention and aligning our environment, we can transform not only ourselves but our homes and enrich our lives by knowing that our goals, dreams and ambitions are all in alignment and supported. Our homes have consciousness and are living energy fields. I would love people in 2012 to embrace instinctive feng shui and seven star blessing space clearing as part of their lives so that they can be supported on a spiritual, emotional and physical level. Let 2012 be the year you truly feel at home! Karen Quant – Master Teacher Interior Alignment® SACRED CLEARINGS – WWW.Sacredclearings. com.au, 0414 376 047, Sydney
WHAT I WISH TO CREATE In all the years I’ve been teaching meditation, spirituality and wellbeing, I’ve discovered that feeling great is the result of being in the flow. Whenever we follow soul’s guidance, when we surrender without arguing, miraculous events unfold. Win/win/win opportunities fall around those involved like ripe berries on a windy day. So my wish is to remember to keep following my heart and inspire others to do the same. Right now, my heart is telling me to let go and let God. More precisely, let go of Inner Peace and let God choose who might take over. So who knows… your wish might be to own and run a thriving wellbeing centre, and my wish is to put it in good hands. Is that being in the flow? I believe so. For a chat, call Michael on 1300 306 708, or email marlyse@innerpeace.com.au, www.innerpeace.com.au
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SUNDAY, 18 DECEMBER 2011 FREE CONCERT - “CHOOSE TO BE CALM” 6.00pm – 8.00pm. Allow yourself to be led into a state of calm by a professional group of meditative musicians. Floating sounds will come from the armonica, didgeridoo, Chinese erhu, guitar and keyboards. The musicians will be playing their own original compositions to soothe the soul. Supported by the Brahma Kumaris, please phone 08 9388 6101 for bookings, email perth@au.bkwsu.org. Venue: Seventh Day Adventist Heritage Centre, 445 Charles Street, North Perth.
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SUNDAY, 11 DECEMBER 2011 ALCHEMICAL JOURNEY TO TRANSFORMATION By Richard De Welles and Geraldine Taylor-Wood. Dowsers Society, Community Hall, 44 Gladesville Road, Hunters Hill. Dowsing afterwards. $6, 2pm. 0437 147 277.
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THE POWER OF LOVE The ability to give and receive love is one of the keys to the spiritual life. But how do we unlock our own hearts? Experience tuning in to the flow of love from divine spirit. ECK Worship Service. 11am, Box Hill Community Arts Centre, Cnr. Station & Combarton Sts. Box Hill. www.eckankar.org.au
SUNDAY, 18 DECEMBER 2011 MY JOURNEY TO GOD We are all on our way back to God, whether we are conscious of it or not. Learn to identify the guideposts along your own spiritual journey and share or listen to fellow traveler’s stories. 11am. ECK Community Centre, 10/3 Tuck St. Moorabbin. More info: 03 9532 0523. www.eckankar.org.au
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BUDDHISM THE ODIYANA BUDDHIST CENTRE The Odiyana Buddhist Centre in Hawthorn provides courses in meditation. From mindfulness to dzogchen & tantra as well as Tibetan reiki, Tibetan yoga & Buddhist. Contact Beatrice 0434 527 314. www.odiyanacentre.org
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COLOUR THERAPY COLOUR THERAPY Back due to popular demand, renowned colour therapist and author Pascale Osanz will teach you how colour can influence your life. Learn the positive and negative attributes of each colour, the aura, and how to conduct colour therapy readings to provide insights into a person’s past, present and future. 24-26 February. $550. 1300 889 845. www.aces.edu.au.
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peasants and lots of oppressed women but they had no way of banding together, sharing information and taking concerted action to change their situation. Once those platforms became available, revolution was swift. After hundreds if not thousands of years of central control, it is slowly dawning on us that with the new social networking technology we can change the world, sometimes overnight, simply by getting together, sharing ideas and deciding to do it differently. This is the overall theme for 2012 and the decade to come. Not some inter-galactic disaster. Not some visitation from angry gods. Not some dreadful disease that will wipe us all out. Simply a wake-up call that together we can make a difference. And any catastrophes that do occur will simply be a reflection of the misuse of the freedoms we’ve enjoyed over the past 40-45 years since the last UranusPluto conjunction in the mid to late 1960s.
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Ask any astrologer what’s happening in 2012 and they’ll babble excitedly about the Mayan calendar; the Uranus-Pluto cardinal square; the revolutionary impact of Uranus in Aries; the endless creative possibilities of Neptune in Pisces, not to mention the continuing drama of Pluto in Capricorn and its effect on global financial markets. But what does it all mean? Astrology works with cycles, viewing every event as a point on a spiral with precedents in earlier turns of the spiral. It’s actually very easy to see what lies ahead. Instead of looking to politicians, economic forecasters or indeed astrologers, we simply need to look at what is already happening at a grass roots level and project these events to their logical conclusion, because it is on the ground that the changes bringing about ‘the end of the world as we know it’ are taking place, not on the front benches of our parliaments or in the boardrooms of our corporations and
central banks. There will be a collapse of the system, because enough people now want it to collapse. Riots in the UK; tent cities in the US; revolutions in the Arab world – we definitely won’t be going back to the old days or the old ways. I remember learning at school about the ‘Storming of the Bastille’, precursor to the French Revolution that destroyed the all-powerful French monarchy and eventually led to the rise of a republican state. I wondered why it had taken the French peasants and middle class so long to overthrow what was clearly an unfair system when there were so many of them... And as a child in the 1960s, I have vague memories of women in the newspapers wearing mini skirts, burning bras, protesting about wars in distant countries and refusing to conform. And I wondered why it had taken these women so long to stand up against what was clearly an unfair system when there were so many of them… Now I understand why it took so long. There may have been lots of unhappy
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HERE ARE MY PREDICTIONS FOR 2012 AND BEYOND Overview 1) Continued loss of confidence in traditional corporations, the police force, banking systems and large government bodies replaced by a growing focus on small business, self-employment, personal responsibility and grass roots activism.
2) It is clear from the US financial meltdown and the European debt crisis that individuals, corporations and governments can no longer survive on deficit spending and unrestrained borrowing. The Euro is increasingly under threat and we could see a double dip recession in US having a knock-on effect to other world economies including Australia. 3) The killings of Osama bin Laden and Muammar Gaddhafi were key events of 2011. Uranus in Aries accelerates the pace of social change, boosting the collective urge to rebel against the status quo and create new forms. Other dictators who use terror to control and manipulate could find their comfortable illusion of sovereignty toppled this year.
7) Increased moves towards environmentally sustainable living, protection of the environment, new energy sources and a healthier lifestyle, with particular attention to the food we eat and the type of health care we choose.
8) Growth in the power of technology to link people and communities and spread and share information leading to a reduction in hierarchy, more transparent and accountable government and less focus on academic and professional status.
9) Loss of power and credibility for major religious organisations unless they adopt a more flexible and inclusive approach. 10) Exponential growth in the fields of alternative healing and personal, spiritual and psychic development.
11) The arts will continue to flourish
4) The ‘feminine’ values of nurturing, sharing, cooperation, receptiveness and negotiation will make a comeback as they offer viable and efficient alternatives to war, competition, exclusiveness, hierarchy, domination and survival of the fittest. 5) A rise in community and local initiatives with a greater focus on flatter management structures, transparency and cooperation. 94093i023
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both on and off line as Neptune in Pisces stimulates our appetite for film, fashion, beauty, glamour and music.
12) I believe we’re seeing the beginning of the end for the two-party political system. ‘GetUp’, which describes itself as ‘an independent movement to build a progressive Australia and bring participation back into our democracy’ is one alternative to the two-party system. The organisation already has more than half a million supporters. 13) Sustainable fashion is here to stay. Expect a growing move towards organic and natural fibres and increasing interest in where our clothes come from and whether those making the clothing were properly paid and properly treated.
We’ll look at these 2012 trends in more detail in the next edition of Stargazer.
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KEY ASTROLOGICAL EVENTS – DECEMBER Mercury turned retrograde in Sagittarius on 24th November, the day before the November new moon and solar eclipse. This will only serve to heighten the intensity and relevance of the insights revealed between the new moon eclipse (in Sagittarius) on the 25th and the full moon eclipse (in Gemini) on 11th December. Think of the thrice-yearly Mercury retrograde transit as a three week opportunity to get your life back on track and regain integrity. Pay particular attention to gut feelings, hunches and pieces of information that randomly come your way. Avoid starting new projects, but focus on completing or revising existing ones. Spend time day-dreaming and meditating and see what comes up. If things go haywire, ask yourself: “What am I trying to learn?” “What is the hidden message behind this event?” And as Mercury travels backwards through Sagittarius, ask yourself: “How can my inspiration and dreams create a better future?” A conjunction between relationship planet Venus and transformational Pluto takes place in Capricorn in early December. Any relationship issues will be forced to the surface and power struggles could result. On the other hand, Venus-Pluto signifies intense passion, bringing the potential for powerful sexual and emotional connection and deeper commitment. The yang energy reaches its zenith at the summer solstice on 22nd December as the sun enters Capricorn.
Happy festive season to all – I look forward to sharing my love of astrology with you in transformational 2012.
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DECEMBER LUNAR ECLIPSE Eclipses move in cycles and so far we’ve had three eclipses in the GeminiSagittarius polarity, the first on 21st December last year and the second and third on 2nd and 16th June this year. The first and third were the most powerful and required substantial adjustments. The Gemini-Sagittarius polarity asks us to create a vision for a better future and then work on the details of how to make this happen. Both signs have a mental focus – Sagittarius is a right brain sign with the themes of wisdom, vision and intuition, while Gemini is more left brain and excels in the world of detailed analysis and communication and sharing of ideas. Last month, on 25th November, we had another eclipse in this same cycle – a partial solar eclipse at the Sagittarius new moon with the sun and moon at 3 degrees of Sagittarius forming a T square with Mars and Chiron. All eclipses indicate change; solar eclipses signify beginnings and usually manifest as events in the outer world. This month we have a lunar eclipse as the earth’s shadow casts an eerie light over the full moon on 11th December. Normally the full moon is a time of culmination and harvest, but an eclipse tends to muddle and shake things up and its effects can last for up to six months, right up to the time of the next lunar eclipse. This eclipse is at 19 degrees Gemini with a theme of archetypal seed-knowledge and wisdom. The Sabian symbol shows a large archaic volume containing revelations about the structure of cyclic and cosmic manifestations of life on this planet. Clearly the theme of this eclipse is expansion of consciousness. This month is a great time for Geminis and Sagittarians to update their self-image and future plans. Other zodiac signs would do well to create their own personal vision for 2012.
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Picking flowers TAKE A WALK IN KRISTINA’S GARDEN AND DROP INTO THE TRANQUILITY SHE HAS CREATED. THEN, WHEN YOU’RE IN THE MOOD, PICK YOUR OWN FLOWERS AND FOLLOW HER RECIPE FOR HAIR TONIC. BY KRISTINA JENSEN ©
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am going out to pick flowers with my eight year old son today. We are making up a new batch of my special herbal hair tonic. The look of joy on his face tells me that this is a good thing to do, an old thing, a connected thing. We talk about flower fairies as we gather the well-used woven basket and take off our shoes so that the dew can wash our feet clean. It is early morning and each droplet of water shines with the first rays of the eager sun, shattering light into a million shards of powerful energy. My son is home-schooled. His preference for fairies over rugby or remote control cars does not concern his father and I. He is free to choose his passions and right now, small figures present in nature consume his attention. His pockets are full of seeds, flower stalks, interesting rocks and tiny mouse skeletons from under an old refrigerator. These, he weaves together with wire and pipe cleaners to create figures which for him have lives of their own, unique personalities and best of all, the unmistakable artistic freedom of being fashioned by a child’s hand. We encourage him in his art, choosing to move with him as he grows and changes, allowing wherever possible, the first-hand experience of nature to be his teacher. This morning, he brings his own basket along. ‘How about a brew of fairy
flower tea?’ he asks me. I nod and smile, and he picks alongside me, adding his own favourites like fennel and sorrel to his collection. When I turn to look at him, he is sitting back on his haunches, chewing on a stalk of fennel, a far off look in his eye. ‘This fennel tastes different today’, he says, coming back, ‘... more watery.’ Vibrancy greets us as we gather the quantities of each flower and herb that we need from our garden and orchard. The flowers stretch their beautiful faces to the sun, drinking in the dew and sunlight potion nestled like crystal jewel globules on their petals. Calendula are bold, resplendent in all shades between yellow and russet orange. Rose petals fall gently into our basket along with energetic skyward-pointing sprigs of rosemary. The restorative properties of lavender add their voice to our collecting and all that remains is to take a stroll over to the orchard. Here we will pick a lemon, for we require a piece of its peel for our concoction. My son finds a dead goldfinch under one of the apple trees. He picks it up gently, cradling its tiny body in his palm. As with everything he finds, it is subject to his careful examination. He opens up its wings and I take a breath, imagining the marvel of its flight if it was to suddenly awaken and fly up and away. But no, the
MAKE-IT-YOURSELF – HERBAL HAIR FOOD (Recipe by Kristina Jensen ©) Especially helpful in the treatment of dandruff, skin irritations and dry flaky skin, this simple, fragrant tonic can be applied daily to strengthen and revitalise any area of your body. Simply splash a little onto the palm of your hand and rub in gently. You can also keep it in a spray bottle for easy application. Collect: 3-4 sprigs of rosemary 10 stalks of lavender 5 calendula flowers a piece of lemon peel a handful of rose petals Bring 3 cups of water to the boil and remove it from the heat. Drop the herbs, peel and flowers in and leave covered until cool. Strain the liquid off the herbs. Add ½ a cup of witch-hazel, ½ cup of rosewater and 1 cup of apple cider vinegar to the herbal mixture. You can also add a drop or two of tea tree oil to combat skin infections, especially if you live somewhere where there are biting insects. Decant into a bottle. Store away from the sun. Herbal hair food lasts for up to two years.
characteristic red cap of the finch is dull and tattered and I wonder aloud whether it was old and was ready to die. ‘Do you think there is a bird heaven?’ my son asks me. I don’t say anything. I know he is thinking about what a bird heaven would be like if there was one and I want to wait for his ideas first before sharing mine. ‘This bird eats seeds, right?’ I nod. ‘Then it will be flying over a field full of grasses with all the other goldfinches. I want to bury it, Mom.’ So we dig a small hole under the apple tree and lay the lifeless body down on a handful of thistledown. He picks a small comfrey leaf to cover the bird and we shovel the earth over and pat it down. A white rock nearby serves as a gravestone and some of our flowers are taken from the baskets to adorn the resting place. We share a long look full of unspoken things; the sorrow of the bird’s passing, the brightness of the day, the happiness of being here together. He leaps into my arms for a tight hug, dabbing his eyes on his sleeve. Then we are up into the next moment, wiping our hands on our trousers, leaping through the long grass, heading home to sup that fairy flower tea and prepare an infusion of our favourite herbal skin and hair tonic.
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