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Lightworker June 2010

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MAGAZINE

The Fulfilment Issue

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Fulfilment: Satisfaction or happiness as a result of fully developing one’s abilities or character.

It’s an interesting notion, fulfilment, and one that we explore at length in this month’s Lightworker features, columns and regulars.

The last few decades saw an emergence of the trend for needing external material goods and status symbols in order to bring a sense of completeness to one’s life. Of course, this was impossible, since fulfilment is an inside job.

Therefore, balance is returning to our world with more and more people taking the initial steps of looking within for the inner peace, contentment and joy that constitutes true and lasting fulfilment.

When do I feel fulfilled?

When I press the publish button for Lightworker each month. When I am sitting laughing with loved ones and take a moment to look around and feel the nourishing warmth within the room. When I am mid‐flow channel‐ ling ‐ either verbally or on paper ‐ creative, articulate and concise insights into human nature and our world as a whole. When I regain a soft focus and open my eyes after an undefined time meditating with a wholly expansive heart chakra.

The list goes on.

Once upon a time I would put ‘buying a new pair of shoes on pay day’ and ‘upgrading to business class on flights to the Maldives’ at the head of the list, but times change, and we change. Where I once would’ve scoffed at someone who said I would feel happier ‐ on a deeper, real, soul level ‐ by looking within rather than (with)out, I now realise I am, and that brings more tears of gratitude and joy to my eyes than any pair of beautiful Choo’s ever could.

Love and light

Rachel Willis Editor Rachel@LightworkerMag.com

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Contents:Features

Know

page 9 The Personal Evolution Trilogy

page 25 Glow with Health & Wellbeing

page 39 Once Upon a Time...

page 11 Drawing Blanks: How To Recognise What Doesn’t Fulfil You

page 27 Lightworker in Training

page 41 Words of Wisdom

page 29 Lightworker Challenge

page 42 Lightworker Loves...

page 32 The Businessman

page 43 Paulo Coelho

page 33 Studying at the University of Life

page 45 Reader Book Review

page 12 Seeking Fulfilment page 14 Let Your Ego Help You Find Love the Second or Third Time Around

page 15 page 35 Under the Spotlight ‐ Barefoot The Authenticity Diary Doctor page 19 Are You Having Amazing Sex?

Regulars

page 47 The List page 48 Featured Lightworkers: Sergey Brin & Larry Page

page 20 Look To The Rainbow: Colour Empowerment for Lightworkers READER RESPONSES We love hearing from you!

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Contributors

Paul Vaughan Wilby Jacqui Crane

Jason Chan

Paul plans on living to 150 years old, was born in the Chinese year of the ti‐ ger and therefore should be capable of guarding against three disasters of life ‐ fire, thieves and ghosts ‐ and is officially a cat bore because new ‘kitten‐itis’ has not yet worn off.

Jason is a life‐long Taoist, inspired to assist all who are called to follow an authentic spiritual path back to eternal truth, and recent winner of Kindred Spirit’s ‘Most Inspirational Person of the Year’ Award.

Jacqui studied Papyrology, which is what Margaret Mountford left The Ap‐ prentice for, still wears several items of clothing that are older than she is ‐ inherited from her mother – and plays the piano, usually Gershwin or Chopin, at the moment.

Competition winner!

Congratulations to Jackie Walker who wins herself the fab bespoke MOO business cards. june 2010

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Focus the Light Our new ‘Focus the Light’ groups met for the first time around the globe last month. The idea of these groups is to encourage people to talk; to raise individual awareness; to learn from each other; to create change via many individual energy shifts that contribute to the global energy shift of the planet. The groups talked about the idea of ‘Hope’. Here are the highlights from those discussions.

“Hope matters. In fact, it can be argued that the most profound expressions of the human spirit derive from hope.

The greatest works of art and the best books as well as the most enduring wonders of the ancient world, as well as the Olympics, Baseball, and Soccer ‐ all of these human achievements share a common denominator‐ they bring more hope into the world.”

Dr. Anthony Scioli, clinical psychologist has been studying hope for over 10 years www.gainhope.com What does Hope mean to you?

Is hope a ‘wishy‐washy’ excuse for procrastination and inaction? Must hope be an achievable goal, rather than something that one simply wishes for?

Hope is an emotional word, not a call to action, but it can be a driving force toward a goal. However, hope tran‐ scends notions about which things in life are achievable or not, as often this notion is governed by self‐limiting beliefs. Therefore, hope provides a step‐up from where you are now to where you want to be.

The context in which the word ‘hope’ is used can change it from a wish or desire to the provision of hope being GIVEN to us in an undesirable situation. Can you GIVE hope to someone? Yes! We realised that hope is indeed a gift that can be given and received.

Hope is a light through the dark. When life takes us on a seemingly dark road and tests us to the limit, hope is what gets you through those times. This positive thought then attracts more of the same to it and provides a ladder out of the dark towards the light.

Hope is self‐fulfilling, an emotion necessary in order to drive forward positive change. Hope is more than a wish or a desire; in its essence, hope is a driving force. To HAVE hope or to be GIVEN hope is when it really comes into its own. Hope has the ability to take the fear out of living, as without hope life would be flat and fearful.

From our Lightworker Magazine Facebook page: “Hope means feeling the calm beneath the chaos... knowing all is good, all is perfect, despite what my limited sight and mental programming tells me.” Lisa “Without hope there is no going forward. When a client comes to me so downtrodden, so grief stricken and so with‐ out any visible way out of their troubles, I can give them one thing that will surely open a door. It may be a small peephole of a door, but as long as they believe there is hope all can be healed and changed for the better, for without hope, who really wants to go on?? Hope moves hearts, which move minds to think better, respond healthier and make better choices “ Shawn What do you hope for?

We hope for everyone we know and love to be happy. It is also of paramount importance to ensure our own individual development and happiness so that we become positive transformers of energy for those around us.

We hope for connectedness ‐ our lack of community in this modern society is leading to a loss of hope through isolation, lack of self‐worth and low self‐esteem; a lack of connectedness stemming from the illusion of separ‐ ateness. Depression may be a physical manifestation of this energetic untruth and imbalance. So, hope can also be associated with bringing people back together as we increasingly connect with each other and Mother Earth in the same way that our tribal communities used to.

We hope that the personal and planetary transitions will be as smooth as possible. We can help those who are struggling with a lack of understanding of the new energies in a compassionate, non‐judgmental way.

We hope for more integrity in the world, and integrity on a personal level. Personal truth is vital to shift the levels of integrity on the planet.

We hope to continue the good work we’ve done here today.

How can we make Hope work for us?

Be positive and hopeful! Always see the light in any situation and share that with those who struggle to see it.

Barack Obama being elected as the first black U.S. President filled us with hope and proves that positive change does happen. In turn, this gives us hope for drastic changes in society, though they may take time to manifest.

The new UK Coalition Government also brought hope to some of us. Hope is the sense of universal possibility, a real sense that change for the better can happen.

Give hope to others with compassion and truth ‐ never lightly or falsely. Shine your light so that the darkness in another’s world will fade.

Reactions from participants of ‘Focus the Light’: “We realised that giving energy for positive change by talking about it in an enthusiastic, energetic manner increases the energy of hope between us all and therefore increases likelihood of actions ‐ no matter how small ‐ toward a positive change.”

“I can really feel a difference in my own energy, I feel great! Really positive and hopeful.”

“The discussion really helped me clarify my own feelings about hope. I now realise we’d be nowhere without it.”

Next month’s topic: Joy Sylvie Roy | Toronto, Canada | sylvieroy@ymail.com Shane Stuart McKay | Knysna, South Africa | shanemckay@live.com Mel Diamond | Suffolk, UK | mel@indigohealing.co.uk Andrew Morrissey | Koh Chang, Thailand | andrew@iam‐andrew.com Hannah Fellows | Falkirk, UK | hannahperks@hotmail.com Simon Welch | London, UK | Simon.Welch@camden.gov.uk

Hope Knows no fear.

Hope dares to blossom Even inside the abysmal abyss.

Hope secretly feeds And strengthens Promise.

Sri Chinmoy

features

The Personal Evolution Trilogy Part I - Fulfilment Of Your Highest Desires Paul Vaughan Wilby

Drawing Blanks: How To Recognise What Doesn’t Fulfil You Jacqui Crane

Seeking Fulfilment Jason Chan

Let Your Ego Help You Find Love the Second or Third Time Around Barbara Kennedy

Under the Spotlight Barefoot Doctor

Are You Having Amazing Sex? Georgia Foster

Look to the Rainbow: Colour Empowerment For Lightworkers Eleyne Austen Sharp

Paul Vaughan Wilby BSc (Hons), SI, FDN

The Personal Evolution Trilogy Part I - Fulfilment Of Your Highest Desires Fulfilment is defined as the feeling of sat‐ isfaction at having achieved one’s desires.

Hmmmm... Well you could go in several di‐ rections with that one.

In western culture, we are encouraged to believe that desire is the driver of all society.

Wanting things is what reputedly drives the engine of commercialism and capitalism.

The problems arise when we find out that most of our desires are of the head and not the heart.

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Underneath all emotional behaviour, you can find drivers

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Most of those desires are implanted by rather crude Freudian advertising and are not genuine. Rather, they are the manipulation of feelings from our sub‐ conscious relating to our past in order to persuade us that buying a product will make us feel complete. Most of these desires represent wants, and wants represent lack. Therefore, a life spent desiring is actually a life focused on lack.

behaviour, you can find driv‐ ers. These drivers are con‐ cerned with wanting; control, approval, security, separation and unity. These are simple wants we learn Challenging lack as children. As we grow we put more and more layers of complexity around One way to remove the feeling of lack these drivers and write our narratives is by delving into the subconscious and of who we are and how we live. your emotional past to remove the root. Underneath all emotional The reason we go to such great lengths is fear of some kind. Fear of something BIOG we imagine will happen if our want is Paul knows you can CHANGE; your pos- not fulfilled. So, we hang onto our nar‐ ture, your mental/emotional patterns, rative, expending great energy in doing your body shape, your ailments - your so. Imagine a fist clenched around a life. His experience ov Hons), a Struc- pound coin, and we believe it is among tural Integration (Rolfing®) Practitioner the last pound coins remaining. If we and practises Functional Diagnostic Nulet go of it we will be without, and we trition®, Metabolic Typing™, endocrine (hormone) balancing, emotional release, cannot let someone take it. We focus and applied biophysics (or scientific en- our energy and intention on keeping our fist clenched… Somehow, our sub ergy work). page nine Lightworkermag.com

conscious believes that by relinquish‐ ing control over the pound we will not survive.

Release This, of course, is not the case. By ac‐ knowledging our fight for control and security and then by simply letting go of wanting it, we release the stuck pattern. The fist clenched, and then released, is both a great metaphor and also a great tool to facilitate releasing on stuck patterns. You simply clench your fist around the imaginary fear, physically holding the emotion tight, then visualise and enact the hand re‐ leasing.

With a little practice, one can start to feel where the stuck emotional pat‐ tern resides in the body, and release it directly. If this seems a little intangible or fluffy, consider that you are creating physiological change in the body at a level that reaches all the way to your genes. For further reading, look into neuropeptides ‐ the molecules of emo‐ tion. june 2010

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Fulfilment of the desires of your Higher Self is, ultimately, much more satisfying and nourishing

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So, we can release our hold on desires by simply letting go of the subconscious habit of feeling lack or want. It is noted that by releasing the emotional pattern we create physical change in the body.

You can, of course, work the other way around: change the physical patterns in the body to affect the emotional. You can do this by removing toxicity from the body, by changing the environment you live in or ‐ as I do with my clients ‐ by changing your relationship to your environment.

your Higher Self, the Universe, or what‐ ever you prefer, remember that the link is already there and all you have to do is clean it up for it to work better.

Fulfilment of the desires of your Higher Self is, ultimately, much more satisfying and nourishing. The catch is that no one else can tell you what your Higher Self is after. Only you can reveal that. And as the definition of fulfilment states, “the state or quality of being fulfilled is about completion and realisation;” then, perhaps, you’ll realise you were complete all along.

More recently, biophysicists have dem‐ onstrated that the human body acts like a broadcast antenna. The sum total of everything going on in your body and mind, past and present, makes up the signal broadcast. The Universe responds to this signal by drawing Get cleaning! into your immediate environment the chance for you to experience whatever Bodywork you are broadcasting. The parallel is ap‐ parent. Clean up the broadcast and the Structural integration (Rolfing) looks Universe will reward you with a change at the whole body and its posture as an in experience. insight into your relationship with your environment. Pain or injury indicates This has been my experience and that a breakdown of that relationship and of many of my clients. I find great suc‐ a call to change. In changing these cess in cleaning up the subconscious, habits, my clients and I find regular our body/posture, and any toxicity we correlations to emotional relationships can eliminate. This effectively rids you and events of the past. These again cor‐ of false desires wants and lacks. Once CONTACT relate to the drivers and are capable of you tidy up a bit, you often find that +44 7970 818896 instant change also. what you are looking for is right under paul@i-evolve.co.uk Someone wise once said that when your nose all along. www.i-evolve.co.uk searching for connection to the Divine, june 2010 Lightworkermag.com

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never makes the imaginary world any closer.

Jacqui Crane

Drawing Blanks: How To Recognise What Doesn’t Fulfil You Do we really get the most out of our short lives? Or are we starving ourselves by spend‐ ing our time on junk that leaves us hungry for real value?

Live in the moment...

This doesn’t mean you shouldn’t have dreams. Dreams are great. Just change it from “if only” to “sometime soon…” ... and not just because you should!

That insidious word should. I should find a boyfriend; I should be working full time; I should go out whenever I’m invited; I should be able to snap out of depression. If you live within the bound‐ aries of should, you never know if you are following your own path or that of society, not to mention the exhaustive pursuit of trying.

Stop coveting your neighbour’s It is important to take responsibility for your actions. Ask yourself what your stuff... motives are when you commence a Envy is a thief. It stops you from paying course you action. Should will answer, attention to your own life, and makes “everyone does that” or “my father told you concentrate on someone else’s. me it’s best to do it” or “if I do anything Once you work out what they have and else, my friends will laugh at me”. But you don’t, you get hung up on the inad‐ answer the question honestly: then equacy of your own life. The glass will either you’ll choose the path for your own good reasons, or you’ll go another seem half empty. Or less. way.

Lewis Carroll’s White Queen said, “The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yester‐ day ‐ but never jam today.” There are some things you do because of the past or the future; but you must be careful that they don’t take over your now.

I often find myself doing things just because I did them yesterday. Karen, a wise friend, told me recently “Habits steal your time.” And it’s true. I spend Once I start focusing on where my life So what am I going to do about it? too long just doing the same as yester‐ is lacking compared to other people, it is all I can see. I’m not fluent in an‐ day. other language; I’ve never travelled the I am going to stop spending my time Tomorrow is equally limiting. I often do world; I don’t have straight hair or long in my imagination, or in the past, or in things to make my life easier tomorrow. legs. The negatives far outweigh the working towards future goals I don’t I even say “Thank you, past‐Jacqui” as I positives, of course, because there are really believe in. I will stop daydream‐ pick up my ready‐packed suitcase. But, many more things that I’m not than I ing and start doing. I will do something new tomorrow, and break a habit, just occasionally I find myself doing some‐ am. for fun. I will banish envy by affirm‐ thing only because of the supposed fu‐ ture benefits, and often the end doesn’t But, I am the centre of my own little ing the positive things I believe about justify the means. If I find that the path world, so I choose to think about my‐ myself. I’m going to bear in mind that is not interesting or motivating for me, self in positive terms and stop worrying other people feel the same way and I will avoid imposing any shoulds onto about all the things I can’t change. then I’m probably on the wrong path. them.

Step into the real world...

But enough about me. What are you BIOG Jacqui is an accountant for some of the When you are wishing that there were going to do about it? time. She lives in St Albans with two cats something different in your life, you are RESOURCES and a piano. Her perspective on life has not at peace with yourself or fulfilled. I been formed by a bout of depression can easily lose myself in imagination. Trying something new? Maybe you and an interesting recovery process, I find myself imagining how the world should do 101 things in 1001 days! which has given her a lot of insight into would be if something had worked out www.dayzeroproject.com Struggling with envy? Then want less! her mind and how she thinks. She occadifferently; and I’ve used the words “if www.zenhabits.net/how-to-want-verysionally blogs on http://mylifeasjacqui. only” far more often than necessary. It little wordpress.com.

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my soul’s purpose unfolding miracu‐ lously.

Jason Chan

Seeking Fulfilment Do you know how to turn illness into health?

Can you transform depression into joy, or scarcity into abundance? Can you dissolve your anger and resentment into love and compassion? Do you realise that you can conquer all your fears in order to dwell con‐ stantly in inner peace? If not, you do not yet know the incredible creative power of your own mind.

When I was a young man, I too had no idea about the amazing power that lay dormant within me. Like so many young people, I left home, and even crossed the oceans to make my fortune. I came all the way to the UK from Hong Kong to search for personal happiness and fulfilment. I worked very hard in order to earn a good income, and also tried to find the perfect relationship that would bring me lasting love. to myself, “Is this all there is to life?” My soul was actually crying out in pain and The quest searching for a deeper meaning to my existence. Out of this inner despera‐ But being very impatient for my life and tion, I knelt down and prayed “Is there emotional state to improve, I soon be‐ any god out there who can help me?” gan to notice that buying myself a new toy ‐ like an expensive watch ‐ or even I then spent several years desperately going out with an exceptionally attrac‐ seeking answers. I read many, many tive woman, never seemed to bring me spiritual texts. I began a regular medi‐ the lasting happiness and fulfilment tation practice, and even received one that I longed for. or two incredible spiritual revelations.

I was beginning to awaken, and this I began to observe a worrying pattern in spiritual awakening then led me down my search for fulfilment. Each and ev‐ a miraculous and joyful ‐ albeit some‐ ery time one of my burning desires was times very challenging ‐ spiritual path. met I would feel temporarily euphoric, but this feeling would quickly fade, The answer and then my emotional moodiness and underlying sense of dissatisfaction After many years of diligent spiritual with life would return. I also began to practice, I finally realised that in order to observe that just underneath my deter‐ answer my soul’s calling in this lifetime, mination to seek happiness, my mind I had to become a spiritual teacher and was always filled with a lot of anxiety healer. I then found myself travelling all and a deep sense of loneliness. around the world to meet new spiritual friends and to gather very sincere spiri‐ By my late 20s, I was beginning to think tual seekers as my students. This was

I was now following a completely dif‐ ferent calling to normal worldly activi‐ ties. I no longer gave much thought to making money, staying healthy, or even having fulfilling personal relation‐ ships, but neither had I completely given up any of these perfectly reason‐ able worldly goals. I simply kept giving absolute priority, every day of my life, to my soul’s yearning to follow the highest path that it is possible to follow whilst living on this planet, and let the rest of my life take care of itself.

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doubt, that true fulfilment comes when we are brave enough to follow this path of the heart… But in order to reach this path, there are a number of practises that we all need to adopt, in one form or another, in order to realise our in‐ credible true potential.

The practises First of all, we need to find some way to raise our vibrations so that our con‐ sciousness can rise above the purely physical. When our energetic vibrations are low, our consciousness is inevitably trapped in our lower energy centres that are associated with baser human instincts, such as the survival instinct and the sexual drive.

When our vibrations are low, not only is our consciousness very much trapped in the purely physical dimension of life, but also our minds tend to be filled with toxic emotions such as shame, depression, anxiety, jealousy etc. But if we can find some way to raise our page twelve

As a Tai Chi master, I know that practis‐ ing Tai Chi and Chi Kung can raise our vibrations and therefore really assist us to lead radiant, fulfilled lives. But unfortunately, on their own, these ho‐ listic practices are unlikely to lead us all the way home to the miraculous truth at the very heart of our being. If we re‐ ally want to transcend all human fear and suffering, we have to stop seeking answers in the world around us, and start to look within. This means that we need to spend at least some part of our day sitting still and connecting to the infinite power of the light.

Inner peace Many people in our hyperactive world may think that sitting still doing nothing for say an hour every day is a complete waste of time. But I know that it is the most precious use of our time that has ever been invented! Through my daily meditation practice, I have discovered an incredible inner world filled with amazing light, love and joy. Connecting to the ‘light within’ has transformed my life, and I now lead one of the most ful‐ filled lives that it is possible for a human being to live.

At first, when you sit still and try to calm your mind, you may notice that your mind is very agitated and will not shut up. Please do not give up your inner search at this point. I guarantee that if you diligently keep searching within for all the lasting joy and hap‐ piness that you have been hopelessly searching for in the external world, one day the spiritual light will simply pour into your quiet, open mind. You can then utilise this light to assist you to heal all of your past pain and hurt, and to illuminate and then release all the deep‐seated negative patterns within your own mind. page thirteen

Once you have healed most, if not all, of your inner fear and darkness, the miraculous power of the light will transform all aspects of your life. You will then become one of the most blessed and fulfilled human beings on this planet. Ultimately, as your spiritual practice matures, your radiant, loving and compassionate presence will even transform the lives of everyone whom you meet, and your whole life will become a blessing for our beautiful, if troubled, planet.

However, there is still one further level of fulfilment to reach, and that is to become one with Life Itself. Now, all seeking is done, all desires are fulfilled, all fears are totally gone, and only love remains.

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Through my daily meditation practice, I have discovered an incredible inner world filled with amazing light, love and joy

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energetic vibrations on a daily basis, we can definitely begin to rise above this rather dark level of consciousness, and tune into higher levels of conscious‐ ness that are associated with true love, peace and joy.

Jason Chan is a Tai Chi Master, an inspiring spiritual teacher, and a power‐ ful energy healer. He is the author of The Radiant Warrior (Hay House 2009).

Jason trained in martial arts in Hong Kong where he was born and brought up.

Jason has created his own Tai Chi form known as Infinite Tai Chi and his own series of Chi Kung and Yoga moves known as Infinite Chi Kung and Infinite Chi Yoga. He also practices a new form of energy healing known as Ling Chi Healing. Jason is the founder of The Light Foundation, which is dedicated to promoting World Peace and Harmony through assisting individuals to find deep inner peace and strength.

Through his own deep understanding of energy work and spiritual meditation, Jason has passed on the benefits of vitality, natural health, inner strength and spiritual awakening to all those who have trained with him. His ultimate goal and deep inner motivation is to inspire and assist genuine spiritual seekers along the eternal pathway back to Oneness with Life Itself –The Tao Jason currently runs teacher training courses and personal development courses in the UK and Ireland and retreats in the UK, Europe and Thailand.

For further information about Jason Chan and his current activities, DVDs and books please visit his website: www.lightfoundation.com, or ring The Light Foundation Office on +44 161 434 0371 Lightworkermag.com

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Barbara Kennedy

Let Your Ego Help You Find Love the Second or Third Time Around When people re‐enter the dating scene, they sometimes have a difficult time letting go of their past experiences, their sorrows, doubts, unrequited loves, losses, fears, ad‐ dictions, and insecurities. They are afraid to love somebody again, and they are afraid of being loved back. Where did all these emo‐ tional obstacles come from? Possibly from an imbalanced ego.

I encourage you to take a look at your ego and to think about a tune‐up.

Your ego is your “I.” It is your singular point of view. Be prepared to embrace this ego and encourage it to expand in a healthy way. When you do this, you will become more self‐aware, more confi‐ dent, and more accepting. Not only will this help you get ready to date again after a divorce, but others respond favourably to people who genuinely know and like themselves — in spite of themselves, as they say.

Here are some “ego tips” to help get you started.

There is nothing wrong with having an ego. Having an ego is like having an at‐ titude. We all have one. An issue arises when it’s an overly inflated ego, which is like having a bad attitude. What does your “I” say about you? Is it balanced and healthy? Or does it feel overly self‐

BIOG Barbara Kennedy, MPH, MSW, is a wellknown relationship coach, prominent speaker, and public health educator with a private relationship coaching practice in Scottsdale, Arizona. Her new book is Baby Boomer Men: Looking for Love.

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When the ego is egomaniacal, so are you. If your ego is healthy, your expec‐ tations are healthy and expressed in a healthy way. If your ego is not healthy, your demands are ridiculous and your needs impossible to satisfy. If you are always trying to control everything, or believe you are always right, then your ego may need to be dialed down.

Trust is directly linked to ego. If you insist on placing greater value on your own opinions rather than those of oth‐ ers, trusting will be difficult. The more you practice humility, the healthier your ego will become. When you do this, trusting becomes easier, opening the door to love.

Practice ego boundaries. Without a psychic boundary, you are easily ab‐ sorbed into other people’s definition of you. Understanding your ego strength helps you become aware of your own feelings and more available to those of important and self‐righteous on the others. By gently revealing these feel‐ one hand, and miserable and deflated ings, you not only define yourself, but on the other? you may discover that there is little or nothing to fear in doing so. Quiet des‐ Ego functions as your inner CEO. Ego is peration is no longer an option. regarded as your psychological execu‐ tive. Ego can be a warrior standing fast Conflict can put ego into perspec‐ at the entryway to your body, mind, tive. Strange as it sounds, conflict can and heart, helping you make sound be the key to unlocking the doors of decisions. But when it’s battered (as it deeper intimacy. An honest, deep, and sometimes is after a rough breakup), it committed relationship will continu‐ can be a sly and destructive trickster. ally confront you with all the parts of What kinds of choices are you making yourself that are not totally loving. The in your life right now? If they are ex‐ conflict this creates in a relationship treme (overindulging, selfish, or super can be painful and uncomfortable as hyped‐up on the one hand, and isolat‐ it stretches you beyond the boundar‐ ing and punishing on the other), your ies of your ego. Stepping around your inner CEO may need an adjustment. ego and confronting those uncomfort‐ able feelings tends to bring you closer Ego also functions as your CFO (Chief in your relationships, more available, Financial Officer). It judges gain to be open, and trusting. good and loss to be bad. However, nature makes no distinctions. Life is full of gain and loss. Practice seeing both sides of situations, without judging.

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Barefoot Doctor

Under the Spotlight Q – What season would you say your life is in at this time?

Spring, I guess. There are days when I’m quite focused on dying; the whole pro‐ cess of dying and mortality; coming to terms with that and enjoying the sensation that at some point there’s this huge transition into goodness knows what. Most of the time, because of the martial arts and meditation practices that I do, I feel more and more energised, stronger and in command of my body and mind as the days and years go by. And I’m certainly having more fun! There’s something about knowing that around the age of 55, if you haven’t come to terms with the fact that you’re going to die at some point then I think you’re totally deluded! It makes you ensure that you don’t waste time being miserable, feeling sorry for yourself or not taking necessary risks, so my life gets more and more wild in one sense and there‐ fore more challenging. I’m stretching myself to learn new skills, even the subtle social skills that come with being at the forefront of the entertainment world and all that goes with that. I go into it like a kid would and that keeps me young.

Q – So what’s the most recent challenge that you’ve set yourself?

Barefoot Doctor is a man who knows plenty about fulfilment. He is famous for soulfully evolving and lovingly presenting the supremely powerful ancient Taoist personal development and reality‐manifesta‐ tion process in a simple, heartfelt and practical form for all who are keen to escape the cultural mayhem of everyday life.

Life seemed to set it up for me! Over the last month I moved into my house in Ibiza, out of my house in London that held 30 years of superfluous stuff, in the midst of doing a retreat in Italy, running 3 huge websites and getting grounded by the volcanic ash. My plans were changing every few seconds. That was the most wonderful stretch I’ve had in years because it stopped me investing energy into plans and instead I accepted what was and came into the here and now. Trusting that everything would work out, even when it didn’t look like it possibly could.

Q – You speak of mortality, have you had any near-death experiences?

As a world renowned author, col‐ umnist, broadcaster and music producer, he helps millions change their lives for the better through a plethora of books, CDs, DVDs, TV appearances, radio shows, columns, personal appearances, ‘medicinal’ music and live events.

Yes, a few, and I realised that death is nothing to be afraid of; it’s actually quite beautiful, a beautiful release. One was in a plane the first time I came to Ibiza ‐ there were hurricane winds and we were corkscrewing down through gusts of wind. Everyone was clutching each other and praying out loud. You could smell the sweat and fear. But I just let go and relaxed into it, and, as fate would have it, we did not die! I’d like to think I’m getting more comfortable with the idea of death, because the more comfortable you are with the idea of slipping away into another reality – whatever that is – the more comfortable you are with being in this life. There’s not such a need to clutch and control everything, you just roll and relax a bit more. Being comfortable in your own skin, that to me is success and true fulfilment.

Lightworker Editor, Rachel Willis, put him under the spotlight about this important subject.

Q – Tell us about your path to where you are today

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I always knew I wanted wisdom and greater understanding, from a very young age. As for the daily practices, a friend of mine was doing yoga and his body looked amazing. I thought, “I want to look like that!” so then I got into yoga, meeting an incredible yoga teacher who changed my life in a very deep way. I went to Hong Lightworkermag.com

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I always knew I wanted wisdom and greater understanding, from a very young age

Kong for a while to study Taoist magic, learnt Tai Chi with a Chinese Master in London for a few years and then went to America to live with the Native Ameri‐ cans for whom I’ve always felt a romantic draw. I made very close friends with a beautiful Shaman who took me under his wing and bit‐by‐bit he introduced me to all the ways. This was before spiritual practices became a commercial entity so it wasn’t like you could go there and take a course, a quirky Englishman hadn’t done that before – it was all really quite insane! While I was there I also met up with some amazing martial artists and completed my education in the 3 Taoist martial arts – Tai Chi, Hsing I and Ba Gua – and those I still do to this day, it’s what keeps me so fit and vibrant.

Q – What led you to writing?

I was teaching the Chinese style of baby massage upon my return to the UK from America, and was asked to write a little booklet for the Mums and Dads to help them learn the massage. This was the first, very painful excursion into the world of writing in text ‐ it was incredibly clumsy and it traumatised me, I never wanted to write again! But I’ve primarily always been a musician ‐ writing songs in bands for many years ‐ and the book writing really came from that because the songs were about grabbing bits of inner dialogue and shoving them into some kind of lyric. This is the approach I now use for my books – I hear the internal dialogue as though I’m explaining something to someone in my head, and I just write that down. My first published work came about when a music magazine asked me to write a column about philosophy, so I wrote it as the Barefoot Doctor ‐ which was the name of my band at the time – and it got so popular that I thought, “I could fill books and books with this stuff because people love it”, and that’s how it began.

Q – Do you still play music?

Yes, that’s why I’m in Ibiza, but it’s no longer bands, it’s beats and electronics with my voice – a hypnosis on the dance floor. I have two projects over here, one is called Green Rabbit, which is mature and sophisticated, and the other one is called Dub Spirit which is more raw and underground.

Q – You strike me as very entrepreneurial, how do you collaborate with others?

Everything I do is collaboration – online video martial arts training with partners. I feel like I’m learning in that area all the time.

Q – What message would you give to people who want to follow a similar path?

The most important thing you can do is get into a daily discipline. It’s difficult at first, but you’ll regret it if you don’t because at some point your life will start to feel stiff and stuck. Discipline yourself to get into a practice that combines mind, body and spirit – even if it feels strange, it doesn’t matter. Just do a bit every single june 2010

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day; even 10 minutes where you touch base with yourself will set you up for the rest of the day, and indeed for the rest of your life, if you keep doing it. Plus, it puts things in perspective – when you have a discipline at the centre of your experience you become more internally powerful and all the ‘stuff’ of the world takes on less significance and becomes a lot easier to handle.

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Q – What’s your take on 2012 and the ascension process?

When you have a discipline at the centre of your experience you become more internally powerful

For sure, the exponential acceleration that’s happening already is a spread of super consciousness above the mundane; a waking up of more and more people, more and more quickly. We don’t know what that’s about, but it feels like the Di‐ vine presence wanting to experience itself in ever more people, and something will happen as a result of that – a shift ‐ it’s already happening and doesn’t seem unlikely that by 2012 it will have reached its critical mass point. I do have faith in my calculations because of my close relationship with the indigenous cultures – but what the shift will be, I really don’t know, I just hope it’s positive!

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Q – If a film was made of your life, who would you like to play the lead role?

I always thought Bruce Willis would play me perfectly. He’s more cool than me so he’d be great!

Q – What is your proudest moment?

It could’ve been the gig I did on Saturday night, there was a moment there where I could tell it had worked beautifully and I felt very proud. The club was full and I really stretched my vocals by pushing the limits in every way – what I was saying, the sounds, the chances I was taking and the connection with the crowd. Some‐ times it works and sometimes it doesn’t, but this time it really seemed to work and everyone loved it. It was a great feeling of accomplishment.

Q – Do you channel when you write or play music?

In a way, sometimes it’s a conversation with my super self and the good stuff I remember, other times I see a picture and start talking to the picture as a narra‐ tive. On stage it’s very much about reacting to the audience – for instance, I’ll see someone dancing shyly but I see the beauty within their soul, and they wont know I’m talking to them but I’ll say “Yes, you’re beautiful, tell yourself you’re beautiful”.

It can come like that and lead into a refrain about beauty. It’s a wonderful healing process.

Q – I take it you have spirit guides?

Yes. During my acupuncture practice, for example, once my intellect has stepped aside I go empty and there’s a presence that shows me what to do and why. I don’t know what that is, but it’s definitely not my usual self. It’s the same with the martial arts practice, when I’m really in the flow it’s as if there’s a Master inside my body – an ancient being whose dropped in so he or she can enjoy the sensation from within my body.

Q – Has that always been the case, or did they develop?

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always someone telling me to “go this way, go that way, that path’s ok, that’s not out of bounds, it’s safe even though no one else has been down there”. I some‐ times wonder if it was my future self going back to inform my present self. There’s definitely presences around me.

Q – Who was your greatest inspiration?

My Father was so full of life and encouragement for people, so he was the main person who inspired me. A very talented musician, great sense of humour, very wise, philosophical and pragmatic. He wasn’t just that, he could be hard some‐ times. I was rebelling constantly because he was very strict, and going off to live with the Native Americans was insane as far as he was concerned. And then one day, when I was about 42 years old, he just looked at me and said, “You’re great, you are. I’m really proud of you.”

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Mind Body Spirit Festival, London 2010 Such is the diversity of things to be found at the annual London Mind Body Spirit festival at the Royal Horticultural Halls that the day flies by. It started with interactive Mantra chanting with Tim Wheater on the Free Stage, a particularly soothing activity after you’ve had issues with London transport ‐ it chilled me out and calmed me down very nicely! This was followed by a fabulous contrasting set from The Ganda Boys (www.gandaboys.com). They’re two gorgeous boys from Uganda (one performing in full tribal dress) performing along with musician, producer and composer Craig Pruess.

I challenge anyone to watch these boys play their catchy tunes live and not come away feeling utterly uplifted and full of sunshine! They exude infectious positivity. “We are One”, they sing. Yes, we are.

A wander around the exhibitors market demonstrates the eclectic mix of things to be found under the banner of ‘Mind Body Spirit’. All human life is here, as well as those who believe in life beyond the human sphere. We spent time in interesting conversation with the Aetherius Society gaining an insight into their views on humanity, the Universe, the Cosmic Masters and what they believe they have to teach humanity. Jump from them to the Jesus Experience and you really do have it all under one roof. There are lots of different types of healing and massage to try ‐ I opted for a Zen Shiatsu backrub, which was absolutely divine and much needed for my tired back and shoulders. The event also includes workshops from internationally renowned speakers such as Diana Cooper, John C. Parkin and Jill Purce (to name but a few), some of whom also make an appearance on the Free Stage for those who can’t make it to a workshop or afford to pay an extra charge. There are free meditation sessions, too.

The only real challenge I find at this type of event is remaining grounded with all the different healing energies floating around in the room, and in the past my wallet has taken a severe bashing because of this ungroundedness coupled with the lure of many very shiny products available at the different stands. This really tests my levels of personal responsibil‐ ity! I manage to stay grounded by partaking of the free drinking water provided by the organisers and delicious veggie snacks from the Hare Krishna & Govinda stand. I was also pleased to see that a tasty‐sounding veggie menu (and a fish option) was provided in the cafe. I’ve been to events before where the cafe menu has conflicted with what I consider to be the ethics of the day, so this was a nice and relevant touch.

All in all, it was a very pleasant day meeting interesting people and experiencing new things. Thumbs up to the organis‐ ers of Mind Body Spirit, see you next year!

By Mel Diamond

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Georgia Foster

Are You Having Amazing Sex? The things a girl has to do...our Editor asks me if I’d like some hypnotherapy to improve my sex life and I say yes, Yes, YES please! Not that there’s been much wrong with my sex life lately. I mean, I’m an Indigo and a Scorpio; hav‐ ing amazing sex should be a ‘given’, especially as my darling partner is also an Indigo. From the list of Indigo characteristics compiled by Wendy Chapman: “Sexually are very expressive and inven‐ tive OR may reject sexuality in boredom or with intention of achieving higher spiritual connection. May explore alter‐ native types of sexuality.”

physically do, but our own ability to allow our own endorphins to flow and to be fully present in the experience. It begins in the mind.

that I had no idea were there, but they were now dissolving. I subsequently realised how lucky I am now and feel even more connected to my partner, both physically and spiritually. I gener‐ ally feel more positive, as if more of the real me is shining through. And as for my practical homework... well, this stuff works a treat!! Happy happy, joy joy.

What does sex have to do with being a Lightworker though? It might seem like a frivolous extracurricular activity of little importance in the grand scheme of things occurring on our Earthly planet. To the contrary, I believe it’s of vital importance. Sex within a loving, committed relationship perpetuates the love vibration, as sharing yourself intimately with the person you love creates a phenomenal energy. It’s a key to earthing higher energies and can be a spiritual experience that involves deep trust and connection; it takes you out of the everyday mundane reality and into a more Cosmic one where we understand that we’re all conscious and divine beings. And this in turn raises your own vibration. Loving sex is so important and more people should be talking about this. I applaud the fact that Georgia is.

The great thing about this is that for our hypnotherapy session, all I have to do is lie back *ahem*, relax and allow myself to drift away while Georgia talks directly to my subconscious mind. The sessions are specific to you; whatever the issue is that is holding you back it will be dealt with. Afterwards I have a personalised recording to take away with me, and my ‘homework’ is to lis‐ ten to it everyday (or as much as pos‐ And so I pay a visit to Georgia Foster, sible) and see what effect it has on my If you’re in a relationship and would clinical hypnotherapist, speaker and subsequent sexual experiences. It’s a like to improve your sex life, this comes author. Georgia (along with her Moth‐ tough life. highly recommended. As well as the er, Beverley Anne Foster) is co‐author book, you can take part in a teleconfer‐ of ‘The 4 Secrets of Amazing Sex’. As What’s great about the recording is ence with Georgia and Beverley Anne well as the book, Georgia offers hypno‐ that it’s like a long and deep affirma‐ Foster beginning on 23rd June. therapy sessions to deal with the issue tion. Although there’s no physical ef‐

by Mel Diamond of sexual low self esteem and other fort involved, the work is being done blocks in the mind that hinder us. The behind the scenes to re‐programme premise is that we all hold the key to your mindset to a more positive and our own fulfilment, the answers don’t self‐supporting state. It also provides lie with another person and what they me with the chance for some medita‐ tive and relaxing time‐out from the BIOG norm.

I don’t mind telling you we fall into the former category. However once my ego has had its say I ponder the ques‐ tion a little more deeply. Could it be better? I must add for the record to my darling one, you float my boat and are a complete stud. But a girl’s got a job to do and let’s face it, it can never be too good, right?

Georgia is an author, speaker and therapist who specialises in over eating, over drinking and self esteem issues. She has online programmes and two private practices in the City of London and West London, where she treats anything from smoking, anxiety disorders and phobias to insomnia and pain control.

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After our session, I’m definitely notic‐ ing subtle differences. I get to thinking about how unfulfilling my sex life has been in the past, and I’ve energetically compromised myself more than once. CONTACT This had created some mental blocks www.georgiafoster.com Lightworkermag.com

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Eleyne Austen Sharp

Look to the Rainbow: Colour Empowerment For Lightworkers Jenny, a skilled nurse and lightworker, is on the phone. We have been friends for many years and she is one of the most nurturing, most lov‐ ing people on the planet. Unfortunately, Jenny is sick again. And it’s not just the “I‐have‐a‐ common‐cold” kind of sick, but something major. It’s cancer—for the third time.

“What colours should I take?” she asks me. And so I tell her and we talk and she says she feels better now and thank you. But I know it won’t be long before Jenny calls again because it’s her pat‐ tern. And when she does she will have accrued yet another new type of ail‐ ment because that’s her pattern, too.

Even lightworkers get the blues Louise Hay, the well‐known lightworker and self‐help publishing pioneer, says that for every physical ailment, there is an underlying emotional reason for the dis‐ease. For example, you may have all the symptoms of a cold but it may be your original thought patterns of being overwhelmed and confused which cre‐ ated your original medical condition.

In Jenny’s case, her cancer stems from 1) fear of not making enough money to pay her bills and , 2) anger towards

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her ex‐husband. She works and wor‐ ries herself so much that her body has determined that the only way it can get Jenny to slow down and take care of herself is to give her a life‐threatening disease to concentrate on.

Marie is an energy healer who came out of the spiritual closet a few years ago. She writes a column about spiritu‐ ality in a major online publication and has been interviewed on many radio shows. While Marie is happily following her path (which includes an aggressive business marketing campaign), she has come under attack by other so‐called lightworkers, who doubt her pure in‐ tentions. Now Marie spends enormous amounts of energy stressing and has developed insomnia and overeating problems, which she combats with over‐the‐counter drugs instead of rely‐ ing on her own healing abilities.

Got a headache? Take an aspirin. Can’t sleep? Swallow a sleeping pill. Cough‐ ing all night? Drink this syrup.

We have evolved (or should I say de‐ volved) into an over‐medicated society that believes most issues are cured by visiting the bathroom medicine cabi‐ net. According to the Department of Health and Human Services, annual drug expenditures in the USA are in the trillions of dollars with nearly one Lightworkermag.com

half of all Americans taking at least one prescription drug.

Change your colours and you change your world Colour therapy is a powerful tool and a safer, cheaper alternative to those over‐the‐counter wonder “cures”, an ancient energy healing method that has been used for thousands of years.

In the 21st century, colour healing is as simple as draping a coloured scarf over the afflicted area or visualizing and breathing the preferred hue. Indeed, lightworkers have a myriad of colour aid at their disposal, from chromother‐ apy baths and coloured tuning forks to coloured lightbulbs and dual colour therapy systems like Aura‐Soma and Colour Mirrors.

In her Colour Book: Use the healing powers of colour to transform your life, author Lori Reid confirms that colour “acts on our bodies, minds, and emotions, triggering deep and subtle responses on a subconscious level.”

Think about how colours make you feel. When you see the colour red, do you automatically feel warm? Cheery?

Angry? Do you feel energized or calm when you wear a blue shirt? Say you’re feeling less than chipper—do you don your dullest grays to proclaim to the world, “I’m sick, don’t bother me”? Or do you reach for a colour tonic in, say, page twenty

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Colour me happy

Colour is empowerment

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Did you know that you have actually been practicing some form of colour So many lightworkers are busy chasing therapy your entire life? rainbows that they completely over‐ look the fact that they never lost them You choose the colours you wear, the at all. The next time you are doing colours you eat, your furnishings and your daily chakra clearing, visualize the wall colours. And whether you’re con‐ colours of the rainbow and add these scious of it or not, all of these colour Colour Empowerment affirmations to choices are meant to make you feel your routine: better.

Red (root chakra, located at the base of So how can colour help Jenny and Ma‐ the spine) is used for energy, grounding rie? Instead of working and worrying and passion. more, Jenny could benefit by a heaping “I am always in control of every difficult dose of the colour red (for grounding), situation.” yellow (for self‐esteem) and green (for

forgiveness). Marie’s fear of rejection Orange (sacral chakra, located two originates with a lack of self‐confidence, inches below the naval) promotes joy which is related to her solar plexus and sexuality. chakra, her power center. To increase “I am always feeling good about myself her self‐esteem, I might recommend and others.” the colour yellow, as well as its comple‐

mentary colour, violet, which can help Yellow (solar plexus chakra, located shield her from negative entities. below the breastbone) helps counter‐ act depression and stimulates mental I look forward to the day when prescrip‐ activity. tion drugs are just a memory. Wouldn’t “I am always confident that I can achieve it be wonderful if all future physicians anything I want at any time.” were colour‐enlightened individuals,

whose sage advice included “Take a Green (heart chakra, located at the colour and call me in the morning!” center of the chest) represents com‐ passion, healing and balance.

Colour remedies “I am always healthy and forgiving.”

Based upon Louise Hay’s “every Blue (throat chakra, located at the thought creates your future” philoso‐ throat) deals with communication and phy, here are my colour remedies for artistic expression. the lightworker’s most common afflic‐ “I am always sincere and respected.” tions:

Indigo (brow chakra, located at the Third Eye area, between the brows) activates intuition.

“I am always using my imagination to create positive change.”

Violet (crown chakra, located at the crown of the head) represents spiritual‐ ity and inspiration.

“I am always positive that things happen for a reason and will turn out fine.”

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Physical Condition

Emotional Reason

Remedy

Back problem (lower)

lack of financial support

Brain tumor

refusing to change old patterns

Cancer

resentment

Cold

mental confusion

Depression

repressed anger

1. Breathe in Red. 2. Meditate with Red gemstones like garnet and ruby.

3. Eat Red food like apples, beets, cherries, radishes, raspberries and strawberries.

4. Inhale Red‐related essential oils like cinnamon and rose.

1. Breathe in Violet.

2. Meditate with Violet gemstones like amethyst and fluorite.

3. Eat Violet food like eggplant.

4. Inhale Violet‐related essential oils like frankincense and lavender.

1. Breathe in Indigo.

2. Meditate with Indigo gemstones like azurite and lapis lazuli.

3. Eat Indigo food like blue grapes.

4. Inhale Indigo‐related essential oils like clary sage and rosemary.

1. Breathe in Yellow.

2. Meditate with Yellow gemstones like citrine, tigereye and topaz.

3. Eat Yellow food like bananas, corn, grapefruit, lemons, pears, pineapples and squash.

4. Inhale Yellow‐related essential oils like grapefruit, lemon, lemon balm and lemongrass.

See Cold

Headaches

self‐criticism, fear

See Cancer

Heart problem

lack of joy

Insomnia

fear, guilt

Laryngitis

fear of speaking

1 Breathe in Orange.

2. Meditate with Orange gemstones like emerald, jade and malachite.

3. Eat lots of orange foods like apricots, carrots, oranges, peaches and sweet potatoes.

4. Inhale Orange‐related essential oils like sweet orange and tangerine.

See Cancer.

1. Breathe in Blue.

2. Meditate with Blue gemstones like aquamarine, sapphire and turquoise.

3. Eat Blue food like blueberries.

Overweight

fear, need for protection

See Cancer

Sprain

anger, resentment

1. Breathe in Green.

2. Meditate with Green gemstones like emerald, jade and malachite.

3. Eat Green food like broccoli, cucum‐ bers, green beans and spinach 4. Inhale Green‐related essential oils like eucalyptus and pine.

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Fitness Fulfilment Stu Gatherum is a passionate and focused Strength and Conditioning specialist who is committed to delivering outstanding results in fitness, nutrition and total health and wellness.

To me, fulfilment means a variety of different things but I’m going to tackle this subject, as the fitness guy, in terms of a holistic approach to your health and wellbeing.

the stresses you placed on it. How much? Totally dependent on whether you truly gave your all, how rapid your individual recovery is, and your recovery strategy, including diet.

Talking about diet, “You should treat yourself”. Very true, but what constitutes a ‘treat’? A full English for breakfast, In order to have a great body, lots of McDonalds for lunch and a take‐away for dinner? Me thinks energy, clearer skin, clearer thoughts not. and deeper sleep ‐ as well as the other tangible benefits that go hand‐in‐hand with a healthy life‐ As you can see, you could easily get bogged down in advice style ‐ you need to take a well‐rounded approach. from all corners.

You will undoubtedly base your exercise habits on a variety My best pieces of advice when searching for fulfilment are of sources, and I encourage that. I am certainly not naive as follows: enough to think you will read my articles and place all of your faith in only them (I’d love to think I have this kind of clout – I 1. Take part in exercise you enjoy am regularly informed otherwise!). Some of my clients have Quite simply, if you don’t enjoy it you won’t continue with it and you won’t see results from it. There are plenty of fantas‐ tic, creative ways you can challenge your body.

Recovery from exercise is when your body adapts to the stresses you placed on it

2. Take adequate rest

Adequate varies, depending on a lot of physical, mental and emotional factors. It is important for you to establish your schedule and modify it as necessary, based on your body’s been with me up to three years and they still come to me innate intuition. If you feel like going for a run but the calen‐ for clarification about a magazine article they read, a book dar says it’s a ‘rest day’.....GO!! a neighbour recommended, or the latest diet Cheryl Cole has undertaken. I found a formula that works for me, and 3. Enjoy a treat. I mean... ENJOY IT! through trial and error you will find your formula too.

Eating your favourite pudding everyday takes the shine off There can be a lot of catch‐22’s in achieving all or any of the it. It gets robbed of its novelty. Plan when you are going to above benefits. enjoy your treats, have them, savour them, and look for‐ ward to the next time. Alternatively, set yourself a reward “You need to work hard in the gym with regularity”, says one. scheme e.g. “If I go to the gym twice, play tennis once and This is true; however, we have all woken up the day after ex‐ eat healthily all week I can take myself out to my favourite ercise with a seeming inability to put one foot in front of the restaurant.” other! This does not bode well for frequency.

4.

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Without challenging yourself through each exercise you don’t appreciate the feeling you get when you finish

Most importantly – enjoy establishing your balance. There are loads of multimillionaires in the world who haven’t smiled ten times in the last ten years. The journey to our happiest place is worth all the steps along the way.

To put this in terms of fitness; you have to complete a work‐ out before you have completed your workout! Without chal‐ lenging yourself through each exercise you don’t appreciate the feeling you get when you finish. Believe me, it’s worth it!

The journey to life balance, inner equilibrium and fulfilment is worth it too!

extracurriculars. Sloping off to Starbucks for an hour on your own, a cup of coffee and a mindless read of a gossip mag might feel better than devouring a piece of chocolate cake.

To me, the quest for fulfilment is about finding a balance that suits you. I mean this from the stance of the fitness guy, and from regular Stu. All work and no play will sap the en‐ ergy from you (just last month I told you how to gain more energy, don’t ruin it this soon!).

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Fulfilment Hetta Rogers’ background is in Art History and Literature. She spent the past 7 years training and working as a lawyer before quitting her job to find greater fulfilment, and now her days are filled with riding horses and trying not to get thrown off...

Another year older

– or think I still want – fell into place, it would not guarantee that my life would suddenly be complete or feel right. After The day on which I began to write all, though it may sound clichéd, fulfilment is not a destina‐ this month’s column was a Saturday. tion; it is a journey. And I am slowly learning that this journey It also happened to be the day before is far more rewarding than the destination it leads to. my birthday, about which I was feel‐ ing a mixture of dread and anxiety (and only the tiniest dash of excite‐ ment).

Where my principle mistake lies... is in my fear that I might forever seek fulfilment and never find it

This prompted me to try to remember when I stopped re‐ ally looking forward to birthdays – well, my own at least. I imagine it was when I started to progress through my early twenties at an alarming rate and to creep ever closer to the big 3‐0 (though, thankfully, not this year). It isn’t a question of vanity. Yes, I grin happily if I am asked for ID in a supermar‐ ket or pub, but I know that the physical changes that come Take friendships as a key example. Surely it is the process of with age are – if I take care of myself – a little way off yet. meeting new people, building and maintaining friendships, finding things in common and sharing parts of your life with The wrong mindset other people whose company you enjoy – all of which are part of a ‘journey’ – that is the part that we find fulfilling, and My problem has always been this: I set myself invisible not the mere fact that we have friends? ‘markers’ that I hope to achieve in the coming year. I think of them as ‘birthday’ rather than New Year’s resolutions. Some The same can be said for a lot of things that bring us happi‐ of them are realistic (“by this time next year, I want to have ness and give us a sense of satisfaction – the reward is in the travelled somewhere completely new”) and, with a bit of ef‐ doing, not in the having done. It is during that process or fort and determination, I can achieve them. Some, however, journey that we grow, learn and develop. are far more complicated, profound or simply wildly unach‐ ievable, such as wanting to find the perfect job or having Be adaptable every single aspect of life (work, money, relationships and so on) sewn up.

I have woken up to the fact that we cannot expect fulfilment all the time; real life gets in the way too frequently. After Where my principal mistake lies – and I am certain that I all, we can often feel different emotions and sensations of am not alone in this – is in my fear that I might forever seek contentment, happiness, fulfilment and even tension and fulfilment and never find it. It has taken me a long time to anxiety, all at the same time (to some degree or other), realise that not only has my approach been entirely wrong, about different aspects of our lives. but I have also been seeking something that does not exist in the perfect form I imagine it should.

Furthermore, by our very nature, we as people are fluid and adaptable creatures – the things that help to fulfil us in our A better way of thinking youth will inevitably evolve and change throughout our lifetime. We have different priorities and motivations as we In other words, I know that even if everything I ever wanted get older; different likes and dislikes. This is why fulfilment page twenty seven june 2010 Lightworkermag.com

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can never be a destination – because we (and the things that fulfil us) are constantly changing.

Fulfilment – for each of us – is subjective. We cannot buy it, nor can we get it from others. It must come from within by understanding who we are and what we want to be. Moreo‐ ver, a desire to seek fulfilment (to want to find things that nourish and fulfil us) is a positive thing. It is what teaches us life’s lessons, brings us new friends, and encourages us to improve ourselves. We should not be afraid of it; we must embrace it.

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The 3 Types of Happiness Rachel Willis is a conduit for the Ascended Masters and guided to help others fine‐tune their life path by fully stepping into their power and shining their light. She challenges anything that is out of alignment with your highest good and shares messages from The Masters about your Earthly purpose. She is also an inspirational writer and Editor of Lightworker Magazine.

Happiness.

This buzzword seems to be every‐ where we turn, littering magazines, books and conversations with sup‐ posed formulae for achieving happi‐ ness, as if it were a noun rather than a verb.

Subsequently, it has become synonymous with expecta‐ tions, success vs. failure and fearful striving. Whether we are trying to lose that extra 7 pounds on the promise that this weight loss will make us happy, online dating to find the partner that will make us happy, or focusing all our efforts on earning the amount of money that we believe will make us happy, the motivation is the same.

moments when they occur, we can enjoy them for what they are – fleeting, wonderful and a brief glimpse into our fully present aliveness.

The important point to note about pleasure is that it is transient. We cannot hold onto this feeling for anything longer than a few moments.

Taking this approach can cause us to waste our whole lives chasing rainbows, always considering ourselves unhappy if 2. Satisfaction we haven’t achieved whatever target we set for ourselves and in the process not appreciating the moments of happi‐ This is the slow‐burner of the happiness world that comes ness that are within our reach. from completing a demanding 10km run, putting your feet up after finishing the long‐dreaded attic clear out, or hand‐ Therefore, it can be useful to understand that there are 3 ing the client the project you and your colleagues have tire‐ fundamental types of happiness. lessly slaved over for the last few months.

1. Pleasure

It is a quieter, subtler sense of happiness that often occurs after completing a challenging task and is coupled with a This is the immediate rush of happiness that comes from sense of pride and relief. an unexpected windfall, the blowing of the final whistle in a triumphant Cup Final or spontaneous, carefree laughter For this reason, we can sometimes allow satisfaction to pass shared with a loved one on a beautiful summer’s day. quickly, barely recognising its appearance, but why not feast on this happiness for a little longer, we deserve it!

The important point to note about pleasure is that it is tran‐ sient. We cannot hold onto this feeling for anything longer 3. Contentment than a few moments.

This is the long‐term, sturdy feeling that is not rocked by an Once we appreciate this, we can remind ourselves that we occasional unhappy disturbance in your life. are not being cheated out of happiness when the feeling passes, and instead of robbing ourselves of these precious So often people think that if they arrange their external page twenty nine june 2010 Lightworkermag.com

Only by feeling content and peaceful in ourselves can we feel contentment with our lives

It makes sense. If we feel content inside then we don’t re‐ quire what is happening around us to make us happy. There‐ fore we put less emphasis and pressure on those external circumstances. And when we come from a place of wanting rather than needing something, we can enjoy it for what it is, whatever that may be. We become selective in what we do, whom we see and where we go. And guess what, this makes us more content; it’s a win‐win situation!

So, next time you find yourself feeling unhappy and dis‐ world according to their perceived criteria for happiness satisfied with life, keep in mind that “man is only unhappy – the requisite relationship, career, body etc ‐ they will feel because he does not realise he is happy”. content.

This mentality is totally understandable when we see that is the entire basis for the marketing industry. Companies make money from encouraging us to feel that if we use this new miracle product, eat this food or use this service then we will be happy (and more importantly, they prey on our fears that if we don’t have x, y or z then we will be unhappy).

But unfortunately, this is the wrong way around. Yes, these conditions can provide us with short‐term happiness, but trying to find lasting happiness (AKA contentment) using this strategy leads to disappointment, dissatisfaction and unhappiness.

Only by feeling content and peaceful in ourselves can we feel contentment with our lives.

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Fulfilment is to Satisfy Ryan Pinnick is a passionate, inspirational and wise speaker and writer in the fields of personal development and wealth creation. Born in Cape Town, Ryan is now based in London and a leading light in the social media scene.

Fulfilment is to satisfy. To satisfy is to fulfill the desires, expectations, needs or demands of something. There are two ways to view fulfilment. That is, to either be fulfilled, or to fulfill oth‐ ers.

I learned that when I fulfill others, I am most fulfilled. Let’s look at business, for example. I regularly speak to customers to gain feedback about my products and services. By speak‐ ing to my customers regularly I gain a better understanding of their desires, expectations, needs and demands.

Here are the benefits of speaking to clients regularly:

Being fulfilled If you want to be fulfilled in life then it is worth regularly taking stock of what your desires, expectations, needs or demands are in all areas of life: vocation, spiritual, familial, physical, financial, mental and social. I have yet to meet a person who is fulfilled in all areas of life at any one point in time. Personally, I don’t think it’s even possible to be fulfilled in all areas of life at the same time. And that means we will always be compromising fulfilment in certain areas of our lives at any given moment.

So ask yourself the question, in what area of life are you willing to compromise, and to what level are you willing to compromise that part? In other words, what area of your life do you want to be fulfilled in most? Presently, I am aware that I am very fulfilled in my vocation because that is where my focus is, while other areas of my life like familial, social and physical are being compromised. No doubt if I shift my focus to being more fulfilled socially, physically and famil‐ ially, I would compromise my fulfilment in work.

- They feel that they are special - Improved customer service - Gain an understanding of how to improve products or services - Gain an insight as to what other products and services they would like to buy - Gain referrals to new clients - Gain repeat business - Sometimes get a free lunch (my favourite!)

Spreading fulfilment

The trick to being fulfilled is to fulfill others. And this is true for all areas of life. Since learning to fulfill other people ‐ in‐ cluding family and friends ‐ I have become more fulfilled. Try it out for yourself. The next time you are in a public place, give a passerby a smile, and watch most of them smile back.

This is one of my favourite ways to fill my day when I am out and about, and when I do this I can feel a sense of fulfilment warming me up. Now I must stress that this give‐first‐re‐ ceive‐after strategy does not come with a 100% guarantee, There is no right way to be fulfilled because we each have but I can assure you it works more often than not. different values, and these values determine where our focus goes. If your are not wealthy today then saving and So if you want to grow your business, simply fulfill others. If creating wealth is unlikely to be high on your list of values. you want people to smile at you, smile at them. If you want If you want to know more about hierarchy values and how someone to say ‘I love you’, tell them ‘I love you’. Do it freely yours influences your reality then read Dr. John Demartini’s without being attached to whether they give it back to you ‘Breakthrough Experience’. and you will be more fulfilled than you can ever imagine.

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Stomp All You Want: There is No Campus Map Sylvie Roy is a free‐spirit who gave up her job to follow her intuition and discover her life’s true purpose. She resides in Toronto, Canada where she nurtures her budding career as an intuitive reader and healer and writes a blog to share the trials, triumphs and laughs along the way.

When was the last time you had one of those easy‐breezy dreamy moments where you stared off into space and let your mind wander? I’ve enjoyed quite a tumultuous relation‐ ship with those times. During my last few months at my previous job, there were a stretch of them as I sat inside my cubicle wondering what else I might do if I weren’t sitting at that desk. At other times, I was just so busy cramming my life with ‘stuff’ I figured I should be doing that the idea of just letting go and giving way to drifting thoughts was as foreign as a trip to the moon. But, the scariest days of all were those where I would purposely avoid opening myself up to any stray ideas floating by. And the same as anyone else’s reason. There is no generic job do you know why? Because that thought alone scared the description for any one of us. It’s all custom, baby! And crap out of me. it’s up to each of us to figure it out. Yeah, it sounds a little frustrating, but it’s a lot more fun if you just look up at that One scary question kept surfacing time and time again, no wisecracking Universe, wink right back at it, and get to work. matter how hard I tried to ignore it, pile things on top of it I don’t know about you, but I prefer a Universe with a sense and on days where I was brave, flat out face it. I’ve always of humour to one without! wondered: why am I here? At first, I sought a straightforward answer. Am I here to be a wife, a Mom, a career woman, a A spot of DIY redhead? After trying out for all of those roles, it seems all I’m suited for so far are the red tresses, and although I love Never thought that figuring something out without an in‐ them, the idea of solely being on this earth to wear my coif struction manual was the key to a fulfilling life? Ah yes, it’s in an unnatural reddish hue leaves me feeling a little, uhm, all part of the irony! Now although I don’t advise you throw empty. Sure, I say this jokingly, but in my case, hair colour out those assembly instructions when you come home from was a start. Little things like these help give us the clues we your next trip to IKEA, I would like to put in my two cents need to figure out why we are here and what the heck we’re worth about how much fun it can be to seek out a way of supposed to do now that we’ve arrived, made ourselves life that is uniquely you. Honestly, shifting into the mindset somewhat comfortable and started scratching our headfull that it’s all a big adventure instead of a tiresome assignment of whichever colour hair we decided on. from somebody who’s got it in for you really helps get the momentum going. Because, in the end, you can stand there My job description and stomp your feet waiting for someone to give you step‐ by‐step directions, but all you’ll end up with are blisters, worn My love‐hate relationship with the “why am I here?” ques‐ shoes, and a very tired spirit. Really, take it from a seasoned tion has gotten a lot sweeter now that I’ve figured out that foot‐stomper. my reason is not the same as your reason. In fact, it’s not

My love-hate relationship with the “why am I here?” question has gotten a lot sweeter now that I’ve figured out that my reason is not the same as your reason

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The compass for blind navigation Alright, so I’m on a trip, no one is going in the same direction as I am, in fact, no one has ever been where I’m supposed to be headed, and I don’t get a map to help plot my route. Ok, I can understand how it might not sound like an adventure put together by someone looking out for our best interests, but I’ve discovered something that I think is meant to help. I have a theory, it’s kind of big, and I’m actually testing it out right now. There’s no map, but, ladies and gentlemen, there is a compass! I know, my iPhone has a compass too and I’m not 100% sure how to use it either, but I swear, if I’m right, this new gadget I’ve uncovered is foolproof! Are you ready for it? Drum roll, please… It’s EXCITEMENT!!!

So why am I here? I believe I’m here to serve a purpose. Had someone given me that answer when I first asked, I would have likely smacked them, but these days, that’s reason enough for me. Besides, I’ve been stumped with this for so long, I’ve got nothing to lose by trusting that wacky compass and proving my theory. Judging by the way it’s been acting lately, I think I’m smack dab in the middle of actually fulfilling that purpose.

In my world, excitement lives in my gut. I feel it in my stom‐ ach whenever something resonates with me. Whether it’s hot pink shoes, a cool book, helping others with Reiki, a big challenge at the gym, talking in front of a crowd – it seems that if it gets those butterflies going, I’m on the right track.

Although it can be a little nerve‐wracking at times, it’s also a lot of fun, and really, it sure beats the heck out of the bore‐ dom and dread I used to feel while doing my foot‐stomping dance. (Fun fact – my home town is Sudbury, ON, made famous by Stompin’ Tom Connor’s song “Sudbury Saturday Night”. Sorry, had to throw that in there).

So why am I here? I believe I’m here to serve a purpose

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Friends are the Soul Family we Choose for Ourselves Mel Diamond is a passionate advocator of the Indigo cause. She wants to speak out to help and inspire other Indigo adults to become aware of who they are. Mel is a Reiki healer and teacher, sound healer, writer, singer, neo‐pagan and a student of the shamanic arts.

Being an Indigo – as I am ‐ is a won‐ derful privilege; to be fully aware that you’re on the planet to help change it just by being yourself is mind blow‐ ing! However, it presents constant challenges as we take on the garbage humanity pours (and has had poured) on itself. We’ve been given the tools to deal with the job ‐ courage, a sense of truth and a fiery determination, to name a few. All useful, but we’re also deeply empathic and sensitive, and we tend to be very aware of the feelings of others.

I had a very Indigo challenge to deal with this past month: my opinions going against the grain of what some consider to be normality. It’s something all Indigos have to deal with at some point, both before and after we are Indigo‐aware.

Before, if someone tells you that you’re bonkers for think‐ ing something out of the ordinary, one of two things might have happened. You either would have stuck to your guns as stubbornly as a stubborn mule called Stubborn (in which case, you’re my hero), or you would have shrunk back into your shell and clammed up, lacking either the confidence or earthly logic to maintain your position.

most of the time! But, I must also give myself a break as I wasn’t aware of the reasons I felt differently then. Indigo opinions ‐ or more fittingly, our knowings ‐ can be pretty far removed from most people’s version of reality and it can be difficult for people to assimilate them. It’s easier and quicker for them to assume that we’re not in possession of all our marbles, or that we’re hippies with a rose‐tinted version of how things ought to be and we don’t live in the ‘real’ world.

Stepping up These days I’m putting myself more and more ‘out there’ and it’s taking on a life of its own, which I must emphasise is brilliant and feels like my true flow and personal power. I feel increasingly compelled to speak up and make my views on the World and its functioning known to the masses, and I currently do this within the virtual world ‐ the joys of social media and networking. This means that my friends are able to see it, those who knew me before I was Indigo‐aware. The thoughts I maybe kept suppressed in certain company for the sake of everyone’s comfort will no longer remain under my hypothetical hat and are creeping out for all to see. I ac‐ cept this completely as part of my process and ultimately it feels good ‐ wonderful in fact. But it also raises a fear in me; the fear that people I’ve known for a long time will take exception and distance themselves from me.

Indigo knowings can be pretty far removed from most people’s version of reality and it can be pretty difficult for people to assimilate them

It’s typical for most Indigos to spend a certain portion of life with no like‐minded souls around them for backup when things get controversial. So what happens when you start growing into your Indigo skin and really start to express yourself? Will you lose friends who are important to you be‐ cause they think you’ve lost it? Will you need to hold some uncomfortable conversations with those you love around a subject that gets your blood boiling? Both are possible when you start to share your true self, though neither are inevitable. I’m not out to lose friends but I accept that it’s a In the past, I chose the latter most of the time, which sur‐ possibility, though I’d like to think that those who truly know prised me then and also now, as I’m quite vocal (and loud!) and love me aren’t going anywhere. page thirty five

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As time goes by I care less and less what people think of me and more and more about the bigger picture

Those of us who are aware and awake tend to be dotted around the globe and can feel isolated, as if there’s no‐one near to connect with. However, it’s possible to make connec‐ tions with people just like you on‐line, so you don’t need to feel that you’re alone. I’ve made some important connec‐ tions in the virtual world and found an amazing amount of comfort and encouragement from the friends I met in this way. I’ve also been blessed with some real‐life Indigo friends, and I know more will come when the time is right.

An inner tussle

And don’t forget that you change things around you just by And so I face a personal conflict. I’m aware that to be truly being you, so if you keep speaking your truth then it might authentic to myself, the World and my purpose, I must keep just resonate with someone close who is also hesitant to be talking and saying things that are controversial to some but vocal about themselves. obvious truths to me. I must keep making my views known whatever the outcome; we Indigos are the way‐showers, the Some friends will come into your life and some may leave it, front‐liners and the truth‐shiners. We came to take on and this is all meant to be. But when you feel like you’re an iso‐ take down the old and the obsolete, and like all Indigo souls lated Indigo, remember your soul family is out there ready this is what I volunteered for when came here and it’s part of to embrace you and welcome you home. Most importantly, my remit. As time goes by I care less and less what people remember who you are! think of me and more and more about the bigger picture.

This doesn’t mean that I’m cold, heartless and don’t have feelings. Far from it, I’m a sensitive soul after all. But now the real work must now begin, so I lovingly release that which is in my life and not serving my highest good.

Connecting like‐minds However, no one is an island. We all need a support network of some kind, especially when those of us who are awake and aware are still a minority. If you have excellent friends but they aren’t Indigos (or another ilk of the Lightworking fam‐ ily) and don’t think along the same lines as you, what do you do? You make connections with people of like mind. Firstly, for your own soul’s growth, and secondly, for the good of the planet as a whole. Whether these connections are in real‐life or in the virtual world doesn’t matter, but it’s vital that they are made. june 2010

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Living in Joyful Abundance

By Brandon Bays

Brandon Bays is creator of The Journey. The book has sold over 1 million copies worldwide, is translated into 22 languages and The Journey organisation offers seminars in 38 countries to people from all walks of life.

Science has proven that for every hu‐ man emotion there is a measurable body chemistry, and that when we repress or shut down our strong emo‐ tions it causes a chemical blocking of our cells’ receptors, rendering them less able to healthily communicate with other cells. Along with these are the memories associated with specific repressed emotions; cell memories.

Over time, if illness or disease is going to happen it is more likely to happen where these blocks occur. Yet when we gain access to these old cell memories and clear them out, our cells are able to replicate free from the old illness con‐ sciousness, and true healing becomes possible.

vibrant and organic food, teaching the radiant health seminar for Robbins Research and feeling utterly fulfilled and abundant in all areas of life. And then I got the ‘wake‐up call’ and was shocked beyond belief to be diagnosed with a basketball‐sized tumour. I had to get real and throw away all I thought I knew about living vibrantly, taking care of the body and healing. It was in this surrender and willingness to know nothing that I was guided to uncover a replicable means of uncovering old cell memories. A means of going in‐ side, emptying out the stored pain and repressed emotions, coming to whole‐ some forgiveness and opening into an empowering healing consciousness. A process that, over the years, has been refined and accessed by millions world‐ wide – The Journey™.

peers, bosses, co‐workers, loved ones – feeling unworthy and at fault when we don’t quite live up to the mark.

Media pressure further compounds our inadequacies with news of economic difficulties, global disasters and acts of terrorism, making us feel like an insig‐ nificant cog in a huge machine.

The current global economic downturn and stock market fluctuations have had many of us spinning in a vortex of uncertainty, paralysed in fear, making catastrophic pictures, feeling out of control, shutting down our potential, putting a lid over our emotions, unwill‐ ing to take risks and as a consequence, living safe, limited and unfulfilled lives.

Recently at a Journey Abundance Re‐ treat, a businessman shared how in these economically difficult times he felt fully able to advise other companies to take chances on growing their busi‐ ness, but was paralysed by fear at the thought of implementing these ideas into his own organisation as he felt the risk of failure was too large for him.

He was literally frozen by inaction. His experience was a reflection of the fear consciousness our world is currently experiencing.

The entire experience was a huge gift of personal healing and six‐and‐a‐half weeks after that very first process there was no sign of a tumour. I was textbook clean, entirely healed. It made me aware of how much I had to be thank‐ ful for, the deep gratitude for all of life and what true fulfilment is. I had turned my greatest challenge into my greatest gift, and it changed everything.

Shining light on sabotage Fearful motives

When we consider fulfilment and abun‐ dance in our life, all too often we are inextricably drawn, seduced even, by that which glitters: monetary wealth, possessions, status, success. Without these things we perceive ourselves to be unsuccessful, failures, under‐achieving, Seventeen years ago I felt I was at my even a burden on society. Or we strive peak in life – physically fit, healthy, to reach the high standards, the goals living a full stress‐free life, with a lov‐ set by others – our parents, teachers, ing husband, a beautiful family, eating page thirty nine Lightworkermag.com

Are you aware of the existence of your own lids and boundaries to fulfil‐ ment and abundance? You may be consciously aware of some of your own limiting behaviours, but all too often our real abundance issues are buried beneath the surface. All of us have ‘silent saboteurs’ that strike for no apparent reason, keeping us from achieving our goals and potential. Like blowing that last golf putt which would win us the game, never quite manag‐ june 2010

ing to lose those last few pounds to fit into your favourite jeans, or never quite plucking up the courage to ask for a pay rise – even though you deserve it!

Often we struggle against life, efforting to achieve even the simplest of goals.

Have you noticed when you are relaxed and open to change so much can and does happen, and that when you are tense and holding on nothing much happens, change seems impossible, like a struggle or an uphill battle?

The Journey Abundance process gets to the root cause of these silent sabo‐ teurs, clearing the limiting blocks and disempowering beliefs, lifting the lid off your abundance potential in a very real, down‐to‐earth, practical and clear way that will reawaken you to the boundless potential you hold inside.

opportunity. Life is calling us to action.

It wants us to awaken and be a part of the wave of awakening and heal‐ ing sweeping our planet – and we can choose to respond by turning the light on inside, clearing our old limiting cell memories and silent saboteurs and freeing ourselves, our creativity, our true greatness.

Turning on the light The Journey is for those who want to get real, clear out blocks and heal. It is a journey inside that is powerfully life‐ transforming. It elegantly deals with emotional issues we may be hooked by and which have caused us to shut down. It facilitates physical healing and is accessible to anyone, regardless of age or background. The Journey, as its name suggests, is not an ending place but a continuous process of uncovering and clearing anything that puts a lamp‐ shade over your own true potential.

Anyone who is alive can do this work.

It’s for those of us who want to get real, roll up our sleeves, dive in and clear the fears and root causes of anything that prevents us from living as our true po‐ tential and in complete fulfilment.

Take action now and do the clearing work ‐ there’s nothing to lose and ev‐ erything to gain!

True abundance is living fully expressed as infinite possibility. It’s living from an authentic place of truth, in freedom, as an expression of fulfilment on all levels, not just material but in relation‐ ships, work, talents, sports, health and creativity, with all of you being used to serve life. When you take your lamp‐ shade off, a wordless guidance will flow you into motion and carry you beyond your wildest dreams. Then you are ca‐ pable of anything, and life is longing to carry you. Welcome home, it’s time to come home to your own greatness! www.thejourney.com

Journey Seminars are conducted by Brandon Bays and a special team of presenters selected and trained by her. Please click here to see our worldwide schedule.

The foundation course for all Journey seminars is The Journey Intensive and during 2010 Brandon will personally offer this seminar in Stuttgart, Lon‐ don, Hamburg, Tel Aviv, Sydney and Melbourne ‐ please check the dates on www.thejourney.com

Brandon also offers ‘The Journey Practitioner Programme’, which is a dynamic and life‐changing programme. It includes a set of 7 courses, which enable you to heal and positively transform every area of your life and entitle you to facili‐ tate this transformation and healing to others.

So it’s time to lift the lid off the old fear consciousness that has us frozen, shut down, waiting for the hatchet in the sky to fall. Then we can acknowledge that the problems gripping our world are a collective wake‐up call for our planet – they are actually an opportunity in the same way that my tumour was an june 2010

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Words of Wisdom “Listen, are you breathing just a little and calling it life?”

Mary Oliver “The happiness that is genuinely satisfying is accompanied by the fullest exercise of our faculties and the fullest realization of the world in which we live.”

Bertrand Russell “Contentment is not the fulfilment of what you want, but the realization of how much you already have.”

Anon “Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfilment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.”

Martin Luther King Jr.

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The makers of this organic pro‐ duce are one of our favourites – not only do they sell yummy food, but they stick to their founding principles of being “cra‐ zy about food, serious about the planet”, and where these can’t be met via existing suppliers, they work with willing farmers and the Good Food Foundation to create new organic projects.

Alicia Silverstone may have played a ditzy blonde in the film that made her famous, but she’s far from it in this brilliant book that will appeal to non‐animal eaters from beginner to expert.

It is informative, full of delicious recipes and helpfully divided into 3 levels – flirt, vegan and super‐ hero – so you can tailor your daily eating to your commitment.

An inspirational campaign that speaks for itself: “Four Years. Go. Is a rallying call asking us all to… Wake up to the enormous harm we are doing to the Earth and ourselves.

Wake up to the profound opportu‐ nity we have now to create a future to match our deepest longing and greatest dreams. Become change agents in redirecting humanity’s current path from self‐destruction to sustainability. Do it now. Don’t wait for any one or anything. And complete it by 2014.”

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Two Zen Stories About The Search For Happiness

By Paulo Coelho

1. The natural order A very wealthy man asked a Zen master for a text which would always remind him how happy he was with his family.

The Zen master took some parchment and, in beautiful calligraphy, wrote: The father dies. The son dies. The grand‐ son dies.

“What?” said the furious rich man. “I asked you for something to inspire me, some teaching which might be respectfully contemplated by future generations, and you give me some‐ thing as depressing and gloomy as these words?“

pain, the generations will continue, and “Do you see the moon, how beautiful your legacy will be long‐lasting.” it is? It will cross the entire firmament, and tomorrow the sun will shine once 2. Each to his own destiny again. But sunlight is much brighter, and can show the details of the land‐ A Samurai who was known for his scape around us: trees, mountains, nobility and honesty, went to visit a clouds. I have contemplated the two for Zen monk to ask advice. However, the years, and have never heard the moon moment he entered the temple where say: why do I not shine like the sun? Is it the master was praying, he felt inferior because I am inferior?” and concluded that, in spite of having fought for justice and peace all his life, “Of course not” answered the samurai. he hadn’t even come near the state of “The moon and the sun are different grace achieved by the man before him. things, each has its own beauty. You cannot compare the two.

“Why do I feel so inferior?” he asked, as soon as the monk finished his prayers. So you know the answer. We are two “I have faced death many times, have different people, each fighting in his defended those who are weak, I know own way for that which he believes, I have nothing to be ashamed of. Nev‐ and making it possible to make the ertheless, upon seeing you meditating, world a better place; the rest are mere I felt that my life had absolutely no appearances.” importance whatsoever.”

Warrior of the Light, a www.paulo‐ “Wait. Once I have attended to all those coelho.com.br publication who come to see me today, I shall an‐ swer you.”

The samurai spent the whole day sit‐ ting in the temple gardens, watching the people go in and out in search of advice. He saw how the monk received them all with the same patience and the same illuminated smile on his face. But his enthusiasm soon began to wane, since he had been born to act, and not to wait.

“You asked me for something which would remind you of the happiness of At nightfall, when everyone had gone, living together with your family. If your he demanded: son dies first, everyone will be devas‐ tated by the pain. If your grandson dies, “ Now can you teach me?” it would be an unbearable experience.”

The master invited him in and led him “However, if your family disappears in to his room. The full moon shone in the the order which I placed on the paper, sky, and the atmosphere was one of this is the natural course of life. Thus, profound tranquility. although we all endure moments of page forty three

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Reader Book Review

By Christine Christensen

The Shift by Wayne Dyer Movie and Book Review

Christine Christensen is an Open Channel, Clairvoyant, Certified Reiki Practitioner, Ordained Minister and Writer. She offers Private Readings/Healings, Classes/Workshops and Articles designed to help connect you with your spirit, facilitate healing, & deepen your connection to your Guides & Higher Self.

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At some point in each of our lives we will come upon a moment, a space in time when we begin to ask ourselves, “Is this all there is, and am I really happy?” For some people this self‐inquiry is brought about by an event ‐ a death of a loved one, a job loss, the end of a relation‐ ship. Yet for others, it is when they have gotten everything they thought they wanted (sometimes over and over) and still they are not fulfilled.

to take shape and showing us how we are different from others. In this stage we develop a competitive edge and iso‐ late, little by little, although this is not what we believe we are doing. As our ego begins to take root in our lives we learn to understand ourselves by com‐ paring ourselves to others, eventually yearning to be greater than or having more. This ego influence encourages us to get this and buy that. The belief of the ego is “I am more if I have more”.

In Dr. Wayne Dyers latest book release ‘The Shift’, he discusses with us, The Shift from Ambition to Meaning. Dr. Dyer follows the human life in each chapter, embracing each stage and each direction in which we travel.

The book is separated into 4 chapters ‘From’, ‘Ambition’, ‘To’ and ‘Meaning’.

Dr. Dyer is very clear that it is not wrong to desire these things, however when you come to a certain point in your life you still may be searching for a life of meaning – no matter how much money you may have, or what a well respected executive you are. If what you are living has no meaning, no fulfilment, you will In the chapter ‘From’ he brings about an eventually find yourself searching for understanding of where we are from, more. and what that from‐ness is made of. He describes how God is that space that we In the book, this is where Dr. Dyer says are from, and if we are from the space that we do a U‐Turn. Once we begin to that God is in, then we must be made see there is something more that our of it. Just as a piece of apple pie is from soul yearns for, and a way to express an apple pie, therefore it must be made itself, we then come to the chapter of it. This chapter helped open my mind ‘To’. We come to see and realize that to seeing and knowing in a deeper way through our lives, all of the competi‐ how it is that God is within me, and tion, ambition, attaining homes, cars within everyone and everything I see. or the perfect job has not reached As he moves into the next chapter ‘Am‐ that place inside of us that yearns to bition’ ‐ the feeling of ego ‐ Dr. Dyer de‐ be acknowledged and nurtured, the scribes it as Edging God Out beginning place that longs to have meaning. This Lightworkermag.com

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is when people begin waking up, look‐ ing around in their lives, and making changes. There are often beliefs and pattern that need to be released or relationships that need to be repaired.

Often times it is the relationship with your own soul, your own spirit, that must be mended.

The movie ‘The Shift’ was done in such a wonderful way. The premise is that Dr. Dyer is at Asilomar (a beautiful loca‐ tion for workshops and retreats) and while he is there he is filming a docu‐ mentary for ‘The Shift’. The producer of his documentary is very distracted mentally and emotionally with another project he is hoping to be the director From here we move into ‘Meaning’. A for, and most of the beginning of the life filled with meaning is like return‐ movie he’s on the phone arguing that ing back to the source from which you he should have heard back by now. came; from which we all came. There is no competition or isolation. Instead, Arriving this weekend as well, are a there is a strong sense of encourage‐ family with two children whose mother ment, community and allowing what is, has become a walking ‘to do’ list, and a to simply be. This arrival into meaning husband and wife who are very wealthy may still contain all of the world com‐ financially, but have a damaged mar‐ forts you have, as well as more. This riage due to neglect. place is about creation ‐ creating a life that satisfies our soul’s desire to experi‐ As each story unfolds, we understand ence itself and others through a life of more clearly how to transition toward compassion and self‐realization. meaning. Dr. Dyer is a character in his own movie, playing himself. Because of Throughout the book, Dr Dyer’s tone this, the movie lends itself as a practi‐ is very gentle and guiding, and I often cal application of how to make this shift felt as though I already knew this infor‐ into meaning. As the characters open mation somewhere in my soul. I found their hearts and move from a place of his chapter recaps very helpful and soul yearning and desiring to being enjoyed the clear descriptions of how more themselves, a wonderful feeling to transition towards meaning in your of truth and acceptance washes over own life. The book also relates back the movie. As the movie continues, the to the movie, which I watched before idea of letting go and allowing what is reading the book and found very help‐ has a powerful effect on the characters, ful ‐ I was able to watch the characters as well as the viewer. I found the small and see how Dr. Dyer’s chapters may steps of releasing the ego so wonderful unfold for people in their lives. to watch and very inspiring. Each per‐ june 2010 Lightworkermag.com

son’s distress seems to slowly resolve itself.

In the movie Dr. Dyer retells a story of a man who went through his life hating his wife because he spent his life work‐ ing so hard and doing things he didn’t want to do, simply because he thought she wanted him to. On his deathbed he posed the question, “what if my life was all wrong?” After reading this story many years ago, Dr. Dyer wrote a let‐ ter to himself that said “Wayne ‐ Don’t die with your music still inside you”. The truth of that letter moved my heart, and has stayed with me.

I loved the movie and book combina‐ tion, and truly found that watching the movie and then reading the book helped me see how to go about the work of bringing further meaning into my life. I am so grateful and feel so blessed to have seen this movie and book. I encourage you to do the same!

You can purchase the book and movie by clicking here.

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Featured Lightworkers

Sergey Brin & Larry Page Inspire Sergey and Larry of Google are true lightworkers since they aim to spend their days having fun and in the process work with others to propel their businesses on the understanding that all are interconnected and part of one giant social mass.

Larry resolves, “Until software becomes the ultimate tool for collaboration, produc‐ tivity, and efficiency, the work is not done. And there’s nothing more fun than doing that work.”

On this basis, they aimed to build the best search technology to help others orga‐ nise their life and find information easier and faster than ever before. They did not force anyone to use Google or any of their other technologies, they just provided the best technology out there and people flocked to use it.

Challenge In 2003, both Sergey and Larry received honorary MBAs for challenging tradi‐ tional business methodology by “embodying the entrepreneurial spirit and lend‐ ing momentum to the creation of new businesses.” They contest the outdated power and fear‐based models of leadership and Sergey’s mission statement is that “technology is an inherent democratizer. Because of the evolution of hard‐ ware and software, you’re able to scale up almost anything. It means that in our lifetime everyone may have tools of equal power.”

Educate The Economist magazine referred to Sergey as an “Enlightenment Man”, and someone who believes that “knowledge is always good, and certainly always better than ignorance”, a philosophy which is summed up by Google’s motto of making all the world’s information ‘universally accessible and useful’.

Furthermore, both Sergey and Larry established Google’s philanthropic arm google.org to help solve the world’s energy and climate problems, including an investment in the alternative energy industry to find wider sources of renewable energy and assistance for companies to create innovative solutions to increasing the world’s supply.

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