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21 ANCIENT EGYPTIAN SLEEP
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14 IMPROVE YOUR DIGESTION
THE HEART by Andrew Harvey
8 EVERY THOUGHT IS PAST
with Linda Clair
14 HOW ALKALINE FOOD CAN
8 FEARING OUR FREEDOM
with Peter Fenner, Phd
with Dr. Pradeep Neupane SAVE YOUR LIFE by Thomas Cho
RELATIONSHIPS
9 ALL ONE, ONE WHOLE
10 HONOURING “CLOSING UP”
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by Diana Todd-Banks
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11 THE ASTRAL PLANE
21 WHAT ARE YOU CHOOSING?
with Damian Amamoo
11 HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR
COPING SKILLS with Nicole Cody
19 THE MANIFESTATION CYCLE
with Dr Andrew Powell
20 PERSONAL POWER
23 ANGELS & CHILDREN
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REGULARS 3 COMMUNITY NEWS 12 MOON CALENDAR 15 TOOLS FOR HEALTHY LIVING
FEATURES
17 BOOKS, CDS AND DVDS
18 SALUTE TO THE SUN YOGA FEATURE
19 A-Z CLASSIFIEDS
16 ORGANIC PRODUCTS FEATURE
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HOLISTIC LIFESTYLE 10 CONSCIOUS MUSIC
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PREDICTION
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23 TIRED OF BEING TIRED?
TEMPLE PSYCHIC HEALING by Elizabeth Jensen
20 DISCOVER THE MAGICAL
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MESSAGES WITHIN FEATHERS by Dr Geraldine Teggelove
As we sit here finalising this latest issue of the paper (end of August 2014), we are surrounded by immense upheaval everywhere we turn. There are wars flaring up all around the world. There are volcanoes ready to erupt in dozens of places north and south. Tension is mounting everywhere, spilling out of our TV sets and newspapers, into our own personal lives. We are all feeling it … the planet is screaming out for help … but what can we really do about it all? A few months back the great poet and Rumi lover Andrew Harvey visited Australia on a lightning tour connecting to all who resonate with his message of hope. We were fortunate to be able to spend a couple of hours interviewing him for the paper. It was a revelation. In Andrew we discovered not only a lover of Rumi but a Spiritual Warrior with a fury and passion that cannot be compared. Presenting his burning message outlined in his latest book “The Hope – A Guide to Sacred Activism”, his passionate clarity and sense of urgency shines brighter than ever, now focussing on the dire need the world finds itself in, in this moment of deep crisis. What Andrew implores is that to be a true Lover, we are to become a Sacred Activist, to consciously take part in the global initiative designed to save the world from its downward spiral of greed, pain and selfdestruction. His book “The Hope” offers exactly this: a blueprint for a better world in the form of 7 Laws, each law in its own unique way, promoting Love above all impulses. “Sacred Activism,” Andrew states, “is about finding gratitude, forgiveness, and compassion; it is about opening yourself up to the kingdom within you, letting go of the pain, and making a conscious choice to help heal the world.” So, how can you help? It’s time to act. If you recognise the Lover within you, let that arise and come to the fore! Lovers are being called. It's time
to rise up in our awakening and truly be of service to that which burns in every hear t. Great Love thrills through our veins and fills every cell of our body ... Great Love surges through our hearts and illuminates our way ... Great Love is calling. It's no longer a time for waiting. All who feel the burning know its destiny. Listen ... feel the burning and arise, take action by being Its instrument. The world desperately needs real Lovers ... Here's Rumi, from Andrew Harvey's guidebook "The Hope – A Guide to Sacred Activism": LOVE'S HORSE WILL CARRY YOU HOME The whole world could be choked with thorns A Lover's heart will stay a rose garden. The wheel of heaven could wind to a halt The world of Lovers will go on turning. Even if every being grew sad, a Lover's soul will stay fresh, vibrant, light. Are all the candles out? Hand them to a Lover A lover shoots out a thousand fires. A Lover may be solitary, but he is never alone: For companion he has always the hidden Beloved. The drunkenness of Lovers comes from the Soul, And Love's companion stays hidden in secret. Love cannot be deceived by a hundred promises; It knows how innumerable the ploys of seducers are. Wherever you find a Lover on a bed of pain, you find the Beloved right by his side. Mount the stallion of Love and do not fear the path - Love's stallion knows the way exactly. With one leap, Love's horse will carry you home However black with obstacles the way may be.
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PERTH at a glance for Sept- Nov 2014 There’s a wonderful whiff of Spring in the air that already heralds new life and green growth across the whole of Per th. This energy of newness is also being felt across the range of businesses that are heralding the new consciousness of an Awakening that extends beyond the seasonal. Here are some of those events, the ones I was able to squeeze into this article: Fir st and foremost, this year’s CONSCIOUS LIVING EXPO and NEW EARTH FESTIVAL (16-19 October) will be held at an exciting new venue: the Belmont Racecourse in Burswood. With over 100 exhibitors, world renown keynote speakers and free seminars, workshops and meditations, this is an even NOT to be missed (web@ consciousliving.net.au or phone Jacquie on 0427277803). Drop in and visit Rita at ZODIAX, a shining gem of difference at the Centro in Victoria Park. Bathe in the relaxing and soothing ambiance of this magical store. In mid-September you will be able to discover and hone your Psychic abilities in a powerful Psychic Development Workshop (www. zodiaxgifts.com.au or phone Rita on
94706076). Roni of ARK OF JOAN in Fremantle has also been busy re-organizing her shop to accommodate the new energies of the season. A growing number of classes, workshops and courses will be offered with the intent of inspiring, challenging and expanding the esoteric knowledge of those attending. Here is a sampling: The Journey of the Fool Tarot, Raw food, crystal connections, Astrology, Channelling, Hypnotherapy, Reiki and much more. (www.arkofjoan.com.au or phone Roni 94306646) While in Fremantle also be sure to visit HEAVEN ON EARTH at the E-shed Markets. Ask Adele to show you her incredible Gasongs Gently musical instruments, colourful recycled gas bottles with musical sounds similar to those of the Hung Drum, but for a fraction of the cost. (Check them out here: www.facebook.com/itsheavenonearthwa or phone Adele on 0404645956) Come back to Fremantle in mid-October and make a beeline for Halka B Organics. Once there ask Hali to tell you all about her Natural Perfume Making Work-
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WA Community News shop where you’ll be able to make your own 100% natural perfume using the finest essential oils. (Check out the website: http://www.halkab. com.au or phone Hali on 0418 957 010) Let’s head out towards the hills now. Tucked away in the wilds of Bedfordale you will find SACRED RADIANCE, where Sa and Claudio have a number of high consciousness treats in store for you including monthly sacred Sweat Lodges and one day courses focussing on the Art of Presence as well as weekly gatherings to practice Living Consciously, Workshops for Writers and much more. Check out their website www.sacredradiance.net or phone 93991000 for more information. The ORGANIC CIRCLE in the Pioneer Village in Armadale is the place to visit for all things Yummy and Whole! They are experiencing an explosion of interest in their raw cooking classes. These range from a Raw Food for Beginners and Raw Chocolate to Fermentation Classes where you will learn the ar t of pickling and fermentation (Kefir and Kambucha). Call them on 61960709 or check them out here: www.facebook.com/ TheOrganicCircle?fref=ts . On the 6th September at the Harmony Hall in the MUNDARING WELLNESS CENTRE, Sa Silvano will be running one of her
powerful Retreat into Hear t one day events. Learning to live in the present and not engage with the fictional stories of the psychological mind is an ar t form that can change the quality of your entire life. Phone Sa on 93991000 or enquire at awake@sacredradiance.net for more info. Finally if you find yourself all the way down in Albany you may want to drop in at HEART AND SOUL INSPIRATIONS w her e you can experience The Sound of Soul, Gong and Guided Visualization Meditation Groups on a weekly basis. Please phone Imogen on 0406497733 or check her offerings out here: https://www.facebook. com/HeartAndSoulAlbany May your next three months be blissful, peaceful and abundant! Claudio
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Perth’s Most Inspirational Event of the Year Conscious Living Expo and New Earth Festival will host the world famous emissary of peace, Braco. His silent loving gaze has transformed the lives of thousands of people. Scientists studying the phenomenon of Braco’s Gaze report that it takes place beyond the level of ‘energy healing’. The 4 day event takes place from October 16-19 at a new venue, the Belmont Park Racecourse which has the capacity to accommodate the huge crowds expected to see Braco. Visitors will have the oppor tunity to experience 6 Gazing Sessions each day during the Festival in addition to an outstanding program of Seminars, experiential workshops, psychic Mediumship demonstrations and readings. This year’s keynote speakers include the best selling holistic health author , Dr Sandra Cabot, Dr Peter Dingle, Will Shannon, a leading iridologist from Sydney , Love’s Alchemy, author, Sky Shayne Innes, Shamanic Channel, Matthew Greenwood and Vegan Raw Food Chef, Sach Cassini. Concerts by world renowned musicians, India Jiva, Sika Rose, Rupert Guenther and sound healer, Lou Van Stone will entertain and uplift audiences at the main stage each day. All the workshops on the program this year are included with the price of the admission ticket apart from three featured events.
The Expo presents the best range of health and wellbeing solutions, organic and super foods as well as eco friendly products for the home and the garden. A new Natural Therapies zone will showcase the latest healing modalities and visitors will have the chance to watch demonstrations and experience treatments in the Healing Room. There are free ar t and crystal workshops for Kids on Sunday and the chance to meet the animals including a miniature horse. Delicious healthy food is available all day including raw, vegetarian and vegan cuisine as well as oil free and allergy free meals. Opening times: 10am to 6pm Thursday to Sunday For more information visit www. consciouslivingexpo.com.au
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JOHN OF GOD, in Sydney November 22-24 Many believe John of God, to be the greatest spiritual healer of our time. Millions from all over the globe have journeyed to the remote corner of Brazil known as Abadiânia to see him at his Casa. Now, for the very first time, he will visit Australia for a 3 day meeting of healing, prayer and meditation at Sydney Showground, Sydney Olympic Park, November 22-24. So why is this humble Brazilian, Joâo Teixeira de Faria known as John of God, considered by so many to be the most powerful spiritual healer in the world? Many credit John of God and his work as the reason they overcame illnesses considered incurable by modern medical standards. But how can a malignant tumor disappear from someone’s body, or a blind person suddenly see, or a lame person walk? These are valid questions. But these are but a few of the many life-changing events people have reported after visiting John of God. Although people r ecognize him for facilitating their physical cures, he is also widely known for his gifts of emotional and spiritual wellbeing. Many people, on returning from their visit to John of God, have found emotional and spiritual healing , truly becoming more at peace with themselves even though their physical healing may not have manifested.
The Casa De Dom Inacio, is the healing center where he dedicates his life to caring for anyone who seeks his help. Each day, thousands of people from all walks of life line up before him. Most report being touched in one way or another. Some report not experiencing anything, only to be surprised later by some unexpected gift. We estimate between eighteen and twenty five thousand Australians have visited him. Recently Oprah Winfrey made the journey to Abadiania to experience John of God’s work first hand. Dr Wayne Dwyer –credits him for a miraculous healings from Leukemia and another from a neck injury. Indeed, millions of people around the world have benefited from John of God’s gifts. But with true humility, he is quick to point out that he has never healed anyone. Only God heals he says. American author and Teacher Josie Ravenwood states, “If this is the case, John of God is a singularly powerful medium of God’s work and love and an invaluable
resource for those seeking healing of body, mind or spirit.” This is the first time John of God will visit Australia, and it is a remarkable chance to be in the presence of unconditional love. It really is a once-in-a-lifetime oppor tunity to engage with the healing energy of the Casa de Dom Inacio here in Sydney, Australia. The event will be held over 3 days, from 22 -24 November at Sydney Showground. Every one participating in the event will have a chance to go before John of God and be in his direct presence. This faceto-face encounter will be brief but he will have enough time to give you a direct instruction. This instruction will be relayed to you by a translator. One day tickets for John of God Sydney 2014 are available, though it is recommended that you attend for all three days, if you can. The event runs from November 22-24 at Sydney Showground, Sydney Olympic Park. To purchase tickets visit www. johnofgod-sydney.com.au or call +61 2 9266 4051.
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Don’t miss the greatest spiritual healer of our time, in Sydney. John of God, November 22nd-24th, Sydney Showground at Sydney Olympic Park
Known around the world as John of God and considered by many as the greatest spiritual healer of our time, Brazilian Joao Teixiera de Faria will visit Australia for the very first time. Over 18 million people from all corners of the globe have visited him in rural Brazil. Dont miss this once-in-a-lifetime weekend of healing, prayer and meditation.
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THE SPIRITUAL WARRIOR & THE MYSTERY OF THE HOLY GRAIL
Most of you will have read books and seen movies about Warriors going off to battle, but the Way of the Spiritual Warrior is mysterious and little understood. In the West this Way has been symbolized as the Quest for the Holy Grail and in the
East, as the Quest for Immortality, or TAO. Originally, the real Western Knights and real Chinese Warriors had a Spiritual Master who unveiled to them the mysteries of the Quest – what they were seeking and how to find it. Unfortunately, when these Masters died, their knowledge died with them. What is left now is a misunderstanding of the Quest, of the nature of the Grail and of how to walk the Spiritual Warrior’s Path. Imre Vallyon, founder of The Foundation for Higher Learning, is a modern day Spiritual Master who reveals again these ancient mysteries, reminding us that the Holy Grail is not a physical cup, that the Way of the Spiritual Warrior is a Quest for Truth, and that the Truth can only be found within. The Foundation, an international school in the tradition of the ancient Mystery Schools of Greece and Egypt, has Australian centres in Melbourne (03 5423 9207), Sydney (0412 224 268), and Brisbane (0401 905 484). To find out more, please visit: www.planetary-transformation.org
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Director of the Institute of Sacred Activism. With so many crises facing our planet--from extreme pover ty to environmental depletion to our often hurried, disconnected pace of life--the future can seem bleak. And many of us feel discouraged and overwhelmed about our ability to make a difference. The most visible world activists are often “fighting for peace,” an ironic position that doesn’t really reach the roots of our planetary problems.
But one movement, “sacred activism,” an approach in the spirit of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi, engages our compassion so that action comes from love. Author and teacher Andrew Har vey has written a book about this phenomenon, offering sage wisdom and practical tools for positive personal and planetary transformation. He suggests trying these ten things to start to align yourself “with the power and hope of sacred activism.” The first six invite you into deep, nourishing connection with your spirit; the last four will help you express the compassion and joy this connection awakens in you in action.
Be Grateful
Write down now one thing that today has made you feel grateful to be alive. It could be something as simple as the taste of the bagel you had for breakfast or the sight of squirrels gamboling in the snow in the park. Set aside a small notebook and make the commitment to write down one thing every day that has lit you up with joy. At the end of a month sit down and read the list out loud, slowly, to yourself. You will discover that it will remind you how blessed you are already just by being alive in a world full of ordinary wonders. You will discover, too, it will awaken in you a passion for life and a hunger to protect and preserve it.
Ask Yourself: What’s Sacred to Me?
Now write down, without thinking too much or editing yourself, just “off the top of your hear t,” ten
things you would say are “sacred” to you. Today my list is: friendship, all you who are reading this, justice, cats, the first roses of summer, all religions, wise elders everywhere who share their wisdom tenderly and tactfully, India, my brave and wild mother, and the voice of Maria Callas that has guided me for forty years into my own truest passion. What is your list? You will find that just by writing it down you will start to be inspired by your deepest values, beliefs and sources of emboldening joy.
Cultivate Forgiveness
Think of someone who has hurt or betrayed you and make a commitment to work on forgiving them. Imagine them, now, in front of you, surrounded by light, happy and well, and pray for them to realize their life’s purpose. Just to do this once with humble sincerity will unveil in you your innate strength of compassion. You taste its truth and freedom and the desire that is born from it to see all beings happy.
Read Sacred Words
Read a shor t text from any of the world’s spiritual traditions that inspires you with the love-wisdom of those prophets and mystics that know God directly. The one I use daily is from Rumi; “O Love, o pure deep Love, be here, be now Be all; worlds dissolve in your endless stainless radiance Frail living leaves burn with you brighter than cold stars Make me your ser vant, your
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WITH PETER FENNER, PHD Non-sectarian meditation teacher and author of the book, ‘What Do You Want?’
Leader in the adaption and transmission of Asian nondual wisdom worldwide
Every Thought is Past
Question: When I’m sitting I often feel a lot of energy in my body. It feels like every cell in my body is vibrating. What is this energy? Is it physical?
Linda: It is both physical energy and an energy that is beyond the physical. When you star t to withdraw from thinking and become more still, your consciousness star ts to speed up, because it is not being dragged down by the mind, which feeds off thinking. Even though it appears that thinking is an incredibly fast process, it’s actually very slow compared to the speed of pure consciousness. Thinking is a relative process and with anything relative, time is involved. When you star t to withdraw from the thinking world you start to go into the timeless dimension, where there is no relativity, no separation – there is only now. The belief in time slows your consciousness down because you are always going from one thing to another thing. When you stop doing that – when you realise that everything is one, the energy wasted in going from one thing to another, which is the thinking process, is freed up and starts to vibrate at such an incredible speed that everything becomes still, everything becomes one. So, what you’re experiencing is your consciousness speeding up, and you will feel that in every cell in your body. Question: There are times when it’s very uncomfortable and I don’t know what to do with it – I feel like expressing it in some way. What’s the best way to cope with it? Should I move around?
Linda: It does become very uncomfortable and sometimes painful, but I would suggest staying as still as possible during the sitting. The habitual reaction to feeling energy in the body is to express it in some way, to release the energy, but stillness is the way to contain and ground this energy more deeply in your body. The tension that can often be felt in the body while sitting in meditation is the physical body trying to contain this non-physical energy. It creates a kind of friction that can sometimes be felt as intense heat. The more deeply you can ground the energy in your body, the stronger and more concentrated it becomes, and the faster your consciousness becomes. The whole way I use energy has changed. I’m not extreme with my body anymore. I can’t be forceful with my body any more. I used to push it to do things that I thought I wanted to do, without listening to it, but I can’t do that anymore- the force has gone out of it. It felt a bit disconcer ting at first, but it now feels completely natural. The body is actually far more intelligent than the mind. Question : When I’m sitting in meditation I seem to have a lot of expectations of how things should be. Is this anything to do with thinking?
Linda : Everything you expect is not really what you want because expectations are all of the past. You can’t expect the unknown - which is where you really want to be – what you really want. So, each time you
FEARING OUR FREEDOM have an expectation of how things should be, let it go. Every thought is an expectation. Every thought is of the past. You can’t have an unknown thought. You can’t have a thought about the future. So, when you’re sitting in meditation, or even when you’re not, look deeply at where your body is right now. It’s here. Keep it as simple as possible. Each time you see the movement away from where you are, bring your attention back to the abdomen, back to the breath in the abdomen. Even if you know you don’t need to be thinking about anything right now, the habit of thinking is so strong and deep that you can’t just break it immediately. You need to practice breaking the chain of thoughts again and again and again. It’s breaking that movement. Not stopping thought - but breaking that movement. It doesn’t matter what the subjects of the thoughts are. There are no good thoughts and bad thoughts. Thoughts are thoughts. They’re not your enemy. Nothing is your enemy. Your mind is not your enemy. Your ego is not your enemy. So sit and watch. Keep your body as still as possible, because that will make the movement inside clearer. Linda Clair is a non-sectarian teacher and author of the book, ‘What Do You Want?’ She holds meditation sessions and retreats in Melbourne, Adelaide, Canada and the USA. She is currently also working on her second book. For more information, please visit www.simplemeditation.net or phone Christian on 0451 595 092
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I hope your work on the path to freedom and liberation is bringing more space and acceptance into you life. As I have said before, it’s unrealistic to think that we are going to become liberated one and for all through some incredible, nearly magical event such as happened for the Buddha. It is much likely that our capacity to rest in unconditioned awareness will grow slowly over our lifetime. We should never become disheartened. Even though we can hanker after some state of permanent realization, it’s also important to see how the concept of unconditioned awareness can elicit both positive and negative associations. In many ways, it’s attractive as a concept because it comes bundled with ideas of freedom and liberation. But it can also trigger fearful projections. When some people fir st encounter the idea of unconditioned awareness, they may think that it’s black, like a vacuum where nothing is happening, like the dissolution of the universe, or like death. They may think that by cultivating unconditioned awareness, they’ll lose interest and connection with their physical existence. These fears are familiar to many seekers, and it’s impor tant that they be acknowledged and contained within the path that cultivates unconditioned awareness. For example, some people may think that they’ll lose touch with the real world and become less capable of fulfilling their daily commitments. If they transcend their needs and
desires and just accept “what is,” they fear life might become bland, boring, and uninteresting. They might even lose their desire to act in any way, and end up starving to death! Other people may think that because unconditioned awareness is described as being empty of structure and content, it must resemble a vast, barren expanse of darkness empty of life or humanity. Clearly, there’s a tendency for people to develop an automatic aversion to an experience like that. As psychotherapist Jennifer Welwood (2003) writes, “Rather than recognizing emptiness as our own nature, we see it as an enemy that we have to avoid or defeat.” These projections have nothing to do with the experience of unconditioned awareness. In unconditioned awareness, nothing changes. At the empirical level, nothing drops out of our experience and nothing unusual enters it. We continue to think, feel, see, and touch. In fact, all the senses are as active as they’ve ever been. Yet everything is totally different. The unconditioned is not what we think! Peter is a pioneer in the development of nondual therapy and creator of the 9-month Radiant Mind Course® (www. radiantmind.net) and the 10-month Natural Awakening: Advanced Nondual Training (www.nondualtraining.com). Peter was a celibate monk in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition for 9 years and has a Ph.D. in the philosophical psychology of Mahayana Buddhism. Over a period of 40 years Peter has distilled the essence of traditions
like Zen, Dzogchen and the Buddhist Middle Way, and adapted them to suit our post-modern culture. Peter teaches in North America, Europe, Israel, India, Australia and New Zealand and he has written extensively on Buddhist nondual traditions. His books include Radiant Mind: Awakening Unconditional Awareness (2007); The Edge of Certainty: Dilemmas on the Buddhist Path (2002); and The Sacred Mirror: Nondual Wisdom and Psychotherapy (ed. with John Prendergast and Sheila Krystal, 2003). Peter is the Director of Education of Timeless Wisdom: wisdom.org.
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Pray or Ask to Align with Love
When the text you have chosen starts to light up your spirit, pray a short prayer that aligns you with the “pure deep love” that is longing to use you as its instrument in the world. Here are four, from different traditions, that I use at odd moments throughout my day: -Lord, let me live to be truly useful. -Beloved, make me strong enough to do Your will. -Divine Mother, fill me with your passion of compassion so I can do your work tirelessly. -For as long as space exists and sentient beings remain may I too remain to dispel the misery of the world. If none of these inspire you, or reflect your beliefs, make up your own spontaneously and say it ten times with passion, in the core of your heart.
Develop a Spiritual Practice
Make now a real commitment to spiritual practice. If you do not yet have one, start now, simply. Just sit, with your back straight and watch your thoughts for three minutes and allow your mind, however briefly, to fall silent. In that silence is your greatest treasure, one that will unfold its gold in you if you commit to twenty minutes of simple sitting in the morning and evening before you go to bed. Don’t believe me; try it. If you find sitting and watching your thoughts boring, try this visualization that I was given by a great Tibetan master who recommended it to be used “anytime, anywhere.” “Imagine that love and compassionate action has transformed you in a large brilliant diamond that radiates diamond-white light. Send that light to all the four directions, praying, with whatever words you choose, that all sentient beings everywhere be happy, well, and protected.” Over time this will awaken you to your own deepest sacred desire to see all beings living in harmony and true realization and your deepest sacred courage to express it in action. When you have begun to experience the beauty of this practice, start doing it at different times in
Strengthened by prayer, practice and inspiration, turn now to your life and the people in it. Everyone, especially in a time like ours, has friends who are in grief, or ill, or looking for a job, or are in real financial difficulty. Commit now to ringing one of them up, and ask him or her what you could do to make their burden easier. Do this soon and be happy that you can.
Take a Baby Step for World Hunger
Make a commitment to skip one meal in the coming 24 hours and send a check for the money you would have spent on it to a reputable organization dealing with world hunger. I strongly recommend Buddhist Global Relief, which focuses on providing food aid to the hungry of the third world and on supporting projects aimed to develop better long-term methods of food production and management; it is run economically and by devoted people. Turn to its website for further details. ANY check, even for five dollars, will help far more than you can imagine. Never forget that almost two billion people live on less than a dollar a day.
Reach Into Your Community
The world-wide financial crisis we are now in is plunging people everywhere into financial distress. There will be families in your immediate vicinity who are suffering. Make a commitment to find out who they are and what they might need; call six of your friends to make a commitment with you to help supply these families with what they require. In acting like this, you will be helping to activate the kind heart of your community. In my experience, more people than you may imagine are longing to be of help; take the first step now yourself, and be surprised and heartened.
Choose a Cause
Make a commitment today, even if you are having financial difficulties, to tithe between five and ten percent of what you earn to a cause of your choice. I recommend choosing one particular cause that deeply moves you and sticking to your commitment, whatever happens; over time, tithing like this will give you a great and healing sense of being of use and the cause you are helping will become more and more precious and personal to you, and you will want, naturally and simply, to do more. I have tithed for several years now to the cause of keeping the
white Siberian tigers alive; it gives me happiness to think that because of the little I can give, two or three of those magnificent and noble creatures might be able to live easier. Because of my passion for animals and my distress at our continuing barbaric treatment of them I would like to recommend that you consider giving to one of the many wonderful organizations that are trying to help them and that are all struggling for funds. Whatever cause really moves you, move to be of help now. Don’t wait. There is great suffering already all around us and it is likely to get worse. Responding now will immediately empower you.
Extend Compassion
And one last suggestion because 11 is a sacred number and the number of the hexagram “tai” in the “I Ching” that means “peace.” Make a commitment to always have some small change in one of your pockets to give something to one of the growing thousands of homeless in our streets. I learned this habit as a child from my grandmother in India, and over the years it has brought me into contact with some extraordinary people. For example, outside a temple in South India, there was a long line of desolate looking beggars and among them a very old woman, dressed in a ragged and filthy sari with no shoes. I gave her what I had on me--about a dollar. I watched in amazement as she walked unsteadily over to the nearest food-stand, bought herself a handful of chapatis, broke them carefully in two, and shared them with a dog as emaciated as she was. If we all knew what that penniless old beggar knew, the many, many children who die of starvation every year would be alive. There is hope. We can all do a small something to honor our hearts and extend compassion everywhere--right now. For more information visit the Institute For Sacred Activism www. andrewharvey.net/ Excerpt from The Hope: A Guide to Sacred Activism (Hay House, 2009) by Andrew Harvey.
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ALL ONE, ONE WHOLE Q & A with Enza Vita, author of “Always Already Free” Q: I have tasted my true nature as an incredible bliss and peace but the experience comes and go… ENZA: No matter how wonderful the experience is it has no reality in and of itself. Since an experience inhabits the world of form, like all form, it is impermanent in nature. Even the incredible bliss of a heightened spiritual experience will not last forever. The bliss is simply more content, but who you are is the awareness that is aware of the bliss. Consequently, when the experience of bliss ends, can it be said that you have lost awareness? No, absolutely not. The experience of bliss may be gone, but the awareness within which it occurred remains. As awareness settles within itself, some energetic and physical experiences may occur. You may experience strong or subtle vibrations throughout the body, giving rise to bliss. You may experience rushes of energy up your spine; your center of awareness may shift from your forehead to the back of the head or even the heart or stomach but spiritual experiences, energetic states, and lights shooting out of your third eye are in the end just spiritual entertainment. Bliss, peace, clarity, spaciousness, lovingness, and energetic states have nothing to do with awakening as these are just experiences coming and going in the impersonal awareness that you
are. All experiences will always eventually change, however, you as you truly are, remain always as the unshakable presence in which all experiences appear and disappear. Q: How do awareness, consciousness, and the body-mind relate to one another? ENZA: Awareness is timeless and eternal, and this gives birth to consciousness. Consciousness is the background for the appearance of the body-mind. Awareness is what perceives what the consciousness is doing as well as its comings and goings. Consciousness is just a ripple, a wave rising and falling as a vibration or pulsation of presence/awareness. In that ripple, worlds, beings, and all forms, including the bodymind you believe yourself to be, appear and disappear endlessly. All your perceptions of the world arise out of that ripple, but ultimately, all that is, is presence/awareness and consciousness is only a modification of that. When you first star t to inquire as to your true nature, you might begin to see that you are not the body-mind. Then you might identify yourself as the conscious presence or witness that perceives everything. But then from that vantage point you begin to realize that this consciousness is just your universal body, the body of the absolute, and
that your ultimate nature is actually before consciousness. What was it that gave bir th to consciousness in the first place? Your existence began prior even to the point of consciousness. You as presence/awareness exist regardless of whether you are conscious or not. Who notices the coming and goings? There must be something prior to it that notices. Everything that you perceive, sense, or know is a thing, an object, an appearance in the awareness that you are. You have to be there to see it. You are the witness of it and eventually even the witness/ witnessed goes and what is left is what is. What you have always been. Awareness stands as the ground of everything, illuminating everything—all thoughts, feelings, perceptions, and states—including the state of being conscious or unconscious. You are this wakeful presence that registers all that comes and goes in its field, including consciousness itself. Who you truly are is not limited to a par ticular state of “awake” consciousness. Who you truly are is brightly present, untouched by any appearances, but intimately connected to all appearances because not only are they an expression of you, they are in fact, you. You are the totality. Enza Vita is the co-editor of InnerSelf Newspaper and founder and director of the MahaShanti Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to the awakening of all beings. Enza is the author of the soon to be released book Always Already Free. Based on Enza’s own experience, Always Already Free, guides the reader from the seeking process through the integration of enlightenment into everyday life and reveals that spiritual enlightenment is not a faraway dream, but the ever-present reality always available here and now. Free download of 3 chapters from the book are available from www. EnzaVita.com
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recognizing what is always naturally present Whatever experience is occurring right now, cosmic or ordinary, supersedes every other one because it is the one happening in this present moment. Every moment is in fact a perfect mirror of the divine impulse to manifest into the world. Life’s mystery and its mundaneness are equally divine. This brilliant contribution to our modern understanding of authentic identity and Presence brings us to a new awareness of ourselves and our innate wholeness and completeness. Enza’s personal awakening story, in the first few pages, is worth the price of admission. Enlightened wisdom is like an endangered natural resource today, which we overlook at our peril; let’s join in exploring and developing our own innate transformational resources for a change. — Lama Surya Das, international bestselling author of Awakening the Buddha Within This is an outstanding offering to our appreciation of the genuine voice of Pure Presence. It brings us to a deep awareness of what it truly means to study and realize the self and our intrinsic true nature as that which is already perfect, whole and complete. A book absolutely worthy of your time and attention. — Genpo Roshi, international bestselling author of Big Mind, Big Heart
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Conscious MUSIC Honouring “Closing Up” WITH PREMANANDA
Kirtan devotional singer and musician.
Conscious Music What do we mean by Conscious Music? It can be described as music that makes us more aware, or conscious, of both our outer and inner world. Simply for me, it is music that helps transform and enhance my spiritual and emotional journey, while also making me feel more connected with the world around me. It is music that encourages positive community interaction. It is music that opens hearts. It can be used to create divine connection, peaceful spaces or even aid in emotional healing. In this column I'm going to explore many styles of Conscious Music. I recently performed at the Mind Body Spirit Festival in Melbourne. After I sang I was asked, "What style of music was that? Did you call it Curtain Music?" Before I could answer their friend commented, "No, he said Kitten Music!" I laughed and said, "Nearly, but no. It is actually called Kirtan music. Pronounced Keer tarn." Admittedly there are several ways to say Kirtan. However, more than just a word it is a bliss filled style of music that has it's roots in ancient Indian Bhakti traditions. It is devotional music and is a very joyful kind of Conscious Music! Searches on google will reveal several definitions. One is: 'Kirtan is a participatory music experience of sacred mantras and devotional chants performed in a call and response style which involves the whole audience'. Let's step beyond definitions and explore the experience. Many who leave a Kirtan music event will say they feel energised and full of bliss! The experience of singer and audience repeating the call and response process, with music often swelling and building in volume and momentum, leaves the participator feeling peaceful, happy and with a sense of gratitude. Time and space disappear and all become lost in a delicious transcendental state of divine bliss.
In recent years the music has become quite contemporary. Though the mantras often remain based on ancient Sanskrit text. George Harrison was a famous Kir tan music lover and chanter. Many will remember how he included such instruments as Sitars, Tabla's, Harmoniums and Tambura's into his music recordings and performances. Some even found their way onto a few Beatles tracks. These traditional Indian instruments are still used in today's modern wave of Kirtan music and are often blended with contemporary instruments such as drums, guitars and keyboards. An evening of Kirtan music can be gentle, peaceful, meditative, reflective or loud, lively vibrant and full of dancing. Sometimes both and most importantly, always joyful. My hope is that readers will try an evening of Kirtan for themselves and explore it's sublime depths first hand. My brief outline can only hint at its power to transform and inspire. Singing Kirtan has enhanced my life and made me happier. Give it a try. Premananda is a full time Kirtan, devotional singer and musician. When not touring he lives, writes and records at the foot of the Watagan Mountains with his wife and two gorgeous babies. His new CD 'Love Bliss Joy' is out now on iTunes and all good Conscious Music and Book stores.
BY DIANA TODD-BANKS, international awardwinning bestselling author and speaker It happens every day, everywhere! It’s not possible to avoid as people pass away everyday. It’s a fact none of us can ignore. Yet most people do until they’re faced with it! Knowing that the passing of a loved one is a predictable challenge we’ll all face, you would think it is a subject that is openly discussed within a family. It’s not! Rather, as extensive research has proven, many people hold the view the subject is too awful to discuss! For decades, the topic has literally been swept under the carpet only to be spoken about in hushed tones between those in a family who are realistic and open-minded. But today there are realistic issues that simply can’t be ignored. The world is constantly changing, and changing the way people function and think. More people over 50 live longer, healthier lives and many live alone; unexpected accidents, diseases and illnesses occur, which is why this next scenario will become more commonplace. The reality is one day you may be the only person, who can pack the entire life possessions of a family member or a friend. When that time occurs it may be sudden and inconvenient which is why it’s important to explore how you view this role and task. First let’s accept when a loved one passes, it is a difficult emotional time. Putting that aside what are your current views ... now? Is it one of fear, dread, or is it a subject that’s just too emotional and difficult so you ignore it? Have you spoken with your loved ones about it? Are you prepared for when they pass? If you were asked to handle and disburse all your loved ones possessions, except for possessions, which a lawyer handles, do you know what to do or not do? Are you aware of safety and legal issues? When a loved one passes each family member will react in a different way, sometimes resulting in unusual, violent, or disruptive behaviour. In fact it’s not uncommon to see family members become ‘primitive
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scavengers’ taking any possessions they can even while the funeral or life celebration is being held. These are issues that happen regularly, how will you deal with this? In today’s world there are other practicalities that need addressing, as with a person’s online life, even Grandma’s because she may have used dating websites, much to the surprise of family members. How do you access those? When you are having a quiet time with a loved one or close friend, ask them this question: do you know where your parent’s online information is filed - their pins, passwords and usernames? Couples who ask themselves this question often look at each other in total surprise, because they don’t know. Yes we need to be protective of our online security issues but there comes a point when another person must get access because your loved one, or even you may have become incapacitated or passed away. So what is your attitude now? Is it negative? Be honest and don’t be concerned if it is, because you can change those views – your attitude – quite easily, by asking yourself this question: How can I view this task, this role and time differently, positively ... joyfully? When anyone is faced with a
negative task, the best way to handle that comfortably (as many motivational speakers suggest), is to look for the positives, the benefits. What can be more profound, than when you realise this can be a special and unique experience, a privilege and an honour. But you can take that fur ther, by viewing the actual packing up process as your private grieving ceremony, as your sacred time. It matters not if others are involved, it is your time, your space and your memories that really count and by treating it as your own grieving ceremony will aid in your own eventual emotional cleansing and healing. As one survey respondent said: “I felt the packing up process was a privilege and a chance to give love and respect to my Father. To me, it felt like I was keeping him company walking with him on the first par t of the next part of his journey. That was very special.” No matter how busy we all are, learning the intricacies of sorting, packing and distributing the possessions of another, is a responsibility everyone must adopt. Yes it is, one of life’s most challenging yet amazing tasks, but you will be enriched by the experience. As you proceed with the closing up process treasure the moments as they unfold because you may find you are uncovering the life of a quiet achiever. Honour and celebrate that person’s life regardless of his or her history, and remember, that someone someday will be packing up for you.
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The most powerful and transforming messages the Angels channel through me are the messages of empowerment.
JOPHIEL: I am about truth, the truth that each of you carry the seed of Divinity within your Soul. Look for this seed and it will open to you like a flower. This flower carries great power, all of the power of its Divine origins. This power will always lead you back to its source, to the Divine Light and Love. Look for this seed in your heart, see it blossom in your Soul, feel it spreading out from you with joy, peace, wisdom and love. I acknowledge my seed of divinity. I honour my Soul. You are the keeper of your own Divine seed. You alone will know where it will lead and what your Divine mission will be. I acknowledge and accept my Divine will wherever it leads me. Blessings in love and truth, Jophiel. How difficult is it, in this busy, commercial world to stop and acknowledge who and what we are, why we are here, our Soul? Most people would never think of themselves as containing even a shred of Divinity, yet this great Angel states clearly that all contain their own
seed of Divinity. We cannot know true personal power without accepting and acknowledging our own Soul. Raziel explains why we need to accept our Divine seed, our Soul. RAZIEL: All are created equal, loved and free. The greatest of all is the law of free will. Each must have their own free will to fulfil their own destiny. To take away another’s free will is to violate the laws of the Divine Principle. The Divine Principle is non-judgemental but our own Souls do judge us. In breaking this most precious law, we forfeit our Soul particles or power. All are created equal, but we can each choose to lessen our Soul in this way. If we are completely unaware of our Soul, we will not be concerned with how it can empower us, or how we can lose that power. So often our free will is taken from us with the use of terror or trickery, and so often in the name of religion or love. ARONNEL: You do have free will and you have already used it, to arrange the life you need for yourself, before you were even born. Why try to change this by struggling against your destiny? These are the intentions set by your Soul before birth. Your inten-
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1 2 MI ‡ 1st Quarter Moon I A time to face the challenges arising from recent incentives. There is a lot of excitement and optimism but be prepared to do the hard work otherwise the opportunities will go begging. Do not be afraid to try something new or out of the ordinary. 3 4 MJ Take control of matters and assert your authority. 5 6 MK Be prepared to look at things differently. 7 8 ML Trust intuition but maintain focus otherwise clarity is compromised. 9 … Full Moon L Emotions are heightened so do not to take things personally otherwise it could be a very trying time. There may be those who idealise a situation or person and this is fraught with difficulty as no one person or situation can ever live up to expectations. Instead, take everyone as they are and remember the only thing you can change is your perception. 10 MA Be prepared to accept the challenges that are about to be presented. 11 12 MB Remain as flexible as possible as this will be the difference 13 14 MC Do not rely on rumour instead make the move to find out for yourself 15 16 ƒ 3rd Quarter Moon C You may find results of recent activity put your achievements at the forefront. Take the opportunity to relish outcomes and make sure that you keep good records as they will come in handy when you want to demonstrate your accomplishments. 17 MD Nurture and protect what is important. 18 19 ME Be mindful that pride may not always serve you well. 20 21 22 MF An eye for detail will ensure that results are timely and effective. 23 Sun enters G Librans are gracious, cooperative and communicative. 24 MG ] New Moon G The New Moon signals the beginning of a new cycle. A time to ensure that you do not take others for granted especially as you embark on new challenges. Respect, consideration and commitment are a good base for either individual or group activities. 25 26 MH Be upfront with all dealings and do not take any shortcuts. 27 28 29 M I Big picture options become an important factor. 30
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1 MJ Time to step up and take responsibility. 2 ‡ 1st Quarter Moon J The rush of energy with the first quarter moon may catch you off guard. Do not allow yourself t o be rushed or hassled and instead focus on the goals. There is always excitement at the thought of something coming together but tangible results are what count. 3 MK Take a lateral attitude and this may bring the results you want. 4 5 M L Sensitivity and empathy bring to bear on matters at hand. 6 7 M A Time to take action where and when it is needed. 8 … Full Moon A Lunar Eclipse An unsettling time as what comes to light upsets the status quo. The eclipse also highlights a time of hectic and impulsive energy. The reality of the situation is now fully visible and decisions and actions taken now are done with eyes wide open as to effects and impact. 9 M B Slowing the pace and taking stock is a practical alternative. 10 11 12 M C Be alert for information that will prove useful. 13 14 MD Manipulating a situation to advantage may not have the outcomes you want. 15 16 ƒ 3rd Quarter Moon D Moon enters E The results of recent actions are now evident especially as they impact on relationships with others. The unexpected appearance of someone from the past influences matters at hand. 17 18 19 MF Criticism should always include alternatives rather than focus on the negative. 20 21 MG Promoting equity without compromising ideals is the aim. 22 23 Sun enters H Intense, protective and emotional are Scorpio traits. 24 MH ] New Moon H Solar Eclipse The New Moon and solar eclipse highlight an intense time tinged with excitement and impulse. The desire to get things moving must be tempered with caution as haste may be detrimental to what you want to achieve. 25 26 MI Enthusiasm and inspiration will help spur things along. 27 28 MJ A practical and hands-on approach is needed. 29 30 31 MK ‡ 1st Quarter Moon K The initial results of efforts are now evident and what is required now is consistency and diligence. The first rush of excitement is now settling down and for some the routine efforts required may seem boring. Remember to rekindle enthusiasm by focusing on the desired result.
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1 2 ML Emotions may run high and undermine current matters. 3 4 MA Taking the initiative calls for some risk taking but not haste. 5 6 MB Be prepared to be patient and take a practical view. 7 MB … Full Moon B The Full Moon brings to light some intense emotions especially where other people are concerned. Instead of letting emotions get the better of the situation, reflect on what needs to be done rather than blame others for what is left undone. This is a time to focus on practical matters and constructive solutions. 8 MC Consider all information, as this will be of importance. 9 10 MD An emotional connection with a person or matter dominates. 11 12 13 ME Humility will often achieve better results than arrogance. 14 15 ƒ 3rd Quarter Moon E Moon enters F Proof of endeavours is now visible in the results to hand. Take pride in what has been achieved and do not dwell on shortcomings. As the focus shifts, the challenge now is to take what has been achieved, analyse what has and has not worked and find a way of utilising these in the future. 16 17 18 MG Make sure that relations are cordial if not harmonious. 19 20 MH The intensity of emotions may catch some by surprise. 21 22 MI ] New Moon I Sun enters I The New Moon in Sagittarius heralds a time of optimism after a period of intensity and excitement. Ride the wave of momentum and make plans to extend your boundaries and explore new horizons. Focused and determined actions can bring about some new opportunities. 23 24 25 MJ Taking on responsibilities is the best way of getting things done. 26 27 MK Consider an alternative approach to an ongoing concern – the results may surprise. 28 29 ML ‡ 1st Quarter Moon L Be prepared to persevere as things may lack clarity for the time being. Others may find they are surrounded by confusion or lack of direction. Do not be tempted to drop or ignore problems as these will only become worse. Instead try and work through them and get assistance – two heads are often better than one when it comes to untangling matters and getting back on the right track. 30
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Hi there! In our last article we looked at the wonderful piece of sensing equipment we have at our disposal called our Astral body. For this article, we will be looking at some characteristics of the Astral plane. For your convenience, we will divide the Astral plane into lower and upper but this doesn’t mean that the upper plane is higher as they can in fact pass through each other. The division between them is more about differences in the level of vibration than it is about height or position.
The Lower Astral Blues
The lower Astral plane is not a nice or pretty place. Set against a never-ending dull background of dark grey nothing, it’s a place that gives dreaming a bad name. If you wake up from the lower Astral you’ll be inclined to say either ‘nothing happened’, or, it was just a ‘depressing expanse of loneliness’. It’s also the place where some people are out to practice the lowest common denominator and give action to inclinations that are not acted out in the physical world, whether they be violent, grossly sexual, fear-based etc. If you wake up regularly from the lower Astral you are going to feel frustrated, like your sleep is a scary, annoying waste of time where nothing useful can be achieved and is most almost always depressing. In fact, the most important bit of information you need as a dreamer is how to stay out of the lower Astral and the answer is by making changes to your daytime behaviour such as: - Thinking good thoughts - Avoiding intensely violent, grossly sexual, fearbased thought - Not panicking if you have an unpleasant thought, just try not to add to it with more unpleasant thoughts - Avoiding excessive substance use (alcohol, drugs etc) - Staying away from negative people where possible - Doing good things. - Avoiding actions with ‘low’ outcomes. - Exercising regularly if possible - Reducing meat intake if possible, particularly for animals that experience intense suffering/stress prior to death - Avoiding dehydration - par ticularly whilst sleeping - Avoiding overheating whilst sleeping Now I can imagine some people reading this list and saying ‘oh great! Why don’t I just become a priest or a nun?’ And moreover, ‘achieving all of that isn’t realistic for me’. Well I agree with you it’s a challenging list and I don’t have all the dot points covered myself. In fact, sometimes I wish the list was made up of totally different things like eating baklava, or watching a top action movie. In the end, it’s up to each one of us to decide whether we want to be ‘on the path’ or not. And if so, how much we are prepared to sacrifice to reach the summit. Now talking about summits let’s look at the delightfully liberating upper Astral plane.
Upper Astral Plane (A never ending creative holiday)
Conversely to the lower Astral, the upper Astral is a place of wonder, creativity, exploration and adventure. People who wake up regularly from the upper Astral plane describe their dreams as awesome, fun filled, creative, exciting and thought provoking. It’s a place where you can take to the sky and adventure to new places. In the upper Astral, your thoughts can instantly bring into existence anything that you desire, for example you can build the most AMAZING home with the best features complete to the tiniest detail. The upper Astral is a place where you can make
a your favourite sports car by willing it into life, and then just for fun, crumple it into a tiny piece of metal when you are done just by using your mind. In the upper Astral you can stare in the mirror and then think ‘h’mm I’d like to try blue eyes’ and then can you believe it, they’ll change for you on the spot, in real time. The upper Astral is a place where we cultivate ideas about how we would like to live our lives and then bring these ideas forward to manifest them into physical reality. Like to write a book one day? Well chances are that the there will be an upper Astral version of the book before the physical one ever exists. If you are a serious seeker of information about certain subject then there are plenty of benefits to be had by developing your Upper Astral skills. For example if you were to write a book about your topic of interest and it turns out to be popular and read by a number of people at the same time. Then, it is possible whilst dreaming in the Upper Astral, to harness the additional thought power generated by your readers as a type of ‘rocket booster’ device to carry your consciousness further in that same line of enquiry that is covered by your book. The extra ‘thought power’ enables the researcher or you to reach places of knowledge in upper Astral environments that may be less attainable under your own ‘steam’ or thought effort. One of the BEST things about the Astral plane is that it’s horizons stretch a beyond the immediate present and your immediate location. So in other words, for those people who are prepared to do the required thinking, work effort or develop enough emotional intensity about a particular subject. It’s possible, under cer tain conditions whilst dreaming, to access information via the Upper Astral about things in the past, future and or events happening a long way from the physical you in a type spontaneous burst of clairvoyance. This is possible for many of us to do whilst dreaming, even though most of us would not identify as possessing any real clairvoyant ability in our waking state. In our previous article, we also talked about the role of the centre forehead or ‘third eye’ chakra in certain types of Astral projection. Again, people who have either naturally or by force of will or work effort been able to develop this spiritual organ at the centre of their forehead may be able to access some more technically advanced types of Astral manipulation such as: - making your consciousness extremely small, even down the size of a molecule (handy if you’re a quantum physicist) - being able to travel through solid physical objects in the Astral body. The upper Astral plane is also a meeting place for a great number of people. In the next article we will look at the different ways that communication works on the Astral plane. How much it can be relied upon and some of the different communication formats in operation. Until then have a wonderful time. Love from your friends at One Third Dream Development. Happy Dreaming. To book a dream interpretation session with Damian you can reach him as follows: damian@13rd.com.au 0412039636 www.13rd.com.au @onethirdreamdev http://dreamdeveloper.tumblr.com
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How to Improve Your Coping Skills Like you, I’ve known difficult days. For a while I even had a run of days that piled up into years. That can make it hard to cope. So what to do when you find yourself in that dark place? I found something that worked for me, and I absolutely believe it will work for you. It’s so simple that ping trip to have a cup of coffee it may sound trite. But there is a and flick through a magazine at power to this act that can transform a cafe. lives: 2. Sign up for a class one night a week. Spend a little time on someFocus on Self Care and thing that matters to you. Embrace the Small 3. Get up half an hour earlier. Things Spend that time journalling, mediShift your focus from everything tating, or planning your day. Enjoy that isn’t working in your life, and a cuppa, take a big breath and then find the tiny details that are. Most let the day begin AFTER you’ve had of these will be present in your life, some precious time to yourself. and accessible, no matter what 4. Turn off the TV tonight. Sit your circumstances. They are al- down and write a story. Or a poem. ways here, just waiting to be ap- Or a song. Stories fire up our imagipreciated. nation, help us heal the past, and The slant of sunlight through a let us dream the future. If you enjoy window and how that makes rain- the process, come back and write bows dance on the carpet. Good some more one night each week. coffee. The smell of rain on hot 5. Go for a colour walk. concrete. The rustle of wind in the 6. Plan a weekend date with tree tops. A smile. Clean sheets. yourself. Give yourself a few hours Music. Favourite childhood books. alone to see that movie no-one else Kindness. wants to see, to go to the Gallery, Each day I choose to embrace or to wander through the Farmers’ the small pleasures and details of Markets or the shops you love. life. This simple act of living mind7. Go to bed early with a book. fully gives my existence a richness Books are like magical carpets that that was lacking for many years, take you to other places and times. and gives me resilience to cope 8. Clear a day in your diary and better with life’s turbulent waters. choose your own adventure. Let A colour walk is an excellent way the chores go for one day, get to improve your headspace. All you someone to mind the kids, do a need to do is head out your door little extra study each night so that and follow these simple instruc- one entire day stretches before you tions: like some precious empty beach. 1. Breathe. Now, do whatever you want. Sleep 2. Let the rhythm of your steps all day? Fine. Catch up with old begin to calm your mind, just like a friends? Perfect. Sort out your removing meditation. cord collection and then visit a craft 3. Drink in colour. show? Superb. A morning surf, How do you drink in colour? Let good breakfast with the weekend your eyes drift to the things around papers and then the rest of the day you. Your soul will guide you to- working on your current restorawards colours that are soothing, tion project? Soul Magic! healing, restoring, harmonising. 9. Start or recommence a craft Your chakras and your aura will or project. Maybe you loved embecome more energised. You’ll ar- broidery as a child. Or scrapbookrive home feeling calmer. You’ll find ing. Maybe you’ve been thinking that eventually, or much sooner, about putting a vegetable garden answers and ideas start to flow. in the back yard, or researching Time for ourselves is not some the family tree. Take some time to airy-fairy feel good concept. Time put your materials together, and for ourselves is as necessary as then spend a little time each week breathing. It helps us to stay tuned devoted to this craft or project. Let into to who we are and what’s im- it become a kind of good medicine portant to us. Time for ourselves in your life. recharges our batteries. It fills us 10. Say NO to something you with nurture and new ideas. It helps don’t want to do. Your time is presoothe and heal us. cious, and you only get to live this Often it isn’t that we don’t have life once. Do what matters to YOU! time, it’s that we’ve become a very low priority in our own lives. Nicole Cody is a Metaphysical
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IMPROVE YOUR DIGESTION In Ayurveda, it is believed that what we are is what we digest. So, digestive fire plays a vital role in our health and many health problems are due to imbalanced digestion. Digestive fire (Agni) is compared with cycle of Sun.
relax. We don’t need so much food for the evening activities, and if we put heavy logs on the fire they will not burn properly and could disturb our digestion or our sleep. Our bodies do not need the energy or fuel that they did earlier. Don’t eat more than you need: Smaller, lighter, frequent meals are better than large, heavy ones, which can overload the fire and put it out! According to Ayurveda, we should eat until our stomach feels threequar ters full and then leave onequarter of the space to enable our digestive juices to mix properly with our food and optimize digestion. Taste and enjoy your food: Eating food you dislike will inhibit the flow of digestive enzymes. Eating with awareness will promote good digestion. Eat slowly and in relaxed fashion, sitting down: Digestive enzymes flow when the parasympathetic nervous system is in operation. When adrenaline flows, our digestive enzymes don’t. So it is important to be relaxed and not to eat on the run. When you eat, only eat: When you eat consciously, and taste your food, your body is more likely to secrete the appropriate digestive juices to digest the food being eaten. If your are watching TV, working at your computer or discussing something
HOW TO BALANCE YOUR DIGESTIVE FIRE:
IN THE MORNING, when the sun first rises, the weather is still relatively cool and so is our digestive system as we have been sleeping and fasting all night. Now we need to stoke the digestive fire and get the body warmed up. A warm cup of freshly grated ginger tea with lemon and honey is the perfect option. The amount of water in the tea may vary for different people depending on their constitution and how much their digestive system needs stoking. We can then follow this warm cup of tea with a light breakfast. AT MIDDAY the sun is at its hottest, and our Agni is at its strongest and burning well enough to take a good-sized meal. So it is best to make lunch the main meal of the day. DURING THE EVENING, as the sun sets, our energy and digestion begin to slow down again and our Agni is lower. This is the time to eat another light meal and then rest and
inflammatory such as religion, politics or your relationship, this is likely to disturb your digestion. Light, relaxed conversation with friends or family is fine. Sit quietly before eating to let go of any stress: A few minutes of pranayam, meditation or saying grace is a good way to do this. Another good way to reduce stress and quite the mind is to say the Mantra Gaura-ang-ga within your mind, just focusing one pointedly on the Mantra. Drink some hot water with fresh lemon or lime juice, or freshly grated ginger to kindle your digestion before a meal Don’t drink too much with your meals. A few sips of warm water are fine. Have at least half an hour gap in between meals and drink. Go for a gentle walk after you eat: To promote digestion and settle your food. Add mild spices to your cooking: Such as turmeric, ginger, cumin, coriander, and fennel. You can also drink them as a tea or add them to your tea. Eat when you feel hungry and once your previous meals have been digested, preferably allowing at least three hours between meals. Grazing or snacking is not great for the digestion. However if you have high Agni, you may need to eat more often to prevent low blood sugar. Don’t eat late: Allow two to three hours after your evening meal before going to bed. Sleeping on full stomach is not advisable. You will feel much better in the morning if you eat a light meal around at around 6 or 7 p.m. Don’t fast or skip meals unless you are undergoing a detoxification
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Toxins (ama) that enter the body from external factors such as food, environment, stress, etc. are sticky and greasy by nature. Hot water will dissolve ama from your system, gradually and comfortably just as it dissolves grease from dirty dishes. Just as you boil/cook food in hot water to make it easier to assimilate and to kill the food’s impurities, drinking hot water does the same in your body. It assists in the digestive process by further cooking food you are having trouble digesting in your gut, and dissolves ama so that it can be easily eliminated. For stimulating the bowel motion in the morning have a cup of warm water first thing. This flushes out the impurities from the previous day. If you want to make it more detoxifying, you can add fresh lemon juice, freshly grated ginger and honey or any of the detox juices recommended by your practitioner. Consuming cold drinks is a bad habit adopted by most people in the west and it is a habit we should make an effort to avoid. Habits can be changed over time and if you get into the good habit of drinking hot instead of cold water, your body will reap the benefits. Why not put hot water in an insulated thermos for the day or always have a kettle nearby. Enjoy this nourishing and purifying source of hydration. Dr.Pradeep Neupane (B.A.M.S.)is one of the few highly qualified and experienced Ayurvedic doctors in Australia. He has recently established one of the largest Ayurveda wellness centre in Australia, an Ayurvedic pharmacy in Brisbane and conducts regular workshops on Ayurveda and cooking on the first Sunday of every month. His consultations are followed by personalised diet & lifestyle plan which make remarkable improvements on his patient’s health. His centre also offers authentic Ayurvedic treatments by highly qualified Ayurvedic therapists and practitioners. For more infowww.vibrantayurveda.com.au info@vibrantayurveda.com.au 43 Vulture Street, West End, QLD-4101 Ph: 07-33426048, 0452506389
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B.-D. FARM PARIS CREEK A True Success Story!
B.-d. Farm Paris Creek would have to be one of the greatest health industry success stories in Australia today. The founders Ulli and Helmut migrated to Australia in 1987, hoping to find property that fit their vision. After one year of traveling around Australia, their dream was realized with the discovery of 170 perfect acres at Paris Creek, South Australia between the Adelaide Hills and Fleurieu Peninsula. Green meadows with flourishing herbs and flowers, bordered by forests amongst rolling hills, and the most beautiful valley with the pristine Paris Creek. This was to become the perfect home for healthy cows to enjoy their days under blue sunny skies, fresh rains and the occasional umbrella of a rainbow – a combination which creates an essential well balanced environment. The land was more than beautiful – since the previous owners did not spend money on
farm input, it was free of chemicals such as fertilizers, pesticides and fungicides. This made it a prime location for good milk production. The business started producing a small quantity of milk for families who wanted to purchase from farm gate and for local health food stores. Demand for their biodynamic, unpasteurized and nonhomogenized milk grew rapidly in South Australia. At this time it was permitted to sell unpasteurized milk in SA. B.-d. Farm Paris Creek soon introduced Quark and natural yogur ts. The herd was extended, more land was purchased, the manufacturing facilities were extended and local people were employed. Sales increased continuously, to Health Food Stores and Food Service, to Independent Supermarkets
and consumers demanded B.-d. Farm Paris Creek products in the major retail outlets; eventually sales spread to all states of Australia, and soon after, orders for B.-d. Farm Paris Creek products were received from overseas and export started. In 2001 a new state-of-the-art manufacturing plant was built for yogur ts, milk, Quark and butter processing and production kept incr easing continuously. Ne w products were developed such as flavoured milks and a thick-andcreamy Greek Style yogurt, called the Indulgence Range. Their products proved to be successful with dairy industry judges, and with consumers. In 2007 an extension was added to incorporate a cheese production facility to produce a range of French-style soft cheeses and European-style hard cheeses. Over the years, B.-d. Farm Paris Creek has built up a loyal following of consumers, health-conscious families and individuals of all ages. Young and organic-minded consumers are consistently drawn to the brand, as are elderly buyers who “remember products as they used to be, before artificial ingredients and over processing” – and who recognize the quality in the award winning B.-d. Farm Paris Creek range of dairy products. Today, the products are sold through a variety of channels, and to a large range of clients: Health food stores, independent supermarkets, smaller chains as well as the major retailers on a state and on a national level. B.-d. Farm Paris Creek also supplies to res-
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Increasingly we are making food choices that are based on health and quality. Ethics and sustainability also play a par t. These principles and practices are extending out into other domains such as wineries too. Bodhi Tree Wines, in McLaren Vale SA is one such winery. They best describe themselves as “minimal inter vention” which means they aim to have less of man-made, more of nature. As a natural health practitioner and teacher, owner
Robinvale Wines is a family run and owned dual Certified Organic (ACO) and Bio-Dynamic (BDRI) winery and vineyard in NW Victoria. We have award winning organic wines and juices. We have a large range of Wines, Juices, Dried Fruit, Preservative Free Wines and also Non Alcoholic Beverages. For all our Organic product range check out our website:
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Fiona Cross and her family live on the vineyard and make choices to support health – of their family, the vines, the land. “It’s an evolving process. We learn and then we integrate what we feel is good for the whole. I did a biodynamic workshop last year and then returned to implement some of the principles and practices that work for our unique property.” They also integrate many organic practices, such as choosing not to use sprays to keep weeds or grass down, but instead take a healthier option using grazing sheep from a nearby biodynamic farm. Even in barrel the “natural process” is continued by checking into the wine less frequently than standard. They add minimal sulphur to the wine, again preferring to keep things simple and closer to natural. It is no surprise to learn they are guided by eco-principles too, proudly using recycled glass for their bottles. Bodhi Tree Wines takes these holistic principles even further, consciously working with the energy of the land, the vines and the wine. From crystals, to blessing ceremonies, to ear th energy workshops, healthy work is happening, infusing the wine with an elevating energy. Their intent is that not only will you enjoy a lovely tasting and beneficial red wine, but one that uplifts your soul. Bodhi Tree Wines is a new, evolving boutique winery, incorporating energy principles, eco and holistic practices. It is exciting to see a company break away from the crowd and forge a new path that we know we are all beginning to walk, taking that higher road. You won’t find this wine in a big commercial bottle-shop. Their philosophy of quality over quantity means that they have a very limited amount of wine available. It is not a “quaffing” wine, but when you are looking for a special wine to savour, enjoy and uplift, to bless birthdays and other special occasions, then Bodhi Tree wines is the sacred wine that perfectly complements. To start enjoying your divine wine please visit the website www. bodhitreewines.com.au
BOOKS • CDS • DVDS no added sugar and are suitable for vegans/vegetarians. The Sparkling range includes Mango-Tango, Ruby, Cooler, Ginger, Passion, Premier Muscat, Strawberry. Robinvale also produces award-winning red and white wines, sparkling wines, fortified wines, preservative-free wines, vegan/vegetarian wines, packed or bulk dried fruit perfect for baking and organic chocolate coated diamond muscats. Robinvale Organic & BioDynamic Wines, (03) 5026 3955, www.organicwines.com.
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Lite and Healthy, Superfood Company established in 2012, manufactures amazing Organic Fermented Protein and superfood formulas, proven and tested over the last two years with people like Kurt Tippet the footballer and health practitioners and naturopaths. We use the very best and the purest of ingredients sourced locally and overseas, manufactured and packaged in Australian food government facility. We can provide you with the oppor tunity to star t your very own Superfood Company, using our amazing 100% Organic & natural Non GMO formulas to create your very own superfoods. The profit margins are above any other retail or superfood industry standards, and with just a small investment from you along with your chosen business logo, we can create your products labels and brochures from the templates we have in place. Bring life giving health benefits to your customers and clients by increasing their energy and life force in their everyday life through pure natural superfoods. Our magical formula that has been created and channelled by Psychic and health practitioner Jasmine Fricker of Crystal Harmony, in Richmond Victoria Inquire about creating your very own business with us & contact us for free samples
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Steve, Bill and families established the winery in 1976 and have been certified Bio-Dynamic since 1985, a family grower & producer. Robinvale’s renowned non-alcoholic sparkling beverages (with natural flavours) are all made from bio- dynamically grown grapes. They are a wonderful substitute for alcohol for adults and are loved by kids of all ages. The 100 per cent pure biodynamic red and white grape juice is an excellent source of vitamin C, iron, immune-boosting antioxidants, cancer-fighting phytochemicals and flavonoids for a healthy heart, they are a natural source of energy with
W hat Happens Next? Diana ToddBanks is an international awardwinning bestselling author, Life Change Coac h and Speaker. In these roles Diana helps others to reinvent and reclaim their life as she did. In 2012 and 2013 Diana was invited to co-author 4 books alongside world inspirational speakers and bestselling authors: Jack Canfield, Brian Tracy, Mark Victor Hansen, Dr Wayne Dyer, and Neale Donald Walsch. But before that, Di’s international business life suddenly stopped – losing the ability to walk or speak for 6 months and for 3 years was non-functioning. Di decided if she recovered helping others to turn their hurdles into triumphs would be her goal. Recovering, a foray into book writing was a world first. Resulting from a national survey, Di reviewed 40,000 answers to questions respondents addressed on their experience of packing up possessions of another. Closing The Final Chapter and Estate Organizer Guide to Recording Your Life Matters discuss these. You can purchase them from Diana’s website. Diana created the Professional Estate Organizer/Advisor Program to educate and train people to advise others how to deal with their issues of packing up, as this task is vastly different from moving house. http://estateorganizerpro.com http://dianatoddbanks.com email: diana@dianatoddbanks.com or call her at 0407 187 008 Moontime Diary 2015 Moontime Diary promotes simple ways to reconnect to nature and increase your wellbeing Do you want to be more effective and energised with your daily chores? Are you tired of wasting your precious time and resources on pointless endeavours? Do you want to boost your health and wellbeing? Many of us find themselves pressured by the amount of responsibilities we are carrying at times. The wellbeing of our children, family, household, maintaining a home and garden, work and! Don’t forget yourself! The list goes on... If you are looking for inspiring, easy to follow guidance to keep your-
self and your family happy, healthy and sane throughout 2015, why not consider tuning your activities to the Moon? Sounds fantastic? Fishermen do it, when they take out the tide; many gardeners and farmers do it when they sow, fertilise and harvest. Once you get the idea, you realise how many more activities can be tuned to the moon for better results without the extra effort. Many people, including health professionals and Astrologers, find that only small adjustments make big differences. They say that life in tune with the moon re connects them to nature. They also feel healthier and experience less stress. Moontime Diary $33 To learn more, please visit www. moontimediary.com.au Where to from Here? What is spirit? Soul? Wisdom? Love? Friendship? What is a spirit guide? Where do we go when we die? These are some of the topics delivered by Josef in the recently published “Where to from Here?” Josef Boschitschek was a highly evolved medium who underwent many initiations. During his lifetime Josef used his knowledge, his wisdom, to help many people deal with problems in their lives. Using the Spiritualist Church as a platform, he discussed a wide range of topics chosen by members of the audience after a passage from the Bible was read. Josef used these readings from the Bible as starting points for considering how life in this world works: how to look at and understand what really happens, not what we are told to believe. What is the right way to live? This is the essential theme of these ‘talks’. Eighty three lectures were delivered and recorded over a period of eight years (1976 – 1983). These lectures or ‘talks’ have been compiled in chronological order in this book. Each subject is treated with clarity, while succinctly and powerfully challenging the reader to reflect and focus on his/her own experiences. In publishing these ‘talks ’or lectures it is hoped that the greater awareness promoted in them will assist the individual soul’s journey. Hence the title of this book: “Where to from Here?” To purchase copies of “Where to from Here?” please contact Jacek Piesiewicz. E: jpiesiew@bigpond. net.au M: 0420 657 401
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Meditation Teacher Training Are You Ready to Teach Meditation?
The room is silent except for some gentle music and your voice. You are leading a beautiful, captivating and uplifting guided meditation. You feel the energy in the room; connected, peaceful. You provide a needed space for people to release stress and centre themselves for the week ahead. They leave feeling inspired and uplifted. The Cer tificate in Guiding and Teaching Meditation qualifies you as a meditation facilitator and teacher. Step by step you learn to guide par ticipants to that beautiful still place within them from which they can source strength and support. You will be able to: • Run meditation groups, classes, workshops or retreats. • Deepen your meditation practice and accelerate your personal development • Teach meditation in schools, corporate environments, health and community centres, natural health clinics and other environments.
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Sun Salutations Benefit Body, Mind, and Spirit This beautiful set of yoga postures work not only on the body but also on the mind and at the spiritual level. Sun Salutation Impacts Every Organ of The Body Daily practice of Surya Namaskar has numerous benefits to offer for the digestive, respiratory, and circulatory system. The Sun Salutation sequence, if done at a fast pace is an excellent cardiovascular workout, a good way to lose weight as well as stretching and toning the muscles in the entire body. But that’s not all. This yoga sequence improves the circulation of blood
throughout the body and helps in maintaining good health by ensuring a disease-free body. Develop Your Sixth Sense With Sun Salutations The solar plexus, or the navel, is connected with the Sun (for which reason it is called the “solar” plexus and Surya Namaskar directly works on this impor tant organ. It then performs better, balances the body functions. When the solar plexus contracts, depression and other kinds of negative emotions come up. When it expands, the intuitive mind works better, becoming more clear and focused.
The solar plexus has a profound impact on the central nervous system, optic nerves, stomach, and what we usually call the 'gut feeling' or intuition. Solar plexus is also considered the second brain in the body. A Spiritual Experience With Sun Salutation Besides offering physical benefits, the Sun Salutation practice also helps calm the mind. Doing a few rounds of Surya Namaskar at an easy pace can be very relaxing and meditative. And adding a touch of gratitude to the Sun, chanting mantras while doing Sun Salutation,
adds a whole spiritual dimension to the practice, making it more sacred. Kids and Adults: Sun Salutation Benefits All The physical and spiritual benefits of Sun Salutation are not just for adults to enjoy. Surya Namaskar is equally a lot of fun for children. So, the next time you practice Sun Salutation, know that it’s benefiting you at different levels. Simply being aware of this can help enhance your experience and help you go deeper in your practice.
YOGA CENTRES AROUND AUSTRALIA Authentic Hatha Yoga By Ripina Yoga Studio
Unit 39, 256-258 Chapel Road South, Bankstown, Sydney NSW Welcome to the first authentic hatha yoga studio in Bankstown, Sydney, New South Wales. We offer authentic yoga experience for a very competitive price in a very comfortable studio. We are located in a central location in Bankstown within walking distance from the Bankstown station in Sydney, New South Wales. Pay us a visit and amaze yourself. www.ripinayoga.com.au.
Yoga Synergy
Based in Sydney, with main schools in Bondi & Newtown Yoga Synergy is one of Sydney’s oldest, largest and most respected yoga schools. The unique YogaSynergy style has been developed over 30 years by physiotherapists (physical therapists), Simon Borg-Olivier and Bianca Machliss. It is based on a deep understanding of yoga anatomy, yoga physiology and
traditional hatha yoga. YogaSynergy is like a flowing self-massage, that is very effective in developing strength, flexibility, cardiovascular fitness, internal health, energy, grace, meditative bliss and the a bility to deal with str ess. www.yogasynergy.com.au
Yoga Arts
Byron Bay, NSW 2481 Vinyasa, Ashtanga, Hatha Yoga Ar ts runs intensive, fulltime yoga teacher training courses in beautiful Bali and Byron Bay, Australia. The trainings include Vinyasa, Hatha and optional Ashtanga, as well as meditation, pranayama, anatomy, yoga philosophy, practical teaching, adjusting skills and self inquiry. Registered with Yoga Alliance. A powerful way to learn teaching skills or simply to deepen your own yoga practice. The director of Yoga Arts, Louisa Sear also teaches popular yoga holiday retreats in Bali: twice daily vinyasa yoga, meditation and pranayama.
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Breathe Wellbeing
289 Little Collins Street, Melbourne city CBD, Victoria 3000 Integral Hatha, Prenatal Yoga, Yoga for back pain Breathe Wellbeing studio in Melbourne city CBD offers Yoga and Pilates classes, Prenatal Yoga and Pilates, Clinical Pilates for spinal rehabilitation and Pilates Personal Training as well as internationally recognised Stott Pilates instructor training courses and certification www.breathewellbeing.com.au
Zen Yoga Central Melbourne
Zen Yoga Central offers yoga and meditation classes combining the alignment principles of Iyengar yoga with the energetic principles of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga. We also run weekly Zen Meditation classes. www.zenyogacentral.com.au
YAHA Yoga Yoga Academy of Healing Arts
Marmion, Western Australia 6020 Yin Flow, Chi Yoga, Hatha, Muma Yoga (Pregnancy), Nada Yoga (Sound). YAHA yoga has a colourful artistic studio it is a sacred haven of peace and joy. We have yoga to suit everyone! YAHA also has on site yoga compatable healing therapies. Throughout the year we provide Yoga/healing/Personal/Spiritual growth/creativity and sacred sound courses and workshops. We also hold regular meditation courses and Nada Yoga Sacred Sound circles. We believe yoga to be a lifestyle gateway to deep transformation. Namaste’
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Sarasvati Health & Yoga Retreat Discover simple Yoga and Meditation. Programmes and techniques from the widsom of Swami Sarasvati. Discover how you can make a difference to your own life and flourish into the new person you want to be or may never have even known was waiting for you to embrace. The ways we would love to help: Learn Yoga, meditation and more from Swami Sarasvati; situated on 60 acres of tranquil bushland and only 55 minutes from the centre of Sydney, (Easy airport transfers for those travelling from interstate/overseas); all our stays are all inclusive (except massages and facials); activities include Yoga, meditation, relaxation, bushwalking, tai chi, fitness classes and more. Facilities include pool, spa, sauna, gym, tennis. Delicious healthy vegetarian meals. Optional weight loss, stress management, quit smoking programs available.
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Chiropractor & Kinesiologist
The Manifestation Cycle These days the concept of “manifesting” has become commonplace. It seems every man and his dog is busy manifesting something. It’s no longer cool to work and strive for something- why bother when you can simply manifest it, right? Movies like “The Secret” and the whole genre it spawned have introduced millions to the idea that if you focus on something you can actually create or attract it into your life. Like so many great teachings, this one contains a kernel of truth, but it is incomplete… as many people have found out when their desired goal failed to arrive. Much to people’s disappointment, simply focusing on something doesn’t always make it appear. If it really was that easy we’d all be millionaire supermodels living in mansions by the beach right? Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately), that obviously isn’t the case. So what’s the real deal here? Is it really possible to manifest your dreams, or is it all just a fantasy? After working with thousands of clients over the years and observing their results, I have come to the conclusion that it is possible to manifest your desires… if you take the right steps. This has led me to develop what I call the “Cycle of Manifestation”, which seems to
produce consistent results for those who apply it. It looks like this: ENERGY (Intention) a STRATEGY a ACTION a EVALUATE a ENERGY (ie. back to the beginning) Let’s break it down. The first step is ENERGY. This involves setting a clear intention, then clearing any energetic blockages that may exist. This is the step that movies like “The Secret” focus on. They were actually right, this step is vitally important, but if all you do is think happy thoughts then not much tends to happen in the real world. The first part of this step is to identify exactly what outcome you want. Get really clear. Be specific. Visualise the outcome, including what it looks like, smells like, sounds like, and most importantly what it feels like. It is the feeling that really attracts things to you. You can’t think sad thoughts and create a happy outcome. It just doesn’t work that way. You must be a vibrational match for your desire. The famous Law of Attraction says that like attracts like. Often people go wrong here. They think they’re focused on what they want, but on a vibrational level they are actually more of a match for what they don’t want. Let me give you an example. Say you want to double your income. How does it
feel when you think about that? Do you get all excited about how great it will be to have that extra money, how good it will feel to spend it, all the fantastic things you will do with it? Or does it feel like it would be a relief to get away from the stress you currently experience due to a shortage of money. Feelings of relief are always a sure sign that you are still focused on what you want to get away from, not what you want to move towards. Are you really focused on doubling your income, or are you really focused on the fact that right now you only have half of what you want? It may seem like a subtle distinction, but it’s actually massive. The next step of the ENERGY part of the cycle is to clear out any blockages that are lurking in your conscious or subconscious mind which could sabotage your result. These may take the form of limiting beliefs, unprocessed emotions or unresolved traumas. You may or may not be aware of them, but they definitely have the potential to cripple your manifestation. There are many ways you can use to uncover and resolve these blockages. My personal favourite is the LifeLine Technique™. Over the years I have seen it create incredible results in my own life and in the lives of my friends and clients. I simply haven’t found anything that’s nearly as powerful for dealing with these sabotaging patterns. However, some others that have been useful along the way include Neuro Emotional Technique (NET), Psyche-K, Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) and Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP). Find what works best for you and use it
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frequently. The next step in the cycle is STRATEGY. You must have a plan or an idea of how-to achieve your goal. Simply sitting on a mountain meditating on positive thoughts and hoping for the best is not generally a viable strategy. Find out how others have achieved something similar to what you desire. Find a teacher, mentor or guide. Do your research. The problem many people have is that they start at this step, without first considering the ENERGY par t of the equation. Then they wonder why they keep running into stumbling blocks and obstacles. You must follow the sequence to achieve your goal as quickly and smoothly as possible. The next step is ACTION. This one’s pretty much self-explanatory. Once you know what you want, you’ve cleared any hidden blocks and you’ve created a plan, you have to get off your butt and actually do something. This is the most scary and uncomfortable step for many people, so they procrastinate and avoid doing anything. Then wonder why their goal doesn’t seem to be getting any closer. Do something. Even if it’s the wrong thing it will provide valuable feedback, which will move you closer to your goal. That leads us to the final stepEVALUATE. Once you’ve taken action, pause and see where it gets you. Are you headed in the right direction? Many people charge ahead without ever considering this step, and then wonder how they got so far off track. You don’t have to be exactly on target all the time, so long as you are constantly making course corrections and refining your aim. In fact I remember reading that the original rocket that placed men on the moon was only exactly on course something like 12% of the time. They still ended up in the right place, simply because they were always correcting their course. If you do this you will end up where you want to be. Remember though, it’s a cycle, so the next step leads us right back to where we began- ENERGY. Once you have taken action and evaluated the feedback generated, it will often reveal further hidden blockages in the energy step that you never would have thought of at the beginning of the process. Clearing those now will greatly accelerate the process. Then you can further refine your strategy, take more action and evaluate again. The more times you run through the cycle, the more momentum you will gain and the faster you will manifest your dream. This is an incredibly powerful process… I have literally seen it transform lives. Apply it in your own life and see what happens. I’d love to hear about your results. Dr. Andrew Powell is a Chiropractor & Kinesiologist at Hills Spinal Health in Castle Hill, NSW. He is also the author of “The Money Is In The Mindset- The 7 Subconscious Keys To A Profitable Practice”. Every month he helps hundreds of people clear their negative programming and achieve wealth, abundance and freedom through his VIP Prosperity Circle www.themoneyisinthemindset.com/ vip-prosperity-circle
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Today’s Note to Self™ ~Remember today, to tread softly upon our Mother Earth - see with the eye of an eagle, hear with the wisdom of the owl, and love with the softness of a feather falling gracefully to the ground ~ Just as the eagle soars on the currents of the wind that move powerfully through crystal skies, and the owl that roams beneath the light of a silvery moon sending out its haunting call, so too does all in Nature bring to you messages to enrich your journey and warm your heart and soul. So simple are the messages that often the human mind rejects the signs, and misses the powerful lesson. Our wonderful feathered friends are often leaving little messages for us, but we are so caught up in the stresses of our day that we just step over them or pass them by and completely miss the moment! We all, at some time or other have picked up a feather, and even if we were unaware of its symbolism, we have definitely connected to its energy. From science we now know and understand that every-
thing in this Universe is energy. So, in actual fact, everything we see in Nature is one and the same Universal energy that flows through all things, including feathers! Whether we have just held it in our hands, stroked it through our fingers or merely admired its beauty, in that moment, the vibration of the feather has affected our whole being. Feathers are truly magical, and the most wonderful gifts from the spirit of the bird! The word magical conjures up so many different pictures in people’s minds, but this magic speaks of something miraculous, beautiful, extraordinary, and something which holds a hidden metaphysical message. The word metaphysical simply means what is beyond the physical. As such, each feather that we find holds its very own symbolism and meaning. By taking the time to grow our understanding of this, we can now recognise every feather that floats into our lives as offering its energy and vibration to help us through our day. Feathers teach us of peace, love, prosperity, happiness, moving from darkness into light, flying high on winds of freedom, and go-
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Imagine that you are looking down upon earth and watching a game called life and humans are the players in the game. What would you see? You would be able to see a myriad of variations of the game being played. Even if certain groups of players have chosen the same game, no two players would be experiencing the game in exactly the same way as anybody else in the group because each player is so individual and therefore; unique. Every game is heavily influenced by an exhaustive variety of options that each player can choose, and the game itself is also affected by the choices they make. The characteristics and rules of the game change in response to the choices and decisions made by the players. Each player leaves their mark of influence on the game and as they depart, the legacy of their participation is passed on to those who follow in their footsteps. The game is moulded and it evolves by the choices and actions of its players over the generations, thus; the game and its rules is not the same as it was many generations ago. It could be said that the game is an evolving entity with an energy of its own. This evolving entity is known as human consciousness. Each human enters the game at birth and they have to quickly learn and adjust to the rules that they encounter. It does not matter whether they like the rules or not, the game has a momentum all of its own, therefore; their best option is to learn to play the game as quickly as possible if they want to capitalise on the experience. Many are preoccupied with creating safety, wealth and happiness in their lives whilst others are struggling to survive. The first experiences of life can be likened to being thrown into the deep end of a swimming pool; we either sink or swim! The analogy of the game is referring to the life we choose in order to experience who we are and provide us with the challenges that we need to raise our consciousness and develop our personal power. We need to increase our vibration through becoming more consciously aware which sets the stage for us to develop our ‘Personal Power’. This means that there is a direct connection between our personal power and how we evolve; both individually and as a human race. One of the main measures of how much personal power we have attained is by the lack of fear that we experience. Without a strong foundation to build upon; there is always a greater danger of collapsing, falling apart or being unduly influenced by forces outside of our control. In other words; personal power puts us in charge of our life, whereas; the lack of it makes
us vulnerable to becoming a victim to outside forces. Victimhood is like a debilitating disease that strips us of the energy needed to rise above it to take charge of our life. Many people who have very negative thought patterns running in their subconscious feel powerless. It is obvious that they won’t be aware of them because they are hidden in their subconscious. These patterns covertly work away, creating outcomes that make life hard, creating self-sabotage and in some extreme cases; set up self-destruction. It is paramount to attaining personal power; that you develop your ability to uncover your negative belief systems and rise above them. This in a nutshell simply means; becoming more self-aware! So what does personal power mean to you? It can mean many different things to different people. For example; it may mean being able to create what you want with ease, feeling secure, having courage, being in control, finding and maintaining happiness, self-confidence, unafraid to speak your truth, being financially wealthy, spiritually wealthy, feeling equal, being heard, being able to get others to follow your wishes. Some people want lots of money while others feel empowered by not needing it; some seek notoriety and recognition whilst others seek humility and privacy. The desires are as varied as the list is long. There are horses for courses and your choices and wants are yours and yours alone to pursue and explore. There are common denominators and basic rules that need to be followed if you want to achieve no matter whether your intention is to spiritually evolve, to be a better person or to be a master creator. Even though the principles are the same; no two paths are exactly the same. The reasons behind the choices you make that mould you into who you want to be cannot be dictated by anyone else on the planet. You are completely in charge of your own destiny and the path that you take to find your personal power will be chartered by you own choices. We can all do with some guidance and tools to achieve our goals but no one can do the walking for us. Walk your path towards your personal power with conviction and courage.
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happening. Down feathers, those lovely little fluffy ones, remind us to nurture that inner core of our being and protect our dreams. They help us to remember the impor tance of self love and the need to heal our emotions. Yes, be assured that if you find a feather on your path today, it has been especially left just for you. Think of all the people who have walked the same path and have not noticed its brilliance, but then you came along, and there it was calling you to gather up its sacred message. Hold this feather in your hands, breath in its energy and allow its wisdom to enter your mind and your soul. Now listen with your heart to capture its message!
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ing beyond the boundaries of our physical life to search the depths of our sacredness. To connect its gift, just hold the feather gently and ask its spirit to help you hear what you need to hear. Look for little clues within the size, the shape, and the colour. Then ask quietly, “What is the message this feather is offering me in this moment?” Now is the time to listen and TRUST the first thing that pops into your mind! This is the secret to truly connecting to the spirit of the feather and healing through its wisdom. Yes, we would all love to find the feather of an eagle or wise old owl, or even the tail feather of the red-tailed black cockatoo. But it is the tiny, often regarded as meaningless feathers that show up on our path which usually hold the greatest significance. These little feathers are definitely ‘the keepers’ bringing messages from the spirit realm, and most often, the elementals. In general, white feathers bring messages which speak of enlightenment, grey offer messages of peace, black feathers signify a greater initiation into the spiritual realms, and brown feathers remind us to always remain grounded in our Truth. A red feather is an offer of much needed courage, orange suggests that success is on its way, and green symbolises prosperity. Observing the type of feather can also assist in understanding its message. Wing feathers help in reaching new heights in meditation, and urge us to move beyond what may be dragging us down and stopping us from taking flight. Tail feathers offer help in steering our lives along our true path. They also show us the times in our lives when we need to slow things down and take a closer look at what may be
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We are floating in a sea of consciousness. But are we adrift or plotting our course? There is great design to the universe. It has always been there and we are now only beginning to reconnect and understand this. The ancients appear to have had great insight, then something happened and we were dumbed down. All a part of the cycles within cycles, geometries within geometries, and now as the vibrations shift within the new cycles, we are beginning to awaken again. Science and spirituality are coming back together. Understanding of frequencies, vor texes and geometries is occurring, as is knowledge of the space-time overlap. “Ego says “Once everything falls into place I will feel peace.” Spirit says “Find your peace and everything will fall into place.’ “ – Marianne Williamson. It is our choice to reconnect – part of our journey here and now, part of our duality here on earth. We have a choice to remain mundane, blinkered, blunted by the TV we watch, the foods we eat, and the rules of government and institutions. We could be happy remaining like that, conforming with the pressures of society, living our life out, always wanting more, worrying about lack of money to afford the
material things in life and to pay the bills. That is, letting the ego take over and always searching for continuing happiness. “Reclaim your mind and get it out of the hands of the cultural engineers who want to turn you into a half-baked moron consuming all this trash that’s being manufactured out of the bones of a dying world” – Terence McKenna Or you can choose to be awake! “Those who are Awake live in a state of constant amazement.” – Buddha What could that mean? If we open up our minds to knowledge and open up our hear ts to love then we become responsible for ourselves and for what we can become. The universe is alive and resonates as one and each and every one of us is part of that same ‘one’. Everything and everyone is interconnected and our thoughts impact on each other as they ripple outwards. But we are also affected by the ripples that come to us. What if we choose to tune into the ripples that can be beneficial for us? “We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness.” – Thich Nhat Hanh. Science now recognises that we are part of a resonating field, part of everything that is, a living con-
sciousness that has a simple grand design. The gravitational and electromagnetic forces that underlay this field are also connected into the basic geometries (platonic solids) that underpin everything together from the design of the galaxies to our planet to us. When we understand this we see the huge potentials that are available to us when we choose to access the information that is contained within this Source Field. The effect of prayer, mantras, love and intention is already well documented. The importance and uses of a healthy pineal gland is becoming more understood. When we begin to apply the wisdom of the ancients and their knowledge of cycles within cycles, the many star systems, the power of the pyramid and similar stone structures and of core frequencies we start to open new doorways or portals in these current times. New ways to think of gravitation that both Newtonian and Einstein physics failed to explain, new ways to also think about spacetime and its inversion of time-space, vortexes, multi- dimensionality and, more importantly, how we can access higher levels of information from this constantly evolving field. Right here and now we are at the dawn of a new age that will allow us all to access new levels of abilities, knowledge, consciousness and healing, if we so choose. Concepts of time travel, free perpetual energy, telepor tation, mental telepathy, and new levels of healing (such as Spectra Healing) are being explored: potentials that were once available to only a few. It is possible to heal and repair our DNA structures, even remove genetic anomalies and effect change at a cellular level. Bringing in new mathematical
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and chemical codings allows healing to occur on all levels. Spectra Healing is unique in that it creates a contemporary sacred space and uses light (superluminal), sound (with very specific mathematics and frequencies) and increased discer nment and coherence through a specific brain state and a heart (love) state. Combining these all together allows us to access the best information from the Field and Higher Intelligences and opens the flow of information and coding through axiatonal lines inter-dimensionally and multi-dimensionally. Healings that are appropriate and may be beyond belief are possible. We can choose to access this simply and easily. To find out more, come to an information session or workshop on SPECTRA Healing. Practitioner training is also available. For more information or to contact and arrange an event in your area visit www.SpectraHealing.com Anthony Craig is the founder (along with Divine Intelligence) of Spectra Healing and Spectra Activating Consciousness and a certified Hypnotherapist and Social Worker. Based in Adelaide he travels extensively as an Instructor and Practitioner, educating and expanding new healing work locally and worldwide and is available as a guest speaker. Regular information sessions, workshops and seminars are held. See website for details in your area. Anthony is also available for appointments ph: 0412 832 664. For further information visit www. SpectraHealing.com
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From Ancient Egypt of 5,000 years ago there is indication by paintings and carvings on the walls of Inner Rooms and the “Holy of Holy” Inner Temple Chapels that ceremonies were needed throughout life and certainly once just before death “to Cleanse the Spirit and Body of Evil Spirits and Energies” that could cause emotional, spiritual and physical harm and distress. The Temple of Isis on the River Nile has one such room in particular (now kept locked) that gives complex instructions for physical bathing in essential oils and sacred plants for the patient plus the ceremonies needed to both heal the Spirit during life plus as preparation for a smooth transition through the dangerous realms of death before finally arriving at the beautiful Elysian Fields.
HEALTH CARE IN ANCIENT EGYPT Certain Priests were highly trained as High Priests in the Science of Medicine, much like our Medical Doctors are today, in the correct prescription of plants, herbs, essential oils for various aliments plus in surgical interventions for bone fractures also Caesarean Sections for difficult births, and Neurosurgery for brain injuries and tumours – these are clearly depicted on the walls of Kom Ombo Temple on the River Nile where much of these treatments occurred. Other Priests and Priestesses were trained as High Priestesses of Sekhmet and Selket to work more with the psychic and spiritual concerns patients might have plus to remove dark spirits and Black Magic Spells from them. The Priestesses of Goddess Isis delivered babies plus gave prophecies about their future or could be called upon to diagnosis the Spiritual cause of an illness – this wasn’t a 10 minute brief examination of the patient or quick psychic reading as they believed the patient needed to be involved in the process of looking inwards for answers and by experiencing Dream Incubation. ISIS SLEEP TEMPLE HEALING There has existed for countless thousands of years a Temple of Isis on Philae Island that was known worldwide for the healing miracles patients experienced there or sometimes through relatives of the patient consulting the High Priestesses of Isis there on their behalf. After fasting for a few days from all meat, fish or alcohol and bathing in the River Nile the patients were massaged with essential oils of Myrrh, Cedarwood and Blue Lotus Oil, then energetically cleansed in the Smoke of Incense of Sacred Frankincense Resin, Pine Cones, Myrrh, Dried Dates, Cinnamon plus other herbs. Dresses in White Robes they then slept in the open courtyard under the Starry Sky of the Sky Goddess Nuit. Before sleeping the patients would receive hypnotic suggestions given by the Isis Priestesses in a deep trance state that instructed the patient’s unconscious mind to give them a relevant dream that they would remember clearly as to the spiritual
cause of their health concern. In the morning the Dream would be related the Isis Priestesses for analysis and the next night before the patient slept the correct essential oils and herbs would be applied after bathing plus given to them to drink. The Priestess in trance would channel healing meditations and hypnosis to the client’s unconscious and conscious mind plus Psychic Healing Energy and Spiritual Surgery from Goddess Isis and many Divinities. In the morning at dawn they would greet the healing God of Miracles Amun Ra in his role as Ra the ancient Sun God. After once more bathing in the River Nile they applied Sacred oil of Frankincense and highly prized Blue Lotus Oil to themselves as both spiritual protections plus to indicate they were being reborn into Higher Consciousness and selfawareness. The days for the patients were spent in meditation, sacred ceremonies and receiving spiritual teachings and counselling. This process generally lasted for 2 or even 3 nights before the clients dreams and spiritual, physical and energy bodies were seen as totally cleansed and healed. HEALING THE SPIRIT Once the patients Spirit was healed and the ongoing prescription of the correct essential oils, herbs and meditations was organised the patient was ready to return home usually totally cured in every way. For the elderly a smooth transition through the death process was assured. It can be seen that the processes many counsellors, massage therapists, hypnotherapists, naturopaths and psychic healers use today are based on these processes but in a simpler form and often leaving out several of the essential components that combine to give lasting healing on all levels. By 2,000 years ago only a few temples practiced these intense healing rituals. There did exist a far more ancient Egypt that existed 50, 000 years ago till about 13,000 years ago and this is the true and very beautiful and truly peaceful Ancient Egypt we are seeking to study but no records exists except what is known as the Akashic Records or our Soul Energy Records. By accessing the ancient spiritual healing chants and energies from those times through the process of deep hypnosis and channelling plus with the physical records we do have we can recreate a true powerful healing process today. ELISABETH JENSEN is a modern day High Priestess of Isis plus trance channel for many Egyptian Divinities. As Principal of Isis Mystery School she leads Isis Sacred Journeys to Egypt plus teaches Isis Lotus Healing, Spiritual Hypnosis and Channelling throughout Asia and Australia. A former Registered Nurse and Midwife now a Medical Intuitive and Healer Elisabeth’s main purpose this incarnation is to restore the lost knowledge and practices of the ancient Sleep Temples of Egypt. Please visit www.isismysteryschool. com or Call 1300 558 075.
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Do you Believe in Angels? Part 2
BY JESSICA DAO As mentioned in the previous article, angels are around us, they are here to assist us, and their divine assistance is valuable to our children, especially those who are sensitive with spiritual missions. Most children are very aware and are intuitive with innate knowledge about Creation, the universe, spiritual enlightenment. Gifted children come with the abilities to perceive and communicate with angels and spirits. Our understanding, acknowledgment, encouragement and suppor t are extremely impor tant for them to maintain their connection with the spirit world and in order for them to continue accessing divine assistance throughout their incarnation. These children need us most when they are going through challenges such as family separation, moving home or school and through their puberty. At these times, children are becoming vulnerable, confused and overwhelmed. They become withdrawn and disconnected from the world. They begin to doubt their perceptions and question the reality
they are in. As parents and guardians, we can support these children through these challenging times by open communication, encouragement and with unconditional love. Like most of us, children without the gifted-abilities are still able to connect with angels and access divine assistance. Children are intuitive due to their innocent perception. Their thoughts are pure with no judgment, preconditioning and built-in believe systems. We can help these children by not imposing on them restricted social rules and regulations, strict religious beliefs, judgments and controls. Instead, we encourage and allow them to freely explore and share with us their world and their perceptions. We have much to learn from them and would be astonished with the perceptions they share. I came across several gifted children. Some have been diagnosed with ‘autism condition’. Most of them are calm, peaceful and reser ved. Bryan, a seven-year old who had a strange habit at night that he gazed into the empty space
and became very excited but he kept it to himself. His mother was concerned but after she encouraged Bryan to describe and talk about what he sees, he became comfortable and told her that he had seen angels with different colours, spirits and shadows since he was little. Carol, a 5 year-old had an imaginary little friend who came home with her from school and stayed with her for several months. Her mother went along with Carol even she wasn’t sure what to believe. When the imaginary friend left, Carol was upset but then she said that angels came to play with her so she was happier. These parents kept an open mind which helps their children feel comfor table and safe, instead of giving them stress by disbelieve and condemnation. There are many books and information available on angels in the recent years. Doreen Virtue is one of the authors. Her work is simple, easy to understand and a good introduction to the angelic realms. Connecting with angels and spirit guides are simple. They are a thought away. All we have to do is “Ask and it shall be Given”. This is because the law of freewill. They can assist us in many aspects of our lives while not taking away all the lessons which are here to master. And all we have to do is ask! You can ask for help with almost anything as long as it is with positive intentions, for yourself or for others. You can ask for your children who are under your care and protection until they become matured adults at which age, they become independent and have their own freewill.
Blue Butterfly Tarot
Kim Allen, Blue Butterfly Tarot is currently offering SPIRIT ART along with the existing Tarot Reading and Counselling services, this new venture is about offerring artwork that has been intuitively created especially for a person to support them in a healing way. The artwork begins once the client has answered a few questions over the phone or email to help establish a link and then over the span of a few days an inspiration will come, I use my clairvoyancy but sometimes I can be looking at the daily paper and an image will jump out at me to use as a starting point. Once at the easel the picture may take a new direction intuitively and the colours
chosen are always intended to bring balance and healing. I relate a lot to chakras and symbols including animal symbols. Contact me via my website www.bluebutterflytarot.com. au or Mobile 0415685070
Testimonial 1.
Wow, what can I say. I am totally speechless. You artwork is amazing and your write up just as intuitive and quite accurate. Each time I look at my drawing, energetically I can feel so much. I know there’s a deep message in there for me but I’m not ready for it yet. I highly recommend you Kim, not only as a talented artist and medium but for your heart warming interac-
tion with me on a personal level. I am blessed to call you a friend. Emily Kisvarda, Phoenix Gateway
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Kim made an amazing picture for me of my Healing Guide. Djwhal Khul, the Tibetan. It included my animal spirit guide, a panther, plus symbols that I recognised but I am sure she purely intuited them. The message she wrote underneath the picture has been so poignant that I have placed the picture above my desk so I can remind myself every day. Kim is a very talented Clairvoyant and Intuitive Artist! Rosie Barker, Reboot your Soul
Kims original SPIRIT ARTWORK Using Pastels on large artists paper, to frame or laminate. Intuitively created for clients to bring about positive change and healing. Combining the use of symbols to enhance the viewers inspiration on an unconscious and conscious level. Currently offering a special price $60.00 plus postage $20... COMES WITH A written explanation and psychic message and affirmation. Enquiries 0415685070 Tarot readings at Earth & Fire Main Street Woodside, SA Ph 83897813
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Different angels with different colours (vibrations) and each have different roles. It would be more effective when we ask for specific assistance from a specific angel. Regardless, they are here to assist us and we can always ask for their general assistance and intervention. To connect with angels, calm your mind by relaxing. Try to focus on your breath or heart beats so that you can slow down your thoughts. Trust that the angels are there even you can’t see, hear for feel them. Then sense their presence around you. You might see colourful lights with your physical eyes or in your mind, or feel a breeze and a warm sensation on your body or around you, or you might hear a voice with your physical ear or in your thoughts. Trust in your perception and that you can communicate with angels through your thoughts. These are very subtle and the most important thing is to TRUST. We don’t have to be Christians or to believe in angels in order to access their assistance and divine interventions. By being open and allow the experience to take place, we allow miracles in our lives in many subtle ways. Only through experiences, we can verify their existence. Once we connect and experience angels in our lives, we can understand what young gifted children are experiencing, and therefore we can support them with their missions. From having to experience angels ourselves, we can encourage our children to invite angels into their lives and smooth their journey. Jessica Dao is an architect and a project manager based in Adelaide. She is also a spiritual healer specializes in advanced spirit releasement , emotional and soul healing, angel therapy, and spiritual counseling. In recent years, Jessica has been conducting spiritual healing, crystal and angel workshops throughout Australia. She is the author and illustrator for the children book “Angel Friends” (available on Amazon Kindle). Jessica is currently taking time out to complete her book on spiritual healing and spirit releasement. www.thepyramidoflight.com |04 22 563 794
Tired of Being Tired?
Finding the Meaning Behind Your Fatigue BY RACHELLE TERRY What does fatigue look like? There are so many different forms and causes of fatigue. Each one carries with it a unique blueprint which is demonstrated in the energy field. This is why when I look at a clients’ energy field, I may use a word like, “weariness”, “heavy”, “foggy”, “lethargic” or “depleted” to help to clarify what is going on. It is impor tant to be clear with how you are feeling in your body so that you can then go deeper into clearing the emotional pattern that gave rise to your fatigue and health issues. If your symptoms are ongoing or chronic, it’s best to see a medical practitioner to identify the cause as it can be related to other illnesses. This ar ticle is not diagnostic but shares some observations of emotional/energetic patterns that may be underlying your fatigue. Below are just some examples of the different types of fatigue patterns I have seen:
Stress
This is a huge category – I could give as many definitions of stress as there are people. The way stress appears in your energy field is simply a reflection of how an event imprinted on your unique energy field and how your defence mechanisms respond to this. It is quite possible that your fatigue is caused some sort of stress, be it environmental, physical, illness, nutritional or emotional and so forth.
In a Fog
You may have a cotton wool-like appearance in the head and gut area, it can be associated with a yeast/candida overgrowth. You may feel foggy, disconnected or distracted (especially after consuming too much sugar or alcohol). If you can relate to this pattern, you may want to ask yourself “What am I avoiding in my life due to fear?”
Leaking Energy
This appears as if there is energy leaking out of the system. You may feel that no matter how much you
rest or eat, you feel empty, drained and depleted. It may help to check in with your blood sugar levels. Are you getting enough protein throughout the day or are you on a sugar high/low cycle? The emotional component of this can be boundary issues. Ask yourself, “Who is draining my energy and why am I allowing it?”
Power imbalance
Some clients have received a medical diagnosis of endocrinological issues, including thyroid problems and adrenal fatigue. These carry with them their own energy patterns such as loss of personal power in the case of underactive thyroid and fear of loss of control, in the case of overactive thyroid. In the case of adrenal fatigue it can often be related to overwhelm. You may have felt like you have become a workhorse and disconnected from your purpose, passion or spark of your life/work. If you relate to this pattern, as yourself, “What brings me joy?”, “Where am I overcomplicating things?” and “How do I need to reclaim my personal power?”. If you are feeling excessively tired, it might help to reflect on when it began, what emotions or stressors you were experiencing at the time and what you need to release in order to know the steps to move forward, improve lifestyle habits and heal yourself on all levels. For consultations or more information, see: Rachelle Terry – Medical Intuitive. Rachelle Terry, a Sydney based therapist, has had an ability from childhood to clairvoyantly see the human aura. She works with local, interstate and international clients by means of private consultations and group healings. Wonderful results are experienced after having life, health or relationship patterns cleared and it becomes possible to be in flow again. For phone, Skype or inperson consultations with Rachelle, Phone: 0414 317 323 or Email: auratherapist@gmail.com *Baby and child readings also available*
Medical Intuitive Rachelle Terry
Your aura stores memories, blockages, shock waves and emotions resulting from previous experiences. If these are left unattended, recurring patterns can form, affecting your relationships, career, behaviours, health and life events. Rachelle, a Sydney based practitioner, sees and pinpoints the cause these patterns, using her ability to view the energy field. She then uses highly effective therapy techniques including Theta Healing to shift the negative patterns on a deeper level.
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