How to change the world - Be yourself...

The email below, received this morning from Colleen, made me think of Pierre Martheze, who has just bought a brood mare from Argentina, in foal. I recently attracted a beautiful black crystal from there too. (Tourmaline? can't offhand remember the name).

Hello Philippa
How to change the world
It seems perfectly appropriate to be e-mailing you from Argentina when the topic for this week’s lesson is social and global transformation. In the words of a local, Argentina has been going through a silent civil war for decades and is suffering. No matter where I travel, it is clear that our countries are facing their own peak challenges right now. We can no longer separate ourselves from our world. What used to happen “over there” and “to them” is now “over here” and “to us”.
Our sense of family is expanding to include a much larger collective global family. Though cultures and languages may differ, we bleed the same, cry the same, laugh the same and need the same.

So as I sit here looking out of my hotel apartment in Buenos Aires, having struggled to speak to the few Spanish-speaking people I have just met, I am filled in awe once again that no matter where I go, when you learn to open the heart you will find family.

Given half a chance, if you offered most people the opportunity to change the world they would want to. Do you?

So the question is how? How do you make your life count towards a better world for us all?

Here are 3 real and deep truths that will help you to help your world.

1. Don’t look outside without also looking “in”.
When we look outside of ourselves at the world, we can feel overwhelmed at the sheer size of world problems. Because it all looks too big, we don’t believe that we can do anything of real value. We also go into a denial born of hopelessness, and then we close our eyes and hearts, to just focus on our own survival. We separate our hearts from “them” to try to feel safer.

TIPS:
a. Become aware of when you do this, and ask yourself to not let fear push you to close your eyes or your heart. b. Then go inside of yourself to build the peace and the strength to not shrink back from the world.c. Go inside with prayer or meditation to share the emotional burdens you carry with peace. Sharing the load is powerfully healing.

2. Don’t ask “What can 1 person really do?” Rather ask, “What can I be?”
There is simply too much for any 1 person to do. By focusing on what needs to be done you will feel inadequate and overwhelmed. Rather focus on being the person you were born to be, trust that when you do this, your presence will make the difference you were born to make. Ironically from this perspective you will also likely DO more for the world, but it will feel natural and based on inner peace rather than fear.

3. Your personal and spiritual growth is your greatest contribution to world healing.
Social transformation is a result of personal transformation. Because we are all connected, like drops in the ocean, know that:

• Your greatest contribution to world peace is inner peace. • Your greatest contribution to world healing is personal healing.• Your greatest contribution to global financial empowerment is personal financial empowerment.• Your greatest contribution to world spiritual awareness is a personal experience (not concept) of spirituality.

We make a difference. You make a difference. Just like science tells us that the flap of butterfly wings can change weather patterns on the other side of the world, your personal healing and growth can ripple to contribute to new futures and global healing.

This week's on campus course: Social Transformation - Wednesday morning 28th May at The Academy of Metaphysics and Wednesday evening at The Naturally Yours Institute in Bryanston. Please e-mail pages@iafrica.com or call 011 469-1666 for bookings. Seats are limited.

Look out for next week's teaching until then...Be all you were born to be!

All my best, Colleen-Joy

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On Psychic Matters by Dr Susan Hull Bostwick, USA

Very Right Rev. Dr. Susan Hull Bostwick, Executive Director of the Berkeley Psychic Institute; President, Church of Divine Man; Founder and Managing Editor of the Psychic Reader Newspaper

I love what I do–communicating, healing, and teaching people spirit to spirit. I am a teacher. I love introducing beginners to their own aura, chakras, and their personal psychic meditation space. It is no small task to keep the formula the same as it was originally intended to be and what has worked over the years. I love psychic kindergarten.

I see that meditation will become more of a lifestyle necessity, a way of going within for one’s own answers, yet calming the body, releasing stress, and self-healing. In 35 years, science will prove the amazing health benefits of using one’s psychic ability to its fullest. I see the East Bay becoming even more of a resource for seekers, a place where the spiritual quest does not end, but is empowered. Psychic reading and healing is on the rise. The children born today and those born in the past 30 years are seeing things, hearing things, and knowing things that they can actually clearly speak of and that was not happening before. Being labeled psychic will become normal in 35 years. The New Age child needs, more than ever, protection in the sense of being taught psychic tools. I see more schools such as Yin Yang School for Psychic Children, which I started in 1979, where students are validated for their clairvoyance, clairaudience, and clairsentience.

Every morning I arise and assess my spiritual bubble and perform a ritual of setting the energy for my day: this involves seeing the color, vibration, intent, goals, and mock-ups–or energy wishes–that I have going for me this day. I validate and bless all aspects of my life: spiritual, personal, and career. It is kind of like asking for what you want and getting it. If I want the Church of Divine Man or the Berkeley Psychic Institute to take a big step in a specific direction, according to my vision of the future, I imagine it right now. This imagining process–meditation–is what inspires me and brings me to the realization that I can accomplish anything.

http://www.dejavupublishing.com/

http://berkeleypsychic.org/

How to Create Space Internally to Hear the Divine

by Heather Ash Amara

When you clear your mind, express your emotions, and cleanse your physical body, you release what you are not. You create space for the Divine to enter and remind you who you are. The more space you have internally the easier it is to listen and tap into Spirit's wisdom and clarity.

When I worked with don Miguel Ruiz (author of The Four Agreements) our Toltec community did a physical cleanse once a year for Lent (40 days between Ash Wednesday and Easter). This was always a sacred time for me, and a time of huge growth.

This year at Spiritual Integrity, Raven and I are starting a new tradition by setting intent for community cleansing from Candlemas (also known as Imbolc) on February 2nd to the Spring Equinox (also known as Eostar) on March 19th. Candlemas is a cross-quarter day that marks the midpoint between Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox, and is a time of taking stock. For our ancestors who lived by the cycles of the land Candlemas was a time to feel into how much longer the winter was going to be, and how much grain and provisions needed to be saved to get through the final stretch.

The light is returning, but we are still in winter, waiting for the shoots and buds of spring to appear. We can use this time of year to gently release what no longer serves us and gather our energy and focus as we prepare for a rebirth at Spring Equinox. We invite any of you readers to take on a cleansing period as well.

There are many ways to work with the energy of this time of year to create space and healing.

The focus is to lovingly break up old routines and remove distractions that keep you separated from Spirit. You can choose a focus for yourself, and make sure that you choose from your heart and desire for more space for Spirit, rather than a subtle punishment or creation out of frustration, judgment, or self-punishment. This commitment is to yourself and is a prayer and offering, a sacred gift to clean your temple to receive more of the gracious presence of the Divine in your being.

Here are some ideas for cleansing in the three areas of your life: mental, emotional, and physical. When you choose one, or brainstorm other ideas, choose a solid focus that takes into account where you are on your path. Challenge, but don't overload yourself.

Mental Cleanse
* Opinion fast

Refrain from sharing any opinion you have with others. This is especially useful for controllers. Start by defining what is an opinion, and have a focus for what you are going to do instead of sharing your opinion. Where you are moving towards is not even having the opinion arise in your mind.

* SilencePartial or Full Silence:

Pick one day a week to be in silence, or go into silence for a longer period of time. It is possible to continue to work and interact in silence; it just takes creativity. Read more about my 40 days of silence online in Spiritual Integrity's articles section.

* Mindfulness practice

Pick a place where you tend to go unconscious and create a mindfulness practice, such as saying a prayer before eating and giving your food your full attention, staying conscious of your breath throughout the day, or sitting quietly instead of reading or watching TV.

Emotional Cleanse
* Repression fast

If you tend to bottle up your emotions this is a good cleanse to take on. The fast is from any type of repression of your emotions, which means you consciously express any emotions that arise in the moment. You might dance, vocalize, or beat on pillows. This does not mean "going off on" other people and venting your emotions; it means allowing your own energy to move, in a way that is safe for you and those around you.

* Expression fast

On the other hand, if you tend to cycle emotions or stories, getting caught in emotional drama, then choose an expression fast. This cleanse invites you to pick one emotion or feeling state (e.g., anger, fear, being a victim) and consciously choose not to express it. You will need to give yourself a focus for what you will do instead of expressing that emotion or story.

* Distraction fast

Pick your favorite distraction (TV, video games, alcohol, looking in the mirror) and stop doing it. Choose what you will replace it with, i.e. what you will do instead with all that time.

Physical Cleanse
* Refrain

Pick one food and stop eating it. Practice staying open hearted and soft around the item, not closing to it. For example: if you pick chocolate, after a week or so put yourself around chocolate or people eating chocolate and watch what arises when you refrain. Be curious about its purpose and effects in your life.

* Partial Diet Cleanse

Choose a category of food to refrain from: sugar, bread, coffee, etc. See notes above for staying open hearted.

* Full Internal Cleanse

Commit to a thorough cleansing program and stick to it. We recommend Arise and Shine, which is the best cleansing program we have found. For this cleanse you first need to get your body alkalized. For any full cleanse make sure you start slow so the detoxification process is gentle. Educate yourself first.

All of these cleanses, from mental to emotional to physical, are interwoven. When you do a mental cleanse, emotions may arise and you will have the opportunity to cleanse your emotional body. When you do a physical cleanse you will get to find loving discipline with your mind. Whichever cleanse you choose, from the most simple to the most challenging, be conscious about how you set it into motion. Identify the length of time you will do it, and plan a ceremony to initiate yourself into your commitment.

Be impeccable with your word: Watch how you think and talk about your cleanse. Remember it is a joy to make more space, not a chore.

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine...

You make me happy, when things are grey.... and something about telling the whole world, how much I love you!

Psychic Healing...

The Knight of Chalices card suggests that my power today lies in passion. Pursuing and expressing my hearts desire honors my love, passion, and beauty and is worth waiting, courting or crusading for. What I lack in external means, qualification or ability, I make up for with a true and dedicated heart. I am not a victim therefore I do not need to be rescued. I am empowered by patience or self-worth and my gift is emotional availability and devotion.

And, from Pearl, BPI Sacramento, California:

The reason I picked golden retriever has nothing to do with the color of your hair. A golden retriever, to me, is a gentle dog with soft brown eyes; one which has a lot of caring and healing energy. I had a dog named Lady who looked like and had the golden retriever energy, but was a collie/Irish setter. She loved everyone who said hello to her and loved children. She was protective of my children as well the children they played with. Other dogs loved her and never threatened her. She was very loyal and always stayed close to home. That's what a golden retriever is like to me.

Some people may never come to terms with "psychicness" because there's no logical explanation for any of it. It just is and for some, it is hard to accept that something just is. They can't touch it, taste it, manipulate it, or control it. Someday when more of the world embraces spirituality, instead of "religiousness," they'll feel it is safe to accept psychic abilities.

Reiki Holistic Healing

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Reiki Holistic Healing & Bach Flower Therapy for Animals

by Philippa E Castle

http://www.rainbowhealing.blogspot.com/

Reiki is a natural healing method that uses the hands of a healer to channel energy to another person through chakras or energy centers. It has been practiced for thousands of years. Reiki was rediscovered in the mid 1800's by a Japanese born Christian monk, Dr. Mikao Usui, after many years of researching the healing ministries of great healers including Jesus and the Buddha.

Healing refers to the balancing of the energy, sometimes called chi or prana, in the body to heal itself.

Our animal companions bring so much to our lives. Their joy of living is an example to us. Their unconditional love is a model for how we should strive to live our own lives. By offering them the healing that Reiki can offer we give something back to them for all that they have given to us.

Animals respond well to Reiki. Just as in humans, Reiki can be used for all types of illnesses, injuries and emotional problems. Many of the animals treated are also undergoing traditional veterinary care. Reiki sessions promote speedier healing of physical trauma caused by accidents or surgery, remove pain from the animal's body, relieve stress and bring balance. Using Reiki with them can accelerate their healing process, ease pain, improve or help to continue their quality of life. Reiki is often used to energize and revitalize an older animal as well as soothe and calm highly-strung, hyperactive or stressed animals.

Animals enjoy Reiki - the extra attention and feeling of the energy draws them to the Reiki Healer, who sends Reiki via simply patting, stroking or touching the animal. Treatments involving animals rarely last as long as human sessions; they absorb Reiki energy a lot easier than we humans do. Usually, they will not sit still for an entire session - rather they receive Reiki for a few minutes then wander off, returning again a few more times for more healing.

Since Reiki can also be sent effectively from a distance, this means it can be used on animals that are skittish or aggressive without distressing them or risking injury to them, their keepers, or the Healer herself. When treating animals, it is usually best to conduct the healing session in surroundings that they know and feel safe in.

The action of the flower essences raises the vibration of the being.... They cure by flooding the body with the beautiful vibrations of the highest nature - in whose presence there is the opportunity for disease to melt away like snow in sunshine - EDWARD BACH

Flower essence therapy is a form of vibrational healing, which treats with pure energy to generate changes in the energetic field of the patient. Healing with flower essences is an extension of the time-honored tradition of herbal medicine, successfully returning people and animals to balance and health. Flower essence therapy has proven particularly useful in assisting animals that have been abused, neglected or that have become stressed and anxious.

SOUL GROUP MONTHLY READING: JULY 2007

Dear Precious Ones ~

You are a unique and magnificent expression of life.
You are the miracle of love unfolding.

Blessings, Love and Peace

Mary-Ann Dummer
soulgroup@mweb.co.za

We share a group consciousness. So when we draw the cards, we ask:
“Please give what the soul group needs to know right now”

YOUR ANGEL CARDS
~ Oceana, and Playfulness ~
(Drawn from MESSAGES FROM YOUR ANGELS & HEALING WITH ANGELS created by Doreen Virtue)


YOUR JOURNEY CARD
~ Life’s Challenges ~
(Drawn from THE JOURNEY CARDS created by Brandon Bays & Kevin Billett)

YOUR ANIMAL CARD
~ Hummingbird ~
(Drawn from the INDIAN ANIMAL MEDICINE cards)


YOUR MIND/BODY CARD
~ Healthy Love ~
(Drawn from the BODY/MIND MAKEOVER deck created by Mona Lisa Schulz MD PHD)

Angel Card: Oceana and Playfulness

Note: After drawing “Playfulness" from Healing with Angels, I felt compelled to draw another card from the deck used last month - and re-drew last month’s card! I am therefore including both into this reading.

OCEANA

Take action.
You’re in touch with your truth in this situation, and you need to trust your gut and lovingly assert yourself.

Dive right in! There’s no need for more research or time. You can trust your feelings on this one.

I will guide you through the actions that are necessary. Your main concern is to avoid procrastination at all costs.

Break the situation down into small steps so that you don’t become overwhelmed. Then take those steps at regular intervals.

You already know what to do and you have made up your mind to take action. I am here to validate that your decision is on the path of Light.

Although there may be some temporary hard work or emotional turmoil, this will soon be replaced by a lightness of spirit akin to gently floating on a summer breeze.

Sometimes you may feel too emotional or tired to take action. That is because you’re unsure of the “correctness” of your decisions. Usually, unfounded guilt is the culprit that is draining your energy and happiness.

That is when it is very important to call upon the angels to shore up your faith. Notice how the doors open smoothly with each step you take. That is one more sign that you’re taking the best course of action.


PLAYFULNESS

Fun and play is the Angels’ way!
They guide you to add fun to your life, and to know that fun is a necessity, not a luxury.

The Angels know that you have a lot of responsibilities, and that you need a steady flow of time, money and other resources. By drawing this card, the Angels want you to know that regular doses of fun can help you accomplish your goals.

You may protest that you don’t have enough time, money or energy to play. Yet, your Angels assure you that playfulness is a wonderful investment that yields immediate returns.

When you have fun and laugh, you relax. This relaxation gives you a greater inflow of ideas, spiritual connections, Divine Guidance, and energy. With the new inspirations and energy, you can better manifest your desires.

Your relaxed and radiant personality attracts wonderful and helpful people to you. Your positive outlook creates new opportunities for you. When you look at life in this way, you can’t afford to not have fun.

Journey Card: Life’s Challenges

These inspiring cards are designed to awaken you to the infinite wisdom within yourself, gently guiding you into the embrace of Grace. Filled with profound contemplations and brief meditations, they invite you into a direct experience of your own enlightened awareness.


LIFE’S CHALLENGES

Life offers us challenges so we can expand our abilities, stretch our horizons, and strengthen ourselves.

Problems are best solved when we come from the certainty that the solution is already here.

Close your eyes and imagine receiving three balloons filled with empowering internal resources. One is filled with TRUST, one with WISDOM, and one with CLARITY.

Imagine breathing these qualities in right now, letting them suffuse your whole Being.

Now imagine how you’ll feel one year from now, as these qualities permeate your life. Breath how you’ll breathe a year from now, feel how you’ll feel. Look back over the last year and see how effortlessly you faced that old challenge – how easily it was resolved. It may even seem as though it was never really a problem, that Grace somehow handled it.

From the certainty that the challenge has already been handled comes true inspiration. Start from this certainty.

Animal Card: Hummingbird

Sense of Wonder

Hummingbird sings the song of pure joy.

The Hummingbird brings joy to others. She joins people together in relationships… and she has appeared for you today… so get ready to laugh musically and enjoy all of the Creators gifts.

Drop your judgemental attitude and relax. Hummingbird will no doubt give you a flash of spirit, darting here, there, and everywhere. Get ready for a strange new burst of energy which may send your senses reeling.

Never be coarse in front of Hummingbird, for this is a fragile medicine coming your way where beauty and love is the target. Hummingbird’s mission is to spread joy or be destroyed. Hummingbird quickly dies if caged, caught or imprisoned.

Follow Sister Hummingbird and you will soon be filled with joy and experience a RENEWAL of the MAGIC OF LIVING.

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Important Hummingbird Teaching: Joy
“The ruby-throated hummingbird is a wonder of migration. Every winter it makes an amazing journey. Some have been known to make a journey of 2500 miles or more, from Alaska to Central America. Because of it, the hummingbird is a symbol for accomplishing that which seems impossible. It will teach you how to find the miracle of joyful living from your own life circumstances.”
Copyright: “Animal-Speak”, Ted Andrews

“Hummingbird darts lightly through the world, spreading its message of joy and beauty, and teaching us to appreciate the wonder and magic of everyday existence. Hummingbird brings the gift of joy. Learn to laugh and be happy.”
Copyright: Unknown

Important Hummingbird Teaching: Transcending Time
“Hummingbird shows us how to re-visit the past for the purpose of releasing it instead of being caught in a permanently backward flight pattern. It also helps us to see that if we step aside we may see our life differently. Hummingbird teaches us to transcend time, to recognize that what has happened in the past and what might happen in the future is not nearly as important as what we are experiencing now. It teaches us to hover in the moment, to appreciate its sweetness.”
Copyright: Beyond the Rainbow (Constance Barrett Sohodski)

Hummingbird’s Teachings Include:
“Hummingbird is a very good sign. She is a good-luck messenger. She takes our prayers to the Great Creator. She is a doctor and healer. The Hummingbird has the power to travel long distances under great odds and obstacles.”
Copyright: “Spirits of the Earth”, Bobby Lake-Thom


Mind/Body Card: Healthy Love


§ This deck is divided into 10 suits: Sadness, Anger, Fear, Love, Joy, Self-Esteem, Goals, Relationships, Society & Healthy Body
§ The deck works on the principle that our external environment reflects what’s going on in our emotions & thoughts, so each card deals with various thought patterns that are affecting our lives
§ The cards can be drawn upright or reversed – revealing either a positive/healthy thought pattern to be affirmed as a healing tool, or a negative/unhealthy thought pattern which needs to be acknowledged and “turned around” to the positive one


Card drawn: Healthy Love suit, Card 5

The unhealthy thought pattern associated with this card:

“If I love someone, it means that it becomes harder for me to speak my mind, especially if I’m angry”

For any relationship to stay healthy, it’s important to regularly clean out the emotional “lint trap”.

If we’ve been hurt and do nothing, resentment builds up, like weeds taking over a garden, and the love dies. Learning to effectively communicate our feelings can transform any problem or challenging situation.


Drawn REVERSED. Your healthy thought to adopt and affirm:

“In a loving relationship, by taking appropriate action and communicating directly, I can transform any troubling situation, problem, or obstacle”


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Colleen-Joy Page weekly teachings on relationships

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From: Colleen-Joy Page [mailto:colleen@transformationpages.co.za]
Sent: 09 July 2007 07:35 AM
Subject: Colleen-Joy Page weekly teachings on relationships

Hi Philippa

Teaching on: Relationships

“The most important thing relationships hope to teach us is accountability for our own issues. We are often blind to the fact that relationships do reflect our issues back to us in a very real and sometimes painful way. Relationships therefore offer profound opportunities for growth.

Sometimes we want another to love us perfectly because we are afraid or stopping ourselves from loving ourselves completely – flaws and all.

Interestingly, the qualities in others that ‘get to us’ are often actually reflected unhealed qualities in us. For example, if you are too responsible and afraid of making mistakes – you will be upset by what you perceive to be irresponsible qualities in others or people making mistakes. The perfectionist striving to be perfect is afraid of imperfection and therefore will judge and be upset by the imperfections in others. If you suppress what you want to say, people who speak freely and openly may irritate you.

Our relationships do reflect us back to ourselves, and like mirrors they are paradoxically the same image but in reverse. Relationships therefore often trigger our buttons, that’s their job, so that we can find our buttons and heal them ourselves. Blaming or running will not heal our wounds or buttons.
Sometimes we think that we are being courageous by shutting our hearts to others, but in fact it takes more courage to stand in the fire with someone and love ourselves free.” Colleen-Joy Page

If this teaching resonates with you and speaks to your truth…. then you can also….

Take a moment to think about, or meditate on, how this message may be relevant and useful to your life right now? How can you turn this teaching into a tool that will make a difference in your life? What 3 things can you do starting right now to use this teaching to make a positive difference in your life?

Be all you were born to be...

Look out for next week’s teaching.

With Love,

Colleen-Joy Page

The Colleen-Joy Page Academy of Metaphysics

Tel: (+27 11) 708 0000, 708 4942 / 4943

Fax: (+27 11) 708 0962

www.metaphysics.co.za

www.colleenjoypage.com

P.S.
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