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Monday, 2 July 2007
Some insights from NDW
Mood:
a-ok
Topic: Musings
Following is the third installment of an extended series of commentaries. Over the next three weeks Neale Donald Walsch offers deep insight on the nature of life and the reason it is the way it is. This week Neale’s topic is: Embarking on the Journey - Keeping body and soul together
I said in this space last week that I would next discuss the reason for our temporary and selective amnesia during our life on Earth; the reason that we have to forget who we are in order to remember and experience who we are. I said that, but today I am going to move in a different direction and get to that piece next week, because I find myself today wishing to express more clearly something I said here in my last entry, so that confusion might be avoided.
Last week I made the following statement:
"If you believe that life has anything to do -- anything at all -- with the needs or goals or accomplishments of your body, then you haven't understood anything at all about the purpose of your existence, about the reason you, a spiritual being, chose to travel through time and space with your body and dwell in the realm of physicality."
I did not mean to infer or imply that we should spend no time whatsoever pursuing pleasure's of the body or the joys of fully experiencing physicality. Indeed, I would like to say to you now, very clearly, that just the opposite is true. We have brought ourselves here from the Realm of the Spiritual to the Realm of the Physical for the specific purpose of experiencing with joy ALL the wonders and the beauty and the treasures that can only be found in physical life.
"Only?"
Yes, only. Certain treasures can only be found in physical life. If these experiences could be had in the Realm of the Spiritual, we would have no reason to come into physical form. It must be understood that we are moving from the Spiritual Realm to the Physical Realm for a reason. We are coming here to life on the earth in order that we might gain a "world of experience." And what it is that we wish to experience is all that we have come to know about ourselves in the Realm of the Spiritual. And so we see that the journey of evolution is a matter of "keeping body and soul together." Even in the Spiritual Realm we have a "body." It is simply a different kind of body than that which we carry around with is in our time of physicality. It is our ethereal body, but it is our body nonetheless.
The biggest misunderstanding of so many religions is the idea that "heaven" exists on the "other side," and that this is what constitutes the so-called "spiritual world." In fact, in Ultimate Reality there are two realms.
These are not, as is commonly thought, the realms of Heaven and Hell. Rather, these are the Realm of the Spiritual and the Realm of the Physical. And the Realm of the Physical is not analogous to "hell." It is not another way of referring to Hades. In fact, there is no such place as Hades. Hell does not exist. The Realm of the Spiritual and the Realm of the Physical are two distinct realms within the Kingdom of Heaven.
That's right! Earth is part of Heaven!
We do not come here to this planet as a "test." We do not come here to be tested. Nor do we enter into physicality in order that we might "learn" something. We enter into physicality in order that we might experience who and what we know ourselves to be. Physicality and the Realm of the Relative are tools created by Divine Intelligence allowing us to create an experience of Who We Really Are, which experience is not available to us in this delicious form in the Realm of the Absolute.
Our time here is not meant to be a time of travail, but a time of bliss. The Contextual Field that we have created as a means of experiencing the bliss can be embraced as a gift and a blessing. It is merely a matter of how we look at things. It is simply a choice regarding the perspective that we take.
So while we are here on earth we are not required to wear a hair shirt and walk around with a begging bowl. We are not required to deny ourselves any of the pleasures of physicality as a means of proving ourselves worthy of God's love, or of elevating ourselves to a level of "higher consciousness," or of expanding our awareness. The word "enlightenment" does not equate with the word "miserable." Nor does "detachment" mean the same thing as "denial."
The truly enlightened being is a person who is not so deeply attached to physical forms and experiences that the absence of them causes a loss of happiness. Life urges us to enjoy physical experiences of many types, but not to require them.
It is through the enjoyment of the many aspects of physicality that we bring ourselves a rich experience and a powerful internal awareness of our true nature and our true identity.
This series of commentaries opened with a deep look at how time flies, how quickly our lives pass before us. This is good news, not bad. We were given this news as a comfort when we left Home. You see, we did not really want to leave. At some level, though we knew it was all part of the process and the cycle of life, we did not want to go. But no sooner did we enter our physical form than the angels began to minister to us, whispering: "Be of good cheer! You'll be Home in no time!"
They were, of course, being quite literal. But they also meant that in relative terms. They were conveying to us that our "time" here would pass very quickly. It would be like the blink of an eye.
As I said, we understood at the soul level that the journey to physicality was part of the endless cycle of Life Itself, and that the Realm of the Physical was created for us as the place where we could Experience what we had come to Know about who we really are. But leaving Home is never easy. Not when Home is as wonderful as ours is.
And the angels not only gave us comfort, but a great clue. They said, "If you want to really move through your next physical life quickly, if you want to really make 'time fly,' here is a secret formula: have fun. Make a joyful noise! You will find that your physical life will be over before you know it!"
What a great piece of information! What a marvelous secret! What a terrific insight! Humanity has taken this insight and reduced it to seven words: Time flies when you are having fun. Fun and joy are the jet fuel in the engine of life! We can have the experience of moving through our physical life quickly, and being Home again very fast, by just having fun!
In the Comments Section of the CwG Messenger’s Forum (see: www.nealedonaldwalsch.com/messengercircle) there was this exchange recently...
FROM KAREN...Apparently Einstein said something like if we feel the day to be going quickly we are moving through time fast, similarly if the day seems to be dragging we are moving through time more slowly. I wonder what we do or fail to do to create one or the other experience? Interest or lack thereof in what we are doing I suspect?
My response: What we are doing to create one or the other experience is having fun. If we are having fun, time moves quickly. If we are not, time moves slowly. A happy person packs more into a day than a sad person ever will. The question is: How does a person become happy? The answer: Happiness is not something we obtain from any moment, it is something we bring to it. Happiness is not a reaction, it is a creation. A Master is not one is who is happy because something happens. A Master is one who is happy and then something happens.
And the marvelous thing about "being happy" is that it requires nothing. Nothing but a decision. Remember that always. It is an amazing piece of wisdom. Nothing is required to be happy but a decision. It is a simple choice to notice that everything is perfect just the way it is. As my son is fond of saying, "It's all good."
So I want to make it clear here that Enlightenment is not about self-deprivation, it’s about just the opposite. It's about celebration. You are invited by life to celebrate yourself and to enjoy all the pleasures of life. And you are invited to notice that part of the process of your evolution is to look to see what you call "pleasure." For it is by what we call pleasure that we can measure the degree to which we humans have evolved. Our Pleasure is Our Measure.
So when I said that your life has nothing to do with your body, I did not mean that you are supposed to ignore your body, or step aside from its pleasures. Yet you may wish to redefine them. Does it bring you pleasure, for instance, to fill the lungs in your body with cell-killing smoke? Then do so
Does it bring you pleasure to watch other people hurt each other in what you call "sport"? Then do so. Do you want to know how highly evolved you have become? Simply look to what you call "pleasure." Humanity as a whole can do the same thing. What do we call "sport"? What do we call "pleasure"? What do we call "enjoyable"?
I also meant to convey in my comments the other day that your body is not the beginning and the end of your experience here upon the earth. Bodily pleasures are outcomes, not goals. They are part of the process of life, not the process itself. Indeed, it is when we focus primarily on the goal of meeting our bodily needs and desires that we rarely do. And even in the few moments when we do, it is never enough. Because the more the body gets, the more the body wants.
Yet when we come to the understanding that what we are here for is the evolution of the human soul, we suddenly change our focus -- and the irony is that with this shift, all the peace, all the joy, all the happiness, all the bliss for which our body was yearning can be experienced Right Here, Right Now. All the safety, all the security, all the opportunity to express and experience the simple joys, are ours. That for which we have been struggling comes to us without effort.
This is the wonder and the glory of the spiritual journey. Yet it can only be encountered and experienced by those who have embarked on the journey itself.
~ NDW
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Thursday, 28 June 2007
Being Totally Accepting
Mood:
a-ok
Topic: Musings
If you are not totally accepting, you will resist owning what you have created, and what you resist persists. Therefore rejoice, and be glad, and should the present circumstance or condition be one which you now choose to change, simply choose to experience it in another way. The outward appearance, the outward manifestation, may not be altered at all, but your inner experience of it can and will be changed forever, simply out of your decision about it. Remember, this is what you are after. You are not concerned with outer appearances, only with your inner experience. Let the outer world be what it is. Create your inner world as you would have it be. This is what is meant by being in your world, but not of it. This is mastery in living. | Friendship With God Neale Donald Walsch Page 321 |
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Friday, 15 June 2007
Life Flows and Expands As We Realize Our Dreams
Mood:
a-ok
Topic: Musings
Life Flows and Expands As We Realize Our Dreams We live in an ever-expanding universe and the universe expands from the unmanifest silence of Spirit or light outwards into more and more concrete expressions of our dreams, which we create in our spiritual blueprint of reality. We have all heard about The Secret and Quantum Physics - a field of pure unmanifest energy which underlies all creation. This field contains all expressions of manifest life in virtual form. It is just waiting for human consciousness to breathe self-awareness into the field and start the creation process through our dreams, visualization, and positive affirmations. Human consciousness is becoming refined and we are waking up to our creative nature. We realize that we can create our reality by make-believe in the first instance. As the universe expands our dreams and aspirations start to take form and draw to them all the physical matter and energy needed to start to manifest. As we look around us in any city, we see the buildings that started their existence in the dreams of the architects, who drew up the plans and drew in all the resources to create the very diverse collections of buildings that form our cities. This process takes place in nearly every endeavour human consciousness undertakes, be it as simple as cooking our next meal. Human consciousness flows from an unmanifest level and draws in all the resources needed to create in physical form, the reality we see around us. Therefore, do not complain about what you see around you outside. Go within your heart; see your dreams, passion and desire blending through visualization, and flowing outwards through your five senses and your physical limbs to start shaping the reality around you. Through synchronicity, we draw to us all the materials we require to bring our dreams into reality, just like the colourless sap in a plant moves through the plant and creates the stem, leaves, and flowers. Human consciousness is like this colourless sap: it is the energy field which creates the matrix for energy to take form and manifest following its spiritual blueprint. All you need is a little understanding of the process and you can change what is around you. See the flow of life flowing through you, from your spiritual essence outwards, forming your physical existence and expanding its influence into the environment. By relaxing our physical body and merging our awareness into these more subtle levels of being, we merge our consciousness with Creator. We tap into the quantum field and allow it to flow through us to take form in the manifest world around us. Each of us is an aspect of Creator creating, if we are relaxed and allow our awareness to settle and merge with the silence within, and the subtle energy to charge our bodies. We become charismatic creators in tune with the Universal Life Force and create in harmony and peace what we need for ourselves and those around us in a loving, creative way. By George E. Lockett HealerGeorge www.healergeorge. com
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Tuesday, 12 June 2007
The Gentle Art of Blessing
Mood:
not sure
Topic: Positive News!!
this has been going around for a while...but it is lovely... The Gentle Art of Blessing Pierre Pradervand
On awakening, bless this day, for it is already full of unseen good which your blessings will call forth; for to bless is to acknowledge the unlimited good that is embedded in the very texture of the universe and awaiting each and all.
On passing people in the street, on the bus, in places of work and play, bless them. The peace of your blessing will accompany them on their way and the aura of its gentle fragrance will be a light to their path.
On meeting and talking to people, bless them in their health, their work, their joy, their relationships to God, themselves, and others. Bless them in their abundance, their finances...bless them in every conceivable way, for such blessings not only sow seeds of healing but one day will spring forth as flowers of joy in the waste places of your own life.
As you walk, bless the city in which you live, its government and teachers, its nurses and street sweepers, its children and bankers, its priests and prostitutes. The minute anyone expresses the least aggression or unkindness to you, respond with a blessing: bless them totally, sincerely, joyfully, for such blessings are a shield which protects them from the ignorance of their misdeed, and deflects the arrow that was aimed at you.
To bless means to wish, unconditionally, total, unrestricted good for others and events from the deepest wellspring in the innermost chamber of your heart: it means to hallow, to hold in reverence, to behold with utter awe that which is always a gift from the Creator. He who is hallowed by your blessing is set aside, consecrated, holy, whole. To bless is to invoke divine care upon, to think or speak gratefully for, to confer happiness upon - although we ourselves are never the bestower, but simply the joyful witnesses of Life's abundance.
To bless all without discrimination of any sort is the ultimate form of giving, because those you bless will never know from whence came the sudden ray of sun that burst through the clouds of their skies, and you will rarely be a witness to the sunlight in their lives.
When something goes completely askew in your day, some unexpected event knocks down your plans and you too also, burst into blessing: for life is teaching you a lesson, and the very event you believe to be unwanted, you yourself called forth, so as to learn the lesson you might balk against were you not to bless it. Trials are blessings in disguise, and hosts of angels follow in their path.
To bless is to acknowledge the omnipresent, universal beauty hidden to material eyes; it is to activate that law of attraction which, from the furthest reaches of the universe, will bring into your life exactly what you need to experience and enjoy.
When you pass a prison, mentally bless its inmates in their innocence and freedom, their gentleness, pure essence and unconditional forgiveness; for one can only be prisoner of one's self-image, and a free man can walk unshackled in the courtyard of a jail, just as citizens of countries where freedom reigns can be prisoners when fear lurks in their thoughts.
When you pass a hospital, bless its patients in their present wholeness, for even in their suffering, this wholeness awaits in them to be discovered. When your eyes behold a man in tears, or seemingly broken by life, bless him in his vitality and joy: for the material senses present but the inverted image of the ultimate splendor and perfection which only the inner eye beholds.
It is impossible to bless and to judge at the same time. So hold constantly as a deep, hallowed, intoned thought that desire to bless, for truly then shall you become a peacemaker, and one day you shall, everywhere, behold the very face of God.
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Sunday, 10 June 2007
June Newsletter
Mood:
happy
Topic: archive newsletters
June 2007 Free e-newsletter From Rachael Hertogs Hi there, what a month it's been!! I had a feature in Organic Life Magazine about my pads and i've been inundated with orders, and then there was wonderful Sacred Arts Camp- which took a lot of my energies. Living in a field for 10 days can make coming back to the hustle and bustle of the city hard to readjust to...but i'm getting there! Work wise things are busy, i'm not running any public classes over the summer...so watch this space for September dates. The HAPPINESS MANIFESTO Do these for two months and see the difference they make!
1. Get physical -Exercise for half an hour three times a week.
2. Count your blessings -At the end of each day, reflect on at least five things you're grateful for.
3. Talk time -Have an hour-long uninterrupted conversation with your partner or closest friend each week.
4. Plant something -Even if it's a window box or pot plant. Keep it alive!
5. Cut your TV viewing by half
6. Smile at and/or say hello to a stranger- At least once each day.
7. Phone a friend -Make contact with at least one friend or relation you have not been in contact for a while and arrange to meet up.
8. Have a good laugh at least once a day
9. Every day make sure you give yourself a treat -Take time to really enjoy this.
10. Daily kindness - Do an extra good turn for someone each day. Be a Bringer of the Light You and I are One -- both now and even forevermore.
Go now, and make of your life a statement of this truth.
Cause your days and nights to be reflections of the highest idea within you. Allow your moments of Now to be filled with the spectacular ecstasy of God made manifest through you. Do it through the expression of your Love, eternal and unconditional, for all those whose lives you touch. Be a light unto the darkness, and curse it not.
Be a bringer of the light.
You are that.
So be it. Conversations With God, Book 2
I'll finish with an affirmation-I am free from any thought of limitation. I live in an abundant universe and I am made from love. much love and many blessings Rachael xxx *Events and Networking* Your Community Clinic- Do drop in and see us this Wednesday (13th) at Broadmead Baptist Church, or at one of our ongoing sessions at the Better Food Co Café - Mondays and Thursdays 3-7pm (if quiet we may leave earlier than 7pm!) Its nearly Fathers Day- men can be difficult to buy gifts for- so why not treat your dad (or someone else's dad) to a voucher for a session at Your Community Clinic? Vouchers can be bought via cheque and posted direct to your loved one and they are valid for 3 months at any of our clinics. Of course we are still at Scrapstore every other Saturday (next date is 23rd June and then 7th July) We hope to see you very soon, remember to pre-book to guarantee a treatment 0117 9537765 ~although you're welcome to drop by and see if we can fit you in! For further information contact Rachael on 0117 9537765 or email- info@rachaelhertogs.co.uk Call or text 07876643683/ 07855107772 on day www.yourcommunityclinic.com do check it out for new clinic dates, promotions etc. Dances of Universal Peace Returning to SourceA day of Dances of Universal Peace with Amida Harvey Amida is a lively and popular international dance leader with an engaging and empowering style. As we approach the summer solstice he will take us on a journey towards inner stillness and true presence and will be sharing some of his newly created dances. Saturday June 16th 2007 at Horfield Quaker Meeting 300 Gloucester Rd, BristolBS7 8PD Programme runs from 10.30 to 4 pm Doors open & drinks available from 10am Please bring veggie food to share for lunch Cost for the Day £25 (£20 concessions) No previous experience necessary Ffi please contact John 01453 731424 john@jsrees.freeserve.co.uk or Lucy 01373 813591 Websites don't have to be expensive. They can cost as little as £50 to set up a simple one and are a great way to let people know about you and what you do. You can use them to promote your business or to share family photos with friends overseas. Contact Lisa Cole - moomum@lactivist.co.uk for more details. Angel Meditations- see Beliefnet.com http://www.beliefnet.com/story/212/story_21287_1.html and to finish- I Have Seen All Sects I have seen all sects and all paths. I do not care for them anymore. People belonging to these sects quarrel so much!
After trying all religions, I have realized that God is the Whole and I AM His part; that He is the Lord and I AM his servant; again I realize, He is I; I AM He. . . Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (1836-1886) Indian Hindu religious leader
Posted by angel-healing
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Updated: Sunday, 10 June 2007 10:52 AM BST
Tuesday, 8 May 2007
A Life of Peace, Love & Faith
Mood:
a-ok
Topic: Musings
A Life of Peace, Love & Faith
Imagine, if you will, a life of peace, love and faith. You do not have specific goals and plans, for you trust in the unfolding of life. You trust that if, minute by minute, you do what your heart tells you to do, you will naturally and easily accomplish what needs to be done.
You do not question and probe, wondering why this is so and when this or that will happen. You trust in the unfolding of time, knowing that at the highest and widest there is no linear time, merely being, and so simply being as you are in this moment is the ultimate accomplishment. To connect deeply and widely with everything that this moment contains cannot be surpassed by anything else you might do or accomplish.
And yet, somehow you accomplish much. And you accomplish it, whatever it may be, with a sense of peace inside, knowing that what you do is in full congruence with your own truth, as expressed through that quiet sense of being and knowing that lives within you.
You may be living a life that seems difficult to others, but to you, it simply is. Yes, there are challenges each day, and you take them as they come, learning, always learning and growing with each encounter with another person. People who appear to be difficult, people who are angry and upset, may be people that you can help through the presence of calmness that always surrounds you. And if not, well, that is all right too, for you are doing what you feel you are meant to do in every moment, and you simply seek guidance, moment by moment, from within and without, to know how to approach each person and each situation that arises.
As for money, you are not concerned. You know that the universe is deeply aware of both your desires and your needs, and that the needs will be met, just in time and just enough, and the desires may manifest over time, but then again, perhaps not in the form you might have expected. But this is all right too, for you know desires for what they are, ephemeral creatures that come and go, shadows, not reality. And you know that while fulfilling desires is sometimes fun, and feeling the brief emotions of triumph can be exhilarating, in the end you know that these are temporary satisfactions, nothing compared to the unfolding of one beautiful moment, just as it is, with full acceptance of all that it contains.
You are all right now and will be all right in the future, for you are deeply connected to all that is. And you recognize that each moment contains the seeds that you might plant, and that those seeds are of infinite variety and ever-changing, so that life is full of exciting and interesting plants sprouting continually.
And yet what does not change is your essential truth, your deeply connected self. And you recognize the seeds and the plants as the shadows of this one lifetime, and your essential soul truth as the reality that is, now and forever, in the world of timelessness and true being.
And so each day unfolds with a childish delight in its treasures, yet a timeless and calm peace at its centre. Both are true in your deep appreciation of what is. And the frustrations and difficulties that others feel and express are like the thunder and lightning that accompany the storm, the storm that brings the water for the seeds you have planted.
It is all one. It is all as it should be. It is all there and yet not there, coming and going like a shadow on the wall, sometimes a shadow of delight, sometimes a shadow of loss and sadness, but a shadow nonetheless, even when it is vibrantly coloured and fun, even when it is streaked with tears.
And within each moment you love deeply and truly, the flowers, the garden and the people within it, embracing them all in love and respect, honour and glory, feeling the oneness and connection and knowing that it is all a part of the same oneness that is you, that is all, that is as it is.
Ah, what goals? What worries? What plans? None are needed, for all is unfolding and changing in ways that go beyond your plans, your goals, your fears and doubts. And everything that was, is and will be is all encompassed right now in the heart of that rose you watch unfolding in the garden, in joy and beauty and infinite love.
Here is a little prayer for today
I am.
I am the unfolding and the being, the full expression of the beauty and wonder that is life.
I am the oneness with all that is, the heart of being that is. At the highest and widest, I am all that is.
I am. I am.
Posted by angel-healing
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Updated: Tuesday, 8 May 2007 10:36 AM BST
Saturday, 5 May 2007
May Newsletter
Mood:
bright
Topic: archive newsletters
May 2007 Free e-newsletter From Rachael Hertogs I hope you have all had time to enjoy this wonderful weather we are having at the moment. Perfect for sepnding time in the garden and out in nature- which is where I've been! Since moving house I've been distracted by focussing on the inside by the sunshine and have been busy making raised beds, planting things out, re potting house plants- anything to keep me outdoors! This Bank Holiday I shall be at Redland Fair selling my products- with my friend Kay of Crystal Bristol- fingers crossed the sun will still be shining! I hope to see some of you there! I'm also celebrating as I've had an article this month in Organic Life Magazine- see page 64 for my eco sanitary wear! I wish you all a wonderful month, do read on for my classes and workshops and other happenings in and around Bristol. I'll finish with an affirmation-I recognise that I am responsible for the Joy in my life, I seek it along every path, in small and large ways. I will appreciate it to its fullest and share it with those I meet. much love and many blessings Rachael xxx Instant Energy Boosts If you find yourself needing a perk-up, don’t just reach for a mug of coffee. Try one of the following: According to researchers at California State University, US, a brisk, ten-minute walk not only increases energy but the effects can last for up to two hours. When you listen to loud, upbeat, rhythmic music, such as tunes with a strong drumbeat or lively brass band music, your heart involuntarily speeds up to follow the beat, giving you more energy. Imagine the top of your head is opening up and a beam of clear, red light is pouring down, filling you with vibrant energy. Visualise the colour of the light, and while you do this, repeat to yourself, “I have all the energy I need”. Do this for two minutes and feel your whole body tingling with energy. If you are stuck in an office all day, energise yourself by doing push-ups against your desk. Move your chair out of the way, take two steps back from your desk, and lean forward until you are in an angled push-up position with your hands on the edge of your desk. Do ten push-ups: this will get the blood pumping around your upper body, which will make you feel much more alert. Twirl like a whirling dervish! Spinning round on the spot is very invigorating – put your arms out by your side, parallel to the floor, fix your eyes on a point in front of you, and start spinning. Stop when you feel dizzy. With practice you should be able to increase the number of turns. Suck a mint – US research shows that athletes run faster and with less effort after sniffing peppermint. National Downshifting Week (21 to 27 April 2007) Creator of National Downshifting Week, Tracey Smith suggests that, “Making small and simple changes to your spending habits can have a positive impact on your purse, your health and well-being and it can also help the environment”. Here are some of her tips for a happier and greener lifestyle: Book a half-day off work to spend entirely with someone you love. Cook a meal from scratch, using locally sourced, seasonal ingredients, preferably organic. Donate a bag of clothes, toys or useful items to a local charity shop, refuge or recycling centre. Eliminate three non-essential purchases this week. Tonight, turn off the television, switch on the radio, play a few games and talk. Volunteer an hour of your time to a local charity shop, animal shelter or hospice. For more information visit www.downshiftingweek.com Wonderful watercress Still on the theme of unusual awareness weeks, did you know that the week beginning 14 May is National Watercress Week? Watercress has long been known as a super food, containing as much vitamin C, weight-for-weight as oranges, more calcium than whole milk and more iron than spinach. For more information about this little green salad vegetable’s healthy properties and some tasty recipes, visit www.watercress.co.uk Healthy housework Would you believe it: housework is good for you! It’s thought that a daily session of vigorous housework may be almost as beneficial as a session in the gym. What’s more, a study, partly funded by Cancer Research UK, found that women who did regular housework had a significantly lower risk of developing breast cancer. Making the most of meditation Meditation is known to have many health benefits. Here are some tips to help you make the most of your time spent meditating: Find time to meditate regularly as the effects are cumulative – around twenty minutes a day is usually recommended. Create a tranquil atmosphere. If you meditate in a favourite chair in a quiet space you will find that over time this area will become charged with positive mental energy and a sense of peace. You may like to use scented candles, incense or essential oils to create a sense of sacred space. Always place candles away from flammable materials and be sure to extinguish them carefully after use. A mantra (a sound or phrase you repeat in your mind) can aid meditation but it isn’t essential. The important thing is just to let go of everyday thoughts. If you can get together with some like-minded individuals and meditate together, you may find that the positive energy being generated makes it easier to get into a meditative state. BSY runs a number of meditation courses including Healing Meditation, Tibetan and Buddhist Meditation and Meditation Teacher. Seedy snacks Instead of reaching for a packet of crisps or a bar of chocolate when you feel peckish, try a mix of sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds and walnuts. These contain omega oils, which are known to be important for health, and may help reduce the symptoms of arthritis. Store a mixture of the seeds and nuts in an airtight jar and decant some into a small container that you can slip into your pocket or bag to munch during those peckish moments. *Classes * Summer Reiki Courses Reiki I Courses:
9 week course starting on Wednesday 16th May, 6-8pm at Barton Hill Settlement Call BHS 9556971 for info and to book. 10 week course starting Tuesday 1st May, 1-3pm at SPAN (only for single parents) Call SPAN 9522712 for info and to book. Reiki II - a 6 week course starts Monday 11th June, 7-9pm at Akousis, Montpelier (book by May 16th)Call Rachael 9537765 for info and to book (places limited, book early!) Reiki is a powerful 'self help tool' ~ it helps develop a positive attitude to life, increases energy and expands creativity. Reiki brings about deep relaxation, feelings of joy and well being, leaves you feeling calmer, content and serene; it helps you feel more optimistic and better able to cope with day to day stresses that modern day living often brings! For further information on courses, shares etc please do give me a call or email me: on 9537765 info@rachaelhertogs.co.uk or see website www.rachaelhertogs.co.uk Women’s Summer Solstice Celebration! Join me and a group of women in celebrating the summer solstice with a day of creativity, singing, movement, visualisation, stories, touching nature and honouring one another Saturday June 23rd St Werburghs £50 per woman payment covers hire of a beautiful space – in nature, workshop materials, refreshments and chocolate! Summer Solstice Celebration - embracing the creative energy of the sun. We will use song, visualisation and art to connect within. There will be glitter and sparkle, laughter and chocolate! We will explore where we are and where we want to be on our journey of life, what is holding us back, and how can we break though and transform them. We will rewrite our futures and honour ourselves as women! Contact Rachael for further info or to book 9245040 info@rachaelhertogs.co.uk At Wise Women’s Workshops we offer unique healing spaces for women *Events* Your Community Clinic- now every Monday and Thursday at The Better Food Co, 3-7pm offers a gateway to complementary therapies for a minimum donation of £10 for 30 mins. treatments are 30 minutes- although 1 hour sessions can be booked. Therapies: Aromatherapy, Back, Shoulder & Head Massage, Cranial Sacral Therapy{, Crystal Healing, Ear Acupuncture, Facial Massages, Indian Head Massage, Reflexology, Reiki & Shiatsu { only on Saturdays please call to pre-book a treatment – we also have gift vouchers available! ffi and bookings contact Rachael on 0117 9537765 email- info@rachaelhertogs.co.uk see web site for venue and dates http://yourcommunityclinic.com Provide yourself with an opportunity for rest and enhance self esteem, feel more peaceful, content, positive and better able to cope with day to day stresses! Dances of Universal Peace Matin Mize, Bristol Saturday 19th May 10.30 - 4.00 Dances from different spiritual traditions Cost for the daytime event on the door £25 (£20 concessions). No pre-booking necessary. Please bring veggie lunch to share. Evening: 6.00 - 9.30 “An evening in the heart of the beloved” Zikr led by Matin Sufi poetry with live music from Azim Johnson & Basira Ward, followed by a sumptuous Dervish supper
Tickets for the evening event must be booked in advance, minimum donation £15. Please call Jo on 01373 827286 or info@johanstead.co.uk. Those attending the evening event are welcome to rest at the venue from 4.00 pm.
Zikr is a Sufi practice that uses simple movement and chants to help us remember our true nature. Matin is a Khalif in the Sufi Ruhaniat International, and an accomplished drummer. He lives in the USA, and has visited the UK for many years as a Sufi and DUP teacher. He is spiritual director of Sacred Arts Camp, UK. All welcome to either/both events – no previous experience necessary. For further information tel Lucy 01373 813591 Dates for your diary: Matin will be leading a Zikr evening in Glastonbury Tuesday 5th June. Saturdays at FMH: April 21st leader TBA, June 16th Amida Harvey, July 21st TBA, September 15th James Burgess, October 20th Rasullah & Darvesha www.dancesofuniversalpeace.org.uk *Networking* sound meditation with gongs and singing bowls at the Pierian Centre Thursday 26 April at 7.30 pm. Cost is £10, including refreshments. Please let me know if you would like to book a space - and if you can bring a blanket or shawl that would be good. love, Celia (tel 0117 924 1023) may all beings be well, may all beings be happy Sacred Arts Camp 25 May - 2/3 June 2006 Nr Reading The world's biggest gathering of our peace dance family.This camp is for all the family.There is dancing to live music, with harmony singing, yoga and other spiritual practices, clay work, painting, woodcraft, parachute games, waterplay, nightly story time, women's circles & men's groups, the experience of cooperative living in a beautiful secluded field. Camp life - camp fires, hot showers, sweat lodges, café, sacred foot ball, & pancakes, open hearted people from many countries, lots of spirit - no alcohol. Cost - only £140 per adult; £40 per child (5 -12); £50 per teenager (13 -18); £80 per young adult (19 - 26). Enquiries - Diane 01297 33700 or Gitta 01202825450 e-mail: mail@sacred-arts-camp.org.uk Details & updates on www.sacred-arts-camp.org.uk St Werburghs City Farm Summer Fair will be on Saturday 9th June this year, 12 noon - 8pm. As ever, there is very limited funding so the search is on to offer as many interesting activities for hardly any money!
2007's Fair is already looking good, with the main marquee, proper acoustic stage with little p.a. and open-mic sessions, circus skills and hula-hoop workshops, a cinema tent and some kind of video diary / vox pop thing around culture and community. People to help run skills workshops or who have an idea to run their own are still needed, as are people to help with the carnival costume-making workshops. Please get in touch if you are interested. Gail Patrick at the Farm would also love to continue the fantastic work of the decoration-making group from last year. They unfortunately have no-one to co-ordinate this year, so please please please get in touch with her asap of you feel you could run them or simply run one session. It's only 5 1/2 weeks to go so she's getting desperate! Gail can be contacted on farmsummerfair@ yahoo.co. uk or 0117 9428241 (leave message for her) or 07891 124169. Thank you all who got involved last year. Everyone worked so hard to create a truly wonderful day. Here's hoping this year's will be as much of a success! Websites don't have to be expensive. They can cost as little as £50 to set up a simple one and are a great way to let people know about you and what you do. You can use them to promote your business or to share family photos with friends overseas. Contact Lisa Cole - moomum@lactivist.co.uk for more details. And to finish: a snippet of information… At 3 minutes and 4 seconds after 2 AM on May 6th -- the time and date will be 02:03:04 05/06/07 This will not happen again anytime soon.
Posted by angel-healing
at 8:46 PM BST
Updated: Saturday, 5 May 2007 8:51 PM BST
Thursday, 3 May 2007
One Simple Act
Mood:
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Topic: Positive News!!
Can Making a Difference Really Be This Easy? Take a minute to read this... it will be worth it, I promise!
Hi everyone Today is a big day! Bigger than most because today you and I get to experience something extraordinary together. Tonight is the start of a movement that will impact tens of thousands of lives each and every week. Last week I told you that today would be the launch of a new program I designed called The One Simple Act Movement. I have wanted to do this for a while now to unite the Pass Along community in a program that would make a MASSIVE difference in the lives of people that need it. Today is the day this starts!
If you don't mind taking a minute, let me explain the premise of this movement so you can understand how amazing it will be and how much we need you to be a part of it. I believe that making a difference doesn't have to be hard. In fact, if we all believed it was easy and we did simple daily things towards this goal, we would see immediate and widespread positive results in the world. This is the entire purpose of the One Simple Act Movement. Each Wednesday I will be sending an email to our entire community, which is around 59,000 people from over 100 countries. You are one of these people. Each person has been automatically setup as a member to a new website located at www.OneSimpleAct.com. You can login as a member to this site with your email address as both your email and password and access your own personal One Simple Act account. This is totally FREE! When you receive the Wednesday email it will outline a "Simple Act." A Simple Act is a suggestion of something you can do each day for the next week for someone else that is simple, powerful and impactful for that person and yourself. Each Simple Act is SIMPLE, meaning it can be done quickly and easily and anyone with a couple minutes a day can do it (which we all know is everyone!). An example of a Simple Act might be calling up a family member or friend that you haven't talked to in a while and telling them that you love and appreciate who they are. The topics of the emails will cover a broad range of life. In your account you will find different tools to inspire you to be involved in this weekly act. When you get the weekly suggestion you can login to this account and make a commitment to that week's Simple Act. For example; if we suggest that you "consciously appreciate people this week", you're going to set a Commitment Goal for the week to appreciate a certain number of people; for example 15 people over the next week. Now it will be up to you to consciously act on that goal. Find 15 people or more to appreciate in a way you don't normally do. We'll provide varies reminder tools to help you remember to do this. At the end of the week you'll log back into your account and record the "actual" number of people you appreciated. This number will be added to your overall total of people you have touched with Simple Acts and you'll get a chance to record your thoughts and stories of your experience over that week as a personal reflection for yourself or for other people to read about and get inspired from. The idea is that with tens of thousands of people doing this throughout the week will translate into tens of thousands of people being impacted by simple but powerful acts of compassion, kindness, love and appreciation; creating a wave of energy that the world needs right now. This energy will grow each week as more people join the movement, until we witness millions of people performing Simple Acts each and everyday. I don't think I need to explain to you how amazing that will be!
The online account has other amazing features and with more to come. One powerful option is to use a special link in your account to invite your friends to join the movement. When you use this link and they join, their Simple Acts will be recorded in the system and shown in your account. So if you invite 10 friends, 5 join and each impact 10 people's lives with a Simple Act in one week, it will show 50 people being impacted in your account, by your friends, because you invited them to join this movement. That is NOT to be overlooked or underestimated because BIG change happens when people choose to spread the word! This is so easy! I can't possibly conceive of any reason why someone wouldn't want to do this, so please give it a try. If you want to learn more, please visit the website and read up on how things work. Login into your account and explore the different pages there. Send us your ideas and suggestions. Let's do this together. To launch this site I have chosen a topic that inspired this entire movement. Over two years ago I wrote a book called One Simple Act. It is an act that is so powerful but often overlooked. If you join me this week in applying this Simple Act, I promise you that you won't overlook it anymore. In honour of this first inspiration, look below for the first One Simple Act suggestion for you to join us in this week. Enjoy! Next week we'll send you the results of this week's collective efforts and invite you to join us in a new one for the following week. Thanks for being so amazing!
Posted by angel-healing
at 10:48 PM BST
Updated: Thursday, 3 May 2007 10:51 PM BST
Friday, 27 April 2007
One Question in Life
Mood:
a-ok
Topic: Musings
One Question in Life | | Ultimately, there is only one question in life. That question is, "Who am I?" It is a question to which you never want a final answer.
Stay within the question. Remain always with the inquiry. For within the inquiry is the power and the motivation and the passion to create. And creation is the glory of God, made manifest over and over again in ever new and never-final ways, through the process called Life Itself. | Tomorrow's God Neale Donald Walsch Page 200 |
Posted by angel-healing
at 10:16 AM BST
Tuesday, 24 April 2007
UK GM free- yes please!
Mood:
a-ok
Topic: Positive News!!
A petition has been set up on the Downing Street website to bring to the attention of the Prime Minister why we should Declare the UK a GM-free zone. Please log on to the link below to show your support: http://petitions. pm.gov.uk/ gmfreeuk/
Posted by angel-healing
at 5:03 PM BST
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