I have just seen an opportunity to watch Eckhart Tolle give two workshops via web video on Friday March 7th and Saturday March 8th (PST).
There are two workshops and you can purchase both for USD39.95. For that you will get access to the 90 minute and 180 minute sessions via web video, MP3 audio downloads for both sessions and if you register before February 22nd a PDF of an interview with Eckhart. Here is the link with the payment details and exact times.
Enjoy! don't forget the times listed are Pacific Standard Time, which is 19 hours behind Sydney
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Friday, January 25, 2008
James Redfield (Celestine Prophecy) visits Australia
Fantastic News! For the first time James Redfield, author of The Celestine Prophecy is touring Australia in April 2008. He will be visiting Sydney and Melbourne.
Here is the link for all the tour details
Here is the link for all the tour details
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
The Celestine Prophecy movie
I have just recently watched the Celestine Prophecy Movie, and I had a huge revelation. Let me start by telling you I first read the book in 1996 I think it was published in 93/94. I was going through a strange, unhappy time in my life, in the process of leaving a marriage and wanting to change my career and whole direction in life.
When I read the book, I didn't really understand it; I wanted someone to explain it to me, and tell me what to do. The message in the book was telling me to let go of all that thinking and just allow. You may ask what the hell does that mean, as I did. Any concept outside of the thinking mode, bought up fear and dread in me. What does this mean, Just Allow, how do I know what is going to happen and how am I going to control what happens, my mind screamed at me and the more I though about it the more fearful I became. Until, the fear paralysed me so much, I put my life on hold for a while. Fear stopped me dead in my tracks for about 2 years.
I didn't think anything was happening, however looking back I realised, there was a ground swell of opportunities, fate and destiny moving into my life, colliding with my old life. My old and new lives came crashing together with such force and velocity it opened up a fissure, a crack that was to become a black hole I fell down into for a while. As emotionally painful as this was, it gave me the opportunity to face some big demons, healing heavy duty emotional issues that were keeping me from moving forward.
I then entered a new period in my life, full of learning and experience and as I moved through this amazing time, I started to see things through new eyes.
I wondered when all the colour and beauty had arrived. It was as though overnight someone had magically painted everything around in brighter, newer colours.
What does all this have to do with The Celestine Prophecy, I Hear you ask?
Well, after viewing the movie, I realised the transformation had happened to me, just as it had said in the book. This deeper realisation, helped me to understand everything I have ever needed has always been around and with me, I just hadn't seen it.
Go back and revisit this gem, the 9 insights are simply truths that help open your heart and be who you truly are.
Are you willing to find your love and beauty?
This is taken from the website promoting the movie
The Nine Insights
1 We are discovering again that we live in a deeply mysterious world, full of sudden coincidences and synchronistic encounters that seem destined.
2 As more of us awaken to this mystery, we will create a completely new worldview - redefining the universe as energetic and sacred.
3 We will discover that everything around us, all matter, consists of and stems from a divine energy that we are beginning to see and understand.
4 From this perspective, we can see that humans have always felt insecure and disconnected from this sacred source, and have tried to take energy by dominating each other. This struggle is responsible for all human conflict.
5 The only solution is to cultivate a personal reconnection with the divine, a mystical transformation that fills us with unlimited energy and love, extends our perception of beauty, and lifts us into a Higher-Self Awareness.
6 In this awareness, we can release our own pattern of controlling, and discover a specific truth, a mission, we are here to share that helps evolve humanity toward this new level of reality.
7 In pursuit of this mission, we can discover an inner intuition that shows us where to go and what to do, and if we make only positive interpretations, brings a flow of coincidences that opens the doors for our mission to unfold.
8 When enough of us enter this evolutionary flow, always giving energy to the higher-self of everyone we meet, we will build a new culture where our bodies evolve to ever higher levels of energy and perception.
9 In this way, we participate in the long journey of evolution from the Big Bang to life's ultimate goal: to energize our bodies, generation by generation, until we walk into a heaven we can finally see.
When I read the book, I didn't really understand it; I wanted someone to explain it to me, and tell me what to do. The message in the book was telling me to let go of all that thinking and just allow. You may ask what the hell does that mean, as I did. Any concept outside of the thinking mode, bought up fear and dread in me. What does this mean, Just Allow, how do I know what is going to happen and how am I going to control what happens, my mind screamed at me and the more I though about it the more fearful I became. Until, the fear paralysed me so much, I put my life on hold for a while. Fear stopped me dead in my tracks for about 2 years.
I didn't think anything was happening, however looking back I realised, there was a ground swell of opportunities, fate and destiny moving into my life, colliding with my old life. My old and new lives came crashing together with such force and velocity it opened up a fissure, a crack that was to become a black hole I fell down into for a while. As emotionally painful as this was, it gave me the opportunity to face some big demons, healing heavy duty emotional issues that were keeping me from moving forward.
I then entered a new period in my life, full of learning and experience and as I moved through this amazing time, I started to see things through new eyes.
I wondered when all the colour and beauty had arrived. It was as though overnight someone had magically painted everything around in brighter, newer colours.
What does all this have to do with The Celestine Prophecy, I Hear you ask?
Well, after viewing the movie, I realised the transformation had happened to me, just as it had said in the book. This deeper realisation, helped me to understand everything I have ever needed has always been around and with me, I just hadn't seen it.
Go back and revisit this gem, the 9 insights are simply truths that help open your heart and be who you truly are.
Are you willing to find your love and beauty?
This is taken from the website promoting the movie
The Nine Insights
1 We are discovering again that we live in a deeply mysterious world, full of sudden coincidences and synchronistic encounters that seem destined.
2 As more of us awaken to this mystery, we will create a completely new worldview - redefining the universe as energetic and sacred.
3 We will discover that everything around us, all matter, consists of and stems from a divine energy that we are beginning to see and understand.
4 From this perspective, we can see that humans have always felt insecure and disconnected from this sacred source, and have tried to take energy by dominating each other. This struggle is responsible for all human conflict.
5 The only solution is to cultivate a personal reconnection with the divine, a mystical transformation that fills us with unlimited energy and love, extends our perception of beauty, and lifts us into a Higher-Self Awareness.
6 In this awareness, we can release our own pattern of controlling, and discover a specific truth, a mission, we are here to share that helps evolve humanity toward this new level of reality.
7 In pursuit of this mission, we can discover an inner intuition that shows us where to go and what to do, and if we make only positive interpretations, brings a flow of coincidences that opens the doors for our mission to unfold.
8 When enough of us enter this evolutionary flow, always giving energy to the higher-self of everyone we meet, we will build a new culture where our bodies evolve to ever higher levels of energy and perception.
9 In this way, we participate in the long journey of evolution from the Big Bang to life's ultimate goal: to energize our bodies, generation by generation, until we walk into a heaven we can finally see.
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Catching the Story
As many of you may know I am a New Zealander by birth. Although I have lived for more years outside New Zealand than in, the soul of the country still runs deep inside me.
When I heard about the passing of Sir Edmund Hillary on Friday I felt a hit to my heart. Memories of his story and his role in New Zealand’s story came flooding into my mind. I recalled the pride and excitement I felt as a child when hearing the stories of his ascent to the top of Mt. Everest. At the time I was in awe (1960’s) that someone from tiny, isolated New Zealand climbed to the highest mountain in the world! His success became our collective success and fueled, for me, the belief of Kiwi ingenuity and adventure.
As all this recall passed through my mind I pondered on the role of story in our lives. Story is what keeps the world moving around, a story is often the motivator for action, and the telling of story can heal the pain, bring a smile and connect like nothing else.
In the world of no coincidences one of the books I am reading is called "The Storycatcher” by Christina Baldwin. A Storycatcher is someone who values story and who looks for ways to live and honour storytelling and listening, story writing and reading. Christina writes powerfully and she describes how in our industrialised world we have turned to machines rather than to each other as our primary source of entertainment and education. The story of Sir Edmund Hillary and Mt Everest, which has fed one of my core strengths, came to me through story both at home and at school via books and conversation. Being a small country everyone seemed to know someone who knew Sir Edmund!
One of the aspects I am enjoying about ‘The Storycatcher’ is the end of chapter questions Christina poses as a guide to start your own stories, either as an individual or a group.
You can purchase the book from Phoenix Rising Books. You may be interested in all the additional material Christina offers on The Storycatcher Website
When I heard about the passing of Sir Edmund Hillary on Friday I felt a hit to my heart. Memories of his story and his role in New Zealand’s story came flooding into my mind. I recalled the pride and excitement I felt as a child when hearing the stories of his ascent to the top of Mt. Everest. At the time I was in awe (1960’s) that someone from tiny, isolated New Zealand climbed to the highest mountain in the world! His success became our collective success and fueled, for me, the belief of Kiwi ingenuity and adventure.
As all this recall passed through my mind I pondered on the role of story in our lives. Story is what keeps the world moving around, a story is often the motivator for action, and the telling of story can heal the pain, bring a smile and connect like nothing else.
In the world of no coincidences one of the books I am reading is called "The Storycatcher” by Christina Baldwin. A Storycatcher is someone who values story and who looks for ways to live and honour storytelling and listening, story writing and reading. Christina writes powerfully and she describes how in our industrialised world we have turned to machines rather than to each other as our primary source of entertainment and education. The story of Sir Edmund Hillary and Mt Everest, which has fed one of my core strengths, came to me through story both at home and at school via books and conversation. Being a small country everyone seemed to know someone who knew Sir Edmund!
One of the aspects I am enjoying about ‘The Storycatcher’ is the end of chapter questions Christina poses as a guide to start your own stories, either as an individual or a group.
You can purchase the book from Phoenix Rising Books. You may be interested in all the additional material Christina offers on The Storycatcher Website
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Mindfulness in every moment
So often I read or hear the words “ Be in the moment” and whilst I understood at an intellectual level I had an experience last night that gave it to me in practical sense.
I agreed to meet a friend for dinner. When we made arrangements over the phone something didn’t feel right. Ignoring my feeling, I arranged the time and place to meet. I was running late and created ‘a self talk’ story about the reception I would receive. That story I might add was not supportive of my dilemma!!
Over dinner we shared our holiday experiences and all was okay from my perspective. All of a sudden my friend said “ I am not connecting with you… nothing you are saying is touching my heart” I was taken back but sat with it and acknowledged her experience. I shared how when we made the arrangements something had not felt right with me and expressed the idea that maybe I brought the feeling with me to the meeting.
Later I reflected on my friends experience and how I contributed to it. What came to me was how I was not totally present. I had brought my irritation for being late, my unease about our phone call and my excitement about sharing some great times with me. What I had not done before walking into the café was- Breath deeply, empty my mind and allow our exchange to happen out of the moment.
Would the evening have unfolded in a different way – who knows – my feeling is yes it would have. As it is I am grateful I have been shown in a practical sense the importance of being mindful and present.
I agreed to meet a friend for dinner. When we made arrangements over the phone something didn’t feel right. Ignoring my feeling, I arranged the time and place to meet. I was running late and created ‘a self talk’ story about the reception I would receive. That story I might add was not supportive of my dilemma!!
Over dinner we shared our holiday experiences and all was okay from my perspective. All of a sudden my friend said “ I am not connecting with you… nothing you are saying is touching my heart” I was taken back but sat with it and acknowledged her experience. I shared how when we made the arrangements something had not felt right with me and expressed the idea that maybe I brought the feeling with me to the meeting.
Later I reflected on my friends experience and how I contributed to it. What came to me was how I was not totally present. I had brought my irritation for being late, my unease about our phone call and my excitement about sharing some great times with me. What I had not done before walking into the café was- Breath deeply, empty my mind and allow our exchange to happen out of the moment.
Would the evening have unfolded in a different way – who knows – my feeling is yes it would have. As it is I am grateful I have been shown in a practical sense the importance of being mindful and present.
Saturday, January 5, 2008
The Oneness Blessing
Happy New Year!!
The last entry I made was about the book "Awakening into Oneness" and the Oneness Blessing. My understanding of the blessing was transference of energy into your being. Last Thursday I had the opportunity to experience the Oneness Blessing and can attest that it is certainly transference of energy in a powerful sense!
Pavitar (eventsatbyron@aapt.net.au) led the meditation and blessing. She guided us to open our heart center wide and then move down into the depth of our being, into the stillness. From that place we asked what it was we needed most at that moment. Holding that intention lightly and continuing to move deeper into silence, Pavitar started to move around the group and transfer the blessing to each of us. The energy in the room was electric; I could feel my physical body tingling all over, especially in my hands and my head. As Pavitar moved closer to where I was sitting, the intensity increased to the point that I was almost overtaken by the experience. When she came to me, she placed two hands on my head. The heat/electricity transference was amazing. I am not sure how long her hands were connected to me. I felt myself dropping into the universe in a weightless sense. I am struggling to find the words for the experience. When she left me, I lay down and rested for about 20 minutes. There were no thoughts!
The dreams that night were very clear and I sensed full of messages although my rational mind has not worked out the meanings at this point. I woke feeling very clear and with less anxiety. Denise mentioned when she came into the shop that my eyes were very 'bright' and there was a deep sense of peace around me. She summed it up, that’s exactly how I felt!
I spoke with a couple of others who shared the experience with me and they felt energetic shifts and were also experiencing the sense of clearing through powerful dreams.
Two days later the sense of peace is still with me…. The second night of sleep was filled with very clear and powerful dreams… I can certainly say this is a process that I would like to experience again.
The last entry I made was about the book "Awakening into Oneness" and the Oneness Blessing. My understanding of the blessing was transference of energy into your being. Last Thursday I had the opportunity to experience the Oneness Blessing and can attest that it is certainly transference of energy in a powerful sense!
Pavitar (eventsatbyron@aapt.net.au) led the meditation and blessing. She guided us to open our heart center wide and then move down into the depth of our being, into the stillness. From that place we asked what it was we needed most at that moment. Holding that intention lightly and continuing to move deeper into silence, Pavitar started to move around the group and transfer the blessing to each of us. The energy in the room was electric; I could feel my physical body tingling all over, especially in my hands and my head. As Pavitar moved closer to where I was sitting, the intensity increased to the point that I was almost overtaken by the experience. When she came to me, she placed two hands on my head. The heat/electricity transference was amazing. I am not sure how long her hands were connected to me. I felt myself dropping into the universe in a weightless sense. I am struggling to find the words for the experience. When she left me, I lay down and rested for about 20 minutes. There were no thoughts!
The dreams that night were very clear and I sensed full of messages although my rational mind has not worked out the meanings at this point. I woke feeling very clear and with less anxiety. Denise mentioned when she came into the shop that my eyes were very 'bright' and there was a deep sense of peace around me. She summed it up, that’s exactly how I felt!
I spoke with a couple of others who shared the experience with me and they felt energetic shifts and were also experiencing the sense of clearing through powerful dreams.
Two days later the sense of peace is still with me…. The second night of sleep was filled with very clear and powerful dreams… I can certainly say this is a process that I would like to experience again.
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