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Twin Souls & Soul Mates ----------------------------------- 23rd March 2010
As we move towards 2012 and beyond, and more people reconnect to the Universal truth inside their hearts… .. “We are Divine Love manifested” ……this level of soul connection will be available to many more people as part of the Joys of living in the New Golden Age.
‘Twin Souls' are the other polarity half of each other and the absolute ‘mirror' for each other. When drawn together one of the primary outcomes is to ensure that all shadow aspects of the Ego are brought to light so that they can be witnessed, understood and released…… then transmuted into the higher vibrational frequency of divine love. To do this effectively, with ‘grace and ease', each twin must be able to support, love and honour the other throughout the process remembering that they are in essence part of each other …… They must be willing to care for the well being of the other as equally as caring for the self.
‘Soul Mates' are individual souls who are well known to each other at soul level. They are usually of the same Soul Group and have had many, many Lifetimes and shared experiences together, hence they have a very strong close connection and soul bond. These are the people who come into your life, and when you meet for the first time you feel as though you have known each other for ever. In fact you have! Usually there are many shared interests and similarities… from core values through to common interests such as food preferences, music and creative endeavours etc. A happy relationship with a ‘Soul Mate' will often feel very easy to achieve and have a natural potential for more harmony and balance overall than with someone who is not.
We can have many ‘Soul Mate' relationships during the course of any lifetime, especially in the last stages of the homeward journey towards the twin reunion, encountering them both in a romantic sense as well as in friendships and family connections.
However, there is only one ultimate Twin Soul Connection for everyone.
I am truly blessed this lifetime, after experiencing and exploring many different relationships and ‘tests' along the way, to have finally reconnected with my beloved Twin Soul Gill.
In any relationship, each partner is always there to hold up the ‘mirror' for the other. Whenever we are unwilling to see the truth in ourself that this gift holds, and we resort instead to defending, justifying or projecting blame onto our partner it becomes ‘unsafe'. It becomes almost impossible to be vulnerable enough to reach and identify the real feelings or emotions that are causing the issue. Instead, they each get stuck in the superficial ‘illusionary place' of what ‘appears' to be happening on the surface. Each partners own individual Ego viewpoints, patterns and beliefs then dominate the discussion or the exploration of the issue and more often than not, nothing is solved or achieved.
When this happens, any unresolved issue just gets ‘revisited' over and over again. If not dealt with it creates frustration and pain for both partners until eventually it can feel ‘too hard' and becomes exhausting.
The purpose of Twin Soul and Soul Mate relationships is to transcend these Ego play outs and lovingly create a space of ‘safety' for each other so that any wounded and unhealed aspects can be safely explored and released…once and for all
…….bringing them even closer and closer together.
Therefore any revisiting of a situation, holds a hidden blessing and a great gift, and is not something that either should judge each other for or worse still……ignore. It needs to be seen as coming from a deeper place of the wounded ego rather than a conscious desire to hurt one another. It is in fact also an urging from the soul essence to ensure that the primary lesson or shadow energy that the ego is still holding onto at some level, is fully explored and cleared, leaving no remnants to reactivate fear and jeopardize the unity and balance of the relationship in the future.
Twin Souls are inextricably drawn together at a pre-ordained divine time by a Universal energy that defies time and space…and when they meet, they recognise and ‘know' each other at a deeply intimate level…even if the have only known each other for a few hours. Whilst they each hold similar core values and share many aspects that are the same, there are also aspects that appear to be exactly the opposite. However, unlike in other relationships, due to this deep soul love connection with each other, they are fascinated by these differences for they recognize the gifts each can learn from the experiences of the partnership.
Twin Souls are part of one ‘oversoul' inhabiting two physical bodies, one expressing the masculine polarity and one expressing the feminine. Their total lifetime(s) experiences are known to each other at the higher ‘soul level' even though at the conscious personality level they are rarely remembered. This means in any given lifetime they do not have to experience the same aspects of a situation every time as the other, because at the quantum level all is being recorded on behalf of them both and the collective wisdom is available to them at any time.
This becomes apparent when past life recall is explored and it becomes obvious that each partner has chosen paths, lives and experiences in many different cultures to the other. For example I have memories of many Indigenous lives as a Native American Indian, Mayan, Aboriginal etc in order to fully explore and integrate the wisdom and the teachings of these cultures. Gill on the other hand has chosen to explore the teachings of the Eastern philosophies and has incarnated many times into the Asian, Chinese and Japanese Cultures and so on.
The universal design of this has allowed us both to acquire and absorb soul knowledge and grow more quickly than if we had to have every experience individually. This applies to everyone unconsciously in the context of everyone having a ‘twin soul component' that is experiencing creation with them and for them. This continuously takes place whether they are both incarnate together in relationship on the Earth plane, or separately or in different parts of the universe at any given time.
Sometimes when Gill & I are experiencing a life situation together it seems as though we are having the ‘opposite' experience… in fact we are..…….by divine design. This is so we can appreciate all aspects of the situation more quickly, learn from it and move onwards. However, at the human level the ego can find this quite frustrating, …….. the test is to be able to rise above that and find the higher reason and purpose for the joint experience.
When Twin souls decide to both incarnate in physicality together at the same time, they are given the ‘gift' (often disguised as challenges or differences) to ‘consciously' experience, understand and assimilate these experiences together.
When Gill and I met, for the first 6 months we jokingly referred to each other as ‘Major Tom' (me) and ‘Ground Control' (Gill) because even though our core values, sense of humour, creativity, and many other aspects were identical, we were also so different and opposite to each other in some ways. However we were both fascinated and intrigued by the differences just the same. During the past 2 years we have become much more aligned and integrated in many of these aspects as we have learned a lot from each other by honouring and recognising the different perspectives the other has provided. At the personality level though we still remain uniquely ourselves.
When ‘twins' or ‘soulmates' are able to ultimately support, nurture and nourish each other, by staying centred in their absolute love for one another they transcend the need to experience feeling ‘alone and abandoned' or different during the process.
This deep inexplicable ‘loneliness' is something that we all experience on the journey to reuniting with the Twin. The experience of a sense of ‘missing something' without being able to define it, even when in loving partnerships with others is also common before finding each other again.
The tests for Twin Souls will be different at times, even though the actual situation remains common to both at the physical level. For the one who embodies the Sacred Masculine , the test will often be about understanding and integrating the effective use of the feminine or Yin principle whilst staying centered in the masculine.
For the one embodying the Sacred Feminine the challenge will be around the effective use of the masculine Yang energies whilst staying centered in the feminine.
Twin Souls will also choose to incarnate together in a lifetime when there is a higher Soul's purpose or Mission of some magnitude to achieve for Humanity. With the Love and support that they offer each other unconditionally any challenges experienced along the way are often able to be resolved with more Grace and Ease.
Some of the challenges for ‘Twin Souls' and ‘Soul Mates' in relationship will be:
- To recognize conflict or an obstacle as it arises and remember that it is a ‘gift' and a test to always move deeper into unity …….not back into separation.
- To embrace these opportunities with love, not fear, motivated by the knowledge that each time they succeed it will allow them to embrace more of the joy and divine love they both are, always have been, and are meant to share with each other.
- To release all judgement, perceptions and ‘illusions' of being separate from each other. To remember that they are always by nature of their ‘divine union' simply ‘the ultimate mirror' for each other reflecting that which they both need to be aware of as individual aspects of self.
- To be consciously willing and able to * step into the shoes of the other , with empathy in order to experience their feelings, emotions and the integration of the lesson at hand fully from all aspects not just the ones relating to themself. This not only applies to conflict situations between the two, but to all their individual personal life situations as well, such as during times of personal grief, illness or their individual spiritual process.
*This is one of the hardest things for most people to do and requires a total release of the Ego to achieve it with true Empathy and Compassion.
This principles of this process are also those of being in ‘Sacred Relationship' with another and this can be entered into by choice by any two people willing to embrace this sacred journey even if they are not Twin Souls or Soul Mates. Along the journey towards connecting with the Twin or the Sacred Soul partner, it is important to bring into self- balance any tendencies towards co-dependency and to learn how to be independent and take personal responsibility for the self in all aspects.
Once the connection with the twin or Sacred Soul partner is made, the relationship then becomes the catalyst to take the lessons learnt by the independent self realised individual to the next level. This is the full realisation of loving ‘inter-dependance' and partnership with another …….and as such, this can never be practised alone.
Embracing and being able to fully relate to the other becomes important. Especially, and even more so, when the other is experiencing exactly the opposite aspect of the situation. Both need to remember that at a higher level ‘they are one' and every aspect of the lesson is always of benefit to both at the higher soul level as well as individually.
The beauty and the ‘gift' of the Twin Soul or Soul Mate relationship is that as each partner focuses on fulfilling the needs of the other, the needs of both are fully met within the embrace of a loving gift from the beloved, rather than having to ‘go it alone' as before. The concept of Separation finally ends and Humanity and the world benefit from the energy that is generated as a result.
. …… from my personal experience the great joy and blessings that this brings to us and all those around us, far overrides any challenges that are presented along the way!
Namaste
Christine
A small number of signed Limited edition prints of the ‘Soul Mates' Mandala are available exclusively in Holland from the spiritual shop, ‘David's in Haarlem '. For enquiries please visit…….www.davidsinhaarlem.nl
Sacred Relationships -------------- -------------------------22nd March 2010
Why are relationships under such extreme pressure at this time?
One of the areas that will be most affected by the changes that are occurring on the earth right now is that of relationships. Many people are experiencing heartbreak and pain as longstanding relationships disintegrate. Or they find themselves alone and without a partner, despite a sincere desire to be in a loving relationship. Or they enter into a series of relationships that just don't seem to "work out", and then they tend to give up and lose interest in the whole process.
Surely this transitional time would be when we need the support of relationships the most?
Yes, we do need relationships, and we will have the support that we need, even if it sometimes doesn't always feel like it. But relationships are one of the key areas where the tidal wave of change is being most intensely felt. Maybe this is because the need to relate and to be loved and accepted is such a core human need. However, it has also become the arena where many old energies and patterns need to be released to allow for new beliefs and ways of relating to be put in place.
After experiencing 3 Marriages and 3 divorces this lifetime I am very familiar with beginnings and endings in relationship! However, I can now look back with gratitude for all of the opportunities and lessons they provided me with. They allowed me to peel off many layers still held at a cellular level from lifetimes of dysfunctional programming and patterning and prepared me for a very different way of relating, loving and being. I now give gratitude every day for the blessing of my current marriage, partnership and ‘Sacred Relationship' with my beloved Twin Soul Gill and the journey of my life continues to unfold in ways that delight and inspire me every day!
The Old Ways of Relating :
In the past, like most people, my relationships were often based on physical attraction or magnetism. The concept of "chemistry", "love at first sight" and many other romantic ideals has long been supported by endless movies and novels used to reinforce this concept.
It was all about what you ‘looked like'.
This has been driven by whole industries to ensure that we stay youthful, slim and sexually attractive in order to ensure that we would "attract" a suitable partner, …..especially if you are a Woman. However, today like me, more people are finally beginning to understand that fulfilling long-term relationships need to be about creative partnerships. They are about soul bonding, experiencing the self as the other, and about co-creating. They are not prisons for life, and were never meant to be.
Sacred Relationships are the new way of relating in the future and they are very different to the old forms of relationship often experienced by most people.
They are about FEELINGS.
It is being able to share and communicate the full spectrum of feelings to and with another person. As well as enjoying this in an intimate relationship this can also be explored within the parameters of loving parental and family relationships.
Sacred Relationship is based on Soul Attraction rather than Physical Attraction
• People will be attracted to each other at a soul level, rather than the physical. The physical will still be a part of an intimate relationship, but it will not be the primary bonding focus anymore.
• More and more people are looking for a "Soul Mate". Whatever beliefs we might hold about whether or not soul mates exist, there is a deep longing in most people to blend energies with a compatible soul.
• It is at the level of the soul that there must be resonance and "compatibility" if real harmony and balance is to be experienced. This does not mean that the partners will agree on everything. In fact, if they did the relationship would probably not work. Rather there will always be a healthy balance of agreement and disagreement.
• People operating from the heart, will always allow their partner to be exactly who, or what he or she needs to be. They will not need to change the person or make them "better" or rescue them, or provide for them. They will share with them and support them in their adventure of growth and self-exploration, and expect the same in return. But there will be an "allowing" and a freedom that will enable each partner to grow and to blossom into their full potential within the relationship.
Keeping the Balance
• In a Sacred Relationship it is essential to keep the balance between the partners. There needs to be complete equality in the relationship.
• Old relationship patterns of dominance, control and attachment will have to be released.
• If one partner dominates or controls the other, then an imbalance is created that will undermine the relationship. In a Sacred Relationship, each partner looks for ways of empowering themselves and their partner in positive ways.
• When there is no dominance of one by the other, then there is no reason for the approval seeking behavior that is so often part of old energy relationships, where one partner constantly seeks the approval of the other. There are no hidden agendas, no emotional neediness or fear of loss, just unconditional acceptance and love.
Also, if the relationship reaches its end, then there must be a willingness to let go, and not be attached to that particular partner or relationship. Even soul resonant relationships may end when the partners outgrow each other or find the need to explore who they are in other ways and directions. Then the best thing to do is let go with grace, allowing each of you to grow into new and different energies with love and gratitude for the journey traveled together.
Allowing the Full Range of Feelings
• This will probably be one of the most difficult things for people to redefine in the future. We have been conditioned to believe that a "good" relationship is one in which you are always positive and happy and joyful. Where the other person always makes you feel good about yourself. But, in the future relationships will be about self-exploration and growth. Your partner may need to challenge you at times in order to help you to stretch and grow, or ……you may need to challenge your partner.
• This challenge may also include playing out anger and frustration at times, without guilt, and also allowing your partner to be in these emotions and feelings without feeling personally threatened, or feeling that the relationship is threatened as a result.
• Sacred Relationships will always play through the full spectrum of feelings - not only the positive ones. The challenge, then, is to allow and accept these shadow energies as they emerge and to handle them in a creative and compassionate way, knowing that if so handled they will help you to grow and experience ever more of who and what you are in this particular relationship.
The most important element to remember here is……….. Balance .
Too much Negativity, and the relationship will swing into depression and could become destructive. Too much Positivity, and the creative tension that enables growth is unlikely to be there and the relationship will probably stagnate.
Communication, Co-Creation & Gratitude
Another important thing to remember in these new relationships is that they are primarily adventures of self-exploration in which we discover ourselves more deeply through relating and creating with another.
So there are three key elements that need to be always present.
• The first is COMMUNICATE. Lovingly and openly in whatever way works best for you. You will discover more about yourself through that which you freely express.
• The second key is CO-CREATE . There must be a reason for the partnership. Together you must be creating something, even if it is only the means for your own spiritual growth. But, in order for a Sacred Relationship to flourish, there must be a place for all that wonderful higher frequency creativity to find expression on the physical level.
It may even be that the creative communication that happens between you will enable and empower each of you in your own individual creative projects. The creativity does not have to be expressed in joint ways, but can be used as empowerment tools for each person's individual creative projects and exercises.
• The third key is GRATITUDE. Remember to give thanks often for the ‘gift' of each other and the opportunities for growth and experience that the relationship offers every day.
Whilst the above elements are essential, Gill and I have also discovered that the most important over lighting element of all is to Play together often ………allow the “little boy' and the ‘little girl' in each of you to laugh, be outrageously silly at times and be in Joy as you give thanks, communicate and create your way through life together.
For after all ‘the inner children' hold the keys to it all
……….they are the true essence of your Soul.
Play well together!
Christine
*Giclee fine Art and Canvas prints of my transformational Sacred Relationship Mandala are available at the online Gallery via this website.
Organic... The way of the future--------------------------19th March 2010 One of my visions and dreams is to be able to live as organically as possible in all aspects of my life. This of course not only involves the food I eat but the construction of my home, the manufacturing of my clothing, vehicles, furniture, etc and the way I use energy and go about my daily life.
More and more many of us are slowly coming to realise that an Organic way of living is not only the healthiest and most sustaining for ourselves as human beings but it is also the most holistic way to be in harmony and balance with the Earth.
As with many aspects of living on the Earth plane, which is full of duality, Polarity and choices, the quest to eat and live more simply and organically is also one which may ultimately also require many to make new lifestyle choices. In the Western world whilst organic foods are now becoming more readily available, more often than not it costs so much more to eat healthily than it does to fill your body full of chemicals and MSG.
It seems the healthier it is and the less there is in the food the more it costs to buy it!
For many on tight budgets this seems like an impossible option. That is of course unless you can grow your own!
For many people of course this is not even a realisitc option…..especially when living in large cities and cultures where high density apartment living is the norm. After living in Europe (where this is more often the norm than not) for many months at a time during the past 2 years, I have been amazed at how many pre prepared and pre-packaged entire meals and vegetables are available in the supermarket and how many people have never even peeled a potato before cooking it……let alone grown one!
Whilst pre packaging and fast food appears to be the perfect time saving solution for those living a fast paced and busy urban lifestyle…..at what collective cost is this to our overall future as we head towards 2012?
Only today I received an email from Green peace asking me to sign a petition to help stop one of our World's major chocolate producers from using palm oil in their products. Now we all know how great chocolate tastes, there's no denying that
….but how many people also know that it requires the demolition of our beautiful Rainforests and subsequent extinction of our wild Orang-Utans to produce it?
I didn't before………..but I do now!
In Bali it is much easier to live organically than in many parts of the Western World…Most of the local produce is grown naturally and organically without chemicals or additives ….the way they have been doing it for 1000's of years. Beautiful lush mangoes, avocadoes, pineapples, bananas, papayas and coconuts come direct from the tree….more often than not as in our case, only a stones throw (or a coconut roll) away from where you are living!
The local markets (found in every village) abound with such produce and yes you have to buy it almost every day as it does not keep well in the hot tropical environment. (this is because there are no chemicals added to preserve the longevity or enhance the colour!)………. but then this is as fresh, tasty and as healthy as you can get!
Out of the main tourist areas and in what I call the ‘real' Bali, everywhere you look there is rice growing organically in the rice paddies, and it is a staple component of many of the foods eaten in Bali . Many of our favourite ‘after five' snacks are made from rice,…they are made by local women in their homes every day and delivered to the small Warungs. (small street side or village stalls) Again these are simple, fresh and delicious…….and incredibly economical compared to the pre packaged snacks laced with salt and flavour enhancers in our supermarkets! Plus it directly supports a local woman's small business venture whenever we buy them not some big corporation in another country.
The local Chickens, Ducks and Pigs are also organic (for those who are not Vegan) as they are absolutely ‘free range' in every local village,
One of the most notable hazards of driving in Bali is to be able to avoid running over at least 6 chickens as you drive through each small village!) The pigs are fed on local swamp cabbage which grows easily everywhere( ‘Kangkung')…a delicious food in itself when prepared the traditional Balinese way……. one of our favourites!.
Often in the case of the chickens, the daily ‘offerings' are a part of their diet, so the spiritual energy ingested is a distinct contrast to the ‘fear or trauma' energy often consumed via our western chickens and eggs when caged and force fed.
Speaking of energy………. with daily offerings and blessings forming an integral part of the start and finish to every day, everything including the land and the ether surrounding this amazing island is constantly infused with this spiritually enhanced vibration
……..…and you can taste it in the food and feel it in the air!
Just some of the reasons why we have been drawn to live in Bali !
The first stage of our future plan once we are living in Bali is to cultivate our own organic garden, reduce our plastic consumption to almost zero (the main difficulty in Bali as the local water is not yet drinkable) and one of our first purchases is to buy an electric motorbike to minimise our carbon emissions.
We may look a little strange as we glide our way noiselessly through the villages unlike the 1000's of other noisy motorbikes whizzing by us, but then again we'll be able to hear the organic chickens clucking and the dogs barking along the way!!!
……ahhh Bliss!
I'll keep you posted!
What is happening to the Body? -----------------------------18 March 2010
Do you ever wake up these days and the first thing you wonder is ……….“Where am I?”
Are we moving through time zones and other world's as we sleep?
Well for me ……it's gets somewhat complicated these days as firstly I could be anywhere on the planet! I used to be able to get an initial sense of where I was depending on whether I could hear traffic noise in the background ( Perth ) traffic noise and sirens ( Amsterdam ) or chickens, roosters, dogs and gamelan music ( Bali ).
Another deciding factor was always whether or not I felt hot (Bali & Perth) or cold ( more often than not….Amsterdam)
However these, days all that has changed as I regularly generate enough internal body heat to power a small city, and I wake up feeling like I am still floating around the Universe somewhere and not all in my body…….so I could be anywhere……..and probably am!!…………..know the feeling?
So what's happening to us?
We are changing ……….The Earth is changing
All of creation is changing and it's all ……….. perfect!
Remember the countdown to 2012?……...Doomsday?…… or the beginning of a new and different way of being and living on the Earth?………… well it's pretty obvious that Gaia's physical body is changing .
We hear enough reports about Global warming, see and hear the news regarding earthquakes, Tsunami's and the like, but have you ever considered that our physical bodies may need to change also if we are to embrace a different way of thinking and being? That all of these changes are in fact appropriate and necessary and many of the doom and gloom predictions that we are constantly fed via the media are in fact not the case at all?
The Indigenous peoples of all cultures have always known, and these days there is much being written about the fact that ‘we are all one' and that in particular the connection between us in the human form and Gaia (the Earth) as our Mother is integral to us being able to have a physical life here on this planet, so I am not going to go into all that here. So it makes sense then doesn't it that we would all be in a joint process with the planet herself as we work our way towards the point in time where everything is most aligned to allow this new age and way of being to take place…………..December 2012.
All well and good………...however, I don't know about you, but the impact on my physical body at times (apart from driving me crazy) leaves me feeling great empathy for poor Gaia as she also undergoes this transformational process on a much larger scale for the benefit of us all.
I can relate to the volcanic eruptions and global warming……….my hot flushes can heat up the coldest room in 5 seconds flat (and melt the person standing next to me, usually my darling husband!)
I can relate to the Tsunami's…….the amount of sweat that runs down my body at times could easily create a small tidal wave somewhere ………I'm sure!
I can also relate to the strong winds and seismic changes and rumblings, enough said… I'm sure you get my drift here!
And the list goes on ……….headaches, blurry vision (need glasses to find my glasses!) joint pains, feeling 80 especially first thing in the morning…whatever happened to that springing out of bed feeling….so eager to greet the day????
and on …….tiredness, even after 8 hours sleep!……..speaking of sleep, who sleeps soundly all night anymore?……..I wake up at least 4 times sometimes more, and always with a sense that I have just come back from somewhere else! Must have been very busy running around wherever I was because I feel so exhausted!!!
and on …..sensitivities to foods that have always been enjoyed, skin allergies
( I had full body hives for 3 years!) hair that used to be curly going straight!!!!…….general puffiness, water retention……..oh and don't forget the weight gain!…..from a svelte size 8 to a voluptuous 12-14 despite eating only one meal a day sometimes……..what is going on here??
Well as lousy as this all sound's………. this is all good news too!
OK I can hear some of you saying right now,
“That's it get out of this Blog………. this woman is crazy!
However from a metaphysical perspective they are all good signs that the body is changing as we move into and integrate the higher energy frequencies that being a part of this New Earth and new Golden age will require.
As I understand it, at some point this will all come back into balance ( I'll be a svelte size 8 again) and we will once again know where we are when we wake up in the morning!
For me it will be Bali !!!!!
So if you want to be here on this beautiful and amazing planet we are blessed to call ‘Home' well past 2012 and this is happening to you too
……………CELEBRATE!!!!!
Follow Your Dreams - part 2 ---------------------------------17th March 2010
Now for the first time in my life, at 47 years of age, I had a clear vision of what I really wanted…………so what next?
I'd be lying to you if I said the next phase was easy……….yes there were many magical moments along the way……….but there were also some very stretching, soul searching, vulnerable times as well……….all so essential to clear the pathway for the growth that had to happen for this Dream of mine to unfold.
My biggest challenges came cunningly disguised!
They often appeared to be in the form of other people and circumstances beyond my control………..but in fact the challenges were always as a result of my own ego MIND busy at work undermining and challenging my decision to move forward. The ego loves to do this to assert itself and maintain it's control and validity in our life.
The Ego loves to be right………..in fact the ego needs to be right, the biggest and the best and will not accept anything less………….unless of course it thrives on telling you how useless you are and how you will never amount to anything at all.
The ego also loves to pity, judge, criticise, blame, and project guilt onto others. It makes sure you feel guilty if you don't comply to others demands on you, and reminds you of all of your faults when you don't get things right. It has a strong WIFM factor (What's in it for me) and can only live in the past and the future, so it spends most of the time mentally worrying and harassing you…remember what happened last time, what if it happens again?…. …and so on……..keeping you locked in a cycle of worry and uncertainty for the future.
Oh by the way I forgot to mention ………the Ego absolutely thrives on FEAR and creating drama in your life.
It will cunningly use any means possible to whip some drama up just to keep you and itself busy and distracted from the real purpose of living the life you really want to live.
As you can probably guess by now, you are doomed and unlikely to fully manifest your Soul's dreams and desires if you fall into the trap of listening to and working solely with your ego/mind.
The scary thing is that for the majority of people this is NORMAL !
…….they don't remember any other way of doing things……..Yet.
That used to be my normal too for much of my life and my challenge was to unlearn all of that and replace it with the natural elements of my true soul self:
Compassion, Unconditional Love, acceptance, tolerance, trust in a higher force than my human self, patience, self love, and service to others. By doing so I was able to move closer to regaining a sense of unity and wholeness with all aspects of creation. It required a willingness to let go of old conditioned programming that amplified separation and limitation as being the normal way of experiencing life.
Now, you need to be aware that your higher Self will not always make this easy …..however, the good news is this …….we NEVER set ourselves a challenge in life that we can not overcome…..it would defeat the purpose…….so take heart and read on!
You see anyone can gain what I call ‘Intellectual Knowledge'……it's relatively easy to read a book, do a workshop or watch an inspiring movie like ‘The Secret', digest it all thoroughly and then tell others the information it contained with enthusiasm. If you are particularly charismatic as some people naturally are and you add this to the mix, then you may even eventually pass as a spiritual ‘Guru' and have people following your every word.
The Ego is noisy and needs everyone to know what it is DOING
Real spiritual Wisdom however, requires you to be able to LIVE these truths, every day in every aspect of your life……. quietly ……just by being it and doing it.
…………The soul or your true spiritual self is quiet……….it is happy to just BE present, stay in the moment and know itself.
Needless to say this took me some time and many experiences, tests and re-tests along the way, just to see if I really had got the message and learned the wisdom of the experiences my higher self lovingly created for me to lead me ever closer to realising the dreams that I held.
Along the way, I also discovered an additional advantage for which I am extremely grateful. As I peeled off the layers and opened up more and more to the truth of who I really am, unique gifts and talents that had long been hidden and dormant started to re-emerge. I had been painting for some time, however the Mandalas that I began to create became more detailed, complex and powerful and the very creation of them took me through a process that transformed me in ways that are beyond words.
A mandala (Sanskrit word for circle…representing wholeness, completion, unity) is a powerful healing and spiritual tool that has been used in some form or other by every known culture and civilisation on the planet since humans walked the earth. All of creation is made up of Mandala's and they can be found in every cell of the human body, and every atom in the Universe. Creating, meditating or simply viewing one can change your life……especially if you align your intent with the energies it contains.
Eventually I had a studio full of them! I began to hold exhibitions and run workshops where I could assist people to connect with hidden aspects of themselves via the mandalas ……..both mine and their own creations.
I began to channel individual personal Mandalas for those who were seeking more clarity and a stronger connection with their higher Self and more and more people found their way to my studio. The 10 Mandalas currently available as prints on my website each hold an energy as part of the Journey to self Empowerment, the final one being ‘Follow Your Dreams' which I created a year ago. Every one of them has a powerful story to tell and has made an amazing contribution to my life and journey.
Now we are getting closer to the lovely ending
……..which of course is always really another beginning!
After creating the first Mandala in the Self Empowerment Series……….. “Passion & Vitality – New Beginnings” I travelled to Bali for a quiet break and to do some additional retreat work in the tropical environment that I love so much. I stayed at the beautiful Orchid Villa retreat in Payangan belonging to two very dear friends of mine. Whilst there we visited a children's orphanage in the Village of Bedulu near Ubud as they were sponsoring a child there and I was keen to do the same as well as donate some proceeds from my artwork to assist the program.
Within moments of arriving I met my divine Soul Mate and now beloved husband Gill, who is the World founder of the WINS program and co-ordinator of 8 Childrens education Yaysans throughout Indonesia………definitely a New Beginning!
Within a very short time we realised that we shared many dreams and visions for the future, not just for ourselves as a couple, but for humanity as a whole…..especially the children.
I have since become the Chairperson of WINS Australia and for the past 2 years we have been travelling together to Bali every 2 months to work with the Yaysans and the children. In the meantime we alternate our time travelling frequently between The Netherlands and Western Australia where we each have had a home and family. The originals of Sacred Relationship, Integrated Balance, Abundance & Follow Your Dreams mandala's hang in our Home in Perth . The others have been sold.
Last year I lived for 9 months in Holland where I was guided to develop and pilot some new personal growth workshops based on the Series of 10 Self Empowerment mandala prints. I was also invited to place my print work in a shop in Holland called 'Davids in Haarlem' and along with print work in ‘Namaste' Ubud, Bali and ‘Ambrosium' in Kalamunda Western Australia I have now put some wheels in motion to create the other income sources that were a part of my vision as well.
Also due to some wonderful synchronicities which I won't go into here, we are able to travel Business class at times when taking long flights, and last year we travelled to the USA , England , Australia , Bali, and throughout Europe ………………..are you getting the picture here?
Our last 2 week visit to Bali (one week ago) provided us with some more wonderful synchronicity which will allow the next phase of the Dream to unfold……….we now have a house to live in near Ubud and as of the 1 st may we will be living in Bali on a regular basis. We have also been guided to some amazingly beautiful land that will be perfect for the Spiritual Centre development which is about 50 metres from the house we will be renting. During this visit we connected with some other people who also feel guided to be involved……one of whom lives only metres away from where we will be living and all involved have a unique piece of the bigger vision picture puzzle.
With so many likeminded heart based people involved, what seemed like an impossible dream in the beginning is now quickly becoming not just a possibility but a definite reality! Of course there will always be tests and challenges along the way, but now I know how to deal with them, with grace and trust………and after all, the challenges stretch us, make us stronger and life more interesting and ensure that we keep growing steadily in the direction of our goals and dreams.
For those who are interested, I will be sharing the ongoing journey as it unfolds via this Blog along the way.
In the meantime: Are you seeing how this all works?
Your higher Self knows the bigger picture for your life and those quiet whispers in your heart are it's way of letting you know the direction to go in.
So, listen to your inner voice, the one that keeps tugging away in your heart, whispering the promise's of things that will delight you and fill you with Joy.
YOU know what they are…….…deep down you always have !
Write them down, make a wish list, create a vision board, bring them out into the open so that you can own them and nourish them with your thoughts, your emotions and your energy………this is how Dreams really can and do come true!
Stay focused and keep believing in yourself……….…even when others don't………... especially when other's don't!
Surround yourself with people who DO believe in you and want to see you happy and fulfilled. Be willing to let those who don't, leave your life with love, grace & gentle forgiveness, trusting that others with like-minded visions will come into the spaces they leave and join you along the way.
Be willing to do whatever it takes to move in the direction of your Dreams
You can do it!
Please visit the website for more Information regarding these workshops Prints of the Self Empowerment Mandala series are available as Giclee Fine Art and Canvas prints via the online shop on this website:
• Passion & Vitality – New beginnings • Integrated Balance – Integrating the ego & the soul
• Abundance – manifesting all that you need
• Dragon Energy – master healing energy, tapping into your soul wisdom
• The Scared feminine – healing the feminine, using your intuition
• The Rainbow Serpent – healing the Earth, working with energy
• Sacred Relationship – a higher dynamic of divine relationship
• Authenticity – being your true authentic seelf
• Self Empowerment – a fully self empowered being manifests more easily
• Follow Your Dreams – activate and download all that is need to clearly move forward. Follow Your Dreams - part 1 ---------------------------------16th March 2010
Have you ever had a special wish or a Dream for your Life…the way you would really love to be living it every day……..every moment of every day?
Something that the mere thought of having it or being able to live it, fills you with an excitement that’s almost too much to comprehend. Then in the very next moment just as you are feeling all warm and fuzzy and really believing you can do it, your Mind kicks in and says something like, ‘yeah, but what will the family say, you need your job, think of your responsibilities, your career path, the money you’d have to give up……” or worse still “who do you think you are to dream so big, there’s no way can you do that” etc etc..
And so you go on day after day living the life you’ve always lived because you know what to do and expect and let’s face it, it’s easier and safer…………but is it?
I once read a quote that went something like this “There is no Security in what no longer feels meaningful………in movement there is Life……..In Change there is Power”.
For many years I had a vision and a dream that I held quietly and tightly in my heart.
It was a Dream of a lifestyle and a way of living that was so different to the one that I had grown up with or had been living most of my life.
Now, I am not saying here that there was anything wrong with the life I was living. In many ways I was blessed and whilst there were also many trials and challenges along the way, I always had the love of family and friends and whatever I needed to live a comfortable and productive life.
It’s just that at some level deep down inside of me it didn’t really feel like MY life…it was a life that had unfolded mostly without me focusing in any specific concrete way on it. It developed in accordance with my upbringing, my belief systems and…well to be perfectly honest……….. ‘That’s just the way it always is…isn’t it?”
For a long time, the secret memory of the Life that I really wanted to live this time, lay hidden and buried beneath the layers of ‘should do’s’, ‘must do’s’, and ‘ought to’s’ that made up much of the fabric of my day to day reality.
Whenever I allowed myself to think of the things that I would really love to have or experience, almost simultaneously feelings of Guilt and unworthiness would surface and I would quickly discount the likelihood of ever being able to achieve them.
So my Soul’s vision for my life became a whimsical flimsy sort of idea that floated around in my mind from time to time with no real substance or direction.
In the past I could have continued on like this for a very long time…….lifetimes in fact……but times are changing…….in fact everything on this planet is changing rather rapidly……..have you noticed?
At a certain point there may come a time where if you don’t take action towards your higher purpose and what it is you really want to have, do or achieve this lifetime, your Higher self may just say OK, enough, that’s it and create the circumstances that will push you in the direction of it!
Well that’s what happened to me anyway!
The downside of this somewhat sudden and confronting approach is, that it can be a confusing and painful process, often designed to turn your world as you know it so upside down that you can no longer stay in it. Quite a fast track approach to a necessary outcome really when you think about it, however, with your conscious co-operation there is another more gentle, more enjoyable more empowering way to achieve the same outcome..
Some years ago after my third marriage ended, I picked myself up yet again and slowly re established my life as I had already done twice before. The biggest difference this time around was that I realised, and took full responsibility for the fact that I was repeating the same patterns and getting the same heartbreaking results.
So with that in mind, I finally started listening more clearly to the whisperings of my heart. I’d had enough and knew there was so much more just waiting for me to claim and experience……..but how was I going to do it?
Now I guess you might be thinking here………ahhh here comes the beautiful ending!
Well actually No ……..it was simply the beginning of one of the most personally confronting and challenging few years of my life……..and that’s saying something if you knew the full story of my life!
In order to make this Soul Vision and Dream of mine a reality I would have to let go of all of my old ways of thinking and relating and behaving, with my friends, family, regarding my work, my own identity and most of all…….be free to be fully true to myself!
You see my Dream was BIG.
• I wanted to be with my Ultimate Soul Mate…(don’t we all!)
….to have what I always knew in my heart was possible - ‘Sacred Relationship’ where there are no conditions, no expectations, no hidden agendas, no controlling behaviours, simply unconditional love, friendship, deep respect, trust, honesty and openness and very importantly, similar values and a shared vision and direction for the future.
• I wanted my home base to be a beautiful sanctuary in a tropical environment where there was no Winter…ever!(I have always preferred the warmth to the cold, so here was my big chance to dream big)
• I wanted to be actively involved in philanthropic work assisting underprivileged children to have a better quality of life. Having worked with a number of children’s charities in Perth for the past 25 years in many capacities, this was dear to my heart.
• I wanted to be able to focus every day on the things I loved doing most…. My relationship, painting, teaching, working with people spiritually, expand my passion for working with children, swimming everyday, eat organically and even grow my own organic food, experience being a part of a different culture……one that was more spiritually based than the Western world I had grown up in and was fast becoming disenchanted with.
• I wanted to be ale to have some support in the home with the domestic chores that I had always done myself, which would free up more of my time so that I could focus on the things that I love to do.
• I wanted my own Art Gallery and retail outlet where I could create a greater awareness for the beautiful healing energy of Mandala’s, run my workshops, exhibit my original work and also put my Mandala images into other merchandising items so that the energies could go out into the world at large more easily and more affordably.
• I wanted to be able to travel the World frequently sharing messages, working creatively with people and experiencing and embracing all cultures…….and my preference was to travel business class on the long hauls!
• To create other income and Abundance streams, so that I did not always have to be physically present and was not reliant on only my original artwork sales to feed myself. That way I could enjoy creating without focusing on outcomes!
• And finally the BIG one……Be involved in the Creation and development of a major Spiritual Centre offering multiple streams of opportunity, an organic Eco friendly environment and New Age Community that would attract, support and nourish spiritual seekers and people from all over the World.
Once I had defined what I really wanted I confess that the list looked quite daunting. Not only that, the reactions from some of the people I loved the most was cynical and non supportive to say the least especially as my life so far had been everything other than most of the things on the list!
Not to be daunted, despite all this I quietly kept believing in my Soul’s guidance………after all it should be easy to manifest now that I knew what I really wanted………right?
Well my Ego mind had other ideas about that……..and so the real journey towards achieving my dreams really began …………which I’ll share with you next time!
Intro 2010 -------------------------------------------------------15th March 2010
Well, well, well,…….it had to happen some time I guess!
After watching the fabulous movie ‘Julia & Julie' on a recent long haul overnight flight to Amsterdam, I have finally been inspired to……wait for it…..BLOG!
For those of you who know me well (yes I’m talking to all of you down there in Perth West OZ!) I can hear you gasp from the Northern Hemisphere as I sit busily typing my first ever blog piece. It reminds me of the time I finally plucked up the courage to drive in Bali. After 25 years of holidays to the island of the Gods and mayhem…referring now to the 1000’ss of motorbikes that zap around like mosquito’s everywhere and cut you off without warning………I decided it was time to summon the courage and just do it!
Unlike in the over governed over regulated Western World, there is only one road rule in Bali and that is the Man in front has all the rights! So it’s not to hard to imagine then that everyone simply wants to be ‘in front’ at all times. After the first 5 minutes of culture shock had worn off, I discovered that I had a daredevil lurking around inside me that had been waiting all of my life for an opportunity such as this to strut her stuff!
Wow, how exciting was this…………pulling out in the opposite lane to overtake 3 motorcycles and a car (with a mandatory honk of the horn) heading towards an oncoming truck with a ‘This is my lane’ attitude and I’m coming through now look on my face, and an exhilarated feeling when the truck slows down and let’s me through!……in hindsight, I bet it was the look of sheer terror on my face that did it!
Back to Blogging……I’m feeling the same way again.
After years of resistance and smiling graciously whilst nodding ‘no way’ to those who kept trying to urge me on……you know who you are………..I posted a quote on my twitter site this morning saying…… “ You’ll never leap a 50 metre chasm in two 25 metre jumps……….take a BIG leap today”…….and now I have!
And you know what………..this is great……..feels just like the first overtaking in Bali (but a tad less dangerous I must say, as after all no-one except Gill and Stace may read this anyway)
OK now for the theme of my new venture in Blogging……….“What about 2012?”
There has been a lot written about 2012 especially as we hurtle towards it …..and yet there are still many more questions than answers. Will it be the end of the world as depicted in the Movie 2012…..or will it in fact as The Maya have predicted mark the beginning of an era on the Earth plane that embraces a New Golden Age and a different way of living, loving and relating on this beautiful planet that we call home?
I truly believe with all my being that it is the latter and that is the vision that I have held and taught for many years and will continue to hold deep in my heart.
The purpose of my Blog though is not to answer the unanswerable questions for they are in greater hands than mine…….Nor is it to espouse Spiritual truths and teachings as I have done now for many years.
It is simply for my writing pleasure to record my daily life experiences up to this momentous historical event in the history of human evolution and to share with anyone who is interested aspects of this amazing journey that I call my Life.
I have an amazing Life and I am truly blessed and full of gratitude every day for this.
After 3 divorces, raising 3 beautiful daughters of my own and 6 wonderful stepchildren along the way, pursuing 5 different careers, redefining myself after discovering I was adopted at 34, dealing with a number of health crisis’s, and a near suicide experience which catapulted me on a Spiritual Journey of amazing discoveries and surprises (one of which was discovering that I could paint beautiful Mandalas at 45 after being told all my life I could never be an Artist) ……I am finally blissfully married to the most amazing Man. We live in Bali but travel constantly throughout the year between Bali, Australia and The Netherlands. Our greatest joy (apart from each other) is putting love and energy into the 8 Yayasans and the1000 (and growing weekly) Indonesian children whose education and well being we support through our work with the WINS project that my husband established 5 years ago.
In fact, like everyone else on this planet, I have always had an amazing life.
.…….and yet like most people, for a long time I did not know how blessed I was nor did I at times in the past, truly appreciate many of my life experiences along the way……..especially the challenging and lumpy bits…and there have been lot’s of those!
I am now discovering with delight that I am a writer……….I have always been a writer…….but like other aspects of me that I disowned along the way, I did not value and recognise the gift of this and how integral to who I am it actually is.
As you will discover if you join me on this journey, I can turn what could be said in a simple sentence into a paragraph or even a page at times…….makes ‘tweeting’ in 140 characters or less, a bit challenging for me I confess, which is why I am so excited now!
I sat down to write this over an hour ago with the intent to simply outline the concept before I started writing entries tomorrow……….see what I mean?
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