Saturday, 7 May 2011

Divergent Paths (dedicated to my earth angel, Donna)

There are two ways to follow in life, divergent paths that occasionally cross and in the end always bring you back to the beginning. Follow a path of “self” denial and pain and you will probably end up back there sooner than you would expect; follow the path of your heart and there will be untold bliss along the way together with some challenges that stretch you and make you grow, ultimately bringing just more joy.

I have chosen the latter path after decades of struggling along the former. Led to a crossroads some years ago by a painful series of life-altering experiences, I made the choice to change my path and commit to it and since then a butterfly of unexpected proportions and untold beauty has come to light where before there lurked an unfulfilled caterpillar too scared to venture off his path and into the chrysalis from which to emerge as was always intended.

Each and every one of us starts as a caterpillar in life and the path we choose decides whether or not we survive long enough to pass through the challenges of our chrysalis stage and emerge as that unique, gentle yet radiant butterfly whose template is indelibly printed on every cell of our being.

So, now watch me fly and as you do so, decide whether you are ready to choose a new path for yourself to a glorious if uncertain future.

Tuesday, 3 May 2011

Nought but Harmony

I have to document what just happened before my tiredness gets the better of me.

I was watching a fascinating video about sound and vibration and how it even appears in biblical texts through numeration of the original scripts. Forget the biblical implications but it had already struck me that sound would be important in my retreats in the last 30 hours or so and I knew I needed to receive guidance on the appropriate level for the retreat’s musical sounds and here it is...432Hz. I haven’t even finished the video, so no doubt more will become clear on this but in the interim, my incredibly attuned dog, Lucky insistently made it clear to me that he needed a walk, a perfect space for me to think clearly in a calm state akin to a sort of meditation during which time many enlightening things occur to me.

So, as I walked I began to think about the retreats and I asked my guides whether the 432 Hz was indeed the vibration to facilitate connection with nature and I was told that indeed it was. No surprise there with the synchronicity of the subject of this latest video with what I had ascertained just 30 hours ago!

Please with this synchronistic awareness, I continued my walk, by this time extending it beyond the normal length just so I had more of this blessed creative mental space that seemed suddenly to be so effective. As I walked I contemplated the importance of “hitting people on all 5, nay, 6, senses” during my retreats.

And then as the extended walk became extended again and again it struck me that harmony and balance are the key to everything, indeed that they are the power behind everything...OMG, they truly are everything...they are the consciousness that we call God and so many other names. OMG again, harmony IS true love, the state of harmony IS true unconditional joy and love and THAT is God and that IS everything. Harmony and balance are the only true power! Oh shit, what an awakening!

So, herein lie the roots for the power of the retreats. More is no doubt yet to be revealed but in just 2-3 days so much has emerged from what appeared to be the tail end of a state of desperation and disappointment in a ruinous friendship. This is nothing short of a miracle for me.