Reference Point Therapy Los Angeles

The Power of Intention

Over the last 2 weeks or so, I've been seeing ads for Cirque Du Soleil's new show Koosa and every time I saw the ad, I said to myself, I'm going to see that show.  I had no idea how.  Spending the money it would cost for a ticket was not my top priority for expenditures.  So, I set as my intention that I'd get to see the show and allowed each TV commercial to make that intention stronger. 

Yesterday, after 3 in the afternoon, a friend called and said, "I know it's a long shot and very late, but would you be interested in going to see Cirque Du Soleil tonight.  Of course, I said "Yes."

But, here's the thing.  I usually teach a class on Thursday night, and just could not get the email out this week.  Made several attempts and the energy just would not come together.  I even thought about "forcing it" but decided to just let it be.  If I'd tried to make it happen, which I've certainly done in the past, I would not have been available to receive my creation of the tickets. 

I see two different things to pay attention to here.  One is creating the intention itself. And the second is being open to what I call "the flow of the universe".  Most of us are "doers" rather than "be-ers".  So if something we normally "do" is wavering we almost automatically think we must "do" more.  And, I almost let that happen to me.  Had I pushed to make the class happen, I would have missed a fabulous and inspiring show.  

As an aside, the Los Angeles Festival of Arts was Cirque's first venture outside Canada in 1985, and when they brought the show here it was a huge gamble.  There wasn't enough money to get it home, just to get it here.  Of course, it was a huge success so getting home was no problem.  I saw it then, and  remember being so awed by the outrageous feats of skill and balance and by the flow and theatricality of the show.  It totally re-defined the idea of a Circus into a theatrical production with story, flow, music and astounding performers.  

During the show last night, (which is worth seeing if you get even a hint of a chance) I thought about all the performers and the work, focus, and intention that is involved in each one being on that circular stage. 

Given my current focus with RPT, I also noticed what key developmental reference point from conception thru birth were likely to have created performers with such love of daring, danger and with such intense focus.  If you want to know more about that, though, you need to call or email me -- 818-590-0062

Experiencing RPT and increasing your power of intention.

I've been doing marketing for my October Specials before they go away and as a part of that I've included testimonials.  One of my clients saw the information (presented below) and sent me another unsolicited testimonial.  Here it is.

Suzanne has been a Godsend in my life. With her gentle approach and with this amazing new healing technique(RPT) it has changed my life.  I am more open to receiving my good as a result of it. As a practicing healer I was surpised how I was still holding on to issues with my Financial Flow. With her use of RPT she's helped me to release it.  My hat's off to Suzanne!  R.V.

If you are interested in knowing more about the October specials available to you, read on.

Easily change the most difficult patterns in your LIFE.  See the testimonials below.

Hello Beautiful Souls,

Only Three days left to experience the dynamic healing power of Reference Point Therapy at the October Special Prices.

90 minute healing session for the price of a 60 minute healing session. Click here.

Here's a testimonial that says something about what that extra 30 minutes might get you. 

" I was very curious to learn if RPT could shift some stubborn issues. I am happy to say that the results after a shrt 30 minute intro session on the phone have been phenomenal. Suzanne helped me clear issues regarding feeling unhappy and stuck at work.  Two weeks later I can say that there has been a terrific difference in my relationships at work and my overall sense of well-being.  People have started to treat me me with far more caring and consideration.  The shift was instant and noticeable during the session.  I have been able to continue practicing on myself and have achieved results that been far better than all the many other techniques I have tried so far." Arabella Cameron, Scotland.

5 healing sessions for the price of 4.  This package offers you the opportunity to get one healing session free.  Each healing session lasts from 60 to 70 minutes  Click here.

Here's a testimonial about one session.  Think how much you can release with 5.

"A nagging issue plagued me for years, almost to the point of exhaustion.  Additionally, the amount of grief and frustration it caused severely hampered my well-being.  I'd spent years and thousands of hours trying to heal it on my own, only to fail and have more pain and shame.  I had almost given up, resigned to "just live with it."  A part of me believed I would never get rid of it, and I was truly despondent about that.  WHAT a miracle Suzanne is!  Within one RPT session, Suzanne completely cleared the entire issue, and I feel like I have a new life!  My energy is back and I am free.  There has been absolutely no recurrence of it, and my well-being is drastically improved.  Bless you, Suzanne!"  Athena M.

Declare your Freedom (from birth trauma that creates most of the negative patterns in your life). This package allows you to release trauma from the 12 to 13 key developmental points (conception to birth).  After Nov 1, this is no longer available as a package and will be priced on an hourly basis and thus be much more expensive for most clients. I've had clients work through this in 6 to 10 hours.  At the current package price that's almost half what it would cost on an hourly basis.

Here's what Simon Rose, founder of Reference Point therapy has to say about these 12 to 13 key development points.
"....most people's abundance problems are caused by blocks at their conception (which is when their energy of "co-creation" should be highest). Most people's feelings of disconnection are caused by trauma just after birth. And most people's spiritual blocks, feelings of a difficulty reaching enlightenment or intuitive abilities are caused by specific moments of trauma in the womb."

A client of the Declare your Freedom Special Speaks:

I attended a free RPT demo a few weeks ago hosted by Suzanne Peters and Lina Shanklin. When Suzanne described the “Declare Your Freedom” Special Package, I knew that I had to take it. All I can say is wow! What an amazing experience and incredible way to address issues and patterns from pre-conception through birth! I was born premature with bacterial pneumonia so my gestational period was not pleasant to say the least. The pregnancy had to be terminated at 7 months which forced me out before I was ready. I wasn’t expected to survive and was rushed off to an incubator where I lived for 1 month. But here I am and so very thankful to Suzanne and RPT! I have had positive shifts with other healing modalities but there were still patterns repeating throughout my life that just weren’t changing. Many of these patterns and traumas were discovered and cleared while taking the “Declare Your Freedom Special” series. At one point during our session I became ravenously hungry and immediately started taking out snacks to control my growling stomach, all the while Suzanne was saying “now we’re moving on to the next stage of your gestation and at this point you could be feeling hungry or deprived of food”. My actions and Suzanne’s words happened simultaneously so we both just sat there in disbelief with our mouths open! At that point, I knew RPT was working and Suzanne was right on target addressing these issues! I am very thankful for this technique and Suzanne’s patience, support and diligence in helping me identify and clear patterns and traumas through this RPT series. I am feeling much better, have stopped procrastinating and have a whole new outlook on life! Thank you Suzanne! The “Declare your Freedom Special” package is brilliant and I would recommend it to anyone who can’t understand why they are feeling stuck and repeating the same patterns over and each time expecting different results!  Kym F.

What's so special about Reference Point Therapy?

Here's how Simon Rose answers that question: We've been greatly inspired by recent PhD research which showed conclusively that trauma is what blocks us from achieving our goals (including enlightenment) and that most of the relevant trauma relates back to the time of our conception or earlier in our ancestral line. What this means in short is that if you are doing a healing on "stuff" (it's a technical term!) that happened in your lifetime, you are not getting to the bottom of it. Our new model traces issues (physical, emotional and spiritual) back to the key underlying trauma. Using our "Beingness" technique, the trauma can be released instantly. All the negative beliefs, energy blocks and other associations that are built on this trauma will instantly dissolve.

You may have heard of "instant healing" techniques. Finally here is on that really works - for you. And we're confident enough to demonstrate it in class and put live recordings on our website for you to see.

Here's a hypothetical example: If someone has been abused they may spend years of counselling trying to get over it. They may clear all the negative beliefs and energy around the abuse, but they might still find they attract abuse (victim energy) or can't fully heal. The reason is because the pattern for abuse most often traces back to trauma patterns in the egg at conception. If you miss this vital reference point, you are most likely to never heal the pattern. 

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You can learn more about me, I'm on the Reference Point therapy Web Site under About -- Mary-Suzanne Peters.  Click here and scroll down to find me. 

Are you feeding your beingness?

 

I just got back from the farmer's market at Pasadena High School.  There's a lot I love about this market; the farm booth that always had the most amazing peaches, nectarines, plums and right now Asian pears, the booth with no spray tomatoes and corn on the cob and the man with the best hot peppers – jalopena, Serrano, pasailla, and Anaheim chilles.  But, I go to the farmer's market for more than feeding my tummy – I go because it feeds my whole beingness.  Just walking through it brings feelings of joy, inspiration (like this post), comfort, the bright colors, the farmers hawking their best deal, the life, vibrancy, growth and productivity, the awareness of what has been borne of our Earth. 

This may have something to do with my early years.  From about the time I was 2 or 3 I remember being in a vegetable garden with my grandmother.  Her first focus of the planting season was the onion bed. How she worked over that, it was a work of art in dirt. The way she raked all the stones out, and raked up the sides so that it was elevated.  Her rows were very straight and equidistant.  Every year she ordered onion sets from Burpee and from this bag of onion sets we had onions the whole year long.  The second was row upon row of tomatoes.  I got all the "runt" plants to plant in my special section.  I am proud to report they always did well.  Being in the garden was one of my earliest successes, one of the earliest moments I knew I could grow and produce something.  Walking through the farmers market fed that part of my beingness this morning and in that feast came the seeds of this post. 

As I tuned in to how much it nurtured me to be at the market, I wondered about what we do that nurtures us and how often we do it.  I look around my living room as I write this at the beautiful flower photographs I've produced.  Walking through a bloom and bee-laden flower garden with a camerais both the most satisfying of meditations and the hottest of orgasms at the same time.  The colors, the sensuous dips and folds of the petals and their intimate interactions with each other truly turns me on and at the same time being in that garden, is a meditation in seeing that opens wider and wider in each moment I allow myself to be with each flower. 

Here's the point of this article and the important question – When was the last time I allowed myself to do this?  When was the last time I gave myself this pleasure?

And what about you?  What are the things that nurture you?  What inspires you by just being there, smelling it, feeling it, tasting it?  When was the last time you allowed yourself to do things that nurture you?  And how often do you do it?

My class on Loving Yourself – Your Relationship with Yourself starts on Tuesday of this coming week.  I facilitate these classes for several reasons – one being that I am forced to look at whatever issues I bring up with myself as well as others. When a dear friend gave me yellow roses for my birthday and I felt just how delighted I was to receive the flowers -- I also noticed that I don't allow myself to do that very often for myself.  Bless you Carolyn for tuning in and tuning me in as well. 

It's the way the Universe and I communicate – and now I know this first class is going to be about nurturing ourselves?  And why is that often last on the list?  Why do we put ourselves last?  Why do we do everything else other than feed our beingness in a way that is truly supportive of who we are. What's "wrong" with providing nurturing for ourselves? 

So here are my questions for you … and me!

What do you make more important than taking time each day/week to do something that is truly nurturing to you? 

What judgments do you have about nurturing yourself?

What are the patterns in your life where you allow yourself to become overwhelmed, over tired, or over anxious?

What are your reference points for nurturing yourself, right now and in your family?  How was it viewed when you grew up?

These are just a few of the things we are going to be working on in this class.  Reference Point Therapy is a powerful modality that allows us to release the patterns in our life in such a way that they do NOT return.  We do this from the point of origin of the pattern which may be, but is usually not in this life, but is either from developmental issues that happened from conception to birth, or from inherited trauma and association patterns in our biology.  Want to know more about this powerful modality, call me 818-590-0062.

Want to know more about the upcoming teleclass?  Click Here. Loving Yourself class

Get in on my October special, click here.Then scroll down.

Learn more about an amazing package of sessions that will change your life. Declare your Freedom

Reference Point Therapy - Level 1 Class, October 24, 25

Sign up now until October 15 for the Early bird price of $325.00

CLICK BELOW to Register and Pay.  If you want to learn more about the class, click here.

Reference Point Therapy -- New Classes on the Way, Demos Too!

I have a long thoughtful blog post in process.  And it's been in process for a while.  Sound familiar.  Well, I decided that what I needed to do NOW was get a short, not so thoughtful post out to all of you about what's in the work with Reference Point Therapy -- both RPTSynergy Teleclasses, RPTSynergy In-person classes and the Level I Reference Point Therapy class I'll be teaching with Lina Shanklin here in Los Angeles -- Marina Del Rey to be exact.  So here goes.

September 21, FREE RPT demo in West Los Angeles. Call or email for info and address.  818-590-0062 or referencepointtherapyla@gmail.com

September 23, FREE RPT demo in Pasadena. Call or email for info and address.  818-590-0062 or referencepointtherapyla@gmail.com

October 3 and 4 -- Level I Reference Point Therapy (2 days), Marina Del Rey, taught by Suzanne Peters and Lina Shanklin, 9:30 to 5:30 Saturday and Sunday   

Level 1: Healing That Works

This the the Level ! course Designed by Simon and Evette Rose.  In it we show you how to truly "Be" your magnificent "Beingness". This is a powerful course in "instant transformations". The focus is on truly getting to the bottom of things, and teaches a whole new model of healing.

    Day 1 Covers:

• "being" instead of "connecting"
• "allowing" instead of "healing"
• a new way to do Body Scans that is much less invasive and much, much easier
• truly getting to the bottom of things - why the new trauma model completely replaces "belief work"; and
• one full supervised healing swap (about 1 - 1.5 hours each) so that you can make a massive transformation under our supervision.

    Day 2 Covers:

• working with children and healing pets from a different perspective;
• energy clearings (people and land);
• opening up to "higher guidance"; and
• a second healing full healing swap under our supervision for even more significant life changes.

AND MUCH, MUCH, MUCH more!

You can contact us for the cost.  Folks who've taken any classes from Suzanne or Lina receive a discount for this class only because we want to you to experience the quantum leap this new healing modality takes.  

New Teleclass -- Loving Yourself, Your Relationship With Yourself

October 14 (my birthday) -- New Teleclass using RPT Synergy -- Loving Yourself, Your Relationship With Yourself -- Loving Yourself to Abundance, Part 2 -- 6 weeks.  Each class is 2 hours and every person gets worked with on the class.  Classes are recorded and if you listen to the recordings you can receive the transformational clearings.  Full Class Includes 3 45-minute private coaching sessions.  6 to 8 pm, pacific time (on Wednesdays).

  Teleclass with 3 45-minute Private Coaching Sessions  $350.00  early bird pay in full by Oct. 1 $275.00

  Just the Teleclass    $147.00   early bird special by Oct. 1, $98.00

OTHER Classes:  RPT Synergy -- my way or working in a group using RPT with everyone at mostly the same time. 

Pasadena In-Person RPT Synergy Class, Friday, September 18, 7:00 pm.  $25.00  Contact referencepointtherapyla@gmail.com to RSVP and get directions or call 818-590-0062

West LA In-Person RPT Synergy Class, Thursday, September 24, 7:30 p.m. $25.00  Contact referencepointtherapyla@gmail.com to RSVP and get directions or call 818-590-0062

RPT Practice Groups on the Way -- after Level 1.  Dates to be announced.

Orlando, Diamonds and Reference Point Therapy

I'm in Orlando to be in and assist in the Reference Point Therapy classes here.  How I came to be here is a miraculous story in itself and I'll probably share that with you in a later blog post.  Suffice it to say, I'm here and so happy and excited to have the opportunity to experience Simon and Evette Rose facilitate the Level 1, Level 2, and a 5-day Manifesting and Abundance.  I did the 1 and 2 and the 10-day Mastering the Miraculous in Los Angeles at the end of July and beginning of August. 

There are folks from all over here.  I rode from the airport in a shuttle with someone from Toronto and another from Colorado.  I'm sharing a room with two women -- one from Chicago and another from Cleveland.  Last evening I had dinner with folks from Ohio, Hawaii and Australia.  There are more on the way from LA, New York and all around the country.  Many that I speak with say "When I heard about it, I knew I had to learn more." or 'I was so pulled to be here." 

What I look forward to most is the opportunity to see more diamonds emerge in their full splendor.  Now, I can almost hear you.  What is she talking about? 

Diamond just waiting to Emerge!

That's what we are, diamonds in the process of emerging.  Have you ever seen a diamond when it came out of the Earth.  It certainly is not the sparkly, brilliant, many faceted stone that has been coveted throughout history.  A diamond just birthed from the earth is sort of brown, and looks pretty much like a rock you might pick up and throw away unless you knew better.  

That's how I've felt some of the time.  Like I know there's so much brilliance and possibility in me just waiting to emerge and no matter what I tried I just couldn't get it out.  At least not until I found Reference Point Therapy. 

So this weekend, I'm going to allow the traumas that are the rough, sharp dull edges to release and allow more of the full brilliance of who I am underneath to emerge. And, I'm going to be witness to this happening throughout the room.  Stay tuned, cause I'll be writing about it here.

SURFING ON THE PLANETARY WAVES WITH CAROLYN -- August 19, 2009

     I hope that you never unfastened your seatbelts as we are moving at nothing less than warp speed.  We have now moved through 5 of the 6 powerful eclipses of 2009!

     How did you fare with the 7/21 TOTAL  SOLAR  ECLIPSE  IN  CANCER?   Did everything look a little different to you? Are you continuing to manifest and expand at increasing velocity?   What have you transmuted in terms of old behavior patterns, emotional paradigms and old ways of relating to others and the world?

 

     REMEMBER --  The faster we are able to embrace what we’re "not too comfortable with" within ourselves the sooner we will be presented with more powerful horizons, possibilities and greater heights.  I am reminding myself of this as I have had some truly uncomfortable days lately, alternating with amazing and awesome beauty and greater levels of Self-love and Self-nurturing.   Moving through to the awareness presenting itself has been profound and life changing.  Are you treating yourself with love and nurturing as you progress through this time?

 

     The currently awesome eclipse cycle we are going through with 6 eclipses this year (extremely rare) is an unbelievable opportunity!   These Eclipses are indeed “inertia busters” and are helping open us and move us forward despite the ever-decreasing protests of our “smaller selves.”

 

     As the TOTAL  SOLAR  ECLIPSE  PEAKED  IN  THE  LAST  DEGREE  OF  THE  SIGN  OF  CANCER  (29 degrees) at 7:35 p.m.  PDT  on 7/21  we were reminded to be aware of what we were focusing our minds on. WE  ARE  MANIFESTING  WHATEVER  WE  ARE  THINKING  ABOUT --  WHETHER  DELIBERATE  OR  HABITUAL  THOUGHTS)  AS  THE  REALITY  THAT  IS  INSIDE  OF  YOUR  HEAD,  ESPECIALLY  SINCE  THIS  PARTICULAR  ECLIPSE,   WILL  AFFECT  THE  REALITY  YOU  EXPERIENCE  OUTSIDE  YOURSELF  FOR  A  VERY  LONG  TIME  DUE  TO  THE  INCREDIBLE  POWER  OF  THIS  EVENT.  

 

     I am summarizing the  above  eclipse  due  to  it’s unusual  power  and the fact that the effects will be felt by each of us for approximately 6 months,  the  peak  being  about 3 months from now.

     In a SOLAR ECLIPSE, which this was, the Sun is blocked (solar energy tends to be more objective) and with the lunar energy (the more subjective) you were invited to allow your feelings and your feeling nature to come to the fore.  Both the Sun and Moon were in the sign of Cancer, the archetype of the Great Mother involved with the creation, nurturance and protection of life.   Cancer is a Cardinal water sign and is most at home in the realm of subjectivity, imagination and feelings, understanding and compassion.  In this eclipse, WE  HAD  AN  OPPORTUNITY  TO  INTERNALIZE  REALITY  AS  EXPERIENCED  IN  THE  MOMENT,  FROM  SUBJECTIVE  EXPERIENCE,  without the  influence of the Solar, or more objective reality  --  i.e.  WHAT  WE  FEEL  ABOUT  SOMETHING?   Self-judgment of any kind that was normally there was put at bey for the moment to take advantage of this precious time.   This was a prime opportunity to CHOOSE  TO  LET  THE  JUDGMENT  GO  AND  FEEL  INTO  THE  SUBJECTIVE  EXPERIENCE  OF  BEING  OURSELVES  --  even if some of the feeling was unpleasant it was only a cue that some processing/healing work was ready to be done – not a cue to stop tuning in and staying away from that area or feeling, etc.

 

     This eclipse was a sort of “cosmic reboot.”  WE  HAVE  HAD  THE  OPPORTUNITY  OF  ALLOWING  PARTS,  OR  ALL,  OF  OUR  OLD  “LITTLE  SELVES”  TO  FALL  AWAY  AND  A  NEW  SELF  TO  BE  BORN  WITHIN  THE  SAME  BODY.  One astrologer I know has described it as like getting two incarnation of growth within the same lifetime!

 

     There  was and is some aspect of Cancerian nurturing in our lives that needed some feeling into and that needed some feeling attention focused on it,  perhaps  having  to do with DOING  FOR  OURSELVES  WHAT  PART  OF  US  HAS  BEEN  WAITING  FOR  OTHERS  OR  ANOTHER  TO  DO.

 

     Cancer has to do with our history,  our roots, both the familial and the deep emotional roots within us.   THE  OPPORTUNITY  THAT  WAS  PRESENTED  AND  THAT  IS  STILL  ONGOING  IS  KNOWING  THAT  YOU  ARE  MORE  THAN  YOUR  HISTORY  AND  THE  SUM  OF  YOUR  EXPERIENCES.  THE  OPPORTUNITY  PRESENTED  WAS  TO  BRING  YOUR  FEELING  NATURE/EMOTIONAL  BODY  BACK  ONLINE  AND  THIS  ECLIPSE  WAS  A  FANTASTIC  OPPORTUNITY  TO  INITIATE  THE  MOMENTUM  OF  DOING  JUST  THAT!  

 

     Many home, family and marital structures were permanently altered as a result – some terminated, some deepened, and some set in motion.

 

     The Male and Female – Mommy and Daddy are united at last inside each one of us.  This process has been building for months and is now settling into our emotional cores.   WE  ARE  TRULY  EMBRACING  OUR  OWN  RIGHT,  NEED  AND  RESPONSIBILITY  TO  NURTURE  OURSELVES  FIRST  AND  FOREMOST.

 

     WE  ARE  INTERACTING  DIFFERENTLY  WITH  EACH  OTHER,  PARTICULARLY  IN  MALE/FEMALE  PAIRING,  THAN  WE  HAVE  EVER  BEFORE.

 

     URANUS,  “The Awakener,”  the  lightning bolt, and Pluto, the Transformer,

aspecting and participating strongly in the 7/21 Eclipse have greatly added to it’s power.

 

     REMEMBER  --  AN  ECLIPSE  IS  AN  INCREDIBLE  OPPORTUNITY --  AN  “INERTIA  BUSTER”  AND  THIS ONE  HAD  THE  POTENTIAL  TO  CHANGE  THINGS  MORE  THAN  MOST!

 

     Please refer to my previous writing for particular things that it would be beneficial to be aware of and perhaps participate in during this series of eclipses.

 

     A  GOOD  PART  OF  THE  ENERGY  OF  THIS  ECLIPSE  INVOLVED  A  FURTHER  BALANCING  OF  THE  DIVINE  FEMININE  AND  THE  SACRED MASCULINE  LEADING  TO  CO-CREATING  A  NEW  EARTH  TOGETHER  AND  THIS  IS  NO  SMALL  THING!!!

 

     We have just moved through another significant Lunar Eclipse on August 5-6 in Aquarius.   Aquarius is the rebel against the conventions and rigid rules of society.  He is the visionary and role model for new ways to live and reach for new horizons.  Aquarius starts revolutions, teams up with like-minded people and really wants to change the world to a better place.   The questions to be asking yourself were:  “Where do I need to shine my light?   Where do I need to link up with more like-minded souls?   Both Pluto and Uranus aspected this eclipse challenging us to think out of the box and let go of what is no longer relevant or useful in our lives.   They  also squared each other, so their effect was heightened and this occurs only every 60 years or so.     

 

 A NEW DAWN!

What is upon us as soon in the wee hours --  3:02 a.m. PDT to be exact --  on Thursday, August 20 is a new dawn, a New Moon in Leo and a new phase of life.

IT’S  TIME  TO  LET  YOUR  LIGHT  SHINE --  TO  EXPRESS  YOUR  UNIQUE  ESSENCE  AND  SHARE  IT  WITH  THE  REST  OF  THE  WORLD --- TO  PURSUE  YOUR  LIFE’S  PURPOSE  AND  DO  WHAT  YOU  CAME  HERE  TO  DO  NOW  --  NOT  AT  SOME  POINT  IN  THE  FUTURE  OR  WHEN  YOU  HAVE  ENOUGH  MONEY  OR  WHEN  YOU  HAVE  THE  REST  OF  YOUR  LIFE  SORTED  OUT  --  BUT  NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!

IT’S  TIME  TO  BE  YOU  WITH  NO  HOLDS  BARRED --  UNEQUIVOCALLY  AND  PASSIONATELY!!!!!!!!!!!!

I would highly recommend setting  intentions  during  this  New  Moon as they will influence the next long stretch of your life --  the next year for certain, and to an extent the next 18 or 19 years as well.

Both the Sun and Moon are in a growth aspect to both Mercury and Mars so it’s the most natural thing for you to truly “WALK YOUR TALK TO THE FULLEST!”

Talk as if – act as  if  and you will truly be able to bask in the possibility of being all  that you can be.   Now is the time to act. On Sunday the Sun moves into Virgo and we will have a good month to be more self-evaluating, discriminating and mentally oriented.  LET  YOUR  “INNER  CHILD”  EXPRESS ITSELF AS  FULLY  AS  POSSIBLE!!!!!!!!!

Seriously  --  take some time right now to reflect on your childhood dreams,  your deepest longings,  your  “Bucket List.”  Ask yourself:  “WHAT  DO  I  WANT  MORE  THAN  ANYTHING?”

 

This New Moon in Leo is opposed by Neptune so the confusion we have been under for some time is beginning to clear.   Also – during this New Moon Uranus is opposed to Mercury and Saturn so some unexpected news may come to you and you may be challenged to make new plans.  Along with the opposition from Neptune we will have a greater ability to capture and communicate unseen feelings and emotions – within ourselves and others and it is a great time to call forth ideas and visions and create them in physical form.   Take precautions with your health as with Neptune our psyches and bodies are more susceptible to alcohol and judgment may be clouded.  

 

This NEW Moon is made much more potent by the formation of a very powerful Grand Cross generating three oppositions and six squares DEMANDING  REAL  CHANGE  IN  OUR  LIVES – mere lip service won’t do it at all!   There is an incredible opportunity to ACT  IN  THE  INTEREST  OF  THE  GREATER  GOOD  AND  TO  TAP  INTO  A  LIMITLESS  FUEL  LINE OF  INSPIRATION as this New Moon in Leo opposes  not only Neptune but Jupiter and Chiron all in Aquarius.   We can channel our incredible Leonian creativity  for  the good of all!!!

 

Of course, this New Moon will affect us all but it depends on how it affects your own individual birthchart as to the specific opportunity you are presented with.  

 

     Until next time –

 

                                   Love & Blessings,

 

                                   Carolyn G.  

Reference Point Therapy - Another Take on Creating Our Own Reality - How Past Trauma Paints On The Canvas of Our World

"You create your own reality." 

Since my first personal growth training over 30 years ago, I've been told that over and over.  I've believed it, resisted it, rejected it, refused to believe it, been angered by it and even at times a little terrorized by it.  My explorations in learning to powerfully and intentionally create my own reality have included everything from est to HAI, nlp to other belief work in several modalities including Theta Healing, Insight Training Seminars to much less publicized modalities that explored spirit and energy, hypnotherapy, psychological therapy and spiritual counseling.  Some worked not at all.  A few worked enough for me to stay with them and keep exploring.  Some gave me a great feeling for a short time and then just fizzled out. Some I believed were on target but just could not seem to make them work consistently. Recently, I've found something that explains why I would get results one time and not another, but more about that later.

Since the advent of The Secret we hear the "you create your own reality" message over and over.  The abundance bullhorn of The Secret and it's many siblings has blasted us with this idea.  Just see it, feel it, and it will be yours.  The Abraham Tapes tell us to beware the law of attraction.  What we feel we get.  To many of us, that has not been happy news, because try as we might, those negative feelings just seemed to roar in, slip in, sneak in or be delivered by others at the most unexpected times.  I've worked with many folks who have tried vision boards, feeling it, feelingization, changing their feelings, affirmations, and many other tools without success, with inconsistent success or with such small success that it was not worthy of announcement. 

There's been a never ending flow of products offering how to make the secret work, finding the secret beyond the secret, and adding to what is done in the secret.  Many modalities offer to and do remove the beliefs that block abundance.  I've found this to be "sometimey" at best.  Removing beliefs about abundance only works some of the time for some people, but not for everyone.  I personally have pulled hundreds of beliefs with little or no effect. A few times I've pulled beliefs and had a huge change.  There were times when it lasted and then there were times that the change was just for a short while.  But, I couldn't figure out why the beliefs I'd pulled or the situation I cleared seemed to return.  Sometimes the work I did with others had an effect and I saw major transformations or healings, sometimes it didn't.  Again, I wondered why.  I've even created classes on abundance because I could not get the ones I took from other folks to work.  (As a side note, the last one, Creating Results, did just that with much more success than the others.  I'll tell you later why I think that was.)

How could I possibly have created this reality?

It's entirely possible you may look around you and say to yourself, "How could I possibly have created this reality?"  Or to look around at the world and say, "How could we really be creating a reality so full of pain, killing, trauma, war, and disease."  "How can I keep my feelings positive and still watch the evening news?"  Some people I know have stopped watching the evening news in an attempt to refrain from reacting to the negativity presented to us with such drama. 

There are a multitude of questions about this idea of creating our own reality.  When you think about it, on one hand it seems plausible and on the other we don't really want to go there.  I've had these questions too, and until the last month never really had an answer.  Taking responsibility for creating the world around us seems like an impossible burden to assume.  For many the problem is solved by saying "God did it and he has his reasons."  Or, "he did it to punish us or we are paying for our sins" or some such.  And, if God did it, there's nothing I can do to change it.  We are pawns on some vast chessboard in the sky and have no control what-so-ever over this life of ours.  It's pre-ordained, pre-determined, and pre-destined. 

Maybe it just depends on how good or bad we are.  If we just get it right, just be good and kind and well . . . perfect, then maybe God will give us what we want.  Oh, and of course, pray and go to church and never curse even when we hit our thumb with the hammer.  Trying to walk the tightrope of all the rules of good and bad, sinner versus saint, good little girl or boy versus bad little girl or boy is enough to keep us on the negative side of the balance sheet for some time.  Who made up all those good and bad rules anyway? 

That's the extreme version.  Where do you fall?  Somewhere in between?  Have you ever done an affirmation?  Or written out your intention for what you wanted in your life, or even a list of goals?  Have you put a photo of something you really really wanted up so you could look at it every day.  For me, I've done all of those and sometimes they worked and sometimes they didn't.  But, they worked often enough for me to keep at it.  For me to know there was something to it if only I could figure out the whole picture. 

The Missing Piece of the Puzzle

I've found another piece of puzzle.  One that brings the whole picture of how I work into much clearer focus.  At last, an answer that works and even makes some kind of sense.  I've been on a 30 plus year journey looking for how to have a happier, more self-loving, self-accepting, less critical, more abundant and more joyful life. I'd come to believe that maybe there were no answers. Now, I'm beginning to understand there are answers and most of them are here within me in each moment.  So, what is this ANSWER, this puzzle piece that ties so much together that the whole puzzle begins to make sense?

And the Answer is ….. Trauma.  Past trauma.  I'll tell you a bit about how it works, but first let me tell you where I found this answer.

Over the past 15 days I've been in Simon and Evette Rose's Reference Point Therapy Classes -- Level 1, Level 2 and Mastering the Miraculous.  From my point of view, Simon is one of those geniuses who has the ability to take seemingly disparate pieces of a puzzle and magically put them together in a new way creating a clear, present and remarkably effective tool for allowing us to create a reality that looks something like the one we consciously want in all those affirmations and vision boards.  Taking inspiration from (and giving full credit to) Grant McFletridge's work on Peak States of Consciousness, Dr. Ihaleakala Hew Len's Ho'oponopono, Neale Donald Walsh's many books including Conversations with God, metaphysical philosophers, the laws of Correspondence and many other current and past scientific, personal growth and philosophical teachings Simon has constructed a series of workshops that are a clear, stimulating, enlightening and effective set of tools for allowing the release of the negative paintbrushes (called trauma's) that create the often sad, depressed and painful dramas that occur in our realities. 

Learn more about Simon and Evette Rose's Reference Point Therapy in Free Teleclass (see below).

What is it that causes so much havoc in the beautiful, loving, happy, abundant lives we so desire to create in our worlds.  The simple one word answer is trauma.  Thinking back through our lives, we can pinpoint traumas that occurred at critical points in our lives.  Often we can even see a pattern of traumas.  And then there were the traumas that were so horrific that we've blocked the memory.  The ones we refuse to take credit for because we know we would never have created something like that.  By the way, we learned how to clear abuse in the workshop without ever talking about it specifically so it doesn't matter if you remember it or not, you just never need to go there again.  But, I digress. 

There are modalities like EFT that clear trauma and work effectively.  You just need to keep doing them over and over again.  Other modalities work with and do clear trauma in our present lives.  But what if the trauma really started earlier? 

That's where Grant McFetridge's work comes in.  It would take way too long to tell you all about Grant's work but the bottom line of his theory is that most trauma begins before we are born, in either the conception or the birth process itself, or through inherited DNA from our ancestors.  If you want to know more click this link.  Grant, too is teaching his work – in a 2-year intern course and one of his "healings" takes hours and hours. (Simon's Level 1 and 2 courses only takes 3 days, and an average session is between 1 and 2 hours.)

What is Reference Point Therapy?

In Reference Point Therapy, Simon and Evette have created a consciousness cleaning tool that allows us to clear and release trauma almost instantly and from it's point of origin.  Why point of Origin?  There are at least 2 reasons.  First, if it's not cleared from the point of origin, the trauma seems to re-generate itself.  Secondly, the point of origin is almost never at that horrific event we refuse to remember.  It's much earlier – the one tiny first domino that was the reference point for a particular pattern of traumas.  And like the one tiny domino, it has the ability to topple/instigate ever larger instances of this trauma pattern.  To see the picture fully, imagine one tiny domino, a speck really, that falls forward into another domino that is larger than itself.  That domino falls forward into a slightly larger domino and on and on until that tiny speck has toppled a huge domino many times it's size.  If you put the beginning domino beside the final domino there would be no way that little speck could fell the final domino that is hundreds of times larger.  There's no way one of those early rocks hurled out of a catapult could destroy a building, but one of our current missiles can cause destruction on a far greater scale than even a building. 

So it is with the past traumas that are the specs creating the time bombs of trauma patterns we are born with.  Pre-birth traumas become the faulty reference points that are the destructive negative paint brushes that stubbornly create our current realities regardless of our attempts at change.  When you clear traumas that happened pre-birth (whether from the birth process or from ancestral inheritance), you also clear the trauma present on experiences in this life.  Which is why you never have to talk about abuse to let the trauma be released.  The instigating trauma was much, much earlier, much smaller and much easier to clear.  Clearing that trauma almost always significantly impacts all of the later traumas.  Releasing that past trauma also releases all the beliefs that were associated with it.  The only catch is when we are truly getting something out of the experience (like attention, or support or sympathy) and want to hold onto it. 

Bees and Reference Point Therapy.

In the workshop Simon gives the example of anaphylactic shock that occurs from a bee sting.  We see and recognize the trauma of the bee sting that causes the shock, and attempt to work on that to clear the trauma.  But, in fact, it was an earlier and much less traumatic bee sting that created the faulty reference point and was the point of origin for the later event of anaphylactic shock. The earlier episode is like the root of the weed in our consciousness.  You can chop down the week of the most recent event, and the weed will re-grow unless you pull it out by the roots.  That's what Reference Point Therapy does, clear the trauma from it's earliest reference point. 

Want to know more.  Call me to ask questions and schedule a session or learn more in my upcoming classes -- Pasadena and West LA in-person Synergy Classes (dates below), and on the free teleclass that is coming up on August 18 at 6 p.m. (Pacific.)  The teleclass will include more information about reference point therapy, a chance to hear what others who've done the classes feel about it, and to ask questions of Simon and Evette Rose.  One lucky person will be chosen to do a demonstration if you register ahead of time and respond to some email questions. 

In-Person Synergy Classes.  We will be following the same format of releasing traumas for the whole group as we work with situations that each of you bring to class.  This has proved very powerful and it is this synergy that I feel is one reason for the powerful results that were created in my Creating Results Teleclass.  (Also, in most of the clearings I was working with the earliest point of origin – without using exactly those words.)  I will also take some time to answer questions about the Reference Point Therapy process and how you can learn to do it for yourself. 

Pasadena - In Person Classes

100 N. Roosevelt Avenue – Every Other Friday, 7 p.m.  August 20, 2009, Cost $25.00

West LA - In Person Classes

–  Every Other Thursday, 7:30 pm.  Starting August 13, 2009, Cost $25.00
email me for directions

 

Free Teleclass with RPT Demo

August 18, Tuesday, 6 p.m. Pacific.  With Simon and Evette Rose present to answer questions.  And there will be a demo of RPT. 

Let me know by using the email below. The class will be recorded.

Special NOTE about Demonstrations:  Whether or not you are the direct participant in the demo, there is an opportunity for you to have amazing results for yourself.  I've had changes occur for me in most every demo I've watched or listened to. 

Email me to register and receive call-in instructions.  Simon and/or Evette will be on the August 18 call.

ReferencePointTherapyLA@gmail.com

 

Limited Time Offer:  Want to experience an RPT session?  Call me for a special one-time offer.  818...

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Reference Point Therapy

Hello beautiful souls,

It's been a while since I've done a blog post.  Mostly that's because I've been experimenting with a new modality (Reference Point Therapy) for my coaching and healing work and I usually reserve writing about something until I'm reasonably certain of it. If you are on the West Coast and want to experience a healing or this new work, this post is to specifically invite you to the Healing Clinic.  Yes, I feel honored and priviledged to say, I'll be there and be one of the practitioners that are a part of this amazing class that will be conducting the Healing Clinic.  From my experience, this is the State of the Art in energy healing.

It is my pleasure to invite you to the healing clinics that are a part of the Reference Point Therapy Training (Mastering the Miraculous) in which I am participating.  These clinics will be at the Anaheim Sheraton (Ball Road and Disneyland Way on Saturday (8/1), Sunday (8/2) and Tuesday (8/4) at 4:45 p.m.  Please arrive on time as no one will be admitted after the sessions have started.  Each person will receive a full 1-hour private healing session with a student or assistant from the Reference Point Therapy 10-day course called Mastering the Miraculous.  Many of these students are practicing healers who charge hundreds of dollars for their sessions.  This 1-hr session is free to you.

Dates:  Saturday, August 1;  Sunday, August 2; Tuesday, August 4
TIME:  4:45  (NOTE:  It's important that you arrive on-time so you'll receive a healing.)
Location:  Sheraton Anaheim, 900 Disneyland Way, Anaheim, CA    (Get Directions here) 

MORE ABOUT REFERENCE POINT THERAPY

In late May I viewed DVD's of Simon Rose's new work and began to use it myself.  Granted I still had a lot to learn, but even what I got from the DVD's changed my practice.  My clients both private and on the teleclasses commented about the ease and flow and power of the new sessions I was doing.  Also, after I began experimenting with some of his suggestions for clearing abundance issues, I found my abundance levels beginning to change.  I'd been working on these issues with other modalities for a while now.  (I want to give my own teleclass on Creating Results some credit, too, as many of the results I intended in that class were also manifested -- some before and some after I began using Simon's work.)  And, I feel that the trauma work that Simon is doing has permanently removed my abundance limitations. 

Having now completed his Level I, and Level 2 courses and being in the process of completing Level 3, I have witnessed many instant healings, both physical and emotional.  This work has an ease, flow and power to it that I'd love for each of you to have the opportunity to experience. 

Here's what Valeria Moore, who wrote the book Healer Wisdom has to say about it. 

My recent experience with Reference Point Therapy has demonstrated beyond a shadow of doubt that working with key underlying trauma is faster, gentler and safer than working with beliefs. Instead of making lists of hundreds of beliefs and feelings (as we have done in the past), the future of healing involves finding and releasing perhaps just 1 or 2 seed trauma events.

You, too, can have the opportunity of releasing seed trauma events and clearing hundreds of beliefs at one time during your private session during the healing clinic. 

More from Valeria about her own healing with Simon Rose 's Reference Point Therapy.  Here's what she wrote in her May Newsletter.

Many of you know Simon Rose, an experienced healing teacher and long time supporter of Healer Wisdom.  Last year Simon let me know he was changing the way he practiced healings, shifting the focus from "belief work" to trauma work.  His new work has gained a lot of publicity, though it was only in recent weeks that I've had the opportunity to have a healing with him. I'd like to share the results of that healing with you.

I have had problems with my physical heart for several years.   I had learned to live with daily pain in my heart for years.   I have tried many alternative therapies.  With gratitude and respect to all the wonderful healer friends who have helped me, I would experience some relief but then the pain and fatigue would creep back . (This is my journey and not their fault. I just haven't been able to get to the bottom of it till now).

A couple of weeks ago the room went black and I briefly lost consciousness.  My pulse and blood pressure were off the charts, literally.  The blood pressure cuff would not register my pulse or my blood pressure.  I went to see an herbalist and dear friend.  She attempted to get answers from my energy systems as to what herbs would be best.  My energy fields were in a state of chaos.  I could not muscle test.  It was like there was no life energy present to test.  I could feel my life energy separating from the physical (way too much drama).   I became motivated to find a solution.

Simon Rose had been telling me about his new process called Reference Point Therapy.  After hearing about my heart's condition, he called me to guide me through his new process.  During the session I would feel physical shifts and there was a sweetness to the energy. Imagine my delight when the pain that had been my constant companion over the last several years was gone.  The next morning I could feel the air going deeply  and clearly into my lungs.  I climbed Tacoma Dome District Hill two days in a row.  For those of you in the Puget Sound area of the United States you know this is a long steep hill.  I feel energized.  Actually, this is the most energy I have had in years.  I had my herbalist friend check the cardiac points.  They were all strong.

Valeria has since visited Peru and climbed Macha Picchu twice.  I've been with her for the last 5 days as she's both taken the workshops and assisted all of us with the logistics of the workshop Her energy and vibrance is continual and amazing.  So, this is also a healing that lasts.  I have had healings that worked in the moment both with myself and my clients and then a few days later came back.  What I'm finding with this work is that that is not the case. 

If you can, let us know you are coming.  If you have questions, I'll attempt to answer them, but I'll be in class over the next few days so emailing is the best way to ask.

With love and blessings,
Suzanne
www.thetasynergy.com
818-590-0062

Simon Rose Website:  http://www.healingthatworks.com/
Valeria Moore Website:  http://www.healerwisdom2.com/

New Teleclass 7/21 -- Make the Most of the Solar Eclipse

Solar Eclipse coming on July 21.  Join our teleclass.  To find out more click here.

From Carolyn's post last week we know that the solar eclipse coming on July 21 is a strong one.  And it will be bringing in the new with it.  People who've been a part of my teleclasses thus far have been preparing for it by letting go of the old, and creating a container that can hold and use the new.  And, there's more to do. 

So to find out more about this class, visit the Teleclass Page by clicking here.

SURFING ON THE PLANETARY WAVES WITH CAROLYN #4

Are you ready?

The next couple of months will definitely not be boring! You will do well to keep your eyes, ears, mind and spirit wide open in order to take advantage of the opportunities and avoid the pitfalls that are possible on this wild and exciting ride!

Now we are in Eclipse season for sure with 3 Eclipses instead of only the usual two so we are bound to see a cycle of greater levels of change, especially since the coming Solar Eclipse on July 22 is a very strong one.

Our personal security, how we lovingly nurture ourselves and others and the releasing of any unsupportive ties that do not add to our lives has gone through major upheaval, transformation and streamlining since the Cancer New Moon on June 22 opposed by Pluto, the “Great Eliminator.”

Starting tonight, at 2:22 a.m. we will experience a Full Moon Lunar Eclipse in Capricorn which brings to the foreground our goals and is a time to stand back and assess them so your career/work gets a lot of attention now.

Since the New Moon of June 22 it’s as if we’re walking along and a portal opens and we walk through and it closes behind us…It takes awhile to get used to the new air we are breathing before advancing to the next opening, as there is no going back. That’s my experience, anyway. As the “Great Eliminator,” Pluto, opposed the New Moon, our attitudes about family, home and nurturing have been transformed and streamlined. Tonight’s Lunar Eclipse will bring us more information on the growth we are experiencing and our level of commitment to our own personal security and the level of healthy emotional nurturing that we are allowing ourselves, as well as a deeper look at our goals and career objectives.

WHAT IS A LUNAR ECLIPSE?

During a Lunar Eclipse the earth stands between the Moon and the Sun, cutting off the light of the Sun. A Lunar Eclipse is always a Full Moon and usually marks endings or culmination points.  Remember -- during a Full Moon repressed emotions overflow the banks of our defenses, often bringing high emotion and great awareness. Just as the Sun and Moon are on opposite sides of the sky, as if mirroring each other, we have the opportunity to see ourselves in others if we are willing to look and this, of course, can be quite growthful.

WHAT IS THE EFFECT, OR PURPOSE, OF A LUNAR ECLIPSE?

LUNAR ECLIPSES TEND TO SHAKE US UP SO WE CAN MOVE FROM ONE LEVEL OF EVOLUTION AND MATURITY TO ANOTHER PHASE, FAIRLY RAPIDLY.

CHARACTERISTICS OF AN ECLIPSE:
1. They often bring news of life’s “big” events, such as births, marriages, career breakthroughs, starting a business, divorce, publishing a book, etc. WHATEVER HAPPENS – IT IS CLEAR THAT THE UNIVERSE IS INTENT ON MOVING YOU FORWARD NO MATTER WHAT!

2. Tend to take seriously any message you hear at at the time of an eclipse. ECLIPSES SHINE THE BRIGHT LIGHT OF TRUTH TO THE PART OF YOUR LIFE THAT IS TOUCHED BY THE ECLIPSE (especially if any of your birthchart planets are directly affected).

3. You can experience GREAT FLASHES OF INSIGHT and feel that you finally “understand” something that has been puzzling you.

4. There is a feeling all around you of life moving speedily, like on “fast forward”; greatly accelerated. WITH ALL ECLIPSES SOMETHING ENDS AND SOMETHING ELSE BEGINS.

5. Try not to issue ultimatums or make big actions under an eclipse. Bide your time, if possible, and make decisions in a couple of weeks when the air is clearer. IN GENERAL IT IS BETTER TO LISTEN THAN TO ACT.

6. You may definitely feel more emotional than usual under an eclipse, especially a Lunar Eclipse.

7. Eclipses are neither good nor bad, they just present opportunities and it sometimes takes weeks to understand their real meaning. NOTE: ECLIPSES CAN HELP YOU DO THINGS YOU NEVER THOUGHT YOU COULD DO.

8. In other words -- they may open a door that was previously, or felt as if it was, impossible to enter. Sometimes things happen where you don’t have time to think and if given time to think too much about you may not have had the courage to try or to participate in at all.

9. Solar Eclipses work differently than Lunar Eclipses and emphasize beginnings.

A LUNAR ECLIPSE IS A GREAT TIME TO FINISH THINGS, TO LET GO OF THINGS. IT IS AN EXCELLENT TIME TO GIVE UP AN OLD HABIT -- SMOKING, FOR EXAMPLE.

A GREAT EXERCISE TO DO ANYTIME BETWEEN THE LUNAR ECLIPSE AND THE NEXT NEW MOON (Therefore now - since the Lunar Eclipse is tonight at 2:22 a.m. and the next New Moon Solar Eclipse on July 22 is a Doozy!): THINK OF THE THINGS IN YOUR LIFE YOU WOULD LIKE TO BRING TO A CLOSE, FINISH OR END, WHATEVER IT IS -- The contract you want to get signed, the job you want to finish, the guilty feeling, the unhealthy relationship – the nasty smoking habit. It may help you to sit down in a quiet place and write down anything that comes to you in this regard.

Remember – you are asking for assistance from the universe or the source to clear out any old energies and make room for the things you want to bring into your life and there is a great deal of power in this request and intention! Ask yourself: Where have I been directing my energy? What do I need to receive? What do I need to release? What do I need to heal?

Full Moons, and especially eclipses, expose the “ShadowSide” of both signs involved. During tonight’s Capricorn Lunar Eclipse be aware of the “Shadow Side” of both Cancer and Capricorn: The shadow side of Cancer is immaturity and excessive self-indulgence – the “Wounded child” that lives on sabotaging our happiness and sacrificing ourselves in the hope that eventually our needs will be met resulting in EMOTIONAL DENIAL AT THE CORE.

The shadow side of Capricorn avoids taking responsibility and accepting the consequences of its actions. It worships power and authority and attempts to dominate and control and win at any cost. Also, abdication of responsibility and blame, shame and guilt are all part of the Capricornian shadow. Traditionally, Capricorn has come to be associated with more masculine qualities. However, this lunar eclipse highlights the longstanding inequality between the masculine and feminine and the necessity of balancing and returning to the spiritual intentions of both Cancer and Capricorn -- The most positive expression of Cancer is the creation, nurturance and protection of life. The positive side of Capricorn is integrity, discipline, and dedication to what serves everyone. Saturn forms a favorable aspect to both the Sun and Moon during this eclipse that supports reason and competence in terms of material survival and focuses on discipline and commitment to release us from fear and turn us towards self-mastery.

Tonight’s Full Moon is preparing us for the next super-strong Solar Eclipse/New Moon in the last degree of Cancer on July 22. IT IS NOT ONLY A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE -- IT IS THE LONGEST ECLIPSE THAT WILL OCCUR IN THE 21ST CENTURY -- WOW! It’s like a super-hot New Moon and it’s aspected and stimulated by Uranus – the “wild card,” so sudden changes will be apparent – But more on this humdinger in my next writings.

Planetary Astrology - SURFING ON THE PLANETARY WAVES WITH CAROLYN #3

             Yay!  The Power of the Feminine continues to emerge!  At present there is much planetary energy for bringing great nurturing and Divine Feminine Mother energy more fully onto the earth plane.  This is truly a rebirth of the feminine which hasn’t been experienced since the fall of the Goddess cultures, which occurred about 5,000 years ago.

            We have an extremely rare occurrence of 2 consecutive New Moons in the same sign – Cancer -- within one month, which many astrologers would designate as a “Blue Moon.”   The first of these that peaked on June 22, is a profound opportunity to see into the dark, the unconscious and to release old programming around the feminine.  It is potent and unmistakable and in some cases extremely uncomfortable in impact  – the  Sun and Moon being opposed by the planet Pluto – the Great Transformer.   It’s greatest gift is to launch an entirely new phase in our relationship to family, nurturing and the feminine.

        Remember:  With the highest form of compassion Pluto allows us the opportunity to release anything on any level that is not adding to our lives and our soul’s evolutionary journey.  So this New Moon and the following one on July 21-22 (which is in another challenging aspect to Pluto – a quinqunx) allow us to see, if we are willing, any areas, situation, or old habits or mental patterns that are in need of revamping, paring down or releasing.   

            The second New Moon on July 21-22 will be a Total Solar Eclipse making it even more potent.  – but more about that later.

            This New Moon in Cancer – is part of an ongoing process of feminine empowerment that we have been involved in all spring as she is raised to even footing with the masculine.  This has been played out through the ongoing dance of Venus and Mars travelling together for months now.  There is no going back!   This is not a transitory event but a solid and continual emergence into the spotlight and a new way of life bringing the alignment of male and female energies both within each of us and manifesting in our relationships and directly in our day to day lives.  Tuesday's (June 22) opposition of Pluto to the New Moon in Cancer is purifying and strengthening this power.

            Cancerian issues – Food, Family, Nurturing Issues and and Our Past History are subject to transformation and paring down now.

            How do you feel about your own  mother?  You have a great opportunity during this Cancerian Moon period to evolve in that relationship whether she is still on the earth plane or not.

            How you nurture yourself or are engaged in nurturing others is definitely up for streamlining and shifting.   With Saturn in Virgo ruling Pluto in Capricorn there may be the need to accept, honor and direct your nurturing impulses in healthy directions and to nurture yourself first of all.

            This is a great time to transform your relationship with food, your mother, your children and, most importantly, with the parenting that you have internalized into your being for however many years.  And the current Saturn in Virgo until the end of the year urges us to take responsibility for our own care and feeding.

            The message of Pluto in this New Moon and the following one in Cancer on July 21-22 is clear, however:   ELIMINATE  WHAT  YOU  DON’T  NEED  BEFORE  TAKING  ON  ANYTHING  NEW.   Pluto’s influence is not meant to destroy anything essential but you may need to narrow your focus and reorder your priorities.  

            There is a risk of engaging in power struggles.  Some may need to cut someone out of their life or reduce that person’s influence.

            These effects will be felt by everyone to some degree but especially, of course, if you have planets directly affected in your own birthchart.

            Remember if you are reading this you definitely are and have been in transformation and you are lightening your emotional load for the long haul.

            These New Moons actually, with the help of Pluto, highlight our power to successfully harness the balance between our private life, our home life, and public drives and career and to gain a more profound and productive understanding of the link between where we have been/past/Cancer and where we are going/goals/Capricorn and to resolve to make the changes/adjustments/allowances required to satisfy these polarities.

            Today, Wednesday, June 24, while we still feel the somewhat somber emotional environment of the Cancer New Moon with much Pluto influence the moon moves into the sign of Leo so our mood can be lifted with some Leo confidence and the power of positive thinking.  When the Moon is in a fire sign, such as Leo,  it becomes easier to create a dynamic and appealing picture of the future, reshaping reality using the power of the human heart (Leo rules the heart in astrology) and mind.

 

More Planetary Astrology

SURFING ON THE PLANETARY WAVES WITH CAROLYN #2 - June 17, 2009

 

     Does it feel as if change is happening so rapidly you can hardly keep up?  Don't feel alone.

 

     Remember -- We carry all the planetary energies inside of ourselves.  Therefore, it behooves each of us to have a basic awareness of the planetary cycles that are not only affecting us but the entire planet.

 

     The Full Moon of June 7 offered us a mega "reality check," and hopefully much valuable information.  During the entire month of June there continues to be very powerful energies at work and opportunities to expand and grow and to release whatever no longer resonates with who we truly are.

 

     What could be called the "Ascension" planets -- Chiron, Neptune and Jupiter -- remain close together in the late degrees of Aquarius and are traveling in a growth aspect to Uranus, "The Awakener," in Pisces.  These planets joining together in the skies are setting long-term cycles into motion that affect the entire world.  I am going to spend a little time on this magnificent grouping of planets as, interestingly enough, the last time these 3 planets were moving together in the heavens was in September of 1945, just after the end of World War II.   Chiron had yet to be discovered.  (In 1977 it was officially sighted and recognized) and it is only at present that humanity is becoming ready for the profound healing and embracing of not only our individual "wounds" but for the collective healing opportunity that the strongly placed transiting Chiron at present embodies for us all.

 

     Chiron is all about recovering and healing the lost pieces of our lives -- the previously disowned and unloved parts.  It's symbol is the "Key" and it certainly is.  Chiron is about "embodying" and learning to function squarely with our feet planted in this earth plane despite physical, or emotional impediments or blocks that we may still be experiencing and, furthermore, becoming aware of and embracing the perfection of the incredible "gifts" and wisdom in every perceived "wound" that is just waiting to be discovered beneath a seemingly painful exterior.

 

     Wounding manifesting in the physical body is certainly relevant here.  It is no coincidence that just yesterday I listened to Barack Obama strongly bring forward his ideas on essential health care reform in a speech to the American Medical  Association.  Of course, this may not be easy and most likely will require a huge amount of discussion and debate but the planetary energies discussed previously unquestionably support change, healing and humanitarian compassion big-time!(The major player planets all traveling together -- Neptune, Chiron and Jupiter -- aspected by Uranus -- are all in Aquarius -- and Obama has an Aquarius Rising Sign).   Aquarius is the sign of the Humanitarian; the Revolutionary; the Truth Sayer, after all).

 

     Since January 5, when Jupiter entered Aquarius, we have been expanding our sphere of influence and paying more attention to the larger world -- possibly joining a group, or groups and becoming more involved in our communities.  Just yesterday, June 15, Jupiter turned retrograde giving us all an opportunity to review our decisions and involvements and to cut back and possibly curtail any possible excesses, if necessary.  Don't panic!   ALL of the retrograde cycles of the planets are a necessary part of our life cycles (more on this in later writings).   With Jupiter retrograde it is a time to clearly re-envision your life and to dream bigger than you ever have before.  Open yourself to receive inspiration and guidance and be open to physical and emotional healing more than you ever thought was possible.

    On Sunday, June 21, Mars and Venus, archetypal energies associated with the Masculine and the Feminine, come together in Taurus, underscoring the birth of a new balance of power between the Mythic Goddess of Love and the God of War.   This process of the balancing of the Masculine and Feminine within each of us is huge.   We have been growing and building this energy for months.

 

     We are rapidly approaching a New Moon in Cancer on Monday, June 22.  This is the second of 5 "Supermoons" this year when the Moon is closest to the Earth.  Along with experiencing more intense emotions and upwelling from the unconscious, ocean tides are affected and the tectonic plates experience increased geopathic stress.   The Sun and Moon are in Cancer.  The essence of Cancer is to foster, protect and nurture, representing the Great Mother, Goddess of the Mysteries of Life, Growth and Death.  Pluto, the Transformer, opposes both the Sun and the Moon in exact degree giving each of us the opportunity to release any old programming around the feminine that we still carry.

 

     Ask yourself:  Is there any place inside of me I still do not honor, or in fact, denigrate, my emotions, my needs, my intuition, my sensitivity?  Where do I ignore the signals from my body and from the natural world?

 

New Guest Contributor -- Planetary Astrology

Suzanne's Introduction:

There are turbulent energies going on in our universe right now.  Most of us can feel them and some of us wonder about them.  Yet others of us may just feel agitation, frustration or a tone of disruption or distraction we can't quite put our fingers one.  One model for understanding these energies  and the forces the heavens have on us as individuals inhabiting this planet is Astrology.  I've had the honor and privilege of a friendship with a woman I consider a exceptional astrologer, Carolyn Goldman.  I've invited her to contribute to my blog on a regular basis, and she is also going to be part to of the new Teleclass on a weekly basis, keeping us "up to date" with the planetary/galactic energies that are affecting us. 

Here's her first contribution.  If you have questions, want an astrology reading from her or just want to know more, you can email her at carolyn@thetasynergy.com

Comments about this column and it's contents are welcomed.

SURFING  ON  THE   PLANETARY  WAVES  WITH  CAROLYN

Keep  fastening  your  seatbelts!  The planets  are  blessing  us  currently  with  all we  need  to  make  our  deepest  dreams  and  wishes  come true  if  we  are willing  to  look  reality  square  in  the  face,  courtesy  of  Saturn  in  Virgo, get  our  daily  lives,  our  health  and  our  desks  in  order  and  connect  with  and maximize  the  potential  and  opportunities  provided  by  the  major Chiron/Jupiter/Neptune configuration of planets available to us at present in a big way emphasizing the development of greater compassion, sympathetic understanding, connection to something higher, the healing of old wounds and the common destiny we share with all others as humans on this planet.

 

Remember  --  we  don’t  necessarily  attract  what  we  desire --  we  attract  what we  are  --  and boy  is  what  we  are  or  have  been  in  transformation! Can you honestly say you feel like the same person  you did a month or even a couple of weeks ago?   No  --  it ain’t always comfortable but I can truthfully say for myself -- Bring it on!!

We are still in the process of healing and balancing the masculine/feminine energies and healing the separation within thanks to the dance of Venus and Mars which has been going on all year and this will in turn eradicate the separation we experience in the outer world.   This is so our ego can serve our Higher Self, or source energy and not vice-versa.   This is majorly huge, to say the least!

We are headed towards a powerful Full Moon in 17 degrees of Sagittarius this Sunday, June 7.

Everyone’s  “emotional tides” are running higher during a Full Moon.  The Full Moon is also related to ending and completion.   There is often a conflict between our conscious and subconscious desires  resulting in an increased emotional sensitivity during this time when the sun and moon are in opposition to each other.   Also, we are all affected to varying degrees depending on the placement of the planets in our individual birthcharts.

 

A Full Moon, like a New Moon, is a portal in time and space.  We are able to glimpse new realities and our awareness of higher dimensions expands.  The days just before a Full Moon provide maximum opportunities for releasing the physical,’mental and emotional blockages that have prevented us from experiencing the greater truth of  the  magnificence of who we really are and always have been, transcending our ordinary sources and senses.  Take advantage of this opportunity!

Just a few hours after the peak of the Full Moon the Moon squares Saturn so we will need to honor the message of Saturn in Virgo, ongoing since the summer of 2007, in order to maximize the potential of this event.  What this means for most of us is putting our daily lives, our schedules, our bodies and our environment in order.

I urge you not to dilly-dally!  We’ve only got a few more months to embrace this opportunity before Saturn, the Great Teacher, moves into the sign of Libra.

Remember – the highest manifestation and potential of Saturn in Virgo is an awareness of what we are dedicating ourselves to in the areas of everydayl ife and responsibilities, developing effective work skills, connecting with heartfelt service and healing and maintenance at the highest level of ourbodies and our physical organism in order to express ourselves at a higher level of competency.  Self-imposed and healthy discipline andSelf-M astery is nothing to be sneezed at after all.   As Saturn is squaring both thebSun and Moon, once again, this is a powerful “reality check” and we are challenged to eliminate any old false assumptions and beliefs. 

Get in touch with what is true for you now.  Everything is changing – even the Archetypes of reality are changing.  This is a great time to be even more connected with like-minded others while remaining open to new ways of being!

How does Loving myself Contribute to the World Around me?

What would it be like to live in a world where everyone loved themselves? 

Now, I don't mean egotistical conceit.  That's not love.  I mean living among other humans who had self-compassion, self-acceptance, self-kindness, self-caring, self-respect, self-love.  I mean living among human beings who motivated themselves through positive means rather than criticism, anger, fear and other negativity.  Not possible you say.  Well, I think it is, and I think it begins with each one of us.  My interior reality creates the exterior reality.  We are told that over and over. Today those saying it are scientists and quantum physicists. 

So, when someone recently asked me how loving myself contributes to the world around me, I was surprised.  How I feel about myself within, creates the reality I create around me.  But, I guess everyone doesn't get all the aspects of loving oneself.  Like self-acceptance, self-esteem, self-caring, self-compassion, self-kindness, self-respect -- to me these are all aspects of loving oneself.  When you walk in the joy of self-acceptance and self-compassion, you automatically generate that in the world.

I'm a photographer as well as a healer and writer.  I get the opportunity to see how folks react to photos of themselves all the time.  Just yesterday I took a lovely photo of a woman at a networking event and then showed it to her on the LCD of my camera.  She immediately began to find fault -- not with my photo but with her face.  Do you do that, too?  What about when you look in the mirror.  What do you say about the person you see?  Is it critical and judgmental or encouraging and compassionate. 

We look in mirrors all day long.  Every other person we see is a mirror.  How we see them often mirrors how we see ourselves.  And, how we see them often creates how they respond to us.  Years ago in sociology I studied something called the "self-fulfilling prophesy" in Social Theory and Social Structure by Robert K. Merton.  But he didn't originate it. He got it from W. I. Thomas who clearly got it from observing what went on around him.  The whole idea can  be traced back to the Ancient Greeks.  It's just another way of saying "We create our own realities. What we expect to be so, will be so."

That leads me to the next question.  What creates our expectations? My thought about that is that our interior environment creates the expectations.  If our interior environment is one of self-acceptance that plays out in our exterior reality.  If, on the other hand, that interior environment is one of self-criticism, self-pity, mistrust and vicitimizaition that's what we'll see in the world and create more of in the world.

Back to my earlier question. What would it be like to live in a world where everyone loves, respects and accepts themselves?  It's my mission to contribute to that vision.  Starting with myself and others who might like to join me.  I don't pretend to have "made it" yet.  I'm learning and growing and changing every day.  Some say you teach what you need and desire to learn.  And I'm certainly doing that.  I've found several modalities that assist me to change the trauma and the negative beliefs I have about myself.  I've also found that when I work with a group with these modalities we all benefit.  The synergy of the group leads us to great growth than we would be able to accomplish on our own. 

I've put together a whole curriculum on Loving Yourself to  an Abundant Life.  Part 1 of that program deals with Receiving and with Our Bodies.  It is a 5-part teleclass and the program includes 2 private 45-minutes coaching sessions to work with each person individually as well as in the group.  If you are interested, you can learn more by going here.

If you'd like to know more, call me.  818-590-0062.

The class begins on June 16, Tuesday evening at 6 pm and goes for 2 hours.  The first class is on receiving and the ways we block the receiving process.  Learn more here.

Loving Yourself in the Soup Pot

When things are going just the way I want and I know I am in life's flow I find it easier to love myself.  But what about when I'm in what I call the the "all that is" Soup Pot.  The temperature is rising, and tons of new ingredients are being tossed in the pot with me.  What do I do then? 

One strategy, which I would not recommend, is to start to criticize and judge.  Another strategy that fails to produce any love is to second guess the decision to jump in the pot.  Indulging in comparisons with the other ingredients is a very unsuccessful strategy as well.  After all, each of the ingredients was chosen for the uniqueness it would add to the overall flavor symphony of the soup.  Than means me we all have a unique contribution.

On the other hand, when the water starts to boil and the other ingredients bump me around, whirlpools push me under the stock, the salt bites and that dash of cayenne gets in my eye, how do I stay in my loving of myself.  At this point in the post, you may be saying to yourself, what is she talking about?  How can I love myself when I know I'm comparing or judging. 

It is at this very time that I use the tools and practices I've built with ThetaSynergy to find my way back to the loving because this is when I need my own self-acceptance the most, when I need to have the self-compassion to know that the heat and turbulence of the moment is the very synergy that is creating something new. 

Last week I felt like it was me in the "soup pot", struggling to keep my head above the surface in a balanced and centered way.  I knew I was grumpy, to put it mildly.  And, some part of me was grumping about every little thing.  Mostly it seemed as if nothing was right.  I know enough to stay away from second guessing myself, and yet, I was thinking about how to get out of the soup pot.  Was there a way I could come home earlier.   I asked for assistance and guidance, and one of my clients called me for a session.  What do you know. the universe displays it's brilliance again.  What my client needed assistance with was just what I needed to do for myself as well.  Shortly after that and still in the commotion of the pot, I found myself saying to myself "I wonder what I'll taste like when I'm done cooking?"  What new delicious qualities are being cooked into me?  Where ever that question came from, it gave me some perspective.  It is that perspective I'm writing about now. 

As I feel it, the energies in the universe are like riding intense rapids or being boiled and then simmered with a bunch of seemingly different ingredients. My translation of what my Astrologer friend Carolyn tells me about the Planetary energies is the our friend Pluto is setting dynamite charges to unearth and excavate any areas where we need transformation, and Saturn is following right behind with sandpaper to make sure all the edges are smooth and polished.  I know I'm mixingmy metaphors all over the place, but I think you'll get the idea.

Are you feeling some of that too? Just remember that the flavor of the soup contains all the different tastes of the ingredients and synergizes them into a brand new creation.

For more understanding of how to love yourself in the soup pot, check out my new Loving Yourself to Abundance Transformation Program which includes teleclasses, private work and practices that keep the loving flowing even in the soup pot.

There's a free teleclass coming on loving yourself. Dates to be posted soon so check back. Lina and I will be giving you some secrets to Loving Yourself, letting go of judgments and releasing and clearing downloads.  Stay tuned. 

The Luxury of Watching Clouds Change

I experienced something today that seemed so abundant to me, so luxurious, so in fullness of the flow of life that I decided to write about it.  What was it?  I know, the title gave it away.  It was the luxury of watching clouds change. When was the last time  you did that?

I'm in Maui and had walked down to the beach with a friend.  There's a rock wall along the area in Kihei where we were and so we stopped and sat on the rocks.  I looked up and saw these wave clouds all in a row. Yes, I'm including a photo so you can see what a "wave cloud" looks like.  To us they were shaped like waves coming in.  And there was even a little grey cloud just above the mountain that reminded one of a fish.  We were witnessing the great ocean in the sky. At first there were 12, then 13 then 15.   

As we continued our conversation, I would occasionally glance up to the sky.  At first the waves were multiplying. Then they began to change shape. At one point they looked like rowers in a very long canoe. Then they began to move outward in a semi circle in an ever-enlarging circle that looked like rays of the sun.  Eventually they dissipated.   

Somewhere in the last few minutes of their existence I realized just how long it had been since I'd watched clouds change.  As I began to notice I felt the luxury of it.  Just to be able to sit, converse, watch the many different shapes emerge and flow above me and not have to run off some place or go get something done.  What an amazing luxury.  And as I acknowledged the luxury, the feeling came in even more fully.  It reminded me of being on my Manifesting In Motion Class this Morning.  I was sharing and one of those truths popped out.  I heard myself say, When you get present with the abundance in your life, more immediately comes to you.  Abundance attracts abundance.  Luxury attracts luxury. 

Love attracts love.  And, unfortunately, negativity attracts more of the same.  These are turbulent times.  Yes, I know I've said that before. I feel a turbulence in the energy around us.  We are really all feeling it.  And how you move in it, how you ride the rapids of this flow of life depends a lot of what you feel and think about yourself.  The more you love your self, the easier it will be.  Why, you might ask?  Because the more you love yourself, the more centered and present in now you are. And the more present in now you are, the harder it is to trigger you. 

So, if you are finding yourself getting caught up in the drama and emotion of these times, getting angry or upset with things pretty much outside your control then probably there's more work to do in the area of loving yourself.

Now as it happens, I have a 6-month transformational Program starting on May 22 called Loving Yourself to Abundance which is a combination of teleclasses, personal Theta and coaching sessions and ongoing practices to assist you to expand your capacity to love yourself and maintain it.  For more information, click here.  The cool think is you can pay by the month. 

How is Loving Yourself Connected to Abundance? Part 1

Recently I had a client ask me this question.  It surprised me because I see loving yourself as a key to a consciousness of abundance.  From my perspective they are totally connected. But, I'd never taken it apart, so I welcomed the question.  It began the following thought process which I expect will lead not only to more than more blog posts, but has also led me to offer a series of classes. 

What is loving yourself?  

Some simple answers to that are feeling good about yourself.  Being understanding and compassionate with yourself no matter what is going on inside or outside yourself. In my work, I see that most of us treat ourselves worse than we would treat our worst enemy.  We criticize, we judge, we constantly change the rules on ourselves, and often say harsh things. Certainly that is not loving ourselves, but I think in some twisted way we think it is.  I cannot think we would heap the criticism and judgment upon ourselves that we do, unless we thought it was accomplishing some higher goal. 

Oh, at this point if you are a reading this and you never judge, criticize, or second guess yourself, STOP reading this now.  Unless of course you have a friend that you feel is very hard on themselves.

What does judgment and criticism achieve?

Why would we judge, criticize and doubt ourselves?  Many might say it is the path to greater excellence, achievement and perfection.  Some might say that judgment is the only way we'll "get it right."  

What I've seen is that self-judgment, self criticism, the act of "trying to get it right"  disconnects us from a greater strength and energy.  Judgment and criticism are mental and analytical functions that actually interfere with the flow of life energy.  Look at a finely tuned athlete.  They can look at a film to see where they can improve.  But if even for a millisecond they stop to think about what they are doing wrong in the actual process of performing their athletic feat is takes them off stride, out of sync, away from the relaxation and flow off their best performance.  The pass receiver who takes his eye off the ball , the sprinter who tenses up because he thinks about his form, the ice skater who moves out of the flow for that fraction of a moment and lands off the edge all have something in common.  Their need to get it right jumps in so strongly that in fact, they tense up and get it wrong. The move out of the flow or another way to say it is they move out of the present. 

When we are loving ourselves we stay in the flow.   When we stay in the flow we have access to that greater part of ourselves that can manifest magic. 

When the joy is flowing, when things are going in a way that we judge to be "right" it's much easier to stay in a place of love and acceptance with ourselves.  But, what about those times when we are sure it is "something" we did that's making life the way it is.  And the way it is, is just NOT the way we want it to be? What about those times?  How do we stay in loving with ourselves at those moments.

And how is all this connected to abundance? 

The great abundance writers tell us one of the keys to having and manifesting what we desire it is be able to visualize what we want, what we desire, to feel it, hear it, smell it, taste it.  The Law of Attraction works through the feelings -- and the higher feelings of love and joy.  Self-judgment and criticism are not pathways to love and joy.  The are pathways to anxiety, fear, stress and tension.  The very feelings that interfere with manifesting our deepest desires; the very feelings that interfere with staying in a feeling of abundance.  

Do you have criticism going on a lot of the time in the background?  Thetahealing can find the sources of this and release it.  We judge and criticize ourselves because we have beliefs that it will achieve something greater.  IF we knew how to do better we would.  Theta sessions can assist you to re-write the software within so that you have more praise than criticism, more love and joy, than judgement.

Call me to learn more.  818-590-0062 

My 6-month Transformation Program is now available, Love Yourself to Abundance.  Find out more here.

Historic Pasadena Oak -- An Inspiration?

When I first discovered this oak,  I was walking in Eaton Canyon and had veered onto a side trail.  It was warm out, so I walked under a shady oak and stopped for a moment to enjoy the shade.  In the comfort of the shade I took the time to look around at what had made this almost gazebo-like spot.  There was green thriving oak all around and over me.  There was plenty of space underneath the tree to stand or sit on one of it's limbs.  At first it looked like a tall strong oak tree with several limbs that were growing along the ground.  Check out the video about this oak on my youtube site.

A second look brought into focus what was really here.  This tree had been totally uprooted, well not totally, but 85-90% of it's root base had been pulled out of the ground and the tree that was attached to that root was lying on the ground, which is what made such a wonderful seat.  And yet it was alive, and growing still.  Thriving was an even better word to describe it. Green leaves on downed and skyward limbs as well as new spring shoots.  As I looked even more closely I realized that at the base of the tree, just above the root, two strong limbs -- 12" or so in diameter -- worthy of being called trees themselves, had grown out of the side of the downed tree straight up to the sky. 

"This tree should be dead."  I thought to myself, "Trees usually die when this much of their root is ripped out of the ground."  Obviously the oak did not have these same beliefs.  It should have been dead or just barely surviving.  Instead, in what seems like a barren environment, it grew two new trees as well as nourishing all the limbs that had fallen to the ground.  I just stood staring at the Oak realizing what a message it had for me.  Whatever happens to you, triving is possible and doable. 

On my second visit to the oak, there was someone sleeping under it.  It was shelter someone else.  Since then I've shown it to at least one other person.  Yesterday I visited it again and saw something new.

My friend the oak has a lover.  An equally courageous sycamore who clearly was upended at the same time lies entwined with it.  When you view the video of this sycamore, you will see that it fell flat on the ground and it's main trunk just began growing in the direction of the light and the sky.

Quantum physics shows us that what you focus on you get more of.  Thus, the focus on Thriving.  However, a positive focus is much harder to maintain if there are limiting beliefs that are catalyzed and amplified by the fears around us.

What if those limiting beliefs can be changed into positive ones?  That's what I do, assist you to change any limiting beliefs that are blocking you from your Life Wishes and Desires.  This is a quick and easy process. If you want to know more, call me at 818-590-0062.  Want to sign up for a coaching package and get started right away, click here.

Competing Creations – Part I

 

I'm writing you from my front porch.  It's springtime in Southern California so I still have bright green grass – it turns a brownish green in the summer.  The scene is not quiet, peaceful  or serene – folks to my left are loading ceramic tile into a truck and the folks to my right are pounding on metal with a metal hammer.  But, there's this soft caressing breeze and the temperature is just right and I feel fabulous.  This is one of my creations that I love – a front porch office.  Right in front of me strung across the columns of my porch are African Peace Flags reminding me of love, oneness, faith, leadership and wisdom as I write this post.

A couple of days ago I had the epiphany about the necessity of physicality and challenge in my life.  Since then I've been faced with a couple of huge challenges which are for the moment under control.  The good news is I see them for what they are.  The bad news is that I know I created them and I'd rather they went away.  So I'm experimenting with the process of creating physical challenges for myself as a way to occupy the part of me that needs challenge.  Yesterday I got back on my bike and did the stairs I wrote about the day before.  The challenge is this was that my body was sore and my bottom was sore, too.  At first I thought, there's no way I'm going to ride all that way, but after a few minutes is all calmed down and I kept riding despite a slightly protesting right knee.  But, that calmed down too as I kept riding.

Today I decided I needed a different challenge.  I'm preparing for the Advanced ThetaHealing Class that I'm teaching this weekend so I needed to get manuals copied.  The trip to the copy center via bicycle seemed a worthy of that label.  First I had to find a box that fit the back fender and then I had to figure out a route that gave me the least busy lunch-time streets to negotiate.  The road to the center of Pasadena from where I live is slightly up hill the whole way – with a couple of sections being even more uphill, so the challenge in today's ride was to negotiate these hills with sore muscles and a knee occasionally voicing it's protest. 

I'm part scotch-Irish and one of the gifts from my ancestors is that with any  difficult physical exertion my face turns a bright red.  That coupled with noon-day sun-generated sweat must have made me a sight to behold because I kept getting reactions.  First the man at the copy place looked at me strangely, but pointed at the machines that had the best rate.  When I asked to use the rest room to wash my hands before touching my original he told me it didn't work.  So I went next door to Fed-EX Kinkos – they were 6 cents a page more expensive so with an 80 page manual I'd opted for their competitor.  As I walked in the door an employee was rearranging things at a packaging table.  When she turned around and saw me, she took a step backward as if my appearance frightened her. 

When I returned to the Pasadena Image Center, I asked him if he thought I looked strange.  He told me no, then suggested maybe it was the hat.  Yes, I wear a bike helmut.  I love my brain and want to do whatever I can to protect it.  And, in 1996 my then best-friend Marcia fell from her horse and hit her head and never woke up.  Had she been wearing a helmut we might be working and playing together today. 

While I was riding I spent a lot of time thinking about challenges.  If for some reason we need or desire the adrenaline of challenges in our lives and we are not intentionally creating them but leaving them to the devices of our sub-conscious, then how does that work?  Does our sub-conscious have any kind of priority list for challenges?  Does it have preferences.  Seems like my sub-conscious really likes creating challenges in the arena of money. I did some muscle testing and it seems that money ranks as the best challenge, men comes in number two and time is currently number three.  

That's were competing creations comes in.  If money is a favorite arena for my sub-conscious to create challenges, then that's going to be in competition with my attempts to consciously create more monetary income in my life. 

Last night on my teleclass, we worked on this topic and it was so deep and powerful that the teleclass went over by almost 30 minutes.  At this point I need to re-listen to the class cause I remember having chill bumps at some of the downloads, but I can't remember what they were.  It was like what to download was being brought out of the all that is, and through me with no pause for my own internal recording. 

Opps, I have errands and a client session so I'd better close this out.  Tonight I'll be working on this in my West LA Theta Synergy class, so more to come. 

Extreme Courage -- A Very Personal Post

I just received what I believe will turn out to be a major clue to living a happier life.  I finally see why I set up my own life to have so many challenges.  The short answer.  I have a need and desire for situations that require extreme courage.  So I create them.

How did I find this out?  Well, I'm taking a class with Alexi Sebasttien, Manifesting in Motion.  Currently I'm in part 2 the class, called The Prosperity Project.  Alexi is a very talented coach and is also learning Thetahealing from me.  She does something called Hand Analysis and from the first time she started speaking to me about my hands I knew she was spot on.  My whole purpose in life is Love.  And, it is my lesson as well.  Requiring me to be clear about boundaries and about emotional authenticity (which sometimes is a difficult one for me, though I am clearing those beliefs about what will happen if I truly say what I feel as quickly as I find them).  In her hand analysis she also looks at your heart line -- which I'll talk about in another post.  And your special gifts.  Turns out your gifts come with penalties if you don't use them.  And, if you are not using them one way, you'll find another. 

Recently I've been writing about the idea of competing creations as a reason that what we desire is not manifesting.  And, I've been totally aware that I had a competing creation in the area of money.  I am a powerful manifestor and if something I'm desiring to manifest is not manifesting, then it's because I'm creating in an area that competes with this. I just wasn't sure what it was or why. 

NOTE:  I had pretty much finished this post and my computer crashed.  So I lost everything from this point. Had I been writing this in Word, it would have been saved, but only that which I had thought to save was recovered here.  Maybe this is another challenge to overcome. 

Extreme Courage is the gift.  And it means that I do well in challenge situations.  And it means that I NEED challenge situations.  I need the "extreme sports" of life.  Maybe it's why I like watching sports so much.  So when not faced with a challenge, I subconsciously create them. And I like the adrenaline.   I've always been calm in emergency situations, it's a point of pride. I've faced a lot -- including a gun without flinching. 

In fact, I have a bullet wound in my back from that one.  I was volunteering at a drug rehab therapeutic community and someone "split" from the program.  A staff member and myself went to this bar in a particularly rough section of Richmond looking for the errant resident.  As we came out of the bar and got back into my little Simca, two guys put guns in either window and wanted our money.  I didn't have any but I did have a gas card I didn't want to give them.  And my friend was from a tough section of Boston so I knew he wasn't handing over anything.  I looked at the robber on my side and he took hold of my hair and I just kept looking at him, eye to eye.  He let go of my hair and seemed to be a little less certain. At the same time I had the car keys in my right hand and was working them around to point at the ignition.  I knew my friend would do something and I needed to be ready. 

There was only one hitch.  My car had a broken solenoid switch and had not started on the first turn over in over a month.  IN fact, it usually took me 5 or more minutes of clicking to find that place where it would turn over.  That it would not start in this situation never crossed my mind.  I just knew I had to be ready and my friend grabbed the guy on his side and pulled him in the window and said "Hit it!"  I jammed the key in the ignition and turned it and......... the car started on the first turn for the first time in many weeks.  We took off down the street.  The man on my side fired and the bullet was slowed down by the back side window and just as it would have hit me I had flattened my shoulder blade so that I could pull the gear shift around the extra body in the front.  I felt it hit and just kept driving, though I did tell my friend what had happened. From that time on, I've known I was protected. 

In our class today I realized that I need the physical challenges as well as the mental ones.  One of the things Alexi suggested was that I needed to physically challenge myself like going to a rock climbing gym or something extreme.  And, truthfully I had noticed these stairs at the Metro Station on Madre Street last week.  Currently I have a problem with one heel, Achilles tendinitis, and so walking is difficult.  Dancing is not, but dancing at home is not as challenging and dance classes are much more expensive.  Sometime last week I got this idea that I could ride my bike to the Metro Station and then do the stairs like my own private gym work out area.  So while the class was still going I had my assistant get air in the tires of my bike and as soon as the class finished I was on that bike.  I love stairs.  When I was working in EarthQuake Recovery at Cal State Northridge I could run 8 flights of stairs without stopping and without breathing too hard at the end of a 10 or 12 hour day.  I like pushing myself physically and have not been doing it because of the heel. 

The metro station parking structure is 5 stories or 4 1/2 flights.  I found I could go up them at a steady walk without too much trouble.  I was breathing at the top but not out of breath.  So then I came down a flight and explored the whole station, looking at maps and figuring out where I could take me and my bike on the metro for even more exploring.  Then I walked over the freeway to where the trains are and went down a long couple of flights and back up.  Now I could really feel it.  My muscles were doing that sort of weak swishy thing that says "we're not sure we're going to keep working and what are you doing to us anyway?"  Great feeling.  I could feel the joy bubbling inside me.  Yes! On the way home some part of me was thinking about how to make the bike ride more difficult just to make sure it stayed challenging. 

For 10 years I had a successful painting contracting business.  As I was writing this I realized that one of the things that kept it interesting and challenging was the continual physical exertion of it.  From the very beginning I pushed my body to do things it wasn't used to doing.  I even learned to spray lacquer with both right and left hands because my right arm wasn't strong enough to keep going all day.  Squeezing a spray gun with the same feel with both hands is tricky and you need to do that to make the lacquer spray match.  More challenge. 

Today's class was one of those defining moments of my life.  I feel as if I've been given a key to a door that's been locked for a long time and behind which are some of the most important secrets about how I function as a person. Once I know these secrets I can modify them and set up positive working situations with my ThetaHealing Skills.  It's the knowledge that I got from understanding Alexi's hand analysis.  The "ah ha's" just keep coming.  Current and past, much of the landscape of my life makes a lot more sense to me. 

For over a year now I've been feeling like I would be moving.  I just didn't know where.  Portland Oregon was high on my list but there were other locations that were in the running as well.  I love moving, love going to different places and sort of "starting over".  One of my favorite jobs was running social science survey offices for a statistical research firm.  I came to LA for the first time in the mid-70's and ran an office at 44th and Vernon.  We had the highest numbers of any survey in the nation.  I only knew one person when I came to LA and left knowing a lot.  I was sure I was coming back to this city and even though it took almost 10 years, I did. I also ran offices in San Francisco, Pittsburgh, and South Bend, Indiana.    Before that I'd walked away from all my possessions in Richmond Virginia to go to Atlanta and then finally landed in D.C.  In the late 90's I set it up so I was bi-coastal.  And then moved to Bethesda, MD for a couple of years.  I do so love LA. And, I've kept feeling this urge to move into the new. 

After today's class I'm thinking maybe I don't actually need to move.  Just set myself a challenge of setting up a new business location somewhere else and making that a success, too.  Like living in two places and going back and forth.  Whatever, at least I understand the feeling.  Now, I can more clearly decide what I desire and use my Theta Skills to create it. 

One of my gifts is being able to see and find others Competing Creations.  It's just my own that are more elusive. And now that I see how and why I keep creating challenges I can use my Theta skills to make magical changes.  Yes!  Yes!  Yes! 

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