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The Photo used on the cover of Wings of Change

Wings of Change Chapter 1

Awareness: The Wake-Up

What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself. —Abraham Maslow

With good intentions you go through life investing energy into what you think, at the time, is a good cause or plan. Yet you’re constantly met with obstacles. Unfortunately, life doesn’t unfold as you anticipated, and the systems you live by appear to be working against you. Contradictory practices and beliefs emerge, adding to your frustration. To make matters worse, your friends and loved ones don’t understand your predicament. You are trapped and don’t see any means of escape. Your only option is to grit your teeth and continue to plod along, living the same life and trying to be a good citizen.

Perhaps you see yourself in this description. This was our life just a short time ago, before we learned how to take control. Now our lives look much different and are full of exciting opportunities. What changed between then and now was our sense of awareness. If you find yourself in an uncomfortable situation but you don’t know how to change it, you need to examine your level of awareness. It may shock you to realize that much of your reactive living is due to your awareness. When life becomes threatening, people generally react in four ways:

• Fight
• Flight
• Compete
• Behave inconsiderately toward others

Have you ever wondered why people react in these ways? Is it genetic or environmental? This question has been debated for years. In our experience, we’ve discovered it is largely environmental and hereditary. It is our early environment that contributes to the majority of our actions.

For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he.
—Proverbs 23:7 (King James Version)

Belief Formation

Newborn babies arrive as a clean slate. To a baby, all things are possible. Even from the time of conception, the baby grows and learns and develops these abilities, be, do, have. As the young infants develop, their surroundings and environments forge their belief systems. There is no way to filter out sabotaging or harmful beliefs or attitudes; they just receive information as fact.

Our perceptions of ourselves and others around us are created by the beliefs that have been instilled in us since birth. As children, the opinions and attitudes expressed by others become our truths, and as we mature, those opinions become embedded in our belief systems. Children, like infants, are as wide-open and vulnerable as a soft sponge, and they absorb everything around them. They readily receive, without question, whatever they hear, smell, taste, touch, and see. Unfortunately, these beliefs were impressed upon us at such an early age; we don’t take the time and effort to examine them and whether or not they support our current lifestyle. These beliefs are more often than not incorrect assumptions.

This pattern continues into adulthood. Stop and think about the five best friends you had as a teenager. Now consider what they are doing today. More than likely you are all stuck at a similar level of success, earning similar salaries and living the same stress-filled lives. Take a good look at your closest associates today. Where do they stand? How does your life compare with theirs?

As a result of our pasts, most of us wander aimlessly through our adult lives, accepting whatever opinions, attitudes, and beliefs are most prevalent in society. We judge ourselves and our lives against what others have said about us and how they live their lives, until the judgments and lives of others become more real than our own actions. Our self-images are often incorrectly based on the attitudes and values of other people.

What do you believe? Have you heard comments that have built up your self-esteem and confidence, such as: "Oh, he’s a great athlete!" and "She always manages to find the good in every situation." Or has it been more of: "You never were very smart," and "You never can do anything right." When someone says these words to you, they often don’t realize the effect they have on you.

Chapter 1 continues to speak about: Paradigm Awareness, Rules, Competition, Fear of the Unknown, Fear is the Result of Faulty Paradigms, Living in a World of Contradictions, Choosing Your Path, and A Glimpse of the Future where the following questions are asked:

• Do you live your life according to your rules or someone else’s?
• Are you happy with your current life?
• Do you want to change some aspect of your life, but are afraid of what others may think or say?
• What paradigms are holding you back?

If you feel life is passing you by, tell us in this anonymous survey: http://twtpoll.com/kotext

The chapter ends with the beginning of a goose tale, where a family of geese meet with the issues discussed so far. Here is that portion of the story:

The Wake-Up

The air is cool as the autumn wind gives way to the chill of winter. Brilliant yellow and fire-red leaves fill the sky as the fall slowly strips the green from the leaves. Hundreds of grey geese go about their business while a group of older gander huddle around an old tree stump, fumbling over a tattered map. Tension brews and feathers ruffle. No one can agree which direction is best. The only item everyone can agree on, however, is that the old goose system, goosology, which states how and where and when to fly, must be followed.

Jonathan, a mild mannered, patient goose, nudges his way through the gaggle to catch a better glimpse of the map.

He wipes the smudges from his glasses on his shirttail. Adjusting them to his face, he peers down and studies the map intensely, “This way. We’ve got to go to the east.”

“No. No. No, you’re wrong Jonathon. We’ve got to go west,” a voice argues from the distance.

“Who is that? If you’re going to give your advice, at least let us know who you are,” Jonathon replies.

Glenn, the self-proclaimed explorer of the gaggle, emerges from the trees. He loves the adventure of flying into the unknown. Even though his advice and sense of direction is as bad as his eyesight, the group gives him his ten minutes of fame because of his congenial nature and desire to help the flock. His portly body barely lifts off the ground as he waddles toward the group. Glenn folds his brown, weathered, flight cap and tucks it into his belt.

Several ganders in the group begin to clear their throats in a poor attempt to hide their laughter as he stumbles over a fallen aspen log. Glenn’s aviator goggles could easily pass for soda bottles.

He points his wing straight into the sky. “We’ve got to go west; otherwise we’ll run into the Snow Geese.”

Suddenly the laughter fades to quiet. A hush falls over the group. The silence is deafening. Everyone is afraid to breathe. Even the wind blows with caution. Everyone stands paralyzed at Glenn’s mention of the Snow Geese. Snow Geese migrate in immense flocks, sometimes numbering in the tens of thousands and are feared by the fearful grey geese. When they take flight, this ominous flock appears as a thunderous white cloud rising from the marsh, transforming their formations into the V. To the grey geese, this V formation is considered evil. Just to say the letter “V” is forbidden by many geese—they are afraid to say it. Just the mere thought of Snow Geese conjures fear and dread. After all, the Snow Geese go South.

Jonathon and the rest of the grey geese migrate in much smaller numbers, in many different directions, and have never dreamed of flying South for the winter. They often find themselves lost and struggling to stay warm in the bitter northern winter as they plot their next move. Now that the shock has worn off, the gaggle regains its focus, but Jonathon can’t help but wonder if this constant battle about which direction is best is inhibiting the group. As he listens to the other ganders argue over east or west, his thoughts drift to the mysterious Snow Geese.

Childhood recollections of his father’s harsh words of warning speak to him. Don’t look at them; the brightness of their white feathers will blind you. They aren’t like us; they fly in the evil V formation. The snow geese are marked and so too will you if you associate with them. These words consume Jonathon’s mind. He wonders if they ever shiver in the cold and feel like they’re going in circles.

“Are we really that different?” mumbles Jonathon to himself.

“Remember we mustn’t ever fly in the direction of South.” Glenn states.

The ganders huddle around the stump prodding and poking at the map like it is a patient on the operating table. With each “this way” or “that way”, Jonathon drifts deeper into thoughts of the Snow Geese.

“Hey, you. Do you think you can take a few moments away from plotting our course and have a quick break with your wife?” whispered Connie.

Jonathon leans over to Connie, “I can’t think of anything I’d rather do than eat lunch with my family.”

“Adam and Angel are playing with the neighbors, so it’s just you and me.” Connie clears away the twigs and spreads out a red-and-white-checked tablecloth on the ground.

Jonathon peers into the picnic basket and smiles. “Your famous cheese and onion sandwiches—we may have to fight those guys off with a stick.”

“Don’t worry. I always make extra,” she smiles.

Connie is a well-respected goose. She has a certain elegance that endears her to the flock. Her wisdom and advice, about topics ranging from how to set a proper table to mending an injured wing, is sought by many of the group.

Balsam and fir scents fill the senses as deer and elk wander the forest as if they were lost. Ancient trees stand guard over the forest like parents protecting their firstborn. Jonathon watches with envy as the squirrels and chipmunks search for acorns to add to their winter stash. He and Connie sit on a carpet of freshly fallen leaves, munching on nuts and sipping lemonade.

Suddenly the serenity of the forest is interrupted by a loud thud. Leaves swirl around Jonathon and Connie, kicking up the dust. Adam lands face-first on the tablecloth.

“Hey, Mom and Dad, what’s for lunch?” Adam looks up with a sheepish grin.

“I thought you and Angel were playing next door. And keep your wings off— this is my sandwich,” Jonathon says, brushing the dust off Adam’s beak. “If you want one, you’ll have to fight Glenn for it; he just took the last one.”

“That’s okay; I’m not really that hungry anyway.”

Connie pours Adam a glass of lemonade, “So where is your sister. I thought you two were playing together?”

“She was right behind me. She’ll be here any minute.”

As Jonathon finishes his sandwich, Angel skips through the leaves and plops down next to her mother and Adam. Joy bellows in his chest when he sees his children. Angel is so young and impressionable and Adam is just finding his independence. Jonathon finds himself a bit jealous of Adam. He wishes he had the courage to stand up for what he believes in. Regret spills over Jonathon as he realizes he no longer feels as invincible as he did as a young gander; his life is no longer his own.

Jonathon yearns to protect his family; he is terrified that this shuffling around the country in a seemingly endless circle is going to eventually harm them. The winters are getting colder and the food is scarcer each year.

Connie, Adam, and Angel pack up the picnic basket and Jonathon heads back toward the great debate at the stump. Jonathon can’t help but think that there has to be more. Something different. A better path. He scans the rest of the flock; he questions whether they even know what they are arguing over, or if it is so ingrained in them that they repeat these words like robots. Jonathon has spent his entire life in this flock. His parents were founding flockers. He can’t understand why he can no longer be content with this life. What else is there? This is all he has ever known. He can’t leave. He wonders how he could ever provide for his family.

“Connie, just a minute. I’ll walk you home,” Jonathon turns around.

“Don’t you have to stay and help find our route?”

Shaking his head, “No, I think they can handle it without me for a day.”

Angel and Adam scurry off ahead of their parents. Connie can’t help but notice the perplexed expression on his face. Jonathon can’t quite explain the overwhelming sense of uneasiness surging through his body. He knows somehow things are never going to be the same.

“Honey, have you ever thought of leaving?” He holds Connie’s wing.
“Leaving? You mean like we always do as soon as the route is mapped out? Of course, I think about it this time every year.”

“No I don’t mean migrating. I mean leaving on our own. Just the four of us.” The hesitation in his voice echoes with each word.

“What do you mean?” she asks, looking around to make sure no one had heard him. “This is our life. We don’t know anything else.”

“I know. I know. But as I watched all the confusion today and then listened to the others, I couldn’t help but wonder if there was a better way. You know, without the flock.”

“Leave the flock and fly by ourselves? Don’t you know that staying with the flock is safe?” Connie speeds her stride home.

“I know that.” Jonathon says, jogging to catch up with her. “But who cares? We can take our own time. See what we want to see. Teach our children the way we think they should be taught.”

Connie stops and turns to him. “I don’t know what has gotten into to you, but you need to work out whatever it is before we leave.”

“I don’t know what has gotten into me,” he says, caressing her face. “All I know is that when I looked at you and the children today, I wanted to give them the best life possible, and I honestly don’t know if this is it.”

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The Celestine Insights
from http://www.celestinevision.com/

THE FOURTH INSIGHT . . . THE STRUGGLE FOR POWER
Too often humans cut themselves off from the greater source of this energy and so feel weak and insecure. To gain energy we tend to manipulate or force others to give us attention and thus energy. When we successfully dominate others in this way, we feel more powerful, but they are left weakened and often fight back. Competition for scarce, human energy is the cause of all conflict between people.

In the Third Insight we learned that everything is energy and that life itself is a flow of energy. Our problems begin when we disconnect our physical beings from the Source of this energy. We don’t do this deliberately of course, the disconnect happens through our paradigms, the thought patterns we learn to trust and react by. We learn these mind-sets so subtly as we grow up and as we mingle with others that we don’t notice them, not until something in our lives causes us to stand back and notice the negativity we absorb ourselves in.

Because of this disconnect we naturally feel weak and powerless, and often without intending to, we suck that energy from those closest to us, be they family, friends, colleagues, customers or enemies. This is accomplished through demanding attention, forcing our will or our opinions. We do this so often we don’t realize what we are doing.

So how do you know when you are dominating and robbing the energy of others? Simple, if they fight back, resist or oppose you in some way, then most likely they are resisting the drawing off of their own personal energy. This Fourth Insight says that the competition for energy is the cause for all human conflict. If you have conflict in your life then take note and ask yourself the following questions:

1. Am I drawing energy from the other person?
2. Is the other person drawing energy from me?
3. Are we in a deadlock because we both are trying to draw each others energy?

Once you identify the source of the conflict then you must make a choice or continue in the conflict situation. Your choice will be to either cease your domination, or to recognize the domination of your opponent and either remove yourself from the situation or through dialog agree on a friendly protocol.

THE FIFTH INSIGHT . . . THE MESSAGE OF THE MYSTICS
Insecurity and violence ends when we experience an inner connection with divine energy within, a connection described by mystics of all traditions. A sense of lightness–buoyancy–along with the constant sensation of love are measures of this connection. If these measures are present, the connection is real. If not, it is only pretended.

Because we all live in the sea of energy which ultimately emanates from the One Source some call the Divine Source or God, we are all thus connected to one another. Once realized this connection will bring peace and harmony.

What does this connection mean? Consider the parts of your body, which is often used as an analogy of the Divine “Body”. If you hit your thumb with a hammer the whole body suffers the pain. If, on the other hand, you experience the warmth of the sun on your face the whole body delights in it. So whatever you do to any part of the Divine Body you are in effect doing it to the whole. So if you offend or hurt someone you are offending and hurting the whole, which is in fact offending and hurting yourself.

Being aware of this connection to all people, and even animals and plants, and even to the Earth itself, must cause a renewed attitude towards others and our planet. It will give a greater sense of belonging, more respect for life and a general sense lightness and love. As suggested in this Fifth Insight, these feelings can be faked and forced. It is pointless to try to fake joy and happiness when our attitudes towards others and life in general is lacking. Know the connection to your neighbour, know you are all part of each other, and you will love, because love is the ultimate of Divine Energy.

THE SIXTH INSIGHT . . . CLEARING THE PAST
The more we stay connected, the more we are acutely aware of those times when we lose connection, usually when we are under stress. In these times, we can see our own particular way of stealing energy from others. Once our manipulations are brought to personal awareness, our connection becomes more constant and we can discover our own growth path in life, and our spiritual mission–the personal way we can contribute to the world.

It is interesting in this Sixth Insight that “clearing the past” is referred to. Whenever we begin to walk this path of connection to the Divine we become more and more aware of those nasty paradigms spoiling the good moments. Don’t despair, this is simply the result of the light shining in the darkness. The new energy of light and love you are now aware of makes the other stuff stand out more, making you more aware of what needs to be fixed. These negative paradigms come from our past.

If you are wanting to clear these blocks to your newly found energy source follow these steps:
1. Acknowledge the paradigm. Denial will keep you stuck and continuing in conflict.
2. Take full responsibility. Blaming others is taking you back to square one, you don’t want to go there. It’s your life, your problem, your paradigm, so seek your solution.
3. Let it go. If you don’t know how to do this there are many methods, therapists and coaches just waiting to give you a helping hand.

Through this intention of wanting to change something else takes place. We become aware of why we are in this life, our life’s purpose, our personal mission to the world.

The next Insights go deeper into this.

Enjoy and tell me what you think about this week’s articles. Be blessed.

Jim Murdoch
Founder Jim’s Network at www.jimsnetwork.com

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The Celestine Insights
from http://www.celestinevision.com

THE FIRST INSIGHT . . . A CRITICAL MASS
A new spiritual awakening is occurring in human culture, an awakening brought about by a critical mass of individuals who experience their lives as a spiritual unfolding, a journey in which we are led forward by mysterious coincidences.

     Coincidences are happening all the time. The Celestine Prophecy calls is Synchronicity. Watch for them. Be aware of the people you meet, the things that grab your attention, animals, children, a song, a book, a memory or how about a dream. All of these things are happening to tell us something. How alert are you to get the message? Messages, or guide posts, indicators, are being sent from the higher dimensions, from your higher self. You may call this intuition, and you do well to pay attention and heed them. These will guide you in making decisions even if that is deciding which path to take in a fork in the road.

     This Insight tells us that when the critical mass is reached, when enough people have an awakened understanding of the world and life, then the entire planet will be ushered into that same awakening. I believe we are very close to that moment, certainly closer than when this was written.

THE SECOND INSIGHT . . . THE LONGER NOW
This awakening represents the creation of a new, more complete worldview, which replaces a five-hundred-year-old preoccupation with secular survival and comfort. While this technological preoccupation was an important step, our awakening to life’s coincidences is opening us up to the real purpose of human life on this planet, and the real nature of our universe.

     The first leads to the second. It is time to return to our roots and begin to explore why we are here and what is the purpose of life. It also helps us understand that the world we live in is not simply a physical rock with life on it. It is much, much more.

THE THIRD INSIGHT . . . A MATTER OF ENERGY
We now experience that we live not in a material universe, but in a universe of dynamic energy. Everything extant is a field of sacred energy that we can sense and intuit. Moreover, we humans can project our energy by focusing our attention in the desired direction…where attention goes, energy flows…influencing other energy systems and increasing the pace of coincidences in our lives.

     Everything is energy. I have said it before and it is so. Any physics book will tell you this. Everything is made up of atoms and photon particles which is pure light energy. Nothing solid actually exists. Everything we experience is a form of vibrating energy. Even a rock vibrates and is in constant movement. And as thought is itself a form of energy, an energy we can control and direct, we are able to influence our energetic environment.

Tell me, have you experienced any synchronicity lately? Perhaps this article is such a coincidence. Have you become aware that this life is more than simply survival and comfort? What about your intentions and thoughts? Have you noticed how these actually make things happen? Next week I will share some more Insights. Why don’t you send this to your friends and make a coincidence happen!

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Spiritual Law – Law of Life
by Dorothy M Neddermeyer PhD

We live in a universe that operates by Spiritual Law – a Law of Life. The Law of Life is guided by an orderly intention that is spiraling forward to greater and fuller expression. The entire universe is a spiral.—what goes around comes around.

The energy forces that support and nurture nature, such as the growth of plant material and the evolution of species, also cares for and inspires the human spirit in the ongoing quest for illumination and growth.

Your DNA is a spiral. There is a pull of becoming that runs concurrent throughout the universe. The universe’s spiraling energy is pulling your DNA into becoming more. As you sense this pull you can enlarge your ideas or mental pictures, and improve your thinking. Thus, your life arranges itself congruently with the large ideas and bigger pictures the universe is presenting.

Many social institutions promote that hard work, if not struggle, brutal competition, and blind luck are the building blocks of the life force. A spiritual path offers a more enjoyable and easier perspective.

The Law of Vibration demonstrates that everything in the universe is vibrating energy that rises and subsides within an infinite sea of all energies. The speed and frequency of these vibrations determines the form or event manifested, and vibrations that are in tune with one-another are in alignment. There are millions of chemical reactions taking place in your body every second, and thousands of mental processes are occurring in your unconscious mind at all times, yet, you are holding one prime vibration within the present moment.

In short, you are vibrating either positive or negative energy every second, and in the next second, this vibration continues along the spiral until one consciously stops and changes the mental vibration.

The Law of Attraction demonstrates that your vibrations will attract into your reality like vibrations. Thus, when you hold a positive vibration, you can expect desirable and rewarding circumstances and events to emerge.

By paying attention to your emotions you will know what your current vibration is. Positive thoughts and emotions of excitement, joy, love and hope create a positive vibration. Likewise, negative thoughts and feelings – sadness, anger, rage, jealousy, fear, guilt, shame, etc. create negative vibrations and the results ensue.

Your primary goal in every moment is to hold positive vibrations. Right now, pause and sense yourself being pulled into the ‘more’ that is in you. It is in each of us. It is your birth right to be freer, fuller and expanding more and more with joy and ease.

Dorothy M. Neddermeyer, PhD, Life Coach – Certified Hypnosis and Regression Practitioner, Author and Speaker. Dr. Dorothy facilitates clearing the blocks, fears and limiting beliefs, then, you can live the life you desire. She brings awareness to concepts not typically obvious to one’s daily thoughts and feelings.
http://www.gen-assist.com

THE TENTH INSIGHT . . . HOLDING THE VISION

The Tenth Insight is the realization that throughout history human beings have been unconsciously struggling to implement this lived spirituality on Earth. Each of us comes here on assignment, and as we pull this understanding into consciousness, we can remember a fuller birth vision of what we wanted to accomplish with our lives. Further we can remember a common world vision of how we will all work together to create a new spiritual culture. We know that our challenge is to hold this vision with intention and prayer everyday.

I am a great believer in purpose. I believe that everyone on Earth has come with a purpose to fulfill. The Tenth Insight says we can bring this understanding into our consciousness and remember what we had determined to do before we got here. It further suggests that we may remember a bigger plan which we would participate in with others. As you read the Celestine Prophecies, one thing which is portrayed is that a group of souls come to Earth to work together and that this group purpose only comes to light as life progresses. That purpose may be to experience something together or to actually do a work together to further mankind.

Maybe you have experienced the feeling to know someone whom you have just met, or the feeling to have been in a place already. These are certainly you remembering parts of your purpose and vision. Finding your purpose is part of what I teach and very soon I will be launching a program part of which will guide you towards knowing why you are here.

THE ELEVENTH INSIGHT . . . EXTENDING PRAYER FIELDS

The Eleventh Insight is the precise method through which we hold the vision. For centuries, religious scriptures, poems, and philosophies have pointed to a latent power of mind within all of us that mysteriously helps to affect what occurs in the future. It has been called faith power, positive thinking, and the power of prayer. We are now taking this power seriously enough to bring a fuller knowledge of it into public awareness. We are finding that this prayer power is a field of intention, which moves out from us and can be extended and strengthened, especially when we connect with others in a common vision. This is the power through which we hold the vision of a spiritual world and build the energy in ourselves and in others to make this vision a reality.

Scientists have researched and found that intentional thought can be measured instantaneously across the globe. They have also made experiments where thoughts of intent have altered electronic measuring devices. The power of thought has been proven countless times throughout the years by ordinary people. Some call it the power of prayer, or the power of intent, positive thinking or the power of belief. However you want to call it or however it works, the fact is clear that thoughts change things. This power within each one of us is capable of bringing Divine or universal power into human situations to bring about change. This change is often seen as miraculous.

The interesting thing about this power is that it responds without bias to human intention, no matter what that may be. Worry produces an intense thought pattern which brings the same power to the worrier to produce the thing worried about. Is it any wonder the Bible and other holy writings discourage worry? This universal force is not personal, it just is, and it is at our disposal. If we are unaware of its availability then it will manifest itself in the unwanted things in our lives.

Taking this force by the horns will, however, bring unlimited potential to your life. It is the positive intention of expectancy which will bring Divine power to produce the life you desire. The Eleventh Insight also tells us that group intention, or group prayer, is much more powerful than one individual. This is how we can play an active role in changing our future on this planet.

THE TWELFTH INSIGHT . . .

James Redfield has just published his latest book, The Twelfth Insight: The Hour of Decision, with Grand Central Publishing. As this is literally a new release which I haven't read you will have to read it to find out the Twelfth Insight. 

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The Meadow

Recently I finished reading a novel with a difference. It falls into a similar category as The Celestine Prophecy, a novel with a spiritual meaning, or a spiritual novel. It's theme is following two souls who meet and fall in love in the distant past, and follows those same two souls as they return in different roles and relationships throughout history until the present day where the bulk of the story takes place. You will read of intrigue, deceit, murder, espionage, kidnapping and adventure on the physical level, yet there is much more. On the spiritual plane much is taking place showing the soul group cooperating and exchanging information to support those living out their lives on the Earth.

What I found even more intriguing, which is also part of the story itself, is that the two co-authors live an ocean apart and have never met - at least not in this life. Although there is obvious synchronicity which cannot be denied it is co-author Elfreda who sees a deeper meaning in this unusual cooperation: "The Meadow is a delicious mixture of fact and fiction which made this an incredibly challenging and exciting project to work on. The way Jake and Rachel met in the book, is an accurate description of how Mike and I met."

The Meadow, although purely fictional, is a mixture or real life experiences interweaved into the story. For example there's the story of the axe-murderess whom Elfreda has interviewed personally, so of which appears in The Meadow. You can read more about that here: http://tinyurl.com/4rwkxja. About the place called the Meadow in the book Elfreda comments: "I am also a certified hypnotherapist and have taken many clients back into ancient lives. I have experiences of visiting the real Meadow - a place located in the celestial world known as the Astral."

The story emerged in co-author Mike's consciousness when he was just sixteen while visiting a festival mentioned in the book. The story developed mostly in his head for forty years. It wasn't until he met Elfeda on a social network (http://spiritualnetworks.com) and Elfreda offered to help get the book started. As She got involved, however, The Meadow became a major part of her life and Mike's for the next four years. You can see a video presentation of this story on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grqN_391icw.

Elfreda sums it up in line with our Tenth Insight as follows: "The simple answer is that the Laws of energy draw group souls together and sets the scene for them to get their business finished. Whether we do it, is up to us. The higher our levels of awarenes, the more we focus on healing and forgiveness so that we can go play in this wonderful universe of ours."

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Well, to be fair, they do. But even a lot of such coaches, like this one, find themselves in a situation where they realize that were they to coach themselves they would not have allowed this to continue without a prompt to change. You see, I moved home just a week ago, and as I was going through papers and notes to determine what I need to throw away I came across a list of things I wanted to complete. On that list was the completion of a course based on my book, a course which today is not completed. When I looked at the date I was shocked. It was dated exactly a year ago.

Why is this? Why do we put things off and neglect those things which we have consciously deemed important. You have done the same. We all do it, over and over. I believe there are many great and noble ideas in the minds of many people which never even make it onto paper, and many of those which do make it onto paper, in the form of notes, diagrams and tables, never get any further. And then there are those ideas which actually make it into some form of execution or production but get abandoned before completion.

Do you own one of these ideas? Are you putting off something just because its an idea? Are you listening to the voices in your head which say, “You will never be able to do that,” “No one will believe you,” “It costs too much money,” “It takes too much time,” or “That’s a nice idea. Maybe someone someday will realize it.” Or the big one in my case, “I must do some more work on that.” But without a definite plan which we are determined to follow that thing gets pushed aside, and before you know it a year or maybe years have gone by leaving the task undone.

This is where coaches come in, or for coaches, being part of a mastermind group. So what does a coach tell you in this situation? Here are some points which may help you to get unstuck and move your project forward. Or, if your idea is still stuck in your head, these can help you get it unstuck and moved forward into execution.

1. Determine what it is you really want? It is pointless engaging in an activity to realize an idea if you are not overly convinced that it is a good idea. It must be something you really, really want. And it must be something which YOU want. Don’t want for someone else. Pick your own dream.

2. Decide you are going to do all it takes to get what you want? Without a decision your idea will never get out of your head. It will stay stuck and may even dissolve into forgetfulness.

3. Decide to start now, today. If you don’t, watch out, that idea is fading already.

4. Make a list of the steps you must take to reach your goal, realize your dream or make your idea a reality. Really take the time to work on this point. What must happen before you can reach your goal? What determines that your goal has been reached? What is the first step to get you started?

5. Break down that first step into smaller chunks. Really get it down to what you must do right now, this minute, in order to strike off step 1 as done.

6. Do step 1. Do it now.

7. Write down your result. If necessary repeat step 1 and if necessary go back to points 4 and 5 to reassess where you need to begin.

8. Move on to the next step and keep going until you have completed your project, reached your goal or realized your dream.

9. Pick a new goal and start at point 1.

10. Share your success story.

Coaches are need to motivate people with these steps. Often we hold back because of fear, the fear of failure or of not knowing what the outcome will be. At Jim’s Network, the online coaching community, you will find a selection of coaches. You will also be able to chat with them on the integrated social network. Why not drop by and tell us how you’re doing at reaching your goals?

But how many are truly ready for such oneness? Are we really prepared to accept universal connectivity?

What does this mean? Let us stop and reflect on what is involved in being connected universally.

Recently a pastor in Florida was threatening to hold a Koran-burning ceremony on the anniversary of the 911 disaster. What could be more divisive than such an act, an act which has been carried out in other countries to incite a crowd against an opposing people. Thankfully the latest news is that he has canceled these plans.

Often we are not aware how divisive our thinking is. Our society is full of divisive and separatist ideas many of which come from our religious rules and regulations and discriminatory moral values. Have a look at some these:

Do you know anyone divorced? Most likely you do. Do you still accept them as a friend and equal? Certain religious traditions in both the East and the West reject divorcees, in particular when it comes to holding a religious office.

What about the pedophile? Do you know any? How do you act towards such a person? Naturally we act in anger and want to protect our children, and rightly so. But what about the person who has committed such acts? Does your desire for connectivity include him? Or the murderer, or thief, or the drunken driver who runs over and kills the elderly and children? Does your idea of Oneness include them also?

And what about those responsible for the 911 attacks? No matter what your theory is as to who did it, to be at one with the world means to be at one with them.

Think of all the atrocities which you can think of involving human action or error. Wars, massacres, oil disasters, bankruptcies, disease, vaccines, gene-manipulation, fraud, to mention only a few. Are you really prepared to accept all of these criminals and egoists into your Oneness? Or does your idea of oneness include exclusions? If it does it is no longer oneness.

The idea of universal connectivity, of all things being one and connected to one another at a spiritual or energetic level is at the foundation of all of our religions, yet it is the one thing which we use our religions to resist. If we are connected no matter what at a deeper level than our physical awareness and this connection is the same for all beings then our acceptance of Unity must include all people, no matter what their religion, skin color, political affiliation, business, family background, crime, sexual orientation, education, skill, mental ability or whether we like them or not.

Either we are connected or not. We cannot have it both ways. We cannot agree to be a part of the great Spirit Unity and hold others at a distance. Even in our endeavors to keep dangerous people at bay we must still remain in unity with those beings or promote separation.

This is not about letting our criminals go free or allowing dangerous people near our children, but in accepting such people as part of our divine connection to all things. There is no judgment. That’s what the holy books tell us. No judgment, no separation, no race, no creed, no difference. We are all the same. We all come from the same Source and return to the same. At Source we are no different form the criminal or terrorist, the homosexual or abortionist. All is One. All is connected.

What are your feelings about this. Share them here.

Blessings to you whoever or whatever you are.

Jim Murdoch
Founder of Jim’s Network the world’s only online coaching community
www.jimsnetwork.com

As I write David Cameron, the new UK Prime Minister, will meet with Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari. These men will make choices which may result in more death and destruction – OR their choices may lead to peace and prosperity.

Such choices have been made throughout history and have more often than not led to war, death and destruction. Did you know that countries seldom go to war against countries? Mostly it is one leader against another, or a small group of people making decisions to send whole nations to war.

Hiroshima should have been the end of all conflicts. But today’s meeting between Cameron and Zardari proves that the lesson has not yet been learned. Here are the leaders of two nuclear nations meeting to discuss the tensions between them. And the world looks on and waits for the outcome.

Alongside these tensions are the feelings of the masses which are being manipulated by the media. It is amazing how the hatred between Christian and Muslim peoples has risen in a few short years. And while the wars continue in Iraq and Afghanistan we wonder at the reasons behind it as news filters through of big industry fueling the invasions – and at what a price!

Is it really necessary to continue on the road of holding differences and pointing the finger at the other side? Hasn’t the death and suffering of Hiroshima been enough warning, and that of the much greater Holocaust? Are we still prepared to allow our sons and daughters be sent to unjust wars just to fill the pockets of a few with cash? Will we tolerate more death and destruction caused by the choices of a few?

Now is the time to reflect on our past and make a choice regarding our future. And by “we” I mean you and I and every human being on planet Earth. It is time to say “Enough!” The time is now when we each one must make a choice of the future we want on this planet. We must begin to project the world of peace and prosperity we each desire into the world of today. Our combined expectations and beliefs for a better future will influence the world and many are doing just that (e.g. http://www.care2.com).

What are you doing today? Are you going to increase destruction through worry, or are you going to bring peace to your world through positive intention?

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