Featured Exhibitor...Melinda Cooper

Not long to go until Wood Green!

Today we're going to feature one of our exhibitors who will be there this year.

Melinda Cooper is an international clairvoyant with an excellent reputation here in the UK and abroad.

Melinda comes from a long line of seers.  Her mother and grandmother are both clairvoyants and were amazed by Melindas' gifts from a very young age.  She has been featured in many magazines including Chat, Take a Break, Spirit and Destiny, and Woman's own.  She has also been called upon for her expert opinion by the Daily Express

Melinda has also appeared on RTE Television in Ireland.

Her guidance and positivity in reading the Tarot, Palms and her Mediumship ensures an uplifting and comforting reading.  You can find Melinda online at www.melindapsychic.co.uk

Pop over to her stand at Wood Green, have a look and say hi!

Interview with Gaile Walker

Gaile Walker will be giving a talk at Godmanchester this weekend and has been kind enough to answer some questions for us in the run up to the show.  Gaile will also be giving a talk at Newark on the 15th September.  Another wonderful interview, giving us a great insight into her work.

Gaile offers healing sessions in Cambridge. She also runs courses in The First Degree and The Second Degree of The Radiance Technique®, Authentic Reiki®. For more information see: www.radiance4realreiki.co.uk / Twitter: Gaile Walker @GaileWalker
Facebook: Gaile Walker - Author/Teacher of Meditation and Healing

1 - Could you tell us a little bit about yourself.

Well, I live and work in the delightful city of Cambridge, have done for a number of years.  I'm a practitioner and teacher of the most beautiful healing and meditation called The Radiance Technique® (I'm using the word healing here to signify becoming inwardly fulfilled, to feel whole rather than fragmented as we often can do).  On  25th January 2013 my first book 'Beyond Angels' was published by O-Books.   

All this is the culmination of a life devoted to spiritual research. As a child I always thought there was something more to life, something missing.  I believed when young that life could be perfect and at the age of 14 began my spiritual search.  I realise now it was a search for a good technique, one which would help me achieve the inner contentment that, even at that early age, I consciously  craved.

2 - Can you tell us a bit more about your book?

I would love to talk about Beyond Angels because most of what I know from my 40 years of daily meditation - and which is of spiritual value - is in this book.

The need to write Beyond Angels grew from the time I spent working with spiritual and reiki healers. I am able to see vibrations, the finer levels of energies that constitute personalities, and I often see the energies they generate.  As I observed their ways of working I understood the nature of the vibrations that they were using for healing and meditating. I watched the energies which healers removed from their clients and what happened to them. It was the difference that I perceived, between the pure transcendental light vibration of The Radiance Technique® and the physical energies of other methods, which prompted the writing of the  book. I felt the need to encourage healers (and meditators) to connect to a pure source for healing: Transcendence.  To use current language to help them 'take their healing to a new level'.

But, in Beyond Angels I am not writing specifically about The Radiance Technique® (the transcendental method I teach). It's about my own personal view of the value of Transcendent or transcendental healing in general. There are many themes running through the book and I want to assist therapists, healers and meditators to add this deep, Transcendent vibration to their therapies and healings. Alongside my own personal spiritual experiences and descriptions of more expanded and enlightened states of awareness there are a number of teachings in the book:

• In my view there are endless methods of healing and meditation and they do not deserve the group name of  'healing and meditation'.  I believe that some of  these are helpful for the expansion of spiritual awareness and others are not.  Lots of methods I've observed would be better understood as aids for psychic development (spiritual and psychic being very different animals).  So it won't come as any surprise when I say that Beyond Angels speaks about the limitations of many current practices.

• It's a book which looks at suffering, how we hold onto it and the quickest way of liberating ourselves from it.  Of the Grace that is available to us when we access Transcendence, either from the Divine personality or Transcendent teachings.

• It makes the case for effort and determination for spiritual gain, and how life can be improved from that.  The quality of  life is based on the degree of spiritual awareness - nothing less.

Although I initially wrote Beyond Angels for reiki and spiritual healers, its appeal should be broader than to attract only these two groups.  I'm already finding that it's also of interest to those without this particular focus. It's definitely a book for anyone who wants to learn an effective meditation or healing for spiritual purpose: the true spiritual seeker.

3 - I read you support two orphanages abroad,  how is that going and how can people donate?

We're a small city-based group of dedicated meditators who use The Radiance Technique®  and we call ourselves ‘Cambridge Radiance For Children’. Since 2007 we have regularly raised money for charitable projects, previously donating to Kampong Cham Orphanage and School in Cambodia.  But at the present time we are supporting one charity only - the African project ‘Mahali pa Watoto’ (Swahili for a place for the children).  This is not an orphanage but a pre-school for 70 deprived children living in the slum area on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, and we support it via ‘The Seed Sowing Network’.  The group is dedicated to helping these children, typically aged 4 to 7, who without the project are  destined for a life on the streets. Children attending the school are also given food.

To date  (August 2013) we've given £1,100 to Mahali pa Watoto (this is as well as the previous donations to Cambodia).  It's important for me to say that the reason for creating the group was to encourage people to meditate together; for the enhanced, deeper experience and to expand our awareness of Transcendent Consciousness.  Also, to direct pure transcendental light to these children.  The money we send them serves just one of 3 purposes.

If anyone would like to donate, please send your donation directly to The Seed Sowing Network’ - www.seedsowing.co.uk

Of course, should Beyond Angels become more widely known and a greater number of people learn to meditate using The Radiance Technique®, the new students would be very welcome to join the group. We very much hope that the number of meditators - and our donations - will expand.  

4 - Which writer/thinker has influenced you the most.

I've dipped in and out of many spiritual writing but two writers: Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and Dr Barbara Ray Ph.D. (who is the only expert on The Radiance Technique® and the holder of all the intact keys of this system) have helped me the most.  They have given me the means to achieve states of liberation.  But more than their writing it's their teaching techniques which have influenced me, in fact I did not read Maharishi's main text until after writing Beyond Angels despite it sitting on my bookshelf for 35 years. Beyond Angels is written from my experiences and subsequent understanding gained from profound meditation.   Reading books only points the way and this is where many New-Age / MBS practices flounder. Without a good technique it's so very difficult to achieve the states of awareness I describe.   

5 -What’s the best piece of advice you’ve been given.

The kindest of friends once told me that I should give thanks for what I can see.

The behaviour of someone was changing towards me because of my burgeoning spiritual vision, they were close to me and I was feeling deeply hurt.  My friend's advice was priceless: clarity is a blessing.

6 -Would you name  some “Desert Island” books or films (ones) you would like if you were stranded on a desert island - for young ones who don’t know about Desert Island discs!)

As a child I loved reading and that enjoyment of books has remained with me but if you're talking about spiritual books  I would take the Bible, St Thomas's Gospel and other equivalent texts, purely because I've never read them.

One spiritual book I would like to read again springs to mind instantly: 'Autobiography of a Yogi' by Paramahansa Yogananda.  I loved this book when I was young and it's a really enjoyable read.

There are many other types of literature I've enjoyed and would re-read, written by authors such as Henry James, Isabelle Allende and Grahame Green, to name just three of them.

Richard Abbot Interview

Wood Green this weekend is set to be another great show,  Richard Abott will be there presenting his talk "The Secrets of Numerology: How Numbers Guide Us Everyday", and we are lucky enough to have an interview with him on the blog.  Many thanks to Richard for answering our questions.  You can find him at Wood Green on sunday and online at www.yourwayforward.co.uk

1 - To start can you tell us a little bit about yourself.

The best way to understand me is like this...”when I tell muggle folk about my practices with Numerology, Tarot and Meditation they always say ‘that’s interesting, but you don’t live your life by all this do you?’ I always answer ‘YES, 100%’

 

2 - You said on your website you have zero tolerance for whiners, is that tough love or a way to find the souls that are genuine about change?

Everybody has something to complain about, and talking therapy is sometimes good for the soul. But in the global picture, most of us are blessed beyond measure and have a very little to genuinely moan about. Imagine for one minute the life of a young girl in Afghanistan or a black teenager in Detroit. Then count your blessings.

 

3 - Can you tell us a bit more about your talk?

 Mathematics (boring!) is about the quantity of numbers. Numerology talks about the quality of numbers, their life, their colour, their energy and their movement. Numbers are everywhere. Nothing of form can exist without number – nothing at all. We are governed, guided and directed by numbers every single day. My talk will help you to harness these cosmic forces.

 

4 - Which writer/thinker has influenced you the most?

My late mentor – Arthur Norris - was the greatest influence on my life. He was truly ahead of his time and was speaking about things that only now are coming into widespread consciousness. For example, he practised, taught and wrote about ‘The Power of Now’ over 20 years ago, albeit calling it by a different name.

5 - What’s the best piece of advice you’ve been given?

The only constant is change. Nothing stays the same forever. It simply cannot.

Quintin Smith Interview

As amazing as Elsecar has been this weekend, we're going to turn our attention to Godmanchester next weekend!  

On sunday 1st september Quintin Smith will be giving a talk and demonstration of Spiritual Surgery.  It's going to be his last event for a little while so make sure you book!

We're lucky enough to have interview with him for the BSSK blog.  Again we'd like to thank Quintin for taking the time to answer our questions.  It's been a really interesting interview,  especially when talking about children and being in the public eye.

You can find him at the Godmanchester show and online at www.spiritquint.com 

1 - To start, could you tell us a little bit about yourself please.

My name is Quintin Smith, 43 years old and I now live in Lincolnshire with my family after a few years interesting journey in sunny Wales. My main profession before I went full time as a Spirit Medium and Healer was that of a Paramedic in London for almost 12 years.  In 2001, I was ordained as a minister and I now a part of the International Church of St Paul which is a non dogmatic spiritual church based on acknowledging people who have spiritual gifts.  I was honoured to be a tutor at the College of Psychic studies in London for approx three years and I have continued to tutor mediumship and demonstrate both my Healing and mediumship ability up and down the country as well as abroad.        

2 -Could you tell us a bit more about Spiritual Trance Healing?

What is a label? Spiritual trance healer, psychic surgeon, spiritual surgeon, spiritual healer, these are all very endearing and sometimes seen as mystical terms, but my work is very grounded and involves using my mediumship ability to gain an altered state whereby a spirit surgeon called Dr Alun Jones works through my hands and is able to vocalise through my voice. We see people with all sorts of conditions from painful backs through to sight problems, neurological conditions etc. Dr Jones performs a mixture of spiritual healing and surgery by building the spiritual instruments inside the body to facilitate a change. All in all its energy at work and something I am truly humbled and proud to be a part of. In the short time that I lived in Wales, I achieve three National Awards for my Healing work with Dr Alun Jones in 2009, 2010 and 2011 based on positive and often successful treatments on our clients. These treatments sometimes helped forgo major and minor operations, much to the bemusement of our clients consultants! 

3 - These skills always seem to manifest in childhood, do you have any advice for parents whose children are showing signs of psychic ability?

I used to see spirit people when I was young and I also had the ability of leaving my body which seemed very natural to me. Children are pure spirit and some will naturally be attuned to such going-on's. These experiences happened time and time again from the age of three to approx ten years old. Although I never really discussed these experiences with my parents, I would recommend that anyone that believes that their son or daughter has such experiences, to listen with an open mind, be supportive and above all, don't knock the so called experience, so the child become frightened and withdrawn and the ability get buried. We do not own our children, but are here to care for them as spiritual beings having a physical experience, just as our parents have us in there own ways. We all have spiritual gifts and abilities and its better to go with the flow than kick all the way in my opinion. If you have concerns, then speak to someone that understands such matters like as myself or a spiritual tutor from an accredited organisation. 

4 - Did your 12 years as medic for the Ambulance service cultivate the empathy and need to help people in the way you do?

During my time in the ambulance service, I had many many spiritual experiences, so when I look back, I now know it was all part of my journey of healing, to learn compassion, become grounded, learn to use my intuition and to work with and deal with people from all walks of life, from the rich and famous, to the homeless in London. I guess the time helped with my confidence and dealing with fears in many ways as well, because there is such a varied work pattern as you never knew what was going to happen next!!I also repeatedly found myself working with lots of different crewmates all over north west london, who had heard of me and my work, so I became known as the service psychic, which often entailed fixing my crewmates back's in the back of an ambulance or giving a private reading during standby on a street corner or motorway lay by.  

5 - Which writer/thinker has influenced you the most.

If I was asked who influenced me the most as an author and or thinker, then it would not be anything to do with spiritual philosophy. In fact, I am more drawn to people like Phillip Day, Dr Tullio Simoncini and the like, who are pioneers and passionate about teaching people to rid themselves of illness in this stressful 21st century through natural methodology. My work as a healer and Medium is one of helping people reach their potential and quite often, this deals with emotional, mental and physical disease. Although I very much adhere to the general medical council and their guidelines, I also believe that there is a world of amazing things that reach out beyond the boundaries of general medicine that can help just as much, if not more in some ways. 

6 -What’s the best piece of advice you’ve been given.

One of the best bits of advice that I was given was by my tutor. His name is Paul and he told me to just keep my head down and get on with my work as there will be those out there that would want to bring me down out of jealousy and ego. Because I choose to put my head above the parapet at times in the public domain, I have now seen many times this attitude which I have found very sad and upsetting. Sometimes, those that you thought were spiritual are simply not when it comes down to it, so sometimes keeping my head down and just helping people in my private clinics is the best respite possible. 

7 -Would you name 6 “Desert Island” books or films (ones you would like if you were stranded on a desert island - for young ones who don’t know about Desert Island discs!)

If I was deserted on a desert island, one thing I guess I would not feel is emptiness and lonely, because when you obtain a spiritual connection, it is far from this. If however, I chose watch a dvd, then I guess some of my favorite would be 'Stargate', 'The Last Samurai' and Buddy the Elf, simply because aspects of these films feel very close to home with me.