Joylina Goodings is an intuitive spiritual life coach, inspirational speaker, psychic clairvoyant, healer, teacher, author and angel expert.
She travels all over the world teaching, giving workshops, healing and readings.
Joylinas' website www.joylina.com has a big selection of articles and information and provides a platform for distance healing which she sends out free of charge around the world.
Her main motivation is to connect people with their authentic selves and find their souls' purpose.
She is very much in demand as a speaker and healer and has contributed to many magazines including Chat its Fate, More To Life, Kindred Spirit, Soul & Spirit and Spirit & Destiny.
If you want to know more about her and her work pop over to her website and have a quick look at this interview/article she wrote for Silent Voices.
Joylina is also the author of the book Your Angel Journey which I can personally recommend!
We are always very honoured to have her at our events and she will be at our next event at Newark in September.
Showing posts with label spirituality. Show all posts
Showing posts with label spirituality. Show all posts
Monday, 25 August 2014
Wednesday, 2 July 2014
In Focus...Spiritual Response Therapy
How does it work?
Spiritual Response Therapy is for those that want to look for the deeper meaning of their negative patterns and who wish to be free of their "emotional baggage". It is a very powerful psychic-spiritual system of counselling which researches the subconscious mind and soul records (Akashic) to find and release discordant, limiting ideas, beliefs and programmes we can carry from past lives that impact us in our present. This is done through working with High Self using a specific set of charts and a pendulum.
The principles of SRT are based on the belief that we are spiritual beings in a physical body through which we learn our lessons allowing our soul to develop and grow. There is no such thing as co-incidence, so everyone we meet, every situation we find ourselves in, we and they are there for a reason. The opportunities and gifts to learn our lessons are presented to us through our relationships, friendships, our work situation, money, our ethics and morals and many more. When we keep repeating the same mistakes over and over again, we often feel powerless to help ourselves and do anything about it.
Often, this is carry over negative energy from a past life, that for some reason, we were unable to learn the lesson. At a soul level, that lesson still remains outstanding, so it has been presented to us again in this lifetime to deal with. Over time and many incarnations, our soul and physical body is full of stuff we would rather be without. We may tell ourselves and others that is the way we are, but it is not. It is a response to the negative programming we have picked up and we have been carrying these emotions and blocking our highest good for a long while.
Negative programmes such as "Self Punishment", "Blocks to Prosperity", "Imprints", "Experience/Trauma", "Identification", and "Conflict" can be researched and cleared. Spiritual Response Therapy or SRT as it is known,is an accurate way of changing hidden subconscious blocks and negative programming that prevent us from moving forward and expressing ourselves to our highest potential in this lifetime. A clearing can have a profound effect on people as they start to understand the mental and emotional blocks which may be seriously affecting and restricting their expression of life. Guilt, low self esteem, fear, unworthiness, self punishment, addictions, self limitation, abandonment, betrayal, failure and many more can be released enabling healing to take place at all levels.
Through an SRT clearing you can learn about significant past lives and beliefs. When High Self clears a programme or block, the negative energy pattern from your subconscious and soul records (Akashic) is erased. Instead of being driven by these subconscious beliefs, you become free to live your greatest potential - the person you were meant to be.
Experiences
Prepare to have your life changed in amazing ways!
Feelings of freedom and lightness
For some a clearing can be very emotional
Releasing of pain and hurt is replaced with feelings of love and harmony
Inner peace
Release of mental anguish and emotional turmoil
Feelings of empowerment as you become free to take back control of your life
Side effects
If only specific symptoms are worked on without doing a full clearing first, the root or core issue of the problem may not be cleared and in time you could see the symptom return.
Duration and number of sessions
One full session is usually enough and takes approximately two hours.
Single issues can be addressed usually in one hour depending on the nature of the issue but see side effects above.
Clearings can be done face to face, on the telephone, or remotely.
Spiritual Response Therapy is not regression and you will not be hypnotised. SRT is only concerned with eliminating negative patterns of behaviour and releasing negative emotions. You remain fully clothed, sitting in a friendly, safe and relaxed environment.
Safety issues
Safe for every age group
Safe for every level of health
You must inform the Practitioner of any medical condition
For more information visit spiritualresponsetherapy.org.uk
This article was first published on bssk.co.uk
Spiritual Response Therapy is for those that want to look for the deeper meaning of their negative patterns and who wish to be free of their "emotional baggage". It is a very powerful psychic-spiritual system of counselling which researches the subconscious mind and soul records (Akashic) to find and release discordant, limiting ideas, beliefs and programmes we can carry from past lives that impact us in our present. This is done through working with High Self using a specific set of charts and a pendulum.
The principles of SRT are based on the belief that we are spiritual beings in a physical body through which we learn our lessons allowing our soul to develop and grow. There is no such thing as co-incidence, so everyone we meet, every situation we find ourselves in, we and they are there for a reason. The opportunities and gifts to learn our lessons are presented to us through our relationships, friendships, our work situation, money, our ethics and morals and many more. When we keep repeating the same mistakes over and over again, we often feel powerless to help ourselves and do anything about it.
Often, this is carry over negative energy from a past life, that for some reason, we were unable to learn the lesson. At a soul level, that lesson still remains outstanding, so it has been presented to us again in this lifetime to deal with. Over time and many incarnations, our soul and physical body is full of stuff we would rather be without. We may tell ourselves and others that is the way we are, but it is not. It is a response to the negative programming we have picked up and we have been carrying these emotions and blocking our highest good for a long while.
Negative programmes such as "Self Punishment", "Blocks to Prosperity", "Imprints", "Experience/Trauma", "Identification", and "Conflict" can be researched and cleared. Spiritual Response Therapy or SRT as it is known,is an accurate way of changing hidden subconscious blocks and negative programming that prevent us from moving forward and expressing ourselves to our highest potential in this lifetime. A clearing can have a profound effect on people as they start to understand the mental and emotional blocks which may be seriously affecting and restricting their expression of life. Guilt, low self esteem, fear, unworthiness, self punishment, addictions, self limitation, abandonment, betrayal, failure and many more can be released enabling healing to take place at all levels.
Through an SRT clearing you can learn about significant past lives and beliefs. When High Self clears a programme or block, the negative energy pattern from your subconscious and soul records (Akashic) is erased. Instead of being driven by these subconscious beliefs, you become free to live your greatest potential - the person you were meant to be.
Experiences
Prepare to have your life changed in amazing ways!
Feelings of freedom and lightness
For some a clearing can be very emotional
Releasing of pain and hurt is replaced with feelings of love and harmony
Inner peace
Release of mental anguish and emotional turmoil
Feelings of empowerment as you become free to take back control of your life
Side effects
If only specific symptoms are worked on without doing a full clearing first, the root or core issue of the problem may not be cleared and in time you could see the symptom return.
Duration and number of sessions
One full session is usually enough and takes approximately two hours.
Single issues can be addressed usually in one hour depending on the nature of the issue but see side effects above.
Clearings can be done face to face, on the telephone, or remotely.
Spiritual Response Therapy is not regression and you will not be hypnotised. SRT is only concerned with eliminating negative patterns of behaviour and releasing negative emotions. You remain fully clothed, sitting in a friendly, safe and relaxed environment.
Safety issues
Safe for every age group
Safe for every level of health
You must inform the Practitioner of any medical condition
For more information visit spiritualresponsetherapy.org.uk
This article was first published on bssk.co.uk
Friday, 23 May 2014
Weekend Reads
Have a great weekend! Here's a few suggestions for reading material for your weekend downtime.
The Awesome Daily is one of those sites with loads of articles on all kinds of topics. A great site to dip in and out of. The link takes you to a fun article on 21 food tricks...
High Existence calls itself a community of conscious individuals exploring, pondering and expanding this experience of life. The home page is a stream of quotes, videos, and articles all tackling the bigger questions.
Joan Ranquet is the author of "Communication with all Life" a great book on her life as an animal communicator. Her blog is full of advice on how you can communicate with your own pets.
Peace and Loveism focuses on spiritual growth, self-improvement, and social transformation. The website is a massive resource of articles, with a forum and a blog. Connect to like-minded individuals or just have a read through of some thought provoking articles.
Wednesday, 26 March 2014
Interview with Brigitte Rix
This evening we have a fantastic interview with author and medium Brigitte Rix. Brigitte will next be at the Monastery in Manchester on 5th and 6th of April. We are very blessed to have her with us at our shows.
Her talk "Banish Your Fear of Death!" proves to be a cheerful, uplifting and non-religious event. You can find her online at I Talk with Spirits Many thanks to Brigitte for answering our questions and giving an amazing insight into her life and work.
To start, could you tell us a little bit about yourself please
Hello & ‘Bonjour’. I am Brigitte Rix- I live in York UK- I am a Clairaudient Medium, Author of several ‘channelled’ books, Teacher of Spiritual Matters and Psychic & Mediumship development.
My decades of research in the ‘paranormal’ and the Afterlife led me to developing my own mediumship. I have been communicating with those in the ‘Spirit’ World for over 30 years.
Nowadays I focus on touring UK, signing my channelled books at BSSK Events and other MBS Shows- or wherever I am invited. I offer lively eye-opening talks, giving my public the chance to ask their questions on the Afterlife. I do NOT promote any religion.
I enjoy giving people hope and a greater understanding of why we are born and what goes on in the Afterlife-- BEFORE we chose to be born and AFTER we ‘pass over’—Those fascinating and detailed insights revealed by ‘departed’ loved ones as well as my ‘Spirit Guide’, are recorded in my authentic diaries of years of conversations with them, using clairaudience and automatic/ inspired writing. (Those are published as ‘I’m Not Dead: I ‘m Alive without a Body- Vol. 1 & 2).
My spiritual knowledgeable Masters also dictate from the ‘Spirit’ World books of ground-breaking revelations, (Such as ‘Truths, Lies & Distortions’),which merge the boundaries of Science and Spirituality, divulging hidden truths masked by centuries of disinformation and myths.
They provide answers to profound questions such as: Why are we here/ How & Why the Earth was created as an experiment /What happens before we are born & after we ‘die’/ Why illnesses & accidents come into our lives/ What happens during coma/ What reincarnation is/ The consciousness & sentience of Animals & Plants/ Why crop circles and other worlds exist/ Why disasters will hit the Earth/ How we can improve our lives/... and much more!
ALL knowledge provided in all my books comes DIRECTLY from those in the Spirit World. This led to my being kindly dubbed ‘The Afterlife French Lady’ by thousands of my readers and my audiences. (Please see my website www.italkwithspirits.com)
If you want to know more about me:
I was born in a French family, brought up on meat (including horse meat...but never frogs’ legs or snails!) Yet, because I am a great Animal & Nature lover, I have been a true vegetarian now for 40 years (True veggie = No fish, no shellfish etc). This shows one CAN change habits! I am nearly Vegan--but only use genuine RSPCA approved free range eggs.
Grammar school in Algiers (Algeria North Africa when it was still a French country), then University of Nice (French Riviera) – Next, I made the leap from sunny climes to settle in crazy weather Britain, where I eventually married an English language Lecturer, Dave Rix. We have 2 children: James Christopher (Jim) and Anne-France. I became a Teacher and Lecturer in the French language. (Sadly Dave succumbed to cancer a few years ago, but he lives on & now talks to me from the Spirit World!)
Over the years I also trained as a Dance & Fitness instructress as well as studied several Complementary Therapies: I am a qualified therapist in Remedial Swedish Massage, Touch for Health/Kinesiology and Electro-Crystal Therapy (Founded by physicist Harry Oldfield). I also qualified as a Spiritual Healer.
You've been communicating with spirit since 1983, was it a sudden thing or had you been able to do it previously but hidden it. Like so many people have said?
Looking back at decisions I had to make over years, I am now sure I have been mysteriously guided and inspired throughout my life without realising it, until I eventually discovered in the 1980’s that we can all learn to communicate safely with the Other World! I only recall one incident when I was only 15 yrs old. My French Grammar School was run by Catholic nuns, so of course I’d never heard of mediums and ‘spirit communications’ (apart from Joan of Arc!). During a Religious Education lesson, the teaching nun facing us was ranting about ‘hell’ as a place of burning flames and gnashing of teeth...I was used to that topic so took it for granted, when suddenly a different voice spoke clearly in my left ear: “Hell is not a place: it is a state of mind, a state of remorse!” This startled me! I stared around me. NO schoolmate or other person was next to me or behind. The classroom was several stories up. That was definitely a mysterious voice ‘out of the blue’! Since then, I have grasped it was my Guide rectifying the nun’s dreadful distortions of facts! But it was the only time I noticed such guidance in the early days. As explained in my Introduction of “I’m Not Dead: I ‘m Alive without a Body”, from my teenage years I started to question the validity of Catholicism rules and dogmas: Why would a baby who was not christened not go to heaven? Why did Popes lead murderous wars to impose their religion (or more likely to steal gold and precious stones from other countries)? Was it what their Jesus taught?
Then I heard of trustworthy people (both people I knew and reliable professionals) to whom departed acquaintances suddenly ‘appeared’ (obviously clairvoyantly). I then suspected there was more to Life and Death than we were told- I sensed that special aspects of energy were hidden from the public- So I started my quest for ‘the Truth’ whatever that was. It took me decades, as in those days I did not have Internet and easy access to books by genuine mediums. It was only in the early 1980’s once settled in York, that I found Spiritualist churches existed and mediums demonstrated. I befriended a lady who told me she did automatic writing. That’s how one day, as she was showing me what she received from the ‘Spirit’ World, she suddenly passed on a message telling me to learn to ‘tune in’ and receive communications myself. Though I doubted I’d ever be able to do it, I practised daily and was astonished to very soon receive automatic writing to which my ‘Spirit’ Guide soon added strong clairaudience. It was January 1983. I really ‘tested’ thoroughly those early communications, being ever so careful to ensure it was all genuinely from the ‘Spirit’ World! I am now glad to say it was indeed and still is, constantly more and more astounding and enlightening. My ‘Spirit’ Team evidently had plans to dictate books so they would not let go!
Your talks include some very intense subjects, including murderers, suicide and early death, how willing are the general public to talk about these subjects?
Those topics are often brought up by members of my audiences, that’s why I cover them. People do wonder about them! Too often there is a very mistaken notion that when we pass over, we ‘land’ in one single ‘place’ where all departed humans mill about for centuries…so it could imply that we could find ourselves amongst or bump into dictators & murderers- or people you hated! WRONG! The link is love, affection, friendship, admiration. So you meet people who are ‘on the same wavelength’ as you; that’s why you’ll usually be greeted by loving family members, friends, acquaintances you liked, pets– and of course those like your ‘Spirit Guide’ who have been looking after you from the Other Side.
On the other hand, as long as departed criminals & nasty people’s mind sets remain filled with hatred, resentment and dark thoughts of revenge, they’ll actually create such an environment around themselves- and that’s what they’ll see, like recurrent nightmares-- because in the ‘Spirit’ World what you think creates itself, appears in front of you--because Thought is a creative Power! The ‘baddies’ will struggle with that until they change their attitude and yearn for kinder and more peaceful activities… and at last recognise the harm they’ve done when on Earth; then remorse hopefully will step in.
There is no harsher judge than oneself when grasping the horrors one has inflicted onto others. Remorse gnaws at you and ‘burns’ your mind and soul: THAT is what ‘hell’ is- a state of mind, a state of remorse. No deity judges us, we judge ourselves. One cannot escape from one’s own mind- No religious leaders (vicars, priests, popes, mullahs etc.) and no deity, can make you forgive yourself for own wilful evil actions against others, whether people or animals.
SUICIDE of course is not advisable- but NOT because some angry deity would send you to some non-existent hellish ‘place’- but because, once one has passed over (each case is different according to the circumstances) one may regret the action of shortening one’s life and therefore not achieving the life plan one had chosen when coming to Earth. One could also regret bitterly to have caused great grief to those left behind. Also a sudden passing may confuse the soul projecting itself to that new world. Fortunately there are always loving people and caring helpers ready to do help such new arrivals.
My eldest brother Pierre killed himself because of atrocious pain he could no longer endure, as paralysis spread fast because of tetanus. His passing and arrival in the ‘Spirit’ World and his state of mind are very clearly documented in Volume 2 of my diaries of 15 years of conversations with loved ones: ‘I’m NOT DEAD: I’m ALIVE Without a Body’, as our (departed) mum and grandparents were on the Other Side to receive Pierre. The enlightening chapters relating to this event give the reader great insights in what may go on in a departed suicide’s mind and how he can be-- and will be-- helped.
EARLY DEATH: whether a young child or anyone in their prime, many people in my audiences wonder ‘why?’- It is always a sensitive topic. Overall, each case will be different! This is better grasped when one has understood the fundamental fact that each one of us has indeed chosen to come to Earth, to experience life here in whatever gender, country, status we needed for that life plan. Since ALL of us are fundamentally thinking, creative Beings of Energy ’(‘Spirit Beings’), we all resided in the ‘Spirit’ World, BEFORE we decided to go to the Earth disguised in a flesh body as ‘humans’ for our own reasons. So before their births, both parents and future children worked out the aims of their own respective trips, and which events or emotions they wished to experience and learn to cope with – and perhaps use that knowledge to help other humans suffering too? – Therefore a ‘baby’ is in fact a grown up ‘Spirit’ Being who had to ‘shrink’ to be born as a new human baby (just like an oak within an acorn), then develop to deal with his life plan- For example: Some may choose to only experience a short life (this time round…) and not bother with adulthood and its demands and duties?
In some cases the ‘Spirit’ Being may spot a hiccup in the formation of the embryo; so he may withdraw his Will and life giving Force from it, as his future ‘vehicle’ would have been faulty. Others may bravely come, as a victim, to help notorious criminals be caught if the latter persisted with their crimes? (Yes, hard to grasp… but bad times are also part of a Soul increasing its knowledge-and are short lived compare to eternity!)
To understand better the ins and outs of the reasons why we use our Free Will and choose to be born and experience various Earthly conditions, over many lives, please read detailed explanations dictated by my ‘Spirit’ Teachers in ‘Truths, Lies & Distortions’-
A personally fascinating thing to me - you include in your list of subject matter, cryonics - could you briefly explain where the soul is when a body is deep-frozen and is it dangerous for your spiritual growth?!
I mentioned cryonics (Deep freezing of a corpse in the hope that decades or centuries later a cure may be found to whatever killed the person and thus supposedly ‘revive’ the corpse!) because one day an American member of my audience asked about this. Fortunately in UK that crazy, extortionate and totally wrong idea is not fashionable! The only people who benefit from cryonics are the money grabbing firms making money out of an ignorant and gullible public! In brief: Cryonics will NEVER ever work! No corpse of somebody whose Soul has completely left the flesh, can be ‘revived’ to live a life again! The Soul of the departed is where it should be in the ‘Spirit’ World and no ‘physical happening’ will affect its spiritual growth. Why? Because each physical body is a vehicle very cleverly designed and driven by the future human (who is a ‘Being of Energy’--and was so before he was born- see Q3).
The body is tailored to what the human needs for the particular Earth life he wants to experience. We all are Beings of Energy within the disguise of human bodies! Any flesh body comes to life when that Being of Energy and future ‘human’ sends his Will into the flesh vehicle/embryo. But the moment his Soul removes its Will from the ‘driving seat’ of the flesh vehicle (at ‘death’), the personality is liberated. The flesh overcoat was never meant to last forever so it dies. But the person is not dead and still exists as he returns to his original home: the world of Mind and Light i.e. the ‘Spirit’ World.
The flesh brain is not the mind – nowadays all enlightened scientists and psychologists recognise this, at last! As the flesh body is NOT the personality, therefore the body is not the Soul /’Spirit’! When a car is no longer suitable to be driven, the driver walks away, gets rid of it. If his old banger is thrown in a crusher, a freezer or a fire, it does NOT harm that ex-car owner, does it?! So, burial, cremation or deep-freezing has absolutely NO effect on the Soul and Spirit of a person!
The split second the ‘Spirit’ Being’s energy has left the flesh, the life current to keep the flesh alive is extinguished and the personality, the Being is where he should be i.e. at the vibration level that fits his mind and emotion level. He is helped and guided to understand his new situation and to settle down. What happens to the old flesh carcass has no effect on him. And no doctor’s injections or treatments will revive the frozen corpse either!
If ever one day, decades or centuries later that Being decides to come back to Earth, eventually (Not compulsion but choice: one needs a valid purpose!) it would have to be at a suitable time for his new aim, as a different human-. He will then be helped to design a brand new flesh vehicle (body) fitting the new goals of his trip!
More detailed info is provided by my ‘Spirit’ Masters in ‘Truths, Lies & Distortions’.
What’s the best piece of advice you’ve been given.
Several from my own mum! So it’s a ‘multi-points’ answer as she applied them throughout her life:
* Never say anything in anger that you do not really mean, as you may regret it later.
* Do not waste your time with trivia: read a book or find something useful to do.
* Think of others and respect nature, love animals and plants.
* Always try to do your best.
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!)
(Apart from all the self-help dvds and books on how to survive on a desert island-- and lively instrumental music?)
Films I’d never get bored watching, so good on an island:
- GHOST (with Patrick Swaize and Whoopie Goldberg)
-All DAVID ATTENBOROUGH’s Natural History & Planet Earth documentaries.
- Michael FLATLEY: Lord of the Dance - & - Feet of Flames. (Brilliant. Sheer perfection).
- FANTASIA (Walt Disney): (Great ‘visual music’. Varied & full of delights)
- HUBBLE TELESCOPE: Images of deep Space
Books:
- All my own ‘Spirit’ Teachers’ dictated books! (The current ones and the future ones due
out soon)
- The whole series of ‘Seth Teachings’ (channelled by trance medium Jane Roberts)
- Biographies of ABRAHAM LINCOLN, MARTIN LUTHER KING and anyone else fighting
for justice and against cruelty to people and animals.
- ‘Complete Nutrition Therapy’ books.
- The wonders of Human & Animal Anatomy books.
Her talk "Banish Your Fear of Death!" proves to be a cheerful, uplifting and non-religious event. You can find her online at I Talk with Spirits Many thanks to Brigitte for answering our questions and giving an amazing insight into her life and work.
To start, could you tell us a little bit about yourself please
Hello & ‘Bonjour’. I am Brigitte Rix- I live in York UK- I am a Clairaudient Medium, Author of several ‘channelled’ books, Teacher of Spiritual Matters and Psychic & Mediumship development.
My decades of research in the ‘paranormal’ and the Afterlife led me to developing my own mediumship. I have been communicating with those in the ‘Spirit’ World for over 30 years.
Nowadays I focus on touring UK, signing my channelled books at BSSK Events and other MBS Shows- or wherever I am invited. I offer lively eye-opening talks, giving my public the chance to ask their questions on the Afterlife. I do NOT promote any religion.
I enjoy giving people hope and a greater understanding of why we are born and what goes on in the Afterlife-- BEFORE we chose to be born and AFTER we ‘pass over’—Those fascinating and detailed insights revealed by ‘departed’ loved ones as well as my ‘Spirit Guide’, are recorded in my authentic diaries of years of conversations with them, using clairaudience and automatic/ inspired writing. (Those are published as ‘I’m Not Dead: I ‘m Alive without a Body- Vol. 1 & 2).
My spiritual knowledgeable Masters also dictate from the ‘Spirit’ World books of ground-breaking revelations, (Such as ‘Truths, Lies & Distortions’),which merge the boundaries of Science and Spirituality, divulging hidden truths masked by centuries of disinformation and myths.
They provide answers to profound questions such as: Why are we here/ How & Why the Earth was created as an experiment /What happens before we are born & after we ‘die’/ Why illnesses & accidents come into our lives/ What happens during coma/ What reincarnation is/ The consciousness & sentience of Animals & Plants/ Why crop circles and other worlds exist/ Why disasters will hit the Earth/ How we can improve our lives/... and much more!
ALL knowledge provided in all my books comes DIRECTLY from those in the Spirit World. This led to my being kindly dubbed ‘The Afterlife French Lady’ by thousands of my readers and my audiences. (Please see my website www.italkwithspirits.com)
If you want to know more about me:
I was born in a French family, brought up on meat (including horse meat...but never frogs’ legs or snails!) Yet, because I am a great Animal & Nature lover, I have been a true vegetarian now for 40 years (True veggie = No fish, no shellfish etc). This shows one CAN change habits! I am nearly Vegan--but only use genuine RSPCA approved free range eggs.
Grammar school in Algiers (Algeria North Africa when it was still a French country), then University of Nice (French Riviera) – Next, I made the leap from sunny climes to settle in crazy weather Britain, where I eventually married an English language Lecturer, Dave Rix. We have 2 children: James Christopher (Jim) and Anne-France. I became a Teacher and Lecturer in the French language. (Sadly Dave succumbed to cancer a few years ago, but he lives on & now talks to me from the Spirit World!)
Over the years I also trained as a Dance & Fitness instructress as well as studied several Complementary Therapies: I am a qualified therapist in Remedial Swedish Massage, Touch for Health/Kinesiology and Electro-Crystal Therapy (Founded by physicist Harry Oldfield). I also qualified as a Spiritual Healer.
You've been communicating with spirit since 1983, was it a sudden thing or had you been able to do it previously but hidden it. Like so many people have said?
Looking back at decisions I had to make over years, I am now sure I have been mysteriously guided and inspired throughout my life without realising it, until I eventually discovered in the 1980’s that we can all learn to communicate safely with the Other World! I only recall one incident when I was only 15 yrs old. My French Grammar School was run by Catholic nuns, so of course I’d never heard of mediums and ‘spirit communications’ (apart from Joan of Arc!). During a Religious Education lesson, the teaching nun facing us was ranting about ‘hell’ as a place of burning flames and gnashing of teeth...I was used to that topic so took it for granted, when suddenly a different voice spoke clearly in my left ear: “Hell is not a place: it is a state of mind, a state of remorse!” This startled me! I stared around me. NO schoolmate or other person was next to me or behind. The classroom was several stories up. That was definitely a mysterious voice ‘out of the blue’! Since then, I have grasped it was my Guide rectifying the nun’s dreadful distortions of facts! But it was the only time I noticed such guidance in the early days. As explained in my Introduction of “I’m Not Dead: I ‘m Alive without a Body”, from my teenage years I started to question the validity of Catholicism rules and dogmas: Why would a baby who was not christened not go to heaven? Why did Popes lead murderous wars to impose their religion (or more likely to steal gold and precious stones from other countries)? Was it what their Jesus taught?
Then I heard of trustworthy people (both people I knew and reliable professionals) to whom departed acquaintances suddenly ‘appeared’ (obviously clairvoyantly). I then suspected there was more to Life and Death than we were told- I sensed that special aspects of energy were hidden from the public- So I started my quest for ‘the Truth’ whatever that was. It took me decades, as in those days I did not have Internet and easy access to books by genuine mediums. It was only in the early 1980’s once settled in York, that I found Spiritualist churches existed and mediums demonstrated. I befriended a lady who told me she did automatic writing. That’s how one day, as she was showing me what she received from the ‘Spirit’ World, she suddenly passed on a message telling me to learn to ‘tune in’ and receive communications myself. Though I doubted I’d ever be able to do it, I practised daily and was astonished to very soon receive automatic writing to which my ‘Spirit’ Guide soon added strong clairaudience. It was January 1983. I really ‘tested’ thoroughly those early communications, being ever so careful to ensure it was all genuinely from the ‘Spirit’ World! I am now glad to say it was indeed and still is, constantly more and more astounding and enlightening. My ‘Spirit’ Team evidently had plans to dictate books so they would not let go!
Your talks include some very intense subjects, including murderers, suicide and early death, how willing are the general public to talk about these subjects?
Those topics are often brought up by members of my audiences, that’s why I cover them. People do wonder about them! Too often there is a very mistaken notion that when we pass over, we ‘land’ in one single ‘place’ where all departed humans mill about for centuries…so it could imply that we could find ourselves amongst or bump into dictators & murderers- or people you hated! WRONG! The link is love, affection, friendship, admiration. So you meet people who are ‘on the same wavelength’ as you; that’s why you’ll usually be greeted by loving family members, friends, acquaintances you liked, pets– and of course those like your ‘Spirit Guide’ who have been looking after you from the Other Side.
On the other hand, as long as departed criminals & nasty people’s mind sets remain filled with hatred, resentment and dark thoughts of revenge, they’ll actually create such an environment around themselves- and that’s what they’ll see, like recurrent nightmares-- because in the ‘Spirit’ World what you think creates itself, appears in front of you--because Thought is a creative Power! The ‘baddies’ will struggle with that until they change their attitude and yearn for kinder and more peaceful activities… and at last recognise the harm they’ve done when on Earth; then remorse hopefully will step in.
There is no harsher judge than oneself when grasping the horrors one has inflicted onto others. Remorse gnaws at you and ‘burns’ your mind and soul: THAT is what ‘hell’ is- a state of mind, a state of remorse. No deity judges us, we judge ourselves. One cannot escape from one’s own mind- No religious leaders (vicars, priests, popes, mullahs etc.) and no deity, can make you forgive yourself for own wilful evil actions against others, whether people or animals.
SUICIDE of course is not advisable- but NOT because some angry deity would send you to some non-existent hellish ‘place’- but because, once one has passed over (each case is different according to the circumstances) one may regret the action of shortening one’s life and therefore not achieving the life plan one had chosen when coming to Earth. One could also regret bitterly to have caused great grief to those left behind. Also a sudden passing may confuse the soul projecting itself to that new world. Fortunately there are always loving people and caring helpers ready to do help such new arrivals.
My eldest brother Pierre killed himself because of atrocious pain he could no longer endure, as paralysis spread fast because of tetanus. His passing and arrival in the ‘Spirit’ World and his state of mind are very clearly documented in Volume 2 of my diaries of 15 years of conversations with loved ones: ‘I’m NOT DEAD: I’m ALIVE Without a Body’, as our (departed) mum and grandparents were on the Other Side to receive Pierre. The enlightening chapters relating to this event give the reader great insights in what may go on in a departed suicide’s mind and how he can be-- and will be-- helped.
EARLY DEATH: whether a young child or anyone in their prime, many people in my audiences wonder ‘why?’- It is always a sensitive topic. Overall, each case will be different! This is better grasped when one has understood the fundamental fact that each one of us has indeed chosen to come to Earth, to experience life here in whatever gender, country, status we needed for that life plan. Since ALL of us are fundamentally thinking, creative Beings of Energy ’(‘Spirit Beings’), we all resided in the ‘Spirit’ World, BEFORE we decided to go to the Earth disguised in a flesh body as ‘humans’ for our own reasons. So before their births, both parents and future children worked out the aims of their own respective trips, and which events or emotions they wished to experience and learn to cope with – and perhaps use that knowledge to help other humans suffering too? – Therefore a ‘baby’ is in fact a grown up ‘Spirit’ Being who had to ‘shrink’ to be born as a new human baby (just like an oak within an acorn), then develop to deal with his life plan- For example: Some may choose to only experience a short life (this time round…) and not bother with adulthood and its demands and duties?
In some cases the ‘Spirit’ Being may spot a hiccup in the formation of the embryo; so he may withdraw his Will and life giving Force from it, as his future ‘vehicle’ would have been faulty. Others may bravely come, as a victim, to help notorious criminals be caught if the latter persisted with their crimes? (Yes, hard to grasp… but bad times are also part of a Soul increasing its knowledge-and are short lived compare to eternity!)
To understand better the ins and outs of the reasons why we use our Free Will and choose to be born and experience various Earthly conditions, over many lives, please read detailed explanations dictated by my ‘Spirit’ Teachers in ‘Truths, Lies & Distortions’-
A personally fascinating thing to me - you include in your list of subject matter, cryonics - could you briefly explain where the soul is when a body is deep-frozen and is it dangerous for your spiritual growth?!
I mentioned cryonics (Deep freezing of a corpse in the hope that decades or centuries later a cure may be found to whatever killed the person and thus supposedly ‘revive’ the corpse!) because one day an American member of my audience asked about this. Fortunately in UK that crazy, extortionate and totally wrong idea is not fashionable! The only people who benefit from cryonics are the money grabbing firms making money out of an ignorant and gullible public! In brief: Cryonics will NEVER ever work! No corpse of somebody whose Soul has completely left the flesh, can be ‘revived’ to live a life again! The Soul of the departed is where it should be in the ‘Spirit’ World and no ‘physical happening’ will affect its spiritual growth. Why? Because each physical body is a vehicle very cleverly designed and driven by the future human (who is a ‘Being of Energy’--and was so before he was born- see Q3).
The body is tailored to what the human needs for the particular Earth life he wants to experience. We all are Beings of Energy within the disguise of human bodies! Any flesh body comes to life when that Being of Energy and future ‘human’ sends his Will into the flesh vehicle/embryo. But the moment his Soul removes its Will from the ‘driving seat’ of the flesh vehicle (at ‘death’), the personality is liberated. The flesh overcoat was never meant to last forever so it dies. But the person is not dead and still exists as he returns to his original home: the world of Mind and Light i.e. the ‘Spirit’ World.
The flesh brain is not the mind – nowadays all enlightened scientists and psychologists recognise this, at last! As the flesh body is NOT the personality, therefore the body is not the Soul /’Spirit’! When a car is no longer suitable to be driven, the driver walks away, gets rid of it. If his old banger is thrown in a crusher, a freezer or a fire, it does NOT harm that ex-car owner, does it?! So, burial, cremation or deep-freezing has absolutely NO effect on the Soul and Spirit of a person!
The split second the ‘Spirit’ Being’s energy has left the flesh, the life current to keep the flesh alive is extinguished and the personality, the Being is where he should be i.e. at the vibration level that fits his mind and emotion level. He is helped and guided to understand his new situation and to settle down. What happens to the old flesh carcass has no effect on him. And no doctor’s injections or treatments will revive the frozen corpse either!
If ever one day, decades or centuries later that Being decides to come back to Earth, eventually (Not compulsion but choice: one needs a valid purpose!) it would have to be at a suitable time for his new aim, as a different human-. He will then be helped to design a brand new flesh vehicle (body) fitting the new goals of his trip!
More detailed info is provided by my ‘Spirit’ Masters in ‘Truths, Lies & Distortions’.
What’s the best piece of advice you’ve been given.
Several from my own mum! So it’s a ‘multi-points’ answer as she applied them throughout her life:
* Never say anything in anger that you do not really mean, as you may regret it later.
* Do not waste your time with trivia: read a book or find something useful to do.
* Think of others and respect nature, love animals and plants.
* Always try to do your best.
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!)
(Apart from all the self-help dvds and books on how to survive on a desert island-- and lively instrumental music?)
Films I’d never get bored watching, so good on an island:
- GHOST (with Patrick Swaize and Whoopie Goldberg)
-All DAVID ATTENBOROUGH’s Natural History & Planet Earth documentaries.
- Michael FLATLEY: Lord of the Dance - & - Feet of Flames. (Brilliant. Sheer perfection).
- FANTASIA (Walt Disney): (Great ‘visual music’. Varied & full of delights)
- HUBBLE TELESCOPE: Images of deep Space
Books:
- All my own ‘Spirit’ Teachers’ dictated books! (The current ones and the future ones due
out soon)
- The whole series of ‘Seth Teachings’ (channelled by trance medium Jane Roberts)
- Biographies of ABRAHAM LINCOLN, MARTIN LUTHER KING and anyone else fighting
for justice and against cruelty to people and animals.
- ‘Complete Nutrition Therapy’ books.
- The wonders of Human & Animal Anatomy books.
Saturday, 1 March 2014
Weekend Reads
Apologies for posting this a little late! Happy reading and we hope you're all having a great weekend.
Urban Ghosts Media
This site describes itself as "hidden history and offbeat travel". Amazing photographs of abandoned places and little secret pockets all around the world.
The Anxious Gardener
Most of us woke up to a sunny start to March, getting our springtime hopes up! This blog is a photo heavy look at two amazing gardens and the work of their "caretaker". Not a how-to blog as such but it's beautiful imagery inspires us to get back into nature.
Spirituality and Practice
A massive multi-faith site, with a huge amount of articles, blogs and inspiration. It concentrates on the common themes in all spiritual traditions, instead of looking at the differences.
Hemalayaa
Bollywood dancing queen and an inspirational voice behind many spiritual and lifestyle ideas. Her site has many self-care, health, spirituality tools and articles. Including blogs, links to her retreats and even phone apps.
Urban Ghosts Media
This site describes itself as "hidden history and offbeat travel". Amazing photographs of abandoned places and little secret pockets all around the world.
The Anxious Gardener
Most of us woke up to a sunny start to March, getting our springtime hopes up! This blog is a photo heavy look at two amazing gardens and the work of their "caretaker". Not a how-to blog as such but it's beautiful imagery inspires us to get back into nature.
Spirituality and Practice
A massive multi-faith site, with a huge amount of articles, blogs and inspiration. It concentrates on the common themes in all spiritual traditions, instead of looking at the differences.
Hemalayaa
Bollywood dancing queen and an inspirational voice behind many spiritual and lifestyle ideas. Her site has many self-care, health, spirituality tools and articles. Including blogs, links to her retreats and even phone apps.
Sunday, 22 December 2013
Keeping Your Spirituality "Together" Over Christmas!
"Getting loads of loot is a very spiritual experience for me."
Calvin and Hobbes
Merry Christmas, Yule Blessings and/or Happy Holidays to all our readers! Nothing meant by the quote, just thought it funny!
Christmas can be a very odd time for a lot of people. Consumerism and spirituality seem to be at odds and both can run amok over the next few days.
With less and less families attending a church, spirituality seems to have become a more fractured experience. A lot of households will have various beliefs, some will have one spiritual family member and the rest of the family won't have any particular belief. Families will also have lots of guests descending on them, throwing everyone a curve ball. Homes get messy, noisy and thrown out of normal day-to-day routines.
We've come up with a few little tips to keep yourself spiritually "together" and centered over the holidays without demanding "everyone be quiet and switch the telly off because I have to meditate now!"
Mini Breaks
A busy household means you can disappear for a few minutes on occassion! Dig out a magazine or an inspirational book you can dip in and out of and you can hide away for a few minutes of reading. Or pop outside for a few "mindful" minutes.
Attitude of Gratitude
Don't just be thankful for the jumper auntie Jean knitted, be thankful for time with auntie Jean as well.
Walking Meditation
Not everyone wants to meditate but most people love to go for a walk at Christmas, turn that into a walking meditation.
Little Rituals
Lighting candles for loved ones who are no longer with us, or serving food in a specific way.
Focus on Service
Not everyone has a great time at Christmas, check on people you know are alone over Christmas or donate any spare food to a foodbank. Random acts of kindness.
Just a few light hearted prompts. How do you keep your spirituality "together" over Christmas? Do you have any spiritual traditions for over Christmas? We'd love to hear them!
Monday, 16 December 2013
Interview with Elizabeth and David Lomax
With the festive season almost upon us, this will be our last interview for a couple of weeks.
We will continue with a few blog posts and pick up the interviews again after christmas.
This interview is with Elizabeth and David Lomax creators/producers of a new set of cards called the Vision cards. You can find them at the shows selling the cards and talking/demonstrating them. We are going to do a feature on the cards themselves next year in the meantime we'd like to thank them for taking the time to answer our questions.
To start with could you tell us a little bit about yourself.
We're David and Elizabeth and we live with our daughter here in Manchester. We love being out in nature and the turn of the seasons. We both have a strong sense of the way in which Spirit or God underpins our lives.
Can you tell us the inspiration behind your cards?
Over the years I've been fortunate to meet and work with many people who have Vision. Sometimes it's a 'big' vision involving many people even a whole community e.g. setting up a local food co-op and sometimes a personal vision e.g. establishing a regular meditation practice. Bringing a vision to fruition can involve many different stages and challenges. The Vision Cards highlight some of the inner work that can help the process of translating vision into action to unfold.
Can you tell us about David's talks?
In this short workshop there will be a chance to think about what Vision means for each of us and to share this with others. David will also talk about ways to use the Vision Cards during this time.
Which writer/thinker has influenced you the most.
David - Emanuel Swedenborg
Elizabeth - Peaceful Living by Mary Mackenzie
What’s the best piece of advice you’ve been given.
From our best man at our Wedding on bringing up children - don't get too stressed or relieved about anything specific because in 6 months it will be different!
Can you tell us your desert island films/books?
David
Films - The Sound of Music, Wings of Desire, Three Colours: Blue
Books - Heavenly Secrets - Emanuel Swedenborg, What we talk about when we talk about God - Rob Bell, The Shack - William Paul Young
Elizabeth
Films - Truly Madly Deeply, Fly Away Home and My Fair Lady,
Books - The Invitation - Oriah Mountain Dreamer, Kitchen Pharmacy - Rose Elliot & Carlo de Paoli and The Arrivals - Naomi Gladish Smith
We will continue with a few blog posts and pick up the interviews again after christmas.
This interview is with Elizabeth and David Lomax creators/producers of a new set of cards called the Vision cards. You can find them at the shows selling the cards and talking/demonstrating them. We are going to do a feature on the cards themselves next year in the meantime we'd like to thank them for taking the time to answer our questions.
To start with could you tell us a little bit about yourself.
We're David and Elizabeth and we live with our daughter here in Manchester. We love being out in nature and the turn of the seasons. We both have a strong sense of the way in which Spirit or God underpins our lives.
Can you tell us the inspiration behind your cards?
Over the years I've been fortunate to meet and work with many people who have Vision. Sometimes it's a 'big' vision involving many people even a whole community e.g. setting up a local food co-op and sometimes a personal vision e.g. establishing a regular meditation practice. Bringing a vision to fruition can involve many different stages and challenges. The Vision Cards highlight some of the inner work that can help the process of translating vision into action to unfold.
Can you tell us about David's talks?
In this short workshop there will be a chance to think about what Vision means for each of us and to share this with others. David will also talk about ways to use the Vision Cards during this time.
Which writer/thinker has influenced you the most.
David - Emanuel Swedenborg
Elizabeth - Peaceful Living by Mary Mackenzie
What’s the best piece of advice you’ve been given.
From our best man at our Wedding on bringing up children - don't get too stressed or relieved about anything specific because in 6 months it will be different!
Can you tell us your desert island films/books?
David
Films - The Sound of Music, Wings of Desire, Three Colours: Blue
Books - Heavenly Secrets - Emanuel Swedenborg, What we talk about when we talk about God - Rob Bell, The Shack - William Paul Young
Elizabeth
Films - Truly Madly Deeply, Fly Away Home and My Fair Lady,
Books - The Invitation - Oriah Mountain Dreamer, Kitchen Pharmacy - Rose Elliot & Carlo de Paoli and The Arrivals - Naomi Gladish Smith
Sunday, 13 October 2013
Interview with Narain Ishaya
With Lincoln coming up in a few weeks, we have an interview with one of the authors who will be there. Many thanks to him for answering our questions. Narain Ishaya is a teacher of meditation and spirituality and is the author of "Chit Happens: A Guide to Discovering Divinity". Narain will be giving a talk about his book on sunday 3rd November and can be found online at www.narainishaya.com
Could you tell us a little bit about yourself?
I am an Ishaya monk, and have been for 15 years or so. I was born in England, and grew up in Australia. I had a pretty varied life, but there was always something “missing.” I always had a feeling I was waiting for God, or the Universe, or life to show me what I was really here for. I tried so many spiritual practices, but nothing really filled the hole within me. Then I found the Ishayas, and learned their practice of Ascension. Immediately I knew this path was different, that it really could help me, and anyone else, live their purpose fully in this lifetime.
Can you give us an overview of your book?
The book is intended to give a clear look at the path of awakening from ignorance, and what the magical state called “enlightenment” really is. It also shows, I hope, what really keeps people limited and small, and how to let those things go. The intention was to make the journey to freedom clear, no matter what path or practice you have. It is also a look at the teaching of the Ishaya’s teaching of Ascension, also known as The Bright Path. It is a Teaching that has been maintained for thousands of years for this moment in humanities evolution.
Why do you think there is such a strong need for spiritual guidance these days?
True spiritual guidance has always been necessary, but now it is time for this to be publicly available. The consciousness of humanity has, for eons, been working its way through the mud of ignorance towards the light of Truth. In so many ways people are beginning to come to the realization that, “There must be more than this!” The old control structures that have been in place are no longer attractive, and so other guidance is needed. To awaken fully from the dream of separation is not hard, but guidance is necessary.
Do you have any more books planned?
There are more books coming. I have almost finished the second one, which is very different in it’s layout to this one.
Which writer/thinker has influenced you the most?
It depends on why you ask. At different times on my path different things spoke to me for different reasons. Let’s see, Jesus, and Terry Pratchett would be close to the top two.
What’s the best piece of advice you’ve been given?
Hold no positions. That simple sentence has meant so much on my journey. The path of awakening is very much the path of surrendering positions and judgments. The mind always wants to understand freedom, and it cannot. It will try to by noticing an experience and then saying, “Now I get it!” This statement is always false. The most accurate thing you can ever say is, “This is the way it appears to be,” and then let it go. Positions are an attempt to be right, and you will never be right AND free in the same instant. Hold no positions, be open, like air, and discover peace.
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!)
Books:
Anything by Terry Pratchett, especially The Thief of Time.
The power of Now by Eckhardt Tolle.
The eye of the I by Dr. David Hawkins
Films:
The Matrix.
The legend of Bagger Vance.
The Princess Bride.
Could you tell us a little bit about yourself?
I am an Ishaya monk, and have been for 15 years or so. I was born in England, and grew up in Australia. I had a pretty varied life, but there was always something “missing.” I always had a feeling I was waiting for God, or the Universe, or life to show me what I was really here for. I tried so many spiritual practices, but nothing really filled the hole within me. Then I found the Ishayas, and learned their practice of Ascension. Immediately I knew this path was different, that it really could help me, and anyone else, live their purpose fully in this lifetime.
Can you give us an overview of your book?
The book is intended to give a clear look at the path of awakening from ignorance, and what the magical state called “enlightenment” really is. It also shows, I hope, what really keeps people limited and small, and how to let those things go. The intention was to make the journey to freedom clear, no matter what path or practice you have. It is also a look at the teaching of the Ishaya’s teaching of Ascension, also known as The Bright Path. It is a Teaching that has been maintained for thousands of years for this moment in humanities evolution.
Why do you think there is such a strong need for spiritual guidance these days?
True spiritual guidance has always been necessary, but now it is time for this to be publicly available. The consciousness of humanity has, for eons, been working its way through the mud of ignorance towards the light of Truth. In so many ways people are beginning to come to the realization that, “There must be more than this!” The old control structures that have been in place are no longer attractive, and so other guidance is needed. To awaken fully from the dream of separation is not hard, but guidance is necessary.
Do you have any more books planned?
There are more books coming. I have almost finished the second one, which is very different in it’s layout to this one.
Which writer/thinker has influenced you the most?
It depends on why you ask. At different times on my path different things spoke to me for different reasons. Let’s see, Jesus, and Terry Pratchett would be close to the top two.
What’s the best piece of advice you’ve been given?
Hold no positions. That simple sentence has meant so much on my journey. The path of awakening is very much the path of surrendering positions and judgments. The mind always wants to understand freedom, and it cannot. It will try to by noticing an experience and then saying, “Now I get it!” This statement is always false. The most accurate thing you can ever say is, “This is the way it appears to be,” and then let it go. Positions are an attempt to be right, and you will never be right AND free in the same instant. Hold no positions, be open, like air, and discover peace.
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!)
Books:
Anything by Terry Pratchett, especially The Thief of Time.
The power of Now by Eckhardt Tolle.
The eye of the I by Dr. David Hawkins
Films:
The Matrix.
The legend of Bagger Vance.
The Princess Bride.
Wednesday, 9 October 2013
Interview with Becky Walsh
After the wonderful event at the Monastery, we're getting back down to earth and continuing our interviews. We've got a great one to start us off again. Today's interview is with Becky Walsh, a recognised expert in intuition, consicousness and spirituality. Becky is also a Hay House author and speaker at many events, including ours! Many thanks to Becky for answering our questions, she can be found online at www.beckywalsh.com
To start with can you tell us a little bit about yourself.
I am an entertainer who uses that skill to put across life changing spiritual and insightful information to people who could do with it. As a teaching I effortlessly blend humour with groundbreaking, smack-on-the-forehead insights that put YOU in control of your own life. As a intuitive catalyst I make hard to hear information that changes old patterns palatable.
I am a Hay House author of the book ‘You DO Know – Learning to act on intuition instantly’ as well as four more published books and six e-books. A sort after speaker and will appear at the world renowned seminar ‘I can do it’ in October. I make films and TV shows and I hosted my own show on LBC 97.3 radio in London. I also have a unique show where I gives live intuitive insights on members of the audience, blended with storytelling and improv comedy. I am a leading expert in intuition, self-development and spirituality which she teaches around the world and also the one of the directors of OpenBeyond.com www.beckywalsh.com But above all, I am not very busy!
Why is it so hard for people to trust their intuition?
I was wondering that for years as I was teaching the subject and students still weren't living by it. So on an intuitive fancy I gave everything away and became a student in San Francisco. Now back in the UK I have answered that question from my research in 75,000 words in the book 'You Do Know - learning to act on intuition instantly'. But in brief for you here, its because they are using the 'wrong' kind of intuition. There are two forms of intuitive knowing and following the gut isn't always the right one to be listening to. It limits your life rather than expands it into brilliant ideas.
Can you tell us a bit more about Open Beyond?
When the economic down turn hit, people like myself and other practitioners of 'luxury talents' got hit hard. Many of them dropped out of the self-developments industry as when your struggling to feed your family, you don't have cash for transpersonal work. So myself and a brilliant tech wizzard friend Cat realised that we had to get my work to go global to hit country's not in a financial mess. Once we made a success of it for me, we realised that other people like me were finding it hard to go it alone and needed a passive income too. So we created Open Beyond to help people grown their business at a time when most were walking away. No-one makes it big alone, and so we wanted to be the 'seen it, done it' company to help the helpers!
Who do you see when you need a bit of coaching/inspiration? or do you give yourself a good talking to?
My business partner Cat at Open Beyond, she knows me better than most and she can go right for the balls when I am swimming in my own poop!
Which writer/thinker has influenced you the most.
At the moment I'm having an intellect crush on Robert Holden who I will be sharing a stage with at I can do it. My first intellect crush was on the late M. Scott Peck author of 'The road less travelled'. I met a lot of my self-development super hero's interviewing them for LBC 97.3 radio. They always say never meet your hero and its true, however Robert Holden glows his work like it's radio active and he swallowed it.
What’s the best piece of advice you’ve been given.
Nothing anyone ever does or says is really about you. Which sucks when they say 'I love you' but its even true of that!
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!)
Films:
V for vendetta
A box set of Robin of Sherwood / Carnival
The breakfast club
Closer - Although the stage play is far better than the film script wise
American Beauty
The Crow
To start with can you tell us a little bit about yourself.
I am an entertainer who uses that skill to put across life changing spiritual and insightful information to people who could do with it. As a teaching I effortlessly blend humour with groundbreaking, smack-on-the-forehead insights that put YOU in control of your own life. As a intuitive catalyst I make hard to hear information that changes old patterns palatable.
I am a Hay House author of the book ‘You DO Know – Learning to act on intuition instantly’ as well as four more published books and six e-books. A sort after speaker and will appear at the world renowned seminar ‘I can do it’ in October. I make films and TV shows and I hosted my own show on LBC 97.3 radio in London. I also have a unique show where I gives live intuitive insights on members of the audience, blended with storytelling and improv comedy. I am a leading expert in intuition, self-development and spirituality which she teaches around the world and also the one of the directors of OpenBeyond.com www.beckywalsh.com But above all, I am not very busy!
Why is it so hard for people to trust their intuition?
I was wondering that for years as I was teaching the subject and students still weren't living by it. So on an intuitive fancy I gave everything away and became a student in San Francisco. Now back in the UK I have answered that question from my research in 75,000 words in the book 'You Do Know - learning to act on intuition instantly'. But in brief for you here, its because they are using the 'wrong' kind of intuition. There are two forms of intuitive knowing and following the gut isn't always the right one to be listening to. It limits your life rather than expands it into brilliant ideas.
Can you tell us a bit more about Open Beyond?
When the economic down turn hit, people like myself and other practitioners of 'luxury talents' got hit hard. Many of them dropped out of the self-developments industry as when your struggling to feed your family, you don't have cash for transpersonal work. So myself and a brilliant tech wizzard friend Cat realised that we had to get my work to go global to hit country's not in a financial mess. Once we made a success of it for me, we realised that other people like me were finding it hard to go it alone and needed a passive income too. So we created Open Beyond to help people grown their business at a time when most were walking away. No-one makes it big alone, and so we wanted to be the 'seen it, done it' company to help the helpers!
Who do you see when you need a bit of coaching/inspiration? or do you give yourself a good talking to?
My business partner Cat at Open Beyond, she knows me better than most and she can go right for the balls when I am swimming in my own poop!
Which writer/thinker has influenced you the most.
At the moment I'm having an intellect crush on Robert Holden who I will be sharing a stage with at I can do it. My first intellect crush was on the late M. Scott Peck author of 'The road less travelled'. I met a lot of my self-development super hero's interviewing them for LBC 97.3 radio. They always say never meet your hero and its true, however Robert Holden glows his work like it's radio active and he swallowed it.
What’s the best piece of advice you’ve been given.
Nothing anyone ever does or says is really about you. Which sucks when they say 'I love you' but its even true of that!
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!)
Films:
V for vendetta
A box set of Robin of Sherwood / Carnival
The breakfast club
Closer - Although the stage play is far better than the film script wise
American Beauty
The Crow
Sunday, 29 September 2013
Interview with Helena Hawley
With less than a week to go until the Monastery, we've got several interviews to post this week! Our first one is with Helena Hawley, sound healer and authoress.
Many thanks to Helena for taking part in our interviews and for giving us some wonderful answers and a great insight into her work.
Helena will be giving a talk on saturday called "Intuitive Vocal Sound Healing and Animals" and can be found online at www.healenahawley.co.uk
1 - To start with could you tell us a little bit about yourself?
Living on the edge of Chester, I am currently busy doing things to help promote my books, as I have always believed that they only help people, if they are read. In them I share the teachings that life has blessed me with to help encourage others on their pathway. It all began with communications from discarnate animals. I understood that their messages were for sharing with others, so encouraged by Linda Tellington-Jones (International healer and trainer of animals and people) I set about writing my first book, one of a trilogy as it turned out. (The other Kingdoms speak series).
Then things took another unexpected turn. The discarnate Maria Callas came into my life and led me down the pathway of intuitive vocal sound healing, which I currently practice, often combining it with other forms of therapy I have learnt. Consequently the next two books were about how I became friends with Maria, learnt to love her greatly and where this led me, which is something of interest for potential sound healers and others.
I trained as a spiritual healer with the spiritualist churches at the beginning of the 1980s, going on to train with Rhea Powers from the USA, who was then teaching in Germany, as a Light Worker. This included the art of channelling, past life regression and clearings. The latter means helping lost souls go to the Light and clearing dark energies from people and places.
I laid these trainings aside for many years, whilst furthering my spiritual education with various teachers, until the time was right to become more actively involved helping others through my attendance at MBS festivals to sell books and give lecture/demos, as well as starting a healing practice for individuals when required in my home. To further my knowledge of sound healing, I have attended training seminars with Milagros Phillips, Karl Brunnick, and Jill Purce.
I have a comprehensive website, www.helenahawley.co.uk with full details and pictures of various things I have to offer, including my books, the latest of which is titled, “Helena’s Book of Healing, Fairies and Sasquatch”.
2 - Can you tell us about your up coming talks?
Most of them include true stories from life, which ones depending on the subject matter of the day. Then, the highlight is the sound, both the demonstration I give of intuitive vocal sound healing and then the toning for healing we do as a group. The singing for the audience is voluntary of course, but it is always exciting to see how it changes the energies in the room and to hear the feedback from the audience after they have sung. Questions at these events are welcomed.
3 - A lot of healers started working with horses; do you think they are more spiritually aware than other domesticated animals?
One cannot generalise. Like people, they vary, as do cats and dogs etc. Most of them are really good at telepathy unlike most of us, but how open they are to using this gift with us seems to depend on how they feel about us. When there is fear, that kind of thing tends to shut down. They are very deserving of any healing they receive, for even the so called difficult ones teach us so much. The more spiritually evolved ones usually are attracted to people of like ilk, and often come with a special mission. I feel sure that “owners” and animals choose each other on a soul level. The healing that takes place goes both ways.
If one allows it to, working with horses can assist enormously with opening one’s heart chakra. Love is the key word. Always choose love.
4 - Why do you think people are more in need of healing and spiritual guidance these days?
I do not know if they are more in need than previously or not. I would go as far as saying that the urgency for it is greater.
I do know that the energies on this planet are changing fast, relatively speaking. Therefore the opportunities for spiritual growth are increasing proportionately. This is where the healing comes in. It helps enormously, because the energy required for healing is LOVE, which also aids spiritual growth. Both giving and receiving healing increase love, gratitude, compassion and spiritual insights. It is very healthy in every way! It was this knowledge about the planetary changes that led me to write the sixth book, “Helena’s Book of Healing, fairies and Sasquatch”. It is part of my contribution to the present times.
5 -Which writer/thinker has influenced you the most?
No one in particular, but many have helped me greatly.
To list a few: My life and everyone in it teach me something, every encounter with anyone is of value, even if one is left with thoughts like “That was not a good idea!”, because one can learn something, if only what one does not want. Everything has a positive side. Then, in no particular order, Rhea Powers, Chris Griscom, Linda Tellington-Jones, Michael Roads, Samarpan, Eckhart Tolle and the late Maria Callas from her home in the spirit world. Without her, I would not be doing or teaching sound healing.
6 - What’s the best piece of advice you’ve been given?
To love myself, follow my heart, listen to my inner guidance and to choose love. This also means letting go of all judgement, as judgement blocks the flow of love.
“Who is to say what is right and what is wrong” is an old Taoist saying I was once told. I have not always managed to remember it, or the rest of this advice I am giving, but I know of none better. When these things are in place, loving everyone as oneself becomes natural and normal. In my better moments I have felt this. There is always further to go on this spiritual pathway.
Loving myself wholeheartedly involves not judging my own actions. So there is nothing to beat myself up about and no self blame. As other people are a part of me, and I a part of them, it becomes automatic not to blame others for things. There is therefore nothing to forgive myself for or anyone else, no matter how much it may appear that they have “wronged” me or others. Everyone acts according to their own level of consciousness at the time.
Many of these things are so contrary to what most of us have been brought up to believe and accept, that it becomes clear that we have work to do on ourselves, which always benefits everyone else and all that is as well for the simple reason that we are all part of the whole. Always choose love!
Many thanks to Helena for taking part in our interviews and for giving us some wonderful answers and a great insight into her work.
Helena will be giving a talk on saturday called "Intuitive Vocal Sound Healing and Animals" and can be found online at www.healenahawley.co.uk
1 - To start with could you tell us a little bit about yourself?
Living on the edge of Chester, I am currently busy doing things to help promote my books, as I have always believed that they only help people, if they are read. In them I share the teachings that life has blessed me with to help encourage others on their pathway. It all began with communications from discarnate animals. I understood that their messages were for sharing with others, so encouraged by Linda Tellington-Jones (International healer and trainer of animals and people) I set about writing my first book, one of a trilogy as it turned out. (The other Kingdoms speak series).
Then things took another unexpected turn. The discarnate Maria Callas came into my life and led me down the pathway of intuitive vocal sound healing, which I currently practice, often combining it with other forms of therapy I have learnt. Consequently the next two books were about how I became friends with Maria, learnt to love her greatly and where this led me, which is something of interest for potential sound healers and others.
I trained as a spiritual healer with the spiritualist churches at the beginning of the 1980s, going on to train with Rhea Powers from the USA, who was then teaching in Germany, as a Light Worker. This included the art of channelling, past life regression and clearings. The latter means helping lost souls go to the Light and clearing dark energies from people and places.
I laid these trainings aside for many years, whilst furthering my spiritual education with various teachers, until the time was right to become more actively involved helping others through my attendance at MBS festivals to sell books and give lecture/demos, as well as starting a healing practice for individuals when required in my home. To further my knowledge of sound healing, I have attended training seminars with Milagros Phillips, Karl Brunnick, and Jill Purce.
I have a comprehensive website, www.helenahawley.co.uk with full details and pictures of various things I have to offer, including my books, the latest of which is titled, “Helena’s Book of Healing, Fairies and Sasquatch”.
2 - Can you tell us about your up coming talks?
Most of them include true stories from life, which ones depending on the subject matter of the day. Then, the highlight is the sound, both the demonstration I give of intuitive vocal sound healing and then the toning for healing we do as a group. The singing for the audience is voluntary of course, but it is always exciting to see how it changes the energies in the room and to hear the feedback from the audience after they have sung. Questions at these events are welcomed.
3 - A lot of healers started working with horses; do you think they are more spiritually aware than other domesticated animals?
One cannot generalise. Like people, they vary, as do cats and dogs etc. Most of them are really good at telepathy unlike most of us, but how open they are to using this gift with us seems to depend on how they feel about us. When there is fear, that kind of thing tends to shut down. They are very deserving of any healing they receive, for even the so called difficult ones teach us so much. The more spiritually evolved ones usually are attracted to people of like ilk, and often come with a special mission. I feel sure that “owners” and animals choose each other on a soul level. The healing that takes place goes both ways.
If one allows it to, working with horses can assist enormously with opening one’s heart chakra. Love is the key word. Always choose love.
4 - Why do you think people are more in need of healing and spiritual guidance these days?
I do not know if they are more in need than previously or not. I would go as far as saying that the urgency for it is greater.
I do know that the energies on this planet are changing fast, relatively speaking. Therefore the opportunities for spiritual growth are increasing proportionately. This is where the healing comes in. It helps enormously, because the energy required for healing is LOVE, which also aids spiritual growth. Both giving and receiving healing increase love, gratitude, compassion and spiritual insights. It is very healthy in every way! It was this knowledge about the planetary changes that led me to write the sixth book, “Helena’s Book of Healing, fairies and Sasquatch”. It is part of my contribution to the present times.
5 -Which writer/thinker has influenced you the most?
No one in particular, but many have helped me greatly.
To list a few: My life and everyone in it teach me something, every encounter with anyone is of value, even if one is left with thoughts like “That was not a good idea!”, because one can learn something, if only what one does not want. Everything has a positive side. Then, in no particular order, Rhea Powers, Chris Griscom, Linda Tellington-Jones, Michael Roads, Samarpan, Eckhart Tolle and the late Maria Callas from her home in the spirit world. Without her, I would not be doing or teaching sound healing.
6 - What’s the best piece of advice you’ve been given?
To love myself, follow my heart, listen to my inner guidance and to choose love. This also means letting go of all judgement, as judgement blocks the flow of love.
“Who is to say what is right and what is wrong” is an old Taoist saying I was once told. I have not always managed to remember it, or the rest of this advice I am giving, but I know of none better. When these things are in place, loving everyone as oneself becomes natural and normal. In my better moments I have felt this. There is always further to go on this spiritual pathway.
Loving myself wholeheartedly involves not judging my own actions. So there is nothing to beat myself up about and no self blame. As other people are a part of me, and I a part of them, it becomes automatic not to blame others for things. There is therefore nothing to forgive myself for or anyone else, no matter how much it may appear that they have “wronged” me or others. Everyone acts according to their own level of consciousness at the time.
Many of these things are so contrary to what most of us have been brought up to believe and accept, that it becomes clear that we have work to do on ourselves, which always benefits everyone else and all that is as well for the simple reason that we are all part of the whole. Always choose love!
Wednesday, 11 September 2013
Newark Prep and Gorton News
Well, just a few more days until Newark! Cannot believe how quickly this has come around. It's now too late to buy tickets online but you can still contact us and have tickets reserved for pick up.
It's promising to be a great show (again!) with a wide range of speakers, including Jacky Newcombs' FREE talk on saturday. As usual lots of great exhibitors and, dare I say, never too early for a bit of christmas shopping....go to Newark Event for the full list of exhibitors and speakers.
After Newark we have the Monastery. A few concerns about the layout and the catering last year. However, with the stands back in the cloisters, the catering back in the marquee, we can avoid the issues we had last year. There is hot food in the cafe but on a "come when you want" basis and will not be ticketed. Cold food and coffee station in the marquee with seating for that all important chill time! We are confident Gorton will now feel how it did in past years, with less frustration on all sides. We're very excited this year.
Hope to see you there ;)
It's promising to be a great show (again!) with a wide range of speakers, including Jacky Newcombs' FREE talk on saturday. As usual lots of great exhibitors and, dare I say, never too early for a bit of christmas shopping....go to Newark Event for the full list of exhibitors and speakers.
After Newark we have the Monastery. A few concerns about the layout and the catering last year. However, with the stands back in the cloisters, the catering back in the marquee, we can avoid the issues we had last year. There is hot food in the cafe but on a "come when you want" basis and will not be ticketed. Cold food and coffee station in the marquee with seating for that all important chill time! We are confident Gorton will now feel how it did in past years, with less frustration on all sides. We're very excited this year.
Hope to see you there ;)
Wednesday, 4 September 2013
Interview with Annie Kaszina
This week sees us back to our interviews! We're starting off our countdown to Newark with an interview with Annie Kaszina, who has a talk on saturday the 14th September.
To start with could you tell us a bit more about yourself?
I’m absolutely passionate about the issues that really matter to women: enjoying happiness, having a great, fulfilling relationship, and finding meaningfulness. The reason why I am so passionate about these things is simple: I grew up not knowing how to do any of them – and my life really sucked – until I discovered the simple road-map that I now teach. My official titles are: speaker, writer, coach, and relationship maven. What I do is give women the simple road-map to more happiness, fulfilling relationships, and lasting self-worth, so they have more fulfilment in every area of their lives.
Is happiness a spiritual goal?
What a great question! For a lot of people it undoubtedly is. My concern is that a lot of people put happiness “out there” – as in “I’ll be happy when…” My belief is that happiness is our ‘default setting’. It’s been hard-wired into us. Sure, Life can get in the way. Big time. But there are some very doable steps anyone can take, right away, to get back to that ‘default setting’.
Why do you think women particularly find it difficult to find their voice, even if they are in a happy relationship?
It’s all about conditioning. Most women are taught not to be selfish. Selfishness is seen as the ultimate crime. I’ve certainly spoken to many women who’d sooner have their right arm cut off than be labelled selfish! The problem is, you have to prove that you are unselfish, every day in every way.
How do you prove you are unselfish?
- By putting your own needs on the back burner.
- By putting yourself last.
- By deferring to other people’s opinions.
- By not stepping into your own power.
- By swallowing the belief that you’re less equal than men.
Can you tell us more about your talk at BSSK?
My talk at BSSK is “The Secret that The Secret Doesn’t Tell You”. The Law of Attraction has been a watershed for so many people. Yet, not too many people, women especially, seem to make it work for them as they would like it to. So, my talk is a guide to the things that we do – without even being aware of them – that can get in the way of what we truly want. And what we can do to change those things that get in the way.
Which writer/thinker has influenced you the most?
That’s hard. There have been so many. I love Dan Millman, Michael Neill, and the utterly irreverent Karen Salmansohn, to name just a few. But one writer I especially admire is Dr Gary Chapman. His book, “The 5 Love Languages” helped me to spot my lovely partner His insights are absolutely transformational. I’ve been able to use them in my work to help people resolve decades of conflict with close family members within a matter of weeks.
What’s the best piece of advice you’ve been given?
“Start from where you are, with what you have”. That has to be the most powerful place to start, but too many of us spend too long trying to get to somewhere else before we can really get started.
Could you name some desert Island books/films?
In no particular order:
Dante’s Divine Comedy –finally, I’d have all the time in the world to explore every last nuance of Dante’s poetry.
Roberto Benigni’s “Life is Beautiful” - the most heart-breaking, but uplifting film I’ve ever seen.
The Marx Brothers’ “A Night at The Opera” – to transport me to a world of fun, silliness and laughter.
E H Gombrich The Story of Art – I wouldn’t like to tell you how many years that book has spent on my “One Day” pile.
Ignazio Silone Bread and Wine – that book has held a special place in my heart for decades
Kurosawa – Samurai Collection - Kurosawa, and lead actor Mifune, offer such a profoundly moving portrait of humanity, with a light touch, and the most amazing action scenes.
International speaker,writer, and relationship maven, Annie Kaszina – the Bright Future coach - is fast becoming the voice of relationship happiness for women. Annie specializes in helping women who have been hiding their brilliance to own their life, and their dreams, so they can live fully, love well, and laugh wholeheartedly.
email: annie@anniekaszina.com
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