"How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world.”
~ William Shakespeare
Welcome to my first “post-dinners” newsletter :)
Yip for those of you who have not being paying attention… the dinners are sadly no longer as I am moving away. I will still however be coming in to Cape Town to do Healing Workshops, my Earth Healing Work as well as for individual energy healing consultation (now that I am mobile I can come to you).
My newsletter will be released every second week from now onwards instead of every week and I have decided a name change is in order and so the newsletter, hence force will be called…
~ Consciousness of One ~
As in “We are all One energy… and our consciousness is united by One love… co-creating a new reality.”
Within these pages I hope to inspire you to fulfill your highest potential… to walk each moment in awareness… to be conscious of the light you shine. To nurture and love yourself more. To be aware that happiness… love… and joy are but choices… that being in the present is a conscious shift ~ moving away from the mental clutter… the thoughts.
Namaste
Tracy xxx
“The heart is the only constant and sure beam to follow ones cosmic door of understanding.” ~ Mentor
~ The Mayan Calendar ~ Tracking the Evolution of Consciousness ~
For something like 16 billion years a process has been unfolding. That process is the Evolution of Consciousness. Consciousness can be defined as “the experience of being”, which suggests that the purpose of consciousness is to experience itself.
From the earliest moments of the Universe in what we currently call the Big Bang, the Universe has evolved ever greater levels of complexity from energy to matter, from matter to life, from life to awareness, and from awareness to self-awareness. Each step into complexity, or novelty, happens quicker than all previous steps.
One could say that the universe is a novelty conserving engine. This is a universe predicated on an evolving consciousness, a continuing expansion of the experience of being. Who we really are is the universe experiencing itself being. We now have an unambiguous and scientifically verifiable timeline of the Evolution of Consciousness, which we can all understand. It is verifiable by empirical and historical data, which anyone with good encyclopaedia access can understand and prove to him or herself.
This timeline has been decoded from one of the ancient calendars of the Maya by Dr. Carl J. Calleman. Unlike other calendars, this one does not time astronomical bodies. It is purely a calendar, a timeline, of the Evolution of Consciousness.
The calendar comprises nine discreet cycles of creation, nested within each other, all ending on a particular date. That date, believed by Calleman to be October 28, 2011, as opposed to the more well-known date of December 21, 2012, is when this phase of conscious evolution ends and a transformation in consciousness takes place. We cannot know exactly what we will each experience, what will take place or how, but we do now know the general timescale.
With the decoding of this calendar and its verification by scientific and experiential observation, we can at last place ourselves accurately within it. We are only a few years away from the re-birthing of humanity, in a way that seems utterly unimaginable to most people now. Many people are feeling the quickening pace of life, as our culture goes through rapid and accelerated change. We are experiencing exponential growth in many areas of shared consciousness, and this cannot, and will not, slow down.
And now, the good news … Consciousness did not spend 16 billion years evolving to this point just to slip up and annihilate itself with a cataclysm or catastrophe. Everything’s on track. Nothing’s wrong. We are on course for a spectacular collective transformation and Earth will wake up with a Planetary Consciousness that heals all ills and goes on to a whole new cycle of conscious evolution.
So what can each of us do, personally, to consciously participate in this magnificent adventure, as we ascend through the birth canal of individual and collective transformation? We are indeed entering the Apocalypse, but it’s not the Apocalypse we thought it might be. According to Wikipedia, Apocalypse, which derives from the Greek for “transit” and “lifting of the veil,” is a term applied to the disclosure of certain privileged persons of something hidden from the mass of humankind.
We are going through a process of “unveiling,” “revealing,” or “Revelation.” This simply means that the truth will emerge. We will all have to reveal ourselves and become ever more truthful, honest, and visible. The truth behind our politics, economics, social structures, religions and, most scarily of all, personal relationships, which are riddled with secrets and lies, will be revealed in the coming days, weeks, months, and years.
This process is unstoppable, but how we experience it will depend on how truthful, honest and visible we are. This may be a frightening process for some, and we therefore need to strengthen our communal ties with each other so we can support and be supported. We can enjoy this transformation as long as we keep our eyes, minds and hearts wide open.
Our greatest enemy is fear. The less we fear, the more naturally truthful we are, the more naturally joyous we are, and the more naturally loving we are. What’s crazy is we fear each other so much. Six billion magnificent Beings scared of each other’s judgement and barely communicating. Our fear of judgment and rejection cripples our self-expression and is based on the greatest fallacy of all—that we are separate from each other.
Our next greatest fear is based on another fundamental fallacy—that there is not enough of what humans need to make us happy. What’s worse is that we believe the next greatest fallacy—that we have to compete with each other for what there is not enough of. Earth is the Garden of Eden. This amazing planet can provide enough resources many times over for every man, woman and child to live a happy life if man works in harmony with nature. Almost every fear can be eliminated from our lives by simply enlarging our collective understanding of who we really are.
This is where we are heading, towards the end of “separation consciousness.” By the end of this evolutionary cycle, humans will be naked before each other with nothing to hide and nothing to fear. We will love each other without any kind of condition, without any fear of loss. Indeed, we will have no fear of lack of any kind, because in our unity we will share all our resources equally. This would be humanity reborn in fine fashion, but that’s barely the start of it. We can draw many astonishing conclusions about the Transformation of Consciousness through a new, larger understanding of the nature of consciousness.
So start now to dismantle your own Berlin Walls. Know your truth. Live it and speak it with your utmost compassion, and never judge another for living his or her truth. Let’s free ourselves from the shackles and chains of fear and make the Awakening of Humanity a glorious experience for all.
Copyright © 2008 by Anthony Goodman. All Rights Reserved.
“Grace fills empty spaces, but it can only enter where there is a void to receive it, and it is grace itself which makes this void.” ~ Simon Weil
~ Embracing the Unity Consciousness ~
This past weekend people from all over the world prayed, meditated and joined together to co-create the template for a unity consciousness ~ as part of the global initiative called the ‘Conscious Convergence’.
Once humanity develops Unity Consciousness we will know that there is no such thing as "us and them." We will remember that all Life is interconnected, interdependent, and interrelated. What this means very practically in our lives is that every single thought, word, feeling, or action we express effects every facet of Life on this planet. Just think, with every thought, word, feeling, or action we are either adding to the Light of the world or to the shadows. Moment by moment, we are either positively or negatively affecting every person, place, condition, or thing on Earth.
"The Conscious Convergence is a global collaborative of individuals and organizations whose purpose is to set the intention for, and to demonstrate the fulfilment of, Unity Consciousness, both individually and within communities around the world. All wisdom and faith traditions are invited to join and help express how we, as an evolving species, can transcend age-old boundaries and ideologies to fulfil a greater destiny than our history may imply.
"This Global collaborative prepares us for the evolution of consciousness as indicated by the Mayan Calendar. Mayan elders invite us to align with the Divine Plan for Humanity's greater fulfilment, to recognize that 'we are One like the fingers of one hand' ~ Grand Elder Don Alejandro.
Read more about it on Callerman’s website or join the Facebook group:
http://www.calleman.com/content/articles/ninth_wave.htm
http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=351010346085
~ The recreation of the Global Tree of Life in the Conscious Convergence ~
Ancient traditions of our planet almost universally looked upon the four geographical directions as Sacred. The origin of this sacredness of the directions is that they since the beginning of time have played a role in the ongoing creation of our planet and its evolution of consciousness.
Naturally then, many peoples all over the world have performed ceremonies to honour these four directions. The four directions were thought to be associated with different spiritual qualities and so were often each symbolized by a guardian angel as described for instance in the Book of Revelation.
From many traditions, such as the Mayan, it is also clear that the four (and sometimes six, if “above” and “below” is included) directions emanate from the Tree of Life. The Tree of Life is the most widespread of all ancient myths, and it was seen as the center of the four directions. Examples of how the energies of the four directions were organized around a center we may find in the Medicine Wheels in the West or the Mandalas of the East.
In the modern era the knowledge about the Tree of Life and the Four Sacred Directions has essentially disappeared and been replaced by a purely quantitative GPS system. While modern people typically acknowledge for instance cultural difference between the East and the West it is rare that they would see those as related to the Tree of Life. The result has been that many have become insensitive to the shifting energies of time and how these affect the evolution of humanity. Only some indigenous cultures have retained the tradition of the spiritual qualities of the four directions. Yet, in the Book of Revelation it is described how the new world emerging at the end of time will at its center have a Tree of Life that will nurture the inhabitants of this all year around. Maybe we are now in fact now beginning to see a return of this Tree of Life also in popular culture such as for instance in the movie Avatar.
What then is the Tree of Life? It is hard to believe that a phenomenon that has been worshipped all over the world by almost all traditions would not be more than a myth or a symbol. It would seem that there has to be a reality behind it. This, I believe is an etheric three-dimensional scaffold from which all the energies that create the universe emanate. Yet, there is not just one Tree of Life. The Tree of Life is more like a nested hierarchy of holograms, and exists at several different connected levels of the universe that are in resonance with one another ultimately according to the principle As above-So below.
The highest level is the cosmos, referred to as the Heart of the Heavens by the Maya, the second, lower, level is the galaxy, the third is the solar system, the fourth the Earth, the fifth the human beings (and all other organisms) themselves and then down to the level of the elementary particles. Each of these levels has a central axis, a Tree of Life, which is at the center of all of its energy grid systems (branches). On the level of our Earth, the Tree of Life is the Polar Axis* and since we ourselves are affected by the energies of the Mayan calendar through our resonance with the polarities that the Tree of Life generates it is now crucial to prepare for the onset of the ninth wave. To be able to do so I however believe that it will help if we are able to ceremonially recreate the Tree of Life after centuries of oblivion.
Our planet and its human cultures have thus emerged through the effects of the polarities of energies originating from the Tree of Life. The same can be said about the imbalance between male and female that has dominated for about 5000 years and it is not an accident that in the Judaeo-Christian creation story of the expulsion from the Garden of Eden, and the ensuing separation of the genders, the Tree of Life plays a crucial role. According to the Mayan calendar, which is based on the shifting polarities of the Tree of Life, we know however that these imbalances are now being rebalanced and will ultimately result in unity consciousness if our resonance with the Tree of Life is strong enough. These polarities are introduced along different perpendicular planes. One such plane is equatorial and separates the northern and southern hemispheres, another goes through Berlin, Rome and Cape Town and separates the western and eastern hemispheres of the planet and a third plane goes through Washington, DC and separates the front (Pacific) from the back (Europe/Africa) hemisphere of the planet. Through the influence of the Yin/Yang-polarities emanating from the Tree of Life the planet has thus evolved into a global brain, where the western hemisphere corresponds to the left brain half and the eastern to the right brain half.
Ideally, to recreate the Tree of Life of the planet we would thus like some people to have gathered to perform ceremonies at both the north and south poles, but since this does not seem practicable the North and South will be represented by gatherings in Scandinavia and South Africa, respectively. To recreate the global Tree of Life these gatherings will be complemented with gatherings on the equatorial plane in the West in Guatemala and in Singapore/Bali in the East. In each of these directions representatives of cultural traditions to whom the sacredness of the four directions have remained a living reality will be participating (Sami in the North, Chinese/ Hindu in the East, Bushmen in the South and Maya in the West).
Although the details will have to be developed locally it is recommended that part of the ceremony is about recreating the global Tree of Life and strengthening the relationship of the participants with this creative source. A second part may be about unifying the energies and peoples of the four directions. The Conscious Convergence is like setting up a base camp for the climb to the ninth wave and part of what you do in a base camp is to make sure that you are prepared. This is true also four the ceremony of the Sacred Directions.
As the Ninth wave of the Mayan calendar will be activated on March 9, 2011 a new frequency of vibration and a new polarity of consciousness emanating from the Tree of Life will be introduced, which we need to be prepared for.
The Conscious Convergence is meant for those wanting to be co-creators with the divine plan and so the days July 17-18 is nothing but a start point of a path directed towards unity consciousness and for this the recreation of our planetary Tree of Life plays a vital role (www.theconsciousconvergence.com).
Carl Johan Calleman
Seattle, July 5th (1 Ahau)
*Note that I am here talking about polarity shifts in consciousness. This has nothing to do with the many unfounded speculations about a shift in the position of the polar axis or a geomagnetic pole shift in 2012. For a scientist’s view on these type of speculations see for instance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHGaZMC8E0U. In fact, the only understanding of the Mayan calendar that no scientist can reject is that it is based on the evolution of consciousness
“Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully.” ~ Richard Bach, Illusions
“For it is the only finite that has wrought and suffered; the infinite lies stretched in smiling repose.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
~ Veg Inspiration ~ Macrobiotic Perspective ~
There is the macrobiotic perspective that animal foods are extremely yang in their energetic impact on the body, contracting the energy field, and that the body will then naturally and inevitably crave foods and substances that are extremely yin and expansive. These extreme yin foods are alcohol, white sugar, drugs of most every kind, tobacco, and caffeine. Grains, legumes, and vegetables tend to be neither excessively yin nor yang, but are more balanced, and so create few cravings. Eating extreme foods forces the body to gyrate continuously between the two poles, alternatively craving contracting foods like meat, cheese, eggs, and salt, and then expansive substances like sweets, coffee, alcohol, drugs, and tobacco, ad nauseam.
~ Restaurant sushi tuna loaded with mercury ~~ Herb or Medicinal Plant of the Week ~
(NaturalNews) A new study on sushi has found that higher-end, restaurant-grade tuna sushi often has higher mercury levels than the cheaper tuna sushi found at local supermarkets. Researchers evaluated the DNA of various tuna species and came to the conclusion that varieties like blue fin akami and big eye tuna that typically have firmer flesh and are more visually appealing, are generally higher in mercury than other less expensive varieties.
According to the research, which appeared recently in the journal Biology Letters, the reason why higher-grade tuna often has higher mercury levels than other grades is because mercury tends to build up in muscle rather than in fat. This is why species like the blue fin toro, which is a fatty variety of tuna, typically has lower levels of mercury than bluefin akami and bigeye tuna, which are leaner varieties.
Mercury Poisoning case reports have described harmful nervous system effects... "The most prominent symptoms include tremors (initially affecting the hands and sometimes spreading to other parts of the body), emotional instability (including irritability, excessive shyness, a loss of confidence and nervousness), sleeplessness, memory loss, muscle weakness, headaches, slow reflexes and a loss of feeling or numbness”
Mercury poisoning is not just from eating fish or other sea food... we can be poisoned by the Mercury fillings in our teeth and it is also used extensively in crop sprays (pesticides, fungicides, etc) ~ so unless you are eating organic foods you are at risk.
“Inside every human is a God in embryo. It has only one desire — it wants to be born.”
~ Kahlil Gibran
~ Angelic Message ~
So much of our time is taken up by worrying about ourselves ~ our safety, finances, health, family, friends, work, even our spirituality… when next you feel yourself thinking about yourself in this way ~ switch your focus to how you can be of service to someone less fortunate then yourself ~ focussing on others takes you out of that negative space and reminds you of how blessed you are when compared to so many others.
“Mind is repetitive, mind always moves in circles. Mind is a mechanism: you feed it with knowledge, it repeats the same knowledge, it goes on chewing the same knowledge again and again. No-mind is clarity, purity, innocence. No-mind is the real way to live, the real way to know, the real way to be.” ~ Osho
~ Herb or Medicinal Plant: St John's Wort ~
Common names: St John’s Wort (Hypericum perforatum). Origin: Eurasia ~ now plentiful throughout the world
A perennial herb that grows one-three feet tall in uncultivated areas. Flowers appear midsummer.
This wonderful herb is best known for calming anxiety and banishing depression. It truly chases away negative spirits, thoughts and feelings. It is said you must pick St John’s Wort with your left hand after asking the plant for permission. It is most powerful if picked on a summer evening.
For protection and to attract abundance, plant a St John’s Wort bush near your front door. If you are looking to deepen your spiritual connection, soak the dried leaves in olive oil and then put the mixture in a bottle. Place the bottle outside where the moonlight can shine on it. Leave it there for a month. You can then use the oil to anoint yourself and others. Apart from emotional respite this herb is marvellous for the skin… so use the oil liberally on your skin. It is also used to treat bladder problems. Given as a tea before bedtime, it will help children who are struggling with wetting the bed at night. It will also help relieve chronic lung congestion and clear up urinary tract infections.
Plant wisdom: Deepens connection to your instinctual nature. Repels negativity.
“Choose Life! Only that and always! At whatever risk, to let life leak out, to let it wear away by the mere passage of time, to withhold giving and spending it… is to choose nothing.” ~ Sister Helen Kelley
Picture: Richard Arran
~ Underground caves discovered beneath the Pyramids ~
What is going on beneath the Giza plateau in Egypt? News has been coming out of underground cave systems that have been uncovered. There have also been rumours and stories about the secret archaeological excavations taking place in the vicinity of the Sphinx. Objects are rumoured to have been taken out and a lot of speculation is going around on the web about this. So what is the truth? What is the story on this? We are going to begin to talk about the discovery of Giza's cave system, Egypt's "duat", the real underworld that exists underneath the pyramids.
Andrew Collins is with us, the man who in modern times has re-discovered these. We hear the story of how he found the entrance to this natural cave system at the "tomb of the birds", located at the plateau's north cliff. Where does the story begin? Who discovered them first?
Listen to the 1 hour interview ~ go to: http://www.redicecreations.com/radio/2010/07jul/RIR-100704.php
“Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.” ~ Epicurus 341 BC – 270 BC and ancient Greek Philosopher
~ Acceptance by Regina Hill ~
Acceptance means that you can find the serenity within to let go of the past with its mistakes and regrets, move into the future with a new perspective, and appreciate the opportunity to take a second chance.
Acceptance means that when difficult times come into your life, you'll find security again and comfort to relieve any pain.
You'll find new dreams, fresh hopes, and forgiveness of the heart.
Acceptance does not mean that you will always be perfect.
It simply means that you'll always overcome imperfection.
It simply means that you'll always overcome imperfection.
“Nothing wastes more energy than worrying. The longer one carries a problem, the heavier it gets. Don't take things too seriously. Live a life of serenity, not a life of regrets.”
~ Douglas Pagel
~ Healing ~
Healing is... releasing from the past. It is retraining my mind so as not to see the shadow of the past on anyone. It is learning not to make interpretations of people's behaviour or motives. It is letting go the desire to want to change another person. It is letting go of expectations, assumptions, and the desire to control or manipulate another person...
Healing is knowing that forgiveness is the key to happiness and offers me everything that I want.
Healing is knowing that the only reality in the universe is love, and that love is the most important healer known to the world.
To heal is to trust in a creative force that is loving and forgiving… and to know in our hearts that there is no separation and we are all joined in love with God and each other. It means that all hearts and minds are joined as one...
Healing is letting go of the fearful, needy child so many of us carry inside, and awakening to the innocent child who has always been within us.
"When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky." ~ Siddhartha Gautama
~ How to make my ‘Dinners with Love’ ~
~ Mousaka ~
~ Mousaka ~
I generally cook by using all my creativity and senses ~ putting in a bit of this and a bit of that until things smell and taste divine… so bear with me while I transfer this into a somewhat rational process. Please make sure your ingredients are organic where possible… home grown would be even better. When you work with each ingredient thank the plant or animal that it came from… send them your love… and bless the food as well as the plant or animal. This simple ritual makes think about the origin of what you are eating… and it makes the food taste great… it really is the secret ingredient ;)
Start with a few large aubergines (egg plant) ~ the amount depends really on the size of the dish you are using ~ gage how many you will need for about 3 layers (bottom, middle and top).
Then slice them into roughly 1 cm thick slices. Now fry the slices in olive oil ~ medium heat ~ slow cooking so they don’t burn… but you want them really cooked through and very soft ~ this takes a long time and you will find that you tend to use quite a bit of oil. Once they are cooked allow them to drain on a paper towel to one side until you need them.
While doing the aubergines you can cook the lentils in vegetable stock until tender… again it depends on the size of the dish you will be using (roughly 300 grams uncooked for the sauce quantity below ~ so increase accordingly if necessary). Drain.
Make up a tomato based sauce by chopping up about 8 large fresh Roma tomatoes that have been skinned (dip them in boiling water for about 5 minutes and the skin will come off very easily). To the tomatoes add a generous dash of olive oil… lots of fresh oregano and marjoram ~ I have these herbs growing in my garden and use about 6 to 8 large sprigs of each – using only the tender leaves not the stalks. Also add about 6 cloves of garlic… crushed with the side of a knife to remove skin and then chopped finely. Add salt and pepper and a little freshly grated nutmeg… not too much (use the whole nutmeg so it is very fresh you can buy it whole at some spice shops).
Simmer this mixture for a bit until it gets a little thicker and the tomato has broken up quite a bit. At this point you need to taste it to assess if it needs anything… add salt… a dash of cayenne pepper… more garlic or herbs if necessary. It may even need a boost of tomato flavour in which case you may add a little tomato paste or puree.
Then add the lentils and mix well. Then start to layer the dish with a layer of the cooked aubergine then a layer of tomato lentil mixture… same again… finish with the final layer of aubergines.
Over this pour a white sauce (I put all the ingredients in a pot ~ about half a litre of milk, about 50g of butter, and 2 tablespoons of mazena ~ then bring it to the boil stirring continuously until thick). Pour this over the top of the dish making sure it gets down the sides and into all the nooks and crannies… and finally sprinkle some cheddar cheese over the top.
Bake for at least an hour… at about 180 degrees… it must be golden brown on top and all the juices must have merged bubbling up on the sides. Allow it to cool a little and serve warm with a nice salad. It goes really well with red wine.
“We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us is valuable, worth listening to, worthy or our trust, sacred to our touch. Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals the human spirit.” ~ E.E. Cummings
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