Meditation

To meditate is to be and a way to enter the flow of all that is. Slip into this stillness with an open heart and mind and feel the honesty of your being. Wonderment, challenges, joy and sorrow make up this wonderful, thought provoking, creative, beautiful world. Meditating is a space of allowing and awareness where you embrace all experiences, what you allow or resist will transcend and transform – moving you to oneness within.
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Allow the thought "I am loved" to permeate all parts of you, heart, body and mind - feel it filling you up and surrounding you with waves of love and joy. From the depths of you … love and compassion flow to honour the profound relationship you have with all. Mother Earth thanks you for receiving and giving of love – reminding you, as you nourish, love and heal yourself … you nourish, love and heal, all things on and within Mother Earth and Father Sky. Imagine yourself effortlessly flowing through your day.

Image: Blue Planet by Izzy

Psychic Circle

"The world is but a canvas to the imagination." - Henry David Thoreau

Tonight, our monthly Psychic Circle will be working Dreams.
Dreams & Symbols are the language of the Universe, our soul/spirit and higherself.
As we move along our path, we experience many opportunities to know more about ourselves through our dreams, signs and symbols.

From 7pm to 9pm Cost is $20.00 All levels are welcome. Psychic ability is the creative application of human intuition. The evenings are designed to assist you to fine tune and tap into your inner voice.

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Thoughts

Have you ever sat very quietly with closed eyes and watched the movement of your own thinking? Have you watched your mind working?or rather, has your mind watched itself in operation, just to see what your thoughts are, what your feelings are, how you look at the trees, at the flowers, at the birds, at people, how you respond to a suggestion or react to a new idea? Have you ever done this? ~ Krishnamurti

That which you resist stays. ~ David Hawkins

Allow

Today, you don’t have to figure anything out, just allow Universal love and wisdom to rain down upon you, liquid light filled with love, wisdom, strength – cleansing, clearing, healing … waves of love and feel any aches, pains, tension or tightness washing away. Feel your day flow ….. connect with your inner wisdom as... you let go of finding the answers.♥♥♥

You are here to enable the divine purpose of the universe to unfold. That is how important you are! ~ Eckhart Tolle

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Full Moon & Spring Equinox

FULL MOON IN ARIES SEPTEMBER 23RD AUST EST 7.16pm - OSTARA, SPRING EQUINOX 1.09PM This Full Moon illuminates the beginnings of new experiences, take a deep breath and step into the life you really, really want – do what makes you feel alive. The spring equinox gives you an opportunity to balance and embrace all parts of yourself as you let go of any barriers and obstacles that have been holding you back from you.

Jim Stynes

When faced with death the ego just drops its barriers. I needed to live a better life and getting Cancer has led me to a much better life. ~ Jim Stynes.

Watch this excerpt from Jim Stynes documentary about his journey with Cancer - so inspirational, raw and courageous. He has been receiving Reiki from my wonderful Reiki... Teacher – Martine Salerno who features in this clip. I urge you to see the full doco – it can be obtained at http://www.reach.org.au/ Reach was established in 1994 by Jim Stynes and Paul Currie who recognised a huge unmet need in inspiring young people to truly get the most out of life.

Every Heart Beats True The Jim Stynes Story - (2010-09-19) p3.mp4

Meditation Class

The theme for Meditation classes this week is Balance. In your mind’s eye, imagine a Yin & Yang symbol representing two opposing but complimentary forces, something that’s found throughout all of nature. Yin is often symbolized as water or earth, and is considered the receptive, feminine force. Yang is symbolized by fire or wind, and is the creative, masculine force. While opposites, they are not absolutes – nothing can exist without each, and neither is superior to the other. Allow this image to move you to your centre, where you feel at one and peace with your whole being.
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Your Truth

Allow your head and heart to meld together as you embrace all parts of you. The marriage of ego and soul creates an expansion and awakening where your resistance to new ways of being and thinking dissolves - unveiling the love and truth of you. ~Denise Jarvie

What if we smashed the mirrors and saw our true face? ~ Elsa Gidlow

Wisdom from Adyashanti

Spiritual people often want unconditional support and understanding from their friends, family, and mates, but all too often seem blind to their own shortcomings when it comes to the amount of unconditional support and understanding that they give to others. I have seen many spiritual people become obsessed with how unspiritual others are and assume an arrogant and superior attitude while completely missing the fact that they themselves are not nearly as spiritually enlightened as they would like to think they are.

Enlightenment can be measured by how compassionately and wisely you interact with others—with all others, not just those who support you in the way that you want. How you interact with those who do not support you shows how enlightened you really are.

As long as you perceive that anyone is holding you back, you have not taken full responsibility for your own liberation. Liberation means that you stand free of making demands on others and life to make you happy. When you discover yourself to be nothing but Freedom, you stop setting up conditions and requirements that need to be satisfied in order for you to be happy.

It is in the absolute surrender of all conditions and requirements that Liberation is discovered to be who and what you are. Then the love and wisdom that flows out of you has a liberating effect on others. The biggest challenge for most spiritual seekers is to surrender their self importance, and see the emptiness of their own personal story. It is your personal story that you need to awaken from in order to be free.

To give up being either ignorant or enlightened is the mark of liberation and allows you to treat others as your Self. What I am describing is the birth of true Love.

© 1998 by Adyashanti. All rights reserved.

Taken from the website of http://www.adyashanti.org/index.php?file=writings_inner&writingid=14

Choice

As we move toward the full moon and Ostara on Wednesday – exercise your power of choice. Just for today choose what you put into your mind and what you believe. Choose how you respond to the people and circumstances around you. Become aware of the power of choice, feel your body and mind soften, coming into a state of balance as you see and feel the world through new, empowering perceptions.

Image " I Am" by Toni Carmine Salerno

Intention

You are what your deep, driving desire is. As you desire is, so is your will. As your will is, so is your deed. As your deed is, so is your destiny. ~ The Upanishads.

With this in mind imagine a point of light radiating from your heart. This light represents your deep intention, the wisdom of your soul, often beyond the comprehension of your conscious mind. Focus on this place and affirm to yourself – “I am guided by the light of my own soul and I am guided by the light of my own intention.”

Image: Cosmic Flame by Toni Carmine Salerno

Colour

Breathe in white light – breathe out white light and imagine you are sitting under a vibrant rainbow. Allow each colour to flow over and through you: red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple. Breathe the colours in one by one and sit in each colour as long as you need to. Let them all pass through and dissolve away into the light around you. Feel yourself move back into your day with added energy, balance and creativity and know the treasure at the end of the rainbow resides within you.

Image: Mont St Micheal by Toni Carmine Salerno

Meditation Classes

Giving and receiving is the theme for Meditation classes this week.

Your first act as a human being was to breathe in air. Your second act was to breathe out. Your third act was to breathe in again. Inhaling is receiving air and exhaling is giving it back. Once the cycle has started, it never again flows just one way. To breathe in, we must breathe out. To receive, we must be willing to give and to give; we must be willing to receive. When you learn to receive you realise it is not just about you – we are all connected and in this together.

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Giving and Receiving

When you feel you need to give to others and don’t allow yourself to receive this will keep you separate from who you truly want to be. When you learn to receive you realise we are all connected and everything is not just about you.

Giving and receiving happen in the same moment they are not separate. Once you let receiving into your life you will allow everything you desire to manifest. Find this balance and you will feel your passion for giving, life, creating and receiving.

Image: Sacred Journey by Toni Carmine Salerno

Awareness

You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love.

~ Henry Drummond.

What you are looking for is what is looking.

~ St. Francis of Assisi

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A Rumi Poem

The Guest House

This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they're a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out for some new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.
Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.

~ Rumi ~

An Ocean of Peace

Relax, be still… Allow yourself to relax as you float in the ocean of infinite love. Just rest and know you are sustained by this great ocean of strength and of infinite peace. Your Higher self, angels, guides, loved ones and the whole Universe see you as love, as your truth, as the beautiful soul that you are – in this moment, in this place - see your self as they do…. no judgment , just waves of pure unconditional love. Be still. All is well.

Guides and Angels

For a long time I thought I had no angels and guides with me, until one day while I was meditating, a small gentle voice in my head said “We are the colours you see and feel”. Over time the colours evolved into personalities and different energetic vibrations that I learnt to recognise through my intuition and feelings. How do you feel and recognise your angels and guides?


Image: Guardian Angel by Toni Carmine Salerno

My Favourite Quotes

“Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.”~ Buddha

All spiritual teachings are only meant to make us retrace our steps to our Original Source. We need not to acquire anything new, only give up false ideas and useless accretions. Instead of doing this, we try to grasp something strange and mysterious because we believe happiness lies elsewhere.
~ From The Essential Teachings of Ramana Maharshi

Be the Change you want to see in the World
~ Mahatma Gandhi

The question of real, lasting, world peace
concerns human beings, so basic human feelings are also it’s roots.
Through inner peace, genuine world peace can be achieved.
In this, the importance of individual responsibility is quite clear;
an atmosphere of peace must first be created within ourselves.
Then gradually extended to include our families, our communities
and ultimately the whole planet.
~ Dalai Lama

"When God takes something from your grasp, He's not punishing you,
But merely opening your hands to receive something better."

"To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did."

"How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours."

"The will of God will never take you where the Grace of God will not protect you."

Meditation Class

The theme for meditation classes this week is The Three Fold Flame.

This flame sits within your heart and is made up of a pink, blue and gold flame. The Pink flame represents divine love; the Gold flame represents divine wisdom and the Blue flame represents divine power.

Breathe into your heart and step into your three fold flame, feel the qualities of each flame as you allow yourself to be transformed into your highest self.

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New Moon in Virgo

NEW MOON IN VIRGO 8th SEPTEMBER AUST EST 8.29pm . The New Moon is a time to go within, to feel and work with parts of us that may be hidden. For me it is a black, velvety matrix - a void where all possibilities are one in the heart of creation - the seed of new beginnings.

Virgo's wisdom gives us the opportunity to change, shift and morph into the best physical vehicle for this particular moment in time.

Visualise yourself as an efficiency master connected and listening with an open heart to the Earth, to Gaia the consciousness of the Earth. You will realise creative ways to organise your space, work and home, creating order out of seeming chaos.

Reiki Share

I would like to thank all who came to Reiki share last night. We had a wonderful night of healing for all. I would like to share with you and remind all Reiki channels of The Principles of Reiki. You may like to incorporate these into your daily meditation practise.

Just for today:

Do not anger.

Do not worry.

Honour your parents, teachers and elders.

Earn your living honestly.

Show gratitude to all living things.

Reiki

Tonight is our Monthly Reiki share evening. The Evening is designed to give Reiki Channels an opportunity to practise. If you have never tried a Reiki this is a great place to try it. The Evening will start with a short meditation, followed with group Reiki healings. From 7pm to 8.30pm - $15
http://www.themysticaltree.com.au/reiki_share_12.html

This video is a wonderful reminder that when we let go and allow ourselves to just be, we connect to love. This activates our own natural healing process where we feel the complete wellness of our being. Animals are great teachers – reminding us to feel into life, allowing our lives to unfold instead of trying to control, worry and make things happen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GC1Sw__ooE

Father's day

Today on Father’s day we have an opportunity to honour the men who are or have been within our life - whether they raised us, loved us or are being brought up by us.

Let us also honour the divine masculine within - recognise and give thanks to the part of you that guides your decision making and action, nurtures you and supports your goals.

This warm, loving energy filled with courage and strength is the inner presence that allows you to act on your creative thoughts. What is one thing you Father showed or told you, that connected to your inner masculine?

Image: Archangel Gabriel by Toni Carmine Salerno

Choice

I Choose to live by choice, not by chance;

to make changes, not excuses;

to be motivated, not manipulated;

to be useful, not used;to excel, not compete;

I choose self-esteem, not self-pity.

I choose to listen to my inner voice,

not the random opinion of others.

The higher you climb, the more you see.
The more you see, the less you know.
The less you know the more you learn
The more you learn, the higher you climb.
The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high
And we miss it, but it is too low and we reach it.

Image: Awakening by Toni Carmine Salerno

Imagine

All that you truly desire - starts with your imagination, being able to imagine it.

Today imagine your life as the story you want to tell, instead of the one you do tell. Enjoy!!!

Enjoy John Lennon singing "Imagine" and remember how powerful the words are.

The Seed

Midway upon the journey of our life I found myself within a forest dark, for the straightforward pathway had been lost.~ Dante.♥

Now is the time to look within. Take a breath and feel into your being, perhaps your heart, your belly or simply the very centre of yourself. Here you find a point of light, a seed. Be with that seed for a moment and feel the multi-dimensional, ever expanding, creative essence of you. In spring this seed blossoms. As you inhale feel yourself retreat to your seed, the still point within you. As you exhale know that you are always blossoming, always bearing fruit as a new path opens up.

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Meditation class

The theme for meditation classes this week is The Inner Child. Reconnect with your spontaneity, joy, magic and wonder as spring arrives. Allow yourself the opportunity to heal something from your childhood that may be energetically holding back in that time.

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Image: Playfulness by Toni Carmine Salerno

Spring

Trees are springing to life, leaves unfurl and blossoms bloom, announcing – spring has arrived.

Feel the rebirth within your heart, breathe in the energy of life and breathe out the energy of life.

Allow your self to connect to the eternal cycle of creativity as the breathe gives life to life.

Life always has a way of living, let go of trying to figure it all out and flow as the breathe does and watch your life spring into being.

Image: Language of Love by Toni Carmine Salerno