Gayatri Mantra

Om Bhur Bhuvah Svah
Tat Savitur Varenyam
Bhargo Devasya Dhimahi
Dhiyo Yo Nah Prachodyat

Snow Beauty

We had a huge snowfall here on the east coast of Vancouver Island. Then the temperature dipped down to an amazing -17 degrees and froze my water pipes :>(

The Beauty is amazing.

The roads may be impassable for the Silent Group and Wisdom Group this week. I had also planned a potluck/social for Wednesday evening that doesn't look good.

More practice to loving what is.

peace and love

Creating a dream of beauty

I went to the river with my dog, at the end of November, enjoyed a hike, a picnic and sunbathing sans clothing.....I am so grateful that I live in paradise (for me.)

The topic for this week's Wisdom Group is:

"God, the supreme artist, uses our life for the creation of art.
We are the instruments through which the force of life expresses itself. We express our art in everything we say, everything we feel, and everything we do. The creation is ongoing, it is endless, it is happening in every moment."

~Don Miguel Ruiz from The Voice of Knowledge

peace and love

The topic for this week is the quote:

"Don't take anything personally.
See other people as they are.
When you see other people as they are without taking it personally, you can never be hurt by what they say or do. Even if others lie to you, it is okay. They are lying to you because they are afraid you will discover that they are not perfect."
~ by Don Miguel Ruiz from The Four Agreements

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Faith is your Power

The topic for the upcoming Four Agreement Wisdom Group is the quote,

"Be impeccable with your word.
Cultivate Faith. To have great faith is to have great power because your intent, your will is undivided. When your word isn't dissipated by doubt, the power of your word becomes even stronger."

~ by Don Miguel Ruiz from The Four Agreements

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Enigma as Maze~

Follows, is a poem written a few years ago by Jim White:



"The Enigma as Maze, a comfortable view of radical visions.
She says, we do not allow the affairs of the day to interfere with our joy our bliss.
She says the Goddess does not want us to wallow in the mire of human despondence.
She says we must ignore the evils that man suggests are vested on his contemporaries by his contemporaries.
There is no evil, god's creations are all perfect
There is no universal suffering there is only today, today to be lived with Love and acceptance She rejects the 6 O'clock news, its just more depression
She rejects the sins of the past, they are gone they are no more, there is only now
She ponders mans inhumanity. Declaring what! I am not sure. She says there is only now.
She says that everything is Love, we breath it in and that's all we can breath out
She says that she is god, that god is all there is and they are one, the all embracing oneness. There is no duality only a singularity that transcends all thus it follows that all is done by one to one,
I get lost soon and I ignore that version of the 6 pm news, I wallow in my happiness, my illusion, my dream.
My dream only has angles in it, angles of Love and kindness.
Yet yesterday I saw a man who fell at his work, a whip as large as the world, his world, fell on him time and time again.
His dream must not be as good as mine, is there an as good, as mine?.
Is he excluded from the one or do I feel the whip as well even as I sit in the splendour my dream has brought me.
Or perhaps he is illusionary or I may be. And still the answer is surely clear everything I have said is illusion, there is no man there is no whip there is only now.
There is no yesterday there is no tomorrow and now is most intriguing of all as it must be yesterday today (the now) and tomorrow all in one or nothing at all.
Another man said in another time, which is illusionary, what you do to these the least of my brethren you do to me.
What happened?

-Jim White

Through the Eyes of Love

The topic for the upcoming Wisdom Group is a quote from the book, The Voice of Knowledge.

"When your will is free, your choices come from your integrity, not from the program, that liar in your head. Now you believe whatever you want to believe, and when you have the power to believe whatever you want, something very interesting happens. What you want is to love . You don't want anything else but love because you know that what is not love is not the truth!"

~from The Voice of Knowledge by Don Miguel Ruiz, pages 136/7

peace and love

Toltec Night of Transformation

I am off to Vancouver to experience "A Night Of Transformation"
with song and music and spoken word.

It sounds intriguing.

"A Night of Transformation" - VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA

Sunday November 16, 2008
7 - 9pm
Cost: $30 at the Door
Opus Hotel
322 Davie Street
Yaletown, Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada


"A Night of Transformation" will be a two hour event different than other events.
Come experience the Toltec Wisdom through the eyes of Artists. We all come together
as Friends to spread a message of respect and love. Transform your world by
transforming yourself. The intensity of their love infuses passion to each event.
Learn to dream! Live inspiration.

Reserve your tickets while space is still available.

Peace and love

Speak from your Heart

The topic for this week is the quote:

"Let your heart speak.
The heart is in direct communication with the human soul, and when the heart speaks, even with the resistance of the head, something inside you changes. Your heart opens another heart and true love is possible. "

~from Don Miguel Ruiz, The Mastery of Love

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Just like Magic

The topic for this week's Four Agreement Wisdom Group is the quote:

"I create my story according to the truth, instead of lies.
When I refuse to believe in lies, everything in my life changes, just like magic. As I recover the power of my faith, my will is free again, and what I can do with that has no limits."
~ Don Miguel Ruiz from The Voice of Knowledge

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Unconscious Assumptions

The topic for this week is the quote:

""Assumptions are made so fast and unconsciously most of the time because we have agreements to communicate this way. We have agreed that it is not safe to ask questions we have agreed that if people love us, they should know what we want or how we feel."

~by Don Miguel Ruiz from The Mastery of Love

Life as Art

The topic for this week at the Wisdom Group is the quote:

"You are an artist of the spirit.
Find yourself and express yourself in your own particular way. Express your love openly.
Life is nothing but a dream, and if you create your life with love, your dream becomes a masterpiece of art"

~from The Mastery of Love by Don Miguel Ruiz

peace and love

Unconditional Acceptance

The topic for the 4 agreement support group is:

"I am what I am. I accept myself as I am.
I don't need to please other people by pretending to be what I am not. I can never be what I am not. I can only be me, and that's it."

~from The Voice of Knowledge by Don Miguel Ruiz

peace and love

Self-Respect fosters Self-Love

This week for the 4 agreement Wisdom Group,

On Wednesday at 3pm we will be considering the quote:

"I agree to respect myself for what I am. With self-respect, the self-judgement ends, and the self rejection ends, too. With self-respect, my self-love grows stronger every day."

~Don Miguel Ruiz from The Mastery of Love

peace and love

Ask Questions For Heaven's Sake

Dear All,

The topic for the 4 Agreement Wisdom Group is the quote:

"Assumptions are made so fast and unconsciously most of the time because we have agreements to communicate this way. We have agreed that it is not safe to ask questions we have agreed that if people love us, they should know what we want or how we feel."

~ Don Miguel Ruiz from The Four Agreements

peace and love

Accepting what you Are

This week, on Wednesday afternoon,
I will once again start hosting a Living the 4 Agreements Wisdom Group.
It is open to anyone wishing to have support in integrating the 4 agreements into their daily life.
This week's topic is:

"There is wisdom in accepting what you are.

Its difficult to try to be what you are not. Being what you are doesn't require any effort.

When you become wise, you accept yourself the way you are, and the complete acceptance of yourself becomes the complete acceptance of everyone else."

~From The Mastery of Love, by Don Miguel Ruiz

Following each Wisdom Group, those who wish to stay, will be led in a short
guided meditation focused on retrieving lost energy in the past.

So that's Wisdom Group from 3~4pm
and then Stalking from 4~5pm

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Toltec Wisdom Group

The 4 Agreement Wisdom Group will meet most Wednesdays for a session in the Art of Stalking.

Stalking:
"The process of hunting, following, and observing our weaknesses for the purpose of transforming them into our strengths. A Warrior will stalk her own mind to break her obsession with the thinking of the rational mind and the Tonal."
~from The Complete Idiot's Guide to Toltec Wisdom by Sheri A. Rosenthal

Stalking:
"The Warrior stalks the jungle of his mind like a jaguar. His prey is the parasite, and the fear created by the parasite. He stalks for places where he is leaking his energy because of his belief systems. Important skill in the mastery of awareness."
~from The Everything Toltec Wisdom Book by Don Allan Hardman

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More Grad Shots

Class 2008

I hosted the Grad party in my beautiful meadow.
My, they are all so handsome.
My son is Graduating!!! Yeah!
I got to meet a lot of his classmates at the party. There were close to 200 kids in my field. It was very wild. I am so glad that they all were safe and had a good time.

Mount Everest

My brother Brian and his team summited Mt Everest!

One of his team who he was guiding has an interesting story. The 1st Canadian with diabetes to summit Mt Everest. His website is here:
Sebastien



A group of Vancouver climbers, led by Brian Jones and John Furneaux of Canada West Mountain School

For Brian, 47, and Sebastien Sasseville, 28, the ascent caps their bid to climb the Seven Summits - the highest peaks on each of the seven continents - a distinction held by less than 200 climbers in the world. It is also the first time a Canadian climbing company has led expeditions to the tops of all Seven Summits.

Brian Jones, John Furneaux, Then Dorje Sherpa, Minga Sherpa, Pasang Sherpa, and Chedden Sherpa, reached the top of Mount Everest at approximately 9:30 a.m. Nepal time on Sunday, May 25th (8:45 p.m. Saturday, May 24, 2008 Pacific Time), some 13 hours after setting off from Camp 4.

All returned safely to Camp IV where they will spend the night before descending to Camp II tomorrow morning and back at Base Camp on May 27th.

About the team

Brian Jones is the owner of Canada West Mountain School and a Certified ACMG/IFMGA Mountain Guide. In addition conquering Everest, Brian has also led successful expeditions to the other six of the Seven Summits - Denali (Mount McKinley), Aconcagua, Elbrus, Vinson Massif, Kilimanjaro, Carstensz Pyramid and Mount Logan. He has also worked as a Mountain Safety Guide for several Eco-Challenge expeditions in BC, Australia, Morocco, Argentina and Fiji.

John Furneaux is a Canada West Mountain School instructor and a Certified ACMG/IFMGA Mountain Guide. An experienced climber, John has led expeditions to Cho Oyu, Mount Waddington, Kilimanjaro, Mount Kenya and Mount Logan.

Sebastien Sasseville is a Vancouver climber diagnosed with Type One Diabetes in 2002. He has now become the first Canadian with Type One Diabetes to reach the top of Mount Everest and to climb all Seven Summits.

Everest from the South Side in Nepal

Base Camp - 17,500 feet (5350 meters)

This is a picture of the popular South Col Route up Mt. Everest. Base camp is located at 17,500 feet. This is where climbers begin their true trip up the mountain. This is also where support staff often remain to monitor the expeditions and provide medical assistance when necessary. Many organizations offer hiking trips which just go to base camp as the trip is not technically challenging (though you must be very fit).

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Toltec Tradition of Stalking

The Tuesday evening Wisdom Group will be moving to a new location.
The new hosts will be responsible for getting the topics and then I can pass them on here.

On Wednesday, we will be meeting down in the field. We will be continuing with my Introduction to Stalking. Using our breath and our intent, we will be recovering our precious energy from any unwanted beliefs and agreements we may be unconsciously holding on to.

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Don't Believe and Transformation

On Tuesday evening we will be looking at the "5th" agreement:

" Don't believe me, don't believe yourself and don't believe anyone, but Listen."

~Don Miguel Ruiz

On Wednesday afternoon. we will continue with the introduction to Stalking which is a tool in the Toltec tradition to increase our awareness in order to transform unwanted agreements.

peace and love

Namaste from the Himalayas

My brother, Brian Jones, is presently climbing Mt. Everest.
He has a blog where he is keeping his friends and family updated.
For those interested please check out his blog Mountain School
I am thrilled to be able to follow a family member on such a huge undertaking.
I feel like I am getting a taste of a great adventure, though it is not one that I personally feel drawn to go on.

all my love. Brian.

For Tuesday evening the moderator picked the card:

"Love is Kind and Just.

When you are in love, a smile is always on your face. You feel good about yourself and because you are happy, you are kind.

Love is also just, when you make a mistake, you pay only once for that mistake."

For Wednesday afternoon. we will continue with our Introduction To Stalking; which is a tool the Toltec tradition uses to increase our awareness and to recover our energy from memories.

peace and love

Respect and Love and Our Heart

On Tuesday evening the topic of the 4 Agreement Wisdom Group will be the quote:
"Create new agreements based on respect and love.
Take the responsibility to make new agreements with those you love.
If an agreement doesn't work, change that one and create a new one. Use your imagination to explore the possibilities."

~from The Mastery of Love by Don Miguel Ruiz

On Wednesday afternoon, the moderator will lead us through a Heart Meditation and through an exercise of Stalking our past agreements in order to transform them.

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The Real You and Surrender

On Tuesday evening, the 4 Agreement Wisdom Group will be discussing the quote:
"Don't take anything personally.
See other people as they are. When you see other people as they are without taking it personally, you can never be hurt by what they say or do, even if others lie to you, it is okay. They are lying to you because they are afraid you will discover that they are not perfect."

~from The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruix

On Wednesday afternoon, the moderator chose the card:
"Surrender to the real you.
Surrender all those ideas about being what you are not, and become what you really are.
When you surrender to your nature, to what you really are, you no longer suffer. When you surrender to the real you, you surrender to Life, you surrender to God."

~from The Mastery of Love by don Miguel Ruiz

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Happiness and Unconditional love

Dear All,

The topic for Tuesday evening at 7:30 is the quote:

"Play like a child. The happiest moments in your life are when you are playing just like a child, when you are singing and dancing, when you are exploring and creating just for fun. It is wonderful when you behave like a child, because this is the normal human tendency."

~from The Four Agreements by don Miguel Ruiz

On Wednesday afternoon. we will re-visit the imagining:

"Imagine living without the fear of loving and not being loved in return. You are no longer afraid to be rejected and you don't have the need to be accepted."

~from The Four Agreements by don Miguel Ruiz

peace and love

Awareness and No Fear

On Tuesday evening, the topic will be:
"It's my nature to make up stories, to interpret everything I perceive.
Without awareness, I give my personal power to the story, and the story writes itself.
With awareness, I recover the control of my story. I see that I am the author, and if I don't like my story, I change it."

~ from The Voice of Knowledge by don Miguel Ruiz


On Wednesday afternoon, the moderator chose the quote:
"Imagine living without the fear of loving and not being loved in return. You are no longer afraid to be rejected, and you don't have the need to be accepted."

~from The Four Agreements by don Miguel Ruiz

peace and love

Magic and Acceptance

The topic for Tuesday evening's 4 Agreement Wisdom Group is:

"Accept others the way they are. You cannot change other people. To try to change them to fit what you want them to be is like trying to change a dog into a cat, or a cat into a horse. They are what they are; you are what you are."
~ from The Mastery of Love by Don Miguel Ruiz

The topic for Wednesday afternoon is:

"You are what you believe you are. Humans are powerful magicians.
You have the power to make yourself what you are right now, but it's not your reasoning mind that controls your power; it's what you believe."
~ from The Mastery of Love by Don Miguel Ruis


peace and love

Spirit and Space

Spirit and Space was the name of this most incredible concert that I attended with friends. Thanks to Terry for these amazing photos.


At one point the music was so beautiful that all I could do was weep like a baby.
A happy baby.

There is a didgerdoo, a cello. a classical guitar and an African harp.
wow.

They will be performing again April 3rd up in Courtenay.

Road Trip!

Unconditional Love and Authenticity

On Tuesday evening, the moderator chose the topic:
Unconditional Love.

For Wednesday afternoon, the card was picked with the quote:
"The best moments of your life are when you are being your authentic self.
When you are in your creation and doing what you love to do, you become what you really are again. You are not thinking in that moment; you are expressing. Your emotions are coming out, and you feel great."
~ from The Voice of Knowledge by Don Miguel Ruiz

peace and love

Self Love, Faith and Personal Power

On Tuesday evening we will be studying a portion of the prayer, "Prayer for Self Love" which is at the end of the book. "Mastery of Love" by Don Miguel Ruiz.

On Wednesday afternoon, the card was picked,
"The way to transform what you believe about yourself is to unlearn what you have learned.
When you unlearn, your faith returns to you, your personal power increases, and you can invest your faith in new beliefs."
~ from "The Voice of Knowledge" by Don Miguel Ruiz

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Holy Big Webcasts!

Wow, did you guys hear about Oprah's webcast with Eckhart Tolle?

It was so big that it shut it down for alot of North America. Including me. I missed it.

I will be able to watch it later today when they put it up on her website.

Pretty exciting that aproximately a Half a Million viewers went on the net at the same time to talk about this book.

Miracles and Forgiveness

On Tuesday evening we will be looking at the quote:
"Be aware of unconscious assumptions.
Assumptions are made so fast and unconsciously most of the time because we have agreements to communicate this way. We have agreed that it is not safe to ask questions. We have agreed that if people love us, they should know what we want or how we feel."
~Don Miguel Ruiz from The Four Agreements

On Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 we will consider the subject:
"Miracles happen when you forgive.
You are born with the capacity to forgive, but you learn the opposite behavior.
You learn not to forgive, you practice not to forgive, and you master not to forgive. When learn to let go of your pride and ask for forgiveness, miracles start to happen in your life."
~Don Miguel Ruiz from The Mastery of Love

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One Life and emotional poison

On Tuesday evening at 7:30, the moderator chose the topic,

"What I am is something incredibly magnificent.
I am life, and life is the only truth. Every animal, every flower, every rock is life, because everything if full of life. All of us are only one living being, and we come from the same place."
~Don Miguel Ruiz from The Voice of Knowledge

And on Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 pm the card was chosen:

"Don't take anything personally.
Refuse to eat emotional poison. Taking things personally makes you prey for predators. They can hook your attention with one little opinion, and feed you whatever poison they want.
Refuse to eat poison!"
~Don Miguel Ruiz from The Four Agreements


peace and love

Courage and Being Truthful

On Tuesday evening, we will be contemplating the quote:
"Be truthful with yourself.
When you are truthful with yourself, you start to see everything as it is, not the way you want to see it. The wounds in your emotional body are covered by the denial system. When you look at your wounds with the eyes of truth, yo can finally heal those wounds."
~ Don Miguel Ruiz from The Mastery of Love

On Wednesday afternoon the card was picked:
"Don't make assumptions. Ask for what you want.
Find the courage to ask for what you want. Others have the right to tell you yes or no, but you always have the right to ask. Likewise, everybody has the right to ask you for what they want, and you have the right to say yes or no."
~ Don Miguel Ruiz from The Four Agreements


peace and love

Magic, Faith and an Open Heart

On Tuesday evening, we will look at the quote:
"Faith is the power of creation that all humans have. If we believe we are not good enough, then thy will be done ~ we are not good enough. If we believe we will fail, we will fail, because that is the power and magic of our faith."

On Wednesday afternoon at 3:30, the card was picked:
"Your heart is like a magical kitchen . Your heart can create any amount of love, not just for yourself, but for the whole world. Open your heart, open your magical kitchen, and refuse to walk around the world begging for love. In your heart is all the love you need."

peace and love,

A NEW EARTH

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A New Earth Video
I read this book last year and I have the audio book.
I feel set to start the on line course with Oprah.
Anyone want to join me?

Thank you to Candy Minx for the idea!

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