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

peace and love

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

peace and love

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).

peace and love

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.

peace and love

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