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

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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).

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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.

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

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

peace and love