August 2010
Hi to all:
July has been a rather intense month for me with a total solar eclipse on the 11th, the start of the Conscious Convergence on the 17th, some solar flares that disturbed my sleep creating exhaustion for several days and some deep processing. I don’t want to go into the Conscious Convergence too much, only to say that it’s about shifting into Unity consciousness, the end of one cycle and the beginning of a new one…you can look it up on the internet http://www.calleman.com/content/articles/ninth_wave.htm
In order to shift into unity, the question comes up about what beliefs and actions we participate in that keep us separate and in a duality consciousness. Yes, I realize that the 3rd Plane is about duality, but it’s also about overcoming and controlling our thoughts and actions so we can resonate and eventually stay in 7th Plane consciousness. For those of you who have taken the Advance workshop, go back to your notes on what we are attempting to attain in clearing beliefs. So when we blame, spread rumors, and gossip, we are participating in keeping things dualistic. It’s very entrenched in human consciousness as we can see it everywhere from politics to our families and friends.
What are some ways we can move away from these patterns of behavior? I happen to find this little story, which passed around the internet as being true, but isn’t. This is when a story can become a parable, a good way to explain concepts. So enjoy this parable for the wisdom it imparts.
In ancient Greece (469 - 399 BC), Socrates was lauded for his knowledge and wisdom. One day, an acquaintance met the great philosopher on the street and said, "Do you know what I just heard about your friend?"
"Hold on a minute," Socrates replied. "Before telling me anything, I'd like you to pass a little test. It's called the Triple Filter Test."
"Triple filter?"
"That's right," Socrates continued. "Before you talk to me about my friend, why don’t we take this moment and filter what you're about to tell me? That's why I call it the triple filter test."
“Ok,” the man said hesitantly not expecting to be stopped in his conversation.
“The first filter is Truth. Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is true?"
"No," the man said, "actually I just heard about it from someone in the village square."
"All right," said Socrates. "So you don't really know if it's true or not, or if the person who spoke it knew my friend or what was going on for those people on that day. Now let's try the second filter, the filter of related good. Is what you are about to tell me about my friend something good or is it something bad even though you're not certain it's true."
The man’s forehead tensed as he shrugged with a little embarrassed. Socrates continued. "So you want to tell me something bad about him, but you're not certain it's true. You may still pass the test though, because there's one filter left- the filter of usefulness. Is what you want to tell me about my friend going to be useful to me? Is it going to enrich or protect my life in someway?"
"No, not really …”
"Well," concluded Socrates, "if what you want to tell me is neither true
nor has related good nor even useful, why tell it to me at all?"
I would have concluded this story with a little more exploration if the person was important to me. “What did these peoople bring up for you to continue to carry a message you weren’t even sure was true? How has these people's story affected your life that you might be afraid to say? How does telling me what is going on for another support you in connecting with them, me or yourself? When did others share things about you that might not be true, and how did it affect you? I wonder if things have been difficult and it’s harder to get in connection with your own feelings or even other people at this time.
I know that might sound a bit confrontive if you really didn’t care about the messenger, but it would certainly make the person stop, think and realize that you have integrity, good boundaries and are not willing to allow another’s intentions to affect your life….you reflect it back to them without making them wrong, a definite skill. Is this not what we do when we listen to our clients' stories in digging down on their beliefs? In relating back to the person in the parable, you could also say that these kinds of conversations are not your interest and change the topic to what would feel appropriate. You can be in charge of your own space when it feels like others are being invasive, prying and/or just plain yentas (Yiddish for meddler, gossiper, meddlesome, busybody).
There can be fine line between what to share with another out of your own feelings and concerns about yourself in relating to others (such as saying what another person’s action brought up for you), your own feelings and concerns about others (protective and caring), telling others what is going on in their lives (unsolicited inventory-taking..."thinking you know what is best for another"), and telling others what is going in your life but it really has nothing to do with you (it’s like free-floating players in your environment that have their drama that you are connecting to and must relate that to another group of listeners.) These examples show the difference between authentic communication on the positive side and meddling & gossip on the downside. This topic has come up several times with clients and friends lately in wanting to know how to communicate effectively without feeling like any anonymity is broken and without being a gossiper.
And what about being on the receiver end? Can you discern what is sacred, to be kept only in that conversation, and what can be shared with others which is heard in a private conversation? My rule of thumb is that if the person has told others publically, it’s open for conversation. This means that if my friend tells me she is going on vacation and tells several others, unless she tells me differently not to say anything, I might tell a mutual friend that our friend is going on vacation. I’m just reporting, in interacting with others, so that they know about our friend’s plans as a topic of interest. There is no judgment of action or an intention for spreading rumors.
If the person either tells you not to share something about themselves that is personal (unless it can cause danger to another, like the person was actively molesting children) or it’s to be kept private because of client anonymity, then remember that you would be going against your own integrity to yourself, Creator, and another’s sacred decisions to do anything differently.
What is the difference between keeping conversations sacred or secret? If you are feeling coerced or threatened in being told not to say or do something, it’s a secret. We do not have secrets in ThetaHealing. It goes against the understanding of what we hear at the 7th Plane which is Pure Truth. In fact, we work in getting to those “secrets”, particularly family and childhood secrets, so that we can discover the real truth and underlying beliefs.
To keep the conversation sacred, we are honoring confidentiality of the other person by knowing that what is shared is very personal and intimate in nature. Unless their sacred communication has somehow brought up issues for you, it’s your responsibility to keep it private. And if it has brought up issues for you, then you take the time to delve into it only using their story as a jump-off board to discover your own feelings or beliefs. Keep their name anonymous if you share your process with others unless who you are sharing the experience where the other person is already known or you are working with a practitioner or therapist who keeps things confidential within sessions. There are communication skills where you can share your feelings and experience about another without going into detail of their actions…it’s a broad description and then you go back to how you felt or reacted.
An example where you share another’s story in keeping it sacred or confidential and how it affected you (which is not any story I’ve experienced or been told) might go like, “I was talking with a friend and they told me they have had a gagging cough which came up during the conversation. I could sense a feeling of panic in them, and later that day, I started to cough and felt panicked. I thought I took it on, but when I worked with my practitioner, connected to Creator and dug down, I remembered that my brother put a pillow over my head and almost suffocated me when I was little. I’ve had a very hard week and that’s why I’ve felt withdrawn from everyone including you.” The person who sparked the trigger wasn’t important as far as identifying. It was what was brought up. We are responsible for clearing our own triggers and not projecting them onto others.
So going back to Socrates parable, remember to filter what is truth, make sure there is related good and usefulness in sharing and listening with others. Just in the ways we take responsibility and communicate can enormously change this world into a unity consciousness of understanding, respect, caring and peace.
Blessings,
Judy
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August’s Paradigm Shifters will be in Antioch on August 28th at Melissa Kirk’s place. There will be no practicum in Santa Rosa. There is possibility to carpooling to Antioch so please call me. The Basic is from 11 AM to 1 PM and the Advanced is from 2-4 PM with a potluck from 1-2. The cost is $30 each section. If you’re an Advanced Student/practitioner in attendance, you can attend the day for $50 if you pay the total amount by August 25th. Please contact Melissa for details and directions 925-848-5166 or melissakirk08@yahoo.com and RSVP by August 23rd. I welcome all students of ThetaHealing. Besides having time to work on yourself, remember that the more you practice, the better practitioner you will become and the more that ThetaHealing can become incorporated into your life to change it. All proceeds goes to the scholarship fund to help new students with financial needs attend the Basic workshop.
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WORKSHOPS
http://www.thetadnaactivation.com/workshops.html
All courses are accredited by the ThetaHealing™ Institute of Knowledge and can be applied toward the ThetaHealing™ Master program.
There is a discount price for those who wish to review the courses as there are always updates as well as hearing the vast amount of information for the second time.
ThetaHealing™ series in Santa Rosa, CA.
Basic Level 1-2 workshop-September 17-19th . Friday-Sunday, Nursing CEU's available.
Advance workshop--October 22-24; Friday-Sunday
Manifestation and Abundance-- December 4-5, Saturday-Sunday
*These dates were changed last month and are now current
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SPECIAL NOTES
World Relations 5- day workshop is coming: There have been quite a few people who have asked me to teach this dynamic workshop. Have you ever traveled and all of a sudden felt like you just hated the terrain for no reason? Or do you cringe when you see a pictue of a Muslim, get fearful when you see a swaztika or grieve when you see a picture of Hiroshima? This course is an amazing clearing of beliefs that are often held genetically or in the history level in how we feel about other religions, cultures and countries. We can really free ourselves of prejudice, disempowerment and hatred. What a wonderful time in this planet's history to spread love unencumbered as we participate in travel and daily interactions. We are consider creating this workshop at the end of January 2011. In order to participate, you must have completed the Intuitive Anatomy training. Please let me know your interest.
Vianna mentioned on her Facebook and on her Webcast that a really good time to manifest starts August 2nd at 11 PM to August 9th. Start getting you lists together and then take the time to create what you want at the 7th Plane.
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WHALE WATCHING
Watching Whales Watching Us
Scientists have now documented behaviors like tool use and cooperative hunting strategies among whales. Just three years ago, researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York discovered, in the brains of a number of whale species, highly specialized neurons that are linked to, among other things, the use of language and were once thought to be the exclusive property of humans and a few other primates. Indeed, marine biologists are now revealing not only the dizzying variety of vocalizations among a number of whale species but also complex societal structures and cultures, they teach and learn, scheme and cooperate, recognize themselves, their friends and their enemies. ( and will fight back) And given all of humanities transgressions against them, they may even, in certain circumstances, have learned to trust us. For all of their inherent elusiveness, the gray whales of Baja baffle scientists for the opposite reason: They can’t seem to get enough of us humans. The question of why present-day gray-whale mothers, some of whom still bear harpoon scars, would take to seeking us out and gently shepherding their young into our arms is a mystery that now captivates whale researchers and watchers alike. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/12/magazine/12whales-t.html
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QUANTUM MECHANICS
Physicists say Quantum Entanglement hold DNA together
A new theoretical model suggests that quantum entanglement helps prevent the molecules of life from breaking apart. Now a group of physicists say that the weird laws of quantum mechanics may be more important for life than biologists could ever have imagined. Their new idea is that DNA is held together by quantum entanglement. Entanglement is the weird quantum process in which a single wavefunction describes two separate objects. When this happens, these objects effectively share the same existence, no matter how far apart they might be.
http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/25375/
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HEALTH
The video, "Sweet Misery", has saved many lives as it journeys across the U.S. interviewing highly respected doctors, neurosurgeons, federal health officials, and concerned individuals who lay out clearly the high risks and dangers of ingesting excitotoxins like aspartame (contained in sugar substitutes NutraSweet, Equal) and MSG. These professionals describe in detail a major cover-up by elements of government and industry to keep these serious risks out of the public eye.
90 minute http://www.personalgrowthcourses.net/video/aspartame_dangers
For a revealing 10-minute Fox News clip presenting the serious dangers of aspartame:
http://www.personalgrowthcourses.net/video/aspartame_risks_dangers_fox_news
Detoxing from aspartame: http://www.wnho.net/wtdaspartame.htm
Easing That Electromagnetic Anxiety
“Building biology” is a European import that originated in postwar Germany, where in the flurry of new housing construction, the inhabitants of new dwellings began to suffer from what would become known as “sick building syndrome.” Building biology students are taught to test for a checklist of hazards — volatile organic compounds, benzene, chlorine, BPA plastic, electromagnetic radiation — the names of which are increasingly familiar as pollution has become a domestic issue. In fact, the president’s latest cancer report, released this month, noted drinking water, cellular communications and electricity as particular areas of concern. One area that building biology consultants test for, and that the president’s report highlighted as well, is electromagnetic radiation
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/27/easing-that-electromagnetic-anxiety/
Environmental Working groups tips to prevent cancer
According to a new report from the President's Cancer Panel, (http://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/advisory/pcp/pcp.htm) environmental toxins play a significant and under-recognized role in cancer, causing "grievous harm" to untold numbers of people. EWG's own research has found that children are born "pre-polluted" with nearly 300 industrial chemicals, pesticides and contaminants that have been found to cause cancer in lab studies or in people. Here are
some simple ways you can reduce your exposure to potentially cancer-causing chemicals:
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FINANCIAL PERCEPTIONS
UN report discovers that World's richest 1% own 40% of all wealth
The global study - from the World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations - is the first to chart wealth distribution in every country as opposed to just income, for which more comprehensive date is available. It included all the most significant components of household wealth, including financial assets and debts, land, buildings and other tangible property. Together these total $125 trillion globally. The richest 1% of adults in the world own 40% of the planet's wealth. The report also finds that those in financial services and the internet sectors predominate among the super rich. Europe, the US and some Asia Pacific nations account for most of the extremely wealthy. More than a third live in the US. Japan accounts for 27% of the total, the UK for 6% and France for 5%. The report found the richest 10% of adults accounted for 85% of the world total of global assets. Half the world's adult population, however, owned barely 1% of global wealth. http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2006/dec/06/business.internationalnews
For this club, life begins at 50(%)
The 50% League, an Arlington-based group of people contribute at least half their income, business profits, or net worth to charity. Members from across the country have been welcomed into an elite circle of givers and asked to share their stories publicly, even if anonymously, to inspire other givers. "I feel incredibly privileged, and I still feel guilty about that," said David Ludlow, who has used much of the money he inherited from his late wife’s trust, which transformed him from a freelance photographer with a passion for social justice into a multimillionaire. ... to fund grass-roots groups led by low-income people of color. "But it's given me tremendous meaning in my life to give as much as I can away." http://www.boston.com/business/globe/articles/2007/07/29/for_this_club_life_begins_at_50_/