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5 Principles of Health

2/11/2017

Like the doormat wallflower of a wife, who supports in the shadows ~ until one day, you come home and find all traces of her gone. Losing your health can be like that.

Health is the overlooked aspect. Not valued until you've experienced losing it, and greatly pined after when you do.

And if you can be fortunate enough to get her back, it is more than having her return that is the goal. A new relationship ~ a new relating is imperative if you want her to stick around. New respect for one another is needed, perhaps some sacrifices… and a collaborative attitude.

I have summarised 5 principles for health… they are still a work in progress, but in a way, they are complete.

These principles are not a ‘cure all’ or preventative to never experiencing any ill health. They are more a chance to nourish and boost where your health is right now. Develop that new relating, perhaps you could say it’s an experience of 5 different types of love.

It doesn’t matter if you are born with poor constitution, experienced bad luck or had something done to you (i.e. things outside your control), these principles apply to things you have the possibility to influence.

We are more influential to our health, than we could even believe.

Health Ideals vs Potential of Health

2/10/2017

One aspect of the human condition is that we think in ideals. But it simply boils down to an ‘ideal’ being good, and what is not is bad. The human ego wants to separate and differentiate, to bring about meaning into existence. And once we hold these ideals – we, ourselves need to be them, so that we are “good”.

And there are so many things that we want to be ideal. Ideal lifestyle, ideal partner, ideal family, ideal job, ideal car, ideal financial situation… and ideal image and ideal health.

The real question is – who determines these ideals? And once you reach these ideals, what then? Will you be happy, satisfied?

For example, think about our societal ideals of health. We have such an intense focus on disease that makes us believe that health is being disease-free, both from a physical and mental-health perspective.

But, at what point when that disease ‘goes away’ would we then consider ourselves healthy?

Health Transformation (Lessons From Chiron)

15/9/2017

The Greek myths of old have a beautiful symbology for life and the human dynamic. When I was young, I had a favourite book with beautiful pictures and a multitude of stories of Greek myths. At that point in time, I didn’t understand the depths of symbology and wisdom that could be gained.

For example, it was pointed out to me that the myth of Icarus who flew too high to the sun in his escape where the wax of his man-made wings melted causing him to tumble to his death – showing us the folly and downfall of being carried away by the excitement of overachievement. Also, that the tragic relationship between Echo and Narcissus (the muse who lacked any self-opinion with the beautiful self-absorbed human) which highlights the pain of an imbalanced empath/narcissist dynamic. And all the multiple stories of tortures in Tartarus of Hades (the Greek mythology of hell) – highlighting the sufferings possible in the human condition.

It begs the question – are these stories a reflection of a human collective consciousness or are we just living out these age-old myths in our everyday lives? Which came first?

Chiron's Story
A very potent and powerful story is that of Chiron, the wounded healer. Although the term ‘wounded healer’ was coined by Carl Jung, referring to counsellors or psychotherapists who adopt their role due to their own wounding, the story of Chiron (pronounced as ‘Kye-ron’) was a symbolic representation many centuries prior.

Facing Decisions with Death (& the Unknown)

28/7/2017

Death... A sensitive subject.

Death represents many things for us: the unknown, fear and terror, avoidance at all cost, survival instincts. It brings up questions of what’s on the other side, what will happen to me (or loved ones who pass) and what is life ultimately about as a contrast.

Religions are founded on explaining the unknown aspects of death ~ and that structure can govern a believer’s action now. People go to church, temples, mosques and other institutions on a religious basis to guarantee good faith in death. Terrorist suicide bombers give up their lives, and others lives, to ascertain a place in paradise. Jehovah Witness followers suffer door slams and goading to maintain their faith. It’s almost like an investment.

Death as a Personalised Force
In myths and legends throughout the centuries, death has been a personified force.
Death has been presented as young or old, male or female ~ but often the colour theme is black or white. This represents a potent symbology of how clear-cut death is ~ death is the end, whether you’ve completed what you wanted or not.

In all the stories and myths, it is also noticeable that death is extremely grotesque (hags, skeletons, decayed flesh, monsters) or divinely beautiful (angels, winged man/youth). This is definitely seen by the perceiver, not necessarily the experiencer. Death can be beautiful, as it finally gives an ending to a long period of suffering, or ugly, as it gives an unwelcome shock or trauma to the loss of those you love.

The Power to Change Fate

2/7/2017

Do you believe in fate?

As humans, we have an innate ability to create our reality. Whether we do that consciously and with purpose or unconsciously or delusionally – it really doesn’t matter. That ability remains.

People talk of things being meant to be, being guided by fate – but I’d like to counter that type of thinking.

It’s not that I disagree with the idea that there are moments of flow and trajectory, a chain of events leading miraculously or tragically to an end result. However, I do disagree that we have absolutely no input into whether the chain of events proceed as normal (seeming fate) or take a tangent elsewhere.

The main mistake, therefore, is not in the observation of a successive chain of events – but rather in that we are powerless against our experience of the outcome. Cause & effect vs providence. Choice vs fate.

And before we go the other extreme and think that this is about being in control of everything, and that everything that went wrong is just your fault – I’ll just stop it right here. It’s not about this at all.

Holding the Light for Your Inner Child

22/5/2017

According to Jungian theory, archetypes are a universal symbol or character held in the collective unconscious. We know of them- the mother, the king, the magician, the crone, and more. Archetypes are both familiar & mysterious.

Carolyn Myss talks about survival archetypes in her book “Sacred Contracts”. Of all her books that I have struggled to complete, perhaps “Sacred Contracts” is the most I’ve read of any of her books. She discusses 70 archetypes, however focuses on 4 key base archetypes for survival.

These are: the child, the saboteur, the prostitute and the victim.

While I don’t use archetypes the way she intends in her book, I found it incredibly enlightening that these ‘dark’ archetypes of the saboteur, prostitute and victim could be used for growth and self-awareness. She even has a range of different child archetypes.

When I think about survival archetypes, I think about it from the perspective of Patterning.

Those Accessible Moments

29/4/2017

There are these moments – have you felt them? When you sit back energetically and think ‘how did I get here?’. Like you suddenly remember that you are the main character AND the writer of your story, in that moment.

Just in that moment, at that point in time, you fall out of robot mode. In this moment, the infinite is possible ~ an access point into another reality.

I’ve been reading Gay Hendrick's book “The 10 Second Miracle”.

He says that, in midst of a crisis – “…in that 10s window, how you handle it can make or break a relationship, or even a career… In the 10s after an unfair moment, you have a wide-open opportunity to take the whole conversation in a different direction.”

Which reminds me of Dr John Gottman’s talk on building trust in those ‘sliding door moments’. He says that “they are very small moments, in any interaction, where there’s a possibility of connection or turning away. And if you’re always choosing to turn away, then slowly trust is eroded…”

A 10 second sliding door moment, available in any given moment.

Uncovering Your Modus Operandi (MO)

26/3/2017

There are healthy habits and not so healthy habits.

We humans have this tendency to form habits, whether good for us, or not, into Patterns that range from the semi-conscious through to unconscious. We take for granted the unconscious healthy habits and curse the unhealthy ones – yet go to great lengths to fight it, with little success. But the fight is real if you operate only on the surface.

Like other types of shadow-work and self-sabotage uncovering processes, Patterning helps bring up what’s really going on with our not so functional habits. Patterning particularly focuses on the overarching shadow story in our life, seeing it more a behavioural outcome of an unconscious structure in our consciousness, when we don’t get the things we are actively aiming for.

This Pattern forms like a Modus Operandi (MO) with a unique signature, much like a serial killer in relation to their particular method of crime. The MO and signature characteristics is a vital aspect to understanding a criminal’s behaviour, and to catch them out before it happens again.

Symbolically, this is rather fascinating (literally, a little creepy!). If in fact, you consider that your Pattern is the method used by your unconscious to ‘kill’ the thing you were aiming for through a twisted chain of events. And in a twisted way, exploring the workings of serial killers may provide some clues to our darker shadow selves so that we can create more joy in our lives.

Self-Sabotage, Self-Care & Self-Responsibility

28/2/2017

Self, self, self…

Perhaps the self is the one we understand the least. How do you see yourself clearly, when you are so invested in yourself and your survival? It is far easier to see others from the outside, then look at ourselves from the inside.

And if that is so – then how do you know whether the action you are taking (or not taking) is an act of self-sabotage or self-care?

Self-sabotage

The problem with self-sabotage is that half the time, we aren’t even aware that we are doing it – destroying the dreams in our hearts, the things that matter to us most deeply. We are most convincing too, enrolling others in so they can agree with us.

What is not well-known is that the key to self-sabotage is that we get something out of it.

The Arch-Nemesis: Time (3 Dysfunctional Perceptions)

31/12/2016

Time – for most of life, it has been my arch nemesis. Anyone who knows me well over the past 5 years or so has probably heard me complain about daylight savings, since I live on the border between QLD and NSW. Daylight savings now goes for about 6 months in the year.

I have spent most of my life being late, losing big chunks of time due to illness or fatigue and feeling like there wasn’t enough time to complete things in a day.

In fact, in my macrostructural pattern, step #8 of 25 is “Time runs outs (literally or in my mind)”, where I experience anxiety and nerves. That’s how much I’ve ingrained it into my personality and viewpoint of life.

But this past year, my relationship with time has been remarkably different. I still had little mishaps with time – although not to the same intensity as it once was. I attribute this to some realisations and insights regarding money also, which is not as weird as it might seem. We’ve all heard the phrase “Time = money”.

As just like money is a man-made construct, so too is time.

When you have a proper think about it – what is time?

Where There's a Will, There's a Way...

1/12/2016

Will is… the act of decision in your whole being. The transmutation and transformation of inner charge.

Will is… a sensory experience, a funnelling of emotive and logical expression into an end result, an end destination of essence and fragrance.

Will is… the movement and embodiment of creative energy through the body out into the world. The dissolving of old structures and forming of the new. The moving forward, moving through, moving down and moving true.

Health: Changing Our Perspectives

25/10/2016

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We Are All Connected: Distant Healing, Healing Surrogacy & Placebos

27/9/2016

This is going to be a weird blog. Don’t say I didn’t pre-warn you.

Not normally discussed, but the average person in Australia will consider that healing and health on the physical body involves:

A physical cause (including microorganisms) – in other words, something that can be witnessed visually or through technological methods (e.g. microscopes, lab tests, X-rays, MRIs, etc)
Something physical needs to be applied (either force/manipulation or something taken intravenously, injected or oral/cavity administration)
The application must be done on the physical body itself, in some way and in real time
The application has usually been known to create an effect on the physical body/psyche of others, either through historical anecdotes or research testing

And in most cases, this remains to be true.

And then there are those ‘other’ cases.

The Search for Eldorado - The Mysterious City of Gold

28/7/2016

In the 16th century, a story propagated throughout all of Spain of the mysterious city made of gold. Many embarked on the journey to the Incas in search of this mysterious yet intriguing place – where all your fortunes can be found.

The closest that historians can associate to the origins of the Eldorado myth is an Indian ritual in the Andes where the King was covered in gold and immersed into Lake Guatavita, with his subjects throwing golden ornaments deep into the lake as sacrifice. The Spaniards returned home with tales of the golden King and a land of plentiful treasures.

Many Spanish explorers and voyagers went in search of Eldorado with dreams of adorning the Spanish royalty and bringing fame and fortune upon themselves. Some made discoveries, but never to the extent of a city made of gold. In time, Eldorado became an urban myth that sparked the imagination only for the next explorer.

Eldorado, Valhalla, the Elixir of Life, the Holy Grail, the soul-mate who will meet your every desire or whatever your paradise.

This is the search for the ultimate ideal… and for the impossible.

One day you will find your city of gold. And all your troubles will mysteriously disappear.

Or will it?

Boundaries - Do You Have Healthy Ones?

22/6/2016

What does it mean to have healthy boundaries?

I was first formally introduced to the concept of boundaries about 10 years ago. The coach/acupuncturist was telling me that I had poor boundaries with my daughter – and this was particularly evident because my email address had her name in it (meaning I needed to change it).

As I look back, I think perhaps the email thing was a bit over an over-contextualisation – but it was true, my sense of boundaries were poor.

Quite a few years ago, while reading the book “Maps to Ecstasy” by Gabrielle Roth, I was enlightened not only that there was such thing as healthy anger – but also that anger was one of the clearest methods to convey to another that a boundary had been crossed. Over time, I have found this to be true and effective, if done in the integrity of the moment and with an appropriate amplitude of emotion matching the level of boundary invasion.

But in the last couple of weeks, the final puzzle pieces have come together for me.

Moving Beyond the (Debt) Box

31/5/2016

Humans like to box things – categorise and define. It can come in handy, but it also works to our detriment.

You are 'this race', 'this religion', 'this role', 'this social class', 'this look' – the list of definitions go on. And each one can become yet another bar on our own self-imposed jail. We continue to think within these definitions until someday we realise (or become forced to realise) that it’s all an illusion of our perceptions.

One common ‘box’ is when we are in debt. It might be time or money debt, or another form of lack such as knowledge or energy – but it is a box we somehow found ourselves in and are unable to escape from without great suffering.

Some people put curtains on the inside of the box – pretty it up – bring some positivity in. “It’s not so bad in here.” But a box is still a box.

Religion - No Longer THE Avenue of Hope

31/3/2016

I find this a rather controversial topic to write a blog about. In fact, I resist writing this. In my normal monthly ritual to tune into and connect with a topic that I’d love to write about, I was surprised and a bit apprehensive to receive the topic of religion. Ironically, it is the Easter long weekend.

It is well known in polite company to not speak of certain topics – religion and politics being 2 of the ones I remember correctly. Talk about the weather, instead.

How boring...

And yet somewhere in the recesses of my unconscious mind, I have concreted this. Someone, somewhere, once told me this was the ‘right way’ and I then, with no connection to whether that was my truth or not, agreed and took it on board. “Do not speak of topics that create conflict and discomfort.”

So now, I am challenging that part of myself.

Forgiving Past Debts - Redefining Your Victimhood

28/1/2016

Debt is a funny word. To some it literally is just a sum of money owing, but to most people it’s referred to as heavier debts – debts that are greater than their capacity to clear straight away.

Others think of it as something owing to another, going beyond the concept of just a financial transaction. So, claiming that someone is “in your debt”, a feeling of great gratitude or atonement that overflows to giving of service. The debtor could also be demanding an apology.

You could even reframe the word debt – as an obligation, an owing back, being duty-bound.

Debt can have a feeling of gratitude, guilt or resentment underlying. It may even have all of the above. Regardless, the debt no longer becomes a straight forward transaction between two parties, but becomes injected with emotions and from that overflows different and often dysfunctional behaviours.

Creating or Destroying - Which Will You Choose?

23/12/2015

2015 has been ending as an interesting year. With the Daesh/ISIS terrorist attacks in France, the refugees from Syria, the anti-domestic violence campaigns and the new legislation of No Jab, No Pay to take effect soon, it feels like my facebook newsfeed has been rife with outrage and righteousness.

Not to mention the normal anti-fracking, anti-GMO, anti-Monsanto, among other posts and memes. Those haven’t changed.

Everything seemed so “anti”-something. And not much about creating something.

The energy seems so powerless.

War, huh, good God
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
Listen to me

Ohhh, war, I despise
Because it means destruction
Of innocent lives
War means tears
To thousands of mothers eyes
When their sons go to fight
And lose their lives

~EDWIN STARR, “War”

Facing The Not Knowing

1/11/2015

In a world and times where so much knowledge is at our fingertips, the human conditions remains. We want to know – but we have conditions about what we want to know. We want to know things that might affect us but isn’t our fault. We want to know the right way, so we can guarantee our outcome, but we don’t want to know if that means self-responsibility. We want to know and to feel good about our own intellect – to feel smart, but we don’t want knowledge that might bring us pain and difficulties.

There’s the old idiom – the truth hurts. And yes, sometimes it does. Sometimes it doesn’t. But the real truth is liberating. Truly liberating.

Yet we deny that liberation.

There is so much we could know, but would prefer not to... Because it means facing the tension that arises within. Limiting beliefs and stories that oppose that liberation of knowing. While I say this, there is no need to be hypervigilant about knowing everything. But in being honest with yourself, are there things that you are avoiding to know, which would greatly empower you?

Travelling & Health

31/10/2015

When thinking about going on a holiday, most of us dream of the wonderful places we can visit and how stress-free we are when away from normal life stresses. But, we often overlook how vulnerable we are, especially when overseas away from our normal luxuries and health-service benefits. The food is different, the atmosphere and the conditions – and in some many locations, there is an underlying stress about the level of safety.

I recently went to Brazil with my daughter, travelling to an international Capoeira event as well as exploring some other regions with my fellow Australian Capoeiristas. It is a trip I won’t regret, but at the same time was filled with all types of surprises.

Have You Ever Felt...?

13/9/2015

Have you ever felt... anger? Of being manipulated, used... Undervalued... Unseen, unheard, ignored. Feeling rage at the injustice, that all around you, everyone is succeeding, heard and valued. To put your heart on your sleeve and have it knocked back. Rage that makes you want to throw your hands in the air, destroy it all. To listen to snide comments to your face, speaking aloud all your faults, your lack of worth, your imperfections. To throw it back in their face, childish words, spitting hate. Or overhearing... knowing that others scheme to take away what you want. Burning resentment. Feeling your boundaries invaded, carelessly. The burning rage of injustice, boiling your blood, heat radiating, jaw locking...

Our One Biggest Obstacle

18/8/2015

Our primary (and possibly our biggest) obstacle to getting healthy, having good relationships, feeling fulfilled in our career - basically anything in our lives that we deem important, is this: Based on the level of suffering we feel, then we believe that the solution needs an equal level of effort to get what we truly desire.

But this is NOT Newtonian physics – “For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.”

The problem here is that we humans based everything on perception. Even the most logical and shrewd of us still do so, we can’t help human nature. So – things are perceived based on the senses and our thoughts & feelings (i.e. experience).

Non-Sensical Perceptions Through the Senses

15/6/2015

Everything you experience physically is perceived through the 5 senses: in what you see, feel, taste, hear and smell. To some, this is their only reality. If it can’t be experienced through the 5 senses in some way, then it doesn’t exist.

But the true reality is that your perception is skewed. And so, even if your 5 senses give you a tangible experience, the reality you experience is different from another’s. For example, my husband and my own idea of cold/hot is clearly a few degrees different – it leads to many arguments of the number of blankets in winter, shower temperature and especially what degree we can set the hotel air-con on holidays.

This leads to the question – how real is your own reality?

Invoking Frequencies

20/5/2015

Everything is energy – you’ve heard that before. The world is vibrating as a beautiful and intermeshed kaleidoscope of different frequencies, sometimes in harmony, sometimes clashing heads.

Quantum physics tells us that nothing is solid, everything is energy. And Albert Einstein says that “energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only be changed from one form to another”.

In our perceptions of the eyes, ears and other senses, we forget that. Our nervous systems are entrained to only see a certain reality. The truth is that the reality you perceive can be different from another person's. It was particularly evident with that damn blue & black dress (white and gold!). If you don’t know what I’m talking about, google it. It drove me insane for days! So, I’m not going to go into that here...