Issue No. 12 November 2011 Welcome Seven weeks to Christmas, eight weeks to 2012! It is almost time for Season's Greetings to be in order! Time moves on relentlessly, second by second. Perhaps it is time to ignore the ticking of the clock and stay present in this moment. If we live the Now as fully as we desire to, our lives and our legacy will take care of themselves. Topics we cover this 4th Quarter of 2011 are
I welcome any comments you might have about this Newsletter. If you would like to experience a Journey Process to help you to clear up a particular issue, please do contact me. I hope to hear from you soon. Enjoy Bill Macleod, who we know well from the many wonderful Journey Intensives he has run, is running a one day Living Inspired event on Sunday 13th November (only days away!), at Quality Hotel Barrycourt, Parnell from 9.30 to 6.30pm. The day will be a day of inquiry and will, as always, be experiential. Although this is not a Journey event, Bill's philosophy and teachings are wholly aligned with The Journey. I am certain that a great and inspiring day will be enjoyed by all who attend.
The cost for the day is $245. What a great way to come towards the end of 2011... engage in this one day Living Inspired event... and create the perfect platform to launch yourself into 2012. Any questions, comments... and to book, email Bill at wmacleod8@gmail.com. For those who missed it first time round, here are the details of Gangaji and Eli's visit in December. I met Gangaji and Eli Jaxon-Bear, her husband, for the first time when they visited a year ago, and really was inspired by what they had to say and their deep spirituality. This is an opportunity not to be missed.
Here is the programme: Wednesday 14 December 2011 - Satsang with Eli at 7pm No booking - by donation, suggested at $30. May I propose that if you are unsure about taking the main programme or you need to be budget conscious, attending just this satsang, along with Thursday's satsang with Gangaji, will be very worthwhile. Thursday 15 December 2011 - Satsang with Gangaji at 7pm No booking - by donation, suggested at $30. Friday 16 - Sunday 18 December 2011 - Weekend of Inquiry with Gangaji and Eli This weekend retreat offers a profound space dedicated to the direct experience of your true Self. The transmission of silence, self-inquiry and presence of others committed to Truth offers deep support for the relaxation of your mind and resting in the heart of being. Dedicating the weekend solely to this retreat, we gather two times a day, allowing the insight and conversation to deepen. This is a beautiful and powerful opportunity to experience the true love that is this life. Tuition $370. Monday 19 - Thursday 22 December 2011 - The Enneagram of Liberation Retreat with Eli "Eli’s profound teaching of the Enneagram is a support for true self-investigation. His model of the ego is useful for all seekers after truth. He shows the traps of mind and the possibility of waking up from the trance of suffering." ~ Gangaji. “The great gift of the Enneagram is that it exquisitely describes who you are not. It shows the veiling of true consciousness by habits of egoic identification. When these habits of mind are revealed, there is a clear choice to end the false identification and realize your true nature.” ~ Eli. The Enneagram reveals how we have falsely identified ourselves as the physical, emotional and mental bodies. The core identification is the unexamined belief that, “I am somebody.” Once this thought arises, the ego becomes crystallized in the mind and consciousness experiences itself as limited. In our time together we uncover the nine variations of the basic belief that one is a limited and separate body. Each fixation will be recognized both externally and internally. We will use video, personal exemplars and exercise to facilitate a deep understanding and experience of each one. Once these patterns of subconscious identification are brought to light, they can be discarded in the search for your true self. We will uncover the traps and subconscious tendencies of mind that pull one back into misidentification, so that the eternal silent truth of oneself can be revealed. In this way, enlightenment or self-realization is possible. This retreat offers participants the opportunity to discover in a deep and supportive way the use of the Enneagram for insight and self-inquiry in the service of self-realization. (This teaching is the basis of the No Ego Retreat presented by The Journey). Tuition $450. Retreat Package: Weekend + Enneagram Retreat Tuition $720. All events will held at: Local Hosts: When you register, click on the Register button and you will clearly see that prices are in NZ$. This is a secure site for payments by Credit Card. My book, The God Franchise, is progressing and is well on its path to being published. I gave details of the book in Newsletter No. 11, which if you missed it, is available on the Life Magic website. The cover has been professionally designed and looks great. Here is a preview:
Next week the manuscript goes to a book editor to ensure that it is a perfect read. I have read it through many times, tweaking it here and there, and if I say so myself, I think it is great! I really look forward to it being available to you as well. I have learnt so much from it! The God Franchise will be printed in Australia, the US and the UK, and will be marketed through a number of online bookshops, including Amazon.com. It will also be available from me directly or through The God Franchise website. Further, I am expecting a few New Zealand spiritual/mind-body-spirit bookshops to carry it. The publisher? Life Magic Publishing! Once the sales are starting to move, I will be able to move on with the follow-up book, which I am planning to title: Significant Things. This was intended to be the prior book, but I realised one day last year that The God Franchise had to come first. One day early next year you will realise why. Secondary gains are wonderfully tricky things, and it is very helpful to be aware of them. It might be worth checking if you are holding onto some secondary gains which are contrary to or are interfering with any healing you would like in your life. Secondary gains could be preventing things from manifesting in your life in many other ways too, so it is very worthwhile spending some time to seek them out. What is a secondary gain? A secondary gain is the indirect social, interpersonal or monetary gain that one might get from having a disability or living in an apparently disadvantageous situation. For example, if you are ill, secondary gains from that might include the following:
o An increase in attention from others Being unemployed has great secondary gains of being able to watch TV all day, indulge in your favourite hobby, visit friends, sit in the sun, and so on. I suspect you might have the idea by now. Secondary gains can be an aspect in any situation which you want to change, or claim that you want to change. So take any issue that you currently have, whether a health issue, an emotional issue, a spiritual issue, a money issue, or any other personal issue. Now, write down on a sheet of paper all of the benefits you gain from having this particular issue in your life. What are the secondary gains that you enjoy because this issue is in your experience? Great isn't it? Once you have completed this exercise (and of course you can always add to the list as you need to), investigate each secondary gain individually and ask,
o Do I really enjoy this secondary gain? (The answer is often YES) Then write down your decision with regard to this secondary gain. Move on to the next secondary gain and review that in the same way. When this is complete, you have enough information to make a very informed decision on what benefits (secondary gains) to do without, which benefits you can still get in a more wholesome way, and whether or not to continue to have this personal issue. You will find that if the personal issue is no longer supported by secondary gains, then it will heal and/or disappear completely in a surprisingly short time. If you have any questions about secondary gains, or if you would like help in uncovering what secondary gains you might be hanging onto, please contact me. This is one of my early Weekly Healing Emails. If you would like to join the mail list so that you get one each week, dropped neatly into your email mailbox, please just send me an email asking me to do just that. The next one is number 132! Brandon Bays and her husband Kevin Billett have designed 44 inspiring Journey Cards that are “filled with profound contemplations … that invite you into a direct experience of your own enlightened awareness”. I feature one in each newsletter, and this quarter it is "Blessings". It is a card that has drawn itself to my attention a number of times recently. "Blessings are everywhere. Each moment is blessed. Open up your heart to receive the bounty already here."
If you wish to purchase a set of The Journey Cards please contact me, as I have them in stock - only $35 so great value. I also have all The Journey books available for purchase.
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