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November 2007 Newsletter
Here
is the November 2007 Newsletter.
Not
all the news this month is good news but I hope that there will be some items
in this newsletter that will be of interest to readers.
Thank
you. Robert
30th
November 2007
Christmas Presents
As
we are coming up to the Festive Season for most western people, anybody who
is stuck trying to find presents that are a bit different might find some
ideas here. Some of what is listed below is connected to people whose work
has influenced me during 2007. They are all making their contribution to the
world in different ways so buying from them helps to support their work.
The
newsletter for November 2006 with last year’s suggestions is still posted to
the website so might also give some ideas to new readers.
Barbara Hand Clow and Gerry Clow
 In
the March Newsletter, there was an article about the Pleiadian Agenda
Activations / Journeys Through Nine Dimensions workshop to be held in Sweden
by Barbara Hand Clow and Gerry Clow. This was a very valuable workshop for me
because it brought in new teachings about sound, sacred geometry, dimensions
of consciousness and the crop circles. Some of these teachings can be found
in the various books written by Barbara and Gerry over the years, including
The Pleiadian Agenda, The Mind Chronicles, Liquid Light of Sex, Catastrophobia and Alchemy of Nine
Dimensions: Decoding the Vertical Axis, Crop Circles, and the Mayan Code:
Time Acceleration and Awakening the World Mind. Barbara’s book on
Chiron is a landmark publication for people interested in astrology. I have
started to develop a page on this website about Barbara’s and Gerry’s work.
Although not finished, it does contain details of their books which might
make some great presents for people that you know. I have a very high regard
for the quality of the channelling that has come
through into the books so please click here if you would
like to read about them. They can be found in leading bookshops, can be
ordered online at Amazon, or obtained from the Wise Awakening Online
Shop.
Wiltshire Crop Circle Study Group
 You can read about the Wiltshire Crop Circles Study
Group on this website by clicking here.
Alternatively, you can find out about WCCSG by clicking here
to go direct to the Group’s website. The 2008 Crop Circle Calendar is now
available and would make a great present. The pages are larger than in
previous years and there are thirteen A4 size high quality photos of some of
the 2007 crop circle formations that were created in Wiltshire. The picture
galleries of the crop circles on the old WCCSG website do not appear to have
been copied over to the new WCCSG website which has been launched recently so
you cannot see any of the 2007 formations on the new website. However, I have
some of the calendars from previous years so know what they are like. Some of
the photos can only be described as stunning. Alternatively, it is possible
to buy a year’s membership as a present for somebody. Membership brings a range
of benefits including a small monthly magazine, participation in regular
evening meetings, and the opportunity to join night watches to witness crop
circles being made.
Hamish Miller
 Hamish Miller is one of the leading
Earth Energy experts here in England.
He is a professional dowser and together with colleagues dowsed all the way
along the Mary and Michael energy lines from where they come in from the Netherlands on the Norfolk
coast all the way down to the far end of Cornwall. Most English people are very
disconnected from the energy of the natural world all around. Hamish’s work
helps them to understand about the energy of the planet beneath our feet and
is like a beacon lighting the way for people trying to find the reconnection.
He has produced a number of books and maps now and a DVD, all of which would
make great Christmas presents for people interested in Earth energies. He
also makes dowsing rods which can be bought ‘off the shelf’ or can be made to
order to fit a person’s hand size. You can find out more about products
available from Hamish by clicking here
to go to a page that I have put up on this website about him. Hamish is based in West
Cornwall and is also one of the founding members of a movement
called Parallel Community which started recently. The purpose of the
community is to try to help develop and support ways of living which look
after our planet better and in which local communities are strengthened and
become more empowered. Parallel Community is looking for local people all
around the UK
and elsewhere to help to roll out the concept. For anybody interesting in
becoming a co-ordinator in their local area, the
Parallel Community website may be found by clicking here. A DVD has been launched this month to
promote Parallel Community.
The Special Yoga Centre
 The Special Yoga Centre is the only
charity within the UK
dedicated to making yoga available to everybody irrespective of ability to
pay, age, ethnic background, religious background, disability, etc.. Based in North
London (NW10) within easy walking distance of Kensal Green Underground
Station and Kensal Rise Overland Station, it has beautiful studios for
workshops for classes on site and also operates outreach programmes whereby
yoga is taught in places like schools, nurseries and children’s centres. The charity was founded by Jo Manuel who is
deeply committed to helping disabled children and children with special needs
embrace yoga and to benefit from it. The Special Yoga Centre is the UK home of
The Yoga for the Special Child programme which supports children with a wide
range of conditions including Cerebral Palsy, Downs Syndrome, Autism and
Epilepsy, ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder), ADHD (Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder) and other physical and developmental difficulties.
The Centre also offers yoga classes for adults, both for beginners and for
those who have been practicing yoga for some time. Therapists from other
disciplines such as acupuncture, reflexology and shiatsu also work at the
Centre.
The Centre does not charge high fees but
like all charities which are trying to develop their programmes there is an
ongoing need to raise funds for its work. If you are struggling to come up
with ideas for presents for people, the Centre sells gift vouchers which may
be used to cover the cost of a yoga course or other workshops such as
meditation and kirtan. Purchases of gift vouchers
will help to fund the work of the charity as well as give somebody a great
present. You can find out more about the Centre on its website by clicking here.
If your eyesight is not so good and you find it hard work to read the small
font size on the Centre’s website, I have also
posted a page about the Centre on my website with larger font size. Please
click here
to go to it. A video clip showing some
of the Centre’s work with children has been posted
to YouTube and may be found by clicking here.
The Raw Food School
  When I started updating my training manuals and looked
again at nutrition, it was quite clear that the standard western diet is a
key contributor to physical health problems. The two key areas that I wrote
about for the training manuals were the acid / alkaline balance in the
physical body and the destruction of essential enzymes in the food cooking
process. The files can be read in the Training Manuals section. One of the
solutions to improving diet is to look at ways of reducing intake of dairy
foods and processed foods and increasing in a safe way the intake of raw
fruits and vegetables. In September I posted a page about the Raw Food
School which teaches
people how to work with delicious raw food recipes. If you know somebody who
loves their food but is eating the wrong kind of food, the Raw Food School has gift vouchers available for
its courses which might make a Christmas present with a difference. Please
click here
to go to my page and for the links through to the Raw Food School website.
Hawayo Takata’s
Original Reiki Masters
As the years have passed by, some of
Hawayo Takata’s original Reiki Masters are no longer with us. However, some
are still teaching and practicing Reiki. If you know people who work with
Reiki and are interested in the historical perspective, the following books
might make enjoyable presents. They are written by two of Hawayo’s original
Reiki Masters who are still working with Reiki but do not seem to be amongst
the regular books on the shelves at most bookstores. Click here
for the Reiki book written by John Harvey Gray and click here
for the Reiki book written by Fran Brown. Also, Morning Star Productions in Canada
have published a small book which contain memories
and records from Wanja Twan who was another of Hawayo’s original Reiki
Masters but who has now passed on. The book has been compiled by Wanja’s daughter Anneli who
knew Hawayo from when she was a little girl when her mother was learning
Reiki. The book is a compilation of interviews with people who knew Hawayo
when she was teaching in Canada
and records the story of Hawayo’s teaching in Canada. Please click here
to order it from the Morning Star Productions website.
Sekhem and
Helen Belot
 News has been received that Helen Belot
has decided to leave the Sekhem Association and is withdrawing the right to
use the name Sekhem in those territories around the world where she holds the
trademark rights to the name. The Sekhem Association is affected by Helen’s
decision. I have posted up an information page about this on the website.
Please click here
to go to it. It would be appreciated if information about this development
could be circulated, especially as Helen has given notice of legal
proceedings against people who continue to use the name Sekhem in territories
where she holds the trademark rights.
Blue Star Celestial
Energy Manual Update
 I have updated file
bluestar.1.chapter13.34.symbols.pyramids in the Level 1 Blue Star manual.
This is to reflect new insights into the energy of pyramid structures which
is relevant to the way that we work with Blue Star. I shall e-mail this file
to people who have learned Blue Star from me. When I first produced my Blue
Star manual, Rajeev’s manual was available in an appendix as scanned photo
files. I understand that in some parts of the world people have had problems
opening these files so I have now copied and pasted them into Word documents.
In due course, these will be available online in the Members’ Section. In the
meantime, if anybody needs them, please let me know.
Raku-Kei
Manual Update
 My Raku-Kei manual has been updated and
I will be teaching from it with effect from January once it has had a test
run. I was given some time ago a copy of Arthur Robertson’s original Reiki
and Raku-Kei manual which gives some insight into how Arthur and Iris Ishikura introduced the system. I am not able to
incorporate Arthur’s manual into my manual as an appendix as copyright is
owned by the American Reiki Association. I have, however, been able to rework
my original manual to reflect Arthur’s observations on Raku-Kei so that it is
now a better balanced document in terms of the historical perspective. I will
circulate my new updated manual in the New Year.
Lama Yeshe Online Wisdom Archive
The
internet has a small number of websites which offer online access to either
text or audio archives of teachings given by senior figures within the
Buddhist community. They are not always easy to find. My intention is to get
them listed on my website so that visitors here can find them more easily. I
have put up a page this month about the ongoing work of Lama Thubten Yeshe
and Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche who have had a working relationship that has
bound them together through life and death. They built the world renowned Kopan Monastery near Kathmandu’s
Boudhanath Stupa, and
then went on to take Buddhism from the Himalayas to the West through the
creation of the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition and
its network of teaching centres around the
world. A project is underway to make
Lama Yeshe’s teachings accessible online in audio
and text formats. Even for people who are not Buddhists, it can always be a
productive experience to listen to teachings from other spiritual paths as
they often look at issues in life from a different angle to that with which
we are familiar. Please click here to go to the page about Lama Yeshe’s Online Wisdom Archive.
December Newsletter
The December newsletter
will be issued in mid-December.
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