Sunday, 28 December 2008

moved again

Hello All,

Well, hope that Christmas was good for everyone so concerned. And may you all have an incredible 2009. Which is shaping up to be pretty incredible as a lead up to the activities of 2012.

My own insights given to me by Spirit is that within the next 4-5 months to expect a major, make that MAJOR shift in consciousness of a small portion of the population. There are select few that are doing the advance shifting to be able to guide those that follow. I suspect that I might be one of those so selected.

Last I wrote (without checking) I was living in Busselton. I had back in October bought air tickets to go to the Mind Body Spirit expo in Melbourne for work with Conscious Living. That was also the day that i was due to have a home inspection. I wrote the rental agency that I was probably going to have break lease soon. I learned on my return that since I had entered a Break lease i would be able to leave my own lease on 26 December. YEHAH! done deal!!!!

At about the same time a dear friend in White Gum Valley was working through a process of extreme pain of nerve pain. This all started in May 08 after taking an antibiotic and had progressed where she was basically going crazy and was suicidal with the pain. When ever I would pop through I was very helpful for her. She begged me to please move in and take care of her. The last week before I did move in I was here 4 of 7 days.

This is a symbiotic relationship. I have a place to live and will be paid to be a carer. She receives a quailifed well trained house person.

Before I Left for Melbourne I applied to Centre Link for support. I am on the Australian Dole again. I was able to acquire work for 4 days during the Busselton Ironman event. Since then I have been working with S. full time. We are applying to Centre Link for their support of me in this work.

On the Spiritual front, I have been guided to rid myself of all of my STUFF. When I moved to Busselton it took a 6 meter long truck FULL for all my stuff. I returned in a 7' x 5' trailer and a station wagon. It was STUFFED to the gills but still 1/2 of what I took south. Since arriving here I am already down to about 1/10 of that. Some went to Jenny. Some to the trash, some is going tomorrow to the Salvos. Some just given away. I still am being asked to sell my good bicycle and Ity-Bity. I am finding that selling Ity-Bity the toughest.

Then yesterday I got a sort of mixed message from Spirit. Mixed in that it is different than what I have been getting regarding Ity-Bity. I went for a bicycle ride with Friend George on Friday Morning. I used my car keys to unlock the bicycle that unfortunately i am having to keep outside. Since then the keys are not to be found. I returned and dutifully locked the bike back to its post.

The mixed message was that I was just on Saturday attempting to advertise both the bike and the car in the local Quokka sales magazine. It didn't work and if it had, I couldn't unlock the bike to sell it nor the keys for the car to move it. hhhhmmmmmmm. I remembered that I had a spare key for the bike in my safe. YES. And there is a spare key for the door of the car under it. And, maybe Jenny while traveling may remember where she stored the imobilzer key that she had found just before she left...... else that needs to be redone.

So, all is unlockable.......however, what is the message regarding sales??? I suspect (though I have yet to check in) that I no longer need to sell those two items.

In S's home I have a small room at the rear. It is perfect. it is too small to hold much comfortably and still have a prayer to do a massage if the opportunity exists. And that may happen yet again. I have one fellow wishes to teach me some NLP for a trade of massage so I need to either set up here or go traveling with the table.

S. forgot to tell her 18 year old daughter that I was moving in. She went balistic. Has decided to move to her Aunties. Good! Nice enough girl, but totally overwelmed by her mum's pain and suffering. It is difficult to look at a person that moves, breathes, works, shops, does everything, but is in abject pain and realize just how much pain is taking place. Nearly all of S friends have stopped coming around. This is typical and I am not at all surprized. It is very difficult to keep seeing someone that is not getting better. Everyone wishes for the sick one betterness while not allowing them to just be where they are at in the moment. I have been on the sick end and understand that one well enough.

BUT, why have I continued to come around? Just because I understand this long drawn out process? Kharma? Spiritually Guided? Or something else? Probably all of this. I do understand this long drawn out process and the ache that one has for friendships that will go the distance when there is little medical prognosis of quick recovery. S will not die from this.... however, she may wish she could. She may get better per what the meds say or may not.

The Spiritually Guided part is the largest. I have been shown that S agreed to take on some special changes to her body for the events unfolding in the World leading up to 2012. She is an integral part of these coming times. She has to be rebuilt and ready to do her thing. It is now my job to get her mentally ready to be where we are supposed to be when we are supposed to be there. (4-5 months) So, from the perspective of Spirit this "disease" of nerve pain is only temporary. They are apologetic that it is hurting as much as it is, however they say that it is necessary. I am not allowed to "heal" away the pain. Won't happen. It is part of the process. If you are a channel....check it out for yourself and let us know.

OH..... email change genemartinshafer@gmail.com

Kharma. No doubt at all. Everyone that reads this is Kharmically linked with me. Most everyone that I meet is Kharmically linked with me. We have work to do. That is not late breaking news at all. So, let's get on with it!!!

OK, in summary:

Big changes are about to happen world wide. Some of us are transitioning into different realms of existence, ways of existing. One thing that they have told me is that what we are to become though being shown to us is meaningless as we have no reference of comparison so we just don't see it. Our name will be the same, little else. So, if you don't recognise me when I return, no worries.

I have heard that the stock market will be 1/2 of its current level by mid year. I would urge everyone to sell while they can. Second suggestion is to buy gold. if you are fortunate enough to be able to buy scrap gold do it as it is always the best way to get gold cheaply. Else buy the physical stuff asap.

Also, I was told that anything that I sell now I will be able to rebuy by June for a penny on the $10.00. That makes rebuying a $1500 bicycle pretty cheap.

Well, big changes for everyone that I have spoken with in the last few weeks, suspect the same for you too.

best wishes to all

Enjoy the changes that are coming

peace

gene

Saturday, 13 December 2008

Shfiting Times like Shifting Sands

Hello All,

Well, It has once again been too long. I did notice that I usually write when things are tough, difficult, strange, weird or whatever.

Well, I was so used to that format that when I started to come out of it I didn't really believe that i was coming out. Just figured it would be another cycle just a bit longer. But it has continued to be an upward feeling for about a month now.

And, I had a channel or two explaining what I had been through.

Another energy shift. In the past I would experience ANGER out of nowhere and realize that I had shifted in energy again. This time I needed to experience all the emotions DEEPLY before moving on. And so it was.

Now it is time to put some of this all to use. And there have been many other changes as well.

1) I did move to Busselton

2) I never did improve on my sales with Conscious Living

3) Twas a dark and stormy journey

4) Out of money and forlorn got into Centre Link for support

5) Did a trip to Melb on little or nothing.

6) Still no sales and now it is mid Dec.

7) Did work for Iron Man here in Busselton

8) Officially no longer employeed by Conscious Living as of today. YEHAH!

Quite literally just seeing Patricia's email waiting to be read in my inbox sent me into shivers of yuck. She is reimbursing me for my flight to Melb and the last two months of mobile phone calls. YEHAH!

Word from Spirit is to let go of everything, Trust, and to let go of everything.

In that idea I am selling off all my possesions so that I can travel lite and quick. Officially I am selling off to do a bicycle trip around Australia in 6-9 months.

Before that, however, I am fulfilling a Kharmic debt to a dear friend. S. is going through her own growth agreement with Spirit in a very painful way. She is way beyond where I was in the darkest times and needs mental support to keep on keepin on for the agenda that Spirit has for what is coming next.

Word I get is that the next 5-6 months will be so life altering that I will not be able to recognize what I will become. That there is no knowledge in my experience of life this time to understand the transformations that are about to happen. And this is not just for me. It is not however for everyone either. it is for a select few that chose this path long before coming into this lifetime. I have identified a few of them and most are doing what I am doing. Selling off all possesions and getting ready for travel or what ever it is that we bought into to do. Even S. is part of this though she is having difficulty believing that she will be ready.

There is an agenda and it will be met!

If you who read this are feeling the urge to sell everything I would suggest getting started quickly. Another thing that I saw/felt is that the value to the things that we are selling today will be like worthless in 5 months time. That many will be selling at that time and if we wish to we can repurchase at that time a penny for $10.00 worth of things.

health wize I am mostly OK. My stint as the laborer for Ironman really hurt. I am still quite stove up with my hands hurting so much that I am not sure that I can do massage. Nor for that matter much of any kind of work.

I am hoping to quite Centre Link soon so that I do not have to report to them of income etc. And this will lower expectations of needing to "make money". I will be staying with S. and perhaps there will be some pay as well. Or doing light duties of handyman work around the area. Time will tell. Today there is no knowledge yet to say what I will be doing or when.

For all of you out there that take the time to read this....

Please learn to be as in the moment as you can be. Realize that when you are down that you do not stay down and that you do feel occasionally UP. Remember that sequence. No one stays down forever. No one stays up forever. It is a cycle.

Also, that what we are going through was planned long before your birth. You planned your part in it. And that Spirit continues to tell all that will listen, that all is going according to plan and that all is very well indeed.

Be in Peace

peace

gene

Sunday, 23 November 2008

On a Mission

Well, sort of, ha ha ha. Thx to Lynda, who helped me sort out parts of the brain. Asked me what of all the possible things to do I would most like to do.

Go Bicycle around Australia. hhmmmmmmm. Sounds really really good to me. So, concentrated thoughts and energy and feelings and ...... we will see. Current planning is to work at leaving in fall next year. need to re-establish a few things, Like get the bike that I want, trailer, panniers etc.

Also, sell stuff off. Like everything. Have already started today and have travel money now for Melbourne, YEHAH!

Anyone reading this that knows of what I have and has an interest in it.... let me know.

Bed Time.

Hey, if you have not tried to eat raw foods as your diet.... try it. The energy is awesome. Will probably go off for the next week due to traveling, but will hammer it when I return.

love to all of you.

gene

Friday, 21 November 2008

up UP UP down ha ha ha

Hello All,

Well, best I can say is that life is really really interesting with the changes leading up to 2012 and beyond.

I have seen quite a few interesting articles lately about the changes that are possibly coming and how differently idea based people might react to them. There is a great one coming up in the next Issue of Conscious Living. I have not read it all yet, but it is well documented and well written.

Basically, Mother Earth is changing. The energy that she vibrates at is increasing. This has been going on for millenia. From my Tesla work we had information that when tested at Hertz levels, in 1890 She was at 7.5. 1950 at 8. 2001, 16. and 2005 17.8. My dates are from memory and may not be perfectly but the Hertz numbers I remember clearly.

OK, as Gaia speeds up so do we as humans. If you look at the majority of people in the 1850's they were physically hard working people. Today's society is much more button pushers. We are ever moving toward doing less physically and much more mentally. There will be an even greater shift in this direction over the next few years.

The other direction of happenings will be that all humans will be moved toward peaceful co-existence. That doesn't seem remotely possible as we look around our world now. It is happening though at ever increasing numbers. There may well be a huge increase in violence caused by those that do not understand the forces that are working inside of them. The great mis-understanding of the SELF and EGO will cause much hardship for many.

My own blogs have shown my own journey through mostly my mental situation. I am not crazy. I am not paranoid. I am not in terror, I am not in euphoria either. I am not any of those emotions at all really. I am ....... a sounding board for them. They pass through me.... I observe them. This is easier said than done however. It is so easy to get caught up in the feeling of paranoia. Rather than to sit outside of the self and observe the self feeling that feeling.

I have just had 5 days of being UP. It was GREAT. There are more lessons to learn. This morning I am a bit down. Can't get started. Trying to sort out what it takes to stay UP. Yesterday I was laughing at my financial condition. Today also, that is not the problem. It is a concern, however at some level I just don't care. There is little more that I can figure out to do. So, I choose to be as happy as I can be under the circumstances, while knowing that all will be absolutely perfect no matter what happens.

I figure that if I am who what I think that I am.... physically fit, healthy, knowing that all will be well, mentally aware that I am on a passage through life, and working at staying in observation of the mental ups and downs........ and having difficulty with this passages..... most of the world is in utter turmoil by comparison.

Many have great financial situations. Many are in financial stress. And there will be more. Mentally, there are going to be many having difficulty reaching out for help..... hmm think I will call someone right now for a chat.... be back shortly.

Ahhh the pause with friends that gets the mind into happy spaces.

I would love to hear from any of you that are having interesting times to share. Sharing is growing. Sitting in your stuff is stifling. Reach out. I am here. bodyshine@iinet.net.au I am on skype too. just insert the email address and I will come up.

Best wishes to all.

Keep breathing. Take life one breath at a time if necessary.

peace

gene

Wednesday, 19 November 2008

weird thoughts good energy

ha ha ha. Life is weird. So are my thoughts. i need to be asleep. Can't. Got a pittance of a check today from CL work. ought to have been 20% and was 10. Somehow that got me thinking I am broker than I am. I have been living without any income for a month and get 300 and go into weird thoughts.

Have to do a garage sale and sell any all that is left to sell. Book cases for $5. Where will I stack my books. Hmmm sell the books at a $1 each to get rid of them so that I can live out of my car. Sell the crystal cave for good money though. And the white Buddha statue.

Give back the rent to buy computer that I have no idea why i got. Sell the safe too. It is only worth about $20 and I have nothing left to put in it anyway. Sell the wind chimes, the queen size bed it certainly won't fit in the little car. Then the little bed eventually too and sleep on the thermarest.

Sooner or later have to give up this pad as it will bankrupt me the rest of the way. Need to take out my cash left in the bank so that ..... What ever.

Lose the email accounts, phone numbers, web site, loose it all.

YET, heck this is Australia mate. Centre Link support, Homes wEst to get a place to live. It might be rough but better than being in the states for sure. Still not a bad place to live off the land. Plenty of roo road kills to feed myself with.

Found a place today that feeds for a gold coin donation. Got two meals worth from them today.

Put in at Job place for work. Don't know why my mind has gone off dreaming of having NOTHING left. And the whole time that I am thinking these thoughts I actually have a smile on my face. Last week I would have been going crazier with these thoughts.

I guess if I cannot manifest wealth then I will imagine total wipe out.

Couldn't sleep as mentioned so had to get these thoughts down. Will have some income I hope next week if healing work comes through. Will see what happens.

I feel spun out happy that I am going completely broke again. Been what now at least 3-4 times in the last 3 years. Ought to be feeling fairly familiar with it all eh.

Well, main thing is that my head space is feeling really really great. If I am down and out financially and happy that is better than having some coin left and feeling like shit. Least ways it is for me.

Well, any of you that bother to read this. In this instant I am feeling GREAT. Yehah what in the world is going to happen next

Love all of you

peace

gene

Tuesday, 18 November 2008

I'm baaaacccccccckkkkkkk!!!

Hello All,

Well, for all those supporters over the last few weeks, WOW thanks. Been a real battle getting through this last energy shift. And that is what it turned out to be. I didn't even ever think about that idea until I got to channeling after I felt "ALIVE" again.

Seems that in all the other shifts that I have taken over 35 years of exploring the Light side of life I always knew when I had gone through a shift because I would feel ANGRY again. Well, this time Spirit had something different in mind for me. Seems that with this latest shift I needed to feel many more emotions and of greater magnitude.

Now I have many friends that say it is no longer necessary to "feel" all this crap when we shift. Well for them I say good on you if you don't. I must have needed to. Least ways I did it, ha ha ha.

So, how does it feel to look at a friend that is in Terror for no reason. It is pretty scary just to watch. It is worse to be in it let me tell you. Or Paranoia, anxiety, depression, weird suicidal thoughts, sanity, insanity, euphoria, and all of it again and again.

No one thing that I did helped totally. One major tool was ..... well I was going to say one thing, but Spirit stuck in another thought. Time was the main tool. The rest were just toys that I was playing with until time had done its own course of life for me.

I will tell the tool that helped a lot anyway. I got if from Master EFT practitioner Peter Graham. He had gone through a similar episode a few weeks ago. He said to tap through all the points of EFT while saying, "I am waking from this" This statement worked well because the sensations were all trance like. A trance that I needed to wake from. Eventually I did.

Let me tell you some of the week past.

Monday 10 November (mum's birthday) Conscious Living closed on a big package deal with a customer. I really liked the two men doing the work. R. invited me to stay longer in the week for a full moon ceremony on Thursday night. I had planned on returning home late Wednesday or early Thursday. hmmmmm full moon with Crystal bowls singing to the moon. Yep can do.

Tuesday 11 Nov. Wholistic Business meeting with Tony Walton. Really great information. And Liana Virasinge doing Oneness Blessing. That too was GREAT.

Wed 12 Nov. Was Conscious Living's Symposium. PH was beside herself with energy. I was the scapegoat for a lot of her energy. It was not a good party.

However, I met a lady there that had taken Rich Si Windelov workshop in Subiaco. When we compared notes she and I had both been going through the same sort of Shit. It was just so awesome to find someone else that was concerned for their own sanity and others concerned too. We compared notes and it was really really good to be together for a bit.

I had not wanted to carry any stuff away from the Symposium because I lived South and was not planning on being back to the office till afternoon. They didn't have enough cars so I got volunteered. Seems that I picked up two boxes that were DESPARATELY needed at the office before 11. Got the messages about 12:30. Paybacks are hell.

Thurs 13 Nov. Was mostly an easy day. Then the Moon song. It was GREAT too. One lady there told the group that she had just quit her job of 6 months and was headed off in the morning to Melbourne on the back of a Motorcycle by way of the South West. When we had a chance I told her that they were welcome to stop in on the way through. Found out that R. was also with them for a few days. Three guests finally.

Friday 14 Nov. Twas a longish day after too many spent in Perth. Friends showed up about 7:30. Out for supper. Then to the beach. Skinny dipping in the ocean with a howling cold breeze to come out too. Then Oneness Blessing for my friends on the Beach. Close to midnight for bed. Now two nights spent out of doors with the Moon.

Saturday 15 Nov. Got up at 5:30 and off for a bike ride with the Busso crowd. Got home at 8 as C & C were up but R still asleep. We all ended up in the meditation room eating and talking and talking and talking and next thing was to do a rebirthing on two of the people. That was AWESOME. Finally around 1 we walked to the local groc for fixings and did a raw blended and salad lunch. then more talk in the meditation room. Obviously they were not leaving today. Saturday late arvo watched the Sun go down and the Moon come up. Later I did a Spiritually Guided Healing on C & C and R. Lady C. was gob smacked. We really went deep and transitional healings took place. It was a major rework. The other two had major work too, but not at that level.

Sunday 16. Around 10 they finally left. I was a little sad, but .... there will be more guests. I decided to blend me a meal. Got all the ingredients out and cut up and stuffed the blender and got it going. it lasted a bit. I did get some thick coursely ground fodder until the gear on the bottom of the blender shattered. Oh well, it has been on its way out for 4 years. Late Sunday I realized that "I was ALIVE" again. Energy had been good for 2 days in a row. Got a call from R. that he was coming back through Busso on way to Perth, OK to stay Monday night? Absolutely.

Mon 17 Nov. I got myself down to Centre Link and got signed up for some income. It has been a week and though we signed off on a major package I have yet to be paid by Conscious Living. it has been about a month now since I last had income. The reserves are thinning. I know that I will be paid, not when. Nor how much. Also took time to buy a new blender and chopper upper too. Gotta eat and I like this raw food energy and and and. We will report this as we go along.

R arrived around 5. off for a walk on the beach and talk until 10ish. I was really tired. Up at 4:30 for bike ride. Rode too HARD and came home exhausted at 6:55. After the shower slept for an hour. First time I have ridden that hard in years. Slept again later for another hour. R is gone now and I have been actually working for CL for the first time in weeks I have the energy to do so. it is weird to have not had any energy for so many weeks.

Now I have lots to catch up with. Gotta get the cash flow going again. Have a feeling that the trip over to Melbourne next week is very important for me and my future.

Well, from this frontier I can say that it is good to be alive, YEHAH!

Peace to All in these interesting times

gene

Monday, 10 November 2008

another day

Hello All,

Been up to my writing for a bit now eh. Had a big successful sale today wtih CL. Big booth, big ad. 4.5 hours of negotiations on top of about 15 hours before that.

got done around 7 and then PH wants me to enter data into the data base for a copule of hours. I started after cancelling my dinner engagement. Then decided resoundly within myself NO!!! By God I got some boundaries too. I told PH (the boss) NO, I have to leave. I had other appointments, I have my own needs, I have not eaten, my mind is going, I cannot concentrate, I am going.

It is amazing since my concussion after the bike accident 4-5 months ago, I get tired and it all comes back to haunt me. The ability for me to do mental calculations as simple as data entry (or typing without my glasses pardon the typos) goes out very quickly when tired, and especially hungry too.

I will attempt to get here again tomorrow or soon to type in the New World Vision of Conscious Living that I am to be selling now. I would rather be a part of it that its salesperson.

May all be well tonight. And may we all bless Barrack Obama and lets all vision him retiring a very old man ie not assinated as so many are feeling will happen.

Peace

gene

separate me from me

Hello All,

Well, lots of life been happening lately and I am compelled to get the information listed somewhere and here is as good a place as any.

Work: the boss quit paying me my draw on commission 31 October. I am not fired, just not paid ahead of sales.... which were few and looking more dismal as time went on. I do not mind that she stopped paying me. I did mind that she didn't bother telling me. Also,admitedly I didn't even make as many calls in October as in September, but, they were two totally different styles of months. Sept was selling booth spaces for expo 09 mostly and October was selling advertising.

October was a mental month for me. I proceeded to go to some level of crazy. As in insane, paranoia, lost the plot, altered sense of reality, feeling very disconnected from the rest of the world sorts of things.

Last week was the worst. Luckily I had just written that blog about reaching out and followed my own advice and called many of you that do take the time to read what is going on in my head. Thanks to Lynda, Sabine, Jenny (even called the Ex),Marcia, Michelle, Tessa, Peter and a few neighbors in Busso that didn't even know they were saving my life, ha ha ha.

The Ex suggested that I take my dismal self to Centre Link and get signed up for going on the dole. I part the very action of doing that has helped a lot. To admit I need help to the Government did something. It was not a perfect something but it helped get me started not being mental again. And a thanks to Rich who suggested my buying the new Eckhart Tolle book, "The New Earth". Only read a little of it but found significance in that bit. Sounds a lot like reading about Oneness when reading about The New Earth.

Here is an important quote for me from the book: "To recogniseone's own insantity is,of course, the arising of sanity, the beginning of healing and transcendence." OK, I am not beginning to say that I am anything near clinical insanity. BUT, I had been making those statements, "I think I am going insane". So, close enough. And I also, will not claim " the arising of sanity" either. However, if I can be moving in the direction of, "beginningof healing and transcendence." That I will start to accept.

I am now sitting at friend Enrico's home in Perth. Drove up this morning EARLY. Enroute I had the very strong awareness when I woke up from a nap along the way that I as I sat in my little car was just a capsule of life along the path of that highway. No more or less than any tree, frog, bird or other passing car. I was nothing. I was everything. Also, though, I felt a very strong sense of that part that was sitting in the car being separate from all that is/was around me. So, there was the physical sense of my being in that car and the observer watching that me being in that car.

Anyone that has studied with any guru for any time will no that there is this and there is the observer of this. So there is you and there is the observer of you that is not you really either, ha ha ha. If this warps your head that is OK, one day you will understand it more clearly. I am just beginning too after years of hearing it told to me mostly by Lynda. Hearing it and knowing it is two very different places of beingness.

I am continuing to do this Breath Connection work Buteyko. This is very powerful body changing work. I certainly would never have thought that just by really carefully observing that I would only breath through my nose that I could pull old drugs out of my body. I was told last night by Steve Lumsdaine (Breath Connection) that it is quite possible that with carefull attention to the breath work and really really working at it would pull out the residue of the anti-depressants from my body. Now, some of you may know this, some not. Anti-depressants make you depressed. it is a controlled depression, but still depressing. that in part was what was happening last week. Some of you strongly urged me to stop what ever i was doing. Hmmmm stop breathing.... was that a hint, ha ha ha.

Peter gave me the most changing tip. Peter is the only Master of EFT in Australia. He really knows how this stuff works and how the mind plays the games. He said that he had recently also gone into this trancelike state of mind that I was now in. I readily agreed with him that it felt trance like rather than real depression or paranoia or or or. None of those states of mind lasted very long. He had read some work from John Bradshaw about this and gave me a statement to use and tap and tap and tap and tap and tap. He had tapped for 30 minutes before CLICK he was out of the trance.

The statement: " I am waking up from this. " Said with meaning while tapping the 14 points. I got right onto it. Did 17 minutes and had written a list of things that I just had to do on Friday. And therefore had to quit early. Still, where I had been at a level 10 (serious Yuck) I had come to about a 7. After being at 10, 7 feels like heaven.

All day Friday & Saturday I was good. Sunday AM, I was 9.55555. When I finally could get out of bed I got dressed and started to tap. I tapped for an hour. I gradually got from that 9.5555 to about an 8.

I had scheduled myself to drive to Bunbury. Did so, Hugged a great TALL Friend, twice and came home. on the way, I started talking to myself about all that I had to be grateful for. I started laughing. I came down then to about a 5.

Today, I am sitting yet around that 5. I keep working on it. I know that it (the sensations, emotions etc) are not me. Yet, it is like separateing the dirt from the velcro.... that separation is difficult to see as separate.

Well, I am a work in progress. Gotta go now to a meeting that might make me a bit of money.

Love all of you.

peace

gene

Monday, 3 November 2008

be aware

Hello Friends,

I hope to write here more often than I have in the recent past. The energies of the Earth are changing. You have heard me say that recently. I would like to think as I am in an "up" state today, that I am open and aware of these changes.

Well, from an "up" state of mind that is easier than when one is down like in a feeling of depression that is not depression. When in that singular state of mind, the only thing in control is the mind. From the workshop that I took in Fiji the Oneness Process they talked about how the rumbling mind is not your mind. it is not my mind it is a universal mind chatter.

As we all are growing, evolving or as a friend of mine recently said that instead of Beingness, we are becomingness. Always in the state of transformation. Because we are in that state of becomingness all that is happening to us is always new. Because the mind's desire to be in some level of control, it compares the new to what it thinks it has known from the past.

Since the past has so little to do with the rapidly changing now, the mind is confused and goes off into the universal mind chatter to find relief. And when it goes it attempts to drag us with it. Even though in our strength we would not follow the wayward mind, the mind still attempts to drag us where it wants us to be. Comfortable in confusion. All of you that read these words have tools that you have learned to use to come away from mind confusion. Yet, when the mind has grabbed hold of your self, it can be very difficult to get out of its grasp.

Really if you can stay aware of the intent of the mind to drag you down and really really stay aware of the start of that drag, then you can grasp quickly at those tools that you know to use and fight that pull. I am mentioning this, because even I get drug down easily sometimes. Just a slight moment of inattention and bank I am as defeated as anyone that is defeated.

I have just had a glorious healing and clearing from my friend EC. I was near wit's end even on Sunday Morning as I was getting up I got hit by an anxiety attack. It was stupid stuff that I had gone over many times in the recent 2-3 days. I thought that it was gone and would stay gone so I didn't pay it any heed. by the end of the next hour it was all that I could do to get out of bed. Without my friend..... I would have been in continued turmoil.

And that is the main part of this message. We will be drug down occasionally. If we are fortunate and stop the dragging than that is great. Sometimes we cannot stop the process. Then we need to reach out to our friends and ask for a healing for support. For a kind word.

Please a favor from all of you. Please do not think that I am super strong out here to be able to give this advice without support from all of you. I desperately need your calls and emails to keep on keeping on. Now it is my moment or two to be up. I can once again give support. Trouble was that I was giving support when I was feeling like warmed over dog poo. It was a real struggle I had going for over a week.

Those of you who read this letter with regularity know that I give my all and then some to each of you. It is very very important now that we all work together often to keep the energies up for each of us. Kind words, supportive emails, digging questions to be sure that the other is not hiding their pain. Everyone that I know is going through some major transitions. Change is growth, yes, BUT no one ever said that growth was easy.

Support your friends both the close ones and those a bit farther away. Say your love to everyone. Saying Love speaks a wonderful vibration out to the world. Give gratitude every day to all the great things that are in your life. Do this everyday. The universe needs to know that we recognize the great wonderful goodness that is around us.

Ask for help from God, Goddess, Christ Energies, the Arch Angels, anyone or any spirit form that you like. Ask often for their support. They are waiting to help. And they will wait and wait and wait for you to ask for their help. They give it in many ways, however, the really big help comes when you ask for their help.

In the bible somewhere it says, I believe, Ask and ye shall receive. ASK.

One last thought on the title of this letter. Be aware. This is a lot different than the message you see assigned to words where there is a dog that may be grouchy. BEWARE means to scare you off just with the sign. Be Aware, means to use your own powers of discernment and decide the best path for yourself. Do not, please do not fear what is coming ahead. Just be in awareness of the changes that are taking place and realize that change is inevitable and we all have grown because of previous changes around us.

Love all of you

gene

Wednesday, 29 October 2008

Feeling is that everything is absolutely OK.

Hello All,

Interesting times afloat now isn't there. World economy, personal economies, US elections, World strife, World worry, fear, love, LOVE, peace, mayhem, happiness. So much going on.

It is very easy to get caught up in the General feeling of what's happening. It is also very easy to get caught up in ones own thinking. Hopefully, many of you are wise enough to realize that "thinking" will cause you no end of trouble. Most of the problems that you have in life come from an over active thinking process. When you can stop that action....the action of thinking and just be in the moment life isn't bad, troubled, turmoil or anything. Life is just being what ever is happening.

The second thing that will help is to not make judgments about what you see happening. If you observe a car accident happening. Do not call it BAD. Observe it as energy moving, lives changing, situations being rearranged. An earth quake in the middle of wup wup that causes no building damage, or lives lost is easily thought of as the earth adjusting herself.

Just as easily one can choose to observe the car crashes as energies readjusting themselves. Lives being changed into the proper patterns for continuation of what is needed to be done. Yes there might be pain and suffering. All of which can be looked at as opportunities to learn from. Some will choose to be angry, hateful, desperate. Others will say this is what is going on in my life now and there are lessons to be learned, people to meet, adjustments of life to be on hand and aware of.

In my writing my thoughts to you and that you will be reading them is the hope that what you find here will reinforce your own commitment and understanding of how you are already attempting to lead your own life. Most of you that take the time to read these thoughts have been around with me for quite a while. You know me and the path of life that I choose to walk many years ago. Of taking each day as it comes and live it as well as I can. Many of you know that most of the time I do pretty good with that ideal. Some of you know that at times I too go through great turmoil over what is happening in my life. It is the part of me that is tied to the human condition of being like everyone else. Worrying, thinking, making judgment calls about what I see, buying into the misery around me causing me to feel like everyone else and responding in kind.

I have been through the mill a lot over the last 6-9 months. Ups and Downs. In peace and in turmoil. Through it all there has been a continuing thread that is my life line. It is the thread of information that I receive from my Guides and Arch Angel Michael, that everything is as it ought to be, that all of life is being lived as it is and that is fine. That I personally am doing OK in my own travels through time. That the amount of work that I put in, my caring, my distresses, my thoughts, my worries all balance out to perfections. Then the overall feeling is one of "everything will turn out absolutely OK".

That is why I suggest to observe life as it is around you. Please stay in your own head your own control of the thoughts that are swirling around you. Observe which are yours and which are foreign to you. The foreign ones......send them packing. Work really work at not being judgmental about what you observe. Just observe it and let it go.

As I am having these sensations that everything will be absolutely perfect I know to not look at my current life logically. Ha ha ha. When I do that I see utter chaos. When I start worrying about the chaos and how to get it all into peaceful existence I get caught up in the horror of "what if" and life becomes very painful. When I stay with my thread of information and just sit, do my best under the circumstances that I can..... I feel love all around me. I bless each and every person that I talk with that tells me NO at purchasing what it is that I am selling. They too need to know that all will work out perfectly.

When I channel Christ energy, to me it feels like those times when I have sat somewhere and been feeling lonely and chilled and that no one notices me or my condition. Then someone walks up and wraps me in a thick, warm, fuzzy blanket that they have warmed for me and it is filled with love. That same sensation is what I am feeling now as I write this letter to all of you. And, it is the same sensation that I hope each of you can feel as you read this letter. This letter is a gift to all of you from the Christ Energy that helped to write it. You are Loved. Greatly, by those Supreme Beings that are here with us at this time of existence of Earth. They all know the strife that is felt while Gaia adjusts her own energies. Like a big wet dog giving a hard shake, all of us will get a readjustment of our life if we lived on that dog. So it is here on Earth as Gaia is shaking her mental emotional and spiritual self (and sometimes the physical too)

I am always open to emails sent to me regarding these thoughts, or comments left here on line. Also, phone calls. I am starting a new group where we get together every couple of weeks to compare life's notes with each other for continuing support. It is a meeting to share and love each other as we are. You can join via email with me or calls.

Love to all of you

Please look for the Peace in everything that happens around you. It is there. Sometimes it take a lot to see it.

Peace

bodyshine@iinet.net.au


gene

Thursday, 9 October 2008

updating the updates

hello All,

Someone has read one of the old blogs and brought it up to me in an email. The one in August about losing a best friend and being shattered and not doing Oneness.

Well, as Oneness is the basis for changing the charge with issues..... the friend and I have gotten back together. I won't say that we are as close as we were. We are a different closeness. Probably more healthy for both of us. More respect between us for both of us. Before it was a bit too one sided.

As for Oneness and not doing it. That was then. I am not sure that I can do Oneness as we are told to do it. And I will have to tell you that there was very little telling of how to do it. Most we learned from the many of us who had questions at the question period at the end of the week. There really was no training what so ever.

My former idea (former to going to Fiji) was that I would come back and do a series of evenings around Perth. It didn't work. Maybe my timing was off? Costs? Locations? Days of the week? Or in part Oneness is about really doing the work of change. Those that received it mentioned that life was just too full on and they couldn't continue to come. Well, that is what the changes are that we need to look at. Yes you can bet on it that life will be full on if you receive a fair bit of Oneness Blessings.

So, now I have moved down to Busselton. My plans are to start up Oneness Blessings in my home. Costs are minimal and the energy created will be good. I have a vortex here and a Spirit living within it. The Spirit is excited about the new owner/renter and the energy work that is going on.

Oneness is about changing the way the brain works and the way we use our judgementalness to look at everything. Since working with Rich Windelov my method of Giving Oneness has evolved. I started off as everyone does by placing the hands upon the head of the receiver after a quiet approach to their front.

Next I would approach quietly from a distance and place one hand over my heart chakra and the other slightly above that over the Non-judgemental heart chakra. From holding these two chakras on myself, I would "feel" the client. Next I would do my hands in the prayer position. This was to acknowledge my intent to the client after getting a feeling of what was going on for them. Then I would place my hands upon their head. After a while I would come away with a hands up again, then hands over the heart centres and another hands up. The first hands up was thanks to Sri Amma Bhagavan. The second was acknowledgement to the client.

I really felt that the hands over the heart was the strongest part of the transmission. Often as in almost every time I did it that way I felt that I was wasting my time to "touch" the client. It was what is "expected" by the client and the other Givers. That doesn't make it the strongest nor the best way to transmit the Blessing. There are many ways talked about including eye to eye contact.

Now, the last time that I gave while still in Fremantle I quickly went through the crowd doing quick touches and long hearts giving. Then after I stood at the front of the room and asked the Golden Ball energy to come through me and allow me to transmit the pure Golden Ball energy to the crowd. Everything and everyone in the room turned Gold.

Sooooo now down here in Busso, what am i going to do for this crowd? Tell you when I get it done, ha ha ha

Love to all of you.

Anyone wanting distant healing from Oneness Please let me know.

peace

gene

Monday, 6 October 2008

moved south

Hello All,

I cannot even begin to remember when i last wrote. Been a lot of water around the bridge since then. Probably sometime after Fiji. I remember that. that would have been mid May. Now we are at beginning of Oct 5 months on.

Mid June I got work with Conscious Living Expo selling booth space for the up coming Expo 4-7 Sept. I did really well with it and went on to become the Advertising Sales Manager for Conscious Living http://www.consciousliving.net.au

It has not been easy let me tell you. For some reason selling booth space at an expo that I had been a part of for 6 years was fairly easy. Not to say that there were not many times of stress.

Selling advertising has been greatly more difficult. I have been made out to be the only seller of advertising for this next issue. I have not sold a spot to anyone at all and selling ends before the end of October.

That is not what this blog is about. This blog is about how much my life has changed over the last 5 months. It has changed so much that I could write here for days and not encompass all of it. The people that I have met and worked with ..... the list is long.

Out of Oneness I came across E.C. He is one of the most esoterical people that know and have access to often. What all he is dabbling with energetically i do not know. I do know that he can change a person's DNA and I am a guinea pig for that. No, I have not grown any pig ears or a tail.

I mentioned probably some time back about meeting Rich Si Windelov. And how much I had changed with that meeting. Rich came back through Perth for the Expo and workshops after. I sat through 3 workshops. Rich basically sets up a connection with all the Arch Angels, the Ascended Masters, Christ and many many more. Then keeps us busy as we sit in that energy field. E.C. does similar work, however doesn't have as many years of experience as Rich. Now, I too can do the same thing. I have pulled in the conscious energy of Christ and healed with it. I have pulled in the conscious energy of Arch Angel Michael and healed with him. I have pulled in the conscious energy of others to 'feel' them.

What I lack for now is the knowing of where all this is taking me. My own personal energy is getting more refined. I am much more sensitive to "energy". What that means is that when I walk around town I can feel where I need to be. Or wisely not to be. I can feel energy in peoples homes and clear out yucky energy also.

You may remember me talking a long while back about the Auravedic Astrology chart that I had done. ON it were the date of 2 May 08 for a year of extreme Spiritual Growth. That particular day was the day we landed in Fiji to begin the Oneness training. The 5 months since then has often been topsy turvy. Tough as. Yet growth there was also. I know now that though depression may pass into my body or my mind, I do not have to own it. I can sit with it and let it go. OR here is a better example.

The other day very early in the morning I was reluctant to get out of bed. It was cold and nice in the bed. Finally I decided to flip the covers back and jump up. Just as I was to flip the covers I had a passing thought fly through. "No, I want to stay in here it is nice in here." As soon as it happened I turned to that part of my thinking and asked, "where did that thought come from, let's follow it" My next thought was being born. I was born breach. and the thoughts of life then were "I want to stay in here it is nice and safe in here." I thanked the child I was then that I had that birth for the character that it had helped me to develop throughout my life. However, I have worked on these issues many times and knew that the source of this instance was further before then. I asked to see a previous life where I had made the decision to "not come out". I was shown a scene where I was deep in a cave or cellar. I do not know how I was convinced that I had to come out, but I choose to knowing that the outcome could not be good. I walked to the surface and immediately had both knees smashed then drug off for further torture. hmmmm good reason to stay under.... I blessed the person that I was for going through that experience. Sent love, forgiveness, and gratitude. . . . then released the whole issue and got out of bed much more easily than I have in quite a while.

Just these past week or so I have been feeling terror. Mostly with regards to selling advertising ha ha ha. Today during my traeger massage, I mentioned this to my therapist. When she got to my sacral area she screamed and it was all terrifying. She asked about my childhood. No, I said there may have been times of it, but it was more in previous lives. She came up with being tortured and tortured and knowing that there would be more and waiting in terror for the next time. As she was saying this I was giving thanks to the body that I was then for having had to go through it and forgiveness to those that gave it to me. I could feel the "terror" going and going and going.

For about a month, 3 months ago I kept telling people that I needed to get out of the house that I was living in. That living there was no longer good. My landlady beat me to it and told me to leave, ha ha ha. I have just moved 220 kilometer south west from Perth. For those of you that will read this that are not familiar with WA, there is one road that heads south from Perth into the SW. Some of it is still two lane. Not that it matters much. When heading south years ago, the saying was that once your were over the Mandurah bridge, you were SOUTH. Well, Mandurah isn't quite a suburb of Perth but many drive to Perth to work from Mandurah (60 k). Now, when you are south of Bunbury or west of Bunbury, you are finally SOUTH. That is another 100 k. Partly it is due to the intensity of the need to get away from Perth. It is like all these crazy drivers are so fixated with getting south that the drive to Bunbury is like a race course.

When I get through Bunbury and 10 k out through Gelorup the energy in the car opens up to feeling like the car has doubled in width.

Well, enough for now. Tomorrow starts 2 weeks of intense selling of advertising some how. The boss has been on her own sabatical further south for about 5-6 days. She returns tomorrow to learn of my sales successes..... or the lack thereof.

With the terror gone and with a clear understanding of my Oneness with the Universe I no longer feel that I HAVE GOT TO HAVE THIS JOB WITH CONSCIOUS LIVING. If I get fired, I will do other things.

Anyone wanting my new address.... you have my email let me hear from you.

Love to all of you.

peace

gene

oh, I forgot to tell you of my home. a 3 bedroom, 2 bath, just off of the ocean, 200 meters walk. 250/wk. I have a spare master bedroom for now. Possibly to rent or to share. No one significant in my life as yet. Starting to feel a bit "alone" like I am ready to start dating.

g

Saturday, 2 August 2008

Time

Hello Everyone,

Again my apologies for not writing sooner. Those of you close to me know a lot of why. I vaguely remember writing before I left for Fiji that life was full on and super spun out. If I had known then what I learned after Fiji I probably would have given up and laid down and passed over, ha ha ha.

Not that what has transpired has been bad. It has not. It is just that there is just so much going on. It is now like a hurricane inside of a silo. Spinning, spinning spinning. Nothing to put a foot against to work towards stability. Well, I coined the phrase a long time ago and it is correct to restate it again here. The only stability that I know is the everything is not stably. Or at least not as it seems.

Most of my adult life I have been making the statements that "I absolutely create my life, the good, the bad, the bloody heads, the riches, the people around me everything."

Well, I am questioning that now. Back in January or February, Isha did a healing on me to relieve the painful connections that I had against saying God, using God, anything God related. I do not yet understand what happened but, from that day onward I have been very comfortable saying God and working with God and Jesus and many other names of the great Powers of our known time.

The timing was perfect as I was about to go to Fiji and learn how to pass on the Oneness blessings through SRi Amma Bhagavan who are living Gods. so, had to shift for sure, ha ha ha.

Since returning. . .

1) lost my job
NO worries on that it all worked out fine.

2) broke off with a person that I thought was my best friend ever
That journey has been incredibly shattering to me. And it is still not quite over, but we will never have that level of friendship that we had before I went to Fiji.

3) shifted my whole idea of needing to do Oneness Blessing
I had thought before I left that this was to be my lifes work. I don't know what is, but, it is not Oneness.

4) Found work as a sales rep for conscious Living
this work has got to be God sent. It is perfect for me. I love to talk, I love emailing and the pay is great.

5) Just this week, the landlady has decided to kick me out of this fine place in 4 weeks time
But, she cannot do that as the Govt here says the minimum is 60 days. It is all a blessing as I have been wanting to leave here. This is a " 7 " place and given over to much meditation. I have been doing that. It is now time for me to find better digs. Not a 7 either. maybe another 5. Yet, the perfection of it all says to just stay open and let it flow. Because I surely do not understand the over view that God has for this life of mine.

6) the day after the boost, i learned that I had won 4 kg of yogurt per week from a great yogurt manufacturer
Yes, really 8 kg delivered every 2 weeks. I plan on giving the extra away either to the monastery or to friends.

7) wealth responsibility
I have realized that as I come into greater sums of income, I must be reverent to Source. And responsible in my actions with the money as well as my actions with the people around me. Money can be a great responsibility or a large headache or an opportunity wasted. I pray that I am up to the challenge and will work with great sums of income wisely.

So, that sums up the easy bits pretty well. The deeper part I will have to write tomorrow or later as I am growing quite weary and will probably meditate now.

peace to all of you

gene

Wednesday, 18 June 2008

Fiji Oneness Chap three

Hello Everyone,

Sorry for the delay in getting this writing finished. Been a lot of processing going on.

Let's see, I left off talking about the return trip.

I had hopes that I could get back to Nadi and change my flight details and get to Perth in time for Isha's Oneness Sunday workshop. Alas, many many complications. The flight out of Savu Savu didn't happen as planned we left 2 hours late. Ahhhh tis an island community, ha ha ha. Then when I got to Nadi it was of course a Saturday and the airlines office was closed. ahhhh tis an island community, ha ha ha.

So, I just let it go. And interestingly enough it was just let go. No harbouring of OH DARN office not being open. No anger in any way. The idea was over and that was it. YEHAH something showing of the Oneness already.

I waited till another group came through and we got a taxi to the hotel. Changed clothes and headed walking into Nadi looking for ???? I have no idea what.

found an opp shop and bought a 100% silk shirt for $5. And another one of cotton for a friend. I walked the length of Nadi then back to the Airport to get supper. Supper at the airport was $10 and at the hotel it was $35. And the airport food tasted better too. then again I waited for a group heading back to the hotel and we got the bus this time. I got back to learn that there was a planned excursion to dinner out somewhere. Sounds good to me even if I have ate at least for the company.

The Australian coordinator Lisa found this place called elsies. Well, as it turned out it was L.C's, ha ha ha. Chinese restaurant. It was great. Some people left because it was chinese. There mistake. I worked my way around the 2 huge round tables that we shared and gave everyone a neck and shoulder massage. then was invited to have a quine water yummy. ended up sharing in the meal as it was enough to feed 3 of me after I was finished.

All the return flights went smooth. I was picked up at the Airport in Perth by my visiting friend Lynda May, driving Ity Bity. I let her drive. I was a bit nackered and she was used to driving by then.

The next morning I got up early to go to work. Rode the bike in. Got all set up for the day and came around the corner to the break room when I met the leading hand. He says, "OH, Gene, ahhh we don't need you anymore, ahh you were fired last week, didn't anyone tell you?" I just cracked up laughing. If it had happened the week that I left with all the stress of having to buy my tickets again I would have gone to the funny farm.

I ended up getting two days work unloading a ship of armaments. Since then nothing with ReadyWorkforce. I have managed well though. Also, since I had company this allowed me time to visit and that was good. It allowed me time to visit, but not to process. Once Lynda headed out for the rest of her journey around the world the processing really started to take place.

also unknown to me at the time (only found out 2 days ago) Mercury had gone retrograde which means basically that Life sucks. The previous moon cycle had been about creation/manifestation and this one was about difficulties.

About five days ago realization hit me while I was listening to a CD of "The Secret" to take time to write down what I was thinking. "Life sucks, I am scrapping the bottom of the barrel of life, no money, no ideas, no direction, no passion, no inspiration, no motivation" hmmmm not good thoughts

then I wrote down what I was feeling which was pretty much the same. Hmmmmm not good thoughts.

then I wrote a list of all the friends that I have. Just as I finished it, one of them calls in tears and sobbing. I ask her," do you need to come for a visit?" blurmmm yes blurmmnn, ha ha ha.

By the time she got there I was well and truly pulling me up by the boot straps and getting wired.

I had figured out that I have spent the last 35 - 40 years working on taming the angry Gene into a nice, quiet, calm, peaceful being. Hmmmm one that has cob webs growing around him. hmmmmm too quiet for me.

So, I have decided to create a new Gene for the next 60 - 80 years that is WIRED, Highly Energized, Happy, filled with Joy, healthy beyond comparison, Financially stable to the extreme. YEHAH!

I got Traci energized then went to meet with another friend on the list. Both ended up at my place for supper. There were a few more tears, and uplifting of each other. We all are working on creating beings of happiness.

I have been working for about a week with Patricia Hamilton of Conscious Living Magazine and Expo selling booth spaces for the coming Expo. The first few days was cold calling. The after about 3 days calls started coming back in. I had sold 3 booths by the weekend. Today is Wednesday (late) and today alone I sold 4. I have yet to receive a check, however it will be a nice one.

So, the secret of, "the Secret" is that the information is grouped to just keep pounding you until you get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, Got it? ha ha ha.

Well, I can tell you that I have not been all UP. There are still moments of yuck, yet I am catching myself and keep turning the energy in the better direction. I cannot say that I have any inspiration as to my direction in life yet, however, I can say that wiht my positive outlook on life, that I will probably be able to recognize is more easily.

Best wishes to all

peace

gene

may you all be well and happy

Thursday, 15 May 2008

Fiji Oneness Chap two

hello everyone,

Last night, Wednesday was my first public appearance with a largish group. Friend Isha has on going Wednesday evenings and I was able to Give Deeksha to over 20 people. It was great.

Now, to Fiji.

The days were full. This was not a vacation. If I got up at the crack of light I could get in about an hour or 2's worth of exercise. Else, there was not other time until 1 or 2 AM. Sunup was around 6:15. Our first meeting was at 8:30 usually though sometimes earlier. We would meet for a Kundalini Yoga with Guru Singh. This was really good. Then we would do breathing exercise/meditations with one of the Dasa's. Next was breakfast and meet again at 10:30. This session would often go until 4 - 5 - 6. then break for supper and lunch then return until 10 -11. When the Chef had beautiful meals waiting for us.

The Chef and many of the Fijian Staff were getting Deeksha every day. The food was AWESOME.

I cannot tell you every bit of every day. Only the gist of the program with some highlights.

Basically we came to see how and why we suffer. To exist is to Suffer. Straight out of Buddhism. If you got a body and it is breathing, you will have suffereing. Thing is that while we exisit and have suffering, most people are not suffering for what is. Most people will suffer regarding a perception of what is. There is what exists and then there is our perception of that. Say it is a rainy day. For some they will say, "wow isn't it great it is raining." Others, "Oh bugger it's raining". So the reality is only that the earth is wetting itself and the people have different perceptions of what is going on.

We have a different perception of every interaction with every person, every feeling, every thought, every belief, every emotion. Our whole world is a world of perceptions of what is. . . . not staying just with the "what is". So, to alter our suffering all we need to do is to alter our perception of a situation. The main thing with this is to not get caught up in the flow of how we have perceived things in the past. Take time to observe our own reactions to a situation and the other person's reactions to a situation. Do you like the present outcome? Then start working on changing the perceptions from your own point of view.

Realize that during all of this in any relationship with anyone, that generally speaking we all wish to "BE SOMEBODY" and we all wish, "TO WIN". Again, taking time in conversation to observe those needs in others and your own self will start your journey to shift your perceptions.

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The Ego cannot be pushed into submission. You cannot say, "My ego will be reduced now." Well, you can say it, however the ego only takes over and helps you to submit the ego all the while being the ego that is doing the submitting.

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Depending on the attitude of your parents at the time of your conception will show up in your life as whether or not you have "motivation" in your life. The time in the womb is how much of a struggle your life will hold. Birth is whether or not you have "hope or No Hope". The first week after birth will determine whether there is joy in success. Not if you have success or not only whether you have joy in that success or joy in life at all.

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Your relationship with your Mother and Father are the basis of your entire life. If you had/have difficulties with your Mother you will have difficulties in all personal relationships. If you had/have difficulties with your Father you will have difficulties with money/success.

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All of these difficulties can be lessened or removed with Oneness Blessing. The Oneness Blessings, take away the charge of the situation. I kept wondering what the heck is a "charge" when I first heard all this. It is easier to describe now after having had the process. Think of someone that you are having a difficult time with. . . . that feeling that swarms over your body is the charge. If you were to read in a book about some mundane situation that was going on and it had no affect on your body that is no charge. Now it is difficult if not impossible to imagine thinking of the first situation with the second's effect. Believe me as well as you can. Oneness Blessings with the intent that these situations are shifted will do just that.

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Prior to our receiving the Oneness Blessing that has the intention of allowing us to become Givers, the Dasa's have a Hoven (fire ceremony) to give. It lasts about an hour. The day was very very cloudy as were many of the days while we were in Fiji. This helped hold the temperature down and the humidity up. So, they had plan A was to hold the ceremony out on the grassy lawn in front of the Meditation Hall. They also had a Plan B. just in case.

After the morning session and lunch out of the way, about 20 of us went on a journey to a local water fall. It was great. 3 pools the first is the main water fall and while it was not deep enough for really swimming we were not there for swimming but to get under the water fall. Water falls energy is one of Negative Ions which are very cleanzing for the body. We didn't have much time and had to hurry, more the pity on that, ha ha ha. I did manage to escape the crowd and get into all three pools. The last is quite deep.

When we returned to the lodge it was fairly evident that we were going to have to go to Plan B. We were all escorted down to Namale which we learned is a World Class resort near the Oneness UniverCity Fiji Campus. they had an outdoor covered area that we could all sit in. Considering that there were around 50 of us it takes a bit of space. And the centre is for the Dasa's and all their kit. I took a cushion and sat near the edge of the platform with the jungle about 2 meters away. the rain started just after we all got there. Just a nice gentle soothing cleanzing rain. There was a bit of wind and there was some difficulty getting the fire started with the wind blowing.

The Lead Dasa started his chanting and during that another Dasa finally got a small fire going that was transferred to the main pot. The chants went on and on and were quite mesmerizing. Just as the Lead Dasa invoked the presence of Sri Amma Bhagavan the wind started HOWLING and the heavens opened up and it started POURING rain down HARD. For me it was a strong ommen of Sri Amma Bhagavan's prescence. It was truly an auspicious occurance and enjoyed by all, including the Dasa's who stated that they had never had that profound of an experience doing the Hoven.

There is more to tell, however, it is going to come out in bits and pieces.

There will be at least one more Blog for my return journey.

peace to all

gene

Wednesday, 14 May 2008

Fiji One, ha ha ha & Oneness

Hello Everyone,

Well, here we go for another adventure. This time to Fiji for learning how to do the Oneness Blessing. I need to start on Monday of the week that I left. I had just returned from India and the Temple Opening if you remember.

On Monday evening I was talking with Lisa Cassetta our Australian liason for Oneness, when I discovered that my ticket to go to Sydney was for the wrong day. Seems that Flight Centre (read that &*^&%*%^) had rescheduled the trip and not told me specifically after specifically telling me when I could buy that ticket. Additional cost to reschedule the ticket: $204.

I was devastated, floored, flumaxed. i had a session with my friend Isha just after I got my ticket arranged. I think having been hit by a car would hurt less. Hmmmmm come to think of it I have been hit by a car. It was different and though the suffering from that lasted longer, this hurt more in many ways.

Tuesday Morning, I was talking with Jenny Bertram who was also going to Fiji with me only to learn that the return ticket also needed to be changed. Floored again only deeper as I was quickly running out of any funds that I had anywhere. Cost: $254. Now I knew that I could not eat any extra on the way to Savu Savu until I got there, and be extremely limited on being able to buy anything for anyone back here.

NOW, I need to jump to my return on Sunday 11 May for a few seconds only to take all of you to Monday Morning as I get ready to go to work. Rode to work like always. Clocked in, went hunting my work cart and it was moved. Finally found it. Then off with my water bottle to get water for the day. Met the boss along the way and he informed me, "Oh, Gene, we decided while you were gone that we no longer needed your services. So, you can leave NOW!" I got fired, ha ha ha, ain't it great.

Now, if that information would have been given to me before I left I would have probably gone over the edge. I found work that arvo with Friend Gavin who is a GRAND supporter of me. And ReadyWorkforce had a 2 day job starting on Tuesday.

OK Back to going to Fiji.

I was stressing quite a bit and feeling very unsure about the flights actually working as once I got to Sydney, I would be onto the Flight Centres program. And it just sucked so far! I took my thermarest with me and since I had a 7 hour lay over in Sydney went to sleep for 3 hours. then up and found the correct arrival desk and got myself on track again. The flight was good. Well fed we all arrived into Fiji in the arvo and were met and whisked off to the hotel. One of the Perth Ladies insisted that I eat and purchased supper for me. I am every thankful and am open to receiving, ha ha ha. My room mate took pity on me and left money behind for me to use for breakky. Thanks Terry.

Next Morning we are back at the airport and finally able to board our plane. It was a 9 seater and there were 10 of us. One got to sit in the co-piolets seat. The seat beside me the buckle to the seat belt would not latch and the plane was a float plane. We were going to land on the airport though. One hour flight got us into Savu Savu. The airport was smaller than my 2 car garage, ha ha ha. We were met by Staff from the Oneness University. Off we go. Our luggage was in the back of a ute. One interesting thing of note right off I noticed that painted in the middle of the highway was a huge car length arrow pointed out a curve ahead going to the left and sure enough 200 meters up the road here is a turn. I thought that this is much better placement than signs along the road.

Oneness U is on a fairly tall hill over looking the Pacific Ocean. Everything is brand spanking new. We were to be the first class through this resort. The meditation hall was pure Fijian tall and covered with Palm fronds. Anyone wishing pictures I will either send them or find a way to post them to a web site. The food hall was built along similar lines and though there were screens on the windows, the doors were always left open even when it rained. but, then again the buses here don't have side windows, just rolled up shade cloth. If it rains you get wet, then you dry and keep on going.

The dorm room were 2 twin beds to a room, with shower and toilet all nicely done. Porch out the back too. Everything was so fresh and new it was just awesome. There is a double swimming pool with the top pool cascading into the lower over a full length water fall.

Well, that is the campus. And though this is my first opportunity to write any information about the trip, tonight is Deeksha giving night and I have been up since 4:15 AM. I am off to take a nap for a bit.

Next will be bits and pieces of info about the workshop.

peace to all

gene

Wednesday, 30 April 2008

Devastated and Devastated again

Hello All,

I was flying along happily in life over the weekend after returning from India. See previous 4 blogs (start from the beginning).

I was a bit concerned how my new feeling of touching into Oneness would be when I returned to work. Actually, it wasn't too bad. I was a bit tired yet work went smoothly.

Monday evening I called the Australian Coordinator for Oneness, Lisa to ask her about the venue. I do not know why we got onto what my tickets were for getting to Sydney, but it quickly came to light that I had a major problem. I was to arrive 24 hours after the rest of the crowd had departed Sydney.

The problem is based in many errors mostly in my opinion in working with and trusting Flight Centre. I was working with Mark Trim of Adelaide FC and had asked him specifically back in Late Feb or early March how soon I could buy my connecting flights from Perth to Sydney. He said the flight from Sydney would be in the arvo of 2 May so arrive earlly on 2 May would be fine.

I vaguely remember an email being put out saying something in the order of, "some people will need to change their schedule because of a plane change from Sydney to Nadi". I knew KNEW since I had been told directly by MT that I was not one of those, "some people". I didn't even pay it any attention.

I felt absolutely devastated, squashed, flattened all the abandonment issues of childhood came washing back in. Here I had paid nearly $5000 for a workshop that I was set to miss. Even as I write this and think about missing that plane I feel terror. And, the rough part would have been that I would have gotten there with not enough funds to even make it to Nadi on my own somehow. And, and and and and and and and. My stomach is sour even now as I write this.

Fortunately I had scheduled a session with Friend Isha and was able to get some body work and be received by a dear friend that really loves me. When I departed her home I departed with homemade soup and a couple of fruits as gifts.

I was very quiet at work on Tuesday. Tuesday evening I gave two massages to friends, and spirit energy started to rise as it will with friends. So, by bed time I was cruising along, hurt, but healthy. I was not attempting in any way to hide from my hurt. I was deeply feeling it as that is what we do in Oneness. To get to real Oneness we no longer hide from our pain, we feel it completely. It will go away.

So, flights changed and I told work that now I needed to leave on Wednesday evening rather than on Thursday evening.

Wednesday I am at work and again feeling a bit wired and excited. OH, I had an interesting conversation with Namrata a friend that is flying to Perth 8 May to stay here at my abode till I return and then some. We shared my pain for a bit then as is common Namrata told me that I could make that devastated feeling go away by tapping on it with EFT which she and I both do. I don't feel that I got my point across that in the new paridigm one doesn't hide from the pain of life. You live it deeply. If you are angry really feel that anger, In love, same really feel that love. In pain feel the pain, don't compartmentalize it like we usually do. Don't run from it, no hiding BE IT.

So, during morning break I called friend Jenny who is flying to Fiji tonight also. During the conversation it came out that the return trip was also &*()&*()_*(_) ed. We would not be able to come back to Perth in time for Isha's 11 May workshop. I now won't arrive until it is over. Flattened again.

I would like to write more. I have got to finish and pack and shower and get out of here.

Let's just say on one level . . . it is only money. I will be open to being invited for food when i return as the funds are greatly dimisihed now.

As for doing the Oneness . . . it works best when one can open up to their vunerableness. I am THERE in SPADES now, ha ha ha.

See you all for more updates when I return.

peace

gene

may you all be well and happy

Sunday, 27 April 2008

India Chapter 4

Please go to be beginning of this series, Chapter 1 down a bit.

This is odds and ends that I have remember since writing the other three chapters.

One thing that I am noticing is the perfection in all that has happened to me on my path to Fiji and the Oneness Blessing workshop. There is no accident that what took place in India worked out the way that it did. Because of my late decision to go, I had a cheaper fare than Isha and had to stay in a hotel. Because of staying in the Hotel, I was able to position myself into two Darshans. Also, then I had all the incredible trips back and forth from the Hotel. I was able to meet our Mr. Cool Monish that was our coordinator for getting people to/from the Deccan Plaza hotel. and our driver Deepak. I would work on looking them both up when I return. As well as Mohammad Moheesh the seller of the bowl that I bought.

And what of that incredible meeting of the Eagle eh?

Going through Singapore was interesting too. The last time I went I was at the Budget terminal and there is not much there. The main terminal is shaped much like the letter U. The base is terminal 1, the left is terminal 2 and the right is Terminal 3. In Terminal 2 are two huge Orchid gardens very well tended. My photos do not do them justice. In Terminal 3 you can buy a new Mac for a considerable discount. I could save close to $500 A by purchasing the next laptop as I pass through Singapore. I am just not sure that I can wait that long, ha ha ha. And anyone concerned about the plug being wrong needn't. The different country plugs slidi off of the main adapter and are interchangable with the main body.

There is a lounge at the corner of Terminal 1 and 2 where you can get a shower and a bed. The beds are not that great and there is a lot of noise in the surrounding area. Or, you can pay a fair bit more for a bed in a hotel for 4 hours of privacy.

Next time that I go through Singapore though I will attempt to contact a woman that I know through the Buddhist society that works for Singapore Airlines and see if I can get a tour of downtown. There is a free bus service and my layover was for 7 hours going up. Only about 3 returning and the nap time cut me close for getting on the plane.

Remember how I lightly mentioned about all the horn honking? On the rear of all the trucks, Tatas and many other vehicles it says in very large letters, "SOUND HORN". And of course everyone does. It is to indicate to the driver that someone wishes to pass. With all the noise I really don't know how anyone would hear the horn though. For me walking on the street, I found that after just 3 days, I paid little attention to the horns honking all over. There are just so many that it is an incesstant noise.

I was fortunate to observe some construction going on. Therre was a large stack of hand made bricks across from the hotel. I would guess that it was close to my height of 6'5" and covered about 2 meters square. There were two women that would approach the stack and a man would hand them a brick that they placed length ways on their head. Then they were handed two bricks that they then put cross ways on top of the previous one. Then two more and two more after that then one more that they could barely reach into place. Off they would then go walking with their hands at their sides, balancing this stack. When they moved bags of sand, same thing onto the head it went. Off they would go with a straight spine. The men would take the bags of sand and put them on one shoulder and walk off with spine all askew. Hmmmm me thinks that the women were onto something. Though I bet that they have been doing this for years and have quite the strong neck muscles.


Another interesting bit that I noticed and others commented on it too. Everyone that we saw was CLEAN and wearing very bright CLEAN clothes. With this population and water scarce even here I really don't know how they kept so clean.

Oh yeah. As we were leaving the Newman Camput I observed many people pointing their Digital cameras up into the night sky and taking pictures. I asked Moria what they were doing. Oh, you have not noticed? Noticed What? When you take a picture here you will get energy balls in the picture. Well, it took me a couple of settings before I found one that would work. Seems that there is so much energy in the area that taking a picture of the night sky you come up with what looks like water on the lens of the camera when you took the snapshot. Now having worked with Friend Gavin Grieve here in Perth and the Americana Leadership College, I also know that everyone has the Spirit beings around them that appear as white energy balls. Hmmm I must ask him what he thinks of this. My pictures once I got home were a dismal success. Isha says that she has a couple of shots that are great and will be emailing them to me to see if I can get them to print. Mine printed mostly black ink and a lot of it ha ha ha. Though one did show through.

One of the most moving times for me was just prior to going for the second Darshan when we were all crammed like sardines in a can at the gate. First off someone urged us to form 2 single lines, yeah right. Then they told us that we were not allowed to bring our shoes out of the gate, hmmmm. Ever tried to take off shoes when you cannot even see you feet due to the crush of people? With the help of a couple of others I got mine off and into my book bag. Then someone nearer to the front than I started the Moola mantra. It was quickly and quietly taken up by about 300 voices singing in quiet reverence prepatory to seeing Sri Amma Bhagavan. It was errie and awesome at the same time. Here it is in caps and broken down phonetically:

Ommmmmmmmmm

SAT CHIT ANANDA PARA BRAHMA

PURUSHO THAMA PARA MA TE MA

SRI BHAGAVATI SA ME THA

SRI BHAGAVATE NA MA HA

So the next question I will get is what does it all mean right?

Om - The primordial sound of the universe

Sat - Truth

Chit - Pure Consciousness

Ananda - Bliss

Parabrahama - The supreme creator

Purushothama - The energy which incarnates as an avatar to guide us.

Paramatma - The divinity present in every being

Sri Bhagavati - The female aspect of creation

Sametha - In communion with

Sri Bhagavate - The male aspect of creation

Namaha - Salutations

It is the opening mantra before the Oneness Givers start giving. It is also best used often before the Ananda or Dyana Meditations to really open up to the power of those two meditation mantras.

All day Saturday, when I was about doing my Saturday things of bike riding, getting food in for the week, cleaning the house etc. The Moola Mantra was humming through my head. I found it very difficult to push hard on the bike. My friend George will attest to that. I was willing to go about 10 kph slower than normal and not much else. George did most of the work as I was just unable to PUSH at all.

It is said of Oneness Blessing that it helps to stop the incessant chatter of the mind. My chatter has all gone for a while and is taken up by the Moola Mantra. I hope that stays that way for a very long time.

I have been very quiet this weekend. It has been good to allow me to process all that has happened. And there is so much more to happen just starting 5 nights from now as I go off to Fiji to learn the process. I feel much calmer than I was before I left and when I left I was doing calmness well, ha ha ha.

OH, for all that I ate in India, I have not gained any weight, yehah.


I will add more to this blog later. I had about 5 things that I wanted to say and have forgotten all of them, ha ha ha. Must be near bed time.

gene

India Chapter 3

Please start from the beginning at Chapter 1

Wednesday morning I was up early for Breakky. The juice of the day was Papaya. I have since arriving home attempted to duplicate this awesome tasting juice with little success.

Everyone is still in some level of shock over the events of the previous day. Much of the information that I gave you was reported in the local newspaper.

I was hoping to find some souivener to bring home. I had walked the streets some, but felt uncomfortable going in and out of these small shops. There was a kiosk in the Hotel and I went in their to look at the shawls etc. My problem was that I didn't really need a shawl myself and could not think of who to buy one for. The Pashimina Shawls cost $10,000 R ($275 A) and the cheapest came to $5.56 A. Still, who to get one for. Finally I saw a singing bowl. I have been looking for one of these. He had two. He said that came from his family dating back 3-4 generations around 300 years old. Yeah right, I got a bridge to sell too.

I eventually purchased a 10 cm bowl that is about 4 mil thick. most all the bowls that I have ever seen tend to be fairly thin. This one is not and has a very nice sound to it too.

The word for today is that we are to go to Newman which is Sri Amma's Missionary school and Sri Amma Bhagavan are coming out from the Oneness University to let us sit with them for a bit.

Time of leaving has been changed to 14:00. I go back up to my room for some shuteye. When I wake I had left my window blinds open. . . I noticed movement and saw an Eagle sitting on the window sill. I had purchased a Digital camera before leaving Perth and the previous day played with it quite a bit. I eased up to the window and got many shots. finally since I could hear the bird Screeing, I decided to attempt the movie portion of the Digital ability. I got about 2 minutes of the Eagle calling out to something, somewhere. I can see a reflection of me in the window smiling ear to ear, ha ha ha.

Off we go to Newman. Once there we are fed into a medium sized room wtih 6 air cons running full tilt. We sit for about an hour waiting for what is next. I noticed a lady to my right not looking very well and encouraged her to lay down on the tile floor to rest. about 10 minutes later a group to the front starts chanting the Moola Mantra and everyone joins in. I have that recorded too. The recording is not as good as being there. Finally a Dasa comes in and gives us more info. Pretty much same as yesterday. Except that we weill be filed into another auditorium to meet wtih Sri Amma Bhagavan in 3 groups.

Eventually that happens. I am the last in of the third group. I had hoped to be the last in of group 2 and first in for group 3. Oh Well. As it turns out there were 3 more people latter than I. The last I encouraged to sit to my right where there was more room.

The curtains are opened and there they sat. Looking pretty much like they do in the many pictures that I have of them. Many people were moaning, giggling, swooning in their presence. I didn't feel that much I have to say.

After the curtains are closed, the last lady and I started to chat. Find out that she is from Burlington VT, fairly close to my friend up that way. I got her details to email to Elizabeth and Tara.

Out we go so that the next batch can come in. We westerners are much better behaved than the Indians of Yesterday. We stir for a while till our Guides find everyone and herd us off to the busses. Another interesting journey that I won't bore you with, ha ha ha. Back at the Hotel, I see Smitha the Asian lady that had gotten dizzy at Newman. I sit with her and a friend and they are wanting to know all that they can about my touch of Spiritually Guided Healing. They are off to a meeting and wish to give me a Deeksha. We could not find a good time, so decided to do it right then and there. Smitha's email address is 'iceheater' Her hands were so hot it was incredible. Her friend was no slouch either, ha ha ha. I had difficulty finishing supper before heading up to my room.

At Breakky on Friday morn, I met up with Kiwi Friend Kathleen. She tells me that a friend of hers on the Campus told her that all the Campus crowd was to be bussed to Newman today Friday. and that she and her friend Morea were heading out in a Taxi, did I wish to come??? YOU BETCHA!!!

Off to find out what time I need to check out, YIKES I have 15 minutes to pack and check out before we go. Whew! got it done. I stepped back into the Breakky room and saw Smitha. She told me that all at the table wished to have my healing. So, 6 quick healings then the restaurant people also wanted healing. I got another 4-5 of them before darting for the taxi.

Off we go in the Taxi. This fellow is much more cautious and it takes us quite a while to get there. As I am walking up the path I see Isha in front of me. I catch up with her for a few moments of conversation then head off with Kathleen and Morea to get near the gate as we have to leave asap after the Darshan. While waiting they decide to give Deeksha. I got 4 Deeksha before we got inside. It must have made a difference because this time when the Curtains were opened I had a real sense of the energy that Sri Bhagavan and Sri Amma were transmitting.

Afterwards I got 2 more Deeksha's. Later I was able to buy some photos of Sri Amma Bhagavan and a couple of books too. We got back to the hotel in time for Lunch and the crowd was mostly Indian now instead of mostly non-Indian. Later hanging out on the hotel lounges, the Koreans had returned from their tour and wished for more healing from me. After I requested Deeksha from them. I got 7 more Deeksha. We had been told here in Perth that a person ought to only recieve no more than 9 Deeksha in any one day.

Later at the Airport I received another 7 from the Chinese. I can say only that the trip home was unevenful and very peaceful for me, ha ha ha.

Well, there is my India trip in a nutshell. There is more, but, trivial and I may or may not add more later.

Best wishes to all of you.

peace

gene

may you all be well and happy

PS. I leave for Fiji and Level One of Oneness Blessing in this coming Thursday evening.

India Chapter 2

Please do not read this blog before reading the Chapter 1.

The Dasa got up and took the mike. First off was to chant the Moola Mantra. (I will get it for you later)

Then he said: When we had discussed how many people were likely to show up for this Temple Opening we estimated there would be 200,000 people per day for 6 days for a total of 1.2 million people. We hired the largest crowd control company that we could get, not knowing ourselves how to deal with so many people.

The idea was that people would pass through the Temple and Sri Amma Bhagavan and all the people passing would place energy into the temple as the Golden Ball was placed into the Temple. Last night we had 45,000 gate crashers. (some of this information that I will relate now, I learned later) These people came through the fields, pushing through fences and disrupting the area greatly. They also, either climbed over our walls, or broke the walls down. Once at the Temple, doors were smashed in as well as windows.

This Tuesday Morning, we had a crowd of 500,000 people at the Temple. The first crowd into the Temple refused to leave easily. When they had gone the next also were refusing to leave. Outside, with 37 degree heat and water for 200,000 people were getting stressed. There was a stampede and 5 people were killed. The police and military were called in and they have taken over the Temple and are dragging people out of the Temple. We have put in a request that maybe tomorrow the people that have flown in from all over the world could be allowed into the Temple.

We were all shaken, crestfallen, saddened, in shock, disapointed, and many other terms. I sat in my sorrowness feeling very alone. I realized later that I could look at what was happening from two points of view. I could say that I had come up to see the temple and missed that the trip was stuffed. OR, I could view all of it that I had come to India for an adventure and the trip was Sensational. I choose to be in the attitude of the later.

One very important thing that happened while I was on the campus was the very clear knowingness of being separate from all these Oneness Givers. It was very clear to me that they were all "ONE" and that I was not one of them. There was nothing said ever by any of them about this separation as they felt me to be one with them. I however could not "FEEL" this same sensation as I have yet to go through the process. I was like the man walking in a white suit through the tar pit not getting dirty, or more appropriately, walking through Angel dust not getting dusty, ha ha ha. Mostly, I laid down on my ever trusty Thermarest and slept. The Deeksha energy flowing off all of these people was truly awesome. I could feel and sense that and being horizontal was the best option for me.

Then there was the return trip. I was happy to be in the same vehicle again. I trusted this driver. And, he had trusted me. Finally around 11:30 we are heading back. I was some tired, but not. Wired too. And, since it is night time trip back I choose to be very alert. One thing I realized quickly was that all the big trucks that I saw that night did NOT have any tail lights on. And that they drove fairly slowly like 30 - 40 kph. While we were attempting to get 60 80 or 100 kph. Also, that the on coming traffic never dimmed their headlights and ours were a bit off centre too. SO, the only way to "see" a lumbering truck was to look for a black hole. Now a Black hole in traffic is when you see headlights way up the road that disapear as you get closer. What caused the lights to disapear? Ahhh a big truck. And mostly they were not willing to give up the centre lane no matter how much a horn was laid upon. And they were smart not too. The outside lane could be blocked by something anywhere along the way. Many trucks were parked along the verge. However, too often a tired trucker not being able to find a spot to park, would just stop in the lane and park without any lights, signals, warning devises anything for oncoming traffic to be warned of his presence.

Another, device that made travel interesting was the police have these barricades that they would just put in the traffic flow slow traffic. Great, but they were not set up for being seen at night. ie not reflectors of any kind. The only way to see one was to notice traffic slowing, or if no traffic since we were first on site just really great awareness. And, through all of this everyone is jockying for best position. Most of the travellers would drive with one wheel well over the centre lane to be assured that if they needed to make a lane change that they already had their spot marked. And, there are still plenty of bicycles, ox carts, motorcycles, busses all going along dodging on both sides of the big trucks.

Somehow, somewhere, at some point that I was carefully observing we ended up in the oncomming lane of traffic. Next thing we are doing is facing all of these big trucks with blinding headlights, that are not willing to give up their lane. The driver started quicly flashing his headlights, high/low on/off to get thier attention. many people were coming at us passing other vehicles and had little space to go into themselves. It was quite Hairy for about 10 minutes. About 30 seconds into this part of the trip, I just calmly said to myself, " I give myself over to GOD. What ever happens, is God's will and I am OK with that."

Deepak the Driver, was very busy watching on comming traffic. I noticed the break in the concrete barrier and motioned to him that we could get through. He shouted back that he was ready and coming through. Yehah! we survived another heinous night of India traffic. When we got closer into the City of Chennai, I decided to count the trucks that we passed to see how many had tail lights. I saw one fuel tanker with a dim bulb way to the left side of the tank with no rear bumper. I saw 20 trucks without any tail lights. I did see one truck that passed us with lights and he was going so fast that he looked like a hot knife through butter.

We got back to the hotel around 1 am and supper was waiting for us. Me, I choose bed as I had found food at the Campus.

Enough for this day. Next chapter, next day.

peace

gene