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Extract from Newsletter August 2008
There seems to be a real problem in relation to authority at this current time, either because there is too much of it and we are being deprived of our rights or because there is not enough and people can do more or less what they want with impunity. The old belief systems, controls and social structures are breaking down and need to. Nothing yet has evolved that can replace them. This is because they cannot be replaced by more of the same. A shift in the collective level of human consciousness is absolutely essential if we are to find a viable way through the current crisis and this can only happen if enough individuals work to bring it about.
This shift, if it is to come, must begin with you and me, with the people who want a real and lasting change and begin to see how we can bring it about. I doubt that people are deliberately setting out to destroy society and choosing to take refuge in gross materialism. Nor does anyone really want to look forward to a future in which nothing lasts, especially not relationships, which seem to break down as fast as they are formed. But with the old controls all but gone, we are at the mercy of our inner demons. Our fears, anxieties, hopes and dreads drive us into uncharted territories and we hardly know how to cope. There is a real feeling of loss of individual power. The vulnerability and confusion that this creates hides behind anger, aggression and denial, which may for a moment delude us into believing that we are still strong and in control.
True authority must come from within.
There is much that we can do to bring about a real transformation in our own lives and the collective destiny of the human race. The way is open to all who are prepared to see things differently, and to re-evaluate who and what we really are and, more importantly, what we might become.
My contacts, both here and elsewhere, indicate that we face an interesting and potentially difficult time. An increase in the energetic field affecting the planet and everything on it brings with it greater potential and although this energy is backed and supported by Being and Consciousness it appears to be neutral or even negative when it meets vehicles (people) who are not able to earth it effectively. In short it can kill as easily as it can cure. Ideally it will be used creatively to heal, to teach and to bind the creation together in a meaningful, cohesive and conscious whole, but where people are ill prepared it can degenerate into conflict; as we see demonstrated daily.
THE NEW ENERGY
The energy manifests through each individual, regardless of our level of development. It wells up from the Centre-of-Being around which each of us is formed. In some of us this will manifest as an unaccountable upsurge of joy and purpose, in others it will cause feelings of insecurity and even dread, giving rise to confusion and aggression. Even joy can be a problem when it is taken over by the Ego, thereby stimulating the manic activity that occurs wherever humility and understanding are scarce. Some might just feel overwhelmed and go into reverse or simply shut down. We need to learn how to connect with this force in such a way that we can work with it consciously and creatively. Pious hopes and holy words are not enough. The adjustments need to be practical and thorough if we are to take the situation at all seriously.
TOWARDS THE DEEP CENTRE Updated April 2010
During the past two years I have been offering a series of day courses, at intervals of roughly six weeks, under the general title of ‘Towards the Deep Centre’. These presented many different exercises and techniques through which we have been learning to recognise the energy in question and work with it directly and consciously. We have been examining how it can be engaged at different levels, each with its own potential, and how the body can turn itself into a reliable conduit once other aspects are in place. Bringing greater awareness into the body is a vital aspect of this work. We have been working individually, in pairs and with the group as a whole to achieve this. The size of each group has been limited as each participant needs space in which to work.
The Deep Centre Energy relates closely to the energy of the Zero Point Field and the Holographic Creation which we have been giving our attention to on various occasions recently. Einstein demonstrated that energy and mass, time and space were all inter-related but it was Bohm who indicated that the innate sense of order and relationship that could be observed to underpin the whole creation had to be a manifestation of consciousness. In certain quarters a great deal of attention is being given to this underlying field of energy/consciousness. This work presages the next huge development in human consciousness and needs to be addressed now if we are not to descend collectively into greater chaos.
Extracts from Jan 2010 newsletter
Though we are in January of a new year I will not begin by wishing you all a happy new year because, as has been pointed out by others, happiness depends entirely upon what haps. If our centre of gravity lies in the happenstance of external events we are bound to suffer. There is no way round it.
I will instead wish you a Centred New Year, an Integrated New Year, a Creative New Year and so on. Above all I wish you a year in which you enter ever more deeply into the total mystery and miracle that we call life, consciousness, being and love. This latter is the most mysterious of all. As I understand it we have hardly scratched the surface of this phenomenon and are prevented from understanding more by the assumption that we already know all about it.
It is a while since I last sent out a newsletter. Given that we are into a New Year and that we are about to move to a new address in Oxton on The Wirral, now seem like a good time to be in touch. We are actually due to move 11th Feb, 2010 but will delay sending out the details until we have them all. There will be a new computer with new website and e-mail addresses, as well as a different address and telephone number.
Some of you will be aware that the old website stopped functioning. The splendid work put into it by Ed and Sharon came to nought for reasons we never quite discovered. Ed is starting again, using a different name but all the old material, together with a facility for us to enter into dialogue via the site. There you will also be able to access information regarding course-dates and locations as before. We will have a new server and hopefully that will help. We will try to orchestrate these changes with as little disruption to the established rhythms and formats as possible.
The house we are moving to is of a similar age to our present abode. It should be more convenient to run, and cheaper! We will still have five bedrooms, one less than at present but there will be an extra kitchen, however with only three reception rooms and some rooms being slightly smaller, we are down on space. There is very little storage so we are getting rid of mountains of belongings.
Another change, though relatively slight, concerns the nature of the day courses we run here (one more to come) under the title ‘Towards the Deep Centre.’ They formerly had a shamanistic approach but that left out material that was purely creative and as I have so often said, I consider the creative act, in all its forms and manifestations, to be one of the primary motivating aspects of what we significantly refer to as ‘The Creation’. However, long experience proves that anything presented as ‘creative’ poses a threat to all but a few. Many dread having to make a statement in any form that might expose them to comparisons, comments and observations. We need to find a title that allows us plenty of scope without being too specific.
Day Courses will, we hope, continue on a monthly basis at the new address. For the time being they are to carry the general title of ‘Other Dimensions’. There will be sub-titles and explanations but under such a heading I will be able to present a much wider range of material depending on needs, requirements and inspirations. The direction these courses take depends very much on input from those who attend and also from those who would like to attend and have a clear and viable idea as to the sort of ground they hope to cover. I will try to notify people in advance as to the likely emphasis and content of each session.
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Harmony in the Midst of Change.
Nothing is ever fixed or still, at least not for long. “all is flux.” Things are either coming or going or at various stages in between. Some periods of change can be particularly disruptive, leaving devastation in their wake. How can we create an Ark that will ride the storms of life? How can we take the stuff of chaos and make from it something that is luminous, significant and beautiful? We will see!
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And Finally
For me personally 2009 was an interesting year in a number of ways. We never imagined at the beginning of it that by the end we would have sold the house. Nor did I include prostate cancer in the equation and yet much time and energy has to be made available to accommodate both. There has been so much to learn on all fronts and so much to adapt to and transform. The house I have already referred to. The cancer has taken me on a highly creative and informative journey but in the end one has to learn to live with the mystery. I’m still on hormone implants and will be for a few years but recent blood tests indicate a reduction in cancerous activity as a result of the radiotherapy. So life goes on. It is indeed miraculous and amazing and the darker aspects are very much a part of the process.
Hope to see you in 2010.
Brian
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