Arnie shuffled out to the veranda, loaded his favourite Vivaldi CD, and settled back into his battered old chair for a relaxing end to a hot summer’s day. The sun was dipping, insects buzzed. From next door, the Browns’ evening barbecue wafted the flavour of ribs and burgers and the murmurings of a family gathering. Arnie’s head drooped as the cadence of Vivaldi’s strings lulled his senses into sleep.

“Grandad, what’s that music?”

Arnie opened his eyes and smiled at four-year-old Ellie. She held out a large white daisy, a peace offering for disturbing his nap.

“It’s Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, sweetheart.” Arnie took the flower and pushed his footstool forward for Ellie.

“What are seasons, Grandad?”

He paused to compose his reply. “Well, they are the way nature helps us move through the year. Just as we move though life. Each season brings something special and if we are smart, we learn what Mother Nature is showing us and go with the flow of it.”

Ellie wasn’t too sure what flow was. She took back her daisy back and twirled it, watching the petals spin, happy to listen to the sound of her grandfather’s deep gruff voice. She looked up at his whiskered face and his pale blue eyes. “What is your favourite season, Grandad?”

Arnie smiled. “My favourite is…… spring. It’s the time when everything bursts into life. Birds are preparing their nests and feeding their babies. It’s a busy time for Mother Nature. Do you remember Mr Fitche’s foal being born? That was in spring. New life and new opportunities, a time of hope. He drifted into his memories and thoughts, and Ellie continued to twirl her flower, his philosophy and musing floating above her, but his voice as ever a comfort and constant in her short life.

“I remember Pixie being born. That was exciting.”

Arnie pulled himself back to the present. “Yes, spring is an exciting time. You are in your springtime. Your life is ahead of you, and you can make it what you want.” The old man sighed. “Make the most of this time, sweetheart.” He looked down at the little girl and smiled. Her life full of promise.

“We are in summer now. The sun spends lots of time with us and we have long days to share fun and laughter. We go to the beach, like we did last week, and dip into the sea. The summer is full of life like Mummy, with exciting ideas for things for you and Noah to do. Mummy and Daddy are in their summertime.”

Ellie sat and considered his words as the music stirred into a crescendo of sound. “Is it a loud time?”

“You could say that, yes. Summer is the time to celebrate your life and follow your dreams. Next comes autumn when the leaves turn orange, bronze and red like your friend Mathilda’s hair.”

“Oh, that’s a lovely colour. I wish I had red hair. Do all the trees go red? How exciting.”

“Some stay green, but autumn is when nature starts to slow down.”

“Like you grandad?”

He laughed. “Yes, but I am into winter now.”

“What’s winter?”

“Remember the snow last year? You and Daddy took the toboggan to Purley’s Hill, and you skidded down it on your bottom.”

Ellie jumped up. “Yes, yes. I loved that. Hurry up winter let’s do that again.”

“You’ll have to wait. We can’t rush the seasons.”

She flopped down disappointed. “Can’t we ask them to come quickly?”

“No, they take their own time.”

“How boring of them.”

“Winter is a time when nature goes to sleep and has a rest. No flowers, no ladybugs, no bees. Even squirrels sleep.”

“Really boring then.”

Arnie laughed. “But when your get old like me there’s something very satisfying about not having to rush about and you can allow yourself to drift off.”

Ellie gave the daisy back to her grandfather and gave him a kiss. “I’ll let you have your nap now.” She skipped away as the soft strings of Vivaldi’s winter soothed Arnie into a light sleep. Relaxed and content in the peace of his own winter.

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Father Peter developed cancer, so Bridget Duffy, the church cleaner, used her life savings for a pilgrimage to Our Lady at Lourdes. On her knees for twelve hours, she pleaded for a miracle. Knees wrecked, exhausted, and incoherent, she continued her prayers throughout the flight home, mumbling, hands clasped, “God’s will…Mother Mary…with grace…heal.”

Sister Maud greeted her at the Dublin airport. “Sadly, Father Peter passed away on Thursday last.”

Bridget wept.

“But, Mary O’Leary is walking again, Grace McFarlane has recovered her sight, and Father Peter left you 10,000 euros in his will.

Bejesus, you did well, girl.”

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I didn’t say too much as most of these situations are beyond my control and many of them are situations I have lived through before. I have seen wars come and go, seen flood and fire, economic failures and I have seen recovery. I prefer to look at things in a different way.

My personal philosophy when faced with such bad news, such challenging situations is this:

• What can I do about it?
  • Can I give money to help a disaster fund
  • Can I get involved in making a change or helping recovery
  • Can I change my own way of living to help
• If there is nothing practical I can do I will use Positive Projection. I will send uplifting thoughts and channel high frequency energy to the situation and/or the people affected.
• I will then focus on HOPE.

The power and gift of HOPE

Hope keeps humans going when they are in the direst situation. It’s a great gift we have – to hope for better times, for solutions, for saviour. When we allow ourselves to hope we use our imagination to create visions of positive outcomes. I have great faith in many of the young people who will be involved in making changes for the future and taking over the leadership of our world. If you look you will find in the younger generations some remarkable souls with great minds and great compassion. These are sometimes referred to as Crystal Children. They are here to take the reigns and lead us to better and more enlightened times. One such is my friend’s son who has just gained four A* A level results and is on his way to university to take a 5-year course in Mechanical Engineering with the intention of using his brain, his passion and science to create solutions.

Change and Healing starts with acknowledgment, upset and chaos.

I see the turbulence that we are going through right now as the opportunity to heal what has been hidden or what has been ignored – especially the state of our climate and the conditions of nature. As a healer I am aware that nothing can be healed until a problem is recognised and acknowledged, and an intention is made to change. Often, we are in ignorance or denial of our own inner problems, and it is often a trauma or challenge from our relationships, our health or our spirits that make us look for our own healing and the changes we need to make to survive and recover. So it is with society. Until the bad stuff, the corruption, the negligence, the abuse, the ignorance that are causing our problems is acknowledged it will not be addressed and alternative ways will not be developed and chosen. We have seen many changes in recent years – changes that were needed for society to evolve e.g. child abuse and the acceptance of women, willingness to accept diversity and so on. As we look deeper with perception at ourselves and society so the hidden comes up to the surface and this causes chaos, emotions and upset – until the changes for the better begin.  

What is the lack of hope?

If we don’t have hope, what do we have? Hopelessness? That is a destroyer of the human will and our own force of nature. Years ago, a friend of my parents shared with me his experiences in a Japanese internment camp in Singapore in the last World War. He said that it was hope that kept them alive when they were tortured and starving. Some of the inmates gave up on hope and overnight would turn to the wall and die, not from starvation or illness but from lack of will – of despair – the lack of hope.

Adam Radin, the son of an old friend of mine created a powerful video as part of his university program and final exam. It is called Hope and I recommend you watch it. It beautifully expresses a young man’s hope for an end of the war in Ukraine and a return to peace. 

Use the power of your thoughts

We are all connected and although you may feel you cannot make a difference to situations remember that your thoughts are powerful, they hold your intention and your emotions, they are the carries of your spirit and light. When you direct your positive energy with good intention towards something that needs healing or changing you will be making a difference. The vibration of the situation will lift, the energy will change and you will create an opportunity for the situation to evolve, heal and improve.  

Raising your own spirits

When you are feeling despondent, change your focus. You can lift yourself up and gain inspiration by thinking of all the things that are working. Think about the birth of new ideas and renewals, on the good things that are happening all around you every day. In the same way that if you see the good in an individual they respond well and evolve so will our world.

So please, when you start to speak of the downside of situations keep in mind the power of your thoughts, your emotions and your inner strength and focus on the positive rather than the negative. Have hope and use its power for the change we need!

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Sashi is descended from a long line of Welsh Bards and Druids. She was born in Hampshire and currently lives in beautiful East Dorset with her musician/composer husband Rick, and her faithful foot-warmer, Ellie the Labrador. Sashi believes we are all face-readers, we all have a natural psychic ability and we all have the ability to utilise our senses to help us make the correct choices and enrich our lives.

She trained in face-reading 20 years ago and in subsequent years her own methodology has unfolded. She discovered that during a face-reading session the client`s face would often appear to transfigure, the features morphing, altering sometimes becoming multiple faces, one after another. Sashi decided to explore the phenomena further. Hence, her face readings became less structured and traditional, more spiritual. Glimpses of the soul purpose, past lives and other facets of the individual would make themselves known.

Sashi will be joining with Anne Jones of Conscious Cafe for a thought- provoking conversation on Face and Soul Reading.

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Balance and the Middle Way
I am a great believer in the Middle Way, the Buddhist philosophy of following the path at the point of balance – in this situation finding the path of not too much sacrifice and not too much self-indulgence. Loving others and sharing your time and love with other people, family, friends and strangers but also spending time and attention to yourself. However, if you are troubled by memories of painful rejection or been subjected to verbal and emotional abuse that has left you feeling unlovable, unworthy, unattractive – you will find it difficult to love yourself. Many of us subconsciously are looking for approval and acceptance from others to help recover from these issues of low self-esteem. This need can turn you towards being a “people pleaser” and that takes you far from the loving yourself route. If this is your situation then I suggest you start with setting an intention to heal the causes of your sacrificial behaviour; why don’t you love yourself or accept yourself just as you are? Is it because of the way you have been treated? Is it because of the criticism and judgement of other people? Are you too critical and expecting too much of yourself? If any of this is true of yourself then set your intention of healing the underlying root causes of your self-judgment and make a plan to recover a positive perspective of yourself.

Disconnection from your Higher Self and Guidance
A reason you may find it difficult to accept or love yourself is your disconnection from your Higher Self. Your Higher Self holds your higher consciousness, your life plan, your soul purpose and your intuition, which connects to a huge reservoir of knowledge gained from many lifetimes. To be happy, vital and balanced you need this connection to be clear and open. Your disconnection can occur when you have been upset by other people’s treatment of you, at work, home or on the social scene. It may be caused by fear, worry or grief. When I was recently worried about Tony my husband when he was very ill, I found it hard to meditate and I know it was because I had fallen into my emotions which took me from my place of balance and connection to my spiritual guidance. I had to make a special effort to focus on the bigger picture of what was going on and detach myself from the fear that was gripping me. Once I refocused and reconnected I felt a sense of peace and I could cope again. If you think you are disconnected then follow my meditation on the recording of this blog on my podcast channel. I can also recommend you do the Morning Ritual that Protects, opens and connects you to your Higher Self Wisdom see my youtube channel. link

The Barriers of Guilt and Shame
Guilt and shame are the most destructive emotions when it come to self-love and acceptance. They create huge barriers to loving and respecting yourself. Use forgiveness to help you release these emotions. The most powerful form of forgiveness that I have come across is the Hawaiian prayer of forgiveness Ho’oponopono, this is just perfect for restoring self-love.

Say this to yourself in front of a mirror for ten minutes every day –
I’m sorry
Please forgive me
I love you
Thank you

An interpretation of the prayer goes like this:

I’m sorry you are not the person I expected you to be. Forgive me for expecting you to be different, I love you just the way you are, thank you for being you and for teaching me so much.

I’m sorry for whatever programming is in me that created this event. Please forgive my being unconscious to my own thought processes, thank you for releasing this programming from my being, I love you and I am retuning to source and wiping my inner white board clean.

My contribution on loving yourself to the book holds more suggestions for rituals and healing you can do for yourself to recover a fully and healthy relationship with yourself.

You can purchase the book ‘The World of Energy Healing’ from Energy Healing Magazine
https://theenergyhealingmagazine.com/product/the_world_of_energy_healing/

Go to my podcast for my meditation to release your karma with guilt and shame, clear your own negative thought forms about yourself, clear the programming that has encouraged you to have them, heal the imprints and memories from past bullying, rejection and emotional abuse that is behind your attitude towards yourself and connect to your Higher Self.

Sent with love
Anne xxx

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I will be giving a talk about the trip I have taken through life, my challenges, what I have struggled with but more importantly how I have worked my way through them. It involved and still involves an integrated approach, gut health, a change in lifestyle and knowing that everything will work out in the end.

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Artaban The Musical’ is a new rock musical, based on the book “The Other Wise Man” by Henry van Dyke. It’s a story, full of heart and soul, that is set over 2000 years ago, and yet is still relevant today. Artaban is the tale of an unsung hero who sacrifices his dreams to help others, set against the backdrop of the birth of Christ.

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How did you discover your gift? Please present your story.

I am a spiritual healer and an author. I live in the Southwest of the United Kingdom with my husband and two Labradors. I’ve been healing for over 25 years and it started in a very unusual and spooky way.

I worked some years in the computer industry. I started my healing journey in Malaysia. I had a business of my own and lots of friends in the UK but my husband’s work took us there. I got involved in a few things there, such as teaching expat women how to use computers.

One day, I decided to take a break from teaching and to lie down. I was awake and I had this voice, completely out of the blue, coming through. It said: isn’t it about time you started healing? It was so loud! There was no-one around. I asked what it meant by that and how I could do that, to which the voice replied I should speak to Sal.

At this point, I felt like I’d been plugged into the electricity system. I was buzzing. Now I understand that good spiritual experiences always come with a very high vibration. I kept thinking about who “Sal” was. I only knew one Sal: I was running a magazine for expat women, and she did reviews for the magazine on all new restaurants in town.

I happened to meet her the other evening at an event. So, I told her I needed to talk about healing, and she agreed and sent me some books on the theme by the medium Betty Shine. I went on holiday with these books and started practicing healing with everybody who’d come near me.

When I came back to Kuala Lumpur, I had lots of questions for Sal. She did not seem surprised to see me nor to hear me asking about healing. She said she’d been told by her guide that I would be coming to her. She confirmed to me that it was my grandmother that came through. She was my guide for a while, before I moved on to other guides. Sometime thereafter, I started meditating, teaching and giving healing sessions.

Tell us some about your work as a healer.

I have been using Zoom a lot for the last couple of years, which has been great. One of the things I’ve done the most is to clear negative energies. Most often, when I am doing a healing session, I get to see past lives in order to identify the cause of the problems and clear Karma.

These days, my healing sessions are a mixture of counseling and techniques I’ve learned over the years. I’ve written six books and another one is coming in January, its called How to Heal. It compiles all techniques I’ve learned in one volume.

What are the main problems people bring you?

One of them is “what is my life purpose”? Another one is “why do I feel blocked”? They feel blocked, the loss of contact, isolation and it often goes with a bit of depression. Basically, it’s the disconnection from their higher selves.

This disconnection manifests when people feel overwhelmed by low emotions, such as guilt, anger and grief. These emotions act as a barrier to the higher essence of ourselves. I help by bringing in another channel of energy for them to work with, so that they can move forward. I also reconnect them to their higher selves by releasing their negative thought forms and energies that block them. These thoughts tend to gather as black clouds when we have worries and concerns. They block vital energies from contacting us, and we feel a bit lost, flat and depressed.

People also often come with issues of love affairs, not being able to find somebody. Often, a cycle of the same situations keep occurring in their relationships, and that’s something I work with. I clear the energy between them and other people and help release fears.
Finally, letting go of the past and being free to move forward is a big thing. Lots of people get caught with the anger and upset of being hurt by somebody and wanting to move on. I do a lot of “cutting cords” and releasing people in that sense.

Tell me about your musical.

I’ve written a rock musical with a couple of friends, and it has been put on in London this year, in Covent Garden! It’s called “Artaban – the Musical”. It’s the story of the fourth Wise Man and of why he never made it to Jesus’ birth. Artaban was a Zoroastrian. The Magis of the Bible story were Zoroastrians, who worshipped the God of Light. It’s a very old religion, and focusses on the power of good and the Light.

The story is based upon a book written around 100 years ago by an American, Henry van Dyke. The story is about Artaban, who delayed reaching the other three wise men for their journey across the desert to Bethlehem because he stopped to help somebody. He had to get his own caravan together and to give up one of the gemstones he had bought as his gift for Jesus.

So, it’s a man on a quest, who spends his whole life looking for Jesus but has forever been delayed, because he’s been helping people. He becomes tortured in his soul because he feels he has failed in life by not achieving his mission. He thought his mission was to meet Jesus and help him, but it really was to help people on a day-to-day basis. I believe everybody’s spiritual journey is to help people.

The showcase of the musical takes place in the Actors’ Church Theatre in November. We’re also going to have a video made of it.

Please share a message for these difficult times.

I believe we are capable of doing everything our heart wants us to do. The most important thing to do at the moment is to connect to your heart’s will and do what it wants. Don’t listen to other people nor the media – listen to your heart, believe in yourself and then go out and do it.

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