Archive for March, 2010

His life crashed down personally and professionally and he felt that he had nothing left to lose by trying a new approach. This is now his life’s mission.

Surfing Your Inner Sea

It seems like a pretty straight forward approach and yet there seems to be several layers to several aspects of Raphael’s work.

A couple of brief points in his philosophy include:

1. Feel first, think later
2. If you can feel it fully, it doesn’t need to persist
3. Honesty & awareness in our emotional presence takes courage

This kind of Emotional Presence isn’t always easy in the face of some big challenges: Compulsions, Anxiety, Addictions, Unworthiness, Depression… With a process, it’s way easier. Raphael described a couple of techniques:

• His 2 x 2 process
• The Done Deal Delay
• The process of physically feeling sensation (and how that can change the definition of an emotion like ‘sadness’)

To do with that, there was an interesting comment on the nature of FREEDOM. How controlled are we if we are forever avoiding pain and chasing joy? It is an interesting consideration that the suppressed, ignored, avoided emotions end up being the biggest controllers in our life, whether we know it or not.

What if we could just surf the emotional waters? What are the results?

• Enhanced intuition (as opposed to conditioned life responses)
• Emotional maturity
• Increased rich appreciation of Life

… More on this Awareness… It’s not just noticing, it’s a Field that is bigger than us. When asked about the dynamic of the microscopic and this broad field of Awareness, he expanded on the sameness of Inner Space and Outer Space. It is the going within process that allows you to feel more connected with the vastness. This field is as big as we need it to be to support our emotional process.

email Raphael with your questions & comments: rc@cushnir.com

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Who’s driving your bus?  This question about presence is fascinating in assessing your resilience and your sense of fulfillment!

Full Body Presence

Suzanne shared insights on ‘the container of our being’. The fullness of this container determines the tone of our expriences… the level of ‘fulfillment.’ There are 5 principles:

1. Trust – understanding we are within a sea of energy and we are a part of it
2. Feel – physical and real
3. Integration – as an innate experience that is naturally nourishing
4. Expansion – our perception of our experiences, both limits & talents and more
5. Choice – what are your choices every day? Do you have a daily practice to highlight your presence?

An incredible concept that came out of this discussion is the idea that with a change of perception can come a change of the future & possibilities. With that we touched upon was the difference between a wish & a potentiality.

Suzanne also briefly described her 3 explorations that are key to her process and that are included as audios with her book. It all starts with with an inner understanding of where you are now.

Thank you Suzanne, for reading to us your complete Imaginings of A World at Peace. What a wonderful *bonus! It is truly inspiring!

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Community is a concept we are all involved with and influenced by. Where are you within your communities?

Rejected!

So much for belonging in community spirit! I opened with a story about my rejection from a community and we went from there. Barbara, my co-conspirator, made wonderful points about:

• ‘Belonging’ to yourself
• Being present
• Being actively and consciously engaged

We explored several different angles including group ties that can be supportive or not, and also the evolving nature of our lives and therefore the changing nature that will be within our sense of community –> which means honoring your personal balance. It was important for me to share concepts around:

• appropriate belonging and non-attachment to outcomes
• matching your needs with the give and take within any community group
• honoring yourself first with any group in order to maintain perspective

Barbara led us through a beautiful presence meditation that was heart centered. Thank you, Barb! And the homework for this month is two-fold:

1. Barb: Go into your community: visit a neighbor or be otherwise engaged
2. Nina: Observe group dynamics and community rapport (‘people watch’ in groups)

I added a brief update to the end of the audio regarding my rejection. The audio is now available for purchase at: www.soulsightservices.com

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Now that the answers from the last newsletter “Follow and Empower the Flow” have been investigated, there is natural and appropriate to draw attention to the flow and movement.

Water imagery is coming to mind (much as I’ve been trying to shake it). I would prefer an air or wind imagery given the tree examples of last month, but water it is. When I try to force it, instead of what I want to see, I see a cooperation of earth, air and water. Cooperation is good and I’d like to investigate it further…

Water, Air & Earth ~ Eternity Through You

The thing is, the current energies feel like more than just a potentiality. It feels like there is already something…

-> on the water currents
-> in the air flow
-> germinating in the earth

1. The water imagery is tied to currents and flow. The water has a sweeping fluidity and I”m recalling that water is considered the most powerful element on earth. If you doubt it, consider the Grande Canyon.
2. I wanted air currents, but the feel of it is too intangible and is more representative of thought, imaginings & ideas. Yet, without this, there is no starting place. (and we can reference the trend from last month)
3. The earth consideration looks, feels, smells like opportunity in real terms. Consider a dandelion seed as an idea whispering on the wind, waiting to be granted the opportunity to land and grow.

So, reflecting on the water in extra-dimensional terms, it can be considered:

• The feminine, the child, inspiration and ideas
• The emotional, flowing, moving and changing
• The second chakra, our relationships and who we are to another
• The moon, cycles, seasons and change
• Cleansing, clearing, revealing

This is not a small influence in our lives, and yet it can happen – I feel it happening – in a way that feels natural and progressive. It is usually in hindsight that you can check in and find out how much things have changed.

Consider our example of the Grande Canyon: It has been flowing almost eternally (+/- 17 million years) & the flow that created it is just consistently doing what it has always done.

If you consistently hold your Higher Vision and Do What You Do in Honor and Grace, the impact will be profound and also leave a profound mark on the Earth.

The Universe will always have more information on ‘Your Bigger Picture’. Keep putting one foot in front of the other in regard to your choices.

Keep your eyes open & your ears perked for the gentle nudgings and whispers of guidance that come as signposts on the earth, ideas on the wind because they are all indications of the Supportive Flow.

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You are a multi-dimensional being who works on multiple levels of consciousness! This is in relation to the Law of Living.

13 Dimensions: Weaving the Light

Nina's Handout (scrawl)

Dr Katherine Torres spoke at length with us about this concept, weaving in what she calls: SEMPES: spirit, emotion, mental, physical, ego, soul. We use them all the time and they are woven into and through our life experiences. These layers of existence affect every aspect of our lives and are directly responsible for our manifestation here in 3D.

We hold within our Being inspiration, ideas, creativity, & passion. Each dimension offers us nuance to our life and enhancement of our wisdom.

• Chaos and creation go hand & hand
• Time, space & gravity allow us to be individuated
• The true healing of any disorder is Love

We found out that we are quite versed in using 1-4 D for our daily purposes and it is the higher dimensions that are more challenging as far as purposeful and conscious meaning. Katherine wove for us concepts around:

• Sacred geometry & karmic purpose
• The DNA structure and transformation
• Translations of sound and light
• Near death experiences & past lives

This call was broad as it encompasses All dynamics and possibilities. Some unexpected comments that came up had to do with  both scientific concepts such as M-Theory and String Theory as well as Hermetic principles like: As it is above, so it is below. We even touched upon 2012 and the Earth’s evolution of change and the power of 10!

What is it all about anyways? It is about moving into more personal harmony… to be more freely You.

Grab the free handout as a visual aid for listening in.

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