Peaceful Path Retreat – Women’s Retreat – June 18 -20, 2010

A Peaceful Path Retreat

With Jane Booth Robertson

 June 18^th – June 20^th, 2010

Welcome to a very special women’s retreat, a quiet journey of self-discovery, personal growth and evolving consciousness!  “A Peaceful Path”…summons up visions of joy, relaxation, serenity, creativity,community and quiet steps to peaceful living. Join Jane, an experienced retreat facilitator and 12 women for a weekend in a serene, rural Ontario setting.  The retreat provides you with the perfect combination of support, guidance, and tools through holistic workshops, harmony circles,  guided meditations and labyrinth walks, nature activities, creative expression and fireside gatherings with ample time for solitude and  quiet reflection. During the weekend you will have the opportunity to  explore a peaceful path with interconnecting pathways, each revealing  your inner peace, beauty and wholeness.  Lodge                                                                               Labyrinth        Location: The retreat is located at Crieff Hills Community, a retreat   centreat R.R. #2, Puslinch, ON, near Guelph, ON (60 km west of Toronto). The centre is supported by the Presbyterian Church of Canada and the  property was donated by Col. MacLean of MacLean Publishing. The calm, natural environment complements our retreat’s purpose to offer the  opportunity to explore our evolving pathways and to experience inner  peace and wholeness. Accommodation: We will have our own separate 2 storey building with workshop/livingroom, kitchenette and 7 private bedrooms with private baths.  Five meals from Saturday, morning breakfast to lunch on Sunday, 20th. Arrival time: 6:30 p.m. June 18th.  Departure: 2:00 p.m Sunday, June 20th. A trip to the Donkey Sanctuary of Canada may be included on Sunday afternoon.(Jane’s family homestead farm about 5 miles from Crieff). Limit of 12 participants. To receive a registration form and retreat details, please e-mail: goldenlightcentre@rogers.com

Healing Sounds Radion with Jonathan Goldman & Amrita Cottrell

Healing Sounds Newsletter

HEALING SOUNDS RADIO with Jonathan Goldman & Amrita Cottrell

www.healthylife.net –February 2010

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Please tune in February 10th, Wednesday, at 12 noon US Eastern Time, to www.healthylife.net when I present “The Healing Sounds Show”. My guest for this show will be Amrita Cottrell.

Amrita Cottrell is the Founding Director of The Healing Music Organization and the Co-Director of The Crystal Sound Institute. Her work in sound and healing music came from her own amazing recovery from a life threatening illness in 1999 using her own sounds.

Amrita has a degree in the Health Arts and Sciences and is an inspiring teacher and public speaker. She is an accomplished musician and singer. Her music artfully blends her playing of crystal singing bowls with her high, clear singing. She has shared her healing story and her work with the crystal bowls at the United Nations, as well as the NY Times and CBS News.

Amrita publishes a bi-weekly online subscription newsletter called the Sound News Chronicle. She monitors the news media and compiles news articles, scientific research, recent publications, recordings and events in the field of sound healing and music therapy into an easy access newsletter. She is founder and director of The Healing Music Organization.

A truly heart felt person, who is very knowledgeable in the arena of sound healing, Amrita will share numerous areas of interest with us. Please tune in February 10th for this extraordinary show. It’s sure to be a wonderful and deeply resonating experience.

World Sound Healing Day

In addition, please tune in to www.healthylife.net for our special World Sound Healing Day show at 11:00 AM Eastern Standard Time (EST–New York Time) on February 14th. This show will be leading up to the “Sound Heard Around the World” at 12 noon EST when people throughout the world will meet at the Temple of Sacred Sound in order to send a sonic Valentine to Gaia, our Mother Earth. This show will be co-hosted by my wife, Andi Goldman, a noted psycho-therapist and sound healer.

If you have a question and would like to be “live” on the air with us on the Healing Sounds show, here’s the audience call in telephone number: 800 – 555 – 5453

Please tune in to this Internet Radio Show Wednesday, February 10th, at 12 noon Eastern Time to healthylife.net

As a member of Healing Music Organization, I hope you will be able to join her and Jonathan Goldman on Wed. Feb. 10th at noon.  Jonathan is a leader in sound healing and I’m sure Amrita will enlighten you about the healing power of sound.

Peacefully, Jane

Peaceful Path Tip – Feeding the ‘Good’

TWO WOLVES

One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people.
He said, “My son, the battle is between two wolves inside us all.

“One is Evil –  It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.

“The other is Good –  It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith.”

The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather: “Which wolf wins?”

The old Cherokee simply replied, “The one you feed.”

Peace and joy,

Jane

Visit Jane at www.goldenlightcentre.com and the Golden Light Art Gallery

Jane’s Official Book site for In Silence, Discovering Self through Meditation, www.in-silence.net

 

Pathways of the Sun, An Awakening

These three videos are a fascinating look at the Sacred sites of South Africa.  For those who are interested in Sacred Geometry and Sacred Grids, Dean Liprini shows us how the grid of sacred light forms at the tip of South Africa from the Winter Solstice, Summer Equinox and Spring Solstice.  Ancient peoples knew the power of the Sacred Light as a pathway to knowledge.  There are a few gaps in the videos, but worth watching…see the Grail stone…most incredible!

Pathways of the Sun, An Awakening Part 1

by Dean Liprini  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T87nUsj0p6w&feature=related

Pathways of the Sun, An Awakening Part 2

By Dean Liprini http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Koqh9gtF41g&feature=related

Pathways of the Sun, An Awakening, Part 3

By Dean Liprini http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTNHIrRbReI&feature=related  

 Dean Liprini’s book is called Pathways of the Sun, unveiling the mysteries of Table Mountain and beyond.

Visit Dean for his video and book www.sunpath.co.za

Thank you Dean for sharing your discoveries with the world to assist us in our awakening and remembrance of our true being.

Peacefully Jane

Visit Jane at www.goldenlightcentre.com  The Golden Light Centre for Well-Being

Jane is author of In Silence, Discovering Self through Meditation Visit her Official Author site www.in-silence.net to order her book of awakening, ancient wisdom and inner peace

Peaceful Path Personal Sound Healing

 Peaceful Path Personal Sound Healing

 Sound was the earliest tool used by humans for vibrational healing. Mothers used their voices to calm their babies.  When a person was hurt, they groaned.  Our bodies are vibrating all the time as we are energy beings.  Sound is a vibration, moving in waves.  Wikipedia describes sounds as  “a traveling wave which is an oscillation of pressure transmitted through a solid, liquid, or gs, composed of frequencies within the range of hearing and of a level sufficiently strong to be heard, or the sensation stimulated in organs of hearing by such vibrations”.  When we pull a sting on a guitar, the strings next to it vibrates from the sound produced. In the same way, our body responds to sounds around us. Sound frequencies can be a wonderful healing tool.

 We each have our own likes and dislikes of music.  We know that listening to loud sounds can damage our hearing.  However, soft sounds calm and relax us.  Music affects our emotions and evoke memories.  Dance music makes us want to move and be active.   We only have to be aware of the power of sound and use it as a key to healing and to assists us to know ourselves more fully as vibrational beings.  In my holistic natural sound therapy, I use sound – tuning forks, chants, toning, drumming, rattles, bells –  for personal healing and for my clients.

 Drumming:

 The drum is the earliest instrument to be used for healing and communication.  Today, scientists are learning the healing properties of drumming for use in heart disease, Alzheimer’s and cancer treatment.

 Tuning Forks:

 I use sound with my Reiki sessions as it relaxes and assists in balancing my clients’ energies centers, known as chakras.  Sound is a vibrational healing and I pass tuning forks over and around the body, the body responds to these vibrations by relaxing and calming.  When our bodies are calm, they can heal naturally.

 Chants:

Chanting has also been used since ancient times for healing.  Try chanting your own name or tone the vowel sounds – a, e, i,o,u  – and feel how your body responds.  Feel the sound stirring and awaking and illuminating each cell in your body.  Imagine each cell receiving love as you chant. The “Ohm” sound is wonderful to use as you begin to meditate as it opens your consciousness to the Divine as your body soothes and calms from this sound.  “Ahhh…is a sound for heart love.

 Mantras:

Mantras are phrases or sentences that are repeated over and over.  The ancient Vedic teachings have many mantras to use for all areas of our lives.   I use simple ones that I make up.  Before I go to sleep I repeat “I am calm.  I am peace. I am calm. I am peace.”  Then, I drift off into a peaceful night’s sleep.  Each religion has its mantras to repeat.  Roman Catholic’s hold rosary beads as they repeat  mantras.  Hindus and Buddhist use mala beads as they repeat their sacred mantras.

 Finding your own Sound

 You have a natural resonance (vibration) with the harmony of the Universe.  As you meditate, ask for your own sound(s) to use for your personal healing and well-being.  Listen…and you will receive a sound or words for you.  Find your own voice.  Sing your own song.

 As I use the tuning forks with clients, I chant or tone intuitively.  Before each session, I ask that I will receive the sound that will assist my client.  I am always amazed at the sounds that I receive.  They are usually short words that have no meaning to me, such as tat or wha or tume and they flow together.  I’ve learned not to question what I receive but simply share them.  My clients love them and I always look forward to new mantras or chants that I receive.

Personal Sound Awareness

  Become aware of what music you are listening to each day.  Is it healthy for your body? As I was watching the Grammy’s last Sunday evening, I was very aware of what music resonated with my body.  Some were just too harsh and brash for me. While the Michael Jackson segment, ‘Earth Song” touched my heart.  Use of swearing words in songs brings negativity, so watch your language.   Listen to the sounds in your daily life and think abouthow they are affecting your health.  Try to get rid of loud, harsh sounds as they are harmful.  Teens think is it cool to swear and be loud, but their bodies and souls are asking for peace and kindness.

Music raises our consciousness – What about Us?

Michael Jackson – Earth Song – Tribute to Michael, Grammy’s 2010 – What a great awakening song.

Enjoy – Earth Song -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91vY9QLQOYk

Earth Song Lyrics (not complete verse)

What about sunrise
What about rain
What about all the things
That you said we were to gain…
What about killing fields
Is there a time
What about all the things
That you said was yours and mine…
Did you ever stop to notice
All the blood we’ve shed before
Did you ever stop to notice
The crying Earth the weeping shores?

Aaaaaaaaah Aaaaaaaaah
Aaaaaaaaah Aaaaaaaaah

What have we done to the world
Look what we’ve done
What about all the peace
That you pledge your only son…
What about flowering fields
Is there a time
What about all the dreams
That you said was yours and mine…
Did you ever stop to notice
All the children dead from war
Did you ever stop to notice
The crying Earth the weeping shores…

Music has brought peace and joy to the world through so many artists and continues to reveal our society to us -the good and the bad – it helps to awaken our souls to be fully human.  Michael Jackson love our earth and it is reflected in his song. 

Michael’s song asks “What about us?”    What can we do? Lets assist your life and those around you  and our plant life and animals by creating ‘life sounds’ that bring peace and well-being.  The dolphins call to us to awaken.  Let us hear their sweet voices and respond now. Learn to vibrate at the highest vibration of love and send your song of love out into the world as you travel on a peaceful path.

Sound Energy and Reiki Sessions

 I am available weekly, Wednesday and Thursday, for Sound/Reiki Sessions for energy balancing, relaxation and stress reduction.  I personalize the session with chants and toning to meet your needs. The sessions are 1 ½ hours in Meaford, Ontario Canada.  Please e-mail: goldenlightcentre@rogers.com  In the spring and summer months, I travel to nearby areas for home appointments for those who cannot travel.  Discover how vibrational healing can improve and sustain your health and well-being.  My fee is $50.00 per session plus GST.

Jane

Jane Booth Robertson, BA, CSW, M.Div

Reiki Master/Sound Energy Practitioner  www.goldenlightcentre.com

Author of In Silence, Discovering Self through Meditation www.in-silence.net

Minister of Spiritual Peacemaking

Peaceful Path Tip – Ease

Peaceful Path Tip

Peace allows life to unfold with ease.  Allow yourself to flow with ease….glide, float, move gently, step softly…enjoy the moment!

Peace and joy,

Jane

Peaceful Path Affirmation

“I allow the sweet Spirit to lift me, to fill me, to embrace me.  I am free to be who I truly am.”

Feel your deep connection with Divinity and allow yourself to flow and experience limitless possiblities.  Know you are a co-creator with God/Goddess. Allow the true you to be revealed.

Peacefully,

Jane

Peaceful Path Tip – Perfect Kindness

Peaceful Path Tip

“Perfect kindness acts without thinking of kindness” Lao-Tse

We could apply that thought to peace – “Perfect peace acts without thinking of peace” – or to love -”Perfect love acts without thinking of love”    Perfect kindness…Perfect peace…perfect love…all flowing naturally…

Love and Peace, Jane

About Lao-Tse

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laozi  For more information on Lao-Tse and Daoism

From: Laozi is traditionally regarded as the author of the Daodejing (Tao Te Ching), though its authorship has been debated throughout history.^[2][3][4]

The earliest reliable reference (circa 100 BC) to Laozi is found in the Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji) by Chinese historian Sima Qian (ca. 145–86 BC), which combines three stories. In the first, Laozi was said to be a contemporary of Confucius (551-479 BC). His surname was Li (李 “plum”), and his personal name was Er (耳 “ear”) or Dan (聃 “long ear”). He was an official in the imperial archives, and wrote a book in two parts before departing to the West. In the second, Laozi was Lao Laizi (老來子 “Old Master”), also a contemporary of Confucius, who wrote a book in 15 parts. In the third, Laozi was the Grand Historian and astrologer Lao Dan (老聃 “Old Long-ears”), who lived during the reign (384-362 BC) of Duke Xian (獻公) of Qin).^[5][6]

Popular legends say that he was conceived when his mother gazed upon a falling star, stayed in the womb for sixty-two years, and was born when his mother leaned against a plum tree. He accordingly emerged a grown man with a full grey beard and long earlobes, which are a symbol of wisdom and long life.^[7][8] In other versions he was reborn in some thirteen incarnations since the days of Fuxi; in his last incarnation as Laozi he lived to nine hundred and ninety years, and traveled to India to reveal the Dao.^[9]

According to popular traditional biographies, he worked as the Keeper of the Archives for the royal court of Zhou. This reportedly allowed him broad access to the works of the Yellow Emperor and other classics of the time. The stories assert that Laozi never opened a formal school, but he nonetheless attracted a large number of students and loyal disciples. There are numerous variations of a story depicting Confucius consulting Laozi about rituals.^[10][11]

According to legends, Laozi leaves China on his water buffalo.^[12]

Many of the popular accounts say that Laozi married and had a son named Zong, who became a celebrated soldier. A large number of people trace their lineage back to Laozi, as the emperors of the Tang Dynasty did. According to Simpkins & Simpkins, many (if not all) of the lineages may be inaccurate. However, they are a testament to the impact of Laozi on Chinese culture.^[13]

Traditional accounts state that Laozi grew weary of the moral decay of city life and noted the kingdom’s decline. According to these legends, he ventured west to live as a hermit in the unsettled frontier at the age of 160. At the western gate of the city, or kingdom, he was recognized by a guard. The sentry asked the old master to produce a record of his wisdom. This is the legendary origin of the Daodejing. In some versions of the tale, the sentry is so touched by the work that he leaves with Laozi to never be seen again. Some legends elaborate further that the “Old Master” was the teacher of the Buddha, or the Buddha himself.^[10][14]

By the mid-twentieth century, a consensus had emerged among scholars that the historicity of Laozi was doubtful or unprovable and that the Daodejing was “a compilation of Taoist sayings by many hands originating in the -4th century.”^[15] Alan Watts (1975) held that this view was part of an academic fashion for skepticism about historical spiritual and religious figures, arguing that not enough would be known for years, or possibly ever, to make a firm judgment.^[16]

Alma Rumball’s Art – of Spiritual Peacemaking with Rev. Wendy Oke & Rev. Christine Jefferson

Alma Rumball’s Art – of Spiritual Peacemaking with Rev. Wendy Oke & Rev. Christine Jefferson

Date  Saturday, March 6 10 am – 4: p.m.     Cost: $80

 Wendy and Alma’s nephew Colin have been ‘keepers of the drawings’ for over 35 years. Wendy  is a teacher, counselor, writer, speaker and ordained Spiritual Peaceminister with James Twyman’s Beloved Community. She officiates at weddings through All Seasons Weddings.    See Alma Matters website to view artwork and read extraordinary story    www.almamatters.ca   Order the award-winning documentary  THE ALMA DRAWINGS

Rev. Christine will provide the resonance and guided meditations for each attribute of the Emissary Wheel. This workshop is powerful, transformational, and FUN!

Please note the website for Christine Jefferson’s Reiki Centre in Alliston.  This link will take you right to the workshop information, using Alma Rumball’s art as meditation portals to access the Emissary Wheel.   http:www.thereikicentre.ca/workshops_classes.html

We do hope you can make it, or perhaps forward to others you think might be interested.  There are now 74 Alma prints, so many may never have been seen before.

  Now for simple directions: 

 Address:  19 Victoria Street West

                Alliston, ON

Phone:  (705) 434 – 4446

 Follow Highway 400 (north or south) to Highway 89 (Cookstown)

Follow Highway 89 West to Alliston (you will pass through Cookstown)

After entering downtown Alliston you will now be on Victoria Street. You will cross Rail tracks, then go thru one traffic light. 

Our storefront is after the second traffic light on the left (south side of street) next to a store called the Curiosity shop. 

At the second traffic light (church street) you will have a choice:  You can go through the light and look for parking on the street or you can turn left and then take a right into the parking lot behind the stores on Victoria Street.  The back entrance to our storefront is at the far end of the parking lot.  You will see an emissary wheel on the door with the Reiki Centre in writing.  You will also see a sign above the door with the words Curiosity Shop on it.  

 Blessings Abundant,
Rev. Christine

Thank you for Being the Change.

I am pleased to extend this invitation to all of you to attend a wonderful workshop with two of my fellow Ministers of Spiritual Peacemaking.  I hope you will attend.  Alma Rumball’s Art is so fasicinating.  Please see the articles about Alma at www.goldenlightcentre.com 

Peace and joy

 Rev. Jane

Author of In Silence, Discovering Self through Meditation

www.goldenlightcentre.com

www.in-silence.net

Peaceful Path Tip – Take your time

On this day may you slow down and take your time before making a decision.  Look at all your choices.  Which one makes your heart sing?  Now…proceed.

Have a peaceful and mindful day,

Jane

www.goldenlightcentre.com

www.in-silence.net