A motivational video from my childhood

What do Alaxander Graham Bell, Loius Pasteur and Eddison have in common? From the Director Ken Hughes, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) is a film I first saw during my childhood. Although comical, the song "Roses of Success" embodies what motivation is all about.

The Orb

After yesterday evening's session with the Orb, I have ordered a Dominus Cervix pendant. The description from the website reads as follows "The DCX 20 mm crystal pendant can result in intense experience because it is worn close to the body. The energy that this pendant transfers to your body will lead to a unique optimization of your Chakra system. All aspects of your aura can be cleansed and healed at the same time, at a very high vibratory level. Because this pendant cleanses your aura in its own special way, it can result in the aura being more powerful and less influenced by external forces. You can therefore be stronger in your self, more self assured, less vulnerable and more determined. By wearing the pendant daily you can also reach a higher vibratory level."

I am really curious....

Control? Who is in control? What is in control?

Yesterday was the monthly "Therapists Exchange Evening" held at http://www.davidsinhaarlem.nl
I arrived not feeling my best and rather tired and I was delighted when David told me that tonight would be a therapy evening. I knew what that meant.
First of all Raymon, http://www.celestialsupport.nl, introduced the group to Celestial Healing and produced from a box a rather large object which I can only describe as some kind of big glass ball weighing 5 Kgs. Later on I found out that it was called a Dominus Cervix Glass Crystal Orb. I didn't want to hold it as I didn't want to drop it, so it was put on a stand on the floor for me to put my hands on the orb. Jeeeeeez, I could feel a huge amount of energy comming into me and I wasn't imagining it. Shortly afterwards Raymon used the orb in a brief "healing session" with me. My breathing stared off shallow as normal and I felt calm. And then gradually my chest began to expand to allow me to take in more oxygen and with every breath I took my chest expanded even more till I was breathing like I had never breathed before. Initially I was resistant to the expansion and then something inside me snapped and said "let go of control" so I continued to breathe even more deeper than before, while being totally relaxed.
Wow.... time slowed down so much that I have no clue how long Raymon was doing what he was doing. Then he said "you can open your eyes".
Next... aren't I the lucky one. Marijke was offering Blue-e as a therapy. Again, this is a new one on me. So, I partook. The same physiological reactions with my breathing happened. Was it my unconcious mind saying "let go", or was it the gate keeper to my UM? I plump for the gate keeper because the UM looks for and recognises patterns; and this certainly was not a regular breathing pattern of mine.

Control? Who is in control? What is in control?

This is something I am really curious about because several years ago at my NLP Practitioner course, during a coaching session with one of the trainers I became stuck and could't move forward, or wouldn't move forward. I then described my usual mode of defence which is building a brick wall in front of me which I can not see over. With some work I changed this to a protective fluid ball surrounding me; a great metaphor as I love the feeling of being in water.
The feedback to me at the end of the course was "now you have let go of control, you are in control".

Interesting for me is this control mechanism. Which of me is in control?

A great hypnotic suggestion for a training group...

"Well, it's the graveyard shift after lunch slot now so I'm going to.........."

Do you stop and listen? Do you have time for beauty?

On Friday, January 12 2007, Joshua Bell took part in a cultural experiment that examined art and context that was conducted by the Washington Post. The experiment turned into a Washington Post cover story titled “Pearls Before Breakfast” which created an international firestorm of discussion about how we appreciate art, and specifically, music. On April 7, 2008 it was announced that this provocative think-piece by Gene Weingarten was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing. To read the story, visit:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/04/AR2007040401721.html

London: Day 0: UK Airspace closed

Today, Thursday, started off a normal day; albeit a little earlier than normal. Finished, packing, tea, shave and bath and then an uneventful trip to Schiphol airport. Check-in was relatively uneventful, although, as usual, some people were trying it on to check-in too much luggage. I went for a cig in Murphy's bar smoke room. Sky News was on and OMG Scottish airports, Mancherter, Newcastle and Belfast closed too. No flights arriving or departing. The reason was because of a volcano in Iceland which was depositing volcanic ash at a fast rate of knots t0 20,000 feet into the air. The resulting cloud was 2-3 times the size of the UK. The news also announced that Heathrow and Gatwick had cancelled a large number of flights. I checked the departure board and my flight was still scheduled to depart at 10:10am. I called a friend because I wanted to know what the hell was going on in Scotland. My mum, my sister and her family live there and I just wanted to know that nothing more was afoot. Chris told me that according to the news Gatwick was still open and that the ash cloud caused no danger to people on the ground. We boarded as scheduled but were a little late in departing because BA were filling the spare seats of our flight with passangers whose flights were cancelled. So the paperwork had to be correct and it wasn't correct; and then it was, eventually.
At 17:39pm in the hotel and watching BBC news live, UK Airspace is closed and 23 airports in France are closed, also closed are airports in the Netherlands, Belgium, Norway and Denmark. I was so lucky to be on one of the flights to the UK which took off before the cloud closed the airport.
I am curious as to when they will reopen as I am scheduled to fly back on Monday afternoon.
The Advanced NLP course starts tomorrow.........

A few pictures from Trainer Training, Orlando