Water

As part of our spiritual retreat we watch DVDs. Yes DVDs. Carefully selected DVDs. Tonight we watched a DVD on water.

Have you ever wondered why water in its solid state (ice) floats in its liquid state? This doesn't follow the laws of physics of any other compound.

There are a bunch of scientists that have been puzzled by this property of water, and so, they have been studying it. This is what they have discovered, in a nutshell.

Water has a memory. If you treat it with love and gratitude it will heal you. If you treat it with anger and rage it will do you no good. Holy water is holy. It has properties that can heal you.

Water likes to flow, via gentle curves and over sloping ground, and in nature. When water pours out of your home tap it has been chemically treated, it has gone via a series of long pipes, it has been pumped under high pressure, it has flowed via right angle turns. That water feels hated. It has the memory of hate. If you drink that water it will have a draining effect on you.

The good news is, that all you need to do is bless your water with the words "Love and Gratitude" before you drink it.

For those who are interested, I am hoping to be able to host a showing of this DVD at my house, at some stage soonish.

Tough Day

I had a bit of a tough day today at the retreat. I never thought it could ever get to this point ... but I actually felt like just packing my bags, and heading home. Yes, I felt like quitting.

Of course, I come from the school of "You never quit". So, I am still here at the retreat.

I was wise enough to bring up my resistance with my teacher. And I must admit that she is a true spiritual master, in the way that she handled it. She got me right back on track and for the rest of the evening my head was spinning (I think it's still spinning now) as I tried to catch up. (I find that when you take huge spiritual shifts, your mind spins, sometimes to the point of nausea. It is very disorientating, and the sensation itself makes you want to quit.)

Now that the day is over I am really glad how it has all turned out. I have just learned probably the most important lesson of the entire course. As my spiritual teacher says - "it is in our darkest moments that we learn our most important lessons". So true.

Feeling like a kid in a lolly shop

The lady running the retreat is warm and wonderful. She also knows a lot more about wholistic eating than I do. So the pantry is stacked full of exotics I have never heard of like Agave juice and Chinese red dates. She has brewed up a pot of chai that I can't seem to get away from. She made us the most delicious porridge with ginger and Chinese red dates.

Before I went on this retreat, my parents were very worried that I might lose weight out here.

In the meantime ... I feel like a kid in a lolly shop!

Retreat

I have gone on a 10 day live-in retreat. It's FANTASTIC!

We live in a lovely cottage, that I don't have to clean. Someone else is doing the cooking. All I have to do is turn up to classes every day. Life is bliss!