Hi there

The build up to the total lunar eclipse on the morning of the 21st of Feb was filled with excitement.  I set my alarm clock for 5am, placed my crystals outside surrounding my favourite bench and had my speech prepared for Mother Moon herself.  I then went to bed and closed my eyes in anticipation of a sight I would not be able to witness for the next 3 years.

I have always had a great connection to the moon, as my grandmother lived in Cape Town and her way of letting us know that she was near was through big bright stars and full shining moons.  The more I grew spiritually, the more I felt a connection and so this early morning was going to be a time of reflection and healing.

Nothing!!!  I went as far as to walk down the street at 5:15am, and still no sign of her at all.  The red haze that filled the clouded sky was just not enough for the anticipation I had built up and the disappointment I felt at not being able to see even a sliver of my red shining moon.

I kicked off my slippers at the front door, threw down my keys and started making my way back to bed when it dawned on me.  I didn't have to see it to know it was there. In my mind the energy of that morning was more powerful than any other and just because I did not have the physical in sight, it did not mean that I could not sit outside amongst my crystals and have my chat.  A conversation that I truly believed I needed in order to get some answers that have been weighing on my mind for far too long now.

Why do we do that? Need to have something manifested into the physical in order to believe it is there?  Furthermore, why have we made the physical the only benchmark of success and achievement?

The irony is that I needed that moon so desperately because of the issues I still find myself having to deal with about my physical.  I never doubt my intellect, teaching ability, business mind, sense of humour or honesty.  I wouldn't change my degree of loyalty or my high standard of ethics and morals; yet when all is said and done I still see the woman who could be a bit thinner, a bit prettier and maybe - just maybe - a bit sexier.

Let's take this one step further with a little Physics 101.  Everything begins as an atom, which in essence is pure energy and has no physical form.  By combining atoms, energy is increased, which in turn creates mass. Finally something physical emerges.  My point - and the point of every physicist on the planet - we are energy far more than we are physical.

We rely on image all day and spend more time being concerned about something that has the illusion of being far more powerful than it truly is.  An image is a mere replica of the real thing, yet is has no substance or reality to it at all.

A smidgen of who we are, is what the eyes behold.  Yet the amount of emphasis that we give it ultimately determines our happiness, and far more damaging - our choices.

Nothing is real until you imagine it to be, and from that imagination is sparked the energy in which physical is created. 

Do you realise that you are powerful enough to change your physical by changing your mind? 

Even more powerful is to go beyond the physical and realise the incredible energy that you are; the radiant, joyous, loving energy that would attract a far better calibre of admirers than someone who could only appreciate the moon when it is whole and in full view of the world.

My wish is for us all to focus on what the eyes cannot see and to remind ourselves that the world deserves to experience us with the gift of all its senses.  I wish for others to see us in the beauty that is the energy of who we are.

But first, I suggest we close our eyes and imagine the moon full, even when there is only a sliver that hangs in the sky.  That way we will endeavour to find the missing parts of ourselves that cannot be seen, yet make us whole, complete and very, very powerful.

Personal Development Seminars, courses and lectures

Please contact me on +27 741 JODENE (563363) or email me at manifest@jodene.co.za if your are interested in any of the courses below

One Day Seminar - Thanks to the Universe I'm all "F'ed up"

 "Thanks to the Universe I'm all "F'ed up" is a seminar designed as both an empowerment tool and insight into a different perspective on happiness and manifestation through the law of attraction.

It focuses on the importance of choice and guides you into the mastery of fearlessness, while urging you to never give up on yourself.

Great tools including The Secret or the Power of Now and world renowned diets such as Weigh-less or self help books like Healing Without Freud or Prozac can work for anyone who reads them.    Chances are they are working already.  This empowering seminar assists in making the law of attraction, and much needed lifestyle changes, accessible and real.

This seminar will be run from the Liban Conference Centre in Woodmead on Saturday 5 April from 9:30am to 4:30pm.  The cost of the day is R750 per person and includes lunch and course notes.  Payment secures your place.

If you, or someone you know, would like to attend the seminar, but a Saturday is problematic, please contact me in order to accommodate you - you never know who else could benefit.

Special offer
A R300 gift voucher to spoil yourself @ Shinzou Wellbeing Centre if you invite a friend to attend the seminar.  Check out the fabulous treatments www.shinzou.co.za
If you are out of town and refer a friend your voucher stands for when you visit.

An Evening with Greg and Jodene - If you don't go within you go without

Law of attraction, manifesting and power of imagination is going to become yet another clich, unless the mechanics of these vital tools are utilised correctly.

Greg and I feel the frustration of everyone who we assist and have decided to spend an evening breaking all the misconception including quantum physics, the power behind affirmations and vision boards, why being positive doesn't seem to be working, and many more unanswered questions.

This is the perfect opportunity for you to gather your questions and finally get the answers you have been searching for.

If you are far away from us, please pose the question to greg@lifeology.biz and we will send you the answer, along with all the other advice we have to offer.

There is no charge to this evening and so we suggest you use this evening to bring someone who you believe could benefit from the seminar and the newsletters.

The evening will be held on Tuesday 1 April and the venue will be decided upon according to numbers. 

Please let me know if you would like to attend and indicate an approximate number of friends you would like to bring along.

Contemplate this
In losing the gift of sight, what would make the world beautiful to you then?

Law of Attraction: Assistance with "Thanks to the Universe I'm all "F'ed up"

On Perception
Who you intend to be is only changed once you tell yourself the truth about who you are - not who you think you are because of what others have done or said - but who you truly are.

If you have vision boards or do daily affirmations, the majority of it works around changing something about yourself; be it material or physical.  Have you ever asked yourself why the change is so important to you?  Do you know why you wish for the things you do? 

If you don't know yourself beyond others' perceptions, you wouldn't possibly know your heart's desires beyond it either.

Everything in this world is neutral and only manifests into something once thought has tarnished its place in the world.  The same goes for you.

No matter what you look like, what car you drive, whether you give change to a beggar or love the partner who is right for you, none of this is your truth unless you do not allow yourself to be swayed by the perception of others.

Before you fight me on this, stop - go get a piece of paper and write a list about all those things that define you.  The things that no-one else has had the power to destroy about you, the things that you know without anyone else's approval - like how beautiful you are, how unique your features are, how brilliant you are at sharing your feelings, what a great son or daughter you are, how talented you are, the unique gift you give to the world every day.    If only your perception has defined you, you should be writing lists of talents, gifts, offerings to the world, unique characteristics and pure magnificence. 

Until then, step out of your own shoes and look at yourself - really look.  It's not often we truly witness a miracle.

Try this exercise for a few weeks
Watch the thoughts that run through your mind about yourself and see how much of that is really your truth or something you have blindly believed due to someone else's perception of you.

THEN, tell yourself the truth about who you really are - chances are, you'll meet someone really special and unique along the way - YOU!!!!!

Share your story
Thank you so much for the great response to last month's newsletter.  We are thrilled that so many people's lives are being touched.  The letters we received will all be shared in time, so please keep sending them as you never know whose life you will change.

Hi Jodene,
In your newsletter you asked us to share our stories.  Well here goes:

I was part of your seminar "Thanks to the Universe, I'm all F'ed Up" which was held on Saturday the 8th of December 2007.  To be completely open and honest, I walked in very sceptical and left feeling unconvinced and extremely confused.  Driving home, I though "What 'happy pills' was Jodene taking because I gotta get myself some of those?"

Baffled and befuddled from the seminar, I threw the book and chess board into a cupboard in the hope that it would be out of sight and therefore out of mind.  That didn't work!  Thoughts raced through my mind - "You are the King of your game", "Believe in yourself", "Visualise your goal and go get it", "Put it out there into the Universe". 

I must admit, it took a couple of weeks for the chaos in my head to stop spinning and then it hit me - instead of running from the chaos embrace it, because once I embraced it, I would be able to use my full potential to go out there and attain the amazing and incredible life that was waiting for me.  I evaluated my ambitions and visualised my goals.  I decided that as King of my life I needed to change my outlook and the way I perceived a situation and for the first time in years, I was feeling positive not only about my life, but about myself, and believe me, that was a great feat in itself.  By just having changed my outlook on life, different situations and myself, the whole world has changed.  In all honesty though, the world is still the same, it is I who has changed. 

These days, I wake up happy in the mornings believing in myself, feeling worthy and knowing that I am on the right path to fulfilling my destiny.  By simply 'thinking' positively everything around me seems to be positive - people, work, even my finances don't look that bleak anymore.

And so Jodene, not only do I thank you for the most incredible seminar, but I thank you for giving me the tools to attaining my own "happy pills" and these days when people ask me what I am on and where they can get some, I give them your contact details.

Kind regards

Greg's View on the World

Lately I have been quite stressed out at work. I have been working long hours under pressure. One morning I was driving into the parking garage where my bay is on the 13th floor and half way up, feeling quite down, I started to imagine that I was on a funfair ride. "Weeeeee", I started to scream ecstatically as I circled up the next ramp. "Weeeee" I went again. I felt the excitement build from within and when I climbed out my car at the top I was on top of the world, smiling and giggling to myself. Call it an energy conversion. Call it what you like. A simple thought, translated into sound and feeling changed the experience and the day.

This can be practised in all aspects of our life and in everything we do. As everything and everyone is energy, every experience can be seen and felt how we wish to experience them. A meeting with the same people about the same thing can go very differently depending on the energy we put out. Likewise, manifestation and affirmations are only effective if we feel what we are giving attention to. If everything in the world is energy and feeling changes our energy then surely we change the world every time we change our energy? Simple, isn't it?

These moments are the times when you truly go within and change the way you feel about life, thereby changing your life.

Join me on the evening of April 1st and share the journey of going within so you don't go without.

Website Launch!
Greg and I have joined forces in creating a website that gives ongoing support to you as you make a difference in your lives and the world at large.  We have given you many reasons to visit the site over and over again including "contemplate this", a tool to help change your perception of the world. 

We are thrilled to be linked to Kalahari, which will enable you to have easy access to the books and media that has helped us along our journeys.

Our little corner is a joint contribution of topics, tools and personal experiences that Greg and I share as we shape our worlds.

From next month your newsletters will be sent via the website link, something which we are beyond excited about.

The brilliant team at Ad-One Media are like minded individuals who have taken our vision of the world and brought it to life. 

Check out this talented company on www.ad-one.co.za

http://www.ad-one.co.zaIn abundance,

Jodene & Greg