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In this Issue. June 2008Feature Article - Telling the Truth - the Forgotten Art of Speaking What is Present 
The Kokoda Challenge-four women run for 96 km's in one day.
Institute of Noetic Science-a fabulous resource
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Three weeks ago I stubbed the fourth toe of my left foot, and did a pretty good job of it! Last week I had X-rays and an MRI which finally confirmed that I had broken the bone. I have spent the past few weeks watching people walking freely and without pain and thinking how marvelous that would be. On the 19th July I am supposed to be teaming up with three other women to run a 96 km team event in one day. This time right now is supposed to be my peak training window. Instead, by virtue of the oft thought of fourth toe, I am reduced to hobbling, swimming, and as of today, deep water running (non weight bearing). Thankfully, I have not been angry, upset or frustrated with this experience. Instead I have watched it all unfold and been curious about the mystery of it. Why? For what purpose? And even in the asking of those questions, I have a sneaky awareness that maybe there is no purpose, or reason. It just is. Accept it and do what I can do. (Swim, deep water run). To this point my lessons in health have been delivered by the breakdown of small things, a little toe, a scratch on the eye. Nothing life threatening, yet still able to reduce me to non-doing. I have learnt not to take walking, seeing, touching or being healthy, for granted. I have learnt that there is no “small thing” - a toe is a very precious, if somewhat forgotten part of us, which contributes to the balance and movement of our bodies and our lives. However, the biggest lesson from my broken toe has been that my pausing, being still, connecting with source, is what is most important. It has been great to be reminded to stay in the present with my broken toe; to be with it, and not with anger, upset, frustration and any other noise that would usually have disturbed me at this time
The most amazing gift of this world wide web event is that by the fourth class (out of ten) , 11 million people had accessed the material. While the world goes on with increasing petrol prices, recession, the US election, earthquakes and cyclones, concurrently, but below the radar, upwards of 20 million people (my guess), have been tuning in to Eckhart Tolle and Oprah discussing some of the most powerful and simple truths that the world needs to contemplate and hear about - now more than ever. I believe that this world wide web dialogue is one of the most significant events in human history for the last 10 - 20 years. The funeral of Dianna (biggest collective outpouring of grief on the planet to date); 9/11 (a wake up call to consciousness), and then Oprah and Tolle (speaking with a clear, clean voice about the significance of the individual’s ability to effect the course of our planet’s evolution). When 20 million other people all over the world are hearing the same message and contributing as individuals, shift happens. Wow. So here I am - temporarily lame - working daily on my surrender to that state, and the world is about to tilt - a true confluence of events. 20 million people plugged into consciousness, combined with a collapsing economy and the breakdown of the western materialistic way of life. Hang on. The ride is just beginning!
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Feature Article - Telling the Truth - the Forgotten Art of Speaking What is Present
If you missed the last issue, please send an email to janine@syzergy.biz with Previous Newsletter edition in the subject line and we will forward the issue to you. In issue our last issue, I wrote about Listening Till You No Longer Exists, which is part one of this three part series
1. Listen until you no longer exist The three are all interdependent with each other. When one exists, all exist. They are completely dependent on the quality of our ability to be in the listening - or in other words, to be fully present. The “you” in “listen until you no longer exist” is the part of us that is always noisy. The ego part of us - the one that wants to be right, liked, good, smart, attractive, better than...... The reason I classify telling the truth as the forgotten art of speaking about what is present, is that we were born with the skill, and through years of learning to be polite, correct, and diplomatic, we have forgotten how to do this. I’m not advocating that we say to someone, point blank: “You’re fat!”, although this may be true. Speaking the truth is about stating what is in the space to be said; in order to be able to do this, we first need to be in the space, in the listening, and not in our own heads coming up with all of the ~right~ answers. For example, you are conversing with Mary, and have an intuition that Mary doesn’t understand what you are trying to explain. Speaking the truth would be saying, “Mary, I have a sense that you are not following me -that maybe I am not explaining this in a way that makes sense to you?” Mary may not be confused. She may be in disagreement. In which case she is likely to state that, and we can proceed with our conversation. Another example: I may notice that I am not feeling comfortable about the conversation. I may not know exactly what is making me feel uncomfortable. Speaking the truth would be to say: “There is something about this conversation that is making me uncomfortable -I am not sure what that is.” We can either register that and proceed, or explore my discomfort and then proceed. Another example: I may be nervous about having a particular conversation with you. There may be a lot of emotion involved on both sides and I may want to speak with clean intent and not provoke more upset. I could say: “I am feeling very nervous about this conversation, as I feel that you and I have not been able to communicate without creating more upset for both of us --and I would really like this conversation to be different. I would really like this conversation to pave the way for both of us to be able to move forward in a positive way.” This statement needs to be true for you or it won’t resonate. And it still doesn’t guarantee the outcome you desire. However, you will have been honest and taken responsibility for owning your “truth” in the conversation/relationship. Another example: In a sales context, if you and I are talking, and you are really interested in what I do and genuinely show interest in my services from a professional point of view, and I genuinely feel that I would love to work with you, I could simply say: “I would love to coach you!” The more the conversation operates from the Communication Formula, the more likely it is that the communication for both parties can open up and be grounded in truth. And the more likely it is to be safe for both parties. We do have to be mindful of how we are stating the truth. Speaking of our feelings, our observations, our senses, our gut instincts - being responsible for our own experiences - is essential. Being willing to be wrong or off the mark is also important. If we stay in “listening until I no longer exist”, we will immediately let go of this need to be right or wrong. I can’t be in my ego state if I am in “listening until I no longer exist”. The above examples illustrate the very small acts of truth telling - no less profound than the bigger ones, just as important, and really good ways to practice. You will know that you are doing well because first you will hear the truths -- be completely present. Then you will be able to speak them. The bigger truths - stating the unstated, require a level of listening that moves from low altitude to high altitude. Let me explain: the old saying “you can’t see the forest for the trees”, means that when we are in the forest, looking at the forest from ground level, we see lots of single trees. When we look at the forest from the level of clouds, our view is different. When we look at the forest from the level of a spacecraft, we have another view. Similarly, when we look at the forest from the level of an ant, we will have yet another view. All views are right AND all views are very different. Complex truths require altitudinal perspective. Altitudinal perspective requires the ability to really transcend ego and be able to listen from a clean and detached space. For instance, if I am a frog, I see with frog eyes. A bee, with bee’s eyes. A bat, with bat eyes. A fundamentalist anything, I see through the eyes of fundamentalism. I will always and only be able to see through the eyes of my current world view. Really complex truths require an evolved human being to be able to be present to the truth. They see the patterns and pathways and are able to remove the excess story, emotions and verbiage from the complexity in order to reach the simplicity on the other side. (This is what I believe Eckhart Tolle does). Prior to the hearing there was a huge build up of public debate, with many believing that the hearing would go for many months to determine who was to blame. Captain Asoh was the first witness at the hearing. While the world watched, the first question was asked: “Can you tell us, Captain Asoh, how you managed to land the plane two and a half miles out in San Francisco Bay in perfect compass line with the runway?” To which Captain Asoh is reported to have replied. “As you Americans say, Asoh *%$#ed up.” The hearing was almost immediately concluded and Captain Asoh continued to fly for Japan Airlines until his retirement. Is there not a part of you that yearns for this level of truth? A part that wants to speak with this level of truth about you - and wants to hear others speak their truth? Just imagine if Bill Clinton had spoken the truth. Or Richard Nixon. Clean off the bat. Imagine if our fallen sports heroes had the same courage as Captain Asoh. Would we find a place to forgive them for being human, and for falling down, as we all have done, and will do again? The truth will set you free....and it lives in the present!
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The Kokoda Challenge-four women run for 96 km's in one day.
Last year, some of you may recall, our team came third overall, in a time of 15 hours 12 minutes. This surprised many people, as we had three girls and one guy on the team. This year, we have decided to go for the four girl team, and we hope to do the same or less time-that extra experience, and the right preparation and support. The event is a fund raiser for a very good cause...Kokoda Kids...taking at risk teens and high achieving teens and putting them together for some hard work, challenges, and life experiences. Some of the kids end up walking the actual Kokoda track. I would be most grateful for donations. $20 would be great. More if you think so...:) Best way to donate is to go to www.kokodachallenge.com You can also read about the event there. For the actual page to donate direct, go to http://www.kokodachallenge.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17&Itemid=44
We also have a great crew, lead by my daughter Natalie, who crewed for us last year and knows exactly what we need. Plus of course there are hundreds of volunteers, many of whom stay out all night in the cold to be sure people are safe. The event, now in its forth year, has sold out of entry spots, three months out from the start, with 250 teams of four registered. Quite remarkable really, that there are 1000 people who are happy to give up pretty much a whole weekend (most teams take over 22 hours to complete the course), and a cold night out in the Gold Coast Hinterland, to put themselves through this challenge. Why?--because there is simply something noble to be said for a human spirit who takes the hand of another (in this case three), and commits to something that in moments of quiet, seem insane. One of my most favourite quotes is this... Until one is commited Thanks for your donation. I will keep you posted on our efforts. | |||||||||||
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This is a truth worth considering. It has provoked in me an action to learn more about the history of money, the world economy, different money systems etc. From my current novice perspective, I am seeing the economy as a house of cards; one big huff and puff and it could all fall down. Quite frankly, I think it needs to. When we celebrate the success of people who make money from money, doing nothing, contributing nothing, and then pay people who educate and care for our kids peanuts, we have a very broken system. Our value system based on short term wealth, long term ~who cares~ is taking its last gasp. | |||||||||||
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I began this year by writing about how life doesn’t turn out as you expect. I am writing to you today in humble surrender to that. The physical part of my life is very important to me. I like to move my body. Hard physical exercise supports me to keep my equilibrium. When I am stressed I need to move, walk, be outside. 
On Saturday July 19th myself and three others will once again be running a 96 km event in the Gold Coast Hinterland. This event is not a relay, it is a full on 15 plus hour run.
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