By Carol Skolnick
What does it mean to "spin" when you facilitate The Work or answer the questions? Spinning is getting moving away from inquiring into the original statement in favor of something tangential.
Spinning During Facilitation
A facilitator's spinning looks like this:
Client: "My mother doesn't respect my choices in life."
Facilitator: Your mother doesn't respect your choices in life; is that true?
Client: No.
Facilitator: How do you react when you believe that thought, what happens?
Client: I feel depressed, and I get angry with my mother. I blame her for all the unhappiness in my life. I don't want to see her or share my life with her...
Facilitator: You don't want to share your life with her; is that true?
Believe it or not, this happens; I've even experienced facilitators spinning me several times before getting back to the original statement, at which point I'm dizzy!
Why do facilitators spin? Usually it's well-meaning; they hear something come up in the course of inquiry that seems "juicier" to them than the original statement. Or, they think that going off on the tangent will be more helpful to the client.
How to stop spinning your client: make a note of the client's underlying beliefs as they answer question 3, "How do you react when you believe this thought?" You can facilitate the client on these later, or assign them as "homework: for the client to work on alone. (In the example above, "I don't want to share my life with my mother" is an underlying belief. "My mother is to blame for my unhappiness" is another.)
Spinning Around Instead of Turning Around
Spinning a turnaround means veering away from the original statement, often in order to make it into a positive. When we spin a turnaround, we are in effect
turning around the turnaround, which then loses its power to open the mind.
Here's what spinning looks like in a turnaround:
Original statement: "My mother doesn't respect my choices."
Possible turnarounds:
To the opposite: "My mother does respect my choices."
To the other: "I don't respect my mother's choices."
To the self: "I don't respect my choices."
Spins: "I do respect my mother's choices." "I respect my choices." The spirit of the original statement has been lost.
Why do facilitators spin turnarounds? Sometimes they want the client to feel better. This is facilitation with a motive, and it's good to notice.
Why do clients spin turnarounds? They, too, would like to feel better. They may also feel pressure to come up with lots of turnarounds, believing
that "more is better." Also, both clients and facilitators who are new to inquiry may misunderstand the purpose of turnarounds,
which are neither self-flagellations nor affirmations. They are simply awareness-expanders.
How to stop spinning the turnarounds: remember that you don't get extra points for extra turnarounds; use the ones the make sense to you.
Also, repeat the original statement to yourself; that way you'll be less likely to veer far off course. Sit with each turnaround, let it enlighten
you, and come up with three genuine examples of how that turnaround could be as true or truer.
The Work's efficacy lies in its simplicity. You'll find you have more than enough
with simple turnarounds, without having to get creative and clever with them.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Saturday, July 12, 2008
How to Interpret the Colors of the Aura
By Julia Jablonski
At first, you are likely to see a slightly bluish white glow surrounding the head and body. This is the etheric body. The astral body (one level out from this) is where colors are first generally perceived. The further out one goes, the more one's skills must be refined, for the energy becomes finer and finer as we move from the etheric body to the astral/emotional body, to the mental and then spiritual bodies. Colors within the first twelve inches out from the body are likely to relate to feelings, the second twelve inches or so to thoughts, and beyond that to spiritual matters.
The following key on colors and their meanings is given as general information. Your intuition is the ultimate authority in all you do, especially in spiritual/psychic experiences.
Clear jewel tones and pastels denote positive or pure energy. The clearer and brighter, the more positive. The murkier or "heavier" a color, the more polluted the energy is with negativity, imbalance or fear. There are many shades of every color, so don't be misled by the apparent simplicity of the following list.
Bright, clear red is associated with physicality. A person with this color prominent in the aura is likely to be athletic or sensual, passionate, willful and/or strong.
Flashes of red often denote anger, and a murky red (towards maroon) can be lust, while dull red is often resentment. When looking for physical dis-ease, red often denotes over-stimulation or inflammation of an area.
Clear orange is associated with creativity and emotion. It often reveals courage and joy. Muddied oranges can represent pride and vanity.
Clear yellow is very common to find around people's heads, especially, I would presume, in the West. It represents the intellect, and lots of yellow in the aura is the sign of an intellectual. It can also indicate cheerfulness, or a "sunny" disposition. Impure yellows can reveal excessive intellectualizing and imbalance, or someone who is close-minded, dogmatic or critical.
A bright clear green denotes healing and growth, or often represents a healer. Many nurses and alternative healers have this color prominent in the aura. Physicians may have this, but also may tend more toward the yellow of the intellectual. Green also represents compassion. Muddier greens reveal jealousy and greed.
A shade one is likely to observe often if looking at the auras of speakers is a sickly yellow-green. This denotes intellect for greed or profiting from ideas, and generally shows someone who relies on their intellect both for profit and to feed the needs of their egos. I'm not saying that all speakers show this, or that speaking is a greedy endeavor, by any means! If you do observe this in a speaker, however, it is wise to remain aware of where that person may be coming from.
There are many shades of blue to be observed in auras. Blue generally denotes calmness and spiritual devotion, and can be found in seekers of truth. It often represents spiritual/psychic development. Turquoise can denote a passionate and youthful adventurous questing spirit. Bright royal blue shows someone honest and loyal. Light blue reveals a good imagination and intuition. Muddy blue often reveals sadness and loneliness (feeling blue), and also worrying.
Violet and purple in the aura generally denote spiritual or religious devotion. Royal purple shows leadership and strength of will. Murky purple can reveal egomania, arrogance, or a persecution complex, where the individual blames others or outside influences for their unwanted experiences.
Pink in the aura generally symbolizes love, affection and companionship, as well as an appreciation of beauty. Hot pink or magenta shows true devotion and affection. Muddy pink can denote immaturity, dependency and neediness.
Gold is a color showing power, spiritual achievement, dedication, inspiration and harmony. It is a color associated with "God" or the divine.
Grey generally symbolizes fear, and it is generally grey that muddies up other colors in the aura, making them less than clear. Silver would be the positive aspects of this color frequency, representing feminine/goddess energies, optimism, intuition and spiritual awakening.
Brown, when vibrant and clear, represents level-headedness and groundedness. It has an earthy vibration of determination and organization. When murky, it can represent blocks and stale energy.
Black can be fear or hatred and also show problems, imbalances and addictions. A clear jet black, however, can represent protection, mystery/secrets and wisely guarded knowledge.
White can be purity and truth, but is often a mixture of many colors that have not been more finely perceived or interpreted. Balls of light over the shoulders of the subject often reveal spirit guides or "guardian angels" who are important and current influences in the person's life.
Of course, combinations of colors represents combinations of those aspects. For example, blue/green might represent someone who is healing through a spiritual search for truth.
It's important, again, to listen to your intuition when interpreting what you see in an aura. Ask within for understanding about what is shown, and develop your own system of understanding based on your own experiences.
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Rainbow Colors and Chakra Colors
Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet
(ROYGBIV)
Same colors as chakra:
Root, Navel, Solar Plexus, Heart, Throat, Third Eye, Crown
Day 4 After Reiki Level 1 Attunement
I saw the complete human Aura for the first time.
It was in the car park. As I drove out of my parking bay,
there was a man in jeans in my rear view mirror. The sun was
coming in from his left but not shining directly on him. I gazed
at him for a moment (abut 5 seconds) via my rear view mirror.
When I close my eyes, after about 3 seconds, his aura (minus
his physical body) appeared! It was very clear. it looked
like a hollow shell in the centre, almost egg-shaped. At the
outer edge of the hollow black center, there was a colorful
band of spectrum about 1 to 2 feet thick, with jagged edges.
The time was afternoon. There was no internal light in the
car-park and the only light source was coming from the
reflected light somewhere behind the man.
Back in college, whilst in the washroom, I looked into the mirror
and gazed at my face for about 15 seconds. When I close my
eyes, I could see a semi-circular yellow band of glowing light
surrounding the countour of my head. It was about 6 inches
to 8 inches thick. There was also yellow band around my body
upto abdomen (the mirror only reached this height), but not as
thick. The yellow band was thickest round my head.
It was in the car park. As I drove out of my parking bay,
there was a man in jeans in my rear view mirror. The sun was
coming in from his left but not shining directly on him. I gazed
at him for a moment (abut 5 seconds) via my rear view mirror.
When I close my eyes, after about 3 seconds, his aura (minus
his physical body) appeared! It was very clear. it looked
like a hollow shell in the centre, almost egg-shaped. At the
outer edge of the hollow black center, there was a colorful
band of spectrum about 1 to 2 feet thick, with jagged edges.
The time was afternoon. There was no internal light in the
car-park and the only light source was coming from the
reflected light somewhere behind the man.
Back in college, whilst in the washroom, I looked into the mirror
and gazed at my face for about 15 seconds. When I close my
eyes, I could see a semi-circular yellow band of glowing light
surrounding the countour of my head. It was about 6 inches
to 8 inches thick. There was also yellow band around my body
upto abdomen (the mirror only reached this height), but not as
thick. The yellow band was thickest round my head.
Monday, July 7, 2008
Day 2 After Reiki Level 1 Attunement
I had headache all of yesterday. I used the two hands back of
head position to clear the headache. In the evening, I was in
bathroom. The lights were dimmed. I looked in the mirror.
Stared at a spot on the wall just to the right of my head. Then,
through peripheral vision, I saw my aura - it was milky yellow
and it formed a band around the top of my head from
crown to crown. Width about 5 to 6 inches. When I stared
directly at it, it disappeared.
Then, later on in the night, when I looked at my 5 year
old son, I saw a bluish white aura thinly outlining his head.
At night, while lying on the bed, I turned and looked at
the sleeping form of my son and I saw yellowish glow
rising almost 12 inches all around his body.
Today, at college from level 3, I looked up to level 5 and
and saw a whitish aura of another female student about 2
feet around her head.
Later in my cubicle, I gazed at a the white background of
my money plant which was on my table. At first a whitish-
bluish smoky like aura appeared. It followed the contour
of the plant leaves and stems. It extended about 1 to 2 cm.
I then looked further up and saw another outline. this outline
has rainbow like edges and seems to be changing its shape
all the time. Some parts of it reached out like an appendage
to the left and sometimes some of it went to the right.
I later developed headache on the back part of my head
and used my hands to cure it.
head position to clear the headache. In the evening, I was in
bathroom. The lights were dimmed. I looked in the mirror.
Stared at a spot on the wall just to the right of my head. Then,
through peripheral vision, I saw my aura - it was milky yellow
and it formed a band around the top of my head from
crown to crown. Width about 5 to 6 inches. When I stared
directly at it, it disappeared.
Then, later on in the night, when I looked at my 5 year
old son, I saw a bluish white aura thinly outlining his head.
At night, while lying on the bed, I turned and looked at
the sleeping form of my son and I saw yellowish glow
rising almost 12 inches all around his body.
Today, at college from level 3, I looked up to level 5 and
and saw a whitish aura of another female student about 2
feet around her head.
Later in my cubicle, I gazed at a the white background of
my money plant which was on my table. At first a whitish-
bluish smoky like aura appeared. It followed the contour
of the plant leaves and stems. It extended about 1 to 2 cm.
I then looked further up and saw another outline. this outline
has rainbow like edges and seems to be changing its shape
all the time. Some parts of it reached out like an appendage
to the left and sometimes some of it went to the right.
I later developed headache on the back part of my head
and used my hands to cure it.
Sunday, July 6, 2008
How to See the Human Aura
http://www.astraldynamics.com/biography/?BoardID=9&BulletinID=259
http://thiaoouba.com/seeau.htm
How to see and read auras by Ted Andrews
How to see the Human Aura by Aisling
Tom Chalko 's Auras: Seeing is Believing
UK Psychics
Eagle Spirit Ministry
Crystalinks
Interpereting the Colors of the Aura:
By Julia Jablonski
http://thiaoouba.com/seeau.htm
How to see and read auras by Ted Andrews
How to see the Human Aura by Aisling
Tom Chalko 's Auras: Seeing is Believing
UK Psychics
Eagle Spirit Ministry
Crystalinks
Interpereting the Colors of the Aura:
By Julia Jablonski
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Ushui Reiki Level 1 Attunement
I attended Ushui Reiki Level 1 Training today conducted by
Master KK Tan.
Master Han Foong Ling gave me attunement for which
I am eternally grateful to her.
The room was dimly lit and a little warm. She stood behind me
and my eyes were closed. My tongue touching the palate as
instructed.
She touched my shoulders, the back of my head, my neck,
she also grasped my hands and put them palms together in
front of my face and also later placed them on top of my
crown. I felt her did something on the top of my crown
whilst the palms were held on top.
All this while, I feld very calm and peaceful. Thoughts
almost came to a standtill.
I also feld warm energy coming from behind left and right
hitting my back. There was glittering lights from left
and right momentarily.
Later, we regrouped in the main hall and I received
Reiki treatment from A and Chin Nee. Chin Nee placed
her hands on my left heel whilst A did my lower back.
I felt warm energy from A but not much fom Chin Nee.
Later, it was A's turn, I placed my hands on his lower back
whilst Chin Nee put her hands on his shoulders. I felt
warm energy from hands. Chin Nee shook quite violently.
Later A reported feeling the warmth from my hands while
the shoulders felt nothing.
Then came Ching Nee's turn. I put my hands on her left
shoulder blade whilst A put his hands on her right
shoulder blade. She later reported feeling totally
different sensations from me and from A. She asked
me if I felt anything. And I told her I felt like something
tingling brushing like sensation on the palms of
my hands.
Master KK Tan later asked us to put our palms facing
him. He swept his palms across the room and I physically
felt his energy brush the palms of my hands!
Later we all sat in a circle. Our left hand facing up whilst
our right hand facing down. Eyes closed, I saw whilte light
brushing by from left to right.
We then asked a stroke patient lady sit in center and we all
put out our palms facing her. And this is the strange
part. For the first time, I felt a cold sensation on both
my palms. Weird.
At the end, I shook Master KK Tan, put my palms together
and thanked him.
Earlier he said that he only had a 2 months interval
between Level 1 and Level 2. And that Attunement can
last a lifetime. Even if we don't practice Reiki, it will still
be there whenever we need it.
Later at home, I had a headache. I placed my hands on
on face, side, crown and back. My whole head heated
up, especially the back and neck. The headache
did not immediately go away. I took a bath and brushed
my head with both hands from crown to back of neck and
threw away the excess energy into an imagined green
flame. Immediately the headache went away.
I also gave treatement to Adrian for his shortsightedness
and he later reported slight improvement.
Master KK Tan.
Master Han Foong Ling gave me attunement for which
I am eternally grateful to her.
The room was dimly lit and a little warm. She stood behind me
and my eyes were closed. My tongue touching the palate as
instructed.
She touched my shoulders, the back of my head, my neck,
she also grasped my hands and put them palms together in
front of my face and also later placed them on top of my
crown. I felt her did something on the top of my crown
whilst the palms were held on top.
All this while, I feld very calm and peaceful. Thoughts
almost came to a standtill.
I also feld warm energy coming from behind left and right
hitting my back. There was glittering lights from left
and right momentarily.
Later, we regrouped in the main hall and I received
Reiki treatment from A and Chin Nee. Chin Nee placed
her hands on my left heel whilst A did my lower back.
I felt warm energy from A but not much fom Chin Nee.
Later, it was A's turn, I placed my hands on his lower back
whilst Chin Nee put her hands on his shoulders. I felt
warm energy from hands. Chin Nee shook quite violently.
Later A reported feeling the warmth from my hands while
the shoulders felt nothing.
Then came Ching Nee's turn. I put my hands on her left
shoulder blade whilst A put his hands on her right
shoulder blade. She later reported feeling totally
different sensations from me and from A. She asked
me if I felt anything. And I told her I felt like something
tingling brushing like sensation on the palms of
my hands.
Master KK Tan later asked us to put our palms facing
him. He swept his palms across the room and I physically
felt his energy brush the palms of my hands!
Later we all sat in a circle. Our left hand facing up whilst
our right hand facing down. Eyes closed, I saw whilte light
brushing by from left to right.
We then asked a stroke patient lady sit in center and we all
put out our palms facing her. And this is the strange
part. For the first time, I felt a cold sensation on both
my palms. Weird.
At the end, I shook Master KK Tan, put my palms together
and thanked him.
Earlier he said that he only had a 2 months interval
between Level 1 and Level 2. And that Attunement can
last a lifetime. Even if we don't practice Reiki, it will still
be there whenever we need it.
Later at home, I had a headache. I placed my hands on
on face, side, crown and back. My whole head heated
up, especially the back and neck. The headache
did not immediately go away. I took a bath and brushed
my head with both hands from crown to back of neck and
threw away the excess energy into an imagined green
flame. Immediately the headache went away.
I also gave treatement to Adrian for his shortsightedness
and he later reported slight improvement.
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Reality is without should's and should not's
Whenever a thought arises, and if there is pain, it becomes
apparent that the thought is resisting reality. It is seen that
Reality itself is without any should's or should not's.
The cause and effect is very obvious. If I believe the thought,
the effect is immediate pain and suffering. That alone, is
sufficient for the thought to lose its hold.
It is very much akin to holding a red hot coal, or,
carrying a heavy load. To cling on to the hot coal or
a heavy object causes instant sufferring, and
conversely, to let go is freedom.
But the letting go is spontaneous, I cannot will myself
to let go. In fact it will never work. But, the letting
go happens automatically once cause-and-effect is
understood. Believing in the thought - pain.
Not believing in the thought - peace.
Everyday, stressful thoughts arise all the time. I have
no control over their arising. They come from nowhere
and also dissipate into nothingness - if they are not
believed. But if I believe it, it will keep replaying
itself again and again. Thoughts are not the
enemies. Just let them be - just watch them. Other
thoughts would arise to question them. These latter
thoughts also arise from nothingness. The questioning
thoughts would then demonstrate that believing in
the stressful thoughts causes pain and sufferring.
The stressful thoughts would then lose its hold. I experience
this cycle of thoughts arising and dissipating all the time.
If the negative stressful thoughts are suppressed, they
cause illness. The mind affects the vibrational frequencies
and energy surrounding the body. A negative thought that is
believed, causes bad frequencies and energy. Once the stressful
thoughts is shown to cause sufferring, belief in them drops
by itself and the negative frequency and energy dissipates.
We cause our own sufferring. Nobody and nothing else
causes our own sufferring. Reality, which is without morality,
without right or wrong, is untouched by our beliefs. And
we cause ourself our own pain by creating our own
beliefs. The stronger we hold on to a belief the more
strongly we suffer. All beliefs causes only pain and
sufferring. Because Reality is without beliefs. Beliefs
are mind-made.
apparent that the thought is resisting reality. It is seen that
Reality itself is without any should's or should not's.
The cause and effect is very obvious. If I believe the thought,
the effect is immediate pain and suffering. That alone, is
sufficient for the thought to lose its hold.
It is very much akin to holding a red hot coal, or,
carrying a heavy load. To cling on to the hot coal or
a heavy object causes instant sufferring, and
conversely, to let go is freedom.
But the letting go is spontaneous, I cannot will myself
to let go. In fact it will never work. But, the letting
go happens automatically once cause-and-effect is
understood. Believing in the thought - pain.
Not believing in the thought - peace.
Everyday, stressful thoughts arise all the time. I have
no control over their arising. They come from nowhere
and also dissipate into nothingness - if they are not
believed. But if I believe it, it will keep replaying
itself again and again. Thoughts are not the
enemies. Just let them be - just watch them. Other
thoughts would arise to question them. These latter
thoughts also arise from nothingness. The questioning
thoughts would then demonstrate that believing in
the stressful thoughts causes pain and sufferring.
The stressful thoughts would then lose its hold. I experience
this cycle of thoughts arising and dissipating all the time.
If the negative stressful thoughts are suppressed, they
cause illness. The mind affects the vibrational frequencies
and energy surrounding the body. A negative thought that is
believed, causes bad frequencies and energy. Once the stressful
thoughts is shown to cause sufferring, belief in them drops
by itself and the negative frequency and energy dissipates.
We cause our own sufferring. Nobody and nothing else
causes our own sufferring. Reality, which is without morality,
without right or wrong, is untouched by our beliefs. And
we cause ourself our own pain by creating our own
beliefs. The stronger we hold on to a belief the more
strongly we suffer. All beliefs causes only pain and
sufferring. Because Reality is without beliefs. Beliefs
are mind-made.
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