Oneness

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This is where some of you are going to think we have lost it! The second week we attended a course called oneness where we were taught how to give the oneness blessing.

Unfortunately we had to leave Namale and because this was to be the opening ceremony and first ever course at the training centre we were not on campus wither, we were put in a holiday centre a couple of miles down the road. To start with the accomodation caused us great concern but it ended up being wonderful. It was an annex to a villa high on a hill, it only had an outside shower with no walls around it and the walls to the building were all glass, anyone could see in, no curtains at all.

By the second day we loved showering outside with an amazing view of the ocean, if anyone wanted to look that was there problem and to wake up with the sunrise shining in your eyes was wonderful.

The island had been suffering bad weather for weeks and the building project was way behind schedule but everything had to be completed that night for the opening as it was the first time in 20 years that 9 plans were lining up and was very auspicious it was also to open on Good Friday. The ceremony opened at midnight and although we were told lots of famous people were attending including the dala larma and Nelson Mandela they did not appear but we had an open video link to the person who set up the oneness movement Baghwan and his wife in India. It was a wonderful ceremony.

The next day we commenced the course it was ran partly by Tony Robbins and partly by the monks from India. Because it was the first week Tony did his bits personally (in future it will be on video), we had our own monk as our teacher and they were so wise and insightful.

We started the day with Yoga taken by Guru Singh, wow what a man, we all sat like school children at his feet listening to his words of wisdom, we then went into meditation before we started the teachings of the day.

Each day concluded with a blessing given by a cosmic being (told you, you would think we are mad). These are highly charged people who haven't spoken for many years and were so powerful and moving.

To try and summarise each day we were taken via teachings towards being able to give the blessing it itself. What is the blessing, well its a type of meditation that is non denominational, it can be used for healing but more than anything it is to help people to understand their lifes more and to help them through it. It is an amazing experience.

Meg Ryan was on the course and although didn't mix much she went through everything we did. On two days we had silence days, nothing to be spoken from lunch through to breakfast the next day (Carol found that difficult!).

Finally on the last day we became certified blessing givers, their are very few of these currently in the uk. We then had a chance to give blessings to the next weeks life mastery course and it was really amazing and they had wonderful experiences.

For those of you who are interested we will tell you more, for those not don't worry we won't zap you! The learning we had was amazing and will effect us for ever.

After life mastery we were told on 3 occasions we didn't look old enough to have teenage kids. On Easter Sunday I was sitting outside pondering life when I saw the most amazing shooting star I have ever seen, it exploded like a firework. The next day everyone said I had totally changed and lost my wrinkles!

So many insightful things to pass on but try this "suffering is not in the fact, it is in your perception of the fact" Get that in your head to start with and life seems different.

Ok, enough hippy rambling. We left the island on the tiny 12 seater plane we had arrived in and arrived back at the Westin resort in Nadi where we had left our bags. This was our planned rest of the whole trip. First night at the resort and sitting in the restaurant was Guru Singh and Meg Ryan, we went over to speak to them and actually chatted to Meg this time. She gave Carol a hug (yes seen her naked and hugged her!!)

It has been a rest but not quite the sun bathing mecca we thought of as it has rained everyday (apart from a few hours this morning). It was here that the internet wouldn't work, we lost all the photos and it rained all the time and all we could do was smile and love life! (sorry hippy rambling again).

Tomorrow we move onto Sydney and back on the tourist trips, we have just booked a 3 1/2 hour walk at twilight over the harbour bridge so plenty of photo's again.

Love and life

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