Norma Cowie

Summer equals Heat

2008-05-16T07:29:00.000-07:00

A quick note before I go out for a day of sightseeing. Yesterday, when the sun came out it had 'heat'. Summer is coming. It felt so good. Did not have to put the furnace up all day and the lakes glistened in the sun, like thousands of diamonds.
I have my friend Anne here who is kindly working on my yard for me. So we bought plants and then she exhausted herself planting most of them. Today I'm taking her for a drive on a circular route, having coffee with a friend on the way and no doubt stopping to do some 'shopping'!.
With disasters happening in China and Burma it is good to be alive in this wonderful quiet spot with the birds singing away. Oh yes, summer, heat and sunshine. Got to love it.
Have a great day!
Norma.

Past Lives & Past Life Regression

2008-05-14T11:53:00.000-07:00

I was surprised and pleased to see that Oprah did a show on Past Lives on Tuesday, May 13th. Not only as a Past Life Regressionist do I know the value of past lives, but also because I realize that Oprah’s show reaches millions. Right now millions of people will be considering the value of this wonderful tool to explore why and how we are as we are.
I have lead groups in past life regression for many years, on several continents, utilizing, not hypnosis, but a visual meditation technique which I was inspirationally given, and for most it works. In my groups I usually have 90% of the group (no matter the size) experience something relating to a past life. Individually 100% works.
Often in groups, because the past life regression is not being individually lead, a person will block through either coughing or having some other body reaction, so they will not see the process through to the end. With my technique it is easy to visit a past life, all you need to do is allow yourself to see the pictures/memories you are giving yourself. One important step is not to analyze what you are seeing while seeing it. The analytical mind can disrupt the process.
In my model, all our early decisions regarding life and ourselves come from past lives. I discovered that when we encounter a feeling/emotion we reach back in our memory banks to when we last experienced that feeling. Then we remake the decision we last made. Therefore, all early decisions are past life based.
This has been supported when doing an inner child process, wherein I have a memory look at their memories as they proceed back, all of a sudden the child will jump from this present life into a past life. This is why I teach my students how to transform past lives before working with their own inner child memories. (My book Connecting to the Light explains the Inner Child transformation process).
Past Lives hold so many keys to who we are. By releasing – especially the guilt, regret and emotions we are holding onto at the time of death we can release ourselves from many feelings, fears and or decisions we are making from this life. I have discovered that the death process is the most important. Because when the ‘light’ comes for you, you need to be able to receive the love contained within the ‘light’. If you feel guilty, regretful or are holding onto an emotion, you will not receive the ‘light’ fully and therefore not complete the transition as easily as you would like to.
No matter what occurs during a life, it is the death process, with which I work the most. Having the lifetime my client is looking at release whatever is blocking them from receiving the love of the ‘light’. Then when the blocked energy of that lifetime is released, the client can look to see where in their body, in this lifetime, they are holding onto that energy, (they always find it) and bring the ‘light’ to themselves in this life and let go of whatever the blocks were.
Interestingly, next weekend I’m teaching several people how to become a Past Life Regressionist. I’m also finally working on a book on Past Life Regression. Perhaps the time has come once more, thanks to Oprah, for the energy of Past Lives to surface and become a household topic.
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Norma Cowie 250 490 0654

Grief - my understanding at this time

2008-04-29T11:33:00.000-07:00

Last weekend at the Spring Festival of Awareness in Naramata, B.C. I facilitated a workshop on Past Life Regression. It is a workshop I enjoy presenting and over the years have had wonderful results with groups of people seeing themselves in other places and times. This year it became clear as the workshop progressed that many people were dealing with Grief. I asked how many people where dealing with grief and to my surprise a lot of people put their hands up. I did not take a count of hands, but I was surprised by the number who put their hands up. In a room of over 40 people, there was a lot definitely over ¼ and possibly 1/3 of them.
As grief is not an emotion I spend a lot of time in, I decided to go inside to my inner teachers and ask about it. I went and spent some time by myself and found out the following.
First I need to explain I have a model around sadness (depression) and anger. It goes like this. Outside there is a situation over which we can respond in two ways, either sad or mad. If you go through the feelings, you come helplessness, (in other words you feel helpless about the situation). Going down through helplessness, you come to unworthiness, (you will feel unworthy of the situation being any different than it is). If you drop through the unworthiness, then you come to source/love/connection. Once you have made the connection with the source energy and feel the love you do not feel unworthy anymore, therefore you are not helpless and can make a different decision about the situation which will take you away from the sad or mad energy. This is the model I teach.
Grief as we know has steps, there is the sad, there is the mad etc. But, I was shown grief was all of the feelings of sad, mad and helplessness all mixed up together, but the major effect was there was no changing the situation. In unexpected death, or anything else which is sudden there is no control. Therefore, the feeling of helplessness moves to the maximum degree, you are unable to change anything. All you can do is accept what has occurred, which you may not want or be able to do. If you do not have a strong spiritual base and an understanding of the bigger picture, you can get lost in the grief for a long time, until life itself slowly fills in so much space the grief becomes a thin layer (sometimes 7 – 10 years) within. The loss is never forgotten, it is always there. In fact for many if they do give up their grief they have betrayed themselves (or the person they have lost).
I feel all you can do is aid people to accept and give them time. Realizing you do not control all aspects of your life can be devastating for many people. Even though you may realize you cannot control everything in your life, somehow you do not expect your life to change from what you think it ‘should’ be.
Grief … we all experience it sometime or other, but for me thank goodness I do know there is a bigger picture, of which I do not always understand, but know it exists and I trust it.

Home again!

2008-04-28T09:40:00.000-07:00

Finally, not only home, but my computer is back working with a new flat screen monitor. I’m happy about that. To bring you all up to date. After all the snow in Calgary, (driving was not easy every morning and evening going to and from the Stampede Grounds, but we made it in one piece). I decided to wait a day, not only to rest (usually tired after a hectic weekend) and to ensure that the roads were clear all the way home. The weather forecast talked about a bit warmer and no snow through the towns in which I pass. So Tuesday am I set out and had a great, easy drive home through the Rockies. The sun came out and got to see some spectacular mountain sites. Only two stops on the way, one for breakfast in Golden, and another in Enderby for gas up. The car cannot run on fumes. Anyway, it was wonderful, after 2 weeks to get home mid afternoon and be able to rest again and check emails etc.
Here is where my good fortune came in. I had a couple of orders come in and I printed them off and then after I was in bed the power went off and on before a second passed. “My computer” was my original thought. Now, I have the surge stuff etc, but somehow I thought it would have effected the computer. Sure enough next morning, it would not boot up. No matter what I did, no boot, therefore no access to anything at all. Therefore, I phoned my wonderful computer man Rob, who lives in New Westminster area of Vancouver. “Help, what can I do”? and he replies that he is coming up this way on Sunday. Miracles of miracles! So here it is Wednesday morning and I say, “No problem, I will wait till you get here”. This is how much I trust this man. A couple of problems I needed to deal with as I’m attending the Spring Awareness Festival held in Naramata on the weekend, and I needed a few things run off, but had copies, and my printer can also be a copier, so worked with that and a friend Janet, permitted me on Thursday, to use her computer to check my emails and do some banking online which I needed to do. All is well.
When I awoke Thursday, I phoned Rob again and asked him “how much is a flat screen monitor?” He told me, and I said “can you bring me one?” So here I sit now looking at this wonderful flat screen. My old monitor was big, heavy and not working too clearly. My eyes would hurt after awhile and I truly want to get on with my book when I have finished my next get away (leaving Thursday).
The weekend came and on Friday I picked up another speaker from our little airport, Elizabeth from Edmonton who has written a book on Angels, and off we went to the Festival. On Saturday I presented two workshops. The first one was on past life regression. I have done this one for a number of years now and it is always well attended and again I was not disappointed. Then Saturday night I facilitated a workshop on the Shadow Self and again we had a room full of people. Most enjoyed it and had a number of positive comments on Sunday.
Sunday evening, Rob, the computer man arrived at my place, fixed my computer, set up the monitor and here I am once again. Life is good.
I’ve a number of appointments in the next few days and have to catch up with a few projects before leaving for Vancouver and Victoria. In Vancouver I’m speaking at the Kincaid Spiritualist Church Sunday morning 11.am on “Honoring the Mother” and then the following week from Thursday through Sunday I’m at the Bay Centre in Victoria with the Psychic Circle Group, doing readings with the other psychics.
Then I’m back home waiting word for my next surgery on the left knee. My right one is working so well and during these last few weeks traveling people have mentioned how well I look and how my energy has changed. I sincerely believe it is because I’m not in pain anymore.
I am hopeful in the next few days the sun will shine as I enjoy not only my new monitor, but just being home. I’m not usually away 2 weeks at a time anymore, so it is good to sleep in my own bed but to just be relaxed in my own schedule.
Have a great day.
Blessings to all
Norma.
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Calgary in April - lots of snow

2008-04-19T21:38:00.000-07:00

Here I am in Calgary with minus 12 weather wondering if I'm going to get home when I want too. After have a couple of days in Calgary, eating at a Morocan Resturant (no implements, just fingers - lots of fun there) going to a movie (Run Fat Boy Run) which had me both laughing and crying - therefore a good movie and shopping (Costco) Friday arrived when we went to set up for the expo I'm at and it began snowing. Well it snowed and snowed. Brushed at least 6 inches off the car to drive back to where I'm staying last night, and then another 6 inches this morning. Not fun, plus it is really cold. Tonight when we came out of the expo around 9.30, it was minus 12 the car did not have lots of snow, but some ice. The attendance to the expo is down a little, but considering the weather, I would expect it to be. Even so, I'm still holding my own so to speak. Now I will wait to see if Monday brings clear roads to get home (the weather forcast is not too great right now - saturday night - but that could change. If you read this please join me in seeing the roads clear on Monday for BC - thanks.
See you when this is over.
Norma.

Edmonton Alberta - snow!

2008-04-16T18:53:00.000-07:00

Cannot believe its nearly a month since I posted. Where does the time go. I left home last Tuesday and drove to Edmonton for the Body Soul & Spirit Expo. I deliberately left early, Tuesday with the intention of driving to Valemont, B.C. and then onto Edmonton, Alberta so I would not be too exhausted. Well that part worked, but in the meantime, my drive from Penticton through to Valemont, meant I had to go over the interconnector road (Rte 97C to Rte 5), I do not like driving that road during the winter and our weather is unsettled, especially that particular road. I looked on the net, I looked on the TV everything seemed fine for a clear road. Then as I'm going up (for those who don't know, this road goes very high over some mountains and is known for bad weather) I ran into a snow storm. Wet snow, newly coming down on the roadway and its piling up on the road. I'm not usually nervous driving in snow, but this day I was. The only good thing I could find was that it was daylight. Mynerves were jangling. At one point, I yelled, yes yelled out "God, and all the angels get me out of this". A few minutes later, the snow stopped and the road was clear. Interestingly enough it was right when I was coming off the high mountain part. And that was the end of the snow for that day and the rest of the trip to Valemont went without a hitch.
Spent the night, got up in the morning and was greeted with snow on the car, no biggy, gassed the car up and took off for breakfast in Jasper (approx. 1 hour away). Driving along just fine when here comes the snow....for quite a while it was fine, then all of a sudden the snow was on the road and there had been no cars in front of me, so I'm breaking trail on the roadway with only (it seemed) big trucks coming towards me. I have to stay on my side of the road (and where is that). Again I'm happy its daylight. I honestly could feel my heart pumping. Again I'm getting strung out with this snow stuff and finally it stops and the roadway is clear. Thank goodness and I get to Jasper in one piece. Eat breakfast and then back in the car to go to Edmonton. That part of the trip is quite boring in lots of way as you leave the Rockies and go out into the rolling hills of the prairie. The one good thing is its a 4 lane highway and you can drive 110 kilos. which means 120 to 130 ks. I made it to Edmonton in good time and pulled into my friend Vida's place where she had warned me she may not be home (she wasn't) but told me where the key was. I got my bags in and was able to have a 'rest' before she returned home and we spent a pleasant evening catching up on ourselves and everyone else that we now.
The next day Thursday, we went to a movie Nim's Island ... thoroughly enjoyed it. I'm a big kid at heart, and I enjoyed laughing at the prediciments Jodie Foster's character got into. She was great, and the rest of the cast (small as it was) was superb. A great afternoon. Then we had a psychic party and I throughly enjoyed that. 10 people having their cycles, crystal ball and tarot read. Fun! Fun for me and fun for them.
Friday, off to set up for the Body Soul & Spirit Expo. Nothing unusual to report, lots of work for me though (of which I'm grateful) and Monday was glad to just rest quite a bit.
Tuesday saw me pick up a fellow psychic Dolly Mae and drive to Calgary. Again through a snow shower. I'm presently in Calgary, and Friday will set up and do it all again. The weather is predicting to get quite cold on Saturday (snow anyone?) hopefully the roads will be clear when I go to drive home on Monday.
More later ......
Norma

Movie and Teens

2008-03-15T12:45:00.000-07:00

Last night I went to see the movie Step Up 2 the Streets. I’m sure I was the only white haired person in the place. It was full of teens. I thoroughly enjoyed the movie, I love dance and although I never understand the words the hip hop singers say I love the beat and the way the young people dance. Wow!!!
What surprised me though was the public behavior of the teens. That although on the whole they were good I saw some of them throwing popcorn around like it was nothing (they don’t think that someone has to pick it up and that it is making a mess – I could not help but wonder if they did that in their living room). I had three 15 / 16 year olds sitting in my row beside me and they spoke to each other like they were home watching TV. Then the cell phones came out as they texted away. In fact it was not only them, but quite often you could see the light of a cell phone come on. The lights from the cell phones in a theatre I find very annoying and mentioned to the girl beside me that the light was disturbing, so she held it down lower, and I put my hand up to block the light from it.
How does one go about teaching young people and teens in particular movie behavior? I’m not sure, but it is really noticeable when the movie theatre is full of teens there is definitely a different ‘feel’ than when there is mainly adults or an equalized mixture. No matter, I thoroughly loved the movie and sat there through the credits until the dancing was completed. I was the last person to leave the theatre.
I used to dance when I was young, and I love watching how the hip hop, stepping, and other new dances are done. Especially when they dance as a team. So a good night was had by me! How was your Friday night?
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Norma Cowie
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What's Your Story - are you addicted!

2008-03-14T12:27:00.000-07:00

Recently I was having a conversation with another metaphysical healer and shaman when we began discussing how hard it is for some of our clients to let go of their ‘story’. I was mentioning how in lectures I often say “if you find yourself repeating the same story more than three times you are addicted to the story …. But I have more than three friends.” This usually gets a laugh, but in truth it is no laughing matter.
We are addicted to our stories. I remember some of the stories’ I have had to let go of. My weight was a result of my genetics – I never mentioned that I ate chocolate cookies late at night because I was unhappy. I went bankrupt because of 911 - even though it was the beginning, it is not the whole story. Another story was I was depressed because of my then husband and what he was doing – never mind I was not holding my own power. Once I began to realize how my ‘stories’ were excuses I made for not accepting responsibility for my actions I began letting go of a lot of ‘old stories’. Even today I listen to my conversations and if I find I am repeating the same ‘story’ over and over, to different friends I know I’m blocked by that ‘story’ and need to release the ‘energy’ around the story and assume responsibility for myself. I endeavor to let the stories go and be in the present.
Mind you, some stories I do retell in order to make a point, especially when teaching. After all my life’s experiences do have value, as everyone’s does. The main aspect of any story is. are you still emotionally involved with the story or the outcome. If you are, then an aspect of you is trapped in that time zone and as long as you keep repeating it – the story – the event – the situation – you will be refueling it. Letting go of the emotion, the blame, the regret, the guilt, whatever the emotion is tied to the memory of the story is was is important. You need to be free to remember the events of your life with ease – not discomfort.
An example of this could be for many years different people told me by my personality, behaviors, even my eyes (dots on them) I had been sexually abused. I had no memory of this at all and thought they were crazy. Then one day I had a spontaneous memory, as I followed an abandonment energy, of being sexually abused when I was only 2 ½. Luckily at that time I had my inner child process and with the aid of a student who lived close, we were able to transform the energy very efficiently and other memories which came up later I was able to handle the same way. Transformation of the emotional energy definitely is the key. The story, which I could have used as to why I had not been as successful as I wanted to be, or as happy as I wanted, or have as successful relationships as I wanted was let go quickly. I assumed responsibility and proceeded ahead with my life. (My Energy Release tape and Connecting to the Light book helps in transforming the energy around memories).
Thank goodness I had the knowledge by the time I did have my memory of it, I knew enough how to let go and not be bound by the event. I hear people who 20, 30, 40 and longer years later still recall events like they were yesterday. Transformation of the energy has not been completed. They are addicted to the story and the aftermath. They do not look towards the future and what they want to achieve, they consistently look backwards to what was.
At the bottom of my meta-zine which I email out every other month, I have written “we are a product of our past, we are not our past”. This is because every day is a new day and we all can choose to let the story of the past go and move ahead and create new stories, which in their turn need to be let go.
Therefore, it is important to observe which story you are telling today. Is it a current one, or an old one? Is it something which holds you back from being all that you can be, or is it one which supports and enlivens you in all ways? Yes, you are a product of your history, but it is not who you really are! You are a divine being having this experience and therefore need to release it and come to understand your strengths and have faith in you and life.
Most important - life is here for us to enjoy – therefore we need to enjoy it! Everyday, is a new day and we need to enjoy it with all the possibilities it gives us without our personal stories pulling us backward. The future is where it is at! So let us drop the old stories and create new ones.
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Norma Cowie
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March 13th - Ego

2008-03-13T17:33:00.000-07:00

Lately I seem to be hearing the word ego again. People discussing other people or even their own selves will say “It’s mine/their ego”. Yet if you ask them to explain what ego is they really don’t know. They assume it is the ‘enemy’. Therefore, I thought it was time to give my perspective on the ‘ego’ subject. My students hear it, but now it is time to write about it.

First, several years ago I created the model that what we call ego is really our ‘defensive mechanism’. Our personal program to keep whatever we feel is vulnerable about safe. The ego therefore will do anything and everything to keep us safe. It will defend through behavior and attitude to ensure we don’t look stupid, less than, or more than, or anything else which the program created (usually when we are very small) senses there is danger to the self or our self image.

Therefore, the ego is not the enemy it is an aspect of self, which can be disassembled and transformed into new supportive energy. What I have discovered is that it is not always just one program, but a series of personal programs linked together to protect. Once you begin to transform these personal programs, you begin to be more open, hear others better, be not so defensive in situations and in affect become accessible to people around you in a whole different way.

My suggestion is take an inner look next time you feel defensive and note how you defend yourself. Some people just do it inwardly, their inner dialogue will make the other person wrong and themselves right. Sometimes though it will be a behavior which will get triggered. I know I used to have a habit when something came ‘to close to home’ I would shut down and emotionally disappear. I would hardly hear what was being said and I would change the subject. This resulted in me not being able to access my feelings on what has been said, nor the person speaking with me feeling heard. As I transformed my ego, the defensive mechanism if I do find myself having some criticism coming my way and I feel ‘threatened in some way’ I just breathe and inwardly reassure myself I’m loved and listen. Often I have found that the criticism has validity which I needed to know about. Mostly I have found though, as the personal programs were transformed. I did not have those experiences. Remember if you have a program which has a job to defend you, it must create the situation in order for it to defend. Once the program has a new job, then the situations do not need to arise. My book Connecting to the Light, lays out a process to transform programs and change their jobs.

These personal programs can many and can be very subtle and it is only by creating an observer of yourself that you can step outside and notice how the defending program (ego) is actually working. This happens when you enter self growth and begin to become aware, and it continues to happen as you peel off the layers of defensive attitudes, as the personal programs get disassembled and transformed. Therefore, I suggest you begin to embrace your ego’s as they have served you todate. They have done the job you have given them, and they are good workers for you and when you transform them and give them new jobs they will work just as effectively.
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Norma Cowie
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March 12th - Pride

2008-03-12T10:28:00.000-07:00

I have been thinking lately about how proud I am of two people who have been studying with me. It was almost simultaneously that they both struck out with strength and belief in themselves. Like a mother, I felt proud of them. Willing to take a chance, willing to believe that they can achieve their goals. How great that is!

As a mother I have felt pride in watching my children grow and achieve in their lives. As a teacher I have also felt pride in watching my students achieve. The dictionary states pride is: 1. a feeling on honor and self-respect 2. a sense of personal worth 3. Satisfaction or pleasure in one’s own or another’s success and achievements etc. Over the years people have come and studied with me from all pathways of life. Some have come into my six month intensive, others have come to my weekly drop in evenings. The ones in the six month intensive most certainly have created changes and exhibited their growth into their lives in many ways, but over the years I have also watched many who for various reasons did not enter into the larger program, succeed as they grasped the fundamentals of metaphysics and the laws and lessons as I have come to understand from the Tarot.

Today, it feels wonderful to be able to feel pride once more as two people embark on another step of their lives. It warms my heart, and I am humbled, to know I am still of service to people. I do not say I am the only reason these two wonderful woman have made a change, but I feel I’ve had a small part in it, of which I’m grateful.

Pride has a place in our world, to means we feel good about what we have done and created.
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Norma Cowie
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Nostradamus - 2008 Election

2008-03-05T09:56:00.000-08:00

I have been watching the Democratic nominee race quite closely this year. As a Canadian you may wonder why. Well years ago I happened to watch a TV movie on the life of Nostradamus (1503 – 1566). At the end of the movie they scrolled down his predictions yet to come and among them was the notation that in 2008 a woman would be voted the U.S. president.
At the time there was no visible awareness of a woman running for president. Then Hillary Clinton ran to be a Senator, she won. Then the 2004 presidential race came along, and no woman again was in sight. Then the rumors began that Hillary Clinton would perhaps run for 2008. At that rumor my antennar went up …. A woman running for 2008, wow perhaps Nostradamus had it right. After all, at times his predictions are hard to decipher.
Finally, Hillary Clinton put her name forward as a contender for the Democratic ticket; everything looked like an easy ride. Then Obama came along, an African American who speaks really well … the race was on. So today, as I watch the numbers come in from the latest delegate race I see they are still close. I will most certainly watch to see if that day many years ago when I saw the first hint of a woman voted into the White House in the year of 2008 will be a reality.
I will most definitely keep on watching this presidential race to see if Nostradamus was correct all those centuries ago.
There was also another prediction Nostradamus supposedly made for 2015, which scrolled down and I will also be watching for that when the time comes. This man who had the ability to project centuries into the future and predict events which have on the whole come true most certainly makes one think of the metaphysical principle all time is one.
If you ever have the chance to watch the movie titled Nostradamus, Starring Tcheky Karyo, Rutger Hauer, F. Murray Abraham, Amanda Plummer and Assumpta Serna do so, it gives great insight into how this man who was born a Jew, lived as a Catholic (which one needed to in those times to survive) and how his knowledge of living as a Jew helped save people lives and how be became a seer of his time and of the future.
You have a great day, and if you are an American reading this, please ensure you vote. I am especially desirous of woman voting, as it is a right which woman died in order that we – future woman of the world – could have that right to have a vote. Complacency is not an option. I have a friend who told me she always went in and voted by destroying the ballot, she voted because it was her right and destroyed the ballot because she never felt anyone who represented her was running. It is the right of every woman of voting age to be able to vote, use it. Research the candidates and then make a choice, even if it is to say don’t like any of them.
Did you know that in Australia you are required by law to vote …. Think about that! You get fined if you don’t vote. Not sure if that is democratic, but at least you get the people out to exercise their right.
You have a great day!
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Norma Cowie
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Feb 26 - spring, tv, oscars

2008-02-26T09:23:00.000-08:00

Yesterday was definitely a beautiful spring day. Sun shining, the cold wind gone and it felt like all was well with the world. I went for a walk along side Skaha Lake and noticed how the ice on the lake is getting very thin, and all the people out walking their dogs, children or themselves all enjoying the wonderful sunshine. Then after I came home my beautiful big TV in my living room decided not to work. I knew it was not the cable company because I could hear the announcer (oh yes I was watching a live soccer game from England).
Knowing that the TV needed attention, I looked in my local yellow pages and low and behold there were three names to choose from. Choosing one, I phoned and a few hours later he arrived to advise me my vertical hold had gone and probably would end up costing around $200. (The $200 I have for the dentist later this week?) Anyway, he took away a major component to work on and hopefully will be bringing it back today so in the meantime I have my small 20” from my office hooked up so I could watch my evening shows and this mornings ones.
Its interesting how much value we put on certain things. My TV’s are important to me because not only do they keep me in touch with what is going on in the world (or so I like to think) but also is my companion, as I spend lots of time by myself. When my knees were really bad and I could not walk much, and because my eyes would hurt (dry eyes) when I read too much, the TV was always there to watch. I must admit I got addicted to some shows (in fact lots of them) and when the writer’s strike occurred and they slowly went into re-runs I was not happy. Fortunately some new shows hit the airwaves and they filled up some of the space. As I’m supposed to be working on my next book, not watching TV, it most definitely drew attention, that even if I was not feeling so good with this cold/flu thing, I had better get busy with writing and editing. And this is what I did yesterday afternoon while waiting for the TV man.
So once again the Tower proved correct. Everything does add. Even though my TV was down I was able to get to my office and work on my book. So there is hope I will get it completed by the date I have chosen.
Today, no sun, grey clouds, and a feeling of restlessness. My cold is getting better, I’m coughing less, my headache is not there today, and yet I’m not 100%. Isn’t it interesting that we get restless when we begin to get better, but when we are 100% we are not restless at all. Mind you that could just be me! I had thought yesterday morning, that I would take the one hour drive today up to Kelowna and look around a couple of stores, but with the TV maybe returning this afternoon, that’s out now….which is probably a good thing, because the book needs to be worked on. I also need to do my daily walks for my knee and although I would normally be going to Karaoke today so I can sing, my voice is not good enough at this time. I could not hold a note as it would crack and crackle all over the place. So next week I can get back into the singing mode.
Before I stop my ramblings today, I want to talk about the Oscars for a moment. I found the international flavor interesting, that all the major winners for Acting came from different countries, but as I have listened to the comments since it seems like most have not. I thought it showed the Oscars had grown to truly be an international/world wide representation, rather than the US and occasionally someone else. Oh yes, as a Canadian I love it when you have people from England, Ireland, France and Spain take the Oscars. Even if Kate had won best supporting actress, which many thought she would, she’s from Australia. Most people thought they were boring, I did not. I thought they moved quickly, and I realize they only had a few weeks for the writers to do their thing, and I actually enjoyed the montage of pictures from previous Oscar evenings, especially as I remember many of them. Anyway, the gowns were delightful and I agree with the View ladies, we don’t get to see the horror dresses anymore, although Twila’s dress was nearly there.
For all of us who are not feeling well yet from this flu thing – get better! Spring is definitely on its way!!!!
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Norma Cowie
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March 21-24th Psychic Development Course
May 23 - 25th Learn how to be a Past Life Regressionist

Feb 22 - The cold/flu bug & 10 days - oscars

2008-02-22T12:40:00.000-08:00

Its always interesting when your own words are given back to you and you have to face them. I was away for 12 days first in Vancouver and then working in Victoria. While there I was around people who had the flu/cold which seems to be going around right now. As I usually don’t get sick or pick up these things I didn’t worry about it at all. On Monday I left Victoria caught the 9am ferry to Vancouver and then drove home to Penticton. After making two stops. I finally arrived home at 5pm and I knew I was not feeling too well. I had caught the ‘bug’.
The next day my daughter Bridget phoned me and I told her I wasn’t feeling well and that I had ‘the cold’. She immediately said “and what was going on with you ten days ago”? I already knew that answer, because I had gone back to look. I often tell people if you get a cold or flu, go back ten days and see what was unresolved emotionally and that will be the reason you have the cold/flu. Well ten days earlier my daughter had flown in to drive me back to Vancouver because I was not sure my new knee would handle the drive. (Incidently, on the way there the freeway was closed and the 5 ½ hour trip too eight as we had to go another route). Before we left it seemed I was worried about everything. I was nervous about working in the mall in Victoria and ended up changing working seven days to four (much easier for me). I was worried about whether I would be able to get up and down from the bed where I stay at my friend’s place (there was absolutely no problem with getting up and down off the bed). I was worried about her toilet (I took my extra add-on seat – which meant there was no problem). All these worries I had were groundless, but at the time I was a big puddle of worry and anxiety. Today I’m paying for it. Even the concern about driving. Once in Vancouver area I had to drive around, and I had no difficulty at all, and the way I had to drive home (mind you it was ten days later and every day the knee gets a bit better)I was fine.
I could say silly me for worrying, but as I know what the emotional cause is, I’m going back and forgiving myself for being a ‘mess’ and the cold is moving through its stages quite fast. Thank goodness. I need to be well enough for on Sunday I’m speaking at our local Celebration & Metaphysical Centre. Right now my voice is a bit thick and I have a small cough occasionally, so I’m sure I will be just fine in a couple of days. I have been able to do my readings which were booked and come in, but I did move a couple of more intensive appointments to next week.
Also, the Oscars are on Sunday night and I will watch as usual. I love the Oscars. Talking about the Oscars and movies, my friends know that I love the movies and the one thing in moving to this city which I absolutely love is I miss the movie theatres. Here they have a four theatre complex but nothing is on during the day during the week, which is when I used to treat myself to go and see a movie. Most weekends I’m busy and can’t get to the theatre as I have classes or other appointments. My visits to the movie house is the single thing I miss (besides visiting with my friends) since moving here. I have not seen a lot of the nominated movies this year, but I will still, as always enjoy watching the ‘oscar show’.
What ever you are doing this weekend – enjoy and most of all stay healthy.
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Norma Cowie
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March 21 - 24th - Psychic Development Weekend
May 23 - 25th - Learn how to a Past Life Regressionist

Jan 26th - Hope and Acceptance

2008-01-26T11:25:00.000-08:00

How quickly time flies! I can’t believe it has been so long since I posted something here. This morning I awoke quite early and as my knee seems to complain (less as the days go by) when I’m in bed too long, I got up and lay on the chesterfield. I pulled up the blinds and watched the most beautiful sunrise occur. The colors as the crept into the sky began and slowly grew larger and bolder and more beautiful with every minute. It definitely was like a new day was dawning. It filled me with HOPE! Hope for what I’m not sure, the future, my life, everyone’s life. All of it. All I knew was it filled me with the feeling of Hope.
Last night I received three calls from regular clients. All from different parts of North America. Each one having their own crisis. Two of them I spoke with as the called before my channeling evening began. The third one came in during the evening and I spoke with her this morning. I knew something energetically was going on. During the day I had at the last minute changed my mind about where I was going and ended up in a restaurant having a very late lunch, when in walked two women who recognized me from over 25 years ago (I may be older and fatter, but guess I’m still me). They also had moved up here – to the next biggest city south down the valley in which I live, at the same time as me. While we caught up with the bits and pieces of our lives they mentioned that this weekend energies would be changing. I often take bits of information like this with a grain of salt, as energies are changing all the time, but I paid attention because it seemed strange that I had run into these two women on this day.
Then I’m home getting ready for the channeling evening and the phone goes. Two people phoning close together in personal crisis. Then during the channeling evening, the message of hope for the participants which came through from their guides, each one receiving uplifting messages to go forward in strength. And then this morning the sunrise. Yes a definite energy shift is occurring!
During this last week I had also noticed that whether I was doing a reading or a soul/source connection that the message was acceptance, acceptance, acceptance. Sometimes this message was accompanied by something else, but primarily the main message was acceptance. Now sometimes when a message comes through over and over I also know it has meaning for me. But here I believe the bigger picture was unfolding. For me acceptance as me, myself and I and ‘get on with it’. For others, whatever the issue is at hand, acceptance is the main key. I have come to understand that until we acceptance whatever it is 100% we are unable to change it, because we are unable to decide to what to do account it. But, when we accept 100% we are free to decide what we want to do. It sounds simple but isn’t. We tend to want things our own way, and have the end result we want. Life simply does not work like that. At least not most of the time for most people.
Acceptance of what is 100%, decide what you want to do and then proceed forward.
After-all, there is HOPE!!! The sunrise had it all ….. HOPE is there!
Have a great day!
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Norma Cowie
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Jan 17th - Crop Circles

2008-01-17T10:05:00.000-08:00

I am presently reading a book about Crop Circles, which was loaned to me by my friend Lisa. I was never interested in Crop Circles until a few months ago I watched a DVD documentary of them. I had not realized the most beautiful designs which had been made by the ‘circlemakers’. Up until the evening of watching the documentary I had only envisioned they made ‘circles’. Little did I realize these circles were not only the most beautiful designs, but held mathematical mysteries and spoke volumes about the meaning of the universe. Several of the ‘circles’ I absolutely loved. Some of the designs I saw seemed to speak to me personally. They had meaning to me. Even if I truly did not understand what message the designs were conveying, they seemed to speak to me. It was these particular designs which sparked my interest.
As I knew my friend Lisa was interested in Crop Circles I spoke to her about the program and she loaned me what she considered was the best book she had come across. Secrets in the Fields – The Science and Mysticism of Crop Circles by Freddy Silva. Although I have not completed the book, he does proceed step by step through the history and the unfolding of these circles. He also explores the hoaxes and the different people and governments who have attempted to bebunk these circles as all being man made. As Freddy Silva adequately points out, there is no way man can have made the majority of these.
I would suggest if you are interested in learning more and you like reading, this book is definitely enlightening on this subject of crop circles. Or look for the documentary which talks about the Crop Circles. I am sure you will enjoy the designs plus the information contained within it.
I know I will be continuing reading Freddy Silva’s book in the next few days.
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Norma Cowie
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Jan 14 2008, Winter and the Death symbol

2008-01-14T10:42:00.000-08:00

It is wild and windy today. The good news for me is that all the snow and ice from the roadways around my home has gone and I can walk out there with ease. As walking is a prescribed activity for getting my knee back into shape I like this a lot. Earlier when I was walking I was looking at all the trees in there winter nakedness and it made me think of the Death symbol of the Tarot. The trees are reduced to the bare bones of themselves and they are awaiting the signal of spring when they will begin to burst out in new leaves, coming forth into a renewed life. In the meantime, there they are being blown about in the wind, standing tall and strong.
The Death symbol is so similar. Life takes us and throws us around and we are reduced the essence of ourselves (the bare bones) and then we keep on and we slowly and surely rebuild ourselves, our lives and proceed onward. We walk step by step, day by day into Spring, the newness of the next adventure, the next step of the journey of life. It is those moments when we are bare, that is the most precarious, do we surrender to the weight of non-achieving, or do we go on ahead, step by step and rebuild.
As I look back over my life, there have been several times when I have had to accept what has occurred, pick myself up and shake myself off and start all over again. The one thing I truly hope for, is that I have come to understand whatever it was that I needed to learn from whatever the experience was. Sometimes I realize I did not, but often I did. And so I have grown in many areas, and keep growing in others.
Death, the letting go and becoming resilient to the stresses of life and continuing on with love and understanding I will get wherever it is I’m heading.
Oh life is good … even when the wind is blowing with a cold bite.
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Norma Cowie
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Jan 10th - allowing

2008-01-10T11:30:00.000-08:00

Today it is snowing, gentle soft snow flakes flowing down. As my first winter in the Okanagan, it is my first with ‘real’ snow. The coastal snow mostly is wet and heavy. I just love how I go out and the snow leaves my car with ease and there is something wonderfully beautiful about how it gently comes on down. Fresh, soft and gently landing. It sparks the thought of ‘do we land softly’ in life, or do we make things ‘hard’ for ourselves? I like to think I walk through life with ease, but as I look back on my roadway, I can see how I have made it hard for myself. I made it hard because I did not trust the process or listen to my heart. I thought I needed to know the steps rather than the final destination. This is what I’m practicing here, in this new environment. Know what I want, and let go of how I’m going to get there.
Last night at the meditation group, we used Goddess Cards and I (once again) got Sige the goddess of silence. This time though, I had the most wonderful ‘heart’ meditation. I was filled with universal love, and I went out beyond the stars to the edge of the universe and beamed love onto the planet. It was the ‘silence’ place. I was shown how everything begins and the intent of the thought, the energy behind it brings about manifestation. It was all there. Love manifesting all around on this planet.
Today as I look at my Tarot Cards Knight of Cups, Page of Swords, Death I see how it reflects what occurred last night and what is happening with my progress around the rehabilitation of my knee. My rehabilitation is much slower than I would like and I have to be patient. I go back to see the psiotherapist this afternoon, but my frustration is obvious to me with my inability to move my knee like I want. Anyway, back on subject, the Knight of Cups states you are heading ahead slowly and surely towards the goal, the Death symbol, very similarly stating you are leaving behind the old heading towards the new with a ways to go. It’s the Page of Swords which draws my attention. I need to let go, relax, and become more at one with the ‘heart’ knowing I will reach my destination. I will get there, be patient and let go. Allow the process to occur. I know the end result I want, therefore all I need to do is let go.
How many of us today need to ‘let go’. No matter what it is which is drawing our attention back towards the past we need to let go. It could be an attitude we have, it could be a memory which keeps popping up (showing we have not ‘cleared’ the emotion around it), and it could be a thought which says ‘I can’t do it’.
No matter, the relaxation, the letting will allow the future to unfold as it needs to for our best. Trust. Trusting the process. So today we let go and allow. We allow the day to unfold as it will.
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Norma Cowie
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Jan 9th - new beginning 2008

2008-01-09T10:40:00.000-08:00

Here it is the 9th January and finally I’m getting to begin working with my Blog. I’ve promised myself (something I rarely do) that I would be consistent. I have lots of thoughts, concepts and I just do not always share them, and then when it is time for the meta-zine to come out I have forgotten most of them. I know the blog concept helps with that, some days you have great insights, sometimes not so great, but no body will get to read them if I don’t sit here and put something down.
Well its been a month since my knee was done, and the first 2 weeks were great, very little pain, everything went super great (thanks to all the healers who were sending me energy) now I am endeavoring to get the knee to stretch and work properly. I have had more pain and discomfort in the last four weeks as I begin to stretch it and walk etc. than I did in the first two. Sometimes the knee is fine and then there is major discomfort. Yesterday I went to see the psiotherapist (a lovely young man – how good can that be for an older woman) anyway he’s put me on a regime which I am committing to do, as I know I have to get this knee working right. So three times a day I have lots to do and then I go back to see him tomorrow. Lets hope by then I have a little more movement in it.
A funny thing happened to me which opened up a whole new contemplation – its my brain – somewhere in there it decided it did not want my knee to do things, it did not want to feel discomfort etc. Luke – the psiotherapist told me that even though you have had an anesthetic, the brain knows it is hurting, cuts off that part of the (for me) leg. It explained quite a bit, so I’m now talking to my brain to stop it, let go and allow the knee to function that it will not be hurt, have no pain etc. Aren’t we something, the brain definitely has its own ideas. On Friday I’m going to see my Body Talk friend Lisa, so will ask her if there is anything she can do to get my brain to let go – its always helpful to get a second opinion and I’m a bit close to this.
My Tarot cards today were, 4 of wands, star and hermit. Therefore I take from this I’m on the right track, use my knowledge and listen to me. I am certainly giving myself a regime to work with right now, and I know I have to keep to it. I also know I know my own answers, even when I don’t like them and I need to listen. Therefore, this day, Wednesday, when I have my meditation group this evening I will listen to me!!! My inner voice, my inner me. And as the song says “I will survive”.
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Norma Cowie
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Fear VS Trust

2007-08-06T10:46:00.000-07:00

I have done a lot of thinking about fear lately. Mainly because I have seen it reflected in language and actions all around me. It upsets me sometimes how often people will take the fear road, rather than the trust road. They will slide down the slippery slope and become fearful of ‘everything’. Fearful of making a mistake, fearful of taking the ‘wrong’ road either in life, or just the one they are traveling down. What happened to the life warrior? What happened to the trust the process, trust the universe? Something ate it up. That’s what I am seeing and hearing!
People seem to be putting their faith into fear, the acknowledgement that something is going to go wrong. That someone out there is out to ‘get them’. It seems like that thought form is BIG. I run into it all the time. It seems like the Victim mentality, that something is out there …. some unknown person, corporation, system, energy, et’s or something. somewhere is out there and will get me. If not terrorists, then someone else.
I know I have had to fight the ‘fear’ monster in my life. When I had to leave my victim state behind. When my life did not seem to be working and I had to make choices about whether I stood for fear and trust. I think we all come to those crossroads often during our path. I like to think most of us will eventually choose trust.
For centuries we as a race had a lot to be fearful of. We were persecuted by our own kind for our beliefs, our attitudes, for fighting back against injustice when we saw it. That persecution became part of our genetic code….but now it is time for us to stop supporting fear and turn our vibration into trust. Here in the western world, we have a lot of room to speak our mind (although I must admit it is shrinking). We need to learn the language of how to speak our truth and have it understood without fear. To stand in trust that life is supporting us. The universe is not one of fear, but one of love, support and understanding.
It is not only speaking our truth in which fear reigns it is trusting life (the universe – god) is supporting us. It is the knowledge that each and everyone of us is connected to an energy which is there. The question is “do we use it”? I am thinking as I watch people go into fear about everything, that we as a group do not. The personal journey of raising above fear makes the difference of personal peace, or uncertainty. Prayer, meditation, anything which connects you with the universal love force, helps to bring you out of fear and into peace and trust.
Trust the process, is something I was taught in my studies. Trust that whatever it is will work out ‘right’ for you. Many times in my life when everything looked dark and dismal and I was at a dead end, I would just trust. Trust the force of life which is bigger than me, would lead me out of the dark ‘the wilderness’ into light. Each time it happened. I placed myself in situations and realized this is not working, or is not good I would tell myself “trust the process”. I would let go my stubbornness and my single mindedness, ask inside for answers and direction and they would come. I would then be able to make new and different decisions which would allow me to be back into unity, back into peace. Over the years I came to realize - trust is the key, not fear! In fear I would be stuck, not moving forward. In trust I moved and grew.
One of my statements my students know well “It is not the event which is important, it is how you handle it”. Therefore, when you feel the fear, know that is what it is, and reach for the strength which is inside, so you can walk ahead in faith.
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History repeats itself – How one lifetime can affect another!

2007-06-11T12:09:00.000-07:00

The more I have read the book The Rebels of Ireland by Edward Rutherfurd the more I have been touched. First I have come to understand the history of Ireland much more deeply than what I knew before. When I was reading about the potato famine it touched me deeply because I have experienced the energy of women whose children were dying of starvation during this potato famine and how their consequent decisions affected them in this life.

In my Soul/Source Connection work as I clear the blocks and transform the energy, many times I have experienced the Irish mother’s sad, hopeless energy as they watched their children die one after another. Remember in the 1800’s Ireland, a catholic country had large families. During the potato famine it was not uncommon for a whole family to be wiped out. The old and the young usually went first and then one by one other members of the family. Can you imagine what this might be like to watch your children die? I can, because I have run into the despair and the consequent decisions made at a soul level by these mothers.

The first few times I ran into the energy was when I was working with women who were finding it difficult to get pregnant. Often there was nothing physically wrong as to why the difficulty and they would come to me and we would look at the energy as to what was blocking them getting pregnant. It would be during the checking the blocks I would run into the energy of an Irish Mother in despair over the death of their children deciding "never again to bring a child into this world", or "never again to be a mother" or something similar. Once these decisions were released and the energy transformed, the woman often went on to get pregnant. Since my work as expanded I will sometimes run into this energy affecting other blockages as well. All I know is I’m very familiar with it and recognize it immediately when I find it.

Therefore, while reading this historical novel and reliving the despair it also had me contemplating the plight of Darfur, where once again women are watching their children die of starvation and the horror which starvation brings, the hopelessness and the consequent decisions we, as mothers make. I wonder if in 50 – 100 years another transformation therapist will encounter decisions made from this time. Many souls lived through that time in Ireland and many souls are living through Darfur and other places, especially in Africa where children are dying. These circumstances are not just influences of this time, the decisions made during this time will effect their lives in other times and places.

It seems strange and very sad that over 100 years later in this land of plenty and the time of enlightenment, we still have starvation on this planet, we still have hopelessness and we still have massive grief. Or do we just keep on repeating history, having the same scenario happening over and over. All I know is that the decisions made in one time, does affect another. The starvation of children over 100 years ago has effected some people today and I’m sure what is happening today will effect some people in the future. Today I send out a prayer for this to stop. Starvation, wherever it is on the planet is ceased. There is enough food for everyone and everyone gets to partake of it. Please join me in this prayer (below). Prayers are thoughts and the more people think the same thought, the more powerful it is.
Thanks.
Norma --

Please read this outloud -- spoken word has more power in the moment than just the thought.
Divine Essence, the one power in and through all things, I know this power links every person on earth and as one in this unity I know that sustenance for all on a physical level as well as a spiritual level is done. In this planet of plenty I know distribution of food, shelter and physical wellbeing for every inhabitant is done. Miracles can occur and I know right now, that the miracle of food is here, that every person, is fed, that every person has shelter, that every person feels satisfied within their physical wellbeing. They are comfortable, warm and fed. It is with gratitude in the knowing of miracles that I am able to release this thought, knowing that everyone is fed and has shelter. I am filled with gratitude in knowing the world unites in this thought, food for all, shelter for all and the healthy wellbeing for all. I release this now, knowing miracles take place and this one will. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. And So It Is. Amen.
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Norma Cowie
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Where does the imagery of Hell come from?

2007-05-30T13:10:00.000-07:00

I recently picked up the novel The Rebels of Ireland by Edward Rutherfurd and began to read. Within a few two pages I was reading “Doctor Simeon Pincher was a tall, thin man … with a sallow complexion and stern black eyes that belonged in a pulpit….For Doctor Simeon Pincher was a follower of Calvin.” Usually this would have been background information on one of the characters of the book, but this day it triggered something very different. It brought forth memories of an energy I encounter in my work.
In my Core Belief Releasing Work (which I’m now calling Soul/Source Connection – because that is what to truly does) I have run into this energy all too often. I do not like the insidiousness of this narrow, lack of joy, rule bound energy, which often I run into. It often displays itself as dressed as a man in black clothing with a mind as narrow as the thinness of their body. When I encounter this energy, no matter where it is attached, as it may be held in a charka, or in one of the selves, ie High or Masculine Self it is joyless, full of rules, holding the position if one lives by the rules, then one can find God. It is because of this belief it is often held in what we would consider our Spiritual levels.
Therefore, as I read these words in the novel, it not only triggered the memories of encountering this type of energy, but it also had me ponder on where and how these narrow minded, joyless beings had gotten the imagery of burning in hell, as this seems to be what they preach. Unless you obey the narrow rules you will burn in hell.
As I dropped into a meditative state and contemplated even more about the imagery of burning in hell the thought came to me that a person does not think of, write about or do artistic works unless they have seen and or experienced the scene or situation themselves or it is a part of their imagination.
Therefore where would the image of burning in hell come from? From all accounts, early man worshiped the sun and the earth. The early cave man drawings had nothing signifying burning in hell, so where did this concept come from?
Then the thought came to me. In the middle of the earth we have a core of magma, red hot burning rock, which would flame anything which touched it. Could it perhaps be that someone was meditating into the earth and allowed their minds to go deep enough to come into contact with this powerful magma? To an uneducated mind, it would seem like hell. A place where if you go you would burn. Is this where the original idea of ‘burning in hell’ came from? That you descended into hell, rather than above to heaven. I wondered, I pondered and the more I thought about it, the more I came to realize that this could very well be true. Someone at sometime had touched into the magma and it had terrified them and they had spun a story about it. From this fear had grown a tale until the name Hell was given to this space. A space in which we were to fear and not go!
It is through our experiences that we come to understand our environment and through our observation we learn about the laws of nature and man. It makes sense to me that one would not want to go to this hot place – hell, were one would burn and therefore do anything rather than that. Therefore the rules, which although giving you a narrow life style would though, keep you away from such a place.
Religion over time has brought much ritual and war to the planet. Much has been done in the name of religion, and yet early man worshipped the sun and the earth which gave life and supported them. We do not have to fear the magma, only understand it. After all many of our continents (and the Hawaiian Islands) are made from the stuff – magma is spewed from the earth in many different locations around the world, especially in the ring of fire which has been very quiet for many centuries now. Is it Hell – perhaps it is, but we do not need to live joyless, rule bound lives in order to stay away from it. We only need to be aware of it’s ever presence within the earth’s core and know it is a part of the whole.
After my meditative time of sorting out this question I was able to go on with my novel at peace within as I gazed upon the beauty of the world around me, living not in fear of magma, hell – but in rejoicing life as all good.
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Move - complete

2007-05-28T20:26:00.000-07:00

Hi: I realize it has been two months since I last wrote an entry on my blog. Working and then moving took up time. Often a week at a time I had no computer access, interesting things happened which I did not know about for over a week. Somehow one survives without checking emails two/three times a day. In between the travels to work in Edmonton, Calgary, Penticton & Victoria I was packing to make my move to Penticton. A goal for many years now complete.
Now the move is complete. I totally thank my family & friends. Friends helped pack the many, many boxes of my stuff. Then Friday May 18th my son Rob & his friend Scott packed up a one ton truck to the brim and he drove it up here. His wife Melanie with McKayla (6) & Kiera (2) with Bella (the dog) left at 11.30am. Rob left driving the truck at 2.30pm and then my daughter Bridget (who had already spent a week up here getting everything ready for me to come two weeks prior) with her dog Rudie, my friend Anne & I left at 5.30pm. Rob & family were all ready in bed when we arrived at 11pm.
The people were next door were having an impromtu party right outside the kitchen window, but after Bridget spoke to them at midnight, they quientened down. Thank goodness we were tired (or at least I was). Saturday came and we unloaded the truck thanks to Gordon (who arrived to help) and Morgan aged 10 from 3 mobiles down (yes I'm in a mobile park). Morgan's Dad came and helped with the two really heavy items - my buffet and TV -- and we were in. Now came the unpacking of the boxes and putting away. Making a day story short Monday arrived with Rob & family leaving at 9.30am and then Bridget and Anne leaving at 6pm. Everything unpacked and pictures up. I only had to organize my office a bit more and the bedroom bookshelf to my liking. (Still waiting to be done).
The next few days I was so exhausted that I had lots of 'rests' and after the TV was hooked up I caught up on movies etc.
Today - one week after moving in I can honestly say I have had energy all day. Yeah! I'm on my way to being 'normal'. Still quite a bit of bookshelf organizing to do. Today I also put together and got up and running my new printer/copier/fax/scanner....I have only used the printer part so far, but since I could not bring my copier which I've had forever and was great, but too big, I had to get another for the small jobs which will need doing.
Life up here has been quiet for the most part as I rest up and get ready for whatever is to come. It is just after 8.30pm and the sun is going down and I'm going to go for a short walk. Tomorrow is another day and I'm looking forward to it, especially as today - for me - had the feel of summer - in other words - heat! Got the water sprayer going to water the grass & plants. Life is good!
I have some new ideas/concepts which I will be posting in the next few days.
Blessings to all who read this!
Norma

The Shooter - the movie

2007-03-25T08:55:00.000-07:00

Its a wet Friday afternoon and I decide to go see the latest movie which is being advertised all over the place as being the 'best movie this year' etc. Well I went and saw it and even though I had heard it was like another Bourne movie, I should have known that when one movie is compared with another movie something is missing.
Yes, The Shooter has action, yes big stunts and lots of fire power as buildings get blown up. But something seemed lacking to me. It was not Mark Walburg's performance, he was just fine. It was not the information I received about long distance shooting, that was interesting. It was not the awareness that money/greed is at the base of most political actions. It was something else which was lacking - heart. When I left the movie (to run straight away to see Pride - a movie I thoroughly enjoyed) I felt disquietened that a man goes into a house, kills everyone and then blows it all up to destroy the evidence and we applaud it. Yes, justice is served, yes there was no other way justice could be served, but that we think it is alright to do this, in fact honourable is disturbing to the 'heart'. This is no Bourne movie.
I enjoy action, blow 'em up movies .... but something about this movie left me disturbed.
I was glad I saw Pride afterwards, because I ended up leaving the movie theatres feeling fulfilled - not disturbed at how misplaced our society is/has become.
2 1/2 stars out of 4.
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Norma Cowie
www.normacowie.com

Pride - the Movie

2007-03-25T08:44:00.000-07:00

After seeing the movie Pride I came away with a warm feeling inside, feeling pride within. This is a wonderful movie for all to see. Yes it is about a poor black community in the 1970's. Yes it is a rags to riches (so to speak) story. We have seen the theme of a sports undog team making good before, but we have not seen a swim team and the wonder of this movie is that it is good. It is well acted. I laughed, I cried, I felt tension, I felt happy. To me it delivered everything and more I want in a movie. So often you go to a movie and it is entertaining, but contains no meat. This movie has inner meat. It has meaning, it has power. If you are wanting to see a movie which gives you a feeling of pride, a feeling of hope and as the movie states, Pride, Determination and Resilance, I for one got the message and I believe you would too. It is a message for everyone. Go see Pride. I would love this movie to do well. It deserves it. It will be one I will add to my collection.
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Norma Cowie
www.normacowie.com

2007-02-28T12:20:00.000-08:00

Some say that fear is the base of everything. I disagree, I believe fear is not the base but the barrier between the connection to everything (God/Universe/Mother/Father/One) and ourselves. Fear separates and acts as a blockage to the knowingness we innately have inside. Fear rules, no doubt about that, listen to a person speaking as they interject their speech with but, should, have too, etc. These all come from an element of fear, a reaction to what each one truly wants to have and create within their world.

Fear, the acronym being False Evidence Appearing Real, and it does – it appears real. But, it is not real. It is imagined and or placed in the pathway of each one of us who wants to go and create what we want. This results with us fighting our fear, working to move through it, go beyond it, and when we do that it seems to rear its ugly head again. The most efficient way is to isolate it and either release it or transform it. After all fear is just energy and therefore is transformable.

Recently I was explaining to a client, how we create programs to stop us from experiencing feelings, or concepts which we, usually as children, have hidden away. We are brilliant at creating these blocks, which often come automatically to block, sidetrack us from getting to whatever it is we want.

Recently, I experienced this. In contemplating a move, which I will be making in May, I discovered a tremendous amount of fear around the move. The move is something I have wanted to do for a long time. Yet, now the opportunity was here in front of me I found myself becoming more and more fearful about it. As I know myself really well, I knew this was more than the usual concerns of ‘am I doing the right thing for now’ ‘is this really what I want’ etc. This was becoming physical. My stomach was beginning to get involved and my nervous system was becoming more and more strained. I was in fear of the whole concept of moving – attaining a long term goal.

It was right at this time a good friend of mine*, phoned me up and said “I’m practicing a new hands on healing technique, would you like to be one of my trial clients”. Would I? Well I jumped at the opportunity, knowing she has integrity and is a good healer. I received an instruction email from her, with one of the comments, when you arrive know what it is you want the healing for. Well, did not take too long in contemplating to know this unreasonable fear needed to be released. I had my objective.

After a wonderful relaxing session with this wonderful Angelic healing (yes, my friend works with angel energy) I felt not only relaxed, but the pressing fear was gone. She said to me, “You know Norma I found this seed very deep in the base charka. If I had not been looking for it, I would not have found it, it was buried very deep.” Hallelujah! This fear program had been released. Since the session I had not had this unreasonable fear of the move. No wonder I had not been able to work with it myself. It had lots of what I call ‘distracters’ around it, and I had not been able to break through them. In other words I had created a program to protect the fear program, which I had created to ensure I did not risk myself.

Over the years of working with myself and others I have come to truly appreciate how creative we are in protecting these decisions and consequent blocks within our subconscious and energy fields. Some of them are so well hidden and disguised that we need another objective person to search it out. I do this for others with my work, and my friend does it also. Thank goodness we have friends who know how to do these things.

Fear – it blocks and stops us from creating what we truly want. We are reigned over so often by these fear blocks created by us in order to protect us from ourselves, yet it does exactly the opposite. It stops us from becoming who we truly are. It blocks us from creating with ease. It blocks us from being all we can be.

Fear – false evidence appearing real, I don’t think so. I think to us it is very real. It has a life of its own, and if we can release it, transform it, then we are free to create what we want and check the reality of what we want. Fear, time to let it go, time to seek it out and transform it into supportive, loving energy. Time to let it go.

My experience is just one of many I have had over the years, where fear has risen up and attempted to stop me from moving ahead. We create these programs to protect, when in fact they become rules and block us from being all we can be. Not only myself has experienced this, but many of my clients are ruled by their fear rather than their knowing. It is always a happy time when I am able to release someone’s fear – whether it is my own or my clients or a students by transforming it into supportive energy so the goals can be attained with ease.

By Fear – Hello Results!
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Norma Cowie
www.normacowie.com
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* Alice Brock
604-536-1264
www.alicebrocklifeworks.com
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