Someone introduced her to a technique called Access Consciousness –  Within weeks she was entirely cured. When we met her she had a big smile, face glowing in the middle of the hustle & bustle of the camping show. Clearly now totally unaffected.

She not only offered to do the technique on me but also to teach us. And bless her heart when she rocked up to the Winnebago she had brought a bunch of Vegies and flowers she had freshly ripped out of her garden.

THE TECHNIQUE

Basically it works around changing your thinking using some tools and doing a hands on ‘Reiki like’ technique supposed to release ‘energy’.

It all sounded pretty cooky to me but hey I have given up judging these days and am reading the book written by the Chiropractor who developed the technique.

But any way you look at it Julie certainly is one hell of a testimony.

If you are interested you can contact Julie here  accessjuliesmith@gmail.com

Aries The Ram

Taurus The Bull – Ok let’s not over analyse things and let’s let go of trying to work other people out and bring our attention to ourselves. This week you will find yourself unravelling faster than you think and you’ll even surprise yourself with all the places you visit in your imagination. You are growing very fast right now and this means there will be so many new changes in your life, so please be open to all possibilities and don’t be attached to how things are to work out for you. Early in the week you will find release and this will be the beginning of something new for you. Honesty is key for you right now and it’s crucial that you allow yourself to remain open, let go of trying to protect your heart. There is nothing to protect it from except your own thoughts that you create for no reason, other than boredom.

Gemini The Twins – Let go of the drama and the stories that other people like to indulge in and be true to you. Sometimes you do things in hope that others will notice and this is because you are not taking the time to notice yourself. This week you’ll want to put your first and be sure that your choices are about you and around the things that you love to do. If others choose to follow you then so be it, but if not then it doesn’t matter but don’t make your choices around anyone else. I feel like life is trying to get your attention, to show you something you have wanted to see for quite some time, but it seems rather difficult these days to get your attention. So I feel the need to ask you this question, where are you? I’m not sure if you’ll be able to answer this question entirely right now and this is ok too. By the end of the week you’ll come to a new realisation that enables you to take the leap of faith you have been sitting on.

Cancer The Crab – It’s good news early in the week and this news will have you pulling your hands out of your pocket and wanting to be the star of your life. It feels to me that you are ready to dive into places you have only dreamt of in the past, places that you wouldn’t normally dare go. This is amazing, your new strength and love for life is beaming through you this week, and you will inspire many to want to live to the fullest. Let me ask you a question if I may, what does it mean to you to life your life to the fullest? Who are you when you are living your life to the fullest? Ok so it’s two questions, if you could please take the time to answer these two questions by the end of the week, you’ll find yourself living in this way also.

Leo The Lion – Don’t walk away from yourself, or from your own life. Once again your making it so much harder than it is. Don’t you know that pieces of the puzzle only come one at a time, your not meant to get them all together, you wouldn’t know what to do if you did. Your way ahead of yourself at the moment and you need to gather yourself back up and realise that it’s only this moment that matters. Then you need to be honest with yourself, are you doing what you are doing for you or everyone else? Your not off track at all, rather it’s just that sometimes you don’t like to listen and this can be a detriment to where you are going. Sometimes you think you can’t do what you love and then you begin to compromise yourself, and this is no way to live life. There is no need for you to compromise anything, those who love you will support and those who don’t support well let them be on their way.

Virgo The Virgin – If it’s not all as perfect as you think it should be it’s ok; this doesn’t mean you have to give up. Maybe you just missed some minor details and all you have to do is go back and see what they are and add them into your life. I don’t feel it’s a loss at all, actually if you ask me you have done so well in bringing yourself to where you are. You deserve a standing ovation, and you deserve the very best of your dreams. So please don’t give up just because it doesn’t look the way you think it’s meant to look, sometimes we get confused with what is and what we think is meant to be. You have nothing to worry about just keep moving forward. When you arrive to the end of the week, you’ll be so glad that you didn’t give up.

Libra The Scales – It feels to me that you are trying to get others to learn a lesson that is in truth for you, and I’m not sure what it will take for you to get this. Actually I do know, stop being so stubborn and open yourself up to the possibilities that you still have a lot to learn as we all do. Maybe it would be a good idea for you to realise that you are not walking your talk right now and this is ok, but you are on your way to this way of being. If you think you know all there is to know then you’ll be closed to opportunities and all the gifts that life has to offer. You’ll receive an interesting call by the end of the week that will have you questioning what you do for a living, and this is a good thing.

Scorpio The Scorpion – You will notice some of the ways of your behaviour this week that you have judged in others. I can’t tell you how great this is because it’s reminding you to love all of yourself, which reminds you that you are whole and never in pieces. It is such a massive opportunity when we get to experience our own ways through other people’s behaviours and actions. This is a good week to pick up some major life lessons as it feels to me that you are really paying attention this week. It will be worth your while to stand up on your own two feet and express yourself to someone you don’t normally do this with. You’ll be surprised as to how well it turns out for you and how much of a relief it will be for you; actually it will be one massive milestone.

Sagittarius The Archer – You’re really beginning to step up in your life dear Sagittarius and this is great news. The week ahead brings much sunshine your way and it feels to me that you’re no longer interested in playing small. Something tells me that you’re ready to play big, and ready to take this leap of faith. It’s at the beginning of the week that you will come to this realisation and when you do, there is a knowing within you that you will tap into to. This means that you won’t have time to drop the ball or to even scratch your head but if you ask me you wouldn’t have it any other way. If you know you are ready for the world then know that the world is ready for you.

Capricorn The Sea goat – There isn’t time this week to be making excuses and wasting time in hope that no one will notice. Pull your socks up dear Capricorn and keep it real, with all the things you want to experience in your life you need to keep it real. Allow me to remind you that what ever you do in your life you are doing it to yourself. This means be kind or cruel you are being what you are being to yourself, not anyone else. You know better than anyone else when you are fooling yourself and it feels to me that you will face yourself this week. Of course this is not a threat or anything negative it’s simply words to remind you to be true to yourself and others. You have nothing to prove to anyone and once you realise this then you can stop trying to hard.

Aquarius The Water Carrier – You will be proud of yourself this week dear Aquarius and there will be good news available to you also. As the week begins please be sure that you are as present and alert as possible as there will be some interesting messages coming your way and you’ll really need to be sharp to pick them up. It feels to me that mid-week you will make up your mind about someone or something in your life and once you make up your mind you’ll see where it all goes. It’s as though things hadn’t quite moved forward as you hadn’t quite made up your mind. Gee what happens when you just make up your mind and allow yourself to step up to your choices, well done.

Pisces The Fishes – You have nothing to worry about and the sooner you realise this then the sooner you will be able to just relax. It has nothing to do with your circumstances but what it is you truly love in your life and if you know what you love then let go of the worry. You’ll be so excited when it comes to the middle of the week that you’ll barley know what to do with yourself, please remember to keep your feet on the ground. You know it’s just a matter of trusting that the thing you love in your life will show up, but it’s not up to you how it shows up and if you can remember this then it’s all sweet! By the end of the week you will realise that you were right about someone, and you’ll be smiling.

Here I was this morning lying in our Winnebago bed, butt nekid and slap bang in the middle of Melbourne City, parked in a little lane near the showgrounds. The sound of horses hoofs clopping by my window on their way to training at the track and the rustle of leaves competing with the clatter of distant trams. Magical.

Yesterday I woke to the sound of crashing waves and the smell of the ocean parked snugly in a little nich off the Great Ocean road and tomorrow? Who knows. That will be up to my whim, my new found skills as a top spot hunter and my buddy Google maps.

There is something incredibly exhilarating and primal about free camping. It feels for me almost like it’s the way things are supposed to be. Every night hunting down a fresh new spot. Seeing if I can out do my last stunning vista. Or looking for a totally new aspect altogether. Wondering just how much the poor sucker whos house im parked in front of paid for his view, that I now share for FREE. Or drinking in the novelty and my brilliance and another secret little hide away well hunted down.

Uggg yes its all very cave man. But to be honest I think that aspect of life may be one of the great losses in modern society. No more hunt n kill, Search and provide. A comfortable box and a Woolworths takes care of all that. So what’s a bloke left to do?

Ahh but out here on the road the sense of the hunt is still alive. What do I fancy tonight? Will it be a cliff top I can see for miles on, a cozy gully surrounded by mountains, a super convenient inner city spot or a ‘life on the open road’ gypsy like truck stop.

The people out here are different too. They all say hello and they’ll all give you a smile and a hand if you need it. You have a common thread and there is an instant feeling of comradery rather than competition.

Youll see places and talk to people you never new existed every single day and because of that the mind opens that bit wider, troubles of the past seem that much smaller, and the opportunities become that much clearer.

It takes a while to click into the natural groove of the road. But when the scales eventually fall from your eyes life seems so much richer and rewarding than before. Lets face it we were hunter gatherers for hundreds of thousands, even millons of years. Just because we have an ipod & a pair of Prada shoes doesn’t make it not so now!

Out here the world really feels like your Oyster. Things you never thought you would do or see seem that much more achievable. And everything seems that much more possible

It might not be for you, but if you think its time to shake up the old you, get your gypsy on and get out here n join the party

Taurus The Bull – Keep your head up this week dear Taurus and know that it is now time to move on with something in your life. This is the week where you will find yourself in search to become clear about an answer you have been waiting on. By the middle of the week you will be experiencing the emotion of missing someone, and please remember that missing someone means, that in truth we miss the person that we are in their company. Also I feel the need to remind you to stop being so stubborn and take up the opportunities that come your way, and also mind your own business. It doesn’t matter what or where others are right now, it matter where and who you are right now.

Gemini The Twins – The stability you are in search of dear Gemini only exists within yourself, no one else can offer this to you. It doesn’t matter whom they are, who they know or what they do they can never give you the true feeling of stability. It will be an interesting week for you whilst you are on the search for stability, and it feels to me that while you do this you continue to take it out on those closest to you and it’s not fair. Take a deeper look at yourself and what you’re expecting of another, be sure that you can deliver it to yourself first, otherwise stop harassing them about it. It’s important that you know you can give yourself what you want from others.

Cancer The Crab – Welcome to your weekly forecast dear Cancer and it’s the week of really stepping into your intuition. Stepping into your feeling and knowing what you want, and then you can go for it. I feel like this week you will hear your intuition loud and clear and you won’t even have trouble following through with what it tells you. This also means that you will need to be quick on your feet and be sure that you are paying attention to what you are speaking about. I feel like towards the end of the week you will catch yourself out with a pattern from the past.

Leo The Lion – Your gut instinct will kick in early in the week and you must follow this gut instinct, it’s not time to think about it or see if it’s real or not. This will mean that it’s so important for you to be in the water or close to the water this week, preferably feet in the water. As when you do this you are the most present and the most aware in your life. Like I’ve said to you before there is something very special about you and the water, so it’s important that you connect with it on regular basis. If you could do this every day this week you will see what I’m speaking about, and also you’ll find it easier to access your power.

Virgo The Virgin – A new inspiration heads your way this week and it’s as though you will have wings to fly. You won’t even be bothered about how to fly you’ll just be glad that you have wings and then choose to fly. This is amazing for you dear Virgo and it also feels to me that you are beginning to let go of some of your rigid rules, that you can now see no longer support you. There will certainly be a change in the weather in your life and this means new beginnings, a new attitude and sporting a new look. Watch out world here come the Virgos, get well out of their way or join their bandwagon.

Libra The Scales – The week ahead bring some interesting emotions for your dear Libra and it may be a little up and down. It feels to me that there will be a battle between the heart and the head, and this all comes down to a choice you know you need to make for yourself and it’s about the direction you are heading. You sometimes and lately a lot, allow the external world to rule your decisions and this is because you are not connecting deep enough. Anyway all being said this is an important week and it’s necessary that you go though the ups and downs ahead.

Scorpio The Scorpion – I know I keep talking to you about changes and I want you to know I mean it. Now before we get into it let me explain what the changes are about for you, as you have grown so much of late, the choices you make are going to be different. I feel like this will surprise even you, as though it’s not even you making the choices anymore, something within you is what you are listening to. It’s a great week to be paying attention to the changes and to notice where you are headed in your life. It feels to me also that you are ready to settle into an idea that has long awaited your approval. Keep up the great work and remember to be taking care of you.

Sagittarius The Archer – Welcome to a glorious week dear Sagittarius, one of which you’ll feel great about yourself. You will also notice this week that you are capable of so much more than you have known in the past, and this capability is exactly what you have needed to arrive to where you are about to arrive to. I know your not necessarily thinking about the destination, and of course it’s always about the journey, but your journey is about to get a whole lot brighter. There is good news this week that comes to you towards the end of the week, and what a relief this will be for you, you can breathe!

Capricorn The Sea goat – The world will feel brighter this week and your emotions will be so much lighter. It feels to me that something inside your head has changed and this is to do with your perspective around life. I’m not sure if you’re really interested in settling into just one thing in your life, it feels to me that you’re more into having variety and seem to be ok with change these days. It also feels as though this week you will come across some new and interesting people that will remind you of how important it is to have fun in life.

Aquarius The Water Carrier – Keep an ear out for a message that holds great importance for you this week dear Aquarius and this message will show up early on in the week. You have no reason to quarrel with another and maybe it would be a good idea to let go of your expectations of the other, this will make your life so much simpler. Just because you think someone has to be a certain way it doesn’t mean that’s how they should be, and anyway the truth is that you are just getting back from them a part of yourself that you haven’t yet loved. A good lesson for you to learn this week and perhaps this time really take it on board.

Pisces The Fishes – It’s a fish week dear Pisces and this means you’ll be dreaming plenty! It feels to me that you are ready to truly delve into your dreams and this is the week to feel them, know them and allow yourself to express them. You’ll find yourself wearing a new attitude towards life and those around you, it’s as though the things that use to bother you in the past will no longer bother you. An interesting conversation at the end of the week will have you asking yourself if where you are is exactly where you want to be. There is no need to panic whatever answer you come up with will be supportive to you moving forward.

Well who knew!! Having spent all my life with a passion for big cities and water I have found a new love for tiny, dry mining communities in the middle of nowhere.

I cant  tell you how great the last few days have been. Staying in White Cliff (population 200) and before that Lighting Ridge and Cobar.

Places like White Cliff are like living on the moon. You could easily forget the rest of the world exists. With skies miles wide and land that goes on forever it sure is conducive to thinking.

You also get to see and feel first hand the ancient nature of this country, as you realize you are driving and walking over million year old seas, picking up iron stone that may have been formed in meteors and looking at fossils and gems found right under your feet.

It really makes the earth that much more personal. Rather than just some concrete base for us to get from A to B on.

Something else I have really enjoyed has been driving for hundreds of K. Anyone who knows me will tell you I used to whinge at having to drive more than 10 min when I lived in the middle of the city. But I did 900k over the last 2 days and loved every minute.

The long drives are akin to enforced meditation, because there is so little to distract you

(assuming you don’t have the radio on). And you find yourself easily able to hear the constant jabber in your head, that usually goes on unchecked most days.

In fact I have found that out here learning to tame your mind is so much easier than in the busy hubbub of the city. Just like the view, you can see your thoughts and emotions so much more clearly as they approach, and this gives you more time catch them and let them go effectively.

It also gives you a chance to see how silly most of them are, and in my case to practice a few of the great tips, some of the people we have met passed on to us.

Kaye Daynes told us that in prison under torture the lifers would always keep a smile on their face, this helped change their state of mind just enough to stop them losing all hope.So if you see a madly grinning Winnebago driver pass you on the street youll know its me  :-)

Amir Zoghi taught us to project love – Visualize you are literally glowing from the inside out and it is filling the space in front and around you. This feels amazing when you break down the little voice trying to remind you youre not loving the flies, heat, sore bum, complaining baby etc. But once you get it, it totally changes how you see the world around you (literally).

Jodyanne Poynton showed us how to capture a thought in mid flow and let it go whilst tuning into your intuition. This is fun to do with someone, as you see who can keep a clear mind the longest or intuitively predict events on the journey.

Grant Hilton From the Peace Retreat showed us how to concentrate on our breathing and change our thoughts simply by changing our breath focus. This also strangely alters how you see and feel the world and is great when you have been hunched up over a steering wheel.

And Gaz Lowe showed us how to change our perception and be able to see that where we are is absolutely perfect as it is. This is one of my favorites. Balancing the thoughts that pop into my mind or the things I see out the windscreen and accepting WHAT IS , rather than always wishing for whats around the corner.

ALL these thought processes, techniques and concepts are perfect to practice as the miles role by. So the Winnebago has turned into a rolling seminar workshop of epic proportions. And when Bess and I are not practicing or swapping ideas and epiphanies, we get to listen to some of the great masters of personal change, religion and science on our CD player.

So I have a totally new respect and appreciation for the aboriginal’s idea of walk about.

Ok so im not on my feet, but im sure if more of us got out of our lives for a while, and just wandered, we would need less prozac in this world.

The outback sure has a way of putting problems into perspective.

Aries The Ram – Put your list together early in the week and be sure that it’s completed by the end of the week. There is so much for you to do this week that you don’t have time to be sitting around hoping for anything. I don’t mean to be so harsh but it feels to me that this is what you need right now, and it’s in getting things done and being super organised that you will find your freedom in. as soon as you get all the list complete you will feel like a whole new person that is ready to step into your life. There will be some interesting emotional challenges that will show up for you mid-week and some fears that you will face at the same time, and I’m telling you this because I know your ready to now move through it. Please remember that you have everything you could possibly need to bring you to the space of freedom, and then your choices will match your truth.

Taurus The Bull – Your life is asking you to speak your truth and to act your truth, this week there will be some intensity on the roller coaster ride but it’s all for the better of your life. A phone call mid-week will have you relieved for long enough to make some new choices. But here is the thing dear Taurus, your choices must be about you and only you, I’m not saying that no one else in your life is important, of course they are. However right now you are the most important one, and remember that when you are being true to you, then you are allowing others to have the experience they need to. Now it’s not up to you what experiences they need to go through, and you have no idea how or what they need to enable them to step up in their life. Because you don’t know then it’s best that you focus on yourself and start really being true to yourself.

Gemini The Twins – You keep going back to fixing, changing and improving and it doesn’t work for you. You keep listening to what others are telling you, and this isn’t working for you either. Then you keep looking to see how others have made their so-called success and you’re trying to duplicate it and this isn’t working for you either. Come on now give yourself some credit will you, allow yourself to rise by listening to your own heart. Would you quite trying to take on everybody else’s stuff and being responsible for all their actions. The sooner you start paying attention to your own heart then the sooner you will move through this challenge. You will arrive at peace by the end of the week once you let go of what you cannot control.

Cancer The Crab – It would be incredible of you if you could take the support that is available to you and stop trying to do it all on your own. There are people and circumstances in your life that are reaching out to you at the moment, and you seem to have this idea that you know it all and you don’t need help. But the truth is that this journey you are on will require the support that is being offered to you, please don’t start getting on your high horse and trying to conquer the world on your own. This is so unnecessary and will just cause you great disappointment and exhaustion. I’m not saying that you don’t have what it takes, but why take the hard road when you have life offering to support you with ease and grace through the challenges at hand. Let go of your money issues and the money issues will let go of you.

Leo The Lion – You’ll be wearing a whole new attitude this week and well I’m so glad to say that this is such a relief. It will be as though you will come to realise that you can do what you set out to do for yourself, and even better is that your going to actually go for it this time. It feels to me that you are really paying attention this week, and your choices are something you will be conscious of. Well done on your ability to rise from your current circumstances and also on taking the time to come to acceptance, rather than continue fighting. It will be a week of triumph and a week of new beginnings, which will of course take some work from your side, but it won’t be you banging your head against a brick wall anymore.

Virgo The Virgin – If I were you I would pick up the phone and take the opportunity that has been presented to me, and I would run with it. I wouldn’t wait another minute, or waste any time thinking about how it’s going to happen. You have been presented with a massive opportunity of late and it feels to me that you have for some reason ignored it. This is the week to redeem yourself if you like and let go of your pride, it doesn’t matter what others think about you or your situation. I feel like you continue to come across opportunities that you keep knocking back, and this is due to your pride. Sometimes you try a little too hard to impress the people that won’t be interested in you if you stopped trying to impress them, in other words they don’t care who you are, they just want the job done, whether it’s you or someone else.

Libra The Scales – Open your eyes this week and take note of your own behaviour, take note of the person you are being. Remember that no matter what is going on you always have choices and the sooner you remember this the better it will be for you. Your ego is disguised in a form that is almost impossible to know, so this means you will need to be extra sharp this week. It feels to me that the part of you that is trying to convince you that you are not ok is that part of you that isn’t interested in your well-being. It’s your choice what you listen to, it’s your choice which action you take and there is no one to blame. Keep in min that when you point the finger at someone there are three fingers pointing back at you.

Scorpio The Scorpion – You will be confronted with yourself this week and get to meet parts of yourself that you didn’t know existed. All that has been sitting underneath the surface will rise to the surface by mid-week. No you don’t have anything to worry about, however there are some things you will be facing, and some of these things are your greatest fears. It would be a great idea to be sure that you are expressing yourself this week, and not sitting in your head trying to work it all out on your own. The pieces of the puzzle are falling into place and this won’t happen without you facing some of your greatest fears. And then you will come out of the tunnel into the light by the end of Sunday night. Ok so there is some digging to be done, so best you prepare your shovel now and start digging. I know you will be incredibly content by the end of the week, and now let’s take care of what is in front of us.

Sagittarius The Archer – Life and people are not something you have to deal with, sometimes you seem to get it all mixed up and think that you have to deal with certain people and situations in a way that causes chaos and battle. This is so unnecessary right now, and it’s best that you choose to embrace the people and circumstances in your life that you are use to battling. This week there will be a new and fresh change in your finances, and I feel this will come through a creative idea that will flow through you mid-week. The person you are looking for by the way is standing right in front of you, but it feels to me that you are missing this person because you are looking elsewhere. The ability of the person standing in front of you just needs a little, nurturing, reassurance and love.

Capricorn The Sea goat – The world will look so much brighter for you this week, and this being said it’s important that you are on top of things. If you feel the need to write a list for yourself please do so and be sure that you are ticking it off sooner than later. But at the same time don’t let this list just be some measly tasks that bore you to death. Be sure that you are having fun with the list that you action, and then allow yourself some room later in the week for a new project that will be coming your way. This new project will being so many new opportunities your way, and will enable you to be as creative as you can possibly be. There will be so much room for you to move on in terms of this project, and let’s remember that this is the year of action. So let’s get to it right away!

Aquarius The Water Carrier – I feel like you’ve really been preparing yourself for the changes that are coming your way this week. Remember with all that changes it doesn’t mean that you have to forget yourself, and forget what is most important to you. You will come across some interesting life questions mid-week and I don’t feel there will be a struggle in coming up with the answers. It’s as though as soon as you ask the question the answer will appear. Then it will just be a matter of you taking action on the answers that come your way. Keep your head high and be sure your feet a firmly flat on the ground, this will ensure you are grounded and present.

Pisces The Fishes – Talk about an awakening, well this is the week for it that’s for sure. You are looking for a change dear Pisces and the change you are looking for has been looking for you too. The beginning of the week may feel like a whirlwind at first but it won’t be long before you move through this whirlwind to a realisation so great that it will bring upon the change you have longed for. I know that you are feeling the fear right now, and I know there will be some anxiety that will come with this fear, and I know something even greater. And it’s that you will move through this fear to a space of connection and unconditional love for yourself. And it’s funny the thing you fear most is actually becoming your greatest triumph; by the end of the week you will understand this fear. And by the end of the week you will squash this fear. I feel like this is the week where you will come into your own and this is the week where you will own your own decisions and realise that they are made from you and no one else.

It might be better to call it Guilty complex day or lazy bastards love day.

Ok so perhaps im being a little cynical. After all it can be quite fun if you really make an effort, but I thought, rather than just ignoring the occasion, as Bess and I usually do, how about making it REALLY about love.

A day to start breaking out of our old boxes and stepping into the life truly love. The one we keep putting off.

Living what you love may seem hard, but as I have seen on this journey from talking to so many people who are doing just that. It’s actually much easier than most people think.

The biggest problem seems to be seeing how it can even be possible. The logistics and the possible negative consequences are always so enormous that we usually end up hurriedly crawling back under our rock.

The problem is we just cant see solutions.

Now there is a BIG reason for this…….Simply we don’t have the neural connections required to do so. In other words our brain literally does not have the info it needs to be able to plot a path to safety.

It would be like someone asking you how to get across a strange city – Without a map you’de be totally lost. And that’s why it seems so scary. We have no map!

So how do we rectify this and start living what you love

Well there is no map of life, and this is why so much emphasis is put on the concept of ‘FAITH’ . but there is a more scientific way (and i find reassuring) way of looking at this.

Im sure you have heard the old saying ‘there are things you know you know, things you know you don’t know – but there are many more things you don’t even know you don’t know’

This ‘mantra’ reminds me that while I can’t see a path or solution there almost certainly is one. Like a flash light, each time you take a step it illuminates a whole new area you had no idea existed.

And since ‘I cant know what I don’t know’ all the speculation, worry and procrastination that seems so logical and well thought out, is actually TOTALLY ERRONEOUS & POINTLESS.

2 The other comforting thing so many of the wise people we have met have reminded me is, when you DO take that FULL step into the unkonwn (not just pussy footing around the outskirts), you INSTANTLY start to rewire your brain altering its connections, perception and understanding. Allowing you to SEE, paths, ideas, opportunities and solutions that did not even EXIST to you before.

And this changes the whole energy and dynamic of the situation. Making it easier and easier to take the next one and the next one and the next.

This has been one of the greatest gifts of this trip for me –  Taking the concept of faith (something i thought was an airy fairy idea, and realising it is based  STONE COLD PROVABLE SCIENCE. It makes leaping over the cliffs of life so much easier, exciting and enjoyable.

I hope the lessons we learn help you as much as they do us .

Ohh yes and this Valentines day “WE LOVE YOU”SE ALL ;-) (thanks Jeff Fenech for that classic)

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Aries The Ram – Put your list together early in the week and be sure that it’s completed by the end of the week. There is so much for you to do this week that you don’t have time to be sitting around hoping for anything. I don’t mean to be so harsh but it feels to me that this is what you need right now, and it’s in getting things done and being super organised that you will find your freedom in. as soon as you get all the list complete you will feel like a whole new person that is ready to step into your life. There will be some interesting emotional challenges that will show up for you mid-week and some fears that you will face at the same time, and I’m telling you this because I know your ready to now move through it. Please remember that you have everything you could possibly need to bring you to the space of freedom, and then your choices will match your truth.

Taurus The Bull – Your life is asking you to speak your truth and to act your truth, this week there will be some intensity on the roller coaster ride but it’s all for the better of your life. A phone call mid-week will have you relieved for long enough to make some new choices. But here is the thing dear Taurus, your choices must be about you and only you, I’m not saying that no one else in your life is important, of course they are. However right now you are the most important one, and remember that when you are being true to you, then you are allowing others to have the experience they need to. Now it’s not up to you what experiences they need to go through, and you have no idea how or what they need to enable them to step up in their life. Because you don’t know then it’s best that you focus on yourself and start really being true to yourself.

Gemini The Twins – You keep going back to fixing, changing and improving and it doesn’t work for you. You keep listening to what others are telling you, and this isn’t working for you either. Then you keep looking to see how others have made their so-called success and you’re trying to duplicate it and this isn’t working for you either. Come on now give yourself some credit will you, allow yourself to rise by listening to your own heart. Would you quite trying to take on everybody else’s stuff and being responsible for all their actions. The sooner you start paying attention to your own heart then the sooner you will move through this challenge. You will arrive at peace by the end of the week once you let go of what you cannot control.

Cancer The Crab – It would be incredible of you if you could take the support that is available to you and stop trying to do it all on your own. There are people and circumstances in your life that are reaching out to you at the moment, and you seem to have this idea that you know it all and you don’t need help. But the truth is that this journey you are on will require the support that is being offered to you, please don’t start getting on your high horse and trying to conquer the world on your own. This is so unnecessary and will just cause you great disappointment and exhaustion. I’m not saying that you don’t have what it takes, but why take the hard road when you have life offering to support you with ease and grace through the challenges at hand. Let go of your money issues and the money issues will let go of you.

Leo The Lion – You’ll be wearing a whole new attitude this week and well I’m so glad to say that this is such a relief. It will be as though you will come to realise that you can do what you set out to do for yourself, and even better is that your going to actually go for it this time. It feels to me that you are really paying attention this week, and your choices are something you will be conscious of. Well done on your ability to rise from your current circumstances and also on taking the time to come to acceptance, rather than continue fighting. It will be a week of triumph and a week of new beginnings, which will of course take some work from your side, but it won’t be you banging your head against a brick wall anymore.

Virgo The Virgin – If I were you I would pick up the phone and take the opportunity that has been presented to me, and I would run with it. I wouldn’t wait another minute, or waste any time thinking about how it’s going to happen. You have been presented with a massive opportunity of late and it feels to me that you have for some reason ignored it. This is the week to redeem yourself if you like and let go of your pride, it doesn’t matter what others think about you or your situation. I feel like you continue to come across opportunities that you keep knocking back, and this is due to your pride. Sometimes you try a little too hard to impress the people that won’t be interested in you if you stopped trying to impress them, in other words they don’t care who you are, they just want the job done, whether it’s you or someone else.

Libra The Scales – Open your eyes this week and take note of your own behaviour, take note of the person you are being. Remember that no matter what is going on you always have choices and the sooner you remember this the better it will be for you. Your ego is disguised in a form that is almost impossible to know, so this means you will need to be extra sharp this week. It feels to me that the part of you that is trying to convince you that you are not ok is that part of you that isn’t interested in your well-being. It’s your choice what you listen to, it’s your choice which action you take and there is no one to blame. Keep in min that when you point the finger at someone there are three fingers pointing back at you.

Scorpio The Scorpion – You will be confronted with yourself this week and get to meet parts of yourself that you didn’t know existed. All that has been sitting underneath the surface will rise to the surface by mid-week. No you don’t have anything to worry about, however there are some things you will be facing, and some of these things are your greatest fears. It would be a great idea to be sure that you are expressing yourself this week, and not sitting in your head trying to work it all out on your own. The pieces of the puzzle are falling into place and this won’t happen without you facing some of your greatest fears. And then you will come out of the tunnel into the light by the end of Sunday night. Ok so there is some digging to be done, so best you prepare your shovel now and start digging. I know you will be incredibly content by the end of the week, and now let’s take care of what is in front of us.

Sagittarius The Archer – Life and people are not something you have to deal with, sometimes you seem to get it all mixed up and think that you have to deal with certain people and situations in a way that causes chaos and battle. This is so unnecessary right now, and it’s best that you choose to embrace the people and circumstances in your life that you are use to battling. This week there will be a new and fresh change in your finances, and I feel this will come through a creative idea that will flow through you mid-week. The person you are looking for by the way is standing right in front of you, but it feels to me that you are missing this person because you are looking elsewhere. The ability of the person standing in front of you just needs a little, nurturing, reassurance and love.

Capricorn The Sea goat – The world will look so much brighter for you this week, and this being said it’s important that you are on top of things. If you feel the need to write a list for yourself please do so and be sure that you are ticking it off sooner than later. But at the same time don’t let this list just be some measly tasks that bore you to death. Be sure that you are having fun with the list that you action, and then allow yourself some room later in the week for a new project that will be coming your way. This new project will being so many new opportunities your way, and will enable you to be as creative as you can possibly be. There will be so much room for you to move on in terms of this project, and let’s remember that this is the year of action. So let’s get to it right away!

Aquarius The Water Carrier – I feel like you’ve really been preparing yourself for the changes that are coming your way this week. Remember with all that changes it doesn’t mean that you have to forget yourself, and forget what is most important to you. You will come across some interesting life questions mid-week and I don’t feel there will be a struggle in coming up with the answers. It’s as though as soon as you ask the question the answer will appear. Then it will just be a matter of you taking action on the answers that come your way. Keep your head high and be sure your feet a firmly flat on the ground, this will ensure you are grounded and present.

Pisces The Fishes – Talk about an awakening, well this is the week for it that’s for sure. You are looking for a change dear Pisces and the change you are looking for has been looking for you too. The beginning of the week may feel like a whirlwind at first but it won’t be long before you move through this whirlwind to a realisation so great that it will bring upon the change you have longed for. I know that you are feeling the fear right now, and I know there will be some anxiety that will come with this fear, and I know something even greater. And it’s that you will move through this fear to a space of connection and unconditional love for yourself. And it’s funny the thing you fear most is actually becoming your greatest triumph; by the end of the week you will understand this fear. And by the end of the week you will squash this fear. I feel like this is the week where you will come into your own and this is the week where you will own your own decisions and realise that they are made from you and no one else.

MELISSA SAYS – Hi Bessie and Geoff I am wanting to let go of a lot of my material possessions but struggling to take the initial action. What is the best way to get rid of the ‘block’?
cheers Melissa

Giving stuff away is not for everyone. Remember we didn’t do it to be nice people. We did it to break out of our rut and shift the old energy that’d been stunting our personal growth for so many years. Sure it had an amazing and unpredicted knock on effect, but the giveaway was designed to shake us up, refocus us on what really mattered and let go of old thinking.

Of course you don’t need to give stuff away to do that. However if there is stuff you can’t let go of you might want to ask, ‘How am I letting this stuff define me’.

We all like convenience and status. The two things ‘stuff’ ‘appears’ to give us. But when we REALLY want change, a new life or more from ourselves before we die, that ‘stuff’ suddenly starts to look like a chain around the neck, lulling us into a false sense of comfort, distracting our attention and stunting our growth.

So in reality I couldn’t wait to get rid of most of my stuff. Anything that was hard to give up I simply addressed what role it had in my life. What insecurity it plugged and used that as a wonderful guide as to what parts of me needed the most work. Then I got on with doing the work. Or more specifically balancing my perceptions and learning to let go.

Sure it was scary as hell at times but that was the point .

How can you truly find out who you are and who you can be, if you’re life is spent looking for ‘things’ to help you forget!

JOHN SAYS – What you have done seems kind of insane to me. Do you think its been worth it and if so why?

To be honest for us to stay where we were and continuing to patch up our sense of emptiness with more ‘’stuff’, would have been true insanity.

Was it worth it – With all my heart YES YES YES. I cant begin to tell you the oppertunity for growth and new perspective i have been given.

What have we learnt. Well here are a few things im particularly grateful to have realised

• This is not a trial run – Stop acting as if it is

• Your alive today. Plenty of others who thought they would be yesterday are not! So don’t take tomorrow for granted.

• In the end most of what we think and nothing that we collected matters in the slightest.

• Nothing is ever as bad, scary or impossible as it seems at first, if we get off our ass and take a step into the unkonwn (which pretty quickly becomes ‘known’ and completely unscary)

• Few, if any of us use anywhere near the ability we have waiting inside of us. So stop underestimating your ability to change

• A better happier life is a state of mind, not luck or a bigger bank balance, and like anything simply takes practice

• Behind every one of our worst fears is the key to our greatest victory & growth

• People are much more like you than you think – No matter how odd they may look or sound

• YOUR misery is generated by YOUR mind. Blaming others wont fix it

• The only difference between those who can, have and do, and those who can’t, have not and don’t is belief! NOT, I might add ‘facts’ but simply BELIEFE  (misguided or otherwise) As Henry Ford said ‘whether you believe you can or believe you cant you’ll always be right.

• Taking the focus off us and our problems, and onto helping others dissolves, almost miraculously, a multitude of those problems.

• Letting go is the answer to pretty much everything – If you cant let go, then let go of your need to let go.

• Perception (which is all we have) is really a bit of a cosmic joke. Misery comes from taking yours to seriously.

Realizing that within every single moments of disappointment, boredom, frustration, anger, hurt, misery, disillusionment, worry or fear there ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS lies not only a better perspective  but a deep key to my own personal growth, has probably helped the most.

Aries The Ram – Yes it would all be so different if today’s circumstances weren’t supporting you or serving a great purpose in your life. This week it’s all about the choices you make and how you view the choices you make. The less you come from your head the better your choices will feel, of course you will find some challenges when it comes to sticking by some of your choices but this only makes you stronger. You don’t have anything to worry about or even fear but your head will beg to differ, so then stick with your heart and the strength you are looking for will show from this space. Please be sure that your choices are coming from you and that they are based on you, not anyone else and especially not anyone else. Sometimes you get too caught up in someone else’s world and wanting to fix their situation which ends up leaving you lost and frustrated. Let this week be about you and please be sure to make your choices based on what feels right for you.

Taurus The Bull – I know I’ve mentioned this to you again and again, but I feel the need to remind you again this week. It’s for your own good and the things that are going on in your life are so in hope that you will pay attention this time. You will find yourself going in and out of the stories surrounding you at the moment and this is ok, so long as you don’t let them run you. There is so much going on around you, which means you will really need to find the time to go within and find some peace. To be honest with you at the moment some things are better left unsaid. It feels to me that you will need to take some time to understand what is going on around you before you can express yourself fully. Otherwise you’ll find yourself throwing words around and perhaps regretting it further down the track. Keep your business to yourself and when you have a better understanding of where you are then feel free to express yourself as clearly as possible.

Gemini The Twins – It’s not that the world is a bad place; rather my feeling is that your perception isn’t allowing you to see all the great. It seems to me that you are a little blinded by all the distractions and not seeing the truth of what is going on. It would be a good idea this week to listen to yourself and not everyone else around you, follow your own instincts even if they clash with the world around you. You have a grand purpose this week and you’ll be doing yourself a big favour if you can follow it till the end. There is a reason that you are where you are and I feel like you will come to know and understand the reason by the end of the week. I know that some things are easier said than done, but this week you’ll need to put into practice all the things you dream about and find yourself talking about.

Cancer The Crab – It’s a good week to lighten the load and perhaps stop carrying the whole world on your shoulders. Take each moment as it comes and allow life to guide you to where you need to be, rather than fighting life with all of your might. You cannot go against the waves in due time you will become exhausted and have no more energy, maybe this is a good thing at leas then you will stop the fight. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying give up, rather I’m saying save your energy for what is important in your life and not the petty things. It’s so important that you are listening when people are talking, it feels tome that you make your assumptions a little too fast and then beg to prove them wrong, which in the end become once again exhausting for you. There is light at the end of the tunnel and it feels to me dear Cancer that you are arriving to the end of the tunnel. When you see this light, please, please, please follow it and let no one get in your way. There is a courage about you that most won’t understand, and most don’t know how to access. Use this courage this week to get you to where you are going, there is no need to exhaust yourself with all the over thinking.

Leo The Lion – It’s all so very simple, and yet you continue to complicate it. The reason for this I am not sure but it feels to me that you over complicate things to prove something to yourself. When will you realise that there is nothing to prove? What will it take for you to start living for yourself and not everyone else? I know that you know the answer to these questions and I know that you are on a deep searching right now, but I wonder what would happen if you were to let go of the search. I wonder what you would find if you stopped searching? There are so many answers in your life right now, but it feels to me that you’re not seeing the answers because you’re throwing far too many questions around. It would be a great idea this week if you could gather yourself together and bring yourself to a space of calm, peace and then serenity. It’s time to surrender dear Leo and this is the week to do it.

Virgo The Virgin – You may find yourself in a misunderstanding this week dear Virgo only to learn a beautiful lesson. And I’ll give you a heads up to make it a little easier, the lesson is in and around you listening rather than talking so much. You’ll be surprised at what you find if you could just stop and listen, remember that words are the everything of a lie, and you can talk till the cows come home but it won’t do you all that good. The greatness you are seeking lies in your ability to listen, keep on listening and you will find something amazing. Keep talking and you’ll find yourself in situations that bring with it constant misunderstanding. By the end of the week you’ll be proud of yourself, it feels to me that you will finally conquer something in your life, something that has been a puzzle for you for some time now.

Libra The Scales – Honesty is the key this week dear Libra, and if you could just take one step forward and be honest then you will find the respect that you are looking for. It feels to me that you have not been so honest of late and this is now weighing on your mind. Sometimes you can be far too busy trying to impress those around you that you forget to speak your truth, and this eventually weighs on you like a tonne of bricks. There is plenty of good fortune around you, and plenty of money heading your way, you really have nothing to worry about, but it seems to me that even when you have nothing to worry about, you tend to find or create something to worry about. Perhaps it would be a good idea to look into this, this week and find out why it is you seem to always be in the need of worry, what is it you get out of worrying? What part of you are you satisfying with all this worry?

Scorpio The Scorpion – When you close your eyes at night what do you see? What do you hear? What questions do you ask? What do you wish for? What do you find yourself missing? This week you will find a piece of life’s puzzle that you have been searching for high and low. You will find it at the point where you close your eyes, and are about to fall into a deep sleep, just before you fall into your deep sleep, in that space of nothingness you will find your piece of the puzzle. It will amaze you and bring so much insight into why you are where you are, and also why you are who you are. There is something you need to let go of now dear Scorpio, and perhaps it will be incredibly challenging letting go of it, but it will change your world unlike anything else. I don’t feel that you are afraid of change, and somewhere deep within you, this is the change you have been asking for. This week when you go to bed and close your eyes, just before you fall asleep be as conscious as you can, and listen.

Sagittarius The Archer – You too are learning, and you know better than anyone that none of us ever stop learning. Our lessons come in so many different forms, whether they are fun or not comes down to our perception. This week you will come across many great lessons and some of which will be familiar to you. They are familiar because somewhere in your past you had the opportunity to learn them, but for some reason chose not to. Don’t get it wrong it’s perfect that they have shown up this week, and it feels to me that this is the week where you will choose to learn them. It’s not up to you the form that the lesson shows up in, but it’s certainly up to you to choose to learn them with love. Someone in your life is asking you for help, and you will notice this by the middle of the week, it feels to me that it would be incredibly supportive of you to stop what you are doing and lend them a hand.

Capricorn The Sea goat – Everything is connected; absolutely everything in this world is connected. Every moment is connected, even right from the moment we are born until now the moments are connected, and with a purpose greater than we can understand at most times. Your past and present will collide this week to support you. It’s time dear Capricorn to let go of the past and to be proud of where you are, it’s time to understand that everything has occurred because you have asked it to. It’s time to realise that you have a much greater say in your life than you think you do, and it’s time to truly participate in your own life. The more you think of others and spend your time in their world, the more you are missing out on yourself. Let others be who they are and let them make the choices they need to, without you thinking you know better, or interfering. You have far too many opportunities on your lap right now to even be focusing on anybody else. Notice what is in front of you and take advantage of it, and once again, let others be just as they are, without the need to want to change them.

Aquarius The Water Carrier – Your timing is absolutely perfect and you don’t even know it, actually maybe it’s a good thing that you don’t know it. The worst of it is over and this week it’s just the residue that you will be overcoming. I feel like you will find great relief by the middle of the week, even to the point that you’ll look back and laugh at all that has been so far. You know better than anyone that all the moments have supported you, and you also know that you are out of the dark and now into the light. There will be so much clarity for you this week, even though to begin with it may not feel like it, just be patient and allow the week to bring upon you this new clarity. I feel like by the end of the week you’ll be giving yourself a pat on the back for having come through it all in one piece. Wow what a ride it’s been for you so far, and my goodness how far you have come already. Speak your mind this week and be sure to back up the words you say, now is not the time to be playing soft, step up and have a can of toughen up.

Pisces The Fishes – Rise up dear Pisces, rise up! No matter the thoughts and fears it’s time to rise up, stand up with all of your might and damn it step up. It’s up to you how it all plays out, and right now you have the opportunity to turn it all around. Don’t give up just because it hasn’t turned out the way you thought it was meant to, the problem was that you thought about it way too much. Keep moving forward the way you know how to and don’t let anyone get in the way of you. This is a very powerful week for you if you let it be, and this is the week where you will have the opportunity to rise up once and for all in an area of your life. You know better than anyone what you want, and you’re the only one that knows how to get it, so then it’s time to stop asking everyone else and ask yourself. It’s your choice whether you stay down or rise up, I know it’s been difficult and I also know that you have it in you to step up now. You are in a time of massive change in your life and this week the changes will begin to play out for you, it’s best that you go with these changes rather than reject them.