Insurers balk at risk of mobile phones – by Sarah Ryle, Consumer Affairs Correspondent, The London Observer

The London market provides insurance for everything from aircraft to footballers’ legs. But fears that mobile phones will be linked to illnesses such as cancer and Alzheimer’s disease have prompted John Fenn, of underwriting group Stirling, to refuse to cover manufacturers against the risk of being sued if mobiles turn out to cause long-term damage.

New research published last week by Bristol University scientist Dr Alan Preece showed a ‘highly significant’ effect from mobile phone signals on brain function. The Government has ordered the National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB) – responsible for monitoring radiation safety standards – to set up an independent group to identify possible areas for research.

Liberal Democrat MP Phil Willis, who is pressing for a fuller parliamentary debate on the issue, condemned the initiative as ‘a sop to the public and a sop to the industry’. He said: ‘I have asked three network operators if they will give insurance against future health risk, and they have all said they cannot.’

According to Fenn: ‘There are people in the insurance market who close their eyes to the issue because they say there is no scientific proof of a problem. If you go back to asbestos, it “wasn’t a problem” at one time either.’ Asbestos claims helped bring the Lloyd’s market to its knees in the early 1990s.

Experts at the NRPB say they cannot give mobile phones a clean bill of health until comprehensive research has been carried out into the non-thermal effects of microwave radiation emitted by handsets.

Since the date of the report above, Loyds of London and at least two other large insurance companies, Scandanavian and Swiss, have also refused cover. Surprised? If you were the boss of a large insurance company answerable to shareholders, would you cover against risks that include both genetic effects leading to birth defects and paragenetic effects that include a range of cancers?

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Brigit (not her real name): I am emailing because my cat, Sandra is her name, is tearing out her hairs. Chris, could you please ask her why she is doing that? I was at the vets, of course, but to no avail. Is she worried, that I abandon her? She started doing it when I was away for 1 week and left her with the 2 other flat mates whom she is friendly with. Before, when I went away for longer, I left her with a friend in the country side, but thought it would be better to leave her in her usual surrounding, as she was looked after.

I don’t know if this info is useful. I feel really sorry for poor Sandra. Something must trouble her.

Chris: Thank you for your e-mail. I’ll be happy to see what I can find out from Sandra’s Deva. However, it seems my gift re communicating with animals have one purpose only: To convey the messages that animals have for humans regarding the latter’s emotional and spiritual stuff. In your case, Sandra would have contracted to come into your life to bring you a specific message. Once you “get” the message, and it’s clear to Sandra (on an energetic level) that you’re committed to do something about it, her condition will either clear immediately or gradually as you progress with your work on yourself. Or she’ll disappear from your life to render service elsewhere. I also may get some physical or emotional info related to Sandra – e.g. requests about diet, exercise, toys, special time with you, environmental changes, etc.

Brigit: Your email is just wonderful. Each single word goes right into my heart. You put into words so clear and matter to fact my feelings and hopes – and more than those.  Of course, please, go on!

Chris: At last I have a minute to give you feedback on my chat with Sandra’s Deva. I’ve been asked not to give you the complete message at once. I am to engage you in a question-and-answer session in two or more e-mails. Apparently you already have the answers inside you and it would be more beneficial to you if you were to find the answers for yourself. But before we start, the Deva said to make sure that Sandra’s diet is clear of iodine and as little salt as possible, and that she gets fresh water in her bowl every day. Apparently Sandra is very particular about her water – if it’s not fresh she doesn’t nearly drink as much as she should.
 
OK, here are the few questions I put together from the info I received:
 
* Growing up, to what extent did you experience unconditional love from your parents?
 
* Do you believe in setting personal boundaries that you expect other to respect? If so, how comfortable are you with setting boundaries and insisting that others respect your boundaries? Do you find that, in general, people respect your boundaries?
 
* If you don’t believe in setting boundaries, what are your main reason/s (no more than two)?
 
* If you have to give yourself a mark out of 10 for self-esteem, what mark would you give yourself?
 
Brigit: Thank you so much for your last email. The thing with the drinking water was very important. I did not take proper care of it, thought, that she drank outside in the garden. I looked iodine up on the internet. That is salt, no? I will ask around. I feed dry and mainly can food; on the ingredient labels of neither could I detect any salt. So only the food from my plate has salt. No more cheese, ham etc from my plate from now on.
 
It took me quite a wile to inquire and think about your questions. Now I feel have found the appropriate answers.
 
* Growing up, to what extent did you experience unconditional love from your parents?

Very little, I guess. There were many shoulds and oughts, and what one felt was of no importance.
 
* Do you believe in setting personal boundaries which you expect other to respect? If so, how comfortable are you with setting boundaries and insisting that your boundaries be respected by others?

Quite comfortable, because I learnt about that in therapy. 
            
  * Do you find that, in general, people respect your boundaries?

   I never thought about it, but I think yes.
 
* If you have to give yourself a mark out of 10 for self-esteem, what mark would you give yourself?
 
 2 out of 10.  That ‘s a week point.  When I met my spiritual teacher she told me that my problem was an inferiority complex.
 
It’s late and I am so tired  – Sandra gets worse…I hope I will soon understand.
Two days later Brigit wrote as follows:

Brigit: Now the answers in respect of boundaries are different, and I feel they are the correct ones.
 
* Growing up, to what extent did you experience unconditional love from your parents?

There were a lot of shoulds and oughts around, and my feelings didn’t count; this doesn’t sound like unconditional love
 
 * Do you believe in setting personal boundaries that you expect other to respect?
 
Yes, definitely.
 
* If so, how comfortable are you with setting boundaries and insisting that others respect your boundaries?

I find it often difficult to say “no”, especially to authorities, and even harder, nearly impossible, if not respected, to insist.
 
* Do you find that, in general, people respect your boundaries?

Not really. 
 
Thank you so much for your help, Chris. Unfortunately,  Sandra is still tearing out her hairs. Is that (symbolically) what I am doing to myself? Hurting myself so much out of disrespect of myself?
 
Chris: Iodine is often found in canned cat and dog food. I suggest you put Sandra on a diet of the best brand of dry food you can afford. Ask your vet’s advice (here in SA we usually buy the good stuff directly from the vet). 
 
What follows now, is essentially what the Deva said. Your parents’ conditional love damaged the development of your self-esteem. To protect and safeguard yourself against possible rejection and abandonment you developed a pattern of being the “nice girl”. Over time you came to believe that it’s spiritual to please others and being the least. However, these qualities are the end result of much inner work on one’s shadow aspects. We can’t be it if we haven’t done the work. And when we aren’t “there” yet and try to be the least, we invariably end up with resentment and anger towards someone/something. This resentment we then desperately try to hide from others, and ourselves, because we need to believe in ourselves as spiritual. By suppressing the resentment and anger, it eats us from the inside like a cancer. Some people who suffer from this condition literally feel like pulling their hair out, like Sandra does. Sandra is your mirror, in which you can see your internal turmoil.
 
You have a burning desire for the qualities of your spiritual teacher and other masters, especially their freedom. These qualities are not possible without the death of the ego. But as we know, for the ego to die, we have to first do our shadow work. You have some more shadow work to do around the issues of conditional love and self-esteem. The starting point would be to stop pretending and become completely honest about your true feelings towards people, things, circumstances or events. You need to name and face those feelings head on, and find on why they are there. You also need to honestly say what you feel or think, what you want/don’t want, like/don’t like. In short, you need to become emotionally literate. The good news is, by doing this you will accelerate the death of the ego, and Sandra will either recover as you progress, or she will go away (because you got the message), or she may be called back Home – mission accomplished!
 
May God give you the grace to live this message more and more each day. Thank you for the privilege to walk alongside you for part of your sacred journey.

Brigit: Where to start… I got your email, but my computer was funny and the email was all empty. By the time my computer was fixed, and your lovely, lovely message from the Deva appeared I had already sent the other email, facing deeper how I handle boundaries. And that was all perfect timing, because I reflected more that way.
 
Your Deva–report moves me very much. Firstly, because it is so clear, and, of course, because it’s from a Deva there is no place for any doubt about what she said. She is right, and that’s it. I am so moved that I really yearn for freedom – now I have it out of the mouth of a Deva. (If she has a mouth). Of course I am also kind of ashamed of the hypocrisy of which I was absolutely unaware, but despise very much (in others, of course)….and so on. So much to marvel about, and all goes very deep. Your expression “emotional literate” is very much with me all the time.
 
Besides the help for personal development this encounter opened the door to a new world: that of cats and Devas. I have to thank you for that, Chris. It’s so wonderful. A child’s dream becomes reality. I see Sandra with new eyes.
 
She is getting better – when I am better; but when I am all twisted up  – in the kitchen with my tenants for example – she then sits is my room and tears her hairs out again. Then I know…I give her now fresh meet with a bit of oats, as I used to do with the other cats back home in Germany many, many years ago. I will also buy some biscuits from the Vet, because she likes biscuits so much.
 
Chris: It was with great joy that I read your e-mail. I honour your courage to accept the message and to be so honest about yourself. The Deva was equally delighted when I told her about your response, and so was Sandra. Sandra feels very humble, yet grateful for the contribution she could make to your journey. She also enjoys the change in diet, although she sometimes longs for the ‘junk food’ in the tin! Which is no different from us humans, who also sometimes just want to binge on unhealthy food that we know for a fact is not good for us.
 
At one point in my life I too realised that I had to learn how to set and defend my boundaries. A few wise sayings helped me a lot in the early days. One was a definition of love, which goes: “Love is to have absolute concern for my growth and well-being – as defined by me – whilst simultaneously having absolute concern for your growth and well-being – as defined by you. And to keep a balance between the two”. It took me almost six months to decide which things were of absolute concern to my growth and well-being. And then it took me years to learn how to find the balance between my needs/wants and those of others. This balance I’ve found to be crucial in my relationships with others. The moment the scales tipped in favour of my needs or that of the other person – without our conscious consent – we would inevitably alternate in playing the roles of victim, persecutor and rescuer.
 
Two other sayings that helped me a lot, were: “First be what you want from others”, and: “Whatever you see in others that you like or dislike, be sure those same things are within yourself”. Together these two sayings helped me to stop looking for the problem ‘out there’, and to realise the problem was always ‘in here’ (in me). I realised that the world around me was just one big mirror in which I saw my own inner self reflected. To this day, whenever I feel a negative reaction toward someone or something, I know there is some emotional issue or mental concept I need to investigate. If I don’t know what it is I ask my own Deva and/or my Higher Self to show me exactly what I need to work on. To me this was and still is the road to freedom. The clearer I become of my ’stuff’, the less I’m concerned about ‘me’, which is of course the ego. And as the ego fades, so I naturally have more concern for your growth and well-being than for my own.
 
There is a Buddhist saying: “You can’t lose the self (the ego), before you’ve found it”. What they mean, is that we have to first love and grow our ego strengths to the point where we are emotionally, mentally and physical self-assured. Once we reach that point, we do not easily get disturbed by what others think of us, say about us or do to us. At this point we actually don’t need to either set or defend our boundaries anymore, because we’re self-contained. This is the point, I believe, when we’re ready to lose the ego. Or, as we Sufis would say, to die before we die.
 
May you be blessed abundantly on the next leg of your journey!
 
Brigit: Thank you so much for your long email, and apologies that I drop this email only now. I have your two email print outs with me most of the time, but read them only now and then, because it takes time to take them in.

So much to learn…Christmas is a difficult time for me, because it connects me with my loneliness…I will write more, if I may, when I have digested your message(s) a bit further.
 
Sandra is now a thermometer for my connectedness, so to say. What a mirror!

Brigit: Hope you had a good Christmas. Thank you for keeping me in your prayers. I had a good time, and am glad I stayed at home with Sandra. It has been an enjoyable experience – and your support was part of it. Thank you.
 
In a way the experience with Sandra is one of Oneness. She is me and I am her. No need to be irritated by her tearing out her hair – but looking to myself, what am I doing to hurt myself yet again? It’s not comfortable to be confronted in such an unavoidable way; yet I know what a fool I would be not to catch this opportunity.
 
I am diving into your writing, especially in the fact that by knowing the ego there is freedom. First it seemed a paradox I did not understand. The Buddhist saying you quoted helped.  Also your reminder that anything irritating points to a shadow within myself helps a lot. It is rather unbelievable how much I had forgotten to be aware of this.
 
May I ask for your help again, Chris?
 
 I am going away in February for 2 and ½ weeks.  What does Sandra feel of me being away?  Last year, when I went away I brought Sandra to my friend Georgina. All went well. At that time, however, Sandra had not yet started to tear her hair out. I also learnt that for a cat it is best to stay at home where she knows her area. Other people say it’s quite ok to travel a cat. Could you please ask Sandra / her Deva what she thinks/feels?  Hope I do not have to loose the flight, and the experience…but of course, if that is what my soul wants me to do….

Chris: So nice to hear you had a good time over Christmas. And absolutely wonderful to hear how you relate to Sandra now!
 
As for your arrangements for Sandra when you go away, I’ve got the info, but the Deva wants you to ask her yourself what you need to know. She’s quite confident that you’d be able to learn how to do this.
 
Get quiet, same as when you prepare to go into meditation. When you’re ready, ask Sandra’s Deva to please join you. Allow 10-15 sec. to pass before introducing yourself and asking her permission to speak. Wait 5 sec. before you start to ask her what you wish to know. (They always give permission, but appreciate being asked). Thank her and Sandra for their willingness to be involved in your journey. Assure her of your commitment to hear what she has to say and to act upon the information. Stay relaxed and see what you get. Maybe you see colours or words, or maybe thoughts or sounds will pop into your head. Or maybe you just know what it is you have to do. The main thing is to TRUST TRUST TRUST ! Once you’re ready to end the conversation, simply thank her, bless her and Sandra, and say good bye.
 
Let me know what you got and I’ll fill in if necessary.

Brigit: Thank you for your quick replay. This gets more and more exciting. I dared to ask the Deva. I had the feeling that she somehow embraced me very tenderly with her wings – have Devas wings? – Probably not – and that she calmed me down saying that it is ok to bring her to Georgina. That all will be well, no need to worry. Did I get this right?

Chris: Well done! You got part of the Deva’s message. You probably didn’t get the whole message due to the way in which you formulated the question. It’s always best to frame the question as open-ended as possible. For instance, I asked what living arrangement would be ideal for Sandra while you’re away. She answered that Sandra would prefer to stay in your house, provided that whoever cares for her does so as you do – e.g. they same food at the same times, clean water at the same time as she’s used to, and the same kind of special attention that she gets from you. The Deva was unsure whether that would be possible, in which case it would be better for her to stay with someone who would be able to provide the care she’s accustomed to.
 
I also know that Sandra already knows that you have travel plans and it’s best you inform her fully. Be sure you’re absolutely relaxed when doing so. Casually mention (out loud or in your head) that you’ll be going away in so many days – link the days until your departure to the number of sunsets/sunrises. In the same way, explain how long you will be away for. Tell her where you’re going, and why. Explain to her the new era of Oneness we’re working towards and your teacher’s role in it. Mention that you’ll miss her, but don’t make a big thing of the fact that she’ll be without you – don’t feed the ‘Poor Me’ in her! Explain the care taking arrangements and be sure to mention that these arrangements are as discussed with the Deva. If and when you make arrangements for your trip, tell Sandra what you’re doing – e.g. when you plan to buy clothes or a suitcase for the trip, get a visa, etc. Once a week you casually remind her how many days are left before your departure. 

As for your question about Devas having wings, I seldom see the Devas, and then only in a fluid, colourful swirl of colour. I’ve seen paintings by people who can see Devas clearly, and they tend to look like elongated humans with colours flaring out from their bodies like flames. I suppose it’s possible to mistake these flares for wings.

A wonderful 2008 to you too!

Brigit: Thank you for your useful info and also very much for your kind encouragement. Thanks.
 
How do I speak to Sandra? The main thing I am unsure about is, whether to invite her to listen to me, that is, to speak to her like in meditation, like on another level somehow, or if I can just speak as I do, for example, if I call her for her food.

Chris: Either in your head or out loud. If it’s something important that you want or need to tell her, choose a moment when she wants to be with you. But be sure you’re relaxed. If you’re not, be honest with her and tell her what your emotional state is, and why. Ask her permission to speak and TRUST the first answer that comes into your head. If the answer is No, please respect that and tell her it’s OK. For everyday chitchat it’s not necessary to ask her permission. Make it a habit to converse with her during the day with ordinary chitchat, and trust that she hears and understand every word you say, because she does. Just like “normal”, or as with the Deva, i.e. to invite her, wait for her to come, then ask permission to talk to her

Brigit: Sandra still tears out her hair – but I continue trying to find out what of my attitude causes this. Often I can trace it back to anger; there is much sorting out to do, to discriminate where I have to say ”no” to another person, and where I have to learn to tolerate.

Chris: Every time she does that and you discover something you have to work on, thank her for being your mirror and tell her she may stop pulling out her hair – you got the message.

Brigit: At the moment Sandra has stopped tearing her hair out. I will learn to speak with her, and also with her Deva, if the latter is possible, and I might come back to you and asking for further advice, if I may. Sandra is laying on the bed, curled up – her ears always wide open and attentive – what a lesson she is.

Chris: So glad to hear Sandra stopped tearing her hair out. Of course you can learn to speak to Sandra AND the Deva. In fact, I found it easier to speak to Devas than animals. Animals often have a short attention span, so they find it difficult to focus on a conversation for any length of time. Devas don’t have that problem.

Brigit: Sandra’s behaviour has completely changed. Really, now she hardly tears any hair out. And if there is some hair laying around I think it is only due to the time of the year, when they get their summer fur. But I think that is not the case; more likely she does not have to be so dramatic any longer because I get the message even if only very little hair has been pulled out.

There was one instant, which caused a big fight: she pissed in a cupboard. That is my boundary. She has a cat flap!  I got anxious, and on that occasion asked the Deva for advice and help. And it worked: I got the clear “answer” that my scolding had been enough and I needn’t to worry because Sandra would not do it again, that she got the message. The answer came as a knowing. It is very beautiful.

I count the days for her – and for me – and I have a good feeling with her being with my friend in the countryside.
 
I wonder whether I treat the Deva as my equal – I wonder if I think her much more important than a human, because she is a Deva, which is for me something like an angel. Something unpolluted – I know that we humans are higher than angels exactly because we have free will ( to pollute, for example), but still a Deva is something magical; perhaps I am idealizing, I have this tendency, so I really try the next time to treat the Deva as equal.
 
Chris: I’m so pleased to hear Sandra’s behaviour has changed for the better, and not only as regarding the pulling out of her hair. It’s no doubt a sign that you have made a few significant internal shifts. She’s your mirror – as you change, so she changes. Well done!
 
As for Sandra making a puddle in the cupboard, it’s wonderful that you got a message from the Deva. But you may have missed another part of the message, because you were not expecting more. Did you consider that Sandra’s puddle may have mirrored something about your emotional state at that moment? When cats do this, it’s usually due to uncertainty or anxiety. According to the Deva, you were not completely honest about your thoughts and feelings about something. You went along with something that you actually didn’t want to do or didn’t agree with, as you were afraid of possible negative consequences (like being rejected). Because you’ve been working on this tendency for some time now you are very sensitive when you fall back into this old habit, and then you feel bad about yourself and berate yourself for being weak. Sandra immediately picked up on your emotional upheaval and reacted by urinating in the cupboard.
 
You may have to search hard inside yourself to discover the particular incident the Deva is talking about, because we tend to suppress the truths about ourselves that we are particularly sensitive to. I think it would be a good idea to apologise to Sandra for not realising she was just trying to mirror something about your own behaviour to you. If you get this message while you’re away you can connect with the Deva and ask her to convey your apology and thanks to Sandra.

Brigit: Thank you for your email which i opened while away. I was shocked. Immediately i apologized to Sandra. Sandra was ok when i collected her from the countryside, a bit of fur out but overall ok. Now I she’s tearing out her hairs again. Once, after i had an argument with a difficult tenant who is moving out, i asked the deva and she replied that i need to keep my boundaries WHILST LISTENING to a person. The tearing out of hair continued.
2 days ago i followed the advice of a friend for a homeopathic medicine, but have the impression it made it worse… . this morning even before i was out of bed, there were a lot of hairs pulled out…i try not to get furious with sandra. 
One reason for my inner turmoil is/was that i feel bad because i am going away again. Just now booked the flight.

Chris: Sandra is mirroring your inner turmoil. It will help her, and you, if you can share your feelings with her. Talk out loud or in your head. Explain the ins and outs of your turmoil to her. Explain to her what your trip meant to you, and why it’s important to you to go away on retreat again. Tell her about the new earth being born, what this will mean to all life on earth, including cats, and your role as a Sufi in this process. This will help her get peace about your going away and leaving her alone again.
 
About eight years ago Issabella developed a range of Healing Waters with the help of Ascended Masters. Two of these Waters, Lady Nada & Quan Yin, will be a great help to Sandra. You can read about the Waters on our website, www.bocArus.com.
 
Brigit: While I was writing the  email Sandra went out of the room and when I had finished, and looked what she was doing, she was sitting beside a big pile of hair. I am at a loss, and in deep despair. Can you, may be, ask the deva again?

Chris: I spoke to the Deva, who said there’s currently a vicious circle: You resent Sandra for tearing out her hair, because that means you have some emotional turmoil. (I know it’s not nice to have a mirror constantly showing us up whenever we battle with some internal issue.) Then you feel guilty for resenting her, which makes Sandra tear out her hair even more. The big message at this point is to fully accept the fact that Sandra pulls out her hair, and fully accept the emotional issues you are dealing with. Do not resist it, rather love your shadows and Sandra’s behaviour as best you can. And when it’s hard to accept, first really feel all the feelings churning inside you, and then put the feelings in your heart and ask God to take care of it. Do not hand the feelings to God before you’ve properly felt them!
 
I asked the Deva to ask Sandra to stop pulling out her hair as the way to mirror your inner turmoil, and to rather choose a more loving way, like rubbing against your leg and verbally or non-verbally asking you to put her on your lap. The Deva will try to convince Sandra, but the habit of tearing out her hair is quite strong now. So it may take some time before the new behaviour starts, but watch out for the 1st time she starts rubbing against you and ask to be picked up. If you can pick her up the very 1st time she does it, it will help reinforce the new behaviour tremendously.
 
The Deva also said that you too needed the Quan Yin Water, not just Sandra.
 
Brigit: So much to digest…A big THANK YOU for your wonderful, wonderful email. I noticed this vicious circle myself, and somehow I also understood / wondered whether I just had to accept Sandra’s tearing out of hairs. And still, it makes everything so much easier after I got those inklings consolidated. If Sandra could change her method that would be of course beautiful. I am watching out. I wonder whether she already started. Whether she wants to be put on my lap -  I doubt it. She is quite wild; at the beginning she never came to anybody’s lap.  Then it changed and I was very moved. But she comes when she wills – perhaps she will urge me just to pay attention to her by pushing her forehead against me. She started to do so today.

Chris: I agree that it would take some time for Sandra to regularly want to sit on your lap. But it’s not important; pushing her forehead against you should be sufficient, IF you’re vigilant enough to see it as a mirror. Sometimes this will just be affection, not a mirror of your inner world. Just focus for a moment and decide for yourself whether it’s a message or affection. And yes, don’t pick her up when she rubs against you. Rather sit down and ask if she wants to be on your lap. It’s so important to have absolute respect for her needs, and not to force your will on her.

Brigit: You were right: it is affection and not yet a change in Sandra’s habit. As I was writing an application for a potential job I was so engaged that I did not notice that Sandra was tearing out her hairs again – I noticed the heap of hair only once I had finished. She did not come to me drawing my attention to her in whatever way, but just did the tearing the hair out thing. I did not get resentful, shocked yes, but not resentful and told her that this was not necessary any môre. But it showed me very clearly that all this pushing her forehead against me was affection. She did it more than usually, I think, because after your conversation with the Deva and my subsequent raise of hope I was more loving.

I also just gained a new insight how my cutting off from my feeling causes Sandra’s hear tearing. It is this cutting off from my feelings, this not feeling at all and pretending all is cool and ok. My God, I must have done that for sooo long. What a lesson to learn.

Chris: In a previous e-mail I wrote: “Do not hand the feelings to God before you’ve properly felt them!” The reason I wrote it in bold letters, was because the Deva said it so strongly. So it seems she new what she was talking about. As you put it: “…this cutting off from my feelings, this not feeling at all and pretending all is cool and ok.”
 
It’s wonderful you telling Sandra she doesn’t have to pull out her hair any more. But if she continues, that’s her decision. Honour her decision and simply love her even more, unconditionally.

Brigit: This email is just to say how much better Sandra is now. Still some hairs, but not many, and if many, I understand why – or think I understand; I do not get irritated by it any more. Her fur is so much better. A BIG THANK YOU!  

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“I Am the Law of forgiveness. I Am the consuming flame of all inharmonious action and human consciousness.”

It is said that at the beginning of every new era a new element comes into being. Along with earth, air, fire, water, and some say metal and wood, the new element for our time is ether. This suggests an exploration and expansion of our consciousness and the live interaction of our consciousness with our environment, other people and situations.

This is the new way forward. To explore and expand ether. One powerful way to open those doors to a living moment-by-moment interaction with life, is forgiveness. Like gratitude, it can be used as a swift way through the illusionary fabric of duality into the Real. It is a much underrated force that can bring massive changes in us, our relationships and the world.

A person who now begins to explore forgiveness sincerely will certainly be a different entity in 10 years time. Even in one year, or a month’s time, that person can be totally different from the one who does not make a start. Eventually, for the sincere explorer forgiveness becomes a constant state of being.

In the journey towards freedom every human being will have to learn to use the power of forgiveness. In his 33 discourses, Godfrey Ray King gave this empowered statement to use:

Although this statement is already empowered as a thought form, it can be chiselled and edited to suit individual needs. Learning to use it as a live entity, a knife to cut through the fabric of duality, it can become one of the single most powerful and exciting ventures a human can embark upon.

One way to bring a statement like this to life, is to repeat it 49 times out loud, twice a day. While doing this, the emotions can drop to boredom and the mind can convince one of the uselessness of the exercise. While watching all this happening on the inner, slowly the statement becomes a real, living thought form to work with.

Once this tool is sharpened, forgiveness becomes a multi-faceted, live energy to apply to the most mundane situations, like crazy traffic, spilling coffee or having a bad hair day. Or it can be used for those deeply painful situations in one’s life that keep families and human relationships stuck.

But, as it’s said in the Course in Miracles, forgiving the common cold is as important as forgiving someone who had wronged you. And forgiving the self is an inevitable part of this journey.

Learning to work with this living power is a way to increase the building of the light body, an essential on the path to freedom. There comes a time when using forgiveness becomes almost addictive, as the increase in light streaming in can bring states of joy and sweet bliss. This increase of light is a practical way to weave the new incoming energies together with those of the world as it is.

An important facet of forgiveness is asking for it, as opposed to doing the forgiving. A friend once found herself in meditation at the core of the earth, begging her forgiveness for what we had done to her. As the earth is a living being, and a person can function as a powerful, conscious cell affecting the whole, this kind of action can have a powerful effect and might even be essential to the survival of human life in this world.

In ancient languages, stemming from a golden era when humans still lived the richness of their whole being, words like ‘love’ and ‘god’ had many different forms. As we move again into the fullness of a new golden era more words will probably have to be found for the different angles and experiences of something as powerful and multi-sided as forgiveness.

Like gratitude, forgiveness cannot be manufactured or faked. Only the real thing can do what is clearly needed. And like gratitude, it seems the genuine longing in the heart to experience forgiveness is the only way to draw the grace down. Along the way many learn to work with the angels to help bring this about, remembering to ask for a help that cannot be given unless it is asked for.

For someone who had only known forgiveness as a word to start exploring this as a living entity, called down through longing, prayer and effort, is to expand consciousness.

This, in fact, is the force called God expanding itself through the illusionary, separated unit called a human being.

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Jack got a new girlfriend who didn’t like his dog Sad Sack sleeping on the bed with them. Jack asked me to explain to SS why he’s been banished from the bedroom at night. Jack said he did tell SS what was going on, but Jack had no idea whether SS heard him or not.

Chris: SS is sad, but understands. His Deva said SS will hear you when you talk to him, but first ask SS’s higher self and his Deva to please join the conversation. Allow 10-15 sec. to pass, then ask permission to speak. Allow 5 sec. and accept that you do have their permission to speak. (They never refuse, but they appreciate the courtesy.) Tell them you acknowledge and honour them for their roles in SS’s life. Then ask them to please convey to SS whatever your message is. Then thank them and say good bye. Be sure that you’re energetically in a clear, calm space when you do all of this. SS gets the message in energy form, which is much subtler than words. He’ll get all the fine nuances of the energy in and around your message. That’s why it’s a good idea to talk regularly with your animals and explain to them what you’re going through emotionally. Also keep them updated about your plans when they involve or impact on the animals. If you don’t, they may pick up some disturbing energy which can make them uncertain and/or fearful.

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Cellphone Towers: A Case study
by Sheila Rogers, editor of Latitudes

Meredith and her husband were dairy farmers on over 150 acres of rolling green land that had been passed down for generations. They had grown to love the simple lifestyle that came with hard work, fresh air, and farming in the Midwest. They and their four children enjoyed good health and happy days.

When the cellphone tower was erected twelve years ago they weren’t too concerned, though they were certainly not pleased that it was just over the property line on the adjoining land and only 800 feet from their house. It was an eyesore, but they were assured it was perfectly safe. “It’s like a 100-watt light bulb,” the company often told people.

“We were naïve,” says Meredith. “Over the next few months, we watched as our herd that grazed near the tower became emaciated and agitated, a change from their normally fat and contented state. The whole herd developed rough coats. The vet was puzzled, but blood work produced no answers.”

Meanwhile, within six months the parents noticed changes in their children. There were skin rashes-unusual, raised “hot spots.” They had recurrent kidney infections. The youngest two kids became dramatically hyperactive, and the older ones complained of foggy thinking and concentration problems. Then sleep disturbances crept in. Meredith, in her early thirties, began to develop joint problems.

“Everyone’s symptoms were worse,” she explained, “on foggy or rainy days. I since learned this was because the moisture increases the electrical conductivity. There were times when my preschool child would literally spin in circles.” One day she discovered that their tower had become the “hub” for the entire state. “We buried cows that winter,” she recalls.

Searching for solutions and options, they tracked down a researcher at the Environmental Protection Agency, who gave her the first useful advice they’d had. He told her that as a government official he should reassure her that they were safe. But with his “citizen cap” on, he had to say that they should move immediately.

With hopes of returning one day, they sold the herd but had someone keep the heifers for them. Within two to three months of moving to an electrically clean area in upper Michigan, health problems began to subside. After a year, they all were feeling strong once more. The only problem was that their farm was unattended, they were out of money, and they desperately needed to farm again.

About this time, they spoke with new owners of the cell phone company. The staff expressed disdain for flagrant safety lapses of the previous tower owners. The family was assured that if they returned, everything would now be fine. Excited at the news, they went back to their farm.

It was not long before symptoms returned. The children lost weight and the girls began to lose hair. Meredith was pregnant but not gaining weight. That son was unfortunately born with anomalies-birth defects that fit no particular syndrome. Neighbors also had complaints; the suicide rate increased in town, and unusual seizures were reported.

Now, some calves were born with front legs shorter than the back and with deformed hooves; some had large tumors-one tumor was three feet in diameter and the calf could not be delivered alive, even with a C-section. And the tumors were not typical to the species.

They had been back for three years when a pediatrician saw the son’s birth defects, heard the story, and told them to leave town. Why had they stayed so long? “We had to make a living. And somehow, when it’s gradually happening, you’re in denial – you don’t see it for what it is,” Meredith said.

They managed to buy a farm in a safe area and start anew. “My husband insisted we take the cows with us, and within three days they were chewing their cuds-something they hadn’t done for years.” The young boy, though, remains electrically sensitive and hyperactive. Meredith says that if he is within two and a half miles of a tower he develops flushed skin. Computer terminals and fluorescent lights in articless increase symptoms. He has food sensitivities, and damp weather continues to affect him.

And the land – what happened to the farm? Meredith sighs. “It just sits there. Empty. Selling the farm has not been considered. Should we let this happen to someone else?”

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The danger of cellphone tower or base station radiation has once again been confirmed by research that proves radio waves from the stations trigger and promotes the growth of cancers.

Cell biologist Fiorenzo Marinelli and his team at the National Research Council in Bologna, Italy, investigated whether radio waves had any effect on leukaemia cells, as previous studies indicated that leukaemia might be more common among mobile phone users.

The team exposed leukaemia cells in the lab to 900-megahertz radio waves at a power level of 1 milliwatt. This is the kind of exposure experienced by people, and especially children, living or schooling near to inappropriately sited base stations. Many European mobile networks’ outputs are typically 2 watts. (Though at times they use only one-tenth of this power it is still well in excess of 1 milliwatt.)

Marinelli’s results show a direct health threat from cellphone base stations and provide fresh evidence that radiation from all devices using these frequencies and power levels play an important role in activating genes that can trigger cancers and help cancer cells multiply aggressively.

“We don’t know what the effects are on healthy human cells,” says Marinelli. “But in leukaemia cells the response is always the same.” Marinelli suspects the radiation initially damages DNA and that this interferes with the cells’ biochemical signals in a way that ultimately triggers a ‘defensive’ mechanism.

A strong link has been found between radiation emitted by cellphones and base stations (cellphone towers) and the early onset of Alzheimer’s and dementia. Prolonged exposure destroy cells in the parts of the brain responsible for memory, movement and learning.

A lot of published research, including earlier British research done in 2002 by molecular toxicologist David de Pomerai at the University of Nottingham, showed that radio waves can cause biological effects that are not due to heating. According to de Pomerai scientific consensus has emerged that the radiation from cellphone base stations and cellphones indirectly damages DNA by affecting its repair system. If the DNA repair mechanism does not work as well as it should, mutations in cells can accumulate, with disastrous consequences. “Cells with unrepaired DNA damage are likely to be far more aggressively cancerous,” he says.

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“If Mobile Phones Were a Type of Food, They Simply Would Not be Licensed”.
Dr. Gerald Hyland, British physicist

A leading cellphone company in the US hired Dr. George Carlo, an epidemiologist, to prove that cellphones were safe. His finding so proved the opposite that he published a book on the subject. Dr. Carlo reported: “Cellphone radiation creates micronuclei in human blood cells, a type of genetic damage known to be a diagnostic marker for cancer. It has been likened to the hazards of asbestos and cigarette smoking and has been compared to the slow process of lead poisoning…”

Many experts agree, when it comes to cellphones, a worse frequency could not have been chosen for the human anatomy. The microwave frequencies used for cellphone communication are the same as those used in a microwave oven. Ever considered sticking your head in the microwave oven?

The brain reaches peak absorption in the UHF bands, right where cellular telecommunications operate. Lightning-like cellphone pulses repeatedly scramble the brain’s electrochemical communication system.

Research findings show that the electromagnetic radiation from cellphones:

* Disrupt memory and learning, causing forgetfulness and sudden confusion;
* Reduce reaction times and the ability to concentrate, calculate, co-ordinate and execute complicate activities such as driving a car. The heightened probability of cracking up your car persists for up to 15 minutes after completing a call. ‘Hands-free’ sets are no help either, as they typically emit 10 times more brainwave interference than handheld units.
* Impairs membranes of the circulatory and nervous system.
* Can triple chromosome damage, a strong link to cancer.
* Increase the activity of a cancer related enzyme called ornithine decarboxylase (ODC).
* Change the production of neurochemicals in the brain and central nervous system.
* Increases EMR penetration in a child’s head by 50% or more. (There has been a 21% increase in brain tumours in children in recent years. It’s now the #1 life threatening disease for children, even above leukaemia.
* Are linked to a 4O% increase in brain tumours in Australia over the past 20 years
* Lead to a reduced sperm count of 30%. (Men who place their phone on a belt or in a pocket near their groin are at even greater risk.)
* Are linked to particular brain tumours caused by cell phones. Rare tumours on the outside of the brain are more than double among cellphone users, particularly on the side of the head where the phone is usually held. (66 epidemiological studies show a link between electromagnetic radiation and an increase in brain tumours.)
* Causes hereditary genetic damage to the DNA, leading to birth defects in off-spring.
* Disrupts the immune system’s electromagnetic communications, damaging the ability of white blood cells to ward off infectious disease.
* Nearly double the production of histamine, which triggers bronchial spasms.
* Is instrumental in accelerated aging.
* Causes fatigue, lethargy, nausea and dizziness
* Contributes to depression, suicide, anger, rage and violence (when calcium and serotonin levels are disrupted by cellphone transmissions).
* Promotes arteriosclerosis, Alzheimer’s, dementia and a variety of cardiac problems.
* Disable the safety barrier that isolates the brain from destructive proteins and toxins in the blood.

Please Note. Cellphone safety standards are only concerned about microwaves burning the skin. It’s like saying cigarettes aren’t dangerous unless they burn you!

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Grant* e-mailed me about a black and white cat that came into his house from time to time and ate his cat’s food. Every time he’d chase the cat away, but it didn’t scare him off. Then Grant went on a trip and put his pets in a pet hotel. While Grant was away the black/white cat returned and Pete*, who looked after Grant’s house, fell in love with the cat. When Grant returned Pete stayed on in a caravan on the property and the balck/white cat moved in with Pete. Grant wants to know if there’s a message for him and what he must do about the cat.

* Not his real name.

Chris: I apologise for not having much time, so here is the gist of the message. You have a relationship pattern driven by fear of rejection. Real friendship requires intimacy. Intimacy demands openness & honesty, and thus vulnerability (especially vulnerability regarding rejection). You tend to leave relationships when you’re being asked to get intimate (show your true self, be real). Your theme is, ‘If he/she gets to know the real me, he/she will reject me.’ That’s why you also have a reluctance to be honest about your needs and wants. So you need to feel safe and in control. The moment someone gets too close for comfort or insist on more openness or honesty than you’re comfortable with, you withdraw.
 
The cat’s colours point to the need for you to integrate whatever shadow/s (painful, suppressed stuff) are preventing you from developing intimacy in relationships. Focus on the Light is only half the picture. You need to embrace your shadow side with complete honesty, face what’s there and transmute it with love. Your new marriage is the ideal vehicle for this task.

The Deva suggests you work on emotional intelligence (or emotional IQ as it’s also known). There are quite a few books on the subject. She said one place to start, is to try to identify and name the feeling you’re experiencing when you feel like withdrawing from an interaction with someone or a situation. Then try to find the source of that feeling by asking: Where does it come from? Why am I having this feeling? What am I afraid of? She also reminded me of secondary feelings and primary feelings. Secondary feelings are the result of (usually) only one, primary feeling – e.g. anger would be a secondary feeling caused by the primary feeling of fear of something specific. 

By the way, the cat has a pattern of leaving perfectly good, loving homes when something quite innocuous happens in the household, like someone raising his/her voice, or being fed slightly later than usual, or his caretakers not being able to give him attention when he wants it or in the way he wants it. This is due to a basic insecurity caused by some trauma experienced as a kitten.
 
As you can see, when we’re being given messages via animals the Devas always employ animals who are ‘naturally’ equipped for the job.

The cat is fine, nothing to feel guilty about. He was trying to deliver his message, and as you were not ready to receive it you chased him away. He and the Deva understands that, no harm done. Please thank the Deva and the cat for the message and tell the cat he’s free to go. Also ask him to please not come into your house, as it upsets your cat and you don’t want another cat. Send him and the Deva love and wish them well.
 
Thank you for asking me to touch in with the cat. What you’re now asked to do was part of my journey too, so I know what it takes. I’ll keep you in my heart and put you silently in the circle whenever I meditate.

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Thousands of years ago the feminine powers ruled the world. Remembered as the time of the Goddess, there is a hankering in many of us for the sweetness of that time. But the downside was as abusive as that of the masculine world we are currently trapped in. Women seduced men, for instance, castrated them or simply used them for reproductive purposes.

What, then, would a balanced world look like? How would feminine beingness incorporate a certain respect for the masculine? Would a person who operates from her feminine being have had to clinch the efficiency and self-discipline – the upside of the masculine – before they can achieve a balance of the two? Read more.. (2 min.)

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Sandy* is a 70+ lady who has problems with moles digging up her newly planted flowers and shrubs, and even eating the roots of shoulder high trees, turning them into dry, dead sticks. She asked me to find out what’s going on. 

* Not her real name

Chris: The Deva says you find it difficult to be honest towards yourself and others about your true feelings, so you suppress them. These suppressed feelings are messing up your inner garden like the moles are doing with your (outer) garden. If you don’t do something about it, these feelings will make you very sick – they’re chew off your life roots and will eventually turn your tree of life into a dry, dead stick.

Sandy: Thank you. On behalf of both my outer AND my inner garden I will try very hard.

I didn’t tell Sandy, but I explained to the Deva that it will be very hard for Sandy to change her ways at her age, and that the moles must please not wait to move until Sandy has started being honest about her feelings.  I also explained that should Sandy find it impossible to be honest about her feelings, her garden would be her only solice in her last days. So I asked the Deva to please ask the moles to move to the vacant piece of land next door as soon as I’ve passed the message on to Sandy. She graciously agreed.

15 May: Sandy text me this morning to say that the moles have disappeared. She wants to know if it’s OK to remove their old sand heaps – she’s scared she’ll anger them and they’ll come back to punish her! I advised her to first thank the Deva and the moles for keeping their word, after which she’ll be welcome to remove their heaps with impunity.

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