Welcome Lesley
I'm big on the clean and empty cup, If we are inviting God into our
space the least we can to is tidy up. If we really expect that it will
happen, we need to get meticulous.

In Peace and Healing
Glenn

Lesley wrote:
>
>
> Hi, I am new to the group....and live in sunny South Africa! I have just
> reread Carolinešs books and loved them all over again. Her message
> resonates
> with me so much more now that I have been through the cocoon stage, I now
> truly understand...I received a channeling the other day which used the
> analogy of a cup of coffee, only when it is empty can you really
> refill the
> cup with superb coffee, a much better, richer flavored coffee which will
> make the enjoyment so much better.... So very often we try to fill a half
> empty cup with new tasting coffee, which will only dilute what you already
> have and not give you the opportunity to savor the new.
>
> Much love
> Lesley.
>
> On 2009/07/05 8:39 PM, "Gina" <eternallyoptimystic@...
> <mailto:eternallyoptimystic%40gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Some of you might know that I recently moved and am delighting in
> high speed
> > Internet for the first time. Addressing this ? of who we are, I can not
> > recommend highly enough the Jill Bolte Taylor youtube at
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyyjU8fzEYU
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyyjU8fzEYU>
> > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyyjU8fzEYU
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyyjU8fzEYU>>Seriously, I cry tears of
> bliss
> > every time I see it!! Talk about cry-sail-is Interesting misspelling
> > Katherine! <giggle> Perhaps all thoughts are old stuff. I especially
> like
> > the part where she says "there was total silence..."
> >
> > In Joy,
> > Gina
> >
> > On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 11:34 AM, iveeatenatoe
> <toveclan@... <mailto:toveclan%40nildram.co.uk>
> > <mailto:toveclan%40nildram.co.uk> >wrote:
> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Thanks Glenn. Ican use your anaology. This is what is going on in
> me at the
> >> > moment. I am "sorting" between which is authentic me and what
> needs to be
> >> > let go of. ie what is caterpiller and what is butterfly. so when
> a thought
> >> > comes up I am conscoiusly deciding if it is authentic me or old
> false me or
> >> > as i like from your analogy is it caterpillar or butterfly. This
> butterfly
> >> > desparately wanbts to fly and am stuggling out of my crysailis
> and filling
> >> > up my wings with my own life blood.
> >> >
> >> > Katherine
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > --- In mysslist@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:mysslist%40yahoogroups.com> <mailto:mysslist%40yahoogroups.com>
> >> <mysslist%40yahoogroups.com>, GLENN
> >> > WAINMAN <gbwainman@...> wrote:
> >>> > >
> >>> > > I like the thought that to become a butterfly you have to stop
> being a
> >> > caterpiller to become the cocoon and emerge when you are ready,
> on a bright
> >> > sunny day so that your wings will dry and unfold in their own
> time. I think
> >> > it is about letting Creator take the time to make us our most
> perfect self
> >> > in transformation.
> >>> > >
> >>> > > In Peace and Healing
> >>> > > Glenn
> >>> > >
> >>> > > ----- Original Message -----
> >>> > > From: Gina <eternallyoptimystic@...>
> >>> > > Date: Friday, July 3, 2009 12:09 pm
> >>> > > Subject: Re: CM The quiet one
> >>> > > To: mysslist@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:mysslist%40yahoogroups.com> <mailto:mysslist%40yahoogroups.com>
> >>> <mysslist%40yahoogroups.com>
> >>> > >
> >>>> > > > Katherine,
> >>>> > > >
> >>>> > > > At this moment my book is in my room and my BF is sleeping
> >>>> > > > having worked a
> >>>> > > > 12 hr. shift last night but... basically the cocoon phase is a
> >>>> > > > VERY INTENSE
> >>>> > > > going deep within phase which is accompanied by a deep external
> >>>> > > > silence.I've been there for nearly 2 years. I come out and
> >>>> > > > get chatty for a few
> >>>> > > > days and then go back.
> >>>> > > > Just know, on the other side, is the BUTTERFLY......she
> cries with
> >>>> > > > longing!!!!!!!!!!!!
> >>>> > > >
> >>>> > > > BLESSINGS of GRACE for u ALL,
> >>>> > > > Gina
> >>>> > > >
> >>>> > > > On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 7:14 AM, iveeatenatoe
> >>>> > > > <toveclan@...> wrote:
> >>>> > > >
> >>>>> > > > >
> >>>>> > > > >
> >>>>> > > > > Gina
> >>>>> > > > >
> >>>>> > > > > I seemed to have got the quietest quiet a could get that
> >>>> > > > weekend and it was
> >>>>> > > > > enough I think to push my heart voice to come forward. I
> spoke
> >>>> > > > words which
> >>>>> > > > > arose in the heart instead of speaking my script or stories
> >>>> > > > and it was a new
> >>>>> > > > > experience for me. Since doing that I feel more confidence
> >>>> > > > within myself and
> >>>>> > > > > feel more centred in my heart. Its a good feeling. Sometimes
> >>>> > > > the tensions of
> >>>>> > > > > discomfort needs to get to its worst with me before I break
> >>>> > > > through the
> >>>>> > > > > wall.
> >>>>> > > > >
> >>>>> > > > > I cant find my book to check what the cocoon stage is...
> >>>>> > > > >
> >>>>> > > > > Katherine
> >>>>> > > > >
> >>>>> > > > >
> >>>>> > > > > --- In mysslist@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:mysslist%40yahoogroups.com>
> >>>>> <mailto:mysslist%40yahoogroups.com> <mysslist%40yahoogroups.com>
> >>>> > > > <mysslist%40yahoogroups.com>, Gina
> >>>>> > > > > <eternallyoptimystic@> wrote:
> >>>>>> > > > > >
> >>>>>> > > > > > Dear Katherine,
> >>>>>> > > > > >
> >>>>>> > > > > > Perhaps that quiet part of yourself is what St.
> Teresa would
> >>>> > > > call the
> >>>>>> > > > > > cocooning phase? I'm hardly ever quiet but have been
> much,
> >>>> > > > much quieter
> >>>>>> > > > > > this last 1.5 yrs. Now with my children in Spain, I'm
> >>>> > > > quieter than
> >>>>>> > > > > > ever!!!!
> >>>>>> > > > > >
> >>>>>> > > > > > My exception was today. I had coffee with Mary, a
> woman who
> >>>> > > > is new to the
> >>>>>> > > > > > area. We melded, fused and flowed like long lost
> sisters. It
> >>>> > > > is the very
> >>>>>> > > > > > first COMMUNITY I've felt since moving here! Well,
> besides
> >>>> > > > Scot and his
> >>>>>> > > > > > gigantic family, 10 siblings. YIPPEE, it is a
> beginning!!!!!
> >>>>>> > > > > >
> >>>>>> > > > > > We are thinking about starting a group in the area.
> One idea
> >>>> > > > that came up
> >>>>>> > > > > > was a group around Forgiveness, Lord knows I need it. Has
> >>>> > > > anyone got any
> >>>>>> > > > > > good ideas as to how it could be structured?? It would be
> >>>> > > > VERY IMPORTANT
> >>>>>> > > > > > not to go into Woundology!!
> >>>>>> > > > > >
> >>>>>> > > > > > BLESSINGS of GRACE,
> >>>>>> > > > > > Gina
> >>>>>> > > > > >
> >>>>>> > > > > >
> >>>>>> > > > > >
> >>>>>> > > > > > On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 7:04 AM, iveeatenatoe
> >>>> > > > <toveclan@>wrote:> >
> >>>>>>> > > > > > >
> >>>>>>> > > > > > >
> >>>>>>> > > > > > > My voice has been going quiet for sometime. I have
> been
> >>>> > > > stuck in a "I
> >>>>> > > > > dont
> >>>>>>> > > > > > > know what to say" mode in group conversations for
> a long
> >>>> > > > time.I went to
> >>>>> > > > > a
> >>>>>>> > > > > > > weekend course this weekend and found I could
> hardly get a
> >>>> > > > word out. I
> >>>>>>> > > > > > > literally was silent but it wasnt comfortable
> silence. I
> >>>> > > > desparately> wanted
> >>>>>>> > > > > > > to fill the silence but simply couldnt. I'm still
> not sure
> >>>> > > > what was
> >>>>> > > > > going on
> >>>>>>> > > > > > > there or what archetype may have had control of me
> that
> weekend.
> >>>>> > > > > Gradually
> >>>>>>> > > > > > > as the weekend progressed this part of me did find the
> >>>> > > > courage to speak
> >>>>>>> > > > > > > without script or story and since I have come back
> I have
> >>>> > > > felt more
> >>>>>>> > > > > > > confident and safer within myself.
> >>>>>>> > > > > > >
> >>>>>>> > > > > > > I read a wonderful poem by Kim Rosen yesterday and she
> >>>> > > > talks about the
> >>>>>>> > > > > > > abuser and the abused and it made me realise I
> have been
> >>>> > > > both the
> >>>>> > > > > abused
> >>>>>>> > > > > > > and... AND the abuser to myself and that I need a
> voice
> >>>> > > > within me to
> >>>>> > > > > stop
> >>>>>>> > > > > > > that abuser of me for I have been doing to myself
> in my
> >>>> > > > head what was
> >>>>> > > > > done
> >>>>>>> > > > > > > to me. I can remember saying I would never do to
> anyone
> >>>> > > > else what was
> >>>>> > > > > done
> >>>>>>> > > > > > > to me but it is a reaslisation to learn that here I am
> >>>> > > > doing it to
> >>>>>>> > > > > > > myself...makes me feel a deeper understanding of the
> >>>> > > > person whose
> >>>>> > > > > behaviour
> >>>>>>> > > > > > > was abusive to wards me.
> >>>>>>> > > > > > >
> >>>>>>> > > > > > > Katherine
> >>>>>>> > > > > > >
> >>>>>>> > > > > > >
> >>>>>>> > > > > > >
> >>>>>> > > > > >
> >>>>>> > > > > >
> >>>>>> > > > > >
> >>>>>> > > > > > --
> >>>>>> > > > > > Gina
> >>>>>> > > > > > I've clicked for peace! Have you?
> >>>>>> > > > > >
> >>>> > > >
> www.tenmillionclicksforpeace.org/?sid=42952c450WJu5466kW8095556&s=1>
> >
> >>>>>> > > > > >
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> >>>> > > >
> >>>> > > >
> >>>> > > >
> >>>> > > > --
> >>>> > > > Gina
> >>>> > > > I've clicked for peace! Have you?
> >>>> > > >
> www.tenmillionclicksforpeace.org/?sid=42952c450WJu5466kW8095556&s=1
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