Great spirits and soaring high!

"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." Albert Einstein

Recently I read an interview with Ricky Gervais (The Office, Extra's) in The Big Issue (UK mag), in which he is quoted as saying; "In Britain, it's like you shouldn't put your head too high above the other poppies. Americans are told they can become the next president. English people are told, 'It won't happen to you.'

I have to agree that in my experience we are less willing to support the big ideas or less usual choices of another when it challenges our personal sense of reality. As an Australian born of two very positive individuals who saw the world in terms of 'what's possible', I was raised with the idea that I could have what I wanted - within reason ;-).

My mother enthusiastically supported of my ideals of becoming a world famous super model :-) and inspired and supported every aspect of that path. Years later her children returned her faith in kind, when after a horrific car crash resulting in 3 months in intensive care, doctors informed her that nothing more could be done to improve her health, she would basically be an invalid. We watched as she 'cut her own path', via natural and complimentary approaches to well being, and recovered in the most miraculous way!

"For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible." John and Lyn St Clair Thomas

Now, as I coach people through challenges - financial, health, relationship - anything, the message is clear; "You can be, do, and have what you want." It's all about choice - YOUR choice. Cut your own path, you're driving this vehicle, you're writing the script." Why would we accept anyone else's reality of how our life should begin - play out - or end?

The story of my own experience, recovering from breast cancer without chemo, radiotherapy or pharmaceuticals, via detox and lifestyle changes, often results in exclamations of 'That's AMAZING!' 'WOW!' etc etc... When I personally think it's completely realistic that my approach would work and AMAZING that we consider it 'realistic' to 'attack' cancer with chemicals, when the body is already in a state of 'dis-ease', requiring support.

Aside from that and after working with many who did experience 'chemo', I acknowledge that there are many paths to well-being, and whatever the approach - if you believe it is right - it will work for you. Faith is the BIGGEST healer. We also know this as ‘placebo’.

SO 'Reality' it seems - is subjective - based on a personal viewpoint of what is 'true' for you. My great friend and teacher, Sky McInnes says, 'Perception belongs to the perceiver.' This in mind, I find it both hilarious and somewhat frightening, that we accept the viewpoint of another so readily - denying what is 'true' for us - to create our world. Why is it that so many of us are more willing to accept another's reality? 'The odds'. Does it really make more ‘sense’ to accept another’s story?

With regard to healing, career/business/relationship success, we readily accept the odds - statistics - which are all based on the experiences of others. Reading papers, watching TV, trawling the web - it is impossible to deny how much we rely on 'statistics' and literally chart our journey through life via these often grim markers. Someone told me the other day that there was a 60% chance of torrential downpour that day. WOW - didn't that make us jump for joy!!! Did umbrella sales soar that day? Do we actually even need to know this?

A story comes to mind, Zen warriors in training are taken deep into the rainforest under cover of darkness, and left to make it back to civilization without assistance. Through this experience, they learn to cut their own path - and not to follow that of another, the true mark of a warrior. It reminds me of this Zen wisdom;

"Anything is one of a million paths. Therefore, a warrior must always keep in mind that a path is only a path. If he feels he should not follow it, he must not stay with it under any conditions. His decision to keep on that path or to leave it must be free of fear or ambition. He must look at every path closely and deliberately. There is a question that a warrior must ask mandatorily; 'Does this path have a heart?'" Unknown

My question to you is, does your path have a heart? What is possible if your path were to have a heart? What could be true for you - in your very own 'reality' - were you to cut your own path? What have you accepted as 'reality' which stops you from fulfilling your unique prophecy in this world? Who would you ‘be’ if it were truly your life you were living? What steps could you take towards that, today, this week?


Anything is possible - if you choose to believe it is so :-)

That's all folks!

Have an AMAAAAAAAZING week y'all...

Jodie xx

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