Dear Friends,

Summer has come with the heat in atmospheric conditions, heat in politics around the world, fire, destruction, promise for change and new opportunities are now readily available for us all in these maybe not so uncertain times. Smiles are in the heavens as well and not only on peoples' faces, visible in the unfathomable universe right above us. Our natural common sense is very valuable right now. Let's use it!

The MBS fairs in Sydney and Melbourne have been rewarding and I want to thank all of you, old and new clients. You trust me with your stories, queries, despair and joy. I am honoured by your loyalty and I thank you also for your feedback. It is such a valuable tool for me.

Several of you would have received this year's Thanksgiving Message by Caroline Myss. I find her words very inspiring and I also believe that when there is a lot of disruption in the world there is an equal amount of opportunity just around the corner. In fluctuating times, creation comes forward faster and stronger, not only because we need it more urgently, but because hardship (emotional, financial, physical, social) makes us act faster and more immediately for relief. Chaotic circumstances will help us to be more strongly ourselves, to affirm our identity, to fight for our beliefs, to go out, be active and helpful to ourselves and others. These are times of decision making in politics and in our lifestyles. We are obliged to re-evaluate our needs and see them as different to our wishes. We obtain therefore a clearer vision of what we are doing and why and guess what? Our love lives will be more organised as well. Many more changes will be made for a better functioning of our society really, even if this is not the immediate concern of the individual person who thinks of rearranging his or her relationship. But it does make sense that these changes will benefit society as a whole.

Instead of a STORY I offer you excerpts of Caroline Myss' Letter:

What, then, has to happen within our world?

We are living at a great turning point in history. We are witnessing the shifting of all the power structures of the great nations and systems of this planet as they tumble out of control while struggling to remain in control. The great threads holding the illusion of control together are currency and oil. It's quite astounding to observe this dynamic that has silently manoeuvred behind the scenes for years suddenly become exposed before our eyes because of the failings of greed, in effect. What we are witnessing is the ceiling on greed. Apparently there is an end point, at least to how the current system has structured the market.

We can look at this time as a nightmare of chaos or we can look at this time as that which we have prepared ourselves for during these past many years, working on our health and on becoming more conscious individuals. If this isn't the time to put all that you've learned about being a conscious person into action, then when would be that time? Ask yourself, "Why have I worked so hard on myself?" Was it just to process the wounds from your childhood? Well, if it was, be done with that and get on with the business of thinking, living, acting, and perceiving the world around you through the lens of a mystic. This is the time to apply all the laws of the cosmos to every one of your challenges, to approach every problem through mystical reasoning and not that of ordinary reasoning, which will draw you backwards and into your history. Looking backwards at what you used to do or how you used to do something will not work anymore.

To me, this is a time of great hope because when chaos abounds, so does opportunity. It can look as if the field of opportunity is bleak, but that is simply not true. As I teach my students, whether you are healing an illness or manoeuvring through change, you must keep your attention in the present in order to "perceive" intuitive instructions. These will rarely speak of what you have already done. Rather you have to be prepared to do what you have not done before, as your intuition will always direct you to draw on new inner resources as opposed to relying on the old and familiar.

Wisdom teaches us, for example, that if all we thought was stable evaporated so easily, it can all be replaced just as quickly. Chaos is as much an illusion as stability. What is not an illusion is truth. Truth is the one constant. Look at whatever is happening in your life and remind yourself that if it is chaotic, there is something old that must be surrendered. Look to your interior and listen for guidance. Remind yourself that you are alive at this time because you are meant to manoeuvre through these changes. Move forward, ever forward. And think like a mystic!

As for the PHOTO for this Newsletter, let me share with you the smile by planets Jupiter, Venus and our moon in the December sky

I want to wish you all a happy end of year 2008 and a brilliant New Year 2009!

May all your wishes come true!

In love and light

Mariana
www.mariana-amar.com