The Story of the Cottage on Eel Pie Island

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Published on: Aug 04, 2009

Last updated on: Aug 04, 2009

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I am awed by the power and accuracy of accessing my intuition the way I’ve learned through Darren Eden and thought I'd share my story of the cottage on Eel Pie island.A tiny bit of background: I attended an eight day residential course (The Renaissance) with Darren last February held in the magical setting of Buckland Hall nestled in the Brecon Beacons. I came away knowing one of the major goals I wanted to achieve in the following few months was to live in a warm, loving, inclusive home and community close to my sister.

The Friday after I got home from Renaissance I found out the cottage next door to my sisters place on Eel Pie island was coming up for rent. How perfect - a perfect cottage in a perfect setting and community. I had learned (again) that my focus creates my reality – not a new concept for me at all however I seemed to have a clearer idea of what this might feel like. So diligently I focussed, tuned in to my intuition and soon I had the offer at a rent I could afford (at the time), however I wasn't prepared to make the commitment then as I was about to change my work and income. The owners were fine. They didn’t need someone to move in till early August and that was perfect for me. The intuitive symbols I was getting were all idyllic - little blue birds of happiness fluttering in and out of my visions.

Then the day came when I had the go ahead for the work I anticipated giving me the income I required and I rang up the owners to confirm the rental on the cottage - only to find to my horror that they had decided to rent it on short term lets at a massive weekly amount of £850pw!!!! My focus crumbled and without being aware of it I started to focus not on my end result but on finding an interim place till I built up my income. And as I had already handed in my notice on my present flat and the owner had decided to move back in I had to find somewhere.

As deadline for departure loomed I had quite a bit of tension to deal with and yet I kept on tuning in to my intuition. But once again I didn't entirely notice that my focus was on where to look now – such a logical thing to do, but not remotely magical. Even though I tuned in to the vision my focus was always on the next step and not the really magical end result I wanted. The beautiful vision of the charming cottage next door to woodland on the island felt so out of immediate reach - this was something to aim for and right now I'd focus on my immediate needs.

I went and looked at a double room on a houseboat moored by Ducks Walk opposite Richmond. Amazing view. Great price. Nice owner I'd share with. Plenty of flexibility. I did a tune in and the symbol was a big weathered granite cross from a cemetary. Mmm, whats obvious? Dead people live here. I turned it down.

I looked at another place around the corner from me - good price, plenty of flexibility and I could leave when I wanted. I did another tune in and the symbol was me driving past that flat in a removal van and driving to the other end of the road. I let that go too.

I did another reading on where my ideal next place would be - and the symbol was an unrolling train track. Could this mean following the train track?

I found a flat to look at - situated at the 'other end of the road' and not far from the train track. Good price, nice energy, nothing special but when I tuned in the symbol was a strong sunflower growing up and smiling in the kitchen window at me. Wow, I could be happy here! And within a five minute stagger of my sisters place – just on the mainland and not the island.

At this point, while I negotiated with the landlord, I realised I'd become totally focussed on finding a ‘next step’ and not the end result and vision. I tuned in to 'my enchanted home...' and the symbol had transformed from cute cottage to Disney's Castle, and the next day I got Balmoral! Somehow my heart now has a bigger vision of living in the University of Magic we’re going to create with Darren and the community of magicians who are all playing with this magical intuitive way of living – aligning ourselves with our own Hero’s Journey and developing a life of magnificence.

So what about the island as a bridge? So I began to envision myself on the island again living in the cute cottage next door to my sisters.Last night I heard they've lowered the rent to something more manageable although a little out of my reach. I got pissed off about that! So I decided to tune in. The symbol was me celebrating moving in (wow!) and then suddenly slumping against the garden fence and as I looked at the cottage it was all black and unpleasant inside. I was incredibly shocked. How could it go from bluebirds of happiness to something out of a horror movie? Either it was going to be in a fire or the energy was really draining and unsupportive.....What’s become obvious is that the cottage is no longer somewhere which will invigorate and support me, while this other little flat is a haven in the meantime.

What an extraordinary journey - of recognising the power of my focus and attention, the accuracy of my intuition and the awareness that sometimes what we really think we'd love is not what our heart wants, even though it seems completely the opposite.

This has been pretty tough, tension wise. I still really really want to live next door to my sister in this adorable cottage on Eel Pie island, and I could possibly swing the rent somehow - but my intuition is saying 'no' even though I appear to have created it at the end of my fingertips.So I am letting go of that place on Eel Pie island and will move in to the new flat in a couple of weeks time - and I shall definitely keep tuning in to the vision of the University of Magic.

If you’d like to know more about how to effortlessly access your intuition whenever you need, whatever frame of mind you’re in, however much noise is distracting you, however ill you feel and however impossible the whole situation appears to be check out www.darreneden.com

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