We humans love a celebration, a cause we can get behind and rally for, an excuse to get together in a meaningful way. It's been going on for thousands of years. The calendar is peppered with "Days" - Valentines, Christmas, Mother's, Father's. Do we know what we're celebrating? Does it matter? March 8th 2011 is the centenary of International Women's Day (IWD). It began in 1911after a Copenhagen conference of working women from over 100 countries, decided unanimously to support a motion to establish an international day for women. This day would celebrate the achievements of women and press for their demands - equality of rights, pay and freedom. It's a national holiday in China, Russia, Vietnam and Bulgaria. Interestingly, there is al...

freedom / n. 1 the condition of being free or unrestricted 2 personal or civic liberty; absence of slave status 3 the power of self-determination; the quality of not being controlled by fate or necessity 4 the state of being free to act. Humans have a tendency to define freedom by their circumstances. If you are imprisoned - you are not free (you're restricted by walls). If you are in relationship with others - you are not free (you're restricted by obligation, responsibility and duty of care). If you are sick - you're not free (you're restricted by the limitations of the disease) and so on. It is an absolute truth of human nature that we can experience life from two perspectives - that of our perception, and that of our expanded inf...

Join Vincent as he presents a special guest, Brenda Crawford-Bee, for this special episode of Life Open Miracles. Discover how gratitude can be the trigger for an incredible transformation in your life Blessings, Brenda http://www.beeblesseddaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/show_1255964.mp3

What do you do when you discover one morning that you’re in a huge unknown? The reality dawns that at fifty four you own nothing, have no family of your own, your past business projects never succeeded, you’re bankrupt and the work you had recently embarked upon is not where your heart wants to be and has dropped you in to this ‘unknown’ unceremoniously? And to round it off there are no savings or financial resources of any kind… On top of that, you’ve just completed an eight month transformational training where you’ve learned that focusing on money and how to survive is keeping you entrenched in your identity/ego and not the way to live in your greatness…… I had two choices when I woke up to that on 9th January this year – I could ...

Finding out my numerology was a 2, 5, 7 through the fabulous book by Dan Millman I discovered my life path is to find freedom through discipline! Yuck, I thought, who wants discipline? I had enough of that as a tiny five year old in a convent school in Barnet where the nuns sent naughty children to stand in the corner (this was a very long time ago!). I was so terrified to be singled out I used to shiver with good behaviour. I now see how most of my life has been about resisting structures because I thought they imprisoned me – and when I did choose to be in a structure I was always proved right. Of course! (I didn’t know then that focus creates reality.) I gave up a place at University to hitch around Europe, deliver boats, and pl...

Attending the Doors to Perception Conference on Sunday one of the speakers explained how those who were following a spiritual discovery path were known as ‘the few’ and were able to be initiated in to the mysteries such as in ancient Egypt and Hawaii. The popular film The Secret tells us the same – our innate wisdom was kept to the initiated few, an exclusive sect who not only benefitted personally from this knowledge but could wield it for bigger and wider purposes. This magic, this extra sensory ability, this recognition we are far more than we think we are is discredited as idle fancy, imagination and just plain wishful thinking particularly by those who feel threatened by any inner power we, as individuals, may have. ...

I love the way Darren Eden says that following our intuition is like being a CIA Agent as it reveals information on a ‘need to know’ basis only. I found out first hand what that meant over the last few weeks and it has been a fascinating unfolding. Some of you may know that I found a new flat to rent in the centre of Twickenham by following the guidance of my intuition step by step and ended up renting a place I wouldn’t have been immediately drawn to. Since moving in I have found the ‘rightness’ of this choice. I am going through a major transition in my life where I’ve dismantled many of the old structures which supported me and I’m building new ones – which to be honest feel as slender and delicate as filigree at the moment, and yet...

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...

What is intuition? The dictionary definition of intuition is “immediate apprehension by the mind without reasoning.”  That means: what you immediately receive or understand before your busy mind begins adding beliefs, thoughts, feelings and what it already knows, to the information you are receiving. How? What? Where? You are an infinite being connected to all things through all time and space, despite anything you may think. As an infinite being, you have access to extraordinary gifts, abilities and information, one of them is intuition – an ability that enables you to gather information on any topic you can come up with, without using your thinking brain. Everyone has intuitive ability, including you!  Who can say where ...

Do you recognise that feeling of wanting so much more in your life – that amazing moment of asking yourself ‘Is this all there is?’ You probably wouldn’t be on this site if you didn’t have that sense anyway. I remember getting this notion that there had to be ‘more’, many, many years ago, in fact I was under ten years old at the time. My father was a great story teller and I loved bedtime, when he sat on the edge of my bed and made up the best stories. They weren’t always nice as he was prone to weaving themes of loss in to them but I loved them nonetheless. It was a paradox that this man who was so good at creating stories was also the man who told me I had too much imagination, and tried to squash my desire for the hidden magical land ...