by Sandie on December 20, 2010
The biggest mistake we can make is to confuse our behaviour with our “self” …. to conclude that because we did a certain act, it characterises us as a certain sort of person.
For example, to say “I stole” or “I failed” (verb), is but to recognise an action, an error and can or may eventually help lead to character transfomation or future success. But to say “I am a thief” or “I’m a failure” (noun), does not describe what you did but what you thinik the mistake did to you. This does not contribute to learning but tends to fixate the mistake and make it permanent.
When children learn to walk, they will occasionally stumble and fall. We term it as “he fell” or “he stumbled”. We do not brand them as “faller” or “stumbler”. Same goes in learning to talk. They make mistakes – repetition in syllables and words, hesitation, etc. Many an anxious and concerned parent will conclude, “he’s a stutterer”. Such a conclusion, not on the child’s actions but the child himself, gets across to the child and he begins to think of himself as a stutterer.
If we want to rid ourselves of such blueprints, we have to learn to stop blaming ourselves, condemning and feeling remorseful over one’s bad habits and that of those around us. Instead let us start each day with a smile and admire all the beautiful qualities of mankind.
by Sandie on December 18, 2010
2006 - Inner Journey premium issue hit all major bookshops in Malaysia
I was fascinated with divination on my return from a week long Reiki Mastership in the 1990s. From flower reading to table tipping, tea leaves reading, tarot, crystal ball scrying, the list runs. This fascination mooted the idea of starting a new age/metaphysical shop. With cold feet and no experience I signed a two year contract with a shopping center and with that I flew over to Australia to pick up knick knacks of new age flavour at RETAIL prices. Within a month The Psychic Corner made its presence as one of the few, if not the only new age shop in the Klang Valley.
Bath Salts Course
Dowsing Workshop
As I reminisce on the good days of The Psychic Corner- Tara Touch (a healing and new age workshop center) and Inner Journey (new age magazine publisher), I can sit back and truly say that, that decade had been a great milestone of my life. I’ve had many wonderful opportunities to meet many incredible people and teachers who shared their knowledge and friendship unreservedly. From customers, acquaintances, people who seeked healing became friends who leave footprints on my path. In that quaint little corner of about 126 sq ft of space, we had daily lunch time and every Thursday night from 7.00pm to midnight free healing sessions. We were totally nonchalant about not charging for all healing sessions. We were happy, contented, fulfilled souls.
Crystal course
Reiki Healing Session
In year 2004 we expanded the healing center, Tara Touch, to a 1100 sq ft shoplot in addition to The Psychic Corner. It was a place where friends gathered for a cup of tea or a heart to heart talk, or just simply chat about any and every other thing. Healing sessions were by appointment. Weekends were reserved for courses and workshops – pranic healing, crystals, reiki, fengshui, tarot, angel, making bath salts, ear candling, tuina ….
Unseen Dimension Share Session
Reiki For Kids Course
Year 2006, Inner Journey New Age magazine premium issue made a hit at all major bookstores in Malaysia. It was a dream realised for me as I had wanted to come out with a new age magazine since 1997. My gratitude to the Inner Journey Team (Brenda, Ronnie, Linda, Tek Ming, Lai and myself)
Tarot Workshop
Tuina Workshop
Feb 2008 I called it a Day. I’ve had my share – the great and not too bad days. Now is the time where I shall dedicate the time to myself. A journey that I need to accomplish before my days are done. A journey that no one can walk for me.
by Sandie on December 18, 2010
Yushu Earthquake 14/04/2010 - A reminder to all of us to be grateful
I am sure most of you would have either read or seen the vcd “The Secret” by Rhonda Bryne. In one of the chapters, it speaks of Gratitude.
One of my favourite tag line is “The Universe is abundant, the Universe provides!
“Yeah, right – huh!” say the skeptics.
All we need to do is be open to receiving its riches. In uncertain times, many of us wonder how such beliefs can be true. They sound so positive and uplifting, yet when we look at our everyday lives, they seem unrealistic.
By expressing thanks to what we have – no matter how small – we experience more opportunities and prosperity in health, relationships and even in our careers and business. When you are thankful for something, magic happens. Because you are thankful for what you have, you find that life becomes abundant.
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by Sandie on December 17, 2010
Being in grand-parenthood itself is magickal. Watching Ryan gaining knowledge in life sets me back to my own days as a child as well as to my days as a young mummy.
When we were children the world was a magickal place where things just happened. We rarely worried about where the food came from, we cried and it arrived. We did not fear failure. When we learned how to walk we fell, crawled, got up, staggered, tried again until we were successful. Then we ran. We did not doubt that we were loved – we just knew we were. We lived in the magickal now and trusted that life would provide all our needs.
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by Sandie on December 16, 2010
Nomadic children in Tibet
I have known of children between the ages of 8 to 15 who are so excessively careful in their speech, actions and manners. These children become so self conscious and anxious in their quest to please people that they have choked off their creative self. They become so consciously and constantly monitoring their every act or word that they lose their spontaniety as a child. Every word is well thought of before it leaves their mouth and with that they steal glances at people to seek approval or to see if it has displeased the listener.
It is time these children unlock their creative self. The inhibited personality has imposed restraint upon the expression of the real self. For one reason or another, the child is afraid to express himself/herself, afraid to be himself/ herself and has locked up the real self within an inner prison and thus becomes inhibited.
Children of this nature tend to be timid (especially in the presence of those whom they think are more superior to them), self conscious, have feelings of guilt, nervous, frustrated, irritable …
Parents play a major role if not the main role in moulding their children. In their fervant pursuit of trying to make their children ‘role models’, they lose sight of “the child” in every child. A friend once told me of his discomfort of being around with a 14 year old child. Over a meal this child has uttered no less than 10 “thank you” & “no thank you” that good manners have no relevance any more. It then becomes a mere utterance of pleasantries.
So parents, allow your child to be a baby once more. A baby has no superficiality, no phoniness, no hypocrisy. His language consists of crying and cooing. The baby expresses his real feelings. Do not curb your child. Allow him or her to grow. We are there to guide them, not to reprimand them all the time and not to correct their every move or word.
