Essence of the Cedar

Hi,





I've had another most wonderful experience during the July Essene Summer Gathering, and I'm eager to share it with you.





The gathering is always held in a residence close to nature and this year we returned to one of our favourite venues, a wonderful place in Buckinghamshire, called St Katherine's of Parmoor. Now owned by the Sue Ryder Foundation it was a convent for many years until the last nun, Mother Christine finally past away, in recent years.





I love this particular place ~ can't tell you why ~ and have held angel workshops there in the past as well as returning as an organiser of the Essene retreats.





During the lunch break at one of my workshops a couple of years ago, one of the participants went to the top of the central staircase in the house where she stood for a while seemingly in conversation with someone. When she came down and joined us she had a message for me. She asked me if I was aware of being 'observed'. Interestingly, the house is full of old oak panelling and has different energy which can have a very 'spooky' feel in certain areas. I had been aware of the presence of someone during my stay, but wasn't afraid . This was the message:


" Mother Christine gives you her blessings, and wants you to know she is so pleased that you have brought the angels here to St Katherine's".





This year's visit, as ever, our Essene group tried to spend as much time as possible outside although, as you know, for July the weather has been very changeable and often quite wet. Towards the end of the week we held a beautiful sacred Earth-healing ceremony with the Heavenly Father, Christ and the Earthly Mother our planet Gaia, invoking the great Archangels of the four corners and four elements, Michael, Gabriel, Raphael and Uriel, together with the influence of the major planets drawing the energies of light and healing to anchor them in the Earth. As we did this, all standing in a circle, a beautiful Red Kite flew over us, wings stretched, and circled round three times. Followed by a small private airplane which did the same - the natural and the unnatural!





We ended the ceremony by chanting three Aums and then decided to take the energy of love and healing straight to the majestic old Cedar of Lebanon tree standing in the grounds. These wonderful huge trees are said to have a spiritual purpose and are growing in specific areas of the world. Their immense energy acts as a conduit of spiritual light and it is also believed that they hold the power to assist the transformation of humanity, particularly important over the next few years. Some say that the Cedar trees act as a gateway to other dimensions.





This particular beautiful giant is hundreds of years old, some of her lower boughs have broken, and in the recent dry weather her pines were going brown.
The group stood round its trunk sending love and healing energy.

I chose to stand on the outer ring of the branches looking up into the tree as I connected with the light filtering through her branches, communicating with her from the heart giving her whatever healing energy she needed and asking her to share her healing essence with me if she sensed there may be something she could help me with. As I stood, arms stretching up towards her great boughs I could smell the most beautiful fragrance of soft pine. I could feel a mist of her delicate perfume bathing me as she shared her essence in recognition and response.

As we walked back into the house I joined the group. "Wasn't that amazing?" I said, meaning the perfume... " Such a beautiful smell" . No one had smelled it, no one else felt the mist. They certainly enjoyed the energy, the aura, the strength and sensation of being under her branches and in her energy field ... but it seems that the essence, the fragrance, was just for me.


Wow!



Enjoy your Summer and all its magical moments of beauty.

Love and Blessings
Chrissie

Angels Abroad

Yammas!

Cretan greetings as I arrive back from another wonderful angel retreat in West Crete.

This year the venue was in a mountain village and so our early Essene morning meditation with the angels was not only accompanied by the warm morning sunshine but the tinkling neck-bells and baa-ing of the nearby goats!

As we sat under the olive trees in the garden, by the pool, we were often accompanied by the cicades in the hedges and the swooping swallows as they dived for a drink. Very Mediterranean , and completely different sights and sounds to those most of us are used to (especially me, now living in rural Essex!). The whole group came from Ireland this year, bringing their Celtic spirituality, wisdom and Love of the angels and an enormous sense of humour and fun! We had enlightenment, discovery and joy ~ in abundance.



I am so honoured to have been accompanying and teaching this workshop in Crete now for almost 10 years, some times twice in a year, and every time there are unique and special moments that I treasure. Not just the mornings of self- discovery and development that take place but also the warmth and hospitality of the local Cretans, their culture, their gorgeous beaches and their delicious home grown produce. (I have been making Greek salad since my return on Tuesday but somehow it just doesn't taste the same!)



The similarity to life in the hills and mountains of the middle east where Jesus and the Essenes would have lived and worked with the angels, the land and the goats, couldn't escape my notice.

West Crete for me has a special healing quality, a sense of peace that touches the soul. I'm aware that for many years I have been working with the energies of Archangel Raphael and some believe that Crete is the spiritual home (Ashram) of the ascended master Hilarion, who once lived the life of Paul. Certainly the high White mountains have an almost tangible air of divinity - to me. This would then be an island of discovery, of truth and healing... those who come on the retreat feel that for themselves.



And now, next week I'm off to take part in another retreat; the Essene summer gathering, which will be in leafy Buckinghamshire ~ very different from its origins in the Middle East, and completely different from Crete too. Rather than teaching, although I am one of the organisers, I shall be simply one of the "family" and am really looking forward to some time of self-reflection and meditation after several months of incredible levels excitement, travel, teaching, writing and general busy-ness!

Angel blessings to everyone,

With Love, Chrissie



However you are enjoying your Summer - which seems to be longed for during the long winter months and then goes so fast - I do hope you'll get the opportunity to spend some time smelling the flowers, absorbing the moonlight, listening to the birds and communicating with the angels.

April Wedding

Thought I'd like to thank so many of you for your loving wishes by posting a few of the photographs of my wedding last week ( 17th ) as I'm sure you'll enjoy sharing the joy we

felt on our happy day. The rain held off, our friends arrived

and the bells rang out.

as my son and I walked down the aisle friends described the

change in energy as love filled the church!

It was such a wonderful day. With cherished loved ones, family,

friends old and new ... and angels everywhere!

Introducing my husband Brian.

And below, a team photo of myself with colleagues and friends; Maggie and Stephen from Belfast - (who look after all my workshops and me ! in Northern Ireland), with Mairead ( Angel Shop, DunLaoghaire - and angel on hand in Dublin), and Richard (without whom the course and most of my materials - its manifestation and coordination - would not exist!) Love and thanks to them all for being there ... and for coming along to share our wedding day!

I love March

Hi there,

I absolutely love this time of year. It invokes wonderful memories of my childhood, especially my birthdays.
I grew up on the Lancashire coast, very close to the Lake District, and the beauty captured by Wordsworth. Memories of fields and valleys full of golden daffodils still raises my endorphins and gives me a warm inner glow.

I particularly remember one sunny birthday at the end of March, I must have been about nine or ten, and my treat was to be taken to Windermere and pick daffs!. Of course we are not allowed to do this any more, but the memory of the thrill of running amongst so many glorious bobbing yellow flowers, picking and filling my arms with as many as I could carry ... for the princley some of two shillings... brings a smile to my face and joy to my heart. I can easily recall the fragrance, (and the sap from the stems as it ran down my arms and party dress) and the sheer pleasure of the day.

Yesterday as I drove through the lanes with my two year old grandson I pointed out the daffodils at the side of the road. As we arrived into Great Dunmow, the small town on the way back to the motorway, the green was covered with my favourite budding flowers. "Look nanny, lots of Daffodils over there" he shouted with a huge straight from the heart grin... Pleasure, pleasure pleasure.......

Most people like to see the signs of new life at this time of year. The trees spring into bud as the lambs are born, the primroses, crocuses and snowdrops make way for the next flourish of colour. It is so beautiful that we can't help but feel freshened and uplifted. The sunshine in Spring renews our senses and fills us with the long awaited sense of rejuvenation and warmth.

But what of those among us who feel so down, so depressed that nothing we say can stir them out of their darkness? How can we help them to make small changes in the way they see life?

I'm talking about changing thought patterns and emotional, physical and psychological healing and I have dealt with these topics quite a lot in my Educating Heart & Soul course because I feel that throughout our darkness there are always chinks of Divine light, offers of angelic help, bridges we can go across - which we can take or choose to ignore until we are ready.

One of the quickest and most effective ways of boosting our inner happiness is to think of a happy memory. Breathe it in, smell it, go there, remember the music, the voices, the colours, your feelings at the time... maybe like me it was a special birthday, or it could be the wonder of the birth of a child, or just simply sitting swinging your legs on a wall eating a bar of your favourite chocolate! The chemical reaction to happy thoughts is instant, creating a rise in the body's natural healing mechanism, creating endorphins that give us that wonderful feel good factor which we can then tune into and instantly feel better. Even in physical pain.

I'm not trying to suggest we push aside the serious condition of the world around us, but ...with all the sadness and dispair we are able to access through the many media channels, we are at risk of allowing much of it to pull us down emotionally - and particularly those of us who are empathic and literally 'feel' the pain in the world! But, we always have a choice whether we want to buy into the drama of it all. We also have a choice how we want to feel... on a minute by minute basis.

Sometimes we just need to get away... and luckily I'm off to Lancaster this weekend and shall most certainly be visiting my favourite Windermere in time for the Daffodils.
(If you are anywhere near that area and would like to join my talk about angels at the Lancaster Complimentary Health fair this coming Saturday do check the details on my website.)

Thank you so much to those lovely people who have been writing to congratulate me on next months wedding ... and finally if any of you would like to join me in Glastonbury for the Spring Equinox (I'm holding a weekend retreat at the Glastonbury Abbey House with meditation, yoga, an Essene silent meal) and have two places left. We'd love you to be there!

May the Daffodils bring a smile to you !

Loving Spring Blessings
Chrissie

Hello there!
Hope you are warm and smiling...
What a week! A total slow down... and shutdown in many cases. A complete freeze up of our terrestrial communication links, just as the planet Mercury -( in charge of communication on many levels ) having been in a standstill position on the 1st of Feb moved forwards again.
It's all very interesting to me how in this scientific / secular age we often fail to notice the interconnectness between earthly and heavenly forces. The opportunities for change - in attitude and in circumstance both socially and personally are enormous.
Maybe I'm being romantic but I seem to remember that in the snowy winters of my childhood each household would sweep and salt the pavement in front of their home. Many would sweep and salt for others too.
In a co-op carpark near my village, which had turned into an ice-rink, an elderly man slipt and fell backwards as he bought his ticket from the pay and display machine. Fortunately for him I was standing behind him, caught him and we both slipped around as if dancing on ice! We laughed out loud, but this could have been a nasty accident. It wasn't thank goodness...... but no one had spread salt! Why? Because the council hadn't salted........... but couldn't the supermarket staff ?
Hm, 'Elf' and safety! Oh how sad.
Driving home cautiously I smiled at all of the judgements running through my head. I called the council to find out where the village salt bin was and with my plastic carrier trundled along to fetch and sprinkle in the road beside my cottage. Goody two shoes? Goodness no!........... but I did feel a prod in the conscience/backside about criticising others for something I had not done myself!
Cold as it is, mayhem causing as it might be... there is a wonderful stillness and such a 'brightness' in the light from the snow. Let it speak to you..... feel the peace and take the opportunity to breathe... for a while.
Lots of love
Chrissie

Happy New Year - 2009

Yes Happy New Year!

Even with the news as it is; war, turmoil, devastation and destruction of the human world in which we continue to kill, wound, torment, tear apart and compete for power... and it sometimes feels painfully as if many of us can do nothing but watch.
It is the opportunity of change that brings a happy new year because the idea that we can do nothing is simply not true! The weakest of us can change once we believe we are able to, we can all do something to improve a small corner of our own world.

Do you know the story of the humming bird? I heard it at a Peace conference, years ago, and it stayed with me. Let me share it with you:
There was a forest fire, and all the animals, smelling the smoke, began to flee for their lives. Panic ensued as tigers, foxes, monkeys all ran to save their lives from the flames.
As one monkey swung through the trees he spotted a tiny bird hovering among the branches filling his beak with nectar from a flower. "Come on, come on, the fire is coming and you'll burn alive if you don't run too!" Shouted the monkey. But, the little bird filled his tiny beak, flew to the edge of the flames, dropped the nectar and flew back to the flower to fill his beak again. The monkey stopped for a moment to watch as the humming bird repeated the process again. "Come on, come on bird, what are you doing?"
"I can't run away", said the tiny humming bird, "I'm just doing my bit".

Some of us are politically motivated and write letters to parliament. Some may simply 'sound off' hot air to the newspapers or to friends.
From a spiritual perspective, if we profess to believing in angels and the notion of a universal connection between us all, then surely whatever we do at a state level we do to one another at a soul level. As some countries determine to overpower and destroy one another, and the planet at the same time, we are surely damaging life itself.
We have a paradox here ... as on the one hand we are profoundly aware of the darkening fear and lack of love in the world at a political and international level and yet, on the other, we are pursuing the ideas expressed in books and films like 'The Secret' busily teaching ourselves how to co-create financial and material abundance. Great ideas that stimulate the realization of the power of the human mind, particular as a force of co-creation with the Universe itself... but primarily ideas for co-creating at a personal level for our personal dreams and ambitions to materialize. Not that there is anything wrong with financial and personal security, freedom and happiness. We are born to manifest joy!

My suggestion is this: How about we each individually put as much effort into co-creating a peaceful and joyful existence for us all to benefit from the power of manifestation - at a global level?

Thank heavens that there are some who, by connecting to the high level of service to humanity that they carry deep within their heart, they work around the clock. Some work through in prayer, meditation and mediation to bring about a change. To anchor whatever the Light is. Others strive to heal the wounded planet by working at environmental issues. Some to save our rapidly dying animal species from slaughter. Thousands go to work in medicine and education, enlightening and empowering others. And again thank heavens we have millions of people who are genuinely loving and generous of spirit who, seemingly without even a sprinkling of knowledge of how much good they do, go about their daily business treating others gently, or as 'salt of the earth' types - no nonsense but fair and honest in their dealings. Every one in their way 'doing their bit' for society, the best way, naturally.


I'm off now to do my bit.......... think I'll feed the birds!

With Love,
Chrissie
Have a wonderful - if challenging - 2009. May it bring to your part of the world you love, abundant health and peace.