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December 2009 Changing the Paradigm Newsletter

WELCOME 
Welcome to our Changing the Paradigm newsletter. In this issue
there is an article by myself in REFLECTIONS. We normally include a
message from The Great Brotherhood of Light, who are the masters
that I work with, but this will now be included in the next
newsletter due in February.

We also include a Question and Answer section, where we choose one
or two of your questions each month and answer them for you. If you
would like a question answered in the newsletter, please email it
to info@jeddahmali.com and put Newsletter Question in the heading.
And finally we have our NEWS section at the end where we announce
courses, retreats and product launches. 

We hope you enjoy our newsletter. If you have a suggestion on
articles or sections you'd like us to consider, please send them to
info@jeddahmali.com and put Newsletter Suggestion in the heading.
As you go about your day, don't forget to smile, to be kind to
yourself and others and (as my favourite sticker says) "Cheerful
Whistling Permitted". 

I am sending you all much love, 
Jeddah


REFLECTIONS 

Hello Dear Friend
I am so pleased to be writing to you again. These newsletters give
me an opportunity to express my heartfelt communication to you
directly. 

Here in the UK it has been snowing and my children are delighted.
When I was younger, it snowed in winter more often. These days we
can go for several winters without seeing any. So when it does
appear, there is a lot of excitement from children and adults
alike. At the moment it's so snowy and icy (and Britain is not set
up for snow and ice) that day-to-day life is completely disrupted.
Trains, planes, cars are halted. People can't get to work. People
can't go on their holidays. People can't shop for Christmas
presents. You see people of all ages out and about because legs are
the only form of transport in some parts. And although I understand
that for many it's an inconvenience they'd rather do without, it's
also interesting to see how these unexpected interruptions in
normal life highlight our expectations. 

I am now old enough to get a sense of the span of time and how
things change over the decades, such as the occurrence of snow. And
it's not just the climate that has changed, I also notice the
differences these days in how people are with one another, with
communication styles, ideas about what life is for and how it can
be lived. Our ecology is also different to 50 years ago. Technology
and industry are almost unrecognizable from their original forms.
The biggest change I have witnessed in my lifetime, is the growing
instability people feel and express. The most common way we
experience this is in the state of overwhelm.

Some of this is from the relentless pace of the changes. Our
environment is speeding up and that is causing many people to feel
they cannot keep up, or they cannot operate in the present
conditions. One solution many people try is to work harder and
faster. Others feel their instability is down to an organizational
flaw and spend their lives trying to re-organize their affairs in
the hope stability will return. Some put it down to certain
criteria that is missing; such as the perfect mate, better
financial security, getting a better body.

I don't know whether this next news is going to seem helpful or not
but here it is... none of the above attempts are going to give you
long-term relief. The present instability is not due to a personal
flaw. The fact that it is prevalent everywhere gives us a clue to
its source. The present environment is being driven by an increase
in frequencies surrounding the planet. The way human beings
collectively perceive their existence is being challenged. The
universal assumptions around who we are and how life works are
being shaken. We are being offered an opportunity to revise those
assumptions. 

Our individual conclusions often centre around the lack of
something desirable or the fear of something undesirable being
true. If these conclusions remain unquestioned, they are stored in
the subconscious. They no longer get reviewed consciously because
once our belief is set, it's as good as signing off on it
permanently. Our beliefs become so ingrained that they operate
under the conscious radar. They become the basis for not only our
world view, but our life view. As a result, we treat all life
according to our own conclusions. Our perception is set to see what
we have accepted as truth. We see what we believe and the cycle
continues.

When this cycle is self-perpetuating, our perception becomes fixed.
We send that perception forward. We expect certain outcomes. So,
even when those outcomes are not particularly satisfying, if we're
offered opportunities to break out of it, we don't recognize the
opportunity for what it is. We don't see that the unexpected, the
uninvited, the inadvertent, the unforeseen are welcome invitations
to review our conclusions about life. As we do so, the choices we
make start to change.

The increasing vibration on the planet means that the fabric of
energy that has been hosting these conclusions is shifting gears.
As it does so, conclusions based on lack and fear will no longer
'hold'. Now put that way, you say, "that's great, it'll be easier
to reach truer conclusions" and this is so. But don't underestimate
how ingrained the old conclusions have become. So as the planetary
energy shifts and our old ways are no longer working (recalibration
in all the structures - financial markets, social order,
governance, ecology etc), it feels as if we are no longer working.
Remember, these assumptions are so deep and foundational to how we
view self and life that as they fall away, it feels as if we fall
away with them. And that feels de-stabilizing for many people. Rest
assured, these changes are enabling us to form truer conclusions.
They are assisting us to drop assumptions that are based on lack
and fear. They are encouraging us to loosen our grip on our set
perception. 

The easiest way to ride the changes is to focus on what stays when
all else drops away. Focus on simply being present in each moment.
Bring your conscious attention into the present as many times a day
as you are able. You'll find that when you are willing to simply be
conscious of your presence, whatever you were struggling over,
fighting with, in denial of, loathing, resisting the moment before,
drops away, evaporates, and it's possible to instantly enter a
spacious, calm, assured state. It's your choice. Nothing and nobody
can take that freedom away from you. It's your guarantee from
Existence. Being conscious of the present automatically ushers in a
clear sense of Presence. You'll find that the present (your
Presence!) is innately peaceful, light-filled, steady and wise.
It's a clarifying, grounding, elevating, inspiring, expansive
experience. And it's yours for the having in every moment.

There are many of us walking with you,
Jeddah 



QUESTION & ANSWER

Q:Dear Jeddah, I am a student of yours. Yesterday I did three hours
of meditating to Pathway 2, specifically Gratitude (week 5) and
Wholeness (week 6) which I did twice.  I am also reading a book
entitled 'The Holographic Universe' by Michael Talbot. The book
describes how the greatest Quantum physicists believe reality is
really just a hologram of a bigger energy source!

This morning when I was waking up, I had the thought "what if there
is no such thing as time" (as you say in your meditations that
there really is only the "NOW") and that is why the Mayan and other
calendars end on December 21st, 2012.  I feel there IS something to
their prediction but can't feel exactly in what way.  But what if
it is scientifically proven that there is only NOW!

Jeddah what are your thoughts?
Nancy


A:Dear Nancy,
We can explore the present moment both intellectually and
experientially. The former will give us a framework for arriving at
a logical conclusion. The latter approach will give us the
experience of being in the present. If we only use logic to explore
the present moment, we will miss the opportunity to experience the
true nature of existence.

Without experience, we lack the conscious realization that the
present moment is not a thing (such as a moment in time), it is a
state of being. This is the step that science has not yet fully
embraced. And to the extent that this realization is missing - that
the source of existence is beingness - perception will continue to
produce evidence that is misleading.

One moment of conscious attention to the present will give us a far
greater understanding than all the books ever written on the
subject. Why? Because information cannot be experienced. So even
upon receiving it, it is not translated into knowing until we have
experienced it.

So once science makes the leap from studying life as an object to
studying it consciously as a being, it will be able to explore the
mechanism of existence in its most fundamental expression. 

Happy exploration.

Much love
Jeddah



NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

New Website Home Page and Facebook Page
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it: http://www.jeddahmali.com. We will be uploading some footage
from the 2009 retreats in the video section soon.

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Four Masters Seminar
February 18 - February 21, 2010. Minneapolis, USA
Jeddah will join Chunyi Lin (Spring Forest Qigong), Marie Diamond
(Diamond Feng Shui), and Paul Scheele (PhotoReading, Paraliminals,
Natural Brilliance, and more) in a never-before event called Four
Masters in the USA.

Enroll in the memorable, life-altering, heart-opening, and fully
unique Four Masters event today.

Please
click here for more info and to register for this event.


Jeddah Mali Pathway To Enlightenment 20 Week Telecourse
Starting March 13, 2010

We are very pleased to announce that Learning Strategies will be
running the Pathway To Enlightenment course again in March 2010.
There will be 20 sessions, held at the same time every Saturday.
For those of you that haven't taken part yet, this course is highly
recommended. Here are two testimonials from participants of the
course: 

"You have been my saving grace in my quest for the truth. Ever
since I began this course my life has changed drastically,
especially with relationships. Thank you for your time and
concern." Bianca 

"This series is outstanding!!! You are putting my beliefs into the
most exquisite words and assisting me in deepening and more
effectively activating my beliefs about who I am." Connie

Please
click here for more information.