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Dear Fellow Travellers S


omeone wrote to me the other day and asked if I had noticed that the times are calling for us to come


into our hearts. Yes, have you noticed that so many articles that I’ve been led to publish over the last few months have been about loving, letting go of fear and coming from the heart? I figure


that Spirit must be telling us something. Again for this issue we have more – each with


a unique way of expressing and reinforcing that message. In addition, this month, excitingly, there is an undercurrent of ‘breakthrough’ welling up. Are you finding a breakthrough imminent? If not, I


have the hunch that you will do soon, and I am pleased to say that this magazine will help you and many others to take that step. I am convinced that is why we incarnated at this


time – to learn to shine our light. That reminds me of the Marianne Williamson quote


(so often wrongly attributed to Nelson Mandela who simply quoted Marianne): “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” And Anthony Robbins says: “All personal


breakthroughs begin with a change in beliefs.” Hmmm... what belief is keeping you trapped in fear


today? Are you listening to the mainstream news too much perhaps? Or are you listening to a negative inner voice that has a message that was put there by an angry parent or teacher in the past? Would you consider changing your belief, looking underneath the fear to see what it is hiding, indeed what gift it is bringing you? Would you consider showing your light, moving into


your heart, loving yourself, loving others, and then maybe even going for the breakthrough? The stories and ads in this issue will help you. Yes, I


know you’ve probably heard these things 100 times, but don’t you find that it is sometimes the 101st time that it really hits home? I certainly do. So jump right in and


try out a process, either by yourself or with one of our dedicated advertisers. Speaking of this, if you use one of our advertiser’s


products or services, would you please do me and them a favour? Would you let them know you first read about them in LivingNow? They need to know this. It is their advertising revenue that puts this magazine into your hands. Back in the ‘ole days’ you and other readers used to ring the advertisers, starting the minute that the magazine hit the streets. Now, what do you do? You think something or someone looks interesting or worthwhile – and you Google for more information. Then if you contact them they will likely think you happened across their website by pure chance. So please tell them that you first came across them


here. Make it your mission to do so. Do it for all magazines – not just for LivingNow – because we could all do with more acknowledgement in this day and age. The internet is amazing, but you don’t get the synchronicity effect that you get with a magazine – and you certainly don’t get the fabulous articles all in the one place – and the good energy of light and love from all our beautiful advertisers. If you tell them their ads worked, then we end up with more pages and more articles for you to read. It’s a simple sum. Are you one of the people who is worried about


2012? Then please be sure to read the article on p.6 for reassurance, and also know that this same author, Sol Luckman, has given me a couple more articles about 2012 – so we might do a feature on 2012 in December with those and others. Hands up all those who’d like that. (Seriously, please email me at editor@livingnow. com.au and let me know your thoughts on this.) Would you like to become enlightened? Do you think


your worries would be over if you did? Well, dammit, Robert Forman says that it is not so – article on p.8 – and he is pretty firm that we should have our feet on the ground and live life to the full, as well as having a connection with the ‘Vast Infinite’. His prescription includes rock and roll, meditation, love, sex – all at the right times. “The most exciting breakthroughs of the 21st


century will not occur because of technology but because of an expanding concept of what it means to be human.” [John Naisbitt]


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