Creative World Way  
Newsletter No4. - August 2006

I've included the story of a real life experience of using the creative world way to deal with a stressful situation. I hope you find it very insightful. Please send in your own thoughts, experiences and suggestion to share. There is the usual funny quote, a Life Tip and a short extract from the book. Enjoy.

Thanks

And now to announce our third giveaway...

The LEURA ACCOMMODATION GIVEAWAY happens in September, but in the meantime we have lots of goodies to share.

This month it's a very handy carry bag for wine or something of the sort. The carry bag is a padded material with a zipper and special compartments for 2 bottles of wine or one bottle and two wine glasses. I figured that we better fill it with some wine, so there are two very nice vintage wines in the bag!

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Our second happy recipient is: Tanja Caprioli from Brisbane. Hooray!!!

                                SPECIAL GIVEAWAY IN SEPTEMBER!

A weekend's accommodation in Leura, The Blue Mountains, for up to 8 people staying at "Craigend on Leura Mall" which is a beautiful 4 bedroom Federation house just 200 metres down from the famous Leura Mall shops. If you are unable to travel to the Blue Mountains you are welcome to give it to someone else or even onsell the gift voucher. This has a value of over $1100. Have a closer look at Craigend on Leura Mall. Notification of the 'Craigend' giveaway will be in the September Newsletter and the lucky recipients will receive confirmation by email and/or phone.

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Life Tip

There are Life Tips on the web site, but we'll put more here.
It might be on the site, it might not. Check it out.

           Democracy is a curious, double edged sword. Majority rules. There's sense in
           that. But is majority opinion necessarily wise?. Socrates was a Greek philosopher,
           about 450 BC. He questioned whether people really thought about their common-
           sense beliefs. Many found they hadn't. He was an odd bloke, looked a bit weird
           and he eventually annoyed the wrong people and was put on trial. One of the
           charges against him was for corrupting youth A jury of some 500 voted with 220
           in his favour, 280 against. He was executed by voluntarily drinking hemlock. Could that
           happen today? I remember someone who was a bit odd, looked a little weird, was
           in a strange situation that made us feel a bit threatened and we sent her, Lindy
           Chamberlain, to gaol. We - in the courtroom, in the papers and in many living
           rooms. Thankfully it was eventually found that the evidence was inaccurate,
           forensics mistaken and she was freed. Luckily we didn't have hemlock. How
           can you be SURE of something. New evidence can always shed new light. We
           can only be sure of what we give from the heart, the rest we must think about
           carefully, with a responsibility like the rulers of a nation, not its dictators.

                                 Listen to Richard's song "For Free" on the website.

Please send your reviews. It doesn't matter how many words. One word will do, but we all will benefit from knowing how the book has affected you.
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Hi Richard. Just wanted to share this with you.

I've been having lots of poor self esteem issues lately and so I really tried to apply some of the creative world way ideas. Thanks for giving me some extra help on the email. Not only did things go much better, I was given a number of positive comments and compliments over the next few days. Even my husband - wow - I can handle this !!!!!

Well what you said was interesting. Yes I felt in the H.A.R.M.O.N.Y. state at the time. Now here's something even more interesting. This week someone at work tore me to shreds and verbally abused me in front of other staff. The exact opposite of last week. Here's the thing - I still felt in harmony ! Initially I was shaken and it was so out of the blue it took a while to process. Then I calmed down and thought - that's interesting and wondered what was upsetting her. She demanded I complete about an hours worth of tasks to attone for some percieved wrong doing. And then I had a flash moment - this woman doesn't know how to do this proceedure and it is her way of saving face and hiding the fact. All this 20 mins after I was supposed to have finished work. I looked at her calmly and told her that I was off duty and that she would and could manage. I left and went home happy knowing I had done a great job that night and that the incident told me much more about her state of mind than any wrong doing on either part. I never did complete her proceedure and I really do think she will manage well without me.

Is this a shift in perception or what?!

I would have been devestated by that once - and spent a long time justifying details of what I did right or didn't do wrong ! Do you ever get that feeling that you were meant to meet someone or that a book was meant to be read? A real pull. Well - your book had that effect and it's content is just making such a difference!

So - I think you are right about the harmonious state thing - it attracts good vibes as well as putting a "that's interesting slant " on incidents that are out of the norm.

This was my comment about the compliments received:
I wonder if the increase in communication is because you are in a more harmonious state? People often feel as though they should (or have to) give praise or recognition because the other person looks as though they need a boost. But then they often don't do it because then it looks as though they are feeling sorry for you or something of the sort. Perhaps like when someone says, "Gee you're looking good today" and the response is "What, I looked awful yesterday?". All very winner/loser.

Perhaps, when we are in a more harmonious state, or what people might describe as being more centred or something of the like, it is more pleasurable to give a positive comment. Being in a more harmonious state means that you are receptive and open which may simply incline people to interact - to be more open themselves. No way of proving that at the moment, but this is the serious stuff that I hope to address in the coming years.
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Joseph Cambell reports this incident he witnessed: (from pp 140-141 'The Purpose of Life')

"One fine evening I was in my favorite restaurant there, and at the next table there was a father, a mother, and a scrawny boy about twelve years old. The father said to the boy, "Drink your tomato juice." And the boy said, "I don't want to." Then the father, with a louder voice, said, "Drink your tomato juice." And the mother said, "Don't make him do what he doesn't want to do." The father looked at her and said, "He can't go through life doing what he wants to do. If he does only what he wants to do, he'll be dead. Look at me. I've never done a thing I wanted to in all my life."

Even with this rather sad tale of a bliss-less existence, this man's 'grain-of-sand' participation in Campbell's experience has prompted a ripple in life that has extended from Campbell's witnessing of an event to the retelling on television and once again in this book. Life is no longer the same for anyone who reads this page. Having just read that story you have been touched by Campbell, the man, his wife, the boy, the owner of the restaurant, the bank manager that lent the money to start the business, everyone's mother and so on and so on. Chances are you might tell this story to a friend and the whole list of involvement grows. And this is just in relation to a quarter of a page in this book. Life is a very eventful place.

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