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Real Compassion
If we were to see all people - all beings - as expressions of our Divine Self - then how could there be any lesser or greater love?
If we could realise - see and feel that all beings are NOT just expressions of our personal - psychological self, but of the fundamental Ultimate Reality –
Spiritual Beingness that we are, then division, conflict, jealousy, fear and anger would be seen through.
It is being caught into the mere appearance of...
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Are you ready to take your learning to another level?
Master Class Course
Have you attended a number of workshops and been meditating for some time?
Do you want to go deeper with your learning/teachings?
John is developing a MASTER CLASS – if you are interested please email info@wellawareness.com.au or phone 02 9460 4131
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Why did this happen?
When life pushes us over, we have the chance and choice to pause and ponder and maybe even to rest and reflect.
We may consider -
How did this happen?
Why did this happen?
Are there any deeper reasons why life might have brought this about?
What do I need to learn from this?
What would i like to learn and change from this?
Hopefully, in being pushed over, we arise with a new perspective, a new position, a new way of engaging our self into...
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Be present to Life just now …..
Life is not simply about getting what we want, but knowing how to experience and appreciate fully what it is we have, especially having Life and Being Alive!
John B
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Shared messages during challenging times ……
John has received many messages from friends sharing their experiences during times of sickness, injury, adversity.
We are sharing some of these wonderful stories .....
Dear John
How blessed are we that you share these wonderful lessons from life with us.
What you say completely resonates with me and my own experience with breast cancer ...
the forced retreat from life as I had known it, the need for gentleness to oneself and acceptance of love and care from others.
It certainly sounds like...
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I very much appreciate a Mind-Body approach to health and healing.
Dear Friends
Thank you so much for your messages of best wishes and regards.
So much of what I talk about and teach – both with clients and the Meditation Groups, comes from my own personal experience.
This is certainly the case when talking about wise ways of working with health issues or illness. I often speak about life offering a sometimes unexpected enforced ‘retreat’.
On this retreat – we get to be the healer, healing from within. This attitude or ‘Right View’...
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Interview with John Barter – All Things Meditation
Interview transcript: Jen Ng from the University of Technology, Sydney, with
Buddhist psychologist and Mindfulness Meditation teacher from Well-Aware-Ness,
John Barter
Dated: April 2015
How does Buddhist psychology differ and contribute to western psychology?
There is a growing movement from the spiritual and sacred to the secular within
contemporary western culture. This is something that has occurred for some time and
more specifically and more recently with regards to meditation. There is a movement
from what has been the specific domain of the monastery, especially Buddhist
monasteries, into...
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Qi Gong at Well-Aware-Ness with Patrice Thomas Sunday 31st May
Join us in May for our monthly
GENTLE EXERCISE (Qi Gong) and MEDITATION CLASS –
A wonderful way to restore and replenish for the coming week
with Patrice Thomas
Patrice with Sifu Wing Cheung
When: Sunday 31st May 2015
Time: 4pm
Where: 14 Ridge St, North Sydney
Cost: $20.00 (teens 14 & up can come with parent/s free of charge)
Email: patrice@mindfulconnections.com.au to register
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