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Chapter 14 Rituals of Integration-Honouring the Three Worlds of Gaia

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  Humanity has developed an egregious quality of imagining we are separated from our environment. I often offer this suggestion to climate change deniers and other disrespectful consumers of the world’s resources: take a deep breath and hold it, hold it some more, hold it some more. When you can’t hold it any longer, let it go. Now you know the benefits of the environment. You simply can’t live for more than a few minutes without air, which is a direct and intimate expression of the environment. Humanity has come to believe that we are the alpha predators and therefore we have an innate right to consume all the resources of our planet without respect or consideration for consequences of our actions towards the multitude of beings which make our lives possible. This attitude has led to a vast destruction of the environment, to the point where we are at risk of destroying our home, for ourselves and for future generations. It is also causing violence and suffering in many parts of th...
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Integrating The Doer, the Lover and the Knower

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  Simple rituals honours and integrates these elements of ourselves, within and without, which are hidden and therefore unconsciously directing our lives in ways we don’t realise. During the 1980’s, a channeled fellowship called The River explained a philosophy called " The Three Great Ways ". This meta structure explains three main soul paths— Earth, Aire and Water Way. We can understand these inner soul paths as The Doer, the Lover and the Knower. To become whole and grow as individuals, we need to integrate the other two paths into our lives. This means learning from and balancing the qualities we are less familiar with, both within ourselves and in our relationships with others. The River describes how rituals can help us with this integration. Rituals are not just old-fashioned or superstitious acts; instead, they are meaningful practices that help us connect with parts of ourselves and with the world around us. For example, creating a small shrine or having a daily prac...
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Harnessing the Resonance of the Inanimate World

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Chapter Twelve The River Books-Book Two : All Knowledge is Within, All Knowledge is Without    Several years after this session with the channeled fellowship of the River, I returned to a site where in ancient Mayan times, I had been sacrificed as a child.  My journey took me to Chichen Itza, which initially seemed too visible and popular to be the place of such a hidden ritual. Nevertheless, I climbed to the top of the main temple, the Castello, and gazed over the jungle, observing newly discovered pyramids rising from the bird-filled canopy. As I closed my eyes, I tried to envision the courtyard at the peak of its use, filled with colourfully painted temples and people dressed in vibrant woven clothes, all moving in an atmosphere of gaiety among the awe-inspiring structures.   Upon descending and exploring the ruins further, I approached the Temple of the Columns. Overwhelmed by sudden nausea, I had to pause and catch my breath, gripped by a sense of dread. De...
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Chapter 11 Opening the self to knowledge within

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  I am so grateful to find this session again. After thirty-five years, I’m so much more ready to receive and implement this practice! And so timely! I’ve been working on changing my posture, especially the anterior title of my pelvis, which I wrote about in the last chapter. This practice of clearing the first charka has revealed to me ancestral traumas which I thought I had cleared. But when I focused there, I could feel the block, just as the River described. Over a period of a week, I intentionally cleared that block by repeating to my self “ Those traumas from the past are no longer going to live in my body. Those conditions will never return to me again .” Strangely now when I focus on my root charka, I sense the ancient goddess, Sheela-na-gig. Who is a strange and misunderstood archetype, often thought of as vulgar and pornographic. But in truth, She represents how we give birth to the world through our root chakra, which for women and men is located in the perineum. I hav...
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Chapter Ten- Regulating energy flows in the body to prevent illness

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  At the time of this session, I was working closely inside an NGO with refugees, drug addicts and victims of torture and violence. It was intense work and I often felt exhausted at the end of the day. But when it came time for me to rest, I felt buzzy, restless and unable to fall into a deep sleep. Here is a short session which the River channeled about how to regulate energy flows within the body. Now, more than thirty years later, I understand their teachings better about regulating energy up and down the central channel of the spine, both physical and energic. I can now identify where I’m holding too much energy in one or more chakras. I as particularly interested in their comments about arthritis because since this time of the channeling, I’ve developed some arthritis in my lower back or lumbar spine. I have pondered why arthritis has develop there and I am reminded of what a shaman told me once, that lower back pain is associated with lack of support in my life. I have thou...
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Chapter Nine- “Helping” and helpers.

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This is a transcript from the channelled fellowhship of the River  in the early 1980’s. I was about to start my therapy career. My question followed a session about the soul path of the Aire Way-the path of compassion, love and relationships. Contemplating this transcript now, I am still disturbed by their thoughts. The answers astonished me when it was first delivered and for a long time, I thought perhaps the River was simply wrong about their statements. There is much to ponder here about helping and helpers. I have been helped by others a lot. But looking back, I see that it was up to me to accept the help, and how I accepted the help was instrumental in how their assistance furthered me along my journey. And whether I took the help with an attitude of entitlement or gratitude. Or even with awareness.   Julia: Can I ask a question? I am engaged in the helping professions - do you have any advice for helpers, people who care for others? River: Helping begins first...
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