Psychic Development Reflections On A Theme #4

By Phillip Hawkins

The duty of any educator is to enable and empower students to free their minds to such an extent they begin to take responsibility for their own learning. To think for themselves and question what they hold to be true. To do this requires an understanding of accepted academic principles and teaching practices, coupled with the ability and experience to deliver sometimes complex esoteric subjects in a way that makes them easy to understand. These subjects covered in this EBook can by their very nature be very difficult to comprehend, hard to accept and even harder to substantiate. A community of enquiry works on the premise that there are no definitive right or wrong answers just differing points of view and is an excellent teaching model. It can help stimulate discussions on subjects such as psychic ability, spirit and spirituality, the aura, reincarnation and life after death and their relevance of such subject matter to their own spiritual and personal development.
If we are serious about our desire to gain knowledge and understanding then we must be willing to go beyond the limitations set by our physical senses and challenge what we believe to be real. The scientist and spiritual teacher speak of the same realities and only their language is at odds. The physical world can’t be considered in isolation and we must be willing and able to discuss the physical and spiritual framework wherein life death, healing and dis-ease coexist, and their implications and the questions raised in the minds of the student of seeks enlightenment. We must be willing to examine all avenues of thought until we reach a place of objectivity from which our journey to seek out knowledge and understanding can begin

• Language: English
• Publisher: BadgerDesign
• Release date: Dec 4, 2015
• ISBN: 9781310575594

Phillip Hawkins

A little of my background: A skilled tutor and trainer with significant experience gained developing, delivering and managing training programmes for a wide range of organizations, and groups with complex training/educational/social needs. An effective manager of personnel and resources, with strong negotiating and interpersonal skills, organised and flexible in approach to work ensuring action taken to respond to changing circumstances. Excellent analytical and presentation skills with the ability to define and support the aims and needs of the individual and the organization, experienced at working under own initiative or as part of a team. Support Worker: Secure Psychiatric Unit Support worker in a private 26 bed female only rehabilitation psychiatric hospital. Working alongside medical personnel providing patients with around the clock care that includes supported interventions, one to one and two to one line of sight/arms length observations. Assisting the NIC with the administration of medication and controlled drugs. General duties: maintaining security within the unit and supporting patients whilst out in the community. Specialist Tutor: Learning Curve To advise in the setting up the role of in-house specialist tutor. The role would involve working with on-line learners who have learning disabilities and complex needs. To provide information and guidance to trainers and assessors, in addition to the teaching resources to help the learners complete their on-line qualification in an agreed timescale. Support Worker/Compliance Auditor Dimensions Initially working in a residential setting with adults who have Autism/Learning difficulties who live independently but because of their educational, social and emotional needs can exhibit challenging behavior that requires a high level of support, guidance and mentoring. Seconded to auditors role as part of a national compliance audit team with responsibility for 28 services in the Tyne/Tees region, ensuring the level of service provided within those services meets CQC and Dimensions standards of care and support. Trainer/ Tutor: TEAM Wearside As an employability tutor delivering NCFE/City and Guilds employability programmes to students/clients with complex needs. Programme content included H&S, equality and diversity, personal development and Safeguarding for Entry level/Level 1 & 2. Seconded to Castlegreen Special Educational and Social Needs Community School as part of their existing centre of excellence, liaising with SFL and Apprenticeship teams within TEAM Wearside and external agencies working towards achievement for the learners including further qualifications, whilst assisting them to gain self confidence, work experience, access to FE or employment and independent living status. Tutor: Bishop Auckland College Developing training programmes for accreditation by the Open College Network (T.R.O.C.N.) delivering courses / programmes on Personal Safety, Aggression Management, and Assertiveness as part of the college curriculum and also to the private sector. Working with Foundation Learning E2E, and groups with learning and social difficulties, basic skills, numeracy and literacy based portfolio building and Skills for Life and NCFE employability programmes. Tutor: New College Durham Part of the Summer School team; delivering Reiki/personal development training to the high risk and vulnerable inmates with educational and social needs at Frankland Maximum Security Prison. Tutor: Education in the Community Developing Reiki training programmes to accreditation standards (T.R.O.C.N.). Developing and delivering Personal Development and Skills for Life courses as part of the A.C.L. Education in the Community Programme. Care Worker: Agency work Working in a wide range of care environments, care homes, nursing homes, EMI units, hospitals/hospice, and in the clients own homes. Duties included personal care, cooking and cleaning, supervising social days out, client health and safety, administering medication and liaising with nursing/medial personnel. Lecturer University of Sunderland Training Connexions personal advisers; responsible for delivering and presenting Connexion’s Programme, preparing training courses, assessing students.

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Chapter 1 - Energy By Another Name Is Still Energy

What is the energy of the universe called in India?

The natural energy of the universe is called Prana in India. Prana is the Sanskrit word for ‘life force’; in yoga, Oriental medicine, and martial arts, the term refers to a cosmic energy believed to come from the sun and connecting the elements of the universe. The universal principle of energy or force, responsible for the body's life, heat and maintenance, prana is the sum total of all energy that is manifest in the universe. This life energy has been vividly invoked and described in Vedas. In Ayurveda, tantra and Tibetan medicine praṇa is the basic wind or air from which all the others arise.

Prana is the connecting link between the material world, consciousness and mind. It is what makes life on the material level possible, it regulates all physical functions for example, the breath, the supply of oxygen, digestion, elimination and much more. The function of the human body is much like a transformer, receiving energy from the Universal flow of Prana, distributing that energy, and then eliminating it.

Where is the Chakra alignment?

The chakras are aligned along the spinal column. Energetically, the spine is the home of five of the seven main Chakras in the body. There are three main energy channels, nadis, in the body.

The central channel is called shushumna and all of the Chakras are located here, the other two main nadis, Ida and pingala, weave in and out of shushumna and intersect at each Chakra. Ida nadi represents the mind and yin characteristics pingala nadi symbolizes the body and yang energy and when Ida and pingala are balanced in shushumna, the corresponding Chakra is also balanced.

What colour is the crown chakra associated with?

The colour associated with the crown chakra is purple or violet. Purple was the color worn by Roman Emperors, magistrates, and later by Roman Catholic bishops, and since that time the colour purple has been commonly associated with royalty and piety. Purple is the colour of good judgment. It is the colour of people seeking spiritual fulfilment. It is said if you surround yourself with purple you will have peace of mind and is an excellent colour to use in meditation. Violet is the colour of purpose and helps link the individual and the universe. The purple red of violet energy brings practicality to the undirected expansiveness of the blue, and allows more creative energy to emerge, for this reason, violet is associated with imagination and inspiration.

Which chakra is chamomile associated with?

Chamomile oil is associated with the throat chakra. Although called Roman chamomile, it was not cultivated there until the