<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252379729330223</id><updated>2007-09-10T04:17:49.784-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Quality Time 4 U</title><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.qualitytime4u.com/blog/'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2377252379729330223/posts/default'/><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.qualitytime4u.com/blog/atom.xml'/><author><name>Jillian</name></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>15</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252379729330223.post-7106711686581911338</id><published>2007-08-26T17:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-10T03:46:32.600-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='menstruation first'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Celebrating menstruation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='first period'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='girls first menstruation'/><title type='text'>Moon Time - Welcoming girls into womanhood</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;This week I am sending out my first press release for the launch of ‘Moontime’ – Welcoming girls into womanhood. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;The e- book is available at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.qualitytime4u.com/products.php"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;www.qualitytime4u.com/products.php&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;I thought you might like a preview. Please forward onto anyone you know who has a daughter who is coming into this important time of their lives.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;MENSTRUATION - CURSE OR CELEBRATION?&lt;br /&gt;July, 2007 - For Centuries Woman have felt, ashamed, dirty, and unclean during their menstruation period, a Secret, something you didn’t share with the Rest of Your Family. Did you know what was happening to your body the first time you had your monthly bleed?? Did you think you were dying?? A Mother and Daughter Guide.‘First Moon’ - Celebrating the onset of Menstruation, is an e-book written to 'Welcome girls into Womanhood', to see the beginning of menstruation as an occasion for great joy and celebration. This book is written for girls aged 9 years and over, their Mothers, Grandmothers, Guardians and Mentors. Most parts of the book can be read by girls on their own, and afterwards discussed with their caregivers. The chapters are marked clearly, and of course all of it can be read by mothers and fathers. "FIRST MOON", first menstruation, describes a girl’s newly found fertility as part of the natural cycle of life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The chapter; Becoming a Woman “AROUND THE WORLD” – For Girls, describes how in other cultures girls receive a special celebration.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The e- book gives ideas, on how to celebrate your daughters’ onset of menstruation; How to have a Red Party, a fun way to celebrate with her friends. First Moon gives you ideas on how a Wise Woman can introduce your daughter into the secrets of the female way of life. “FIRST MOON” will give the young girl practical tips for managing painful periods, her menstrual cycle and a word check. I hope that this book will help your daughter look forward to the days when she begins to bleed. It is her special time, when she joins the circle of women. It will be a very important time in your life too. Please don't let it go by unnoticed. Honour yourself and your daughter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Download the e-book at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.qualitytime4u.com/products.php"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;www.qualitytime4u.com/products.php&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;. Quality Time 4 U is a website dedicated to inspiring and celebrating Woman&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.qualitytime4u.com/blog/2007/08/moon-time-welcoming-girls-into.html' title='Moon Time - Welcoming girls into womanhood'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2377252379729330223&amp;postID=7106711686581911338' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.qualitytime4u.com/blog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2377252379729330223/posts/default/7106711686581911338'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2377252379729330223/posts/default/7106711686581911338'/><author><name>Jillian</name></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252379729330223.post-4414789129822535773</id><published>2007-07-29T23:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-10T03:52:24.920-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Releasing the past'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Full Moon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Letting Go'/><title type='text'>Full Moon</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.qualitytime4u.com/blog/uploaded_images/Full-Moon-07-07_1-793324.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Full Moon – 30th July&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tonight it is a full Moon.&lt;br /&gt;From where I am standing The Moon is just rising, sending reflections onto the river below. There is not a breath of wind.&lt;br /&gt;I can see Fish making rings in the river moon light.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Full Moon is a time to reflect on any unwanted fears, ideas, values, obligations, pressures and stresses.&lt;br /&gt;It is a time to ‘let go’, release anything that no longer serves you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If possible go out and stand in the light of the Moon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Say To Yourself;&lt;br /&gt;“I hereby release any energies that no longer serve me,&lt;br /&gt;Name your issues…….&lt;br /&gt;SO BE IT, SO BE IT, SO BE IT”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank the Moon, Grandmother Moon. &lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.qualitytime4u.com/blog/2007/07/full-moon.html' title='Full Moon'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2377252379729330223&amp;postID=4414789129822535773' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.qualitytime4u.com/blog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2377252379729330223/posts/default/4414789129822535773'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2377252379729330223/posts/default/4414789129822535773'/><author><name>Jillian</name></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252379729330223.post-3140698724633148759</id><published>2007-07-18T01:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-10T04:17:49.814-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Woman&apos;s issues'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Menstruation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mother and Daughter Guide'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Woman&apos;s Spirituality'/><title type='text'>Moon Time</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#3333ff;"&gt;Do you think of menstruation as a time of shame and embarrassment or a time of sacred joy and celebration&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vicki Noble writes in Shakti Woman: - “that Western Women have forgotten the spiritual significance of the menstrual cycle and need to reconnect in order to empower themselves”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think the time has come to honour ourselves and our daughters.&lt;br /&gt;Improve our own, and our daughters self-esteem, and to prepare them well, for the onset of menstruation. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Get My e-book - Celebrating the onset of Menstruation- A Mother and Daughter Guide.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.qualitytime4u.com/products.php"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;www.qualitytime4u.com/products.php&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Women’s blood, hormonal and sexual cycle are closely connected to the cycles of the moon. An average menstrual cycle lasts 29 and half days which is exactly the length of the moon’s cycle.&lt;br /&gt;The full moon phase corresponding to ovulation and the dark moon is analogous to menstruation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In societies where women work outside and live together, they all tend to ovulate and bleed at the same time. Women’s emotions and sexual desires also fluctuate in a rhythmic pattern similar to the Moon’s Phases. At the full moon a women can feel receptive and drawn to others, often feeling more nurturing towards family. The dark Moon phase is when a woman prefers to withdraw and spend more time nurturing her self, pulling away from the demands and expectations of other people. These are natural reactions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In Demetra George’s book;, She describes these archetypes of the feminine as being the White Goddess (white ovulatory pole) and the Dark Goddess (The red menstrual pole); The patriarchal mentality equating light and increase with good and the black and decrease with bad.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In Mysteries of the dark Moon, page 207; “At the white pole we find love goddesses such as Aphrodite and Ishtar, who stimulate sexual desires; mother goddesses such as Demeter and Isis, the fecund wombs of the race, who hold and suckle the child. These Goddesses represent one aspect of a woman’s femininity that is open, willing and values relatedness. She seeks to please her partner, nurture her children, create a nest of comfort and pleasure for her family, and foster the growth of all living things in her environment. The White ovulatory Goddess in women who use her sexuality for attraction, impregnation, birth and nurturance is most acceptable in Western culture.&lt;br /&gt;The Dark Goddess is depicted in Goddesses such as Kali who is fanged, wrathful, with protruding tongues or Lilith with a flaming revolving sword.&lt;br /&gt;To the Patriarchal mind these goddesses are not even seen as feminine, their flow of blood marking their failure to conceive.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Patriarchal mentality also feared a woman’s sexual desires which peaked just before menstruation. She was seen as fiery, and assertive, self directed and impersonal rather than fostering procreation. She became feared and any sign of power, be it midwifery, or healing was discouraged. As in the Middle Ages when millions of women, believed to be witches, were murdered.&lt;br /&gt;As a result women were segregated, ostracized called unclean, seen as a threat to man, his laws and his gods.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This has meant that in western societies we regard the ovulating woman as desirable and correspondingly the menstruating woman as being self – orientated, impersonal, often bitchy and hysterical.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have forgotten that The Dark Goddess has magical powers that we can use for transformation, renewal, healing and spiritual illumination.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Early Goddess – worshipping societies understood that the dark of the moon was the Goddess’s menstrual peak and that woman, at this time were the most magical, mysterious and powerful.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In Demetra George’s; Mysteries of the dark Moon, page209; “During the menstrual time a woman is turned inward and she can most easily access the workings of her inner life and the powers of the psyche. The heavy, sleep like qualities of the menstrual time help a woman to reach deep meditative states. Through her dreams she can gain information about the workings of her body and mind. A woman’s capacity for prophecy and vision is most enhanced when she is menstruating”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In early cultures people honoured menstruation it meant creativity, things that were sacred. It was awe – provoking and thought to be miraculous that a woman could bleed regularly without being wounded and without dying.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In Karen Walker; The Woman’s Encyclopaedia pg 636&lt;br /&gt;Menstrual blood was honoured and valued, used in sacred ceremonies. The blood at the earliest altars was menstrual blood. The blood of a girl’s first menstruation was considered a potent healing elixir and was claimed to heal incurable diseases such as leprosy. Cloths stained with the Goddess’s menstrual blood were highly valued as healing charms.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In early Goddess cultures woman would retire into menstrual huts to fast, and practice their magical rites. It would be a time of sharing the secret knowledge which pasted amongst the woman of the community.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Esther Harding In Women’s Mysteries pg 60, suggests that one of the reasons for woman’s menstrual disabilities and PNS today is that modern culture does not provide any kind of menstrual rituals. Menstruation is just each woman’s affliction, where she suffers alone; it has no positive meaning or value.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Demetra George writes;”In order to reclaim their menstrual power and liberate their bodies from menstrual pain, women must follow the cycle of the disappearing dark moon and enter a voluntary retreat during their sacred time of the month. Irritability, discomfort and pain are the ways in which women’s bodies continues to protest the menstrual injustices inflicted by society. Women’s instinctual bodies demand that they pay attention to honouring the menstrual mysteries. The instinctual pull of the dark moon phase is to deliberately withdraw from the demands of others and worldly expectations. This step takes awareness and effort in a society that is constructed in such a way as to deny and invalidate women’s special needs during their moon times.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However if a woman can find a way to take some time to be alone, in the bath, meditating, take a walk in Nature, Have a Goddess Day,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#3333ff;"&gt;( visit &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.qualitytime4u.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#3333ff;"&gt;www.qualitytime4u.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#3333ff;"&gt; and sign up for my e-zine) she can reconnect with her deeper sacred self, accessing her creative energy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We need to change our attitudes and re – educate ourselves and our daughters. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Download my e-book 'First Moon' at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.qualitytime4u.com/products.php"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;www.qualitytime4u.com/products.php&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.qualitytime4u.com/blog/2007/05/moon-time.html' title='Moon Time'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2377252379729330223&amp;postID=3140698724633148759' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.qualitytime4u.com/blog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2377252379729330223/posts/default/3140698724633148759'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2377252379729330223/posts/default/3140698724633148759'/><author><name>Jillian</name></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252379729330223.post-5610645161054434013</id><published>2007-06-19T21:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-10T03:51:45.704-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pleiades'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Maori New Year'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Matariki'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New Zealand'/><title type='text'>Matariki</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.qualitytime4u.com/blog/uploaded_images/stars-756640.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Matariki (Known as Makahiki in Hawaii) appeared this week in my pre – dawn sky.&lt;br /&gt;Rising on the North Eastern Horizon, on the same spot as the rising sun.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here in New Zealand, Aotearoa: Matariki heralds the beginning of a&lt;br /&gt;New Year.&lt;br /&gt;The shortest day being 21st June, (tomorrow), I have only the lengthening day light hours to look forward to.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matariki, also known as The Pleiades marks the beginning and end of the Maori New Year. In Maori traditions this is the time to release any unfinished tasks from the year and to set new goals. Prophets will sit in the darkness of the pre dawn and predict what to expect in the forth coming year. When the stars are clear and bright it is thought that the year ahead will be warm and the harvest plentiful. When the stars appear blurred and hazy a cold and lean year was expected.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Celebration for Matariki varies from tribe to tribe, but the most important is the meditating and then the hakari or shared meal. This meal is very symbolic as it contains the last food of the year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Margaret Orbell (1995) The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Maori Myth and Legend wrote that ‘Traditionally when Matariki first appeared she (Matariki) was greeted with songs of lament for the loss of those who had died in the previous year. But the singer’s tears were joyful too, because the New Year had begun.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the Hawaiian tradition Makahiki appears at harvest time and traditionally celebrated by the banning of all war at this time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Japanese call Matariki Subaru, which has become well known due to its use by the car maker. The meaning of Subaru is generally thought to be united or getting together.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exercise:&lt;br /&gt;If there is something you have been working on that seems to be taking forever, now is the time to ask Matariki to show you how to begin manifesting your efforts. Listen to your intuition, pray or meditate and look out for opportunities to bring about what you have been working on for so long.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To encourage peacefulness in your life at this time carry 7 stars in your pocket or bag. These can simply be 7 asterisks or 7 stars hand drawn on a piece of paper.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you want to be more creative, think about star shaped foods that you can eat at this time,&lt;/strong&gt; to really bring peace and harmony into your life and your family’s life at this time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;May we all live in Peace&lt;br /&gt;May we all live in Harmony&lt;br /&gt;May we all live a free and enlightened life&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Namaste&lt;br /&gt;Jillian Taylor&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.qualitytime4u.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;www.qualitytime4u.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;Matakana&lt;br /&gt;New Zealand&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.qualitytime4u.com/blog/2007/06/matariki.html' title='Matariki'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2377252379729330223&amp;postID=5610645161054434013' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.qualitytime4u.com/blog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2377252379729330223/posts/default/5610645161054434013'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2377252379729330223/posts/default/5610645161054434013'/><author><name>Jillian</name></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252379729330223.post-1414222619932214559</id><published>2007-05-28T18:47:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-28T18:51:34.945-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Quality Time'/><title type='text'>Wayne Mansfield marketing seminars</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;This week I went to a Web Marketing seminar. &lt;br /&gt;The Ad came through my email; Internet Marketing – Beyond the Basics. $249. 3 hours with Wayne Mansfield, Australia’s Internet Maverick.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The sales letter looked good; I would learn all these wonderful things to get people streaming to my site.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;An hour into the seminar I started to feel as though I had been “SUCKED IN”. The presenter Wayne Mansfield was obviously a very successful Web Marketer. He told us in the first half hour about his “Run In” with the Australian Government and the laws on Spam and the millions of dollars his company and he had been fined.&lt;br /&gt;I am watching the clock tick by. Thinking ‘am I going to get $249 worth of info, so that I can bring my web site alive.&lt;br /&gt;On the first page of the hand out book, I learn that Google have stopped counting the number of web pages at 14 billion.&lt;br /&gt;This is my Competition and Growing.&lt;br /&gt;Mr Mansfield then went on to talk about “The Long Tail”. I wasn’t sure I understood what he was alluding to.&lt;br /&gt; Fortunately there is plenty of references on the net, I did a Google search.&lt;br /&gt;At 3.30 pm we stopped for a Tea, Coffee, sandwiches and muffin break.&lt;br /&gt;I’m watching the time click by.&lt;br /&gt;I wonder if they give us all the beautiful food to make us stay longer in the tea room and less in the seminar.&lt;br /&gt;By 4.00pm I am staring to think, I haven’t really learnt anything ‘Beyond the Basics’.  $249?????&lt;br /&gt;If I divide up my money, maybe $49 is room hire, nice sandwiches, booklet and pen, that leaves $200 for Mr Mansfield’s time and his Host Richard Gee.&lt;br /&gt;I suppose I am naive. Why would a man who makes Millions of dollars each year waste his time for such a puney amount?&lt;br /&gt;Then in the last hour all is revealed. Mr Mansfield is doing a sales promotion for his Company Blog Quest. For $3000 his company will launch my web site on to the net, and earn me 1000’s of dollars.&lt;br /&gt;I left the seminar remembering nothing is free in this world. We have to pay to get what we want.&lt;br /&gt;My only conciliation, if I write this blog, mention Mr Wayne Mansfield’s name enough times, my ranking in Google search engines may increase.&lt;br /&gt;I’ve got nothing to lose.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today I saw a poster advertising a spiritual weekend $250. Included, 2 nights accommodation, and two days of wonderful activities; rites of passage, aligning with soul purpose, vision quest……  Maybe this would be better value for money.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.qualitytime4u.com/blog/2007/05/wayne-mansfield-marketing-seminars.html' title='Wayne Mansfield marketing seminars'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2377252379729330223&amp;postID=1414222619932214559' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.qualitytime4u.com/blog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2377252379729330223/posts/default/1414222619932214559'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2377252379729330223/posts/default/1414222619932214559'/><author><name>Jillian</name></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252379729330223.post-1517397847324043299</id><published>2007-05-17T22:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-26T19:16:56.298-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Listening'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='parenting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='communication'/><title type='text'>The Art of Sacred Communication.</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Practicing the art of sacred listening&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Listening &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;When you are talking to someone, be with them fully, focused on what is being said, not with what’s going on in your head.&lt;br /&gt;This is called listening. Listening is not passive. It is an active part of dialogue and it works both ways.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ask yourself – am I listening from my heart? When you are listening from your heart there is no tendency to interrupt or push or to make your opinion heard. You are just listening. The whole of your body is listening. Your soul is listening.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Blocks to Listening&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;Comparing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Comparing your self to the person speaking. You are smarter/more competent and therefore you are a better person. Or they are better – proving your unworthiness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Mind Reading&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Figuring out what the other person is really thinking/feeling. Often this involves making assumptions about how others are reacting to you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Rehearsing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thinking about what you are going to say next.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Filtering&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Listening to some things and not to others. Hearing only what you want to hear.&lt;br /&gt;Half – listening, while thinking of something else.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Judging&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name="See_also"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Applying labels to another person – often negative labels.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Dreaming&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Being triggered into your own memories by something the other person says.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Identifying&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Referring everything to your own experience. Talking about a similar experience of your own instead of responding to the other person’s experience.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Advising&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you come up with advice and suggestions as soon as someone stops speaking, you have been problem solving instead of listening.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Think about these the next time you are listening.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Are you guilty of one of the above?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Being 'Human', it is very differcult not to.</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.qualitytime4u.com/blog/2007/05/art-of-sacred-communication.html' title='The Art of Sacred Communication.'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.qualitytime4u.com/blog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2377252379729330223/posts/default/1517397847324043299'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2377252379729330223/posts/default/1517397847324043299'/><author><name>Jillian</name></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252379729330223.post-7378687772612300807</id><published>2007-05-17T22:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-17T22:52:02.208-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='parenting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='communication'/><title type='text'>Talking Sticks</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.qualitytime4u.com/blog/uploaded_images/Talking-732300.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.qualitytime4u.com/blog/uploaded_images/Talking-732295.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Today I had Quality Time with my 12 year old daughter. We didn’t do anything special; it was a day where we lived along side one another, doing our own activities.&lt;br /&gt;We shared eating times together. We went to the supermarket. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;It was a great day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Being with her today reminded me of the time when we made “talking sticks.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The talking stick was used by the North American Indian tribes. It was honoured and respected and passed around at council meetings. Whoever was holding the talking stick had the right to be heard uninterrupted. Nowadays the concept is used in groups so as to avoid discussions degenerating into mayhems.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This idea can be used in your home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In busy household’s children can feel that they are not listened to.&lt;br /&gt;If a child has something that they would like to share with you, sitting with the talking stick gives them the knowledge that they have your undivided attention.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;MAKE YOUR OWN STICK&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is fun to make your own stick; so why not go for a walk with your child. Explore along a beach or forest. Let your child find their stick, explain that is has to be functional, and able to be comfortably held in their hand.&lt;br /&gt;Decorate your stick; get out your craft box, find ribbons, wool, feathers, beads, paints, felt pens, etc;&lt;br /&gt;Now ask your child to choose materials or do drawings on the stick that represent aspects of their life.&lt;br /&gt;Suggestions: Their favourite animal, what they like doing; dancing, singing. Think about symbolizing virtues, such as love, kindness, honesty, sharing, co-operation, patience.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The idea is to make their stick personal. something they can relate to. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;I hope you enjoy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.qualitytime4u.com/blog/2007/05/talking-sticks.html' title='Talking Sticks'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2377252379729330223&amp;postID=7378687772612300807' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.qualitytime4u.com/blog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2377252379729330223/posts/default/7378687772612300807'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2377252379729330223/posts/default/7378687772612300807'/><author><name>Jillian</name></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252379729330223.post-626233582173382147</id><published>2007-05-12T23:49:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-12T23:49:59.528-07:00</updated><title type='text'>How to be a Great Dad - 12 Awesome Tips</title><content type='html'>12 Great tips on how to be a great dad&lt;br&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;a href='http://zenhabits.net/2007/05/how-to-be-a-great-dad-12-awesome-tips/'&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href='http://digg.com/health/How_to_be_a_Great_Dad_12_Awesome_Tips'&gt;digg story&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.qualitytime4u.com/blog/2007/05/how-to-be-great-dad-12-awesome-tips.html' title='How to be a Great Dad - 12 Awesome Tips'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2377252379729330223&amp;postID=626233582173382147' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.qualitytime4u.com/blog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2377252379729330223/posts/default/626233582173382147'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2377252379729330223/posts/default/626233582173382147'/><author><name>Jillian</name></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252379729330223.post-4070776053312623397</id><published>2007-05-12T16:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-12T17:18:00.495-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mothers Day'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Woman&apos;s Spirituality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mother Earth'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Goddess Gaia'/><title type='text'>Mother's Day 2007</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.qualitytime4u.com/blog/uploaded_images/Sunrise-744942.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.qualitytime4u.com/blog/uploaded_images/Sunrise-744930.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;Mothers Day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;It is a beautiful day where I am. The sun is shinning, there is no wind,&lt;br /&gt;the birds outside my window are singing their morning song.&lt;br /&gt;Today I will ring my Mum, wish her a Happy Day.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will honour myself. Give thanks, for the wonderful healthy confident, children that I have.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today I will Honour the Great Mother; Mother Earth, Goddess Gaia.&lt;br /&gt;I will go for a walk in the forest. Sit with my back to a Large Kauri Tree and give thanks for the abundance in my life.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will say a Prayer for&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Mother Earth&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Mother Earth, Gaia, whole and beautiful,&lt;br /&gt;Creator of my universe, how simple you appear to me, &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;but foiled with intricacies beyond my very soul.&lt;br /&gt;Mother Earth, so green and blue to my human eye but looked more closely, &lt;/div&gt;you are of golden – white hew.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;To sit with you in silence, is but a beginning of my inner listening.&lt;br /&gt;To sit with you in silence is to give away my human sadness and troubles.&lt;br /&gt;To sit with you in silence is to awaken my inner spirit.&lt;br /&gt;To sit with you in silence is to feel your inner beauty, &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;To witness your strength and power.&lt;br /&gt;It is no mistake that you are circular, there is no beginning there is no end, and life is a continuous cycle, in balance.&lt;br /&gt;Sitting with you Mother Earth reminds me that I am not alone, that there is a spirit larger than myself at work, &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;A universe larger than my immediate self interest and concerns.&lt;br /&gt;I thankyou for these gifts you bring to me, provider of all that I need.&lt;br /&gt;As Above, so below, Earth, Fire, Air, Water.&lt;br /&gt;I honour You, Goddess Gaia, Mother Earth. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I hope you have a Happy Mothers Day.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;May we all live in Peace&lt;br /&gt;May we all live in Harmony&lt;br /&gt;Maywe all live a Free and Enlightened life. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.qualitytime4u.com/blog/2007/05/mothers-day-2007.html' title='Mother&apos;s Day 2007'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2377252379729330223&amp;postID=4070776053312623397' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.qualitytime4u.com/blog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2377252379729330223/posts/default/4070776053312623397'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2377252379729330223/posts/default/4070776053312623397'/><author><name>Jillian</name></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252379729330223.post-215322126149794640</id><published>2007-05-04T15:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-04T15:41:05.457-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A Thorn in My Side</title><content type='html'>A Thorn in My Side&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jessica (12yrs) summed it up beautifully in a little story she made up about my life with her Dad. The beginning, the middle and the ending was spot on with symbolism and thoughts.&lt;br /&gt;I have expanded on the theme.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One day when I was out walking in a forest (couldn’t see the wood for the trees); I stumbled and fell into a gorse bush.  I felt this stabbing in my right side and I knew immediately that a thorn had stabbed me.&lt;br /&gt;Not being able to reach it, I said to myself, “I will get it out later, when I have someone who can help me”. And I forgot about it.&lt;br /&gt;By the time I got home, I realised that the Thorn didn’t feel so bad; it masked the pain that I felt deep inside, it distracted me from having to think about all the worries in my life. So I grew to enjoy this Thorn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I thought only about the Thorn and gradually it worked its way deeper and deeper into my body.  Sometimes it would hit a muscle and I would become paralysed for awhile, but with physical therapy I would recover. Sometimes it would hit an artery, momentarily stopping the blood from travelling to my brain, and I would have times of wandering if I was going insane.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But, I would tell myself that, “one day, the Thorn will settle it will be happy; I was providing a great nesting ground, supporting it.”&lt;br /&gt;So for many years the Thorn travelled through my body, for a time resting and enjoying the comfort and warmth. But my Thorn was restless; it would take off again, hitting another tender spot. This went on for 15 years. What I didn’t know was that my Thorn was sick and slowly poisoning all of my body.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Six months ago my Thorn hit a major nerve, this time crippling me.&lt;br /&gt;A critical moment, enough was enough; it was time to start extracting the Thorn.&lt;br /&gt;Cut it out, squeeze all the puss out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I knew this was going to hurt, like any surgical procedure.&lt;br /&gt;The healing and rehabilitation may take many years, but it will be worth it.&lt;br /&gt;My Quality of life will improve.&lt;br /&gt;The Quality of life of those near and dear to me will improve.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I have arrived Home.&lt;br /&gt;I would like to thank all who have helped me to extract the Thorn in my Side; Beverley, Amamelia, my parents my children, all the authors of the self – help books I have read, Julie, my friends, My Lawyers, Accountant, Doctor. Grandmother Moon, Mother Gaia, the spirits of the birds, animals, (Beau &amp; Buddy), The dark Goddess, The Archangels; Hope, Faith, Charity, Lady Masters; Kwan Yin, Lady Nada…..&lt;br /&gt;May all Beings live in Peace&lt;br /&gt;May all Beings live in Harmony&lt;br /&gt;May all Beings live a free and enlightened Life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Namaste&lt;br /&gt;www.qualitytime4u.com</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.qualitytime4u.com/blog/2007/05/thorn-in-my-side.html' title='A Thorn in My Side'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2377252379729330223&amp;postID=215322126149794640' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.qualitytime4u.com/blog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2377252379729330223/posts/default/215322126149794640'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2377252379729330223/posts/default/215322126149794640'/><author><name>Jillian</name></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252379729330223.post-3247477899413260008</id><published>2007-04-17T18:59:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-04-17T19:02:37.107-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Quality Time 4 U</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;QUALITY TIME&lt;/span&gt; means different things to different people. Quality time can be that intimate gaze that you share with your close partner who is standing on the other side of the room. It can be that hour a day you give your undivided attention to your child. It can be that hour you give to yourself, to do something that you enjoy, maybe going for a run, meditating, gardening, a creative time; painting, crafts, hobbies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;QUALITY TIME&lt;/span&gt; is about honouring yourself and others; to have respect, appreciation, and integrity. Displaying kindness and consideration towards all living creatures.&lt;br /&gt;Because of the space I am in right now, I have developed an idea into what I call &lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;Goddess Days&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;GODDESS DAYS&lt;/span&gt; – are about allowing yourself to BE.&lt;br /&gt;They are about giving your self permission to have quality time with yourself.&lt;br /&gt;(Especially appropriate during menstruation). Learning how to slow down, to relax, to take extra care of your self, to listen to your dreams, to write, to draw, to walk in nature, to listen to music, to make and create.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sounds easy, but it can be surprisingly difficult to organise.&lt;br /&gt;It is for that reason I have written a series of e-zines, called&lt;br /&gt;“&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;Your Goddess Day&lt;/span&gt;”. Sign up at &lt;a href="http://www.qualitytime4u.com/"&gt;www.qualitytime4u.com&lt;/a&gt;. Print off the instructions as you receive them. HOW SET YOUR INTENT.  That means, start thinking about your day. Visualize it happening, read the instructions and begin living the day in your mind. Smell the incense; imagine yourself in a large bubble bath or having a long shower, with the water pouring down over your face. See your self dancing around your living room.&lt;br /&gt;Sometime in the future the moment will arise when you can have your &lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;Goddess Day&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;QUALITY TIME 4U , starts when you give yourself permission to be selfish, to turn off to the demands that your external world places on you and go within and enjoy your own company, really enjoy being with yourself.&lt;br /&gt;Honour your self, love your body, your mind and your spirit.</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.qualitytime4u.com/blog/2007/04/quality-time-4-u_17.html' title='Quality Time 4 U'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2377252379729330223&amp;postID=3247477899413260008' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.qualitytime4u.com/blog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2377252379729330223/posts/default/3247477899413260008'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2377252379729330223/posts/default/3247477899413260008'/><author><name>Jillian</name></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252379729330223.post-429916497289568032</id><published>2007-03-27T15:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-03-27T15:50:05.384-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Mature Women Emerging - Timing.</title><content type='html'>Mature Women Emerging -  Timing!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Women are emerging in all walks of life; Politicians, Prime Ministers, CEO’s, Directors. Film Actresses, Writers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Successful film actresses have long complained that when they hit 50 the offers of work dries up.&lt;br /&gt; Just when they are reaching the peak of their talents, there are no good roles.&lt;br /&gt;But is there change in the air?&lt;br /&gt;At the recent Oscars, Actresses, Dame Judy Dench, Dame Helen Mirren and Meryl Streep, were all recognised.&lt;br /&gt;All three were nominated for Golden Globes and Bafta Awards.&lt;br /&gt; Could this be because women are moving into domains traditionally held by men?&lt;br /&gt;Hollywood has more female writers and directors than ever before.&lt;br /&gt;Women are running the movie divisions of Sony, Paramount and DreamWorks.&lt;br /&gt; Is this a sign that we are moving into a time when the masculine and feminine energies are becoming  more balanced???</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.qualitytime4u.com/blog/2007/03/mature-women-emerging-timing.html' title='Mature Women Emerging - Timing.'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2377252379729330223&amp;postID=429916497289568032' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.qualitytime4u.com/blog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2377252379729330223/posts/default/429916497289568032'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2377252379729330223/posts/default/429916497289568032'/><author><name>Jillian</name></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252379729330223.post-3724936904864035272</id><published>2007-03-27T14:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-03-27T14:24:47.224-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Timing is everything part 1</title><content type='html'>Quality Time 4 U.&lt;br /&gt;Copyright 2007  Jillian Taylor&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Article #1 Part 1&lt;br /&gt;The Sacred Feminine&lt;br /&gt;Re-awakening the Goddess Within.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Because of thousands of years of living in a world dominated by Patriarchal influences, Women and Men have lost the vision of what womanhood means. What it means to be Feminine and what it means to be Divine. We have lost the art of balancing Love and Power, Living in Harmony and Peace.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All to often women today are overwhelmed and stressed with trying to balance careers, motherhood, domestic duties, being a wife and lover. They have forgotten who they are.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many Women have shifted their energies far into their masculine selves, becoming driven, focused, action and goal orientated, determined, and perfectionists. They have lost the art of balancing themselves with their feminine energies of sensitivity, intuition, harmony, a connection with Mother Nature and the Elements, radiance, open sensuality and flow.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is however a re-emergence of the sacred Feminine and a huge interest in the Goddess and Goddess studies, Shamanism, Wicca and Women’s Spirituality. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Women are reclaiming the Goddess as a way of regaining their own identities and finding the Goddess Within.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is a renewed interest in Goddess Artefacts some of which are 30,000 years old or older. The disappearance of Goddess artefacts mirrored life on the planet, the shift away from the Goddess principle and the development of patriarchy.&lt;br /&gt;Although ancient writings and sacred relics indicate that we have had a matrilineal or Goddess time – we have never had a time of balance on earth when Masculine and Feminine principles were both equally honoured. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I believe that we are on the cusp of a new era, where we will see our Universe in a new light.&lt;br /&gt;In Demetra George’s Book; Asteroid Goddesses; she discusses the idea of heavenly discoveries being a reflection of the history of the sacred feminine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In her book Asteroid Goddesses: The Mythology, Psychology and Astrology of the Re-emerging Feminine.&lt;br /&gt;Demetra George wrote:&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;br /&gt;   “ In esoteric astrology the sighting of a new planet in the solar system corresponds to an activation of a new center of consciousness. More specifically the mythological archetypes who share the same name as the planetary body become active forces in the culture and psychology.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As Above So Below&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“In the early 19th century the first of many asteroids was discovered, and named, Ceres (Demeter) after the Greco- Roman Great Mother, Pallas Athena, Vesta (Hestia) and Juno (Hera) all great goddesses.&lt;br /&gt;This discovery has led the way for the re-wakening of the scared feminine energies and the beginning of a new lunation cycle.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Continues in part 2.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jillian Taylor&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.qualitytime4u.com/"&gt;www.qualitytime4u.com&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.qualitytime4u.com/blog/2007/03/timing-is-everything-part-1.html' title='Timing is everything part 1'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2377252379729330223&amp;postID=3724936904864035272' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.qualitytime4u.com/blog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2377252379729330223/posts/default/3724936904864035272'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2377252379729330223/posts/default/3724936904864035272'/><author><name>Jillian</name></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252379729330223.post-9215982666671396088</id><published>2007-03-27T14:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-03-27T14:22:59.307-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Timing is everything part2</title><content type='html'>Quality Time 4 U.&lt;br /&gt;Copyright 2007     Jillian Taylor&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Article #1 Part 2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Sacred Feminine&lt;br /&gt; Re- awakening the Goddess within.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Demetra George is an astrologer and mythographer. She took the known history of the Goddess and placed it within the symbolism of the Moon Goddess. She worked with the idea of the natural rhythms of women’s lives being reflected in the heavens and the concept of a lunation cycle.&lt;br /&gt;Mysteries of the Dark Moon: The Healing Power of the Dark Goddess.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The particular lunation cycle that she adopted for this work had&lt;br /&gt;8 phases.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. New – dark dawning – seed germinates and sprouts.&lt;br /&gt;2. Crescent – light quickening – first shoots above ground.&lt;br /&gt;3. First Quarter – light and dark in balance, light ascending – stem, roots and leaves.&lt;br /&gt;4. Gibbons – light dominant – Buds.&lt;br /&gt;5. Full – light peaks – flowers.&lt;br /&gt;6. Disseminating – first stirring of the dark – Fruits.&lt;br /&gt;7. Last Quarter – light and dark in balance, dark gaining – Harvest and     store.&lt;br /&gt;8. Dark balsamic – depth of dark – plant goes back to seed and lies     dormant underground.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  She worked with the symbolism of the Moon Goddess and her lunation cycles as being a mirror of an evolving feminine principal. This symbolism was around the cycles of birth, growth, death and renewal. She took the 5000 years of the disappearance of the Goddess energies from the earth and called it the dark phase of the moon within a great lunar cycle. Then allowing for the 8 phases of the moon, she came up with a 40,000-year great lunar cycle. (5000x8 =40,000).&lt;br /&gt;So working with this idea of a full lunation cycle of around 40,000 years, it is suggested that a new cycle began around 38,000 BCE.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Demetra George then goes on to hypothesize that the decline of the Goddess was a natural factor – no one is to blame. The 5000 years of her disappearance corresponds with the Goddess energies decreasing and withdrawing as an inherent aspect of the dark moon phase of a larger lunar cycle. Her own death and destruction needed to occur so that the birth of a new cycle could begin. She went into the darkness in order to distil the wisdom of that cycle into a new seed that would begin a new 40,000 year cycle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have been born into an extraordinary time – a momentous time of critical juncture in three great cosmic cycles;&lt;br /&gt;The beginning of a new 40,000 year lunation cycle of the Goddess,&lt;br /&gt;The ending of a 2,300 Year Piscean world age&lt;br /&gt;The closure of an entire 26,000 year processional age.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The rebirth of the Goddess, that Feminine part of us, is awakening globally.&lt;br /&gt; We are in the dawning of the Age of Aquarius, the water bearer, a feminine sign.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remember everything must be born of woman&lt;br /&gt;It is a power the world has forgotten.&lt;br /&gt;It is Nature’s Law.&lt;br /&gt;Woman is the flowering Tree.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.qualitytime4u.com/"&gt;www.qualitytime4u.com&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.qualitytime4u.com/blog/2007/03/timing-is-everything-part2.html' title='Timing is everything part2'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2377252379729330223&amp;postID=9215982666671396088' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.qualitytime4u.com/blog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2377252379729330223/posts/default/9215982666671396088'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2377252379729330223/posts/default/9215982666671396088'/><author><name>Jillian</name></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252379729330223.post-1941997089911527974</id><published>2007-01-03T13:43:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-03T13:44:04.333-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Quality Time 4 U</title><content type='html'>With Jillian Taylor</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.qualitytime4u.com/blog/2007/01/quality-time-4-u.html' title='Quality Time 4 U'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2377252379729330223&amp;postID=1941997089911527974' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.qualitytime4u.com/blog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2377252379729330223/posts/default/1941997089911527974'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2377252379729330223/posts/default/1941997089911527974'/><author><name>Jillian</name></author></entry></feed>