CASTLE OF CREATION

Life and other things

So where have I been you may ask. This habit of long periods of time between posts is becoming too regular for my liking, however it is usually for good reason.

I’ve had family over from Austria – my sister with her two kids aged 3 and 6. My mother up from down south, my father his wife and my two other sisters over from the other side of the country. So I have been devoting my time to being in the moment and embracing their company. It has been crazy fun, they leave in just over one week, and I will miss them terribly when they go. However it will be nice to get back into my own routine, and perhaps resume blogging more regularly.

The update on Fostering. I must admit I am having reservations. Spending so much time with my niece and nephew I am reminded how much effort is required to care for children. I feel guilty about my reservations because I still think my partner and I could offer something to foster children, but I am not sure I want my life turned upside down. One thing I feel certain about is feeling like we can manage financially. I am not willing to put us through so much stress if we cannot make it work in a financial sense. Again I wonder if I am being selfish and then comes guilt again, however I am a believer in that you are no good to anyone if you don’t feel good yourself. So for the moment things will stay as they are and once we move from our little shack into our house we will see how things go.

Plus another matter to deal with has arisen. My father starts radiotherapy and chemotherapy for NCP cancer (basically a tumour behind the nose) tomorrow.

Although Dad has some vices which I doubt do him good (i.e. he is a regular consumer of alcohol and meat, but hey some call me extreme) he on the whole leads a pretty healthy life. At 65 he still plays regular B Grade Pennant squash, snow skis, plays golf, runs a business, is starting a new business, travels the world regularly and is married to someone younger than I! Who by the way is pregnant!!!

So this recent health issue is not great. He looks fantastic and says he feels the best he’s ever felt so it seems unfair that he has to start this treatment that is renown for nasty side effects.

However if anyone has the type of mind that can address negative circumstances and turn them around it’s Dad. And I believe the power of his mind will be his greatest asset in this whole process.

Lastly I am receiving some good feedback from my book Husband Hunting – A Journey in Conscious Creation. I have received my first review on Amazon, click the link below to read it.

NB: I will post the following details after every post for a while to come and I apologize to those who see them over and over. It is simply one way in which I can promote my book and I want to take advantage of it.

“Eat, Pray, Love meets Sex and The City in this trifecta of tragedy, triumph and true love. Unpredictable catastrophic events, diaries, destiny and the power of the mind all play a part in this mystical yet factual journey of one woman’s search for The One. As Danica endeavours to understand the complexities of universal truths and to ‘know thyself’, her soul searching results in global adventures culminating in a ‘real-life fantasy’ in Hawaii. Engrossing, entertaining but above all honest. And a reminder to never ever give up!”

Available at:

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Husband-Hunting-ebook/dp/B007W4NMZC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1335148580&sr=8-1

Smashwords: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/153414

Etextpress: http://etextpress.com/books.htm

At Amazon you can download to a Kindle or iPad (using Kindle cloud).  At Smashwords you can download it in many different formats including PDF for those that don’t have an e-reader.

(Currently it’s only available as an ebook, hard copy will hopefully come eventually).

Help

I have been doing something lately that I don’t normally do: asking for help.

And it has been an interesting process. I’d read somewhere to not be afraid to ask for help with something you want to improve / work on.  I guess that is why I began doing so. I am of course talking in relation to the book I have just released:

(Apologies to those who have seen this repeatedly).

“Eat, Pray, Love meets Sex and The City in this trifecta of tragedy, triumph and true love. Unpredictable catastrophic events, diaries, destiny and the power of the mind all play a part in this mystical yet factual journey of one woman’s search for The One. As Danica endeavours to understand the complexities of universal truths and to ‘know thyself’, her soul searching results in global adventures culminating in a ‘real-life fantasy’ in Hawaii. Engrossing, entertaining but above all honest. And a reminder to never ever give up!”

Available at:

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Husband-Hunting-ebook/dp/B007W4NMZC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1335148580&sr=8-1

Etextpress: http://etextpress.com/books.htm

Smashwords: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/153414

Amazon is probably the most used…you can download to a Kindle or iPad (using Kindle cloud).  At Smashwords you can download it in many different formats including PDF for those that don’t have an e-reader.

(Currently it’s only available as an ebook, hard copy will hopefully come eventually).

If you know anyone who might find it worthy of reading I would appreciate it sooo much if you could forward these website links to them.

Ok, back to HELP.

So this asking for help from others to either recommend or forward the links to my book has really made me look at how easily I respond to other’s calls for help. And sometimes…if the truth be known, not that well!

For example just this morning someone texted me asking if I knew the telephone number for a business I work with. I didn’t know the number of by hand so was tempted to say ‘no, just check out their website’ but then I realized I actually had the number in my phone and could text them the business card. This second option at first glance seemed like more work than the former option and I was tempted to not bother with it. But then…

Then…

A realization.

Someone was asking for help, and I had within me the power to help. So I went beyond what was required and discovered a strange thing (well it’s not really that strange but anyway) – it felt good to help.

This of course is a very minor example of helping someone out. However, I am considering helping in a much more important manner. My partner and I are considering becoming foster parents. At the moment it is only a consideration, and it needs to be thoroughly looked into. However, having no children of our own, and knowing that there are kids out there who are really in need has got me thinking. It’s got me thinking about how I / we could potentially help these little ones. I will keep you posted on this process. For now my partner is attending a seminar about it this coming weekend and we will take it one step at a time.

It was bought to my attention that when acknowledging Oprah Winfrey in the beginning of Husband Hunting – A Journey in Conscious Creation I accidentally left off the ‘h’ from her name! A typo or simple misspelling? I really don’t know which. In my mind’s eye I always saw her name as Oprah so who knows? Anyway it will be corrected in time and should you come across this error Oprah, I sincerely apologize.

I am currently fighting off anxiousness as I await feedback from readers of my book. Fears of them finding it boring, slow to begin, poorly written enter my mind. I also worry that they miss reading the all important Preface or for some reason technology messes the format up!

So what a timely time to remind myself that ALL IS WELL! All is always well even when it doesn’t look that way. And I can choose to substitute fear for trust in this process. The right readers will be attracted to the book. And giving my attention to what I desire will feel far better than imagining the worst.

For those who have just arrived at this blog the links for Husband Hunting – A Journey in Conscious Creation can be found below:

If you do read it I truly hope you get something from it.

“Eat, Pray, Love meets Sex and The City in this trifecta of tragedy, triumph and true love.
Unpredictable catastrophic events, diaries, destiny and the power of the mind all play a part in this mystical yet factual journey of one woman’s search for The One.
As Danica endeavours to understand the complexities of universal truths and to ‘know thyself’, her soul searching results in global adventures culminating in a ‘real-life fantasy’ in Hawaii.
Engrossing, entertaining but above all honest. And a reminder to never ever give up!”

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Husband-Hunting-ebook/dp/B007W4NMZC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1335148580&sr=8-1

Etextpress: http://etextpress.com/books.htm

Smashwords: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/153414

Amazon is probably the most used…you can download to a Kindle or iPad (using Kindle cloud).  At Smashwords you can download it in many different formats including PDF for those that don’t have an e-reader.
(Currently it’s only available as an ebook. Hard copy will hopefully come eventually).

Can I ask a favour? If you know anyone else who might be interested in this type of book would you consider forwarding the links / recommending this blog? I’m a one-woman marketing show so need all the help I can get. But no problem if you don’t want to!

It’s been a while. I wanted to wait until I had something really worth while to write about. I don’t want to waste either of our time.

I am extremely excited to be telling you that…

Husband Hunting – A Journey In Conscious Creation is now, finally, available as an ebook.

Sorry, I have to repeat the above so as I believe it…

Husband Hunting – A Journey In Conscious Creation is now, finally, available as an ebook.

A life time in the making, five years in the writing and a very long time in the getting to the point where I am happy enough to put it out there. Being highly personal I needed to arrive at a point of enough self-acceptance to not care what people will think. I will care of course, I do care of course, but hopefully not enough to be disturbed by it.

So read it if you will, it is available from

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Husband-Hunting-ebook/dp/B007W4NMZC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1335148580&sr=8-1

ETextpress:  http://etextpress.com/books.htm

Smashwords: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/153414

Although the story tracks my life, so could be termed a memoir, I prefer to think of it as a journey through love and thought, and how to consciously create one’s reality. I share diary entries with you, I share tragedy and triumph. I hope that you would feel both inspired and uplifted by the end of reading it, or at the very least, entertained!

And now on to feet…

It’s been 12 weeks / 3 months. (For those of you new to this site I had bunion surgery on both feet at the same time, including tailors bunions. I.e. four bones broken and then realigned with screws and wires, scroll down to previous posts to see more pictures). At week 10 I managed a walk around the bridges of Perth – an approximate 2 hour easy walk on the edge of the city. By the last half an hour my feet were sore and starting to hurt but not in a painful way. Next day they were slightly achy but not enough for me to keep off them. I am back at yoga and can do most things bar chuttaranga where the toes are flexed right back.

They are looking good, although still swell after being on them all day. My surgeon advises swelling takes six months to one year before truly subsiding.

So the verdict?

Well so far I would have to say that I am very happy with my progress and results. I am still confined to Birkenstocks, believe it or not I haven’t even tried another pair of shoes yet but I am confident that I would be able to wear stilettos in time if I chose to. (I doubt this is something I will choose, but just for arguments sake I had to say it).

To anyone considering this operation I would say do your research and get a good surgeon, follow your surgeons orders, picture your feet as healed, and KNOW that they will be.

And so it is.

Food Glorious Food

Ok I’m not going to put my foot in it this time (excuse the pun).

I was watching the Seven PM Project recently and they had a run down of the year 2011. One of the things that stood out were issues on animal cruelty. They discussed how as upset people were in seeing animals treated badly they were usually unlikely to change their eating habits. The majority of people are still quite divorced from where their food comes from and how it gets to their plate. The panel went on to say that only about 5% of the Australian population is vegetarian.

I was very surprised to hear this. I’ve not eaten red or white meat in over twenty years and in the past three years have stopped eating seafood also. And I know a lot of other people who are vegetarian, but perhaps these are just the circles I move in.

My reasons for being vegetarian are many – I believe it is the healthier option for my physical, mental and spiritual bodies and I also would prefer not to be a part in the harming of animals.

However please don’t think I am about to get on my preachy high horse about what you or anyone else should or shouldn’t eat. I do however want to bring to the attention something that some might not be aware of.

And that something is rennet. This ingredient is found in most cheeses. And to quote Wikipedia, ‘Natural calf rennet is extracted from the inner mucosa of the fourth stomach chamber (the abomasum) of slaughtered young, unweaned calves.’

So basically when you eat cheese containing rennet you are consuming the stomach lining of a slaughtered calf.

I’m not advocating the giving up of cheese, however you can make a choice to read the ingredients when you buy it. There are brands and varieties of cheese that are made from ‘non-animal’ rennet, or vegetarian enzyme (another word for rennet). Terms such as ‘vegetarian rennet’ or ‘microbial rennet’ are also used.

Have you ever wondered why eating cheese late at night can give you nightmares? I’ve got a little theory that the cellular memory of the slaughtered calf remains with the processed cheese…and that fear is in part what one consumes.

I know I still consume rennet from time to time, say for example if I’m out with friends and we are ordering pizza; but I definitely avoid buying animal-rennet cheese if I can.

Be your own guide with this… and maybe next time in the supermarket, take a moment to scan the ingredient list, you can make a more loving choice for yourself and the animals of this planet.