the true power of your true being newsletter

27 June 2007

Dear Reader

Firstly, thank you for being a reader of Veronica's Gems Weekly Inspiration Postcards. I love sharing my favourite quotes, and many people write to let me know how synchronistic the messages in these postcards are, and how uplifting they find them. So, it is with pleasure that I will continue to send them out.

In addition to the postcards, I have, from time to time, sent out a newsletter. These used to be monthly but have become rather sporadic in the last year, as I have been travelling. But many of you have written to say that you’ve missed the newsletters with my monthly article. You’ve found them to be inspiring and thought-provoking, plus it's encouraged a number of you to make positive changes in your lives. So, this has spurred me to write them again more regularly. There will be my musings by way of article, as usual, and I’ll now also update you more regularly on the latest offerings, such as teleclasses (some of which will be free) and the impending launch of my Virtual Book Club in the next few months. In addition, there will be information on forth-coming retreats that I am planning to hold at my new home here on the hinterland of the Sunshine Coast in Australia. I have many ideas in the making, which means that you get more! So do watch this space.

Now, here’s the thing. Some of you may not want both the postcards and the newsletters. I know that we all get an amazing number of emails each day. Hence, to enable you to choose if you want just one or both, I've set up the newsletters as a separate email list to the Weekly Postcards. The newsletters will be headed up "True Power Newsletter" so that you can easily differentiate it from the "Veronica's Gems" postcards. As a reader of Veronica's Gems, you are already included to get the newsletter. But if you do not wish to receive these newsletters on an ongoing basis, please remove yourself from the list by clicking on the link at the very bottom of this email. (You will still continue to receive the postcards as normal).

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Now, onto the latest news.

LATEST NEWS

TELECLASSES - GET TWO WEEKS FOR FREE!

Teleclass sessions for The True Power of Your True Being programme have started, and we are now well into our first series. Here’s what one of the participants had to say at the end of the two-week free trial.

"I love learning about myself and thinking about the way the world works and finding ways to grow as a person, this course gave me the opportunity to do all these things and more. It seems strange at first being on a conference call with other people around the world but once you adjust there is a real feeling of support and encouragement. Veronica is an excellent communicator and really makes you feel very welcome. I found the visualisation exercises to be really beneficial to me. As the first two weeks are free to try and there is no pressure for you to continue I would certainly recommend this to anyone who has an interest in finding out more about themselves." – Rosie, London

There are two alternative start dates for the next two week trial – 24 or 25 July. Hurry and book your space now, as places are limited. Just go to www.thetruepowerofyourtruebeing.com to find out more and to register.

BLOG - UPDATES POSTED

The blog has been updated quite a few times recently, so if you want to take a look, please go to www.veronicalim.blogspot.com. There are a few interesting and uplifting videos to watch there, even if you don’t much feel like reading.

ARTICLE - NO MORE SELF-DEVELOPMENT!

We've been going through a wonderful period of evolution. And how quickly it's been happening too.

To see evidence of this, we need only take a look at the rate of growth in the self-development movement in the last ten years. Why do you think that is? What is it that has sparked this growth, and why now?

What if the whole area of self-development is just a stepping stone... a stepping stone for all of humanity to begin to take personal responsibility, and to then discover something more?

Self-development is wonderful in that we take personal responsibility for our own world and the results that we are creating. It helps us to look within and then to deliberately make the changes that we want. It helps us to make deliberate choices. The downside of it though, can be, that for many, the impetus, the motivation and the goals are externally driven. Some people continue to feel that they are not good enough, continually striving for bigger, better, more. When this happens, it can deepen an inner sense of lack and/or inadequacy, and continue to promote comparing of self with others. I remember this very well! What's more, I kept looking outside of myself - for the next self-development book or seminar that would give me that magic formula - the one that would work for me. Like many people, I was still in the mode of seeking outside of myself for the answers that I felt I needed.

The interesting thing is, that as a result of my forays into self-development, I came across the Law of Attraction. In the early days, it was another tool for me to strive and try to achieve the bigger, better and more. I still compared myself to others, but over time, as I applied the concepts of raising my vibration, I began to accept myself. With this self-acceptance, I found myself moving beyond self-development. I no longer felt that I needed to develop myself because I wasn't good enough. Instead, any further self-development came because I simply wanted to open up to new potentials and possibilities. The difference is subtle, but significant. One comes from a place of lack - the feeling of "not enough" generating a NEED to become more. The other comes from a place of "I am what I am, and who I am, and I am enough, even as I am."

With self-acceptance, it becomes easier to move beyond self-imposed limitation, because we move beyond the syndrome of beating ourselves up for not having made enough progress, plus we can sigh with relief at not always having to strive and achieve. Ah, at last, we can relax and be ourselves.

For that is really what is at the very core of the quest of self-development in the first place - to be completely happy with yourself and to be able to simply be your true self. This means being able to express yourself as you are, to be accepted and loved as you are, to be doing what you love, as you are. If you really stopped for a moment to reflect on it, everything that everyone does is motivated by this inner need to be loved and accepted - whether it shows itself through arrogance, neediness in a relationship, the quest for status through career or money. We make it hard on ourselves.

If we would stop the seeking, and begin accepting ourselves, we'd stop hankering for self-development. Instead, we can look for the spark of light within us - the very essence of us - and appreciate ourselves more and more each day. We would be able to allow more of our own light to shine. Just imagine how you would show up in your day, and how you would be, if you simply felt good about yourself and your world 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

And then, beyond this self-acceptance, what if we begin to re-connect with a bigger vaster part of ourselves?

We've been looking at exactly this on The True Power of Your True Being tele-classes, and this is at the core of my work with my personal clients. But they aren't the only ones who are discovering this for themselves. There are many other people who are now finding this too.

Self-development is the perfect stepping stone... the perfect beginning point to getting us onto the path of the journey. And it's all part of a bigger plan for the evolution of humanity, in our journey to discovering that in fact, we are much more than just human beings. What if we are now evolving into Divine Beings - human beings who have accepted both their human aspects as well as their own divinity and sovereignty. We are co-creators in this Universe, with the power to create our future and that of our world. What if this is a time for us to wake up, to reclaim our power of choice and to take part in our own conscious evolution?

Open your mind to the possibility of it. You may not think it likely, but just imagine if it were a possibility.

How do you feel now?

That’s it from me for now. Watch out for the next newsletter! And have a fabulous week.

Love