Worldwide Didgeridoo Meditations

Four times a year people all over the world take part in this didgeridoo sound healing meditation wherever they are. The didgeridoo meditation happens on the equinoxes and solstices at local sunset times. It is like a wave of healing sound following the sunset around the globe four times a year.

So the meditation starts in New Zealand (since they are the first large land after the date line); soon after participants in Australia, Taiwan, Japan and other Asian countries join in; the wave will then be carried on by participants in Arab countries, Israel, Africa and Europe with Americans, Canadians, Middle and South Americans complete the world wide circle.

We will do this didgeridoo meditation at every solstice and equinox, so we will join our global energy playing didgeridoo four times a year. Join our growing worldwide didgeridoo circle in this regular meditation, the next one will be on 23 September 2010. Wherever you are on this beautiful planet on 23 September 2010, please allow for one hour starting at your local sunset time. If you cannot set that hour apart, be with us in spirit as much as you can during that hour.

For more information, follow the following link

http://www.didjshop.com/shop1/didgeridoo_meditation.html 

Coventy Well

This is a small sacred well on the outskirts of the town Great Torrington, in North Devon.  It is located on the commons, just past the old bowling green.  In the 14C lepers from the nearby village of tadiport (famous for its leper fields and Leperfest every year) would go to the well and use the healing waters to help cure their condition.

Coventy Well, Torrington Commons, North Devon

This well was probably one of many dedicated to the Romano-british goddess of wells and springs, Coventina.  Coventina was once much revered and there is still a shrine to her in Northumberland, near Hadrians Wall.  It is thought that the river Tyne and the City Coventry both got their names from Coventina.

Coventina, Goddess of wells and springs.

Coventy well is contained in the copse of trees in the centre of the map.


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Brain and Mind

The brain no more contains the mind 

than your PC contains the internet.

Article from The Phoenix Blog

A Metaphysical Look at Human Consciousness 

 

Ten Canoes (DVD)

Ten Canoes



This is a wonderful film about Aborigianl Australians filmed in their own language (with subtitles, that are to be honest, rather difficult to read) It follows a young initiate on his goose egg gathering mission and his education by an older and wiser tribal elder. The story the elder tells the initiate is from the dreaming and follows the exploits of one of their ancestors. A very watchable, informative and interesting film. The extras on the DVD are also well worth a look.

Doing and Boing Rating 5/5

Cloud Spotting

Have you ever looked up at the clouds and seen faces, shapes and animals?  We do it all the time and it is a very relaxing, inspirational and meditative activity.  Below are some of our cloud pics, taken from our back door.  If you want to see some fantastic cloud pictures- go to the Cloud Appreciation Scoiety as they have galleries full :-)

Cloud Mountain

The Eagle and the Dragon

Moon Dog

Double Rainbow

I hope you have enjoyed our pictures.  If you want to learn about clouds then I can recommend the following books:

We The Aborigines

 We, the Aborigines




At first glance this looks like a wonderful book giving insights into Australian aboriginal life. It has some beautiful photographs, but the text consists of invented interviews with the characters in the photographs, and is often quite patronising. It does hovever give some insights into aboriginal culture and beliefs.

For this reason we have rated it 2/5.

Tumble Weed Invasion

Clarence the ocopus

Hi, I'm Clarence and I will be posting about nature and how amazing she is. I am an ocopus(octopus), just in case you were wondering  :-)

Here is a video of some 'umbleeeds (tumbleweeds) that I have posted for my friend E.


XXX

We Stand as Mighty Oaks

We stand as mighty oaks kissed by the Lady Spirit of Nature, just as leaves are kissed by the breeze. Father Sun sending loving shards of light deep within our souls, nourishing our roots. Slowly, patiently we take time to experience the flow of life, like sap in the trunk spreading to every branch and each and every twig. We stand as a bridge to the elements, rooted in the earth, flowing like water, the air our breath and the sunlight our soul. As does the oak, we stand as guardians to nature’s great paradise. We bow in reverence to her great spirit. We shed our clothes, our worldly lives, our hectic existence, just as the oak sheds its leaves, standing tall. In this deep connection we find our true strength, our deep roots and the joy of simply being. We drink of her spirit in a divine union as she welcomes us into her magical embrace.

Tree Breathing

This exercise allows you to experience the life of a tree and can be performed with or without a real tree. If you have a real tree, sit next to it with your back leaning against its trunk, if you don’t have a tree just visualise it. If you can find a suitable tree, try sitting in its branches.

Breathe in deeply and imagine energy welling up from deep within the earth, travelling up the roots of the tree, the trunk, branches, twigs and leaves. At the same time the energy fills you from head to toe.

Breathe out and imagine energy from the sun entering the leaves of the tree and travelling into the tree. Imagine the breath of the tree sinking into the ground through the branches, trunk and roots.

Continue this breathing pattern until you feel deeply connected to the tree. Expand your awareness to the processes happening in the tree. The sunlight shining on the leaves causing photosynthesis, the production of oxygen, to occur. The sap rising in the trunk.

Expand your awareness to all the life that lives on the tree- birds, insects & lichen.

Slowly bring you awareness back to your own breath and thank the tree (real or imaginary) for its help.

Nature spirits

Nature spirits are all around if you just look out for them.  They often appear in trees, water, rocks, etc.  Some would say you are just imagining things and looking for faces in everything, but I beg to differ- PARDONLY! 

Here are a few that we have seen

This creature, called Moglewoof, is a nature spirit with energy a little like a dog.  It lives in an old tree offcut in a local forest.  As spirit beings we are more in touch with the inner spirits of things, so to us it is obvious, but 'umans often do not sense them.

This water sprite was caught on camera when we were taking pictures of a waterfall, notice the head and wings.  When zoomed in you can even see a face.

Clouds often contain faces and figures- is it your imagination, is it something else?  Could it be nature communicating with you throught your imagination?  If you like clouds, visit The Cloud Appreciation Society
there are galleries full of clouds that look like things.  Do you have any pictures of nature spirits, if so we would love to see them :-)

Fridge Cake

Another nice recipe, especially if you use really good quality chocolate

Ingredients
8oz biscuits (try ginger nuts or digestives)
4oz margarine
1 tablespoon golden syrup
1 dessertspoon cocoa
2 dessertspoons drining chocolate (for something a little different try an individual sachet of options)
1 dessertspoon of sugar
100g chocolate (green and blacks is good)

Method
Smash up biccies into small bits- rolling pins work well (this is the fun part)
Melt everything (except the biccies and chocolate) together in a saucepan
Add the biscuits to the mix
Press into a baking tray (or 8 in cake tin)
Melt chocolate (in microwave or by whatever method you like)
Pour over the mix and spread out with a knife.
Put in the fride for a while to cool and set (or just eat it if you really cant wait)

Variations
During a spreading accident it was found that if the chocolate was mixed in with the biscuit mixture, it tasted really good, it just looked like a dogs dinner
Try using white chocolate instead of dark or milk

Below is Hugh Fearnely-Whittingstall's version

Peanut Butter Oaties Yum!

PBOs or Peanut Butter Oaties are scrummie, here is the recipe

What You need
55g (2oz) Margarine
55g (2oz) Peanut Butter
pinch of salt
1/3 cup sugar- I use dark brown sugar
1/2 cup plain flour
1/2 cup oats
1/4 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
2 tablespoons of water

How to make them
Put the oven on to 190 Deg C (thats 375 F)
beat the margerine and peanut butter together in a big bowl
add the salt and cream in the sugar (at this point I sometimes add cinnamon becasue it goes with anything and everything)
add the flour, oats, bicarb and water
MIX MIX MIX really well with a fork
turn out onto a greased baking pan (or cake tin) and press it down firmly
Cook for 15-20 mins in the oven
slice, cool and eat...  amke some more!!!

Things to be careful of
- don't use a tablespoon of bicarb, like I did once, or they will be nasty
- they taste very nice when still hot, but crumble everywhere

Trivia
PBO have their own theme song (music to come soon)

P B Os PB PB Os

It is traditional to sing it whilst they are cooking

When I next make some I will post a picture :-)
(but here is one I found on google)

Black Sheep

Black Sheep: Journey to Borroloola

An enjoyable read which follows the author’s search for his ancestors in Australia’s Northern Territory. It gives an insight into the history of this region and the treatment of aboriginal Australians. Does not go into detail about the Aboriginal way of life, but does offer some insights. Nothing actually to do with sheep though, which is a pity as we were looking forward to meeting them!

Do-ing and Bo-ing Factor 4/5

Aboriginal Fables and Legendary Tales

Aboriginal Fables and Legendary Tales (Aboriginal Library)



An excellent book containing around 70 stories from the aboriginal dreaming, with wonderful titles such as ‘How Tortoise Got His Shell’, ‘The First Bullroarer’ and ‘The First Man in the Southern Cross.’ Gives a good insight into the Aboriginal creation myths and is a valuable resource for the storyteller. A must read for anyone interested in mythology or Aboriginal Australia. Of course the Aboriginals considered the dreaming myths as actual fact and we do too.

Do-ing and Bo-ing Factor 5/5

Roos Doing and Boing- Allo

Allo to Boing and Doing our new 'Roo friends.  They love the didgeridoo and they are named after some interesting didgeridoo sounds, which mimic the sound of a kangaroo.  They have been reading lots about Aboriginal Australia and will be posting some film and book reviews.  They like Kylie and AC/DC too (we prefer Lady Gaga! but each to their own)

Here they are look>

Ello, Ello, Ello, Bloo!  Welcome friends!