Cambodia - Global Sage Summit - January 2012

Cambodia - So Many Memories - Just A Few Words

During the visit to Cambodia, the experiences were jammed pack during the 8 day Global Sage Summit. Our tour guide, Mr V prides himself on providing authentic khmer experiences and goes to extremes to share the essence of the Khmer, the flavors of Khmer cooking including tarantula's , and the sites and history of the Khmer people.

From waking up at 430am to visit Angkor Wat, to giving much needed blood to the local blood bank, to visiting our orphanage, to traversing a bamboo bridge to play football with the local kids, to boating to Rabbit Island, to dining at a wide range of local eateries, the week in Cambodia, truly allowed us to eat local, sing local, and party local with Mr V and the Khmer people.

For many first time visitors to Cambodia, the attraction and horror of the genocide of the Pol Pot regime rings loud and can trigger many emotions including sadness, terror, and anger and visits to the Killing Fields and the S 21 Prison remain worthwhile and must see locations during a Cambodia visit. In this trip to Cambodia, my fifth, I reflected on the past regimes and found myself rather pensive and somewhat reflective with the feeling that in the almost 40 years since the regime of 1974-1979, that we as a human species have not really evolved very much if one considers the atrocities and power struggles that have occurred in Liberia, Angola, the former Yugoslavia, and
Iraq. Greed and power continue to be formidable foes for unconditional love, respect, and gratitude.


With Mr V , a 33 year old Khmer entrepreneur as our guide, I, as a visitor to Cambodia did find some sense of the "why" from the terror and horror of the past as Mr V's sense of humanity, authenticity, humor, and respect for life shone brightly during our journey of Cambodia. I wish him well in his adventure as a goodwill ambassador for Cambodia, a face of the new generation in Cambodia, and as a
product of his environment. To reach Mr V email at soungvireak@gmail.com or Tel: +855 12 498 599


Rapid Fire Questions - An Exercise in Quantum - answer with out thought, simply allow the answer to enter into consciousness

What was your most memorable location on the trip?


Walking along the Mekong at Kampong Chan.

It reminded me of the expression about how beautiful places use to be twenty five years ago. Kampong Cham today has the natural beauty and rustic feel that demonstrates " that yearning and love of a long ago feeling" in the present.


What was best food food you ate?

Crispy rice with eggplant was divine

We had this dish twice during the trip , both times at wonderful restaurants that train local street kids in the food and beverage industry. The dining experience brought be back to remember as a child in Canada frequently battling with my father and sister for the crispy rice at the bottom of the rice pot. My mom would scoop out the crispy rice and the three of would battle for it. In Cambodia, the crispy rice was thicker, crispier, and served in an abundant portion. It was truly delicious.


What were top three highlights?



1) sharing stories, experiences, and planning for 2012 with the Sages from South Africa, New Zealand, India, and Australia.crispy rice - yum
2) laughing with our heart centric , stout drinking, genuinely and frankly speaking guide Mr V
3) eating yummy crispy rice


What memorable quotes or key words were used during the trip?

Mr V --- "Never try , never know"

Tania - " it is perfect "


What was biggest learning?

1) Exploring and finding the perfection in the moment can help me change my life

2) Shifting focus can shift my emotions

3) Harmony - by respecting, acknowledging and appreciating my emotions - it allows me to allow emotions to guide me and i am able to respond to external events by steering my focus, respecting the energetic pops of emotions, and harmonizing with the journey through love, respect, and appreciations.




4) Thank you to the Sages
Collaboration with Akhil
Communication with Mr V
Creativity with Charlotte
Community with Shazar
Contribution with Maya
Connection with Tania
Cash flow with Hannes
Thank you Mr Mike

Kind regards and Blessings from Singapore,
Dave

Continual Shift: Peru and Bolivia - Spirit of the Incas 2011 Rock Your Life meets Celestine Prophecy

Continual Shift: Peru and Bolivia - Spirit of the Incas 2011 Rock Your Life meets Celestine Prophecy

Peru and Bolivia - Spirit of the Incas 2011 Rock Your Life meets Celestine Prophecy

Rock Your Life meets Celestine Prophecy

Chairman of Rock Your Life Mike Handcock and I prepared twelve months for the Spirit of the Incas Soul Journey and at the last minute, we put our scripts aside, we shifted our planned ceremonies, and we embraced the outline of James Redfield’s Celestine Prophecy to be our companion, our chosen guardian and our trusted guide that we would walk with during the Soul Journey in Peru and Bolivia.

As leaders of a company that emphasizes travel as a “profound life experience”, over the past four years, Mike and I have co-lead trips to Egypt, Mexico, Asia, (next year is to the Cradle of Humanity South Africa), it was a responsibility that Mike and I relish and the amazing group of “spirited entrepreneurs“ from 7 countries embraced the principles and teachings of the Celestine Prophecy. As part of your personal development, spiritual awakening, and joyful living, I am happy to invite you to review the prophecy with us utilizing the context that Mike and I shared with our group in Peru and Bolivia in 2011.

Individually Redfield’s best selling book , originally written in 1993, had a profound impact on both Mike and I. For Mike, it was one of his favorite books on spirituality during his days heading up an insurance company in New Zealand and for me, it was the Celestine Guidebook that allowed me to clear years and years of blockages with my father, Harvey, that led to a energetic clearing and the rebirth of a relationship with my Dad that has been filled with acceptance, love, and respect. The Celestine Guidebook helped me change my life.

Background
Peru and Bolivia are mystical places, with the inheritance of the Inca and pre-Inca cultures, and their amazing architecture. It is the home of the Q’ero shaman who live north of 15,000 ft. These wise people are one of our links to our collective heritage as indigenous souls. They are the keepers of a wisdom that only now is able to be brought forth and utilized to help our planet and consciousness evolve to a new awareness and harmony. 

Our Soul Journey participants traveled from Australia, Singapore, New Zealand, Indonesia, Canada, China, and South Africa to participate in learn about the Spirit of the Inca’s. While we took preparation to engage the altitude sickness, everyone of us were hit with varying degrees of nausea, head aches, vomiting and diarrhea. The difficulties experienced with breathing led to a greater awareness, appreciation and respect for “breathing” and was a key distinction collectively for the group and provided a lovely context for the sacredness of “breath” in our life and for the soul journey.



1. Meaningful coincidences.
On Day One, we shared the concept of “meaningful coincidences” and planted the seed that would grow throughout the trip for many of the participants.

Meaning coincidences can be numbers as signs such as observing 11-11 that our dear friend Hiliary Carter shared with us in her book the 11-11 Code, coincidences of missing flights and thereby starting remarkable new friendships appeared for two of our participants , one from South Africa and one from Australia and then there was the concept of doubles of people that we know as dopplegangers that may have remarkable messages for us.

Sahaja from Australia experienced a “doppleganger” as she was seeking to find a group of us in the city square one evening, noticed a doppleganger of me in the street and within 90 seconds found our group in a salsa dance club.

Observing meaningful coincidences in our life is a great starting point to waking up, becoming more aware, and heightening curiosity. Observe your meaningful coincidences for the next nine days, journal them, embrace them, and notice how your experience of life shifts.


2. Historical Perspective

The concept of historical perspective was explained differently by Mike and I. From Mike’s perspective, he loved to shared the concept of History as being ‘his-story’ or his spin on the event. Much of history today has been told or detailed from the perspective of the victor , especially in the situation of a conquest or victory in a war.

It is very useful to have this information that “his story” comes into many interpretations of past experiences , it is also important to be aware that “our history” also plays a huge role in our willingness and ability to discern the truth or falsity in situations.

Through increased personal awareness of our own historical perspectives, social upbringings, parentage, life experiences, we have developed an unique, though greatly skewed perspective of what is “right and wrong” that creates filters and models of the world that may or may serve our evolution and spiritual growth.

What we hold on to most dearly, whether beliefs, values, or convictions from our historical perspective, can often be the elements that provide the greatest blockages, stoppages, and hurdles for us to connect with mother earth, embrace the mysteries of the cosmos, and gain a greater respect and understanding of many of the energies and unseen marvel of the ether.


3. Subtle Energy

Observing, noticing, feeling, experiencing, smelling, sensing, seeing energy is a magnificent way to heighten awareness, increase vitality, and greatly enhance the life experience.

A mental shift about all objects can greatly enhance one’s experience with all objects. The ancients believe that all objects transmit energy. Today quantum physics has validated the claims that all objects even inanimate objects such as table , chairs, and rocks are moving and can transit energy.

For many of our group, it was shift in their beliefs about energy and willingness to explore the possibilities to experience energy differently that led to some of the most remarkable experiences. The ancients call rocks, rock people, call earth, mother earth, and call sun , father sun. The personalization or respect for energy all around us lead to people seeing auras, feeling the energy of rocks, experiencing past lives, and feeling the various portals, vortices, and sacred spots throughout the Spirit of the Incas Tour.






4. Competition for energy

In what areas of your life are you competing, winning or losing for energy? What relationships are nurturing, supportive and positive and which ones are negative, energy draining or even energy sucking?

On Day 4 , we shared the concept of competition for energy and found that the universe conspired to allow the explanation to come to life for the participants. As Mike and I started our presentation at the foot of Macchu Picchu, the 11 am train decided to arrive as we commenced our session on competition for energy. In unison, Mike and I just looked at each and started to laugh, appreciating the divinity in the situation and the subtle beauty in the meaningful coincidence.

In the human experience, we often find ourselves in a competition for energy. The major drama’s that arise in human dynamics tend to play out in four major dramas in order to steal energy from others. We interrogate people, intimidate people, are aloof or tell ourselves ‘poor me’ stories. These drama’s have been passed down through the generations and can provide some key rational and measurable distinction and insights that can lead to a completion of the energetic cycle and possibly a spiritual awakening.




5. Energy is abundant.

Day 5 saw the group start the morning with a tour of an orchid garden, experience a renewed sense of respect and connection with nature, and an opportunity to experience a quantum leap into newly defined relationship with the energy of the cosmos. The insight is “energy is abundant” and the participants were acquainted with the beauty and energy of grass, plants, nature medicines, flowers, insects, natural recycling, rain, sun, wind, laughter, silence, and breath.

Discover how to shift from competition for energy to nurturing and embracing the abundance of energy and the vibrational frequency of your life with shift. Walk in nature, swim in the ocean, sing with the birds, dance in the wind, play with an pet, by applying focusing on energy abundance, you will be notice it, identify it, and be able to tap into it, immediately. The beauty and energies around Macchu Picchu proved this to our group, as despite hours of climbing at high altitudes, the evening sharing session was lively, energetic, and encompassed the practicalities of tapping into the 5th insight “energy is abundant”





6. Getting Clear

On Day 6th, we shared the insight called “getting clear” which is about cutting the white noise or nonsense and simply getting clear about the intention, the desired outcome, or the dream state. Letting go of the drama’s , letting go of the battle for energy, and letting go of the “small me” behaviors, and stepping into your divinity is the theoretical approach to getting clear.

Focus on Joy, Gratitude, Love and Light and see how clarity becomes a beacon for your transformation. At the sacred site of Ollymantambo, Gillian focus of love and light led to her embracing her divine self and cellular memories of being at this site in a past life and she gracefully and youthfully danced and literally flew up and down the stairs of the temple , while the rest of struggled to go up and down the temple’s narrow steps.

Gillian let go of her heaviness and poor me dramas embraced her greatness and ultimately directed the group to a sacred ceremony location for a prayer ceremony to Patchamama and revealed to us an inter-dimensional portal for us all to experience and connect to.

Once clear, we can be present, and once present, we can trust ourself and the divine nature to be our true divine self.



7. Intuition

Day 7 was about Intuition and trusting what our intuition is guiding us to explore, experience and express. The morning started early as the sunrise was called for 523 am. The group gathered at 515am after Mike and I intuited the sunrise ceremony in Puno would be conducted by the lake at a floating wharf.

The morning sun was respectfully greeted with by a choir of “aum meditative tones” and accompanied by a request for Father Sun’s assistance in elevating our intuitive vibration by aiding and assisting in the release of past negative energies or in the burning off of any non-serving beliefs, or in the transformation of disempowering obstructions into empowering resources of the light.

The sacred sunrise ceremony led to some profound experiences of release, rejoice and renewal. At least three members of the group reconnected to their patchamama roots, two members connected to their Father Sun Rainbow Light guardians, and the remainder of the group allowed the transmutation of lower frequency limiting beliefs into higher frequency experiences of forgiveness, gratitude and love. Explore your intuition over the next nine days and trust that you are an intuitive being.




8. Relating to Others

Day 8 the group was offered the opportunity to explore their relationship with the 7 deadly sins of envy, gluttony, greed, sloth, anger, pride, and lust, and to examine patterns of communication, connection and relating to themselves and to others.

Addiction to other human beings was one of Mike’s favorite areas of exploration and he shared how addiction or clinginess can lead to a caustic relationship and highlighted that most people do go through at least one of these experiences during their life time. Suggestion is to let go of such relationships and move to a higher vibration of service, joy, and love.

The Day of Relating to Others was highlighted by a new and bright relationship with the people of the floating islands of Lake Titicaca. The local Armana tribes of Lake Titicaca have been living for hundreds of years on their reed islands and demonstrated an appreciation, gratitude and love of humanity and for us as people who have traveled from vast places to meet, greet , and connect with them. The openness, respect, and joy experienced with the Armana people was elevated when they combined their hospitality with some brilliant humor through song as they sang twinkle twinkle little star on our departure and finished up their performance with the famous phrase hasta la vista baby.





9. Conscious Evolution

Day 9 was about the consciousness evolution that is occurring on the planet at this time. Since the harmonic convergence in 1987, human beings around the world have been waking up to the importance that recognition, respect, responsibility are becoming at the forefront of us surviving as a species.

Respect for Mother Earth, Father Sun, and all species on the planet is becoming an urgent and important message and day by day more people on the planet are awakening to the call to change our unsustainable and unproductive ways.


Connect, collaborate, and co-create the new processes and procedure for the future. Many of the ways forward are actually looking at the ways of the past. Much is to be learned from the ancients, and much is to be learned by looking back into our history. The ancients share that our future is actually our past and perhaps the ways of the ancestors is the way forward. A respect for Mother Earth, a respect for the environment, and a respect for humanity, all colors, all races, all creeds, living symbiotically, living collaboratively.



There is a tenth insight, and thats all about holding the vision.

What vision are you holding for you and your future and in what ways is your past leading your future?

25 Years of Sushi At Narita Airport

Sushi at Narita

One of my favorite japan experiences since first visiting japan in 1986 is to visit the Sushi counter at terminal two at Narita International airport. Over the years, i have habitually enjoyed a visit to have a sayonara sushi, an irrasshai sushi or simply engage in some “bits and bobs” of sushi and engage in some light nihongo prior a flight or between flights on a lay over.

Today , after a extreme odyssey from La Paz Bolivia via Lima Peru and Houston Texas, it dawned on me how much personal communication has changed since the mid 1980’s. Back then a seat a sushi bar, usually meant a conversation with the sushi chef, a chat with the person next to me at the sushi bar or at least some idle banter with the waitress.

Despite a pleasant excitement about some delicious sushi next to Gate #30 at Narita Terminal Two, such as some of my personal favorites toro, ikura, uni and anago, i was somewhat disappointed that people around me were all to engaged with their mobile devices rather than be interested to endeavor upon some simple conversation.

Has the world changed that much over the past fifteen years, that an engaging conversation over some yummy sushi has somewhat disappeared.

Let’s hope not and let’s hope that today’s isolated occasion is simply an exception and that the old art of engaging conversation around the sushi counter does still exist as we move into the auspices year of 2012 --- the supposed end of the world that we know!

Justin Beiber - What he can teach business leaders ?

What Justin Bieber can teach business leaders?


Just saw "Never Say Never" with my ten year old justin - he found it too long and a little boring as he just wanted to see and hear the title song.

I found the documentary enjoyable, insightful, and emotional at times.

My Justin hit me a few times as my tears leaked out a few times, especially in the times when JB was interacted with his grandparents and his father.

For business leaders, this is a terrific example of what makes an amazing business success:

1) amazing empowered team - acknowledgement of the team players around JB was sincere, empowering (especially in their art of giving) and love centered

2) WOW personal experiences for the FANS - giving front section seats to fans without tickets is a brilliant example

3) Spirit of Collaboration - JB and his team have nurtured and utilized collaboration as a key force- highlights include collaboration with Jaden Smith, Usher, and Snoop

4) Technology Rocks - use of twitter, youtube, and media has set the new hurdle for connecting

5) Co-creation - songs, movies, videos, the list goes one in the area of co-creation

- the Team makes it happen and JB & his team create and environment that ROCKS

- learn more about how to make more money, work less hours, and have more freedom from Rock Your Business in Singapore May 27 - 29 with Global Mentors from Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, the UK Germany, and Canada in the areas of marketing, branding, sales, strategic alliances, and systems, at www.rybsingapore.eventbrite.com