Each ISM Retreat - no matter the number - is literally unknown in advance! The one that started last week was in no way an exception. On the contrary: with many new Friends joining it was even more unpredictable! Needless to say, we all had GREAT fun! :)

I sensed many new "things" about me and now the question is: will I ground them practically, or will I "file" them as "pies in the sky"? :) Thus the Monthly Theme comes very handy!

Please enjoy Lady Elizabeth's fascinating story from behind the scenes! :)

With all my love
(BH)
Milen

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My dear friends,

Happy Month! Happy May!

We are “mapping out the unknown” this month and this is an example of what it entails:-

"Intelligent co-operation forms the very basis of manifested life — it is the glue that keeps everything together and, at the same time, makes possible the evolution of awareness. Intelligent co-operation between male and female, between man and the world, is an act of listening to the heart, so that the chaotic unknown can become included within the known. Intelligent co-operation is therefore an expression of that elusive love, which evades the understanding of most people. It is only by walking the Path with a Heart that the warrior comes to understand the true meaning of love."

I often hear myself repeating:-

“Just remember it’s in the blue print of the female to LEARN to TRUST the male.
It’s in the blue print of the male to LEARN to LISTEN to the female.”

Therein lies the recipe for intelligent cooperation!

Simple eh? Not so simple! Lol!

My first aware experience of true intelligent cooperation was shortly after I met Théun Mares in 1995. He wanted to know when I was going to start teaching the two courses on which I had been supporting my then teacher.

I was stunned! “Geesh, I’m a corporate animal fresh out of the world of finance! What do I know about teaching, let alone I can never teach in the manner I have been taught!” B😀

“What do you mean “manner”? says Théun.

“Why, screaming and shouting at the participants. Getting in their faces to get them to wake up”, I say, as if it’s the most usual thing to do.

“Why can’t you just teach them your way then?” says Théun. “With gentleness?”

I sit there stunned! From where did THAT opportunity come?! It just was no where in my frame of reference!! Something in me stirred. Then I pushed it away. Ridiculous!

Me furiously back peddling…..“Anyway, there are some processes that give me the heeby jeeebies”, I hear myself saying. “But I've given up giving feedback a long time ago because the reaction is always almost aggressive”.

“Hmm” says Theun, “Methinks you need to come and see me with your course materials and you can share what perturbs you”.

I arrive at 10 am that Saturday – and leave at about 4 the next morning!! – and I am floating 6 feet above the highway!!

For the first time in my life I felt that I had been SEEN and HEARD! It was like magic!

I had gone through the one course material highlighting where I experienced dis-comfort. I was very shy at first because I couldn’t say WHY I was perturbed. But therein lay the magic! I didn’t NEED to know WHY I had these IRRATIONAL feelings Or WHAT they meant!!

Théun took my feelings and with a few questions started to interpret them for me into answers that blew my mind! He anchored my feelings in practical terms by sharing his feelings of what I was picking up. In all cases, the course material was only giving half a truth, ofttimes staying at face value and not getting to the real issue at hand.

That day and night it felt like I could trust a male for perhaps the first time in my life! He LISTENED to me!

Fast forward many moons I now am surrounded by males whom I trust and who listen. I am truly blessed.

This past weekend we had our 6^th Online Retreat – thank you, Covid! – and in the upcoming preparation the flow was just not coming to me. Once I get in the flow of a retreat I can then let it go and be guided by the group and what they call forth. My mind is happy. It has a flow to fall back on if all else fails! Lol!

So this time off to Siberia I “went” to find our Man of Action there and asked him if he would” dance” with me.:-) Over the next few days and right through the retreat we were still dancing ,sometimes at his 5 in the morning, my 1 a.m.

Such is the magic of true intelligent cooperation! The unknown is mapped out in the most awe inspiring manner!

I invite you to give it a whirl this month, my friends! Even if you simply do it on your own! Truly LISTEN to your FEELINGS and then TRUST you can anchor them in practical action.

If all else fails, go and seek out a member of the opposite sex – and dance!

Have fun with our theme this month, my friends!

With my love, my warmth and big hugs,
Elizabeth