"There's
no going back now" Simon Furness
29/03/11
“I can remember the day, during a Meisner training session with Simon when I felt I had woken up and experienced a complete and unfettered honesty with myself and those around me. It was shocking, scary and exciting. I had to face up to things that I had been telling myself about life, my relationship and about myself in order to 'get by', to 'survive', that just weren't true. Having had that experience I find there is now no viable way back to accepting any less from myself, life, work or relationships. And for that, I am very grateful.” Lawrence O’Connor
“I can remember the day, during a Meisner training session with Simon when I felt I had woken up and experienced a complete and unfettered honesty with myself and those around me. It was shocking, scary and exciting. I had to face up to things that I had been telling myself about life, my relationship and about myself in order to 'get by', to 'survive', that just weren't true. Having had that experience I find there is now no viable way back to accepting any less from myself, life, work or relationships. And for that, I am very grateful.” Lawrence O’Connor
It’s amazing how many lies, half-truths and embellishments we can gather
as we make our way in life, censoring ourselves so we fit in, learning ways to
make money and win other’s approval.
Most of us get really good at telling stories as we’d like things to be,
so good that we even believe them ourselves.
Life becomes a complicated web of drama as we try to keep the status
quo, but there’s still a lonely voice inside saying something like ‘is this all
there is?’
It becomes much harder to hold on to those beliefs when reality steps in
and contradicts our story. This might be
in an actor’s training, as Lawrence describes, or personal development course
as it was for me. It could be you amaze
yourself by doing something you never thought you could or someone helps you
see things from a different view point.
I’d love to tell you this is a once in a life time experience and, once
awake that’s the way you stay, yet sometimes we meet obstacles as we take our
new found awareness into the world, we become disheartened and revert to our
old ways. Only ‘there is no going back’
and now we are aware of our lack of authenticity the pretence is even more
painful.
Whether this is your first awakening or a refresher, our Tenerife Sea Sky
courses are designed to put you in touch with your creative spark and to help
you orientate your life around your authentic expression. They are based on the following principles…..
1. We learn and grow through connection,
seeing different perspectives, expression and experience
2. Our life story and metaphors are both a
record of our previous focus, passions and patterns and a prediction of future
success
3. Discovering and orientating our lives
around our passions and purpose is key not only to our own wellbeing, happiness
and satisfaction but also to that of others around us.
4. Understanding and learning ways of
working with our feelings enables us to be in the driving seat rather than at
the mercy of our emotions
5. Where there is a will, to transform
patterns and overcome blocks, there is a way
6. Our ideal is authenticity, however
this is always a choice and the transition may be gradual
7. New behaviour is best tried on,
rehearsed and supported
Details of our programmes are at http://www.sea-sky.co.uk/#!courses/c1jxp. We’d be very happy to hear your questions and
comments and we hope you can make our preview session this Sunday
