Life Trove

9 January 2017

Lunch at Katima (Hout Bay)

Dim Sung, pork belly and ribs, succulent sushi, sea food stir fry, white chocolate mousse, crepes and berry sorbet - and much, much more. Yum!! Thanks mum for an amazing lunch.

8 January 2017

7 January 2017

To be a calm, loving, open space for consciousness to flow into the world

Purpose

I connect to the spiritual power of my Inner Being by …

Resting deeply in Awareness both in stillness and in the midst of doing.
Surrendering to Life’s unfolding, loving what is, enjoying this wondrous play of form.
Ever expanding spaciousness within mind and body.
An ever deepening sense of oneness with everyone and everything. It's all God, Godding!
Mindful walks and photography in nature.
Heartfelt gratitude and prayer.
Resting, exercising, and nourishing the body.

In so doing, I become a calm, loving, open space for Consciousness I am to flow into the world...

A space for love and connection.
A space to explore and share wisdom that helps people transcend their limits and discover inner power, joy and freedom.
A space to perceive, capture and share wonder and beauty.
A space for creativity, inspiration, revelation and insight to flow free.

"I am a hole in a flute that the Christ's breath moves through..... listen to this music.” Hafiz

Guiding Values

Spacious, Aware, Surrendered
Oneness, Love, Connection
Inspiration, Creativity, Free flow
Wonder, Beauty, Gratitude
Wisdom, Insight, Truth
Calmness, Stillness, Effortlessness
Laughter, Fun, Adventure
Simplicity, Focus, Balance

Vision

Connection to Being

Life lives through me: experiencing, loving and creating through this temporary form I take.
Spacious, aware and surrendered in all I do.
The mind on retreat, finding the gap and resting in Being, then coming out to play.
Every movement is a chance to loosen and release.
One thing at a time, taking my time.
An abundant flow of psychic energy.
Transcending limits as I connect more and more deeply to the love and power within.

Freedom and Abundance

Complete freedom (finances, energy, health, time, skills, clarity) to do what I love and be fully alive.
Abundant finances with the ability to go on spiritual retreats, invest in my projects, travel whenever I wish, enjoy the latest technology and share my abundance with others.
Sydney 5 months of the year (writing, friends, retreats) Travel 5 months. South Africa 2 months.

Love and Connection

Deep, authentic, fearless connection with the beautiful beings in my life. Sharing fun and laughter.
Helping, inspiring and encouraging others, making a real difference to their lives.
A wonderful group of friends to share my passions with (hiking, spirituality, photography, dancing)
Savouring every minute with beautiful Mack.

Wisdom and Insight

Exploring, discovering, applying and sharing wisdom that raises consciousness and brings freedom and transcendence.
Wisdom Trove: The most meaningful wisdom site on the internet, widely used by influencers. Full of spiritual power, providing both substance and essence. A partner and team of curators.
Writing and collaborating on spiritual books, articles and teachings.
Sharing new empowering spiritual narratives that awaken people to sacredness and wonder.

Wonder and Beauty

Wondrous, fun, adventurous experiences in the natural places of Australia and around the world, all captured in photos and on my blog.
Nature photography: capturing wonder and beauty in both the vast vistas and tiniest details.
Portrait photography: capturing inner essence, helping others to recognise their beauty.
Photography projects and presentations that inspire.
Balance and harmony between wisdom and insight (mind), love and connection (heart) and beauty and wonder (the senses).
A beautiful home environment that raises consciousness and inspires creativity.

Clarity and Surrender

A spacious life vision, purpose and plan that provides direction and inspiration.
A continually expanding sense of possibility, inspired from within (inspiration and imagination) and without (bibliographies, documentaries, inspiration trove)
Complete non-attachment to outcome, allowing Universal Intelligence to unfold this life experience as it wishes. Your will, dear Life.
A streamlined process of visioning, planning and doing that allows the mind to be like water and to rest in Being, while also encouraging free flowing spontaneity

Honouring and loving this temporary form

I recognise my body as the beloved living being it is and I nourish it with healthy exercise, food and rest.
The body is spacious, strong, graceful, nourished, healthy and loved.
I rest in the aliveness and spaciousness of the body.
I honour the unique wonder and beauty of this form, perfect in every way for Consciousness to experience what it is here to experience.
I embrace the experience of being this character.
I consciously release repressed emotions from the past to become ever lighter and more spacious.

6 January 2017

Written by Jo:

Happy 14th birthday to Matthew who always keeps me on my toes and in stitches of laughter with his sense of humour. Thanks for always being around for my technical support of all things phone and computer related and for keeping me up to date with the latest hip music!! Love you madly!!

5 January 2017

Joanna and Steve

2 January 2017

Home

Hope your time has been wonderful with family,
But I can’t wait to see you back home, darling.
Love from me,
jillyxo

(on returning to Sydney after 7 weeks in Cape Town)

2017 Highlights

Cambodia, Tasmania and Melbourne, 5 Rhythms Dancing, Wisdom Trove into Wordpress, Martin & Kate

Priceless Moments

An invigorating swim at Swim at Danger Bay in Cape Town and swimming at Silvermine.
Getting glasses in Cape Town - what a difference!
A wonderful Deva Premal concert with my Eckhart Group.
Dancing at the Drum Circle and at 5 Rhythms dancing.
Completing my home rennovations and reaping the rewards with higher rent.
Martin and Kate, my two wonderful new housemates, doing Sunday meals (learning to cook) and watching great movies and TV shows.
Martin sorting out our slow Internet, making it super fast.
A wonderful long weekend hiking and exploring little caves at Warrumbungles.
A long weekend of hiking with the hiking gang in the Blue Mountains and getting to meet Mark.
Overnight hiking at Budawang and doing yoga poses at the viewpoint.
Several Sydney hikes with Srini and Rajesh, especially rock hopping at the Royal National Park and Maroubra to Le Perouse.
Photographing Roger and Jocelyn's wedding and creating them a photography site.
Playing in the snow at Cradle Mountain and hiking in the snow at Mount Fields with Russell.
Going to the poetry slam with Chris at The Opera House.
Peru Festival with Elna and getting tiddly on Pisco Sours
Finding a design and creating Wisdom Trove and starting to migrate content.
Doing a web site for Brendan.
Creating a web site for Aimee and doing a photoshoot.
Reading about consciousness at The Botanica.
Exploring Cambodia for a month, especially exploring Angkor Wat and Tah Prom, the elephant sanctuary at Mondulkiri, seeing Gibbons in Ratanakiri and lazing on the island of Koh Ta Kiev Island

Purchases

Macbook
8 - 16 wide angle lens
Powerbank
Kindle

Movies and TV series watched

Lion
Nocturnal Animals
Planet Earth 2
La La Land
The Arrival
WestWorld
Beauty and the Beast
Gattaca
Hacksaw Ridge
Okja
Taboo
Dunkirk
Spiderman: Homecoming
Game of Thrones S6

2017 Index of Links

Cape Town (Jan)

Melbourne and Tasmania (Sep)

Cambodia (Nov, Dec)

Hiking and weekends (13 hikes)

Warrumbungles (Apr)
Loftus to Bundeena (Apr)
Thornleigh to Hornsby (May)
Fortress Creek, Blue Mountains, with SBW (May)
Blue Mountains Long Weekend (Jun)
Royal National Park with Srini and Rajesh (Jul)
Budawang (Jul)
Maroubra to Le Perouse with Srini. (Aug)
Botany Bay with Srini (Aug)
Mt Waratah (Aug)
Taronga Zoo to Manly with Srini (Aug)
Mount Fields with Russell in the snow (Sep)
Hiking with Srini at Glenbrook (Nov)

Walks

Ball's Head with Lydia and Sharon (Jan)
Ball's Head with Martin and Elna (Apr)
Meet Up - Milson's Point to Flat Rock Gully (Apr)
Wendy's Secret Garden with Mack (Apr)
Gore Cove Walk with Martin (Apr)

Photography

1 January 2017

New Year 's Eve 2017

Jo and I had a fabulous new year's eve in Table View, photographing Table Mountain in the setting sun followed by fireworks on the beach. It was a chilly night requiring a draped table cloth and hot chocolate to keep warm! The homemade fireworks were a "wild west" affair but that added to the excitement. A new year's eve to remember.

Beautiful Jason

I did lots of bonding with dear Jason. Many mindful walks around the block. Lots of cuddles. And of course, we slept together every night!

31 December 2016

Well Being (2016)

Total: 7.1

Muizenberg to Kalk Bay

Jo and I went for a refreshing, sea breezey evening walk from Muizenberg to Kalk Bay. In Kalk Bay, we had a scrumptious dinner of grilled calamari and braaied Kingklip. Then an uber back to Muizenberg. A lovely evening.