ALUNA TEMPLE MAGAZINE EDITION No4 'BRIDGES' | Page 30

I didn't realise then what hard work it would be when I got it however! And that's one of the funny things about this path. I'm learning that when we start to envisage our dream, there are certain things we need to put into place to ensure our dreams are all we will 'need' as well as what we 'want' them to be. This is because I know they work and we actually have to be quite careful how we set it all up! For sure if you begin to dream big and have it include all you (by this I mean you are complete within the dream) with body, heart, mind, spirit and soul, fully intact and in connection with each other, not just one or two parts of yourself functioning! Then there will be some hurdles to cross. There will be questions to ask yourself about your life. I have done a great deal of soul searching and heart breaking to be the woman I am today. ‘CAROLINE WITH SCHOOL OF MOVEMENT MEDICINE MANDALA' Although I was brought up in a reasonably wealthy middle class family, with a nice home and many opportunities, I still underwent abuse from a very close family member. Of course this had an affect on me, not just sexually but in many areas of my life. I began to attract to me similar scenarios throughout my relationships. What I learned about, which I then called the 'Oracle of Repetition,' was clearly at work within me and then reflected outward in my life all around me. ‘I recognised that if we are to grow beyond the struggles and restrictions that our histories have dealt us, then we are going to have to keep revisiting repetitive patterns and habits of our personalities until we can turn these around and change how we interpret the stories of our lives and interact with them. Rather than be a victim to the challenging outcomes dealt to us, we learn to visit them over and over again, visiting the Oracle and learning how to do it differently the next time. Thus becoming more mature and empowered.’