SPIRITUALLY SPEAKING

Experiencing a revelation of accountability

MY COLLEAGUE, Christopher

Moon, author of

Polestar’s The Power Of The Gift, is also my personal

friend.

We teach the same principles
within the context of our counsel-
ling sessions and workshops. Prior
to interviewing him we shared
some silence. Then, upon
forewarning him, I began a radi-
cal line of questioning designed to
reveal truth.

He - trusted the process, of
cowrse, because he is authentic.
He loves ‘‘what is true.”

Qne of my questions
“What are we to
you?’’ His response, ‘‘That that
path or ‘way through’ has nothing
to do with credentials. There’s no

- preferred membership in the
higher mind.”

Within an hour of meeting one
of his beloved mentors, Chuck
Spezzano, he experienced a revela-
tion of accountability. He sud-
denly realized that he was respon-
sible for everything bent the other
way.

l asked, “To what do you at-
tribute that happening?’’ His im-
mediate response, ‘*Grace!”’

He went on to explain, ‘Every
incredible thing that has ever
happened tc me, [I’ve had abso-
lutely nothing to do with it. There
were two major impacts in my
life. One was Maharaji, one was

, Chuck, and Chuck was in-
strumental. in helping me under-

, stand -Maharaji and Maharaji in
helping me understand me.”

I. asked -him whether he was
“great.** He replied, ‘‘‘The ques-
tion stops. my mind.” I opined
.that nothing could be greater than
that; then, “In what way are you
great?’’ “I’m great because I can
be grateful.”’

Christopher is a catalyst for
others’ realizing their inherent
greatness.. He encourages em-
powerment.

’ Considering what he teaches,
‘it’s clear that he would know that
he’s great. “If you can ‘see others’
greatness, obviously you embody
tha t too.””

‘y asked for his defi nition of
“great.”? “To. me_ it’s directly
related to ‘surrender...’ Then,
“Greatness is the conscious savos-
ing of life’s bounty.’’ -

I asked what his next step was.
“To see the school we are creating
in the Kootenays flourish. “All
courses are taught by teachers

was,

dedicated to the principles of ac-°

countability. My ‘course is on
leadership. There’s a marked need
for
counsellors interested in récogniz-

jng that they have only themselves -

to counsel, only themselves to

learn from .

accountability among .

By Robert Aiken
Contributing Writer

heal... the school is geared toward

.that. It’s time for people to know

they’re leaders.”* .
In response to more question-

NELSON ASTROLOGER Christopher Moon will be speaking In

North Vancouver on October 7.

ing, he went on to say, ‘*I see that
underlying every counsellor,
myself included, is the fear that if
we did too good a job we would
work our way out of a job. There
may be a tendency among thera-
pists as well to actually hold their
clients back by creating dependen-

cy... giving the client the idea that

_ 1 asked.

their growth depends on a teacher
such as themselves."’

Regarding his book: ‘‘When I
was writing it, the message | was
getting... just lighten up! Don’t
make your personal growth such a
science. Let it be a living, joyful
experience.””

“You've chosen to be happy?”’
‘I’ve chosen choosing
happiness.’

Then we discussed what he had

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gotten from one of my _ recent
North Shore News columns;
“Since everything is but an ap-
parition, perfect in being what it
is, having nothing to do with good
or bad, acceptance or rejection,
one may. well break .out into

laughter!”’
Then, he shared, “There has

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been a danger that | would want
to get people to get attached to
me as a teacher. | was willing to
use glamor and everything else to
do it. Then, at the time of my
marriage, I realized that I would
be selling my soul.’’ We agreed
that charm-power or ‘‘charisma’’
is meant for healing, not to create
another false idol.

“I wanted to create a teacher in
the book (The Power of the Gift)
nothing glamorous about... that
he wasn’t showing that he could
do something that others couldn't.
He was just being himself.’’

I asked when we could expect
his next beok. He didn’t krow.
“There’s about eight in mind, vut
with a son and another baby com-
ing..."”

I dearly love the rare degree and
quality of aspiration that
Christopher demonstrates. Aspira-
tion for love, light and wisdom.

Work with him and you may
find yourself shifting from a mode

‘IT’S FUN
IT’S

of unsatisfying compromise to 2
place of uncompromising satisfac-
tion. A. true leader. The real Mc-
Coy. Fuelled by the divine light of
his/our very essence.

Christopher, his wife Su Mei
and their son reside in Nelson,
B.C. To request a catalogue on
Christopher's Vision Mountain
Leadership Centre write or call:
Vision Mountain, P.O. Box 479,
Neison, B.C. VIL SR3 (604)
352-5955.

Moon will be speaking to a
North Shore audience from 7:30
to 10 p.m. on Wednesday, ‘Oct. 7
at the Coach House in North
Vancouver. For more informa-
tion, call Michael Myers at 924-
1406.

Robert Aiken is an interna-
tionally knowa astrologer/
metaphysician, therapeutic
counsellor and workshop leader of
over 30 years’ experience. He also
writes a weekly coltmn for the
North Shore News.

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