This weekend I attended the most incredible event of my life: Dr John Demartini’s Breakthrough Experience seminar. And I learned the most powerful transformation tool, his Demartini method; also called the Quantum Collapse process. John Demartini is a international speaker, author, trainer and consultant. He has written over 25 books and is a chiropractor by training. The amazing thing is that he is an expert on over 220 fields ranging from quantum physics, dentistry, speed reading, psychology, etc, etc. And I first came across him on the excellent and free video interview on Conscious Media Network here. His ability to synthesize it all has a profound transformative effect on my personal development.
As a long time student of physics and quantum physics myself I appreciated his powerful summary of how the universe relates to the quantum world and how this in turn relates to the human experience. In short the human experience is filled with duality based on religion, society, philosophy, morals and ethics. What I mean is they teach is good vs. bad, white vs. black (chess), religion vs. religion, man vs. woman. And for we should strive for the good and suppress the bad. This is not possible. As example within the Catholic Church you find the highest incidence of pedophilia. When you suppress sexual urges which is a normal part of Maslow’s hierarchy of human needs, in fact one of the most basic, it comes out in another form somewhere. We cannot escape it, ever.

At the core of the Breakthrough Experience is the Demartini method which is a series of quality questions. I found this very difficult at first. As I got into it the feelings on the extreme started to collapse and what is left is gratitude and unconditional love. This sounds new age or spiritual but its not. Completely grounded in quantum physics and the universal laws I have never encountered someone with such a fast understanding life, the universe and everything else.

The seminar cost me R5000 which I paid for with my credit card. Its was like they say, something I could not afford NOT to attend. And the ground people somewhere between 5-75 people was sufficiently interactive to really makes this a great experience. Download and listen to a free podcast interview with Dr John Demartini here.

For more detailed information please visit Dr John Demartini’s official website here.

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Social networking is a way of interacting with people whereby you actively establish relationships with people you meet. You never know what you could do for them or what they could do for you. So you exchange business cards or contact details. One of the first things I do when I’ve met someone is finding out what they do and where they are going in their career or life. Then I think about who else I know that is on a similar journey and how they could assist this person I’ve just met.

So yesterday I attended a function at Grace Bible Church is Soweto hosted by the Business Women’s Association. The occasion was the first state visit by the new Governor General of Canada, Her Excellency, the Right Honorable Michaëlle Jean. My friend Israel Noko, a Canadian Trade Commissioner had invited me to attend this special event. Well at the table where I sat there were of course a number of women. One friendly lady started introducing herself to everyone else, and I followed suit. What happened was simple. As I listened to people’s stories about what they do, why they were at this event, I started to think of how I could assist them to do three things:

1. reduce or remove dangers
2. grasp their opportunities
3. reinforce their strengths

And the outcome was spectacular at least one lady said out load to the rest that my introducing her to one of the other guests, Ory Okolloh, another famous blogger at the Kenyan Pundit blog, who happens to be working for Enablis, the Canadian Entrepreneurial Network. And I introduced people to each other I ensure that they understand what the one needs and what the other is able to provide. And by doing this on a continuous bases you will also gain because people will trust you a whole lot quicker. And they will look for ways to return the favour.

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I’m not 100% sure but I think George Clooney is the only person, male or female, to claim the People Magazine’s Sexiest title twice! Voted the Sexiest Man Alive in 1997 and again in 2006 is a big deal in my books. The reason is this - it simply proves that unlike women who are valued for their youthful appearance men become more attractive as they mature - like a good wine. I highly recommend you read Clooney’s Wikipedia entry for an overview of his career and his other ventures…

This announcement was mid November so I’m a little late in writing about it. Anyway I found this hilarious anti-Clooney winning the award post here. What do you think? Why Is Clooney the Sexiest Man Alive?

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A few months ago I was dating four women at the same time, one of which lived in Cape Town. Recently though I’ve been going through a dry spell. So this past week I got a little excited because I felt like things were looking up again. At my weekly salsa class I’ve been meeting plenty of new women. My focus has really been to improve my dancing skills because I’m not shy when it comes to dancing. But as a better dancer it is increasing my confidence even more. So most of the women are friendly and you could say I’m not capitalising on it. Well I am just taking my time and building some friendships.

Previously I’ve written about social proof and this is really my goal. To expand my social network of female friends. Especially ones who are comfortable dancing and mostly are friendly and confident. So I’ve been out with two of the women and it bodes well for 2007. It takes tremendous courage to keep a positive mental attitude during the dry periods. My goal is not to date the women from the salsa class. If it happens great. My goal is to keep expanding my social network. There is some research that says the power of a network is equal to the square of the number of nodes. I will explore this in some more detail in the future. For now I’m going to use the holiday mode to try out a new tip by Brent, an American Dating coach who specialises in direct game. I highly recommend you sign up for his brilliant newsletter at Absolute Power Dating!

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