Fear And Anxiety

Fear is a major block which inhibits natural function and creativity. The state of anxiety creates retreat and isolation, which effects freedom and quality of life. The moments of fear can become moments of creativity with the practise of Metamorphosis.

A woman who attends my practice had an intense fear of flying. She is a frequent air traveller and I encouraged her, as I have many other people with a similar anxiety, to do the Hand Symbols prior to and during flights. She gradually became less anxious while flying and following a flight from Madrid to London some time ago, the woman informed me of her experience.

The flight became very turbulent and she observed many people in states of panic and anxiety all around her. She was seated in an isle seat in the middle of the aircraft and remained calm as she practised the Creation Hand Symbol. The anxious people beside her noticed her ease and enquired what she was doing with her hands. She informed them that she was maintaining her balance with the symbol and encouraged them to do it. The people on the opposite row began to do the symbol as well, when they noticed less panic in the people across the way. She was then nudged from the passengers behind and encouraged them to do the same. The severe turbulence had created panic and desperation and it was desperation that alerted the passengers to do the Symbol.

When the Aeroplane landed safely the people she had shared the Creation Hand Symbol with expressed their appreciation, “muchas gracias Señora by the spanish and thank you so much by the english speakers” as they departed the aircraft.

When the woman returned for her next Metamorphosis appointment she said, “I did not realise until the turbulent flight how much fear I have released, now I am as relaxed in the air as I am on land, it’s all about living in the moment”.

In conclusion, remember to practise the Hand Symbols in moments of fear and anxiety. The following is a quote by Robert St John - “Living in the moment releases anxiety and the future becomes a creation”. 

Cancer

In the Irish Times newspaper editorial on February 10th 2014, the editor wrote an article about cancer entitled “Combating cancer”. The article included, “In 2012 there were 14.1 million new cases worldwide. Some 30,000 new cases of cancer are diagnosed in Ireland annually. While acknowledging many recent treatment advances, we cannot treat our way out of the cancer problem. Prevention is the key issue”.

The person with anxiety about developing cancer because of a family history, or the person with the disease comes to the Meta practitioner with the idea of making changes. The communication in the treatment between the person and the practitioner is largely an unconscious process. The treatment awakens the ability within to create a different pattern to that pattern which is the source of the cancer. The ongoing practise of the Hand Symbols creates a process of erasing the disturbed unconscious memory which has a positive effect of releasing stress. The person open to the idea of self-healing takes the responsibility with the practise of Metamorphosis to create balance and inner calm. This alleviates stress and anxiety and is conducive to natural healing. 

In my experience of being a catalyst for many people suffering from cancer over the years, I have observed their ability to cope with the disease creatively while maintaining their balance. I have also supported many people who endured the ill effects of chemotherapy with strength and a positive attitude.

In conclusion, I would like to share an experience I had with a woman who attended for regular treatments following surgery for breast cancer. When I first met her she was very anxious, enduring intensive chemotherapy treatment. As she progressed with her Meta practise and attended my practice regularly, she maintained her strength when she was most vulnerable. She did her Hand Symbols before, during and after the chemotherapy and both herself and the medical staff were pleased with her positive attitude and strength of mind. When the woman had her final check up with her Oncologist five years post her treatment, she said to him, “there is nothing in me now that could create cancer again, I live in the moment”. He agreed saying, “I don’t expect to see you back again”. He had observed her change of attitude a few years earlier, enquiring what she was doing. She informed him about Metamorphosis and he became open minded to the idea, as she was a very good example of positive change. Metamorphosis is more about creation rather than prevention, but as the old saying goes, “Prevention is better then cure”.

Infertility And Meta

One of the most heart-warming experiences in my practice of Meta is when a woman with infertility problems arrives for a treatment, informing me that she is pregnant. I observe joy and relief instead of disappointment and anxiety. The overwhelming desire to have a baby can consume the life of a couple, creating much stress. This in turn can disturb their relationship and careers, increasing anxiety. The prospect of conceiving a baby is limited under the stress.

 The Meta treatment pays attention to the source of the problem and the practise of the Hand Symbols creates balance and stability. Balance is the key to living in the moment. “Living in the moment releases anxiety and the future becomes a creation” (Robert St John)

Over the years in my Meta practice I have been a catalyst to many women and couples who have decided to go either the natural or IVF routes. The creative outcome is joy of pregnancy or acceptance of infertility. The following article written by Paula, kindly shares her experience with Meta and IVF.

Paula’s story

 "My introduction to Metamorphosis was about 11 or 12 years ago when I heard about it through a friend of mine who had been for a few treatments.  At the time my husband and I had been trying to have a baby and we had just started the usual route of initial tests with our gp, who after a while referred us to a fertility doctor, there was lots of talk of laparoscopy’s and investigations etc etc.  I was terrified.  There was something in the back of my mind which made me feel too anxious about everything.  This was too stressful for me.  Trying to conceive was consuming me.  It was all I thought about.

 After first meeting Margaret I knew that meta was for me.  I was always a person of instinct and do a lot of things by my ‘gut’.  It is just the way I am but I never really probed why I was wired this way.  Why did I unconsciously agree or disagree with things? Margaret and I spoke and still do speak a lot about the unconscious mind and how it effects our thoughts and how it can create stresses and blocks in our physical being.

I continued with my meta and my hand symbols as I found comfort.  I stopped feeling sad for my husband and I and our struggle to have a baby.  After a laparoscopy I was diagnosed with stage 4 endometriosis.  Not a good thing when I was trying to conceive. We were to take the IVF route.

 We embarked on a course of IVF and while it was very difficult not knowing what the outcome would be I did my hand symbols and kept myself in the moment and dealt with each step as it came. My meta treatments and my hand symbols kept me balanced as I went through the medical experiment that is IVF.  Living in the moment I did my injections and inhalers. I did my scans to see how my ovaries were growing. We waited for results we wondered about the outcome. There were days when I felt I did not want to be in this (IVF) moment but with meta got through those days.  I created a balance and creativity. Eventually, I stopped worrying about the doctors and their medical ways.  I had a ‘what will be will be’ attitude. With meta and hand symbols I didn’t worry about the past or the future just concentrated on what was being done.  The outcome was my first pregnancy and my first baby boy.

My second round of IVF a year after Conor was born was not a successful one.  Again my attitude of mind was to carry on and concentrate on the here and now.  My meta treatments and hand symbols created balance and cleared the blocks and stresses. My third round of IVF was a few months after this.  I was pregnant once again, with twins.  We now have three wonderful happy metamosphosis children. 

Meta is part of our busy daily lives.  The children know if they have worries or upsets to do some hand symbols to help themselves.  I give them meta treatments regularly. My hand symbols and meta treatments help me with the pain and cronic fatique of endometriosis.  With meta the preconceived patterns are changing and easing.  I have found that my attitude to life has changed for the better.  As I live in the moment things fall into place."

I very much appreciate your lovely article Paula. It will inspire people in similar circumstances to take responsibility for the imbalance causing their infertility. Paula’s original desire when she first came to Meta was to conceive a baby, now Meta has become the creative way of life for all her family.

Whatever you decide to do about infertility, go the natural route or with IVF, practise Meta and do the Hand Symbols to help you cope with the challenge and be creative with the outcome.

Robert Inspired Creativity

 When I first encountered Robert St John in 1992 and attended his seminars, I was aware I was in the company of a unique creator. Robert’s independent mind, his inner authority and natural energy awakened my mind to his philosophy and practice of Metamorphosis.

It takes time and practise to understand Metamorphosis and as we listened at Robert's seminars in the early 1990's with limited understanding, Robert would say as he looked around at the attendees, “don’t believe a word I say, take it with a pinch of salt, but do Metamorphosis and find out for yourselves, the proof of the pudding is in the eating”.

He encouraged us, his students, to think for ourselves engaging our own observation on the subject saying, “don’t just say what I say but get to know Metamorphosis from your own inner reasoning”.

 In that time of conformity and rules, Robert inspired creativity with Metamorphosis which, un-trains the discipline of the conscious mind and re-educates the unconscious mind. It releases us from the effects of the past and the anxiety of the future and gives us the opportunity to live in the present ‘moment’. I wrote the following poem early this year entitled, ‘Now – The Moment’.

Meta Poem 2014

Now – The moment

 It is the time for living, not enduring

It is the time for creating, not repeating

It is the time for knowing, not believing

It is the time for being, not fearing

This is the time for spontaneity, being, creating

Now – The moment

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The ’Structure of the Moment Hand Symbol’ below was observed by a student of Metamorphosis in late 2013. Try it for yourselves and feel free to communicate your observations on the Hand Symbol. Many people include this Symbol now in their everyday practise with a very positive response.   

Divorce / Love

Just before Christmas I came into contact with a woman I first met in my practice prior to Christmas 1999, who was then at a low ebb as her husband had left her a couple of weeks earlier. She was so tense she could hardly speak and was worried about her future. She loved her husband but was uneasy with communication. He was outgoing (Efferent pattern) and she was shy and reserved (Afferent pattern) and there was a communication block. The more retreative she became, the more frustrated he became. His frustration with her created more retreat and stress in her, then he moved out.

A neighbour who was overcoming her own difficulties with her practise of Meta, recommended her to give Meta a go. She arrived for her first Meta treatment prior to Christmas’99 and was very lonely and depressed, sad with the idea of a future alone, as she did not have children. I treated her and introduced the Hand Symbols, which I recommended her to practise often. When the women returned for her appointment after Christmas, she seemed more relaxed and talkative saying “ I wish I’d had Meta prior to my husband going”. She was now beginning to live in the ‘moment’ with plans to move house and get on with her life. She was practising Meta very creatively in moments of sadness throughout her day and I thought her to treat herself. She continued to come for treatments once a week for support and became interested in the philosophy, which we discussed at each session. Her positive mental attitude and ability to get going was now replacing her reserved attitude, she was getting on better with her family and colleagues at her work.

Then her husband made contact with her at the end of January 2000, two months after she commenced Meta, to take her out for her birthday. She was feeling relaxed and was keen to go. They discussed their divorce and the sale of their house without confrontation. Her husband was surprised with the change in her and asked for another ‘date’. The date led to a holiday after which the woman’s husband returned. He was aware of her balance and observed her practising the Hand Symbols and she encouraged him to practise the symbols also. She attended my seminars in 2000 and as she grew in confidence with the practice, she began to treat her husband. They have since moved to a new house together and it was a joy to meet her prior to Christmas and observe how calm and creative she has become.

The couple loved each other, but the imbalance of their Afference and Efference had separated them. The balance she created with her everyday practise of Meta activated a positive response in him. Then when both take responsibility, the potential for a loving relationship can be created and maintained.

The happy relaxed woman I met before Christmas 2013 was a great contrast to the sad depressed woman I first met before Christmas 1999.

In my experience in Meta practice, if the motivation for the couple to marry is love and their imbalance of Afference and Efference is separating them, then Meta can bring them together and enrich their lives. However, if the motivation for marriage is anything other then love, then Meta can prompt an honest separation with much relief for the couple involved. Divorce is stressful for children and I encourage the parents to practice Meta with their children.