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APRIL — MAY 2008 & REVIEWS THINK OF AN ELEPHANT: delineates the eight steps and characteristics ing them up to 5,000 years old. There's a Combining science and spirituality... on the path to spiritual integration and con-__tradition of copying these bundles of palm- by Paul Bailey nection with the intelligent universe. leaf writings to preserve them. They present Watkins Publishing, London, 2007 Bailey has compiled some excellent medi- _an interesting conundrum: would the writ- ISBN 978-1-905857-17-3 (402pp tpb) tations through which we can liberate our- ings that telate toa particular person be Available: www.watkinspublishing.com selves and link with "the unifying experi- there if that person never visited, or are they he title of this book is a reference to sci. &MC¢ Within everything”. Visit his website only there because of that person's visit? entists contemplating what would hap- (www.mindbenders.com.au) for more on his The dedicated, dispassionate and yet joyful pen to an elephant sucked into a black hole inspirational outlook and practices. palm-leaf readers give prognostications on and is also used by author Paul Bailey in a , the future, based on their detailed knowl mental exercise in learning how to let go. THE HIDDEN ORACLE OF INDIA edge of Indian astrology, and commentaries Achieving this state of detachment is one of | by Andrew and Angela Donovan on the Past of the individual ahey give . the hallmarks of becoming spiritually O Books, UK, 2008; www.o-books.net and p res sat eo atone to fen aned ving pia mature and integrated. ISBN 978-1-84694-074-3 (139pp tpb) The outhor to ok. ‘ll hi vn thei vsti 4 One of our greatest life challenges—on a Available: Aust—Brumby, tel (03) 9761 e authors took all this in their stride an personal as well as a collective level—is to 5535; UK/Eur— Orca, tel 01202 665432; came aay with renewed, ongoing vigour find a balance between the forces of separa- | USA/Canada—NBN, tel 1800 462 6420 as to their life paths and soul purposes. . . : i : Their friends, in whom they've cultivated an tion and isolation and those of connection A n extraordinary body of knowledge and interest in these Naadi palm-leaf readines and unity. Bailey, an educator and healer, an oracle par excellence exists in the . ‘ P: gs, 28 woe : . . all seem to concur, and several contribute advocates an holistic approach to living that — Naadi palm-leaf scripts of India, mainly their perspectives in the Donovans' book requires taking personal responsibility for found in the southern state of Tamil Nadu. There are some fascinating asides in this our physical, mental, emotional and spiritual | Authors Andrew and Angela Donovan (he most unusual story (see the Donovans' a rti- selves. Everything is connected, or net- an open-minded sceptic, she a talented cle in this issue) Mn uplifting journe worked, and has a relationship with every- medium) tracked down the palm-leaf readers ae P 8) y thing else. There's the created reality but in 2004 when they travelled from the UK to also the original reality that we arise from: Kashmir to attend a wedding. it's called infinity, and it supports created To cut a long story short, these custodians THE reality; it's timeless and invisible, and it's the of the Naadi scripts can find a palm leaf that | ~~ source of creativity and spontaneity. We relates to you alone, based on a thumbprint | I ) I ) E may not be conscious of it, but we do live type (there are 108 personality types in this YP te within this extra, infinite dimension, says ancient database) and a process of eliminat- ‘e R \ = L. E Bailey. But how do we increase awareness ing the facts that don't apply. These records Be N = | A of this reality, the stuff of spiritual tradition? —_ are written in the context of the exact time # | D f To show that science and spirituality are when the querent arrives for the first read- two sides of the same coin, Bailey taps into ing. Andrew was stunned to hear not just knowledge from quantum physics, theology, intimate details of his life story but that his cosmology, holistic health, evolutionary the- mother had just been admitted to hospital in ory and neuroscience. He presents evidence —_a serious condition—which he was able to for an informed spirituality and shows why verify soon afterwards. From what he can it's important to develop this if we want to determine, these writings are said to have change our world for the greater good. He been dictated by the avatar Shiva, thus mak- delineates the eight steps and characteristics on the path to spiritual integration and con- nection with the intelligent universe. Bailey has compiled some excellent medi- tations through which we can liberate our- selves and link with "the unifying experi- ence within everything". Visit his website (www.mindbenders.com.au) for more on his inspirational outlook and practices. ing them up to 5,000 years old. There's a tradition of copying these bundles of palm- leaf writings to preserve them. They present an interesting conundrum: would the writ- ings that relate to a particular person be there if that person never visited, or are they only there because of that person's visit? The dedicated, dispassionate and yet joyful palm-leaf readers give prognostications on the future, based on their detailed knowl- edge of Indian astrology, and commentaries on the past of the individual. They give remedies for progress, often involving puja and payment to atone for wrongdoings. The authors took all this in their stride and came away with a renewed, ongoing vigour as to their life paths and soul purposes. Their friends, in whom they've cultivated an interest in these Naadi palm-leaf readings, all seem to concur, and several contribute their perspectives in the Donovans' book. There are some fascinating asides in this most unusual story (see the Donovans' arti- cle in this issue). An uplifting journey. THE 4 HIDDE © RACE of INDIA NEXUS = 71 www.nexusmagazine.com