ChoicePoints October 2002

"If I do not choose for myself, someone else will choose for me. I then become an instrument for the accomplishment of their goals and intentions - and mine are lost."  _{Louise LeBrun}

This issue released: Saturday, October 12, 2002

Spotlight On - people, products and pronouncements
Today's Thought
Coming Attractions!
Quick Updates
The Morphing Continues…
Did you know? - arcane tidbits for fun & frolic
Thought Waves

Spotlight On — Susan Griffin & TidePool Resources

We are pleased to introduce you to Susan Griffin, the new Managing Director of TidePool Resources. TidePool Resources specializes in developing and delivering program experiences to people interested in personal growth and evolution, health and wellness, and spiritual growth. Susan will guide the selection and development of cutting-edge programs, develop and support Associates and Affiliates for program delivery, market TidePool Resources programs around the world and deliver selected programs herself.

A WEL-Systems:NLP Program Leader, Quantum TLC™ Facilitator and Certified CODE Model Coach™, Susan brings a wealth of experience and enthusiasm to TidePool Resources and her clients and colleagues.

Susan is the founder of Griffin At Work, an Ottawa-based consultancy specializing in personal coaching and short programs for personal growth, health, well-being and spirituality. A Reiki Master Teacher, Susan's background includes technical writing and training, project management and business administration combined with many years as a successful independent consultant. She is a skilled, creative and resourceful facilitator with a casually professional, compassionate and fun-loving style.

Susan has been hard at work for several weeks creating material for our new TidePool Resources web site which we invite you to visit at http://www.tidepoolresources.com. There you'll discover the line-up of programs and services to meet your personal growth and wellness needs. We encourage you to e-mail Susan at: Susan@WEL-Systems.com with your ideas and suggestions. Welcome to the team, Susan!

Today's Thought

"Fun was my 'home' as a child … and I got evicted."
Larry LeBrun

Coming Attractions!

We are pleased to offer you the following seminars, workshops and programs -each one designed to provide thought-provoking and life altering experiences for your on-going personal and professional development.

For more details and the complete program schedule, see http://www.WEL-Systems.com/schedule.htm

Quick Updates

New Program on Addiction

Addiction: Recovery or Re-Discovery? will challenge your interpretations and your approaches to dealing with addiction. Whether you're an experienced professional in the field or a concerned family member; or whether you're the one struggling directly with addiction, this two-day program will respect your privacy and nurture your spirit as you consider alternatives to 12-Step and traditional therapies. Check the schedule for details or visit http://www.WEL-Systems.com/programs/addiction.htm for more information.

Programs in Montreal, Quebec

A new, half-day "Introduction to Phoenix Rising" is coming to Montreal in October, followed by the full 2-day experience Phoenix Rising in January 2003. This is your opportunity to discover the power of a WEL-Systems approach to change and the magic of Quantum TLC™. Whoever said change is hard and takes a long time didn't know anything about Quantum TLC! Take advantage of these great opportunities to test drive it for yourself. Always check the schedule for current events in Montreal.

Attention all NLP Practitioners in the Halifax Area!

Resourcefulness in Action is your next level of certification in WEL-Systems:NLP. We will be offering this program in Halifax, at the Radisson Suites Hotel, in December 2002 and invite you to take your NLP skills and experience to new levels of expression! You get all the great NLP techniques, plus the powerful WEL-Systems context in which to engage them - program size is limited to 20 participants. Visit our web site to discover what you have been missing … and what awaits you.

Andre Chiasson, from Dartmouth, will co-facilitate the programs with Gwen McCauley, Executive Director of the WEL-Systems Institute. If you have any questions you can contact Andre directly at Andre@WEL-Systems.com

The Morphing Continues…

Catalyst for Change opens new portals

Our first Catalyst for Change program experience was completed in September. With lots of fun, laughter and playfulness, we discovered the differences between shaping the world and being shaped by it, and the power of Coach as "being" rather than "doing". We are delighted that those completing this 12-day journey into boundless potential are moving forward with their intentions to share the WEL-Systems perspective with their clients, family and friends, in a way that reflects their vision, dreams and intentions. As we step into this amazing potential together, we are offering more programs, in more locations, than ever before. We welcome our WEL-Systems Catalysts to the party!

Did you know?

That quantum science has much to teach us about organizations …

The phenomenon of massive, rapid change is one which has become a common feature of organizational life in recent years. No one is spared, it seems. And even though the media is chock-a-block full of articles exposing the failures associated with downsizing to save money, acquisitions to obtain instant product lines or expertise, we continue to participate in these special forms of insanity. Given that a key myth of business is that it is totally rational, what's going on here?

When we consider today's business culture through the lens of quantum mechanics our continued obsession with buy-outs, mergers and downsizing begins to make some sort of sense.

Field theory teaches us that everything in the universe is connected and that different kinds of fields exist and overlap. Fields appear to be created when attention is focused and directed on specific kinds of activity. We can expect, then, that all organizations exist energetically within an organizational field and that as organizations of various kinds focus on mergers, acquisitions, buy-outs, downsizing, etc., this focus spreads throughout the field, permeating all kinds of organizations. Wheatley (Leadership and the New Science, 1994) reminds us: "In the natural world, fields once formed may continue to propagate, continuing to exist even when their progenitors have disappeared."

So what are our options? Quite simply, it appears to be creating a new focus, a new base of thought that can then begin to propagate. If you think this is simplistic thinking, notice how quickly fads spread!

Jaworski (Synchronicity, 1996) posited that: "If you assume that fields exist, then our intention and state of being as individuals are of prime importance. They affect our actions as leaders, and the way we see ourselves as leaders. This sets the tenor of the field … in any setting, in any room, any single person through his or her intention and way of being in a way can reset the field and change the orientation of the whole."

Thought Waves

Exploring Reiki through a WEL-Systems® perspective

When I first began to practice Reiki, I was enthralled with the flow of energy in a client, being witness to the deep state of relaxation, the deeper state of mind, the insights, the melting of stress, the relief from pain of migraine. It was like magic to me, and part of that magic was the sense of complete connection to Self that I felt when I engaged with a client, when I was being Reiki.

Along the way I also discovered the WEL-Systems® approach to change. As I explored WEL-Systems and the CODE Model™ , my personal evolution accelerated. A number of my beliefs about me and my world changed. I became less passionate about Reiki. It seemed no longer to hold the same power or magic for me. My new beliefs caused me to examine what I had learned about Reiki and how it had been taught to me.

Traditionally, Reiki is taught in a context that uses the language of emotions, feelings, blockage and disease. It uses the interpretation of energy flow as symptoms to assess, analyze, describe or explain an issue. Reiki requires that the practitioner learn from a Reiki Master and be attuned by the Master to specific Reiki frequencies. The practitioner is then a channel for universal healing energy to be passed to a client. This places the practitioner as the external expert, the healer. "Don't try this at home without me!"

Through a WEL-Systems perspective, I had discovered that this approach represents a perspective on the world that can be called the 'therapy' model. There is nothing innately good, bad, right or wrong about Reiki in a therapy model context, that's just the way it has always been done. So I ask myself what else might be possible if Reiki were considered in another context?

Through my experience of WEL-Systems and what I have learned from quantum science, I have come to a different perception of energy. We are all energetic beings. Universal energy is always available to us, we are all connected energetically. Energy is information. Energy flows all the time. Everyone has the ability to feel or sense their own and anyone else's energy. This is an innate ability. I believe that we do not need to be attuned to Reiki, or any other energy frequencies; we have the ability to change our own vibrational frequency by our intention.

So how do my new perceptual filters change my Reiki practice? How can I engage Reiki through the WEL-Systems perspective?

As a CODE Model coach, I engage with my client energetically. We begin with conversation, using questions to evoke energetic responses in the body; information flows and we obtain insights. It is a dance of energy flow and conversation.

What would it look like if I engaged Reiki in a similar way, if my intention was connection to Self and universal energy? Who would I get to be as an expression of perpetually flowing energy? If used autopoietically, could Reiki be a form of coaching without linguistic expression; a dance of energy, fields interplaying in energetic "conversation"?

So I am left with questions to ponder, rather than answers to offer. I continue my exploration of Reiki through the lens of 7 Logical Levels and the CODE Model. As the insights arrive, expect more!

Susan Griffin

The WEL-Systems® Institute
Leaders in WEL-Systems Experiences
9 Antares Drive
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada  K2E 7V5
Tel: (613) 254-7218
info@WEL-Systems.com