Hello and welcome to the latest newsletter! The time has just flown since the release of 'Pharaoh Thutmose III'. This included our exciting trip to Colorado to be part of the Crimson Circle monthly webcast which was just amazing. I am really overwhelmed with how Thutmose's story has been received. If you would like just a taste of what people have had to share, hop over to the new testimonials page. We have finally caught our breath and are actually back to writing more about Kuthumi's life as Pythagoras.
Now for this month; We are back to featuring amazing new energy creators. First up is Suzy Ward, who is a bit special to us as she is a fellow Kuthumi writer. Suzy has just released her latest book "Thou Shalt Not Weigh Thyself" which invites you to take a new energy focus on exercise and your physical being. Our video is from a fellow Sydney-sider Keith Loutit who has mastered an obscure photographic technique to create unique short films that invite you to look differently at what is around you. Finally I have shared an article here about musician Jill Sobule. It was while I was killing time at San Fran airport on my way home from Colorado that an article about music on the front of the business section of the New York Times caught my eye. This is such an inspiring story about creating in a new way that I had to share it with you.
Also this month begins a new chapter of my work with Kuthumi. As part of my choice to expand my channeling with him, we are now offering personal readings via email. The introduction to this is at the end of the newletter!
Featured Author; Suzy Ward
One of my life's passions has been my desire to inspire, encourage and support others to love yourself so much that you take better care of yourself on all levels of your being, including your physical. My book, "Though Shalt Not Weigh Thyself", brings alive this passion. I know so many people who have such grand dreams and such passion, but they find it challenging to fulfill them because their physical body slows them down or inhibits them in some way. We have learned to consciously breathe, to consciously tune into the food we eat, to feel from our hearts, to get out of our minds, to expand our awareness, and so on; but we often then forget to consciously enhance the fitness of the miraculous physical body that supports us in doing all we want to do. Writing and sharing "Though Shalt Not Weigh Thyself" gave me an opportunity to incorporate four important points for expanding consciousness an all levels at this time; it enhances core breathing, it is easy,it increases awareness, and it intensifies point of presence. I have been into conscious fitness on all levels for many years, physical fitness since age fourteen. Part of my inspiration in writing this book is my love of everything in life. I love people and it concerns me to see so many experienecing poor health, from serious illnesses to lacking vitality. Being a born sharer, it is one of my dreams to offer inspiration and insight into how to love yourself so much that you make some new choices that serve your highest consciousness. I have learned that it is truly is all about CHOICE in each and every moment. We can create our own realities through choice. And it begins with LOVE of self and LOVE of all there is. Speaking of love, I have now sent my book to Austria, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Mexico, Portugal, Slovenia, Switzerland, and the States. My heart is singing as I feel like I have friends from all over the world now, sharing love and encouragement and receiving it back from them!
I am grateful to all the advice I have received regarding publishing. There are pros and cons on both sides regarding professional publishing vs self-publishing. To date I have felt very restricted within the professional publishing community. I have also checked into printing companies in my area. During this process I met Marvin at FedEx office. Marvin was truly interested in my work and went above and beyond the job to help me with some technical challenges on my end. My intuition was so strong to complete this process in time for the Crimson Circle meeting in March and the 'launchpad' (presenation forum open to anyone with a new energy creation) was available to me at that time. Only because of this young man was I able to to complete my book "on time"- my self imposed deadline! Marvin and I have decided that we are "angels" for each other, as I taught him how to "breathe" and how to lower his blood pressure! I chose self-publishing because I wanted his beautiful energy to be part of my book, as well as cost effectiveness, freedom to share the book where I choose, and freedom to choose my own deadlines.
"Though Shalt Not Weigh Thyself" is full of my truths and insights about letting go of old beliefs that limit and restrict, like “dieting” and “weighing in”. Striving for a certain weight, size, or shape is no longer the way to go! We were told months ago that in this new energy, even the structure of our muscle fiber is transforming such that exercise now needs to be light and non abusive. That is part of what this book is about. This book is for those who need encouragement to put health and fitness on the front burner, AND for all who choose to achieve a brand new level of fitness, health, and vitality in new ways that really work with the new energy.
Suzy's book features an introduction from Kuthumi and his energy is throughout the rest of the book. Buy Suzy's book at www.newenergyinspirations.com
Featured Video Keith Loutit is a Sydney based photographer who has been exploring a photographic technique known as 'tilt-shift miniature faking'. Using special lenses he takes a series of time lapse photos and then animates them into short films. Even though all the photos are real they end up looking as though you are observing a miniature world.So far his focus has been on a series about Sydney with his Bathtub films being about the harbour. However he has now achieved enough notoriety that he is looking forward to creating short films set all over the world.
Most of his films involve around 20,000 shots being taken and then between 3,000 to 6,000 being used. Bathtub IV (below) was photographed over three months and Keith took around 100,000 stills to work from.
"People are attracted to the work because it looks different. It's pretty hard not to have a positive reaction when you see all those boats looking like toys in a bathtub. It's cute," says Keith
This is part of an article called "Big Music vs Fans and Artists" written by David Carr and published in the New York Times, Feb 8th, 2009. You can read the full article HERE
"....on Thursday, a new CD by Jill Sobule arrived in the mail. “The California Years, Vol. 1” is a wonderful record, but the back story is just as good and a reminder that in among the giants, new models are emerging. Ms. Sobule is a Denver native, a singer-songwriter who has been in the business for more than two decades and is probably best known for her 1995 song, “I Kissed a Girl.” In that time, she has been signed and dropped by two major labels and had two independent labels sign her, then go belly up. Reluctant to go the label route again, she posted a question in a blog on allthingsd.com, the digital technology site owned by Dow Jones: “How do I pay the rent?”
After listening to her fans, she came up with an updated version of the Medici model. To raise the $75,000 she needed for an album, she set up a Web site — jillsnextrecord.com
— in which her fans would serve as patrons for her next record in return for various rewards. Ten bucks earned them a digital download of the record, $50 an advance copy and a thank you in the liner notes, while $1,000 got them a personalized theme song written by the artist. Three people who paid $5,000 had Ms. Sobule play at their house. The person who gave $10,000 sang on the record. If it sounds cheesy, like a virtual Tupperware party, consider that the record was produced by Don Was, who has produced Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones. The sessions, recorded in Hollywood at Henson Recording Studios, were available for streaming and comment on Ms. Sobule’s Web site before she chose the final songs. (One listener’s verdict? More cowbell, please.)
Reached at the TED conference (Technology, Entertainment, Design) in Palm Springs — Ms. Sobule is that rare plugged-in folkie — she said her version of digital busking had real benefits. “I have never received a single cent on a record that I have ever made,” she said, because sales never seemed to pay back the money she owed for an advance. “With all of this talk of new models and all of these big companies like Clear Channel and Live Nation trying to figure out a way to make a buck, this is one thing that makes sense for an artist like me. I have a small group of fans, but they are mighty.”
Ms. Sobule said that while the top of the business is busy finding ways to own more and more of what seems to be a shrinking pie, artists like her were tunneling their way to a direct route with their public. In a sense, the diminution in value of the CD has allowed musicians to re-examine what a contract with a label or a promoter really means. A year ago, Ms. Sobule sold thumb drives to people at her shows and gave them a password so that within a week, they could download a version of the live show. “The people who come to your shows are going to want to share an experience, to have something to remember, and it just makes sense that you give them that kind of opportunity.” Ms. Sobule is less the tech evangelist than a working musician who likes what she does. Jillsnextrecord.com is not always as earnest as it sounds: It offered a $500 “Gold” level of donation in which your name was to be sung at the end of the record, but also a cheeky “Gold Doubloons Level”: “Exactly like the gold level, but you give me more money."
"I am never going to be a top 10, MTV person at this stage of my career, but this approach allowed me to make a record that I am proud of and I don’t owe anybody,” she said, and then corrected herself. “I still owe about 10 people theme songs.”
Listen to Jill's music at jillsnextrecord.com There is even a 90 minute live concert that you can download.
Personal Readings from Kuthumi
As part of my ever expanding work with Kuthumi, we are now offering personal readings. They will be done in writing via email. After payment you will be invited to write to Kuthumi with your questions or sharing about where you are on your journey. Kuthumi will write back to you addressing your email specifically as well as any other insights he may have to share with you. You can book this service at the Kuthumi Readings page.
