Keith Bradley & Maria Elena Márquez,

Keith Bradley and Maria Elena Márquez are both Avatar Masters and Wizards who have been focusing on making Avatar available throughout Venezuela. They also have created courses in the USA and Spain.

Maria Elena's last 20 years have been devoted to the corporate world working first in Human Resources management and then as a consultant in executive recruiting. She first did The Avatar Course in Caracas, Venezuela, in 1993. Through Avatar she has found a new meaning in her business career and personal life.

Keith has a degree in Spanish Language and Literature. Following many years in the administration offices of a Northern California firm, he happened upon The Avatar Course in 1992. In 1994 he was licensed to deliver The Avatar Course and gradually replaced his localized work with international courses.

Keith and Maria Elena can be reached by calling (305) 271-5494 or (510) 655-8113 or via e-mail at VenAvatar@usa.net

AJ: How did you come to Avatar and what are your gains?
Maria Elena: My life was pretty successful. A loving family, good friends, a growing career, lots of travel. What else could someone want? But I did notice that everything I was doing seemed to involve effort and long hours of work. Being truthful to myself, I noticed that I was often stressed, lonely and without purpose. I started my search for meaning and relaxation doing therapies, meditation, and so on, but everything seemed to have only short-term benefits. When I heard about Avatar, the concept of being able to live deliberately attracted my attention and I signed up for the course.

Soon thereafter, old controlling identities, fears, and lack of appreciation for myself dissolved, and a new Me unfolded. It was a unique experience, and I felt free and certain that I had recovered a simple way to transform my life.

I also knew that this was going to impact those around me.

About my gains, in my professional life I expanded an already successful career. I appreciated and respect my friends and family more. When I allowed myself the time to discreate old fears and beliefs about relationships, Keith appeared in my life, and we are creating a journey of continuous personal growth, an inspiration for ourselves and others in search of loving companionship.

The journey is endless, and my life is full of trust, enthusiasm and commitment to expand this blessing to others.

Keith: It was time for something completely different. There were a lot of clean-up-your-act, find-an- old-trauma, or come-have-a-great-weekend courses, but they all seemed to have more attention on either the course or the creator of the materials, and they were just too shallow or short lived for the exploring I was ready for.

I was ready to dive in without anybody holding my hand and find out exactly how so many inspired souls these days can be so clear in saying that we create what we experience in our lives.

AJ: What do you feel is your role in assisting the creation of an enlightened planetary civilization?
Maria Elena: My primary goal was to take Avatar into my home town and teaming with other Masters we have delivered the course to nearly 80 students, and seven have gone on to become Masters. I feel honored to have witnessed the evolution of my closer family members, friends, and colleagues, who have completed The Avatar Course.

I see my present role in two ways. First, and above all, I am living as an Avatar. To me, this means discreating beliefs that no longer serve any purpose, living in the present moment where all the answers are at my fingertips, and remembering that the greater the connection with others, the greater chance for expanded success. Secondly, I am continuing to inspire others to explore the magic of life.
AJ: What is your most memorable experience with Avatar?
Keith: It's quite an experience just witnessing our students at work. Seeing the glow in their eyes upon the completion of an exercise and watching their lives as they transform. This is what encourages me to keep using the tools on myself and inspires me to lovingly continue delivering the course to others.
AJ: What do you think is special about Avatar?
Keith: Offering someone the Avatar techniques feels like slipping a variety of keenly sharpened tools into the hands of an inspired inventor in deep pursuit of a new never-before-experienced creation. Sometimes our role as a "master" when delivering an Avatar Course seems to require nothing more than stepping outside to hang a sign on the front door, "DO NOT DISTURB, INVENTORS AT WORK." And then stepping back inside to watch in quiet amazement.

It's always a memorable moment noticing an insight appear on the face of an Avatar student. Another calm surprise as they realize how easy it gets when they take away the effort. Nothing new to have to believe. Something like they might have experienced on their very first solo bicycle ride (Wow! No training wheels, and I'm not falling over.)
AJ: What changes have you noticed in your life since becoming an Avatar Master?
Keith: Just over four years ago, I remember cautiously exploring ways to move on from my 18 years of work in accounting and administration. After receiving my Master's license to deliver courses,
Venezuela emerged. So far, I have four years of experience delivering Avatar courses with my wife, with occasional trips for special course deliveries in California, Oregon, Washington, and Spain.

In the background of one of my courses, a tropical sun was setting off the northern coast of South America. In the background of another was an occasional distant sound of a ferry weaving its way through the San Juan Islands near the Canadian border. I wouldn't trade the multicultural experiences that I have had since becoming a Master for anything.

As I have become increasingly more open and adaptable to change, the ease at which intentions have manifested and the surprises that have continued to appear just around the corner have fully compensated for my decision to discard my comfort able office chair. And I feel at home here.

Lamar Trant is an Avatar Master/Wizard, from Pueblo, Colorado, delivering Avatar since 1995. She is also a psychologist, working with employees and clients in an agency that provides services to developmentally disabled individuals. Along with three other Masters from Pueblo, Lamar delivers Avatar to people working in human services organizations. She delivers in Colorado and any place else where there is sunshine. She can be reached at tel/fax 719-542-5911 or e-mail: DKMF64A@Prodigy.com.

AJ: How did you come to find Avatar?
Lamar: I learned about Avatar from a man from Singapore (Anthony Tan) who I met at a conference in the summer of 1994. This conference was supposed to be very "state of the art" in applying information about the brain and consciousness to work in organizations. I noticed that Anthony felt so good; his energy, presence and enthusiasm as he spoke about Avatar was incredible! I asked him to send me some information.
The next day I received a call from Cata Low and went to Austin to do the course. Then I went on to the next Master Course.
AJ: What do you think is special about Avatar?
Lamar: As a psychologist I feel Avatar provides the experiential "world lesson" tools that compliment and go far beyond the cognitive behavioral approach that is so popular these days in therapy and self-help books. The gentle, guided self exploration also empowers students. This, and the overall integrity of the course and the Star's Edge organization, are things I have greatly appreciated about Avatar. Personally, Avatar provided me with the most profoundly life changing and expanding experience of my life--and it just keeps getting better!
AJ: How did your life change after Avatar?
Lamar: Before Avatar I was happy and felt that I was the happiest I had ever been. I wasn't looking to fix anything--just exploring. What a gold mine! Within three months relationships shifted significantly, I bought a new house, went from working two jobs and 50 hours a week to 32 hours, lost weight and, most importantly, rediscovered playing and living in my heart. I'm happier today than I ever could have imagined.

AJ: What is your most memorable experience with Avatar?

Lamar: Two comments from individuals on course who were my clients in therapy and who then took The Avatar Course from me (both went on to Masters and Wizards):

"Why does Avatar work so well in only 9 days when therapy takes so long?"

"You were my 'shrink' and now I am my own 'expand'."

AJ: What do you feel is your role in planetary transformation?
Lamar: My role in planetary transformation starts with deliberately and consistently using the Avatar tools to keep myself aware and present with others in a space of lightness, compassion and appreciation, then, from that space, delivering The Avatar Course, which I feel is the greatest gift I have to offer.

Elleva Joy McDonald was born in the Chicago area, lives in Minneapolis and delivers Avatar worldwide. She loves to have people come to her sanctuary in Minnesota, but also loves to do retreats at the seashore, the mountains, or anywhere there is beauty and uniqueness.
Elleva Joy has been helping people grow into their potential for over 25 years. She has been a movement and bodywork therapist, a teacher and a spiritual guide.
She can be contacted at 612-906- 0227, 888-407-5245 or e-mailed at ellevajoy@aol. com

AJ: How did you come to Avatar?
Elleva Joy: I found out about Avatar in 1995 when my friend and former colleague, John Pasqualetti, sent me a flyer. I was experiencing a very difficult time in my life and had several conversations on the phone with John. One thing he said was, "Honey, you've been looking for these tools your whole life" I believed him. I trusted him. I took the course. He was right. I had been looking for these tools my whole life! I became a Master myself shortly after that and have been delivering Avatar ever since.
AJ: What do you think is special about Avatar?
Elleva Joy: Delivering Avatar brings all my years of experience together and offers me the opportunity to grow along with each student. It is a privilege and an honor to be able to do this.
I've been a spiritual seeker for enlightenment for over 25 years. I've followed a lot of paths and done good personal work. I was well prepared for the Avatar technology. What makes Avatar special is that it delivers the most awakened expanded consciousness I have ever experienced along with very practical tools that really work to change lives for the better. I have experienced enlightened states, and I have the tools that help me maintain that state from day to day. Most spiritual practices fail to provide the opportunity to improve your day-to-day existence like Avatar does.
Avatar really changed me and my life for the better! I experienced what I'd always been looking for and realized I was It!
That new viewpoint of source awareness became my new identity, and I have never been the same since. I have created happiness and success like never before and I contribute to the enlightenment of others.
AJ: What do you feel is your role in planetary transformation?
Elleva Joy: The best way I can contribute to an enlightened planetary civilization is to live a joyous, creative life. I believe my personal universe is already an enlightened planetary civilization. It attracts others to Avatar. BEING ME is my life's work. Maybe, that's true for all of us.

Summer 1999

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