Maria Styles, Della Yin and Sieglinde Sitzmann
Maria Styles lives in Florida and travels worldwide delivering Avatar. She
began
her Avatar experience in 1992 and became an Avatar Master/Wizard in
1995/6. After being diagnosed with a rare lung disease whose prognosis put an urgent spin on things, Maria wasted little time in making the choices that brought her in alignment with her life purpose. Today, Maria is within reach at (904)441-9223/4524 ph/fax, e-mail:
herenow20l4@yahoo.com
AJ: What drew you to Avatar?
Maria: It was something about perceived need, to borrow the answer Harry gave when asked the question, "Why did you create Avatar?" I, on the other hand, was losing ground fast. I was more than looking. I was begging my universe to show up with something that would help me out. It wasn't because my life was so awful, or that I was sick, or that
I didn't have food to eat or a safe and warm place to sleep, or even a good job. It was because I just couldn't go through one more day, then one more month, then one more year, with the same fears, insecurities, abandoned dreams, meaningless jobs, and that darn nagging sense that I was here this lifetime for more than just THIS. I also didn't know how to assist others effectively without becoming drained or disempowering them. I just kept hitting a wall professionally and personally. So, I kept on with the search.
My friends and family looked on with not so quiet despair at my aimlessness. What was she looking for? Their disappointed sighs did nothing for my restlessness. I'd hear them whisper gosh, she had such potential... until one day, I received an invitation to a one-day workshop. I am forever grateful. A friend wrote to me about this course called Avatar that would assist my exploration of Self by discovering the beliefs that were guiding my life. She said that she had discovered the how that could enhance every area of life, including health, success, emotions, intentions and dreams. Wow! So I went.
An Avatar Master, who also happened to be a medical doctor, guided the group through the exercises that allowed us to delve gently into our lives and recover our selves from the tangle of hidden and unspoken thoughts, incomplete projects, unfulfilled dreams, and secret failures that had been running our lives. With the Avatar exercises, this was accomplished simply by experiencing the view point that our beliefs in our consciousness were creating how we were experiencing our lives. All this in ONE day. Every exercise was amazing. For me, one culminating exercise was the clincher: The Expansion Exercise. I knew after experiencing who I really was out side of it all for the few moments of that exercise that I had finally found what I had been looking for. I also knew that I had discovered what it was I had come here to do. To help others see what I had just seen. To teach Avatar. So, if a friend says to you, hey, look at this, Look, will ya?
AJ: How would you compare your life before and after Avatar?
Maria: Where do I start? Well, the illness that I was supposed to be dying from has stopped dead in its tracks. I seldom have to limit my activities to accommodate my body anymore. I am now able to more confidently commit to the role I am to play this lifetime in
contributing to the creation of an enlightened planetary civilization. I was reminded recently by a friend that I could choose to install the belief in my consciousness to regenerate my lung tissue so that my lungs would heal fully. Duh! Thanks for the reminder. Those reminders that I am the creator of my life by the beliefs I choose to hold come with increasing rapidity, louder, clearer, and gentler. I have learned to listen with accelerating ease.
Before Avatar, the reminders were there, but I didn't know how to hear them. They usually came in disguise. They often felt like 2 by 4's across my head. Womp! Wake up! I used to be so hard on myself. Since Avatar, compassion and appreciation for the events of my life and those of others continues to grow. Compassion is the component of life that I work on the most. It acts as the healing elixir for everything else. It creates gratitude, which invites grace in. There is infinite comfort in knowing that I can handle whatever I create in my life. I know peace is possible now.
AJ: What do you
feel your role is in assisting planetary transformation?
Maria: I am finally doing what I came here to do. This knowingness supplies me with enough energy, and then some, to keep going. I am awake. I am happy. Whew! Big sigh of relief. I am here to get real good at doing what I came here to do. If Avatar is what you say you want, I am here to learn to effectively and lovingly hold the space, so that you know you have now found IT. I am here to keep transforming personally in order to get better and better at transmitting the Avatar materials to others; to support other beings in their goals for their transformation and their ability to help others; to be persistent; to know that the only thing stopping us from finding what we are looking for is that we perceive IT hasn't shown up yet. Isn't it interesting that when we are looking for something, it's in the last place we look? When we find IT, we stop looking. We then dare to start living, deliberately. This is IT. You are the ONE.
Sieglinde Sitzmann,
from Northern Germany, near Hamburg, has been delivering Avatar across Europe since 1991. She became a Star's Edge Trainer in April 1999. Sieglinde became an Ergotherapist at age 17 and since 1992 has been doing Sensoric Integration Therapy with children. She has had about 10 years of meditation experience as a Sanyasin of Osho, was trained in dance theater workshops, Hawaiian healing massage, and water shiatsu. Sieglinde can be reached at the Avatar-Institute Hamburg,
ph:011-49-40-40171481, fax: 011-49-40-40171482, e-mail: avatar-institut-siegi@otelo-online.de
AJ: How did you find Avatar?
Sieglinde: A girlfriend, whom I trusted, said to me: "Do Avatar. It works." And then I had two dreams. One was about Harry, and one was about this path. I don't usually listen to dreams to make decisions, but this clearly felt like the right direction.
I wanted to change something in my life. I had meditated for 10 years as a Sanyasin of Osho, and I was quite disciplined and sincere. But my spiritual path was not really connected to my daily life. I had the feeling that Avatar was exactly what I was looking for.
AJ: How did Avatar change your
life?
Sieglinde: Basically Avatar helped me to balance all kinds of failures I had experienced in my work and relationships, and it helped heal this humiliated part of myself. With Avatar I developed more compassion for others and myself. I also experience a sense of integrity and honesty that continues to deepen the more I walk this path and every
time I use the tools.
AJ: What is your most memorable experience since delivering Avatar?
Sieglinde: When I signed up for my Avatar Course I had a clear feeling that I wanted to become an Avatar Master. In that time I often felt so small that I was very embarrassed to say this aloud. During my Avatar Course my Master encouraged me to play with that primary, so I started stating it in a whisper. When I finally created this primary it lifted my whole being. I'm still
very grateful for this moment. Every time one of my Avatar students makes this decision for their own mastery I feel a moment of grace happening. It's a wonderful gift.
AJ: What do you feel is your role in assisting planetary transformation?
Sieglinde: On a personal level, I contribute by being honest and compassionate. So far, my experience is, that the more authentic and playful I could be myself, the more other people become inspired and touched.
On the level of the bigger game, I feel committed to contributing to the creation of an enlightened planetary civilization, whatever tasks are waving at me and wherever I am welcomed to join the play. I cannot see any particular role, but I love very much to inspire fellow travelers for this bigger game.
The work as a Star's Edge Trainer, the gift of working so closely with Star's Edge and the team of trainers is a great challenge and an ongoing wake-up call for my primary. I am grateful for this.
Della Yin was born and raised in Taiwan. She came to the United States for her masters
degree in sociology and has been living in San Francisco for the past seven years. She worked as a journalist before she discovered Avatar and decided to help Avatar grow in Taiwan and China. She can be contacted at 510-794-7367 or e-mailed at dellayin@yahoo.com
AJ: What have you learned with Avatar?
Della: There is an old Zen story that can express very well what I have learned in Avatar.
"Three monks were arguing. One insisted that the world is blue. The other one disagreed; he insisted that the world is red. The third one said that the world is yellow. Right in the middle of red faces, Loud voices, and almost hush words, the master monk walked by. After his understanding of the situation, he laughed. His conclusion was that there is no point to argue. Everyone's right. He turned to the first monk and reminded him that he had forgotten he had a pair of blue glasses on his nose, and that is the reason why his world is blue. He commented similarly to the second and third monks."
I have known this story since I was a teenager. I often have wondered what kind of glasses I have been wearing to color the world as I have experienced it. For the past four years, I have been very satisfied in terms of fulfilling my wishes. By using the Avatar tools, I learned to be real with myself in a very compassionate way. I constantly discover the color of my glasses. It is a continuous unfolding process, and that is the part I love most. Last night I just found out how I have interpreted the
success including who, what, how and why. I laughed because one more time I got a better understanding of me. Each time when I get in touch with my true beliefs I bring back more inner peace with myself. I feel that I am more capable of controlling my universe. This is a very empowering process.
AJ: What changed in your life after taking Avatar?
Della: When I first took Avatar, my son was about fourteen months old. I was struggling to become a good mother. I wanted to devote myself to him, wanted to love him unconditionally, wanted to be able to nurture him all the time. But I usually found myself in despair, in frustration, in helplessness, in anger, and in guilt, of course. I had done much with Avatar to handle the situation but found only temporary relief. One day I finally worked up enough courage and willingness to take back my own projection onto him. It was a break through. We started a new relationship, not as mom to son but as
human being to human being. It's been very enlightening.
From time to time we still have situations, but it always makes me appreciate him more and learn something new from him. I am confident not just that this relationship will work but that it will become better all the time. I enjoy this confidence a lot.
I feel that I have the key to creating a successful relationship, not just for my son, but also for all the kids in the world. I hope they all have a wonderful life knowing what they really want to do to contribute to the world, feeling capable and enthusiastic, no matter what, and more importantly, that they have a mental toughness to do what they set out to do until it is accomplished. The world becomes better because of them. To me, it is not a difficult job as long as they realize the mechanism of consciousness, as long as they know how to manage their innate creation power. With Avatar tools, I know we can actualize this dream.
· Volume XIV Issue 1