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b'New Zealand as a small island nation, being so far from other countries stands out - alone. Once a pioneer country pushing the boundaries of social change, science and physical acumen - it has also remained at another level comfortably numb and this interview addresses - to a degree, how could this be?\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Elandra, NZer\\xa0 author of \\u201cFrom Stardom to Wisdom: Healing & Love Beyond the Spotlight\\u201d, and upcoming book \\u201cVoices & Visions of Our New Earth\\u201d, is an\\xa0 international health and healing educator trainer and practitioner. She was a top Auckland University scholar, international prizewinning dancer, model\\xa0 and actress who went on to a career including co-starring with Roger Moore and Tony Curtis in London\\u2019s Hollywood. Deeply unhappy\\xa0 at University she frequently contemplated suicide; her longing for transcendent wisdom was met with academic intellectualism and\\xa0 \\u201ctall poppy syndrome\\u201d. Later as a movie actress in the world of celebrity, fame and fortune she was horrified by her experience of the exploitation and addiction to money and power. Turning her life to yoga and spirituality, dressed in white, running a Californian ashram yoga center for 20 years, she again experienced how giving away\\xa0 power\\xa0 \\u2013 in this case to spiritual devotion \\u2013\\xa0 encourages the dark side of cults and spiritual leaders and gurus, for whom power corrupts, as they turn into self-aggrandizing power-hungry predators,\\xa0 who get away with betraying, exploiting,\\xa0 and abusing\\xa0 hundreds of thousands. After finding soul family in immersion in the Aloha Ho\\u2019oponopono Healing shamanism of Hawaii, her mission became clear; to expose how power corrupts, and to\\xa0 encourage the choice for a life of purification of character \\u2013 (rather than the lust for fame and fortune), leading to our culture\\u2019s addiction to the multiplication of wants and\\xa0 toxic success.\\xa0 \\xa0She has a message for you today about the urgent need in NZ to begin to heal, once and for all, the Tall Poppy Syndrome. Elandra\'s opening statement expresses overwhelming thanks and appreciation of what I (Tim) do as a host of GreenplanetFM, which catches me off guard and places me in a humble position\\u2026As an elder of our society feeling her graciousness, I reflect that this kind of acknowledgement is exactly what is needed for all of us,\\xa0 to open the heart connection, to make us feel validated, and to feel part of a warmer and greater whole; a true\\xa0 family and community that is welcoming and totally\\xa0 supportive of each other. So what is the Tall Poppy Syndrome and where did the term come from? It\\u2019s actually a shocking story. The specific reference to poppies occurs in Livy\'s account of the tyrannical Etruscan king, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus. He is said to have received a messenger from his son Sextus Tarquinius asking what he should do next in Gabii, since he had become all-powerful there. Rather than answering the messenger verbally, Tarquin went into his garden, took a stick, and symbolically swept it across his garden, thus cutting off the heads of the tallest poppies that were growing there. The messenger, tired of waiting for an answer, returned to Gabii and told Sextus what he had seen. Sextus realised that his father wished him to put to death all of the most eminent people of Gabii, which he then did! Tragically what the Tall Poppy Syndrome has morphed into today especially here in NZ is that we have in many ways \'ducked for cover\' and quietly put our head down to do life in a quieter \'kiwi way\' - of not standing out, and worse still, making sure no one else stands out - through what has become an ingrained habit of justifying the heavy utilization of criticism and bullying in school and workplace. And worse, even viewing it as a virtue. Other than in the sporting environment, or in cases where somebody is famous, we remain subdued, and do not express appreciation for others, nor stand up for the virtues and values that most civil societies stand for. This means that anyone wanting to excel may want to choose to leave NZ for overseas pastures, or may descend into despair and depression (leading to NZ\\u2019s highest suicide rate in the world for youth and over 60).\\xa0 There is no one to talk to; vital emotional support from family, community and society as a whole is non-existent or invisible. Elandra mentions coming into Auckland Airport terminal every year (for over 25 years) and feeling this heavy contractive energy - of unshed tears, deep sorrow - (I Tim, when I was a steward for Air NZ returning from the US, be it LAX or Honolulu also really felt this constrictive and constraining energy when coming home - it was very heavy) but I did not mention this in the interview - because it was not about me! She talks about\\xa0 why NZ has the highest suicide rate for youth and over 60 years of age in the world. She talks about suppressed feelings,\\xa0 held back deep grief and underlying anger that has not been (consciously) expressed and, with no place to share, unshed tears with no place to safely flow. Of course the biggest picture perspective of all is that we live in a patriarchal society, an authoritarian driven society, where we are basically at war within ourselves through not valuing inner knowingness, inner authority and inner trust. But the world\\u2019s Zeitgeist is and must be changing. We have no choice now but to learn to value the indigenous ways of the honoring of the Earth, Nature, and intuition. We all had ancestors who knew how to live in harmony with the Earth and Stars\\u2026\\xa0 \\xa0In many ways - like the previous weeks interview of Paul Levy - the "Wetiko Virus" has taken hold of the general consensus here, the result being a major sense of lack of societal leadership by NZers in this country. Many even defer to others who have moved from overseas to now live here. Wetiko (Native American term for dark energy) is a mind virus that has in various degrees become surreptitiously installed in us all.\\xa0 Having done so it manifests as the \\u201cinner critic\\u201d that puts you down within yourself, and that in turn causes you to put other people down. Which erodes your self-esteem causing you to then also hide and shun friends.\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Elandra describes how in the process of healing her inner critic certain words came to her and she in shock wondered where they came from ... these sneering words inside saying - "You will never write your book,\\xa0 Elandra \\u2013 you\\u2019ve been trying for 30 years - just give up,\\xa0 you pathetic woman. Why don\'t you just dig a hole and go die!" So she wrote these words down, and she looked at them closely and then these words she heard - fell away - because - this mind virus - does not want its existence to be seen and acknowledged. Let alone going public by sending it to 800 people in a group! By overcoming the desire to remain \\u2018private\\u2019 it worked, now she has a voice inside that never says anything negative about herself and instead cheers her on saying "I love you Elandra\\u201d. Tall Poppy Syndrome causes us to withhold love as well as withhold its expression - she says that in NZ withholding Love, and appreciation and expression has become a virtue! She sees this as the most insidious thing that is happening in this country, this is now "a very NZ thing!" There is also a sense of inferiority in the NZ psyche, plus defensiveness, making it difficult to mention these things\\u2026\\xa0 She says we have to change this attitude and fast.\\xa0 So first we have to recognize it.\\xa0 Also, Elandra tells of her counselor friends having young people (and all ages), show up exclaiming \\u2013 \\u201cI don\\u2019t know who I am anymore!\\u201d\\xa0 They have no real authentic role models \\u2013 just films, pop idols etc.\\xa0 This in spite of also the wonderful people in NZ\\xa0 and those who do work with love to help people in despair etc. Listen... This interview broaches much subject matter. She talks about the USA being not one country but 50 countries all different from each other! They are called states but are 50 countries in ONE!\\xa0 and these, each one, is mostly\\xa0 far bigger than NZ \\u2013 so how can you even compare?!\\xa0 So with the reflection of this vast geography\\xa0 there is a sense of\\xa0 vast space, space and room\\xa0 to expand your psyche and consciousness\\xa0 (I concur),\\xa0 and your\\xa0 heart is big, \\u2018cos it has more room - and so she says that the Americans generally support the expansiveness of expression and the heart (Tim having lived there twice - I concur) So in USA it is different,\\xa0 wanting to stand out is celebrated, supported, applauded and lauded! \\xa0In NZ growing up feelings were not really in our vocabulary \\u2013 most of us as children did not have parents who addressed\\xa0 feelings - (I Tim, didn\'t know there was a different between thinking and feeling - I was unknowingly brought up that way). Parents are afraid of their children\\u2019s expression of pain and anger and will shut them up fast. Hear Elandra talk on \'when we were babies and tots\' many of us when crying were not really supported and were told to keep quiet and close off to how we felt \\u2013 listen In NZ it is the status quo normal to suppress feelings, especially ones deemed negative. This means that speaking out your truth is not done. Withholding expression of truth of feelings \\u2013 from self and others, (whether negative or positive), is highly dangerous to your health, indeed a cause and catalyst for many kinds of health dysfunctions.\\xa0 It is actually taboo in NZ to be on talking about or expressing feelings, (I Tim concur). Especially about talking about suicide... \\xa0There is also distrust of mental health and going to psychologists etc. and understandably ... because they are not trained with a full holistic knowingness of the human condition - they are in most cases all intellectualizing.\\xa0 Remembering that \'Psyche\' in Psychology and Psychiatrist means Soul in ancient Greek\\u2026but not fully recognized today. \\xa0As an intuitive professional healer of over 35 years Elandra notices that psychologists in most cases are untrained to track where your pain or condition and feelings are - in your body. The conditions for healing to happen - safety and sacredness - need to be honored, and then the psyche/body can reveal itself, and can speak out.\\xa0 The body actually reflects \\u2013 it actually IS - the subconscious, and when \\u201cthe field\\u201d is held with no agenda the body will reveal to the consciousness and soul what is happening and needed for healing. Then soul retrieval, coming back to balance and wholeness just happens, easily. \\xa0Once we recognize these locked up feelings then we can deal with them \\u2013 speak them out loud when alone, even shouting into a pillow \\u2013 for natural\\xa0 release and natural healing...Plus having someone to support you just by listening,\\xa0 (with no agenda to fix heal and save)\\xa0 just BEING THERE, presencing, that is a huge plus. \\xa0Listen - how Elandra takes someone through a healing session... \\xa0So there is a cure!\\xa0 Since tall poppy does not like to be seen, acknowledging it openly is the cure ... and the beginning of healing. The more we let it be seen, let our vulnerabilities show, get together with people and talk and share love, the more the wetiko virus loses its grip. \\xa0Elandra states that she has been a victim of \'Tall Poppy Syndrome\' many times. But, by\\xa0 hearing the inner voice saying to herself\\xa0 \'I love you Elandra\' - this statement validated her and her heart to such a degree that it allowed her to raise herself above victimhood and feeling incapable and unacknowledged and seeing herself in a positive light. She says this is one way with dealing with not being able to cope etc. The continuous daily expression of love - is very important - Listen... We have to love and appreciate each other. It\'s also so much about bigger interconnection, intimate and honest connection within the family and with neighbors and the greater community. Acknowledge it! Address it, talk, feel feelings, share freely what works to heal this insidious cutting down mindset!\\xa0 Rise up the spirit with continuous daily expression of love, appreciation and praise to everyone around you!\\xa0 Empower love, big love called \\u201cawakened oneness awareness\\u201d, founded in authentic feelings and utmost integrity.\\xa0 The battle for self-love is for most of us the greatest battle we ever undertake, \\u201cthe longest journey you will ever take is from your head to your heart\\u201d - because if we have no self-love (confidence and assuredness) - then we are a shrinking violet and some could say \'a victim.\' But when we can accept and get inside ourselves and end up embracing all aspects of self, we can experience true love for ourselves (warts and all) \\u2013 and then we generate an inner glow - our inner candle and this is when we become empowered and have a certain felt knowingness that we are more connected inside. Then we feel the oneness with our greater selves belonging to and part of nature and the greater world, plus the infinite dimensions that we are essentially immersed in. \\xa0So we are more at peace within our skin and we are more self-confident and inner directed - because we are coming from an empowered loving inner self. This allows us to provide selfless service to those in need, and helping people expands your sphere of goodwill, and provides and spreads great joy. Which is the ultimate antidote to tall poppy, embracing it all within big love and joy!\\xa0\\xa0 healthhealing.org \\xa0 NEXT WEEK\'S INTERVIEW Glen Atkinson: Taking us to another realm Glen states that: ASTROLOGY IS A FACT OF PHYSICS The global elite who control the world wide media use the media to put down astrology at every turn, Yet, behind our backs the elite will always draw up a chart when their babies are born whilst the elders will always check their chart or their countries chart before going to war or making a large incursion into a market, or change of government etc. We have entered a new paradigm and \\u2018it\\u2019s a shake down trip.\\u2019 Old outmoded viewpoints are being superseded as we boldly enter the Aquarian Age. As Nikola Tesla once stated. \\u201cThe day science begins to study non-physical phenomena, it will make more progress in one decade than in all the previous centuries of its existence.\\u201d'