Native Australian Chris Walker is an expert on the Laws of Nature, having spent much of his life decoding them. A worldwide keynote speaker, Chris consults with individuals, couples and organizations on improved relationships, health and lifestyles. He is the author of 22 books, including the soon to be released “Sacred Love: The Secrets of Relationships That Last Forever.”

His Web site www.chris walker.com.au and what he very passionately has to say definitely caught my attention. Below is an interview I recently conducted with him via email.

Q:
You describe yourself as an “ordinary Aussie bloke.” Did your upbringing in "the bush" contribute to your receptivity to The Laws of Nature?

A:
When I say ordinary Aussie bloke, I mean that we Australian men seem able to laugh at ourselves. We don’t take things too seriously unless it’s about protecting our home or a mate in trouble. It’s the Aussie spirit. It’s unique in its light-hearted goodness. My upbringing in the bush was very much about trust. My step mum beat the crap out of me daily, the kids at school thought I was a weirdo (I moved to the bush from a little green, friendly and isolated country town in Tasmania that no one had ever heard of in this tough and rough bush environment). Poor old Dad was busting his chops working to try to overcome his grief from my mother’s death (I was two and a half years old and was beside her in a car when she died.)

Living amongst this kind of chaos, a kid searches for their own source of comfort and love (the Laws of Nature say that nothing is missing in life). I found comfort and love by the riverbank, playing in the bush, hanging out with Aboriginal kids that no other white person trusted. It was here that I learned not to trust words, just people. So, Nature was Mum for me. I felt her spirit in trees and rivers and branches and food that came from the earth. I felt her spirit in the wind and in the hot sun, her warm heart. This was how I learned to love. I learned to love by loving the earth

Q:
At what point in your life did you become aware of The Laws of Nature? Was it a process or more of a single moment of clarity you had upon reading about them?

A:
I went through a hell of my own in the midst of a divorce. My three beautiful children sailed off on a yacht with their Mum and her new love. I really went down the tubes after that. I did therapy and Zen and yoga and more Zen and danced with Native American people all over the place. But ten minutes after I did any healing, the pains would come back. Something would remind me of my children and bingo, there I was, angry, sad and resentful.

I trekked in Nepal and many parts of the world alone, trying to find my own heart. I lost it, and the soul that feeds it, or so I thought, so I just went back to nature, to Mum, to be nurtured. One day I was looking at the sunrise. The moon was also in the sky. On this beautiful morning I got lost in thought. I drifted to the place where I was when the kids were born. When I watched them hatch into this world I just felt a miracle happen in me. So, sitting on the beach, I was back in that energy. I was so filled with tears and so happy. I looked at the moon and I realized I was in the same universe as my kids, in the same atmosphere as my kids, in the same realm of love with them. We were connected, inseparable and suddenly I was home again! I jumped up and started to dance like a mad man, I could see there was nothing to heal. All the healing had failed because there was nothing to heal. For the first time, I knew the formula for love. I had always mixed up my expectations of doing something good -- being a good father, providing, nurturing and caring – with love. Love is what nature does. She doesn’t care if you are here or gone, she loves. And there it was, the breakthrough. I separated emotion, expectation, philosophy, religion, beliefs and all that mumbo jumbo of complexity from real love.

Then I went back over all my studies of religion, the mysteries, metaphysics and poetry, and I just asked myself: “what’s behind these?” That’s when I became aware that behind every single expectation, emotion, philosophy and religion are five undisputable and universal Laws of Nature. They’re universal because from the smallest molecular structure to the widest galaxy these laws exist. And I found these laws written in ancient texts. And now it’s my job to bring them to others.

There’s change and then there’s CHANGE! Most of us can change our minds or our hair color without too much angst. Yet, often change can be tough to take. It takes practice to move in and out of our comfort zone with confidence.

I’ve had a love/hate relationship with change for most of my adult life, but I keep making little adjustments and dramatic moves anyway. That’s because I’ve realized that directing life changes is a great deal more pleasant than waiting for inevitable changes to take you by surprise or hit you over the head with a loud and clear message to take action!

Embracing all of change – the exciting as well as the daunting and anxiety producing – is key to achieving life goals.

Change is the chance to exert some control over your life’s direction. Change can be a positive ally. It’s the opportunity to take charge rather than face life in a reactive mode. It took me years to stop feeling like life was just tossing me about willy-nilly. What a relief (who knew!) to realize that change was something I could see more postively, work with, and direct even.

Change is a hero’s journey. Risk-taking requires courage. So, when you gather your resolve or boost your nerve to make an important change, give yourself the appropriate credit. Change can help you to develop the heart to follow your dreams, which you’ll need because the transformative process can be frustratingly uncomfortable (“Can’t I be done yet?” may come to mind during a change that is taking longer than planned). Yet, there’s usually a big payoff in terms of growing patience and faith, physical transformation, career achievement or spiritual learning. And, sometime the reward may not be what you expected.

I love the quote: 'A dream without action remains just a dream?' I believe that having a dream and not working to make it a reality leads only to regret. Yet some people find it less painfut to simply stop dreaming and feel NOTHING! I choose to live a life of passion despite the risks."

Chris Mathews
Arbonne International
Independent Executive Area Manager
ChrisMathews26@msn.com

Processing Change

Part I:Think about the last time a significant change occured in your life that you didn't choose or did not have control over. How did you react to this change? What was your attitude about the change? What emotions did it bring up?

Part II: If you reacted negatively, in retrospect is there anything that you might have done differently to be more accepting of the change? If you reacted more positively, do you consciously try to approach most changes this way and how successful are you?

Part III: Is your approach to change in sync with how you think of yourself and how you approach life?

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