Storm Investor Comsumer Action Group

Storm Investors Consumer Action Group!

The survivors of the Storm Financial meltdown formed a group called SICAG, Storm Investors Consumer Action Group and these people are affectionately known as "SICAGERS". The initial reason for the group to form was due to the shock and disbelief each and every Storm Financial Investor felt. Collectively as a group they could band together and gain support from others who knew exactly what they were going through.

One of the most amazing feats of this group was their being instrumental in getting a Parliamentary Inquiry into the financial industry of Australia, which may in time benefit ordinary Australians to be safe from unscrupulous financial practices. At present you the consumer has no redress when either financial consultants or the banks especially the 'big four' and their subsidiaries change or vary their rules. The word conscionable when used in context with banks is in my view an oxymoron! As is also often the case the fall guys become the ordinary staff members, who follow orders, whilst the "fat cat" executives sit in their glass ivory towers exempt from all blame and gleefully receiving their bonuses without a blush!

SICAG also managed to catch the eye of a law firm that was willing to help by taking to task the banking system and have been able to achieve an almost impossible result of an out of court settlement which will in a small way alleviate a portion of the residual debt of many of the 3000 Ex Storm Clients. For the majority however the debt looms constantly and most will end up loosing their homes or having a 'lean' on the value of the family home until such time as the home is sold. Nearly all will have to find gainful employment, even though the collective average age of this group is approx 65+. These investors had all been working towards not being a burden on society, and to be independent and and self funded in their retirement.

Collectively as a group SICAG have played an important part in keeping individuals safe and alive. They have provided a shoulder to lean when it was all getting too much, they have formed friendships and bonds, have shared information and advice, and have above all .....kept the spirits and sanity of all uplifted. Many and countless stories will be told of this group of everyday Aussies and their fights for justice and truth. The SICAG group have been lead by a band of men, real men with the caliber of strength and dignity and who have unselfishly given of their time, emotions and energy.

The Storm Financial/CBA meltdown will go down in Australian Financial history and is Australia's worst corporate collapse. The SICAGers will not go down with out a fight and they are standing tall, and doing what countless other Aussies have done down the ages....fought for a fair deal and integrity.

What next for Green String!

What Next for Green String

The processes involved in any plan can often be momentarily sidetracked. At present in my home town and state there is a natural disaster unfolding and for now my blogs will reflect this. However it does not mean that I have given up , it just means there are actually some other things on my priority list for now. The same happened whilst I was enhancing my Internet Marketing skills to enable me to help others with my inspirational poem. Life has a way of giving us more to do and also to allow us to take a break from the emotional trauma and be practical. This allows our adrenal response to settle down and get ready for the next wave. A group that was formed for preserving sanity and as a life line for the Storm Financial Survivors was called Storm Investors Community Action Group or affectionately known as SICAG. I will talk more about them and how they have helped a group of people stay alive and connected in a further chapter.

For now however please enjoy this next article written by Performance Forums PF which is very relevant to the people of Queensland in January of 2011.


Tips to clean up after a flood

Trust your Intuition!

Trust your Intuition!

With so much happening here in my home town of Brisbane, I have found it not so easy to do my blogging so will share with an article that I wrote some time ago. It is still regarding my poem, My Green String. I had written it to explain in my words how I feel the universal Laws of Attraction works.

“Intuition”

Have you ever been told to trust your intuition? What exactly is meant by that? For that matter what does the word intuition mean?

Wikipedia states:-

• Intuition (philosophy), the act by which the mind perceives the agreement or disagreement of two ideas
• Intuition (knowledge), understanding without apparent effort

Oxford dictionary states:-

(Noun)

• the ability to understand something instinctively, without the need for conscious reasoning:we shall allow our intuition to guide us
• [count noun] a thing that one knows or considers likely from instinctive feeling rather than conscious reasoning:your insights and intuitions as a native speaker are positively sought

Hi and welcome to my place. I am a professional kinesiologist and own a boutique clinic called Kinique, which is kinesiology uniquely for you! Recently I was guided to write an inspirational poem, Green String, and I would like to share with you some of my journey along the way.

I have used the expression “trust your intuition” and if you are like the old me that may not appear quite so easy. When first starting my career as a Kinesiologist, (one of the natural therapy modalities) I was in denial about the whole metaphysical aspect of life. You would not have found me within cooee of such things as auras, chakras, meridians and as for intuitive belief or psychic guidance I cringed at the thought of it. I did however have the family belief that you should have a trust in what you perceived as the truth. A family motto passed down to me by my maternal grandfather was the saying “to thy own self be true” and it was this saying that assisted me greatly during my studies into the metaphysical aspects of life. If I thought it was getting too weird, I reminded myself of the above thought and I gradually became aware that these sometimes strange words and ideas were in fact tools to identify aspects of life. As I gained knowledge and learned to trust that knowledge a whole new world opened up for me.

I also realized that I had often prayed for assistance and had regularly asked for help from long deceased relations, so just why I was so against the idea of Divine Guidance I am not so sure. It was gradually borne on me that trusting your intuition or guidance was no stranger than praying and asking for strength from others. We are all guided; some by self trust others by family or religious beliefs and many by the utter belief in another’s word. For me it came down to three basic rules that I set so that I could acknowledge and relay information that came my way and these are:-

*To believe in your self

*To be honest about why you need to know

*To be able to share without harming others with words

We are each unique as such we will all have our own way and method of acquiring and sharing knowledge. That’s one of the great aspects of being human, our uniqueness and individuality. Just imagine how dull it would be if we all had the same views and ideas. Another aspect of the unique you is your inner vibration. This vibration is at the very heart of everybody, it is how we communicate without words, how we share our thoughts and emotions with others. It can also be referred to as our life energy or Chi and it is our unique ability to live our lives to our highest ability.

Learn to find your unique vibration and with it the gift of being able to tune into and connect with others, learn to trust your guidance and to be confident in your messages. Tap into the Universal knowledge bank and above all trust the process.

Ask yourself the following questions

*Is the information beneficial to me?

*Is this information beneficial to me on all levels?

*Is this information in my highest good?

Listen and speak with your heart. Start to take notice of seemingly unrelated or sudden thoughts you have. Write them down on post it notes or in a small book. After writing them down, walk away from them and return to whatever you were doing, safe in the knowledge that you have captured your thoughts/guidance. Later when you re-read your notes, allow the energy/vibration of the messages to return and you will easily pick up the thread. The notes will begin to make sense and you will find the answers to many puzzling questions or situations.

How often when a particular event takes place do you find yourself saying “I should have listened to my inner voice” or “I knew that was going to happen”? These are examples of snatches of thoughts or ideas that are given to us daily and most often we forget them or take no notice of them. They form the basis of the vibration of our dreams and wishes, the answers to many of our puzzles in life.

Enjoy your journey, cheers

Marney