By Marisa Russo  

Uluru, the big red rock in the center of Australia, is known for its magical healing powers and spiritual ambience. Recently, I undertook some research into the amazing energies of Uluru and spent eight days conducting healing work amongst the indigenous Anangu people. Known as an insular race, I was blessed to learn much about their culture, living wisdom, and deep respect for our planet. I would like to share some of my insights.  

Australia’s Uluru is a sacred site to the nation’s native people. Some people report misfortune after removing rocks or soil from Uluru.Depending on your thought or action, positive or negative energy and consequences are created. Every action has a consequence. When you demonstrate respect and appreciation, positive energy and good karma flows to you. For example, respecting the earth and living in a way that reduces waste and toxic load assists everyone on the planet to live a healthier and cleaner life.

The care you give to the planet has a twofold reaction. When there is respect shown to the earth and all living creatures, it creates an abundant environment with nutritious foods and clean air to keep us healthy and happy. Your intention and positive actions to support this flow create a positive energy or vibration around you in the form of gratitude, love, or appreciation. In essence, you are attracting more respect and appreciation to you. This is good karma.

On our research trip, we enjoyed many discussions with the Aboriginals about signs and symbolism. I am a great believer that signs are everywhere for us to read. After one of our meetings, we saw an amazing sign. Driving around Uluru, we saw the biggest and most vividly colorful rainbow I had ever seen. We stopped the car to take in the view and embrace the energy of the moment.

As we stood looking up to the rainbow, I was aware of many cars hurriedly driving past us. We can choose to be open to signs, or ignore them. The passing traffic missed the most amazing view. For me, rainbows are a positive sign, a precursor to something amazing about to unfold. After the rainbow appeared, I was walking around one of the most sacred parts of Uluru called the Kuniya Walk. As I turned a bend, there was Oprah walking towards me.

What are the odds of meeting Oprah, one-on-one on a dirt trail in central Australia? As my husband and I were alone on the trail and Oprah was walking in front of her 30-person film crew, we got to exchange a few words before being swamped by the media.

Oprah had always been on my vision board. It was like our deep respect for the land, the people, and helping them with healing had opened up the heavens to a miracle. It was a great learning experience for me.

As well as bumping into Oprah, we were given special permission to visit sacred sites and film in areas like the cultural center. It was there that I learned about the Sorry Book, a compilation of Uluru visitor letters  who write about their negative life experience after removing rocks or red soil as souvenirs. The park rangers told us that they receive thousands of rocks, soil and sorry letters every year. I was fascinated by the stories in the sorry book and the extension of the message I am sharing with you.

Each person related the negative consequence or bad karma that ensued after taking rocks and soil from the sacred Uluru region. Most mentioned that they didn’t originally believe in superstition or karma. Their opinions changed radically after they encountered family deaths, car accidents, bad relationships and serious illnesses en masse. Here are some samples...

“...I never believed it is true but now after two years I think it is. I made the biggest mistake of my life when I took some of the red sand. Since then a lot of bad things have happened to us... I had my first miscarriage and then my father got lung cancer and died. I then had a second miscarriage and then an ectopic pregnancy. The doctors had to remove a tube to save me. The father of my closest friend died with cancer and my aunt died. I am still not pregnant...”

“I am a Christian and I was not superstitious when I took the red dirt ...since taking the dirt the same year my husband had prostate cancer, a heart attack, and then died with rapid progressive Aphasia. My brother-in-law then died with brain cancer, my daughter-in-law lost her mother and my son-in-law lost his mother.  My son is now diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. I now deeply regret what I have done...”

I read letter after letter describing their negative experiences. These stories and the bad luck that follows from disrespecting a sacred place is indicative of life and our planet. Karma does come back to bite people when they don’t treat everything and everyone with respect and kindness. The most productive thing you can do is build up positive energy and create good karma. Do what you can to be kind to the earth. Recycle where you can. Use toxic-free ingredients. Buy organic. Purchase items that are not tested on animals. Choose to make positive choices in your daily life to pay respect to the earth and its inhabitants.

The same principles apply to our relationships with people. I have seen it many times in my healing clinic, where very kind and loving people encounter people who disrespect them or treat them unfairly. The perpetrators ultimately experience the reality of negative karma. When we create loving and respectful relationships, we create positive energetic connections and good karma.

We live in a holographic universe where our bodies, our energy and the nature of the earth are all inseparably connected. It makes sense to respect and nurture ourselves and have that be a model to extend into our relationships and care for our wondrous planet.  

Marisa Russo is an Australian award-winning master healer and founder of the Forensic Advance Healing system. She is launching her intensive workshops in California in May 2011: Los Angeles, May 8; San Diego, May 14; Portland, May 22; Seattle, May 21; San Raphael, May 28; San Francisco-May 29. For her schedule, go to www.marisarusso.com/nsj.