My Spiritual Quest

Hello I completed Vision Quest with Steve in May 2004. Ron unfortunately passed away only a few days after he completed his last Vision Quest on Sunday in 2005 and if I recall correctly it was only the Tuesday or Wednesday following the Sunday he passed away. I have a close friend who knew Ron personally who had friends participate in that last vision Quest which the group found odd with his behavior’s on the last day and with his good bye speech.

I have not practiced what I was taught. Instead things have just happened and as I know today once you do a Vision Quest there is no turning back. The spiritual connection I made and what I witnessed and working with it till this day has been amazing. I no longer rely on myself to provide for me by making things happening instead I trust the spiritual world to deliver and take care of myself and I live day by day wondering what lays ahead. Ron was a great teacher to many and is deeply missed. I believe with my experience We all have the answers its just a matter of listening to your Intuition. May those who decide to do there own Vision Quest to find the strength and wisdom within to go forward and make the discoveries many of us have already made. A big thanks to all those that have taught Ron the wonderful skills and knowledge he then taught us.

hi guys I never did VQ but did the ki force thing am shocked that Ron went like that have been wondering what happenend to Him
He helped me with some big stuff and I can say that Ive never had any other teacher like him although Ive now done quite a lot other modalities I think for me the thing with Ron was that he was very real and down to earth and not out there or all about telling you how to be but just showing you the way and letting you run with it.

I am also a past student of Ron?s. I attended his early ?Mind Mastery? course over several evenings (probably in early 1989) and then Ron suggested that I should enrol in the ?EM* Practitioner Training? which was run over several days and a long weekend (I think it was Easter 1989 or 1990). I was not earning a lot then and Ron?s course fee seemed like a lot of money, well more than I had ever spent on a course anyway. Ron saw my doubt and said, ?if it is meant to be, you will get the message?, and left it at that. I left the big house he shared with Katie Fisher in Preston that night and drove all the way to Sandringham and did not have to stop at one single red light for the whole 20-km journey,.. they all were green or changed to green as I approached. That has never happened to me before or since. I got the message!! I was not really that interested in being a practitioner, but I was hungry for personal growth and development and that is what Ron taught so well. That course changed my life, in many ways, ? not so obviously as some other students like Steve ?Stretch? the jazz player from the country, but subtly, by providing confidence, insights and self knowledge. My first EM* session was just as Mark describes it, ?. lying on the floor with 35+ others, Ron and Kate Fischer (his then partner) organising everyone into different positions to ?line up the energy?, moving some people from one side of the room to the other,.. then the exaggerated breathing, the visualisation of the energy flowing in and out through the body and around the world and back, the numb hands, the strange noises, cries, screams, breathing hard, floating, flashbacks, ? back at my first days at primary school feeling so alone, so different to everyone else, .. letting go, casting off, tears, feeling free, released. It was amazing and I will never forget it. I moved forward from there and never needed to go back again. I learnt the power of the breath and was amazed that we all made it alive through the arrow breaking event. That session nearly exhausted Ron. Ron said most people go through life blind to the world and he encouraged us to become ?exquisite observers?. That changed my thinking at the time and that still works for me.

The second part of the Practitioner training was up at Kinglake for the Easter holidays break where we existed on vegetable soup made by the ?facilitators? (mostly students from the last course who gave each other Reiki all day and night) and built a sweat lodge in the bush. After the smoke cleansing ceremony, we all crammed into this hot, humid darkness. Out of our group, only (the new and greatly improved) ?Stretch? and I took the ?leap of faith?, I still have the photograph somewhere of me jumping from the very top of this very long, wobbly pole out into space to grab this trapeze bar that seemed impossibly high above me. Susan E the fashion designer was also on our course. She was a rare and beautiful soul in that her life appeared to be completely free from struggle and pain. While on the course she lost her job and we all supported her through it. Ron told her that the universe would provide and a day or two later she had a call offering her a new job! Ron sent us out to a shopping centre with one hour of time and no money and told us to beg for coins, then buy a present for the group and one for ourselves out of the proceeds. Susan E made the most money ($12+) and bought a lotto ticket. It was interesting that some people could not ask strangers for money and others like Lyn J had difficulty receiving money for nothing so they offered a service like a back massage. Everyone is different with their own experiences and beliefs. We were also sent out into the suburbs to find street people and learn their life storey. I learnt that some people chose this way of life in preference to the alternatives. The old guy I met and bought a beer for told me that his children are quite wealthy and wanted him to live with them but he loves the adventure of life on the streets. Ron was always challenging us, bringing us face-to-face with our fears. Ron?s world was a world apart from my everyday life where I was working as an engineer building ships for the Navy at Williamstown. Not very spiritual! I did a few EM* sessions afterwards with friends and acquaintances but the energy was not the same and I did not feel that I was making a difference with them. But it did not end there. There were reunions where I met other like minded people from other EM* courses. One person, Cos, shared a common interest in windsurfing, bike riding and bush walking. We became friends and stayed in contact over the next 14 years until the day came that we were both without a current partner and the smouldering spark flared into a flame. We have been together for five years now and are still sharing our common interests. Some of the other EM* students were network marketers of Herbalife and this lead me into another learning and growing opportunity. Ron has touched and changed the lives of all who have come into contact with him. I also still have my folder of one-thousand-and-one EM* handouts, my notebook full of colourful drawings from the course and my list of fellow students with their addresses and phone numbers. I was looking through it before Christmas and reminiscing about the names in the list and wondering what they were doing now. I had been trying to track down Ron for several years but could find no trace of him. In searching for Ron the internet had put Cos and I in contact with Brian Cattermole and we were thrilled that Brian was continuing on with new developments and learnings from the foundation that Ron had provided. We have been in communication with Brian for some time and it was only recently that Brian told us about Ron?s passing. We are both still in shock.

Apart from Brian in NZ, there is only one person that is still practicing EM* in Australia that we could find and that is Gloria Smith at Holistic Heaven. She sums EM* up very neatly on her webpage? What is EM?
EM ? is the culmination of 25 years exploration by Ron Urquhart. Ron?s research into the body?s natural energy flow and self development has led him all around the world to develop this modality.
How does it work?
People generally are not taught how to express or deal with their emotions, so they tend to lock them away in their body somewhere. This causes blockages in the body?s energy system.
EM ? uses a special breathing technique, enabling you to release the blockages thus restoring the body?s natural energy flow.
What you can expect from EM?.
? Allow more love into your life
? Release stress and create ease
? Identify and eliminate self sabotaging behaviours
? Enhance what is great about you
? Release the need for drama in your life

Before Ron?s life work disappears completely, there may be something we can do together to rekindle and keep it alive a bit longer, ? there must be many of us past students who all share a common and wonderful life changing experience. Between Mark, Cos, Brian, Steve, Joe, Andy, Kathy and myself we appear to have the names of many other students across maybe four or five courses and I imagine that most of them would love to get together again given the chance. Brian is living in New Zealand and has been talking about coming to Australia to run his courses similar to Ron?s in Melbourne later this year, maybe in October 2008 (thank goodness someone is building on this body of knowledge). I am willing to invest the time to track down all the people I can find on our two lists if others can do the same with their lists (or pass their lists on to me to contact past students) and provide updated contact details to a common list, we could then organise a ?reunion? of like minds when Brian comes to Australia. Any takers? I will provide my contact details to Mark if you want to do the same.

It has been quite uplifting for me to dig through and record these memories; it has really taken me back and given me a taste of that special energy that Ron generated. I am going to continue to miss him for a long, long time.

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(from) LIVING NOW MAGAZINE July 2005

This issue marks our 16th year ? we commenced in July, 1989. People have come and gone and we?ve all changed. I?m particularly saddened to note that two of our advertisers died in the last couple of months ? Ray Chatterton and Ron Urquhart. Ron in fact died the same day that my mother died, but I did not know about it when I wrote this column last month. Ron was our biggest advertiser for many years ? from about 1991 to late 2002 he took most of our back pages. People associated our magazine with his pink Native American ad. If you?ve been in this niche for a while, you?ll no doubt recall the ad with the heading ?Vision Quest? at the top, and an eagle up there too. In fact, it was used at one time, I was told, on a Neighbours episode where one of the characters was thinking of having a tarot reading or some such. The actor was sitting at a kitchen table reading a copy of Living Now, and was holding up the back page with this pink ad to the camera to set the scene.
Ron gave so much of himself to people, he had a huge heart, and he transformed many lives. Terry and I went to a celebration of his life, held at his property ten days after his untimely death, and attended by more than 200 people, I?d estimate. It was a moving testament to a great man who was not always, it seems to me, able to believe in his own greatness. He was one of the best presenters that Australia has produced, he was a natural communicator in spoken and written word, and he had his own eagle powers ? deep insight into the human psyche. They say that we teach what we most need to learn. On behalf of the thousands of people who were taught and helped by Ron, I put up a prayer for him ? and for us ? that we may all learn our lessons with alacrity.

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With love,
Elizabeth

Ron is a friend of mine. He did not die, he is just away.
Some simple thoughts from a simple man:

Life is just a series of lessons, learn the lessons, forget the experience (the past) and move on in the now.

A true teacher is like a bridge over a chasm, once his students have crossed safely he disappears into the chasm.

Ron certainly is a gifted teacher, I don’t feel one should discuss his demise, especially if you don’t have the facts.(Which it appears you don’t).. Also I read a bit of guilt and blame in some of the blogs. Idle gossip does nothing positive for anyone.(and is definately not a spiritual pursuance)

Finally, Ships are safe in the harbour, but that is not what ships are for. Let go of Ron, dear friends, love the memory of the man you spent time with and the time you have now, as a result of the truths he led you to. Don’t look for answers, there are only questions

If you would like a copy of my book
“The secret meaning of life” , open your heart and your mind and you will get one sooner than you think.

love always

Dr Bob.

pS if you begin to look for spirit within rather than with gurus and courses, you may get a pleasant surprise. May your god bless you richly.

I did the VQ at King Lake in November 1995. I paid my deposit in 1991 and just kept on avoiding doing it (in 1991 I was only 16). The VQ training was certainly the best I have ever done, and I have done quite a lot since then and nothing has even come close in intensity and outcomes…..for me anyway.
I remember getiing a letter at some stage in 2005 inviting me to attend an EM refresher training in Panton Hill (Ron’s home near Hurstbridge). I received many of these letters in the past, however something inside urged me to do it as I may never have the opportunity of doing it again. This was the EM training before his last VQ. I am so greatful for having that opportunity to do this with Ron one last time.
I am saddened by his passing but even more saddened that alot of people have seem to have forgotten him. I still practice EM, but at this stage only with people who know I do it and request it.
Ron was a pillar of strength to me. He helped me get over some major challenges and on the last training, planted a seed in my mind that awoke me to what was really going on around me. He was always available to talk when I needed to.
I haved moved on in leaps and bounds since then.
Thank you Ron, you are greatly missed and may your work live on.

Hi All,
I did VQ around ‘93, I am deeply saddened by the news of Rons death. I just stumbled across this web site. Ron was perhaps one of the most interesting people that I have met. The VQ course was great It rekindle my faith in humanity (which was sadly lacking at the time). I wish him well where ever he may be.
Thank you Ron and all who where there for the experience

Hi there, I also did Vision Quest in 1999 at Kingslake? I also did the advance course a few days later. I had some extraordinary experiences especially with the American Indian processes. I don’t remember many names from the course but i think i shared a room with Gloria and kerry. I just today found out that Ron is no longer treading the earth and was shocked and saddened. He was a great teacher.