Our Current Newsletter - June 2010
Hi everyone, and thanks for reading.
We have big news this month in that my mother will be married by the time this is published. I am writing from her dining room table in South Florida as we prepare for the ceremony tomorrow afternoon. Congratulations Mom (Jeanne) and Warren. They didn't ask, but I approve anyway...
This month marks two years since we started publishing this newsletter. We don't get one out every single month so it is not the 24th edition, it is actually the 20th. There are now over 100 articles in our archive that you can browse at any time if you have a subject that you are researching. We want to celebrate this two year anniversary and this is what I have come up with as a special offer.
I know that I have been mentioning the audio book for the Christ Epoch but we have not yet mass produced them. It is a single CD with over 11 hours of MP3 audio. If you don't have time to read the book, I'll read it to you. This is an un-abridged full edition of the book, not a shortened version. Most audio books are very expensive because of the recording costs, but since I did this in my own studio, The Padded Room, we will be offering them for only $19.95. As a thank you to all of you who subscribe to this newsletter here is what I have come up with. If you buy a copy of book three I will send you the audio book as well for free. I will have to add shipping because we lose the book rate when there is something else included. If you have already bought the book, send me an email and I will send you a special link to get the CD for just shipping. I will be burning these individually and sending them out from my home, but this will help me figure out what kind of demand there will be. Just click on the book offer below and it will be on its way.
In other news, the classes at the MRS have been going very well. The class last month on the Seven Rays was the biggest we have had to date and what a discussion! I love it when we have lots of participation, and the last couple of classes have been just great. If you are in the Denver area and you are not on my local list, send me an email so you can find out about these classes and other local events. My email is Doug@Higher-Ground.com.
Love
Doug
Never was there I time when I was not, nor you nor these rulers of men;
And never hereafter shall there be a time when any of us will not be.
For just as the embodied (one) comes to childhood, youth and old age in this body,
So he comes to another body after departure from this body form:
The intelligent man is not deluded by this.
Bhagavad Gita |
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Articles:
The Triune Nature of Being
The criterion for truth is its universal employment. A very practical application of this threefold principle was shared by Napoleon Hill in his book, "Think and Grow Rich." He said, "What the mind of man can conceive and believe it will achieve", a threefold process. One, conceive - plus two, believe - equals three, achieve. Tolstoy phrased it otherwise; "Act as if you are and you will become rich." I read into his prescription for success the workings of the process we’ve been addressing. Add to the laser like focus of a well conceived thought form, the power of belief and you have the invariable result - achievement. Eliminate one or the other and the resulting third will not manifest. A thought form or conception gains its power from our personal identification and faith. Permit your conception to be foggy, crude, not clearly defined or specific, with incompatible agendas, or suffer your faith to be shaken, vacillating and impotent, and the
results will be confusion and mediocrity at best.
The metaphysical construct would be as follows: create a focused, well defined thought form, made of the mind stuff that characterizes the dimension of mind or mental plane, as all thoughts, perforce, must be, and clothe it in the substance of the Astral realm wherein our beliefs and desires begin to take shape and form, and, dependent upon the directed focus and intensity of the consciousness thus set in motion, experience the outward manifestation in the physical world. As a matter of fact, once the process has been initiated the results are a foregone conclusion.
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Anthony J. Fisichella
Anthony J. Fisichella Accomplished author student and teacher of the Ageless Wisdom. Founder of the Higher Ground Foundation
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Psychic Sensitivity and Spiritual Development
Because of the work I do teaching metaphysics, I come across people at times who have a very sensitive nature. Psychic ability is something that all human beings possess to some degree, although many of us ignore the signals we receive because we can't ascertain their origin. I believe tuning out these messages is a mistake which can be just as bad as thinking every communication we receive is coming from God. St Paul tells us that God is both "in all through all and in you all" and, "he in whom we live and move and have our being". In this context the messages are coming from some aspect of God, so they are right to some degree, but at the same time that doesn't even narrow the field (so to speak) about where it is coming from. The word Psyche literally means "soul" so psychic power is soul power. The thing that most people don’t realize is that soul also means consciousness and there are different levels of consciousness operating simultaneously in the human constitution.
There is a lower psychic nature that we share with the animal kingdom. This is a manifestation of the sensitivities of the soul or consciousness inherent in the body itself, sometimes referred to as the anima mundi. It is instinctive and is sometimes called woman's intuition. That is largely because women respond to these feelings more than men do. It is not that men don't have the sensitivity, they just don't respond as readily to things like feelings. I believe this is also amplified in women once they have had a child. The connection is so deep and it brings to the forefront the need to respond because of the vulnerability of a child in their care. Once reinforced by the experience of sensing something like a child in trouble, and averting catastrophe because they did, they are more and more likely to believe these feelings when they occur. Again, it is not necessarily the increasing of the sensitivities, but an increased willingness to recognize and respond to them.
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Douglas Fisichella is a Student of the Arcane School founded by Alice A. Bailey and a life long student of the worlds religions
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Yo Prayer and Meditation -
Part III - Meditation
Many times over the years it has been suggested to me that I would benefit from Meditation. And it seems that the excuses not to are never ending. Time and time again I would start and quit a meditation program of one kind or another. At one point in my practice of Magik I would do certain meditations that were related to whatever I had been working on. Then after I had accomplish what ever that was, I would stop. That is up until almost four years ago.
Around that time my husband began a daily, structured program of meditation with a school headquartered in New York City. And that is what made the difference for both of us. I guess I need the structure and accountability of a more formal education. Since I am a "goal orientated" person it is important for me to work within a structure of successes and measured progressions.
I am not here to promote my particular "school” or training. It seems to me that whatever form you might choose or whatever school you practice at, the point is to get started. Since I had some exposure to meditation in my past it wasn’t hard to tell what type of meditation I could adopt. If you are a beginner I suggest you try at least a half a dozen kinds before you start investing a lot of time and energy into any one system. So, you can go on line and check out different systems or you can check out some of the local schools in your area. If you feel pressure or someone is promising you "enlightenment", run! If you are not comfortable for any reason, go on to the next school or person until you find a place of comfort.
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Louise "Weezie" Fisichella has studied Comparative Religions,Yoga, nutrition and health for over 30 years
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The Magic Formula to Better Results:
It's Your Response that Counts
by Jack Canfield
In today's economic times, when everywhere you look there’s a rumbling of great uncertainty, I think we should all take a pause (and a deep breath) to think about our lives.
Are we moving in the direction we want to be? When things happen in the world that seem so far beyond our individual control, it can feel unsettling. And even though we think we are the masters of our own success, watching the news these days can chip away at our beliefs.
Even in tough economic times, you get to decide how to respond to certain conditions, opportunities, and outcomes—both good and bad.
While I don’t claim to be an economist, I do know one important fact. The economy is the same for everyone, it’s how you respond to it that determines how you feel about it.
It’s yet another example of what I’ve been teaching for years...
E + R = O
(Events + Responses = Outcome)
The basic idea is that every outcome you experience in life (whether it's success or failure, wealth or poverty, wellness or illness, intimacy or estrangement, joy or frustration) is the result of how you have responded to an earlier event (or events) in your life.
If you don't like the outcomes you are currently experiencing, there are two basic choices you can make:
Choice #1: You can blame the event (E) for your lack of results (O).
In other words, you can blame the economy, the weather, the lack of money, lack of education, racism, gender bias, the current administration in Washington, your wife or husband, your boss's attitude, the lack of support, and so on.
No doubt all these factors exist, but if they were the deciding factor, nobody would ever succeed.
For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and have succeeded.
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Jack Canfield, America's Success Coach, is the founder and co-creator of the billion-dollar book brand Chicken Soup for the Soul and a leading authority on Peak Performance.
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Ending Procrastination
by Jim Rohn
Perseverance is about as important to achievement as gasoline is to driving a car. Sure, there will be times when you feel like you're spinning your wheels, but you'll always get out of the rut with genuine perseverance. Without it, you won't even be able to start your engine.
The opposite of perseverance is procrastination. Perseverance means you never quit. Procrastination usually means you never get started, although the inability to finish something is also a form of procrastination.
Ask people why they procrastinate, and you'll often hear something like this: "I'm a perfectionist. Everything has to be just right before I can get down to work. No distractions, not too much noise, no telephone calls interrupting me and, of course, I have to be feeling well physically, too. I can't work when I have a headache." The other end of procrastination - being unable to finish - also has a perfectionist explanation: "I'm just never satisfied. I'm my own harshest critic. If all the I's aren't dotted and all the T's aren't crossed, I just can't consider that I'm done. That's just the way I am, and I'll probably never change."
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It is just as blessed to receive as to give
Q. It is pleasurable for me to give, but I have difficulty receiving. Can you help? -- F.H., New Jersey
A. In the Bible, Acts 20:35, it states, "It is better to give than receive." Many of us have heard this and taken it to heart.
We seem to have enormous confusion in this area: some with giving, receiving or both.
Giving is modeled by our parents, taught in church or synagogue. It's an especially familiar role for women who are conditioned to be caregivers. Giving is generally viewed as honorable and praiseworthy.
Some people feel better about themselves when they give. As Walt Whitman said, "When I give, I give to myself."
The more common problem is the problem you stated; the inability to truly receive. It's more difficult for many people simply because of cultural conditioning.
There are a number of other reasons why receiving is difficult.
Receiving, or taking, seems perilously close to selfishness, which has a lot of negative connotations. Also, we have not been taught how to feel comfortable with receiving.
Author and spiritual teacher Shakti Gawain said, "Receiving and giving are opposite energies that are inextricably linked together in the natural flow of life, like inhaling and exhaling. If one aspect of that cycle doesn't function, the entire cycle ceases to function and the life force cannot move freely."
Feel worthy of receiving. Say thank you and invite yourself to experience the gratitude that comes with receiving.
Liz Sterling is the director of LifeWorks Wellness Center in Boca Raton, FL, a member of Wachovia Small Business Advisory Group, features editor for Balance Magazine and the host of B-U-Radio
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THIS MONTH'S RECIPE:
ASIAN DIP
(“pretend-a-peanut” sauce)
1c raw Almonds
2T fresh ginger, chopped
4T lemon juice
¼ c maple syrup
3 T soy or 1½ Bragg Aminos
4 t sesame oil
2 clove garlic
1 sm jalapeno chili, seeded
Blend almonds in processor with sesame oil until smooth. Add remaining ingredients and blend at high speed to desired consistency by adding more oil, if needed.
