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Wisdom Journal

December, 2013 - Vol 6, Issue 4

In This Issue

Prophecy

Economical Wisdom

The Ageless Wisdom - Discovering

the Truth

Those with the Most Perfect Memory

360 Degrees of Love

This is Music on your Brain

The Earth Charter - First Principle

BE The Soul

Update - Wisdom Retreat & Teaching

Center - Nth Ca

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Wisdom Impressions

Greetings!

As we see another year move towards its end I amreminded wherever I look that our planetary circulatorysystem is still dysfunctional. Love, action and groupendeavors are key. The Wisdom Journal's contributors aredoing their part. Please consider ways in which you can commit to make onesmall change. Collectively we will begin to swing the humantransition in consciousness more into alignment with theDivine Plan. We would like to share your thoughts,commitment and activities for change in our 2014 issues.

Wisdom Gathering 2013 Meditation Mount, Ojai Ca.,October 18 - 20, 2013 THEME:"Serving the Divine Plan for Humanity through CooperativeLeadership"

Prophecy from Esoteric Healing, AAB "A great discovery in relation to the use of light by the power and the directive agency ofthought will come at the end of this century or the beginning of the next. Two small children- one living in this country (U.S.A.) and one in India - will work out a formula along scientificlines which will fill in some of the existing gaps in the scale of light vibration, carrying on fromthe high frequency rays and waves as you now have them. This will necessitate instrumentshitherto undreamed of but really quite possible. They will be so sensitive that they will be setin motion by the power of the human eye under the focused direction of thought. From thenon tangible rapport with the spirit world will be possible. I cannot do more than give you theclue." p379 Any sign of this? An overdue prophecy? Best Thoughts,James mystic1muse@gmail.com Is this an indicator?http://www.nature.com/news/toy-helicopter-guided-by-power-of-thought-1.13139

Economical Wisdom

by Luci DeFranco

I have been pondering the reinvention of our world, especially with regards money, and havebeen browsing The Disciple and Economy by Lucille Cedercrans, and then when Pam Nissen'sDecember NTFPW newsletter arrived, it was, of course, 'right on the money' so to speak!! In looking for an inspirational picture for our Wisdom Journal I came across the followingcomparison: This year Americans will spend over $600 billion on Christmas gifts, spending over $2.6 billionon wrapping paper alone. Compare that with:Cost to eradicate world hunger = $30 billion

Cost to provide clean drinking water to the world for a year = $10-$30 billion

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"One thing I would have you realize is that any effort undertaken by any disciple, or any smallgroup of disciples functioning within this larger work, is not theirs alone. Their success andtheir own service activity depends upon the effort being made by the whole...Money isdirected - it is not attracted. You may sit and meditate from now until you go out ofincarnation in an effort to attract into your sphere of influence - money. You will forever lackin this particular manifestation. Money is crystallized Third Ray energy. It is the solidmanifestation or evidence of activity. It must be directed by the First Aspect...In other words apolarity must be established here between the First and the Third Aspects... "That which you direct sets into motion an activity, It sets substance into motion. This is notattraction. It is the movement of the First Aspect into the Third Aspect which sets up anactivity here. Then what is attracted as a result of this is consciousness. Consciousness isattracted to that which overshadows it" p 63-67 Many of the world's billionaires are beginning to shift their money into new channels,including J.K. Rowling who recently "lost her billionaire status because she donated so much ofher money to charity." January 29, 2013 "The Divine Plan in its economic aspect is, of course, insofar as the form is concerned, very,very different from that which any and all of you are familiar. There is, however, as is alwaystrue in any transition, a bridging work to be done. Insofar as the present moment isconcerned, and the overall group life, certain basic concepts of economy must be grasped. They must be understood in their abstractions and in their ideal application, as far as thenew forms are concerned. From this understanding as a basis then, there must be appliedwithin the forms of the present system, bit by bit, to alter, to change, the internal structureof such forms so that there is a rebuilding from within to without which acts as a bridgingfrom the one to the other." p 48 So, my fellow Wisdom practitioners, my suggestion is use some of your economy to purchasea copy of Lucille's book and initiate study groups. How can we heal the body of humanity ifthe cells don't allow the correct flow, resulting in cancer (overabundance of cell growth insome areas), or gangrene which requires removal (stagnation from lack of flow in others)?http://www.wisdomimpressions.com/ Excerpt, The Disciple and Economy Ch 12: "Make certain as you move into activity (and I am referring now to every activity into whichyou enter as a group, every activity from the smallest which has to do with the routine ofdaily living, to the largest which has to do with your group service activity insofar ashumanity is concerned, and into each step or phase of each activity, that you do so with aclear consciousness; and that from that clear consciousness you clarify your mind regarding allissues which can be seen at any given moment; that you clarify your astral-emotional body inthe same way; that you clarify the energies so your energy, force and substance is movingthrough those created and opportune channels which are in Divine Law and Order accordingto your purpose as a group. "It has been somewhat difficult for a group to achieve a balance between what might be

called the objective concrete mind activity, and the more subjective mental activity which hasto do with spiritual inspiration. The group proceeds usually (this is the tendency and what youmust watch for) with the swing of the pendulum from the subjective inspirational perspectiveback to the objective concrete mind logical perspective. If you proceed into any activity from either extreme, you will meet with unnecessarydifficulties and probable failure. Bring these two together. Proceed into any particular activityfrom or with a technique which utilizes the concrete mind and the analytical, logical methodof thinking things through. Then bring down the vision of the soul. Bring all of the light ofthat wisdom to bear upon that which has been prepared by the concrete mid. Bring in theinspiration then, using the objective according to the spiritual direction, the spiritualperception, the spiritual understanding. "I am deliberately bringing this to your attention before I go into a discussion of finance andmoney, because it is in this area where the tendency of a group to swing from one extremeto the other is greatest... "In regard to money itself, to finance - finance is the term actually which in a sense coversthe intelligent activity of the physical plane of affairs...Your money, whether it be in the formof coins, paper (and I am referring now to money, not to possessions) is your intelligentactivity, your intelligent substance, insofar as the physical plane of affairs is concerned. This isthe substance which will build the forms of the new civilization, at least during this period. Tryto grasp this concept...If you can, see then this money (and do not see it in amounts as yourproceed into this) as money that is available to you because you are going to appropriate it asany substance is appropriated. This is where most of you who function in the concrete,analytical mind are going to have to move forward to meet in the middle with those whofunction entirely on the subjective. The two must come together. You are going to appropriatethis money as the Third Aspect, aligning it with your purpose, establishing it as a negativepolarity, which, in relationship to the purpose, and in relationship to your consciousness as agroup, builds the forms which you formulate within the group mind...Simply re-identify thisdevic life, see it for what it is...money is crystallized Third Ray energy. You don't have then tendollars. You don't have ten anything. You have intelligent substance, Third Ray energy, theThird Aspect in the physical plane of affairs, with which to build. "First the soul must re-identify money. This is the first requirement. This takes away all of theconnotations which, when utilized by the dark forces, makes possible the wrong direction ofthis substance into oppositional activity, oppositional forms. When the soul re-identifies it, thenhe is able to protect it, so to speak, from not only the influence of the opposition, but alsofrom the unconscious, subjective influence of the ignorant masses. This is the first step in theappropriation of substance by the soul...and as you re-identify money, all money, you areimpressing it with its own nature, which is that of the Third Aspect. This is its nature...This iswhy it is necessary for you to use the term first in your own relationships, in your own worldof affairs. Try to employ a new term. In your thought life, think of it as intelligent substancerather than as money. Realize that intelligent substance responds not only to thought andfeeling, but to sound. "Speak of it among yourselves then as intelligent substance, the form building substancewithin the world of affairs, in this manner: re-identifying it, re-relating with it, and re-impressing it with its own nature. Do not think of it in terms of amounts...Remember what Iam asking you to do, not so much to go inside the form of money and see the intelligentsubstance within it, which is only energy, force and substance (again with which you are quite

familiar), but to see each unit of money as a unit of intelligent substance itself, in the physicalplane of affairs. "There is not really much love of money, this particular intelligent substance.The major equation is that of spirit, matter, and consciousness...intelligent substance respondsto impression...specifically to sound. This is the first utilization of sound in relationship to it, butit moves where sound directs it. It follows the path created by sound in its movement intoform. "You may align if you wish, if you are intuitively guided to do so. Establish your ownrelationship with it in that re-identification process via sounding the OM in relationship tointelligent substance...When the world's money, or substance, this aspect ofWhen the world's money, or substance, this aspect ofintelligent activity, has been lifted into its right place and function, it willintelligent activity, has been lifted into its right place and function, it willconstitute the hem of the garment of the Angel of the Presenceconstitute the hem of the garment of the Angel of the Presence. Its form then, orforms, will have changed."

We are a F ie ld o f Light Moving in the Wo r ldWe are a F ie ld o f Light Moving in the Wo r ld by Adam A. DeFrancoby Adam A. DeFranco

The world is moving, revolving around a core reality of which weThe world is moving, revolving around a core reality of which weare becoming more aware and of which we are sounding forth byare becoming more aware and of which we are sounding forth bythe very nature of our embodiment.the very nature of our embodiment.

We are a moving sea of light and wherever one of us goes the restWe are a moving sea of light and wherever one of us goes the restfollow undercover.follow undercover.

By the new resonance of our Embodiment we transmit the seedBy the new resonance of our Embodiment we transmit the seedof of Christ consciousness.Christ consciousness.

The mind is reconstituted into a field of light subservient The mind is reconstituted into a field of light subservient to Soul Impress.to Soul Impress.

There is transmutation in our cellular structure.There is transmutation in our cellular structure.

New substance is created.New substance is created.

Together, en masse, Together, en masse, together as One, we are recreating the entire sheath of creation together as One, we are recreating the entire sheath of creation

with a new etheric vibrational matrix. with a new etheric vibrational matrix.

Our alignment is - the Soul of Humanity.Our alignment is - the Soul of Humanity.

The substance of Light.The substance of Light.

The Age le s s Wisdom - D is cove r ing the TruthThe Age le s s Wisdom - D is cove r ing the Truth by Angel Tserovskiby Angel Tserovski From ancient times spiritual teaching known as the Ageless Wisdom has been handed down

from generation to generation. It contains within itself an explanation of the evolution and

nature of man's consciousness; it describes how the Universe came to existence, how it

operates and man's purpose, place and function within it.

Wisdom is the ability gained through experience and illumination to describe the truth.

Wisdom is considered to be developed but not taught. By describing the truth I refer to

something which has always been within humanity and has been a light house on its path to

return to the Source.

We often read or speak about healing, meditations and teachings; we often read about

different Masters, but what links them is the essence of the laws of the Universe which stays

the same.

In various texts we read about Humanity and its growth and development. The time has

come when more information has been revealed and made available to lift the restless human

from his illusions of the Truth of his existence.

Often we wonder where this information comes from. We ask ourselves where all the Truth is

kept and made available for the next cycle of incarnation.

Over centuries the teachings have been misinterpreted and used for separate benefits.

However there have always been a group of disciples who work to bring down that "lost"

truth back to humanity.

It hasn't been lost actually; it has been always here, what was/is lost is that contact of the

human to his Divine inheritance.

It is difficult to describe the Truth as the idea manifests itself differently within every person's

understandings; but the words are not the Truth; the meaning of the words is the Truth.

The student can access the Truth via meditation and inner work.

In order to understand this better and bring it to more common terms the Ageless Wisdom

has been made available through various works.

Many of us are familiar with Madame Blavatsky and her significant writings "The Secret

Doctrine", the works of Alice A. Bailey, and the works of Lucille Cedercrans: three Teachers, all

Masters of meditation, working to bring back to Humanity what has been lost for thousands

of years.

Their works are related to the Ageless Wisdom and are focused on the Universal Laws which

constitute the existence and the evolution of consciousness in man. Their works had their

purpose, place and function in the times when they were made available to Humanity in the

last two centuries.

Lucille's works are known as a new presentation of the Truth or "The New Thought Form

Presentation of The Wisdom".

A thought form means something which is abstract in its origin and hasn't been expressed in

words thus The New Thought Form Presentation of The Wisdom.

"This New Thought-form Presentation of the Wisdom is new. You will notice that I have not

said that the concept of the soul is new, or that the path of initiation is new, or that the

Wisdom is new, but that this presentation, this Thought-form Presentation of the Wisdom is

entirely new. And it creates within the occult world a precedent. The method by which this

Thought-form Presentation of the Wisdom is endeavoring to make itself felt within the body

of humanity is new." Applied Wisdom, by Lucille Cedercrans

Lucille's works are often described as textbooks or manuals of instructions where the student

needs to perform the inner work to experience the Universal Truths.

As I stated before the words alone are not the Truth. The importance is in the meaning they

convey and the illumination gained through the experience and application of that Truth in

daily life and affairs.

Lucille described the process by which her material was written in the following extract from

Applied Wisdom: "Well, in the first place, Masters don't write the lesson material. I write it.

They don't determine the words that will be used. I determine the words that will be used.

They have taken those principles of truth which are incorporated in the lesson material and

placed them, put them into abstract thought-forms. Now these abstractions are above the

level of words, they are above the frequency of pictures. They are in the frequency of

meaning itself..."

http://www.wisdomimpressions.com/lucille.html

Throughout the ages, we have been given hints and directions about how to access the Truth

in order to help Humanity with its next stage of development - this information takes two

forms:

The physical form: of teachings and writings - including the ones of Madame Blavatsky, Alice

Bailey, and Lucille Cedercrans.

The esoteric form: commonly known as the 'Ashram of Synthesis'. Created by the highly

evolved spiritual beings - Master Morya, Master Djwhal Khul and Master Racozcy; the 'Ashram

of Synthesis' can be contacted through personal-development practices, such as meditation,

and exists to assist the student in their further growth and understanding of the Wisdom.

The 'Ashram of Synthesis' consists of a certain three (of the seven) types (also known as the

Seven Rays) of Universal energy, which each have different characteristics and purposes.

Rather than having the information channeled to her by a Master, the 'New Thought Form

Presentation of The Wisdom', presented by Lucille Cedercrans, is derived from her

interpretations of her meditations and contact with the 'Ashram of Synthesis': Master Morya,

Master Djwhal Khul and Master Rakoczy.

"In recognition of, and cooperation with this activity of the Soul, a New Thought-Form

Presentation of The Wisdom has been created and placed in availability for those who seek it.

It can be contacted as an abstraction via the activity of meditation, and must then be

translated into a concrete form by the one who meditates.

"This series of instructions is an interpretation of that new thought-form and has been

written in an effort to aid man in the search for his Soul.

"For those who seek authority behind the written word, the truth of this text must be proven

via its application. A formulated concept is of value only if it can be worked out as a living

truth within the life and affairs of Humanity. Therefore do not look to the source of this

teaching for its authenticity, but to the application of it within your own life and affairs."

The Nature of The Soul, p 3 - 4, Lucille Cedercrans

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Lucille's work is an entirely new presentation of the Ageless Wisdom designed to help to shift

man's consciousness for the new impending era.

In the past, Humanity has had leaders with teachings and wisdom to follow. The devotees

following these teachings grew in their understanding of creation and could subsequently

expand their consciousness: progressing through the stages of spiritual initiation. As we can

see now, not only the way the Wisdom is presented has changed, but also the path to

Spiritual Initiation. On the Old Path, separate individuals went through different initiations and

gained access to the Truth. Now what is being taught is that of Group Initiation where the

individual no longer needs to blindly and devotedly follow one leader. Studying and meditating

within a supportive group structure (regardless of the inevitable varying levels of ability and

understanding) helps the modern day devotee to increase their awareness.

Through the work of these groups, the awareness levels of modern day Humanity is finally

expanding. We are entering the time when our souls will become known to us, no longer the

preserve of monks and gurus, this new level of consciousness will permeate the lives of

everybody.

We are standing in front of the door to the next age, ready to enter with new understanding

of our levels of being. Whether you go through the door, or not, is entirely up to you, and

always has been. The magic is there, waiting to be discovered.

Naked

by E. Ardhana Parsons

NakedNakedTo the TruthTo the Truth

Exposing the SoulExposing the SoulTo refinementTo refinementSober beforeSober beforeThe EndingsThe EndingsOpening theOpening the

Whole of BeingWhole of Beingto Receiveto Receive

BeautyBeauty

In the Promise ofIn the Promise ofExponential PotentialExponential Potential

Willing theWilling theFragmentsFragments

To gather intoTo gather intoCohesive MatterCohesive Matter

FormFormAndAnd

FunctionFunctionUnifyingUnifying

FathomlessFathomlessDepthsDepths

LimitlessLimitlessResonanceResonance

Eternal Imminent IntentEternal Imminent Intent

Beckoning BEingBeckoning BEingReckoning RealityReckoning Reality

Emerge, Emerge, EmergeEmerge, Emerge, Emerge

Oh, Consciousness uncompromisable!Oh, Consciousness uncompromisable!

Those with the most Perfect Memory can Dominate all Possible Situations

by Duane Carpenter As the permanent atoms become stimulated and the knowledge petals of the egoic lotusunfold man gets occasional glimpses into his past incarnations until at the 3rd initiation thesoul imbued with love and divine will reveals all the developments and adjustments that havebrought him to this creative place of revelation.

According to DK the soul light in its early stages is dual, one aspect of this soul light revealsthe past and all of one's accumulated limitations and wrong material habits, and the other thefuture of mans destiny and the road to the spiritual kingdom of God. One does not need toknow their past incarnations to progress on the path of initiation and evolution yet many ofthese affiliations and experiences from the past will surface naturally and give many insightsinto why things are the way they are. When the personality is integrated and the soul pours down into the disciple's life he begins tounderstand past incarnations as a part of a greater pattern or mosaic where the life of thegroup and its collected personnel are now seen all moving irresistibly together towards newand dynamic levels of group perception. Reincarnation seen from a group perspective revealsmuch on the sciences of ray analyses and astrology and will be studied from the high mentalplane as more and more Aquarian students develop the inner ear and inner eye that revealsthe animi mundi or world soul. Until the individual or group is developing soul qualities and is a true server situated on thehigh mental plane reincarnation and its attending glamours can create a greatphantasmagoria of limitation that sidetracks the student's development.

PHOEMby Svetlana Merritt

360 Degrees of Love

by Ariana Garrett This has been an amazing holiday week, filled with many different experiences; with greathighs and lows. Tonight I feel compelled to share my Thanksgiving experience with you. I opted to stay home this week rather than travel. On Thanksgiving Day I feasted with dearfriends, had Face time gatherings with family members who were many miles away, andjoyfully communed with the magnificent evergreens in my neighborhood. It was all rich anddeeply satisfying. Gratitude pulsed through me, getting stronger as the day unfolded. Feeling full and warm all over, that evening I snuggled down to watch a DVD with a NativeAmerican theme, thinking this would be fitting for Thanksgiving night viewing. After a fewminutes of watching I was quickly carried away by the beauty and peacefulness of the nativeway of life so beautifully portrayed. The characters soon made their way into my gratefulheart. All was well until the tribe was suddenly brutally slaughtered. I felt shock go throughmy entire being. It was all so wrong! Sobs wracked my body as I continued to watch andgrieve.

These were intense moments of feeling both the depth and height of human love all atonce. Love and loss, all in one breath. I gently reminded myself that the Natives Americans were simply actors who hadn't reallybeen slaughtered, yet this theme was hitting too close to home. Last year, my belovedpartner suddenly passed away. Since then, I have deeply grieved. Several months ago theoppressive sadness began to lift as gratitude and acceptance settled into my heart and mind. Suddenly there I was in full blown grief again, dealing with it all alone on a holiday. As hard as it was to feel this depth of pain yet again, I knew this was right where I neededto be. I had come a long way, yet there was more grieving to do. Amidst the sadness,overwhelming waves of love for my beloved partner engulfed me. As I sobbed and breathed, I remembered an experience that happened shortly after mybeloved died. In the weeks following his death, I felt overwhelming love for him, sometimeseven more powerfully than I felt when he was alive. I often felt his presence encircling and comforting me. At times I could hear and feel him communicating from afar. On one particularly hard afternoon I felt so much love for him I thought my heart wouldburst. Although I believe he received my love on some level, it felt like my intense love didn'thave a place to land. I was silently asking about what to do with all these feelings when Iheard my beloved's voice say, "Let go of the "you" in "I love you". Live in "I love". As I heard these words I felt like a lightning bolt went right through me. I knew exactly whathe meant. Living in "I love" meant letting go of my narrow focus on him, a singular object oflove, and instead, expanding to love all. Of course! Instead of focusing my love on my partnerlike a magnifying glass, I was to be a vibrant ball of love radiating in all directions. He wascalling me to be a vibrant sun, shining upon all life within and around me, shining 360degrees of love! My crying stopped and I began to get excited about living 360 degrees of love more fullythan ever. As I paused and breathed, I also understood a deeper meaning to his words ofwisdom. "I love" was not just about love as an expansive way of being. Living as "I love" wasabout more fully identifying as love, as in "I am love". To live fully in that mode would demand letting go of my illusions about who I think I am,which all negate my identity as pure love. All of the moments when I think I am: a woman,a therapist, a coach, a mother, a lover, an American, aging, sad, angry, and on and on,negate the truth that I am essentially love. I am love, temporarily manifesting as a woman, a mother, a therapist, and so forth. On Thanksgiving night, as I remembered this experience from months before, I was filledagain with gratitude and peace. In this moment of sacred remembrance, I felt love flowingmore freely within and around me. This expansive awareness was yet another preciousparting gift from my beloved. If you are on the path of growth and awakening, the idea of being love is definitely notnew. Maybe is isn't even very interesting any more. We aren't often interested in the ideas wethink we already know about. Yet I believe there is no more noble or worthy pursuit than living and embodying 360degrees of love. Understanding this idea is very different from actualizing it as a way of life. We embrace theways of love and then we forget them, again and again. I have dedicated myself to theembodiment of love; to living 360 degrees of love as fully as I am capable. Maybe you havedone so as well. If not, I invite you to join me. This is a group effort that cannot be done alone. As each of us endeavors to shine love into allthe dark places within and around us, we spark each other in ways unimaginable. I feel compelled to share my journey of embodied love, as well as tools and practices toinspire our collective radiance, which is what "I love" is really all about. This season ofgratitude and giving is an ideal time to go deeper into living 360 degrees of love. In thecoming weeks I'll be sending you "gifts" to spark the embodiment of love. I invite you tosavor these gifts and freely pass them on.

I also invite you to send me your stories and insights about living 360 degrees of love. I'll bepassing on the juiciest ones. I believe that we all made a commitment to live 360 degrees of love when we came intothese physical bodies. Yet it is so easy to forget this sacred promise. During this holidayseason, let's gently, lovingly remind each other of what we are really here for.... to live 360degrees of love! With gratitude,ArianaEnergy Therapist and Relationship CoachHeart Wisdom Energy Psychologywww.arianagarrett.com

A catalyst for inspired living, Ar iana is an energy therapist,A catalyst for inspired living, Ar iana is an energy therapist,relationship coach, meditation guide, and community builder with 27relationship coach, meditation guide, and community builder with 27years exper ience in the transformational and healing arts. She hasyears exper ience in the transformational and healing arts. She hasextensive training in Spir itual Psychology, I ntegrative Lifeextensive training in Spir itual Psychology, I ntegrative LifeCoaching, Meditation, Hospice Counseling Certification, and EnergyCoaching, Meditation, Hospice Counseling Certification, and EnergyHealing.Healing. Ar iana is a long time teacher and student of the Ageless Wisdom inAr iana is a long time teacher and student of the Ageless Wisdom inmany forms. She has taught Nature of the Soul, as well as courses inmany forms. She has taught Nature of the Soul, as well as courses inHeart Wisdom Meditation, Energy Psychology, and Holistic Parenting. Heart Wisdom Meditation, Energy Psychology, and Holistic Parenting. Ar iana's work synthesizes leading edge psycho- spir itual practices, asAr iana's work synthesizes leading edge psycho- spir itual practices, aswell as the timeless wisdom and healing methods of the East and Westwell as the timeless wisdom and healing methods of the East and Westto create an integrated path of healing and awakening.to create an integrated path of healing and awakening.

To receive tools and practices to live 360 Degrees of Love360 Degrees of Love, sign up at www.arianagarrett.com

This is Music on your Brain

by Jill Mattsenby Jill Mattsen Music as entertainment is the tip of the iceberg. Music is a hidden giant with far rangingimpacts on our health and learning. It is easily accessible and inexpensive! What is wrong withthis solution? Why it is not used more? Music stimulates regions of the brain responsible for memory, language and motor control.That is scientific fact. It should be a staple in schools, rehabs and hospitals. It was required inancient Egypt and Greece for its benefits on learning and behavior. Music has been used toclear negative emotions and stimulate virtues - in ancient and modern times. Researchers investigated the effect of music on brain neurotrophin production, which isassociated with the swell being of neurons. Young adult mice exposed to music with a slowrhythm for 21 consecutive days were tested in passive avoidance learning (how quickly theycould avoid negative stimuli). The music-exposed mice showed increased neurotrophins in thebrain and significantly improved their learning performance. The researchers concluded thatmusic helps several central nervous system problems. Studies are popping up all the time showing abounding with positive impacts of music. Musiccan replicate the effects of hormone replacement therapy in the prevention of Alzheimer's

disease and dementia, according to research published in Medical Hypotheses. Their studyadded that music also was helpful with neuropsychiatric disorders. From helping seniors toemotional issues, music is a free, accessible and easy tool to use. Researchers observed that bird singing (with the Zebra Finch) doubles the numbers of itsneurons. In other studies singing improved the plasticity of nerves in birds - the more theysang, they healthier they got! Music affects steroids levels such as cortisone, testosterone and estrogen, and it is believedthat music also affects related receptor genes. Unlike supplementing the brain with hormonesubstitution drugs which can have devastating side effects, music is noninvasive, and itsexistence is universal and mundane. Music can increase motor functioning in Parkinson patients, as documented in BehavioralPharmacology. Music in ancient times was used extensively for disabilities. We arerediscovering this use! We have been surrounded by music our entire lives, while being clueless that musicexchanges energy with us on every level of our being! Listening and participating in musicenhances learning, behavior and health! All these benefits and music can be enjoyable too! ItItis like a spoonful of music to make the medicine go down!is like a spoonful of music to make the medicine go down!

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Beloved Struggle

by Aisha Wolfe

You struggle because there is a pay off. You struggle with struggle because

when you're not in struggle, what is there?

When you don't know what is there. Then you don't know who you are. When you don't know who you are.

You won't know how to live.

There is a way to live in the state of unknown. It is to flow.

You don't need to know. To flow.

You don't need to learn to let go. To flow.

Letting go is a natural happening,

When you stop avoiding, Whatever it is you fear the most.

What you fear the most is waiting for you In the direction you most resist going.

Down.

If you are miserable, How miserable can you be?

If you are stuck,

How entangled can you get?

If you are alone,How far down the secret ladder can you go?

Find out what you are miserable about.And marry it.

Make love with it.Day in, day out.

Until you no longer fear its tone.Until you can no longer look into its face.

And not see Grace.

The Earth Charter

First Principle The Earth Charter articulates a commonly held idea about our key relationships. These fourideas serve as an umbrella covering four areas of human life: the community of life, theEarth, all other people and our ancient yet current yearning for peace. Each principle calls forrespect, integrity, economic justice and peace. Remembering that, according to the Ancient Wisdom tradition, a principle is slightlydifferent from what it is in our everyday understanding, a principle represents an idea of Godor Allah or Jehovah, or ... that humans can finally get a glimpse of through intuitiveunderstanding. Its foundation is cosmic love in action. Principle is behind evolution,advancement, and spiritual progress. It calls out to the intuition which, in many people,causes a vibratory frequency of recognition, acknowledgement and acceptance. It does notappeal to the personality, but rather to the soul.1 The first principle is: Respect and Care for the Community of Life.Notice the tremendous depth of vision that each of the following tenets has. Each has anelement of universality and inclusiveness which humanity is now developing and some peopleare now practicing. There is also the realization that with freedom comes responsibility.

Respect Earth, and Life in its Diversity

* Recognize that human life and all other life forms are interdependent. My chickensknow that! They depend on me for the extra food necessary to survive after they forage. * Affirm the dignity and wonder of each being whether human, animal, or plant isand must be recognized and honored. Humans are recognized for their intellectual,artistic, ethical and spiritual potential.

Care for the Community of Life with Understanding, Compassion, and Love.

* Accept that with the right to own, manage and use natural resources comes theduty to prevent environmental harm and to protect the rights of people.

2 Affirm that with increased freedom, knowledge and power comes increased

responsibility to promote the common good.

Build Democratic Societies That Are Just, Participatory, Sustainable and Peaceful

Ensure that communities at all levels guarantee human rights and fundamentalfreedoms and provide everyone with the opportunity to realize his full potential.* Promote social and economic justice, enabling all to achieve secure and meaningfullivelihood that is ecologically responsible.

Secure Earth's Bounty and Beauty for Present and Future Generations * Recognize that the freedom of action of each generation is qualified by the

needs of future generations. * Transmit to future generations values, traditions and institutions that support

the long- term flourishing of Earth's human and ecological communities.2

The question is how are we to fulfill these broad and noble commitments?The next three blogs outline what the framers of this document have set down.

* * *1. A Treatise on White Magic, pp. 115-116. 2. The Earth Charter comes directly from the United Nations and follows UNwording. The Earth Charter was a many-year project of the United Nations. They puta lot of effort into getting a variety of people with all kinds of background, religiousand political beliefs, from all over the world to give their input. The document isactually quite simple, and for what it covers, it is relatively short but stately.

Rebecca FieldAuthor of 'To Choose the Fire of the Cosmos'Evolutionary Cosmologist & International Humanitarian Networker Tel/Fax: (408)356-1529

Email: rebecca@fieldonline.orgWebsite: http://www.rebeccaafield.comBlog: http://thecosmicfire.com

Excerpt: Letters of Helena Roerich I7 March 1935 There is so much beauty and joy in a life dedicated to cooperation with the Forces ofLight for the General Good! And, first of all, this joy is a result of a great liberation fromattachment to the trifles of life. It comes inevitably if our consciousness treasuresunwaveringly the chosen Ideal and the heart is aflame with devotion and gratitude tothe One who called. The true devotees not only cast away the burden of attachmentsbut also learn to love all the obstacles and sufferings which they encounter on theirpath. Verily, these obstacles become our teachers; they initiate us into the furthermysteries of the opening of the flower of spirit. Those who declare that it is possible toattain spiritual growth without suffering speak a great untruth. But these sufferings aretransformed into joy, into a new spiritual ascent, provided there exists the fire of truelove. Easy and speedy is the path of heart and devotion, which transforms all thethorns into a blossoming garden; but difficult, twisted and painfully long are all otherways. That is why the Call of the Great Teacher is the Call of Love.

The Light of Awareness Work of Embodiment

by Susanne Marie 'We are sensing instruments of consciousness.'

Share from your own knowing is what one of my teachers told me. I can only know what istrue for me here and now. The thing is, as the perspective of Self expands to includemore and more of the whole of what we are, our knowing and ability to relate to anotherperson's experience also expands. In this way, our own knowing may now include what isalso true for others. And even when that's not true for us as well, relating to another'spersonal pain, or acknowledging their spiritual journey with empathy and love, can serveto bridge the gap. We share this human journey together, including the joys and suffering.We also share the fact that what creates the experience of suffering is believing that weare separate somebodies, separate from each other, from life, and from the whole. Onthe other side of this experience of separation, we know the ultimate truth that all is Oneand that everything in existence springs out of emptiness, whatever one's spiritual beliefsare. This knowing lies here, within me.

It's not always in the foreground as a thought; in fact, rarely, anymore. When theremembering occurred for me, the revelation of this truth was so astounding that it wasoften in the foreground, meaning that I was aware of it. During this time, the mind waslearning how to investigate and relax all the ideas created when I had still believed inseparation, and to melt away these beliefs. It was a natural process, which had its ownintelligent functioning. I learned over time how much my body was also part of mind'sstructure. I learned to track feelings held in the body and how to trust the intelligenceinherent in the body as a storehouse of contracted experience. Impressions from the pastwere held there and made current by the re-examining of contracted feeling. Thought

often seemed to be bypassed when my attention, or focus of awareness, would gostraight to the feeling experience. Resting there and learning how to stay with it for as longas it took to allow whatever feelings were there to emerge and release became a dailyoccurrence. In fact, I learned how to function in my life, take care of the children, and do allthe things that I needed to do, while the attention of natural intelligence sat wherever it wasneeded. Thoughts related to the past and its many stories were usually absent. I hadalready started learning to do this many years prior, when I studied yoga at 21. Iintuitively knew then that this is where healing takes place, allowing space to be broughtinto contracted feeling in the body. Over the years it's been a process of learning to trustthis intelligence. I am learning to be current in the present moment with my experience asthings arise, creating less need for the body to store unmet sensation. We are a sensinginstrument of consciousness and when we allow feelings and thoughts to flow through us,as us, without the belief that the experience is separate from ourselves, the body hasless need to be a storehouse for memory, which it will later need to re-examine.

Now, my experience is that any remaining need that intelligence may have to un-glueitself from believing that it's separate from its world may occur spontaneously just as theliving of the moment is occurring. Actually, it is seen that as the past belief structuresbecome ever more seen into and dismantled, it is all happening in the present moment.

What is actually happening is that love returns back for itself, and whatever the mindbelieved in a moment of innocently misunderstanding that it is separate from itsexperience, will be a moment waiting 'in time' to be redelivered into wholeness. When wepush a feeling or sensation away, it does not go away, it lodges itself as memory in thebody, a memory created out of feeling separate from an experience. In this way, it onceagain becomes a present moment experience, which feels like it's in the past whenlooked at through the mind's eye. But, when the feeling gets re-visited, felt into, and madeknown as itself by the focused light of awareness (which illuminates where it is indarkness to itself), the feeling is once again made current, and allowed to return to thebosom of wholeness.

Most of us were not taught as children how to meet experience without turning away.Painful, uncomfortable sensations and feelings are most often related to as 'bad' versusbeing aspects of ourselves. Without the overlay of reaction and contraction to pain, wewould not be storing these memories in our body/minds for later on, in need of care andattention. It seems to be a maturation of consciousness to know itself as the wholethroughout the human system. The good news is that not everything that wasunconsciously turned away throughout one's life needs to revisited consciously. If thatwere to be the case, we would be unable to function during the 'return' phase towholeness following awakening. In reality, integration seems to happen mostly in thebackground like a movie without the sound. At other times, one is fully cognizant that a bigchunk of belief or identity is being seen-through (when we believe that we are separatesomebodies, the stories that we tell ourselves about life create identity).

Our part to play in refreshening the system, the journey of returning back to wholeness inthe body, is our willing cooperation and participation in this process when called forth bythe natural intelligence. This is what is referred to as the embodiment process ofawakening. When the 'I' is seen-through as a self- reflective thought created by the mind,which had been believed in, verbing itself into existence and thereby creating acontinuous sense of a 'me' and a separate someone from the rest of life, what follows is aknowing that we are the whole, including the sense of a 'me'. This sense is then known asthe whole, and does not feel separate anymore. And it is a delightful thing to know yourself as the whole while also having the experience of being a separate somebody withunique qualities, personality and emotions. An analogy may be one of a tree whoseleaves each has a separate experience of itself while still knowingly part of the wholenessthat is the tree. This is the aspect of us that participates in dismantling it's own beliefstructures, making room for greater possibility. The lens of awakened consciousness has

the capacity to narrow its focus down to a point, and becoming in the process, an 'I'thought (or a leaf thought in the above analogy), along with the experience of a separatesense of self. Consciousness also has the capacity to open its lens in ever widerincrements in order to include more and more of itself, in this way knowing itself as thewhole of existence. As consciousness narrows down its perception to a pin-point as itdoes with the 'I', it apparently has the capacity to have the experience of losing itselfthere, in believing itself as truly separate; all the while, however, it is as wide as existenceitself. Waking itself out of the dream of the 'I', once again, it knows itself as the whole, thistime also while knowing itself as this separate 'I' sense. This is what is called resolving theparadox of duality. And embodiment is the process that ensues. susannemarie1@yahoo.com

BE the Soulby Rae Lake BE the Soul! The World needs us... For me, it all keeps coming back to the same idea. Regardless of how you conceptualize 'your'soul, whether consciousness, psyche, soul, Christ-principle, Mercury aspect, relationship talent,love, silent voice, etc. it's all the same. What is significant is not to think 'of' or 'about' thesoul, but to think 'AS' the soul. Be the Soul in your life. Look around and see the world as theChrist did/does. See others as souls, struggling with unkempt, often unruly, personalities, asyou did/do. This generates true compassion, rather than emotionally useless sympathy, orseparating pity. As we view others, and life on our small planet, in terms of our truerelationships, these transforming moments, in time, become our full time perspective. Life isGood. Happy December. RAE'S PRAYER FOR GRACE (12/9/1971)

Dear my Lord God:

Please lead me to the balance, through all obstacles, in gentle peace when possible, to growwith minimum effort. There are times when I am very tired, there are times when I'mimpatient, there are times when I do not react and times when I do. Please lead me to thegentle knowing of when to Do and when to Let.

Let be drawn about me those whom I may stimulate and help and let me be open andreceptive to them. Let me learn to give, and then give again.

Please let me integrate as quickly as practical that I may be a clearer channel of light andlove. Let me grow with the speed of light, carefully, that I may not shatter that vital linkwhich is my tie with thee.

Let me clean my emotional house quickly and efficiently that I may be a better servant tothee. Let the windows be washed and opened into the fresh air of beingness.

Let me see with clear eyes. Let me learn to keep my mouth closed when it is better keptclosed. Let me not push others, and let me learn also not to push myself. Let me find thesilent 'center' where the still voice of silence teaches. Let me not add to the outer or innerconfusions of any being through my impetuous voice and words. Let me lend only harmonyto the patterns of others. Let no tone or look of mine add to the disharmony of any man. Letme, please, learn to be harmless.

Let me be the gentle, quiet strength which others may draw upon, and let that strength be

never-ending and free-flowing. That strength which is love and light and power. Let me healwithout saying or thinking of it. Let me, by thy guidance, be a force of love wisdom,unshattered by personality intrusion. Let me give peace, stimulation and direction, not throughtalk but through being. Let my words be the clear tool of the spirit, and not the idle outlet forenergy. Let me discriminate clearly between the transient and the permanent, between souland spirit. Let me learn to be a steady warrior and able teacher.

Dear my Lord, let me Be. Let my eyes see temptations and illusions and let them further seethe light which clears all ways. Help me to find the rhythm, the balance, the love and thelight which will bring me into conscious harmony with the Song of the Universe.

Let me learn to listen to you and understand you clearly. Let me see you, and understandmore clearly. Let me gently allow you to be my guiding light, and expression.

Let me know the group as myself. Let me center in the livingness of group consciousness. Letme gracefully lose sight of myself as the light grows within. May my fingers let go gracefullyof those obstacles which hinder the showing of the light. Let me find...let me Be...grace.

Wisdom Retreat and Teaching Center in Nth California

Hello Friends and Co-Workers, In the mountains of Northern California, a 200-acre parcel is destined to become a non-profitCenter of Synthesis - A Community Retreat andTeaching Center. Located in a peaceful,secluded area within extensive forest itoverlooks wide views of the Sierras. December 2013: Initial dwelling/reception area isalmost complete. A camping area has been cleared which can

cater for about 10 tents, and 4 RV's. Due to the 'off-grid' location, alternativemethods of utilities are required. Spring is destined for the installation of solarpower panels. Further buildings/structures, and the large fruit and vegetable garden area, willbe manifested as funds, and need, emerge. A very special thank you to all of you who worked with us this year, objectivelyand subjectively. Thank you for your support and patronage. See our facebook Page and befriend us;http://www.facebook.com/groups/325889834165093/#!/groups/315433455195597/ or email Adam DeFranco - geronimoadam@aol.comorDuane Carpenter - monad_monad_monad@yahoo.com YOUTUBE Links to The Wisdom Retreat Center-- the 'WRTC'

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