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    Day to Day Enlightenment

    Exploring the magic and possibility of existence

    Developed and produced by Enlightening Studios. Copyright 2008

    Written by JJ Jackson with contribution by Tim Kies and Don LaRoche

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    Much love and thanks to Ryan, Bly, Mandy, Dylan, Ken, Jesse, Amy, John and all the rest

    of our families, friends and special people in our lives for being who you are, imparting

    your knowledge and sharing the journey with us.

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    Contents

    Introduction: Living Enlightenment

    An Environment of Enlightenment

    Understanding the Tenants of Enlightenment

    Existence, Spirituality and Religion

    Tenants of Enlightenment:

    Category One: Belief, Trust and Faith in Yourself, in Others and in the Universe

    Category Two: Loving Expression

    Category Three: Positive Thinking

    A Unifying Theory: The Process of Contextual Life Attraction

    How the Tenants of Enlightenment make up the process of contextual life

    attraction

    How applying positive contextual life attraction will better our individual lives

    and our society

    The School System: Examining How Authority Affects Field of

    Intention

    Tones of Communication

    Innate Destiny and Chosen Destiny

    The Renaissance of the Human Spirit

    The Four-Step Cycle of Enlightenment

    Media Index: More to help you on your journey

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    Introduction:

    Living Enlightenment

    What is enlightenment? Is there a difference between enlightenment andEnlightenment? There is no set definition as to the particulars of what enlightenment

    feels like, as the feeling of becoming enlightened is affected by cultural,

    geographical, social, political, technological and spiritual associations and identities.

    The experience of enlightenment is very personal and will be different for every

    person.

    However, there are common themes of experience that accompany the feeling of

    becoming enlightened. It gives you a greater sense of purpose in life and deeperunderstanding as to why we might be here, right now, on this planet. It brings a

    greater sense of joy about being alive, as it puts you in greater touch with the deeper

    parts of our human experience - such as creativity, love and destiny - that provide

    more gratification than the materialistic pursuits our present, media-dominated culture

    conditions us to pursue. It gives you a greater love and appreciation for the people

    and environments in your life. It gives you confidence and ambition in knowing that

    there is more to seek in our life experience than what any authoritative figure,

    organization or construction has told us was true in the past. Truth is subjective.

    And finally, enlightenment gives you the conviction to pursue your own truths about

    the nature of reality and your human experience. We say finally merely because thisis currently the last point we can make about common themes of the enlightenment

    experience. However, the themes and characteristics of the experience can be

    described as infinite as well, as the experience of enlightenment is never-ending.

    There is always more understanding to be gained. And there are always more

    opportunities (some so new we cant even begin to describe them) to become even

    moreenlightened.

    An Environment of Enlightenment

    The experience of enlightenment involves psychological, social and action-oriented

    processes that are broken up in this book into the three categories that make up the

    Tenants of Enlightenment. These Tenants were developed out of analyzing and being

    conscious of what was taking place, and what could be learned, from experiences

    during the year-and-a-half or so leading up to the writing of this book.

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    During that time period, we, the authors, along with a group of our very close and

    personal friends, experienced a great transformation (or perhaps a better term might

    be evolution) in our perspective about what it meant to be alive and about what

    parts of our life experience were of true importance. In fact, the best term to describe

    our experience was a trans-evolution. There were parts of our perspectives that

    were completely transformed as we came to understand the flaws in our previousperspectives, which we discovered were conditioned in us by society and/or various

    other systems of authority that attempt to instill in the masses notions of what is right/

    wrong, true/false, important/unimportant. At the same time, there were parts of our

    perspectives that grew and evolved, that were merely awakened and given the

    confidence to ripen and bear fruit. This trans-evolution is still continuing.

    We initiated this trans-evolution unconsciously but rather intentionally, as well. (It

    seems like a paradox, we know, but the processes of how this is possible will be

    explained later in this book) We did it first by creating an open, non-judgmental

    environment that accepted anyone and everyone that came into it and that fostered the

    creativity of everyone involved. This environment allowed for the positive andliberating and inspiring exchange of ideas through conversation. As with much of the

    younger generations today, we all felt a certain restlessness about our lives and our

    place in society, in the world, in existence.

    The encouraging environment we created inspired us to bring these restless

    feelings into our consciousness to figure out where the feelings were coming from. As

    we became more and more conscious about our perceptions of existence and reality,

    we had many questions and we shared these questions with each other inside this

    loving environment. We werent afraid of being judged for the ways we thought and

    this allowed us to embrace our individual ways of thinking. As we shared our

    thoughts and feelings with each other, we discovered that each one of us could offerat least some insight into the questions the rest of us had. We learned with each other

    and we came to collectively discover truths about our shared reality and our

    individual and collective experiences in this reality.

    The things we learned together make up the three categories of the Tenants of

    Enlightenment and these Tenants showed all of us what is possible inside an outlook

    of love and positivity ANYTHING!

    Understanding the Tenants of Enlightenment

    There are a few terms that need to be explained in order to fully grasp the ideas talked

    about in the Tenants. Here we give a brief definition of the main processes at work.

    More about how these processes work and their relationships to the human experience

    will be revealed as you read into the Tenants.

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    Synchronicity: This is a term, coined by psychologist Carl Jung, describing the

    psychological process of finding meaning behind coincidences that happen in life that

    are always present and potential. It attempts to describe a phenomenon of experience

    that is indescribable and intangible: the aligning of present existences of people,

    objects and situations. It happens when vibrations of existence are in harmony.

    Any time you think, feel or act something, you send out a vibration, or energy.The source and motive of the activity determines the nature of the vibration. The

    vibration of a thought rooted in hatred is going to clash with the vibration of a thought

    rooted in love, for example.

    To achieve synchronicity of vibrations is to enhance the synergistic potentials of

    the vibrations, that arent possible without achieving the harmony between them.

    There is truth related with synchronicity. When you experience it, the experiences

    have a level of authoritativeness that, if we are aware and open to the experience, can

    teach us some truth about the nature of our observed reality and our involvement in

    this reality.

    It is our belief that synchronicity is what guides humans along their path todestiny.

    The Law of Attraction: This is a law rooted in quantum physics. It states that energy

    is attracted to like energy, positive energy attracts positive energy and negative energy

    attracts negative energy.

    Field of Intention: This is a term used to describe the energy field that surrounds a

    human being. This energy field is comprised of, and the nature of it is affected by, the

    thoughts and emotions we have and by the actions that we commit.

    Existence, Spirituality and Religion

    When we, the authors, were initially developing and analyzing the ideas that inspired

    this book, and what these ideas could mean to humankinds individual and collective

    life experiences, we would also discuss these ideas with other people who hadnt been

    directly involved in the experiences with us that inspired the forming of these ideas.

    We would tell them about our experiences and what we learned about the nature of

    reality and how we can affect (really, essentially create) our life experience inside ourobserved reality. We would tell them what we thought humans were capable of.

    From talking with some, we discovered that there were many people out there

    who were dealing with the same things in life that we were: searching for meaning,

    looking for more under the surface, wanting to find some answers or at least some

    understanding, longing for a way to see through the pressures of a superficial culture;

    and knowing that we werent alone in the universe with what we were going through

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    opened us up and gave us the confidence to pursue our own truths and figure out what

    life really meant to us.

    We received the expected range of reactions to our ideas, from agreement to

    disbelief; but a surprising reaction that turned out to be unexpectedly common was

    that some people thought we were trying to start our own religion, or frighteningly, a

    cult. This was, and is, not our intention. Probably, the religious interpretation of our ideas, of our message, comes from

    the use of the word spirituality. Yes, spirituality is a large part of many religious

    beliefs, but that doesnt mean that it is confined strictly to religion. We dont have to

    be religious to understand that there is a spiritual side to human existence. And

    believing in a spiritual nature to existence doesnt necessarily mean that we have to

    adopt a particular religion, or more specifically, support the way organized religion is

    practiced. Religion is simply a belief system that attempts to describe and explain

    how spirituality is experienced, how it is involved in our current worldly existence

    and what it might mean for us after we die. However, organized systems of religious

    belief and practice have historically been corrupted by the quest for power andauthority to the point where they become systems of judgment and control of people.

    Religion has even been used to justify some of the most horrific and enormous taking

    of human life.

    We do not feel it is wrong or bad to interpret our ideas with religious undertones.

    We just want to make the point that interpretation is always in the hands of the

    observer to make that own personal choice for him or herself.

    Whether we are religious or not, the ideas presented in this book can be of benefit

    in the quest for discovery and the journey of enlightenment. It is possible to not be

    religious and to still embrace the human spirit. Whether we are religious or not, if we

    are to deny the human spirit, we deny all that is possible in human existence. Thehuman spirit is what drives human ability. Every time we feel inspired to create, every

    time we feel motivated to succeed, every time we feel encouraged to make

    connections with people, our spirit is coming alive and our potential is being

    actualized.

    The message is to think for yourself. You are the creator of your own reality.

    Everything to your destiny is at your fingertips. The choice is always up to you.

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    Tenants of Enlightenment

    Category One: Belief, Trust and Faith in Yourself, in Others and in the

    Universe

    It is okay to be you. It is more than okay. It is wonderful. You are good. You are

    holy. Be the hero of your own life story. No one else can play the part as well as

    you. You are the only person who will ever get to be you. Dont sell your spirit

    short. Be the leader of your own destiny. Hide not your light under a bushel.

    Anything is possible when you realize your full potential and bring it into full

    consciousness.

    Believe in the power of your Self, the power of others and the power of the

    universe and a world of endless possibilities opens up in front of you. The best

    defense against doubt is to believe in yourself (and, in relationships, to also

    believe in your partner). It takes confidence and faith to overcome uncertainty.

    Follow the leading and inclinations of your spirit, and trust that your holy spirit

    will lead you to goodness. Trust what your intuition tells you because it is what

    guides you along your synchronicity. Always expect and trust that your

    synchronicity will guide you along the right and righteous path. Follow the

    synchronicity in your life and it will lead you to blessings formerly unimaginable

    to you.

    Never take the word of another as truth. Know thyself and know foryourself.

    Always trust what you know to be true, but always be open to consciously

    considering what others believe to be true as this contemplation may reveal more

    insight into your own truths. Always trust what you know to be true love

    ALWAYS.

    Always expect the best and most positive out of every person and every situation.

    Always look for the higher expression and higher wisdom of every person and

    situation. And remember, all individuals are on their own journey of awakening

    and enlightenment.

    Always be content with your present state of existence but never be content with

    stagnation. Always progress, always learn and always mature. Appreciate and

    embrace all opportunities. Eliminate all hindrances.

    Everything pays off when you work hard. Follow your bliss and do the work you

    are destined to do. Remember, a profiteering mindset leads to subjugation,

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    separation and dehumanization. A unifying mindset leads to an affirmative

    perspective and fosters the amplification of all positive output into the universe.

    Everything is energy. Energy is all.

    Everything is connected in the web of existence. The Earth is a living being; weare but components of its body. Every living thing on Earth is connected and there

    is knowledge to be gained by observing all living things. Lower-level animals feel

    the subconscious need to kill and/or dominate each other because of their desire

    for survival. Because of this desire, they are always competing for resources.

    They dont have the intelligence to understand that by sharing and evenly

    distributing resources that every member can survive. However, humans are

    capable and intelligent enough to understand this concept, yet we still tend to

    revert to our evolutionary desire to hoard resources selfishly. We, as humans, must

    rise above our traditional rhetoric and revolutionize our perspective to where we

    seek to share all resources available to us so that every person has the chance tosurvive prosperously.

    The universe consists of patterns, principles and tendencies that replicate and

    compound upon each other, from the most miniscule levels to the level of the

    cosmos and beyond. The Great Mysterious part of existence will provide for you.

    Through the leanest of times it will provide enough for you to get by. Trust in it.

    An appreciative spirit will receive compounding blessings. The simple gifts and

    blessings of every day will nourish the grateful spirit. One of the most valuable

    gifts the universe continually presents us with is the opportunity to show true love

    and compassion to those around us.

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    Category Two: Loving Expression

    Love everyone and everything unconditionally. Love like there is no tomorrow.

    Love will always prevail, for positive and loving expression is far more powerful

    than negative and hateful expression. Always leave someones presence on a

    positive tone.

    The most important aspects to human interaction are love and respect. Everything

    comes down to love and respect for all people and all things, for no person is

    better or worse at life, there are only the asleep and the awake. It is our job to

    awaken those who are asleep.

    Give whenever you recognize a need or a chance to show love. Dont hesitate to

    give at your own peril. The universe has your back.

    Hug a tree. Place your palms on the leaves, branches, stems, trunk, roots and fruitof the trees and plants around you. Say, thank you. It will do your heart good.

    You manifest your reality through the choices you make and the perspectives you

    employ. Your spirit manifests itself in your reality through the energy you output.

    Always be aware of your surroundings and the people who are in them. Every

    person brings their own energy to a situation, and the best possible ways to

    harmonize these energies is through the open, honest and loving expression of

    every individual. If the energies are lacking in any of these categories of

    expression, the harmonization of energies cant reach its full potential because not

    being open can foster judgment, not being honest can erode trust, and not beingloving denies any evolutionary enlightenment from taking place. The progress of

    our nature is to be in harmony with our existence. To do this doesnt mean trying

    to be an individual, it means being yourself. By complicating an open, honest and

    loving expression of your own energy, you ultimately bring negative energy and

    disharmony to the situation.

    Recognize when you made a mistake and accept responsibility, and always learn

    the positive lesson. Learn something from every situation, for there is wisdom and

    positivity inside all circumstances. If you make a mistake, take full responsibility

    and accept the consequences. Then, forgive yourself and move with the wisdomand confidence to do the right thing next time. True and complete freedom is the

    inherent right of every individual from birth, but it must be earned and kept

    through the passage of time through the execution of right, just, positive and

    loving behavior.

    Every moment greets us with options, but always there exists one or several

    options of utmost beauty. We must choose to make these moments beautiful and

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    holy. Our purpose is to create as much beauty in the world around us as we can,

    be it in art or action.

    Whatsoever you do unto the least of men, you do also for the benevolent

    universe, the All, the One, God.

    Take only what you need and be grateful for it. Be grateful for all the beauty that

    you have.

    Humans make society makes humans. Enlightened minds make for enlightened

    people, which make for an enlightened society.

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    Category Three: Positive Thinking

    Find the beauty of every moment.

    Your mental imaging your thoughts, feelings (emotions), intuitions,

    interpretations and judgments determines your perspective and the nature of the

    energy you are outputting. The energy you output influences the energy you

    receive because energy attracts like energy (The Law of Attraction). You must

    always be conscious of your mental imaging so that you will be conscious of the

    energy you are outputting, and always focus on the positive.

    See through the eyes of the observer. Reality is observed. We create our reality

    through what we observe. There is a duality to the nature of existence. Everything

    in reality is essentially empty and devoid of any inherent existence. There is a

    physical nature of existence to all things and there is a metaphysical nature of

    existence to things through the meaning we apply to them.

    Always seek to manifest a positive reality through positive thought, but stay

    detached from any particular outcome, for every potential outcome always exists

    at any given moment and is being influenced not only by the energy you are

    emitting but also by the energy everyone else is emitting. To be attached to any

    certain outcome blocks your energy output and the energy output of others and

    denies the synchronistic process from happening. When we fully and consciously

    accept and acknowledge that all outcomes are potential, we can fully focus our

    positive expectation on the outcome that will bring the most benefit to ourselves

    and others.

    Your individual synchronicity is influenced by your expectations of how you want

    your synchronicity to guide your life and your human experience. If you expect

    your synchronicity to guide you along a certain path and you act in accordance

    with your expectations, your synchronicity will open up to you and offer you

    chances for your life to unfold in-synch with your expectations. Your

    synchronicity might not unfold to you exactly according to your expectations, but

    if you expect positively and you act positively and in accordance with your

    expectations, your synchronicity will unfold in ways that will offer you the

    chance(s) at attaining the most positive outcome(s) for whatever stage of your lifeyou are in. If you hold to your positive expectations and continue your positive

    behavior in accordance with your expectations, you compound your positive field

    of intention and your synchronicity will unfold in positive ways that will continue

    to grow closer and closer to matching your positive expectations. It is important to

    not get over-anxious in your expectations of yourself and other people, because it

    must be remembered that everyone (including you) is on their own individual

    journey, and to get over-anxious in expecting a particular outcome of yours or

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    someone elses journey puts too much pressure on the journey of you and/or

    someone else, and that pressure can stifle progress along the journey(s). Accept

    and embrace whatever present stage you and someone else are at on your

    individual journeys, and by expecting the best and being open and willing to let

    the synchronicity of your journeys unfold naturally, you can better align the

    journeys of you and someone else if that is what you so wish. And remember,success cannot be defined or determined by any external source. You are the only

    one who can interpret your success along your own journey of awakening and

    enlightenment.

    If your synchronicity seems to be bringing you negative circumstances, dont seek

    to place blame on outside forces, for doing this only compounds the negative

    energy surrounding you and your circumstances. Instead, look inside the contexts

    of your field of intention to see what could be attracting this negative energy and

    what you could change about your field of intention to attract more positive

    energy and reduce your attraction of negative energy. Just like your mentalimaging can influence your circumstances, your circumstances can influence your

    mental imaging. If you allow seemingly negative circumstances to poison your

    perspective, your negative mental imaging will compound the negative energy

    you are receiving in your circumstances. Hold to positivity at all times and always

    find the positive in every situation. You can influence your individual

    synchronicity by controlling your field of intention, but you cant dictate the

    universe be the flow and immerse yourself in the experience of living.

    Fear, mistrust and self-doubt are the forces that keep us humans from reaching our

    full potential. Doubt comes into your perspective when you let yourself beconsumed by your Fear. (Fear with a capital F is different than fear with a

    lowercase f, as Fear refers to your specific motives and feelings that scare

    you and fear refers to the general feeling of being afraid.) To extinguish doubt

    you must extinguish your Fear, and not let either influence your mental imaging.

    When fear and doubt are allowed to influence your mental imaging, it is easy to

    expect the worst. And when you expect the worst, you influence the worst into

    manifestation. Recognize your sources of fear and doubt, and always expect the

    best.

    Never allow yourself to be disrespected by someone elses Fear or let it block you

    on your own journey. Your Fear must be overcome to fully awaken your full

    potential. It takes honest self-reflection to pinpoint the source(s) of your Fear, and

    courageous humility to take responsibility of your thoughts and actions. When

    you overcome your Fear, you energize your spirit to all thats possible within your

    affirmative perspective. Expect every day to be a day where the divine energy of

    the universe flows into and through you and inspires you to achieve your full

    potential.

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    The extent to which you trust yourself influences the extent to which you can trust

    others. If you cant trust yourself, you cant trust others. If you can trust yourself,

    but you cant trust others, there is likely a source of fear from your past that is

    affecting your ability to trust other people. This past fear source is also likely

    affecting your ability to trust yourself. You must let go of that past experience(s)and move on in order to not let that past source(s) of fear affect your ability to

    trust. Every person is their own person and people of your present must not be

    grouped in with people of your past, unless their behavior proves to match the

    behavior of people of your past. It is important to remember that your

    expectations about a persons behavior will influence your ability to trust that

    person; and consequently, your ability (or lack of ability) to trust a person will

    influence the actual behavior of that person. And the consequent behavior of a

    person (which is influenced by your ability or inability to trust that person) can

    either reinforce or degrade your ability to trust. However, it is also important to

    remember that although your expectations about a person will influence theirbehavior, that persons behavior is ultimately controlled by that person, and you

    must not degrade yourself or think yourself at fault if that persons behavior

    doesnt match your positive expectations. Expect the positive but accept whatever

    outcome results, and forgive a person if their behavior is negative; but be open,

    honest and loving about how a persons behavior affects you. Every person we

    meet is a fresh person in our human experience and should be greeted with a clean

    slate and the chance to prove the goodness of humankind. When you expect

    something out of someone, especially when you have positive expectations, you

    must still respect that persons space and their right and ability to make their own

    decisions.

    Dont be cocky and/or arrogant in your expectations of positivity. To be cocky and

    arrogant is to hold yourself above the workings of the universe and your

    synchronicity will be negatively reinforced. To be humble and accepting of the

    workings of the universe will attract your synchronicity to be positively

    reinforced. Always positive reinforcement ALWAYS.

    Time can destroy or enhance your path of actualization the choice is always up

    to you. It is not time that moves past us while we watch, but our consciousness

    that moves through various psychological timelines and experiences. We must

    learn to live in the present, not to live according to the scripts that we have

    constructed within the framework of our past experiences. Sometimes, we try and

    force ourselves to see things that arent there, but if we just opened our eyes we

    would see everything consciously exists around us. Today is the only day we

    have. Yesterday is gone and tomorrow is not yet granted. Make every today the

    best day of your life TODAY. Dont confine yourself to the old ways of

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    thinking, the old limitations, the old constructs, and the same old slumber. You are

    awake. Let go of last nights nightmares. Take hold of your dreams today.

    We are already dead. Now we can live.

    All knowledge is connected and can be applied to and instituted with each other intheory and in practice. Never assume that one piece of knowledge can never have

    a relationship with another piece of knowledge. It is highly possible and very

    likely that learning one piece of knowledge can help you understand a piece of

    knowledge you have already learned, no matter if a connection between the bits of

    knowledge doesnt seem readily apparent. Open yourself to all areas of

    understanding. Its okay and important to admit to yourself that all of lifes

    answers wont be readily available. You are not always going to understand

    everything right away. Sometimes events, situations, feelings and behaviors need

    to run a course before understanding can come; especially when trying to

    understand people. The quest for understanding is an honorable and enlighteningventure; but in your quest to understand, dont let yourself fall into the trap of

    over-analyzing situations, events, behaviors and circumstances. Sometimes the

    knowledge that is to be gained takes time and you must be patient for certain

    knowledge to be gained. By over-analyzing, it is easy to be blinded by the

    outcome you want most, and when actions or events seem to conflict with this

    particular outcome it is easy to read too far into things to try and figure out why.

    The course of human interaction will always provide you with insight youre your

    human experience, so always stay open to the contexts of what you experience,

    staying detached from any particular (and sometimes selfish) outcome, and the

    knowledge you will gain will always enlighten your perspective.

    All experiences in life affect us based on our interpretations of the experiences.

    All experiences can be interpreted at any point on The Interpretive Spectrum and

    they will affect us in the nature aligned with the point of interpretation along the

    spectrum. Experiences, as with all reality, are inherently empty of nature, they are

    neither inherently good nor inherently bad; they are merely experiences perceived

    by our human consciousness, which then assigns an interpretation to the

    experience as being either good or bad, positive or negative, affirming or

    disaffirming. Affirming experiences are those that reinforce and progress us along

    our spiritual life path of creative and loving fulfillment. Experiences that we

    interpret as disaffirming negate in our consciousness that any progression took

    place through the experience. This means that with the right perspective and

    through the right interpretations, literally nothing bad can happen to us. The

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    Interpretive Spectrum stretches beyond the polarity of good/bad, positive/

    negative, affirming/disaffirming because as our consciousness, spiritual awareness

    and oneness evolves and progresses, our interpretive experience of reality will no

    longer be bound by this polarity of interpretation. After all, there is only one

    ultimate, underlying interpretation: that all particles of existence are merely

    condensed energy that exist unified as one and each particle experiences itself andits surroundings subjectively; that there is no such thing as life and death, only a

    continuum of vibratory energy, and our current experience as humans is just one

    point, one stop, one phase along this continuum. Intuition is a spiritual notion and

    to trust intuition is to trust the spiritual nature of existence. Our intuition tells us

    that there is more to our human experience than what any authority dictates to us.

    Trusting this intuition is what guides us along the continuum to a higher vibration

    of our energy. If we trust our intuition and bring it into full consciousness, we will

    bring into our reality and our experience all we need to progress along the

    continuum. This is synchronicity, field of intention, The Law of Attraction and

    contextual life attraction (which we will see in the next section) all working asone.

    There are no ordinary moments, only extraordinary opportunities to witness the

    beauty and magic of existence. It takes courage and confidence to walk the road

    to awakening and enlightenment, but with each step you take, you are affirming

    your destiny of achieving all the positive creation you are capable of. Balance is

    the guide wire to life. It is up to you to take the steps. Expect that everyday is an

    epiphany. It may take time to notice, but inside every moment is an opportunity to

    realize all that is possible ANYTHING!

    LIFE: Turn ontune inand jump in headfirst.

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    A Unifying Theory: The Process of Contextual Life

    Attraction

    The possibilities inside of existence are limitless when we realize that we are trulycapable of anything we set our minds intention to. We are truly free when we

    embrace our natural human potential and set it into positive motion. We are destined

    for success when we align the actualization of our human potential with the Law of

    Attraction and our only struggle becomes how to utilize the vast amounts of positive

    energy we facilitate through creating a positive contextual life attraction simply

    defined as the contexts of the life experience we create through the energy we emit

    and attract.

    How the Tenants of Enlightenment make up the process of contextuallife attraction

    Essentially, enlightenment is the actualization of the process of contextual life

    attraction. To actualize the process, you need to internalize and actualize the Tenants

    of Enlightenment. You need to believe in the Tenants down to the core of your being.

    When you employ the three categories that make up the Tenants when you

    believe in yourself, in others and in the universe, when you express yourself lovingly,

    and when you employ positive thinking you send out positive energy into the

    universe and, in turn, attract positive energy. Contextual life attraction says that the

    interaction of this energy determines how you experience being alive. As we have seen, the Law of Attraction states that energy is attracted to like

    energy. Everything in the universe is composed of energy through the natural

    movement and behavior of electrons at the subatomic level. As electrons move

    through their natural processes, they emit energy and this energy interacts with the

    energy in the environment.

    When we think, feel emotion and enact behavior, we send out energy into the

    environment, into the universe. This energy comprises our field of intention. The

    mental imaging we create through our thoughts affects our emotional perspective, and

    in turn influences our behavior. Through our field of intention, the energy we emit

    abides by the Law of Attraction. If the nature of our field of intention, the nature ofthe energy we emit, is positive, our energy will attract like energy and draw us

    positive energy; and vice versa.

    This energy makes up the context of the life we experience and our ability to

    utilize this energy determines the life experience we create. The process of positive

    contextual life attraction works like this: we think positive thoughts, these thoughts

    give us a positive emotional outlook, our positive outlook causes us to enact positive

    behavior, and our positive behavior leads us into positive situations and events. The

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    positive energy we emit throughout this process attracts positive energy from the

    environment.

    This means that as we think, feel and act positive creating positive situations

    and events we attract positive thoughts, feelings and behaviors from other people

    and we attract more positive situations and events in our lives.

    Therefore, the key to happiness in our lives is to control our field of intention toattract positive energy. In order to control our field of intention, we must be conscious

    of the nature of our thoughts, emotions and behavior. We have complete control of

    what we think, what we feel and how we behave, and this control over our field of

    intention is necessary to making the process of contextual life attraction work to our

    benefit. It is important to remember that this process is always occurring; it is up to us

    to make it work in our favor, to make the process positive in nature.

    The process of our individual synchronicity works to bring us opportunities and

    experiences that are aligned with the energy we are sending out into the universe.

    Society conditions us to perceive these events as being coincidental, or out of our

    control, but in reality these events are being attracted to us and are influenced by ourfield of intention.

    Therefore, we see that our synchronicity is influenced by what we think, what we

    feel and how we behave. Our synchronicity helps guide our lives along the path that

    will bring us the most positive results, the most positive contextual life attraction.

    When we facilitate a positive contextual life attraction, our synchronicity brings us

    opportunities in life to fulfill our inherent creative potential.

    Creativity is the ultimate expression of the dynamic human spirit and ability.

    Creativity is expressed in many different forms and each one of us is inclined toward

    one or more particular forms of expression of the human spirit through the creative

    process. By finding, embracing and expressing our inherent creativity, we furthersynch our life experience with the motion of the universe and deepen the actualization

    of our human potential.

    When we encourage and express our creativity, we attract vast amounts of

    positive energy from the environment and in turn emit strong positive energy. By

    facilitating our individual creativity, we enhance our contextual life attraction and put

    ourselves in a more active, open state where we are better able to recognize our

    individual synchronicity. In other words, to affirm our creative potential is to affirm

    our spiritual potential.

    By pursuing creativity with an outlook of love and positivity, and having a

    positive field of intention, you attract positive energy from the environment (Law of

    Attraction) and the environment/universe opens up opportunities through

    synchronicity to allow you to further your creativity and for you to actualize your

    destiny.

    To embrace your creative potential is to embrace all the good you have to offer to

    society.

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    How applying positive contextual life attraction will better our

    individual lives and our society

    It is pessimistic and negative to think that the expression of our creative potential

    cannot be utilized, lucrative and given top priority in contemporary society. To believe

    this contributes to a negative contextual life attraction. A society is made up of

    individuals and each individual induces a particular contextual life attraction. If each

    one of us contributes a positive contextual life attraction, our pursuits will contribute

    to a positive nature to society.

    Society can and will flourish through setting up society to serve the creative

    expression of every individual. Necessary jobs needed to sustain our society can and

    will continue, while at the same time serving our creative potential, when the goals of

    the jobs are to serve the community as a whole and to serve the creative process

    working inside the individuals who perform the jobs. In the case of American society,

    this means that the business model of American society must shift to serving the

    benefit of the community and not the benefit of individual corporations.

    American societys current business model of capitalism, which defines that

    private or individually controlled corporations control the means of economic wealth

    and the consequent profits, does not serve to benefit the community as a whole. By

    operating business with a priority on making profits, business decisions are made to

    maximize profits, no matter what the consequences are for society or for the

    individuals living in society. This outlook is what is leading to the depletion of our

    societys natural and human resources. American society cant thrive if corporations

    continue to exploit natural and human resources. Human labor is what drives the

    operation of business and this labor must be utilized in balance with the day-to-day

    labor potential of humans for both business and for their creativity. It is not

    uncommon for American labor workers to be on the job for upwards of 70 hours or

    more a week and this is not healthy for the encouragement of their creativity and

    motivation.

    Unfortunately, many Americans feel they have to, and sometimes rightly so, workthese long hours in order to sustain their lives as citizens. They feel this pressure

    because they have to make so much money to pay for their home and car, pay their

    bills and keep food on the table and clothes on their backs. However, this pressure can

    be relieved and these long work hours can be reduced if corporations didnt drive to

    have such high profit margins. This would allow for individuals to balance time

    working with time spent pursuing their creativity, while still earning enough money to

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    sustain comfortable lives. The workers that sustain the existence of corporations cant

    thrive on low wages while the corporate executives grace themselves with six-figure

    incomes and more.

    These executives keep this polarization of wealth growing because it is necessary

    to separate and subjugate the lower classes of the masses in order to institute

    control and keep workers serving the interests of the executives. In essence, theworkers that sustain businesses are contributing to a negative contextual life attraction

    by forfeiting their creative potential and their motivation to encourage what inspires

    them, so that the executives of these businesses can continue to maximize profits for

    themselves at the expense of the workers integrity, which also contributes to negative

    contextual life attraction.

    This shows that the current business model of capitalism contributes to an

    immense amount of negative contextual life attraction, contributing to the attraction

    and facilitation of an immense amount of negative energy, which has a detrimental

    effect on the spiritual nature of all people involved in the process. The facilitation of

    this negative energy contributes to low worker morale, low worker motivation andlow worker desire to perform to their potential. By propagating the same business

    practices, the same negative contextual life attractions, the negative energy continues

    to bring workers negative situations and harmful events, continuously bringing down

    the outlook of the workers and poisoning their perspectives.

    Its a vicious cycle that we perpetuate by having such a work-focused, product-

    oriented and production-minded lifestyle. We work so much, which causes our

    personal relationships to decline and break down because we arent involved and

    putting as much of our loving, positive energy into our personal relationships as we

    can. This causes misery in our personal lives so we try to escape our personal lives

    and the problems that come with them by seeking more work and becoming moreinvested in a professional or work-related lifestyle.

    What we need to understand is that whats being done to us by our society and

    how we are being affected by how our society operates is a direct result of what we

    have done consciously and what we have allowed to happen in and through our

    society, be it aspects of our society that we have consciously created or aspects that

    we have allowed to be created by either turning a blind eye, being ignorant or by

    reinforcing aspects that have been created by the authorities. The mass media is an

    example, in particular advertising, which has created the false idea of beauty. We

    reinforce this false ideal through our acceptance and encouragement of advertising by

    buying the products that are being advertised.

    This happens in many other aspects of our society, where a concept is created by

    those in the authority position, which they create these concepts with the direct

    purpose of controlling the masses into supporting a particular idea or to follow a

    certain path or commit a certain action. We allow ourselves to succumb to their

    beliefs and their reasoning, and so we end up buying into that idea or committing that

    action they want us to commit and by doing this we reinforce that ideal that is

    propagated by the authorities in order to control the masses.

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    In essence, as we induce our free will, paradoxically we are allowing ourselves to

    be controlled. So is it really free will? Yes, we are voluntarily making a choice and we

    can choose to make a different choice, which is important to remember because we

    can choose to not let ourselves be controlled; but by making the choice that the

    authorities want us to make, we are allowing ourselves to be controlled by the agenda

    of the authorities.Instead, through employing the Tenants and pursuing our creativity, we create for

    ourselves a positive contextual life attraction, which shapes our perspective and

    shapes the nature of the reality we observe and hence create. Through a positive

    contextual life attraction, we create a positive reality for ourselves and we attract

    positive situations and create positive events to happen to us.

    So, as an individual, when you employ the Tenants and pursue your creativity,

    you send out positive energy into the environment, into the universe. This positive

    energy you send out has an effect on the other people in your environment, in your

    life. So, not only do you create a positive reality for yourself through creating a

    positive contextual life attraction, but you are also influencing others to create theirown positive reality. Of course, the nature of reality for others depends on what they

    observe, and much of their satisfaction and happiness in their own life experience has

    to do with them finding the confidence and courage to employ the Tenants and pursue

    their own creativity themselves.

    However, by sending out your own positive energy you are aiding others into

    finding their own path of discovering how to create a positive reality for themselves.

    If you dont believe in employing the three categories, or you do the opposite, you

    send out negative energy which restricts you and other people from creating a positive

    reality.

    The ultimate meaning of all this is that if everyone can create a positivecontextual life attraction by adding their own talents and their own positive energy

    through their own pursuits, it will encourage a collective positive contextual life

    attraction. When this happens, everyone is going to benefit, everyone is going to be

    involved, and everyone is going to become more enlightened. As we know,

    enlightened people make for an enlightened society and if we are all contributing to a

    positive contextual life attraction for everyone, all putting in our collaborative

    energies and synergizing our potential, then we are creating a positive contextual life

    attraction for society as a whole. When we can start attracting this positive energy on

    such a large scale, everything about enlightenment that we have known up to this

    point that we can experience individually will be increased ten-fold, a hundred-fold, a

    million-fold. We cant even fathom the goodness and the positive effect we can bring

    to society as a whole and every individual in society when we collaborate and

    synergize all of our positive energy and connect all of our positive potential together,

    working together, unified in creating the utopia that we all deserve and that we all

    know is possible.

    This is a noble adventure and one that has strong potential for creating a future for

    our world that is amazingly and beautifully rich with love. But throughout our quest

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    to create a utopia, we must never forget to always live in the present moment. We get

    so worried about not having enough time, but we need to realize that time doesnt

    really exist. Time is just a psychological construct that we create in order to catalog

    various present moments. We can get so caught up in getting things done that we

    dont take time to appreciate where we are, where we have been and our potential for

    where we can go.We always need to have a balance between productivity, where we are physically

    accomplishing tasks, and reflection, where we stop to take stock of what we have

    been accomplishing and analyze for ways in which we can improve. Always live in

    the present moment, for it is the only moment that truly exists and the greatest

    opportunity for your true potential to shine.

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    The School System: Examining How Authority Affects

    Field of Intention

    Your field of intention makes up the energy field that surrounds you. Whatcomprises your field of intention determines the size, nature and context of the energy

    field that surrounds you. We hypothesize that young children have the biggest,

    perhaps strongest energy fields, from ages of about 3 to 6-years-old.

    The reason they have such a large energy field, such a pure field of intention, is

    that they are uncompromised by any outside authority. They have such strong

    curiosity, willingness, openness and intention to learn about their world and to

    discover things that they are constantly seeking input and stimulation from their

    environment, from other people and from themselves.

    This attitude, this outlook, this perspective is very positive for their field ofintention and it increases their energy field around them to attract more of the like

    energy, more of the same positive intentions and more of the same positive

    stimulation from their environment and from other people.

    When were born, we come into the world untainted and uncompromised by any

    outside authority and our field of intention and our energy field grows as we develop

    our consciousness until we reach about 5 to 6-years-old, when we start to develop the

    beginnings of an identity. At this point, we move on to school, which is where many

    of us experience the biggest halt of our field of intention and the biggest drop in our

    energy field and our contextual life attraction. However, this point is subjective and

    situational because it all depends on the individual cases of the students and their

    relationships to their school, to their parents, to their teachers and to their peers all

    this affects how much their field of intention, their energy field, is affected.

    What typically happens in most situations is that once children enter the school

    system, it is their first experience at being conformed, their first experience at being

    judged, at being graded, at being forced into categories it is their first experience

    with this conforming type of authority.

    The first years, from about 0 to 4-years-old, children are obviously under the

    authority of their parents, but the authority of parents from 0 to 4-years-old is

    different in nature from the authority of the school system from 4 to 18-years-old.

    During these early years, parents use their authority to keep their children out of

    harms way and to provide them with sustenance. These formative years are very

    important in the development of a childs intelligence and consciousness and the

    parents can use their energy to help their child start to develop skills and

    understanding and values, but the positive conduction of this interaction would be for

    the parents to give justification for what and why they are teaching their child. If these

    justifications are to rear their child into a kind, creative, open and ambitious human

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    being, then the authority the parents employ to instill their teachings is positive in

    nature.

    However, when children enter the school system they are immersed into a very

    different structure of authority. They are put into an authority that commands they

    conform to the teachings of the system, whether any justification is provided or not.

    In school, children are expected to institute the beliefs and information handed downby the authorities of the school system as truth, and can even be punished if they

    disagree with what they are being exposed to as truth. Many structures of school

    systems do not allow for the individual discovery and interpretation of their students.

    Experiencing this type of authority structure from the school system halts

    childrens curiosity and their willingness and openness to discover things in a unique

    and positive way. They are forced to learn what information the school system tells

    them is right, instead of learning information for themselves. In most cases, children

    succumb to an assumed reality, one that is taught to them, instead of creating their

    own reality.

    This is not to suggest that the traditional education system can and does notprovide any positive stimulation and aid in the development of young minds. There

    are many important experiences and much important information that young people

    are exposed to in school. In school, students learn how to positively and respectfully

    socialize with others. They learn information that will help them be effective,

    educated participants in society.

    What is important for educators to remember is that each student is a unique

    human being, they learn in unique ways and they can have beliefs and interpretations

    that are different from the authorities of the educational system. Each student must be

    valued as a unique learner and information must be presented in a manner that allows

    for each student the ability to make their own judgments and interpretations.Naturally, the educators feel they are presenting beliefs, judgments and

    interpretations that are the best for students to learn, but the educators must do so

    while providing justification to why they feel the beliefs, judgments and

    interpretations are good for students to learn and how the students can benefit from

    this learning. But students must be allowed to make up their own minds about

    information presented; and if students, on their own, come to different beliefs,

    judgments and interpretations, their opinions must be respected. If differences of

    opinion are respected, this will allow for the engagement of open interaction and

    communication and both students, as well as the teacher, will grow and develop as

    enlightened human beings.

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    Tone of communication can be related to tone within musical theory. In a musical

    composition, tones are related to each other through various tone structures called keys.

    In a particular key, there is a scale of notes, or tones, that elicits the most harmony, and it

    is these tones expressed together and in relation that are most pleasing to the overall

    composition.

    When we communicate with someone, we must do so with a tone not only in harmonywith the key of our own present state of being, but also in harmony with the key of being

    of the person, or people, we are communicating with. If we express ourselves with a tone

    that isnt in key with either our or another persons state of being, we create dissonance

    within the interaction and this will lead to disharmony in the relationship.

    If we communicate in tones that are in harmony with the relationship and all people

    involved, we will create beautiful melodies of interaction that will energize the spirits of

    all people involved in the interaction. When we communicate in loving, open and honest

    harmony with people, there is no conflict that cant be worked through because the

    interaction will be peaceful, as there is no dissonance being created within the interaction.

    Harmony must be our quest in every interaction we pursue for when we create andfoster this harmony, differing opinions and perspectives can be shared positively and

    productively, and all people involved in the interaction will come out of it with a higher

    understanding of our own perspective and that of the people we are interacting with.

    With this higher understanding, our relationships will soar to greater and more intimate

    heights and the song of our shared life experiences will be expressed with all the

    beautiful love and positivity that we humans are capable of expressing.

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    Innate Destiny and Chosen Destiny

    There are many different interpretations as to what destiny means. Ultimately, aswith any other psychological and spiritual concept, you create the meaning of what

    destiny means to you. You are the creator of your own destiny and you interact with

    the universe in this creation. We feel there are two sides to destiny: innate destiny and

    chosen destiny. Every person creates their destiny along these two faces and they can

    conflict and compliment each other. All potential destinies have the chance at coming

    to fruition. Every outcome of your destiny is possible. The ultimate goal of the

    playing out of your destiny is for you to align and unify your innate and chosen

    destiny.

    Innate Destiny

    When we are born into this world we come into it with talents, perceptions and

    inclinations that are embedded into our physical, mental, emotional and spiritual

    makeup. James Redfield, author of The Celestine Prophecybook series, believes that

    our spiritual energy chooses when, where and through what set of parents we are born

    into the world. He believes we make this choice to set our physical lives as humans

    up so we learn exactly what we will need to in order move us along our destined path

    and fulfill our mission on Earth. We choose our parents because their worldly

    perspectives are our first stimulation and they give us the foundation on which to

    structure our lifes pursuits. And it is up to us to evolve our parents perspectives and

    institute the positive aspects of their perspectives into our own, thus creating our own

    individual perspective that best gives us the chance at fulfilling our destiny.

    Whether you believe this concept or not, it is hard to deny that there are parts of

    our personality that are embedded us in at birth. Take the old adage of being born to

    do something. Clichs like this have at least some basis in the reality of human

    behavior. This is evident in how some people pick up certain activities and understand

    certain concepts with very little effort and they seem to jump right in and be good at

    them, as if they were born to do it.

    These talents, these perceptions, these inclinations that we gravitate towards havea role to play in our destiny. They may have a direct connection to the playing out of

    our destiny, as in a career, or they may play more of a support role in helping us to

    discover our destiny by guiding us along our synchronistic path in order to understand

    the questions that drive our lives.

    We come to these questions through our various life experiences and they come to

    define what our lifes mission is. Pursue and the question(s) will find you. When you

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    understand what your spirit wants to know/ask about existence, you can then pursue

    your own answers and your own fulfillment and you will help evolve human

    existence/destiny through actualizing your individual destiny. But of course, the

    creation of your destiny can either work towards or against the evolution of human

    existence and the actualization of our collective human destiny it all comes down to

    your choices.

    Chosen Destiny

    If innate destiny is what were born to do with our lives, chosen destiny is what we

    decide to ultimately do with our lives. Every choice we make has an impact on the

    creation of our destiny as they each influence, to a greater or lesser degree, what our

    synchronicity brings us in life. This doesnt mean we should become paranoid about

    making the wrong choices, just that we need to be conscious that were making theright choices and making choices that will help us each actualize our destiny.

    When making choices in life it is important to trust your intuition as it is what

    guides you along your synchronistic path. Sometimes your intuition will guide you

    into making choices that will influence your synchronicity into bringing you

    seemingly negative results, but dont get discouraged, you did not make a bad

    choice. (Remember The Interpretive Spectrum.) When this happens, your intuition

    likely is calling you to learn something about life and sometimes we need to

    experience something seemingly negative in order to learn important lessons; but if

    we walk away learning those lessons, then the outcome of the experience is positive

    and we are further actualizing our destiny. So, in order to actualize our destiny we must make choices that contribute to a

    positive contextual life attraction, progressing us in a positive way towards fulfilling

    our creative potential. Our talents, perceptions and inclinations that drive us to fulfill

    our innate destiny are what inspire our creativity, and aligning them with the positive

    choices we make will bring our ultimate destiny into full, conscious manifestation.

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    The Renaissance of the Human Spirit

    At this present point in human history, many people are beginning to realize thepower of their intentions and positive thinking and how approaching life with a loving

    outlook can bring many synchronistic miracles and life affirming events. This

    evolution of perspective can be described as a Renaissance of the Human Spirit. We

    are beginning to discover and embrace that we have limitless, untapped potential

    inside of our ambitions.

    Those focusing their energies on furthering the cause of actualizing a positive

    destiny for humankind can be thought of as spiritual warriors but not as related to the

    traditional concept of a warrior. The traditional warrior, or soldier, we picture uses

    violence to purport an agenda of domination and control, attempting to instill and

    enforce a particular perspective, belief and/or interpretation. Spiritual warriors,

    however, understand that all perspectives, all beliefs and all interpretations are

    valuable and necessary to the growth of human spirituality and interconnectedness,

    and that violence can never create peace, acceptance or unity and it only serves to

    perpetuate the traditional materialistic worldview of domination and control.

    Instead of using violence as a means to an end, the new spiritual army employs an

    arsenal of love and positivity to fight against the tyrannical onslaught waged by the

    authorities against those who dont occupy positions of power. These people who are

    the victims of the onslaught, who are made up largely of the lower and middle classes,

    see and feel the effects of this tyranny first-hand as much of the oppression that exists

    serves as an attempt to exert control over them and dictate their destiny.

    But what separates this new spiritual army apart from many progressive efforts ofthe past is that the spiritual warriors understand that what they are fighting against are

    the actions, agendas, beliefs and structures perpetuated by the authorities, not the

    authorities themselves. It is important for all of us to remember that those who abuse

    positions of power and perpetuate tyranny and oppression they are humans also, and

    they deserve love and respect, and we must uplift them into seeing the higher wisdom

    of existence just as we would those who are very close to us.

    There is a progression inside the spiritual evolution that makes up the Renaissance

    of the Human Spirit. For those starting out on their quest for enlightenment, this

    spiritual renaissance must first take place within each individual. In order to make a

    change inside the nature of society and ultimately the nature of existence, a changemust first take place inside each individual. The effects of intention, perception,

    perspective and action will only change for the better when the motives for these

    psychological, physical and social constructs shift toward focusing on positive

    outcomes. As long as there are individuals who hold to the traditional materialistic

    modes of thinking, contributing to a negative contextual life attraction, their negative

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    energy will work against the affirmation of the positive pursuits of the new spiritual

    army.

    In order to reach our ultimate goal of creating a utopia on earth, we must all be

    concerned with and focusing our energies on supporting and uplifting the collective.

    Once each individual has developed and instituted positive motives and intentions for

    existing, the Renaissance of the Human Spirit can evolve into working towardscommon goals for the collective.

    Weve seemed to have lost our sense of community and collective-mindedness in

    our present pursuits. In order for us to reach our goal of creating a utopia, we need to

    bring back the communal feel and mindset of spiritual togetherness. By focusing our

    mindset on the affirmation of egoistic, individualistic pursuits, we shut ourselves off

    from each and the outside world and we end up shutting ourselves off from ourselves

    because our spiritual energy and ambition comes from being connected with each

    other and with the divine energy of the universe.

    In order to actualize our human destiny, we need to awaken to the connectedness

    between ourselves, our families, our friends, the rest of the people in the world andour environments. We need to realize the power of unity and how much stronger and

    how much more positive energy and potential exists inside the unification, rather than

    the separation, of souls. The unification of souls creates a synergistic potential far

    more powerful than the potential that exists inside an individual person.

    The unification of souls lies within the acceptance and encouragement that

    everyone has something valuable to offer to our collective spiritual destiny. Every

    person plays a part in our pursuit of utopia and everyones energy must work together

    in order to actualize all that we are capable of as spiritual beings.

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    The Four-Step Cycle of Enlightenment

    Throughout your quest for enlightenment, societal conditioning may try to drainyour energy and influence you back into focusing your attention and concentration

    back to the unimportant, material aspects of our culture in attempts to mold your

    structure of thinking into a pattern that serves the oppressive domination of the

    authorities that command the culture. This oppression calls for your complacency and

    acceptance so the authoritative agenda can continue unopposed. This agenda seeks

    separation among people in order to enforce control, blocking your flow of energy

    and restricting your pursuit of your creative, spiritual destiny.

    To keep your energy flow positive and spiritually fulfilling, and to positively

    energize yourself against the oppression of the authorities, follow The Four-Step

    Cycle of Enlightenment. The Cycle will aid in your spiritual progression and enhance

    your experience along your quest for enlightenment.

    Step 1: Exploration

    Explore your world. Experience all you can. We have such an inspiring and

    stimulating environment here on Earth and every inch of it can bring us loving

    fulfillment. Make an effort to experience as much of the natural world as possible as

    there exists amazing divine energy amidst the environments on Earth that have been

    untouched by man. Find these places (they can be found even in your own

    community) and immerse yourself in this energy. Let the energy flow through you.

    Let it inspire you.

    Explore your mind. Get in touch with your spiritual side. Discover your Self.

    Understand what drives you to be alive and let this understanding inspire you.

    Explore all that exists inside your potential and how you can best bring beauty to the

    universe.

    Explore other peoples minds. Pick their brains. Explore and try to understand

    what drives them to be alive. Let them inspire you. Allow yourselves to grow with

    each other.

    Explore your creativity. Let it inspire you. Learn to be open to all forms ofexpression and to all meaning and understanding that is available. Explore all the

    potential that lies within your creative process for creativity is the breeding ground of

    creation.

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    Step 2: Education

    Constantly seek knowledge and seek truth. Exercise your inherent liberty of being

    able to decide for yourself what you know to be true, always seeking to find the most

    positive perspective while being open, honest and loving to understanding other

    perspectives.

    Seek discovery from as many sources as you can. Allow as much discovery from

    inside and outside of yourself to inspire and enlighten you. Always seek to progress

    your understanding. Learn from yourself and from others and from the universe.

    Remember that education comes from many other sources other than the

    traditional educational system of the school, college or university. There are many

    things to learn about life that cant be learned in the classroom and must be learned

    through experience. Take advantage of these experiences and learn all you can.

    Step 3: Embrace Existence

    Believe in the potential of yourself and the potential of others and believe in the

    potential of the universe to bring you blessings and the chance to fulfill your destiny.

    Always expect the best out of every person and every situation. Love yourself and

    love others. Embrace being alive and all the beauty life brings you. Embrace your

    creative side and let it inspire you.

    Step 4: Enlightenment

    Realize and understand the power of intention and expectation. Use the power of your

    field of intention to bring you a positive contextual life attraction. Act to yourself, to

    others and to the environment with love, and always trust your intuition and be opento understanding and following your own synchronicity.

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    The Cycle

    When starting out in your quest for enlightenment, follow The Four-Step Cycle of

    Enlightenment along its sequence of steps until you begin to reach an initial level of

    enlightenment. From there, cycle back through each of the steps in your

    consciousness. As you begin to become enlightened, it doesnt matter if you cycleback through the steps in the chronological order as each step will keep you

    progressing and attaining more and more enlightenment. Just be sure that you are

    holding each step in your consciousness and you will continue to make discoveries

    about life and how your spiritual nature wants to grow and evolve.

    If you find yourself in a rut, feeling down about life and feeling unconfident,

    focus on the steps in whatever order your intuition is leading you. As you progress

    and develop along your path of enlightenment you will find that the steps will become

    integrated into your consciousness to where they are a single unit of experience.

    Continue developing your understanding of everything you have read in this book and

    embrace that what you have discovered about life up to this point has all been animportant part of allowing yourself to become the enlightened and invincible spirit

    that you are.

    Life is at your fingertips

    Take it for a ride.

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    Media Index:

    More to help you on your journey

    Books The Celestine series by James Redfield (The Celestine Prophecy, The

    Tenth Insight: Holding the vision, The Secret of Shambhala: The search

    for the eleventh insight, and The Celestine Vision: Living the New Spiritual

    Awareness). Published by Time Warner Book Group The Power of Flow: Practical ways to transform your life with meaningful

    coincidenceby Charlene Belitz and Meg Lundstrom. Published by Three

    Rivers Press. The Power of Coincidence: How life shows us what we need to knowby

    David Richo. Publishedby Shambhala Publications, Inc. 5 Steps to a Quantum Life: How to use the astounding secrets of quantum

    physics to create the life you wantby Natalie Reid. Published by Winged

    Horse Publishing.

    Movies What the Bleep Do We Know? A Peaceful Warrior Waking Life Zeitgeist Alex Grey: CoSM (Chapel of Sacred Mirrors) Andy Goldsworthy: Rivers and Tides The Corporation

    Web sites www.celestinevision.com www.infowars.com www.zeitgeist.com www.whatthebleep.com

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