Volume
II, SET S (January through June, 2009)
STUDY GROUP READING #265
January 2009
1. This
question is from Oregon: “I would like to know about any correlations
between Jesus and stories of the earlier ‘gods’ who supposedly lived
between 500 and 3,000 years before Jesus. For example, Horus, an ancient
Egyptian deity who was the son of Isis and Osiris; Krishna, worshiped by
some in the Hindu tradition as an avatar of Vishnu, and by others as the
supreme being; Dionysus, in Greek mythology, the son of Zeus; and Mithra,
in the Persian tradition, considered to be a divine representative of
the Creator on earth. It is believed that each of them talked about
‘truth,’ ‘the light,’ and ‘the resurrection.’ That they were surrounded
by twelve disciples, and that they rose from the dead. In Ron’s book,
The Mystery of The Christ Force, one of the Readings quoted there
indicated that there were humans who resurrected prior to Jesus’ birth,
but the earth timing spoken of in the Reading would have been even
earlier than 3000 B.C. Would you clarify this?"
2.
This question is also from Oregon: “The existence of evil, as I was
taught as a child, was something external to me, something real, and
diabolical, and outside of my control, other than my choice to ‘give in
to its temptation.’ Does our current human dualistic existence—living
with ideas of opposites such as good and evil, right and wrong, and so
forth—create evil as an extreme example of that duality? Is there a
reality known as ‘evil’ in other realms other than our human experience
here on earth? What shifts can we humans create to shine the light on
‘evil’ in its many permutations?”
3. This question is from Kentucky: “In the New Testament Gospel of John,
Chapter 14, verses 16 and 17, Jesus speaks to his disciples about a
‘Comforter.’ Jesus says, ‘And I will ask of my Father, and he will give
you another Comforter, to be with you for ever, even the Spirit of
truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it has not seen him and
does not know him; but you know him because he abides with you and is in
you.’ Then, in verses 24 through 26, Jesus says, ‘…this word which you
hear is not my own but the Father’s who sent me. I have spoken these
things to you while I am with you, but the Comforter, the Holy Spirit,
whom my Father will send in my name will teach you everything, and
remind you of everything which I tell you.’ Would you speak about these
passages? Is the Comforter that Jesus refers to the same as the Christ
Force that you refer to in the Readings?” [The biblical quotes here are
taken from George M. Lamsa’s New Testament that was translated directly
from the Aramaic language that was spoken by Jesus.]
4. This
question is from Florida: “Would you speak about Nikolai Tessla and
explain to us his knowledge of harnessing the free flow of electric
current present in the air? Is this an area that we should develop for
the future energy problem? Is this similar to what the Atlantians
used?”
5.
This question is from Australia: “Many people research and study their
genealogy. Would you explain how our past-life experiences tie in with
what we learn about our human genealogy? Is there any connection?”
6.
Would you please
close with an attunement for us to use this month, and include a focus
for the new year, 2007? top
STUDY GROUP READING #266
February 2009
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1.
Our
first question is from the state of Virginia: “Many people are worried
about the economy at this time. In a very practical way, what do you see
will be happening to the economy over the next five years? How can we
adjust to the tremendous downturn in the economy that has affected
people’s retirement, life savings, and jobs, and has dramatically
disturbed the lives of many? How can we manifest prosperity in a time of
such worldwide contraction, or what is being called a recession, or
depression?”
2.
You didn’t address the question of what you see happening to the economy
over the next five years. Do you want to address that?
3.
This question is from Florida: “It is interesting to note that in the
recent Study Group Reading for November 2008, in the answer to the
question about Atlantis, you spoke about an ancient time in which souls
inhabited etheric, or energy, bodies for a period of time before
entering the solid physical bodies. Is this the ‘missing link’ that
scientists are looking for? Did we as souls come and go in several
different types of physical bodies until we decided we liked inhabiting
and solidifying into the early ape-like human body?”
4.
This question is from Massachusetts: “My understanding of what happens
at death is that our earth personality is left behind and our soul
leaves to join with other souls, or something like that. Yet, many dying
people apparently ‘see’ deceased loved ones in the room before they die,
and they recognize them as their parent, spouse, or other loved one. How
can that deceased person be recognizable to the dying one if they have
left their human personality behind?”
5.
This is another question from Massachusetts: “When people plan for a
funeral, memorial service, or how to manage the remains when someone has
died, it's sometimes said, ‘He'd be happy we made this decision,’ or,
‘She definitely would want this to be done’ (referring to the deceased).
Do people who have passed away care about earthly matters such as the
service held for them, or, are they beyond such concerns, being only
spirit?”
6.
This question is from California, and the Study Group member writes the
following: “I am obese, and I know that the only way to permanently lose
the weight has to come from an act of self-love. How does a person get
to self-love when they have become emotionally detached from their body
because of early childhood abuse?”
7.
This is another question from California: “You often say in these Study
Group Readings: ‘In any moment, you can make a silent relaxation, and
release, and you can simply open your heart and begin to feel the love
of God.’ How do we ‘simply open our heart?’”
8.
Would you please close with an attunement for us to use this month.
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STUDY GROUP READING #267
March 2009
1.
Our first question is from Pennsylvania: “The current economic crisis is
looking more and more to be historically significant. Some thinkers are
even saying that it will mark an end to our way of life. What do you see
will be the likely shape the crisis will take in the upcoming months?
Looking at it from a larger point of view, would you please help us to
get an ‘overview’ or ‘big picture’ understanding of these events. Is the
ongoing economic collapse simply the consequence of selfish, and even
criminal behavior by our leaders, something that will work itself out
naturally and relatively quickly? Or, is this a major historical point
of transition from an entire era of selfishness in the economy,
deception in the media, and manipulation in the government?”
2. This is another question from Pennsylvania: “Would you please give us
some guidance on how to personally prepare for what is looking more and
more to be an economically nasty immediate future, perhaps full of
hunger, deprivation, and suffering? How should we relate to what is
happening? Is this just an invitation to heal our fears and work on not
feeling afraid, or, is it a legitimate catastrophe in which we need, in
practical terms, to focus on sustaining ourselves in physical ways?”
3.
This question is from the state of Washington: “The past election was a
reminder to us that people in this nation, and actually in the world,
have very different beliefs, values, ideas, and views on many things.
There are far-right conservatives and far-left liberals. There are
religious zealots and atheists. There are people who want only peace,
and people who believe in war. Would you speak to us about how people
come to their beliefs, values, and perceptions so that we can possibly
be more accepting of others who are much different from us?”
4.
This question is also from Washington: “Gay people seem to really stir
up fear and even
hatred in some people. You have said that being gay is sometimes a
choice of the human, sometimes a rebellion, and sometimes a soul choice.
It is clear that some people are born without a choice, such as a very
masculine woman, a very feminine man, a person who feels neither male or
female, those who feel that they are in the wrong body, such as a
‘transgender’ person, and those that can love either sex, such as a
bi-sexual. For those who have a genetic difference that is the soul’s
purpose, why would a soul choose such a life path?”
5.
This question is from California: “In a recent Study Group Reading you
indicated that present
Homo Sapiens have come about as a result of genetic manipulation by the
souls of pre-human, ape-like beings, or, at least that is my
interpretation. There are deep problems for conventional evolutionary
theory’s claims that natural selection, in conjunction with
random genetic variation, somehow created many other, much larger
‘jumps’ in complexity and innovation in plant and animal life. My
question is—Did the souls intervene in these evolutionary events to
inject the ingenious new biological designs that were necessary to
advance the process leading to man?”
5.
This question is from a Study Group member in Kentucky who enjoys
practicing the attunements described in the book, The Mystery of the
Christ Force: “Would you please describe the benefits of practicing
Christ Force attunements on a regular basis? Also, what would you say to
those who are reluctant to attune to the Christ Force because such
attunements are not part of their traditional
religious beliefs?”
7.
Would you please close with an attunement for us to use this month?
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STUDY GROUP READING #268
April 2009
1. Our first question is from Los Angeles: “The ancient tradition of
Tantric Yoga teaches the prolonging of the act of making love in
order to more effectively utilize potent orgasmic energies.
Practitioners of Tantra believe that sexuality is a doorway to the
divine. Would you speak about what happens when we have an orgasm? Is it
purely physical, or is there a spiritual component to it?
2. This question is from Minnesota: “Some Buddhist traditions teach that
illnesses such as
cancer can be a warning to human kind to remind us that we have been
neglecting deep
aspects of our being, such as our spiritual needs. If this is true, does
it explain why cancer is so prevalent in our Western world? Have our
souls given us this warning to remind us that we have neglected the
spiritual in pursuit of materialism?”
3. This question is from Kentucky: “In the February, 2009 Study Group
Reading, you discussed the relationship between the mind and what you
called the brain-nervous-system. Would you speak to us now about
thoughts and feelings? How and where do they originate, and
how are they stored as memories in the mind, brain, and soul?”
4. This question is from Minnesota: “After a person dies, how long does
it usually take for them to incarnate into another human body? Do they
usually show up in the same family or friend group from their last
lifetime? For example, could babies that are born into a particular
family be the same soul as their relatives who died years earlier?”
5. This question is from California: “When someone has hurt another
person in some way during their lifetime, after they die, is there
punishment given in any way to the one who caused hurt? Also, for
the person who was injured, is there any recompense given to them after
their death?”
6. This question is from
California: “This is an existential question. Where does the past end
and the present begin? It seems like the present is actually
unattainable to experience fully since the moment you focus on it, it is
already in the past.”
7.
Would you please close with an attunement for us to use this month?
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STUDY GROUP READING #269
May 2009
1.
This question is from California: “Stories about financier Bernie
Madoff's ‘ponzie’ scheme have captivated and horrified many people
beyond those who personally suffered financial loss as a result of his
actions. Would you share whatever you can about the inner workings of
this man, and others like him, who are viewed as respected friends, but
who perpetrate long-term and systematic betrayals of people that so
deeply hurt individuals and groups that trust him?”
2.
This question is from Missouri: “My question is about cleaner,
renewable energy options that have a nature-to-human win/win scenario.
What are the prospects of overcoming the greed and consumerism that seem
to sidestep or waylay the attempts to find better, cleaner approaches?
It seems so obvious that we must reduce our dependence on depleting
resources and learn in cooperation with nature. Is there a bigger
question here about mankind and our relationship with nature? What can
you tell us about this dilemma?”
3.
This question is from Minnesota: “With all of the various teachings
about who God is, and how God works in our lives—from completely
controlling our lives with a master plan, to
punishing us for our ‘sins,’ to gently guiding us, to totally leaving us
alone to live our lives, and all the various other teachings of
religion—it gets confusing about what to believe. Would you provide some
clarity about how God works in our lives, and how we as individuals can
get a more conscious experience of God?”
4.
This question is from California: “What is the point of loving
God? Many people value loving God, but it seems almost pointless if God
loves us unconditionally. What does God care?”
5.
(Follow-up to Question Four.) So, could it be that the presence
of Jesus and other masters perhaps has been important to help humans
personalize their love for God, because otherwise, without the icons,
the masters, the gurus, and that sort of thing—even the statues—if it
were just energy, it would be hard to personalize it. So, the
presence of such external things helps to foment the love in the heart
for God, or for love. Is that true?
6.
The following question was asked in a personal reading by a Study Group
member in Washington State. I thought the Guides’ answer to this lady’s
question would be of value to everyone in the Study Group, particularly
in the stressful times in which we live. She graciously gave us
permission to use her answer. The question was: “How can I learn to have
more fun? What are some good ways to do things right now to enjoy
life more?”
7.
This question is from Tacoma, Washington: “You have told us that dreams
serve many
purposes, such as allowing us to feel feelings that we aren’t
comfortable with during waking times, and to help us to work through
various fears or challenges. You have also said that
animals do not have individual souls, but have ‘collective’ souls. If
this is so, then why do
animals dream?”
8.
Would you please close with an attunement for us to use this month?
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STUDY GROUP READING #270
June 2009
1. This is my
question: “I saw Joan Rivers on TV recently. She is in her late 70s, but
her hair is blonde, and her face is wrinkle-free, although quite
stretched. I was observing that she looks nothing like my loving
grandmother did, who was plump, with white hair, and who had had no
plastic surgery. I thought my grandmother was beautiful, with a warm
face that was filled with deep wrinkles, and a sensitive, loving
expression. I was thinking that although, thanks to modern medicine, we
can stay looking young—or at least without wrinkles and sags—there is a
certain loss of the message and wisdom that are imparted by a face that
has lived many years. Aging seems like a natural unspoken message that
is received when we meet someone. The warm, comforting, safe feeling of
my grandmother seems lost in an artificially “youthanized” face. Even
though the person may feel wise and comforting inside, what they emanate
in their surgically-created appearance is a different message. In our
society, there is a conflict between what society seems to demand us to
be, and what nature intended for us as a gift. Would you comment on
this?”
2. I think the dilemma
for individuals, particularly in the bigger cities, or in business, or
places where they are public figures, is that they may feel, or prefer
the natural look, but it is how society sees them and society wants them
to be. So, that becomes a dilemma. It’s interesting that you made
almost a Freudian slip where you said “useful” instead of “youthful.”
I’m going to leave that in, because that’s how I think society sees
older people, as not useful. In order to be useful, you must look
youthful. Would you comment on that please?
3. This question is from
Florida: “Thousands of our young soldiers are coming home from war
injured and maimed. They were supposed to understand that they were
fighting an ‘enemy,’ but in reality it was tribal groups trying to
survive the only way they thought possible. Our soldiers were told that
they were doing the right and godly thing to wipe out ‘terrorists.’ What
would you say about this constant warring? Can we really stop fighting
other countries and peoples out of fear?”
4. This question is from Maryland: “According to astrology, on February
14, 2009, we officially entered the ‘Age of Aquarius.’ Also, there has
been an increase in media stories concerning changes that are supposed
to be coming in December, 2012, the end of the Mayan calendar. Many are
saying that we have, or we are, entering a new earth phase in which the
vibrational field of the earth is changing. I am curious if we are
entering a time of positive transformation of the earth, and is it
similar to other shifts in consciousness over the millennium? Would you
comment on what is really happening, and say what we can do to
participate, or help achieve positive change?”
5. This is another question from California: “You have said that being
alive is better than being dead. The idea that human life is magnificent
seems to conflict with what you tell us about the glory of the perfect
soul levels of reality. Would you please clarify this?”
6. This question is from
Colorado: “What role does ‘God’ play in the process of human creativity?
For example, when a brilliant idea just spontaneously comes into our
brain, does that come from some part of ourselves, or from another
source such as God?”
8.
Would you please close with an attunement for us to use this month?
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Volume
II, SET T (July through December, 2009)
STUDY GROUP READING #271
July 2009
1.
This question is from
Australia: “Would you speak to us, in general terms, regarding current
peaceful and not so peaceful areas on our planet? In other words, of all
of the people now living on the earth, what percentage of people are
usually behaving violently toward others and hurting
others, versus the percentage of people generally being kind and loving
toward others? Is the level of good behavior increasing over time, or is
it lessening? Are our efforts of those who are being kind,
compassionate, and loving helping to raise the consciousness of the
planet?”
2.
This question is from
South Carolina: “In the writing of the Old Testament prophet, Ezekiel,
what exactly were the ‘living creatures’ that he saw? And what were the
‘wheels’ with eyes on their rims? Were these things something that the
prophet saw only in his mind? Or, were they things that exist in just
that way in a realm beyond our earthly realm?”
3. This question is from
England: “Many people refer to a sense that they have that something
that happens in their lives, for example a relationship, is ‘meant to
be,’ or ‘not meant to be.’ Would you clarify how much we do in fact
receive guidance in our lives, and how much it is entirely up to us in
what choices we make? Do we actually receive guidance for such things as
avoiding accidents, finding a parking space, or finding the ‘right’
job?”
4.
This question is from
New York: “What happens in cases of a miscarriage? Would you give us
some understanding of this, especially since it seems that a soul’s
decision to become human is seen as something that is desirous, infused
with much consideration and energies, work with other souls, and a
choosing of personality energies, an environment, and a particular set
of parents? Does the soul want to animate into human form again, and
then decide not to, or is there no plan to become human again and the
miscarriage is more about an event that the soul intends for some
purpose or reason for the prospective mother or father?”
5.
This question is from
Massachusetts, and the Study Group member asks: “I feel fearful of being
reincarnated after death because there are so many millions of humans
who lead lives of pain, abuse, starvation, and so forth. Like all
humans, I would rather avoid these experiences. I know that from the
Guides’ perspective, ‘all negativity is temporary,’ but I still don’t
relish the idea of a life—or many lives—lived in severe suffering. Is
there anything reassuring, or clarifying that you could say about this?
Are those of us in the Study Group as likely as anyone else to have such
a negative life?”
6. This question is from
Maryland: “In the past year, during one Study Group Reading, you said
that when people die, they take the positive energy, feelings, and
learnings with them, and incorporate them into the ongoing energy
structure. You said that the negative energy, or negative patterns, get
left behind. What happens to those negative energies? Does the earth
handle them? Do they remain as pockets of negativity for other people to
deal with? Do they remain until the person returns in another
incarnation to pick them up and deal with them?”
7.
This question is from
North Carolina, and the Study Group member writes: “You, the Guides,
have often suggested that we recall, or recreate in our mind, our ‘inner
goodness.’ Would you define that a bit better? Do you suggest that we
acknowledge our recent successes, our positive qualities and traits, or
exactly what? Please give an example of inner goodness so that I can
relate to it a
little better.”
8.
Would you please close
with an attunement for us to use this
month?
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STUDY GROUP READING #272
August 2009
1. This question is from New York: “What can you tell us about the life
of Michael Jackson? What was he going through to make him so eccentric,
and his appearance so disfigured through constant surgeries? It seems to
me that this poor person, from his earliest years, had to merge almost
at the cellular level with his audience, and thus with his image—and as
a result had to carry all the toxicity of factors around fame and our
lurid interest in celebrities? My feeling is that the cruelty that those
factors brought to him was greater than his fragile ego could stand, and
that in the end it simply snuffed his individual life force out of him.
Would you speak about his life, and what it means to all of us?”
2. This question is from
Kansas City: “My question is about energy production—alternative,
cleaner, or renewable options that have a nature-to-human, win-win
scenario. There are problems with even the smartest technologies being
pursued. For example, thousands of birds are killed by the wind
generators, even though they are very clean and efficient in other
respects. Solar energy seems perfect, if it could be counted on. What
are the prospects of overcoming the greed and consumerism that seem to
waylay the motivation to find better and cleaner approaches? It seems so
obvious that we must reduce our dependence on resources that are being
depleted, and learn in cooperation with nature. Is there a bigger
question here about humankind and our relationship with nature? What can
you tell us about this dilemma?”
3. This question is from England: “I would like to follow up on a
statement that you made in the May Study Group Reading about how humans
like intensity. My question is about the role of melancholy, grief, and
depression in our world, and in our personal development. Much fine
expressive, artistic work comes from being able to celebrate a sense of
failure, separation, loss, and so forth. There is also the idea that,
‘life is not meant to be easy,’ that it is a series of tough lessons,
and that we are somehow intended to experience and overcome difficulties
in order to grow. Would you please create a context for understanding
these ideas in a useful way?”
4. This question is from Massachusetts: “According to some schools of
thought related to certain systems of Astrology, there are specific
times or dates that are more ‘auspicious’ for particular events, such as
moving into a new house, or getting married, and it is believed that one
should delay that activity until the ‘auspicious’ time. Would you please
comment on this?”
5. This question is from Texas: “If we have done something in our life
that we regret, that we believe was not Christ-like, is that held
against us in the ‘brownie-points-in-heaven’ category? Also, if we spend
most of our life perfecting ourselves, and end our life expressing as
much kindness, compassion, and love as humanly possible, would you say
that we have embodied the Christ Force in this lifetime?”
6. This question is from California: “Would you speak about the quest
for divine perfection? In a personal Reading you said, ‘The human
capacity to normalize even the most extraordinary experience always wins
out. It is a kind of prod to keep you searching, and questing, and
asking, and perceiving, and experimenting with life.’ Would you discuss
this tendency to ‘normalize’ our experiences?”
7. This is another question from California: “Would you speak about the
concept of ‘blessing?’ People say, ‘God bless you.’ What is the
spiritual effect of blessing another person, or blessing a new home, or
other uses of blessings?”
8. Would you please close with an attunement for us to use this
month?
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STUDY GROUP READING #273
September 2009
1.
This question is from New York: “Are there general patterns between two
people from past lifetimes that today are being replicated in their
present life together? Are there relationships that have always been
basically positive, that is, one person being a support or mentor to
another, or both individuals enhancing each other? Where there is
negativity in the relationship, have the individuals again taken on
similar roles with each other, that is, one person being the more
‘hurtful’ one, the other not assertive or feeling worthy enough? Do
negative patterns continue to repeat themselves until the individuals
find strong bonds of love, rather than bonds tied to their negativity
and fears? Or, do lifetimes with a significant person vary in terms of
being seen as either positive or negative?”
2. So,
from a higher spiritual level, is the goal with any significant person
in our lives to heal any negativity and create love?
3.
This question is from
Oregon, and the questioner asks: “I personally know people who are the
nicest, kindest, most caring and giving, and yet they suffer serious
disabling conditions that they were born with and are now growing worse
with the passing of time. Would you please explain why these people who
appear to be so loving are afflicted with such challenges? Are these
consequences from past lifetimes?”
4.
This is from Minnesota:
What is the difference between enabling a person, say a child, and going
to a higher frame of reference by doing everything we can for the
person? Where does enabling end, and altruism begin? If one tries to
live a Christ-like life in their choices, then their actions can
sometimes appear to others to be enabling.
5.
This question is from
Wisconsin: “As we try to change something in our inner experiences, for
example, trying to be loving instead of critical, it usually seems that
no matter how strongly we feel inspired in the moment, we eventually
lose focus and we end up being more or less the same as when we started.
This lasts until our next period of inspiration. This cycle seems to
repeat itself almost endlessly. What needs to take place within us so
that an inner quality that we are trying to achieve is finally
‘absorbed’ so that it is no longer dependent upon how strongly we are
able to keep our attention on it, but rather it is now just who we are?”
6.
This question is from
California: “Often, people will vow that, after their death, they will
contact and ‘never leave’ their loved one after they die. However, more
often than not, the surviving person does not feel the presence of the
deceased loved one. Why is this?”
7.
So, those who have the
gift of being able to speak to the dead such that they convince the
living person that the loved one is there, are they actually
interpreting the energies and the presence of the deceased person rather
than actually speaking in words to the dead?
8.
Would you please close
with an attunement for us to use this
month?
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STUDY GROUP READING #274
October 2009
1. Our
first question is from North Carolina: “What is the cause of the
constant thoughts that come into our minds daily? I’ve heard that we
entertain about sixty thousand thoughts a day. Is it possible to stop
the thoughts? If so, how? If not, what can we do to lessen the impact
they have on us, given that most of them are probably negative ones?”
2. This
is another question from North Carolina: “What differentiates a wealthy,
successful person from one who struggles financially in life? The
wealthy, successful people have lots of suggestions for the rest of us,
such as visioning, changing beliefs, using affirmations, and ‘the Law of
Attraction.’ Often, these don’t seem to work for those of us struggling
in the financial area. Would you please address this issue?”
3. This
question is from California: “Would you discuss the spiritual
relationship between Jesus and Buddha?”
4. This
question is from Oregon: “We hear the words ‘God,’ ‘Holy Spirit,’ ‘the
Christ Force,’ and the ‘individual souls’ that animate us. Would you
help us understand the difference between those energies that comprise
the spiritual realm?”
5. This
question is from Texas: “Although some people can sense angels in
everyday life, it seems that angels are most easily seen by humans who
are about to die. People who have
never seen angels before may see a shimmering light and feel profound
warmth and love from that light shortly before death. Also, the people
around the dying one may see the angels as well. Why does it seem to be
easier for most people to see these beings just before death?”
6. This
question is from Massachusetts: “Sometimes it is said that God would be
pleased if we do something good, such as being kind to a neighbor, or
working for peace. Isn’t God beyond emotions such as being ‘pleased’?”
7.
Would you please close
with an attunement for us to use this
month?
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STUDY GROUP READING #275
November 2009
1. This
question was asked by a Study Group member in Seattle in her personal
Reading, and she gave us permission to use her interesting answer: “You
mentioned in the August Study Group
Reading that this is now a time to choose to bring the divine closer in.
I’m wondering if we are
shifting into a new time, or is this something that’s always been there.
It seems like it has always been there, but it seems like there are so
many challenges now. You mentioned the evolution of humanity. I’m
wondering where we are at with that. And maybe what the opportunity is.”
2. This
question is from Wisconsin: “Would you explain what parameters the
spirit world uses concerning how guidance is brought into our world? For
instance, it seems that guidance coming forth through someone like Ron
is allowed. Yet, the Angels have not chosen to take advantage of the
latest technology to establish their own television channel, which we
could all tune into at will. Jesus does not appear in our living rooms
to enlighten us each evening, no matter how intensely we desire to know
truth. What are the operating limitations in getting us humans guidance,
and to what extent is the guidance there by necessity versus choice?”
3. I
have a follow up question about this because if the desire for guidance
is motivated by fear, when a person is in a trauma situation and they go
to church to light a candle, or to receive guidance, or they are feeling
desperate inside for some kind of inspiration or help, it seems unfair
that one couldn’t, because there is fear of what’s happening in their
life, that one wouldn’t receive
guidance, or receive inspiration or help. Would you clarify this a bit
please?
4. This
question is from New York: “It seems that some people suffer
significantly throughout their whole lifetime and are unable to move
beyond certain traumas. It also seems that some of those people suffer,
not because of their own poor choices, but because of what they are
exposed to due to the poor choices of other people. How are we to see
this? Is this because of human choices and perceptions, or an inability
to significantly heal present or past negativity? Isn’t there a limit to
what certain individuals can do, or heal in their life, leaving it
almost inevitable that there will be more pain than joy?”
5. This
question is from California: “Many of us watch TV or read before we go
to sleep at night,
stimulating many thoughts in our minds. Does it matter to our learning
period in sleep what we are thinking before we fall asleep? If so, what
is an important attitude to take into the sleep period to maximize our
rejuvenation?”
6. This
question is from Massachusetts: “At times, the Guides say that we
incarnate in human form in order to have more intense experiences. At
other times, the idea seems to be that we have
lessons to learn, such as healing a past problem with a loved one. Would
you please clarify this?”
7. Our
Retreat this year is about the mystery of earth life. What is a mystery
about earth life that is yet to be discovered?
8.
Would you please close
with an attunement for us to use this
month?
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STUDY GROUP READING #276
December 2009
1. Our first question is
from the state of New York: “There are people who see our country
trending toward what some might call ‘socialism’ with new health care
initiatives. They see this as taking away from the autonomy of each
individual to make their own choices. Would you comment on this? Also,
would you say which form of government, you, the Guides, feel would
create the best environment for us?”
2. This question is from Kentucky: “Would you speak to us about our
personal guides? Why do our souls need help from guiding souls to guide
their human self? Are guides chosen by our souls, and does the same
group of guides remain with us always?”
3. This question is from California: “When Ron is doing Readings, are
there different guides that speak through him at different times,
depending on the issue being addressed? For example, ‘medical expert’
guides for a medical question, and different guides for other areas of
focus.”
4. This question is from Florida: “I have been very interested in the
culture of India, particularly their ancient writings called the
Upanishads. I am wondering, did the ancient Indians have contact with
the Atlantians, and did the Indians have flying machines, as seems to be
suggested in the Upanishads?”
5. This question is from California: “I was thinking that right now, I
am the only living human who remembers my Grandfather. When I die, he
will not be known by anyone. That led me to think that if we don’t do
something important or memorable in our life to leave an impression on
history, how would we rate the significance of this life? Is a human
life mostly to benefit the spiritual growth of that human?”
6. This question is from
Minnesota: “Is it possible that some day in the future all illness could
be healed by modern science?”
7.
Would you please close
with an attunement for us to use this
month?
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Volume
II, SET U (January through June, 2010)
STUDY GROUP READING #277
January 2010
1. We would like to start this month with a follow-up to a question from
last month’s Reading. We asked you to talk to us about guiding souls.
You gave a very extensive answer, but one part of that question was not
addressed. It was: “Does the same group of guides remain with us always
through all of our lifetimes?” Would you please answer that now?
Follow up:
And what about for this lifetime? Do the same souls stay with us
throughout this lifetime, or does a different Guide come in depending
upon what we are needing at a particular time in our life?
2. This question is from
North Carolina: “Is there any ‘shortcut’ to healing a strong negative
pattern that we prefer not to have, such as being over-sensitive to
criticism?”
3. The next two
questions are from California. The first one is: “Is it possible for us
to leave something physical on earth, and then, after we die and
reincarnate, find that again in our next lifetime?”
4. This question is also
from California: “You have recommended that meditation be done without
expecting certain results because trying to achieve results can
stimulate brain activity that interferes with meditation. You said that
the brain is sent into the mode of ‘doing through effort,’ and, ‘For the
inspiration that you need and desire, effort closes the gate.’
How can we meditate without trying to achieve a certain result, such as
the result of having a profound spiritual experience?”
5. The following question is from a different study group member, a
member from New York. You probably answered it already, but I’m going to
ask it in case there’s anything else to add specific to her question.
She asks: “As humans, we usually do something repeatedly because it
brings us some sense of pleasure or satisfaction. When our practice of
meditation brings only sleep or rest, but not the spiritual experience
that we seeking, how can we motivate ourselves to keep meditating?
Sometimes people go for years meditating without any particular
breakthrough.”
6. This question is from California: “People who have near-death
experiences report profound interactions with light. Certain
meditation techniques involve ‘breathing in the light.’ This suggests
that there is something mystical about light. Is light simply symbolic
for something spiritual, or is there an actual spiritual reality
associated with light itself?”
7. We are about to enter the year 2010. What do we need to know for the
upcoming year?
8. Would you please
close with an attunement for us to use this month?
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STUDY GROUP READING #278
February 2010
1. This
question is from Minnesota: “The Bible says ‘As you sow, so shall you
reap.’ Many other teachers also teach about karma—that what we put out,
we get back in return. Is it true that if an individual puts out
kindness, compassion, and love, they will get that in return, and if
they put out negativity and fear, they get that back in return?”
2. This
question is from California: “How does the soul interface with the human
self? How much of our intelligence is from the soul, and how much from
the human form? Do we bring into each life all that we learned
previously, or, do we select what we will use for each life according to
what we want to learn?”
3. This
question is from Oregon: “In a recent Study Group Reading you said that
our Guides ‘whisper to us.’ I am wondering if we can in fact amplify and
encourage the ability to better hear what our Guiding ones are
communicating to us.”
4. This
question is from Washington State: “I believe that in one of your
Readings you stated that there are no such places in the body that some
refer to as ‘chakras.’ I am studying books on spiritual healing, and the
understanding of what they claim to be chakras, and auras, and nerve
medians, seems to be the foundation of their practice. Is it possible
for healers to believe in something that doesn’t exist, and base their
practice and methods on mistaken beliefs, and still be able to heal
others regardless? Or, are some of the listed healings only imaginings?”
5. This
question is from Maryland: “What difference does it make if we are
aware, or not aware, of our eternal source when we die? Is there a
period of confusion—an intermediate state—after death, or do we
immediately remember who we are as a soul? What is the benefit of living
a physical life in acknowledgment of our true spiritual self?"
6. Would
you please close with an attunement for us to use this month?
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STUDY GROUP READING #279
March 2010
1. Our first question is
from California: “Lately, the support for president Obama seems to be
less. This is related to several factors: he seems to be backing down on
the health care issue; he seems to have escalated the war; and there are
reports that they are still torturing prisoners in the detention camp at
Guantanamo. A lot of people are feeling a sense of letdown about broken
promises by the president. He seems to have alienated both those on the
extreme right and the extreme left, and most Republicans. I personally
love the guy, but I am curious to know what is going on with the
political climate in the U.S. in light of some of the decisions that
have been made of late. I would like to be clearer about this. It is a
bit troubling.”
2. This question is from
Washington State: “Alzheimer’s is a disease that makes us all sad as the
patient seems to lose their memory of their loved ones and their life.
What is it like for a person with Alzheimer’s from the inside? Are they
suffering? What do they feel and think?”
3. This question is from
Maryland: “You have discussed dreams before, but I have a new
question. I notice that my two-month-old grandson often makes faces and
sounds while he is dreaming, as if he is responding to the content of
his dreams. What do babies dream about? Is it food, or being
carried? Or, are they still in touch with their souls and dreaming on
that level?”
4. This question is from
Missouri: “When the soul is making contact with the human self in dreams
and meditation, and the human self is starting to receive steady
messages with a more confident flow, will there be markers that one
might expect—specific to the individual of course—but some benchmarks to
look for? What I mean is, since love, kindness, and compassion are
threads that weave us closer to Truth, will the messages always be
encoded in just these qualities? And, are creativity, mystery, humor,
art, music, or poetry equal playgrounds for ways to ‘hear’ guidance? If
so, how does one discern the human self from what is the larger Self, or
soul, in such cases?”
5. This question is from
England: “You often say that it is necessary to give up desire when we
pray or meditate. That seems an almost impossible task. It is a human
instinct to desire something as a first motivator. Even before making a
move physically, it’s motivated by a desire. Everything in the human
world seems motivated by desire. We can desire to know the answer to
this question. How can we possibly give up all desire when we pray or
meditate?”
6. This question is from
New York: “A long time ago, I read a book, Strangers Among Us, by
Ruth Montgomery. It said that there exists what is called ‘walk-ins,’
who are guiding humanitarian-oriented souls who later come to inhabit,
or take over a human adult body whose soul is willing, for many possible
reasons, to leave living. Would you comment on this? I originally saw
this as possible, but now question its validity as it sounds counter to
your teachings.”
7. Would you please
close with an attunement for us to use this month?
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STUDY GROUP READING #280
April 2010
1. Our first question is
from North Carolina: “Experiencing life as a human feels a bit like
being torn apart—between the divine and the physical reality. It seems
like we are never really at ‘home,’ except possibly for short moments in
attunements. How can we best reconcile this dilemma?”
2. This question is from
Iowa. It is also about finding balance: “There is a certain comfort in
an attitude of detachment from the material world, as taught by some
religions. However, it can result in not caring enough to find passion
in life. How can we find a balance between detachment and
involvement?”
3. This question is from
Minnesota: “Someone said that every adversity, every failure, and every
heartache carries with it the seed of an equivalent, or greater benefit.
This is an illustration of what they call ‘the law of polarity,’ where
everything has an opposite. Every good has a bad, every down has an up,
and so forth. If this is true, then can we look to things in the
physical world and know that there will be an opposite at some point.
For example, the past couple of years have seen a downturn in our
economy. Does that mean that because of the law of polarity, there will
be a corresponding upturn? Does the universe really work that way?”
4. This question is from
Minnesota: “In a recent Reading, you said that when we die, we no longer
care about physical things, only relationships. Does that mean that when
a loved one dies, his or her soul is still somehow connected to the
people they left behind? For example, some people believe that when a
loved one dies, they become one of our guardian angels. Would you
clarify this?”
5. This question is from
California: “Estimates differ, but no small percentage of people are
born
sociopaths. They do not have normal human emotions. Early life
trauma seems to have no formative role in why they are the way they are.
It’s strictly a matter of biology, genetics, the roll of the dice. There
are, as yet, no effective ‘remedies’ for this condition. People with the
condition can commit the most terrible atrocities with no regret. This
condition challenges not only our practice of compassion, but our
cherished notions about ‘free will,’ the ‘soul’ being here to learn
‘lessons,’ the capacity for human development, the idea of cosmic love
and justice, and so forth. There seems to be no explaining it away.
Would you explain how people being born as sociopaths fits into the
spiritual scheme of things?”
6. This question is from
New York: “To me, it seems that there has been much reference lately in
your Readings to human choice—that through better choices life
can improve, whether it be individually, or at the societal level. Would
you give us some insight into how to look at our choices, what
constitutes choices, do we make more choices than we actually feel or
take ownership of, can all our actions and words be considered choices?
Do we, in general, need to think more about our choices rather than just
react? What about areas such as career, or partners, that we make
choices about but seem, in part, to be influenced by forces and factors
that are not just of our own making?”
7. So, is it true that
we can always choose our inner attitude, or how we will respond to
something that happens in life? And, if so, does that mean then that we
could actually justify anything that takes place?
8. Would you please
close with an attunement for us to use this month?
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STUDY GROUP READING #281
May 2010
1. This question is from
California: “Recently, we have had major earthquakes in populated areas
around the world, as well as the volcanic eruption in Iceland that has
halted air travel across Europe. Do these events have any spiritual
significance that we should know about?”
2. This question is from
California: “We know that gravity is a physical law, and
that when we use it wisely, we thrive. Are there any spiritual
laws that would be useful for us to know about?”
3. This question is also
from California: “There is a passage from Matthew in the New
Testament in which Jesus says, ‘Go and make disciples of all
nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have
commanded you.’ Is that why some Christians believe that they should
‘witness,’ or proselytize these teachings? What was really meant by that
passage?”
4. This question is from
the same questioner in California: “What did Jesus mean when he said
later in that passage from Matthew, ‘I am with you always, to the very
end of the age?’ What actual presence might we experience of Jesus? Are
we to assume that we have the potential for a real living relationship
with Jesus?”
5. This question is from
Florida: “I would love to hear more about lost civilizations,
such as Atlantis
and Lemuria and how such vast wisdom of the golden ages of humanity came
to be lost. How does our animal nature fling us into oblivion to
basically obliterate good, and blindly instill forces of control that
obviously wiped out those golden ages of wonderment?”
6. This question is from
North Carolina: “Striving for perfection, while that seems good
in theory, is a bit like hitting the moon with a golf shot. It not only
seems impossible to achieve perfection, but it is frustrating if we have
it in our mind to do so. What is the best way to view ‘perfection?’”
7. Would you please
close with an attunement for us to use this month?
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STUDY GROUP READING #282
June 2010
1. Our first two
question are from a Study Group member in Gibraltar: “If it is someone’s
true desire to serve others in the same way that Ron does, by dedicating
their life to sharing the Guide’s truth and wisdom, is there a way that
they can become a trance medium? If they have led a spiritually
connected and disciplined life, and are willing to do what else is
necessary, would the Guides communicate through them, or, is this not up
to human choice? Please will you explain how this process of the
Readings takes place, and if possible, how one can prepare to be of
service in this way?”
2. The second question
from Gibraltar is: “You mentioned in a past Reading that when humans
first manifested, they were able to access the spiritual realms with
ease since they still used the part of their brains that were open to
all that is. Then you said that through human fear and confusion, this
part of our brains has in a way shut off, or atrophied. I am curious to
know if there is a way, or activity, that we can use in order to awaken
this part of our brains again. I am thinking specifically about reaching
our youth, perhaps though some kind of internet creative game, that will
make them align with this area which has been lying dormant for so long.
This seems like such a lost opportunity to really catapult the human
race back onto an elevated, less fearful, and more connected pathway.”
3. This question is from
Minnesota: “For many years, our scientists, innovators and businessmen
have attempted to give us ‘better living thru chemistry.’ There have
been many advances and legitimate improvements that have given us more
comforts and genuine health benefits. However, more and more data is
showing that some of those chemicals—sometimes called endocrine
disruptors—are harmful, and even toxic to vulnerable individuals,
and even pose a threat to our survival as a species. Will you give us
the Guides’ outlook on these ‘modern improvements’? Are there any
chemicals, or classes of chemicals, that are specifically causing more
problems for future generations? What can we do as individuals to create
a healthy environment for ourselves, our future generations, and our
planet?”
4. This question is from
Arizona: “If the right brain controls our emotions and spiritual
perception, and the left brain controls linear thinking, how can we
utilize the function of the right brain in order to enhance and increase
our intuition?”
5. I’m sorry that I
can’t remember who sent in the following question, but it is a good one:
“Would you help us understand the mentality of greed that seems
so predominant amongst certain business people, not only in this
country, but in the world. Why does any one person need millions and
millions, billions, of dollars to live happily? Were these people kings
in past lifetimes, now trying to recreate their kingdom? Is it just
because they can accumulate for themselves? Would you help us understand
this kind of mentality that has spawned the Bernie Madoff’s and Goldman
Sachs brokers of the world?”
6. Would you please
close with an attunement for us to use this month?
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STUDY GROUP READING #283
July 2010
1. Our first question is
from California: “The recent oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico is the
largest manmade catastrophe in history. Is there a silver lining at all
to this event? What can you tell us from a spiritual perspective that
will help us see beyond the terrible sense of badness about this?”
2. This question is from
New York: “According to the Bible, animals were sacrificed daily at the
Temple in ancient Jerusalem. Scripture says the sacrifices were intended
as a ‘pleasing fragrance to God.’ You have told us many times that
people at that time were closer to the days of divine awareness. Were
those sacrifices somehow actually making a difference to the divine
entities, or were the people who believed in their efficacy now finally
completely separated from conscious awareness of the divine and saw this
as the only way to reach out to what was now invisible to them?”
3. This question is also
from New York, and the Study Group member writes: “My question is
sparked by what you said in a previous Reading about all humans being
our flock of sheep, and the importance of being aware of our connection
to all humans. How does our human desire to be special and unique
interplay with this? Would this desire for uniqueness interfere with
being in harmony with all humans?”
4. This question is from
Los Angeles: “You have said that when we love each other and live a life
of empathy, compassion, and love, the Christ Force emanates to those
around us. Is there an unseen force moving from us when we live a life
dedicated to goodness? In effect, do we teach love to each person purely
by example?”
5. This question is from
Saint Louis, Missouri: “Would you give us a type of visual meditation to
help us transmute stress and worry with images that align with, or
promote our optimum cellular health?”
6. This question is from
North Carolina: “You have often spoken about the first stages of human
life on earth during which you said humans lived perfect lives as a
reflection of divine perfection. What happened that took the early
divine-realized humans so far down the path of fear that they lost
consciousness of the divine? How long, from our point of view in terms
of time, did this fall from grace take to happen, and how long has it
taken us to get back to our present life situation?”
7. Would you please
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STUDY GROUP READING #284
August 2010
1. This question is from
Missouri: “My question is regarding all that is physical, changing,
visible, and sensory. Certain spiritual traditions call this Maya,
or ‘illusion.’ Since we are living, sentient beings inside physical
bodies with a vague, or for some, no memory of the truth of our
being—which is eternal and transcendent—what is the most helpful way to
see all of this physical creation? You have said that we create our
reality, each and every day of it. If one is seeing the physical world
as a place of pain—or some other extreme, say a place of humor—is this
then the ‘world’ that we will create around us? How much does our own
perception really affect the reality that we experience?”
2. This question is from
California: “Some people believe that you must accept Jesus as your
savior to go to heaven. Others believe that it is by your good works
that you enter heaven, and others have different criteria and beliefs
about it. From your point of view, what determines where we go when we
die?”
3. This question is also
from California: “The phrase, the ‘Christ’ Force seems exclusive,
leaving out those who don’t believe in Jesus Christ. Would you talk
about why you have used that phrasing?”
4. This question is from
Oregon: “Periodically, I hear ancient and mystical stories about a
possible ‘darkness’ in the outer realms—what we humans would consider
‘evil.’ I would like you to speak to the existence of any darkness in
the Universe. I recognize the human confusion and distortion that create
the darkness within ourselves, and hence, reflected on Earth, but I ask
you to speak about any dark energy that exists beyond Earth.”
5. Another Study Group
member from Oregon is curious to know if President Obama was President
Lincoln in another lifetime?
6.
This question is from Iowa: “Some people
believe that negative thoughts and emotions can cause ‘negative’
events to occur. It would seem that this line of thinking can result in
people being afraid to think certain thoughts, or afraid to experience
certain emotions, such as fear, jealousy, anger, grief, and so forth,
thus causing more fear, that is, the fear of negativity. Would
you please enlighten us about this? We know from your teachings that it
is best to experience our fears, release them, and thus heal them.
Allowing for individual differences such as the soul’s intentions to
heal certain fears from past lives, is there any truth to the idea that
persistent fear patterns in the present lifetime (negative thoughts and
so forth) can cause or ‘attract’ further challenges, disease, and so
forth?”
7. So, the
ideal for creating the life that you want would be to have positive
thoughts, with heartfelt feelings of belief and positivity, and taking
the physical actions to bring about the results that you want. Is that
what you’re saying?
8.
Would you please close
with an attunement for us to use this month? top
STUDY GROUP READING #285
September 2010
1. This question is from
Iowa: “Would you please deepen our understanding of the connection
between mental and emotional processes and physical disease? We know
that our thoughts and emotions influence our brain chemicals, endocrine
system, and so forth, and, as long as we are
human it seems that we will have challenging thoughts and emotions to
heal. When we bring these challenging thoughts and emotions into our
conscious awareness in order to heal them, is the effect different than
when we are in a fear state and not consciously healing these thoughts
and emotions? Can the process of consciously healing our fears, for
example, actually improve our immune
functioning by giving our body the message that even in troubling times,
as you have suggested that we say to ourselves, ‘nothing on Earth can
harm me; there is only Good?’”
2. This question is from
North Carolina: “I often find myself rushing to the future and not
allowing myself to enjoy the present moment. What can I do differently
to accept ‘time moving on’ and not feel like I am missing something if I
stop and pause in the moment? Does this pattern have something to do
with fear of losing control, or fear of growing old? What do you
suggest?”
3. A Study Group member
in California has been listening to some past Readings and is curious to
learn more about our “larger self” as it was put in a past Reading. You
described our larger self as a part of us, not being separate, but that
we are simply unaware of its presence. You have said that this larger
self has great clarity and wisdom, and that we can walk within its
matrix. Would you speak more about this part of us, and tell us how we
can become more aware of it?”
4. So, to experience the
larger core more in our daily life—I’m trying to connect this back to
the
other question about being in the present moment—does being in the
present moment, the “be here now concept,” help one to experience more
fully that core of which you speak?
5. This question is from
New York: “What factors determine the nature of the relationship that we
have with significant others—by this I mean spouse, friend, sibling,
child? It is easy to embrace the specialness of our current
relationship. It’s harder to imagine that in other lifetimes the
relationship was different. For instance, it seems more comforting to
think that a spouse or a child has always been the spouse or the child.
How do we understand the intermingling of relationships, or the desire
for it to be constant?”
6. This question is from
Virginia: “I believe that the propaganda attacks against the current
Barak Obama administration are built largely on deceit and
misinformation. But, many good people believe the deception and buy into
the propaganda. Is there any way to counter this growing trend?”
7. This question is from
another Study Group member in California: “There has been a lot of
research on the brain in recent years with new and advanced ways to view
the actual brain. Would you speak about the brain-mind-personality
connection? If the mind represents the soul, how much influence does it
have over a physical brain, thus affecting the development of different
personality traits?”
8. Would you please
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STUDY GROUP READING #286
October 2010
1. Our first question is
from the state of Washington: “A
local front page article in a national newspaper stated that, with
Alzheimer studies, scientists cannot determine what causes the disease,
who will get the disease, what will prevent the disease, or what can be
done to cure Alzheimer’s. Would you discuss why this disease is so hard
to diagnose, or avoid, or cure?”
2. This
question is from Connecticut: “In my pursuit of the goals that you
recommend of kindness, compassion, and love, I wonder how the concept of
competition fits in. While competition does seem important to our
growth as humans, it seems at odds with ‘oneness.’ What is the best way
to see this?”
3.
It’s
hard to imagine in our earth life how you could play games like ping
pong or tennis and not have a winner or loser because that’s the nature
of the game and playing with gravity on this earth. Could you just say a
little more?
4. This question is from a Study Group member in Korea: “A common and
popular idea in contemporary Western spiritual thought is that each
incarnation is a conscious choice. But, in the ancient Eastern
traditions, it tends to be portrayed as something that people are
unintentionally pulled into by their karma, lifetime after lifetime,
until they have finally attained what in
Hinduism and Buddhism is called ‘moksha,’ or liberation from the cycle
of births and deaths. What is your own take on this?”
5. This
is a question from Florida: “Why have all the groupings vanished that
had civilizations in the past that could accomplish great feats, like
moving stone with sound, and so forth? Why have none of them managed to
find a place somewhere in this vast earth to survive?”
6. This question is from North Carolina: “You mentioned in a personal
reading that to be wealthy we must learn the ‘trick of wealth.’ Would
you please expand on this concept so that we may better attract wealth
in our lives?”
7. Would you please
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STUDY GROUP READING #287
November 2010
1.
Our
first question is from Missouri: “In last month’s Reading you said that
one of the causes of Alzheimer's disease is the ingestion over the years
of poisons by humans. My follow-up question concerns the cause that you
mentioned about poisons that affect the brain. I would hate to be
ingesting poisons that cause Alzheimer’s and not even know it! So, would
you please give us more specific information about what these poisons
are so that we may avoid them?”
2. This
question is from Korea: “Sometimes in your personal Readings it seems
like you tell people of certain experiences, or areas of life, that they
have ‘mastered’ in past lives. However, it may be that, in this current
life, the person in question still feels the need and desire to again
experience that area of life that was supposedly mastered. If the person
indeed decides to pursue that experience again, are they ‘failing’ to
evolve? Are they wasting a chance to cover new ground and learn new
things? In all fairness, life is already mysterious enough as it is, so
shouldn’t we at least not have such strong desires to experience things
if we’ve already mastered them? And, even though conscious memories of
past lives don’t cross over, shouldn’t we at least feel a subconscious
sense of contentment in that area that we mastered? It would seem to me
that our deepest desires are the only tangible clues that we have to
what our souls want to experience in the current lifetime, and if we
can’t even trust them, then it doesn’t seem fair.”
3. This
question is from California: “Would you please elaborate on how the
soul, or spirit
interacts with the brain? What happens if the brain has less nutrients
to work with? Does that hamper the functioning of the human? How does
this affect the ability of the soul to come through?”
4. This
question is from Florida: “When unexpected good things happen I find
myself thanking God, and I send happy, positive energy to the ‘God
concept,’ or to the person that was nice to me. My question is, when bad
things happen, why am I confused as to how to feel? I start to feel
depressed, withdrawn, and very sad. Would you please clarify this
mystery, and give us some tips to free us from the hold of relentless
negativity that we experience when bad things happen? Doctors have told
us that there are five stages of depression that we go through when
experiencing a bad event. I do understand that only the good is truly
real, but still the human evil has always been at the forefront of all
societies and civilizations throughout history, with no progress in
sight.”
5.
This
question is from California: “In the Bible there is a verse that says,
‘Those who are meant to die in war will die in war. Those who are meant
to die from hunger will die from hunger. Those who are meant to be taken
captive, will be taken captive.’ Would you comment on this verse?”
6. Would you please
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STUDY GROUP READING #288
December 2010
1. Our first question is from North
Carolina: “What is the cause of disharmony in our relationships? Is it
as simple as focusing on what’s wrong rather than what’s good or right?
Or, is there a stronger pull to ego, fear, and judgment that needs to be
overcome or shifted? Would you please guide us on what we need to know
to create greater happiness in our relationships?”
2. This question is from Oregon: “In the October, 2010 Study Group
Reading you say, ‘Infrequently do you ones encounter God, while with
extraordinary frequency you encounter humans every day. If you have the
desire and the discipline to pay more attention to humans, then, from
the human point of view of kindness, compassion, and love, and from the
spiritual point of view, as you looked at another human you would feel,
“This is an expression of God in human form.” If you had the
determination, you could open many doors in this pathway.’ My question
is, how does one navigate this pathway? What makes this pathway so
potent? What are these experiences that you are describing?”
3. This question is from the same Study Group member in Oregon. In the
October, 2010 reading you also said, “It would truly amaze you and
inspire if you knew that you are surrounded by extraordinary beings
inside those physical bodies.” You told us that if we truly want to know
the mystery of what God is, we can pay attention to the humans around us
because the mystery of God is living in those human bodies. You said
that we can learn the deepest truths of life simply by paying more
attention to the people that we interact with everyday. Would you please
elaborate on this statement and tell us more about what we should study?
What particularly should be our focus of attention?”
4. This question is from
Virginia: “How is the soul of a person who forgives an action
taken against them that is harmful affected differently from one who
does not forgive? What difference does it make and in what ways?”
5. This question is from a Study Group member’s personal Reading. We
thought it addressed an issue that some of you deal with and would find
interesting. We received permission to include it this month. The
questioner asks: “My 80-year-old father has been dealing with serious
cancer issues. I am concerned with how to speak with him about his
cancer and his beliefs. He is completely Jesus-oriented, meaning that he
sees Jesus as a personal savior and truly feels that if a person does
not accept that truth, that they will not be accepted by God. I have
attempted to explain in a very limited way some of what I have come to
understand of the divine. I want him to feel comforted, as I think he is
understandably frightened by what is happening. Please give me guidance
on how to best talk with him and help him?”
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