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STUDY GROUP READING #169
January 2001

OPENING TEACHING
1. Many Study Group members have questions about the year 2000 Presidential election. One member writes: "This election was one of the most trying contests in U.S. history. It shook the consciousness of the country for more than a month. Due to the electoral college system, and the sharply divided 5-4 U.S. Supreme Court decision, Governor Bush became the legal winner, even though Vice-President Gore received the majority of the popular votes. Many people believe that Vice President Gore would have won the crucial Florida electoral votes if all the Florida votes were allowed to be counted. Some believe that the electoral system is unjust. What are the American people suppose to learn from the drama of this situation? Is there a larger spiritual purpose in all of this?"

2. Sometimes we as human beings experience times when life feels hopeless. There seems to be no visible or evident means by which we can exit a challenging and painful situation. When we are in a despairing physical situation in the world, such as poverty or illness, where there appears to be no way out, how can we bring in some hope when there seems to be no solution to the negative situation we are in?
3. The next question is generally addressed in each reading, but I don’t think we have asked it directly. The question is: "What is it to be spiritual?" Do we have to like everyone that we encounter? Do we have to manifest love at all times? From the souls’ point of view, what is "being spiritual?"

4. You frequently tell us about spiritual or metaphysical truths at the soul level and the human distortions of them. Yet, you also tell us that we can choose what to believe, and that the power of our believing is more important than any specific religious, or medical, or cultural system. So, what good is knowing about truth when you also tell us that it is okay to believe anything? If all truth expressed through humans either has some distortion or is incomplete, are there varying degrees or levels of truth? Can believing in human distortions of truth be harmful?

6. Would you please close by telling us what will be important for us to focus on in the year 2001?

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STUDY GROUP READING #170
February 2001

OPENING TEACHING
1. In religious and metaphysical traditions, we are told to seek God, to open to God, to try to feel and know God. If God is so all powerful, why must we make this effort. Why is it not just obvious that God is everywhere? Why must it be our effort as personalities? Is God making an effort to be known?

2. Our second question you have kind of answered. You said that we can be fulfilled and content on earth without knowing God. Why are many of us trying to know God? Do the souls care if we know God?

3. You have spoken about the importance of gratitude in our lives. Would you speak about the dynamics of how gratitude makes a difference in our experience? Sometimes it seems like a pointless exercise to try to find gratitude when life appears dark and tragedy has struck.

4. What is the phenomenon of romantic infatuation? Why does it cause us to say "love is blind?" How would you guide us to think and behave when this seeming disease hits us? Is there a good purpose for this in our lives?
5. In a past reading, under a different but related topic, you said that each of our souls has "earmarked" a number of individuals with whom we have the potential to develop very meaningful and purposeful relationships, (such as a spouse), that will bring the most benefit to us in this lifetime. Given that we are such a mobile society, with many people moving great distances, geographically, We are curious to know if there is a connection between a person’s physical birthplace (the city and state here in the United States), and the birthplace of those other people with whom that potential is the greatest. If not, did our soul know, or plant in us a desire to move to a location where some, or most, of these people happen to be? It seems like the odds of finding these individuals from the billions on this planet are slim. Yet in readings, you often say that people in our lives, such as a spouse, are one of the important people for us to be with, and that we have been with them in past lifetimes. Is there a connection between where one is born and the individuals that one would attract in order to develop the most meaningful relationships?

6. In a prior reading you said that human negativity, selfishness, and fear, at times in the past—and we imagine this is continuing—actually affected the weather of the planet, causing volcanic eruptions and the like. Would you please explain this more fully, especially in light of the recent very serious earthquakes that have been occurring around the world?

7. Please close with an attunement for us to use this month.


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STUDY GROUP READING #171
March 2001

OPENING TEACHING
1. Science seems to be discovering the mechanisms by which our physical bodies, even our personalities are formed, for example, the genome studies that are discovering more about DNA. Yet, we are still a long way from scientifically discovering what precedes the creation of the physical—the source of life, the prime mover, what we call God, or our souls. Will science ever be able to uncover this source? Where would scientists begin to look?

2. The human genome is the three-billion-letter code, a chemical sequence, that contains the basic information for building and running a human body. How do our souls use this complicated code for our benefit?

3. If you, the Guides, were to write a handbook for living a human life, what would be in it?

4. How can we enhance our empathy toward another person, especially if we don’t have experience with their particular brand of confusion?
5. When we are irritated or judgmental of someone, is it because of some form of the same irritation or judgment that we haven't accepted in ourselves? Would you discuss the concept of other people mirroring personality qualities that either we have, or have had?

6. Many people say that we create our lives by the words we use. Will you discuss this, and give us an affirmation of truth that we can use daily for our maximum benefit?

7. At times, we experience dreams about friends or loved ones who are in distress or having trouble. How exactly does this mechanism work? Is there an "astral plane" that some speak of that carries universal information that we are able to plug into?

8. Would you please close with an attunement for us to use this month?

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STUDY GROUP READING #172
April 2001

OPENING READING
1. Sometimes an addicted person has come to the point where they want to be healed of their addiction. Often, it is very hard for them because the addiction has almost taken on a life of it’s own. Can you give specific examples of things that a person who is addicted to substances, and someone close to that person—a parent, a spouse, a friend—could do to work together to help the addicted person in their recovery?

2. Because of the skills and knowledge of our present day scientists, and the effectiveness of their scientific instruments, it is very hard for some people to believe in the kinds of miracles that are described in the Bible to have occurred in the life of Jesus. There are two reported instances that are particularly difficult to understand. The first is the story of the virgin birth of Jesus. New scholarly writings say that the word that has been translated as "virgin" was actually synonymous with the word "maiden." The second is the claim that Jesus was physically resurrected after his death. It is much easier to believe that his disciples shared a non-physical vision of Jesus. Would you help us clarify these two areas?


3. Is it possible for humans to experience the Divine realms if we have not healed the darkness and fear of our human personality self?

4. In a recent workshop reading in Maryland, you told us that that the representation of angels as having wings is an "atavistic memory" of a physical form that souls actually used in the early stages of life on earth. You also said that there are other forms that "have fallen by the wayside and are no longer kept alive in our imagination." Just for fun, and to broaden our imaginations, would you please describe some of these forms and how they looked and worked for us?

5. Would you please close with an attunement for us to use this month?

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STUDY GROUP READING #173
May 2001

OPENING TEACHING
1. Last month, you talked about the miracles that surrounded Jesus’ life, specifically the virgin birth and the resurrection. Why were such miracles necessary? What did it teach or prove that Mary was not impregnated by a human? And why did Jesus need to reappear in a physical body after his death?

2. Last month, you appeared to get rather tough with present humans for being weak, self-indulgent and cowardly when dealing with pain and suffering. Not arguing that point, the problem is that the prospect of suffering being intolerable creates the fear. Unfortunately, the instinctual, built-in response when actually experiencing severe and/or protracted physical pain really can be intolerable. We involuntarily focus on the intense unpleasant sensation, along with feelings of oppression and desperation. Even if the mind knows that all pain is temporary, and the true self is indestructible, that doesn’t seem to help. If possible, would you please give us some practical techniques for better dealing with physical pain when actually experiencing it? This would greatly help us with our fear.

3. By electronically stimulating certain portions of the brain, scientists have been able to replicate spiritual experiences such as the near-death experience, or the sensing of a loving presence. If these experiences can be caused by scientific equipment, what does this mean in terms of the validity of a spiritual experience? Is the spiritual experience just a function of the brain, or is there something else involved?


4. It seems like there could be tremendous potential for consciousness growth if we put people in the laboratory and stimulated their brain to awaken them to the spiritual life. Is that not true?

5. Often, when we are dealing with fears, you suggest that we bring up the negative feelings, experience them, release them, and then remind ourselves that feelings are temporary and cannot damage our being. Sometimes, especially when it is the fear of a situation that hasn’t happened—for example, if we fear the possible death of a child, or have a general fear that something bad will happen—it seems more like a thought or idea than a feeling. When it’s not a real situation, but only in our fears, and we can’t conjure up a feeling about it, how do we feel the feeling? In other words, how do we deal with nagging fear thoughts that don’t seem to have intense feelings attached to them?

6. Would you please close with an attunement for us to use this month?


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STUDY GROUP READING #174
June 2001

OPENING TEACHING
1. What does it mean to be more spiritually conscious? Is it necessary to raise one’s consciousness to live a fulfilling life?

2. You once gave us a wonderful candle meditation. Would you give us a new meditation to entice our human mind and nurture our hearts?

3. Why are the souls bringing forth new human personalities again and again into the physical world? There seems to be no overall process of evolution, since a current personality may well be less evolved, so to speak, than a previous one. Is evolution even an issue, since the souls don't seem to need to evolve and have nothing to evolve into as far as we know?

4. Regarding babies, how much participation does the soul have in influencing the name of the new personality to be born?


5. If our soul’s state of being is so much fuller, more magnificent, wiser, and more loving than we are normally aware of, why do we in human form need other souls as guides? Why isn’t it sufficient to just attune to our own soul for guidance?

6. You've spoken about the value of co-creatorship between ourselves, our guides, and God. Would you please give us some stories or metaphors to help us understand more about the possibilities and the processes of engaging in co-creation?

7. Would you please close with an attunement for us to use this month?

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STUDY GROUP READING #175
July 2001

OPENING TEACHING
1.  A professor of Neurology recently stated that it has been known for years that pathological expressions of emotion like depression or hostility can lead to illness. Also, new research recently released, stemming from a 15-year study of a group of nuns, suggests that a positive emotional state at an early age may help ward off disease and even prolong life. Would you give us a way to work with our own thoughts so that we may benefit from this aspect of positive thinking?

2. In old age, why do some people retain their memory and some do not? What factors contribute to the loss of memory? Do you have any advice for maintaining a healthy memory?

3. Most people treat Alzheimer’s disease as something that is irreversible and progressive. Can loss of memory due to Alzheimer’s be reversed?


4. Would you please describe for our understanding the worlds that our guides are creating in the non-physical realms, and our own worlds that we will eventually create after we finish our earth existence?

5. Looking at this group’s present "evolution" in our spiritual growth, would you please inspire us with something that will stretch our imaginations and our understanding of our place in the universe?

6. What is the difference between opening the heart and attaining higher states of consciousness?

7. Would you please close with an attunement for us to use this month?


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STUDY GROUP READING #176
August 2001

OPENING TEACHING
1. There is discontent in the United States and the world over the U.S. President, George Bush and his administration. What is the potential here for war, violence and disruption? And what can be done to turn the tide in a more peaceful direction?

2. Most common people of past historical times, and of many primitive societies have lived short, brutal, subsistence level lives with little or no spiritual understanding. If, as the Guides teach, the highest purpose of life is to live both intense, vital, human lives and spiritual lives at the same time, why would the souls allow such a long succession of negative, unspiritual lives?

3. Although we work on healing our fears, there are many times where we are haunted by the guilt and shame for the negative actions we have inflicted upon others. Is there anything productive about the guilt we feel? And how do we go about forgiving ourselves for these acts which occurred in either this or prior lifetimes?
4. Please give us some guidance about how we can balance our needs for community with person autonomy in the context of genuine spiritual movements that tend to develop into rigid and judgmental belief systems.

5. Most of us have had the experience where we meet someone whom we feel we have known from another lifetime. Are there specific ways such as physical sensations, spiritual intuition and dreams, to become more certain of this knowing? How can we best expand upon these experiences to gain insight and grow?

6. What is heaven? Is it a state of mind? Is it ecstasy? Is it passion? Can we attain it here on earth and, if so, how?

7. Would you please close with an attunement for us to use this month.


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STUDY GROUP READING #177
September 2001

OPENING TEACHING
1. How do we explain to a young child what has happened when someone they care about dies? Different religions have their ways, but what would you advise us what to tell a child so that it makes sense to them?

2. Who were Adam and Eve? What was meant by calling them the first man and woman? Were they real, in the sense of being two people who lived on Earth? Where did they live? What made them the first? What do they represent?

3. It is said that all souls are good, but what does "good" mean by soul standards? For instance, are Hitler’s and Mother Theresa’s souls both "good" by soul standards?

4. How can we most appropriately blend the traditional masculine traits and characteristics with traditional feminine traits and characteristics in our own daily lives?
5. What is the place and purpose of poetry in human life? Can poetry be a way for the Soul to communicate to humans? Were the ecstatic poets such as Rumi, Hafiz, and Kabir, in direct communication with their Souls such that they were able to write such beautiful poetry about the experience of God?

6. What is the relationship between creativity and spirituality? Some people are creative but don't appear to be spiritual. Some are spiritual but don't appear to be creative. How do the two areas coincide and feed each other?

7. Would you please close with an attunement for us to use this month.

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STUDY GROUP READING #178
October 2001

OPENING TEACHING
1. Our civilization has been attacked. It is human to want accountability. Is it moral to use all of the force at our disposal to bring the perpetrators to accountability?

2. What role has our western mindset and cultural beliefs, including our arrogant tendency to be motivated by our own economic self-interests and moral dictates, contributed to the present environment which fosters the development of terrorist organizations? How can we as individuals affect healing within this environment? 

3. What is the likelihood that the upcoming war on terrorism conducted by the U.S. will lead to the use of nuclear weapons, or biological and chemical warfare?
4. How do we heal individually and collectively from these terrorist attacks, still find meaning in our everyday lives, and move forward while not forgetting the lessons that these events can provide for us?

5. In light of all the souls who agreed to be involved in this incident, from the terrorists, to the victims, to the survivors, to the observers, what is the collective lesson, and/or good that the world will ultimately derive from this, since it appears that we are repeatedly subjected to the same lessons?
 
6. Can you specifically give us ways to bridge the gap between two cultures that have evolved into diametrically opposed extremes?


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STUDY GROUP READING #179
November 2001

OPENING TEACHING
1. The day that the Twin Towers were destroyed, tens of thousands of people were involved or watching in person, and millions more were watching on television. At the time, we experienced shock and terror, and since then we have continued to feel grief, trauma, and fear. How did our guides and souls support us on that day, and how are they continuing to support us during this stressful time?
 
2. What was the experience of the hundreds of people who died instantly when each hijacked plane hit a building on Sept. 11? Did they experience this transition as a group, aware of each others’ presence? If so, what did they experience? If each person had an individual, unique experience, was it any different from a normal transition out of the body? 

3. What can you tell us about the soul and human expression of Osama Bin Laden? It is hard for us to understand a person who would want to hurt so many innocent people.
 
4. One Study Group member writes: “I’m in Toronto , Canada where there is a similar but also slightly different attitude to the United States reaction to Sept. 11. I also spoke with students at a University in Ottawa , where I just finished a stint as a visiting artist, and this subject came up. Would you ask the Guides about the deeper meaning of these events for the United States ? What are the lessons to be learned in this, especially with respect to looking at the deeper causes behind the bombings, instead of just reacting more or less brutally to the symptoms? I would really like to have their answer on this. We need some depth, and scope, and love in our perspective on this.”

5. As it relates to our evolving into a more loving version of humanity, is the way we are responding to being attacked moving us toward this ideal, or are we moving backwards? 

6. The Guides tell us that we build on each successive life. The example they have used is a rose bush with many blooms. The question is: What does the terrorist attack, and then our response in violence build for the future?  

7. Would you please close with an attunement for us to use this month?


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STUDY GROUP READING #180
December 2001

OPENING TEACHING
1. How can we create business environments that promote more sensitivity, creativity, and prosperity to result in win/win outcomes for all people?
 
2. Many of us have developed patterns of procrastination due to fear of failure and other anxieties that have created many obstacles in our lives. Would you give us a step by step process for overcoming this?
 
3. How do we maximize joy in our romantic relationships while simultaneously respecting and celebrating the differences of each individual?

4. During the Retreat Readings [the Seventeenth Spiritual Retreat with the Guides, and Ron and Susan Scolastico], you spoke in terms of the blood acting as a transition between the divine and the human. Would you please explain this process and tell us how we might enhance the transition process on the human level? 

5. If left alone, would children naturally be loving human beings or must that be taught? Which is stronger in other words: nature or nurture?
 
6. How can we individually and collectively bring more peace, joy, laughter and happiness into our own lives during this holiday season and throughout the year?


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