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STUDY GROUP READING #205
January 2004

OPENING TEACHING
1. The New Year is a time when people traditionally try to make positive, healthy changes in their lives, often in the form of “New Year’s Resolutions.” Of course, it is difficult to overcome the inertia of habit, and most do not sustain their resolutions for very long. Given that it all comes down to our own choices, would you give us a step-by-step procedure to help those of us who wish to overcome the inertia of our old habits and keep our resolutions?

2. Are there any great living spiritual teachers alive today who are as “enlightened” as Buddha, or Jesus, and who will contribute to humanity at a similar level? Can you identify them? What are the significant similarities and differences between your work in the Readings through Ron and these past masters?

3. There is enormous public fascination with celebrity trials like the Scott Peterson, Kobe Bryant, and Michael Jackson cases. Is there a benefit to society in this? How will our news coverage likely evolve in the near and distant future?
4. Speaking of well known people, we would like to ask you about President George W. Bush. Although there are people who think he is doing a good job, one of our Study Group members asks: “Some of us find it very challenging to feel love and compassion toward President Bush, or even not to feel hostile toward him, particularly concerning his choice to wage war in Iraq. Would you please offer us an historical perspective of him as a soul, including past lifetimes when he has been of service to humanity, which might help us more easily see and feel the goodness in him now?”

5. Each month, we ask you to give us inspiration for the coming month. This month, would you please close by giving us a focus, or a mental practice for the upcoming year?


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STUDY GROUP READING #206
February 2004

OPENING TEACHING
1. In our society there are generations of city dwellers who have never experienced the quiet simplicity of life in the country, of being completely immersed in nature. While more of us are physically closer in the cities, we seem to be more personally isolated. Many of us don’t know our neighbors, and many of our friends live too far away to share our lives in a practical way. Is this trend in harmony with the souls’ desires for humanity? What are the benefits and the costs of this?
 
2. You just said that the souls did not intend so many humans, they did not intend large cities. What then did they intend? 
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3. Intimate romantic relationships between two people, and family relationships in general, by their nature exclude other people to a degree. In loving our mate or children above all others, we necessarily love others less, or in more limited, more restricted ways. Will there be a time when we won’t pair off by twos, and when we will love all children as we love our own? Will we as a society evolve to commonly experience love for others separate from “ownership” of them, separate from exclusivity?

4. With each new generation there is more sensory input, more to learn, more to absorb, more human manifestations. Now, children learn things like computers easily and quickly. As humans, are our brains growing in their capacity to learn. It has been reported that we use 10% of our brain capacity. Is the increasing sensory input causing us to use more than that?


5. How will the increased input and knowledge affect the intuitive abilities of the next generation? Will they be more firmly entrenched in earth life, or will they have greater intuitive capacities?

6. One of our Study Group members asks: “If I am sick, should I be able to heal myself physically by examining and treating my fears?”

7. Regarding healing, I thought I once heard you say that the time would come when all physical illness would be healed by modern medicine. Did I hear that correctly, and if so, would you expand on that thought please?

8. American Indian Cultures (among others) believe in communication with “animal spirits.” Do such energies exist, or is it the power of imagination that is providing the support they receive from such beliefs?

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


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STUDY GROUP READING #207
March 2004

OPENING TEACHING
1. We would like you to help us more fully understand what we might experience when we are no longer in a physical body. For many of us, the physical life is so pleasurable that it seems it would be a great loss not to have our wonderful physical experiences. It is hard for many of us to imagine what will replace those experiences other than shifting states of consciousness. Beyond earth, do we create anything other than consciousness? How does the creativity of our soul consciousness reflect itself without physical manifestations perceived by the physical senses? Do we perceive each other as light bodies or ethereal beings beyond earth? Outside of earth, is there color, sound, experience of touch, taste or smell?

2.  What is the best way to determine what primary issues we have incarnated in this lifetime to address? What is the best way to manifest our full potential in this lifetime?

3.  One of our Study Group members asks the following question: “Same-sex marriage has become a hot political issue lately, with individuals and groupings on both sides determined to create laws which govern or mandate who may or may not become married in the United States. Although I am a gay man in a same-sex relationship, I don't feel that being legally married would validate my relationship more, or create a stronger, more blessed,or holier bond
with my partner in the eyes of the souls or the Divine. Similarly, I don't feel marriage between people of the opposite sex is any more blessed in the eyes of God than same-sex marriages would be. There appear to be great fears surrounding this issue, ranging from those whose ideals are focused on eliminating ones who commit what they believe to be immoral acts, to those who fear being eliminated and seek acceptance for their differences. In light of these things, is there any benefit in the eyes of God in forbidding or preventing same-sex couples from being married?

4.   I want to follow up on something you just said, that God does not judge the things that we do on earth and loves us no matter what. Is that true also in the way that humans choose to worship God. There is so much diversity in religion and in the way humans choose to pray, to worship, to revere God. Does God care?

5. Another Study Group member asks: “Do our guiding souls ever speak to us through mechanisms other than our inner voice? Sometimes I feel that I am receiving guidance through a timely song on the radio, or even through a fortune telling 8-ball that I was given as a gift. Oddly enough, the answers I get through this ball almost always jive with my intuition. Is this completely silly, or just another way to get through to soul guidance?”

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

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STUDY GROUP READING #208
April 2004

OPENING TEACHING
1. A study group member asks: “There has been much controversy over the Mel Gibson movie, ‘The Passion,’ depicting the last hours of Jesus on earth. How historically accurate is the movie regarding Jesus’ last hours on earth? Why would Mel Gibson be so concerned with a movie more focused on fear and anguish than on the message of Jesus, which is love, forgiveness, and treating others as we would treat ourselves? I am concerned that Jesus’ message is being lost amongst the torturous portrayal in this movie. Would you please comment on this?”
2. You speak about the Christ force, as representing more than Jesus the person.  How would you name and describe this Christ force if you had a group of Hindus, Muslims, and Jews instead of groups of mostly Christians?

3. Fundamentalism and extremism seem to be more prevalent than ever in our world, one side trying to convert or attack the other. Are we, as humans, becoming more polarized in our beliefs? Is this a trend that is here to stay?

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

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STUDY GROUP READING #209
May 2004

OPENING TEACHING
1. We have a follow-up question from a Study Group member who would like clarification on something you said in your answer about fundamentalism last month. He writes: “I have a concern about your statement that there is more fear in the world now than ever before. Are you saying that things are as dark as they were 2,000 years ago when Jesus entered the world? Is this increased fear the result of simply having more people in the world, or, has it to do with the news media focusing more on fear? Has mankind really gone downhill since Jesus came to bring the Christ Force to help us penetrate fear? Are we in more trouble now then we were two millennia ago?

2. Another Study Group member asks: “Does our willingness to be vulnerable help us to break down our barriers of fear? In observing our human condition, I have noticed in others and myself that those who have the best handle on fear, (not absence of fear mind you), are those who are able to be emotionally vulnerable. Would you speak about this, and also help us recognize when fear is driving us?”

3. Is the only way to heal fear to go through it? This seems to differ from some spiritual practices that suggest, rather than focusing on negative feelings, to focus on God, forgiveness, and equanimity.


4. Please give us more detail regarding the need to return into the physical world to heal negativity. Do all souls do this, or only some? Does this become a “requirement” that each soul must complete? Is the nature of the fear that the human self “left behind” in a certain lifetime the same experience that the soul will choose to re-create in a new lifetime?

5. There is overwhelming evidence from fossils, body design, and genetic structure, that human beings (or at least the human animal body) are the result of approximately 600 million years of evolution since the first multicellular animals appeared. This process of producing ever-increasing complexity went through uncountable millions of generations of animal forms, proceeding from fish, to amphibians, to reptiles, to mammals, and finally to primates and Homo Sapiens. Why did the souls choose such a lengthy, convoluted method of creating the physical vehicle for souls to have experience on earth, rather than just creating humans from nothing?

6. Would you please close with an attunement for us to use in the coming month?

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STUDY GROUP READING #210
June 2004

OPENING TEACHING
1. There seems to be a great deal of personal change happening in the world. Many relationships are breaking apart, people are losing their jobs, the nature of work is changing, wars separate families—there are so many challenges these days. These changes usually create fear and anxiety, and a feeling of loss of personal power, until the feelings are healed and a new positive vision is achieved. Then, as one change is assimilated, another one seems to come along. What is the reason for so much change happening, and what is the best way to deal with all the change? Buddhist teachings suggest that we come to know the impermanent nature of life, and let go of our attachments to the physical world. What would you suggest?

2. It seems that there is a large concentration of fear, violence, hatred, and fundamentalism in certain parts of the world, the Middle East for example. Is this just a perception based on heavy media exposure, or, is there an unusual concentration of fearful, negatively-oriented people in certain areas of the world? If there are more fearful people in certain areas, is this caused by their environment, or do certain souls choose to be born in such places so they can work out their fears?
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3. The Bible, and most Christian religions, teach us to pray using “The Lord's Prayer.” If Jesus were present today, what prayer would he suggest we use?

4. One Study Group member asks: “I have heard that the origin of fear is ultimately the fear of death. While you have assured us that there is no death, my mind seems unwilling to accept that. Is there anything else you can say to help us change our thinking about death, and reduce the amount of fear we unconsciously hold in life?”

5. There is a lot of media hype that influences our expectations about how we should express sexually throughout our lives. It is not uncommon for people, especially middle aged women, to feel conflicted abut the gap between societal expectations for much sexual involvement, and the actuality of our experience of lesser levels of desire. What would be the natural progression of our human sexuality desires and expressions throughout life if we were to factor out the media’s influence?

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

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STUDY GROUP READING #211
July 2004

OPENING TEACHING
1. People die in many different ways at many different ages, from accidents to illness, from infancy to old age. Some people believe that we create everything that happens to us, that there are no “accidents.” Would you speak about this in relation to events that happen that we have no control over that do appear to be accidents? How much of our lives are we actually creating? Are we a “vibrational” match for everything that happens in our lives, or, are there things we have no control over?

2. When a person ends their life by their own initiative through suicide, what happens after death? What about someone who simply has enough of the physical existence, does not understand the lesson of the suffering, and is tired of it all?

3. There seem to be a lot of women at this time who are experiencing physical symptoms of distress. Are women's bodies reacting more than men’s to the fears associated with national and international unrest, and the gruesome reporting on violence worldwide? Is there such a thing as a collective female pain body that differs from men?
4. This question is from a long-time monthly Study Group member: “A bevy of questions arise at the passing of Ronald Reagan and his years spent with Alzheimer’s. In a general sense, what is the gain for a soul to have its physical expression lie dormant for ten years waiting to die? What is going on in the conscious mind of the person with Alzheimer's? What kinds of people tend to get Alzheimer's? What can you tell us about Alzheimer's that would shed some light on this dreaded and seemingly wasteful disease?

5. One Study Group member is confused about negativity and soul choices. He asks: “Do souls plan and agree before incarnation to do ‘bad’ or ‘evil’ things, like child abuse, murder, rape, and torture? If so, why? I've heard and read so much conflicting information. For example, I've heard that murders, rapes, and so forth, are actually planned and agreed upon, that they are not viewed as bad or evil, but as challenging events that produce growth. I've also heard that such things are not planned. What is the truth here?”

6. Would you please describe what methods, thoughts, and energies are most effective to use in creating results in life on earth? Is achieving success a matter of will, action, and persistence in the outer world, or, do inner intentions, commitments, and heartfelt desires actually help “attract” whatever it is we wish to manifest?

7. Would you please close with an attunement for us to use in the coming month?

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STUDY GROUP READING #212
August 2004

OPENING TEACHING
1. To follow up on last month’s question about manifesting in the physical world, would you speak about using the power of words and affirmations to manifest our potential in earth life?

2. In the past you have suggested that in praying for healing we “command” the forces of God to heal us, or to do our bidding. Would you elaborate on this concept of wielding the forces of God, and give us a practical method to do so?

3. At the time of the millennium in 2000, some people were hoping that a new age of enlightenment was being ushered in, while others feared that the millennium marked the “end times” of disaster, war, and destruction. In a Study Group Reading at the beginning of 2000, you said that neither enlightenment nor catastrophe come from a counting of years, but rather from the choices of people. You recommended that we patiently live through our fears, release them, and then choose love and idealism. As for the upcoming doom and catastrophe, you said that the patterns
indicated no such thing, but rather a calm and steady decrease of selfishness, and a gradual growth of idealism and love. However, since 2000, many dramatic negative events have occurred in the world, and many people around the world are worried about the future. What do the patterns that you now see indicate? Have they changed from what you saw earlier?

4. If one has lived prior lives in spiritual bliss why would that individual choose to come back to earth in a less enlightened state?

5. Are there clues to knowing if someone is completing and living a last human life? You have said we often cannot tell, but are there signs if we know what to look for?

6. Would you please close with an attunement for us to use in the coming month?

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STUDY GROUP READING #213
September 2004

OPENING TEACHING
1. I would like to follow up on something you said in the opening. You said that war is humans creating death, and is another way of leaving the planet. I understand that we don’t have to create depression in ourselves about war, that that is our responsibility not to create depression. But, if we don’t condemn events that we believe are bad, isn’t there a danger of that resulting in apathy and a passive acceptance, rather than to motivate us to do what we can to stop such events?

 2. Some people believe that sickness and disease are “messengers,” providing a mechanism to access the soul’s truth and work out issues. If that is true, then is it possible that things that we do to treat or prevent disease inadvertently work to remove these “opportunities?”
3. It can be very discouraging to have an illness that is difficult to heal. When we feel we “should” be able to heal it naturally and don’t, we can often feel like a failure, or we can feel that we have not done the “right” thing. Would you speak to this attitude and how to think about healing, or failing to heal, physical illness?

4. Is there something about the way the souls create that we can mirror to help us in our own human creations and creativity?

5. Technology may soon allow us to enhance ourselves with genetic engineering, computer chip implants, and other means.  Is this in alignment with the souls’ plans for humans?

 6. Would you please close with an attunement for us to use in the coming month?

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STUDY GROUP READING #214
October 2004

OPENING TEACHING
1. How do spiritual guides select which person, or personality to guide?

2. What techniques tend to increase our communication with our guides and our soul? Does it help to do such things as tai chi, yoga, meditation, physical work outs, and so forth?

3. Here is a further question about communication with guides from a Study Group member. She asks: “Often, I wish I could talk to you, the Guides, through a Reading with Ron, but I don't. Yet, I seem to either get an answer to a question, or I have less of a compelling need to know. In such cases, have you actually helped me within my own experience? I sometimes feel, or sense, that you have, or that I have tapped into a place of ‘knowing.’ Would you speak about this?”

4. Would you please talk to us about "intuition?” What exactly is it? How does it benefit us? How do we develop it?

5. A Study Group member asks: “I am wondering how a traditionally idealistic and good country like the United States can become so incredibly destructive at home, and especially abroad, and why so many Americans seem not to notice this? What lesson are they missing? Or, perhaps, what lesson is being offered to them to learn? Where is the purpose here, from the souls' perspective? I can't see one. I feel mostly sad, but also fearful.”

6. One of our Study Group members has a question about giving to others. She writes: “What is our responsibility to give back to those in need in the world, in terms of giving money to organizations that are trying to protect our precious environment, overcome racism, create peace, feed the poor, protect children? I have a stack of 80 requests beyond those I've already supported. I read them all and have so much compassion for the people they are serving and their causes. I support as many as I can. I give financially and with service to my church. I have great gratitude for the blessings in my life, compassion for so many appeal organizations, and I want to share, but I have limited funds. What do you have to say on this subject?”

7. Would you please close with an attunement for us to use in the coming month?

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STUDY GROUP READING #215
November 2004

OPENING TEACHING
1. Having recently had the Halloween period, we would like to ask about ghosts. They appear in our popular culture, and we seem to continue to be fascinated with the idea of ghosts. Would you tell us if ghosts actually exist?

2. Psychologists speak of the unavailable area of the mind that is outside of our awareness as the “unconscious.” Since it has been portrayed as the reservoir of uncontrollable human impulses, many people think of the unconscious as a mysterious, even frightening part of ourselves. What is the unconscious?

3. Some people feel that nature is quite savage, in spiritual terms. The food chain means that many animals prey on other animals, and this seems to be the “natural order of things.” Would you explain why nature is arranged in this way, and what that means for humans in relation to vegetarianism, farming practices, and our concerns for animal welfare?

4. A Study Group member asks the following: “You often suggest that we recognize our magnificence, and reflect on what a wonderful human we are. When we are in a state of emotional pain, or depression, that can be very difficult. We might ask, ‘If I am such a wonderful, magnificent human, why do I not have the love relationship I desire, or the job I want? If I am such a wonderful human, why are others not recognizing my magnificence and lining up to be with me?’ How can we resolve this seeming contradiction?”

5. There are surveys that show that more than 95% of Americans believe in God, and 90% meditate or pray. What is it that makes us so disposed toward spirituality and faith? Are we “wired,” or “programmed,” to believe in a higher power, is it cultural, or, is it just based on the fear of death?

6. Would you please close with an attunement for us to use in the coming month?

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STUDY GROUP READING #216
December 2004

OPENING TEACHING
1. A Study Group member asks: “In the recent election here in the United States, the present administration was voted in by a growing number of people who claimed to cast their vote with ‘moral values’ as their primary motivation. They cited issues such as, ‘pro life’ anti abortion, rejection of stem cell research, and anti gay marriage. Others of us abhor the rigid biblical interpretation some of these people ascribe to, which puts bible belief over science, wages unneeded war, and advocates capital punishment. These people seem to view themselves and their country as above others who have different beliefs. They demonize those who are drawn to love people of the same sex as partners. Would you help us to understand this apparently growing and powerful movement, and tell us how to cope with our fears about it taking as much control over our country as the Taliban did in Afghanistan?”

 2. Some time ago, you said that more people in the world were wanting more kindness and understanding. However, many political commentators have characterized the recent election campaign as one of the most mean-spirited, divisive, and fear-filled campaigns in recent history. Please tell us how you see the country progressing in the next few years. Do you believe that it will continue on a path of divisiveness and mean-spiritedness, or do you think there will be a turn towards more desire for kindness and understanding?

 3. A Study Group member asks: “Many people believe that prayers are always answered. If two mothers are praying for their sick child to live, and one child dies and the other child lives, those who believe that all prayers are answered could attribute this to two things: (1) either the prayer was answered with a no, meaning that it was God's will for the child to die; or, (2) one mother did not believe hard enough,
 meaning that prayers are only answered if the praying person has absolute belief that the prayer will be answered. My question is this: when a person is praying to ask for something from God, does it actually change anything in the physical world? Do the souls, or God, actually act on requests from humans in the form of prayer? If so, what is the key to getting a prayer answered?”

4. These days, it seems that many people are brought up in what we call “dysfunctional” families, some with much violence. Yet, not all of these children become violent, abusive adults. What makes the difference as to the outcome of a terrible childhood? Is it past-life influences, guiding souls, or something that occurs in the present lifetime, such as a mentor, or a person who sets a good example in the life of the child?

 5. In the search for contentment and enlightenment, are some people more limited than others? How can we tell if we are so limited, and what can be done to move beyond the limits?

 6. I need to return to the question of the effectiveness of prayer. Just knowing that there is even a possibility that the souls could choose miraculous intervention to save a loved one’s life makes me feel, “Why wouldn’t they choose to do that for my loved one?” The loss of a loved one is the most painful of human experiences, and it seems cruel that the souls wouldn’t save my loved one if they could. Would you help us understand this a little more please?

 7. Would you please close with an attunement for us to use in the coming month?

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