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STUDY GROUP READING #217
January 2005

OPENING TEACHING
1. The world has just witnessed a massive tsunami that has killed tens of thousands of people in a matter of minutes. Although thousands of people have been killed this year in Iraq, Africa, and other places, those deaths are the result of war and violence—man’s inhumanity to man. The tsunami was an act of nature. We understand that death is not a negative thing to the souls, but it is devastating, and in this case, shocking to humans. Would you give us a spiritual view of this momentous and very frightening earth event?

 2. This is probably the first time such a natural disaster has been so widely viewed on the world stage, thanks to the Internet and the mass media. It has also affected people of all races and nationalities. Warring factions have been coming together to help one another, and an unprecedented amount of individual donations, as well as from nations, is pouring in. How will the increase of kindness, compassion, and caring actions affect the furthering of humanity as a whole?

 3. If you were to give a spiritual report card to us as humans for our performance in 2004, what would it say?

 4. Some people who are strongly committed to a religion, such as Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, and so forth, seem to believe that their ideas from their religion are absolute truths. What approach can an open-minded person take when discussing spiritual ideals with those who believe that their way is the only way?
5.  The following was a question asked at our 2004 Spiritual Retreat. It was such an enlightening answer that we have included it in this month’s Study Group. I will read the question as it was asked, and then you will hear the Guides’ recorded answer from the Retreat. We thank Marian Myers for the use of her question and answer. She asked: “I have often wondered the true meaning of the ego. It seems that we need a healthy amount of ego to have a healthy self concept. Would you please explain the spiritual definition of the ego, and how it affects our daily lives and interactions with others? How can I tell, in a timely fashion, if my ego becomes too powerful and might cause me to say or do irrational things or unwise behaviors? Please guide my thinking in this area to better understand myself, and for the benefit of those around me.”

 6. You often say that we generally under-appreciate how well we are doing in life, and how much we have accomplished and are accomplishing. What specifically is the good about us and our lives that most of us overlook?

 7. Would you tell us a story, or give us some images that will help us when we are feeling a deep longing to know the sweetness of divine love, and when we wish to remember that we are eternal beings?

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STUDY GROUP READING #218
February 2005

OPENING TEACHING
1. How can we as humans expand our perceptions to more easily grasp new insights, enhance creativity, and fuel the discovery of new energies, cures, and so forth, to advance mankind?

2. Some time ago in a reading, you, the Guides, said that human negativity caused the weather patterns on the planet, but that it was too complex for us to understand at the time. Recently, we have seen the cataclysmic earthquake and resulting tsunami in Southeast Asia, which scientists say actually changed the tilt of the earth’s axis and thereby minutely shortened our day length. Was this merely a random event caused by the friction of tectonic plates, or is there something deeper going on here, some type of readjustment in physical earth forces in reaction to human actions, or decisions by the souls? Are we now at a time when we can gain more understanding of the role of human negativity in weather patterns on the Earth?

3. Please discuss the trait of laziness. It seems too simple to call someone lazy. There are often underlying emotional elements. What are the root causes of laziness, and how can we overcome whatever patterns trigger laziness?

4. In recent times, the roles and behaviors of women in society have changed to be more like those of men. Aside from the obvious biological differences, are there actually evolutionary changes taking place that are equalizing the feminine/masculine natures of men and women?

5. This being the month of Valentine’s Day, what insights can you give us into the care and maintenance of successful love relationships?

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

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STUDY GROUP READING #219
March 2005

OPENING TEACHING
1. The Mayans were once the dominant culture in the Americas. They were a fascinating people with accomplishments in science and astronomy that were not matched until the last century. For example, their calendar was more exact than all but our most scientific ones today, and some of their pyramids and structures still create much awe in those who view them. Yet, they also had human sacrifice as a large part of their culture and religion. What can you tell us about this culture?

2. What are the reasons for having different languages in the world? It makes communication more difficult. Was it originally intended that the populations of the world would be separated by different languages?
 
3. What happens to our senses when we die? It would seem that there has to be a deeper kind of sensing after the death of the body—a way of smell, and sight, and sound, and taste, and touch. In what measure do the senses manifest after the death of the physical body?

4. It might sound a little silly, but some of us truly love “input” of many different kinds, and I guess I am a little bit afraid that I might be bored after I’m dead. That’s silly, isn’t it?
5. One of our Study Group members is troubled by certain aspects of the Christian evangelical movement. She asks: “Thanks in part to television, the spread of the Christian evangelical movement has been vast and pervasive, along with their belief in such things as the ‘Rapture’—the end of the world and the final ‘judgment.’ Their radical beliefs have influenced our politics, science, and education. Their commitment to proselytizing and converting people to their brand of Christianity makes many of them zealots. In my observation, it is a very divisive and destructive religion. Many believe that it was one of the reasons for going to war in Iraq. Would you speak about these people, and tell us what it will take to have a more united world in the near future?”
 
6. What is “the Grace of God?” How can humans experience the Grace of God?

7. Easter will be coming soon. Perhaps you would close with a message that Jesus might give us if he were alive today.

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STUDY GROUP READING #220
April 2005

OPENING TEACHING
1. You have previously said something to the effect that a principle contribution of Jesus was a transformation on earth that allowed the Christ Force to penetrate the human negativity that had become so dominant. You said this transformation is at the root of the story about Jesus being baptized by John. Was it necessary for Jesus to be in human form to do this, or could it have been accomplished at the soul level?

2. Can the scientific method of objective inquiry and repeatable experimentation be used effectively to discover the existence of spiritual realities?

3. In your dimension—the Guides’ and the souls’ dimension—is there anything like science, or a need to figure out how things work?

4. Terry Schiavo is a woman who suffered a brain injury and is said to have been in a vegetative state for 15 years. Her case is well known to us. Numerous court battles raged between her husband and her parents over whether or not to maintain a feeding tube to keep her alive. Some of us in the Study Group may be faced with decisions like this in our lives. What

perspectives can you give us that will help us learn from this case? More directly, was there any likelihood that Ms. Schiavo would ever have regained consciousness? How much of her human consciousness survived those years? Was there any benefit to her in keeping her alive this long?

5. In past readings, you have said that suicide is not a good option, even for people with a serious illness. Because of the Terry Schiavo case, much attention has been given to the issue of choice as it relates to dying. In the animal kingdom, and in some societies, refusing food and water at some point in order to die is a natural phenomenon. It seems like a reasonable choice when it is clear that death is imminent. Would you comment on this option?

6. A Study Group member asks: “Most ‘New Age’ literature seems to say, in essence, that our human world is either a place to learn, or a place to have an adventure. Some spiritual teachings suggest that this world is a big mistake that we need to wake up from. What is your perspective on this?”

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

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STUDY GROUP READING #221
May 2005

OPENING TEACHING
1. If we want to change our direction in life, or have a new kind of inspiration, could we ask to be assigned new Guides? Would it make a difference?

2. Is there ever a “changing of the guard,” or the Guides, so to speak, at different phases of our life, for any reason whatsoever?

3. Some writers suggest that there are personal growth times in our life when we go through stages of change or transition. For example, Joseph Campbell called these stages, “departure,” “initiation,” and “return,” which is a separation from the world, then a penetration into some source of power, and then a life-enhancing return to the world. Others have suggested that the middle stage of transition is often like “wandering in the wilderness.” Is there validity to these descriptions of the change process?
 
4. How does one recover from a dramatic betrayal of trust, such as infidelity? The resulting feeling can be that the love is lost forever and forgiveness is impossible. How can trust and love be regained in such a case?

5. There are people who are considered to be "psychics." Some of them appear to read the energies from the souls, or from "the other side," and they can come up with accurate information. Yet, there are people who doubt all psychic abilities and say that psychics are frauds. Are psychics really getting messages or energies from spirits, or from people who have died? If so, how does that work?
 
6. There are some new scientific articles that report on mathematical models and projections that suggest the existence of parallel universes, and postulate that earth might have a "double" in a galaxy far away. You have said that there is no real "life" like ours in the rest of the universe. How does that comment correspond to the scientific data that talks about life elsewhere, with parallel lives and parallel universes?
 
7. When you refer to “mastering” earth life, what does mastery mean? What does it entail or require?

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

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STUDY GROUP READING #222
June 2005

OPENING TEACHING
1. What was the inspiration for the “ten commandments?” Where did they come from? Were they inspired by God?

2. We know that sleep is vital for our well-being, but what happens when we sleep? What processes are taking place? Do we leave our bodies? And, what is the importance of dreams?

3. The various lotteries in the United States make millionaires out of ordinary people. This is a life-altering event. Is winning the lottery ever the intention of the person’s soul, or, is it just chance and surprises the souls too, like other human choices and circumstances?


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4. There are many reports by people who have had near-death experiences that they have seen cosmic light, felt great peace, and sometimes have seen people on the other side whom they have known in earth life. Also, people who have been in certain drugged states have had similar experiences. Are these people actually experiencing spiritual realities, or, is this just a trick of the brain that happens when people almost die, go unconscious, or have an influence from certain drugs?

5. Please close with the answer to this question:
You often urge us to treat other people with kindness, compassion, and love. In human terms, these three words can have slightly varying definitions, but all three are pretty much the same thing. Why do you usually mention all three? Would you speak in more depth about what you mean when you use these three words?

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STUDY GROUP READING #223
July 2005

OPENING TEACHING
1. When we are deep into negativity and feelings of, say, shame and guilt, there is a deep need to be forgiven and to feel forgiven. It is hard to forgive yourself when you are feeling tremendously self-judgmental. If we don’t have a religious figure that we pray to, such as Jesus, what image could we use to gain that feeling of relief and being forgiven.

2. Does our state of consciousness “take on” the external input of our surroundings, and therefore become more like them? For example, if we sit in front of the television and watch violence and negativity, does that directly affect our consciousness and extend to our thoughts and feelings? If so, should we do our best to avoid negative influences from other people, our environment, and even ourselves?

3. Many people in our society are plagued by being overweight. Why is that? Is staying “fit and trim” a function of exercise and calorie intake, or other factors?

4. What is the best way for people to lose weight?
5. Whenever we have asked you about the care and feeding of the body, you have said fruits, vegetables, and light proteins. We have not heard you mention whole grains. Did you leave that out intentionally? Is that not particularly healthy for our bodies?

6. One of our Study Group members has recently read several books that have made some disturbing predictions about our future in the physical world. One predicts a terrible stock market crash. Others talk about the end of the supply of gas and oil, and the turmoil it will cause. She would like to know what you see about these two predictions.

7. To acquire greater intuitive capacity as a human, is it necessary for a human self to have achieved that capacity in a past lifetime through effort, interest, and experience, or, can a soul simply weave it into a new personality because it desires to do so?

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

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STUDY GROUP READING #224
August 2005

OPENING TEACHING
1. Many scientists are very concerned about the effects of global warming. They say that if we humans do not make significant changes within the next 25 years, then our actions will have caused climatic changes that will have disastrous effects on parts of the earth. Yet, our current president, and many of those now in political power, seem to downplay the evidence that the scientists give. Are these scientists correct, and if so, what role can we as individuals play in helping to make the changes that might lessen the negative impact?

2. One Study Group member asks: “I have a relative who is a ‘born again Christian.’ She believes that God is in charge of her life, and that if she prays to him for something, and she believes in him, he will give it to her. While I don’t believe the same way that she does, her prayers do seem to be ‘answered,’ in that she gets things she asks God to deliver to her. My question is: do our beliefs create reality? In other words, if I believe completely in a God who delivers things to me because I ask him, is it my soul who is creating that reality of the thing I am asking for? Or, is it just coincidence that I get what I want, and I am attributing that coincidence to God delivering on a prayer request?”

3. We recently had a celebrity-sponsored “Live Eight” event focused on the elimination of poverty. There is a theory that we will never be able to get rid of poverty because we focus on feeding the hungry, and we do not equally focus on ways to slow population growth. We have poverty, thus grow more food to feed the hungry, which in turn results in more people, more hunger, requiring that we grow more

food. This cycle is not in concert with natural law, in which the animal kingdom responds to lack of food by slowing their population growth. The theory says that until we change and align with natural law, we cannot be rid of poverty and famine. How would you respond to this theory?

4. How important is it to eat organically grown food? Do pesticides, and fertilizers have an adverse affect on the food we eat, and in turn on our bodies?

5. After a dramatic tragedy, such as the London bombings, many people feel depressed and hopeless. One Study Group member in France expressed it in a question this month. He asks: “Does anything matter in life? If so, why?”

6. This is my own question. When I was following a guru, I had a photo of him in every room. It gave me an exquisite sense of holiness to look at the picture. It was a reminder of my divinity and the love that I felt from the guru. Icons in churches, paintings of Jesus, serve the same purpose for those who believe in what the images represent. What can we use, or do, to create that sublime feeling of holiness if we do not devote ourselves to a religion? Would you give us a focus or attunement?

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

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STUDY GROUP READING #225
September 2005

OPENING TEACHING
1. Were animals created for us to eat? Was it intended that we kill animals in order to receive proper nutrition to exist in our physical body? How does this fit in with kindness, compassion, and love if we have to kill in order to eat?

2. One of our Study Group members is concerned with what she sees as a negative impact of religion. She asks: “Is the world ever going to be free from the stranglehold of religions? It seems that we are really doomed because of the ‘brainwashing’ that people receive through religious writings and teachings. Even Jesus failed to create his version of the true church of loving kindness. Is there anything that we can personally do about this?”

3. One of our Study Group members asks an interesting question about her own internal struggle. She writes: “Often times, when I have spontaneously done something which helped someone else and I really feel good about it, my ego kicks in and I start thinking how great I am, and what a star I am, and I wonder how soon someone else will notice and say something. When that happens, my critical internal chatter starts, and I lose the good feeling real fast. I was thinking about this and wondering if that particular state of ‘feeling good’ is really how we are meant to feel all the time, and if that feeling good state is the state we are in when we are really expressing ourselves as God in human form? If that is the way that we are meant to feel, then why is it that we seem to stop it when we get there?”
4. A Study Group member whose child died asks: “When a child dies, a parent’s world is turned upside-down, inside-out, leaving that parent to struggle to find a way to begin a totally new life without that child. That parent can be left with a lifetime of gut-wrenching pain and grief that never goes away. Even 40 years later, a parent will talk about the child that died and will begin sobbing. Everyone says that losing a child is the worst loss. Is there a reason for that, beyond all of the obvious reasons? Is there something unseen and much deeper? What is it about the death of a child that is completely different from any other loss through death that we will ever have to endure?”

5. Will the new technologies in medicine, such as stem cell research, eventually lead to new cures? Will medicine ultimately be able to cure all illness?
 
6. Sometimes people linger in life well beyond what medicine would normally expect. We know that each person has their own reasons, but, in general, are people clinging out of fear of what might transpire after their transition, out of the needs of loved-ones who cannot let them go, or, is it simply that the animal body is tenacious in its desire to live, no matter what? Are there other reasons? Is there a way to help them ease their path?

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

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STUDY GROUP READING #226
October 2005

OPENING TEACHING
1. A Study Group member in Los Angeles asks: “Many of us can sense that being alive on earth at this particular time is really important. It is said that all eyes throughout the universe are on earth at this time, and that we as souls ‘stood in line’ to incarnate here at this time. Many things have been said about this time period. One of the things I've heard has to do with the lessening of the ego's dominance on human life. What can you tell us about this time period? From your vantage point, what do you see as the benefits of being in human form on earth at this particular time, as opposed to previous time periods on earth?”

2. A Study Group member in New York City writes: “These days, when I commute into work in midtown Manhattan, I feel a palpable anxiety all around me, and within me. For big city dwellers like me it is really becoming a major issue. I remember a past Reading shortly after 9/11 in which you said that there was a potential for an increase in worldwide violence and war in the next two to five years. It seems that we as a human race have opted for the longer scenario. Would you speak about this?”

3. Even though you have previously said that humans create UFO experiences in our mind, thousands of people from many countries, including astronauts and airline pilots, have reported seeing them. Would you please help us to understand more about this situation?
4. During the hurricane Katrina evacuations, there are reports that doctors humanely helped people who were terminally ill die with shots of morphine when it was determined that they would live only a few days and would suffer if they tried to evacuate them. Many of the ill or elderly had “do not resuscitate orders” posted. Are there spiritual consequences for hastening the death of another when their death is imminent?

5. Scientists say that there are more universes than there are grains of sand on all of the beaches on the earth. What is the purpose of creating so many universes and stars?

6. This is a question from a Study Group member in Illinois and she writes: “At times, in my guided writing, I have written the term, ‘soul desecration,’ and I have often heard the term, ‘soul wounds.’ Is the soul a part of our being that can be injured? Is it a part of our being that dances close enough with our humanness that it can be wounded, or, is it the spirit that is untouched by our human dramas and traumas, and even triumphs? And, thank you so much for all of the rich insights that come from the Readings, and the glorious sense of love and compassion that come from the very vibration of the transmissions through Ron's voice and being.”

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

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STUDY GROUP READING #227
November 2005

OPENING TEACHING
1. In personal Readings, when speaking about personality patterns, you often say that there are patterns that were healed before this lifetime. What exactly does that mean? For example, say that a person had a “pattern” of jealousy, and you say that much of that pattern was healed before this lifetime, how does it get healed? How would one experience that healing?

2. If in this lifetime he totally heals jealousy, is that even possible as a human? How does one handle jealousy so that the next lifetime you can say that the tendency was healed? 
3. What is the true purpose of prayer and how can we best achieve that purpose?

4. If the intention of the souls, and the nature of the universe is positivity, how can we know the intensity of opposites? We know the positive because of the negative. We’re cold, we seek warmth. We feel bad when there is an absence of good. If there were only positive, how could we actually experience the intensity of it without the juxtaposition of its opposite?
5. A Study Group member is confused about Astrology. He asks: “What is the validity of Astrology? Can the position of the planets and stars really influence the outcome of events, the ability to communicate, wealth accumulation, and positive or negative aspects of one’s life? Some friends that I respect put a lot of faith in this, and, as an example, they will be extra careful during times of ‘Mercury Retrograde.’ One friend in particular moved into her house during Mercury Retrograde and has been advised by her Astrologer that she should shut down her house for three days and move out, turning off all power, covering furniture, and removing plants—just as if she were closing down a summer residence for the season. Supposedly, doing this will help her communication issues. Would you please shed some light on this, not just on this one issue, but the practice of astrology as a whole?”
 
6. The various “twelve-step” programs like, “Overeaters Anonymous,” include as one of their steps, turning our will and lives over to the care of God. Other programs and religions speak of turning our troubles over to God. Sometimes, it seems to some people like this point of view is just a cop-out, and a way of not taking responsibility for ourselves and our actions. Please speak to how turning our problems over to God might be a helpful practice, and how it works. Is it different from just being open to the guidance of our soul?

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

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STUDY GROUP READING #228
December 2005

OPENING TEACHING
1. Would you discuss the experience of loss? As human beings, we experience the loss of something daily—from the simple fact of losing time, losing youth, losing health, leaving family behind after a holiday gathering, to the very painful loss of a loved one through death. It seems that it is the human way to experience loss. Focusing on the moment, “be here now,” seems to work temporarily, but it is hard to maintain that focus. Please discuss the feeling and experience of loss in general.

2. We live in a very competitive society, and in order to achieve almost anything, it is important for us to market ourselves. We must sell ourselves to our educators in order to get into college, to our employers in order to get work, to our publishers in order to sell a book, and to the public in order to succeed at any commercial enterprise. Some of us hate the idea of having to market ourselves, and we are not very good at it. As a result, we are not as successful as we could be. What advice do you have to those of us who want to become better at this earth activity of marketing ourselves?

3. Many humans feel very strongly about protecting the natural world, and they deeply appreciate its beauty and magnificence. What is our connection to this beauty, and, do some humans incarnate simply to enjoy the earth itself?

4. Over the course of a soul extending a ray of their self into human existence in many lifetimes, do those lives of the human change the soul in any way?

5. History suggests that many spiritual traditions that existed before Christianity had beliefs that involved similar stories of virgin births and resurrections. Was there an actual Jesus person that died on a cross, as the Christian Bible describes, or, is the biblical story of Jesus largely a myth that expanded over time with only some kernels of truth?

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

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