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2018 Study Group Questions
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The 2018 Study Group Readings are available on MP3 or as e-transcript.
STUDY GROUP READING #373
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STUDY GROUP READING #374
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STUDY GROUP READING #375
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T7-Question 5: There are many different systems that are used to divine the future such as Tarot cards, numerology, astrology and so forth. Are they viable systems of predicting the future and understanding the personality? How do they work to take the mind beyond the limits of ordinary reality?
T8-Question 6: Some people have seen ghosts or experienced a haunted house. What is taking place when such things happen? T9-Question 7: Some people have visions of religious figures such as Jesus, Buddha, Mary. Are these figures actually appearing to them? T10-Question 8: How can we determine if psychic information is accurate? T11-Question 9: Earlier you talked about the difference between psychic and spiritual vision. First of all, if we want to develop our psychic abilities such as ESP or clairvoyance and so forth, how can we activate those parts of our brain that you spoke of earlier that we don’t use, that would allow us to have psychic vision? T12-Question 10: Do we need to be afraid of opening ourselves to negative forces? T13-Question 11: And finally, you spoke about the spiritual vision, opening to our souls, our guid-ing ones, to the greater forces of God. Would you give us guidance on how we can go about doing that? |
STUDY GROUP READING #376
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STUDY GROUP #377
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T1- Susan's Note and Ron's Attunement
T2-Question 6: How can we understand and heal feelings of guilt?
T3-Question Six Follow-up: excerpted from Study Group Reading No. 223, July 2005: 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.
T4-Question Seven: How can we work with feelings of loneliness?
T5-Question Eight: How can we understand and heal feelings of jealousy?
T6-Question Nine: How can we understand and heal anger?
T7-Question Ten: It seems like there are times where anger is a natural and justifiable response. For example, if somebody is abusing your child?
T8-Question Eleven: How can we heal the pain of the loss of loved ones?
T9-Question Twelve and Closing: And finally, how can we uncover our hidden recurring patterns that create our emotional pain?
T2-Question 6: How can we understand and heal feelings of guilt?
T3-Question Six Follow-up: excerpted from Study Group Reading No. 223, July 2005: 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.
T4-Question Seven: How can we work with feelings of loneliness?
T5-Question Eight: How can we understand and heal feelings of jealousy?
T6-Question Nine: How can we understand and heal anger?
T7-Question Ten: It seems like there are times where anger is a natural and justifiable response. For example, if somebody is abusing your child?
T8-Question Eleven: How can we heal the pain of the loss of loved ones?
T9-Question Twelve and Closing: And finally, how can we uncover our hidden recurring patterns that create our emotional pain?
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T1-Ron’s Attunement
T-2-The Guides’ Opening T3-Question 1: Before we come into Earth, does our soul have a plan for the type of work we will do; if so, how can we discover what that is? T4-Question 2: Where do creative ideas come from? Do they come from spiritual realms? Are they in the universe, ready to be tapped? How to we tap into the realm of creativity? T5-Question 3: Is there a method that we can use that will help us more consistently tap into that larger creativity that you speak of? T6-Question 4: What can we do inwardly, such as affirmations or visualizations to open the doors to the perfect career or work for us? T7-Question 5: If we feel that our job is meaningless, but we decide that we can't quit, how can we find some value and meaning in that work? T8-Question 6: How can we balance doing what we love to do with what we need to do to make money? |
T9-Question Seven: What about when our work violates our human values, such as someone who must make weapons for a career, but doesn't believe in war?
T10-Question Eight: How can we address the fears that we have about changing jobs and taking necessary risks associated with our careers? T11-Question Nine: In our modern society, both parents in many families find it necessary to work to support the family, leaving others to raise the children. Would you address this issue, please? T12-Question Ten: Another issue of modern society is that of women in business; many women do not have equal pay for equal work and feel unable to move up the corporate ladder because of the men in business. Would you address this issue and the best attitude that women can make in business? T13-Question Eleven: Many people want to make a difference, to have an impact on life; they want to do something important. How can they accomplish that? T14-Question Twelve and Closing: Finally, what specific steps could we take to create a fulfilling career? |
STUDY GROUP #379
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T5-Question 3: What is the larger lesson that we are to learn from all of the complexity that now surrounds sex, including sexually transmitted diseases, promiscuity, pornography, confused male and female roles, and so forth?
T6-Question 4: How can a person decide when the time is right to make a lifetime commitment in a romantic relationship? T7-Question 5: What needs prompt a person who is in a committed relationship to have an affair outside of the relationship? T8-Question 6: Would you give us some general guidelines for resolving conflicts in romantic relationships and committed relationships? |
STUDY GROUP #380
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T5-Question 10: Although many do desire deep loving, committed, romantic relationships, there are many people who live alone these days, many single parents. Can't they find fulfillment in living alone or is a committed relationship, a romantic relationship necessary for a feeling of fulfillment in a life?
T-2-Question 11 and Closing: And, finally, perhaps you could guide us further in the most beneficial steps we can take towards creating a magnificent and fulfilling relationship? |
SEPTEMBER 2018 - Bonus Reading No. 5 for: "The Greatest Mystery of all: You and Your Place in the Universe"
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T7-Question 5: It has been said that money is the root of all evil. How are we to understand this statement?
T8-Question 6: Earlier, you talked about desires. How can we determine if our desires are based upon true needs and true impulses from our soul or simply on superficial transient desires? T9-Question 7: The use of credit in our society has allowed this country and individuals to live in a great deal of indebtedness. What does this reflect about us from a spiritual perspective? T10-Question 8: There is much incredible poverty in this world and much incredible wealth today. What are we to learn from this and what can we do about the poverty? T11-Question 9: Personal power, value, worthiness, and respect are associated with wealth. How can we feel powerful and valuable and worthy when we are not wealthy? T12-Question 10: Work and the pursuit of money takes a great deal of time and energy. How can we have a deeper inner life and experience spiritual realities when we are overshadowed by the need to earn money? T13-Question 11: And finally, would you give us a step-by-step method for creating greater prosperity in our lives and perhaps a visualization that we could use as an adjunct? |
STUDY GROUP #382
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T7-Question 5: When we are ill, is it always beneficial to look for the emotional/mental origin of the illness?
T8-Question 6: What is the effect of the foods we eat on our health and what is the best diet for maximum health? T9-Question 7: What is the importance of physical activity and exercise to maintaining physical health? T10-Question 8: What is the function of sleep as it applies to maintaining physical health? T11-Question 9: What are the effects of meditation, prayer and visualization on maintaining physical health? T12-Question 10: Finally, would you summarize for us the most important attitudes and steps that we can take for maintaining maximum health? |
STUDY GROUP #383
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T7-Question 5: There have been many teachings that say we create our own reality with our minds. Is that true, and if so, how does it work?
T8-Question 6: What happens to the mind and the brain in the case of mental illness? T9-Question 7: What about those who are born with a mental illness? T10-Question 8: When a person is unconscious or in a coma, what is taking place in the mind? T11-Question 9: All minds are not equal in terms of intelligence. There is a wide range between a genius and someone of low intelligence. What is taking place here and what causes this difference? T12-Question 10 and Closing: Finally, science tells us that we only use a small portion of our brain. Why is this and how can we stimulate more of our mental potential throughout our life? |
STUDY GROUP #384
DECEMBER 2018 - Bonus Reading No. 8, Part I for: "The Greatest Mystery of all: You and Your Place in the Universe"
Your Spiritual Path and Inner Guidance, Part I
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T1-Ron's Attunement
T2-The Guides' Opening T3-QandA One: We would like you to help us understand the value of adding a spiritual path to our lives. We would also like to have help in structuring some practical ways to develop our own inner guidance. First of all, would you begin by explaining what a spiritual path is and how it differs from ordinary human experience? T4-QandA Two: At times there appears to be a conflict of interest between our spiritual nature and our physical nature. The spiritual seeker is often viewed as impractical and the person who follows a materialistic path can be considered to be insensitive. How can we bring these apparent opposites into harmony? T5-QandA Three: Sometimes it seems difficult to have a loving spiritual viewpoint when in the physical world in modern times there are so many distractions and things to fear. Would you give us some sample experiences that we share as human beings to help give us build confidence in the greater spiritual good in the world? |
T6-QandA Four: There seem to be many ways for us to express ourselves spiritually. Some involve organized belief systems expressed primarily through various religions and others involve individual practices such as meditation, yoga, diet and so forth. Would you discuss the relative merits of these different approaches?
T7-QandA Five: Would you describe how each of us could more closely benefit from closer contact with our own souls, and explain how this contact might differ in expression from person to person? T8-QandA Six: What are spiritual guides and how do they work with us in our lives? T9-QandA Seven: So does everyone have their own personal guides, and how can we feel or recognize their influence in our daily lives? T10-QandA Eight: Would you describe the realm of existence of spiritual guides and our souls and tell us how that realm is related to our physical world? T11-QandA Nine: How would you define or describe God? |
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