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STUDY GROUP READING #397
JANUARY 2020 -  From the 2018 Spiritual Retreat
"Discovering The Mysteries of The Christ Force"  
             
Readings No. 5 and 6,  from the 2008 Retreat


 T1-Susan's Note and Ron's Attunement:
​We begin the year 2020 by continuing the Readings from the 24th Annual Spiritual Retreat, held in November of 2008 at Serra Retreat Center in Malibu, CA. It was called “Discovering the Mysteries of The Christ Force.”. Following are Readings No. 5 and 6. I have included one question in Reading No. 5 that was not too personal and that I thought would be of interest. We begin with Ron’s attunement.
T2-The Guides' Opening to Reading. No. 5:
T3-Q and A One, Reading No. 5: 
Would you speak about memory loss. It is frustrating and even frightening to forget important things like people’s names, or appointments and so forth. How can we best deal with a declining memory as we age?
​T4-The Guides' Closing, Rdg. No. 5
​​T5-Susan's Note and Ron's Attunement, Reading. 6
T6-The Guides' Opening, Reading #6
​T7-The Guides' Closing, Rdg. No. 6

STUDY GROUP READING #398
FEBRUARY 2020 -  From the 2018 Spiritual Retreat
"Discovering The Mysteries of The Christ Force" 

Reading No. 7,  from the 2008 Retreat
T1-Susan's Note and Ron's Attunement: 
​Following is Reading No. 7 from the 24th Annual Spiritual Retreat, held in November of 2008 at Serra Retreat Center in Malibu, CA. It was called “Discovering the Mysteries of The Christ Force.”. I have included three questions and answers, with the permission of the questioners, that I thought would be of general interest and inspiration. We begin with Ron’s attunement.
T2-The Guides' Opening to Reading. No. 7
T3-Q and A One, Reading No. 7:
I have been practicing the Christ Force attunement for nearly two years and find the experience absolutely wonderful. Would you describe what is happening to my body mind and soul during these attunements? Do I need to make any adjustments to improve their quality, and do the benefits of daily attunements accumulate over time? Finally, how might I encourage and inspire others to at least try the Christ Force attunement? 
​​​​T5-Q and A Three, Reading No. 7: ​
This morning, around 5:00 am, I awakened to an owl hooting in the distance. Again, I was drawn to follow the sound and I found myself walking barefoot out to the point toward the cross and the statue of Father Serra. As I neared, another voice joined in and I realized these were doves, not owls. And as I sat on the grass before the cross, the voice became a chorus surrounding me. I cried and cried, without even knowing why. But I was profoundly moved. I don’t know if in my conscious mind I have even believed in the crucifixion, but the cross really became symbolic of death and resurrection, and this was what was in my mind and heart. As I returned to the building, the cooing stopped and there was silence.
                   As I began writing about my experience, I thought about the correspondences and synchronicities that we humans seem to conjure up so readily. For me they are so often involving animals. And I thought about nature, about the birds, the animals, the trees and plants, all of these living inhabitants of the earth that surely are not here solely as props for our play. And so I am asking, what is nature? Who are these animals and plant spirits who are becoming extinct due to our lack of wisdom? And is it possible for we humans to resurrect these kindred life forms, or to at least stop the devastation as we try to resurrect the love in our own hearts?​
T6-The Guides' Closing, Reading #7

TUDY GROUP READING #399
March 2020 - From the 2018 Spiritual Retreat
"Discovering The Mysteries of The Christ Force" 

Reading No. 8,  from the 2008 Retreat
T1-Susan's Note and Ron's Attunement: 
​Following is Reading No. 8 from the 24th Annual Spiritual Retreat, held in November of 2008 at Serra Retreat Center in Malibu, CA. It was called “Discovering the Mysteries of The Christ Force.”. I have included four questions and answers that I thought would be of general interest and inspiration. We begin with Ron’s attunement.
T2-The Guides' Opening Teaching to Reading. No. 8
T3-Question 1: (female) I would like to focus on the area of establishing a sense of the value of my human self. I would like to increase my capability to see, acknowledge and own how I shine out to others. Please give me some words or a meditation or past life information that I can use to support my efforts of developing new habits to more fully appreciate and value myself and my abilities? ​
T4-Question 2: (female) I retired about a year ago. I thought at that time that I couldn’t wait to retire after 37 years at the same job. I have so many projects that I could send time on. I thought that now I’ll have time to do this project, and then I can accomplish this one, and the list seemed endless of things I now would have time to do. However, it has not worked out that way. I haven’t seemed to accomplish any of the things I intended to do. What is the payoff for me in procrastinating, and what can you say to me that would help me to release procrastination?
T5-Question 3: ​(female) I have three grown children, one who has died. I have done the best I can to help my children in their lives and although they have their struggles, they are good children. Please guide me in doing the best that I can for my remaining two sons before I pass on.
T6-Question 4: During this morning’s attunement, I had an experience of coming close or feeling around the edges of knowing the perfect Christ love from my Palestine lifetime with Jesus. I strongly desire to completely recall and/or experience being perfectly loved. I willingly choose to turn my attention to the perfect love that lies within me. Please help me flesh out the image of me being loved by Jesus in that perfect way, so that I can better consciously spread that love to myself and others​.
​T7-The Guides' Closing Teaching, Reading #8

STUDY GROUP READING #400
APRIL 2020 - From the 2018 Spiritual Retreat
"Discovering The Mysteries of The Christ Force" ​

Readings No. 9 and 10 from the 2008 Retreat
T1-Susan's Note and Ron's Attunement:
​Following are Readings No. 9 and 10 from the 24th Annual Spiritual Retreat, held in November of 2008 at Serra Retreat Center in Malibu, CA. It was called “Discovering the Mysteries of The Christ Force.”. I have included three questions and answers that I thought would be of general interest and inspiration. We begin with Ron’s attunement.
T2-The Guides' Opening Teaching to Reading. No. 9
T3-Question One, Reading No. 9: 
(female) As Ron and the Guides began the opening this morning, I felt the closeness of my guides and a tremendous trust and deeper understanding of the incredible knowledge being given to us. The physical feeling of my guides closeness has not diminished throughout the day. If this is a part of my overactive imagination, then I am very grateful to be feeling so creative. And if this has been a spiritual awareness opening, then I am thankful for this phenomenal opportunity. Either way, I feel very honored and incredibly inspired. Please comment on this for me.


​T4-Question Two, Reading No. 9:  ​
(female) I have been feeling profound gratitude for my relationship and the wonderful life I am living; I feel complete and content, it’s almost too much. I don’t have a specific question, but would appreciate any words about my life in general.
​​T5-Question Three, Reading No. 9: ​
(male) I am working through the emotional blocks of self-protection and selfishness which inhibit my expression and disturb me. Would you please offer some insights into these patterns and how I can change them?
​T6-The Guides' Closing Reading No. 9
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T7-The Guides' Final Closing Teaching, Reading #10:

STUDY GROUP #401
MAY 2020 - POST 9-11
             
Originally Study Group No. 178, Oct. 2001
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​T1-Susan's Note and Ron's Attunement: 
​The following Reading was given at our home shortly after the 9-11 terrorist bombing. It was originally used as Study Group Reading No. 178 in October of 2001. There are many teachings that actually apply to today’s life changing event of COVID-19, the political and personal divisions in the United States, and as always it seems, the strife around the world. The questions were compiled by the participants. We begin with Ron’s attunement.
T2-The Guides' Opening Teaching
T3-Q and A One: 
Our civilization has been attacked. Is it human to want accountability. Is it moral to use all of the force at our disposal to bring the perpetrators to accountability?​
​T4-Q and A Two:  ​
How have 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?​
​T5-Q and A Three: ​
What is the likelihood that the upcoming war on terrorism conducted by the United States will lead to the use of nuclear weapons or biological and chemical warfare against our country?
​T6-​​Q and A Four:
How do we heal, individually and collectively, from these terrorist attacks and still find meaning in our everyday lives, and move forward, while not forgetting the lessons that these events can provide for us?​
T7-Q and A Five: ​:  ​
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?
T8-Q and A Six and Closing: ​:  
Would you specifically give us ways to bridge the gap between two cultures that have evolved into diametrically opposed extremes​?


​STUDY GROUP #402
JUNE 2020- From The 1997 Annual Retreat,  "The Path of Love"
Reading No.1 from the 1997 Retreat 

​T1-Susan's note and Ron's Attunement: 02:18 min Following is Reading No. 1, the opening teaching from the Annual Spiritual Retreat, held in November of 1997 at Serra Retreat Center in Malibu, CA. It was called “The Path of Love.”
T2-Reading No. 1: The Guides' Opening Teaching for 1997 Retreat
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STUDY GROUP #403
JULY 2020 - ​From The 1997 Annual Retreat,  "The Path of Love"
Reading No. 2 from the 1997 Retreat
​T1-Susan's note and Ron's Attunement: Following is Reading No. 2 from the Annual Spiritual Retreat, held in November of 1997 at Serra Retreat Center in Malibu, CA. It was called “The Path of Love.”. I have included personal questions and answers that I thought would be of general interest and inspiration. We begin with Ron’s attunement.
T2-Reading No. 1: The Guides' Opening Teaching for the 1997 Retreat 
T3-Q and A One (female), Reading No. 2: 
​​I’m wondering about what money has to do with life. I’ve always viewed money as something to be disdained. I’ve always had enough to survive but no more. I have no respect for money, and I’m not sure I should have. Please talk to me about money in my life and the meaning of money to Spirit.
T4-Q and A Two (male), Reading No. 2: ​
Over much of my life, I’ve had a real resentment for existing, of wishing I’d never been born. I tend to resent spiritual advice and teachings that tell me that I am my soul and that I chose this life. I could believe that my soul chose this life, but not that I personally had chosen it. I’ve never felt connected to my soul, and the Guides have told me that I need to know that I am my soul and that I chose this life in order to progress spiritually to greater understanding and so on. How can I know or believe that this is the case, that I am my soul and that I chose this life?  How can I convince myself of this?​


T5-Q and A Three (female), Reading No. 2: 
​​I need help getting over my childhood. I continue to feel intense hatred for both my mother and my father and I continue to feel that my personality is distorted by the experience of my childhood and that it affects my ability to have friends. How do I get this hatred and grief of my mother and my father out of my body, my personality, my cellular being?  I would like to completely and totally heal this. Are there things I should know about these relationships that might help me?
T6- Q and A Four (male), Reading No. 2: 
​ I have a very strong connection to my animals, a great love for canines in particular and wolves, and I’m wondering if it’s possible that that connection is, in a way, an avoidance of intimacy with human beings and a continuation of a fear and being able to open my same kind of love for human beings. Could you share with me in that area so I can have clarity.​​
T7-The Guides' Closing, Reading No. 2


STUDY GROUP #404
AUGUST 2020 - From The 1997 Annual Retreat,  "The Path of Love"
Readings No. 3 and 4 from the 1997 Retreat 

​Study Group Reading No. 404 consists of the Opening of Retreat Reading No. 3 and the full Reading of Reading No. 4. Following is Reading No. 3 from the Annual Spiritual Retreat, The Path of Love, held in November of 1997 at Serra Retreat Center in Malibu, CA. 
T1-Susan's note and Ron's Attunement: 
T2-The Guides' Opening Teaching, Reading No. 3: 
​Unfortunately the rest of  Reading No. 3, which was transferred from cassette to CD to .mp3, had so much crosstalk on it that it is very annoying to listen to. (crosstalk is where the sound on one side of the tape bleeds into the other side) Consequently, I am including the complete transcription , including questions and the closing, but not the audio recording of the remainder of Retreat Reading Number 3.​


​T3-Ron's Attunement, Reading No. 4
T4-The Guides' Opening Teaching, Reading No. 4
T5-Question One (female), Rdg. 4:  ​​I have been told by a psychic previously that this was a transitional life for me, that I had a lot of karmic debt to pay back, and that I was going to be given a lot of time in which to do it. I am a wife, mother, doctor, and supervisor. I have always been very analytical and introspective about all aspects of my life. Although I love my children with the depth of my soul, I question constantly whether I have made the right decisions in my marriage and my career to accomplish my life’s work. Due to the tremendous amount of responsibility that I have, I feel that I cannot change my current path. What are the foremost issues from my past lives that I need to know so that I can be sure to work on them in this life?
T5-Question Two (female) Rdg. 4: At the Retreat I have felt the bonds of love that connect me with the ones in this grouping and with the God force. I have felt the oneness, have felt the onion loosen around the human relationship area. Now that the onion has loosened, how can I keep it from tightening back up upon returning home, retreating to the old habits out of protection from the fear of pain, fear of confrontation, fear of rejection?  What can you tell me to help me deal with these fears?
T6-Question Three (male) Rdg. 4: I don’t want to expose my weaknesses. I have a great difficulty with my feeling and emotions, but I continually find myself or put myself in situations that offer this type of exposure, where I might be embarrassed, ridiculed, made fun of in business, public speaking, entertainment, things of that nature. I don’t want to make mistakes, but even while I’m doing it or after I do it -- and I want to be very successful at this. I usually get through all of these things, but there is so much worry that goes along with it, and I guess I’d like to know where this comes from, and is there 
T7-The Guides' Closing, Rdg. 4

STUDY GROUP #405
SEPTEMBER 2020 - From The 1997 Annual Retreat,  "The Path of Love"

Reading No. 5 from the 1997 Retreat
​T1-Susan's note and Ron's Attunement, Reading No. 5:
T2-The Guides' Opening Teaching, Reading No. 5:
T-Question One (female), Reading No. 5: There are times when I am filled with feelings of having been abandoned, of great despair and loneliness. There is a situation in my relationship with my husband which repeatedly magnifies these feelings. I have thoughts of not wanting to continue to live on earth any longer but do not want to cause pain to my beloved ones. Is this a physical manifestation of past themes, either of my childhood of this lifetime, or in past, a chemical imbalance of this body, to be continued to be treated with medications?  How do I learn to love and accept myself?
T4-Question Two (male), Reading No. 5: I feel like I have a wall set up around me. I am not able to let love in or send it out. I have sat in a room with 17 other people for two days who have let the Guides in, but I have not been able to feel it. This wall’s been in place for some time, and I would like to know how I can get through it. It is easy to say, “Let it go and let it down,” but I think there will have to be something more powerful than just those words to move me.​
​T6-Question Three (female) Rdg. 5:I have had my share of personal trauma in this lifetime, starting with being born of alcoholic parents through the near death of a daughter, the long term care of my mother-in-law, and the protracted illness and death of my husband, among other things. I recently left long term friendships and a busy life to move to be close to my daughter in my older age. It seems I’m in a “just-be” mode right now. I do value my quiet time, but sometimes I wonder what my purpose is here on earth with the time I have left. Are there issues I should be working on, as I am experiencing some loneliness and sadness at times?
T6-The Guides' Closing, Reading No. 5:

STUDY GROUP #406
OCTOBER 2020 - From The 1997 Annual Retreat,  "The Path of Love"

Reading No. 6 from the 1997 Retreat
​T1-Susan's note and Ron's Attunement, Reading No. 6: Following is Reading No. 6 from the Annual Spiritual Retreat, The Path of Love, (which we are using for SG Reading No. 406) This Retreat was held in November of 1997 at Serra Retreat Center in Malibu, CA. I have included 4 personal questions. We begin with Ron’s attunement:
T2-The Guides' Opening Teaching, Reading No. 6
T3-Question One (female), Reading No. 6: ​I am currently living a rather simple life. I deeply love my husband and children, but I wish to go even deeper. I feel that this now is my major purpose, to open to the circles of goodness and love that surround me, and also to feel how important my love is to others. I also feel that, for me, this is a pathway to actually learn how to experience the spiritual realms more deeply, which I would like to do on a very regular daily basis.  I would like some guidance on whether I am accurately perceiving the purpose of my life and if there are some other purposes that I’m not aware of.
T4-Question Two (female), Reading No. 6: ​​​​At this time my creative expression feels trapped and stagnant, and at times I feel ashamed that there’s no movement. I’ve lived in the same house for the past 10 years, and I’ve been in the same type of job field for at least 7 years, I have no sexual partner at this time. I feel kind of limited and small. I have a great desire to give and to use myself fully and to really just let go completely, to be utilized as best I can, and I want to know how to move forward in my life’s purpose and know what’s blocking me from having this expression.

T5-Question Three (female), Reading No. 6: ​​I am married to my high school sweetheart who I re-met at our 20-year high school reunion. At the time we were both in the process of ending our current marriages. We’ve had a tremendous connection for over 33 years now, but now, after 8 years of marriage,  we’re experiencing some tremendous difficulties, pain, mistrust, along with tremendous highs and lows with very little in between. When it’s good, it’s incredible, and when it’s bad, it’s horrible. We love each other very much, but we question staying together at this point in time. Would you give me a deeper understanding of our relationship and why we’ve been together all these many years.​
T6-Question Four (male), Reading No. 6: I’m looking for clarity and guidance on how to balance my enthusiasm and intensity and in some cases sheer desire to help uplift or teach others and help with their particular needs at the moment, with recognizing that maybe they don’t need to be taught but just to be listened to and understood. Many times I sense I’m kind of like a bull in a china shop or I’m driving a nail with a sledgehammer, and it just -- it feels like it’s just this over-intensity, this overkill, and I was wondering if you can -- if you could help me with some method to make that adjustment, to get in balance with my desire to help and their actual needs of the moment​
​T7-The Guides' Closing, Reading No. 6


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STUDY GROUP #407
NOVEMBER 2020 - From The 1997 Annual Retreat,  "The Path of Love"

Reading No. 7 from the 1997 Retreat
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​​T1-Susan's note and Ron's Attunement, Reading No. 7: 02:16 min 
​Following is Reading No. 7 from the Annual Spiritual Retreat, The Path of Love, (which we are using for SG Reading No. 407) This Retreat was held in November of 1997 at Serra Retreat Center in Malibu, CA. I have included 4 personal questions. We begin with Ron’s attunement:
T2-The Guides' Opening Teaching, Reading No. 7:
T-Q and A One (female), Reading No. 7:  10:44 min
I have been married for 17 years, and we have a stable but rather blah marriage. I long for passion, fullness and depth. At various points throughout the years, we have tried to work on the relationship, but we don’t seem to be able to sustain the depth and the changes in the face of everyday life. Why am I so resistant to continue to try in this process?  Why do I feel like I need to do it all myself?

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T4-Q and A Two (male), Reading No. 7:  08:24 min
​I have a lot of blessings in my life to be thankful for, but there’s always been an underlying feeling of there being something very horrible under the surface of life, that despite any spiritual experiences I might have,  the feeling of the underlying horror of the general human condition, my human condition, remains. Some psychics have told me similar things, that the basic feeling of my inner self is that I never wanted to be here and I want to go home in the sense of go back into the spiritual existence. How much truth is there to these claims?
​T5-Q and A Three (female), Reading No. 7: 05:58 min
I have a problem with the religion practiced by my daughter. She is very rigid, and not tolerant of anything out of her belief system. She is appalled if I ever bring up reincarnation and believes that we can only be saved through Jesus. I believe that no one religion has a corner on God. My daughter is truly concerned about me being saved, out of love and concern. How can I presume my own belief and communicate with her so that we can have mutual tolerance for each other’s religious views and values?​
T6-Q and A Four (female), Reading No. 7: 07:06 min
I’ve had a number of experiences, while growing up and then in my adulthood, of spirits coming to me in the night. Some were terrifying and others were not. They included my deceased father coming to me and also animals that have died. Would you help me understand what all this means?
​T7-The Guides' Closing, Reading No. 7

STUDY GROUP #408
DECEMBER 2020 - From The 1997 Annual Retreat,  "The Path of Love"

Reading No. 8 from the 1997 Retreat

​​T1-Susan's note and Ron's Attunement, Reading No. 8: ​Following is Reading No. 8 from the Annual Spiritual Retreat, The Path of Love, (which we are using for SG Reading No. 408) This Retreat was held in November of 1997 at Serra Retreat Center in Malibu, CA. I have included 4 personal questions. We begin with Ron’s attunement.
T2-The Guides' Opening Teaching, Reading No. 8
T-Q and A One (female), Reading No. 8: I have been married for 17 years, and we have a stable but rather blah marriage. I long for passion, fullness and depth. At various points throughout the years, we have tried to work on the relationship, but we don’t seem to be able to sustain the depth and the changes in the face of everyday life. Why am I so resistant to continue to try in this process?  Why do I feel like I need to do it all myself?
T4-Q and A Two (male), Reading No. 8: ​I have a lot of blessings in my life to be thankful for, but there’s always been an underlying feeling of there being something very horrible under the surface of life, that despite any spiritual experiences I might have,  the feeling of the underlying horror of the general human condition, my human condition, remains. Some psychics have told me similar things, that the basic feeling of my inner self is that I never wanted to be here and I want to go home in the sense of go back into the spiritual existence. How much truth is there to these claims?
T5-Q and A Three (female), Reading No. 8: I have a problem with the religion practiced by my daughter. She is very rigid, and not tolerant of anything out of her belief system. She is appalled if I ever bring up reincarnation and believes that we can only be saved through Jesus. I believe that no one religion has a corner on God. My daughter is truly concerned about me being saved, out of love and concern. How can I presume my own belief and communicate with her so that we can have mutual tolerance for each other’s religious views and values?​
T6-Q and A Four (female), Reading No. 8: I’ve had a number of experiences, while growing up and then in my adulthood, of spirits coming to me in the night. Some were terrifying and others were not. They included my deceased father coming to me and also animals that have died. Would you help me understand what all this means?
T7-The Guides' Closing, Reading No. 8


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