Hierophant Knowledge: The 'Real' Ten Commandments. The Laws of Spirit. Dan Millman

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Hierophant Knowledge: The 'Real' Ten Commandments. The Laws of Spirit. Dan Millman

Dan Millman. The Life You Were Born to Live

The Spiritual Laws

The Laws of Spirit

Laws that Change Lives.

"The world is not to be put in order; the world is order, incarnate. It is for us to harmonise with this order." Henry Miller

"You just give folks a key and they can open their own locks." Robert R McCammon.

Human laws form a basis of social agreement and social order, but human laws are only pale reflections of a higher order or laws sewn into the fabric of existence. These laws govern the movement of the earth, the cycle of seasons, the forces of nature and the structure of the atom itself. Nature didn't make these laws; nature only reveals and demonstrates them. The great laws existed before humanity, before nature.

Even the cyclone, the tidal wave, the hurricane and the raging fire - forces that lay waste to the highest human enterprise - must work under the dominion of these great laws. Whether we call them NATURAL LAWS, SPIRITUAL LAWS or simply HIGHER LAWS, we cannot seem to alter them. They humble and inspire those who search for order within chaos, as they point to a greater power and mystery at the source of existence. To their music, even the galaxies dance.

The natural world revealed these laws to us. The cycles of the seasons, clouds riding the wind, the currents of the river and the powers of wind and sea - all teach us how to live by revealing the natural way of life. In this book, I refer to these overriding laws as SPIRITUAL LAWS or LAWS OF SPIRIT.

When adapted and applied to the human realm, these laws of Spirit become guiding principles that we can use to steer us through the shallows and reefs of life the way the stars and compass guided ancient mariners on their course. Constant as the movement of the planets, they apply not only to the mechanics of nature, but to the human psyche as well. For example, by observing a tree bending in a high wind and observing that only the rigid branches break, we learn from the tree and wind the secret of yielding and the power of flexibility, or non resistance.

Jesus, Muhammad, Buddha, Lao-tzu and other illuminated teachers have taught spiritual laws and principles through the use of parables and metaphors about the natural world that also apply to the human social world. For example, the Laws of Harvest teach that seeds only reproduce their own kind; that what we sow, we reap; and that a seed dies when it stops growing. Any process of growth follows the way of the seed; In order to grow, the seed needs good soil; it takes time to grow into maturity; and it bears fruit of the same kind and quality as itself. When we gather the harvest, we need to save at least ten percent for the next planting. We have to end one cycle to begin another; all seeds grow and change, and eventually die, to be ploughed under for a fresh planting.

Of course, the Laws of Harvest relate to more than farming; they illuminate our lives and the laws the govern us. As with seeds and cycles, so with human beings and all the beings of creation.

Ultimately, all spiritual laws reveal themselves as needed - not necessarily in words, but rather through our deepest feelings, through the intuitive wisdom of our hearts. Our bodies, when free of external programming and interference, abide naturally within these laws, which are communicated through our instincts and subtle intuitive feelings. All we have to do is to pay attention to and trust our inner knower.

The mind or ego, our isolated sense of separate self, resists the flow of the current of life.

When we align our lives - our habits of diet, exercise, work and sexuality - with spiritual laws, challenges remain, but we can approach them without struggle, with arms open wide, like peaceful warriors embracing the moment, ready to dance.

Spiritual laws have very little to do with cultural concepts of right or wrong, good or bad; for example, if i climb a mountain but ignore the law of gravity, this doesn't make me a 'bad person'; it just makes me either stupid or ignorant - and quite possibly dead. Sooner or later, one way or the other, the challenges and consequences of daily life teach us about cause and effect, action and reaction; we come to respect the powers of nature and to appreciate the inherent justice of spiritual law.

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Spiritual Laws and the Paths of Life

The number of laws that govern the universe may approach infinity; the number of laws humans have already discovered and formulated are legion. This book outlines the laws most relevant to the birth numbers and life paths described in Part 3. 

Spiritual laws apply consistently to all of our lives. However, because of the individual qualities and issues of each life path, certain laws most benefit those working specific birth numbers. The transformative power of this material resides in working with the laws most relevant to fulfilling our individual destinies.

Archimedes said 'Give me a long enough lever and I can move the Earth'. The laws and principles presented here act as levers to help us move toward the most positive expression of our life path. The degree to which we apply the laws central to our individual birth number can make a day-or-night difference in the quality of our experience and the course of our life.

Specific issues in a variety of areas, such as health, relationships, and careers, rise and fall over time.

Although such issues come and go, the laws related to our life path remain relevant, five, ten or twenty years from now and for the rest of our life. These laws apply not only to issues presently demanding our attention, but to any and all issues that may appear. The Laws of Spirit can not only heal the symptoms of discontent; they also heal and balance the tendencies, drives and fears that compose the source of our difficulties, whether manifesting as our 'relationship problems', our 'health problems' or whatever else arises.

As we align ourselves with the laws most relevant to our life path, we can, over time, work through our core issues with greater refinement, grace and ease. These laws can help transform ANY issue in our life, because they dig beneath the surface to the roots, helping us transform ourselves at the source rather than merely struggling with the symptoms.

How to apply the Laws in Daily Life

Even the highest laws, principles and wisdom can help us only if we remember to APPLY them - to use them as a guide for changing our perspectives and our actions. If we wanted to learn how to dive off the high board and someone reminded us, 'Stretch for the water', that guidance might save us some belly flops and help us to perform more gracefully. But what do we do with this information? We certainly don't have to think about 'stretching for the water' while brushing our teeth or going shopping. We only need to access and apply this information when we leave the diving board and plummet toward the water. We can apply any useful guidance by remembering and then then doing, by turning information into action. As we apply useful guidance in the moments when it is most needed, the quality of these moments gets better and better.

In the same way, we can apply spiritual laws in the moments when they are most timely and needed. The key to the power of a Law lies not just in knowing it, but in applying it. We can tell we're truly applying the laws when our actions, feelings or perspectives change. The exercises that accompany each Law are a good first step.

I encourage readers to study all of the Higher Laws and principles they can in this book and wherever they find them. Although only some of the Laws that follow are most relevant to the fulfilment of each life path, all of the laws can serve a useful purpose because of our common humanity.

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The Law of Discipline

"Discipline is the surest means to greater freedom and independence; it provides the focus to achieve the skill level and depth of knowledge that translates into more options in life." 

"Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly". Julie Andrews

Those of us who value freedom, self-sufficiency and independence, tend to enjoy a wide range of experiences and to touch down lightly in many fields of endeavour. We often have issues with and resistance to repetitive or routine tasks.

We may see discipline and freedom as opposites if we perceive discipline as limiting our options or forcing ourselves to do something we don't really feel like doing, such as daily exercise or skipping desserts - the sort of thing that requires will and commitment to accomplish. Freedom, on the other hand, implies a lack of boundaries or restriction, keeping our options open and remaining spontaneous.

The Law of Discipline points to a paradox. While freedom is our transcendent birthright, it must be earned in this world; discipline remains the key to freedom and independence. This principle applies to both inner freedom and outer freedom.

Although our outer life may appear to include many freedoms, we are not free inside; many of us feel enslaved to a whirling, churning, runaway mind, full of desires, worries and negative images. The focus and discipline of inner practises, such as meditation, exploring our beliefs and other insight work, can generate a sense of inner freedom and inner peace - breaking the chains of the mind.

Outer freedom expands as a result of disciplined effort over time; such freedoms may include the financial freedom associated with excellence in any field, greater mobility, the ability to travel; the freedom that comes with a strong, healthy body; the social freedom, self-respect and satisfaction that come from disciplined labour; and in general, having more options in life.

Freedom involves more than the ability to experience many things; what we gain in breadth, we may lost in depth. But if we focus our energies and persist through boredom, we don't just go INTO experience, we go THROUGH it; in the process, we learn far more about ourselves and our capacities than if we treat our lives as a sampler course.

Discipline is a habit of doing just a little more, going just a little deeper, staying with something, pushing through it. Discipline recognises that boredom means we're just starting 'to get it'.

An example from my own experience may help bring this point home: During my college years at Berkeley, I practised gymnastics nearly four hours each day, six days a week. I trained whether I happened to feel like it or not. Every school day of my college career, I knew where I would be between the hours of two o'clock and six o'clock each afternoon. I was in the gym while most other students were talking in the student union, going for walks in the Berkeley hills, visiting San Francisco, catching a move, playing pool or cards, socialising, working part-time or studying.

I had to organise my time and cut away whatever I considered nonessential. that discipline brought me many freedoms; trips across the United States, to Europe and around the world as an athlete; appointments to coach at Stanford University and later to teach at Oberlin College. NOW I can visit San Francisco, catch a movie, or socialise. THEN I applied the discipline that brought me excellence and generated a great deal more freedom down the line.

The Law of Discipline teaches us to SET PRIORITIES and focus on one thing at a time until we get it right - focusing on the activities we need to do now and setting aside what we can do later.

Commitment involves discipline over time. Sprawling between us and our goals in life, we often encounter a kind of swamp rather than a red carpet. That swamp represents the necessary preparation, whether it's schooling that feels only partly relevant to our life, the detail and sometimes drudgery to get a professional degree, or the sacrifices of time and energy we have to make, maybe while raising children, when we could just kick back and enjoy more leisure time instead. The secret to getting through the swamp is having a goal that inspires us - a goal that fills us with a sense of purpose. The goal needs to be specific. For example, just 'making good money' isn't enough; we need to visualise what that money will buy, the pleasure it will bring us and maybe how we'll be able to help out some people we care about. When we find a goal that shines brightly enough for us, it shines like a beacon that draws us through the swamp, reminding us what's waiting at the other end.

Discipline and commitment provide the bridge between here and our goals. When we feel discipline falter, we might ask ourselves, 'What do I want to look back on?' We may be able to postpone discipline in our lives, but in the end we can't avoid it. Sooner or later, if we want to get anywhere or do anything in depth, we have to practise self discipline.

The following exercises can help you achieve alignment with the Law of Discipline through direct experience and application.

Experiencing Discipline

1. Imagine yourself on some fairly solid ground but in a place you don't care to stay anymore; you feel the urge to move, to go forward, to expand into greater freedom and independence. In the distance, perhaps nearby or maybe so faraway you can barely see it, shines a bright beacon, a gold light that represents a way for you to achieve a greater sense of freedom in your life.

2. Now imagine that between you and that freedom stretches a swamp. It's 'the in-between' place; it appears dark and uninviting, it may have unseen risks, and it's going to take time and energy to pas through the murky water and twisting vines. You may meet discouragement and confusion on the way. You may get sidetracked, temporarily losing sight of the goal; and you may even forget why you started and feel tempted to give up, to lower your sights or to just forget it.

3. Now consider that if you desire to reach that other shore of expanded opportunities is strong enough - if the beacon shines brightly enough for you - it will lead you forward through the swamp between here and there; THAT BRIGHT IMAGE WILL HELP TO GENERATE THE ENERGY TO DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO, OVER TIME, TO MAKE YOUR GOAL A REALITY. That's the key to your journey - the key to discipline.

Applying the Law of Discipline

1. Do you feel a desire for greater freedom and independence in your life? If you do, what specifically is it that you want? What will bring you more options, more fun and more freedom in life?

2. Recognise that dramatic or heroic gestures, such as extreme effort for a brief time, don't usually avail in terms of long-term goals. Decide whether you are willing to follow the path from here to where you want to go.

3. Write down or consider all of the positives and all of the negatives you can think of around what you want to do - whether it's breaking an old habit (the Law of Patterns), going back to school, getting a second job, completing a project, or another task that represents a bridge between you and greater freedom and independence.

4. Looking at the list you've written or considered, decide whether the effort will be worthwhile. If you're not sure, or if your goal is something you think you 'should' do, re-examine your priorities and values. If you feel excited by the possibility, if your goal stirs your imagination, then all you need to decide is when to begin.

5. if you're already in an ongoing process that requires discipline, remember what you're doing it for, whom you're doing it for and why you're doing it. Pretend you have already reached your goal. What does it feel like? What are you doing? Let your image carry you through.

The Law of Balance

"Balance applies to us on cosmic, biological and personal levels - to our body, mind and emotions - reminding us that anything we do, we can overdo or under do, and that if our internal pendulum swings to one side, it will inevitably swing to the other." 

"When you make the two one, and when you make the outside like the inside, and above like below; when you make the male and female as one, then you will enter the kingdom of God". Gospel of Thomas.

If gravity is the glue that holds the universe together, balance is the key that unlocks its secrets. All things exist in a state of balance: high and low, in and out, hot and cold, fast and slow, loud and soft, the interplay of opposites. Between the polarities rests a balance point, a centre.

Quite unconsciously, while we eat, sleep, work and move about our daily affairs, our subconscious works through our autonomic nervous system, our endocrine and hormonal systems and our circulatory system to maintain a delicate balance of temperature and blood chemistry, which, if drastically altered, ends our life. Not only does our survival depend upon balance, so does the quality of our life and the state of our psyche.

The Earth itself, functioning like a single, living organism on whose surface we humans are but cells and the oceans and winds the circulatory system, also exists in a state of balance - one we are all too close to throwing out of equilibrium. In a sense, the global ecological drama we currently face reflects what goes on in our individual life as we mature and learn about our own unique states of balance.

Although our subconscious is largely responsible for internal physiological balance, our conscious self bears responsibility for our lifestyle and actions. Thus, the Law of Balance is intimately connected to the Law of Choices and the Law of Responsibility which addresses the balance between over co-operation and under co-operation and demonstrates how achieving balance in even one area of our life can make a significant difference in our effectiveness.

Within our psyches live archetypes and values of the puritan and the hedonist, the believer and the sceptic, the social butterfly and the lone wolf, the superior and the inferior, and other dualities that account for contradiction and turmoil within our minds. To achieve balance - physical, emotional, mental and spiritual - has been a goal of many global traditions of human potential work.

Sages from every culture, from Chinese Taoists to Essene rabbis, from Christians to Muslims, have advocated the middle way, the golden mean, the strait-and-narrow path. Even in the world of nature, most humans thrive by avoiding the extremes of desert heat and Arctic cold, finding our lives more comfortable in the temperate zones.

Literature, especially children’s stories, reveals themes of finding balance; in Western culture, the story of GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS expresses this archetype as Goldilocks chooses the chair that's neither too large nor too small, the porridge that's neither too hot nor too cold, and the bed that's neither too hard nor too soft, but 'just right'.

Balance, however, does not always depend on avoiding the extremes; balance also embraces the ability to explore the extremes at times, paying equal attention to both sides to keep the pendulum in balance.

For example, sometimes we may want to play the hedonist, staying up late and celebrating, indulging our senses; other times, we may express a more puritan or Spartan disposition, eating well and exercising. Sometimes we 'overwork'; other times we 'over-rest'. Over time, we remain in balance as long a we work BOTH sides equally and return to centre.

However, extremes create stress and eventually require a swing in the opposite direction. A measure of our awareness and wisdom is whether our lives and actions centre around the middle way. An automobile driven moderately each day, lasts longer than a car left idle for weeks and then raced for weeks; just so, balance is key to a long and healthy life.

What constitutes balance differs somewhat for each of us, due to our different temperaments, dispositions and constitutions. Some people, for example, tolerate and thrive on more exercise than othes; even our own needs change over time. Each of us needs to find our own middle ground, defined by our unique physical and psychological qualities and needs, not by someone else's values. How much to exercise? How many orgasms to have per week or per month or per year? How much to eat? All of these questions may have statistical averages, but the only true answer can be, "Whatever works best for you."

The specific life issues each of us needs to balance, depend in large part upon our birth number, our overall life path and our primary life purpose:

Many of us find our balance point by testing our limits and exploring the extremes on either side, then learning from the consequences. Although this isn't the easiest path, it may be the most common one. All the good advice in the world hasn't changed this pendulum method. The advice and experience of others may not apply to us. Sometimes we need to find out for ourselves; experience may not always provide the easiest way to learn, but it seems to be one of the surest.

The Law of Balance reminds us to look carefully at the areas that may be out of balance in our own life.

Whether we are male or female, do we balance the masculine and feminine sides of ourselves? Do we balance work and family, as well as taking care of ourselves and taking care of others?

Considering our life in light of this law helps us see ourselves with better perspective, make appropriate adjustments and find a deeper sense of health, harmony and inner peace.

Giving and Receiving

"Although we often give goods, favours, appreciation or attention in order to receive something in return, the universe reminds us that whatever we feel we most need, is what we most need to give."

One special application of the Law of Balance applies to those of us who feel so emotionally needy that we want to receive nurturance without necessarily having to give any back. All of us have emotional needs and consciously or unconsciously look for ways to get more love, appreciation and understanding.

But actions based on the desire to receive without giving - using indirect means we learned in childhood to get what we want - don't work over time.

This corollary to the Law of Balance states that WE RECEIVE THAT WHICH WE GIVE. Most of us are familiar with this theme, but how many of us practise it? We may give, but whether we are fully aware of it or not, we usually attach strings or expectations. We spend money, we act kindly, we pay compliments, all so something will come back to us.

There is certainly nothing 'wrong' with this, except that events don't always unfold the way we had hoped; conditional giving has a hook-like energy that curtails higher energy or repels the desired results.

The secret of giving and receiving is that whatever we feel we need is really a message from our deeper self telling us WHAT WE MOST NEED TO GIVE.

Balance, the heart of ancient Taoist wisdom, is so critical to our lives that it forms a template for much

of what we call 'spiritual development' or 'personal growth'. Applying this law is not easy, but the efforts are always worthwhile and can help us master ourselves and our life.

The following exercises can help you achieve alignment with the Law of Balance through direct experience and application.

Experiencing Balance

In your own life, how do you explore both sides to find the middle? Try this simple exercise;

1. Set a wastepaper basket in the centre of the room. Sit or stand about five feet away with some balls made of crumpled paper or other small objects to toss into the basket. Keep careful track of where each object lands as you aim for the basket.

For every toss that goes too long, deliberately make the next one too short.

For every toss that goes too far left, make the next one too far right.

2. Notice how this process helps you to find centre.

Applying the Law of Balance

1. Consider how you can apply the Law of Balance through working both sides. Ask the following questions

Do I talk very rapidly or loudly?

Experiment by talking very slowly or quietly.

Do I eat too quickly?

Experiment by eating 'too slowly'.

Do I often feel muscular tension?

Experiment by becoming 'too relaxed'.

2. Ask someone who knows you well the following questions;

Do I work too much or too little?

Do I act too rigid or too sensitive?

Do I act too dependent or too independent?

Do I act overconfident or under-confident?

Do I act uptight or self-indulgent?

Do I seem more inclined to give or to receive?

3. If you think that person's view has some merit, pointing to an area of imbalance, how might you bring that area back into balance? How might you 'work the other side?' 

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The Law of Responsibility

"Once we establish the limits and boundaries of our responsibility, we can take full charge of that which is our duty and let go of that which is not; in doing so, we find more enjoyment supporting others, as we create more harmonious co-operative relationships."

"For peace of mind, we need to resign as general manager of the universe". Larry Eisenberg.

"United we stand, divided we fall. Many hands make light work. No one is smarter than all of us." the principle has been stated many ways, but each statement expresses the same sentiment: Working together, we can accomplish tasks that would be difficult or impossible without co-operative effort - for example building a skyscraper or staging a play.

In every endeavour in which people work together at different levels of responsibility, some people may have more visibility, but they are supported by other people without whom their efforts would be unproductive. What would the rock star do without the sound technicians? Could the corporate president or head of the board run a company without efficient secretaries? When achievers rise in politics or industry, they are supported by others who form the foundation of their enterprise.

Families, corporations or empires rise or fall, based upon the quality and level of co-operation and responsiblity within their boundaries. At the individual level, our own effective functioning as human beings depends in large part on our INTERNAL STATES of co-operation.

Before we can help others, we have to help ourselves - to put our internal house in order - and reconcile our conflicting sub-personalities; those identities, beliefs, values and ideas that seem to oppose one another or sit on different sides of the fence. We may even need to facilitate active co-operation between the right and left hemispheres of our brain. Before we can find harmony, we have to notice what is out of harmony - the either/or, yes/no, I should/shouldn't dichotomies that result in confusion since every decision involves pros and cons. A variety of approaches exist to harmonising our 'parts', such as sub-personality work, Voice Dialogue, Neuro-linguisitic Programming, alchemical hypnotherapy and other educational methods that help integrate both hemispheres of the brain.

In our relationships with ourselves, with other people, and with our own circumstances, we need to discover our point of balance, define and delineate the limits and boundaries of our appropriate level of responsibility, and recognise that our values, needs and priorities may rightfully be very different from our parents', siblings, spouses or other peoples'.

Those of us who feel a strong drive to support, serve and assist others, can, in our need to give, sometimes over co-operate to an extent that debilitates both us and those we serve. In extreme cases, this tendency to over-help degenerates into CO-DEPENDENCY, where we lose ourselves in obsessive focus on others people’s lives, pouring out without receiving in return. Co-dependents assume responsibility for other people’s lives far beyond the normal duties of parents or friends or employees.

They base their value, self-worth and even their identities on their ability to help other people, always (rather than sometimes) focusing on others needs before their own, a form of playing doormat or even slave.

The over co-operation that lies at the core of co-dependency involves a distorted or exaggerated sense of responsibility, leading us to try to 'fix' others mistakes rather than allowing them to learn from the consequences of their own behaviours.

If we over co-operate with other people, they will rarely complain about it. We rarely hear others say "You're just too easygoing!" However, we will soon discover that when the pendulum of our psyche swings too much into over co-operation, eventually it swings back the other way, into under co-operation. This shift may take a few days, weeks, months or even years, but sooner or later, it happens.

In the case of under co-operation, we either go into complete resistance or resentment or we continue 'doing things' for other people while withdrawing emotionally. Unless corrected, this can lead the death of a relationship.

Happily, relationships suffering from traumatic or chronic co-operation issues can be saved, or, in some cases, resurrected. The 'miracle' involves finding a new balance between giving and receiving - establishing a mutually supportive relationship. Open communication can lead to a more equal sharing of responsibility, lifting the psychological burden from the shoulders of those with co-dependent tendencies. The major responsibility for establishing a new balance, however, rests with those who have such tendencies.

Responsibility in itself seems a desirable attribute, but those of us who feel overly responsible - who feel compelled to over-help - need to shift our attitude and actions and find our balance point in order to achieve a state of true co-operation and balanced responsibility.

The most powerful form of co-operation and support may sometimes mean encouraging and empowering other people to do things for themselves. The best assistance often includes making the right demands.

The Law of Responsibility serves as an essential reminder of the value and ultimate necessity of finding, respecting and working within our own comfort zone. While we're all here to stretch our comfort zone, we're not here to ignore it. This law reminds us to respect our internal values and to find our own point of balance.

Let's take the example of Rosalyn and Tanya, each mother of two young children. Both Rosalyn and
Tanya were formerly advertising executives who commuted daily to work in San Francisco. Rosalyn decided to stay home with her children, putting her downtown career on hold; Tanya on the other hand, continued working downtown and found a good nanny to take care of her children while she was at work. Rosalyn and Tanya made different choices. The issue here is that neither woman chose what she most deeply wanted to do; instead, each chose what she felt she was 'supposed to do'.

Rosalyn felt frustrated at home, but she believed that she had to remain with her children all day to be a 'good mother'. Tanya hated leaving her children every day, but she wanted to be a 'modern woman' with 'equal opportunities', not 'tied to the home' the way she felt her own mother had been.

Both women were, in a sense, over co-operating with someone else's values and ideas of what they 'should' be or do rather than listening to their own needs. Happily, each has now found a balance that works well for her. Tanya has found a way to work at home so that she can see her children more, and Rosalyn is back in the office, working part time and loving it, and she better appreciates the time she has with her children because her other needs are being met.

In applying the Law of Responsibility, we support each others, but we also accept support; we find a balance between the two. We find the difference between what we think we 'should' do or be and what our heart really desires.

We do what we can feel good about inside; if we don't feel good inside, we state our feelings and reach a compromise; 'I'll do this much, but you'll have to do the rest'. That's the heart of responsibility and the soul of co-operation.

The following exercises can help you achieve alignment with the Law of Responsibility through direct experience and application.

Experiencing Responsibility

Before finding a balanced sense of responsibility to self and others and achieving true co-operation in the world, we need to experience it within ourselves. This visualisation exercise works with the subconscious to harmonize conflicting parts. With a little practise, it takes only a minute or two. It also provides valuable practise in conflict resolution and can serve as template for working out balanced, mutually beneficial agreements with others.
1. Imagine a safe and special place anywhere in the world or the universe. It could be a granite plateau high in the mountains, a hidden glen, or a quiet meadow - your own private inner space.
2. Create the image of a table with two chairs, one on each side.
3. Invite two opposing parts of yourself to reveal themselves, one at a time and to sit down, facing each other, across the table. You might invite one part that represents your mind and one part that represents your body, a part you like and a part you dislike, a part from the past and a part from the future, or a judging part and a forgiving part. Whenever you have mixed feelings or feel torn in two directions, you can access two parts to represent these feelings.
4. Ask each part what positive outcome or intention is has for you. Even if one part seems negative, trust that every aspect of your subconscious exists for a reason and is doing its best to serve the whole.
5. As each part appears in your mind's eye, note what it looks like, how it moves and sits down and how it behaves. When both are seated, note how they relate to each other.
6. Internally ask both parts to express themselves until they find a place of co-operation, rapport and communication, so that in the future they can work together.
7. When you feel complete, thank them, say farewell and leave them to enjoy their meeting.

Application of the Law of Responsibility

1. Either write or recite to yourself a short list of things you would be willing to do if someone asked you and a short list of things you would not be willing to do. Where do you draw the line and why?
2. Write or recite to yourself a list of things that you feel comfortable doing and things that you don't feel comfortable doing for others at home or work.
How many of these tasks do you continue to do and why?
Do you do things for people, such as your children, spouse or relatives and then complain?
Do you feel responsible for other adults' mistakes or lives?
3. Consider briefly the areas of your life where you might be feeling overly responsible and where you tend to over-help or else withdraw in resentment. If you feel exploited or unappreciated - like a martyr or a doormat - what might you do in your life to find a better balance?

The Law of Honesty

"Recognising, accepting and expressing our authentic interior reality, lies at the heart of honesty; only when we are honest with ourselves can we speak or act honestly with anyone else. In the sense of integrity, honesty entails acting in line with higher laws despite negative impulses to the contrary."

"Live according to your highest light and more light will be given." Peace Pilgrim.

Within the context of our life purpose, as we explore the bigger picture and meaning of our lives, the Law of Honesty POINTS TO HIGHER LAWS AND INNER CONSEQUENCES THAT ARE INSTANT, INEVITABLE AND INESCAPABLE. It includes, but does not focus on external codes of behaviour.

The Law of Honesty centres around honesty with ourselves - our internal integrity. This law is useful for any of us, but especially so for those of us who tend to deceive themselves with rationalizations - those of us who have issues around honest expression or action. Seeing the truth and inevitable consequences of this law can help us turn our life around.

This law speaks to a larger drama being played out - one in which we cannot truly deceive anyone but ourselves. if we ever allow impulses of envy, greed or manipulation to determine our actions or influence our expression, the consequences of these actions are already built into the mechanics of the universe and of our own psyche.

Those of us working with issues of integrity on our life path may tend, at times, to ignore or bend higher laws in the sense of not living up to our inner light. AT times we can be like the child who furtively takes a candy bar and pockets it, thinking and hoping it will turn out okay, while the child's mother watches from the end of the aisle.

We don't need to be punished for breaking spiritual law or higher laws; THE ACT ITSELF IS THE 'PUNISHMENT' and sets into motion subtle forces whose natural consequences we cannot escape any more than we can escape the force of gravity.

Those of us who slip into lower levels of integrity often don't realise we're doing it. We must lie to ourselves before we can lie to others. When we speak with 'forked tongues' or 'mixed motives', we are not yet integrated. We have to achieve such integration in order to speak with integrity; we can't have a part of us meaning one thing and another part meaning another. The first step in honesty entails reconciling our own conflicting parts so we can say what we mean and mean what we say.

When our internal parts work together; when we stop lying to ourselves or deceiving others; when we know deep down that we're acting with integrity DESPITE impulses to do otherwise, we feel gates of higher energy and inspiration open inside of us.

When we speak or act dishonestly, these gates shut; this is not a punishment, but simply the way our psyche works. They saying 'Cheaters never prosper' ALWAYS APPLIES IN THE LONG RUN, because cheaters' own psyches will not let them have inner peace no matter how rewarding their external circumstances may appear to be. Self-sabotage, down the line, is built into every dishonest act - even if we only deceive ourselves.

Some of us imagine that we are getting away with little schemes, manoeuvres and frauds for years while justifying and rationalising our actions and then we wonder why our lives aren't working out the way we had hoped. We may imagine that we are getting away with something because we don't get caught, but we are caught every time, by ourselves. As the John Lennon song goes, 'Instant karma's gonna get you.'

To use a extreme example, when we read the newspapers and see millionaire drug pushers living a life of opulence, we may imagine that they are escaping punishment, but we have only to glance inside their psyches to see the internal consequences and causes of their behaviour. 'Bad' people don't go to hell; they are already IN hell; that's why they act so badly.

When we are dishonest in any way, with ourselves or with others, intentionally or not, our internal parts fight one another and our inner sense of spirit or inspiration fades; we feel cut off and alone and we attract whatever lessons we need to learn. Concepts of morality may change, but consequences are absolute.

Dishonesty tends to take on different forms, such as lying to ourselves and others or seeking money or power for their own sakes, at the inevitable cost of our self-respect. Some of us are used to making rules rather than following them; we forget or ignore our culture's standards of honesty and integrity, bending rules to suit our own desires, turning our backs on the light within us. Whenever we cut corners for expediency, or whenever the ends seem to justify the means, we may not always reap obvious external consequences, but we create inner turbulence that we cannot escape no matter where we go.

Others of us who tend toward tunnel vision may put on blinders of self-deception by insisting that 'it will work out this time' without our doing anything different. This kind of dishonesty also forfeits a sense of energy and spirit.

For some of us with expression issues who tend to hint, connive, sigh, whine or wait for others to read our mind, the Law of Honesty points out that such indirect, misleading, manipulative or deceitful communication results WHEN WE LET FEAR STOP US FROM EXPRESSING OUR TRUE FEELINGS AND NEEDS.

Whether our actions are deliberate or simply chronic habits, if we manipulate people with an angry face, a sad look, or a sigh, expecting others to 'know how we feel' without actually stating it directly; if we tell people what we think they want to hear, even with the 'best' intentions, or if we use words strategically, hooking into guilt or pushing vulnerable spots to control others or get what we want, we may get what we want for the time being, but forfeit the inner light that we most need in the long run.

"One should strive not to lie in the negative sense by remaining silent." Leo Tolstoy.

Once we find the courage and wisdom simply to state our feelings and say what we want or need, this honesty can bring new life to stale or painful relationships.

Acting with the highest integrity and expressing our authentic needs and feelings can change our personal
and professional relationships for the better. Such integrity, honesty and truthfulness - or the lack of it - form the trail we leave behind us, our personal mark in history. Applying this law, our life changes in simple but profound ways we might not have believed possible, and the very goals we once schemed to achieve begin to manifest in ways we would not have dreamed of.

Experiencing Honesty

1. Recall a time you showed high integrity in any area of life;
Admitting a mistake.
Paying a debt.
Expressing what you really felt or needed.
Making good on a promise.
2. How did it feel?
3. Also recall a time you or others felt you acted or spoke dishonestly. How do you feel about this? How might you now act differently in a similar situation?

Applying the Law of Honesty

1. Can you remember one or two instances in the past when you spoke or acted with less than complete honesty?
Did you have a dispute over money or fail to make good on a debt?
Did you hide information to protect yourself in the guise of sparing someone else's feelings?
Did you say something you didn't really mean?
2. Consider how it would feel to make a call, write a letter, send a cheque, ask forgiveness, and clean up old business. Follow through if this feels appropriate.

The Law of Action.

"No matter what we feel or know, no matter what our potential gifts or talents, only action brings them to life. Those of us who only think we understand concepts, such as commitment, courage and love, one day discover that we only KNOW when we act; doing becomes understanding."

"Vision isn't enough unless combined with venture. It's not enough to stare up the steps unless we also step up the stairs." Vance Havner.

Action is not easy in this world; forces of doubt and inertia are everywhere, even within our own mind and body. Still, we must act. Words may be cheap, concepts and philosophies may be elegant, ideas may abound and good intentions may sound impressive. Turning all the words, concepts and ideas into action requires energy; it requires sacrifice. We have to overcome insecurity and hurdle past self-doubt, lethargy, apathy, excuses and a hundred good reasons not to rock the boat, to stay the course. But we keep getting the same message from life; IT'S BETTER TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO THAN NOT DO IT AND HAVE A GOOD REASON. This states, as well as anything, the Law of Action.

Thousands of motivational speakers thunder out passionate and eloquent ideas like this just to inspire us to to get off the couch and make a new life, to put out some effort, some will, some discipline. Still, most of us take action only when the emotional, mental or physical pain gets so bad that we have to.

Let's change this. Let's acknowledge that action and change require initial discomfort, effort and energy. Let's even say we're really ready to take some needed action in our life. But how? It boils down to one of the most powerful three-word phrases in the English language. Just do it.

Most of us wait for permission from our insides to do anything. We wait to 'feel motivated'. We wait until fear is looking the other way, until self-doubt and insecurity step aside and give us permission to act. But action is stronger than subjectivity; there are times when we have to act with strength and courage no matter how we're feeling or what we're thinking.

The peaceful warriors of this world don't wait for permission. They know and sense what action to take, and they choose the way of courage and integrity. If their hearts confirm it, they act, DESPITE feelings of fear, self-doubt or insecurity that may arise. They act and let their subjective life - their thoughts and feelings - run to catch up. "Wait, you can't do this! You're not up to it!" our mind whispers, echoing voices from the past. "You'll make a fool of yourself! You'll only get hurt! You'll fail!" All of these voices may pass through our mind, but we act anyway. soon, these voices or feelings, once so loud and compelling, stop coming around so often.

Once when I was six years old, I found myself standing on a second-story rooftop of a house under construction. Twenty feet below me was a big sand pile. My older friends had already jumped, but I was only six and I was afraid. They tried to coax me, tease me, encourage me and reassure me for about 45 minutes, when one of the boys finally yelled "'stop thinking! Just stop thinking and jump!" It struck me in that moment that no matter how frightened I felt, I knew how to bend my knees, I knew how to lean forward and I knew how to push off. So I stopped thinking, leaned forward and was suddenly airborne - a WONDERFUL feeling - and a valuable lesson I never forgot.

I once coached a gymnast I'll call Jill. She had worked hard on a new dismount from the uneven bars. She had done it many times in the spotting belt, then with an assist from me. Now, the time had come for her to do it alone. She was well prepared and ready; she knew it and I knew it. She got up on the bar and was about to perform the dismount when she stopped. "I can't do it, Coach, I'm afraid".

"Oh, I see," I responded. "Yes, I think I'd be feeling a lot of fear too; after all, it's the first time you're doing it by yourself. Where do you feel the fear?"
"Well, in my stomach and in my muscles; they feel kind of weak".
"So you feel afraid."
"Yes."
"Now that we've cleared that up, let's see you do it."

At first she looked confused. "But Coach, I told you, I can't - I'm afraid!"
"Whatever gave you the idea that fear was some kind of reason not to do something?"
"Well, I - "
"The only time you have a chance to show courage is when you're afraid Jill." Then I added "It's fine to feel afraid; it can be a healthy sign that you're not ready for something. But in this case, you are. Fear is a wonderful servant, but a terrible master. Feel it as much as you want, Jill, experience it completely. Then do the dismount.".

Jill hesitated for a moment, then with a look of determination mixed with just a bit of terror, she swung around the bar, let go and did a beautiful dismount. She had understood and applied her Law of Action.

Every day we all get opportunities to face fear or inertia and act anyway - not by leaping off rooftops into sandpiles or doing gymnastic stunts, but in even more important ways, such as taking the risk to express how we feel, to conquer old habits, or in other ways to experience the power and magic of the
Law of Action.

The following exercises can help you achieve alignment with the Law of Action through direct experience and application.

Experiencing Action

1. Imagine yourself standing in your home or office, about ten feet inside the doorway. The door stands open, it's a beautiful day out and YOU WANT TO GO OUTSIDE because 'outside' represents reaching your highest hopes and most cherished goals - living the life you were born to live.

2. Now, recall the last time you felt fear or self-doubt or insecurity. Feel the fear, and then translate that feeling into an image, as if the feeling jumped outside you and turned into a being - small or large, male or female, human or not. When the image forms, let's call it Mr or Ms Fear (or Self-Doubt or Insecurity).

3. Let yourself create a mental videotape of the following scene; Feel yourself walking toward the open doorway, out into the sunlight, out into your future. You come closer to the doorway, but just as you're about to walk through, Mr/Ms Fear appears in front of you and cautions "Wait, you can't do this! It's too much for you!"

4. Let Mr/Ms Fear stop you, just the way you've let yourself be stopped or slowed down or confused so many times in your life. Fully experience this.

5. You have now created your video; now REPLAY this scene - going to the doorway and getting stopped by Mr/Ms Fear. Replay it at regular speed or fast forward, again and again, exactly the same way. Each time, experience what it feels like to let Mr/Ms Fear stop you. Do not change the scenario; just repeat it and feel it UNTIL YOU GET ANGRY - not afraid or sad, but ANGRY. This may take a while. When you feel REALLY ANGRY, you're ready for the final step.

6. Play the scene once more THIS TIME, when Mr/Ms Fear steps in front of you and says, "Wait, you can't....." or threatens you or pleads with you, or reasons with you, just walk out the door as if he/she wasn't even there.

7. Remember how much you want to go outside and continue on your way, on your life path. Despite all the reasons you "can't" or "shouldn't" or "aren't capable enough", follow through; focus on the goal. Walk out the door.

8. Notice how different this feels. Experience the principle and power of pure action.

Applying the Law of Action

Action is stronger than subjectivity. No matter what you feel or think, you can still act.
1. Recall what you feel like when fear comes in just as you're about to express how you feel or take a risk, such as going back to school, taking on a new level of responsibility, or making a commitment.
2. Recall how you've allowed fear or self-doubt or insecurity to stop you in the past.
3. Consider that if life puts a hurdle in your path, you had better become a hurdler.
4. To deal with fear, act as if you felt courageous; to deal with self-doubt, act as if you felt fully capable of any such task; to deal with insecurity, act as if you felt centred and confident. Whatever else you do, act! Just do it. Just act, and let the feelings of fear, self-doubt and insecurity fade in the dust trail you leave behind.

The Law of Higher Will

"From the viewpoint of our separate self and smaller will, it's normal to act on the basis of our own desires and preferences; when we surrender our smaller self and will to the guidance of a higher will and dedicate our actions for the highest good of ALL concerned, we feel an inspired glow at the centre of our life."

"Life is this simple; We are living in a transparent world, and God shines through in every moment. This is not just a fable or a nice story; it is living truth. If we remember God, abandon ourselves to God, and forget ourselves, we may see this truth; God manifests everywhere, in everything. We cannot be without God. It's impossible. it's simply impossible." Thomas Merton.

The Law of Higher Will especially serves those of us who have mistaken our opinions or beliefs for ultimate truth and who have imposed these beliefs on others, forgetting that others have their own paths to follow - not ours. This same law also benefits those of us who tend to sabotage ourselves, who secretly doubt our own goodness or intentions and who need a way to connect our life to a sense of deeper meaning. The Law of Higher Will also generates a sense of connection for those of us who feel cut off and alone and find ourselves struggling against other egos for recognition or for 'the good life'.

Saying and feeling "Thy Will be done" is one way of applying the Law of Higher Will. Applying this law does not, however, require belief in an external God, nor is it attached to any particular religious dogma. To apply it in our own life, we have only to ask internally, "If a wise, loving, compassionate, altruistic, all-knowing Spirit within me were guiding me now, what would I do in this situation?"

The law functions because such a Spirit does work through us; we only have to contact it by calling upon a part of ourselves and then we know what to do - then we act in the name of, or as a servant of, the highest and best that's within us.

When we say to ourselves, "Thy Will be done" and wait for guidance and direction, we won't get much help from the mind, because the mind plays games, such as, "If I'm part of Spirit and Spirit is part of me, then whatever I want IS the will of Spirit". This statement has some ultimate validity, but our ego, with its free will, tends to place itself on a throne and do what it wants without considering the good of the whole, like a cancer cell that reproduces without regard for the whole body. Much of the world's suffering results from a lot of separate little selves, unconcerned with the whole. The ego, or separate self, can turn toward or away from higher principles to learn whatever lessons it needs.

Calling on a higher will involves contacting motives that go beyond personal preferences and self-interest and acting for the highest good of all concerned - for example, hoping for rain in our drought-stricken area even though our own roof is leaking.

Most of us normally cherish hopes in line with our personal desires, wanting what's good for our smaller self. So we ask, "What are MY preferences, MY desires, MY direction in life?" Or, we expand our personal identity to embrace our family, our team or our community - itself an expansive act of connection, but one that still creates an inner circle of "us" and outer circle of "them".

When we work with the will of the small self, we're limited; we may get results, but if we fall, we fall alone. When we work in line with our sense of "the higher will of Spirit", greater inspiration and energy become available to us. A woman named Mildred once came to an important turning point while walking in the woods at night.

"I felt a complete willingness" she said, "without any reservations, to give my life, to dedicate my life to service. I began to give what I could, instead of to get what I could....my life became more meaningful. I attained the great blessing of good health; I haven't had a cold or headache since." She went on to say,

"If you life is in harmony with your part in the life pattern and if you are obedient to the laws which govern the universe, then you life is full". Mildred changed her name to Peace Pilgrim and went on to walk across every one of the United States and across every province in Canada; expressing her ideas of world peace, peace between individuals and inner peace. She lived as an inspiring example of integrity and the Law of Higher Will.

When we turn to a higher will for direction, we feel expanded, uplifted and connected to a larger cause; our lives take on a deeper and higher meaning. When we align ourselves with this inner sense of higher will, dedicating everything we say or do for the highest good of all concerned, energies of compassion, love and light flow into our daily life.

The Law of Higher Will serves as a guideline to align ourselves with Spirit, to inspire ourselves and to help us inspire others.

The following exercises can help you achieve alignment with the Law of Higher Will through direct experience and application.

Experiencing Higher Will

1. Recall a time you wanted something, but another part of you, maybe a higher part, knew that what you wanted wasn't for your highest good.
2. if you "did it anyway" you have had a common experience of "my will". If you followed the higher or deeper instinct, you have experienced a connection to higher will.
3. if you followed a personal interest, what might it have felt like if you had said internally, wtih you mind connected to your heart, "Thy Will, not my will, be done?" Might things have turned out differently?
4. Knowing what you know, if you meet a similar situation, what will you do differently?

Applying the Law of Higher Will

1. Select an issue you are dealing with in your daily life, such as deciding between several options or making another kind of decision.
2. Ask yourself, "What does my mind want me to do?" Then ask, "What would my higher self, the part of me that is wise, loving and compassionate, direct me to do?"
3. Holding your decision or the issue in your heart or feeling centre, say internally, "Thy will, not my will, be done". Listen. Feel. Then obey the deepest urges of your heart, following your deepest feelings.

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The Law of Intuition

"We can only get in touch with our own source of intuition and wisdom when we no longer depend upon others' opinions for our sense of identity or worth; we all tend to worship something; the question is, will we worship the god of opinion, or the god of our heart?"

"I found I had less and less to say, until finally, I became silent, and began to listen. I discovered in the silence, the voice of God." Soren Kierkegaard.

We are all here to live in alignment with spiritual laws, but the Law of Intuition is especially critical for those of us with issues of integrity and wisdom as a strong influence in our birth number. Those of us working 9 energy are here to connect with higher laws, which are accessed through the heart or feeling dimension. Therefore, although the Law of Intuition benefits anyone, it is critical for 9s, because it enables them to open the primary doorway to their life purpose.

The Law of Intuition can provide needed leverage for those of us who come into this world without a strong sense of identity, centre or inner direction. It also addresses the needs and issues of those of us working 6, who tend to feel very sensitive to criticism and who worry about whether we're doing the right thing, which often gets defined by someone else. In both cases, it's easy to lose touch with our own sense of intuition, the "god of our heart", because we are so busy monitoring other people’s opinions.

Lacking clear identity, we don't have clear answers to internal questions - such as "How do I look?", "Who am I?", "How am I doing?" "How do I appear in your eyes?" "Am I okay?" - so we tend to define ourselves in terms of others' attitudes and views; we need approval or support from others for a sense of identity. We define and value ourselves based on what others seem to feel about us, we remain at their mercy, open to manipulation by anyone who happens to have a strong opinion about how we should act or even who we should be.

There's nothing wrong with getting other reference points as a check and balance, or with asking for someone's opinion; different points of view give us greater perspective, but we can't run our life by committee. The people of this world face food shortages, water shortages, and even shortages of intelligence, but there is an absolute surplus of opinions. People are entitled to their opinions, but what do these opinions have to do with us? What others think of us is really none of our business.

Those of us with an unsure sense of identity innately need something to which we can anchor our identity the way a ship needs an anchor in harbour. Therefore, we tend to find a hobby, a teacher, a system, a method, or a set of beliefs and identity with our opinions with religious zeal or quiet fanaticism. We feel we ARE our opinions, and so we defend them, impose them upon others, feel sensitive about them, and seek others approval of them and mistake our own opinion for truth.

Sensitive to others' opinions, we monitor them closely and give opinions the power to validate or threaten our own sense of self. We mould ourselves to others' expectations, or we react to our extreme vulnerability by resisting all opinions of others and instead, elevating our own opinions as "truth". In short, we put our own and others' opinions on a pedestal; we worship 'the god of opinion'.

Not all of us call this little god by the same name. For some us with authority issues, it's the god of authority; for others, it's the god of comparison; for still others, it becomes the god of money. Whatever we put upon that pedestal tends to overshadow the wisdom of our own heart.

We tend to become or take on the qualities of what we worship, so those of us who lack our own centre or sense of intuition can come to act like a little god of opinion or god of authority or god of comparison. We may even tend, without realising it, to dominate others, not respecting the sanctity of their own process.

"Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a Judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods". Albert Einstein.

Some people who engage in inner work or spiritual practises strive to access 'inner guides' or 'master teachers within' who may offer wisdom, direction or answers. Other people claim to act as mediums through whom other beings speak - beings they believe are separate consciousness. But perennial wisdom from the global spiritual traditions reminds us that at the level of Consciousness itself, we are one and the same, like many drops that return to the ocean, so how can there truly be separate consciousness? The 'separate' guides or inner master are other parts of our larger self - parts of us that reflect our own innate wisdom. While they can be fascinating, subtle guides should be given no more power or credibility than people whom we respect, and all 'outside' opinion needs to be checked out against our inner-most feelings - our own heart wisdom.

More likely, people who have 'inner guides' whom they perceive as separate are accessing what Carl Jung termed the COLLECTIVE UNCONSCIOUS, where in or out of trance, they open to different archetypes or sub-personalities stories within our larger human psyche. Whatever the mechanism, the wisdom is ours. We cannot access this guidance, however, through the logic of our left brain, which stores information and data, not higher wisdom. We access intuition by allowing our heartfelt feelings to link up with and unlock higher mechanisms within our holistic, intuitive right brain. When we make this connection, the combination of feeling and intuition accesses whatever wisdom we need.

The key to the process of gaining access to all spiritual laws resides in making an inspired, EMOTIONAL connection to our heart. But as already noted, we can't get in touch with our heart while we're monitoring others' opinions.

In summary, the Law of Intuition reminds us to recognise when we're monitoring the god of opinion and to begin to transfer authority to the god of our heart and our quiet inner voice, the only 'opinion' that ultimately has value for us. Once we contact our feeling centre, we can then listen to others' counsel or opinions without losing sight of our own intuition, the place from which we determine what is best for our own life and let others do the same. Then we are free to make use of others' views without becoming dependent upon them; if an opinion doesn't serve us, we can easily let it go. We don't resist or ignore or seek others' opinions; we listen to and acknowledge them, take what is useful and submit all views to the wisdom of our own heart.

The following exercises can help you achieve alignment with the Law of Intuition through direct experience and application.

Experiencing Intuition

1. Visualize yourself walking along a path through a forest, striding forward with purpose and direction, appreciating the beauty around you, but headed for a specific destination. Feel your sense of purpose and direction.
2. To your right and left, you see people calling to you, criticising and correcting you; "That's the wrong way"" "You're going too fast!" "You're not going fast enough!" "You look funny!" "You'll never be able to do it!" Feel yourself completely free of all these opinions. Continue on, you destination clear.
3. You come to a fork in the road. Several people from your present life, people you often rely on, share their opinions with you. You nod in acknowledgement, then wait for a deep inner sense; you look at one path, then at the other, as people yell out their opinions. "Go left!" "No, that's crazy; take the right path!" You receive an internal confirmation, subtle but genuine, to take one path or the other. You take that path, your life path and walk on, guided by the god of your heart.

Applying the Law of Intuition

Shedding the light of awareness on subconscious tendencies to worship the god of opinion, this exercise provides a path back to centre - toward a strong sense of self-direction under the guidance of your own inner wisdom. While some of us tend to live under the tyranny of the god of opinion, others of us worship the god of comparison or authority or money. This exercise works effectively for any of these.

1. In your bedroom or living room, place a cinder block or cardboard box against a wall, cover it with some nice cloth and add some incense, flowers or a candle; in other words, make yourself a small altar.

2. Out of Silly Putty or clay, model yourself a little statue of the god of opinion (or comparison or authority or money). Or, if you prefer, buy a doll or character that feels appropriate to you.

3. Place your god of opinion (or authority or comparison or money) on your altar. You can even give it a name. (I like the name WUDDLE, which stands for "Wuddle they say? Wuddle they think?)

4. Every morning, just after you get up and before you start your day, get down on your hands and knees in front of your altar; bow down and touch your head to the floor, and say something like, "I worship you, great god of opinion. How am I doing? Am I okay? Am I doing the right thing? How do I look?" Or. "Get lost!" Use whatever words feel appropriate to you. Then go about your day.

5. This exercise only takes five or ten seconds, and you only need to do it for three or four weeks, until you become fully aware of this issue as it arises in your life. it happens like this; When others have an opinion about you or you imagine they have an opinion, you can say to yourself, "Gosh, this person looks and sounds like the god of opinion, but it can't be; I left the god of opinion back home on my cinder block. And besides, I ALREADY WORSHIPPED IT this morning. I got that over with. Do I want to worship it AGAIN?"

The next time others have opinions about who you are, how you are, or what you're doing, you can thank them for sharing, acknowledge their opinion, and let them know, "Here's who I am, here's what I need, here's what I'm doing". Taking the god of opinion off the pedestal opens the way to find your own centre once again and trust the god of your heart.

The Law of Faith

"The Law of Faith is founded upon the recognition that we know more than we have read, heard or studied. We know more because we ARE more. We have a direct link to universal wisdom. We only have to look, listen and trust."

"Only by having faith in ourselves, can we be faithful to others." Erich Fromm.

Some of us believe we trust ourselves, but on closer examination, we discover that we actually trust mental knowledge, theories and beliefs that came from someone else - a book, teacher, a guide. Those of us who have issues with self-trust tend to rely on scientists, "experts", psychics, oracles, gurus or others to advise us and to validate our views; we may search everywhere but within to find ourselves. Just as some people give away their power, we may discard our inner wisdom and then look for it elsewhere, becoming 'seekers of truth', spiritual vagabonds or seminar addicts, travelling from one teacher or workshop to the next, looking for new information that may satisfy or fulfil us. But we will never find fulfilment until we discover it within ourselves - not as a large storehouse of information, but as a direct channel to the infinite wisdom available to us all.

Expert guidance certainly has its value, especially from the truly wise. No need, for example, to learn tennis by ourselves when a good coach can save time. But we need to develop more trust in our own deepest intuition and wisdom as the final arbiter and source of our decisions.

The Law of Faith reminds us to trust the Spirit within ourselves, to take a leap of faith into the possibility that we may know far more than we now recognise. This law entails far more than raising our self-concept, however. Trust cuts across every domain until we see Spirit operating at every level, not only within ourselves but within others and in the world.

Trusting Spirit does not require a belief in an external God. Rather, it involves trusting in the inherent wisdom and laws of the universe and in the mysterious process of our life with all its ups and downs - knowing that wherever we step, the path appears beneath our feet.

The Law of Faith, directly aligned with the Law of Flexibility and the Law of Higher Will reminds us that we are part of the Mystery we call God, and that awesome, powerful, wise, immortal Spirit also resides within each of us.

When we say "I trust myself completely", we are most often referring to our conscious self - our mind or ego. This kind of self-trust won't take us far, because the ego can only access limited data. When we come to consider the possibility that a mysterious energy of infinite wisdom, patience and compassion is operating in, as and through us and everyone else, we open doors to a new experience of life. When we REALIZE this level of trust, our life changes forever.

I use the term Spirit to refer to this higher energy, but whatever name we use, when we TRULY come to trust this higher energy or Spirit working behind the scenes according to its own laws, then we can also trust that part of Spirit we call 'ourselves' and 'others'.

We can always feel this connection and this trust in our heart. But first we have to get out of our head.

This means coming to trust our body's instinctive wisdom about how to move, what to eat, when to have sex and how to heal ourselves - letting the body do the job it is here to do, without the mind's interference with theories and philosophies. For self-trust to reach its most profound degree, it must occur on all levels of our being - physical, mental, emotional and spiritual.

A corollary to the Law of Faith can be stated thus; SELF-TRUST COMES THROUGH DIRECT EXPERIENCE, which reminds us to pay attention first to our own experience, not to advice from a book or teacher. Improvisational dancing, martial arts and other sports and playing a musical instrument, are all good ways to develop a trust in our body's innate ability to move WITHOUT THINKING, following its own wisdom. We come to trust that our body can take of itself very well without philosophies; we discover what our body knows and can do what's needed as soon as we listen and let it show us.

Challenge courses, such as the Peaceful Warrior Intensive or the 'high ropes course' can demonstrate in dramatic ways that by trusting our body we can do more than we might have believed, leading to higher levels of self-trust. But even in everyday life we meet challenges that test us, and we face similar kinds of opportunities to test and develop our connection to deeper levels of trust.

The Law of Faith also teaches us to trust our mind, not in the sense of its ability to store information, but in its ability to access higher wisdom. We come to recognise that our brain doesn't just operate as a filing cabinet or computer but also as a radio that can tune in to any station. In other words, information doesn't come FROM our brain, it comes THROUGH our brain.

Trusting ourselves means sweeping our beliefs out of the way and trusting our deepest intuitions. Our feeling sense conveys messages from the subconscious, which can help us make faster, more comprehensive decisions than the conscious mind, with its insufficient data. Beyond that, what we call intuition can draw upon the same universal intelligence that manifests as spiritual laws.

Those of us who trust Spirit, work with it directly; the more we trust ourselves, the more we feel a higher order of wisdom and love at work in every aspect of our lives. Self-trust involves a willingness to make 'mistakes' and learn from them, for our highest good.

We're all being tested by Spirit in order to learn. In every situation, every challenge or difficulty, the universal teacher operates through our life experience to let us see our present levels of trust, faith and alignment with spiritual law.

Alan Watts once said, "Beware of teachers who pick your pocket and then sell you your own wallet." Ironically, that's all any teacher can do, even the best-intentioned one, because the treasure is already inside each of us; no one can give us anything we don't already have. All any teacher can do is provide some keys to help unlock our own door. Teachers may save us some time, but they can only point the way; the beginning and end of the journey is inside us.

Those of us with issues around self-trust need to remember that, ultimately, we are the experts on our own life. By trusting the Spirit within us, we come to trust the same Spirit in others and begin to feel safe in the world.

Ultimately, the Law of Faith reminds us of the transcendent wisdom of the universe reflected in the old religious adage "God works in mysterious ways". Such faith is not just believing or hoping that all circumstances serve us or that divine justice is operating when we skin our knee. Faith is a direct recognition based on higher wisdom; it entails the courage to trust that whatever happens can serve our highest good.

Experiencing Faith.

1. Can you recall a specific time, either recently or when you were very young, when you felt very safe, trusting and open inside, so safe that you could share your feelings without fear or shame or betrayal? (If you can't access such a time directly, imagine strongly what it might feel like).
Can you picture or hear what was going on in your life at that time?
What did that sense of trust and openness feel like in your body?
2. Notice how this feeling of trust and openness may be different from how you normally feel around people.
What would it be like to feel emotionally safe with other people?
In what specific ways might you rejuvenate the feeling of loving faith in yourself and others?

Applying the Law of Faith.

1. Having accessed the memory of a feeling sense of trust and openness in the preceding exercise, contrast that feeling sense to a recent or more distant incident in which you felt less than complete trust, perhaps even betrayal.

2. How might you have unintentionally contributed to the way that incident played out - that misunderstanding or failed trust - by not sharing your feelings clearly in the first place?

3. With the above in mind, trusting that all parties were acting out a scenario that has served your highest good and learning, replay the incident, applying your current understanding. Observe any differences.

4. Stretch yourself a little more each day, opening up, taking a chance, sharing what's really in your heart, creating a deeper sense of trust and connection with others, a bridge from your spirit to theirs.

The Trinity (Artwork) 

Amera Ziganii Rao Digital Darkroom ©

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The Law of Flexibility

"Flexibility avails us fare more than either passivity or resistance. By actively USING whatever arises, embracing even the most painful circumstances, we deal with our difficulties more effectively, as we begin to see them as a form of spiritual training."

"Always fall in with what you've asked to accept. Fall in with it and turn it your way." Robert Frost.

Flexibility involves a pragmatic acceptance of, rather than rigid resistance toward the present moment - acceptance of ourselves, others, and current circumstances. This does not in any way imply passive toleration for what we don't like, nor does it mean ignoring injustice or allowing ourselves to be victimized. Flexibility requires an alert and expansive state of awareness; it entails not just 'going with the flow', but embracing and making constructive use of it. Mastering this law, we turn stumbling blocks into stepping-stones and problems into opportunities; when high winds blow, we don't just 'accept' or tolerate these winds, we put up windmills.

The Law of Flexibility may appear unrealistic and idealistic at first, bringing up a variety of questions, such as "What if we're attacked on the street, or a tragedy happens to a loved one? How do we 'embrace' that?" Such questions are fair and important, but the answer comes down to this; Great pleasures and great pain and injustice exist in this world. When something painful happens to a group of people, some of these people mentally resist the experience, in total shock, denial and fear. They suffer the worst, like the tree with rigid branches that break in the wind.

Others in the group of people have developed the ability to bend, to accept and experience the situation fully, while keeping in touch with the bigger picture of life - with a sense of perspective about HOW THINGS ARE. They accept their emotions and express them fully, but like the branch that bends, they do not break but snap back. Without mental rigidity or resistance, they can respond in the most effective, creative way. In flexibility lies great strength. With flexibility, we learn to treat sun and rain, heat and cold, as equals. We experience life as less painful, less of a struggle by responding rather than resisting; we treat pain as a test and make the best use of it if we can, if only to learn.

I once saw a humorous bumper sticker that exemplified the Law of Flexibility. it read "If you don't like the way I drive, get off the sidewalk!" If someone is driving right towards us on the sidewalk of life, instead of thinking "They shouldn't be doing this, it isn't fair, it isn't right" while the car careens towards us, we can apply the Law of Flexibility and simply jump out of the way, grateful for the chance to test our reflexes.

The martial arts of aikido and T'ai chi, which reflect and embody the Law of Flexibility, are founded upon non-resistance. WHEN PUSHED, PULL, WHEN PULLED, PUSH, AND WHEN A FORCE COMES TOWARDS YOU, GET OUT OF THE WAY. Everything serves our highest good if we make good use of it.

When we view life only from the personal viewpoint of our conventional minds, we certainly won't always feel 'grateful' for some events, such as financial setbacks or catching the flue. This law, however, reminds us to expand our vision beyond ourselves to see the bigger picture so we can better appreciate that every circumstance, whether it appears positive or negative to us at the time, serves as an opportunity to strengthen our spirit. Stress happens whenever the mind resists what arises in life - whether situations, people or emotions. Phrases like "I'd rather be" or "They should (or shouldn't) be" reflect our resistance to what is. By seeing everything we meet as a potential lesson that may, in the long run, make us stronger, wiser or more whole, we get past expectations or judgments ABOUT what is and embrace life.

Life may not always be fair from the viewpoint of the limited mind, but from a much larger perspective, spiritual laws still hold true. Flexibility involves developing the attitude "Okay, here's where I am and who I am. I'll do the best I can with the situation." Just as opportunities also contain problems, every problem brings an opportunity.

The Serenity Prayer used by Alcoholics Anonymous and other twelve-step programmes reflects the Law of Flexibility; "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference."

Flexibility enables us to enjoy situations that might once have troubled us, such as changes in fortunes or the ending of relationships. Sometimes flexibility means staying aware of both sides of issues or events, but focusing on the more positive side of any difficulty. For example, as painful as the breakup of a relationship may be, it opens up the space for new opportunity, new love.

Cats are masters of the Law of Flexibility; When a cat wants to walk out the door, but someone is blocking its way, it tries to go one way, then another and then another; it is persistent, but it also knows when to sit back, relax and wait for another opportunity. Like cats, we don't have to waste energy resisting or fretting over circumstances we can't avoid.

Flexibility means total and unconditional acceptance of who we are, whom we're with and what we're doing in this moment, even as we learn and grow and effectively handle what's in front of us. This may require a shift in attitude, not necessarily a shift in behaviour. if we catch ourselves criticising others or calling them names, it also means accepting and forgiving ourselves on the spot for our mistakes.

Flexibility means staying adaptable; like water, we take the shape of our 'container' - the present moment. We open to life at whatever level we can.

The Law of Flexibility parallels the Law of Perfection, but with slightly different emphasis and purpose. By practising the Law of Flexibility, we stay open to experiencing rather than avoiding the highs and lows. We live more fully.

We can apply flexibility to our work, our relationships, or any other aspect of everyday life. Free of resistance, we learn the art of unreasonable happiness. Master this law and we've mastered them all.

Experiencing Flexibility

This partner exercise gives a physical experience of acceptance as it applies to the highest martial arts, as well as to any situation in daily life.

1. Stand naturally, with your feet shoulder width apart and hold one arm out in front of you. Have your partner take your wrist or forearm and smoothly pull you forward as if he or she wanted you to go somewhere.

2. As your partner pulls, take one step forward to maintain your balance and resist (pull against) the pull of your partner. Experience what this feels like physically and emotionally.

3. Now, have your partner pull once again, but this time, JUST as your partner begins to pull, while maintaining your balance, take two steps forward and GENTLY push your partner in the direction he or she was pulling. In other words, instead of resisting the force, join it; make it yours. Experience what this feels like physically and emotionally. This time, you didn't accept your partner's pull in the sense of resigned submission or passive toleration and you didn't actively work against it; rather you MADE USE OF IT.

4. After allowing your partner to be in the other role, compare your experiences.

Applying the Law of Flexibility

1. Think of a situation or incident that you tend to fight or resist.

2. Consider how you might apply flexibility to embrace and flow with the forces of your life.

3. Notice whenever you tend to contract, tense, resist, pull back, freeze up or fight when dealing with this situation or incident. Ask yourself, "What if I actively went with the force and made it mine?

The Law of No Judgments

"The Universal Spirit does not judge us; judgments are human inventions, a means to compare, contrast and control as we judge ourselves against artificial and often idealistic standards of perfection, morality or truth."

"As youth fades and time brings changes, we may change many of our present opinions. So let us refrain from setting ourselves up as judge of the highest matters." Plato.

If the universe doesn't judge us, what right or business do we have to judge ourselves? And against whose standards? Those of us with the highest ideals and standards, tend to judge ourselves more harshly than others would ever judge us. We judge and criticize not only our actions but also our thoughts and feelings - even our fantasies! We also judge others against our high vision; then we judge ourselves for judging others!

When we measure and compare everything against the yardstick of our own vision and ideals, everything falls short, because this isn't an ideal world - it's a real world with real people, growing, making mistakes, learning and evolving.

Each of us tends to internalise the criticism or blame we received or imagined from our parents. We project our judgments on others, who then seem to judge us, but who only mirror our own disappointment. We may imagine God as a stern parent who metes out rewards and punishments in this life or the next.

The Law of No Judgments reminds us that God didn't invent morals; people did. This law begins with the premise that Spirit never judges us but only gives us opportunities to balance and to learn. If we make a mistake, our life will provide ample opportunities to balance the scorecard. If we can accept the premise that Spirit does not judge us, we can also begin to give ourselves the same consideration and refrain from judging ourselves.

The higher our ideals, the more prone we become to such self-judgments. We feel the pressure of our ideals and the constant need to prove and improve ourselves, fearful of falling short, of not meeting our own standards. Ironically, those of us with the highest vision may have the lowest self-worth. The more harshly we tend to judge ourselves, the more people we attract into our life who seem to criticise us, as if they are acting out our own internal impulses (see The Law of Expectations).

Judgments block energy, set up internal defences and resistance, and tend to hold negative patterns in place. Releasing judgments open the way for change. In 'The Inner Athlete', I describe an incident in which Sam, a golfer, sliced his ball way over a row of trees and a high fence. Since the ball was long gone, he teed up again and continued with his game. As he putted out on the eighteenth hole, he looked up to see a police officer approaching, followed by the fire chief and some other officials, all looking quite upset. Approaching Sam, the police officer spoke first, "Did you hit a ball over the fence on the twelve fairway?"

"Yes I did," replied Sam.

"Well that ball went through the windshield of a car, causing it to crash into a tree and block the road - "

"And the fire engines!" piped up the fire chief.

"And two apartment houses burned to the ground!" said the police officer.

"No one was seriously injured, but the property loss probably amounted to several million dollars!"

Sam took all this in, as the policeman and fire chief asked almost simultaneously, "WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?"

Without hesitating, Sam replied, "I think I'll have to move my grip a little to the left."

Consider; What would it be like to model Sam the golfer, and see ourselves and life without having to compare or criticise or blame or judge ourselves? What would it be like to live as best we can, accept our mistakes, learn from them and do a little better next time? What if we COMPLETELY accepted ourselves and others?

"Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them." Brenden Francis.

The following exercises can help you achieve alignment with the Law of No Judgments through direct experience and application.

Experiencing No Judgments

1. Take a moment to observe how you measure the world and yourself against the yardstick of your own values rather than according to any universal truth.

2. Reflect on a recent instance when you had a judgment come up about yourself or someone else. Mentally perform this simple ceremony: Say to yourself, "I release all judgments I've placed on myself (or on the other person) for (whatever is coming up)."

3. As you say this to yourself, take a deep breath and as you exhale, FEEL that you are breathing out all of the judgments you've ever placed upon yourself for similar issues. Releasing these judgments you've placed on yourself or on others, who merely reflect you, you help to release your own negative patterns.

Applying the Law of No Judgments

The tendency to 'beat ourselves up' over mistakes, happens to most of us when our performance falls short of our ideals. Here's a humorous and almost instant cure:

1. The next time you feel like beating yourself up, actually DO IT, but do it in the open and with a touch of humour. Physically make a fist and beat yourself! (Of course, don't hit hard enough to cause a physical injury). Hit your head, your chest and your shoulders, yelling insults, such as "You baboon! Offspringof a mongrel wombat! Pea brain! Lowlife!". Add your favourite epithets. Be sure to make sound effects as you strike yourself.
"Oooff! Ow! Oh! Gosh, I deserve this! This'll teach me!"

2. While you are doing this exercise, do not fail to strike yourself physically, and make eloquent insults, EVERY time you feel inclined to criticize or judge yourself. If you fail to strike yourself, you'll just have something else to beat yourself up about! Exaggerating the tendency toward self-assault and bringing it out into the open can clear it very quickly through the power of awareness and humour. This process also generates a stronger sense of self-protection and respect.

A final caution: This exercise is not recommended as a permanent practise, but only as a means to help us see our tendency to beat ourselves up mentally, bring this tendency into the open and RELEASE it. If you have masochistic tendencies or already tend to injure yourself, you may benefit from work with a therapist. Only when you can 'beat yourself up' with a touch of compassion and humour are you doing the exercise in the spirit in which it is intended.

Wizard to The Trinity (Artwork) 

Amera Ziganii Rao Digital Darkroom ©

Thank you to outside source for original. 

The Law of Choices

"The most basic choice we have in life is whether to expand or contract, whether to bring our creative and expressive energies out into the world in positive or negative ways. No matter what our circumstances, we have the power to choose our direction." 

"In each of us are heroes. Speak to them and they will come forth." Anonymous.

Most creatures on Earth have a relatively narrow range of conscious choices. They work primarily through instinct and adaptation. In contrast, we humans have far-ranging powers of choice. Our daily lives consist of a series of choices and exercises in free will - whether to get up or stay in bed, what to eat for breakfast, what to do with our day, whether to change careers, go back to school or continue a relationship and so forth.

Depending upon our circumstances, we may experience many choices or few choices. Mental illness or other incapacitation may distort or limit our power of choice; clarity of mind enhances it. Clearly, we don't all have equal choice over our circumstances. For example, if we have wealth, we can choose to fly to Europe for dinner. If we live in an impoverished country, we may choose to eat but find no food available. If we are bedridden, we may choose to run through the hills but find ourselves unable to do so, except in our imagination. Physical circumstances can indeed limit our physical options. The Law of

Choices, however, addresses our power and responsibility to choose how we RESPOND to our circumstances - a power we never lose as long as we live.

"We have to live and we have to die. The rest we make up." Anonymous.

Sometimes we feel as if our choices are made for us by our family, by our employer, by our friends, by our circumstances, or by God. If, for example, our employer tells us, "You have to work overtime or we'll have to let you go," we may feel that we don't have a choice. But of course we do. We make conscious choices by recognising that every choice has consequences.

We can choose an easier path or a more difficult one. We rarely choose to take the more painful truth unless we believe it will bring us pleasure in the long run or get us to our goals more quickly. The fewer distorted or limiting beliefs we have, the greater our power of choice.

We also need to trust the intuitive messages from our subconscious, which may choose experiences or attract people into our life with results that we don't consciously want but that we may need for our highest good and learning. The more we honour the Law of Choices, the more clearly we can live our life on purpose and by choice, taking responsibility for our directions, rather than viewing life as something that just happens to us. For example, instead of wandering through life, wondering if we are on the right path or with the right person or doing the right job, we recognise that we have chosen these people and circumstances. With that recognition comes the power to accept our choices, to take responsibility for our life and perhaps to make new choices. If we ever feel powerless in a situation, that's the time to remember our power of choice.

In the context of the Life-Purpose System and the life paths it describes, we can choose to expand or contract, build or destroy, in the two key areas of CREATIVITY and EXPRESSION.

Each of us has creative life energy. We also have the ability to express ourselves. We can choose to create and express in either more positive or more negative directions. We may not always feel as if we have a choice; sometimes we may feel that our creativity and expressiveness are suppressed or that we lack these energies. We may feel afraid or blocked. Yet the more we appreciate the power of choice, the more we take charge of how we channel our creative energy and how we express ourselves.

Creative Choice

"We create in constructive ways or we create in destructive ways. Either way, creative energy finds expression."

EVERYTHING THAT EXISTS IS MADE OF ENERGY, AND ENERGY CAN MANIFEST ITSELF ALONG A SPECTRUM FROM POSITIVE TO NEGATIVE. For example, electricity can light a city or take a life. Money is another kind of energy. We can use this energy in positive or in negative ways, such as donating to a charity, taking a needed vacation or for example, hiring someone to perform a crime.

Creative energy has a surging, dynamic quality. It needs to find expression. It exists to flow and to be used. This energy acts as a two-edged sword. if it is not used for constructive purposes, it gets discharged in destructive ways. if our creative energy gets blocked altogether, like water surging against a wall, it turns back upon us and creates pressure that we experience as painful symptoms at physical, emotional and mental levels. Excessive weight for example, often reflects blocked creative energy with nowhere to go.

Examples of creating in the positive include the fine arts - music, painting, sculpture, writing, drama and so forth - but creative energy can also be expressed fully through having and raising children, coming up wtih innovative solutions to business problems, working with plants and growing things, or taking care of animals. We can apply creative energy to any field, including healing, crafts, interior design or a thousand other endeavours.

Pablo may become a creative artist. Theodore may create counterfeit money. Karinna may apply her creative energy and deft fingers to playing guitar. Margarite may become a pickpocket. One person may create with language to tell stories; another may use language to tell elaborate lies. All of these examples reflect creative energy, used in constructive or destructive ways.

Many prison inmates are extremely creative. They can draw, paint, sing, act and write beautifully, but they directed their creativity into negative directions. They planned creative robberies, conned people out of money, lied and so on.

Blocked creative energy either manifests as physical maladies and symptoms or gets discharged through abuse of tobacco, alcohol, other drugs, food or sex. When such release becomes repetitive, compelling, or chronic, it may expand into full blown addictions.

As we recognise that we have, on some level, chosen how we channel our creative energies, we can learn other ways to open up our energies and channel them in directions that inspire or help others and bring rewards instead of punishments. No matter how destructive or blocked our creative energy may have been in the past, this can change once we apply the power of choice.

By choosing to express our creative energy in positive, life-affirming ways, including daily exercise, we can change the course of our life.

The following exercises can help you achieve alignment with the Law of Choices as it relates to creativity.

Experiencing Creative Choice.

1. Consider how your creative energy manifests.

Is your energy flowing into creative projects or activities or is it blocked?

If your energy feels blocked, do you experience physical symptoms?

How might you use this energy in an enjoyable and constructive way?

How do you balance, ground, or release creative energy when pressure builds up?

Do you exercise?
Do you smoke cigarettes?
Do you talk a great deal?
Do you drink alcohol or use other drugs?
Do you overeat?
Do you feel pressure for sexual release?

2. No moral judgments are implied; the above options are neither 'good' nor 'bad'. They are only more or less constructive ways to use creativity.

How will you choose to use your creativity in the future?
Will you apply the power to choose?

Application of Creative Choice

1. Make a list of the more constructive and less constructive ways in which you make use of your creativity.

2. Contemplate your list and consider the life you would like to create for yourself. You may choose not to make any changes, or you may decide to take a risk and try something new.

3. If you are dealing with abuse of alcohol, tobacco or other drugs, or abuse of food or sexuality, consider the following suggestions to help you turn around your energy and your life;

Find a twelve-step programme or other self-help group; in the case of addictions, group support is essential.

Commit to an exercise programme to balance and release addictive pressures constructively.

Find a counsellor or psychotherapist to help you work through underlying issues.

4. If you have avoided learning creative skills or arts out of insecurity or the feeling that you might not be good enough, explore new possibilities; take a leap and express your creativity.

Take an art or drama class; make up short stories or write in a daily journal; take up a craft or hobby; rearrange, redecorate, or redesign your living quarters; help someone solve a problem; work in the garden; or do volunteer work. Any of these are positive examples of creativity.

Expressive Choice

"We express ourselves in constructive ways or we express ourselves in destructive ways; either way, expressive energy manifests."

Expressive energy demands release. We express ourselves and our emotions most often through talking, but performance and arts and crafts also furnish other avenues of self-expression.

Expression entails more than just talking or passing out ideas or information. Expressive energy is EMOTIONAL energy, or feelings; these feelings may signal anger or sorrow or fear that needs to be released; these feelings may evoke joy and inspiration, which also demand expression.

If we block the expression of our feelings, this block contributes to sore throats, ulcers, other abdominal problems, lower back pain, uterine fibroids, prostate problems, headaches, muscular tension and stiffness or other symptoms and maladies.

One reason the elderly tend to have more problems in these areas is that they have had more years to store up unexpressed feelings. We can, however, rejuvenate and invigorate ourselves by taking appropriate steps to heal our body and at the same time, to form new habits and create new avenues of free and open self-expression.

Creative energy can be channelled in isolation, such as through painting pictures or building models by ourselves, but expressive energy entails relationship - someone else who receives our expression, someone willing to listen, to watch our performance, or to appreciate our expressive crafts. Our audience may be adults, children or even animals with whom we've established a relationship (and who listen well without judgments or blame).

Expressive energy is so strong in some people that it may come out at first in one-on-one situations, but as confidence rises, the expressive drive often expands to include groups in one form or another. Whatever forms our expression takes - symphonies, speeches, or soap operas - it can convey, stimulate or inspire feelings, stirring our emotions.

Positive expression manifests as inspiring, enthusiastic, constructive, uplifting communication, such as speaking, singing, acting, music, writing or other arts. Negative expression manifests as bad-mouthing, complaining, criticising, or whining. it tears down, hurts or destroys and it can cut people to ribbons.

Those of us who have a great deal of expressive energy have the power to either uplift or to tear down. Once we recognise our ability to uplift or tear down, we can learn to channel this energy in responsible, constructive ways.

Whether our feelings seem 'positive' or 'negative', we can all appreciate the value of expressing them in constructive ways. Getting in touch with and releasing our authentic feelings can generate new levels of energy, integration and healing. In valuing positive expression, I do not mean to imply that we should deny our anger, fear or sorrow, nor do I recommend repressive strategies in the name of staying 'cool' or above it all.

We can express even anger, far, sorry or any other 'negative' emotion IN NEGATIVE OR POSITIVE WAYS. For example, if we feel angry, we can call someone names, or we can say something like "I feel really angry right now about what you did, and that puts a wall between us, which I don't want."

The Law of Choices, when applied to expression, reminds us that, in the long run, honest expression of ALL of our feelings benefits both ourselves and our relationships; The Law of Honesty also applies here.

Expression - the 'pen' is indeed mightier than the sword. Misused expression has allowed dictators to take over and manipulate whole nations; it has slandered and destroyed lives. At the same time, the most moving works of art and the most eloquent speeches of history stand as glowing examples of the power of expressive energy to bring beauty into the world and to inspire us to action and to change.

Even in everyday life, the way we express ourselves can make a tremendous difference in the quality of life for ourselves and those around us. The choice is ours.

The following exercises can help you achieve alignment with the Law of Choices as it relates to expression.

Experiencing Expressive Choice

1. Consider the following questions;

When did you last express something in a negative way to someone?

When you express something in a negative way (for example, a criticism or complaint), do you notice that you feel fully justified at the time?

How do you feel during and after you criticise or complain, or express in another negative way?

When did you last express something in a positive way to someone?

When you express something in a positive way (for example, giving someone a compliment or expressing angry feelings in a constructive way that honours the relationship), do you notice the way positive energy comes back toward you?

How do you feel during and after you compliment someone or express your feelings in another positive way?  

2. As you reflect on your answers to these questions, you might want to imagine or even mentally rehearse more positive ways to express your feelings.

Application of Expressive Choice

1. Write down or recall the last one or two times you expressed something in a negative way.

2. Consider that when we criticise, we don't usually express our FEELINGS, we turn what we feel into JUDGMENTS. Rewrite how you might have phrased your feelings directly and honestly.

Hint; Instead of using 'he' or 'she' ("HE makes me crazy! SHE always....."), use "I feel" ("I FEEL angry when.....").

3. The next time you have a chance, put what you have learned into practise.

The Law of Process

"On the path to your goals, if we want to get from point A to a point Z, the surest way to get there is to first go to point B, then C, then D and so on. Skipping a single step, even though it appears to be a shortcut, often results in failure."

"If you have a great ambition, take as big a step as possible in the direction of fulfilling it. The step may only be a tiny one, but trust that it may be the largest one possible for now." Mildred McAfee.

Our daily lives are filled with goals and achievements. These goals may be large, as in climbing mountains, gaining political office, or forming our own company, or they may be smaller, as in baking a cake, winning a softball game or doing a homework assignment.

Some of us are so occupied with our goals - leaping ahead of ourselves to the end result - that we ignore the path and the process in between. On the other hand, some of us get so disorientated or doubtful about how to get from here to there that we have trouble even setting our goals, or we get stuck on one step, suffering from tunnel vision.

It helps to remember that if we want to climb a mountain, we need to form a goal, set out a direction, prepare well, and proceed in small, sure steps. We can break down any achievement, no matter how large or imposing, into discrete, manageable steps. If we want to ford a stream, we find the individual stepping-stones. If we try to leap over too many steps, sooner or later we're going to slip.

The Law of Process teaches us not only to break a journey into shorter sections but also to appreciate each step as if it were an end in itself. Every step becomes a small success in itself; that way, we succeed many times, not just when we reach our final goal. What we learn on the journey may turn out to be more important than reaching the destination. For example, if we spend twenty years learning to paint portraits and then all our paintings are destroyed, we have still gained inner qualities on the road to our goal, including an ability to see with different eyes and better appreciate the beauty in every face.

Those of us working through process issues need to ask ourselves whether we want to be like the mail carrier who rushed to complete the shift every day and 'get off work' or the mail carrier who delighted in the changing scene of the neighbourhoods each day, saying hello to people on the street while walking at a smooth and measured pace. Many of us live only for the big highs, but forget that each small step up the mountain is higher than the last.

Here's another example of the Law of Process; Patrick had just come into some money when he noticed that a neighbourhood restaurant was going out of business. "What an opportunity!" he said to himself. He bought the business, hired the existing staff, kept the same menu, and put up a new sign, "Under New Management", thinking that under his charismatic leadership, business would boom. The business failed again, the way most new ventures fail and for the same reason; Patrick didn't go through all of the steps of the process. He wanted to get to the end product right away.

Joshua on the other hand, came into a little money and saw a "Going Out of Business" sign on a local restaurant. he did his homework; He interviewed restaurant owners and learned the pros and cons of the business. He learned that the three most important things for a restaurant to succeed are location, location and location. He found out that the old location for this restaurant wasn't the problem; something else had caused it to fail. So he did a demographic study and called two hundred people in the area, at random, to ask them how often they went out to eat and what types of food they liked. Based on what he learned, he decided to open Joshua's Deli Delights Restaurant. He then spent some time in area restaurants, offering to help wherever he could; he observed and spoke with dishwashers, food servers, cooks, hosts and managers so he would know what questions to ask on job interviews.

Finally, after finding out where to get the best supplies at the best prices, hiring the best staff he could and making all the necessary preparations, Joshua had covered all of the steps. His success was not merely luck, good fortune or a surprise. Joshua had mastered the Law of Process and demonstrated that by building a stable foundation based upon careful preparation and following a patient process, we can reach any goal. We can achieve anything if we break it down into manageable parts.

The following exercises can help you achieve alignment with the Law of Process through direct experience and application.

Experiencing Process

1. Reflect upon how you learned to play a musical instrument or a sport, to drive a car, or to walk or talk. Did it happen all at once, or was it a step-by-step, trial-and-error process?

2. Observe how houses and skyscrapers are built from the ground up, a little at a time. Consider how much energy and planning it takes. What does this say about how to accomplish anything in life?

Applying the Law of Process

1. Observe in your own life the many processes you go through each day in getting dressed, getting the kids off to school, going to work, or going to classes; each of these involves hundreds of small steps.

2. A very good way to reinforce the Law of Process involves building a model plane or model house, or putting together any kind of craft.

3. Pay attention to the many small steps in your life.

4. Break any present goal into small steps; write them down and make a checklist. See the stepping-stones from where you are to where you want to be.

The Law of Patterns

"Any habit or pattern, whether we call it 'good' or 'bad', despite our best intentions, tends to reassert itself over time UNLESS we break that pattern by DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT."

"The events of childhood do not pass but repeat themselves like seasons of the year." Eleanor Farjeon.

We humans have the power of spontaneous action, doing old things in new ways, changing and restructuring our lives and our behaviour. Yet an innate resistance limits this possibility; this resistance is based upon our most fundamental physical and psychological structures, connected to the larger universe and to the ways we learn and adapt to our environment when young. Our tendency to form patterns has survival value.

As children, we learned to make sense of the world by observing patterns. We experienced patterns of hunger and feeding, day and night, waking or sleeping, as we conformed to our parents schedules and our own internal rhythms. By recognising patterns in the noises our parents made, we learned the complex association of sound and meaning; through repeated patterns, we learned to speak.

We grew to depend upon patterns repeating themselves, and we learned to repeat them - brushing our teeth and other night time rituals; patterns at home, at school and at work. By the time we were ten years old, the power of patterns had become part of our lives.

The functional pattern of habits we have developed in the course of our daily lives, such as washing our hands before eating, aren't usually cause for concern, but they are still interesting to observe, because if we consciously do something different just to notice what happens, we may feel strange or out of step - attesting to the power of habits.

The Law of Patterns primarily addresses the habits we consider dysfunctional, negative or destructive - the patterns we wish to change. As an example, take Tom, who had a problem with alcohol. He stopped drinking, then started, then stopped, then started again. Then finally he thought he had stopped for good. he told a friend, "I haven't had a drink for a year; I've got this licked." Having relaxed his vigilance, the pattern reasserted itself, and Tom started drinking again.

Tom had just experienced the Law of Patterns, first stated in a sense, by Sir Isaac Newton, whose Third Law of Motion asserts, "An object at rest tends to remain at rest, AND AN OBJECT IN MOTION TENDS TO STAY IN MOTION, unless subjected to an outside force." In terms of our own habit patterns, in other words, just saying "It's going to be different this time" or "I won't do that again" isn't enough.

"Quitting smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I've done it hundreds of times." Mark Twain

A woman named Iris once shared this story of how she had invoked the Law of Patterns; Irish had formed a repetitive pattern of losing and then gaining back a great deal of weight over the years - nearly a hundred pounds. During one of her slimmer cycles, she confided to her friend Marianne, her fears of gaining back the weight and her resolution to keep it off this time.

Surprisingly Marianne told Iris that she probably would gain it back. "Take a realistic look at your 'situation'," Marianne told her. "Did you want to gain weight the first time, or the second or the third?"

"No!" Iris replied.

Marianne, who had worked with people dealing with a variety of addictive behaviours over the years, had an intuitive understanding of the Law of Patterns and said "Your old pattern will tend to reassert itself unless you break it by doing something different to INTERRUPT it."

"You can bet I will", Iris assured her.

Marianne shrugged. "Patterns are often stronger than resolutions, Iris. I think you need to examine the pattern - you said you started gaining weight after your mother died?" (I had not read this:))

"Yes".

"And then the second time, you put on weight when you got laid off?"

"Uh huh."

"And the third time?"

"That was totally different. I had a boyfriend and we split up."

"Iris, if you don't see the pattern clearly, then you have no way to change it. Take another look; What do all these events have in common? Where's the pattern?"

Iris thought about this. "Well, I felt badly about myself when my mother died; we'd had a bad argument and I never got to say goodbye. And when I got laid off, and when I broke up with my boyfriend - yes, all of those times, I felt lousy about myself!"

"Okay, so when you feel really badly about yourself, you go into the same cycle of overeating - the same pattern. Now you have a handle on it." Marianne said. "I'm going to suggest a way for you to break this pattern. It may sound strange, but I think it will help, if you're willing to do it."

"Tell me!" Iris responded.

"How far have you ever walked at one time?"

"About three miles I guess".

"Okay. The next time this 'I feel badly about myself and I need to eat a lot pattern comes up, I want you to STOP whatever you're doing or are about to do, put on your running shoes, leave the house and walk SIX miles."

"That's it? That's your suggestion?"

"That's it."

Looking puzzled, Iris left.

About eight months later, Iris called Marianne and without even saying hello, she excitedly declared, "It happened!"

"What happened?" Marianne asked.

"Well, I was feeling really stressed out at work and felt that no one liked me. I was feeling bad about myself again. I happened to have a double - chocolate cake in the fridge for a party I was giving. I felt like having a slice - a big slice. I started telling myself I could get another cake for the party. Then I remembered!" she exclaimed. " I saw what was happening! So I put on those damn running shoes and said to myself, 'I'll walk six miles because I made a promise to myself. BUT I'M ENDING UP RIGHT HERE, AT THIS CAKE!'"

"I walked my six miles - maybe six and a half miles. And when I got back, I picked up the cake and was about to toss it in the garbage when I shook my head, put it back in the fridge and left it there. We had a wonderful party. And all the gals from work showed up!"

Iris had broken an unwanted pattern by first recognising the power of the pattern and then doing something to interrupt it, rather than remaining a victim by repeating it.

The Law of Patterns is important for anyone who tends to break resolutions repeatedly or who has a pattern of incompletions or repeated failures (such as three of four marriages or quitting smoking five times.) Any pattern tends to repeat itself until we closely examine what's going on and intervene and break the pattern by doing something else. This law highlights our habits and tendencies and helps us take responsibility for them - not by endlessly struggling against old habits, but by DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

The following exercises can help you achieve alignment with the Law of Patterns through direct experience and application.

Experiencing Patterns

1. Contemplate the power of patterns in the natural world; how after a few days of heat, sun-generated winds pull the fog back into coastal cities, how animals live by their own patterned instincts.

2. Take a moment to appreciate how your subconscious has instincts too and grows accustomed to patterns and routines that tend to repeat themselves.

3. Consider the energy required to change an accustomed pattern. Could failure to break old patterns result from underestimating the force and the time required to shift to a new one?

4. Recognise that changing any pattern entails strong commitment and resolve - and an almost heroic battle.

Applying the Law of Patterns

1. Select a repeating pattern in your life. The pattern might be starts and stops; repetitive failures to follow through with a stated goal, such as stopping drinking, smoking or overeating and then starting again; or marriage, divorce, remarriage, divorce.

2. When did this pattern begin? Give yourself some time to see the process clearly, from its start to the present day. Focus on the COMMON threads in the pattern, NOT the differences (such as the different reasons several marriages ended). Once you see the common threads, you gain some leverage and know what you're dealing with.

3. What might you do DIFFERENTLY that would have sufficient impact to interrupt this pattern?

The Law of Perfection

"From a transcendental perspective, everyone and everything is unconditionally perfect; from a conventional viewpoint, perfection doesn't exist - excellence is the best we can achieve, and achieving it takes time and practise." 

"We are raised on comparison; our education is based on it; so is our culture. So we struggle to be someone other than who we are." J. Krishnamurti.

The Law of Perfection presents a paradox because it contains to apparently opposite truths, which operate at different levels of experience.

From a conventional view, this world is a place of suffering: crime in the streets, the hungry, the homeless, the oppressed. Even without the daily news, in our own lives, when we get what we don't want, we suffer; when we don't get what we do want, we also suffer; and even when we get exactly what we want, nothing lasts in this realm.

From a transcendental perspective - seeing ourselves and this world with all its difficulties from the all-encompassing wisdom and patience and love and understanding that comes when our hearts are open - then all of it, the joys and sorrows, the suffering and pleasure, and everything going on in this moment on planet Earth, is absolutely, completely perfect IN TERMS OF A GREATER PROCESS OF EVOLUTION.

This reminder of the bigger picture is the key for those of us who have perfectionist tendencies and higher vision, but who often lose perspective and worry about petty details. Leaping back to conventional reality, it is certainly no 'perfect' or okay that anyone is cold or hungry or in pain, but from the larger picture, we are cells on the great body of Earth, itself a tiny speck floating in the void of space, and our personal dramas and global politics no more significant than a group of ants who are washed away as someone hoses off their driveway.

Without the ability to leap to the bigger picture and take in all of the justice and all of the injustice - the entire drama of human existence - it is very hard to have a sense of humour in this world. As Woody Allen once said, "Not only is there no God, but try getting a plumber on Saturday!"

Those of us working with issues of vision and acceptance need to develop the ability to take this leap of faith, this mental shift out of our own body, our own life, our own drama, even our own socially conscious, politically correct psyche and see, accept and embrace ALL THAT THERE IS.

By accepting the ultimate perfection of every speck of matter, every circumstance and every person, even including ourselves, we can rest easy, remembering that however it may seem and no matter how scary it gets, everything is okay - in some sense - as we struggle painfully towards the truth, more beauty, more kindness and more love in the world.

This shift of perspective may require an understandable stretch for some of us, especially those who, when they try to make us leap, are pulled back down, with questions such as "perfect? What about the starving children?"

To such questions I can only answer that by accepting all things as perfect, we also accept our own responses and our own responsibility, which may certainly include doing what we can to help the world, to change things, to donate time or money, to raise awareness, to act.

That too is absolutely perfect. If we act out of guilt or out of a melancholy spirit, our actions have even less impact than if we hold a larger perspective even while doing our best to help alleviate suffering.

In general, we cannot alleviate suffering in others until we alleviate suffering in ourselves. We may be able to feed people and clothe them and help them to be self-sufficient; these are important steps, but they do not alleviate the fundamental causes of suffering or envy or greed in the human psyche. By our willingness to grasp the possibility that life is unfolding as it must, we have a head start. We come from a place of compassion, having learned as Joseph Campbell quoted from the Upanishads, "to go with joy among the sorrows of this world."

Even when we accept the perfection of OUR PROCESS OF UNFOLDING as we stumble, grow and evolve, this does not mean we are perfected; we still continue to change, to learn, to mature and to improve our lives in functional ways. We can also improve in the sense of expanding our moment-to-moment awareness and realisation of ultimate perfection.

But our self-improvement needs to come from a place of prior acceptance and joy of discovery and growth, rather than as a condition of self-worth. Perfectionists also need to remember that even while the world is perfect in the transcendental sense, from the conventional perspective, no perfection exists here on Earth. No person, performance or product is going to be perfect; as the Law of Perfection states, EXCELLENCE IS THE BEST WE CAN ACHIEVE, AND ACHIEVING IT TAKES TIME AND PRACTISE. No matter how hard we work or how skilful we become, we all continue to make mistakes; improvement just means our mistakes grow smaller. We also need to accept our mistakes as perfect - whether in relationships, work or any other arena. The Law of Perfection is therefore closely aligned to the Law of Flexibility and the Law of No Judgments.

This understanding of 'no perfection' can also help lift a burden from the shoulders of those of us who have extremely high vision and measure ourselves against unrealistic standards. We can all benefit from appreciating the perfection of imperfection.

We can develop the capacity to view the lessons of our daily lives as perfect in the way life arranges them at the right time and right place. Our high ideals and vision of what might be or what should be, however, are meant as beacons to call to us, to direct and inspire us - not as standards to judge ourselves by.

All sorts of events, both beautiful and terrible, can happen in our world; some we like and approve of, while others we dislike and resist. Perfect faith recognises that our mind cannot know or assume what is for our highest good; this faith inspires us to appreciate the perfection of imperfection. Such a recognition opens doors to an expanded sense of life.

The following exercises can help you achieve alignment with the Law of Perfection through direct experience and application.

Experiencing Perfection

1. Recall a moment when you or your life felt perfect. Maybe it was a beautiful day, and the people around you were happy; maybe you felt good about yourself, your mind felt free of pressures or stress, and you expanded into the moment of pristine perfection.

2. Now recall a recent incident, interaction or occurrence in your life that felt unpleasant - that seemed far less than perfect.

3. Imagine what it would have felt like to expand inot that unpleasant situation with the same sense of perfection you have felt at other moments in your life. this may not feel easy at first, but remember; Practise makes perfect.

Applying the Law of Perfection

1. Practise this simple act of remembering;

Ultimately, everything and everyone is perfect.

Conventionally, nothing and no one is perfect, except flow, change and fun.

2. Learn to say "Good enough!" "I'm good enough". "They're good enough!" "It's good enough - for now".

3. Whatever happens to us, or whatever we do, we can apply the Law of Perfection by asking ourselves, "In what way might this be perfect? A perfect lesson? A perfect opportunity? How can I shift my perception to make something perfect out of this?"

The Law of the Present Moment

"Time doesn't exist; what we refer to as 'past' and 'future' have no reality except in our own mental constructs. The idea of time is a convention of thought and language, a social agreement; in truth, we only have this moment."

"The present moment is a powerful goddess." Goethe.

The idea that 'time doesn't exist' may seem like abstract philosophy. After all, in a practical sense, time clearly exists, doesn't it? We have watches and calendars; we have memories of things past; and we can safely assume that certain future events will happen. Meanwhile, the clocks keep on ticking away the seconds and minutes and hours of our lives. So it may seem patently absurd to suggest that time doesn't exist.

If we examine our own minds very closely, however, we get a flickering look at another possibility - that ONLY NOW EXISTS. Our sense of 'passing time' as we wait in line at the post office is only an array of impressions and memories as we exist in one present moment, and the next and the next.

When we feel regrets about the past, that past doesn't exist except in our mind right now, where we keep the regret alive with pictures we conjure up. When we feel anxiety about the future, that future doesn't exist except in our mind right now, where we keep the anxiety alive with the pictures we imagine.

The Law of the Present Moment is not an abstract concept; TIME is the abstract concept. This law is not just for philosophers to appreciate; it is for us all to apply, especially when we get stuck in regrets about the past or concerns about the future. As we get used to the idea of the eternal present, bringing our attention back to NOW, we can change our life forever. Forever, of course, is also now.

Most of our worries, regrets and problems do not exist in this moment; they are kept alive by the pictures, feelings and associations stored in our mental files under 'past' and 'future'. The job interview that is happening tomorrow - 'tomorrow' being an idea in our mind - becomes real as we think about it; the argument with a loved one, with all its tears and guilt, is but a phantom of history, resurrected as we think of it and regret what we said in 'the past'.

The Law of the Present Moment can sweep our psyche clear of debris and return us to a state of simplicity and inner peace. It won't help us in the future, however, and it never happened in the past. The Law of the Present Moment reminds us about reality as it is, not as we think it is, wish it was, or hope or fear it may be. Only this timeless moment exists. Everything else is part of the mind's magic lantern show.

Normally, when we have a problem, it involves something that has already happened, whether two seconds or two decades ago, or something that we anticipate will happen in what we call the future. We almost never have a problem in the present moment.

Present moment.....For example, Rudolph is sitting on a park bench, in the middle of his midlife crisis. His wife is leaving him; his daughter is getting her PhD in shopping with his last credit card; the bank just sent someone over to nail a 'Foreclosure Sale' sign on his front door; his son needs bail money for driving while drunk in a stolen car. Rudolph's life is in shambles. Or is it? Didn't we begin this little scenario as he sat on a park bench? In the moment, just sitting is Rudolph's reality. He may have to deal with other moments and other problems, but right now, he has no problems. He is just sitting on a park bench.

Our body lives in the present moment. Despite all the thoughts we may have about past mistakes or future problems, we can call upon the Law of the Present Moment, reminding ourselves that only now exists. All we have to do is make the most of relaxing into and embracing THIS moment, and put one foot in front of the other, as we handle what appears right now, one moment, one step at a time.

Those of us who like to skip steps can learn to rest in the present moment. Those of us who tend to take shortcuts to get where we're going can rest easy, take a deep breath and remember that only now exists.

Those of us who get confused or impatient, who think a lot about future plans, can begin to recognise that plans are thoughts, and thoughts change. They only exist in time and time only exists in the mind. Applying the Law of the Present Moment takes practise, as does any law. We may feel ourselves getting tense, worried or upset about a thought of past or future as it passes through our mind; then we remember where we are - here and now; then we forget. Then we remember more and more, so that the quality of our present moments improves.

The following exercises can help you achieve alignment with the Law of the Present Moment through direct experience and application.

Experiencing the Present Moment

1. Contemplate the following questions;

Do you actually experience the passing of time or just the passing of thoughts?

Can you live in any moment but this one?

Does the past exist at all, in any sense, except in the form of written records, stored memories, and stored tensions you keep alive in the present?

Does the future exist at all, in any sense, except in your own mind's expectations and projections?

Does your power reside in the past, the future or the present?

2. Let the question go, take a deep breath and relax into the eternal present.

Applying the Law of the Present Moment.

1. Bring to mind a memory of a past regret, a past anxiety or a past impatience.

2. Now ask yourself; Did the feeling stem from something that actually happened in that moment? Or did the feeling stem from thoughts about the past or future that passed through your mind in that moment?

3. Finally, ask yourself; Do you have any problems or upsets in your life right NOW? Not in general, but NOW - this instant? How many actual moments do you experience this problem for?

The Law of Cycles

"The world of nature exists within a larger pattern of cycles, such as day and night and the passing of the seasons. The seasons do not push one another; neither do clouds race the wind across the sky; all things happen in good time; everything has a time to rise and a time to fall. Whatever rises, falls, and whatever falls shall rise again; that is the principle of cycles."

"Patience is power; with time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes silk." Chinese proverb.

Different forms of energy vibrate at different rates; like a river, energy flows from a higher to lower levels, moving through repeating cycles, expanding and then contracting like our breathing.

Since everything in the universe is a form of energy, everything falls within the domain of the Law of Cycles; Sunrise and sunset, the waxing and waning moon, the ebb and flow of the tides, and the seasons of the year all reflect this law. It reminds us there is a time for everything under the sun. All things have a most favourable and a least favourable time; all things rise and fall. A thought or action initiated while this pulsing energy is rising and gaining momentum travels along easily toward its success, but a thought or action initiated in a descending cycle has a reduced impact. When a cycle is not favourable, we wait until it is rising again. There are times for action and times for stillness, times to talk and times to be silent. Few things are more frustrating than doing the right thing at the wrong time.

Appreciating the energy cycles of our lives helps us apply good timing and create better 'luck' for ourselves. There are times to work and times to rest, times to take advantage of a building cycle and times to go inside, learn patience and wait, preparing for the next rising wave.

One example of how this law works involves my first book, WAY OF THE PEACEFUL WARRIOR.

Originally published by JP Tarcher in hardback, it received one positive review and one very negative review and found its way into only a few bookstores. Sales figures looked so dismal that the publisher decided not to risk a paperback edition; the book quietly 'died' with a bulk of stock remaining in storage.

This was certainly no fault of the publisher, who had assigned a gifted editor to the book, commissioned a beautiful cover and did what promotion they could for it. But the timing wasn't right and the book just didn't take off - until three years later, when Hal Kramer, a retired publisher, happened upon a copy of the book, read it and felt so inspired, he declared, "I'm going back into publishing, starting with this book." He sent letters to booksellers, announcing his re-entry "into the ring" with this new book and the rest, as they say, is history; WAY OF THE PEACEFUL WARRIOR, as of this writing, is published in twelve languages and has become an international best-seller, riding a rising cycle.

The life of Malcolm X provides another example of the Law of Cycles. At the lowest point in his life, when he was sentenced to ten years in prison, he made very good use of the time. He turned prison into his cocoon, from which he went through a metamorphosis that was to transform his life and the lives of many others. Rather than resisting or bemoaning his fate, he studied and read and studied more. He made use of the Law of Cycles and of the related Law of Flexibility. He emerged to become a major leader of his people.

Each of us has our own rhythms. As we find our own rhythm, we take advantage of whatever point of cycle we find ourselves; we learn to flow in harmony and rhythm with the Law of Cycles.

The impulse that sets some cycles in motion may be explosive; some cycles may rise, peak, then fall rapidly, like a heavily advertised best-seller. Like a shooting star, it may have a short but dramatic life.

Other books pick up slowly, by word of mouth, rising in popularity for years, then have a very slow decline. Such cycles apply to the fortunes of individuals, countries, religions, corporations, celebrities and cultures - rising and falling and rising again as the window of opportunity finally opens and the timing is right.

The following exercises can help you achieve alignment with the Law of Cycles thorugh direct experience and application.

Experiencing Cycles

1. Observe how winter brings the cold season of hibernation, spring calls forth warm rebirth; summer calls forth ripening; and autumn brings forth the harvest. In this way, the cycle of the seasons continues in a great circle.

2. Have you observed complete circles, large or small, in your life?

Did your popularity in school have its ups and downs?

Do you see cycles of ease and difficulty in your work activities over the years?

Have there been times when everything seemed to go smoothly and othe times when you felt as if you were pushing through molasses?

3. We can gain a certain security and sense of timing as we realise that life is a circle, and if we have the patience to wait long enough, and prepare for opportunity in the meantime, most opportunities come around again.

Applying the Law of Cycles

Within the great cycle of our lives - the spring of youth, the summer of our middle years, the autumn of our later years, and the winter of our final years as our life nears its end, many other cycles flow. Each year brings a spring of new beginnings, a summer of ripening, a fall of harvest and a cold winter of waiting.

1. Observe the periods of winter, spring, summer and autumn in your life.

In times of 'winter' that called for patient endurance and slowing down, did you use the time for learning and quiet reflection or did you want to rush the coming of spring?

When spring arrived, did you take advantage of this new beginning by sowing seeds?

Did you allow yourself to enjoy the leisure of summer seasons?

Did you harvest the fruits of your labours in the autumn cycles, storing, saving and preparing for winter's return?

2. Consider how your understanding of the Law of Cycles could help you create greater harmony, ease and natural flow in your life.

Epilogue to 'The Life You Were Born to Live' by Dan Millman

"It is never too late to be what we might have been." George Eliot.

This book shares keys to a sacred teaching that has, for centuries, been veiled in relative secrecy, passed down in a largely oral tradition. The Life-Purpose System deals not so much with self-improvement as with life improvement. While it may help clarify your path, the timing of your journey and the discipline and faith you apply are yours to choose.

By now, you have grasped the essentials of the method and have a feel for the interplay of archetypal energies and patterns that make up our lives. You can now more clearly see and appreciate the kinds of issues and the kind of promise your life represents. If you feel a deeper sense of your purpose and direction, then my own purpose for writing this book has been fulfilled.

To put this material in perspective, I close with a final reminder. There is a time for introspection and a time for turning outward; each has its value. We have to know the self before we can transcend it. As we explore the cave of our psyche, we find sparkling jewels of ideas, beliefs and images, but if we get too fascinated with the facets of personality, we remain within the cave.

Remember the light at the end of the tunnel; we need not linger within the caverns any longer than necessary. Self-knowledge is not the end. It is only the beginning. Let's go deeply into the self, then through it.

Once we cross the river of the self, we no longer need the boat. When we've explored our nooks and crannies to the point of becoming transparent to the light of awareness, we finally see the Spirit that shines through us all.

All of the laws described in this book are secondary to the Law of Love. I don't say this merely as poetry or metaphor. I mean it literally. Systems of analysis an introspection tend to put us in our mind as we observe ourselves. Analysis certainly has its place, but it remains subordinate to loving-kindness.

If we lose touch with our heart's wisdom, then no method avails; if we love, then nothing else is necessary. This material can help clear away the obstructions that hold love trapped within us and free it to expand into the world as joyous service for the common good.

It is my highest hope that you make use of what you have learned. Study this system, apply it, embody it and then throw it away. It's only another step on your journey of awakening.

Rest your mind in the eternal present, but open your eyes to the highest possibilities of your life path. Trust the process of your life, keep your sense of humour and above all, remember that it's never too late to experience the life you were born to live.

Dan Millman

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Re Writing The Human Race 

Ascension therefore, is as political as spirituality can get. You have to stand up for Eve. Adam has to stand up for Eve. Publicly and completely. The Return to a new Atlantis takes nothing less than that. No one is ascending without the women. Not this time. Because this time, it’s real ascension. Not the male made version. Heaven is on earth. Heaven on earth, is honouring Eve. And honouring The Great Mother Universe that she comes from. To serve you. Honour her. Treat her as you treat yourself. As monarchy. You have to accept FEMALE power, in female. Female POWER. Honour that, you honour Eve. Dishonour that and you get nothing. Ascension cannot be achieved without total equality. It is the original state. Soul. 

Amera Ziganii Rao © 2013

Witches are healers. Witches are the Love Healers and SOURCErers of The Lost World, when we were the giant warriors. We were good and so were were you. 'The World of Men'. The Tribe of Misogyny and Bourgeois™.

Gives us all a bad name. And poisons all hearts.

Amera Ziganii Rao © 2013

Feminist Lolita Intellectuals™. You lucky man. A place at the table, a place at the Executive Table. That's all. The rest is easy.

Amera Ziganii Rao © 2013

THE EVOLUTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS: APPLIED CONSCIOUSNESS™, NEO FEMINISM™, METAPHYSICAL PHILOSOPHY & SACRED SEXUALISM™. POST TRIBE SOCIAL REFORM™. POWER IS THE NEW LOVE. FREEDOM + HOPELESSNESS + SEX. NIHILISM FOR A SUCCESSFUL LIFE™ THE LOST KNOWLEDGE™ THE WIZARDRY OF BEING™ POLITICAL SPIRITUALITY™ TRUE NEW LOVE. BEYOND THE REVOLUTION™

SOCIAL REFORM. THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM AND LOVE. SHAMANISM. PHILOSOPHY. TRUE (UNIVERSAL) LOVE. NEO FEMINISM™. ANTI MISOGYNY. THE ARTIST'S WAY. WIZARDRY. TRUE INTELLECTUALISM™. WISDOM. GONZO SPIRITUALITY. NIHILISM. SEX. SOUL. GOD, THE MOTHER, THE UNIVERSE™. SPIRITUAL EXISTENTIALISM™. THE VOID OF CREATION™. ALCHEMY & LIBERATION & HUMANITY™. HELL. SUFFERING. GROWTH. ASCENSION. LOVE. LIFE. DEATH. WARLORDS OF LIGHT™ TRUE LOVE & TRUE SEX. THE POST TRIBE SOCIETY™

The Company.

Writer, Speaker and Enlightener, Amera Ziganii Rao, is now putting together a comprehensive and unique programme of Alchemy & Liberation & Humanity™. A programme of learning that is specifically about one particular kind of woman. And one particular kind of man. The Sacred Whore High Priestess™ and the Sacred Whore High Priest™, and the true society that they come from and the one they, in particular, she can and has to return to and that anyone can join her and him in. This is about Paradise on Earth.

This is about The Sacred Whore High Priestess™ and the Sacred Whore High Priest™, and the Alchemy and Liberation and Humanity that is for all as a result of their healing and in particular, hers. This is about the kind of woman who is at the bottom of the pile in a Patriarchal Toilet Tribe from Hell Society™, the norm, the conventional world and the world of the Tribe. This is about the kind of man who is next in line from the bottom. The sensitive man and the female chattel. The High Priestess and High Priest of a profane society, that has long forgotten who they are.

This is about being at the bottom of the pile, for the forgotten and strangled shamans, and for her, the story of escape. Abused by her family, her friends, her men, her whole society, by the very nature of who she is and who they are and what has happened on this Earth. It is about women of love, of Spirit and of sex. It is about men of love, of Spirit and of sex. It is about the Cinderellas of this world. It is about the The Sacred Whore High Priestess™. Who she is and how, loving her is the secret to Paradise on Earth and how we have been living a lie for 8000+ years. A lie of male (non High Priest) religion with a male ‘God’ and with Patriarchs and Patriarchal types and Matriarchs and Matriarchal types ruling over us and making our lives hell, all in the name of family, the tribe and the way things are and should remain. Hate, fascism and profanity. A sick society that vilifies, more than anyone else, the The Sacred Whore High Priestess™, just because it was told to. A sick society that calls her Eve. A sick society that has forgotten who we all are, let alone the The Sacred Whore High Priestess™ and the Sacred Whore High Priest™. This is about us remembering and knowing who WE are.

This is a programme of healing for the The Sacred Whore High Priestess™, and the Sacred Whore High Priest™, to take them and particularly, her, from monstrous levels of low self esteem and lack of self knowledge, back to herself and it is a programme for all those who truly want to love her, and indeed, him. This is a programme for the greatest carers on Earth, who are vilified, destroyed, ridiculed, ignored, abused, used, misused and hated for being everything that those who would steal from us are not. This is a programme to turn Cinderellas into The Sacred Whore High Priestesses and for anyone who wants to love her or live by the values of the The Sacred Whore High Priestess Society™. And this is a programme to turn sensitive men into Sacred Whore High Priests™ and for anyone who wants to love him and live by the values of the The Sacred Whore High Priestess™ and High Priest Society. Love, humanity, Spirit and sex. This is a programme to reverse 8000+ years of witch burning, women hating and healer ridicule. This is about the The Sacred Whore High Priestess™ and all those who would love her and live by her values.

This is about the chance for Paradise on Earth. This is a programme for the most beautiful, kind hearted, wounded women and men on this planet. A programme of how to implement a system of how to beat life, how to survive life and how to resurrect from the grief that is a true life. Alchemy and Liberation and Humanity of the lower mind into the higher mind, the soul and the inner heart and therefore one's true, confident, ‘happy’, successful, creative, sexual, sensual, individual, intelligent, emotionally healed, capable of loving and being loved self. How to turn grief into creation and survive and thrive, despite all the shit, all the pain and all the hurt. How to live in a world of madness, hollowness and cruelty and how to be a winner. How to stand up for oneself and to take back the power that has been stolen from anyone with heart, Spirit and sex. The art and science of Alchemy.

This is a programme, based on my scholarly and non scholarly work over 15 years (so far), if not for my whole life, and my extensive and intense, visceral experiences of self transformation from resignation, cynicism and despair to a state of relative bliss, and above all, the right to be. The programme and the courses and my speaking and indeed my forthcoming book, will cover the method of change. The psychological, sociological, spiritual, cultural, political, emotional and physical and even anthropological methods of change. Why we are here. Who the Sacred Whore High Priestess™ is and why she is here. And who the Sacred Whore High Priest™ is. Why we are here. Who we are and what we are and why we are. The beauty and glory of the truth. The meaning of life, no less. This will be on offer in the future.

My first book of consciousness, my first book of the spiritual politics of humanity, of authentic power and of self love and strength. A comprehensive series of online courses, live events and audio and visual material. Books, live events, CDs and DVDs. And one on one personal empowerment consultations. The Amera Ziganii Rao Method of Change™. The right to be and the way to have the right to be. And indeed, how to maintain the will to live without love. How to BE unconditional, self sufficient, self caring, self love. The right to be and the will to be and the unparalleled success that comes with that. The Lost Knowledge™. HOW to live. And how to heal others, the profane and the sick and the soulless. The others. My Business and that of any Sacred Whore High Priestess™ and Sacred Whore High Priest™, is Human Rights, The Right to a Sexual Society, Self Actualisation and Freedom.

My Business is To Overthrow Fascism, in the Home and in the Country. My business is also mastering destiny. Overthrowing the ultimate 'fascism'. Our journey on Earth and The Return To The Source. Our healing, our ascension and our redemption. Fate. The daily crucifixions of a true life, the challenges and the fury of being healers and people of love on a planet like Earth.

Submitting to the journey to liberate and evolve oneself, through following one's heart, however much heartbreak and devastation it leads to on the long long long journey to freedom and then the longer journey to happiness. 'Long Road to Freedom', as Nelson Mandela says. My business is always taking risks, never giving up and making the endless sacrifices it takes to become whole. Enlightenment, Nirvana and then Parinirvana and beyond. My business is pain. My business is bliss.

My business is seeing the truly glory of Spirit on Earth. The Sacred Whore High Priestess Society™ and all that it is. Spirit, humanity, sex and love again at last. And the end of our legacy as either servants or witches or unpaid carers or indeed, ignored mistresses, other women, other men even, and the weirdos that are at the bottom of society. This is our world and it is time to take it back and I can show you how. And that makes my life, truly, worth living.

I want you to feel the way I do. Alive, with the right to be and the belligerence to exist in this profane and male ‘God’ led world of male supremacy, female supremacy, domestic, casual fascism, tribe rules from hell, with beautiful and kind, love intelligence laden, female and male Cinderella warriors at the bottom, caring for everyone else and getting nothing but hatred, ridicule and isolation for it. The meek are already inheriting the Earth and I can show you how.

Amera Ziganii Rao © 2012

I am THE High Priestess Monarch of the ancient past and I forgive you for becoming enslaved and taken over by the machines of the alien reptile force that invaded and took over Earth 8000 years ago. They taught you to hate me and my kind and you believed them. They told you I and my kind were dictators and that you were slaves, when all we had done was love you, honour you as companions and above all, we had let you just live.

We were the holy communers, the ones who gave birth to human beings, the leaders of society, the creators of society, the vehicles of Divinity on Earth and the channels of wisdom. The ones who looked after everything and the ones who built everything and ran everything, because we could. And because we loved it. We are and were the force of creation. And you loved us and you lived.

But they told you that you ‘deserved’ power too and that we were the ones standing in your way. And you believed them. The oldest ‘divide and rule’ strategy of hate in history and it worked. They used it and you bought it, hook, line and sinker. You had to give up sex, love, magic and your own spiritual gifts and you burnt, destroyed and violated me for 8000 years.

The world calls that male supremacy. And indeed, family supremacy, Matriarchal supremacy and supremacy of the material world and all who believe in it. Men and women like you. When all that you are are slaves to a reptile force to generate hate energy for them to live and thrive and vampire the human race. The puppets of a hate force, that chose to destroy women and men like me, for hate to grow, so they could live. You bought it and it worked. The greatest fraud in the history of the world.

I am THE High Priestess Monarch of the ancient past and I forgive you for becoming enslaved and taken over by the machines of the alien reptile force that invaded and took over Earth 8000 years ago. They taught you to hate me and my kind and you believed them. They taught you that my mind was evil. My mind, my sex, my body and my ways of life.

The humanity, the glory of sexuality and the glory of creation and creativity and the glory of Divinity in each and every one of us. Our souls. They taught you that human beings are separate from Divinity, that sex was wrong and that women who have minds of their own are uppity slaves. They vilified us but much much worse than that, they destroyed your relationship with all that is unseen, all that we honour and love.

They taught you to hate what is really God. By teaching you to hate us, you hated all that is good in yourselves. They taught you to hate the light. They taught you to kill us. The daughters of The Universe. The High Priestesses of God. The Spiritual Mothers. The Sacred Whore High Priestess Avatars of The Universe™. The Sacred Army of Love on Earth.

The Shamans, the Mystics and the Communers. The Hierophants.

They called me Eve and blamed me for the downfall of the human race and created the awesome profanity that is religion. Of men, by men and from men. Of reptiles, by reptiles and from reptiles. Christianity, Islam and Judaism and every other philosophy around the world was poisoned. There are no female spiritual leaders left. It is all profanity. They chose you to represent them because they wanted to divide us and they did. They told you to hate me. And you believed them. Now I am back and I forgive you.

I forgive you because I can. Because I came here to save your soul. And because I finally know who I am. I am THE High Priestess Monarch of the ancient past. I came here to return your soul to The Source. God, The Mother, The Universe. To return you to what is really God. Because I love you. And because She loves you and your kind, whatever you have done.

Whatever you have done to me and whatever you have done to Her. And most of all, whatever you have done to yourself. We forgive you. This is your redemption. Your freedom and your ascension. We are here to save your soul.

Amera Ziganii Rao © 2012

You bought the Sacred Whore like a piece of meat and you called that a wife. Your trophy wives. Your dancing girls. Your chattel and serving girls. Your piece of beauty. You bought us like you would cattle. Then you called it wives. Now you call it prostitution. The High Priestesses of the real God. You bought us to buy God, The Mother, The Universe and you caged us, separated us from our Divine gifts and skills in the Temple and drove us mad and then lost interest in us, because we had no gifts left, no excitement, no hunter in ourselves and no hope or joy left. Then you just called us mad and discarded us. You called us evil and you call love obedience, even though it had already killed us. You moved into our Temples and you played with the divination tools and thought you communed. The destruction of Atlantis was your gift.

You stole us from God, The Mother, The Universe and you tried to usurp us. You vilified us, enslaved us and you still envy us today. You call it intuition. You might want to think about this when you hate us out of your jealousy. The mystic gene means physical tortuous pain and taking on the empathy of the human race. All their pains, evils and dark thoughts. We see and feel everything. We make crucial sacrifices to be near Spirit and the unseen and we go without for years. To be shaman is not glamour. I make it glamour. To be shaman is a specific Samurai existence, ascetic and harsh. We commune to be guides. And you take that and you shame yourselves because you just want the meat. You didn’t just want the meat. You wanted our beauty of spirit, our personalities and our love and kindness. And you destroyed them, because you caged us and called us wife.

Amera Ziganii Rao © 2012

The High Priestess Sacred Whores, the High Priests and the true protectors. Those who do not have the gift like either the High Priests or especially like the highest of all, the High Priestess Sacred Whores but who honour, protect and facilitate them to the world. Who honour the Shaman Sacred Whores of this world most of all, and who know who they are and who they are not. Who know the difference, who do not envy and who protect and love the representatives of Spirit, GOD, THE MOTHER, THE UNIVERSE, on Earth. Who honour their wisdom and who honour the latent Shaman in themselves too and who honour the communing ability of the High Priestess Sacred Whores. The non violators. Our only friends. The New Society exists. It is called Enlightenment. It is called Love. It is The Holy Grail.

Amera Ziganii Rao © 2012

The master race. It's all a lie. You are brought up to be a despot king and it is only your sister who ever tells you that you have become a pratt. The master race is all a lie. There are no kings in an equal world. Your father was misinformed. What he brought you up to be was a killer. Pure and simple. A misogynist. A modern misogynist. A polite killer.

Amera Ziganii Rao © 2011

I enter the magical hours of pure feeling, pure thought, pure imagination and I think and I write and I 'mysticise' the Universe. I escape at will, the truth of my humanless, Samurai solitude, and I pursue the truth of love in myself and in everyone else. I am philosopher. I am shaman. I am alone. I frontier the Soul to be spirit on Earth.

Amera Ziganii Rao © 2011

Amera Ziganii Rao is a former hard news journalist who is now turning professional with her art forms and indeed, her healing forms, after a long journey of inner searching, self teaching and exploring many layers and areas of both craft and wisdom. She is now working on her first book of philosophy and esoteric thought, and social, cultural and spiritual commentary. She is also showing her first photography collections. And last but most definitely not least, she is building a business to share her Sacred Whore High Priestess Society consciousness and empowering explorations to reach as many people as possible across the world. She is in her forties and lives in London.

Amera Ziganii Rao © 2011

In the meantime, please enjoy this website. I have included many of the subjects I am covering, areas of experience and insight that I will be exploring to the fullest in my book, the courses and all the other work that is to come as a dramatist, novelist and essayist. I also of course, include many of the wise people on this planet, who have come long before me; authors, screen dramatists, playwrights, film makers, artists, and other enlighteners and grand carriers of the wisdom I have found the most helpful on my journey, to find peace and become enlightened. The seemingly impossible journey, in the face of oneself and one’s circumstances. People who have contributed massively to my healing on this mad journey called life, in this insane existence called The Universe. People who have helped to make me as good a carrier of wisdom as I in turn, can be. Thank you.

Amera Ziganii Rao © 2011

Amera Ziganii Rao’s Well Endowed Mind. Mikal Konali. Yush Magazine

Any day now an unknown writer will burst onto the scene, amidst a media frenzy proclaiming "overnight success". That person could very well be Amera Ziganii Rao. And the success would have been decades in the making...

Amera Ziganii Rao is no longer a journalist and has not been for 14 years. She had a melt down and walked away to find a new path in life.

Her world was formerly the media and she covered news in print, TV and radio, for The Voice newspaper during the 1980s, the BBC in the 1990s, and then on cable TV before the digital revolution exploded, consigning the rest to history.

She re-imagined herself as an esoteric master, teacher, healer, alchemist, mystic, self-taught writer, dramatist and photographer.

Or, as she puts it, she developed a “suitably mythological level of existence and one that has been deeply visceral and painful, physically and emotionally.” 

Freedom, sedition and self-responsibility are among the themes that like her. However, it is her writing which sets her apart.

Amera simply had to explore the agony of “true love” and leave behind “the bourgeois and conformity tribe mentality we are all imprisoned by.” Essentially hers is a journey of discovery, of freeing the mind into the heart and soul. A profound journey in a shallow world, which she feels, is “worth every step of it.” Although, we imagine, it is not a journey for the squeamish or faint hearted.

She is also an attractive, well-endowed woman – points not lost on visitors to her blog. “You have a busy brain and an impressive cleavage,” remarked Vivien Loh, British TV Drama Creative. “Very interesting and fascinating,” an American professor chimed in. “Love how your mind works.”

With credentials and accolades like these, we simply had to stop her and ask the inevitable 20 Questions…

Name

Amera Ziganii Rao

Place

London.

Why Featured

Promising unpublished writer, bags of creative talent, askew angle on finding true love and other visceral vicissitudes. You what? Precisely!

01. Profession

Photographer/Writer

02. Age Region

40s

03. Birthday

February 4

04. Right or left handed

Right handed

05. Philosophy on family life

Elusive.

06. Who's been your greatest inspiration in life?

The brave and the free. Those of sex and the soul.

07. What current world issue are you most unhappy with? And why?

The Patriarchal Womb Stealing Toilet Tribe Society that affects the whole world. The sickness of female dehumanisation. It affects everything and everyone. Whether it is the so called Whore and Madonna syndrome, or war, poverty, cruelty or slavery.

08. If you could how would you bring about world peace?

Consciousness, esoteric knowledge and inner ascension. If we all healed ourselves, there would be no war. Evil would die because we wouldn’t listen anymore.

09. Which one piece (or series) of creative works (past or present) are you most impressed with? And why?

Tennessee Williams' plays and Picasso’s art. Simple. The brave and the free. The sex and the soul.

10. How much does your religion influence the kind projects you do or will consider doing?

I left religion at the age of eight. God has no religion. Mahatma Gandhi.

11. Are there any topics you would definitely not consider doing a movie on?

Cockroaches or any insect.

12. What percentage (100%, 50%, 25%, etc.) of your soul would you be willing to sell in order to be successful?

0%

13. What personal sacrifices have you had to make it to where you are today?

I’ve lost everything and everyone. I have walked away from fascism and mediocrity and of course the Patriarchal Toilet Tribe Society, my whole life.

14. What's the best advice you would give to anyone wanting to make it in their chosen career?

It’s not a choice. You do it or you don’t. The art, the freedom, the true love, the sex and the heart.

15. What's your favourite overseas holiday destination? Or, which overseas destination would you really love to visit for holiday? And why?

Cuba. I've been trying to get there for years. 

16. When you leave this planet how would you like to be remembered?

I stood for integrity, freedom, courage and kindness. I tried to help as many people as possible to feel good about themselves.

17. What do you admire most in a man?

Courage, individuation and the ability to leave the Patriarchal Womb Stealing Toilet Tribe Society.

18. Would you stay with a man who hit you?

Metaphorically or literally, all men (of one archetype) hit all women (of the other archetype). It is part of the journey, to liberate from the Patriarchal Womb Stealing Toilet Tribe Society.

19. Female circumcision, for or against?

The purest evil of the world. Obviously against. What a question.

20. Who would play you in a film of your life?

Jean Simmons, Elizabeth Taylor or Vivien Leigh or Maureen O’Hara as was. Today, Julianne Moore, Angela Bassett or Kate Winslet.

Mikal Konali. Yush Magazine 

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