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		<title>The Secret</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
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There has never been such a collection of great minds as there is in &#8220;<strong>The Secret</strong>&#8221; book or movie. The following is a list of contributing experts:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Bob Proctor</strong></li>
<li>Dr. Joe Vitale</li>
<li><strong>John Assaraf</strong></li>
<li>Dr. John Demartini</li>
<li><strong>Dr. Denis Waitley</strong></li>
<li>Michael Bernard Beckwith</li>
<li><strong>Jack Canfield</strong></li>
<li>And produced by Rhonda Byrne</li>
</ul>
<p>As you can see there are a lot of well known world class speakers. After becoming aware of The Secret, I was fortunate enough to be able to share the stage, all around the world, with <strong>the great Bob Proctor</strong>. Bob walks his talk<span id="more-319"></span>, meaning that what he tells you during The Secret is how he is in real life and how he presents from stage.</p>
<p>This is where <strong>The Secret stands out from the rest</strong> of the material currently available. There is a lot of so called &#8220;Educational&#8221; material in the market that does very little educating. It is therefore my great pleasure to supply you with this small insight to The Secret.</p>
<p>My first exposure to <em>The Secret </em>was at one of the events I was speaking at. It was screened towards the end of the second day. I decided to stay behind to see the movie but did think, yet another movie that will miss the target with the public. I thought this as a lot of Spiritual movies require the viewer to have some basic understanding of the subject.</p>
<p>To see how the audience was taking this movie in I decided to look at the audience for their reactions to this movie. Their faces gave a pleasant surprise as <strong>the audience was captivated from start to end</strong>. I was able to see the focus on their faces. There was also a lot of discussion going on after the movie in the foyer of the auditorium.</p>
<p>I took this opportunity to speak to some of the people to get their feedback from what they had just seen. There were a number or great replies to my questions, such as:<br />
&nbsp;</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>This is the first movie</strong> that uses situations to explain the concepts that I could relate to.</li>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<li>I was a complete novice before this movie but <strong>it showed me how I have been holding myself back</strong> with my negative habits.</li>
</ul>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Now that I have had the opportunity to see the Video and read the book <strong>(Thank you to Bob for signing my copy)</strong> I must say that the book has more content in it. However if you, like a lot of beginners, wish to have a gentle, yet still powerful, introduction to <em>Conscious Life Mastery</em>, you should start with a viewing of the DVD and read the book afterwards.</p>
<p>The book delves right into subjects that a lot of people find very very useful, in the current climate, such as:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>How to use The Secret</strong></li>
<li>The powerful processes Involved</li>
<li><strong>The Secret to Money</strong></li>
<li>The Secret to meaningful Relationships</li>
<li><strong>The Secret to Health</strong></li>
<li>The Secret to the World</li>
<li><strong>The Secret to You</strong></li>
<li>The Secret to Life in general</li>
</ul>
<p>There are also a number of Biographies included, in the book version, to permit you to get to know the respective speakers better.</p>
<p>Plain and simple this combination of Book and DVD <strong>has proven to be the spark a lot of people needed</strong> to get started on their journey towards Conscious Life Mastery.</p>
<p>Be one of them and take your first step today.</p>
<p>&nbsp;<br />
<span class="signature">Wolfgang</span><br />
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		<title>I Know That &#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wolfgang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you advance with Conscious Life Mastery you will need to re-align your belief system. About Conscious Living has provided some statements to assist you]]></description>
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<p>As part of your advancement towards <strong>Conscious Life Mastery</strong> you will get to a stage where your current belief system does not fit the direction you are heading. A large number of these beliefs have been part of your indoctrination into the System (Society). They have been imprinted in your mindset to ensure that you are not<span id="more-293"></span> labeled a non conformist. We go through a lot of effort to stay on the good side of society UNTIL our eyes are opened.</p>
<p>Once our eyes are opened one can not go back to being blind to things around us and our abilities. As part of continuing your development you will need to re-align your mindset understanding. With this in mind <strong>About Conscious Living</strong> provides you with the following statements</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>This reality that I find myself in is virtual</strong></li>
<li>The reality commences at the edge of my consciousness</li>
<li><strong>The mind is the interface between my consciousness and the reality</strong></li>
<li>I have developed tools in my consciousness, the mind and the reality to change the reality</li>
<li><strong>This reality was created for the sole purpose of teaching me.</strong></li>
<li>I have achieved mastery before</li>
<li><strong>I will achieve mastery again</strong></li>
<li>It is possible for me to achieve mastery this time</li>
<li><strong>All that happens to me is designed to assist my journey to mastery</strong></li>
</ul>
<p>If you look deep inside each of these comments you will see that they do take you away from the society mainstream. This is important as one must remember that like actions produce like results. What we are saying is, if you act and think like the majority of people you will get the results they are getting.</p>
<p>As this is not your desire ensure that you use these comments on a regular basis to ensure your development progresses.</p>
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		<title>Evolution of the Nature Kingdom</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:48:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Nature Kingdom article explains the progress of soul’s evolution starting with Earth, it learns and evolves through Air, Fire and finally Water.]]></description>
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<p>Evolution is controlled by choice. We make a choice at each level.</p>
<h4>There are 6 Octaves of Existence below us that have been vitalised.</h4>
<p>An Octave of Existence is a frequency range that has been prepared for experience by the Gardeners of the Universe. The middle of the range is active and the edges are a form of <span id="more-283"></span>null zone or void that forms a barrier. As you progress through the octaves you would notice a void, activity, void, activity etc. The octaves are grouped with an extra strong void or barrier as a boundary. We have such a barrier below our octave.</p>
<p>When a soul extension gathers sufficient understanding and power, it will seek access to the octave above, initially to visit then to take up residence.</p>
<h4>About 18 years ago in Canberra</h4>
<p>I was leading a development group of about 160 people. The more advanced group of 20 or so met each week in a park barbeque area. For some reason, a few of them decided to use an old ritual to open a gateway to the level below. Predictably, they got results. I was not aware of what they had done the previous evening until I was confronted with a 12 metre tall dark being. The guilty parties confessed their actions as they were seriously panicking as <strong>&#8220;IT HAS COME FOR US! IT IS GOING TO STEAL OUR SOULS! SAVE US SAVE US&#8221;</strong></p>
<p>My response was to tell them to vacate the park post-haste. I approached the being to determine the reason for its presence. I know that visiting the higher levels is the action of a well evolved soul. I was not about to lock horns with this giant. I suggested reasonably that I understood why he was here, and that he stay within the boundaries of the park, respect the environment and leave at sunrise. Surprisingly he agreed to these constraints.</p>
<p>I understood a bit about where he came from. The octave below is the origin of the &#8220;Death&#8221; figure. The primary purpose of the residents is to accumulate power. They are gathered in herds and followed by a group of &#8220;Deaths&#8221; complete with the black cape and scythe. They cannot see their herders but can feel them as they progress. In this way they are driven like sheep between one pasture and the next. The purpose of the herders is to terminate the life spark of their charges at its highest point so that they may be reborn and conserve their spiritual energy.</p>
<h4>There is a strong lesson here – &#8220;Do not judge&#8221;.</h4>
<p>When a certain threshold of power is reached they are able to visit the higher octave and continue their evolution. Some of our Archangels perform a similar function for us.</p>
<p>A short time ago my daughter, son and I were approached by a high being to perform a relay channel. The high being wished to contact an entity from the Octave of Existence below, who was ready for promotion.</p>
<p>Because of the number of Octaves separating them, the high one was not able to contact the lower directly. My son was able to communicate clearly with the high one and my daughter was able to communicate with the lower – down is harder than up as you have to carry the link. I accepted the easier role of guardian of the portal. After a time of communion the lower entity was promoted and placed in the high astral frequencies. He immediately was transferred to a hospice to recover from his ordeal. This lasted some weeks for him and a few seconds for us.</p>
<p>The astral plane is above the time barrier.</p>
<p>We were able to converse with the newborn as well as the high one for a time.</p>
<p>As he had worked hard and accumulated a lot of power he was able to skip directly to the high astral and avoid the &#8220;Earth&#8221; experience. The spirit we assisted was the same one who visited me in Canberra, hence his compliance with my request.</p>
<p>The higher being was a higher version of the four of us. The entity we raised was part of us in the Octave below us. Because of the sameness we were able to connect more easily.</p>
<p>From this exercise we can see that those above us are willing to help those below, as it is a form of self interest. We also were able to better understand the oneness of all.</p>
<p>The other lesson here is that we are here to experience as many lives and realms as possible. We are experiencing life from the perspective of the human kingdom; others have chosen other paths in order to make the experience for the &#8220;Highest Expression&#8221; as full as possible.</p>
<h3>Back to Nature.</h3>
<p>On entry to this Octave of Existence the soul extension commences a number of evolutionary paths.</p>
<p>These are:</p>
<ul>
<li>The Mineral Kingdom</li>
<li>The Nature Kingdom</li>
<li>The Human Kingdom</li>
</ul>
<p>Plants are of a higher order and are extensions of a much higher level.</p>
<h3>The Nature Kingdom</h3>
<p>If a soul fragment chooses the Nature Kingdom, it enters this level as an elemental spirit. Starting with Earth, it learns and evolves through Air, Fire and finally Water. Once it has achieved its four fold nature, it chooses a &#8220;specialty&#8221;.</p>
<p>Even though a specialist elemental is four fold, its primary strength is in its specialty. Being four fold grants them considerable wisdom, knowledge and strength. Do not underestimate these beings! A four fold elemental is roughly equivalent in evolution to a high human level 1 Master.</p>
<p>Four specialists then commence working as a team.</p>
<p>They then choose from the Path of Service or the Path of Being.</p>
<h3>Path of Service</h3>
<p>The Path of Service leads them to working with another being to provide &#8220;Elemental&#8221; services. They interact directly with the Grid to enable the Law of Attraction to function.</p>
<h3>Path of Being</h3>
<p>The Path of Being is the nature path. There is a distinct hierarchy of nature spirits. They are the basis of reality. For example three elemental nature spirits combine to form your body.</p>
<p>After four specialists have worked together for a time and have synchronised well enough, they undergo a form of merger and become a Deva. A Deva has a number of career paths, and so it goes onward and upward. It is quite possible for entities to change evolutionary paths. I personally know one Deva who has accepted apparent demotion to start the path of human evolution. A new Deva is roughly equivalent to a beginning third level Master on the human path.</p>
<p>I was on a development camp in semi desert Southern Queensland, for a week, some 20 years ago.</p>
<p>Over this period I was raised considerably and remember working with the nature kingdom and others. I particularly remember one nature spirit who was about 4 metres in diameter and 1.5 metres high and resembled a box jellyfish. It floated about 500mm above the ground and had many thin tentacles about 750mm long. Its task was to assist the germination of seeds. What I could see was a small flash of light every time a tentacle touched a seed.</p>
<p>I could also see the stream of energy being fed to it from a higher nature spirit above it. The higher nature spirit evolved the lower by raising the frequency of the energy it was providing the lower. The frequency was maintained at the top of the range the lower could handle and process. Eventually the lower spirit was able to replace the higher and allow the higher to move up the ladder as it was receiving a higher feed to evolve it in turn. This is how we all evolve.</p>
<p>We have a set of nature guides who have achieved their 4 fold nature and specialist status.</p>
<p>These people are truly loyal and beautiful, not to mention mischievous. They learn by service and eventually achieve a merger into Devic form. They assist us to understand the Law of Attraction by providing manifesting services. As my youngest son put it, they are the creators and we are the &#8220;idea-ers&#8221;. They will also provide other assistance to us if our guide team believe it to be in our best interest.</p>
<p>For example, I was out with two friends in Chinatown in Sydney one evening. We had just finished our meal when a heavy rainstorm started. We needed to cross the road which by now was 5cm deep in water and flowing fast, due to the heavy downpour occurring. Sydney has a history for really heavy rain in storms that last 45 minutes to an hour.</p>
<p>The young girl was very nymph like and ran across the top of the water laughing. Being heavier and not as well developed, I asked for assistance and walked across the road in a ring of dry with the water flowing around the ring about 4-5 inches deep. My other friend was a New Age believer but refused to do any development work, so his relationship with his nature guides was non-existent.</p>
<p>He got soaked! We teased him mercilessly, AND he had to pay for the coffee.</p>
<p>When dealing with the nature kingdom, remember that they have a very different culture.</p>
<p>They are much more aware of what is than we are. Their minds are clearer and more pure than ours. We do really live in a dream. They are much more attuned with the cycle of the seasons, with life and death.</p>
<p>There is a distinct protocol to follow when dealing with the nature kingdom.</p>
<p>If you are perceived to be disrespectful, they will inform you rapidly and firmly that they are unhappy.</p>
<p>I remember we had a Christian acquaintance who had a very judgemental and narrow mind. Strangely, he was also quite psychic. This day we were on the top of a hill in the forest overlooking the town centre of Canberra. The day was beautiful and the nature spirits everywhere and very active. He spotted them and commenced a form of exorcism, naming them demons!</p>
<p><strong>Bad move!</strong></p>
<p>Physically he was in the centre of a whirlwind of sticks and dirt. Psychically he was being pierced by many needles draining his power and his life energy. I am not sure just how far the local Deva was prepared to go, so I interfered by shielding him and asking for their forbearance because he was ignorant.</p>
<p>The response was if he was seen again in the forest, he would die. He may leave now because I was known as a friend, but that I had lost any brownie points I had built up, as I had brought him to their forest. It took a long time and a lot of hard work for them to like me again.</p>
<p>The friend and I parted company, as in his eyes, I was in league with the demons! Oh well! Sometimes you just cannot win, no matter what you do.</p>
<p>It is worthwhile remembering that we are all one and that the sole purpose for our existence is to learn and experience as much as possible. The Nature Kingdom is one avenue for experience and evolution. They are often of a higher evolution than us and will assist us willingly <strong>if we are polite</strong>.</p>
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		<title>The Transition Between Religion and Spirituality</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does Conscious Life Mastery or discovering Conscious Living contradict Religion? Discover the answer and what this means for you.]]></description>
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<h3><center>Religion is a starting point in the path of spiritual development</center></h3>
<p>Firstly, you never are asked or expected to leave behind your faith, no matter what it be. It is your starting point. Why would your God ever ask that you turn your back on his or her way? The most important function of any religion is to provide a code of behaviour and the understanding that we are loved and protected<span id="more-273"></span> by God so that we may grow in the understanding of his (or her) wishes.</p>
<p>Consider the growth of a child. A child needs to be protected. As the child becomes a youth, the absolute code is relaxed in favour of guidance and direction so that he or she may learn how to exercise independence and become a responsible adult. Have they left their life code behind? – no way! Your relationship with your God should only ripen and become more personal as you mature. Does Your God really want you to stay as a baby forever? I do not believe so. I suspect that Your God would like to see us grow and mature into good, strong and functioning adults.</p>
<h3><center>Everyone has the right to see God as they wish</center></h3>
<p>There is the story of a wise Indian prince who was having problems with different religions and sects of religions causing instability in his territory. He gathered the leaders of the most troublesome groups and asked them about their problems. They talked for ages about how they had the only true path to salvation and how everyone else was wrong.</p>
<p>The prince pondered this for a short time and arranged for them to be blindfolded and lead into the courtyard where they were presented with an elephant. Some were placed near the ears, the trunk, the legs, the belly and one particularly annoying individual near the tail.</p>
<p>They were given 5 minutes to explore then returned inside. The blindfolds were removed and each was asked what they found in the courtyard. Some described warm tree trunks, others a large round firm sky, others big sheets and the annoying fellow held forth that they could not have done so as he had felt a warm tufty rope so they were all wrong!</p>
<p>They were again taken back to the courtyard without blindfolds and shown the elephant. The prince then explained to them that they had each experienced different aspects and parts of the same being. He also gave them a warning that if they continued to cause him trouble that their heads would soon decorate his gate! Is it not very likely that each religion can be considered to describe the different parts of God?</p>
<h3><center>Growth is the acceptance of more responsibility</center></h3>
<p>We are not likely to stay as we are for ever. Surely God has bigger plans for us, if only to assist his archangels. As children we are given a fairly narrow amount of freedom so that we will not hurt ourselves or allow ourselves to venture into harm&#8217;s way.</p>
<p>Consider the warning given to most children to beware of strangers. This warning serves to keep children out of harm&#8217;s way until they have matured and gained sufficient life experience to interact with other people safely. To shun contact with strangers is a little limiting when we are seeking a mate for life.</p>
<p>At this point the responsibility for interaction becomes wholly that of the individual concerned, guided of course by the code of behaviour given to us by our parents and our God.</p>
<p>So it must be that many of the constraints placed upon us as children are relaxed as they mature into functioning spiritual beings.</p>
<p>To accept more responsibility, we need to develop the skills needed to perform properly in the environment we find ourselves in. As we develop these life skills and learn to use them appropriately we mature. We know what is appropriate behaviour and why. We become closer to our God as a friend rather than a child. We are still guided through our life by the wisdom of our faith. Our increasing understanding widens the possibilities of our life. We are able to experience larger challenges and grow in our faith and understanding of God.</p>
<h3><center>God challenges us to grow</center></h3>
<p>As the size and complexity of our God given challenges increase, we will need to talk directly with God, to seek understanding and guidance. God will respond in terms appropriate to our level of growth and maturity. Each of these challenges builds our strength so that we may move toward larger and greater challenges. As we overcome these challenges our greater strength grants us new abilities. These may take the form of understanding or healing or what ever was associated with the challenge.</p>
<p>These new skills are our rewards from our God for the effort we have put out on his or her behalf and so it goes. View it as a process of growth. We need to be stronger and smarter to take on larger challenges and the challenges themselves provide the strength, understanding and skills necessary to fulfill the next challenge. This is God&#8217;s plan for us. We must grow. To stagnate, is not helping to further God&#8217;s plan.</p>
<h3><center>Look at life from a God&#8217;s eye point of view</center></h3>
<p>God looks at us from a much higher point of view. He or she sees us as children in comparison. How can we be of any use or purpose to such a high being unless we make his or her life easier? Should your God need to continually change your spiritual nappies, to clean your snotty nose or mend your skinned knees?</p>
<p>Would it not be more pleasant if we were to grow up, to develop a personality and be able to converse and help where we can? Everyone has a plan or agenda of sorts for their life. Gods must too.</p>
<p>Simple observation of the beauty of our environment will often give us a clearer vision of God&#8217;s plan. Understanding comes from watching the movement of a cloud on a summer&#8217;s day, the swaying of a tree in the breeze, the reflection in the waters of a lake, the merry chatter of a flowing creek; these will all lead us to the quiet path to knowledge and more importantly, understanding.</p>
<p>If we listen to those quiet messages we can understand more and more of the overall plan and our place within it. This is how God teaches us and leads us gently to our maturity.</p>
<p>Until we can hear the directions of God, we will remain little more than superstitious savages subject to our coarse desires and driven by our emotions. If we are too afraid to seek understanding, we will serve no purpose in the greater plan. In fact, our very ignorance will often cause us to act in a manner that is in opposition to that plan.</p>
<h3><center>Let us grow our relationship with God</center></h3>
<p>Learning and understanding are necessary components of any relationship. If we put in the effort, our relationship with God will become warmer and more rewarding. This is the same with any relationship.</p>
<p>God wants to be our friend, not our boss. We need to be a little more mature in our thinking so that we can be that friend. Treat your relationship with God as you would with any other person who is important to you and whom you love very much. After all God loves us, we cannot allow that love to be one sided! That would be poor manners.</p>
<p>To build a friendship we need to spend time with our friend, to converse with them to learn their ways, to give them small gifts and so show that we care and to show pleasure when we are given a gift. </p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>Remember &#8220;As ye sow, so ye reap&#8221;.</strong></p></blockquote>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>We need to know and understand the things that are important to our friends so that we can act appropriately. Just because our friend is more mature than us, does not mean that we should not put in some effort ourselves. It simply means that our friend will understand when we do not quite make the mark. It does not stretch the friendship if we are genuine and do care and show this in our daily actions.</p>
<p>Our attitude is the most important thing. Do we have the attitude that a friend can appreciate?</p>
<p>These are the things to consider in our relationship with our God. &#8211; We can fight against Gods plan or we can go with it</p>
<p>No sensible being places themself in opposition to the plan of their God. This is risking all. Being in opposition to the greatest power in the universe is a serious career limiting manoeuvre. This is asking for a harsh lesson.</p>
<p>Being forgiven and allowed to stagnate is possibly the harshest lesson we could be dealt. The entire purpose of our life is negated until we are prepared to move in the required direction. To make no progress in our assigned part of the plan is to risk being replaced by someone who has greater desire and a greater Will to assist God. We can be placed in a more menial position as we have not exercised our will to assist.</p>
<p>If you were running the universe and had a minion who was not performing, would you not replace him or her with someone who was willing to help until such time as the laggard had a change of view?</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>The plan must go ahead, with or without our willing assistance.</strong></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is a Loop was my first question and the resulting answer went like this. A loop is a process of evolution and development from Spiritual Nothing to Master (or in my language - Zero to Hero).]]></description>
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<p>An interesting aspect was taught to me recently, the aspect of Loops.</p>
<p>What is a Loop was my first question and the resulting answer went like this.</p>
<p>A loop is a process of evolution and development from Spiritual Nothing to Master (or in my language &#8211; <strong>Zero to Hero</strong>).</p>
<p>Each of these Loops may be completed on one or more lives but are only ever as long as is needed for your souls to learn the respective skills.</p>
<p>The Major Loops and the respective skills are:<span id="more-71"></span></p>
<ul>
<li> <strong>1.Orientation and Survival</strong></li>
<li> 2.Lust for Life</li>
<li> <strong>3.Appreciation of Life</strong></li>
<li> 4.Communication</li>
<li> <strong>5.The Art of Giving</strong></li>
<li> 6.The Art of Healing Others</li>
<li> <strong>7.Love</strong></li>
<li> 8.Healing the Self and self</li>
<li> <strong>9.Healing the Reality</strong></li>
<li>10.Gift of life</li>
<li><strong>11.Life over Lust</strong></li>
<li>12.Consolidating Thought (using Limited Free Will)</li>
<li><strong>13.The Key Holder or Consolidator (Free Will)</strong></li>
<li>14.The Life Holder (Free Will)</li>
<li><strong>15.Guiding Others an the Path (Optional &#8211; Free Will)</strong></li>
<li>16.Master One Guide (Merger of the Guide Masters for all cycles for a role)</li>
</ul>
<p>Now to get from one Loop to the next ones Soul needs to achieve Mastery within that Loop. Basically, say you are currently in Loop 9 and you achieve Mastery it is you that will seed Loop 10. This seed (your Soul) will go through Loop 10 until it reaches Mastery and so it goes on.</p>
<p>I have been told by my Guides that I was a 12 and am now a 13 (within the last year) as I have been helping my 13 out in a lot of situations so I was promoted and he was demoted to learn his lesson again. This by all accounts is not the normal thing to see happen but who am I to complain.</p>
<p>Either way I am currently doing my Mastery for Loop 13 and need to do some solid training as I want to complete this within this current lifetime.</p>
<p>There is much more to Loops but this should give you some idea as to how big the Real Picture is.</p>
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		<title>The Spiritual Awakening of Society</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[What was the defining thought that set the wheels in motion for Society’s Spiritual Developmental path, we currently are involved in? It is a common believe, that I agree with, that the spark that ignited all of this was the thought of “There must be more to life”.]]></description>
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<p>What decade presented Society with the biggest helping hand along the path towards Spiritual Development and how was this achieved?</p>
<p>What was the defining thought that set the wheels in motion for Society’s Spiritual Developmental path, we currently are involved in?</p>
<p>In my opinion the timeframe was in the early<span id="more-67"></span> 1960’s when a large chunk of society decided to move out of the mainstream way of thinking and behaviour. As word spread the numbers increased rapidly and the so called &#8220;1960’s&#8221; were born, the time of free anything, Love, Drugs and Rock and Roll.</p>
<p>Anybody around in that timeframe will remember that the switch in the thinking processes of the people involved was drastic and very fast. The momentum was unstoppable.</p>
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<blockquote><p>What brought it all to this defining moment in history?</p></blockquote>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>It is a common believe, that I agree with, that the spark that ignited all of this was the thought of “There must be more to life”. That is the short version of it all and to truly understand the full meaning behind it one needs to delve deeper into the society’s thought patterns.</p>
<p>It is easy to see that the word “more” does not give us any insight, as this could mean anything from adventure to money. It is for this reason that the mindset of Society must be explored. In the early 1960’s the majority of people would simply get up in the morning and go to work to get enough of an income to buy all the material things that they were programmed to believe they needed.</p>
<p>It was the thought that one does not need to have more then the next person in order to be recognised as a contributing person in society that gave rise to the “more”. I grant you that starting your spiritual developmental path with free Love and Drugs is not an ideal way to start but it was a start that gave society a wakeup call and got the minds thinking.</p>
<h3><center>How Did Society React?</center></h3>
<p>Society simply behaved like a child that lives in a home with very strict rules in place. The moment the child is released of the rules it will let its hair down in an attempt to taste to previously forbidden fruit but will, in due time, become sick of the new direction and will settle down. There is no difference here, when one takes a look at the behaviour of society in the 60’s.</p>
<p>It was once society settled down, from the initial breakout, that they realised that the “more” they are searching for was not in the freedom but rather in the discovery of and enhancement of abilities to provide them with the essence of the “more”. This new thought pattern was enhanced by the realisation that coincidences where happening when needed, a lot of the time, to guide us in directions which previously were only thoughts and desires.</p>
<p>This gave further power to the “more” by focussing attention on the thought that if these coincidences are happening when needed what or who is controlling them. This in turn gave rise to the thought of – if someone is controlling them, how much influence do we have to select or create them. This in turn gave rise to the question – If we have or can influence these coincidences, for our benefit, how is this accomplished and how do we learn the art or ability.</p>
<p>And so the snowball started the roll down the hill and gained its momentum, as did the movement towards Spiritual Development.</p>
<p>As you can see one should not judge the direction society or an individual takes simply by face value. For developments sake, it is always more beneficial if one finds out the driving force behind the move and establishes the silver lining from any situation we encounter.</p>
<p>You see nothing cuts short your development quicker then having a negative attitude. If you can think of no other reason to stay positive the benefits of your personal development MUST be your driving force or you might as well pull your blindfold over your eyes and stay within the herd that will not take that initial step towards decision making and development.</p>
<p>You are the one in control of your future not the people around you. Never ever feel intimidated by people for your decision to follow the path of Spiritual Development.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Remember,</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<blockquote><p>“Every Journey begins with a Single Step”</p></blockquote>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Take that step and along the way take charge of your life.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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