Wisdom Connections

For our July meeting our topic was Pride and Prejudice: What is the Ego? We had a great discussion that included the definitions of ego, id, and super-ego as first identified by Sigmund Freud, and then we discussed the relationships among the ego, soul and spirit of individuals.

Part of the conversation was recorded and is included here:  Click the link to the audio file:  SEG recording-07112011

This is a 42-minute MP3 file which captured most of the presentation and discussion. Rosemary also drew a couple of diagrams during the discussion. One  illustrates the relationships among Conscious Mind, Unconscious Mind and Higher Conscious Mind. And the second relates the Soul, Spirit and Ego. I’ve included these as reference:

During the discussion we explored the influence of His Holiness, the Dalai Lama on the world. A couple of good movies about him were mentioned; these are:

Kundun: Click here for info

and Seven Years in Tibet:  Click here for info

Our next meeting is scheduled for August 1, 2011 at Little Nepal Restaurant   And the topic is: Are Extra-Terrestrials Really “Extra”?

Blessings!

Greetings everyone!

It has been a while since I posted an update here. But since I have a couple of audio files to offer you, I thought this would be a good way to distribute them.

Our February topic was a good one; Rosemary did some initial teaching from guidance of new teachers she is receiving recently. And because some of our members were out of town they asked that we record this session. That recording was cut short after about 48 minutes but the major piece of the teaching is available. Unfortunately much of the discussion following the teaching was lost.

While we agreed at the meeting to send the recording only to those in attendance, since we only captured the teaching I am sending it to our entire list.

Here is a summary of what we discussed:

Rosemary has begun to receive teachings from a new source for her, the “Sirius Mystery Temple Teachings.” She read from the channeled material given to her from the Temple Teachings (ref. recording). The teachings at the present are about the 5th dimension, Consciousness. Enjoy the recording!

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Part of the discussion revolved around crystals and their vibrational energy. The book referenced as an excellent resource  is:

LOVE IS IN THE EARTH: The Crystal & Mineral Encyclopedia–The LIITE Fantastic, The Last Testament by Melody

During the discussion Cynthia was reminded of one of her favorite songs, “Unring the Bell” by Gov’t Mule. It seemed to fit the concept well, and I’ve included the song here:

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Lyrics to Unring The Bell :

Our group gathered on August 2, 2010 at Little Nepal restaurant. And, the topic of the evening was “What do your numbers reveal?” We had fun learning how to determine our Life Path and Destiny numbers from our birthdays and full birth names, respectively. This is a particularly fun exploration for Rosemary and me since we share a birthday, in fact, August 2nd!

We first determined how to compute our Life Paths from our birthdays. We distributed forms to make this really easy. I’ve included a copy of the form here in case you were unable to attend or you would like to work with it again:  NUMEROLOGY WORKSHEET (Just click on the link to download the form into MS Word) (And here is another link to a PDF version of the document:  NUMEROLOGY WORKSHEET.PDF)

The main reference book we used to explore each of the profiles for the resulting numbers is: “Numerology: Universal Vibrations of Numbers” by Barbara J. Bishop. Rosemary’s favorite book (packed away with all of our Maryland books) is “Your Days are Numbered: A Manual of Numerology for Everybody” by Florence Campbell.  Of course, with a topic so ancient and broad there are many good reference books available. Please post some of your favorites!

Our next meeting is scheduled for the Second Monday (allowing for Labor Day); we will meet on September 13, 2010, at 6:30 at Little Nepal Restaurant, for dinner, discussion, but no dogma!

The topic for this meeting was “A Surprise”! Rosemary didn’t even share this with me leading up to our Monday evening gathering. And she held our subject quite close until she handed out cards with a short paragraph she had written on each while we gathered and ordered our meals.

She then revealed that our topic was “Past Lives” and that she had intuited and written a brief description of a past life for each of us that she had tapped into! She was quick to add that she had obtained permission from our Higher Selves to do this. We then talked a bit in general about the whole notion of past lives and their meaning and value to us in this life. We all shared these ideas:

It can be useful to consider past life experiences; they can help us understand our current relationships informing us of how we handled conflict in the past or how a great love of the past adds understanding to our current love relationships.

They can shed light on our karmic patterns and relationships; karma is spirit operating to bring us lessons in this life. It is speeding up bringing us those lessons at a faster rate.

And it doesn’t really matter whether we consider past lives to be real, metaphorical, archetypal, or the collective consciousness at work in each of us. The investigation into past lives can be informative to our present lives.

We then shared with the group the past life Rosemary had tapped into for each of us. By way of example I will share mine:

“A pirate who brought on board men who had nowhere to go, inspiring great loyalty.”

Make of that what you will!

Our August meeting is set for the First Monday, August 2 at Little Nepal restaurant at 6:30 pm.

We had a great discussion on the subject: What’s All This Hype about 2012? What’s the Basis for it and What Do We Think Might Happen? I’ve included some notes here and a couple of book references for those who would like to take a closer look.

The basis for the 2012 date becoming so prevalent and popular is the cycling of several calendars around the world. The predominant one is the Long Count Mayan calendar which ends a 5125-year cycle on or around the winter solstice of 2012. The longest time-period examined is the 26,000 year precession cycle we are moving through; this is the length of time the zodiac wheel cycles through one complete rotation around the sun-signs. This is all about moving into the Age of Aquarius. This cycle also brings the solar ecliptic into alignment with the galactic equator. I don’t want to go into all the details here, but to offer a hint as to the significance of the time-period we are in. There’s a lot going on out there!

But more importantly what does this all mean to us, the community of humans? I think there is a collective sense that something is happening. There are many signs. There is an increasing polarization of thought which seems to become more extreme with every newscast. People seem to be dividing; issues are discussed in black and white terms; compromise seems to be an approach of the past. It’s as if two worlds are beginning to form. People are being presented a choice. One of the books we brought up is one Rosemary has been reading: 2012: You Have a Choice!  Archangelic Answers & Practices for the Quantum Leap by Sri Ram Kaa and Kira Raa. Whether anything happens to the physical planet or not, it is clear that choices are being presented and we need to be ready to make those choices, not from fear but with open minds and hearts, consciously.

Of course, we did discuss the movie, a typical disaster scenario which seemed to exploit the hype around 2012 rather than reveal any truth. But there are possibilities of physical earth-changes discussed in the many books on the subject of 2012. Everything from moving into and through a photon belt to a polarity shift of the earth and a shift of the earth’s axis are explored. The fact is we are in the middle of earth changes. Whether we call it global warming or global climate change; whether we believe it is human caused or a natural cycling, changes are apparent. The polar ice sheets and glaciers are melting, the oceans are warming, and our computer models used to predict outcomes of these phenomena are not programmed to cope with the extremes; i.e. we aren’t sure what’s going to happen as a result of the real and current earth-changes we are experiencing.

But this is not cause for fear. It is rather an opportunity to remain open to the possibilities. Change is inevitable; it’s called evolution. And we are called to consciousness and choice. We are called to a higher vision of what is possible.

Another good reference for 2012 is a collection of essays I discovered in my research for the discussion: The Mystery of 2012, Predictions, Prophesies & Possibilities, a publication of Sounds True; contributors include Gregg Braden, Peter Russell, Daniel Pinchbeck, Joanna R. Macy, Ph.D., John Major Jenkins, and many more luminaries on the subject.

As a special note, our April meeting was our 13th meeting of our Spiritual Exploration Group! The April 2009 meeting was a formative meeting during which we discussed possible topics. So, with our 2010 April meeting we have completed discussion on 12 topics! Rosemary and I are discussing the topic for our May meeting and will announce it soon. Meanwhile please be thinking about new topics to add to the list for the remainder of 2010. You can post them on this blog as comments or you can email them to us.

Happy anniversary to our Spiritual Exploration Group! Thank you for sharing with us!

Our meeting on March 1, 2010, included a lively discussion on the topic of Past Lives. I believe the consensus was that, indeed, there seems to be meaning in exploring the possibility; but there was less agreement as to whether they are real or simply metaphor.

We opened the discussion with some examples. Rosemary offered a story of a police officer who set out to disprove the possibility of past lives and reincarnation. He did a regression with a hypnotherapist and during the session got in touch with a life as a painter. He applied police detective skills to investigate and disprove his own experience! What he found provided substantiation rather than disproof that this past life was real! You can view this story at:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB_j-chZvR0

There are many examples to be found; as with most subjects a Google search tends to turn up fascinating (true or otherwise) results and stories. Google “past lives” and see where it leads you!

Several members of our group reported on their experiences, including others’ stories from Past Life Regression Healing sessions. The key point discussed from these examples, stories and experiences is the healing that can result from exploring our past lives. And, if the healing is the ultimate result from the exploration then does it really matter if the story is a myth? What we may recall, whether it is from a true past life or from tapping into the collective unconsciousness, can shine light on the present. And if that light helps to clarify an issue, a health problem, a psychological block, then the question implied by our discussion title is irrelevant.

There are many ways to explore past lives. Often they reveal themselves spontaneously through encounters, events, visits to new places. And there are more proactive ways to discover them through hypnosis sessions, regression analysis and even through self-exploration through story telling or writing: make up a story about a past life and see where it takes you. Someone suggested taking multiple photographs, e.g. in a photo-booth; make faces, strike funny poses and see who might show up! Play a game of “past lives” with friends; the story you tell may have some basis in a “real” past life. Use past-life story telling to solve problems; if you write your story with your non-dominant hand you may be surprised what your right brain allows to come through!

Whether myth, metaphor or meaningful, if nothing else, past life exploration can be fun!

As a follow-up to our February Spiritual Exploration Group discussion please take a look at the following new feature:

http://hubblesite.org/hubble_discoveries/discovering_planets_beyond/

There is some great animation on this site illustrating how planets form around developing stars.

And, if there are all those stars out there, and so many with planet-forming discs around them, how could we possibly believe we are alone in the universe?!

Enjoy!