A number of my clients have recently asked me if there are any good books I might suggest to them. Here is one book that I am presently reading, and will re-read again soon. It is called:

“Wisdom From The Greater Community – Volume 1″ by Marshall Vian Summers

The sub-title of the book is: “How to Live with Certainty, Strength & Wisdom in an Emerging World”, If  you are interested in moving more toward your unique purpose, meaning, and direction in the world, I recommend you check it out.

The book contains a chapter on each of 35 different life areas, and I need to tell you that the teachings directly challenge many of society’s traditional belief systems and assumptions about life and purpose. The book is not for everyone, though I was sufficiently impressed to purchase other writings of his. One of them is a book called “Steps To Knowledge” which is 365 lessons, designed to be read and studied, one page daily, over the course of a year.

Note that none of these books are related to any particular existing religion so don’t let that be a concern for you.

Check out “Wisdom From The Greater Community – Volume 1″, which is available through amazon.com and also through many other booksellers. You may click on any of the titles above for more information. Prepare to be shaken up a bit, in a positive way.

Love and Blessings,

Last weekend I watched a 1997 film called Deja Vu. This was not the action film with Denzel Washington, nor one of the other similarly titled movies. This Deja Vu was directed by Henry Jaglom and it is a real gem.

Very briefly, the storyline involves two people, one married and one about to get married, who meet by chance and are instantly attracted to each other on an extremely deep level. Without giving away too much here, the movie explores the nature of the ‘commitments’ we make in life, what we are committing to,  and the ‘choice points’ where we have an opportunity to re-evaluate those choices and possibly change our life direction.

I’m sure that the film is available for rental in many video stores that have a ’spiritual film section’. I do know the film is also available on Amazon, and many of the other movie clubs, such as Netflix.

This movie was a joy to watch, and I highly recommend it to you.

Love and Blessings,

The other day I was led to Zoë Westhof’s website. Zoë is a writer living in Thailand. Part of her passion is supporting other writers, artists, and creatives through her blog.

Among her offerings is a lovely free 30-page booklet called “How to Make Your Own Creative Mini-Retreat”.

You don’t need to consider yourself a creative at all to benefit from this great resource. No matter what you do in life, I recommend this resource to give yourself a soothing break and more personal nourishment in your life. Something we all need more of at this time.

To download the free booklet: Creative Mini-Retreat

or

http://tinyurl.com/mini-retreat

Please check it out and let me know what you think.

Love and Blessings,

In recent weeks I have been drawn to the work of Burt Harding, in Vancouver BC, who I consider to be one of the most down to earth and clearly understandable teachers of non-dualistic awareness.

If you are clueless as to meaning of non-dualistic awareness, as I myself was, here is my rather simple (and perhaps simplistic) definition of Nonduality. It is the state or condition of not being separate and distinct even if appearing to be so. It is the condition which allows us to say that there is no true separation between ourselves and anyone else or anything else in the world, for instance. When we say things like “We are all one,” or “God is in all things,” we are asserting that the presence we call ‘reality’ is a nonduality.

Why is this even important? Because, as a culture, most of the world looks at life from a perspective of separateness, and most of us believe that happiness and fulfillment are totally dependent on outside things, events, and people. None of that is the truth. Consequently there is great unhappiness in our lives and the lives of those around us. Much of my emotional healing work with my clients involves helping them to release and heal the dualistic limiting beliefs that were inherited in childhood.

The more that we accept our connection to God, to each other, and to All of Life, the more our lives begin to come into true alignment with who we really are.

If you would like to see and hear a free 10 minute video portion of one of Burt Harding’s Satsangs (spiritual talks), visit YouTube site by clicking on “Living The Obvious”

Once you are at YouTube there are also many other talks of his that you can watch at no cost.

If you then wish to listen to full length audio MP3’s, on specific subjects,  you can purchase and download them at Know Yourself. The cost is approximately $7 per one-hour recording. I particularly recommend his talks on “Listening with Heart” and “The Secret to Clear Seeing”, but follow your own intuition and you can’t go wrong.

Many Blessings,

Recently I facilitated one of my most timely and relevant healing audio experiences. There were 200 people registered for this event, and over 100 people on the live call. Now, as promised, the MP3 Audio is available to download for only $9.95. Once you download the audio, it is yours to play on your computer anytime you wish, or you may copy it to a CD, or you may download it onto any MP3 player (like an I-Pod).

Healing High Anxiety: Moving Into Alignment with your Highest Self. MP3 audio available for instant download.

Cost: $9.95

Here is what one person wrote me afterward:

“Beloved Richard, Thank you, thank you, thank you. The call was wonderful, as I knew it would be. And you did hit on exactly what I needed help with … I’m looking forward to the mp3, to run thru the process again.”

Mary in NJ

Whether you were on the original call, or you are just hearing about it now, the advantage of having this audio is that you can re-experience the healing session whenever you wish, and you can use it to release any anxiety or to manifest any new reality, now and in the future. It is a wonderful, inexpensive, and powerful healing resource.

Class Description:

If you read or listen to the media, you cannot avoid the increasing energy of fear and anxiety that is being promoted on the planet. We are experiencing a troubled economy, turbulence in our personal finances, and our relationships are being shaken up in many areas.

This group session is a totally experiential process for your healing and transformation. All you need to do in order to benefit fully is simply listen and follow along as I guide the group through several different processes. The result for you will be a much better understanding of the events impacting your personal life, and more importantly, at the conclusion of the call you will have released and healed much of the turbulence you may now be feeling.

We are indeed going through a time of great change and restructuring on the planet right now. We are seeing this playing out all around us and in our personal situations. In truth, we are moving out of an old paradigm of illusion, separation and control, and we are moving into a new paradigm of personal responsibility, higher consciousness, connectedness, and trust. This is the beginning of a wonderful ascension.

It is all good. The challenge for us is that we have no real understanding of what is happening nor what we need to do in our lives to come fully into alignment with this emerging paradigm. This experiential session will help greatly with better understanding what is happening, while we energetically release the fears and anxiety, and then begin to magnetize into our lives all the good that is available to us. The result will be a much greater sense of peace, safety, and well-being, and an increased ability to make the changes in our lives that we know we need to make.

This is the first live group healing call I have offered in 2009 and I have facilitated this session because I’m called to be of service. It is your opportunity to receive a session of deep healing release, and a magnetizing of all the good that is available to us.

Here is another comment received:

“Just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed your gift of healing yesterday. I definitely will purchase the recording.” Tina in Massachusetts

Everyone listening will be guided though this healing work simultaneously. Bring your personal challenges to the call and release the underlying cause that has seemingly kept you from making needed changes in your life.

The healing session will close with a special group magnetizing and manifesting process, to create exactly what you want in your life to replace what has just been released.

In addition to the above, at the beginning of the session there is a spontaneous short message my Guides and my Higher Self.

Pre-class instructions are included with the download and you will have everything you need to receive the full benefits of this experience.

Please pass this information on to anyone you feel might benefit.

I look forward to sharing this healing work with you soon.

A third comment after the call:

“Thank you very much for the deep understanding and healing I received on your call last Saturday. I felt safe, loved, in alignment, and in great peace. I am still experiencing a profound state of gratitude, and joy. Thank you again,”

Tara A.

Many Blessings,

I am now combining my newsletter subscriber list and my blog subscriber list into a single list.

In order to accomplish this I must add all the present blog subscribers (YOU) to the newsletter subscriber list through my hosting company, aWeber. According to aWeber’s anti-spam policy, if you are not already on the newsletter list, you will receive an email within the next 24-48 hours asking you to confirm that you want to be on this list. If you DO receive such an email, in order to remain a subscriber of mine, you MUST confirm by clicking on the simple link in their email.

I’m sorry for this inconvenience, but I have no way to bypass their requirement that you re-confirm.

If, however, you do not receive such an email in 24-48 hours, it means that you are already on both lists and there is absolutely nothing you need to do. You will continue to receive my new publication as usual.

Thanks so much for your help and understanding.

Many Blessings,

Richard

Recently I facilitated one of my most timely and relevant healing audio experiences. There were 200 people registered for this event, and over 100 people on the live call. Now, as promised, the MP3 Audio is available to download for only $9.95. Once you download the audio, it is yours to play on your computer anytime you wish, or you may copy it to a CD, or you may download it onto any MP3 player (like an I-Pod).

Healing High Anxiety: Moving Into Alignment with your Highest Self. MP3 audio available for instant download.

Cost: $9.95

Here is what one person wrote me afterward:

“Beloved Richard, Thank you, thank you, thank you. The call was wonderful, as I knew it would be. And you did hit on exactly what I needed help with … I’m looking forward to the mp3, to run thru the process again.”
Mary in NJ

Whether you were on the original call, or you are just hearing about it now, the advantage of having this audio is that you can re-experience the healing session whenever you wish, and you can use it to release any anxiety or to manifest any new reality, now and in the future. It is a wonderful, inexpensive, and powerful healing resource.

Class Description:

If you read or listen to the media, you cannot avoid the increasing energy of fear and anxiety that is being promoted on the planet. We are experiencing a troubled economy, turbulence in our personal finances, and our relationships are being shaken up in many areas.

This group session is a totally experiential process for your healing and transformation. All you need to do in order to benefit fully is simply listen and follow along as I guide the group through several different processes. The result for you will be a much better understanding of the events impacting your personal life, and more importantly, at the conclusion of the call you will have released and healed much of the turbulence you may now be feeling.

We are indeed going through a time of great change and restructuring on the planet right now. We are seeing this playing out all around us and in our personal situations. In truth, we are moving out of an old paradigm of illusion, separation and control, and we are moving into a new paradigm of personal responsibility, higher consciousness, connectedness, and trust. This is the beginning of a wonderful ascension.

It is all good. The challenge for us is that we have no real understanding of what is happening nor what we need to do in our lives to come fully into alignment with this emerging paradigm. This experiential session will help greatly with better understanding what is happening, while we energetically release the fears and anxiety, and then begin to magnetize into our lives all the good that is available to us. The result will be a much greater sense of peace, safety, and well-being, and an increased ability to make the changes in our lives that we know we need to make.

This is the first live group healing call I have offered in 2009 and I have facilitated this session because I’m called to be of service. It is your opportunity to receive a session of deep healing release, and a magnetizing of all the good that is available to us.

Here is another comment received:

“Just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed your gift of healing yesterday. I definitely will purchase the recording.” Tina in Massachusetts

Everyone listening will be guided though this healing work simultaneously. Bring your personal challenges to the call and release the underlying cause that has seemingly kept you from making needed changes in your life.

The healing session will close with a special group magnetizing and manifesting process, to create exactly what you want in your life to replace what has just been released.

In addition to the above, at the beginning of the session there is a spontaneous short message my Guides and my Higher Self.

Pre-class instructions are included with the download and you will have everything you need to receive the full benefits of this experience.

Please pass this information on to anyone you feel might benefit.

I look forward to sharing this healing work with you soon.

A third comment after the call:

“Thank you very much for the deep understanding and healing I received on your call last Saturday. I felt safe, loved, in alignment, and in great peace. I am still experiencing a profound state of gratitude, and joy. Thank you again,”
Tara A.

Many Blessings,

When: Saturday, March 21st, 2009, from 11AM Eastern Time.

(8AM Pacific, 9AM Mountain, 10AM Central and 4PM GMT – London).

Class is one hour and the entire experience is totally FREE.

Tuition: Free

To Register: Send a blank email to healhighanxiety@aweber.com

Class Description:

Note: The group call this Saturday is a totally experiential process for your healing and transformation. All you need to do in order to benefit fully from the call is to dial in and be present at the time. Simply follow along as I guide the group through several different processes. The result for you will be a much better understanding of the events impacting your personal life, and more importantly, at the conclusion of the call you will have released and healed much of the turbulence you may now be feeling.

We are indeed going through a time of great change and restructuring on the planet right now. We are seeing this playing out all around us and in our personal situations. In truth, we are moving out of an old paradigm of illusion, separation and control, and we are moving into a new paradigm of personal responsibility, higher consciousness, connectedness, and trust. This is the beginning of a wonderful ascension.

It is all good. The challenge for us is that we have no real understanding of what is happening nor what we need to do in our lives to come fully into alignment with this emerging paradigm. This experiential call will help greatly with better understanding what is happening, while we energetically release the fears and anxiety, and then begin to magnetize into our lives all the good that is available to us. The result will be a much greater sense of peace, safety, and well-being.

This is the first live experiential teleclass I have offered in over a year and I am doing this because I’m called to be of service. This experience will help to free you from the mass conscious fear patterns and help you fully align with the new emerging paradigm. There is no cost other than your normal phone charges. It is your opportunity to receive a session of deep healing release, and a magnetizing of all the good that is available to you.

Everyone on the call will be guided though this healing work simultaneously.

Bring your personal issue(s) to the call, though please rest assured that you will not be asked to reveal or discuss your issues.

The healing session will close with a powerful group magnetizing and manifesting process, to create exactly what you want in your life to replace what has just been released.

In addition to the above, there will be a spontaneous short message from guides and my Higher Self. Again, it is all free, except for the normal cost of your telephone call.

Come play, grow, and transform in a caring, supportive and healing environment.

Preclass Instructions:
IMPORTANT – See confirmation letter you will receive after registering.

To register for this Free experiential session, send a blank email to:

healhighanxiety@aweber.com

Once you have responded to the confirmation you will receive immediately via email, an email to confirm. Immediately after confirming, you will then receive complete call-in details.

Please pass this information on to anyone who is moving through anxiety and fear, and to anyone wanting to unhook from the old paradigm of separation and control.

Also note that the actual call will be recorded and it will be made available for purchase afterward at a nominal cost of $9.95. So, whether you are able to participate on the date of the live call or not, I encourage you to please register anyway and you will receive follow-up information about purchasing the recording if you wish.

I look forward to sharing this healing work with you soon.

Many Blessings,

Healing High Anxiety: Moving Into Alignment with your Highest Self.

When: Saturday, March 21st, 2009, from 11AM Eastern Time.

(8AM Pacific, 9AM Mountain, 10AM Central and 4PM GMT – London).

Class is one hour and the entire experience is totally FREE.

Tuition: Free

To Register: Send a blank email to healhighanxiety@aweber.com

Class Description:

If you read or listen to the media, you cannot avoid the increasing energy of fear and anxiety that is being promoted on the planet. We are experiencing a troubled economy, turbulence in our personal finances, our relationships being shaken up, and there are strange weather conditions in many areas.

We are indeed going through a time of great change and restructuring on the planet right now. We are seeing this playing out all around us. In truth, we are moving out of an old paradigm of illusion, separation and control, and we are moving into a new paradigm of personal responsibility, higher consciousness, connectedness, and trust. This is the beginning of a wonderful ascension.

It is all good. The challenge for us is that we have no real understanding of what is happening nor what we need to do in our lives to come fully into alignment with this emerging paradigm. This experiential teleclass will help greatly with better understanding what is happening, while we energetically release the fears and anxiety, and bring our lives into full alignment with who we really are. The result will be a much greater sense of peace, safety, and well-being.

This is the first live experiential teleclass I have offered in over a year and I am doing this because I’m called to be of service. This experience will help to free you from the mass conscious fear patterns and help you fully align with the new emerging paradigm. There is no cost other than your normal phone charges. It is your opportunity to receive a session of deep healing release, and a magnetizing of all the good that is available to you.

Everyone on the call will be guided though this healing work simultaneously.

Bring your personal issue(s) to the call, though please rest assured that you will not be asked to reveal or discuss your issues.

The healing session will close with a powerful group magnetizing and manifesting process, to create exactly what you want in your life to replace what has just been released.

In addition to the above, there will be a spontaneous short message from guides and my Higher Self. Again, it is all free, except for the normal cost of your telephone call.

Come play, grow, and transform in a caring, supportive and healing environment.

Preclass Instructions:
IMPORTANT – See confirmation letter you will receive after registering.

To register for this Free experiential session, send a blank email to:

healhighanxiety@aweber.com

Once you have responded to the confirmation you will receive immediately via email, an email to confirm. Immediately after confirming, you will then receive complete call-in details.

Please pass this information on to anyone who is moving through anxiety and fear, and to anyone wanting to unhook from the old paradigm of separation and control.

Also note that the actual call will be recorded and it will be made available for purchase afterward at a nominal cost of $9.95. So, whether you are able to participate on the date of the live call or not, please register anyway and you will receive follow-up information about purchasing the recording if you wish.

I look forward to sharing this healing work with you soon.

Many Blessings,

Firstly some housekeeping: I’ve recently returned to live in Ashland, OR where I had previously lived for six years. All of my new contact info is on my website but I’ll repeat here that my new telephone number is (541) 552-1080. Although almost all of my Mentoring and Healing work is by telephone, if you are located anywhere near southern Oregon I am also available to work with you in person here in Ashland. Just call me or write me through the contact form. I will respond to you quickly.
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As part of my own daily personal expansion, I am working with a ten-week program called “The Presence Process”.

I thought you might be interested in what the author shares as his “New Agreement With The Universe”. The following excerpt comes from page 59 of Michael Brown’s companion e-Book called “The Art of Integration”:

“As dredging up the past lost its glamour I instead began to focus on my present circumstances by constructing a new agreement with the universe about the purpose of my life experience, one that would serve only to awaken and set me free in each moment.

My new agreement with the universe about my life experiences is as follows:

Without exception there are no accidents in my life. I therefore remove the words coincidence, luck and chance from my vocabulary. Nothing happens to me by chance and nothing ever happens late or early. In other words, nothing just happens. In this new agreement with the universe every experience, be it physical, mental or emotional, is deliberate and has purpose and therefore meaning. This includes all encounters I have with nature, be it with plants, birds, bugs and even weather conditions. This also includes all encounters I have with technology, be it the performance of my computer, the remote control for the gate, the light bulb or the telephone. This also includes all people I encounter. There is no such thing as a chance meeting in my new agreement with the universe. To underline all this my agreement with the universe states that every experience I have is in my best interest and comes to assist me in my growth as a spiritual being and as an opportunity to release myself from the illusions of the past. Every experience I have is therefore an invitation extended to me by the universe to come into the present moment.

This agreement with the universe is not selective; it is inclusive. It is not suspended just because I am tired and irritable, or because it is a Sunday or my day off. No event or experience is excluded from this new agreement. I cannot choose therefore to be selective about what is and what is not a valid growth experience. Based on this agreement with the universe my entire life now becomes a valid growth experience. Just because I do not enjoy the experience does not make it invalid. In fact, it is most likely more valid if it rubs me up the wrong way. If I am being selective in what is a valid experience it is because I am not yet ready to deal with the information that I am receiving or because I simply don’t want to know. Or, because in that moment I am too unconscious to even perceive my experiences in this way. In fact a key to knowing whether I am in the present or in the past is whether or not I am conscious of this new agreement with the universe. In the past I have no agreement with anything and so when my awareness wanders into this illusionary place called ‘the past’, or even ‘the future’, my life appears haphazard, disconnected, meaningless and chaotic. But the fact remains that according to my new agreement with the universe everything that happens in my life is relevant. Everything is God attempting to break through my misguided interpretations and into my conscious awareness.

This new agreement with the universe enables me to take my first step into the arena of ‘the free’. Freedom is responsibility. In other words, freedom is based on my ability to respond to whatever is happening to me in any given moment. If I am reacting I am choosing to be in the past, I am choosing to behave as if I have no agreement with the universe regarding my life experiences. It is only when I am in victim or victor mode that I am reacting to the universe. When I am reacting I am not free because a reaction is the act of repeating an old behavior pattern, a behavior pattern that is predictable and is triggered by the memory of a past experience. However, when I am embracing vehicle consciousness I am consciously responding to whatever is happening in each moment. By responding I am growing. By responding I am free.”

“The Art of Integration” is available as a free book download, along with his other teachings, at http://www.thepresenceportal.com/
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From: Richard
I hope you found the above interesting. Please let me know.

Many Blessings,