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The Wisdom Newsletter
Volume 1,
Number 4
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Dear
Co-Workers,
The
Wisdom Newsletter will be published in conjunction with
the turning seasons and as an expression of
Synthesis.
As we view our Global Village
today we see tremendous transformations and developments
in all departments of Human living. That this is an
evolving projection from an epi-center of spirituality
should be noted. The consciousness of Humanity is
growing exponentially.
While it is
our hope that it include the indepth writings of those
in the Wisdom community the world over, it is not meant
to be an intellectual treatise. It is meant to be a
hands-on expression and interpretation of what moves in
the world today as a living spiritual force to bring and
birth the new ideas of Synthesis and
Brotherhood.
The Wisdom Newsletter is
eclectic in its purview and is sourced in the vision and
inspiration of its contributors. It is our hope that it
inspire and guide us into wise and serviceful action,
and assisting in some way the spiritual vitality of our
culture, empower the recognition of Humanity's
Soul.
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Divine
Love
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"Divine Love is
not the Law. It is the manipulator of the Law. It is
Pure Reason, that which Is.
Regardless of ray
makeup, predominant characteristics or environing
circumstances, every man's essential nature is Love.
This alone, when all else fails, will reach him and this
is the concept that every occultist is endeavoring to
embody, regardless of the path or method he may be
taking at the moment.
This simple, yet so
difficult concept, is the golden key to initiation. The
key which opens every door in the awareness to every
field of knowledge until finally the world of meaning
itself is entered, and known in its totality. If you
would learn, would become wise, then give your attention
to Love, for Love created all knowledge. It lies within
and behind everything that
is."
The Nature of The
Soul, pg. 79, by Lucille
Cedercrans
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| Editor's Note |
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Co-editor's thoughts
"The
illiterate of the 21st century are not those who cannot read
or write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn."
Alvin Toffler, author 'Future Shock', 'The Third Wave' &
'Revolutionary Wealth.'
The first year of our newly
initiated Wisdom Newsletter is coming to a close. This issue,
and what a bumper issue it truly is, will see the year out. It
has been so wonderful to be part of the growing visibility and
increasing vibrational strength of our Wisdom community and
many thanks to the editorial team, the contributors, and all
our subscribers for making it such a beautiful
entity.
Peace is an issue much discussed these days and
yet it seems many are confused as to how to actually create
this. I think an answer to assist bringing peace is clearly
stated in simple terms in Path of Initiation II, p66 "Divine
Love-Wisdom is the quality to be perfected by each and every
one in this Solar system." When the will is applied to
invoking and embodying love-wisdom it becomes the cause of
peace. The interaction and interplay of these two energies
create an outer appearance of harmony and right
relationship.
In Sarah Ban Breathnach's book, 'Simple
Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy', she reminds people
of the victory gardens that Roosevelt encouraged as part of
the war effort because food shortages were created due to
supplies shipped to troops. From 1942-1945 US women grew, in
backyard plots, more than a million tons of vegetables/year,
which was half of what the home front normally consumed. This
simple act of growing some of our own food allows us to serve
one another through kindness and interaction, and creates
closer neighborhoods. This is obviously a thoughtform which is
being reintroduced as I came across it again
in
oca@mail.democracyinaction.org, Essay of the Week:
Victory Gardens Symbolize a New Age
As David J.
Wolfe, puts it, "The religious (I would say spiritual)
searcher should be a diver through the deeps of ancient
wisdom, seeking to bring up to the surface those concepts that
can illuminate life today. Not all truth will be discovered in
what is to come; some must be recalled from what has been
forgotten."
I think what I am trying to say is that the
more our consciousness comes from the place of "How can I best
assist all of us?" It moves us towards creative solutions that
engender right relations and peace. It moves us out into
relationships to offer rather than to take. Let us embrace the
simple - simple courtesy, simple showing care for one another,
simple kindness, simple generosity and the many other ways
even a child can understand. "Almost everybody knows that the
material and spiritual welfare of whole countries depend on
the foundations built into the consciousness of children."
Letters of Helena Roerich, volume 1, p150/51. They learn this
through what we, as adults, can demonstrate.
Lucinda
& Adam DeFranco
Co-Editors 2008 -
Lucinda, Adam & Debbie
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| What is the Wisdom? |
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 Submitted by: Adam DeFranco
"...it is the Life of the
Spiritual Soul on Its own plane."
"The teaching
has been referred to as The Wisdom, has actually been referred
to by, or in many terms, but what substantially and in truth,
is this teaching, this new thought-form presentation...these
concepts...this Wisdom --- it is the Life of the Spiritual
Soul on Its own plane." (Teacher Training, Lesson 1, Monday
August 27,1956,
Lucille/R)
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"So many probationers in the world today
are confused as to what The Wisdom is, and in their efforts to
make of it something which it is not, they are thwarting
Hierarchical effort rather than aiding it."
"The
Wisdom is not religion...; it is not education, nor science,
nor psychology...nor parapsychology...nor healing, nor
government...or even occultism...etc..."
"It
is...applicable in all departments of human living, and
probationers would do well to meditate upon the
concept."
"Its purpose will be to synthesis
through its magnetic quality of Light, the consciousness of
the many into a One, i.e., to attract, relate, and integrate
the separative consciousness of human beings into a living
totality of One Humanity." (The Nature of the Soul, Lesson
26)
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To simplify things:
Every human Soul is Wisdom.
''There is only one Wisdom.
However, there are many forms of interpretations; many forms
of translations through many personalities, minds and levels
of human
consciousness.''
Richard
Randall
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INTRODUCTION
TO THE WISDOM
(There are 4 lectures that Lucille
Cedercrans wrote for Ward Fuller in Portland on 'The Wisdom'.
Shown below is 1 of 4 Lectures.)
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A Vision for the
Future
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by: Nancy Connally
Seed thought: "To open our
minds and hearts to the reality of existence and to ask to be
shown what is needed for the good of the whole each day will
keep us on course."
Our world and everything on
it is part of a much larger whole. Science has given us
the blessing of a larger perspective where we can literally
see the whole of earth and how it fits into the Solar System
and our Galaxy and beyond. There are no defined dividing
lines in space. Everything that exists is part of One
Whole. Thanks to Hubble and other satellites in
space, we can now see the forest in spite of the
trees.
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| Let the Soul control the outer form and life and all
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 by: Michael Miles
Keynote address at Wisdom
Gathering 2008
Let's do
a momentary alignment before I go into my
dissertation
Take a deep breath, as you exhale
gradually relax the persona & feel your consciousness
drawn inwards & upwards into the cave
There identify as
the soul, receptive to that overshadowing Wisdom which
overshadows us
And for a moment recognize that every
individual in this room also has a cave & is also making
that same alignment
And recognize this as a sum total -
this becomes then the group cave
And from this group cave
look outward to the group persona
And shine the light of
the soul into that group persona
And know that the persona
is open & receptive to the reception of this Wisdom via
embodiment
And maintaining the focus within the
cave...
Take a deep breath...
Open your eyes &
return to the room
Approximately, 2000 years ago, I
suppose that's a good way to start with the Wisdom, with the
incarnation of the Christ and the resultant crucifixion that
occurred, there was major event that also happened that is in
a subjective sense of vital necessity for humanity, & that
subjective event that landed is described in the crucifixion
when the veil before the temple was rent. Well, to most of us
we say "Well, I wonder what that means?"
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Defense Against the
Dark Side
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by: Pamela Jaye Smith
(excerpted from THE POWER OF THE DARK
SIDE)
For those of us who are both students and
teachers of the Ageless Wisdom, one of the main things we
confront and must deal with in our work and our lives is the
Dark Side. We learn in our training as teachers to
differentiate among the three levels of the Dark Side:
· the personal Dweller on the
Threshold - our own foibles, phobias, weaknesses. What Jung
called The Shadow.
· the Dark Forces
- impersonal Nature: gravity, time, inertia, climate, animals,
plagues, etc.
· the Dark Brotherhood
- supra-personal intelligences and/or entities. Also included
in this category are large organizations, governments,
bureaucracies, etc.
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| Some Thoughts on Energy and Force |
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 by: Gerry Stancil
Science tells us that "All Is Energy". The Wisdom tells
us that "Energy Follows Thought". We see
these two statements so often that they are taken for granted
and have almost become trite and "unmeaning". Yet, when
focused upon as seed thoughts in deep concentration, they act
as pathways to much light.
Energy can be defined
variously as moving impulse -as in a wave-or moving
momentum-as with a particle, E= (mv) times (v) or E = mv2, and
as the ability to do work, E=W=(F)(d)-Energy equals Work
equals Force times distance. Power, or energy per unit
time, can be thought of as the rate at which we can do
work.
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| Estes Park, Lucille's Vision and the Purchase of
Mary's Lake Lodge |
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by: Greg Tzinberg
In the summer of 1976 I arrived in Boulder to study
with Lucille Schaible (Cedercrans) after meeting her at the
retreat center being built by Tarthang Tulku Rinpoche, a very
dynamic Lama who was instrumental in confirming for Lucille
the role she played in bringing the Wisdom teaching of Tibet
to the West.
The name of the organization Lucille
headed up was the Nyingma Institute of Colorado and there were
about 16 to18 full-time students at that time. We lived in a
large converted fraternity building and there was also a house
next door which the married members of the Sangha rented.
Lucille taught classes to the public and overtime the Sangha
slowly grew. Dedicated students of a Buddhist teacher are
called Sanghas and every Sunday we met with Lucille for
special teachings related to the overall development of the
Sangha as a group.
Part of this training included
what the group would do in the event of a disaster. Lucille
believed that it was highly likely that an economic collapse
in the U.S. would occur sometime in the mid-80's (these days I
wonder if she was just off by 20 to 30 years). This would
trigger a global economic crisis during which law and order
would break down and survival would become dangerous and
difficult. We took these predictions quite seriously and had
many discussions that included ethics and values as well as
logistical plans and contingencies. I don't think we were in a
panic about any of this but rather fatalistic. We adopted the
attitude of, "If it happens, we will know what to
do."
During these planning meetings, Estes Park
was the place Lucille indicated as the group's best
destination for survival as well as for providing continuity
of the teachings and other services our group could render.
Another way in which Estes Park played a big role for the
Sangha was during Wesak. Over the years we held several Wesak
retreats there and I think we were all inspired by the rugged
mountains and natural beauty of the place. Some members lived
up in Estes and others went up frequently for day trips and
hikes.
Around 1977, Lucille and Tarthang had a
falling out. It is not important really what the issues were,
but during that time Lucille reached out to HH Dudjom Rinpoche
who was a teacher and the head of the Nyingma Lineage and a
person who Lucille had the greatest respect for. She wanted
assurance that her breaking with Tarthang would not jeopardize
the group's standing with the Nyingma
Lineage.
After the break was finalized, the group
moved out of the Nyingma Institute. We were also faced with
how to reorganize and what form our Sangha would adopt as a
governance model. As a group, we read an article written by
someone in the field of organizational development on the
Seven Modes of Democracy. In this article, Mode Seven stood
out as the most democratic. The decision making model was
consensus driven and the leader was seen as more inspirational
than authoritarian. As a result, the group re-organized as a
Non-profit under the name Mode Seven.
As Mode
Seven we bought a small residential building in North Boulder
just off the Highway that takes you out to Estes Park. We
continued there for some time and eventually Dudjom offered
our group a new name, Udiyan Matreya Kosha. In the Tibetan
tradition, Udiyan is the birth place of Padmasambhava (known
as Master "R" to Lucille's students of Nature of the Soul and
other projected teachings). Matreya is the name given to the
future Buddha and Kosha means treasure house. So altogether
the name signified, "The Place Where Padmasambhava's and
Matreya's Teachings are Kept". This was a very unusual step
but Dudjom was fully briefed on the mission of our group.
Lucille explained to him that our purpose was to offer
transitional and eventually new forms to Westerners as the
influence of the Vajrayana Teachings in general and the
wisdom-energy of Matreya in particular became more evident in
the culture.
It was also around this time (1979)
that Lucille revealed to us a vision the she had in
meditation. In her vision she saw a great mountain and from
the top of it a violet light was radiating. As the radiance of
it grew it expanded and flowed down from the mountain and into
the valleys below. It continued on through the nearby villages
and towns. Every where the violet light penetrated and
everything that was out of harmony was transformed. All strife
was corrected and peace took hold. The light eventually filled
the entire state, then the region and all of the United
States. As it continued, Lucille saw that all the weapons
located in these places were also transformed and became
inoperable as destructive tools but somehow they changed into
instruments of peace. The vision continued until the whole
world was bathed in this violet light that changed everything
it encountered as an expression of truth and
beauty.
After she relayed this, Lucille announced
that the group should seek out a retreat property up in Estes
Park. The purpose of it was to give advanced training to
students who were ready to receive it. We would also conduct
programs for the public and also be a spiritual focus for
world peace. In preparation for this search, Lucille
instructed us in how to locate a property conducive to the
Plan.
As we toured the location, we were told to
visualize Padmasambhava over the area and to listen for the
sound of the OM. After a time we found Mary's Lake Lodge. A
group of investors was formed from members of the group as
well as people who were still dearly connected to Lucille such
as Pam Nissan, Peter and Lois Harris. They made the down
payment and secured a loan. The group took up running one and
eventually two Bingo games to make the mortgage. The property
itself was in poor condition as a result of a fire some years
earlier.
Over the next few years we held some
retreats there and many Lamas came to teach us including HH
Dudjom and his son HE Shenpen Dawa. The Lamas also performed
cleansing ceremonies and blessings for the land and the many
beings and devas associated with the property. Through
volunteer work, Mary's Lake Lodge slowly got rehabilitated
although many key parts of it never were brought on-line such
as the restaurant's commercial kitchen.
Several
years after Lucille's passing in 1984, the group could no
longer sustain the Bingo games and the property was opened as
Seasonal housing to people taking summer jobs in Estes in
support of the tourist trade. After a time this also became
too difficult and the property was eventually sold. Today
Mary's Lake Lodge has reopened completely updated, remodeled
and rebuilt. I am glad it ended up with people dedicated to
its historic roots and that the public can once again enjoy
it.
Estes Park continues to be the focus of great
spiritual-evolutionary forces; the Synthetic Ashram, the Deva
of Synthesis, Matreya and Senat Kumara are working together to
bring in the new Seventh Ray civilization. It is also the
Headquarters for the wisdom-energies and teachings
transitioning from the Himalayas to a new home in the
spiritually hungry West. Many people are drawn to these
efforts and respond readily to the energies of synthesis as it
transforms old concepts and forms on every level and combines
them anew into diamonds of truth. This I think was anticipated
in Lucille's vision of the Violet Light which I hope in the
re-telling will help people to align with the vision, enlarge
it and make it their own.
Greg studied Nature of the
Soul and completed Teacher's Training with Richard Schaible in
1974. In 1976 he began his studies of the Nyingma Lineage of
Tibetan Buddhism under Lucille Cedercrans-Schaible. Today,
Greg works with groups and individuals who are interested in
the Synthetic expression of Lucille's
teaching.
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| Creating a New Blueprint for Humanity |
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 by: Margaret Stephens
Introduction
During the past 20 years, people in many fields of
endeavor around the world have noted a significant change to
the innate abilities - psychological and physical - of an
increasingly large number of children as well as a significant
increase, mostly within the adult population, of disturbances
to the auto-immune and nervous systems, which has resulted in
the seeming dysfunction of what once worked quite well - or at
least functioned with familiar expected results. A smaller
percentage of the population has begun to understand that
humanity, individually and collectively, stands at a doorway
of opportunity that is as significant as when the first spark
of mind was successfully implanted in animal-man over 18
million years ago.
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X-Ray of the Psyche
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by: Uta Gabay
This article describes a personal
exploration of the use of the higher psychic senses as a tool
for spiritual-therapeutic diagnosis.
At an early age I
realized that I see more than most people around me. As a
teenager I was attracted to any material that came my way on
extra-sensory awareness. My village priest warned me of
playing with the devil and I understood what he meant as I was
instinctively aware of the potential danger. I never engaged
in any séance or the like. My growing inner resistance to the
subject was further enhanced through years of being cautioned
against lower psychism in the Arcane School.
In 1992 I
met a teacher of A Course in Miracles, to whom I felt drawn.
After studying with her all she offered, the last thing on her
menu was a short course of Psychic Reading. Because of her
background of ACIM and knowing that she had studied in the
Berkeley Psychic Institute, I decided to work on overcoming my
resistance and give it a try.
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Headquarters Retreat
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by: Greg
Tzinberg
August 18th,
2008
Yesterday
we concluded our three-day retreat which was a true vehicle of
synthesis. We began each morning at 5:00 AM for a two-hour
meditation which included; silent unstructured practice,
guided and seed thought mantras of Matreya and Padmasambhava
(Master "R").
In
setting up the altar, we had a picture of Padmasambhava,
Matreya, and a Buddhist Mandala. On the lower tier were a
picture of Lucille, incense, candle and seven offering bowls.
On the walls of the room we had the pictures of the
Headquarters participants. We sat in chairs around the altar
and each of us felt at various times the presence of Pam and
the group very strongly.
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Interview with Billie Roberts
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 by: Suzanne Vallez
Billie was trained by Lucille Cedercrans and
Lois Harris, and acted as a station for Master HI to bring the
4th ray energies into the synthesis of 1st, 2nd, and 7th ray
energies.
Interview
S:
Suzanne Vallez B:
Billie
Roberts
Ed: Ed Roberts
S: How did you come
in contact with Lucille, Billie?
B: Meet
Lucille? I don't remember.
Ed: What I remember
mom telling me before was that we met Lucille when we were
going to Biometrics.
S: Biometrics?
Ed: The
people who did Biometrics, the Burleys and Viola Petit Neil
started the Balancing Program, and Lucille came into contact
with them. I took the balancing program in
1952.
B: Yes, those were the
good old days.
S: Were you a
student of Lucille's in 1952 when she was teaching at Long
Beach?
B: Somewhere along
there.
Ed: In 1961 Lucille lived in Torrance when we all
moved to Estes Park, Colorado, including Richard
Schaible.
B: We were all get together people.
S: What
did you think or feel? Did you want to become involved
straight away or did you have any conflicts or doubts? You
just up and left? The alignment told you to go?
B:
Yes
S: So you went. How
long did you stay there?
Ed: It was a few
years..until the mid
sixties.
S: Did you just stay
there and work and make a living and do the
classes?
B: Yes. We
made out. Well, you know when you got the guys upstairs with
you then you can do a lot of
things.
S: If you
listen. You've got a strong overshadowing guiding
you.
B:
Yes.
S: Weren't there a lot
of struggles over there? About
money.
Ed: It was tough for everybody. It
was enough of a struggle making a living that they decided to
come back to southern Ca in the mid 60s when everything
started to fall apart. Lucille had taken off
somewhere.
S: You began to
teach through Wisdom Fellowship after you returned to Southern
California. You spoke about Master HI.
B: Yes
Ed: Wisdom
Fellowship was founded by mom along with Lois and Peter Harris
in the late 70s. Mom started teaching the classes in the mid
'80's here in the house. Teaching class to get under
HI. Some of that early stuff with Lucille, Pam could
fill in some of that what was going on at that time.
Because mother had made at least one trip or more to Seattle,
Washington. Things were going on in
Seattle.
B: Yes that was
great.
Ed: Yes. Lois kind of became
an equal, a peer of Lucille's and doing her thing. At
least Lois settled down and started The Wisdom
Fellowship. Whereas, for all those years you never could
count on Lucille for being in one place for any long period of
time.
S: Why do you
think she moved so much? Was it because she felt an
intuitive response to move somewhere or to try to make things
happen?
Ed: Yes. She'd
get frustrated a lot of the time.
Ed:After Lucille died.
The group in Colorado... at least had something larger to fall
back on. They had teachers. Some of them absorbed
themselves into the Tibetan Buddhist teachers, you know.
UKL has a teacher that is one of the Tibetan Buddhist.
Ed:
Without a teacher what do you have?
B: Yes.
S: I guess
you have to go to the next generation. People get older
and make their transition then they pass it along to the next
generation to keep it strong. I don't know if there are
many teachers teaching in person right now. I know Penny
Whetton and Georgia Lambert are teaching. There are a
lot of classes online...but to me I think a class in person is
the best.
B:
Yes. Because you are there. You read a lot of
things and pretty soon you forget them. But if you're
there you've been impressed.
Rev. Suzanne Vallez has been studying The Wisdom with
many teachers for 28 years and is a certified Teacher of the
Wisdom. She is a Holistic Health Practitioner and the owner of
The Healing Touch with over 600 clients. She has assisted many
making their transition and has been a Hospice volunteer
for 25 years. She has created a website called
Wordwidewisdomhealinggroup@yahoo.com for those who are ill,
having surgery, or making their
transition.
Editor's
note:
This interview is slightly
disjointed due to the progressive nature of the dementia trial
with which Billie is contending. Billie is 83 years
old.
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Book Review
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Reviewed by: Glen Knape
The Lost
Star of Myth and Time
by Walter
Cruttenden
This is the most fascinating
book on astronomy I've read in many years. Using careful
science and ancient traditions, it provides very well-reasoned
explanations for the cyclic rise and fall of civilizations and
the precession of the equinox (the gradual movement of the
signs of the zodiac, creating the astrological ages).
The author theorizes that our sun is part of a binary
star system. The elliptical orbits of Sol and its companion
star, around a common center of gravity, last 24,000 years,
creating what the ancient Greeks called the "Great Year" and
the Vedic Indians called the "Yugas".
Hard science is
used to demonstrate that while the existence of a companion
star is supported by scientific research, preconceptions have
led scientists to overlook or reject the idea.
Ancient myths and more recent spiritual
traditions are used to demonstrate that this Great Year was
known and understood worldwide, and that it has a profound
affect on humanity. The low-point of the Great Year occurred
during the "dark ages" of Europe, and we are now emerging into
a new period of self realization and at-one-ment.
The
implications for humanity are profound and Lost Star will
fascinate anyone interested in astrology or in humanity's
growth and development.
A related DVD, The Great Year,
focuses on the astronomy while almost ignoring the more subtle
implications of the Great Year. The animated illustrations of
the planetary and stellar movements are helpful, but
incomplete.
The Sirius Mystery, by Robert Temple, will
also be of interest to readers of Lost
Star.
Cruttenden, Walter, Lost Star of Myth and Time,
2006, St. Lynn's Press, Pittsburgh, PA, 340
pp.
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Seed Thoughts
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 4th
Quarter
October: "The Wisdom of Force is
the Love of God."
November: "The
Right Use of Force is the Love of Humanity, Individually and
Collectively."
December:
"Love Transcends Conflict."
January: "The
Divine Plan for Humanity Manifests Through the Divinity of
Every Individual
Unit."
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| This Shall Pass - Technique |
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 By Glen Knape
The following technique also
grew out of my experience with A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle,
and may be described as both an identification (as Soul) and
as a placement (in the present, detached from the crystallized
past and imagined future).
The techniques in The
Nature of The Soul have one place oneself in the present, and
the material recognizes that the forms of the three lower
worlds are temporary. Thus, the basic process in the following
will be familiar to any student of N.S. It may be performed
from any of the higher centers, and I particularly enjoy
practicing it from the heart and cave.
Tolle's
technique appears to draw on the New Thought-form Presentation
of the Wisdom, and uses simple awareness methods to release
the consciousness from the patterns of the ego or false
identity of the persona.
The following combines
identification and presence into a simple technique that
places the incarnate soul in the present, identified with its
divine characteristics.
This Shall Pass
Technique
I am Soul,
all thoughts shall pass
I am
Soul,
all emotions
shall pass
I am Soul,
all physical-etheric forms shall pass
I am
Soul,
all appearance
will pass
I am Soul,
I
am Divine Purpose, Power, and Will
I am
Soul,
I am Divine
Love-Wisdom
I am Soul,
I
am Divine Intelligence
I am
Soul,
I am Divine
Harmony
I
am Soul,
I am Divine
Knowledge
I am Soul,
I
am Divine Aspiration
I am
Soul,
I am Divine
Law and Order
I am Soul
This is a very simple but quite
satisfying alignment process, and the identification may be
applied anywhere at any time to any condition.
Mr.Glen
Knape is a teacher, writer, editor, publisher, and a
co-mason. He has been a student of the Ageless Wisdom
since 1977, and a Teacher of The Wisdom since 1985.
Copyright © 2008 by Glen Knape
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The Simple Magic of Astrology
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by: Jan
Detrich
The study of astrology can seem rather daunting, like
learning a foreign language, but the good news is you don't
have to be an astrologer to profit from astrology! And there
are some very basic guidelines and tools that anyone can use
to get started.
Astrology involves the planets (what
energies are operating), the signs (how the energies are
operating) and the houses (where the energies are
operating)-but the true ABC's of astrology are the Ascendant,
Sun Sign and Moon placement. These three positions convey the
essence or "story" of any given chart, and all other chart
positions and placements simply augment these key three.
The book, Esoteric Astrology by Alice Bailey,
illuminates these placements (which I have paraphrased) in the
following passages:
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more...
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Feng Shui
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 by: Carol Assa
BEST SLEEPING
DIRECTIONS
We are about to leave the seventh month (Aug.7-
Sept..7) of the Chinese year know as the month of "Hungary
Ghosts." It is seen as
the lowest point of the year. During
this time, the gates of the lower realms are opened and hungry
ghosts and spirits wander the Earth looking for food to eat.
This seems to be
an accurate portrayal of the current state
of national and world affairs!
With all of the
uncertainty, fear, and anger swirling around us daily at this
point in time, we need to be sure to keep ourselves as
grounded and healthy as possible. Nothing is as important as a
good night's sleep for our physical, emotional, mental and
spiritual well being. So this month, I am giving the necessary
charts to determine your best Feng Shui sleeping directions.
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Poetry
Section
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Poems
Finding What You
Didn't Lose
When
someone deeply listens to you
it is like holding out a dented
cup
you've had since
childhood
and
watching it fill up with
cold, fresh water.
When it balances on top of the
brim,
you are
understood.
When it
overflows and touches your skin,
you are loved.
When someone deeply listens to
you,
the room where
you stay
starts a
new life
and the
place where you wrote
your first poem
begins to glow in your mind's
eye.
It is as if
gold has been discovered!
When someone deeply listens to
you,
your bare feet
are on the earth
and
a beloved land that seemed distant
is now at home within
you.
by: BRO
ROB
Words Precious written
wordsReleasing
thoughts I hold dearSharing my
essence Words release
powerSharing inner
intent
Driving
energy Words are dancing
thoughtsPlaying in my
poet mindStirring my
being Reading your
writingSharing the art
of your thoughtsBlessed communion
Future
Bound
Knowledge of the past
Blessings
of where I have been
Traveler move on
New
Worlds await me
Anticipating with joy
Daring the
Journey
The songs of my Heart
Light
my way as I travel
New vistas
await
Husks of memory past
Anchor me when I
want to fly
Toward future memory
Until I use those
husks
As fuel
Propelling me onward
My
direction - Infinity!
by:
Marilyn Mueller, One = Infinity
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The Stronghold
there is no conflict in
the stronghold
it moves as one body in total acquiescence
to the Divine Plan
dualism finds no place or entrance
thereof
It's hallmark is Unity......brotherhood
we are
subsumed under the highest priorities
those on
the periphery or who have begun the piercing
are moving
towards the center under their own volition and intent
to
the point of brilliance
to the most extraordinary
supermundane fires
of Master's Monadic
sheath
to meet Hierarchial needs and Planetary
schedules
our ashram, as all others, have certain
protocols
we in our own little way in the
world
also have our responsibilities
to the ordered and
empowered sequence of proposed evolution
ours is a life no
longer to be lived for ourselves
we must assume that every
act performed here by us in the mundane
has repercussions
in the supermundane
we must assume that the fiery
intent of this forum
holds a unique place in the scheme of
things
We may also assume that for all practical
purposes
the stronghold awaits our more complete
acquiescence to cognizance
and
participation
in higher
aspect beyond the mundane sheaths
we stand as
one
subsumed under the omni-lateral intent of Master's
predilection
he who would be first will be
last
this is the law
let no one put himself above the
other
we are merely conforming to what is the most natural,
expedient
organic synthesis of Ashramic
economy
the entrance into cognizance of who we
are in reality
to be subject to the permeation of higher
fire
is sublimely balanced in that non-dual
awareness
that our work here is meant to build and
extend
into our world
into our community
the
manifestation of our brotherhood
if we are to
become instruments of Master's Wisdom
in our world
in
our immediate environment
we must acknowledge that on
occasion an elder brother
will purview the quality of
ethics we express to each other
here as
friends
granted we all have our own levels of
perceptual expertise
there is still much room for
intelligent and dynamic discussion
but let us learn to more
completely support and empower each other
let us
acknowledge that the stronghold's invincibility
is built on
the deepest most respected brotherhood
we serve
higher goals
and there is less in any cup of
philosophy
than the infinite pervasion of Hierarch
We are
a Field of Light Moving in the
World.The world is
moving, revolving around a core reality
of which we are
becoming more aware
and of which we are sounding forth by
the very nature of our embodiment.
We are a moving sea
of light and wherever one of us goes
the rest follow
undercover.
By the new resonance of our Embodiment we
transmit the seed of
Christ consciousness.
The mind
is reconstituted into a field of light subservient
to Soul
Impress.
There is transmutation in our cellular
structure.
New substance is created.
Together,
en masse,
together as One, we are recreating the entire
sheath of creation
with a new etheric vibrational
matrix.
Our alignment is - the Soul of
Humanity.
The substance of Light.Adam DeFranco is student of
the Wisdom teachings of Lucille Cedercrans having studied and
taken Teacher Training with Pam Nissen. Living in N.
California he seeks to bridge and integrate these teachings
with various other co-workers of the Ashram of Synthesis to
assist in the unfolding Divine Plan for Planetary evolution.
(geronimoadam@aol.com)
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| Artwork by William Moore |
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William Moore is a student of spiritual
philosophy, meditation and the Ageless Wisdom. A fine artist
and illustrator with extensive professional experience in art
direction he has the ability to capture and create those new
forms of Spiritual and Devic art. In his life this is one form
of service activity in response to his interpretation of and
to the New Thought Form Presentation of the
Wisdom.
whiteislandarts@yahoo.com
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| Upcoming Classes |
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Headquarters
Group - 60 lessons
ONLINE - In progress. This
course is based on the classes/transmissions Lucille gave in
1961-62 to her group which had moved to Colorado with her to
set up the Head Center.
Contact: Pam Nissen - nissenk@spessart.com
The Wisdom Group - 41
lessons
ONLINE - In
progress. Audio projections, text, and discussion. A
series on the nature, purpose, and function of the Wisdom
Group. Compiled from the works of Lucille Cedercrans.
Prerequisite: Nature of the Soul or Creative
Thinking
Begins
August 17, 2008 Contact: Glen Knape - GKnape@aol.com
The Nature of
the Soul - 40 lessons
IN PERSON
Study group at the Ojai Wisdom Center, class resumes Nov.
10th at lesson 6. The class is facilitated by Lyn Hebenstreit
and Tara Blasco. The cost is free.
Monday meetings from
7:30 to 9:30 PM.
Address: 945 Oso Rd. Ojai, Ca
93023 For
more information, please contact us at:
lrh@ojai.net or
tarablasco@gmail.com
The Soul and Its Instrument -
18 lessons
ONLINE -
In progress
through December 8, 2008 with
Lucinda**
**Contact Lucinda for the following
courses beginning in January 2009:
Path of Initiation, Soul and Its
Instrument, The Nature of the Soul, Corrective
Thinking Contact: lucityrrell@aol.com
The Path of Initiation, 1 & 2
- 18 lessons
ONLINE
Gay Vickers -
gayvickers@optusnet.com.au
Ocean Grove, Geelong area - Australia
Begins October/November 2008
The Nature of the Soul
- 40 Lessons
IN
PERSON
With Joyce Muroaka at the Masonic Lodge,
Garden Grove , California
Starting September 2008, Sundays
at 1:00 - 4:00 pm
New students are welcome even after start
date. Cost is $18.00 per session.
Contact: ladyronin@dslextreme.com
(714)
630-2349
Teacher
Training 1 & 2 - 31 and 27
Lessons
ONLINE
Beginning October
2008 with Theresa de Riggs*
Contact: theresa@akasharetreatcentre.com.au
*Note:
Theresa is the contact for the Australian Wisdom
newsletter.
Wisdom
Courses
ONLINE -
Live projections, questions & answers using
Stickam
classes with Georgia Lambert - Monday &
Tuesday evening: 7:00 to 8:30pm.
Teacher Training
IN PERSON
with
Georgia Lambert, Thursday evening at Arcana
Workshops
Contact
Georgia for more information: falconrose@mindspring.com
Meditation, Synthesis and
Transmutation - 6 weeks
IN PERSON
Commences
September 29, 2008, Mondays 6:30 - 8:00 pm
Suggested cost:
$60.00
Contact: Greg Tzinberg at 510-865-1987, or gtzin@alamedanet.net
Conscious Dying* - 10-12
weeks
ONLINE
Beginning
October 2008. A focus on Master DK's teachings, via AAB, on
reincarnation, death and conscious dying, especially er view
that the inner planes into which we are released at the moment
of death can become known and understood during
life.
Contact: Suzanne Vallez, svallez@aol.com
*Also offering classes on Healing - 10
lessons
Other
Teachers Offering Classes:
John Wayne
Kline
Colorado
jwkline@centurytel.net
Ray
Newland
Victoria, Australia
rne66357@bigpond.net.au
For more information on
the courses of Lucille Cedercrans and the publication of the
lesson material, please visit Wisdom
Impressions online.
OTHER EDUCATIONAL
RESOURCES
Morya Federation School of
Meditation
The
Morya Federation School of Meditation, an international,
Internet-based esoteric school is opening its virtual doors -
December 21, 2008.
The main course of study of the
Wisdom within the comprehensive curriculum, follows the
guidelines offered by DK in 'Letters on Occult Meditation'.
Michael Robbins and a group of deep and long time students and
teachers of the Wisdom will be facilitating this online
school.
For further information and/or an
Application to:
Vicktorya Stone,
vsk@makara.us
Michael Robbins,
Infinitize@aol.com
More
info...
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Wisdom Dictionary
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 by William Moore
Status of The Wisdom Dictionary:
Christine
Karlsen and myself have completed the design and written
content for a new website dedicated to this group service
project. A domain name has also been purchased for the
same, called The Wisdom Dictionary(the official new name),
which current participants and future contributors can access
for updates, guidelines, specific Wisdom materials being
worked on, submission dates, and group alignment for the right
manifestation of this work. We're asking all
involved in this to maintain this alignment throughout.
I've also contacted Michael Miles at Wisdom Impressions about
publishing the completed project, and he said they have board
meeting coming up in about a week and will discuss this effort
we're engaged in.
In the interim, we're asking
those currently working on compiling their lists from selected
titles in the Wisdom library of books as well as Greg
Tzinberg's Buddhist perspective, to send their lists to:
DOWTC712@gmail.com. Currently we have, Pam
Nissen-Applied Wisdom, Barbara Mare-Ashramic Projections,
Creative Thinking-Marilyn Mueller, Healing-Suzanne Vallez,
Teacher Training #2-Hazel Long, The Disciple and Economy-Fred
McEwan, Nature Of The Soul-William Moore and Christine
Karlsen, Path Of Initiation-Janne Randall. I think The
Wisdom Dictionary will prove to be a valuable reference guide
to both teachers and students. We still have a couple of
titles as yet still available for those interested in helping
to bring this to fruition. They are: The Soul and Its
Instrument, Leadership Training, and Teacher Training
#1. Special thanks to all who are who currently
participating and those who will participate in this group
service effort.
In the Light of The
Wisdom,
William
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WISDOM GATHERING
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 September 2009
Rancho Capistrano in San Juan
Capistrano, CA has been reserved from Friday, Sept. 4 thru
Monday, Sept. 7 for the 2009 Wisdom Gathering. Greg
Tzinberg will lead a retreat from Wednesday, Sept. 2 thru
Friday morning, Sept. 4.(see below)*
The mission statement for the 2009 gathering
is:
"We invoke
Synthesis in Action in preparation for the coming World
Teacher. Aligned with the Hierarchy, we sound the note
of Synthesis within and through all areas of human endeavor.
In particular, we seek to aid and vitalize all service efforts
affiliated with the new Thought-Form Presentation of the
Wisdom."
This Gathering will
be open to all participants interested in the
Wisdom.
More information
to come! Please save the dates.
Planning comittee Contacts:
Lyn -
lrh@ojai.net
or
Tara -
tarablasco@gmail.com
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*Notes on the Wisdom Synthesis Retreat (prior to the
Wisdom Gathering)
Retreats are used in many
traditions as an opportunity to deepen and intensify spiritual
practice. During the Wisdom Synthesis Retreat we will be
focusing on:
Ø The Foundation,
Path and Fruit
Ø Ego and self-image,
transmutation and transformation
Ø
Meditation
Ø The Matreya mantra and
visualization
The retreat schedule would
will be as follows:
Start around 1 or 2 PM on Wednesday for
two "sessions" of teaching and meditation
Thursday - Three
"sessions"
Friday - Two sessions
There will
also be an opportunity for people who wish to engage in some
additional, intensive meditation and mantra practice to work
through the early morning hours as well. Anyone who wants to
can participate, there are no prerequisites. One-on-one
interviews will be available to discuss practice but are not
mandatory.
People should plan on eating
vegetarian meals (starting Wednesday AM). After the retreat
begins, people will eat together Wednesday and Thursday and
end the retreat with a final lunch on Friday that will include
red-meat as an important way to "ground" the energies. Also -
meals should be away from other guests or at least at reserved
tables. We will also keep talking to a minimum except during
teaching sessions.
Retreat Tuition $108.00
$68
single
$48 double (with 2 queen beds)
$38 triple
(Rollaways are available)
$33
quadruple
Check-in time Wednesday, September 2 at
3pm - Dinner will be included
Thursday, Breakfast, Lunch
and Dinner
Friday, Breakfast and Lunch (Dinner will
be with the larger group)
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| Wisdom Directory in the Making |
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 by Hazel
We
have been working on a directory format. While we have
several names, only a few people have sent information for a
page. To see how it works, please go here: Directory
At the right side
of the file is a download symbol. Click on it. When
downloaded, if you click on name the info page comes
up. At this point in time there is an information
page for Pam, Gay, Lucinda, and myself. Try it. Or
you can drag across the address to create an email to go to
any person in the list.
If you would like to be
included please send the information about yourself and any
classes you're teaching to aich44@comcast.net. A
picture is nice, but not required.
For those of us, such
as Glen, who already have wonderful web pages, perhaps that
link is sufficient.
This directory can only
work with your help. I look forward to hearing from you.
Hazel
You can email us
at the following addresses:
Hazel: aich44@comcast.net
Adam DeFranco: geronimoadam@aol.com
Lucinda Tyrrell DeFranco:
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Into Aquarius with the Masters
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 The Spiritual Path Of Humanity ~ a journey through
time and space
by: Mo Hone
Published by Pluto Network (
UK) in October
2008.
http://www.plutonetwork.co.uk/
NEW
RELEASE:
188 pages, with 5 coloured plates including Initiation
levels and meditation symbols for the seven
rays.
From the back cover
"Let it
be known that the Soul is in contact with the Hierarchy, for
each Soul has been given into the keeping of one or another
of the Masters until such time as he has attained
to his own adulthood."
~ Lucille Cedercrans, "The
Nature Of The
Soul"
INTRODUCTION
This book is a
study of certain highly evolved spiritual beings known as
Masters and collectively as the Hierarchy or Great White
Brotherhood.
The origin of the White Brotherhood
lies in the dim prehistory of humanity's existence on this
planet, but throughout the development of our species its
members have observed and occasionally made themselves known
to mortals such as ourselves.
We are told they
evolved to their present positions by travelling the same road
we are taking today, and that they are still in the process of
evolving. Furthermore we have the chance of becoming like
them, together with the opportunity to enjoy their benefits ~
which includes immortality.
It is very important
to them that we do not regard them as a race apart, because
they too are members of humanity who have journeyed along the
path of evolution we are on now. By thinking of them as the
advance party of humankind we will be able to appreciate their
desire to report back on what they have found, and what we are
approaching.
To illustrate this more clearly I
will be describing their changing relationship with humanity
throughout its evolution, and show how the progressive
development of human beings corresponds with these
changes.
The other subject of this book is the
spiritual nature of humanity; our evolutionary position now
and in the immediate future, and how the benefits of seeking
contact with the Masters of Wisdom are particularly
advantageous in our present era.
Such information
is of little use without advice on how to prepare oneself for
contact with the Masters, so a fair amount of instruction is
presented here for the guidance of
aspirants.
AFTERWORD
I
presently consider Masters as individual expressions of a
person's soul Ray, and by gaining awareness of our soul Ray we
also gain awareness of the energies emanating from our Master.
This soul awareness is inclusive rather than
exclusive, and we share our Path with both young and old
souls. As we progress, our individuality becomes a shining
example of the "at-one-ment" it represents as an aspect of
human consciousness which has its ultimate expression on Earth
as the Hierarchy of Masters. We are one and we are
many.
In addition, by becoming aware of our soul
Ray we also become aware of our connection with both our past
and our future, and how they unite in the eternal now. With
this increased understanding, we come to realise that those
wise souls we once thought of as our distant ancestors have
now become our guides and companions on the Path of
Reality.
Note from Mo Hone: I wrote
this book in 1977 but it wasn't published commercially, and
when I rediscovered it earlier this year I realised it could
be usefully considered as a prelude to my previous book, "The
Seven Rays Today" published in 2006, and for the new book I am
currently writing which relates these ideas more specifically
to Lucille Cedercrans' Wisdom
teachings.
Mo lives in England with
Jac, his wife and spiritual partner, and since the 1960s they
have journeyed together on the spiritual Path. Although they
have worked with many visionary leaders in a variety of fields
from Advaita Vedanta to Theosophy and the Western Mystery
Tradition they have always retained an independent outlook. In
2002 Mo was introduced to the teachings of Lucille Cedercrans
just after completing his previous book, The Seven Rays Today,
and recognized the Wisdom teachings to be a parallel of his
previous experiences.
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 by: Starling Hunter
It is my pleasure to inform you
that the third volume of The Compass of Light entitled "The
Sense of Direction in the Great Invocation" is now available
for viewing or downloading at my personal page on Scribd.com.
Here is the shortcut
URL |
Visit
the Wisdom Impressions Website
The Wisdom Impressions
website is a most valuable resource. Besides many articles on
the Wisdom Teachings of Lucille Cedercrans it also has
numerous free downloads. These include two eBooks, a
screensaver, and various meditations. You are also given the
opportunity to read sections of the many books and pamphlets
offered and place an on-line order.
You can visit
their site at: http://www.wisdomimpressions.com
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The Wisdom Newsletter is a group effort, and
its success depends upon the willingness and enthusiasm of
group members participating.
Please read our Article
Guidelines
We are currently seeking volunteers to
help provide the following:
Newsletter
Articles
Newsletter Editing
Formatting &
Design
If you are interested
in any of the above opportunities, please contact
us!
Adam DeFranco: geronimoadam@aol.com
Lucinda
Tyrrell DeFranco: lucityrrell@aol.com
Debbie
George: debbee132003@yahoo.com
Bradley
Conway: bfieryheart@yahoo.co.uk |
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