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Michael Benner, Self Improvement radio talk host & journalist at KABC-AM, KLOS-FM, KCBS-FM & KPFK-FM; and Vistage CEO Trainer, Steve Snyder, present this week's —
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Sunday's Ageless Wisdom Mystery School
"Nothing rests; everything moves; everything vibrates."
— The Kybalion
This week we take-up the third of the Kybalion's Seven Hermetic Keys — the Principle of Vibration. Contemporary scientists now agree: "Everything vibrates." But just how ancient Egyptians and Greeks came to this understanding may remain a mystery?
"Nothing rests, everything moves" includes all matter, physical energy and Spirit (metaphysical energy). But vibration doesn't stop there. The First Hermetic Principle in the Kybalion says, "All is Mind." So, then, the Universal Divine Mind and the corresponding little minds of humans must also vibrate.
Indeed, mind does vibrate, and in future lessons we'll explain its polarity, rhythm, & gender as well as the underlying Principle of Cause and Effect. But in this third lesson, we'll focus on the frequency of this eternal and infinite vibration ... this dance of energy and matter.
Empirical physics teaches us to think of energy has having a vibratory rate, but to think of matter in terms of its atomic number, that is, the number of protons in a atom's nucleus. However, mystics, yogis and shamans of all cultures think of energy and matter as a vibrating continuum or spectrum.
The 19th Century mystic, Helena P. Blavatsky wrote, "Matter is Spirit vibrating at its lowest frequency; Spirit is Matter vibrating at its highest frequency." This single line may explain why Albert Einstein always had a copy of Blavatsky's "The Secret Doctrine" on his desk — before and after he became known for equating energy and matter (E=mc2).
The concept of a metaphysical spectrum that includes all matter and energy helps us understand esoteric philosophers when they use phrases and terms like, "The One Life," and "Everything is Sacred." In other words, the distinction between Spirit and Matter is merely one of appearances. The frequencies of Spirit are simply too high for the physical senses of humans to discern, though the human mind can be trained to sense and even direct Spirit into the Material World. In Egyptian and Greek Alchemy, this process is known as "transmutation."
Join us this Sunday for the third in our seven-part series on The Kybalion — "The Principle of Vibration." You may participate or just listen, free-of-charge, by webfeed, telephone or Skype. Simply click on the link below for more information plus an easy way to print a reminder for yourself.
To hear our free audio archives of 160 past classes, go to TheAgelessWisdom.com, click on Enter, then on the Webinars link. While you're there, use the "Send One to a Friend" gadget. Also, use the link at the bottom of this newsletter to forward it to a friend ... someone who's looking for this kind of personally empowering information. We'll talk with you this Sunday.
Title: The Ageless Wisdom Mystery School
Time: Sunday, June 12th at 1:00 PM Pacific, 4:00 PM Eastern (20:00 UTC/GMT)
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Once you set-up your free account, you can purchase shows from the archives for only $4.95 each, or subscribe to our weekly program feed for just $3.96 per month — an 80% discount. There are no contracts. You can unsubscribe with a single click anytime you wish, and you will always have access to your library of Personal Empowerment Audio Programs at the FocusedPassion.com website.
You can also get a free 10-program podcast called Empower your SELF in Paradise at the iTunes Store. These premium audio programs feature both Steve Snyder and Michael Benner, each of whom have over 30 years of teaching and counseling experience in the human potential field.
Mahalo & Aloha from Maui.
Personal Empowerment Newsletter
Sunday's Ageless Wisdom Mystery School
"Nothing rests; everything moves; everything vibrates."
— The Kybalion
This week we take-up the third of the Kybalion's Seven Hermetic Keys — the Principle of Vibration. Contemporary scientists now agree: "Everything vibrates." But just how ancient Egyptians and Greeks came to this understanding may remain a mystery?
"Nothing rests, everything moves" includes all matter, physical energy and Spirit (metaphysical energy). But vibration doesn't stop there. The First Hermetic Principle in the Kybalion says, "All is Mind." So, then, the Universal Divine Mind and the corresponding little minds of humans must also vibrate.
Indeed, mind does vibrate, and in future lessons we'll explain its polarity, rhythm, & gender as well as the underlying Principle of Cause and Effect. But in this third lesson, we'll focus on the frequency of this eternal and infinite vibration ... this dance of energy and matter.
Empirical physics teaches us to think of energy has having a vibratory rate, but to think of matter in terms of its atomic number, that is, the number of protons in a atom's nucleus. However, mystics, yogis and shamans of all cultures think of energy and matter as a vibrating continuum or spectrum.
The 19th Century mystic, Helena P. Blavatsky wrote, "Matter is Spirit vibrating at its lowest frequency; Spirit is Matter vibrating at its highest frequency." This single line may explain why Albert Einstein always had a copy of Blavatsky's "The Secret Doctrine" on his desk — before and after he became known for equating energy and matter (E=mc2).
The concept of a metaphysical spectrum that includes all matter and energy helps us understand esoteric philosophers when they use phrases and terms like, "The One Life," and "Everything is Sacred." In other words, the distinction between Spirit and Matter is merely one of appearances. The frequencies of Spirit are simply too high for the physical senses of humans to discern, though the human mind can be trained to sense and even direct Spirit into the Material World. In Egyptian and Greek Alchemy, this process is known as "transmutation."
Join us this Sunday for the third in our seven-part series on The Kybalion — "The Principle of Vibration." You may participate or just listen, free-of-charge, by webfeed, telephone or Skype. Simply click on the link below for more information plus an easy way to print a reminder for yourself.
To hear our free audio archives of 160 past classes, go to TheAgelessWisdom.com, click on Enter, then on the Webinars link. While you're there, use the "Send One to a Friend" gadget. Also, use the link at the bottom of this newsletter to forward it to a friend ... someone who's looking for this kind of personally empowering information. We'll talk with you this Sunday.
Title: The Ageless Wisdom Mystery School
Time: Sunday, June 12th at 1:00 PM Pacific, 4:00 PM Eastern (20:00 UTC/GMT)
Participate or just listen by Web-stream, telephone or Skype.
Visit NOW for more info:
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Finding your SELF in Paradise
If you like what you hear in The Ageless Wisdom Mystery School each week, listen to the free samples of our Finding your SELF in Paradise premium audio series at FocusedPassion.com. Click on the big Get Free Sample Programs button, then simply check the box that says, "Just Send Me the Free Stuff for Now." Enter your name & email address, choose a password and click Continue to log in.
Once you set-up your free account, you can purchase shows from the archives for only $4.95 each, or subscribe to our weekly program feed for just $3.96 per month — an 80% discount. There are no contracts. You can unsubscribe with a single click anytime you wish, and you will always have access to your library of Personal Empowerment Audio Programs at the FocusedPassion.com website.
You can also get a free 10-program podcast called Empower your SELF in Paradise at the iTunes Store. These premium audio programs feature both Steve Snyder and Michael Benner, each of whom have over 30 years of teaching and counseling experience in the human potential field.
Mahalo & Aloha from Maui.
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Thursday, June 23, 2011
Michael Benner, Self Improvement radio talk host & journalist at KABC-AM, KLOS-FM, KCBS-FM & KPFK-FM; and Vistage CEO Trainer, Steve Snyder, present this week's —
Sunday's Ageless Wisdom Mystery School
As we progress to the second of the Seven Hermetic Keys presented in The Kybalion, we'll draw upon the most famous alchemical document in the history of the world — the Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus, also known as the Egyptian God Thoth. According to ancient Greek and Roman scholars, the alchemical secrets of the Egyptians were carved in bas relief on this magnificent green stone.
The most famous translation of the Emerald Tablet was written by Sir Isaac Newton. And the best known statement in his translation is the Second Rubric: "That which is Below is like that which is Above, and that which is Above is like that which is Below to do the miracles of the One Only Thing." The concept has come to be known in esoteric philosophy and mysticism as, "The Principle of Correspondence."
In his book, Isaac Newton: The Last Sorcerer, researcher Michael White wrote, "Newton was motivated by a deep-rooted commitment to the notion that alchemical wisdom extended back to ancient times. The Hermetic tradition — the body of alchemical knowledge — was believed to have originated in the mists of time and to have been given to humanity through supernatural agents."
Newton was so secretive about his alchemical experiments, that many people suggested he may have succeeded in transmuting lead into gold. But it's likely Newton, like most other European scientists and philosophers of the Renaissance Era, recognized alchemical transmutation as an allegory for uplifting conscious awareness from the physical world of appearances to Spiritual realms of Love & Light.
Join us this Sunday for the second in our seven-part series on The Kybalion — "The Principle of Correspondence." You may participate or just listen, free-of-charge, by webfeed, telephone or Skype. Simply click on the link below for more information plus an easy way to print a reminder for yourself.
To hear our free audio archives of 160 past classes, go to TheAgelessWisdom.com, click on Enter, then on the Webinars link. While you're there, use the "Send One to a Friend" gadget. Also, use the link at the bottom of this newsletter to forward it to a friend ... someone who's looking for this kind of personally empowering information. We'll talk with you this Sunday.
Title: The Ageless Wisdom Mystery School
Time: Sunday, June 5th at 1:00 PM Pacific, 4:00 PM Eastern (20:00 UTC/GMT)
Participate or just listen by Web-stream, telephone or Skype.
Visit NOW for more info:
http://InstantTeleseminar.com/?eventid=20210493
___________________________________________________________________________
Finding your SELF in Paradise
If you like what you hear in The Ageless Wisdom Mystery School each week, listen to the free samples of our Finding your SELF in Paradise premium audio series at FocusedPassion.com. Click on the big Get Free Sample Programs button, then simply check the box that says, "Just Send Me the Free Stuff for Now." Enter your name & email address, choose a password and click Continue to log in.
Once you set-up your free account, you can purchase shows from the archives for only $4.95 each, or subscribe to our weekly program feed for just $3.96 per month — an 80% discount. There are no contracts. You can unsubscribe with a single click anytime you wish, and you will always have access to your library of Personal Empowerment audio programs at the FocusedPassion.com website.
You can also get a free 10-program podcast called Empower your SELF in Paradise at the iTunes Store. These premium audio programs feature both Steve Snyder and Michael Benner, each of whom have over 30 years of teaching and counseling experience in the human potential field.
Mahalo & Aloha from Maui.
Personal Empowerment Newsletter
Sunday's Ageless Wisdom Mystery School
"As above, so below; as below, so above."
— The Emerald Tablet, Second Rubric
— The Emerald Tablet, Second Rubric
As we progress to the second of the Seven Hermetic Keys presented in The Kybalion, we'll draw upon the most famous alchemical document in the history of the world — the Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus, also known as the Egyptian God Thoth. According to ancient Greek and Roman scholars, the alchemical secrets of the Egyptians were carved in bas relief on this magnificent green stone.
The most famous translation of the Emerald Tablet was written by Sir Isaac Newton. And the best known statement in his translation is the Second Rubric: "That which is Below is like that which is Above, and that which is Above is like that which is Below to do the miracles of the One Only Thing." The concept has come to be known in esoteric philosophy and mysticism as, "The Principle of Correspondence."
In his book, Isaac Newton: The Last Sorcerer, researcher Michael White wrote, "Newton was motivated by a deep-rooted commitment to the notion that alchemical wisdom extended back to ancient times. The Hermetic tradition — the body of alchemical knowledge — was believed to have originated in the mists of time and to have been given to humanity through supernatural agents."
Newton was so secretive about his alchemical experiments, that many people suggested he may have succeeded in transmuting lead into gold. But it's likely Newton, like most other European scientists and philosophers of the Renaissance Era, recognized alchemical transmutation as an allegory for uplifting conscious awareness from the physical world of appearances to Spiritual realms of Love & Light.
Join us this Sunday for the second in our seven-part series on The Kybalion — "The Principle of Correspondence." You may participate or just listen, free-of-charge, by webfeed, telephone or Skype. Simply click on the link below for more information plus an easy way to print a reminder for yourself.
To hear our free audio archives of 160 past classes, go to TheAgelessWisdom.com, click on Enter, then on the Webinars link. While you're there, use the "Send One to a Friend" gadget. Also, use the link at the bottom of this newsletter to forward it to a friend ... someone who's looking for this kind of personally empowering information. We'll talk with you this Sunday.
Title: The Ageless Wisdom Mystery School
Time: Sunday, June 5th at 1:00 PM Pacific, 4:00 PM Eastern (20:00 UTC/GMT)
Participate or just listen by Web-stream, telephone or Skype.
Visit NOW for more info:
http://InstantTeleseminar.com/?eventid=20210493
___________________________________________________________________________
Finding your SELF in Paradise
If you like what you hear in The Ageless Wisdom Mystery School each week, listen to the free samples of our Finding your SELF in Paradise premium audio series at FocusedPassion.com. Click on the big Get Free Sample Programs button, then simply check the box that says, "Just Send Me the Free Stuff for Now." Enter your name & email address, choose a password and click Continue to log in.
Once you set-up your free account, you can purchase shows from the archives for only $4.95 each, or subscribe to our weekly program feed for just $3.96 per month — an 80% discount. There are no contracts. You can unsubscribe with a single click anytime you wish, and you will always have access to your library of Personal Empowerment audio programs at the FocusedPassion.com website.
You can also get a free 10-program podcast called Empower your SELF in Paradise at the iTunes Store. These premium audio programs feature both Steve Snyder and Michael Benner, each of whom have over 30 years of teaching and counseling experience in the human potential field.
Mahalo & Aloha from Maui.
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Sunday, June 5, 2011
Michael Benner, Self Improvement radio talk host & journalist at KABC-AM, KLOS-FM, KCBS-FM & KPFK-FM; and Vistage CEO Trainer, Steve Snyder, present this week's —
Sunday's Ageless Wisdom Mystery School
"The principles of Truth are Seven; he who knows these, understandingly, possesses the Magic Key before whose touch all the Doors of the Temple fly open."
— The Kybalion
Without a doubt, one of the most enduring of the Mind Science classics from the early 20th Century is a thin but pithy volume entitled, The Kybalion. Written anonymously in 1908, the authors identified themselves only as The Three Initiates. Some students believe the book was written by Paul Foster Case, a member of the Order of the Golden Dawn and founder of the Builders of The Adytum. A somewhat more plausible theory is that it was penned by popular New Thought writer, William W. Atkinson, who also used the pen names Theron Q. Dumont and Yogi Ramacharaka.
Over the next seven weeks in The Ageless Wisdom Mystery School, we will discuss in the seven key Hermetic Principles revealed in The Kybalion. They are:
I. The principle of Mentalism - "The All is Mind; The Universe is Mental."
II. The principle of Correspondence - "As above, so below; as below, so above."
III. The principle of Vibration - "Nothing rests; everything moves; everything vibrates."
IV. The principle of Polarity - "Everything is Dual; everything has poles; everything has its pairs of opposites; like & unlike are the same; opposites are identical in nature, but different in degree; extremes meet; all truths are but half-truths; all paradoxes may be reconciled."
V. The principle of Rhythm - "Everything flows, out & in; everything has its tides; all things rise & fall; the pendulum-swing manifests in everything; the measure of the swing to the right is the measure of the swing to the left; rhythm compensates."
VI. The principle of Cause & Effect - "Every Cause has its Effect; every effect has its Cause; everything happens according to Law; Chance is but a name for Law not recognized; there are many planes of causation, but nothing escapes the Law."
VII. The principle of Gender - "Gender is in everything; everything has its Masculine & Feminine Principles; Gender manifests on all planes."
Join us this Sunday for the first of our seven-part series on The Kybalion — "The Principle of Mentalism." You may participate or just listen, free-of-charge, by webfeed, telephone or Skype. Simply click on the link below for more information plus an easy way to print a reminder for yourself.
To hear our free audio archives of 160 past classes, go to TheAgelessWisdom.com, click on Enter, then on the Webinars link. While you're there, use the "Send One to a Friend" gadget. Also, use the link at the bottom of this newsletter to forward it to a friend ... someone who's looking for this kind of personally empowering information. We'll talk with you this Sunday.
Title: The Ageless Wisdom Mystery School
Time: Sunday, May 29nd at 1:00 PM Pacific, 4:00 PM Eastern (20:00 UTC/GMT)
Participate or just listen by Web-stream, telephone or Skype.
Visit NOW for more info:
http://InstantTeleseminar.com/?eventid=20063325
Finding your SELF in Paradise
If you like what you hear in The Ageless Wisdom Mystery School each week, listen to the free samples of our Finding your SELF in Paradise premium audio series at FocusedPassion.com. Click on the big Get Free Sample Programs button, then simply check the box that says, "Just Send Me the Free Stuff for Now." Enter your name & email address, choose a password and click Continue to log in.
Once you set-up your free account, you can purchase shows from the archives for only $4.95 each, or subscribe to our weekly program feed for just $3.96 per month — an 80% discount. There are no contracts. You can unsubscribe with a single click anytime you wish, and you will always have access to your library of Personal Empowerment audio programs at the FocusedPassion.com website.
You can also get a free 10-program podcast called Empower your SELF in Paradise at the iTunes Store. These premium audio programs feature both Steve Snyder and Michael Benner, each of whom have over 30 years of teaching and counseling experience in the human potential field.
Mahalo & Aloha from Maui.
Personal Empowerment Newsletter
Newsletter subscriptionSunday's Ageless Wisdom Mystery School
"The principles of Truth are Seven; he who knows these, understandingly, possesses the Magic Key before whose touch all the Doors of the Temple fly open."
— The Kybalion
Without a doubt, one of the most enduring of the Mind Science classics from the early 20th Century is a thin but pithy volume entitled, The Kybalion. Written anonymously in 1908, the authors identified themselves only as The Three Initiates. Some students believe the book was written by Paul Foster Case, a member of the Order of the Golden Dawn and founder of the Builders of The Adytum. A somewhat more plausible theory is that it was penned by popular New Thought writer, William W. Atkinson, who also used the pen names Theron Q. Dumont and Yogi Ramacharaka.
Over the next seven weeks in The Ageless Wisdom Mystery School, we will discuss in the seven key Hermetic Principles revealed in The Kybalion. They are:
I. The principle of Mentalism - "The All is Mind; The Universe is Mental."
II. The principle of Correspondence - "As above, so below; as below, so above."
III. The principle of Vibration - "Nothing rests; everything moves; everything vibrates."
IV. The principle of Polarity - "Everything is Dual; everything has poles; everything has its pairs of opposites; like & unlike are the same; opposites are identical in nature, but different in degree; extremes meet; all truths are but half-truths; all paradoxes may be reconciled."
V. The principle of Rhythm - "Everything flows, out & in; everything has its tides; all things rise & fall; the pendulum-swing manifests in everything; the measure of the swing to the right is the measure of the swing to the left; rhythm compensates."
VI. The principle of Cause & Effect - "Every Cause has its Effect; every effect has its Cause; everything happens according to Law; Chance is but a name for Law not recognized; there are many planes of causation, but nothing escapes the Law."
VII. The principle of Gender - "Gender is in everything; everything has its Masculine & Feminine Principles; Gender manifests on all planes."
Join us this Sunday for the first of our seven-part series on The Kybalion — "The Principle of Mentalism." You may participate or just listen, free-of-charge, by webfeed, telephone or Skype. Simply click on the link below for more information plus an easy way to print a reminder for yourself.
To hear our free audio archives of 160 past classes, go to TheAgelessWisdom.com, click on Enter, then on the Webinars link. While you're there, use the "Send One to a Friend" gadget. Also, use the link at the bottom of this newsletter to forward it to a friend ... someone who's looking for this kind of personally empowering information. We'll talk with you this Sunday.
Title: The Ageless Wisdom Mystery School
Time: Sunday, May 29nd at 1:00 PM Pacific, 4:00 PM Eastern (20:00 UTC/GMT)
Participate or just listen by Web-stream, telephone or Skype.
Visit NOW for more info:
http://InstantTeleseminar.com/?eventid=20063325
Finding your SELF in Paradise
If you like what you hear in The Ageless Wisdom Mystery School each week, listen to the free samples of our Finding your SELF in Paradise premium audio series at FocusedPassion.com. Click on the big Get Free Sample Programs button, then simply check the box that says, "Just Send Me the Free Stuff for Now." Enter your name & email address, choose a password and click Continue to log in.
Once you set-up your free account, you can purchase shows from the archives for only $4.95 each, or subscribe to our weekly program feed for just $3.96 per month — an 80% discount. There are no contracts. You can unsubscribe with a single click anytime you wish, and you will always have access to your library of Personal Empowerment audio programs at the FocusedPassion.com website.
You can also get a free 10-program podcast called Empower your SELF in Paradise at the iTunes Store. These premium audio programs feature both Steve Snyder and Michael Benner, each of whom have over 30 years of teaching and counseling experience in the human potential field.
Mahalo & Aloha from Maui.
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Monday, May 30, 2011
Michael Benner, Self Improvement radio talk host & journalist at KABC-AM, KLOS-FM, KCBS-FM & KPFK-FM; and Vistage CEO Trainer, Steve Snyder, present this week's —
Sunday's Ageless Wisdom Mystery School
"The real death of America will come when everyone is alike.”
— James T. Ellison
At first glance, the words "unity" and "diversity" might appear to be opposites. Paradoxically, however, they're more like two sides of the same coin.
Just as both magnetic north and south cannot exist without the other, unity requires diversity and vice versa. Logically, the strength of unity might seem to require all elements to be in agreement, aligned and identical. In fact, the strength of unity comes out of diversity.
This principle is apparent in the environment, where the gradual extinction of species is weakening the Earth's life-support eco-system. The synergy of the animal, plant and mineral kingdoms is supported by diverse and antagonistic forms of life.
Curiously, the Supreme Court in Associated Press v. U.S. (1945) wrote that "the widest possible dissemination of information from diverse and antagonistic sources is essential to the welfare of the public." Here again we see the strength of diversity revealing the inherent weakness of uniformity.
Join us this Sunday for our next Ageless Wisdom Mystery School as we discuss "The Strength of Diversity." You may participate or just listen, free-of-charge, by webfeed, telephone or Skype. Simply click on the link below for more information plus an easy way to print a reminder for yourself.
To hear our free audio archives of 160 past classes, go to TheAgelessWisdom.com, click on Enter, then on the Webinars link. While you're there, use the "Send One to a Friend" gadget. Also, use the link at the bottom of this newsletter to forward it to a friend ... someone who's looking for this kind of personally empowering information. We'll talk with you this Sunday.
Title: The Ageless Wisdom Mystery School
Time: Sunday, May 22nd at 1:00 PM Pacific, 4:00 PM Eastern (20:00 UTC/GMT)
Participate or just listen by Web-stream, telephone or Skype.
Visit NOW for more info:
http://InstantTeleseminar.com/?eventID=19902738
Finding your SELF in Paradise
If you like what you hear in The Ageless Wisdom Mystery School each week, listen to the free samples of our Finding your SELF in Paradise premium audio series at FocusedPassion.com. Click on the big Get Free Sample Programs button, then simply check the box that says, "Just Send Me the Free Stuff for Now." Enter your name & email address, choose a password and click Continue to log in.
Once you set-up your free account, you can purchase shows from the archives for only $4.95 each, or subscribe to our weekly program feed for just $3.96 per month — an 80% discount. There are no contracts. You can unsubscribe with a single click anytime you wish, and you will always have access to your library of Personal Empowerment audio programs at the FocusedPassion.com website.
You can also get a free 10-program podcast called Empower your SELF in Paradise at the iTunes Store. These premium audio programs feature both Steve Snyder and Michael Benner, each of whom have over 30 years of teaching and counseling experience in the human potential field.
Mahalo & Aloha from Maui.
Personal Empowerment Newsletter
Sunday's Ageless Wisdom Mystery School
"The real death of America will come when everyone is alike.”
— James T. Ellison
At first glance, the words "unity" and "diversity" might appear to be opposites. Paradoxically, however, they're more like two sides of the same coin.
Just as both magnetic north and south cannot exist without the other, unity requires diversity and vice versa. Logically, the strength of unity might seem to require all elements to be in agreement, aligned and identical. In fact, the strength of unity comes out of diversity.
This principle is apparent in the environment, where the gradual extinction of species is weakening the Earth's life-support eco-system. The synergy of the animal, plant and mineral kingdoms is supported by diverse and antagonistic forms of life.
Curiously, the Supreme Court in Associated Press v. U.S. (1945) wrote that "the widest possible dissemination of information from diverse and antagonistic sources is essential to the welfare of the public." Here again we see the strength of diversity revealing the inherent weakness of uniformity.
Join us this Sunday for our next Ageless Wisdom Mystery School as we discuss "The Strength of Diversity." You may participate or just listen, free-of-charge, by webfeed, telephone or Skype. Simply click on the link below for more information plus an easy way to print a reminder for yourself.
To hear our free audio archives of 160 past classes, go to TheAgelessWisdom.com, click on Enter, then on the Webinars link. While you're there, use the "Send One to a Friend" gadget. Also, use the link at the bottom of this newsletter to forward it to a friend ... someone who's looking for this kind of personally empowering information. We'll talk with you this Sunday.
Title: The Ageless Wisdom Mystery School
Time: Sunday, May 22nd at 1:00 PM Pacific, 4:00 PM Eastern (20:00 UTC/GMT)
Participate or just listen by Web-stream, telephone or Skype.
Visit NOW for more info:
http://InstantTeleseminar.com/?eventID=19902738
Finding your SELF in Paradise
If you like what you hear in The Ageless Wisdom Mystery School each week, listen to the free samples of our Finding your SELF in Paradise premium audio series at FocusedPassion.com. Click on the big Get Free Sample Programs button, then simply check the box that says, "Just Send Me the Free Stuff for Now." Enter your name & email address, choose a password and click Continue to log in.
Once you set-up your free account, you can purchase shows from the archives for only $4.95 each, or subscribe to our weekly program feed for just $3.96 per month — an 80% discount. There are no contracts. You can unsubscribe with a single click anytime you wish, and you will always have access to your library of Personal Empowerment audio programs at the FocusedPassion.com website.
You can also get a free 10-program podcast called Empower your SELF in Paradise at the iTunes Store. These premium audio programs feature both Steve Snyder and Michael Benner, each of whom have over 30 years of teaching and counseling experience in the human potential field.
Mahalo & Aloha from Maui.
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Thursday, May 19, 2011
Michael Benner, Self Improvement radio talk host & journalist at KABC-AM, KLOS-FM, KCBS-FM & KPFK-FM; and Vistage CEO Trainer, Steve Snyder, present this week's —
Sunday's Ageless Wisdom Mystery School
"Intuition is a spiritual faculty and does not explain, but simply points the way."
— Florence Scovel Shinn
Of the two basic ways to think — logic and intuition — only logic is taught in most schools. For the most part, intuition as a source of understanding and awareness remains ignored.
In fact, intuition is so poorly understood in academic circles that it is still considered to be a feminine quality, as in "a woman's intuition." Yet one of the world's most highly regarded scientists, Albert Einstein, once wrote, "The only real valuable thing is intuition" — a remarkable statement, especially when you consider who said it.
Einstein's proclamation is not unlike the spiritual tenet that says, "Love is the only thing that's real." In other words, intuition may be a quality of love — not the emotional feeling called love, but rather "Love" as in "the spiritual essence of All Things," the Great Ocean of Spirit in which all things are One.
The questions we'll explore in our next Ageless Wisdom Mystery School include: Where do these intuitive flashes of insight originate? Are they merely the result of the subconscious workings of the mind? Are they simply combinations and permutations of things already known? Or, as many mystics believe, are they telepathic insights provided by Ascended Masters living on another plane of existence?
Join us this Sunday as we discuss the legend of "Intuition & the Fifth Kingdom of Conscious Souls." You may participate or just listen, free-of-charge, by webfeed, telephone or Skype. Simply click on the link below for more information plus an easy way to print yourself a reminder.
To hear our free audio archives of 160 past classes, go to TheAgelessWisdom.com, click on Enter, then on the Webinars link. While you're there, use the "Send One to a Friend" gadget. Also, use the link at the bottom of this newsletter to forward it to a friend ... someone who's looking for this kind of personally empowering information. We'll talk with you this Sunday.
Title: The Ageless Wisdom Mystery School
Time: Sunday, May 15th at 1:00 PM Pacific, 4:00 PM Eastern (20:00 UTC/GMT)
Participate or just listen by Web-stream, telephone or Skype.
Visit NOW for more info:
http://InstantTeleseminar.com/?eventid=19689735
Finding your SELF in Paradise
If you like what you hear in The Ageless Wisdom Mystery School each week, listen to the free samples of our Finding your SELF in Paradise premium audio series at FocusedPassion.com. Click on the big Get Free Sample Programs button, then simply check the box that says, "Just Send Me the Free Stuff for Now." Enter your name & email address, choose a password and click Continue to log in.
Once you set-up your free account, you can purchase shows from the archives for only $4.95 each, or subscribe to our weekly program feed for just $3.96 per month — an 80% discount. There are no contracts. You can unsubscribe with a single click anytime you wish, and you will always have access to your library of Personal Empowerment audio programs at the FocusedPassion.com website.
You can also get a free 10-program podcast called Empower your SELF in Paradise at the iTunes Store. These premium audio programs feature both Steve Snyder and Michael Benner, each of whom have over 30 years of teaching and counseling experience in the human potential field.
Also, there are only 10 spots available for our next Maui Mindfulness Retreat, October 9 -15, 2011. For more information, visit FocusedPassion.com and click on Maui Retreats. To apply or request specific information, send an email ASAP to: info@FocusedPassion.com or leave a voice message at 818-973-3154, anytime 24/7.
Mahalo & Aloha from Maui.
Personal Empowerment Newsletter
Sunday's Ageless Wisdom Mystery School
"Intuition is a spiritual faculty and does not explain, but simply points the way."
— Florence Scovel Shinn
Of the two basic ways to think — logic and intuition — only logic is taught in most schools. For the most part, intuition as a source of understanding and awareness remains ignored.
In fact, intuition is so poorly understood in academic circles that it is still considered to be a feminine quality, as in "a woman's intuition." Yet one of the world's most highly regarded scientists, Albert Einstein, once wrote, "The only real valuable thing is intuition" — a remarkable statement, especially when you consider who said it.
Einstein's proclamation is not unlike the spiritual tenet that says, "Love is the only thing that's real." In other words, intuition may be a quality of love — not the emotional feeling called love, but rather "Love" as in "the spiritual essence of All Things," the Great Ocean of Spirit in which all things are One.
The questions we'll explore in our next Ageless Wisdom Mystery School include: Where do these intuitive flashes of insight originate? Are they merely the result of the subconscious workings of the mind? Are they simply combinations and permutations of things already known? Or, as many mystics believe, are they telepathic insights provided by Ascended Masters living on another plane of existence?
Join us this Sunday as we discuss the legend of "Intuition & the Fifth Kingdom of Conscious Souls." You may participate or just listen, free-of-charge, by webfeed, telephone or Skype. Simply click on the link below for more information plus an easy way to print yourself a reminder.
To hear our free audio archives of 160 past classes, go to TheAgelessWisdom.com, click on Enter, then on the Webinars link. While you're there, use the "Send One to a Friend" gadget. Also, use the link at the bottom of this newsletter to forward it to a friend ... someone who's looking for this kind of personally empowering information. We'll talk with you this Sunday.
Title: The Ageless Wisdom Mystery School
Time: Sunday, May 15th at 1:00 PM Pacific, 4:00 PM Eastern (20:00 UTC/GMT)
Participate or just listen by Web-stream, telephone or Skype.
Visit NOW for more info:
http://InstantTeleseminar.com/?eventid=19689735
Finding your SELF in Paradise
If you like what you hear in The Ageless Wisdom Mystery School each week, listen to the free samples of our Finding your SELF in Paradise premium audio series at FocusedPassion.com. Click on the big Get Free Sample Programs button, then simply check the box that says, "Just Send Me the Free Stuff for Now." Enter your name & email address, choose a password and click Continue to log in.
Once you set-up your free account, you can purchase shows from the archives for only $4.95 each, or subscribe to our weekly program feed for just $3.96 per month — an 80% discount. There are no contracts. You can unsubscribe with a single click anytime you wish, and you will always have access to your library of Personal Empowerment audio programs at the FocusedPassion.com website.
You can also get a free 10-program podcast called Empower your SELF in Paradise at the iTunes Store. These premium audio programs feature both Steve Snyder and Michael Benner, each of whom have over 30 years of teaching and counseling experience in the human potential field.
Also, there are only 10 spots available for our next Maui Mindfulness Retreat, October 9 -15, 2011. For more information, visit FocusedPassion.com and click on Maui Retreats. To apply or request specific information, send an email ASAP to: info@FocusedPassion.com or leave a voice message at 818-973-3154, anytime 24/7.
Mahalo & Aloha from Maui.
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Monday, May 9, 2011
Michael Benner, Self Improvement radio talk host & news commentator at KABC-AM, KLOS-FM, KCBS-FM & KPFK-FM; and Vistage CEO Trainer, Steve Snyder, present this week's —
Sunday's Ageless Wisdom Mystery School
"It is not healthy to be thinking all the time. Thinking is intended for acquiring knowledge or applying it. It is not essential living."
— Ernest Wood
There is a very important difference between applied thinking and the mental drift that underlies it. For example, imagine reading a book for 10 or 15 minutes, then putting it down to rest your eyes. Even if you close your eyes, your mind will continue thinking — maybe about what you just read, but perhaps something else enters your mind. One thing is certain: the thoughts don't stop. Even when you sleep, your thoughts continue, as evidenced by the dreams you often remember upon waking.
Only through a deliberate practice of contemplation, meditation or mindfulness can we detach from our thoughts long enough to witness our "mental drift" without judgment. In time, the gaps between the thoughts grow longer and significant peace-of-mind can be established.
On the other hand, over-stimulation and general stress amplifies the number of thoughts competing for your attention in any given moment. Anxiety, worry, and apprehension is confusing and scary, creating even more stress and anxiety — in other words: Too much thinking (TMT).
Join us this Sunday, live and interactive, for The Ageless Wisdom Mystery School as we discuss the problems caused by "Too Much Thinking" and what you can do about it. You may participate or just listen, free-of-charge, by webfeed, telephone or Skype. Simply click on the link below for more information plus an easy way to print yourself a reminder.
To hear our free audio archives of over 150 past classes, go to TheAgelessWisdom.com, click on Enter, then on the Webinars link. While you're there, use the "Send One to a Friend" gadget. Also, use the link at the bottom of this newsletter to forward it to a friend ... someone who's looking for this kind of personally empowering information. We'll talk with you this Sunday.
Title: The Ageless Wisdom Mystery School
Time: Sunday, May 8th at 1:00 PM Pacific, 4:00 PM Eastern (20:00 UTC/GMT)
Participate or just listen by Web-stream, telephone or Skype.
Visit NOW for more info:
http://InstantTeleseminar.com/?eventid=19564869
Finding your SELF in Paradise
If you like what you hear in The Ageless Wisdom Mystery School each week, listen to the free samples of our Finding your SELF in Paradise premium audio series at FocusedPassion.com. Click on the big Get Free Sample Programs button, then simply check the box that says, "Just Send Me the Free Stuff for Now." Enter your name & email address, choose a password and click Continue to log in.
Once you set-up your free account, you can purchase shows from the archives for only $4.95 each, or subscribe to our weekly program feed for just $3.96 per month — an 80% discount. There are no contracts. You can unsubscribe with a single click anytime you wish, and you will always have access to your library of Personal Empowerment audio programs at the FocusedPassion.com website.
You can also get a free 10-program podcast called Empower your SELF in Paradise at the iTunes Store. These premium audio programs feature both Steve Snyder and Michael Benner, each of whom have over 30 years of teaching and counseling experience in the human potential field.
Also, there are only 10 spots available for our next Maui Mindfulness Retreat, October 9 -15, 2011. For more information, visit FocusedPassion.com and click on Maui Retreats. To apply or request specific information, send an email ASAP to: info@FocusedPassion.com or leave a voice message at 818-973-3154, anytime 24/7.
Mahalo & Aloha from Maui.
Personal Empowerment Newsletter
Sunday's Ageless Wisdom Mystery School
"It is not healthy to be thinking all the time. Thinking is intended for acquiring knowledge or applying it. It is not essential living."
— Ernest Wood
There is a very important difference between applied thinking and the mental drift that underlies it. For example, imagine reading a book for 10 or 15 minutes, then putting it down to rest your eyes. Even if you close your eyes, your mind will continue thinking — maybe about what you just read, but perhaps something else enters your mind. One thing is certain: the thoughts don't stop. Even when you sleep, your thoughts continue, as evidenced by the dreams you often remember upon waking.
Only through a deliberate practice of contemplation, meditation or mindfulness can we detach from our thoughts long enough to witness our "mental drift" without judgment. In time, the gaps between the thoughts grow longer and significant peace-of-mind can be established.
On the other hand, over-stimulation and general stress amplifies the number of thoughts competing for your attention in any given moment. Anxiety, worry, and apprehension is confusing and scary, creating even more stress and anxiety — in other words: Too much thinking (TMT).
Join us this Sunday, live and interactive, for The Ageless Wisdom Mystery School as we discuss the problems caused by "Too Much Thinking" and what you can do about it. You may participate or just listen, free-of-charge, by webfeed, telephone or Skype. Simply click on the link below for more information plus an easy way to print yourself a reminder.
To hear our free audio archives of over 150 past classes, go to TheAgelessWisdom.com, click on Enter, then on the Webinars link. While you're there, use the "Send One to a Friend" gadget. Also, use the link at the bottom of this newsletter to forward it to a friend ... someone who's looking for this kind of personally empowering information. We'll talk with you this Sunday.
Title: The Ageless Wisdom Mystery School
Time: Sunday, May 8th at 1:00 PM Pacific, 4:00 PM Eastern (20:00 UTC/GMT)
Participate or just listen by Web-stream, telephone or Skype.
Visit NOW for more info:
http://InstantTeleseminar.com/?eventid=19564869
Finding your SELF in Paradise
If you like what you hear in The Ageless Wisdom Mystery School each week, listen to the free samples of our Finding your SELF in Paradise premium audio series at FocusedPassion.com. Click on the big Get Free Sample Programs button, then simply check the box that says, "Just Send Me the Free Stuff for Now." Enter your name & email address, choose a password and click Continue to log in.
Once you set-up your free account, you can purchase shows from the archives for only $4.95 each, or subscribe to our weekly program feed for just $3.96 per month — an 80% discount. There are no contracts. You can unsubscribe with a single click anytime you wish, and you will always have access to your library of Personal Empowerment audio programs at the FocusedPassion.com website.
You can also get a free 10-program podcast called Empower your SELF in Paradise at the iTunes Store. These premium audio programs feature both Steve Snyder and Michael Benner, each of whom have over 30 years of teaching and counseling experience in the human potential field.
Also, there are only 10 spots available for our next Maui Mindfulness Retreat, October 9 -15, 2011. For more information, visit FocusedPassion.com and click on Maui Retreats. To apply or request specific information, send an email ASAP to: info@FocusedPassion.com or leave a voice message at 818-973-3154, anytime 24/7.
Mahalo & Aloha from Maui.
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