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June 2007 Newsletter
Subject of the Month
WAKING GOD is all about the idea that humanity must take responsibility for its own actions and its own future. In order to do this we must understand that we have, do, and will create our own reality. The following article by Steven Mayber of GLOBAL HEALING SOLUTIONS echoes the sentiments in WAKING GOD as we move into an "era of transformation."
THE TRANSFORMATION OF HUMANITY
I feel great admiration and confirmation from Dr. David Hawkings (not Steven), the author of Power vs. Force, and The Eye Of The Eye. He successfully and scientifically confirmed the specific quantitave levels of all emotions and thoughts on a specific scale from 0-1000! Limiting and negative emotions have a value under 150, such as Grief, Guilt, and Fear.
The human race resonates slightly above 200, with the ultimate potential of 700-1,000, which is pure enlightenment. The higher scale of emotional experience are Neutrality, Courage, Peace and Love, which resonate at levels of 250-750 and higher. Our brain utilizes 2-5% of it’s total potential the other 95% is held within the subconscious mind, as a protective holding patterns. These are like computer chips, which associate to past trauma, internalization of our life experience, originating from early childhood and past lives. The human brain processes 400 billion bits of information a second, of which 2,000 we are consciously aware. Most of our conscious awareness revolves around issues of survival, food and weather.
Can You Imagine What Our True Human Potential Is?
We are being bombarded at an increasing rate, by the media, daily news of geopolitical issues, continued outbreaks of war, violence and senseless terror. Also, solar flares, the breakdown of our atmosphere, magnetic disturbances, and global warming!
This and other unseen influences overwhelm our individual energy fields, causing a sense of disorientation. All the above are heightening our emotional responses and reactions, specifically making it increasingly difficult to define our reality, and return to empowering ourselves in accessing our individual potential to create a positive future, and destiny.
To discover a new state of balance, and recognize the unique and powerful creators we are, requires a new definition and understanding. Each and every one of us has an important life purpose; to transform our own lives, as well as, to bring peace and synergy to our planet. Can you remember and imagine, how individually and collectively, we have an active role in changing our personal lives, and our world?
I previously mentioned my experience over the past 23 years in the skill of utilizing Kinesiology (muscle testing) to access all the essential information within the human mind and body. With Dr. David Hawkings (Power vs. Force) discoveries, and Dr. Masaru Emoto’s research (www.hado.net) regarding how our thoughts affect the molecular structure of water in our bodies, and on our planet,…I created an experiment!
I formulated an intention about how we can transform ourselves, our planet, and the future of Humanity! "Perfect Peace and Positive Transformation, Changing the Course of Our Individual Experiences…and the Gentle Evolution of the Human Race." We are all connected, right? Separation, on any level, is an illusion.
If you are familiar with the 100th Monkey theory, once 100 monkeys learn a new task, skill, or realization, it becomes part of a common experience for every Monkey. So I ascertained, if I were to discover a new sense of understanding for the human race, and enough of us read it and experienced it, maybe….Our World Could Become A Better Place!
This has taken several weeks, because asking for these answers, immediately causes the conscious mind to shut down, at even the massive possibility of discovering answers to “The Transformation of Humanity!”
Here are my discoveries…
- All these influences are causing individual and world chaos.
- They contribute to an increased sense of separation.
- This is causing a massive heightening of our emotional field, and a disconnection with our bodies.
- Specifically, it creates a sense of panic to energetically leave our body, throwing us
- Into an intense, direct experience of our subconscious programs, patterns, trauma,
- This keeps us in the past, unable to remain fully in the present moment.
- Also, a continuous replay of all our past experiences, emotions, limitations and
- Relationships.
I then accessed my 5 Element Acupuncture Charts, to discover how we could clear this turbulence, and return to again, becoming empowerment, recognition of our unique presence, and restore a sense of Peace for us all….
Here Are The Keys:
Affirmations:
1) I let go of all my past experiences creating disharmony,
In my daily life and dreams.
2) I choose to clear the slate, and Begin, Again.
3) I Now Move To An Experience Of Neutrality.
4) I Develop a New Sense of Reason
5) I Return To the Experience of Pure and Infinite Love
From This Understanding, We Will Become Empowered Once Again, Healed, And Become Co-Creators Of A New Reality!
Will You Join Me?
1) CLEAR THE SLATE OF THE PAST
2) DISCOVER A SENSE OF NEUTRALITY
3) EXPERIENCE A NEW SENSE OF REASON
4) EXPERIENCE THE MOST POWERFUL VIBRATION IN THE UNIVERSE, INFINITE AND UNCONDITIONAL LOVE
Wishing Peace and Harmony for All of Us ….
Steven Mayber
6-17-07
www.globalhealingsolutions.com
Waking God on Location
WAKING GOD turns traditional religious concepts on its head. In the story, angels become the villian and Lucifer and his Legions become the positive force in human history seeking to help us evolve to a state of 'godhood.' Most people accept the Christian view of angelic beings and never bother to trace their history or their beginnings. Going back to ancient Summeria, the concept and common perceptions of angels have evolved, just as the concept of God has evolved. The following is a brief history of this mysterious realm of beings that, depending on your point of view, either help or hinder human evolution.
History of Angels
Source: The Straight Dope "What's the Deal with Angels?"
.... In the earliest Biblical books, angels are merely servants or messengers, running errands for God, including jobs such as guardians, counselors, judges, warriors, matchmakers, gravediggers, and cooks. By the Middle Ages and after, angels are some sort of supernatural being, an intermediary between God and man. Angels are members of heavenly choirs, they sit around the throne of judgment, and they deliver messages of prophecy or doom. They fight battles and inspire hope. They do miracles and save Jimmy Stewart's Christmas.
What do angels look like? That's changed a lot over time. Since angels are (presumably) spiritual beings rather than material beings, they (also presumably) would not have physical bodies. However, the authors, prophets, and poets who first wrote about angels in biblical times did not know how to describe invisible spirits except in anthropomorphic terms--that is, they depicted the angels as human. For example, Abraham sees three men approaching (Genesis 18:2) who turn out to be angels bringing messages, and King Nebuchadnezzar (Daniel 3:25) sees four men in the fiery furnace when he only threw in three, and Acts 1:10 mentions "two men in white who stood by" at Jesus'' tomb. So, the bible reports angels that can be easily mistaken for humans, usually males. Female angels (and demons), such as Lilith (see Staff Report at www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mlilith .html) were few and far between.
Note that these earliest angels do not have wings. In Genesis 28:12, Jacob dreams of a ladder reaching to the sky, and angels "going up and down on it"--they didn't fly. Halos and harps also came much later in the evolution of angels.
Other later, more poetic mentions of angels, for example in some of the books of Prophets, offer very different descriptions. Isaiah 6:2 describes angels with six wings, each pair having its own function--two to cover his face, two to cover his feet (read: genitals) and two to fly. Ezekiel has a vision of angels with six wings and multiple faces (1:6ff), and also of angels as fiery wheels, or thrones, with many eyes (1:15ff).
The variety of descriptions led scholars and theologians to conclude that there were several kinds of angels. After all, a huge creature with six wings and four faces would not be mistaken for a human by anyone, let alone Abraham. Hence, there must be different classes or species of angels, even fallen angels (devils and demons being merely classes of angel).
By the Middle Ages, the number of species and the ranks of angels were being hotly debated. Cecil wrote about this in "Did medieval scholars argue over how many angels could dance on the head of a pin?" at www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_13 2.html.
Thomas Aquinas's lectures in 1259 set down everything known about angels, reasoning from scriptural and extra-scriptural sources. Aquinas concluded that angels were intellect, not matter, animals without bodies who can assume bodies at will, who eat and drink and appear among mankind. Aquinas also fixed the hierarchy of angels, and his pronouncements have prevailed in Christianity for three-quarters of a millennium....
A few decades later, around 1320, the Italian poet Dante Alighieri followed the hierarchy set forth by Aquinas in the Divine Comedy, with definitive rankings and poetic descriptions of all the heavenly creatures, both good and evil. Dante mostly wrote of angels as transcendent beings of light and song.
By the Renaissance, Martin Luther (1463-1546) referred to angels as "guides." However, Protestants generally didn't pay much attention to angels. John Calvin (1509-1564) called writings about the angelic hierarchy "the vain babblings of idle men" and deplored such speculations as fruitless and unprofitable. (Ha!)
In 1664, the English poet John Milton wrote Paradise Lost. He ignored Aquinas's angelic order and orthodox tradition--he was English, after all. Milton's angels were basically non-corporeal humans, who ate and drank and had sex (yep, sex!).
Today angels are part of the tradition of at least four world religions--Zoroastrians, Christians, Jews, and Muslims.
....Supernatural beings who visit earth did not begin with the bible, of course. Over a thousand years before the first biblical texts were written, the ancient Sumerians carved winged figures descending from the first of their seven heavens to pour water into the cup of the king.
In the earliest Biblical books, angels appear infrequently, and then primarily as messengers, running errands for God. As noted, they usually appear as men, but not always. The first biblical appearance in Genesis 3:24 says cherubim with a flaming sword were set to prevent access to the Tree of Life after Adam and Eve were expelled from the Garden of Eden. (For a description of cherubim, see below.)
In the Pentateuch, various angels prevent Abraham from sacrificing Isaac, direct Hagar to water in the desert, protect Lot, destroy Sodom, and harden Pharaoh's heart, among other deeds. These angels are anonymous and not described. Through the later Old Testament books of Judges and Kings, angels inspire military leaders (Judges 6:11) and destroy armies (II Kings 19:36).
After the Babylonian captivity (mid 500s BC), the prophets and Hebrew authors drew a great deal of imagery from Babylonian and Persian culture. In the last-written books of the Old Testament, such as Daniel, Chronicles and Ezekiel, angels became a bit more prominent but remained unnamed and without distinctive identities. There are two (or three) exceptions:
In the Book of Daniel, Michael and Gabriel are specifically named as two angels, called "watchers."
There is mention of the satan in the Old Testament books of Job, Chronicles, Psalms, and Zechariah. As discussed in the Staff Report on Job (www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mjob.ht ml), the satan is the Adversary, a prosecutor who brings charges. It was the title of a job or an office, NOT the name of an angel. More on this later.
Raphael appears in the book of Tobit, accepted in the Catholic Bible, but considered apocryphal by Protestants and Jews.
During the Rabbinic period (roughly 100 BC to 200 AD), angels were named and described and had tales told about them. Such stories often paralleled pagan myths or offered between-the-lines commentary on the bible. Michael overthrew mountains, Gabriel bore Abraham to Babylon, the voice of Hadraniel penetrated through the firmaments, and Ataphiel kept heaven from falling down by balancing it on three fingers (take that, Atlas!).
The Jewish philosopher Philo (20 BC-50 AD) wrote that God manifests Himself to people as an angel. Not that God changes, but that people perceive God in different forms, and those are the angels. Thus, Michael is the burning bush, and Metatron is the staff of Moses, etc.
Apocalyptic writings (writings about the end of days) appeared around the same time, full of the mythology of angels. Most of these writings were rejected from the biblical canon. The apocalyptic Book of Revelation was included in the Christian Bible, and is full of poetry about angels. For example, Revelation 8:2 describes "the seven angels who stand before God; and to them were given seven trumpets." One of the earliest sources of angelology carried to extreme is the intertestamental "Book of Enoch," especially chapters 40 and 69.
Of the two major religious/political parties in Jerusalem at the time of Jesus, the Sadducees thought that angels didn't exist, but were only human fancies or fantasies. The Pharisees, on the other hand, believed in angels. By the time of the New Testament (say, about 80 to 200 AD), many angels were named and personified. Angels rescue Peter from prison, announce to Mary that she is pregnant, comfort Jesus after the temptation of Satan, roll the stone from the tomb, etc. etc.
It was difficult for the early Church to deal with angels. Interest in angels, and even worship of angels, sprang from the peasants, arising from polytheistic folk worship, and was viewed as a threat to worship of Christ. For example, in Colossians 2:18, Paul himself warned that groveling to angels is wicked.
Early Church theologians in the third and fourth centuries, like Eusebius and Theodoret, condemned the worship of angels. A Church council at Laodicea (343 BC) condemned angel-worship as idolatrous. But only a few decades later, St Ambrose suggested it was OK for Christians to "pray to the angels, who are given to us as guardians." You can't fight the grassroots. At the Second Council of Nicaea (787 AD), the Church reversed itself and the limited worship of angelic beings was formally approved.
In the 7th and following few centuries, Islam took the names and stories about angels and adapted them to Arabic traditions and the new revelations. Angels in the Quran are often mentioned in connection with the end of days, "when the heavens and clouds are split asunder." On the Night of Power, the angel Gabriel dictated the Quran to Mohammed, and Jesus (called Isa in the Koran) stands in the company of angels, nearest to God, and is himself of semi-angelic character. Angels are also mentioned often in the Hadith, the traditional sayings associated with Mohammed. Islamic tradition (but not the Quran) says that the angel Israfel was the companion to Mohammed. Belief in angels is, in fact, an article of faith for Islam.
For the next several centuries, scholars identified, wrote about, and classified angels. Angelogy went amok in the 11th through 13th centuries. Jewish mystics (kabbalists) and Christian scholars named angels, created hierarchies, and determined sub-orders within hierarchies. The quantity of literature is staggering. Davidson suggests that angels were invented by (1) mixing some letters of the Hebrew alphabet, often through an anagram or acronym; and (2) adding the term -el (meaning "of God") or -irion to the end. Thus Hod ("splendor") became Hodiel ("Splendor of God"). Gevurah ("strength") became Gevurael, Cherubiel became the eponymous leader of the order of cherubim and Seraphiel ditto of the seraphim.
The names of hundreds of angels were created in this fashion. Greek, Babylonian, Persian, and Roman gods and heroes became angels. The Greek god Hermes became the holy Hemesiel and Nergal the Akkadian lord of the underworld became the angel Nasargiel. Angels appeared in religious and secular literature, and some achieved canonical status.
....Angelology had its heyday in the late Middle Ages, roughly from 1100 through the 1300s. Once the Renaissance bloomed, the New World was discovered, and the spiritual was replaced by the scientific, people no longer believed that the sun and moon and planets were angels, nor that they were kept in motion by angels. Angelology faded, replaced by invention and discovery.
But angels remained with us, at least in Western cultures. Museums are full of paintings and sculptures of angels from almost every decade. In the late 1800s, Rudolf Steiner proposed a new hierarchy of angels, completely ignoring the orthodox one. Angels continued to appear in popular songs ("Teen Angel," say), on wedding invitations, and atop Christmas trees (ask me why sometime). Angels are sold today as souvenirs, jewelry, religious and semi-religious bric-a-brac, and snow-globes. They show up surprisingly often in the entertainment media, with TV shows and movies based on angelic rescues. It's a Wonderful Life continues to be a popular movie at Christmas time...
This Month’s Review
A reader review says:
"I couldn’t put this book down, and then when I neared the end, I started to stretch it out, to 'milk' it so it wouldn’t end! I had to keep telling myself that there would be a sequel that would continue providing this profound stimulation I was receiving, but it wouldn’t be soon enough!
"The story line was good. It really held me as it was exciting, suspenseful, quirky and engaging. The characters came alive page by page, and began showing themselves to me…I stayed awake late into the night reading, and happily, couldn’t project where it was going. Always a surprise around each 'corner.'
"What I love is to be challenged, mentally, emotionally and spiritually, and this book did all three. Brian and Phil researched historical and sacred sites, religious sects, and beliefs and how they are intertwined...This set a plausible foundation for the fantastic challenge of what I read that shocked my beliefs to the core. I loved it. I had to ponder, contemplate and go deeper within myself and I still am.
"For me this book is more than a suspenseful novel with a peppering of historical facts. In its engaging way, it challenged me intensely. I am forced to look deeper within and question what I take for granted as Truth. This is a great gift. Thank you Phil and Brian."
A. Dazzi, Massachusetts
News
Both Brian and Phil are now live on www.nothingbinding.com. Please visit the site and search for authors. You will see some familiar faces from other groups and your site can be there, too. Sign up now and join a group that will help transform the literary world. There is a lot more to come on this site and many more features will be added!
Brian's novel, BARLEY AND GOLD has been released by Cambrige Books! More information can be found at: http://www.ebooksonthe.net/catalog/eBooks_Catalog_NewBooks.html/ .
Phil's third book, JESUS TAUGHT IT, TOO: THE EARLY ROOTS OF THE LAW OF ATTRACTION will be published in both the U.S. and Canada by AVATAR PUBLICATION! He already has a page on the Avatar site so check it out at www.avatarpublication.com. This non-fiction work should be out by July. AVATAR is seeking non-fiction titles that focus on mind, body and spirit, but be sure to check the site for details of types of works sought.
Phil has moved his main blog page to http://philipharris.blogspot.com. It has a great new look and some nice features. Stop by and comment when you get a chance.
PLEASE PASS IT AROUND! If you enjoy this newsletter please forward the notice to all of your friends. We do not want the addresses, but hope you will share this with those who may be interested in this novel and what Brian and Phil are doing. You can even send it to someone you dislike just to bug them.
REMEMBER: Our Forum is still active. Again, please sign on and join in on the discussions. Just go to the main page of the web site and find the forum on the right sidebar, or enter the forum through the link at the top of this newsletter. Also, in addition to Phil's Internet Voices Radio show on PIVTR, he has joined the ranks of BLOGTALKRADIO. You will be able to catch his ramblings at 6:30 pm on Mondays. Check out http://www.blogtalkradio.com/pharris. After 5 weeks, the time will probably change, but it will still be on Monday nights.
BE SURE TO TUNE IN TO PHIL'S WEEKLY BROADCAST ON WWW.INTERNETVOICESRADIO.COM EVERY MONDAY NIGHT, 7:30 PM, EST. THE TITLE OF HIS SHOW IS "ALL THINGS THAT MATTER." WHILE NOT FOR AUTHORS ONLY, THE SHOW WILL INCLUDE AUTHOR INTERVIEWS REGARDING BOOK CONTENT IF IT FITS THE SHOWS THEME.
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Resources for Writers
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INDEPENDENT AUTHORS SUPPORT/INITIATIVES
Jerry Simmons and WritersReaders.com
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RADIO STATIONS
www.internetvoicesradio.com
www.writersfm.com
www.contacttalkradio.com
www.achieveradio.com
www.iRockTalkRadio.com
NEWSLETTERS & BLOGS
There are many newsletters and blogs that are good for writers. They have treated us nicely in the past. The following is just the beginning of the list with more to come! Check them out.
http://www.mayracal vani.com/ newsletter_ May07.html
http://www.writergazette.com
http://community.livejournal.com/roseshadows/1070.html
http://starpublishnews.tripod.com/
HoJoNews@aol.com
http://tri-studio.com/ezine.html
http://tjbook-list.blogspot.com/
http://community.livejournal.com/roseshadow/1008.html
www.oncewritten.com
www.writerscafe.org/
www.bookpromotionnewsletter.com
nate@redenginepress.com
http://nadinelamanbooks.com/pdf/brag3.pdf or http://nadinelamanbooks.com/news.html
http://community.livejournal.com/roseshadows/1070.html
http://hometown.aol.com/lbmwriter/romance/newsletter.html
NEWSLETTER@KOMPES.COM
EDITOR@ABSOLUTEWRITE.COM
http://www.karenmagill.com/
http://www.katherinewarwick.com/kw/
JERRY@WRITERREADERS.COM
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/pharris
FREE PRESS RELEASE SITES
The following is a list of press release sites that we have used to announce events regarding Waking God. These sites are easy to use and they do not send you much, if any, follow-up ads about their services. For most, you must do a simple registry and for a few you can just issue the release. Many offer more advanced coverage for a small fee, but so far we have found that our releases have made it to Google without paying any money. Authors should avail themselves of these free sites. If readers come across others, please share and we will post them in the newsletter.
GENERAL RESOURCES
Toby Fesler Heathcotte
For a great site on promotional resources go to
PubInsider Magazine Online:
http://hipiers.com/publishing.html#S1
GROUPS
WWW.ALTERNATIVE-READ.COM
WWW.PUBLISHINGANDPROMOTING.COM
WWW.INTERNETAUTHORS.COM
WWW.POST-A-PAGE.COM
WWW.GATHER.COM
WWW.YACK.COM
In Conclusion...
Thank you for taking the time to read our newsletter. Each month we set aside a special segment of time to organize our information so that we might bring it to you, our readers, personally. Please do us the favor of passing the newsletter along, as well as telling everyone about our thought-provoking book, WAKING GOD. Without you, we'd never have an audience!
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