E.T. - A Serene Life

When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.
Tao Te Ching

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Abundance comes flowing into the life of anyone whose heart is open.

Supply is just one expression of alignment, and there is no greater alignment than love.

When we’re feeling in love, we’re feeling the effects of that alignment, and it may be safe to say that this is the one thing everyone is longing for.

We bring into our experience the thing with which we have become one in consciousness by being generally loving.

This is why antagonism, resistance, blame, and other stances that contradict the oneness of love pre-empt the fulfillment of desire, and it is vital to keep in mind that this pre-empting may be indirect and “out of context” because of the holographic nature of the consciousness-reality interdependence.

So, for example, if you allow yourself to harbor unsympathetic intentions toward a sales clerk who’s having a hard day, you may well be postponing the new business you’ve been wanting.

Critical judgments of your children or mate may show up as sudden and costly car repairs or other expenses.

Refusing to let go of past hurts can jam signals of intuition, or suppress your immune system, or nonlocally derail that new income opportunity that was starting to take shape.

The way to cross over this rocky terrain of indirectly expressed counterintention is to simply allow yourself to fall in love with whatever good you can recognize in life, in yourself, in others.

This falling in love is not the romantic version; it’s general and impersonal. Give this a go and see the difference it makes.

Here’s how to do that:

Notice what’s adorable, poignant, vulnerable, charming, or entertaining in your world, and ignore the rest.

Take a vacation from the news; it’s hard to stay in love while listening to, watching, or reading what passes for “news”—the endless rehashing of the world’s worst contradictions (it should be called the “olds.”).

Be willing to trust that the world is finding its way, no matter what the newscasters report.

Believe in the goodness of people.

Believe in the goodness of yourself.

In our preoccupation with blame, guilt, and original sin, we lose sight of original innocence, which no one ever loses.

As you make these choices, you’ll feel revitalized, uplifted, confident, enthusiastic, and poised.

You’ll see each day for the gift it is.

You’ll find you’re in love all the time, or at least much of the time.

And as you choose to remain in this state of love, you’ll see the universe rushing to fulfill you at every turn.

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"The knowledge that your beliefs are not necessarily reality will allow you to be aware of all the data that is consciously available to you."

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“You form the fabric of your experience through your own beliefs and expectations. These personal ideas about yourself and the nature of reality will affect your thoughts and emotions. You take your beliefs about reality as truth, and often do not question them. They seem self-explanatory. They appear in your minds as statements of fact, far too obvious for examination.

Therefore they are accepted without question too often. They are not recognized as beliefs ABOUT reality, but instead considered characteristics of reality itself. Frequently such ideas appear indisputable, so a part of you that it does not occur to you to speculate about their validity. They become invisible assumptions, but they nevertheless color and form your personal experience.”

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"You cannot escape your own attitudes, for they will form the nature of what you see. Quite literally you see what you want to see; and you see your own thoughts and emotional attitudes materialized in physical form. If changes are to occur, they must be mental and psychic changes. These will be reflected in your environment. Negative, distrustful, fearful, or degrading attitudes toward anyone work against the self."

SETH/Jane Roberts

Field training students often are curious about the role of action in deliberate intending.

In our view, actions follow naturally, spontaneously, and inevitably from intentions.

So how we move through the world corresponds to the identity choices we’re making, wittingly or not.

The only reference to action in the Course is in the direction to “do what’s before us to do,” with a note that this may or may not have anything obvious to do with what we’ve deliberately intended.

For example, I may be deliberately intending financial success, and find that what’s before me to do, right now, in the living present, is wash the dishes.

In that case, washing the dishes is the right action, because failing to do what’s before us to do invariably arises from counterintentions.

It isn’t surprising, then, from a Field training point of view, that failing to wash the dishes when washing the dishes is before us to do may move through the nonlocal concatenation of causes and effects in a way that somehow postpones financial success—or whatever other fulfillment we’ve claimed inwardly.

Action, of course, would not be central in any consciousness-as-cause model, except insofar as it contributes to one’s deliberately chosen state of consciousness relevant to the action.

In Seth/Jane Roberts’s book, The Nature of Personal Reality, Seth/Jane advises us, after making the required alteration in consciousness, to make some gesture to show ourselves that we believe in what we’re doing, meaning that we believe in the new identity.

In the case of intending financial abundance, it might mean spending a few dollars more than we may think we can afford in the faith that somehow the money will come into our reality.

There’s a similar idea in the approach Huna takes to conscious creating—Huna being Polynesian shamanism as practiced by the kahunas.

They, too, regarded a gesture, some action in the world, as an important part of the creative process.

Field training doesn’t include this idea for the simple reason that, in practical terms, the idea almost entails the strategic, premeditating approach that Field training diligently avoids, holding as it does that any such approach immediately implicates us in the contradiction of believing in the very condition we’re aiming to change through belief.

Even in Seth/Jane’s book, the essential gesture is described as having the aim of convincing us that what we’ve claimed inwardly is true.

So, the action serves as something like an anchor that gives the new belief greater credibility in what might be regarded as a kind of biofeedback reinforcement.

Field training prefers the idea that such “gestures” occur spontaneously and naturally, commensurate with the thoroughness of our alignment in the new identity.

Believing wholeheartedly that one has financial means that one believed, in the previous identity, one lacked, naturally expresses itself in the sort of actions that Seth?Jane/Huna regard as part of their “method.”

You can see in this word method the first inkling of strategy that Field training considers problematic.

If our alignment is not thorough—that is, if we’re still “bilocated” in the language of Field theory, then a situation will come up that presents us with two options, each one representing one of the bilocated identities.

Often test situations come unexpectedly, and we don’t realize until later that we were tested—that is, confronted with a situation in which we had to choose, wittingly or not, to remain true to the new version of self or revert to the former identity, complete with its payoff and price.

These aren’t tests that one can pass or fail; they simply reveal in the most practical terms, who one is being, thus giving us the opportunity either to express our alignment or to deepen it in newfound resolve.

In our view, the new sense of oneself is like a stone thrown into the center of the lake of reality.

From it, ripples move out in all directions, showing up as new thoughts and feelings, new actions, and new conditions—all moving effortlessly through the medium of our being-here, while we rest at the center.

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How are you?

I'm great.

How are you?

I have to leave home again tomorrow..so I'm bummed I don't have my total stay up late freedom tonight since I have to leave so early... Other than that...hmmm....I guess I have my annual review going on at work...They're using the word supervisor and not talking about a cash enhancement...Part of me likes to serve the public and would feel like a shmutz taking too much money from the county...then part of me KNOWS I deserve more cash rewards not only because of what I do but also in comparison to the people around me....they're pay I mean...

*sigh*

Let's just leave it at ok.. ok? :)

Desire does not create.

Understanding even this much would spare those who seek to create through altering their consciousness worlds of disappointment.

Desire does not create; nor does effort or any other form of exerting the will.

Field training teaches that deliberate creating is realized through willingness—specifically the willingness to be the version of self who is already fulfilled rather than, say, the willingness to have this or that.

Further, there is a hidden but essential component to each specific willingness, and that is its corresponding unwillingness.

This means that our willingness to be the fulfilled version of self has to be ensured by our consistent unwillingness to be less.

This unwillingness is not a protest, but a natural state of being that attends to wholeheartedness.

Desire is the beginning of the story of conscious creating; willingness gives the story its direction and point; the unwillingness to be less is the end of the story.

Resting in willing unwillingness unconditionally and without effort secures the inner fulfillment, which in its own time and manner, continues to find expression in various forms.

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I have to leave home again tomorrow..so I'm bummed I don't have my total stay up late freedom tonight since I have to leave so early... Other than that...hmmm....I guess I have my annual review going on at work...They're using the word supervisor and not talking about a cash enhancement...Part of me likes to serve the public and would feel like a shmutz taking too much money from the county...then part of me KNOWS I deserve more cash rewards not only because of what I do but also in comparison to the people around me....their pay I mean...

*sigh*

Let's just leave it at ok.. ok? :)

I gotta go to bed soon, too.

But, I'm gonna dig up a quote from the old Bright Side blog that reminds me of your comment about "pay."

Just give me a sec to find it.

Also,...an improved job title with the same pay is the oldest trick in the management book. Studies have been done showing that people will willingly take a fancier job title over a slight increase in pay.

My wife, today, finally,...after over a year of sucking it up and being taken advantage of by her boss at work...finally decided she was no longer willing to accept being taken advantage of....confronted her boss...saying she'd transfer unless she started feeling like she was getting a fair shake...and her boss blinked. Her boss said, okay, tell me what your ideal demands are, what your willing to accept and what you're unwilling to accept. And that was almost verbatem what Field training says to do...and Kelly has never read any of the Field training stuff. The premise is that the Universe gives you only what your willing to accept & nothing more. Therefore, it's important to pay attention to whether one is settling for too little in life. Etc... Blah blah blah :)

Kelly is making half of what everyone else is making and getting all the shitty shifts. Sometimes six days in a row as a part-time worker... So, I think you both have similar work frustration.

Let me go find the article. Give me a minute or two if you can. Thanks.

I'll probably sleep around midnight...

Titled: Get Paid in Full

What does your receiving of dollars
have to do with what you are doing???

And we really think that is worth addressing
because you believe, most do,
that I get dollars in exchange for something.

And your society teaches you
that some things pay more than others.

When you are comparing skills vs receiving,
while there is some variables,
it's all pretty much the same
when you are counting on action for any of it.

In other words,
whether you are making $5 an hour,
or $150 an hour,
or $500 an hour,
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it is still a miniscule return on time.

Now that might sound startling to you,
but what we really are wanting
you to feel with us is the difference
between what I can pound out in action
and what comes as a result of alignment.

What you can pound out in action
could have a variable of
$5-$500 per hour,
so to speak,
but that's still miniscule return.

And so we want to put that into the category
of depending on action.

And now we want to step out of the action category,
which, by the way, includes all courses you would take,
it includes ALL buying and selling of anything,
it includes all exchanging of time and energy for dollars.

In other words, let's put that all in one category
and let's table it and call it action return.

Let's minimize it in our mind just for a little bit.

And now let's talk about the fortune
that you have amassed in Vibrational Escrow
through the living of life.

And let's talk about what's required for you
to receive that inheritance!

It isn't taking another class.

It isn't selling something.

It isn't exchanging your energy for dollars.

It's lining up with something that's already there,
which means going with the flow of it.

It's first, accepting that it is here.
Next, accepting that I'm deserving of it.
And then just not doing that thing I do
that keeps me out of it!

Abraham-Hicks

I've read it twice...not sure I got the point...

Students have heard me say it repeatedly: “What we want also wants something of us.”

One of the main reasons that the New Age approach to consciousness-as-cause fails is that it overlooks the profound truth that we do not create out of what we want, what we visualize, what we affirm, but out of who we are.

It is one thing to want something; it may be quite another to be willing to live up to it.

And so, in Field practice, we begin by admitting whether or not we’re willing to be what the new identity requires.

To imagine that one can enjoy abundant supply while entertaining all manner of belief in lack is pure fantasy.

To think that one can conjure the perfect partner through this technique or that while yet being unwilling to be the perfect partner—that is a formula for disappointment.

So, we look away from manifestation.

We take our hands off it, as it were, and turn our attention solely to the question of identity, for out of the answer to this question issues the reality within which we find ourselves.

When we talk about the creative power of consciousness, of intention, of identity, we’re talking about our willingness to inhabit the identity that corresponds to the desired fulfillment.

It is, then, never about “stuff,” but solely about self.

Furthermore, to amount to anything, to move the levers of nonlocality, this willingness must be unconditional, wholehearted, undertaken for its own sake, and a requirement.

Along these lines, we say, “You can have anything you want, the moment you’re no longer willing to settle for less.”

So, for example, I can be in a loving, generous, deeply fulfilling relationship, but only by being willing to live up to the same standard by which I want to be treated, and only by being unwilling to accept lesser relationships.

It is axiomatic in Field practice, when we find ourselves “bilocated,” or facing contradictory versions of self, that “either version will cost us the other.”

And so, we have a choice to make. Field training allows us to make that choice deliberately, wittingly, consciously, with resolve—rather than unwittingly, out of habit, prompted by unexamined assumptions or old payoffs we’ve outgrown.

More than anything else, Field training presents a path through which we may become more deliberately the best version of self that we can imagine.

The promise of such alignment, as we call it, is rich beyond what we may have imagined.

Is it any wonder, that such a prize would only be offered to those who are willing to take it on as a requirement?

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I somehow thought it was less garbled of an Abraham-Hicks quote than it actually was.

Although, basically what I derive from it is that if the CEO of an investment equity group such as this dude named Kravis of KKR (and also a Bilderberger) can make $51,000 an hour in basic salary in a dishonorable job, you deserve more than that an hour doing an honorable job.

If Keanu Reeves can make $40 million dollars doing Matrix 2 & 3, which never needed to be made,... then... well,...

I assure you, you are underpaid. Your time & value as the wonderful person that you are is priceless.

And, based on the way you phrased it, I can tell that you feel that the county is not valuing your time & efforts fairly.

The thing Kelly concluded was ... (and it was a quote from that Field training digital packet I e-mailed you)....and it was this...(which resonates with me, too)....

She didn't read the Field training stuff but occasionally she hears me babbling about it & sometimes it resonates with her.

and this time it was this: “You can have anything you want, the moment you’re no longer willing to settle for less.”

My intuition tells me that this applies to your situation in some way.

I could be wrong. But, I don't think I am.

Although I usually lack all self-awareness, I'm a little better at giving reflections to friends, sometimes.

Perhaps we can talk by e-mail another day when you have more time & are rested.

Where are you going out of town?

Living creatively depends on the willingness to take responsibility.

In fact, this is such an important feature of our practice that we go a step further: the responsibility we take must be radical.

This means that we’re willing to regard our consciousness as cause even in situations where the situation we’re facing appears to be caused by the will of others.

Now, some students have an intention that equates responsibility with blame.

This is something expected of very young children at a certain developmental stage, but it can hinder us greatly as adults, because it can deter us from willingly accepting the prerequisite of conscious creatorship.

A person may not realize that he or she intends such an equation, but it’s obvious in how he or she shows up in the world.

There’s always an excuse.

Someone else is always at fault.

There’s always a ready justification, a rationalization,
a fall guy.

Such an intention establishes us firmly as the effect of conditions, and how can we take up causal authority while we’re busy being the effect?

A great deal can be learned by pondering the notion of collusion.

The idea here is that nothing makes us a victim without our permission, without our tacit cooperation, and this is the theoretical foundation of radical responsibility.

A person may be in an abusive relationship with someone, be hurt repeatedly, and desperately desire a better situation.

Yet, the victim is not without responsibility, for he or she stays there, tolerates it, participates in it, and to this extent, gives it a green light.

Remember that it isn’t desire that creates our reality but willingness.

As long as we’re willing to have or be less than the good we want, that willingness sets the bar of our suffering.

But once we put the universe on notice that “I am this, and nothing less,” and our good becomes a requirement of our being, then nothing can stand between us and the greater good we desire.

“We can be whatever we want, the moment we’re unwilling to settle for less.”

This week, you may find it useful to look at any situation in which you feel stuck or are struggling, and ask yourself how you might be colluding in the matter to keep things exactly where they are.

Perhaps you’ll even explore the subtle way that you’ve been giving tacit permission to the very conditions you so want to see change.

If you do this even for a moment, you may see a new opportunity appear, a new door that you can open and walk through to a better reality.

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http://www.fieldcenter.org/realities/?p=114

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I have a lot to think about....I wasn't even expecting a review...

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Anywhoozle...I'm meeting my mother for her birthday..She'll be 65 Sunday...Sacramento again...

(I did just sigh but I won't type this one...)
:)

XOXO

Thank you, SR..you're like a magic bean always good for ...magic...

Niterz..Love Love..
-ALICE :)

--The idea here is that nothing makes us a victim without our permission, without our tacit cooperation, and this is the theoretical foundation of radical responsibility.--

However..it's not always easy to incorporate it into a situation...I will eventually though...That's the fun part xoxoxo!

I'm sure tomorrow will go great.

I have a real good feeling about what's going to happen tomorrow for you. I'm thinking that by tomorrow night you'll be truly amazed about what kind of day you just had.

In regards to your review, I know it will be spectacular & I'm excited for you.
I know you'll get what you want, its equivalent or something better. There might even be rainbows.

Sweet dreams, Alice.

I look forward to hearing about how great your day went with your Mom... & also about how cool your review went.

Love always,

Sir Real (aka Emerson Troward)

----- However..it's not always easy to incorporate it into a situation...I will eventually though...That's the fun part xoxoxo! ----

I will eventually, also.

Things are about to go from good to great.
And, I'm excited, too.

xoxoxo...

Good night, Alice.

Hello,

I am a student of Thomas Troward's work and enjoy it greatly. I recently started a geneology search to discover any living relatives. Your name, Emerson Troward, came up several times in our seach but we are not successful in linking it to any known decendents. Are you a relative?

Thank you in advance for your kind attention to my less than philosophical question.

Respectfully yours,

Oracle

I enjoy Thomas Troward's work very much, as well.

I apologize for any inconvenience I may have added to your geneaology search of Judge Thomas Troward's relatives.

I am not a relative.

I have only just recently adopted the name, Emerson Troward, as an on-line nickname, in my attempt at acknowledging my respect to both Thomas Troward and Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Regrettably, I have no leads I can give you regarding Thomas Troward's relatives.

If anyone would know, I can only guess that Stephen Hawley Martin would.

http://www.shmartin.com/

Mr. Martin recently published a book called "How to Master Life," where he captured Thomas Troward's entire text of "The Edinburgh Lectures of Mental Science" from 100 years ago,...and simplified the technical wording.

My impression of Mr. Martin is that he is a devout student of Thomas Troward and knows much of Mr. Troward's background.

The book site is http://www.shmartin.com/how-to-master-life.html

If you haven't already spoken with Mr. Martin, I sure hope that when you do, he is able to give you some leads.

I wish I had more to offer.

And, I wish you the best of luck.

Sincerely,

Emerson Troward

Dear Mr. Troward,

Thank you so much. Your reply is very helpful.

Harry Gaze wrote, "Thomas Troward: An Intimate Memoir Of The Teacher And The Man." A wonderful bio by a personal associate (author, lecturer & phiosopher) as well as personal friend but he neglected to name the children or first wife.

I would be interested in knowing what led you to a love of Troward and Emerson if you would care to share with a co-lover.

I live in Pensacola, FL. Where do you call home?

Sincerely,

Oracle

I became interested in Thomas Troward upon reading up on some of the New Thought writers from the mid-1800s and early 1900s. Rhonda Byrne, producer of the movie, "The Secret," accredited Thomas Troward and others as the influences behind her movie.

I'm not sure where I read about the "Edinburgh Lectures of Mental Science," but once I did, I was determined to track a copy of the papers down. After about a year of intending this, I did,...and was greatly satisfied. It is one of my favorite books of all time, and it explains the "science" behind "The Secret."

As for Emerson, I heard of him from Wayne Dyer. In his book, "Wisdom of the Ages," he mentioned how Emerson's essay, "Self-Reliance," was one of the most influential writings he had ever read.

I live in Tucson, Arizona.

What is the motivation behind you wanting to track the geneaology of Thomas Troward? How long have you been interested in his writings?

I had not heard of the Troward memoir you spoke of.
I am very interested in reading it. There is not a whole lot of biographical information on the internet.

Yet, anyway...

I look forward to staying in touch.

Sincerely,

Emerson Troward

I discovered Troward and many others with higher consciousness while taking a Concept Therapy class. His work along with many others was quoted throughout the many phases of Concept Therapy. Being the perputal student I had to read it in its own context. Sometime around 1999 I started with "Bible Mystery and Bible Meaning", 1913. I knew at once this was was an extra-ordinary person and work. The whole vibration lifts or elates the Spirit. After the first few pages I went on line to amazon.com and ordered every book ever written by him. The first is "Edinburgh Lectures", 1904-1909, Dore Lectures, 1909, after Bible Mystery came "The Creative Process in The Individual", 1915. Lastly, "The Law and The Word", 1917. His wife Annie published, "Hidden Power: Papers Upon Mental Science", after his death.

Through Harry Gaze's book I discovered names of other "New Thought" teachers who were traveling the 'lecture circuit' with Troward at that time. If you like Troward you will like Ernest Holmes who adored Troward and wrote "The Science of Mind", which is based upon Troward's work. He did his best to translate it into 'American English'. Should you want to read "The Science of Mind" be careful. I don't know of any new prints, however there are many 'knock-offs' which are a waste of time and money to a sincere student. Look for a copy which was copy writed in 1926...better yet, the revised and improved version copy writed 1938. Most all of these are available at amazon.com, both new and used.

I'm searching for relatives because I would enjoy meeting any member of his family who might know something not committed to print and who might know what became of his paintings.

I recently found a huge sale at Barnes and Nobles where I was able to purchase the complete works of Emerson, Whitman, Dante, Darwin, Bacon and Tennyson for around $6.00 per book. They are published by B&N's own publishing company and of course they are on very plain paper with plain paper covers...no matter, the vibration is the same. I love Emerson and Whitman. Though the rythm of their vibration is quite different that Something behind their mere words is the same Something...and that I love. Whether it's wooing through Emerson or 'kickin' butt through Whitman or educating through such a perfectly fitted instrument as Judge Troward. It's the same voice...different instrument.

Tell me more about your attraction to...? What name do like to call it?

'Til next time,

Oracle

I have heard of the term, Concept-Therapy, but did not know what it was until just now when I looked it up. My main interest these days is learning about "first cause." That is what fascinated me so much about Thomas Troward and "The Edinburgh Lectures of Mental Science." I am also currently reading regularly from his book, "The Law and the Word."

Upon a cursory glance, Concept-Therapy seems to focus on health from a "first cause" perspective, whereas Thomas Troward seems to focus on other topics as well as health. But, again,...I've only briefly read a little bit of Concept-Therapy. Both, basically, have been repackaged of late with the descriptor phrase, "The Science Behind the Secret."

So far, I have only read & reread the two books of Troward's I just mentioned. I intend to read them all. What book do you consider to be your favorite? It would seem that you are quite fond of "Bible Mystery and Bible Meaning."

I have found a list of authors of New Thought via these websites, and have started tracking these authors and their works down.

http://www.newthoughtlibrary.com/

http://www.myfavoriteezines.com/ezinedirectory/new-thought-websites-link...

http://www.psitek.net/index2.html (not all New Thought)

As for Ernest Holmes, I have not read "Science of Mind," yet, but have read a lot of "365 Science of Mind," ... and have read "This Thing Called You" numerous times. I love it. I was not aware of his fondness of Thomas Troward.

Nor was I aware of Dr. Joseph Murphy's fondness of Thomas Troward until I read the "About the Author" section in the back of the book, "Believe in Yourself," which I just read, and which was recently re-released by the publishing company, Hay House. This book is remarkably similar in tone to Troward's works.

I'd read Murphy's book, "The Power of Your Subconscious Mind," as a teenager, and found it very trippy, but I'd since forgotten,...& had never heard of New Thought back then.

Also amazing is a book a sales clerk directed me to when I asked about "New Thought" books at the bookstore yesterday ... of which I just finished reading, called "The Power of Awareness," by Neville.

It is almost identical in tone as "The Edinburgh Lectures..."

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Thanks for the heads up on the publishing date of "The Science of Mind."
I've seen new copies at Borders but I don't know which version it is.

I understand what you mean about the vibrations of books; however, I am also more wary of clutter these days,...and have therefore condensed my book collection significantly,...although having trouble parting with any & all spiritual books.

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As for Walt Whitman, were you aware that the main influence on Whitman was a guy named Richard Bucke? I learned of this man after having read a book called "Mind Magic." Not only does it seem that Richard Bucke was Whitman's muse, so to speak, it would appear that even up until the days of when Whitman was on his deathbed, it seemed that it was Bucke's presence & energy that was of comfort to Whitman, moreso than Whitman's own beliefs. It seemed as though Whitman had trouble taking leaps of faith, sometimes... (At least, that's what I concluded upon reading up a little on the relationship between Richard Bucke & Walt Whitman. I think I read some college student's research paper on this, if my memory serves me.)

By the way, Oracle, before I forget, have you read anything about Field training? It seems to address the same topic. Rather than summarize, I'll post a link. Very trippy stuff. Very similar to Troward, Emerson & New Thought. (below)

Operating at the Level of Cause

As to what I call my attraction, I say this, basically,... "I am a student of New Thought. My studies include Mental Science, Abraham-Hicks, Seth/Jane Roberts, Field training, ... and related stuff." That's how I phrase it on MySpace anyway.

I mean, I know that Emerson is considered a Transcendentalist. And Troward is considered a New Thought teacher. But, Ernest Holmes calls it Science of Mind. Joseph Murphy calls it Divine Science.
All of the teachings are considered to be based on "consciousness-as-cause." Field training (the field center) considers it to be different in that it is about "alignment, not manifestation,"...but does speak highly of books such as "The Nature of Personal Reality," by Jane Roberts and references "the Tao" ongoingly.

So, I don't know, I call my attraction... New Thought.
Even though, there is a heavy emphasis on translating the words of Jesus into tools about understanding how consciousness works. And, of course, some mistake this for Christianity, which it's not. That's why Abraham-Hicks and Seth/Jane Roberts and Field training are careful to use terminology that is not so "loaded." Words such as Source Energy, the Particle and the Field, etc...

(Wayne Dyer calls it "The Power of Intention.)

Anyway...

It's all good. And, I'm hugely fascinated.
Field training, Seth/Jane Roberts, ... and New Thought stuff really augment the Abraham-Hicks & "The Secret" stuff,...

It all makes my understanding of Taoism much clearer.
And, I think that's where I started my journey,...via Alan Watts, Krishnamurti,...and wing chun gung fu.

I look forward to talking with you again, Oracle.

Thanks for all the interesting information.

Until again,

Emerson Troward

I hope you're doing well.

Peace.

sr

Hello Again,

What fun to chat with you...thanks for all the new links and leads.
CT (Concept Threapy)was correlated by Dr. Trurman Fleet in 1938. He had an illumnination experience and applied his enlightment to his life. A family man, wounded WWI veteran, assistant creator of The ROTC, and chiropractor. With the knowledge infused into his consciousness he healed thousands of people during his life time. So yes, CT attracts a lot of folks in search of a healther body. But it also teaches a great deal more than that and attracts the likes of me.

Oops goota run for now...have an appointment. Will get back to you later.

Oracle

I'll talk to you later.

As I was saying....CT presents in simple, understandable language the 'Wisdom of the Ages'as many call it. Truths regarding what is oft refered to as The Great Unknown, The One Life Principle, God or just plain X, as well as the Laws of Life regarding our minds, emotions and body. These so called revelations are not of one person, nor attributed to any particular age. CT merely coordinates Truths & tries to make them more comprehensible to the average mind. I like it because it addresses these 'Truths' from the standpoint of principal. It seems all of our religions, philosophies and methods of healing are founded upon universal principal. Not individual opinion or even natural law.

For the sincere student CT is a light on the Path toward cosmic consciousness. For those who have no fire in their belly or unknown Something whispering in the quiteness of their mind, CT does provide tools with which to improve and enrich a persons material life. A student receives a money back guarantee as well as 1.9 C.E.U.'s

OK my new friend, take a deep breath and relax...I am not trying to talk you into a CT class. It has great value to me but at $295.00 per 23 hour class, plus travel expenses, hotels and food it can be costly. Personally I wouldn't bother purely for curiousity's sake. CT is just the first class. If one chooses to take the whole enchilada there are 12 more advanced, individual classes at $295.00 each. If there are no teachers in your area or none who to travel there to teach classes you must go to them. If you should find yourself interested I will be happy to locate the teachers nearest you.

Dr. Richard Maurice Bucke, aka genius. Know him very well,love his book entitled "Cosmic Consciousness", have not yet read, "Man's Moral Nature". There's a brief bio in the beginning of CC...what a life he lived! Having graduated from McGill Medical School he became one of the foremost 'alienists'(mental scientist)on the continent. In 1882 became a Professor of Mental & Nervous Diseases at Western University, London, Ontario. He did much of his post graduate work in Europe. 1888,President of the Psychological Department of the British Med. Asso.. 1890, Pres. Amer. Medico-Psy. Asso., etc.

He had an incredible memory, loved poetry and memorized volumes. In 1867 a visitor to his house quoted some of Whitman's verses. Their effect on him was extraordinary, instantaneous and permanent. They opened a door in his mind, and for the rest of his life he remained under Whitman's spell. Their first meeting in 1877 was, to quote Dr. Bucke, "a sort of spiritual intoxication" and "the turning point in my life." Whitman actually sought medical help from Dr. Bucke and credits him with saving his life. Whitman like most all other 'Initiates', could not understand his different degrees of consciousness and thought he was insane.

Forgive my ranting...my enthusiasm runs away with me. I do love these 'Wonderful Crumbs" left on the path for the generations to follow.

Have to go for now...

"Til next time,

O

Hey,

I didn't respond to all of your questions yesterday...businessed called.

No, I don't know anything about 'Field Traing' but will certainly follow your link. As well as the others I haven't had time to get into yet.

Like you, I am weary with all the 'spiritual clutter'. I look for what has commonly been termed "The Golden Thread"...those universal principals which are the same everywhere at once.

I think perhaps it is most logical to start ones search with the fundamental premis of the One Life Principal, or one universal energy which constitutes all substance and all consciousness. If that be a true premis then "The One" (which is omni-present, everywhere present at once, outside time and space)cannot be opposite or opposed to itself anywhere at all without self distruction. Thus we arrive at a concept of eternal life and all the concepts of 'unity', the Father, the Source, etc., etc. Troward made this his foundation and reasoned it out to and beyond the next step in evolution. From this premis he, Plato, Sacrates, Jesus, Moses, Buddha, etc., ect. all built concepts of "God", cosmic consciousness and eternal life. They do not contradict one another in principal.

Business calls again....later,

O

Troward was an avid student of Thomson Jay Hudson, PHD, LLD (1834-1903). Authore of several great books addressing metaphysics from a scientific aspect. I enjoyed "The Law of Phychic Phenomena" most. He gets down to the basics of Natural Law operating through Cause and Effect in deciphering how consciousness is born.

Thank you so much for the links...I am enjoying what I find available there.

O

For all the information.

I have been reading up on Concept-Therapy and do appreciate what its intent is. It is not quite an ideal match for me as that it seems to be structured in a workshop-type manner, which actually makes things a little less simplified & accessible to me, especially some of the "phases," even as that is most likely the opposite of its intent.

I learned that the author of "Mind Magic" which I read, and from which I learned about "cosmic consciousness" and Dr. Bucke, ... was a Concept-Therapy teacher for 8 years. The blurb is written on the back of her book, but I'd forgotten.

Quite honestly, the most specific "New Thought" type book which resonates with me these days is Neville's "The Power of Awareness." It's less than 100 pages long, and I don't think I've ever gotten so many chills reading a book before. I've also been tripped out by some on-line lectures of his from the 50s and 60s at:

http://nevillegoddard.wwwhubs.com/Neville_Index.htm

Neville's stuff, though virtually identical in a lot of ways to Troward's, has shown itself to be even more accessible & more resonant, amazingly. Although, I will forever be a huge Troward fan, and can't wait to read his other books.

Neville is also as equally trippy & similar as Field training is to me.

I've just realized this in the last couple of days.

It's like almost every day something new seems to augment & elevate my studies, not to mention trip me out...

Have you read any Neville Goddard?

A recent favorite is: http://realneville.com/txt/the_game_of_life.htm

I have to go, Oracle,... but will respond back to you, tonite.

I also intend to look up Thomas Hudson & will completely respond to your most recent writings & information.

Thank you so very much,

Sincerely,

Emerson Troward

Hi E.T.,

Nice to hear from you again.

Despite 'Ole Gustav' and dire predictions we are not dodging trees and tornados as we did in Ivan. I am grateful for all who were spared the assault of a cat. 5.

You are right on in your assessement of CT (concept therapy) it is not for everyone. But it does help many evolve in consciousness by laying a solid foundation and makes for, at least, a happier, healthier material existance.

No, I haven't read Goddard but will definitely do so soon. Thanks for the links.

Your search has taken you in a direction distant from my own, yet we converged at Troward...interesting isn't it...how our individual paths cross one another's? I like to think these 'per-chance meetings' are for our assistance so I will certainly follow up on your suggestions. As the 'really spiritual folks' would say, "A Light On My Path". (Not meant to be cheeky...)

Must go for now.

"Til next time,

O

I appreciate the names you've given me, as well.

Evidently, we're both interested in the "science behind 'the secret'"...per se. And, Troward has presented the most clear explanation that I've come across.

Since I now have access to Troward's writings, I am able to enjoy other author's such as Wallace Wattles, Robert Collier, Charles Haanel, Ralph Waldo Trine, Neville Goddard, Ernest Holmes, etc... and feel comfortable that there really is underlying science to back their teachings.

I'm, of course, just like you, still digging & looking for new "old" authors that I was unaware, ... and accumulating information as to who had influence on whom, etc.... (Like the influences on Blake or Goethe or whomever...)

It's good stuff. I really believe that "consciousness-as-cause" is the most important avenue for me to direct my attention. And, I do believe it is the accurate view to use when addressing "What is reality?" ... Like everything, it's not for everybody... And, as they say, "There are many roads leading to Mecca."

I've enjoyed our talks,...and hopefully, as time passes there will be more to offer each other.

Is this site/link/node which we're talking on the most convenient for you?

Have you seen this YouTube video, excerpting Troward?... (below)

Also... Have you seen these two videos on the 3 Laws of Causation? ... by Swami Chinmayananda (below)

Pretty cool stuff.

Anyway...

I gotta get off the computer & put away some melting groceries.

I look forward to talking with you again soon.

Sincerely,

Emerson

Hey,

Thanks for all the goodies...I haven't had time to view them yet. Business has been good and that means less time for personal stuff.
Yes,this site is fine with me. Perhaps someone else will benefit from our chats and shared info.
Would like to "chat" more but I'm off to a meeting of sorts.

Later,

O

Hey there,...it's me, Emerson (aka Sir Real)

I hope all's well with you.

Well, I'm starting to think that there's not much further I can go with this conversation without thinking that I'm in over my head.

Sites like http://www.sacred-texts.com/nth/index.htm
have much more to offer than me.

I am still tracking the lineage of New Thought.

I learned of the timeline in a clearer fashion after having read a review on Amazon.com about a recent book that was published called "The Roads to Truth: In Search of New Thought's Roots"

I will post it here (below):

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By Cameron B. Clark

Within my library, this book has a place alongside such historical introductions to the New Thought movement as Braden's Spirits in Rebellion: The Rise and Development of New Thought (1963), Larson's New Thought Religion: A Philosophy for Health, Happiness, and Prosperity (1987), Anderson & Whitehouse's New Thought: A Practical American Spirituality (1995), and Satter's Each Mind a Kingdom: American Women, Sexual Purity, and the New Thought Movement, 1875 - 1920 (1999), among a few others.

However, it includes a broader interest in the movement's ideological roots and placement within a larger metaphysical stream which, more recently, Catherine L. Albanese has explored in her seminal
A Republic of Mind & Spirit: A Cultural History of American Metaphysical Religion (2007).

Albanese's academic tome provides balance to Sherry Evans's similar book which, although more accessible and not so dense in terms of prose and details, is less objective and more supportive of an impersonal pantheistic interpretation of New Thought and the perennial philosophy, colored by the lenses of Aldous Huxley's The Perennial Philosophy (1944), which clashes with the traditional monotheistic faiths, including the personal trinitarian theism of mainstream Christianity in all its branches.

Without going into detail, suffice it to say that there are some statements and hermeneutical issues within Evans's book that academic theologians and apologists, even historians, within the traditional monotheistic faiths of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam would challenge.

This also includes some academics who are well educated in the mystical traditions within each of these religions and who recognize that the mystical, esoteric elements within them do not necessarily (although sometimes do) clash with the exoteric and scriptural expressions (see, for example, the intro to the Dictionary of Gnosis & Western Esotericism [2005], edited by Wouter J. Hanegraaff and Bernard McGinn's multi-volume history of Western Christian Mysticism).

Also, there is an influential overlap in terms of New Thought and popular religion, especially Christianity in America, that is not sufficiently addressed by Evans. Many who identify with traditional Christianity and its orthodox theology have been influenced, in many ways unknowingly, by New Thought ideas and practices via success/self-help literature as addressed by authors such as Richard Weiss, Richard Huber, and Roy Anker.

This is because New Thought is more concerned with practical results than dogma.

Additionally, within contemporary New Thought there are some who are moving away from the pantheism in some expressions of New Thought to a more personal panentheism as seen and promoted in Anderson & Whitehouse's book, referenced above.

This is not given sufficient attention in Evans's book, and although she touches on panentheism on page 102, she assumes that "humanity has a higher standing in pantheism". New Thought advocates Anderson & Whitehouse have challenged this questionable assumption.

With that aside, Evans is correctly aware of the liberal, heterodox nature of much of New Thought metaphysics in terms of traditional Christianity and sees the historical ideological connections to New Thought within America in the 19th century Transcendentalist and spiritualist movements as well as the Protestant Unitarian and Universalist faiths (which historically merged), even reaching further back in history to ancient gnosticism.

She also correctly perceives the metaphysical impact of the works and practices of Emanuel Swedenborg (1688 - 1772) and Franz Anton Mesmer (1734 - 1815). For more details regarding this impact in 19th century America, I recommend The Covert Enlightenment: Eighteenth-Century Counterculture and Its Aftermath (2005) by Alfred J. Gabay.

She not only explores the ideas of and influences on the founders of the main New Thought denominations of Divine Science, Unity, and Religious Science in terms of Western and Eastern philosophy (including esotericism), she also discusses the influences on and contributions of Phineas Parkhurst Quimby, Warren Felt Evans, Mary Baker Eddy, Emma Curtis Hopkins, Henry Drummond, Christian D. Larson, Ralph Waldo Trine, William Walker Atkinson, and Thomas Troward.

After looking at all of the Western and Eastern influences on New Thought through its major proponents, she expounds on what she calls "the rules of the roads" in chapter 13.

Here she discusses the 14 laws of cause and effect, subconscious activity, belief, attraction (now famous [and infamous] thanks to Byrne's The Secret), mental equivalents, correspondence, circulation, polarity, synthesis, growth, tendency, influence, substitution, and non-resistance.

The last, 14th chapter discusses the basic components of the perennial philosophy as she perceives it and states that New Thought teaches this philosophy which she says is the "Truth" that the many roads she discusses leads to (hence, the title of her book).

I recommend Evans's book for exploring areas not covered by other introductions to New Thought. However, for a more academic, neutral approach which places American New Thought within a broader metaphysical stream (or combination of streams),
one should read Albanese's book.

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Anyway,...

Oracle, of late I have been reading a lot of Florence Scovel Shinn. I obtined all four of her books and read them this past week. I had read "The Game of Life and How to Play It" a few times when I was younger. I have enjoyed the books immensely.

And, yesterday, I finally obtained Emmet Fox's book, "The Sermon on the Mount," and have just finished it. It was quite mind-blowing.

So, it appears that with each day & week, as I delve, the universe surprises me, with new secret bunny holes. So, I shall keep delving.

I also finally just saw Louise Hay's new DVD, "You Can Heal Your Life," and it featured Esther Hicks, Wayne Dyer, ... and others. A most excellent movie. It doesn't come across like an infomercial the way the movie, "The Secret," sort of did.

So, anyway,... I was thinking that if you wanted to continue conversations, we should maybe switch to a different, more current thread.

The more current thread would be here (below)

http://www.samsedershow.com/node/3774

It would make it easier to access for me.

Well, Oracle,...

I hope this day finds you doing well and thriving.

I'll catch you later,

emerson troward, sr.

I'll say it again...just what I needed....