Lesson One, Affirmations

Your probably familiar with the concept that we are body, mind and spirit.  All connected in such a way that each influences the behavior of the other parts as they are in essence all one.  So if we don't take care of our physical body, it will affect our mind and spirit.  If we don't stimulate our brain, then it will affect our spirit and body.

I'm a big fan of Benjamin Franklin and one of his thoughts was that we need to have moderation in life.  Everything in moderation.  Another way is to say balance.  So we do what's good for our body (exercise, stretching, getting only moderate amounts of sun, eating right).  For our mind we read and learn new things and look on the positive side of life and for our spirit we meditate and contemplate the higher side of life.  Never going overboard on one or the other.

And here's where affirmations come in.  If we are out of balance, due to too much work or other factors in our lives.  We first acknowledge them as we can never change if we are not aware of our imbalances, then we use methods for changing those imbalances through various methods.

Affirmations are a good way to start re-programming ourselves.  I've added a link for a good website on affirmations so check it out.  You probably remember the most popular one, "I'm getting better and better everyday in every way".  And that's a darn good one.

You'll learn a lot more about them by going to the AFFIRMATION website but for now you should have a basic understanding of how they work.  An affirmation begins to reset your body/mind/spirit to be on the same wavelength.  You see, everything you do each day, like being mad over some issue at work, getting upset with traffic, in other words, every thought you have throughout the day both positive and negative are sending affirmations of what you believe into your subconscious, mind and spirit and affects your body as well.

So lets start re-programming that mind in the right direction.  One way is to print an affirmation on a card and read it each time you look at yourself in the mirror when getting ready each morning.

Here are some examples of some great affirmations from the website I've linked to above:

Affirmations for Health

• Every Cell in my body vibrates with energy and health
• Loving myself heals my life. I nourish my mind, body and soul
• My body heals quickly and easily

Affirmations for Abundance

• I prosper wherever I turn and I know that I deserve prosperity of all kinds
• The more grateful I am, the more reasons I find to be grateful
• I pay my bills with love as I know abundance flows freely through me.

Affirmations for Love

• I know that I deserve Love and accept it now
• I give out Love and it is returned to me multiplied
• I rejoice in the Love I encounter everyday

Affirmations for Romance

• I have a wonderful partner and we are both happy and at peace
• I release any desperation and allow love to find me
• I attract only healthy relationships

Affirmations for Weight Loss

• I am the perfect weight for me
• I choose to make positive healthy choices for myself
• I choose to exercise regularly

Affirmations for Self Esteem

• When I believe in myself, so do others
• I express my needs and feelings
• I am my own unique self - special, creative and wonderful

Affirmations for Peace and Harmony

• All my relationships are loving and harmonious
• I am at peace
• I trust in the process of life

Affirmations for Joy and Happiness

• Life is a joy filled with delightful surprises
• My life is a joy filled with love, fun and friendship all I need do is stop all criticism, forgive, relax and be open.
• I choose love, joy and freedom, open my heart and allow wonderful things to flow into my life.

Listing of some books in my Library

Spiritualism my Way

Books to consider

The following list of books include many in my personal library that I carry with me as I travel the country in my 5th wheel camper.  As I come across more, I’ll add them to the list.
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There is a River, by Thomas Sugrue

Edgar Cayce, the Sleeping Prophet by Jess Stern

The Edgar Cayce Companion, compiled by B Ernest Frejer
A comprehensive treatise of the Edgar Cayce Readings

The Edgar Cayce Reader #2, edited by Hugh Lynn Cayce

Edgar Cayce on Dreams, by Harmon H. Bro, Ph. D., edited by Hugh Lynn Cayce

A Search for God, Book 1, 1942 Compiled by the study groups of the Association for Research and Enlightenment. Inc. Virginia Beach, Virginia

Michael Crichton, Travels

Se’ances In Washinton:  Abraham Lincoln and Spiritualism during the Civil War, Nettie Colburn Maynard, Editing and commentary by Irene McGarvie

The Priest and the Medium, The story of Anne Gehman and her Husband former Jesuit Priest Wayne Knoll.  By Suzanne Giesemann.

Don’t Fall off the Mountain, by Shirley MacLaine

Dancing in the Light, Shirley MacLaine

Going Within, Shirley MacLaine

You Can Get There from Here, Shirley MacLaine

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Booklets from the A.R.E. Press
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Color and the Edgar Cayce Readings

Be your own Psychic, based on the Edgar Cayce Readings

That Ye May Heal, Based on the Edgar Cayce Readings

Be Still and Know, Mary Ann Woodward
Devotional Reading compiled and edited by Woodward

For These Times, A series of Lectures by Hugh Lynn Cayce

The Egyptian Heritage, Based on the Edgar Cayce Readings

Symbols and the Self by Violet Shelly

Before the Beginning by Eula Allen

The Garland of Wisdom, from the Edgar Cayce Readings

Dreams, the language of the Unconscious, by Hugh Lynn Cacyce, Tom C Clark, Ph. D., Shane Miller, W.N. Petersen

Auras, By Edgar Cayce

The River of Time, A presentation  by Eula Allen, Based on the Edgar Cayce Readings

Stand Like Stars, four case histories from the Edgar Cayce Readings

Questions 123 & Answers, selected from the Edgar Cayce Readings

Astrology and the Edgar Cayce Readings

Music as the bridge,  Based on the Edgar Cayce Readings

A Dictionary, definitions and comments from the Edgar Cayce Readings

Highlights from the Edgar Cayce Work Readings, compiled by Robert A Adriance

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A guide to Mediumship and psychical unfoldment, by E.W. and M.H. Wallis

Mesmerism and the End of the Enlightenment in France Robert Darnton (history)

The Journey with the Master by Eva Bell Werber

Colour Meditations, by S.G.J. Ouseley

Language of Color by Dorothee L. Mella (Sep 1, 1988)

Why not some good poetry, from my hippy years:

Alone…. Rod McKuen

Hand in Hand…. Rod McKuen

Books, Books, Books

One of the first resources for a Spiritual journey should be books or a good spiritual leader.  But if your just starting out, how do you know which Spiritual leader will be right for you?  I believe a spiritual leader will arrive when one if ready.  Until you find yours, let me at least provide you with some great books that will aid you in in own Spiritual Search.

I'll provide a side bar fairly soon listing all the books I would recommend.  But for now, I'll just list a beginning list right here.

• Edgar Cayce, A Sleeping Profit.  By Jess Stern

• Many Mansions:  The Edgar Cayce story on Reincarnation.  By Gina Cerminara

• Don't Fall off the Mountain.  By Shirley MacLaine

• You Can Get there From Here.  By Shirley MacLaine

• Out on a Limb.  By Shirley MacLaine

• Dancing in the Light.  By Shirley MacLaine

A Spiritual Journey

I plan to make this site a site that will explore my Spiritual Journey and how I got to the place I am currently in. I'm hoping it will be a resource for your own Spiritual Journey and provide some aids to your own search.