Final essay, Insights Into Awareness by Constance Hitts

FINAL ESSAY

INSIGHTS INTO AWARENESS

     The spiritual path for me began approximately ten years ago.    For the years previous I denied many of my Catholic up- bringing beliefs and looked more towards the mystical aspects for answers of why I am here on earth.  With hours of study and research along with interaction with fellow searchers, I have come full circle with knowing God and Jesus Christ.  I now cherish my religion and background, with the understanding that it is not the structure of the church it is more about grasping the concepts of God and the Love that is unconditionally given to each of us.  Thru the years the Celestine Prophecy was one of the books I have read and re-read frequently.  Author, James Redfield, did a fine writing of the Insights with a story line that held my interest.

     Most interesting was the concepts of drawing and using others energy to raise your personal levels of energy.  I have spent hours watching this occur within my social circle.  One person is always reaching for the top of the energy fields from others.  Thru the Fourth Insight the fact of using your childhood experiences from your parents and what their "drama" was and then how this affected your own personal drama, shaping the traits that you carry with you throughout your lifetime.  If you do not recognize and define your personal traits and dramas the road to self awareness will be slower.  Once these attributes are resolved the possibility of acting upon the universal energy is shown to you thru synchronicities.  This leads to a connection with the universe and the universal mind.

    Recognizing the synchronicities in your life is spiritually uplifting.  The 'knowing' and then the validations from the Divine gives us the confidence to move forward.  This occurs as either positive reinforcement that the path is correct or the not so good feeling in the solar plexus that points to a change in plans is needed to fulfill your heart's desire.  All the coincidences that occur have a deeper meaning that meditation can help us see objectively.

     There does seem to be a mass of people who have taken upon themselves a self-realization of the 'Greater Power of the Divine' that is ever present.  We are not left on this planet to fend for ourselves; we do have help from God and the Higher Spirit realms to tap into thru prayer and listening to the Word for the answers.  Each of us travels our own journey and paths may cross, still it is our path is our only concern.   Branch out to see the paths of others, but do not interfere with their decisions, show only love for what they are trying to accomplish while at the same time look lovingly at your journey during this lifetime.  Allowing, without judgment.  Allowing is generally not to difficult, judgment can be the challenge.    There is a certain amount of judgment in every interaction.  Try using 'opinion' versus judgment when reaching out to someone or having them reach out to you, they do not want to be judged, just understood.  Helping with an opinion of their situation is most kind, rather than pointing out the right or wrong of their predicament.

     As a Spiritual Counselor, bring awareness to the client lets them know that there is a Universal Power that can lead them straight.  Living the life is the best example for anyone.  Listening and waiting for the person to ask the important questions.  They know in their soul the question, sometime we can just act a facilitator to bring these questions and answers to the foreground.  Yet, above all it is about the listening skills that gives comfort to the client.  Also, presenting yourself in a peaceful, loving manner exudes confidence in all situations.

     The final Insight as explained in Lesson 18 was my most profound lesson.  "Creating confidence" in our personal spiritual journey is the way.  Letting go of others judgment is finding confidence and knowing within ourselves.  Accept guidance and if you are fortunate enough to have a spiritual mentor, listen to their advice. With all that said it is still your choice for the direction you take.  The connection you make with the Divine is personal, and with that great connection, comes the enlightenment of the connection to the ALL.  The knowing of just what unites the masses.  As is said that the flap of a butterflies wings can be felt across the universe.

     Thank you, Rev. King, for an outstanding presentation on the Celestine Insights.  I enjoyed these lessons whole heartily.  Rating this among the top of the classes I have taken at the Universal Life Church seminary.

Rev. Constance J. Hitts

Spirit Quest by Lucia Camara

Spirit Quest Program Wrap Essay

The impact of the Spirit Quest Program was very interesting and enlightening. My perception was that some of the discourses appeared to be based in a real sense of fear. Here are some examples: the fear of not being protected, the fear of doing things incorrectly, good vs. evil, positive and negative, etc. This was surprising to me in comparison to where I have chosen to live my life, my healing practice, and my ministry.

As human beings we have learned and lived from a point a fear for 2000 years. This has not been as beneficial as one may have thought. It was beneficial to learn some important aspects of evolving, however teaching and living from the point of fear are outdated. The true teachings from the many sacred beings that have come before were from a being in the present moment, in the pure energy of simple love. Evolving from the fear base in our lives and moving towards living life on every level from the point of love is a way of becoming enlightened. The discourses did give me the opportunity to understand what I hold as beliefs in my life and how I live those beliefs.

For fifteen years, I have chosen to base my healing and teaching practice, as well as my ministry from the belief that “no harm created, no harm will follow.” This has served me well. From that point, the Divine is pure love, universal life energy, which is life giving and sustaining. A few of the discourses that came from a sense of fear were surprising. Understanding that I am capable of learning something from every experience, and noting that in the beginning of the program it was written to take what felt comfortable, this was what I followed.

The discourses that I found the most helpful and able to integrate into my life were: Creating Your Own Reality, Speaking In The Positive, Asking The Right Question, and Forgiveness. In Creating Your Own Reality, the information given was wonderful and seemed to easily be applied. Perhaps it was the added push to read and practice the information that suited my beliefs in life, which reinforced what had already been learned and read. The impact continues to be a daily part of life.

Speaking In The Positive helped to cinch without a question a thought process that now has become a thoughtful way of life. The interaction and response from the communities, people, and family is very pleasant. Communication is clearer and concise on all levels.

Asking The Right Question allowed the recognition of the mindfulness that is needed in the areas that would benefit from change. Creating a heartfelt intention and investing energy into the well thought out request has made a very positive impact.

The Forgiveness discourse gave the opportunity to look at everything that was uncomfortable in life, and come to a wonderful healing resolve. I now understand that forgiveness is not only for others, but makes the greatest strides when it is applied to self. This is a point that is too easily forgotten in the ever changing and evolving world.

Rev. Lucia Camara

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Spirit Quest by Rev. Birgit Altenhofen

Spirit Quest Essay

Master of Metaphysics Degree

I enjoyed every lesson and learned many new things throughout this course. The Spirit quest is mostly for beginners but also advanced seekers can learn from it as well. The exercises were simple and easy to learn. I was surprised at my ability to be able to experience all these things.

What I appreciated the most was the explanation of setting spiritual goals and the spiritual path. It is important to know that we all can take charge of our life instead of our life taking charge of us. Most of us don’t know that life is a precious gift. We can choose our own reality and choose between love or fear. We can experience the truth of our reality as love. To do this, we must, each moment, refuse to be limited by the fearful thoughts of the past or the worries about the future. We limit our minds when we see value in making a fearful past as real. As a result, our minds can only look fearfully at all that is to come, and cannot enjoy the present in peace and love.

We are what we believe. In Spirit Quest I learned to get to know my inner Self and feel connected to the inner wisdom. This experience is a sense of total freedom. I realized that when I am totally present there is only love. It is a wonderful feeling.

I started watching my thoughts, words and actions a while ago. Every day I wake up in the morning, and I consciously create my day I want it to happen. Little surprising things happen through out the day. I am getting better and I am more focused on the reality in me than the outside world. My inner peace becomes stronger too.

It feels good to know that we all the same and there is really nothing to fear. What I see in the outside world is a reflection of what I have first seen within my own mind. I always projected onto the world the thoughts, feelings and attitudes. Now, I can see the world differently by changing my mind about what I want to see. Only my loving thoughts are real. By forgiving and letting go of the past, I freed myself of the painful burdens I have carried into the present moment. I am responsible for what I see. I choose the feelings I experience, and I decide upon the goal I would achieve. Miracles can happen when we believe in it. We attract whatever we choose to give our attention to - whether wanted or unwanted. We are powerful attractors and we can use this wonderful, god given power to attract more of what we desire in life, simply by paying attention to where we place our thoughts and desires.

In Spirit Quest we learned to meditate and visualize. I don’t have problems with visualizations but I know people who have. Maybe instead of visualizing a mental picture we could pay attention to our body. Paying attention to the body means being present and connected to the inner wisdom. I learned when I feel the energy of my inner body, immediately my mental noise slows down or ceases. I feel the life that I am and the energy running through my body.

In lesson number 26 I learned about the Michael teachings. That was the first time I heard about it. Thank you for mentioning it. I looked at the website to get more information. Knowing about the different soul ages explains why we still have primitive living in the world.

Thank you, Amy, for putting these wonderful lessons together.

Rev. Birgit Altenhofen

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Spirit Quest by Rev. Brooks

Spirit Quest

by Anne Marie Brooks

The Spirit Quest course was not what I expected -- it was much better. Everything was explained so well and with humor. I did not make major changes in my life probably because I am on my spiritual path with goals already which led me to taking this course. I was familiar with many of the tools and principles, as I am a Reiki Master Teacher. However, the chapters were beautifully explained. I did learn some new tools which I love and use all the time. The use of the roses and the Golden sun are my favorite. They are simple, you can do them anywhere and their uses are many. I was also was happy to see the chapters on ‘How Spirit Communicates’. It all just fit so well with everything else I am learning from other sources. It validated my spiritual path.

As for a miracle, my whole life has been a miracle but now I am aware of where miracles come from. Spirit guides must have been with me my whole for me to have survived some of the very difficult challenges I had as a child. Until the last few years here in Tucson, I didn’t believe in anything so I have come a long way and I know I have much more to learn and experience. Now I am grateful for everything that happens in my life whether good or bad. There are always lessons to be learned. The following is an example of an event that happened as a child who didn’t understand. I was left with an old man in the middle of the Las Vegas desert for him to baby sit me while my mother and step-father went out. The old man told me to take all my clothes off and get in bed. Something, I now believe was an angel or spirit guide told me to get the keys and lock myself in the car which I did. Today I know what would have happened to me had I stayed in his camper and that was just the first of many miracles I have experienced.

Rev. Anne Marie Brooks

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Spirit Quest by Jeanette Buschman

Final Spirit Quest Essay by Rev. Jeanette Buschman

I have found Spirit-Quest to be very thought provoking and helpful in realizing the power of the mind, body and spirit.

At the beginning of the Spirit Quest discourses I was asked to write down my spiritual goals and when I’d like them to be realized, and then I was asked to write down on a separate piece of paper some short term goals. For short term, I had written down 14 goals, as of today, 7 of the 14 have been realized; 50% isn’t bad. As for my spiritual goals long-term with a time line, I haven’t reached the end of the allotted amount of time I have given myself to bring these goals into manifestation. The dates range from 3-2006 to 10-2006. The ones realized have been to strengthen my relationships with my immediate family members, thanks be to God, my relationships have elevated to a healthier level. It has been a never ending struggle with my teenage son. He has a good heart and is very spiritual, but also still very young, 15 going on 30, or so he thinks.

I have to remind myself of how it was when I was 15 yrs. old.

The one for manifestation by 5-2006 was to be financially stable. Again thanks be to God, this goal has been also realized.

I believe in setting goals, you strive to manifest them, thus achieving them.

I would agree with the lesson about being true to yourself and others makes you a person of your word, which with your word comes intention. Your intention drives the force of your being.

In regards to forgiveness, I believe that forgiveness is essential to a sound mind, spirit and body.

To carry that heavy burden around is a barrier that hinders your spiritual growth and progress. To forgive is divine -- it brings you a step closer to God. A person needs to realize that any feelings you have are yours by choice, you choose to feel a certain way.

No one can make you feel a certain way nor can they change you any more than you can change them. It is all a personal choice. A personal choice to forgive, to love, to get bitter or to get better. I choose better.

In regards to the meditation process and all of the tools I have learned about there of, I have found this to be very helpful, relaxing and a thought-provoking experience. I had never envisioned being inside of my own mind, the 3rd eye, to view what ever my mind desires. Your Star-trek analogies are great.

The grounding cord created by me was an awesome connected feeling.

In a past hypnosis session I had experienced using a grounding cord to stay grounded.

This gives me a feeling of being connected to the elements of the earth more than I had ever experienced before.

After releasing and dropping foreign energy, I experienced the golden suns as an inspirational God given illuminated love that filled my being guided by the Holy Spirit. This is an awesome feeling. Spiritual indeed.

Postulating a foreign energy-absorbing protection rose has been beneficial in protection from others energy. Also using a rose for creating and destroying energy, or any thing that you do not want in you is a wonderful symbolic release of that thing that has become a hindrance.

Until this discourse I had not delved into the practice of the different types of energies, cosmic, earth and the seven chakras. This was very interesting and I believe with a lot of practice can be beneficial for the energy flow of the body.

The process of spiritual mock ups to manifest your desires, are along the same line in my opinion as prayer and a positive thought process. As most of us know, we should pray the desired result, provision not the problem. Jesus prayed this way.

People can have what they say, but instead they are saying what they have.

Confirmation is the key here.

I agree that competition can be a very unhealthy spiritual experience, it can tempt a person to accept the feelings of inadequacy, not being good enough to be best, when actually we are all equal in the eyes of the Lord. Total acceptance and a feeling of peace and love are far more important than being first or right. We need to remember that we are all part of the whole, all equal, all children of God. Equal brothers and sisters in Christ.

I have read a book called many lives, many masters that is about reincarnation. The book is about people’s past life regressions to deal with present life issues that have been of question for one reason or another. I have a very open mind in regards to this subject. The Bible does state that we were preplanned, known by God even before birth.

I have come to total acceptance that every thing in life happens for a purpose, even if we don’t understand or like it. There is usually a lesson to be learned.

This is total acceptance of God’s will.

In the grand scheme of all things, we can either accept God’s will or in a sense, we can continue to tread water. This of course gets you no where fast.

In regards to karma I have to agree that the movie called Pay it forward is a must see.

If all the people in the world would follow the lesson that movie teaches, what a wonderful life we all could lead. We can not change nor control the things of the past, but the present(a gift from God) and the future are ours to create.

The W.W.J.D. (What Would Jesus Do) motto is a wonderful one to use every second of your life. It is hard to do any harm or damage if you think this way.

I really love the concept of coping with every day life by being amused by it.

Amusement being referred to as a vibration in relation to a color is imaginable by my thought process to defuse a situation, lesson and to alleviate the stress factor.

When there is fear and tenseness of a thought that is undesirable, by simply thinking of the color pink in a splatter pattern with yellow stripes in the back ground with dark pink hearts floating through out the picture in my minds eye made me feel much better immediately.

Wow, what a concept. This was some what similar to finding your happy place in a tense situation and going there, but more uplifting. I had not thought about how the spirit communicates in three different ways, color, music and numbers.

I can relate to the music part first hand. I have been given words to a few songs; one of these songs came to me while in the shower. My husband plays the guitar for praise and worship at our church, so I gave him the words that the Lord had given to me and he was instantly given music that seemed to be meant for this song. PRAISE JESUS !!!

This has happened a few times now. These songs are spiritual songs we sing at our non-denomination church.

We have experienced this with another friend of ours that is also part of the band at the church. God is sooo good !!!!!

These words are given to me when I least expect it, on my motorcycle, in my pick up truck, in the shower and even during prayer. We have a sister in Christ at our church that has been blessed with an awesome art talent, her paintings are very much spirit guided. She is guided to paint certain pictures that have a message or meaning, and a name is given to her for the painting.

As far as music and vibrations are concerned, I agree that we all have a certain rhythm to our bodies and spirit, these rhythms are either soothing or irritating.

Kinesiology is a true and tried method to address just about any thing in your life that is in question. My son had been labeled A.D.H.D. very early on in his childhood, we went to see a holistic Doctor who used this method to pin point possible allergies to foods and elements he was exposed to. This method truly works.

I have no doubt that telepathic means of communication is definitely when you are speaking in spirit. This happens with my husband and I all the time. We have been married for 23 years now and more times than not can finish each other’s sentences, this is at times annoying but really neat at the same time. There are times when I will be thinking of some one and want to talk to them and they’ll call me. At times I know who is calling when the phone rings. I found it useful to use a sticky collection rose to clean and clear out my telepathic channels.

I have played with spiritual hellos, telepathic thought sending and suggestive thought sending. The response was variable and interesting, this was dependent on the person involved. Even my dog (Bruno) seemed to pick up on my thoughts. I was very surprised at the awareness of my thought sending that people exhibited. The people that I am closest to seemed to pick up on it stronger than others.

The different levels of astral travel were very interesting to learn about. I remember once when I was lying in bed, all of a sudden I was looking down on myself, this startled me so much at that moment, I did not understand it at the time, but unfortunately I have not been able to do it again. I have read about how people travel to all kinds of places, and can tell you what was going on at that place. Wow !!

I can only imagine what it will be like when I meet my maker ( God ) and realize all that we are truly capable of.

In lesson # 27, the past, present and future-based types of people are discussed, I would say that I am a present type or person with a healthy perspective thought process of the future.

I found it very interesting to learn about spiritual pain and how it can have an affect on our health. I look forward to reading Louise Hay’s book (You can heal yourself ).

I believe that past life experienced pictures formed in the mind and how those experiences are perceived in your memory can affect your present and future well being. That which you resist becomes more persistent.

To own something, admit it, claim it and deal with it so you can go on with out it being empowered by you giving it undo energy and strength.

As far as money is concerned, I have to admit that it is and has been a have it when you need it type of situation, if I have extra it is put to use to where it is needed for personal reasons or other’s needs. I have become comfortable with the fact that the Lord does provide me and mine with what is necessary in life. Sure you can always use more money, but in the end it is all spent, rather you have a lot or a little amount.

We have done the big financial in debt up to our ears, make the minimum payment until you die dance more times than I care to admit. We have gotten to the point to where we are on a cash and carry basis or lay away. If we want it, we have to save for it or pay on it without interest.

If we had all the interest we have paid over the years on credit, wow, it would really add up to be a lot of money.

Of course this does not include big items like a mortgage payment or vehicle payments.

I have been blessed with the things that are needed in life.

My husband works very hard to provide for our needs and the amount always seems to be enough. We are a somewhat traditional family, I am still a stay at home Mom that keeps house and am in the process of home schooling a 15 year old son and have a 21 year old daughter that is doing well for herself, and of course I am working on acquiring the knowledge and credits to get my Dr. of Ministry degree through Universal Life Seminary program.

I have pursued other interests in life such as a licensed nail technician, truck driver, school bus driver, sales, foster care and the list goes on. This however is not just an interest, this is a calling. A call for a higher purpose in life.

I do have to state that the Spirit-Quest course has been very thought-provoking and that it has taught me about a mental visual way of thinking that is helpful for an over all sense of well being. I would recommend this course to any one seeking more insight into self awareness.

Thank you for sharing this insight with me.

God Bless,

According to God’s will,

In complete servitude,

With love,

Your sister in Christ,

Reverend

Jeanette Buschman

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Spirit Quest

Spirit Quest

by Rev. Judy Wolf

Spirit-Quest is a very private journey deep inside which leads to phenomenal healing and growth. Old prejudices, beliefs about self and negativity are challenged and exercised in a non-threatening way. Little by little over the course of thirty weeks the real self blooms. Confidence grows and the world is seen through calmer, more focused eyes.

I have been on many journeys. This one has had and is having the most profound results, perhaps because of the concentrated time spent over a long period. Seeds are sown and given room to sprout and grow.

I am calmer, more focused and no longer fearful of using my healing talents.

Roses: One of the tools I like best and which I have had the opportunity to use many, many times is “blowing up roses.” So many experiences, both good and bad, can be handled with this tool. When some person or some situation is difficult, it is so easy to put them or it into a rose and blow it up. It makes me smile every time.

One thing I have discovered in attempting to use this tool with truly negative or harmful things. Not wishing to blow up evil and disperse it throughout the world, I tried putting it down a grounding cord. I created a grounding cord right in front of me, dropped the situation down the grounding cord and blew it up deep inside the earth. I created a neutral grounding cord in front of me so I would not have to use my own grounding cord. I did not want the evil anywhere near me.

Spirit Guides: I have been talking with my Spirit Guide for many years. It is not necessary for me to use a rose. I simply ask a question and receive an answer. I also ask for things that I want and feel that the Spirit Guide will either help make it happen or help me to see why I really don’t want it. I also find that I am able to talk with or see people who have died. This is a fairly new phenomenon and one with which I am not altogether comfortable. Because this is helpful to people who are grieving it is an important “talent” for me to cultivate. This course has helped with my comfort level.

Finally, I wish to thank you for a wonderful course.

Yours in light

Judy

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Spirit Quest

Spirit Quest

Universal Life Church Seminary offers online seminary courses.

Thank you, for all the many topics that you covered in “Spirit Quest”!

I enjoyed all 30 Discourses, several of the courses I was familiar with and the others will serve to be very valuable in my life journeys. I especially connected with Lesson #8 on “mock ups” and Lesson #29 about “money”.

Lesson #29 about “money”, struck a chord with me. Your opening statement of this lesson sums it all up about “money”. And it was eye opening to see it in a different light, as you elegantly put it:  Well, money itself isn’t necessarily all that much to look at, but really it’s what money symbolizes that is a beautiful thing. On page #2 paragraph 5 is my favorite; People can choose to be happy whether they are rich or poor and they can choose to be unhappy in the same situations. Thank you….

Lesson #8 about “mock ups”, “being specific” and “letting go” really hit home. The section about making sure that it’s your “mock up” and not someone else's was important, because you may not be able to fix theirs but you always have control over yours. In your writing, you talked about doing something for someone & it wasn’t what they wanted. The situation was the very same thing and it was my own child (she didn’t want to go to college; she wanted to start a family).

All of being specific & letting go is something I had to learn in order for me to be where I am at now. Surrendering is what I was taught in my life as a “minister/reverend”. And how surrendering to our Lord and savior Jesus Christ will set me “free”…..It’s always easy to talk about what we should do and much harder to actually do it!  As it has taken me this long in my life to be doing what really makes me “happy” in trying to “guide” people on their path. And once again I thank you for all my new tools that I will be able to use to serve help others.

Reverend Flaviana Kalehua Vidinha

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The  ULC, run by Rev. Long, has created a chaplaincy program to help train our ministers. We also have a huge catalog of Universal Life Church materials.  I've been ordained with the Universal Life Church for many years and it's Seminary since the beginning and have loved watching the continual growth of the seminary.

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