1. Welcome to Issue #141 (October 18, 2004) of MIND CHATTERMind Chatter is published once a month, on or about the 16th of each month.
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3. In This Issue* MindQuotes (scroll to #5)
* A few recommendations that may benefit you (scroll to item #6)
* Feature Article
That Haunting Feeling That There's Something Wrong With You
by Bill Harris, Director (scroll to item #7)
* Glowing Testimonial of the Month (scroll to #8)
* BOOK REVIEW (scroll to #9)
The Alchemistby Paolo Coehlo
Reviewed by Marc Gilson
* Important Announcements (scroll to #10)
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4. MIND CHATTER contains articles about:*How you create your life--and how you can stop unconsciously creating experiences and outcomes you do not want, and instead begin to create exactly what you do want
*Personal and spiritual growth in general
*Meditation (high- and low-tech)
*Recovery from emotional trauma
*Pretty much any other subject I get excited about and want to write about. After all, it's my company and my newsletter, and I can do whatever I want with it. So there.
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5. Mind QuotesDreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born.
- Dr. Dale Turner
A man is not old until regrets start taking place of dreams.
- unknown
The best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your own arm.
- unknown
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
- Margaret Mead
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6. Something important for everyone who wants a close, loving, conscious relationship...You can still participate in a relationship tele-seminar by internationally known relationship experts Gay and Kathlyn Hendricks.
This telephone seminar does not cost anything.
Gay and Kathlyn and I have become very good friends over the last year, and because their new book,
Lasting Love (Rodale Publishers), hit the bookstores a few months ago, I convinced Gay and Katie to do a free tele-seminar for Mind Chatter subscribers about the new information they've discovered about how to create close, loving relationships that really work. (Yes, it is possible.)
Two kinds of people will greatly benefit from this free seminar:
1) Those who want to make their current relationship into a GREAT relationship...
2) Those who aren't in a relationship right now--or even those who may have "given up" on relationships--but really would like to find Mr. or Ms. Right and create a relationship that really does have all the love, intimacy, and companionship you've always wanted.
This is practical, cutting edge information that the Hendricks have successfully taught to thousands of singles and couples who wanted to stop the merry-go-round of conflict, fighting, and lack of closeness, and create relationships the way you really want them to be.
Gay and Kathlyn Hendricks have appeared on
Oprah twice, they've been on
Good Morning America, Larry King, and many other television and radio programs, and they've published many best-selling books, including the classic,
Conscious Loving.
Gay and Kathlyn are super teachers, and in this seminar they will explain some key concepts that really will make a huge difference in your current relationship (even if you're the only one in the relationship who uses them).
Again, this seminar is 100% "no charge" to you, so there's no reason to not participate if you're even remotely interested in creating a close, loving relationship.
Here's how to participate:
1. Go to
http://www.therelationshipsolution.com/teleseminar/
2. Type in your name and email address.
3. Click "submit."
You'll then receive the telephone number to call, along with the passcode to key in once you're connected to the call, by email.
Then, all you have to do is call in about 2 minutes before the seminar and enjoy listening to two of the world's top relationship experts in a private, no-cost seminar I've arranged for them to teach, especially for you.
There is a limit the number of people who can participate, so please register right away.
Here's the link again to sign up:
http://www.therelationshipsolution.com/teleseminar/
Remember, this great seminar by Gay and Kathlyn Hendricks is my gift to you. Enjoy! And please feel free to send the link to all your friends.
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I want to show you how to create the exact life you want--inside and out!
Yes, it is possible. I know you've probably been told that you can create your own reality by plenty of other people, but I really do know how it's done, and I know how to show you how to do it, step-by-step. This is not something you do overnight, and it does involve some effort on your part, but I'll tell you it is VERY possible, and you really can do it. And, it's well worth the trouble to learn.
Unless you're new to Mind Chatter, you know that about sixteen months ago I started a series of teleconference lessons--three courses, of 12 lessons each--collectively called The Life Principles Integration Process. Now over 2,436 people are participating in these courses, and people in these courses are experiencing huge positive changes.
These courses are now available in a very inexpensive and very easy to use on-line form.
Here's the idea: Whether you know it or not, you are creating your internal and external reality (if that doesn't seem to be true, it's because you're doing it, for the most part, unconsciously and automatically, outside your awareness). When you live this way, part of the time you will get what you want and part of the time you won't--but it's not always clear why.
If, however, you can learn to operate the part of you that creates your internal and external results, and do so consciously and intentionally, you really can create whatever you want.
I can teach you how to do this. In fact, I GUARANTEE that I can teach you how to do it--if you're willing to learn.
This is NOT the same old stuff you've read about in all those books about "manifesting your dreams" and so on and so forth. I promise that if you take these courses, you will have a huge "ah-ha" about your life and how to create what you want, both inside and out.
You can take the courses on your computer, either by audio-streaming, or by downloading the calls to listen to later or to burn onto a CD.
In addition, I am making myself personally available, by email, to answer any and all questions you have about anything during the course. This means unlimited email access to me for any questions you have.
You do not need to be a participant in The Holosync Solution to take these courses, by the way.
I've made these courses VERY inexpensive. If I had to teach this in person, in a seminar or retreat, it would cost a few thousand dollars. Instead, the cost is a small fraction of that.
What's more, I've created a free preview lesson, so you can find out what it's about with no risk.
Here are a few emails I've received from people in the course:
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!!!!!! The first lesson was worth the price of this course, and more. I have heard and read similar material before, but somehow you manage to present it so that it gets through in a powerful way. I simply can't tell you how grateful I am to you-and you're plenty funny!
--Jean M.
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Wow, you are not kidding when you say you really want to help. I knew that already though. Thank you so much. You, your program, and your teachings have changed my life completely -- much needed.
--Lee
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You really know your stuff! Razor sharp.
--Andrew
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Wow! I'm impressed by all the time and energy you are putting into this course. Thank you!
--Ellen
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I absolutely love your impeccable program. You've summed up just about everything that I've heard from many other tapes and books, but they did not hand you the formula for the answers the way in which you did. I feel that there are many thousands of beings who are truly grateful for all that you have gone through to bring about such change for so many. May we all find the joy and blessings that you have come to live. Bright Blessings,
--Janet G.
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So please go listen to the FREE preview lesson, which is available now for you to listen to online. This free lesson contains some great stuff, so please go listen to it.
It really is possible to master the ability to create whatever you want in life, both inside and out. For more information about the course and to actually listen to a FREE preview lesson, click here:
http://www.centerpointe.com/life/preview
I'd love to get an email from you in a few weeks telling me how much YOU have benefited!
Be well.
Bill
7. An invitation for those who love spiritually uplifting movies...What if you could see the best of the spiritually-oriented, uplifting, and heart-filled movies and short-subjects made each year, in the privacy of your own home--personally chosen for you by noted Hollywood film producer Steven Simon from the top movies, shown at top film festivals?
Steven Simon knows movies. Some of his work as a Hollywood producer includes
Somewhere in Time starring Jane Seymour and Christopher Reeve, and
What Dreams May Come starring Robin Williams and Cuba Gooding.
Steven, though, left Hollywood a couple of years ago to pursue his dream of spreading uplifting, spiritual entertainment--movies that rarely make it to theaters, and often don't even make it to the rental market--yet are uplifting, thought-provoking, heart-opening movies. To bring these movies to people who will really appreciate them, such as you and me, Steven has started The Spiritual Cinema Circle.
Here's what Steven told me: "Before now, hardly anybody got to see the best movies made each year. Now, with The Circle, you can enjoy heartful, soulful movies ... without leaving home."
Here's how the Spiritual Cinema Circle works:
* Each month you receive 3-5 features and shorts on DVD. The movies are personally selected by Steven Simon and his team. These movies represent the best of spiritual cinema and art.
* The movies are new films you're unlikely to see anywhere else.
* Another great thing: the DVDs are yours to keep. You don't have to return them. In fact, you're encouraged to share them with friends and family, in order to broaden the worldwide Spiritual Cinema community.
* The cost of the service is kept deliberately low, so the maximum number of people can participate. If you join now, you become a Charter Member of The CIRCLE. Charter members pay only $24 per month instead of the regular $29 fee (plus $1.95 shipping and handling; outside USA $5.95).
* There's no risk - you may cancel your membership at any time. And remember, you never have to return any of your DVDs, even if you decide to cancel your membership.
I'm telling you about this because I've enjoyed these movies so much I just knew I had to share this resource with all of you.
Go check out their web page for descriptions of the movies you'll see, comments from other members, and other details. I know you'll be inspired to join, and if you don't like it for some reason (which I doubt), you can always un-join at any time.
http://www.spiritualcinemacircle.com/?as=20Be well.
Bill
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7. Feature ArticleThat Haunting Feeling That There's Something Wrong With You
by Bill Harris, Director
In this issue I'm going back to something very fundamental. This isn't about meditation, or high spiritual states, or controlling your internal state, It's much more basic, but if you don't deal with it, it can ruin your life, it make any spiritual work you do very unfulfilling. In some cases, it can make your life a living hell. This is a very sneaky issue, and because of its nature many people try very hard to cover it up.
I'm talking about shame.
I could get metaphysical about this and note that shame is a third chakra issue, and talk about how, if not healed, it can pollute further growth in many ways, and so on and so forth. I could also talk about where shame happens in the developmental spiral. But I don't want this to be metaphysical or scholarly. I want this information to be very real-world, practical, and accessible.
What is shame? Shame is, quite simply, the feeling that there is something wrong with you. In more extreme cases, it is the feeling that there is something TERRIBLY, IRREVOCABLY, DEEPLY, FUNDAMENTALLY, wrong with you. You feel broken, and there's nothing that can be done. Nothing works. Anyone who likes you or sees value in you just isn't looking closely enough to really see the "real" you.
And, the last thing you'd ever want would be for anyone to see past the facade and notice that you are broken, that there is something deeply wrong with you. So, you create all kinds of ways to hide, to cover up what you're afraid others will notice. You could use humor, or your intelligence, or your ability to perform in the world. You could hide behind being fat, or behind being a drug addict or an alcoholic. You could hide by creating a fantasy world where you act as if you're better than other people, or you try to control others. Perhaps you imagine that people don't like you (or do like you), when they may not be paying much attention to you either way. You could try to cope by being macho, or by being pitiful. There are scores of ways a person suffering from shame could attempt to cope. All the emotional dysfunctions we see in Centerpointe participants--anger, sadness, anxiety, substance abuse, fear, depression, powerlessness, relationship problems, and many others--can be shame-based.
A person suffering from shame may function well in the world, or their shame may keep them from being functional in many situations. Sometimes shame is layered beneath many defense mechanisms, and the outer appearance is one of "I'm fine. Nothing bothers me." Other times, it is so close to the surface the slightest thing can send the person into tears, anger, depression, or come other reaction. Sometimes the person knows they are ashamed, and something they have so successfully hidden the feeling they don't even know they have it. (I know this was true for me.)
If a person is suffering from shame, they may go from one personal growth approach to another, but nothing seems to work. This is because shame is very fundamental, and until it is handled, any growth built on top of it is like building a house on shifting sand.
A shame-based person spends a lot of time focusing on avoiding potential danger. As I've said many times, your brain will take what you focus on and find a way to make it happen in reality. To focus on avoiding danger you have to make internal representations of danger, and your brain then thinks it is supposed to create or attract danger--or cause you to interpret what isn't dangerous as if it is. For this reason, shame is a vicious circle, where avoiding danger leads to more danger, which leads to more attempts to avoid it, on and on.
Where does shame come from? It comes from abuse, from trauma suffered when you are too small to have any filters to tell you why it is happening and what it really means. If the people who are supposed to love you and care for you hurt you, neglect you, criticize you--or worse--the obvious conclusion, from a child's point of view, is that there must be something wrong with you. Otherwise, why would these big, powerful, God-like people who have every reason to care about you treat you with so much anger, contempt, or neglect?
Sometimes this trauma is inadvertent, coming from the death of a loved one, or situations the parents could not cope with themselves. Sometimes it comes from the fact that the parents were treated the same way when they were young, and it's all they know. But finding someone to blame isn't the point, and it isn't productive. If trauma happened, the resourceful thing to do is to deal with it now, get rid of it, and move on.
From this trauma, the child draws two conclusions. One is that the world is dangerous, and as a result they have to be on the alert for danger, as I've already described. Second, the child concludes that there must be something deeply wrong with them, at the very core, and that to survive, they must NEVER let anyone know that this defect exists. To accomplish this, elaborate armoring, physically, emotionally, and spiritually--an elaborate facade--is created.
A person living with shame generally exists in one of two ways: they create so much self-armoring that they don't feel much of anything, no one can get through to them on an emotional level, and life becomes a process of toughing it out. Or, they fail to create effective armoring, and go through life easily triggered by people and events around them (what I have called a low threshold) or emotionally collapsing whenever the going gets the slightest bit tough. Dealing with shame becomes the central point of such a person's life.
What makes it difficult to deal with shame is that the sufferer wants so much to hide it. Is is nearly impossible to ask for help, since this means revealing to someone else that you are totally broken.
Here's a fact about shame few people understand, and which puts this problem in a completely different perspective. Almost every person I meet, whether in personal life or in my role as a teacher and helper, under their facade thinks there is something wrong with them. Each person has developed their own act designed, in part, to dance through life without revealing this awful secret. They don't realize that the people they're trying to fake out are doing the same to them, too--and that the relationships they create seem so unfulfilling because they are relationships between two facades. At the same time, the real, hurting individual is trapped underneath, crying for intimacy and understanding.
At the beginning of Centerpointe retreats, we look at each other, a room full of strangers. The group looks like any group of people you might see on the street or in a mall. Most seem pretty together, a few seem shy and scared, a few seem obviously in difficulty. But overall, a pretty average, normal group.
What isn't "normal" about these people, though, is the fact that they want to do something to improve their lives, and they've taken a fairly daring step: to come to a retreat, sit down in the middle of a group of total strangers, and trust what I've told them about the improvements they'll experience.
We use some very strong Holosync at the retreats, and we ask people to participate in some processes designed to create a deeper awareness of certain aspects of yourself you may not have previously examined--or may think you have, but really haven't. But nothing at a Centerpointe retreat is confrontational, and everything is designed to create a feeling of deep safety and bonding to the rest of the group and an increased awareness of who you are and how you create your reality.
As people open up (and some do more than others), I notice that, almost without exception, each person has some amount of this internal feeling of shame--the idea that there is something wrong with them, and they must not allow others to see it. In the retreat environment, however, the feeling of trust in the staff and in the other participants sneaks up on you. Before you know it, you actually feel safe enough to allow others a peek inside at who you really are. Usually, one brave soul breaks the ice by sharing something about him or herself. Often this is something they really are ashamed about, often something they've been hiding for decades.
At one retreat, a man shared how he had been a wild teenager who said a lot of nasty things to his mother (which reminded me a lot of my own teenage years). Then, his mother died, and for forty years he has felt that there was something really, really unforgivable about a boy who did such a thing. Others instantly saw a fairly normal teenage boy who had loved his mother. Though they could understand his feeling of regret that his mother had died while he was going through his wild and uncouth years, they also saw that this did not make him a fundamentally bad person.
This man's sharing of such a deep and dark secret, only to find that the others not only did not reject him, but actually felt closer to him, not only was healing for him, it was healing for those who witnessed it. To one degree or another, many people began to see that perhaps the dark secret they've carried for so long might not mean what they thought it meant.
There is a lot more that happens at a retreat--I only offer this as as isolated incident that relates to the topic of shame. But when people look at each other once again at the end of a retreat, they realize that these people who looked so ordinary in the beginning were each carrying a complex history of meanings, hurts, fears, and aspirations. They also realize that this applies to all the people they meet each day.
The person you're facing at the grocery store, or at work, or in your family, very likely has their own complex internal history and feelings. Just like the people at the retreat, they are doing the best they know how (which often isn't very functional, unfortunately) as they try to deal with internal feelings they think they can never let anyone see. Often they aren't even aware of these feelings on a conscious level.
Does knowing this allow you to feel more compassion for them? Does knowing it allow you to feel more compassion for yourself?
I hope that knowing that you're not the only one with the nagging feeling that there's something wrong with you helps you to begin to let go of that feeling.
Shame, as I said, is the feeling that something is wrong with you. But the reality is that something was DONE to you (on purpose or inadvertently--it doesn't matter). No matter what the appearance, it is NOT true that something is wrong with you. You may be acting in extremely dysfunctional ways as a result of past trauma, but that does not mean there is something wrong with you. It just means that as a result of some early significant negative emotional experiences you have developed a way of creating your reality that sometimes creates some lousy results.
You need to take your "creating" off auto-pilot and learn how to do it consciously and intentionally.
This is exactly why people use Holosync. Holosync increases your conscious awareness, so you can see what you're doing to yourself. It allows you to see that there really isn't anything wrong with you. At the same time, it dramatically increases your threshold for what you can handle before sliding into the dysfunctional feelings and behaviors you may use to cope with shame. The second tool we use is the support materials and personal support we provide, especially my online courses and Centerpointe retreats. This information shows you, step-by-step, how you are creating your current results, inside and out, and how you can learn to create the results you want.
The most important thing to remember is that you don't have to believe that feeling that something is wrong with you. Feelings, especially bad ones, don't mean that there is something wrong with you (they also don't mean there is something wrong with someone else, but that's another article). I suggest that you STOP believing such feelings. You do not have to live with shame and all its debilitating symptoms. Centerpointe programs are very powerful ways to end shame, and I encourage you to either get involved, or get more involved, and to stay involved. And, take advantage of our support.
No matter who you are, or what your past or current situation, you can be happy, peaceful, and successful in the world, if you know how to do it. If I can do it, anyone can.
Be well.
Bill
[If you found this article helpful, please send a copy of this issue to a friend!]
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8. Glowing Testimonials and LettersMy name is Scott. I am 29 yrs. old and live in Wishan, Central Scotland. I have recently purchased your "Awakening Prologue" soundtracks from the Lifetools Company in Reading. Before I proceed I would just like to thank you for making such an awe inspiring Program available to the general public.
I realize that you get a lot of letters from Centerpointe participants talking about their past history and thoughts on the Program. So I'll try and keep this one as brief as possible.
Starting in my early teens I began to notice a general decline of energy and vitality in my own day to day living. Towards my late teens this situation perpetuated (tiredness, back problems, digestive disturbances, lack of drive, etc.). So much so that I eventually decided to see if my may doctor could help. He listened to my symptoms and carried out some blood tests and told me to come back in a few days for the results.
I left looking forward to finding out the root cause of all my ailments. When I arrived for my next appointment I was disappointed when he said "All the tests are all clear and OK. There is nothing wrong with you physically." I replied " I can assure you Doctor, I'm not making all of this up." "It's all in your head." He said, so I retorted, "Well that's great. Where do I go for a tune up!" At which point he ushered me out of the clinic.
So, since then, and especially in the past 5 years I have absorbed myself in the world of self help and complementary medicine. And not unlike your "How Holosync changed my life story" I've tried just about everything on offer. Some of the time honoured therapies like yoga, Chinese herbs and Shiatsu had varying success, but many of the others were a waste of time and money. More recently I've just been trying to manage the condition with a simplistic diet, yoga and a 3 yr diploma course in Shiatsu therapy. then about a month ago a mailshot came through my door from Lifetools offering your "Awakening Prologue" CDs backed up by some pretty hefty claims about possible advances to be made.
Initially I thought "Too expensive. I'm sick of wasting money on these systems and their false promises." But due to the fact that I had been meditating for about a year with no real change, and I had just received a tax rebate, I thought "What the heck, I'll have one last throw of the dice" and sent for the Program. all I can say Mr. Harris is that I've been truly astounded by the initial effects of your Program and am glad to have finally found something that works. It is a testament to the work of yourself and your associates that such a profound piece of work is now in the public domain. So once again thank you!
Yours,
Scott
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I send this note to say "thank you". I have not contacted you even once in the year and five months since starting your program.
My experience using your program encompasses everything everyone else describes, so no sense reiterating it all. Just trust me...I cannot be compared to the frustrated, highstrung, tearful, insomniac that used to be ME! I love, and I'm loved in return. My sisters think I look 20 years younger (significant only in proving how stress no longer controls my mind and 66-year-old body). I do not judge, not myself, not others, not circumstances, not even the weather. I am content. Yes--THANK YOU!
Barbara
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Some of the core beliefs I have found I thought I had dealt with. But the Holosync technology really is at the leading edge of personal development tools and practises. It really is so simple. Listen to the tapes regularly, study the follow up material and lit it be. I have struggled on a couple of occasions with the chaos but the breakthroughts have been like magic. As I write I'm aware of a little turmoil building but now I understand what is happening and can sit back and watch the process unfold.
With Kind Regards & Appreciation,
Ian
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Dear Bill,
I want to say how much holosync has changed my life. When I first started holosync I was in really bad shape physically with Fybromyalgia, depression, hypoglycemia and it was very hard to sleep through the night in so much physical pain. The first time I listened to Awakening Prologue was startling. I layed down to do my holosync because of my back pain.
As I listened I felt someone pressing down on my forehead really hard and I had to look to see who was there but no one was there. So I closed my eyes and noticed the feeling which felt weird but it lasted only a few minutes (sometimes I still get that feeling but not as strong). Then each day as I listened it was like holosync was waking up my body. I would feel sharp pains constantly moving around and then I would notice that I was stiff as a board and would relax..this happened over and over for months and I experienced lots of overwhelm but it didn't stop me as I already had severe depression and Dr. Taub helped me through it all [Centerpointe often refers people to Dr. Taub, who is also a part of our retreat staff].
Now I am on level 4 and I don't have any problems with anything except my low back which isn't near as bad as it used to be. I feel that holosync saved my life. I was headed down the wrong road but now I'm enjoying life everyday!! Things that I wanted to do I am now doing. I used to get discouraged when I tried something new, now it is fun. I am now enjoying the flow of life.
Thanks to all at Centerpointe,
Ruby
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9. Book Review
The Alchemist
by Paulo Coelho
On the surface,
The Alchemist reads like a fairy tale or children's bedtime story. A few hasty readers have even criticized the book for being "too simplistic" or "not sophisticated enough." While some people like to see profundity in the truly mundane, that is not the case with
The Alchemist. Though simple in style, Coelho develops layers of the story that unfold their symbolic and allegorical meanings page by page. As with many of the most effective spiritual authors, Coelho is skilled at conveying basic truths within the context of human experience in a graceful, memorable way.
Above all, Coelho is an excellent storyteller. While the characters could not be called complex or vivid with respect to Coelho's portrayal of them, the real characters of the story are not people at all, but rather elements of the quest, not just Santiago's quest, but the common quest of those seeking out their own personal destinies and meanings in life. Faith, truth, self-worth, love, persistence, and the power of listening to our hearts and to the universe itself - these are the real characters of the story.
The Alchemist is an adventure of the heart, a parable of spiritual maturing and change, and Coelho is a master of blending an exotic sense of magic with an earthy, gritty depiction of life's many challenges. The result is a mystical and poetic amalgam of human spirit, passion, and existential searching. Coelho is indeed a talented alchemist.
Much of the story takes place in the desert, a place archetypical of mystery and danger. Yet it is the relative emptiness of the desert, and other such places, that seems to force us to reflect on the landscape's only seemingly significant feature: ourselves. Coelho allows the reader to be in constant contact with this self-reflecting process of Santiago and most readers will find themselves empathizing with the boy's bouts of uncertainty, questions of self-worth, and fears. Though few of us will ever traverse the desert in search of treasure, we all have experienced something of Santiago's journey none-the-less.
In spite of the daunting challenges Santiago faces - both from his external environment and from within his own heart - the book is compellingly hopeful, reminding us that the power to fulfill our dreams does not reside in some far-off land or at the end of a rainbow, but rather within us. The destination is the journey itself. Alchemy is more than a science of turning base metals into gold. It is the transformative process Santiago experiences during his remarkable journey; one we all are destined to experience if we will listen to our heart.
***If you would like to read more about or order this book click here:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0062502182/centerpointer-20
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10. Announcements
A.
I will be speaking at the United Nations (for the UN Values Caucus) at 1:30 in the afternoon on November 4, 2004. Unfortunately, the event requires a security pass and is not open to the public.
However, so I can personally meet as many New York area Centerpointe participants, or anyone else in the New York area who wants to meet with me, we have rented a large meeting room at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Times Square for that evening. If you are in the New York area, please come and bring your friends. I will share some of what I will have presented to the United Nations, and will also speak about Holosync, and about a number of new ideas I have about how Centerpointe can even more effectively help you create the exact life you want.
We'll start at 6:30 PM and go as late as 9:00 PM, or as long as people continue to have questions or they throw us out.
My wife will be there, too, and she really IS worth meeting.
To at least partially cover the cost of the room, we're asking for $15. You can either sign up in advance (my preference, if you can), or you can pay cash at the door.
I very much look forward to meeting you.
B.
Our Fall Retreat at The Inn at Spanish Head, on the beautiful Oregon Coast, was a success. In fact, to say it was a success is an understatement. It was a HUGE success. Breakthroughs were happening so fast we couldn't count them.
Really. People's lives WERE changed. (See below for some comments from those who attended this and previous retreats.)
The dates for Centerpointe's Spring Retreat, at Glen Ivy Hot Springs near Los Angeles, are April 5-11, 2005.
If you have a big issue you'd like to resolve, if you're in a transition period in your life and you just can't seem to complete it, or if you just want to take things to a higher level--one where you understand more completely how you're creating your life--please, do yourself a favor and come spend a week with me at Glen Ivy Hot Springs.
I promise that you'll have an incredible experience you'll never forget.
I tell people they'll receive six months of growth in just 5 days at these retreats, but they keep improving every time, and people now tell me they're received much more than that.
I tailor each retreat to the needs of the specific people who attend (which means YOU). My goal is to help you see the ways you may be unconsciously and unintentionally creating your internal and external reality, and how easy it actually is to consciously and intentionally create the life you want, both inside and out.
This is your chance to make a big change, and to work with me personally.
So click on this link for more information:
http://www.centerpointe.com/index.php?page=retreats
And, I guarantee results! Here's the guarantee: Attend the entire retreat. If by the end of the retreat you don't think it was the most incredible growth experience you've ever had, just see me before you leave, and I'll refund your tuition.
You do not need to be a program participant to attend (though most people who attend are). (And if you're not a program participant, why the heck aren't you? Quit procrastinating and join.)
Click here for more information:
http://www.centerpointe.com/index.php?page=retreats
Or, call us between 9:30 and 5:00 Pacific time, M-F, at 1-800-945-2741 or 503-672-7117.
Here's what some of the participants from this year's retreats have said:
The greatest benefit I got from the retreat was the realization that I am in control of things and there's nothing wrong with me. The future looks very bright if I"m willing to put in the work, and I certainly am!
In a lot of ways this was the greatest week of my life.
John
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The doors (of my previous view of who I was and what I could not do) were not only blown to bits, they are no longer anywhere in sight. I am now leaving with clarity and vision for my next steps forward in my life.
Adeline
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I'm even more convinced that Holosync and Bill's material is the most profound spiritual process I have found. If someone truly wants to "blow the doors off," the retreat is the place to go. The work is very deep and very powerful as long as you are willing to really engage in the process fully.
Maya
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I really appreciate your dedication to helping others (including me) achieve personal growth in their lives. You do so out of a passion and true interest in helping others; it is your calling. Having met you, I experienced a truly multifaceted (point of consciousness) - music, flying, intellectual, fun & love. It is my pleasure and benefit to meet you personally. I hope that we connect again soon. Many Thanks,
John
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Since the retreat, my life has been filled with moments of deep joy I had not previously experienced. These moments happen frequently and leave me with an outward smile and a profound peace. I feel as if I am glowing and radiant inside with joy.
I'm not sure exactly what happened to me at the retreat, but I know my life is different. Something is healed and life is joyful. Thank you for providing the environment, the people and the teachings for this to take place. And thank you for taking me on this wonderful journey of a life of delicious surprises.
Take care-
Anne
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I did have a very positive experience at the retreat and plan to return next year, hopefully with my husband. As I mentioned in the closing remarks, I laughed a lot, and I felt joy and a real connection to others despite only knowing them a little or not at all. I was able to drop the separateness (being different, better, or worst, or just separate) that I usually identify with/carry around. How liberating!
I really appreciate, as I dive more deeply into the Life Principles Integration Process how much you've integrated and explained in these lessons with such clarity and depth. It's taken me years of practice (~18 years) and a lifetime of dharma talks to have a basic understanding of some of these principles. You clarified so much in just a few lessons.
Colette
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Thank you from my heart for your words of wisdom and mostly for your kindness and love. Thanks for the chance to open my heart wider and feel love flowing from almost 60 hearts during our retreat! We call this retreat "Circle of LOVE"!
I was in blessing condition after the Retreat, than in chaos state (with pleasure!), now I am feeling growing process and enjoying that! Thanks for my jump!
You are doing amazing job, Bill! I am sure this is REAL help for people! I am ready to send information about Centerpointe to everyone in my mailing list. It will be nice to get from you idea how to do it the best.
I would like to send my daughter to next retreat! It will be my birthday gift for her!
Love-
Alla (from Russia)
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