1. Welcome to Issue #152 (September 16, 2005) of MIND CHATTER, 
the e-mail newsletter of Centerpointe Research Institute: 
http://www.centerpointe.com.

Mind 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 Special Medical Study:
   New research shows amazing benefits of Holosync (scroll to item #6)

// A few recommendations that may benefit you (scroll to item #7)

// Feature Article
   How to be Consciously Creative
   by Bill Harris, Director (scroll to item #8)

// Glowing Testimonial of the Month (scroll to #9)

// Letters to Bill (scroll to #10)

// Book Review (scroll to #11)
   by Katie Sparks
   Unstoppable: 
   45 Powerful Stories of Perserverance and Triumph From People Just Like You
   by Cynthia Kersey

// Important Announcements (scroll to #12)

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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 Quotes

No man is free who is not master of himself.
       - Epictetus (Greek philospher, c. 100 C.E.)

Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it.
       - Danny Kaye

He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
       - Benjamin Franklin

We mustn't let our passions destroy our dreams.
       - unknown

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6. A Special Medical Study:
New research shows amazing benefits of Holosync

I'm very excited to announce that a medical study about Holosync(c) has been
accepted for publication in a prestigious British medical journal. Below is the
cover letter I received with the study. Though we are prevented by copyright
laws from reprinting the entire study, I will summarize the results below the
cover letter.

View the cover letter at the following URL:
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| http://www.centerpointe.com/studyletter/ |
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This study found that Holosync soundtracks listened to before surgery
significantly relieved subjective states of pre-surgery anxiety in patients with
chronic anxiety problems, as measured by the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory
questionnaire.

Mean decreases in anxiety scores were 26.3% in the Holosync group, 11.1% in a
control group who listened to an identical soundtrack but without Holosync
tones, and 3.8% in a second control group who received no specific intervention.

The conclusion of the researchers was that Holosync "has the potential to
decrease acute pre-operative anxiety significantly."

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7. I want to show you how to create the exact life you want--
inside and out! Here's how to experience a FREE preview...

I know that many people may have promised that they can teach you how to create
the life you want.

I promise you that I really can--and have for thousands of people.

I've also arranged for you to be able to experience a sample of how I do it,
FREE.

So, here's a very special opportunity for you...something that can totally turn
your life around. And, it could be worth a considerable amount of money to you,
as well.

Just for a moment, imagine:

WHAT IF you could be IN CHARGE of what happens to you--including your feelings
and emotions and other internal states, as well as your external results?...

Wouldn't that be a lot better than waiting for life to "just happen," where you
sometimes get what you want, and sometimes you get what you don't want?

Are you willing to learn exactly HOW you can do this?

For the last year and a half, I've been teaching three 12-lesson online courses
called the Life Principles Integration Process, or LPIP, that teach you all of
this, and more. I've received thousands of emails and letters from the people in
these courses telling me how what they've learned has transformed their lives,
even saved their lives. (You can see some of the comments people have made
below.)

So more people could afford the LPIP courses, and as an introductory offer, I'm
offering them for an incredibly low $249 per course. 
 
And, if you sign up for all three, I'll give you the third course for FREE.

This actually made each course $166 each, about $13.83 per lesson.

If I taught the LPIP material in seminar form, it would probably take at least
ten long intense days to teach each course. And with all the personal follow-up
I include I'd have to charge several thousand dollars per course for you to
attend.

And even at that lofty price, it would be worth it, I promise you.

Not only that, there is an iron-clad money back guarantee on these courses.Take
the course and do the homework, and if you don't think this is the most
transformational experience you've ever had, I'll immediately refund your entire
tuition.
 
In other words, you have nothing to lose but whatever ways you have been
automatically creating what you don't want in life.

I will warn you, though. These LPIP courses are not your typical pablum-filled
feel-good seminars where you feel high at the end but realize three weeks later
that little if anything really changed.

If you take these three courses, EVERYTHING will change--and, for the better.
Your life will be transformed. You will have all the tools you need to be in
direct control of your life--your feelings, your internal state, your external
results, your behavior.

And, you will gain a huge insight into who you really are, why you're here, and
what life is all about.

Plus you'll learn, step-by-step, the exact strategies, internal and external,
used by the most successful people in the world to get anything they want. And,
I'll show you how to make sure you use them and make them work for you.

And, as I said, if you don't get what you want from these courses, for any
reason, you can get a refund. I'm taking all the risk, other than your time
investment in actually doing the lessons.

If you're not serious about changing your life, if you aren't willing to do what
it takes to operate at the highest level and really be happy, peaceful, and
successful ALL THE TIME, this isn't for you.

But if you're serious, if you're sincere, these three courses will utterly and
completely change your life.

Here's a huge and very unique benefit you'll get from these LPIP online courses:

In addition to everything else, all LPIP course participants get unlimited email
access to me for any questions they have about course content. I answer every
one of these emails personally--no staff members are involved--and some of my
answers, when necessary, are sometimes three, five, even seven pages long.

I put everything into this course, because I really, sincerely want you to get
everything I'm promising.

You though, have a part in the success of these courses--in fact, a big part. I
don't wave a magic want over you and change you into a happy, peaceful,
successful person in complete control of his or her life.

If just tell you how to do it, and give you an easy way to make the change.

Because I have such a huge personal time investment in answering all your
questions, I want to make one thing very clear, though. Please DO NOT take these
courses unless you're willing to do your part. I do not have the time to waste
on those who aren't sincere and aren't willing to pay the price to create the
internal changes they want.

But if you ARE sincere, and you really do want to change your life, I want to
show you how to do it, and I will take you, step by step, through everything you
need to know.

You CAN create an entirely new life for yourself, regardless of your past or
present circumstances. 

You can read more about each course and what it includes, and even listen to a
free preview lesson, just by clicking below:

http://www.centerpointe.com/life/preview

So please, go listen to the free preview lesson, and if you really are ready to
change your life, enroll in this amazing courses risk-free.

I look forward to having you in these courses and showing you that the
possibilities for what your life can be really are limitless...regardless of
your present or past circumstances.

Just click here to listen to the free preview lesson and to take advantage of
the old low price before we're forced to raise it on March 1st:

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http://www.centerpointe.com/life/preview
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Be well.

Bill

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The World's Greatest Teachers
Get to know them, hear their stories, learn their secrets...

"Spend an hour with some of the World's Greatest Teachers--in the comfort of
your own home--and for a fraction of what others have paid to learn from
them..."

What if you could spend some quality time with ten of the world's greatest
personal and spiritual growth teachers--learning what they know about success,
inner peace, living a fulfilling life, and about all kinds of personal and
spiritual growth? And what if you could learn from these amazing teachers for a
tiny fraction of what others have paid?

I'm talking about teachers like Jack Canfield (co-author of the New York Times
Bestselling series Chicken Soup for the Soul and the current runaway bestseller,
The Success Principles) ) ...Byron Katie, creator of The Work and author of
Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life. ...Gay Hendricks, PhD
and Kathlyn Hendricks, PhD (bestselling authors of Conscious Loving and other
books) ...T. Harv Eker (wealth-creation teacher extraordinaire and bestselling
author) ...Dr. Joe Vitale (bestselling author of The Attractor Factor and
Hypnotic Marketing wizard) ...and seven other outstanding teachers (see below
for details).

These are happy, high-performance people who live at the top of their game. Many
have appeared on Oprah and other well-known TV shows and have been featured in
national magazines and other media. They write best-selling books, speak to
hundreds of thousands--perhaps millions--of people, and teach the best personal
growth trainings in the world.

In fact, people often pay several thousand dollars to gain the wisdom these
teachers have.

You, however, won't have to, because I'm going to bring them to you for a tiny
fraction of what it would normally cost to learn for them.

These people were not born happy, peaceful, and successful, however. They had to
work at it. Many of them have been to hell and back to gain the ability to take
control of their lives and their futures. As a result of their experiences,
these teachers have--and will teach you--proven, practical solutions for...

...many of the same problems and situations you may be facing, right now, in
your own life.

I feel very blessed to say that these great teachers are my friends. In every
case, their lives are dedicated to teaching you how to be happy and peaceful,
and create whatever you want in the world.

What if you could...

Be happier...be more peaceful inside...solve the prosperity problem...make the
right decisions in your life...direct your mind in a way that allows you to
create what you really want in life...create loving and intimate
relationships...get rid of self-sabotage...be popular and have the friends you
want...experience a greater personal and spiritual connection with other people
and with the universe in general...and a lot more.

In my World's Greatest Teachers teleseminar series, you can listen in on relaxed
and intimate conversations I'll be having with all of these extraordinary people
(see below for the full lineup). In these conversations you'll get a feeling for
how they think...discover what's really important to them...learn what they
believe about life, success, spirituality, and a lot more...find out how they
handle the difficult situations they sometimes face (yes, they deal with the
same kinds of challenges you face every day--they just do it in a different
way).

I promise that this series will be unlike anything else you've ever experienced.
Once a month, you'll listen in as I discuss life, personal growth, spirituality,
prosperity and success, and anything else that comes up, with one of these great
teachers, in a relaxed and intimate setting. My job is to draw out their
wisdom--and their personal secrets about how to live a happy and fulfilling
life, so...

...you can learn how to do the same in your own life.

Some of these teachers specialize in more "worldly" pursuits--making money,
creating what you want in life, having better relationships, and other more
practical aspects of creating the good life for yourself. Others stress the
spiritual side of life--inner peace, happiness, meditation, connection with God
or the universe, enlightenment, and other spiritual topics.

And, of course, some are experts in both!

Here is the All-Star lineup I've put together for you:

Jack Canfield is co-author of the New York Times Bestselling Chicken Soup for
the Soul books, and author of the runaway bestseller The Success Secrets. Jack
is one of the most powerful speakers and teachers in the world. He has spoken to
millions of people, has appeared in every major TV show you can imagine, and has
sold over 100 million books. I know Jack very well, and I can tell you that
there is no finer human being on earth. What's more, Jack knows more about
self-esteem and success than any person I've ever met. I promise that what Jack
and I will discuss will jump-start your life.

Byron Katie Time Magazine called her "a visionary for the new millennium" and
her first book, Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life. Loving
What Is has been translated into 20 languages. In 1986, Byron Katie experienced
the profound realization that without any story about how life is supposed to be
we are left with peace far beyond what we hoped for through wish fulfillment.
Letting go of our myths about reality leaves reality itself, indescribably
joyful. Only when we give up "what should be" can we experience the perfection
of "what is." The Work of Byron Katie is a deeply transformative process of
inquiry that is helping people all over the world approach their problems from a
perspective of clarity and inner peace. Katie and I will discuss The Work in a
way that just might change your life.

Gay Henricks, PhD and Katie Hendricks, PhD are bestselling authors of Conscious
Loving and too many other books to list here, but their main area of expertise
is relationships. When Oprah wanted relationship experts, she called Gay and
Katie, and they have appeared on her show twice and on many other major TV
shows. Over the last thirty years, they've been all over the world teaching
thousands of people how to have conscious, intimate, and fulfilling
relationships. Their approach is very unique, very practical, and very powerful.
Whether you're married, single, male or female, what they will share will change
your life forever.

Dr. Joe Vitale is one of the most amazing people I've ever met, and hearing his
take on life will delight you. Joe is a world-famous marketing expert whose
approach to marketing has been described both as hypnotic marketing and
spiritual marketing. Instead of trying to sell people something, he shows people
how they can get the very thing they want and need. Joe's most interesting area
of expertise, in my opinion, is the workings of the law of attraction and how
you can use it to get whatever you want in life. Joe's spiritual approach to the
practical problems of prosperity will totally change the way you think about
money and about life.

Cynthia Kersey is the author of Unstoppable and Unstoppable Women. What's the
secret to becoming unstoppable? Cynthia Kersey knows. In fact, she's spent the
last seven years researching and interviewing hundreds of America's greatest
achievers. In her best-selling book, Unstoppable, she reveals their secrets and
traits and outlines a simple process that anyone can apply to create unstoppable
results in their life. Unstoppable has now sold several hundred thousand copies
in 13 languages, and was named by Publisher's Weekly as one the best-selling
paperbacks of 1999. Cynthia really is an unstoppable ball of fire, and in our
conversation, she'll share how you can be unstoppable, too.

Paul Scheele is the mastermind behind Learning Strategies Corporation. Paul is
nothing short of a walking, talking genius, particularly regarding accelerated
learning and how you can better use your mind to create wealth, health, creative
ideas, specialized knowledge, emotional peace, and a lot more. Paul knows more
than anyone I know about how the mind works, how we get in our own way, and how
to open the floodgates of our minds to tap into incredible internal resources.
He is creator of the powerful Paraliminal recordings used by thousands
world-wide, as well as the world-famous PhotoReading training where students
learn to read at 25,000 words a minute (or more!). You will be astounded as Paul
explains just how much more your mind really is capable of.

Hale Dwoskin is my special friend, and one of the most enlightened humans on the
planet. He is the successor to Lester Levinson, the creator of the Sedona
Method. Hale has shown hundreds of thousands of people how they can let go of
any unpleasant feeling, instantly, and in our conversation he will show you how
to do this. The stunningly simple Sedona Method allows people to tap into levels
of awareness often described as enlightenment, satori, cosmic consciousness,
Christ Consciousness--or just plain happiness. Hale is one of the most
spiritually clear teachers I've ever met. Not only will you be wowed by the
information he'll share, you'll be captivated by his spirit and the profound
effect of what he teaches.

John Assaraf has an incredible story to tell. John grew up on the streets of
Montreal, Canada, stealing and hanging out with gangs. Fortunately, before his
life could go completely down the drain, he found some mentors who steered him
onto another path. Now he owns a company that last year did $4 BILLION dollars
in sales, and he has created at least 18 companies I know of with over $1
million in sales in the first year alone. John's passion is sharing with others
how to use the power of your mind--based on the newest research in
neurophysiology--to create success, both financial and personal. His Cloning
Success seminars have drawn raves from the top success teachers in the world,
and he is currently working on a new company, OneCoach.com, to help small
businesses become BIG business. If you want to learn "how it's done" from a real
winner, please don't miss my conversation with John Assaraf.

T. Harv Eker's father came to North America with thirty dollars in his pocket.
At thirteen, Harv began his work career delivering newspapers, scooping ice
cream, and doing other odd jobs. His dream was to become a millionaire, but
regardless of what he did he just couldn't achieve success. After many years of
frustration, Eker did become a millionaire when he started a chain of fitness
centers and then sold part of the company to a Fortune 500 corporation. Then,
through poor investments and unchecked spending, he managed to sink back to his
original net worth. He realized that most peoples' "inner-money thermostat" was
set at a specific amount--but that this could be changed. Using the principles
and practices found in his book, Secrets of the Millionaire Mind, Eker reset his
own inner blueprint to not only create success, but to keep it and grow it.
Today he is the president of Peak Potentials Training, and has already touched
the lives of over 250,000 people, helping them move toward true financial
freedom. I promise that what Harv and I will discuss will change your life
forever.

Bob Scheinfeld has been my good friend for over a decade. Bob is the grandson of
Aaron Scheinfeld, who founded Manpower, Inc, the world's largest temporary help
service. When Bob was just 12, Aaron began teaching him his little-known wealth
building secrets--but passed away before he could finish. Bob spent the next two
decades applying what he learned, and scrambling to gather the missing pieces.
During that time Bob became a millionaire, then lost everything, plunging more
than $150,000 into debt. He spent seven years struggling before he discovered
the missing pieces, rebuilt his business empire, became a multimillionaire,
transformed the other aspects of his life, and began to live what he now calls
"The Ultimate Lifestyle." His books, The Invisible Path to Success and The 11th
Element teach the "how-to" of his method--which, quite frankly, goes against the
grain of other prosperity approaches you may have learned. I know you'll benefit
greatly from hearing what Bob and I have to say.

Chris and Janet Attwood are two of the coolest people I know. They wear so many
different hats I don't know where to start. On one hand, both are powerful
spiritual teachers in their own right. Janet just returned from India where she
interviewed dozens of saints for a documentary she is creating called The Saints
Speak Out. On the other hand, both Chris and Janet are savvy business people,
specializing in the creation of what they call enlightened alliances. Chris has
run companies with sales as high as $27 million per year. Wearing their business
hats, they've worked with Mark Victor Hansen, Jack Canfield, Robert Allen, Byron
Katie, Harv Eker, and other notables. They are also principles in the popular
online magazine, HealthyWealthynWise, and in that capacity they have interviewed
scores of famous teachers. I know you'll be fascinated and inspired by what
Chris, Janet and I will discuss.

James Ray is a truly amazing human being. Starting at a very early age, James
began having transcendental experiences and ventures into states of non-ordinary
consciousness. Not understanding these experienced, he initially dismissed them,
entered the business world, becoming a successful entrepreneur, speaker, and
business consultant. He is one of the few spiritual teachers who has also
achieved top honors in the business world. In addition to studying the great
spiritual traditions for over twenty five years, he is honored to have been
initiated into 3 shamanic orders from the Incan culture as well as the
supernatural Huna tradition of ancient Hawaii. His story of a recent trip to
Columbia, where he experienced powerful shamanic initiations with a well-known
native shaman, will absolutely blow your mind!

These twelve teachers, and what they will share, are worth their weight in gold.

They will entertain you, enlighten you, uplift you, and educate you. Once you've
heard them, you won't be the same. These teachers are all waiting to share their
wisdom and knowledge with you. The fastest way to become excellent at anything
is to model excellence in others, and this series is your opportunity to do just
that.

Once you've heard them, you won't be the same.

What would you expect to pay for the privilege of learning from these people? A
thousand dollars? Two thousand? Tens of thousands of people have paid much more
to sit at the feet of these teachers. However, because these people are all my
friends, I've arranged for you to learn from all of them for...just $199!

Here's how it works:

The first of these World's Greatest Teachers conversations will begin on
Tuesday, October 4th, 2005 at 6 PM U.S. Pacific Time. A new conversation will
follow on the first Tuesday of each month for twelve months. Upon registering,
you will be sent the phone number to call along with your exclusive passcode.

Then, just sit back listen and learn. The day after each call we will post the
conversation online, where you can catch our conversation if you missed the
original call, or listen again for greater learning. You can even download each
call and burn it onto a CD so you can listen in your car or home.

Seats for this event are limited. Because the number of phone lines is limited,
please act right away. Once the World's Greatest Teachers series is full, it's
full.

To begin the registration process, simply visit
http://www.centerpointe.com/teachers/

It is extremely important that you provide us with an active email account, as
we will be sending the phone number for the first seminar along with your
exclusive passcode to this email address within 48 hours after you complete the
registration.

I look forward to you joining me each month during my amazing conversations with
these great teachers. Until then...

Be well.

Bill Harris, Director

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8. Feature Article
How to be Consciously Creative
by Bill Harris, Director, Centerpointe Research Institute

What is the key to living the life you want to live, instead of just
taking--often merely enduring--what comes your way?

I receive mail all the time that reminds me that many people are not living the
life they want to live. In the three online courses that make up my Life
Principles Integration Process, students have unlimited email access to me. As
each wave of new students takes the first two or three lessons of the first
course (The Internal Map of Reality Expander) I receive heartfelt letters in
which the sender outlines the problems and challenges they face in their life. 

Here are a few short examples:

"I am a licensed mental health therapist and I love time to myself, freedom and
would love to not have to work so much. ...[R]ecent changes definitely
demonstrated an improvement in my level of confidence in myself, determination
and effort. It hasn't worked out very well at all, my full time job is turning
into a nightmare. In fact, I am really completely overwhelmed and wiped out
working 2 jobs seven days a week even though my financial situation has been
steadily improving the past few years." --Robin

"I loved this lesson and felt so powerful for about half a day after listening
to it. Then back to my "unsafe" self. How do you truly feel safe? What about old
habits--overeating, no motivation for exercise, isolation and having no friends.
How does "thinking" about what I do want change these real life situations?
Where does action come in? I truly don't want to exercise--will thinking I do
make me get up and do it? I don't have friends - living in a new city and
isolating myself with depression, I want to be social and have friends - how
will "thinking" this make this happen? I have such a habit of NOT doing! And the
little I have done (like exercise throughout the years) comes in such short
spurts - with disappointment or giving up in the end." --Cathy

"Oh my God!  I'm going nowhere.  I try and try and try with the self-help, but I
still have problems with girls and my salary keeps shrinking!  I'll never get
out my toxic house!  I'll never get to the next stage in my life and escape the
shadow of my Dad!  I'll never be able to approach women and date them freely! 
I'll never be happy!  I'm just this scatterbrained book-smart beta male who
can't cut it in the real world!  I am so f#$cked!" --George

"I am not seeming to be getting any major results so far. I am aware of a lot
more things than I previously was but seem to be unable to make any kind of real
changes in the way I think (and yes... I am one of those people who nothing
works for... how d'ya guess?). I still have old, worn out habit patterns of fear
and worry that plague me. I notice them. I know I am sabotaging myself. And I
know the impact they will have and are having in how things turn out. I really
want those major life changing breakthoughs that others seem to be having in
this course." --Jason

I receive many letters similar to these every day. I found myself telling these
people, and many others like them, pretty much the same thing. 

The premises behind my answers:

1. Each person creates his or her own internal and external reality, and that
reality is determined by the way in which that person focuses his or her mind.

This means that how you feel and what happens to you is not coming from "out
there". External events and other people may serve as a trigger, but it's what
you do inside with what's out there that determines how you feel, how you
behave, and what situations and people you attract into your life. It only looks
as if outer circumstances create your life.

2. Your mind takes what you focus on as an instruction to create or attract more
of it, and your mind is incredibly powerful in doing this.

3. Your mind (or at least the part of it that creates your reality) does not
understand the intention behind the instructions you give it, nor does it care.
Like a faithful servant, it takes each instruction, each point of focus,
literally, as if you want it.

For instance, if your intention is to have lots of loving friends but you focus
on not being alone, your mind sees the internal pictures you make of being alone
(you have to picture being alone to think of not being alone in the same way
that you have to think of a blue tree if I tell you not to think of a blue
tree). These internal pictures are taken as an instruction, and your mind gets
busy creating it. While you, through your conscious mind, know your intention,
the creative part of your mind (which is unconscious) does not. Focusing on what
you do not want seems like a good way to avoid it, but in reality it tells your
mind to create more of it.

4. By "focusing" I mean make internal representations of. This usually means
making internal pictures or having internal dialog about something (though there
are other types of internal representations).

5. Almost every person focuses without being aware of how they are focusing, and
without conscious intention.

This means that the creative power each person possesses to create their reality
is operating on automatic, sometimes creating what you want and very often
creating what you do not want. 

I point out to people what they are doing inside, albeit unconsciously and
unintentionally, to create how they feel in each moment, how they behave, and
what situations and people they attract. I'm attempting to get you to vividly
see the connection between your internal processes and what happens to you, both
internally and externally.

Two Questions

There are two obvious questions that should jump out at you as you consider the
above. The first is: Why in the world would someone, even unconsciously, focus
on what they do not want--especially given the obviously bad consequences? The
answer is that people who chronically focus on what they do not want are victims
of past emotional trauma, generally during childhood. Such people create a
generalization about life: that the world is a dangerous place, or at least a
potentially dangerous place. Believing this, it's almost common sense to
conclude that the wise thing to do is to watch out for this potential danger, so
as to avoid it. Unfortunately, as I've already described, your brain takes the
attention you place on danger as an instruction to create or attract more of it,
and it expertly goes about doing just that. In addition, you instantly feel bad
whenever you focus on what you do not want.

Healing of the trauma, then--removing the emotional charge from significant
negative emotional events responsible for the generalization--removes the pull
to focus on what one does not want. When this pull is removed, you naturally and
easily focus on what you want and create it in reality.

The second question is: How does one make this powerful creative part of the
brain conscious and intentional, so as to use it to create what you want?

These two questions point out that we need 1) a way to remove the emotional
charge from past traumatic events, and 2) a way to make ourselves conscious of
these previously unconscious processes so we can intentionally direct them to
create what we want. Holosync solves both problems. Over time, meditation with
Holosync removes the emotional charge from past traumas, making them emotionally
neutral. It also causes us to realize that there is no reason or benefit to
pulling negative emotions from the past into the present. Even if we meet a real
and immediate present danger, adding a negative emotional charge from the past
has no benefit. Perhaps this type of fight or flight response was helpful in the
days when humans had to run from saber-toothed tigers, but in today's world this
response is a definite and debilitating drawback--as anyone who suffers from
emotional over-reactions to everyday events knows.

Two Tools

Holosync also has a dramatic effect on self-awareness, increasing our awareness
of the internal processes that create our reality. In addition, Holosync use
makes us more and more aware of how everything "goes together"--how the seeming
separation and isolation we sometimes feel is an illusion created by a
particular way of seeing things.

The Life Principles Integration Process is another powerful tool to solve these
problems. As increased self-awareness develops, whether through Holosync use or
from some other consciousness-raising practice, it is extremely helpful to have
a map of the territory to be discovered. If you were visiting Chicago for the
first time, and before your visit a native showed you the map of the city,
taught you all the main streets, pointed out important landmarks and other
points of interest, and showed you the best way to get around the city, you
would learn how to get around in Chicago much more quickly. 

In the same way, the LPIP courses show you the map of your internal processing
system, describe how that system works, and give you some practice in
intentionally and consciously using it. When your awareness allows you to
actually see your own internal processes, you recognize them immediately and
begin navigating much more quickly and effectively.

To the person who is still creating his or her reality automatically and
unintentionally this is difficult to comprehend. But those who do what it takes
to develop the necessary conscious awareness and, as a result, are able to take
the reins of their mind find that intentionally creating one's reality is
actually very easy. After all, right now you are creating the drama-filled
reality of constant ups and downs and disappointments without effort. You focus
your mind in a certain way, and life is one drama after another. You focus it in
another way, and life is easy. Once your attention consciously and intentionally
moves from what you do not want to what you want, creating the life you want
really is effortless.

I tell you this to motivate you to keep going on your journey of self-discovery.
Use Holosync, or at least have some method of increasing your conscious
awareness. If you are already using Holosync, recommit to using it daily, and to
finishing the entire Holosync Solution program. Be willing to go inside and find
out what you are doing to create what is happening in your life--even if it
looks as if your outer circumstances are to blame. If you do, you will find that
you are creating your reality, and that with a little bit of work you can learn
to create it in any way you want.

Be well.

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9. Glowing Testimonials and Letters
 
I just want to thank you for the latest Retreat CD's that you sent with my new
tapes--Purification level 1--Your talks have helped so much with the ability to
watch.	I never really knew what it all meant until I listened this time to your
CD's.  I really appreciate you helping in this way.  I think if you had not sent
me the CD's I would be floundering still, not knowing if I was doing right, not
understanding it at all. Just to watch the feelings with real interest and
curiosity, it makes such a difference!!  And it is so easy once you
understand...so thank you Bill and your great staff over there. 

Sincerely,
Kathy

***

I have been thinking about letting you know how much I enjoyed and benefited
from the retreat and am happy to only have to reply to your e-mail to do that
now (I am never lazy or shy, not me). So many amazing, wonderful, synchronous
things continue to unfold in my life on a daily basis. I'm rather astounded and
incredibly grateful for the huge surge in my inner growth. It's really quite
lovely! I've been doing pretty okay with most everything. When there is
turbulence,  I am usually able to stop and notice what's going on and then let
it be okay (sooner or later). Letting those fearful little feelings just be
feelings that pass if I just get out of the way. I'm learning to stop
intellectualizing every little thing and find so much freedom in that. People
that are close to me keep telling me how much more peaceful I am these days. No
turning back now - Nirvana here I come (well maybe)!!

So, I thank you for being who you are and doing what you are doing that has such
an incredible impact on me, especially, and the rest of the world! I am really
fascinated that you spoke at the United Nations and hope you give us all a recap
of that in Mind Chatter or someplace.  The whole world seems to be such a mess.
I'm sure the best each of us can hope for is to heal ourselves and make it
better one person at a time.

I enrolled in the online courses right away after the retreat and am now on the
4th part of the 1st lesson. The work is so enlightening to me - it's bringing up
all kinds of aha's and some tears too. I know it's all okay and just stuff that
needs to come out/be released. I've also become a member of the Inner Circle.
So, I am absolutely committed to consume myself in working through all this
stuff that I've created over the years to guarantee my unhappiness. I'm amazed
to remember that several years ago I came across an ad or something about
Holosync and knew that I would one day "do that" but not yet. 

I guess when the student is ready the teacher will come. Thanks for showing up!

Highest Regards, 
Joann

***
 
I just returned from a week long inner journey with Dr. Jim Hardt and staff at
the Biocybernaut Institute.  WOW, is right!  I couldn't believe the things I
discovered on my journey.  I decided to go as deep as I could and I found gems
that I couldn't have imagined.	What I thought was real in my past life was just
an illusion, a made up story.  What an opportunity to learn about myself.  My
life seems much lighter now and this is only the first day back home.
 
Bill,  I want to personally thank you for the 20% discount that you provided to
Centerpointe Research members.	Your generosity is much appreciated, and I
suspect it will return to you in multiples.
 
Best wishes!
Rick

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10. Letters to Bill

Bill,

Your reply to Virginia is quite astounding.  You say that not even Holosync
won't help this woman because she's not accepting the basic premise that she's
creating her reality.

Could you please explain to me why is that you said that holosync DOES get to
the core of people's issues.  This is what you've been telling me and many other
thousands of people for years.	Now you saying that Holosync won't work for this
woman if she doesn't understand that she's creating her reality.

Holosync is supposed to cut through the unconscious blocks.  You've said this
time and time again and we can resist all we want.  Eventually Holosync will
solve these issues.  You said it and I've kept buying these levels. Could you
PLEASE reply as I feel if this is what your saying, well what's the point in
continuing the rest of the course, if holosync isn't as powerful as you
originally said it was.

Regards
Lyall


Lyall,

Holosync does many things, but the most important of them is to create increased
conscious awareness. This awareness allows you to see what you are doing inside
to create your reality. Sometimes it takes a few levels before a person realizes
what is happening, but all along they are more and more clearly seeing how what
they thought was just "happening" to them really is being generated inside. Once
you know this, you can then take charge of this generating process instead of
just allowing it to happen automatically, where sometimes it creates what you
want and sometimes it doesn't.

Some people, though, have such a strong investment in the idea that they are a
victim, that their outer circumstances are responsible for what happens in their
life, that they filter out what this new awareness shows them. Instead, they
cling to the victim position so tightly that they sabotage their growth. If they
keep using Holosync through thick and thin they eventually come out the other
side and realize what is going on, but most of them quit instead.

If the secret to everything is the fact that what you focus on creates your
reality, and you refuse to take that responsibility for how you are focusing
your mind and continue to unconsciously focus on being a victim, how will you
ever change? It isn't possible. If you have the key to the car, but you refuse
to put it in the ignition, you will never start the car, no matter how great a
car it is. 

Once you know the key change that must be made, it's just crazy to refuse to
make that key change and then blame something else for your lack of progress.

So if you increase your awareness, and you avoid looking at what that awareness
presents you with--because you're focused on what you think is controlling you
from the outside--you'll sabotage yourself from making any progress. Yes,
eventually Holosync will break through it, but why buy a car and then drive with
the brakes on?

If Holosync shows you that you are creating your reality, but you refuse to look
and learn from what you're seeing, you have no one to blame but yourself.
Certainly Holosync isn't to blame.

Lyall, you're making a common mistake. You're looking for Holosync to change
you, passively, instead of using it as a tool to create change. That a person's
life isn't working ALWAYS begins with a belief that their reality is being
created by outside circumstances (which is the point I was making in my letter
to Virginia). Holosync creates the awareness that this is not the case. It shows
you that YOU, moment by moment, are the one creating every feeling, every
internal state, every behavior, and everything you attract into your life. You
have to take that knowledge, though, once it comes to you, and use it.
Otherwise, it is useless. Once you have the key, you have to put it in the
ignition. If you don't, it's not really fair to blame the car.

If someone clings to the idea that outer circumstances create their life, they
are clinging to the very thing that needs to shift in order for them to change.
That's why people who cannot buy into the idea that they create their reality
are the ones who always say that none of the personal growth approaches they've
tried have worked. If you don't get that YOU are creating what is happening, how
can something work? Whatever does work works because of how YOU do it. If you
don't take charge of how you do it, when that's the key, how can you then blame
Holosync?

And by the way, the number of people who fall into this category--those who
refuse to buy into the idea that they create their reality--is very small. Many
people come to us who initially think this way, but almost all of them have a
big ah-ha when I clearly share the idea that they are creating what happens for
them. Then they test it in reality, and once they test it, they realize that I'm
telling the truth, and their life changes.

So, to answer your question as to what is the point of continuing on to deeper
levels: there IS no point in doing so if you are going to insist that you are a
victim and deny that you create your reality. Luckily you have total control
over whether or not you cling to the victim attitude or take the reins of your
life. 

I'm trying to get you to see how easy it is to create whatever you want in life,
inside and out. Right now, as you read this, and throughout every day, you are
already creating whatever you're feeling and whatever is happening to you. The
problem is that right now you're doing it unconsciously and unintentionally.
Holosync is a super-powerful tool to get you to see your internal processes.
Then, the information I share through the support and the courses and retreats I
teach gives you a framework for understanding how that creative process works.
All you have to do is shift your attitude to match what I'm sharing and you will
find out, through experience, that you really can intentionally create your life
instead of allowing it to run on autopilot.

Holosync has many other powerful benefits besides the fact that it increases
your awareness. It increases the amount of a number of beneficial brain
chemicals that improve focus and mental abilities, health and well-being, and
emotional balance. It helps the two sides of your brain communicate. It raises
your threshold for stress. And so on. There are many reasons for using Holosync,
but the main one is that it clues you into the fact that YOU are the creative
power behind your life.

It's good that you wrote this letter because, as I said, you are making a common
mistake: passively waiting for Holosync to change you without your active
participation, without your changing your attitudes about yourself and your
life. I want you to succeed with the program, and to find out how easy life can
be when you take the reins and create it consciously. You can do this, I
promise. Keep going.

Be well.

Bill

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11. Book Review
Unstoppable: 
45 Powerful Stories of Perserverance and Triumph From People Just Like You 
by Cynthia Kersey
Review by Katie Sparks

***If you would like to read more about or order this book click here: 
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1570713383/centerpointer-20/103-2666295-5
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In certain periods of my life I've thought I might rather die a slow and painful
death than to read another book on other people's success. The very idea
unleashes my rebellious child, who wants to fight for her own path toward her
dreams, not to be swayed by some "one-size-fits-all" mold of success. Even the
word "success" is heavily loaded with emotional baggage for most of us. Past
failures still eat at us. Unwanted pressures and expectations linger from
parents, teachers and coaches. Feelings like sadness or anger develop when we
don't believe we can attain the level of success we want or think we want. So I
didn't know if I could take another book about other people's success.

Unstoppable: 45 Powerful Stories of Perserverance and Triumph From People Just
Like You proved me wrong. As I sat immersed in the book, I was moved to tears
while reading story after story of people following their dreams. In one of
these, an African teenager leaves his village to make a miraculous journey by
foot to Cairo, where he would board a ship to America. He had no shoes, no
money, no company, and no map. He had nothing but the burning dream to attend
college in America. I read on, my senses heightened, amazed at the power of
human potential.

These weren't the typical pie-in-the-sky stories of rags to riches, not stories
of the legends of Americana, pulling themselves up by their bootstraps. These
were simple stories of ordinary people, some with big dreams, some with small
dreams, some who made lots of money, some who made none, some who influenced
just one person's life, and some who influenced many. I was sold.

Kersey's gift is to offer inspiration. Like a good mother, she encourages her
readers--through her interviews and stories--to heed the call to be more than
they've been before. The desire to be our biggest self lives in us all. Still,
Kersey points out that many of us live what Thoreau called, "lives of quiet
desperation." None of us really knows how big that self can be, because it's not
yet created. We wonder how far to go--when is the time to take our consolation
prize and go home and when we should stick it out for the jackpot. 

The book is comprised of 45 stories of unstoppable people, as they exhibit these
seven common characteristics:

1. Devoted to their true purpose
2. Follow their heart's passion
3. Believe in themselves and their ideas
4. Prepare for challenges
5. Ask for help and build a support team
6. Seek creative solutions
7. Perservere, regardless of the challenges

It has been said that the real point of success is not in getting what we want,
but in the person we become in the process of meeting our goals. Kersey's
stories reveal the soul of success. They evidence the strength of spirit one
gains by continuing to take that next step toward his or her dreams.

Some of these people are unlikely successes. Full of naivete, youth, ignorance,
and vision, they took risks warned against by those with more experience. They
followed their inner guidance, taking the next bold step because they didn't
know they shouldn't. They asked for things people "just don't ask for" and set
goals others might consider unrealistic. And they met them.

These are people who believed in themselves despite the experts' opinions.
Kersey points out that experts rely on data rather than innovation and
creativity and therefore are a poor resource for advice. Great visions are
unprecedented by existing data. She reminds us of Einstein's belief that
"imagination is more important than knowledge." 

These are people who saw a problem in their piece of the world and found a way
to fix it. She tells of a man who formed the first independent emergency
response team in one of New York City's poorest and most dangerous
neighborhoods, composed primarily of former addicts and unemployed workers. The
team succeeded in saving thousands of lives in an area otherwise neglected by
emergency squads, and gave new purpose to the lives of its members. 
 
And then there's the story of the woman who saved her money for seven years to
open her own medical clinic in her impoverished small town, which was without
proper medical care, and went on to overcome many more obstacles. 

These are stories of remarkable leadership. We learn of a 12-year-old Canadian
boy who led a campaign against child labor in Asia, after learning of the murder
of a Pakistani boy who lived much of his life in slavery. This little boy went
against all advice to the contrary and waged a fight against child labor,
gaining the support of his classmates and the Canadian prime minister. 

Unstopable offers inpiration taken from the life work of amazing people. Plus,
each chapter ends with usable and practical activities. These are exercises to
expand your creativity, emphasize the place of role models, overcome rejection
from the "experts", and more. Kersey's writing style is fun, inspiring, and
action-oriented. Through her stories she shows, not tells, the nature of
success. The gift of her book is to remind us to have hope that however big or
small, our dreams are a real living part of us.

Kersey quotes Barbara Kingsolver, "The very least you can do in your life is to
figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope.
Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof."

I see now that certain areas on the path to success can be mapped out. And then
there is the uncharted territory--our own visions of what is possible, that
which we are called to create in this world, and the passion that carries us on
the long journey. 

***If you would like to read more about or order this book click here: 

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1570713383/centerpointer-20/103-2666295-5
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12. Announcements

If you've ever even thought about attending one of Centerpointe's retreats, our
upcoming Spring retreat is the one to attend. Held at the The Omega Institute at
the Crossings in Austin, Texas--a well-known spiritual development center--this
retreat is sure to deliver an amazing life transformation in just five days.

You'll leave the retreat renewed and changed, after being in a safe and relaxing
environment, where you don't have to drive, work, cook, problem solve, take care
of others, or do anything except meditate, open your heart, heal your past, take
relaxing walks, discover what has been holding you back and let it go, make new
friends and, most important, work on moving your life to the next level.

If there's something that's been difficult for you to resolve in your life, or
if you're really reaching to move to a new level in your growth, this retreat
could be the turning point, as it has been, I believe, for every one of the
hundreds of people who've attended Centerpointe Retreats in the past. 

The Crossings is a progressive learning center, meeting place, and wellness spa,
and it is perfectly surrounded by acres of canyonlands and Texas hill country.

To register for the retreat, please call retreat coordinator Katie Sparks at
503-906-6027. If you'd like more information on the retreat, please go to our
website at http://www.centerpointe.com/retreats.