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Vol 45 June, 2004

In Truth, Simplicity Love and Service

Much Gratitude to Spirit and the Father of Manifestation
in all your forms. Bhole Baba Ki Jai!.

"Even as the sun shines and fills all space
With light, above, below, across, so shines
The Lord of Love and fills the hearts of all
created beings.

From Him the cosmos comes, He who teaches
Each living creature to attain perfection
According to its own nature. He is
The Lord of Love who reigns over all life."

-Shvetashvatara Upanishad

Excerpted from The Upanishads, translated by Eknath Easwaran,
copyright 1987. Reprinted with permission from Nilgiri Press, www.nilgiri.org
To order the book, please call 1-800-475-2369.

FEATURES:

THE PSALM FOR THE GREAT AMEN
BBL-VFF WORLD PEACE BREATH MONTHLY MEDITATION
PEOPLE OF THE EARTH
THE HEALING POWER OF SPIRITUAL BREATH
CONSCIOUS BREATHING THERAPIES REDUCE STRESS, INCREASE HEALTH
A NORMAL BEING WISHES TO LIVE FOREVER
LEONARD ORR-FATHER OF CONSCIOUS ENERGY BREATHING/REBIRTHING
FIVE WAYS TO RAISE JOYFUL KIDS
GODDESS BOXES
EXPLORING THE WORLD OF COLORS
VINEGAR-A GREAT CLEANER
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THE PSALM FOR THE GREAT AMEN



When I finish praying apart from others,
as the final word of prayer
drifts away beyond reach of ears,
I listen for the Great Amen.

Like silent thunder
it comes rolling back.
Or it leaps across the roof tops,
racing madly thru the leaves of trees,
whipping wildly over electrical wires
linking pole to pole,
and with the surge of a cosmic seawave
it crashes upon my shore;
"Amen."

From all Creation comes the chorus,
from snow swept glaciers
and ever extending deserts,
from dark brown jungle rivers
and majestic mountain ranges,
from vast redwood forests
and endless rolling prairies,
from flocks of flying birds
and herds of wild animals,
from swarms of monarch butterflies
and schools of fish in the ocean deep:
to each of my prayers
comes the Great Amen.

From God's great family, one and all,
rainbow colored in skin and faith,
from those of every compass point,
from country, town and urban slum,
it comes, it always comes.

From Heaven's post in splendor wrapped,
angels and archangels,
saints and mystics all,
it slowly swells and rises;
then rushes cascading into the cave of my heart:
"AMEN, AMEN, AMEN."

Edward Hays from his book Prayers for a Planetary Pilgrim, a personal manual for prayer and ritual. Thank you Edward. Go to www.avemaria.com to order his book.

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"You must all do Service to Humanity. THAT is Kriya Yoga." Babaji

BURSTING THE BODY-LIGHT VIOLET FLAME OF FORGIVENESS WORLD PEACE BREATH MEDITATION



This month's meditation was yet another joyful sharing of beautiful and fun energies. Spring abounds as our Divine Parents remind us in so very many delightful ways that They are closer than our next breath. Our gathering talked about how humor and amusement are definitely part of the Divine plan and how we want to be having more fun. So, our intent for World Peace for this month was "IT IS FUN!!!"

Please join us the first Sunday of each month. We gather at 3 pm rocky mountain time, we take time to share, and breathe using BBL -VFF breath/meditation and then we usually have a fabulous baked goodie. You can join us wherever you are with BBL - VFF breath/ meditation. Bursting the Body Light - Violet Flame of Forgiveness. Victory to us! Jai Ma!

**Our World Peace breath meditations : Sunday, June 6th and Sunday July 4th, 2004.

**To learn the first part of Bursting the Body Light-Violet Flame of Forgiveness, go to the opening page of www.anextstep.org and click on free offer, put your email address, submit and we will send it to you free of charge. To learn both breath meditations and support this light center, purchase it thru the website or send us a check for $54 and we will email it to you-make sure to send us your email address.

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"Talk as much philosophy as you like, worship as many gods as you please, observe ceremonies and sing devotional hymns, but liberation will never come, even after a hundred aeons, without realizing the Oneness."

-Sankara
Reprinted with permission from "The Wisdom of the Hindu Gurus," edited by Timothy Freke, published by Godsfield Press. The book can be purchased online through Amazon.

PEOPLE OF THE EARTH
Gayle



We come not to destroy but to Re-Place GOD's Kingdom. To Re-Store Creator's Blueprint for Earth. As it Was in the Beginning, Is Now and Ever Shall Be, World Without End. For it is We Who Limit GOD, Not GOD who Limits Us.

Let Us Learn to Live In Peace With One Another. Let Us Learn to Have Compassion for One Another for We Know Not the Struggles and Hardships of Another's Life Path. Let Us Learn to Walk Aside Each Other sharing the Knowledge that GOD reveals to Us. For We Each Weave a Thread in the Tapestry. We Each Have a Voice in GOD's Choir and We Each are an Instrument in the Symphony of Life.

Let Us Be Seekers of Truth. Let Us Seek GOD's Guidance and Wisdom in All that We Undertake. GOD Grant Us Courage and Solace in the Midst of Chaos. Let Your Love and Light Shine In Us and Through Us to Awaken and Enlighten the World. I Ask In GOD's Name. And So It Is.

Delivered by Gayle given from Source last year at a ceremony; It is true still.
Gayle
GS5555
Texas Wind

THE HEALING POWER OF SPIRITUAL BREATH
by Dan Brulé / Founder and Director of The Growth Center, Inc. and One Sky International



Almost all the ancient languages use the same word for air, wind or breath, as they do for life, vital energy, or spirit; or the animating principle of life. This principle, this spirit of life, is called chi, ki, prana, or energy. The breath is often overlooked and underestimated in our search for the source and meaning of life, yet the author of Genesis tells us that "God took the dust of the earth and formed the body or man, and breathed into the nostrils of man the Breath of Life, and man became a living soul." So, is it any wonder that today, we can find our way back to God, we can meet the source of life by turning to the breath--or more specifically--to what is referred to in the Book of Genesis as neshemet ruach chayim: "the spirit of life within the breath"? The author of Genesis understood something that the yogis have been teaching since early times: that there is a difference between the air we breathe and the life giving principle contained within it. This inner breath also called chi, ki, prana or energy runs through body, mind and soul. In German, the word Atman means both soul and breath. The movement of spirit in the body is reflected in the movement of breath. As the Sufi Master Hazrat Inayat Kahn writes: "The healing power of Christ, the miraculous power of Moses, the charm of Krishna, and the inspiration of the Buddha--all these were attained by breath." The Course in Miracles teaches us that: "A universal theology is impossible, but a universal experience is not only possible, it is necessary." I believe that this universal experience is the breath, is breathing!

Dan will be a presenter this year at the International Rebirther's Convention in July in Staunton Virginia. Contact Rebirth International at rebirth@rica.net or 540-885-0551 for more information. Go to www.RebirthingBreathwork.com

CONSCIOUS BREATHING THERAPIES REDUCE STRESS, INCREASE HEALTH
By Lois Grasso / Founder of OxyGenesis Breathwork and the non-profit OxyGenesis Institute

Conscious Connected Breathing is the basis of a number of therapeutic processes which release chronic tension and retrain the body to breathe more fully. By using a connected breathing rhythm (no pause between inhale and exhale) that simulates a crying infant, we give our bodies permission to release previously unexpressed physical and emotional trauma that got stored in the cells when we stifled our tears. Once the major energy blocks (tensions from stored trauma) and corresponding beliefs about ourselves are expressed and cleared, most people report a feeling of being connected more fully with their spiritual nature. This gives rise to a sense of faith and joy that changes life dramatically. Through breathing therapy, you can re-establish the natural, involuntary breathing response to stress, so that it becomes automatic to breathe deeply and relax after stubbing a toe, getting cut off in traffic, dealing with relationship issues or minor health problems. The negative effects of major stressors, including intense grief, addictions and severe illness or injury, can be reduced as well. Your breathing can become a highly versatile self-healing tool for life.

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A NEXT STEP...light center for emotional healing uses Conscious Energy Breathing in our work. We recognize that breath is the great power and healer within that has been greatly overlooked. Toni and Kelley are excellent Rebirthers and teachers of Rebirthing. Call 505-382-8771 or email us for an appointment or info on training.

A NORMAL BEING WISHES TO LIVE FOREVER
by Gurdjieff



"A normal being wishes to live forever. A normal being is one who has actualised his inherited potentialities, AND has freed himself from their subjectivity. We are made in the image of God, and God's attribute is Immortality. If God wishes to live he has shared that wish with all of us. He has also provided the means by which that wish to live may exist forever. This wish to live constitutes a being. Once alive, there is no choice, we must live forever.

The representative of God in any individual is that which tells him how or what God would do in any situation. Your powers are to actualise, to be aware of your presence. This is your money in the bank, your cash, your earning ability. Next to awareness, the most important thing is Time. The flow of time through us gives us our chance to extract what we can. Time is a 3-fold stream, passing through our 3 centres. We fish in this stream; what we catch is ours, what we don't is gone. Time does not wait for us to catch all in the stream; if we catch enough, we have enough to create the 3 bodies, and become enduring. Time is the sum of our potential experience, the totality of our possible experiences.

We live our experiences successively, this is the first dimension of time. To be able to live experiences simultaneously is adding another or 2nd dimension of time. To be aware of this simultaneity is called solid Time, or the 3rd dimension of Time. When we have identified ourselves with Time it will be as Revelations says... AND THERE SHALL BE TIME NO MORE.

Suffering is the price of endlessness. Conscious work consists in having an objective in life, as a LIFE aim, an Aim which can be pursued the whole of your life. It does not depend on the vicissitudes of life. It is the aim for which you took the trouble to be born. You are an immortal being if you keep this aim. If you keep this aim through this life you will have an aim strong enough to persist after this life, an aim big enough to persist through an immortal existence."

G. I. Gurdjieff.

LEONARD ORR-FATHER OF CONSCIOUS ENERGY BREATHING/REBIRTHING



Gurdjieff was a brilliant mind and awesome teacher to many. He did not ,however, succeed in fully actualizing his awareness. Leonard Orr, the Father of the Rebirthing Movement has had audience with eight Physical Immortals. He has learned from them their secret to true immortality. Come and have darshan with him in Las Cruces, N.M. Tuesday, June 15th.

You can ask Leonard whatever you like with regard to overcoming terminal dis-eases, overcoming senility (Leonard overcame eight terminal dis-eases and senility), how to undo samsara (the birth-death cycle), what it is like to be in the presence of an immortal master, how to harmonize and cooperate with all of humanity (Leonard has circled the globe many times and knows how to effectively communicate with all cultures), how to establish an alternate money and governmental system, the cure for terrorism and much more.

AN EVENING WITH LEONARD ORR

FATHER OF CONSCIOUS ENERGY BREATHING (REBIRTHING), FOUNDER OF REBIRTH INTERNATIONAL and INSPIRATION UNIVERSITY, AUTHOR, MASTER TEACHER, LECTURER, PIONEER IN SENILITY GRADUATE STUDIES AND PHYSICAL IMMORTALITY, LEADING EDGE THOUGHT ON MONEY AND TRUE DEMOCRACY.

THE HEALING POWER OF BREATH AND MIND: WE ARE THE MASTERS OF OUR OWN DESTINY. ARE WE CREATING INNER HARMONY AND WORLD PEACE? questions/answers

Alameda and Harvard
209 Harvard Drive
Las Cruces, New Mexico

Tuesday June 15th, 2004. 7:30-10 pm
Advance tickets $25 before 6-15. $30 at the door
Contact Toni Delgado 505-382-8771 toni@anextstep.org
Make checks payable to Leonard Orr
Mail to P.O. Box 429, Dona Ana, N.M. 88032
www.RebirthingBreathwork.com is one of Leonard's websites.

FIVE WAYS TO RAISE JOYFUL KIDS
Copyright 2004 Mimi Doe Used with permission. All rights reserved.
http://www.spiritualparenting.com



Raising joyous children is easier than you might think. An "all is right with the world" kind of happiness is deeper and more penetrating than a new toy or a bag of gummy worms. Genuine joy nurtures your children's spirits now and gives them the ability to access that joy for the rest of their lives.

The following 5 tips can help you foster joy in your children's lives:

1) Discover what makes your own spirit sing: Take time to engage in a long walk at the end of the day, a hot soak in the tub, a good novel, knitting by candlelight, laughing with a pal on the telephone -- whatever it might be for you. By engaging in self-care, you show your child how everyday joy is spun. You are the mirror for him or her and reflect an adult who knows how to create happiness no matter what is going on in your world. When Mama or Papa is happy, everyone's happy! 2) Praise the process not the product: If kids find their joy solely through their parent's approval, they set themselves up for a lifetime of disappointment. Make sure to be authentic with your kids and encourage them to take risks and try new things rather than only praising the outcome of a class, project, race, or game. Love them for who they are, not what they achieve and then watch their authentic joy unfold.

3) Help your children experience the delight in giving: Kids long for connection with others more than another new toy or trip, as hard as that might be to believe. Reach out with kindness as a family and watch the joy bubble back into your lives. What one kind deed might you do today with your child? Bake an extra loaf of banana bread for an elderly neighbor, write a thank you note to the bus driver for always smiling in the mornings, invite the child who is new in town over for a play date?

4) Make time to laugh together: The average family spends far too little time engaged in humor and way too much time engaged in complaining. Leave a book of tasteful jokes lying around the house or tuck a funny cartoon in your child's lunch box. Create a Funny Family Movie Night and watch classic family comedies. Surprise your child and turn an ordinary day into a celebration. Who knows, you might begin a tradition.

5) A healthy body can better express joy: Make sure your child gets enough sleep, eats healthy foods without a lot of sugar, and has plenty of opportunities for quiet time, as well as wholesome exercise in their day. Doing so will help regulate moods so joy is a fluid, ongoing experience whirling around a balanced mind, body and spirit.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
--Mimi Doe is the founder of www.SpiritualParenting.com and the award winning author of, "Busy but Balanced" (St. Martin's Press) and "10 Principles for Spiritual Parenting" (HarperCollins). Mimi's free newsletter, Spiritual Parenting,has over 30,000 subscribers from around the world. Sign up on Mimi's website.

GODDESS BOXES



Goddess Boxes are gorgeous, individually crafted stained glass vessels of singular beauty and charm. They are precious treasures that can be used by women to hold their most coveted prizes like jewelry, poetry, love letters,songs, dream diaries. Goddess Boxes can also serve as money boxes; the mirror inside can help the owner manifest and multiply money, wealth and abundance. Each box is created to reflect the color and unique vision of each and every client.

Uma Lave is a sweet sister in spirit and an important member of our spiritual family. She is the gifted artist who births these Goddess boxes. She also creates beautiful stained glass picture frames, windows, tables and lamps.

Uma made a Goddess box for me and I absolutely love it! Having a Goddess box is a great gift you give yourself or other women you love. To learn more contact Uma at mosaicdream@cybermesa.com or call 505-534-0441

EXPLORING THE WORLD OF COLORS LESSON 234
from Merging with Siva



Sometimes you may experience stressful moments during your daily sadhana (spiritual practice/your very life). They will soon pass, never to reappear, so do not be worried. What is actually happening is that the white light coming out from within you penetrates various pockets of the inner aura, andone by one they are being lightened up. However, each time the inner light penetrates one or another of these congested subsubconscious pockets of color, the memories of what created them are stirred. This brings up, to be reexperienced, the corresponding thoughts, feelings and emotions. Because they are unbidden, the stress of this intrusion is felt in the external nerve system. Be assured, it will pass. Breathe deeply and, be assured, it will pass. Breathe deeply and diaphragmatically and all will be well. This is a form of mild, self-imposed psychic surgery, as the colors adjust to the rays of white light from deep within your spine through the grace of Lord Siva.

If your child is crying uncontrollably and you can't get to sleep, what color would you bless him with? Would you get angry and yell, "Why don't you go to sleep! I told you, you're disturbing your father!" Flashes of red? The child would be terrified. No, you would harmonize the child's emotions with shades of blue and pale green. An important part of your sadhana is to familiarize yourself with the mental-emotional counterpart of each of the colors. You can familiarize yourself with the individual physical, mental and spiritual effect of each color simply by looking at one color after another and experiencing the results. Each color and the emotions it reflects are like two sides of the same coin. Learn them so well that the thought of one immediately brings the idea of the other. This knowledge is the foundation of your color sadhana. Enter into this wonderful world of color with interest and earnestness.

You can perform color sadhana in a number of ways. For example, study the way various colors in your immediate environment make you feel. How do you feel when you enter a room that is painted blue? White? Yellow? Another way to study color is to visualize each of the colors within your conscious mind. Place before you a piece of paper of the color you wish to visualize. Look at the paper and then close your eyes and try to see the exact same color in your mind. Then open your eyes and look at the paper again and with eyes still open turn your head away from the paper and try to see the color in your conscious mind. Literally fill your mind with the color of the paper. After you have accomplished this exercise with one color, repeat it with another, then another and then another. By using your great soul faculty of observation and through the grace of Lord Ganesha, you will perceive many proofs of the significance of color. You will soon amass a stock of experiences within your subconscious mind of each color and its corresponding mental-emotional state.

VINEGAR-A GREAT CLEANER
From Dr. Clark Association Newsletter



Vinegar is a non toxic alternative to commercial cleaning fluids. While it has been known to kill germs, it cannot be advertised as a disinfectant for legal reasons.
http://www.care2.com/channels/solutions/home/164

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DANCING WITH DEATH THRU SENILITY INTO ETERNALITY

According to Don Juan Matus, in the Castaneda books, humanity has four stumbling blocks to overcome to champion life. They are fear, clarity, power and old age. Toni Delgado survived four terminal dis-eases that manifested all at once. She created a bonafide case of "old age" and overcame the dis-eases, senility and death itself. Her journey and the tools she used create an owner's manual for a thriving existence. Get the book and learn how to survive anything!

Order your book today online at barnesandnoble.com or amazon.com or borders.com or iuniverse.com Ordering from iuniverse.com supports us more. Thanks! Folks in Las Cruces, NM can buy a copy at Hastings.

Also for Toni's book and many other books on this subject including Physical Immortality, Conscious Energy Breathing-Rebirthing and more call Leonard Orr at 1-540-885-0551/fax-1230 or email:
rebirth@rica.net or www.RebirthingBreathwork.com

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***Sunday, June 6th, and July 4th , 2004: our next gatherings for intenting World Peace using Bursting the Body Light-Violet Flame of Forgiveness. We would like as many of you as live nearby to join us and those of you afar to join us as well. The time is now to take action and be taking action continuously for World Peace. It starts with us.

Join us the first Sunday of each month. We meet at 3pm Rocky Mt. Standard Time and breathe around 4pm. It is an exquisite way to stop the chatterbox and have our love intention impact on the Collective, the Earth's Bodies and our bodies as well.

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Mother Father God I thank you for the Desire, the Hope , the Faith, the Willingness and the Experience of Loving You with all my Heart, all my Mind, all my Soul and all my Strength, creating Perfect Gratitude, Perfect Praise, Perfect Love, and Perfect Faith - filling my heart with Songs Of Joy, Waters of Life and Clothing of Light.I love you, I love you, I love you.amen.

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In Truth, Simplicity, Love and Service,
Young Toni Delgado and Young Kelley Elkins
A NEXT STEP-light center for emotional healing
P.O.Box 429
Dona Ana, New Mexico 88032
toni@anextstep.org
kelley@anextstep.org
www.anextstep.org
505-382-8771

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