SPIRITUAL PARTNERSHIP: THE JOURNEY TO AUTHENTIC POWER

A PERSONAL NOTE FROM GARY ZUKAV

I wrote Spiritual Partnership: The Journey to Authentic Power, to try to get out of my own cage.  I wanted, and needed, to connect with people, not just reach them, but really connect for my own well being and hopefully for theirs as well.

I have learned that the difficult times in my life are not because of other people, they are because of me.  They occur because of parts of my personality that are painful to experience.  When I am with someone who brings them up in me, that is a painful time, but I know that it is not about the other person when I feel angry or impatient or irritable.  It is about me, and so I am intent to use my experiences with others to learn about me so that I can change me because I am really tired of trying to change other people.  And not only am I tired of it, I don’t want to.  It doesn’t feel good.  I know deep in me that it is a wrong path for me to take, and I feel that it is a painful path for anyone to take.

Spiritual partnership is a partnership with another person or

Sexuality As A Spiritual Path

by Adrienne Parker-Morano

What does it mean to be on a spiritual path?  Is it a path to the ultimate reality, or God?  There is no wrong definition.  Whatever it means to you is what it is.  But if I’m talking about spirituality and you are listening, you should understand my definition.   A better question might be, "What isn't spirituality?". 

Spirituality encompasses everything in life.  There isn't any aspect of my life that isn't a part of my spiritual path.  It's a mindset.  It's about living in the moment.  It's about embracing what is and learning not to struggle with reality.  It's about accepting what is (as difficult as this is at times), wanting it--in fact, loving it, whatever it is.  It's also about finding a way to change what is, if that's what I'm inclined to do.  It's about being here now, and being responsive to whatever life offers me.

People often refer to having “spiritual experiences”.  I like the saying, "We are spiritual beings having a physical experience.” This is exactly where I am coming from when I talk about using sexuality as a spiritual path.  I consider everything about this physicality as being infused with the essence of spirit.  Everything is spiritual.  As my friend, David Sisk, local artist extraordinaire, and wise philosopher says, "Nothing isn’t sacred."  In the same vein I say, "Nothing isn’t spiritual".

Acknowledging that we are spiritual beings having physical experiences, I ask, "What is this physicality all about?" Without denying anything and everything as ultimately spiritual, we live in physical bodies in a physical world.  That which is physical, is tangible.  Touchable.  It takes its place in space.  It doesn’t matter if this physical world is an illusion or not because here we are in the midst of the most powerful experience of it, and if it is an illusion, it’s one I’m fairly fond of.  Most of us are intensely focused and attached to our bodies, spending massive amounts of time, energy, and money, caring for them.  We want our bodies to look and feel good, and to stay around for as long as possible.  So we engage in a lot of activities to keep them happy.  We clean and adorn them, doing our best to honor and respect them as the temples that house our spirits.

Some say that the quickest, most accessible path to spiritual awareness, to the naked truth of who and what we are, is through our physical bodies.  These bodies are equipped with the most extraordinary senses--touch, taste, sight, smell, and hearing.  Sensual awareness is how we interact with life.  Sensuality is the most precious gift that makes living in these physical bodies a joy.  The things we can do with these bodies are fantastical.  We roller derby; run races; climb mountains; skydive; scuba dive; dance; massage; do yoga; eat food; make music; have babies; engage in sex.  Sensuality combined with our spirit essence makes sex not only feel good, but also makes it a potential tool for enlightenment.   But as great as sex is, or as great as we imagine sex can be, it can also be very scary.  I want to acknowledge that--how scary sex is for many people.  It’s a big deal and there is no denying that.  This big deal that sex is, is why I enjoy studying it.  I want to understand myself, and my relationship with sex better.  I want to understand others and their relationships with sex.  It’s a huge part of the human condition. And this is some of the work I offer to my clients--helping them to realize the potential of using their sexuality as a spiritual path.

We live in an age of incredible sexual freedom.  We can engage in sex, simply for the pleasure it brings.  We have the ability to protect ourselves from unwanted pregnancy and disease.   And yet, so many people feel stymied, unable to express their sexuality authentically.  They experience fear and entrapment.  Most of us have been raised, more or less, with a fear-based attitude about sex.  We have been shamed and taught to repress and separate ourselves from our sexuality.  Many religions use sexual repression to control people and the fear of God’s punishment is imprinted on their psyches.  So many resist, or totally deny the beauty and the power of their sexuality.  They are scared and don’t have a clue where to begin to change their relationship with sex, even when that's what they want to do.

If you are interested in learning more about how to use your sexuality as a spiritual path, please contact Adrienne Parker-Morano LMFT, at 530-321-6148 or at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for an appointment.

Pamm Larry, Sex Coach, and Adrienne Parker-Morano, Psychotherapist, are offering a monthly series of free talks on Conscious Relationships, Conscious Sex.

What the Masters Want

By Peter Mt. Shasta

(Copyright 2010)

Since the publication of Adventures of a Western Mystic, about real-life experiences with the ascended masters, I have repeatedly been asked, “How can I contact these miraculous masters and have the same kind of personal experiences?” However, as Krishnamurti also discovered, that may not only not be necessary, but it may be a detriment—taking the student away from real knowledge of the self. It is encouraging to know that these omniscient beings, who were once human like ourselves and have attained the rainbow body, are guiding us from a higher plane. However, to remain sitting at their feet may prevent us from going within and attaining our own mastery.

Of course, many people find it diverting to hear supposed personal messages channeled from these beings telling them what to do in every aspect of their lives; even if they should contact the real masters, this will not lead to their own mastery.

Just as parents guide and educate their children to the point where they can leave home and become self-sufficient, the masters do the same, supporting us on the path to the point where we can proceed on our own and develop our own strength, independence, and self-determination.

In my own quest I was blessed to have several personal contacts with not only the Master Saint Germain, but also Kuthumi and El Morya. These were not fantasies but real-life, physical contacts. And these encounters, which I describe in my book, inspired me on the path to a considerable extent, for once you experience the majesty, kindness, and mastery of these great ones you want nothing more than to become what they are. It is for this reason that I wrote about these encounters, and the many inner, etheric contacts, so that others might be inspired in their own quest for higher attainment—not implying that this contact is necessary for evolution.

In fact, after several years of apprenticeship and years of probation in service to the masters, these striking encounters seemed to cease. “Oh, you mean you are no longer in contact with them?” people often ask, no longer interested.

I might say, in reply, "If you were learning to swim, would you rather listen to someone who is also learning to swim, someone under the instruction of competent teachers, or would you rather listen to one who has graduated from this class and has already been swimming many years in the ocean?" Indeed, I feel many times as though the masters cast me adrift in a stormy sea, and in dealing with the tumultuous experiences that buffet and try to submerge me, I achieve a new strength and ability, not only in my own life, but in my ability to help others. And, of course, the masters are not really absent but watching from a distance, where their presence will not distract me. I feel their spiritual radiation and grace as always, not as a voice telling me what to do, but as a loving and uplifting energy. Should I take a wrong turn I am guided by the waning of that energy, which originates not only from the masters but my own higher self, that tells me I need to reconsider my actions and see if the radiation changes.

The essence of the masters’ teachings, I would have to say, is Know thyself! This has been the teaching of the great masters of wisdom from the beginning of time in every culture. This is what the masters expect, not that you sit eternally at their feet, but that you become what they are—which can only be achieved through independent action and self-observation. It is, as Krishnamurti often said, only through observing the self do we truly grow. We can change paths as often as we want, from one “ism” to another, from one teacher to another, but our consciousness expands only through self-observation.

Through stilling the mind and observing ourselves we not only cut through the delusional state of the self-created maya to which we are addicted, our own “movies” so to speak, but eventually discover the light within our own hearts, the spark of our own divinity—the I am presence, of which the outer self is but an emanation. The masters want for us to become masters ourselves—just as they have.

So, I hope that those who read about these adventures with the masters will not waste their time in seeking them outwardly, whether on the slopes of mountains or by going to psychics for messages, for the masters can be encountered within, the same place you encounter your own master presence—within yourself. In fact, the masters say that they rarely appear to those who seek contact for purely personal reasons, but they are drawn to help those whose sincere desire is to help others—to be of service to humanity. It is that group of world servers to whom the masters are attracted, and then only when those individuals are grounded in the knowledge and strength of their own higher self, the individual I am God presence that is the source of their being.

I hope that those who read Adventures of a Western Mystic will be inspired to go beyond the excitement of contact with extraordinary beings and perceive the message that is the culmination of the book, to find the I am presence within and become the master—which is your destiny.

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Exposing and Shedding the Unconscious Lies That Ruin Our Chances for Fulfillment and Love

By Perry Mills and Kelly La Sha

In these prophetic times approaching 2012, we have an unprecedented and urgent opportunity to examine any errant beliefs that we may have unconsciously absorbed from our cultural heritage, faulty parenting, religions, science, and the various tenets of the "New Age." The inconsistencies and contradictions within the theories surrounding issues of meaning, self-fulfillment, and even our very physical survival have created a great deal of confusion. If truth leads us to peace, then what we’ve known hitherto is more akin to lies. And instead of peace, these well-intended lies have led us instead into personal and cultural contradictions that fuel competition, disillusionment, and an array of fears that effectively blind us and bind us from our natural selves.

In a series of articles and workshops, we will be exploring both the perceived gains and hidden liabilities of aligning with inadequate beliefs and paradigms that, upon closer examination, exert limiting constraints on our most soulful capacities. We will be taking a closer look at very entrenched ideas about God, the soul, worthiness, eternity, love, enlightenment, duality, ego, time, and much more. We will be deconstructing the meanings of these and other concepts in an attempt to expose more worthy definitions of them, because the current definitions appear lifeless and worn.

As an example, let’s do a miniature deconstruction of the idea of "fulfillment." It is easy to project our general visions of what fulfillment might look like without examining the hidden sources of our desires. The general assumption is that satisfaction is accomplished by filling certain material requirements. But the fulfillment we seek is most times an emotion, not necessarily tied to material conditions. A small exploration into our version of success may reveal more basic requirements of, let’s say, peace, happiness, or inspiration. Those root desires may be impossible to fulfill with our original surface assumptions. We could ostensibly manifest all of the material requirements and feel no sense of fulfillment.

To continue, let’s take a deeper look at John Doe’s strong desire to own an expensive-model Mercedes-Benz. He thinks that acquiring the car will make him feel better, but why? His answer to that question may be hiding unconscious motives that aren’t apparent. He may argue that the quality and craftsmanship and style are what he admires and wants. And though that may be partially true, other layers of meaning are in his motive that he may not admit or even consciously know. It could have something to do with his father, who disagreed with his career choices and told him that he wouldn’t amount to a “hill of beans." It could have been the thousands of ads on television and elsewhere suggesting that his worth relied on being wealthier than the average man. It could be that the car might mask the unsightly birthmark on his cheek that he is sure is the reason he can’t find a suitable love interest. It could be a way to be better than who he actually believes he is, as if he could somehow fool himself. All of these possible hidden motives are fueled by wounds that drive the desire. The car cannot heal these wounds. An examination and deconstruction of these lies about his self-worth is the only way to heal and create a value system that leads to true fulfillment. Then he can buy that Mercedes for his original reason.

We have adopted most of our beliefs, unwittingly and innocently absorbing them, without knowing that what seemed like the right decision at the time had hidden liabilities—the main liability being the source of all of our unnecessary suffering: the grand lie of unworthiness. Our tendency up to now has been to clutch onto this lie for the artificial safety of denial and avoidance of our creative power. As the famous quote of Mary Ann Williamson states, “Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.”

These disempowering paradigms that are embedded in our unconscious programs come from simply being innocently born into a culture. This implores us to question the true nature of freedom. Living a life based on an automatic culture that you were born into is akin to being born into a labyrinth of ditches and living your whole life in the narrow tracks of trenches. Imagine for the first time climbing a ladder to see the 360-degree horizon that you had been missing out on all along. Examining where our beliefs and desires come from gives us freedom and power to actively choose a value system that supports the health and true freedom of humanity.

Our current culture is based on fallacies that lie within imperialism, materialism, scarcity, and competition. Such disempowering paradigms have less to do with the well-being of the individual and health of the community at large and more to do with convenience and social engineering for the benefit of a few. It is further supporting the densities of fear that block us from our natural state of peace and harmony and may even eventually lead to the expiration of our race.

Awareness is the path of freedom from the lies that bind us. At this doorway of creation, we have the opportunity to ask ourselves deeper questions about our value systems so we can give priority to what gives soulful fulfillment and to the receiving of the love that we are all thirsty for.

Along this path we will explore the fundamental values and origins underneath our current priorities and desires. Our overall intention is to uncover our true souls’ intent versus the ego structure that has built its value system from a materially focused culture.

So if you are interested in experiencing more freedom and fulfillment of your deepest heart-based dreams, join us on this exploration of deconstructing the lies and contradictions within our culture, religions, and scientific beliefs. Our next article will be “Deconstructing Truth.” If you would like to contribute to our discussion and our future articles, we welcome you to visit our blog discussion panel at www.liquidmirror.org/blog.