Enlightenment is not about magic. It is about seeing clearly.

In this week's talk, Dr. Patrick introduces the First Tier of Spiral Dynamics,
a system that looks at the patterns of cultures. The first tier is about
_doing_. The second tier is about _being_.

Spiral Dynamics - The First Tier

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The three things that people are most afraid of are death, other people, and
their own minds.

The Buddha said this, "All we are is the result of what we have thought. It is
founded on our thought. It is made up of our thought. If a man speaks or acts
with an evil thought, pain follows him, as the wheel follows the foot of the
ox that draws the carriage.

"All we are is the result of what we have thought. It is founded on our
thought. It is made up of our thought. If a man speaks or acts with a pure
thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him."

So if we're miserable, what do we do? If we're unhappy or suffering, what do
we do? The answer here is clear.

Love Casts Out All Fear

Motivational guest speaker Elizabeth Manuel speaks today about presence,
awareness, and intention.

She considers the question, "What's lurking beneath the threshold of our
consciousness?", as she weaves examples of practical spiritual principles into
triumphant stories of her life's struggles.

Presence, Awareness, and Intention

As a modern society, we tend to operate in ways that are not sustainable. This
is our enchantment with progress.

But we are not stuck, and we teach spiritual principles that we can apply in
our lives, individually and collectively, to change the way that we show up in
the world.

The Enchantment to Oneness

Ernest Holmes wrote that in the New Thought movement "we are likely to indulge
in too much theory and too little practice."

We need to practice these spiritual thoughts and spiritual modalities, to
integrate them into the foundation of who we are.

"As a matter of fact, we only know as much as we can prove by actual
demonstration."

How to Use It

Ernest Holmes wrote, "We can know God only in so far as we can become God."

We must practice these things as we work towards waking up our consciousness.

"It is necessary that we release all thoughts---as well as things---that
clutter up our lives."

"I am looking at the face of God. You are beautiful. I support you in
releasing and dissolving and eradicating whatever it is that you know is no
longer required. You've got this. I celebrate your freedom and giving birth to
the infinite possibilities!"

Spiral Dynamics - The First Tier

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