Getting Thru To Your Soul
MONTHLY E-MAIL NEWSLETTER, FEBRUARY 2002

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CONTENTS

1. Updates: Energy Therapies Seminar, Intuition Workbook, Certification Courses
2. Making the Most Out of Your Mind
3. Resources and Events

by Authors, Counselors, Holistic Hypnotherapists Phillip Mountrose & Jane Mountrose

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1. UPDATES: 

UPCOMING ENERGY THERAPIES SEMINAR IN SAN LUIS OBISPO CA, March 1-3rd

There are still spaces available for this unique opportunity to learn more about Spiritual Kinesiology and EFT. You can find more information about this seminar at http://www.gettingthru.org/aevents.htm or you can e-mail us at phil@gettingthru.org for details.

We just turned the Intuitive Techniques for Getting Thru to Your Soul audio program and manual into a workbook that includes all the visualizations that are presented on the audio program. The cost is just $24.70 for the 8.5 x 11 workbook, which includes shipping and handling.

Also, in response to interest on how to learn more about Spiritual Kinesiology, EFT intuition, divine purpose, we have just created four independent study units. We will be sending you an email about these new offerings in the future. For now, we have all the details on our website about the new Intuition workbook and Independent Study modules at www.gettingthru.org.

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2. MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR MIND

In this article we are including an important subject that will be included in our upcoming audio program entitled Awake to Your True Purpose (available around May, 2002).

This area has to do with different levels of your thinking ability. As the Armenian sage George Gurdjieff pointed out over fifty years ago, we actually can understand ourselves as having four brains, an instinctive brain, a moving centered brain, an emotional brain and an intellectual brain. Science is continuing to discover how these brains interact holistically with each other.

For now, we will focus on the intellectual part of our functioning, what is conventionally called the brain. It uses language, numbers, words and concepts. Within this intelligence, there are divisions that are based on attention.

The lowest part of our intellectual brain, sometimes called the mechanical part, stores information, as if it is a computer storing files. When using our mechanical part, we retrieve bits of information, something that we have recorded previously. So we would use this mechanical thinking to remember a phone number or a fact, or a memorized answer, or to repeat an opinion that we heard.

Such rote knowledge is not true creative thinking. It is based on pre-existing forms, whereby an explanation is fit into a convenient box. This is the part of our mind that could come across an unusual connection or thought and try to fit it into an idea it previously heard. "Yeah I know, it’s just like such and such."

Now genuine thinking comes from what is called the intellectual part of the intellectual center. In other words, the king part instead of the jack part. The king of the intellectual center would weigh a piece of information for its own merits and compare it to other ideas to gain more relativity and perspective on the matter.

There are two sources that fuel our mechanical thinking. One influence comes from the programming that we have received from family and society. Such conditioning can show up in what we automatically support or oppose because of what we have been told to think.

Mechanical thinking is also fueled by our chief weaknesses, which create disharmony by opposing or trying to please others. For more on chief weaknesses see http://www.gettingthru.org/ln0701.htm.

For example, if you say it’s a good idea, I automatically say it’s not a good idea. Arguments thrive on such yes/no thinking.

Or to use another example: If you say I’m having a problem with my alcoholic girlfriend who keeps bothering me again, I might try to bring in more creative and harmonious thinking and respond, "I wonder if you are enabling her?" At which point, oppositional thinking can kick in with a defensive reply of "I don’t enable her, I wouldn’t do that."

Because of blockages, we often respond with argument and denial, which are hallmarks of mechanical thinking.

Another telltale sign of mechanical thinking is to consider only two possibilities. Either we go here, or go there. Either it is true or false.

Such either-or thinking doesn’t consider more than two possibilities, limiting itself to black and white and other opposites, and responding with obvious choices. By considering three or more possibilities, you elicit more creative thinking. Developing more choices gives you more personal power and the ability to act.

Limited thinking uses words that are absolutes: all, nothing, everyone, no one, never, always. For example, "He is always right;" or "I never get it right;" or "Everyone knows that;" or "Nobody would do something like that."

To be more accurate, you can use words like sometimes, usually, often, and rarely. Also remember that there are those exceptional times to use absolutes. By employing the king part of your intellect, you will know how to phrase things because of your deliberate intent.

Higher-level thought is sometimes called "psychological thinking." This means following through on a single topic, examining it from different angles. Such intentional thinking requires attention. It can take an in-depth look at a subject, and produce profound connections and original thoughts.

In contrast, mechanical thinking is highly random. For example, many conversations just go from one key word to the next. A conversation might start about how the roads were congested, and then go to how my nose is congested, and then change to how I don’t really feel like going to work tomorrow because of the way I’m feeling, then go to the heavy workload I have at the office. So there is no attention or continuity. Such conversations are shallow and arbitrary.

To summarize, be aware of trying to put different ideas into familiar categories. Some knowledge is rote, like spelling a word or recalling directions for driving. So it is correct thinking to merely record such information and draw it from memory.

Be aware of either-or thinking, whereby you limit yourself to only two possibilities. The world is usually much richer than that. Also observe using absolute terms like all and nothing. When appropriate, engage in psychological thinking where you stay with a subject and keep examining it from different perspectives.

So the obstacle here is the misuse of our mechanical thinking. The opportunity is to know when it’s appropriate to use this mechanical thinking, such as for simple recall or to draw on our databank of stored knowledge. Also note how our thoughts can stop our genuine ability to think creatively and communicate with others. When needed, our higher-level thinking can draw on the memories that were filed in the storehouse of our intellect, and then use information for intelligent thought and communication.

Connecting more with your soul’s guidance will help you put this knowledge into practice. Becoming more aware of the levels of your thinking will help you to express yourself, get along better with others, and fulfill your higher purpose.

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In March, we will be giving Spiritual Kinesiology seminars at the Unity Church in Petaluma on March 16^th 1-4pm, 707-762-4598

and at the Unity Church of Walnut Creek on March 17^th, 2-5pm, 925-937-2191.

Here are the other transformational upcoming weekend retreats/seminars in 2002. They all will take place in the beautiful San Luis Obispo area, on the central California coast. Because of the situation following September 11th, all the seminars are being offered at a reduced fee.

1) Energy Therapies for Getting Thru to Your Soul (March 1-3, 2002) There is still space available.

2) Intuitive Techniques for Getting Thru to Your Soul (April 5-7, 2002)
To hear what people are saying about the seminars go to http://www.gettingthru.org/acomment.htm

You can find more information about the talks and seminars at www.gettingthru.org/aevents.htm or you can e-mail us at joy@gettingthru.org for details.

For more information on the books and tapes Getting Thru to Kids, Getting Thru to Your Emotions with EFT and Getting Thru to Your Soul and the newly released spiritual growth program Intuitive Techniques for Getting Thru to Your Soul (six-tape audio with manual program) go to http://www.gettingthru.org/holistic.htm

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NEWSLETTER ARCHIVES

If you missed any of the previous issues of this newsletter, they are all available on our Web site at
http://www.gettingthru.org/sarchive.htm.

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YOUR INPUT

We hope that you find this newsletter of value on your spiritual journey. We want to provide a forum for the expression of those who are focusing on soul awareness and unconditional love, so we are interested in having questions, as well as short inspirational poems, stories, articles and thoughts to share with our readers. We would also appreciate your comments and suggestions on the newsletter and the information we provide. Please send any of the above to joy@gettingthru.org, with your name, city and state, and phone number.

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TELEPHONE CONSULTATIONS

We are available to help you with connecting with your soul, with your spiritual journey or any problem you are experiencing in your life. You can find more information about the personal consultations at http://www.gettingthru.org/aconsult.htm.

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SHARING

The genuine and permanent solution to the complex problems we face as a society and as a planet lies in shifting our consciousness and focusing on unconditional love and unity instead of hatred and separation. To assist in reaching this goal, we invite you to share this newsletter with your friends. We welcome all who want to join us in a life focused on joy, love and freedom. Surely, this will put the end to famine, war, devastation of the environment, hatred, and violence of all kinds as humanity unites in a common goal.
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Copyright 2002, Phillip and Jane Mountrose