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

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NEW SUBSCRIBERS

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CONTENTS

1. Updates
2. Octaves and Intervals: A Key to Reaching Your Goals
3. More Events

By authors, educators, and spiritual counselors Phillip Mountrose and Jane Mountrose 

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1. UPDATES

Our September "Discovering Your Soul's Divine Purpose" weekend seminar in San Luis Obispo is on September 20-22. Early registration rates are available until Friday, September 6th.

Our October weekend seminar is "Energy Therapies for Getting Thru to Your Soul" in San Luis Obispo on October 25-27th.

We also have more teleclasses coming up in September and October

How to Live Your True Purpose Using Spiritual Kinesiology Introductory Teleclass: September 17, Tuesday, 9-10pm Eastern Time

Awaken to Your Essential Nature: Your Role, Chief Defense, and Center of Gravity, 3-Session Teleclass: Three consecutive Tuesdays: September 24, October 1, October 8,  9-10pm Eastern Time

Be Your Best with EFT Introductory Teleclass: October 3rd, 9-10pm Eastern Time

How to Live Your True Purpose using Spiritual Kinesiology and EFT Teleclass: Three consecutive Mondays, October 14, 21, 28, 9-10pm Eastern.

You can find out more about all of these events at www.gettingthru.org/aevents.htm. There is also a listing of other events coming up in the next month after the article.

This month, we want to introduce one of the "Obstacles and Opportunities" from our just-released Awakening to Your True Purpose 5-tape audio program that has been of tremendous value to us. In this audio program, we present a number of these obstacles and opportunities, which identify common pitfalls to self-awareness and spiritual development, along with the opportunities inherent in overcoming them.

The Armenian philosopher George Gurdjieff presented the "Law of Octaves" as a universal law. According to this law, every process we undertake is on either an ascending octave, which is helping us to progress, or a descending octave, which is causing us to regress. And within the flow of each process or octave, there are periods of movement followed by periods of rest, which are called "intervals."

As such, the concepts of "octaves" and "intervals" identify opportunities and obstacles that are built into any process. With awareness, they can help us to deal effectively with periods of success and failure in our lives, and to progress steadily toward our goals. This is particularly relevant to living your true purpose, because it explains why people often fall short of actualizing their dreams and goals.

The Law of Octaves is illustrated in the seven-tone musical scale. Each step, or musical note, can be understood as a vibration. The first three notes - do, re, and mi - proceed without resistance, representing a period of easy progress on an ascending octave like reaching toward a goal you have set for yourself. This corresponds to the time when you enthusiastically start a project. Between mi and fa, you encounter the first interval, which is a natural time of rest. This is when something interrupts the flow, and attaining the goal becomes a challenge.

When this interval happens, many of us shift our focus to something else, in part to avoid the difficulties. There is nothing inherently wrong with a change of pace; in fact, we may also make the mistake of trying to force our way through resistance when it would be better to wait a bit for it to subside, which it inevitably does. Intervals can be a natural resting place amid the bustle and activity of life. In a period of activity, they may be inviting us to turn your attention inward, to digest more of what we have learned, so we can then go out and expand again.

The key with intervals is, of course, to return to your goal when the time is right to make further progress. Unfortunately, after becoming distracted, many people lose sight of the goal, fail to bridge the mi-fa interval, and never make much progress toward their goals.

Returning to the theme of obstacles and opportunities, the obstacle with intervals is that it is easy to forget the goal when we hit an interval. The opportunity is to take a break, while remembering the goal, and return to the octave when the interval has ended. This is where the need for conscious participation comes in. Bridging the gap and staying on course requires awareness.

As mentioned, the first interval in an octave is called the mi-fa interval. Once you pass through it, you have clear sailing for awhile again. The initial excitement of embarking on a new project is generally a thing of the past now, as you move productively forward toward your goal. This takes you through fa and si until you are almost completed with the octave, at the si-do interval. Now you have almost completed the process and just need to wrap up the final details.

In the law of octaves, this is a critical time, when many people who have successfully bridged the mi-fa interval become distracted and fail to complete the octave. It also explains why so many projects are completed poorly. Awareness is again required to complete the octave. But finishing completely is important, because the completion of one ascending octave leads to the next ascending octave, while failure to complete the octave sets us back. And, as with the mi-fa interval, the key is to recognize the interval, take a break, and return to the finishing touches.

The Law of Octaves is very practical. It clearly shows how things can turn into their opposite as each interval can lead to another deviation and on and on, never actualizing one’s goals. If we are losing sight of our goals at the intervals, we may be putting a lot of effort into going nowhere. On the other hand, taking breaks at the appropriate times and completing octaves connects us with the synchronicity of life, and we can reach our dreams with relative ease. This concept has helped us to allow for rest periods in projects like writing our books. When the flow of the writing is broken, we know to set it aside for a bit, then return to it renewed.

DESCENDING OCTAVES

So far, we have just focused on ascending octaves, with positive energy flows. It is equally important to recognize descending octaves, with negative energy flows. At times, we all find ourselves in these descending patterns, when nothing seems to be going right and it seems like they will last forever. Here, the law of octaves tells us that there will be a break in the downward flow at the mi-fa and si-do intervals. When the interval arrives, we have an opportunity to change direction and start a new ascending octave rather than allowing the octave to carry us down further. As with ascending octaves, the key is awareness.

LARGE AND SMALL OCTAVES

Since we are multi-faceted, we are all involved in a number of different octaves at any time. An octave may just last for part of a day, as with preparing a meal, running some errands, or cleaning the house, or many years, as with attaining a college degree or having a career. And, of course, within the octave of having a career, there would be many smaller octaves. This Law of Octaves is harder to perceive in seemingly more abstract and large-scale processes like fulfilling your true purpose. Yet it helps to recognize that long octaves tend to have large intervals and bridging them successfully provides tremendous rewards in living our true divine purpose.

Jane and I noticed the law of octaves in our own lives awhile back, just before 9/11. Our roles as teachers and writers in helping others to attain their divine purpose seemed to have lost its direction after a long period of exciting successes. Everything was fine externally, but something seemed to be missing and we couldn’t tell what it was. We started to feel uneasy and lacking the inspiration to carry us forward. Yet this interval in living our soul’s purpose was really a natural period of rest. It was one part, or phase, of the ongoing series of octaves related to fulfilling our true purpose. Once we realized that we were in an interval, our perspective changed. We felt fine about taking some time off, and did some processing and meditating. We took time out to have some fun and renewed our commitment at a deeper level, so the octave could continue on course without deviation when the time was right.

When 9/11 arrived, it all made sense and our direction again became clear. In the meantime, we would have wasted a lot of energy if we had tried to force ourselves forward without a clear direction. Understanding of the Law of Octaves and connecting with the synchronicity of life saved us a lot of aggravation and allowed us to feel renewed in our commitment when our energy was again required following 9/11.

ENLISTING THE SOUL

To stay on track, remember to listen to your soul’s guidance, which will help you engage in a more intentional and liberating approach to fulfill your goals. When we are entranced by the ego, we get into momentums based on its elusive desires. By contrast, when we connect with the soul, the octave changes to a higher understanding because of the awareness we bring to our lives. We become more intentional and thorough. In the flow and following our guidance, we are open to the many synchronicities that occur and show the way.

From this perspective, being aware of this cosmic law of octaves provides an opportunity to view our lives more soulfully and to progress positively on life’s mysterious journey.

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3. MORE UPCOMING EVENTS

Introduction to Spiritual Kinesiology: October 13, 1pm, Halcyon Store, 936 South Halcyon, Halcyon, CA

Sacramento Area Events:
Awaken to Your True Purpose, October 15th, 7pm, Unusual and Unique, 10215 Fair Oaks Blvd., Fair Oaks, CA 

Getting Thru to Kids, October 16th, 4-7pm, Barnes & Noble, 1256 Galleria, Roseville

Awaken to Your True Purpose, Inner Quest, October 17th, 7pm, 1215 High St., Auburn

Awaken to Your True Purpose, East West Bookstore, October 18th 7pm, 2216 Fair Oaks Blvd, Sacramento

Intuitive Development Weekend in Citrus Heights October 19-20th,  Call 805-489-9315 or email phil@gettingthru.org for more information, or visit our website

You can find out more about all of these events at www.gettingthru.org/aevents.htm.

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NEWSLETTER ARCHIVES

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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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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