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Getting Thru To Your Soul
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NEWSLETTER, OCTOBER 2000
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CONTENTS
1. Updates
2. A Spiritual Perspective on Psychology
3. Upcoming Events
By authors,
educators, and consultants Phillip Mountrose and Jane Mountrose
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1.
UPDATES
In our recent travels, we
have seen some amazing transformations with Spiritual Kinesiology (SK) and the
SK Reframing and Anchoring Technique (R&A) and want to share some of them as
ideas for you. We have changed the names of the recipients for privacy.
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Continual sabotage of
money. After R&A, Karen, a thirty year old woman, got the message,
“Don’t be so tough on yourself.” She realized that she had a
rebellious part/nature that would run counter to her parents’ wishes as
she grew up. That part was still active, and was transformed from the SK.
She felt at peace and confident that she could appropriately manage her
finances.
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Donna had a concern about
self-control and anger toward her twenty-two year old daughter. Phillip did
the Current Lesson Checklist and found that she muscle tested week in her 2nd
chakra. The weakness was over her nurturing and emotions regarding her
communication with her daughter. After receiving Reframing and Anchoring,
Donna realized that her daughter was a truth teller, like her mother was,
part of their Native American background. She found it difficult to accept
her daughter’s blunt words, but now knew that she needed to hear them.
Donna felt that the process opened a door in her relationship to her
daughter, and would help bring them closer.
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Fear of experiencing
anger. Fifty five year old Barbara avoided having anyone express anger
around her. It made her fearful and reminded her of her abusive childhood.
After R&A, her strong fear on this issue was gone and she felt confident
to handle anger directed toward her and not take it personally.
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Janice had anxiety from
being overworked in her banquet management job. She muscle tested weak in
2nd and 5th charkas, indicating the issue affected her sense of
self-nurturing and expression. R&A rapidly transformed anxiety into
peace, and she also lost 5 pounds in two weeks after the session.
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Darlene, who attended our
talk at the A.R.E. Edgar Cayce Center, felt betrayed by her relationship
with a man who was on drugs. She had tried to help him and the man ended up
by taking advantage of her. For this broken relationship, Darlene had tried
several alternative-healing techniques over the months to little or no
avail. Using SK, she drew on her soul’s energy to transformed emotion of
betrayal, then the feeling of being used. Her soul insight was “I can
still feel the global love, while using a better sense of discrimination
with people.” After the process, she felt at peace with her previously
embittered relationship.
New readers who are
unfamiliar with spiritual kinesiology, a fast and profound healing tool, can
learn more at http://www.gettingthru.org/sk.htm .
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1.
A SPIRITUAL PERSPECTIVE ON PSYCHOLOGY
PART 1: THE MICHAEL OVERLEAVES
revised
07/23/02
By Jane
Mountrose
Last month, we
completed a four-month series on "A Spiritual Perspective on Health"
with an article on genetics and the physical characteristics our souls embrace
to further our spiritual growth. If you missed this series, you can access it
and other back issues of this newsletter in the archives at http://www.gettingthru.org/sarchive.htm.
Now, following the natural progression from the physical to the psychological,
we are going to focus on the psychological traits our souls embrace, which also
serve in furthering our goals for development and expression.
In the August 1999
edition of this newsletter (which is now at http://www.gettingthru.org/sn0899.htm)
and in our book Getting Thru to Your Soul, we discussed what we have
found to be one of our most important psychological traits: the part of our
energy system (the chakra) that represents our greatest lesson and gift. This
orientation has a major impact on one’s psychology and relates directly to
what one’s soul is here to accomplish. Years ago, we came across some other
information that further defines one’s orientation. The most extensive source
for this information, which some of you are undoubtedly familiar with, is the
channeled Michael material.
MESSAGES FROM
MICHAEL
We first encountered
this information in our studies of the Russian philosophers Gurdieff and
Ouspensky in the 1970’s. In the 80’s, we were surprised to find similar and
more comprehensive descriptions of the evolutionary nature of our psychology in
the book Messages from Michael by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro. The Michael
material, as it is now described, is extensive and far-reaching, so some study
and a lot of people-watching is needed to develop a full grasp of it.
Nonetheless, we have found this study to be well worth the effort. This material
provides a deeper understanding of the people and events that form our reality
both on a personal level and as a society.
In relation to human
psychology, the Michael material defines specific psychological traits by
categories, which include our spiritual goals and the form of action or mode we
use to reach them. We view these categories as archetypes, each of which has
limitations to overcome and strengths to develop (more lessons and gifts). We
cover the subject of archetypes in our book Getting Thru to Your Soul and
have found the integration of archetypes to be an integral part of the spiritual
journey.
Unfortunately, in
the hands of the ego, categories often provide a way to define "better
than" and "worse than" or to in some way set limits on an
individual’s potential. We want to caution against falling into this trap; it
negates the true value of this insightful material. When psychological traits
are used as a tool for understanding what makes different people tick and for
helping each other to achieve our true potential, they provide an amazing tool
that can help to bring people together. As spiritual counselors and teachers, we
have also found it helpful in understanding our clients and students.
THE OVERLEAVES
The Michael material
calls the psychological traits we have been discussing "overleaves",
because each one is like a tinted lens that colors the way we view the world.
You can find an overview of the overleaves in an attachment to this newsletter
at http://www.gettingthru.org/sn1000a.htm. If you do
not have internet access, we will also describe each one here.
Those who are
familiar with the Michael material may notice that we have taken some liberties
in our use of the terminology to fit our understanding. Also, since this
material is much more extensive that we can cover in a single article, we are
only presenting a portion of the psychological traits it outlines. We will add
to this introduction in upcoming months with more of this material and our
observations on it.
The overleaves
include one’s goal, mode, attitude, and chief defense. Starting with attitude,
the Michael material defines seven different perspectives we choose as souls to
suit our purposes: stoic, spiritualist, skeptic, idealist, cynic, realist, and
pragmatist. Phillip is an idealist and I am a pragmatist. These are very
different perspectives. When faced with a decision, Phillip usually views the
situation in relation to the ideal, while I look for what is practical, so we
often come up with very different ideas. If either of us believed that our own
approach was superior, we would have some major problems in our marriage.
Instead, thanks to this information, we can see both as valid and find a ways to
synthesize them into a unified approach. Likewise, the approaches of a stoic,
spiritualist, cynic, and realist provide an even wider range of possibilities.
With another couple that comes to mind, the wife is a spiritualist and the
husband is a realist. They, too, have very different approaches that provide
more possibilities to them together than either would have alone.
Now let’s look at
the modes. Again, there are seven possibilities: restraint, passion, caution,
power, perseverance, assertion, and observation. Phillip is in the passion mode,
while I am in the caution mode. When faced with a decision, I watch him move
enthusiastically forward into action while I sit back and weigh the
possibilities. In a way both are extremes; together they balance each other.
Phillip helps to get me going and I help him to examine his decisions more
closely. While we would undoubtedly face major conflicts if either of us
believed our own approach to be superior, with open minds, we both benefit from
our differences.
One’s goal is also
an interesting aspect. The seven possibilities here are re-evaluation, growth,
discrimination, acceptance, cooperation, dominion, and relaxation. These goals
relate directly to the reason one’s soul has come into this life. A person
with the goal of growth is likely to seek situations that stimulate his or her
evolution, while one with the goal of relaxation may be happy spending long
hours in a coffee shop, watching the world go by. Interestingly, neither is
better than the other. The person with the goal of relaxation may be recovering
from a hectic life and need time for rest and relaxation, while the person with
the goal of growth may be poised to make major steps in his or her development.
These seven
spiritual goals are also instrumental in defining one’s true purpose. A person
with the goal of discrimination would make an excellent art or food critic; this
kind of role would come naturally. A person with the goal of dominion would be a
natural leader, while one with a goal of cooperation would make a loyal
follower. Phillip and I both have the goal of acceptance, which works well in
our roles of helping others, because we can easily relate to people with
different perspectives.
The last trait on
the list is generally referred to as chief feature. We prefer to call it chief
defense, because we see it as the way people protect themselves when their
wounded egos feel threatened. The seven choices are self-deprecation, arrogance,
self-destruction, greed, martyrdom, impatience, and stubbornness. As you have probably noticed, a
person who behaves arrogantly actually feels vulnerable. Under similar
threatening circumstances, another person may become stubborn, feeling that he
has no option other than digging in his heels. Still another may respond by
trying to overpower those around her. Each of these people is expressing
vulnerability and the arrogance, stubbornness or overpowering can generally be
diffused with compassion.
APPLYING THIS
INFORMATION
You are beginning to
see how useful this information can be. I have used examples of how it has
helped in our marriage, because Phillip and I happen to be very different in
many ways. You can apply it equally to other family relationships, friends,
business associates, and so on. In addition to applying it to ourselves and
those around us, we also find it fascinating to examine the traits of different
well-known figures like politicians, celebrities and sports figures; this can be
a fun and profoundly enlightening pastime.
As mentioned
previously, these are only part of the characteristics the Michael material
defines. In upcoming months we will explore more, including roles; body types,
which relate both to our physical and psychological characteristics; and
centering, which involves strength in different aspects of our multi-dimensional
reality.
If the Michael
material interests you, you can also find a reading list of Michael books that
are now in print on our website at http://www.gettingthru.org/sread.htm.
Unfortunately Messages From Michael is currently out of print.
As always, we
welcome your questions and comments on this material. In the last month, we have
received several inquiries on how to get started in a professional practice
using the techniques like EFT and Spiritual Kinesiology. Since January is a time
of new beginnings, we plan to address this in the January 2001 issue. In the
meantime, we are open to your ideas on other subjects that would interest you.
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2. UPCOMING
EVENTS
Next week, Phillip
will be doing a series of talks in the Sacramento area, including the East-West
Bookshop. We also continue to do presentations in the local san Luis Obispo
area. You can find more information at http://www.gettingthru.org/aevents.htm
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NEWSLETTER ARCHIVES
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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 2000, Phillip and Jane
Mountrose
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