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AUTHOR'S PREFACE

I heard Ram Dass speak in Oklahoma City some months back. He was telling of his discarnate friend Emmanuel, who is channeled by Pat Rodegast. A member of the audience asked how he knew that the information he received from Emmanuel was credible. Ram Dass replied, "because he agrees with me. How else would one know?"

When we are trying to clarify our own spiritual or philosophical basis for living, inner guidance is the one and only yardstick we have for measuring the validity of the different messages we hear these days. Historical or legal precedence based on past intellectual analysis and pragmatism, no matter how valued by our elders, is irrelevant in matters of the heart.

Inner guidance frees us from dependence on the beliefs of others. Inner guidance allows us to release our dependence on the accepted norm. Inner guidance is what empowers us as individuals.

No segment of society is yet ready to become so free and so empowered as to begin outpicturing the characteristics of the Christ. There are no peer group precedents for becoming enlightened. One must discover a new source of precedents, values and beliefs if one is to be "in the world but not of the world". Well, that "new source" is now and has always been available to any spiritual seeker. The guru leads us to that source when he extols us to enter meditation, to "be still and know that I am God".

On our planet today, amazingly, there are tens of thousands of individuals who are ready to voluntarily release the teachings of the authority figures who raised them. They are ready to embrace the spiritual methods and truths which will allow them to do miracles in their lives and on their planet. They are ready to integrate higher awareness into their everyday lives.

Higher awareness is non verbal, therefore the stories contained herein are distortions. They have been parsed, limited, cutback, humanized, and heavily paraphrased when compared to the insights which birthed them. If this book has any value, it will be to intrigue you, to seduce you into pondering your presence on earth. Maybe even to the point of verbalizing your own stories. Never pedal you own stories as "truth". But if you will make them up and share them with your fellow humans, the consensus that we all eventually reach will be one of amazing freedom, peace and joy - - enlightenment. Don't underestimate the power of your own words.

There is such a difference between how we hear the spoken word and how we read the written word. Nearly always I have preferred to listen to the tape of a speaker rather than read their transcribed words. I am one of those people who thinks the movie is better than the book. The inflection and energy of the speaker is very much a part of the content of the message to me. There are others, I know, for whom the animation or energy of the speaker distracts from or overrides the message. For those folks, the written word allows them to create their own inflection and emphasis in a way that personalizes the message for them specifically.

Speaking is my way of clarifying concepts, so I tend to take many liberties during my story telling which allow me to understand those ideas that I receive intuitively. I always try to simplify esoteric concepts, sometimes to the point of absurdity. I believe that ultimate Truth is the simplest thing in reality. When we have half truths and try to make sense of them by analyzing them with our limited intellects, spirituality becomes very complex. So I make up stories about how this school system that we call Earth functions.

I paraphrase the Master teachers and the esoteric teachings freely. In this book, I have also paraphrased the Bible and A Course in Miracles. I believe that even if I did know the Truth, I couldn't speak it. There is an old Chinese proverb which says "he who knows does not speak and he who speaks does not know". I try to keep that in mind as I speak. So please look with kindness and generosity on my made up stories and don't take anything too literally. This is my truth, not yours. You will just have to make up your own stories to fit your truth.

Acknowledgments

By listening to speakers, attending workshops, reading books, and listening to tapes, I have been able to piece together a vocabulary that makes it possible to express spiritual concepts, at least sufficiently to create a little intrigue in unlimited ideas. A few of those who have helped to give me the words to express "my" myths are: Richard Bach, Johanne Blodget, Jack Boland, Eric Butterworth, Ken Carey, Ram Dass, Wayne Dyer, Foster McClellan, Harry McKnight, Raymond Moody, Sig Paulson, Harold Sherman, Patricia Sun, Jose Silva, Gary Simmons, and Bill Williams.

When a few years ago, I began to feel that a book was to be written, I rebelled. I don't write books, I said, I talk. I love to talk. When I need clarity about an idea or concept, I talk about it and as I speak the clarity comes. Talking has often been my meditation, my way of tuning in to the unseen realms. And, I have become a true believer that, as Donald Shimoda said, "In the path of our happiness shall we find the learning for which we have chosen this lifetime." My happiness is talking.

I told the universe that if a book was to be written I would like to have a helper. So it was not too surprising that shortly after I had done a workshop in Dallas where Lone (pronounced Luna) had been in attendance, she wrote to me asking if she could assist me in writing a book that would help familiarize people with these ideas. Thank you universe!

Lone has been a magical person to work with. She has followed her guidance every step of the way, making the job unbelievably easy and synchronistic. Thank you Lone!

Lone and I would like to thank Larry Dossey and Sandra Ingerman for their assistance with this project. They showed us the ins and outs of the publishing game from the author's point of view. Without them our path would have been much less of a joy. And thanks to Cynthia Stibolt who not only brings incredible art through to this dimension, but is able to support and inspire others in an amazing way.

My brother and sister, Ric and Beth, have fed me when the cupboard was bare, and supported me in every way possible with total non-judgement. The spiritual teacher who, by following her guidance, bailed me out when I was on the brink of total self annihilation was Carol Parish-Harrah. Ann Smith, the world's greatest networker, is always there and always tuned in. Our neighbors, who take us to commune with the Great Spirit in the sweat lodge, are Jake and Cathy Walker. A special note of appreciation to Mona Hale who sees all, hears all, knows all, and speaks very little. Thanks to Pam Cox. There are literally dozens of others who deserve my thanks for their unconditional support spiritually or otherwise.

And of course, my greatest supporter is my wife Anne. We find that these words from A Course in Miracles, "Would you rather be right or happy?" make our relationship a true joy.

Paxton Robey
Carson, New Mexico
January 1993 and January 1998

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