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I am sharing the story below, written by Steven A. Ross, because it perfectly reflects my experience and is expressed more beautifully than anything I have ever read before. 

~Ginny

A BEAUTIFUL HEART, AN OPEN MIND, AND A HUMBLE SPIRIT 

"I would like to mention a dream I had many years ago.

I was walking along the ocean with thousands of people, who like me, were seeking greater spiritual enlightenment. To my left was the ocean and a short distance in front of me, almost invisible because of a fog, stood a woman dressed in blue holding a microphone. To her immediate left and to my right were circular stands filled with people.

I recognized the people in the stands because they were well-known lecturers in the spiritual and health fields. The people in the stands had over-sized heads and there was a fog and loud noises coming from their mouths. I couldn't hear and could barely see the woman in blue. When I got closer to the woman in blue, I saw it was Sophia, the goddess of wisdom. I then wondered, if these people in the stands, who profess to know so much, were causing this interference, then what are spiritual seekers supposed to do?

Then a breeze blew off the ocean, cleared the fog and everything became quiet, and then I heard the following words..."all one needs to reach a higher state of awareness within themselves is, 'A Beautiful Heart, an Open Mind and a Humble Spirit'."

The dream came upon the heels of a thought I had earlier in the day regarding what is the extent of our human potential? I had the thought that each person has their own belief system and when that person is sharing their information, it is based on their experiences based on their own beliefs.

Early in my spiritual journey I heard that one had to be chaste; that one should not eat meat; that one had to meditate; that you can only reach higher states with the assistance of a guru; and so on and so on. Endless rules and teachings that have been handed down through time by various groups and individuals.

After 50 years of spiritual journeying I recognize that to achieve greater spiritual awareness your intent and desire are more important factors than following any specific rules laid down by other individuals. When one understands the concept that we are on this plane to demonstrate how we manage creative energies, the seemingly sealed door to higher awareness and spiritual manifestations is suddenly wide open for you to walk through, and utilize the greater capabilities that you have been endowed with.

As you explore the writings of various cultures, societies, groups and the diverse experiences of individuals throughout history, it is very obvious that they did not all follow the same pathway to reach the similar states of spiritual awareness and the use of spiritual gifts. Perhaps it is easier for me to see this because I’ve been a caretaker/librarian of many diverse writings from throughout the world and throughout time.

The value of the various books, lectures and teachings of individuals should be in what they achieved rather than in the manner of THEIR JOURNEY. The journey can be very interesting, but it was their journey and not necessarily your journey. The greatest gift they can provide to you is to have placed into your consciousness what is possible for YOU to achieve.

In my dream, the people in the stands are not bad, wrong or deluded. They have their own systems and pathways which they have used to accomplish certain things. Their pathway does not work for all people, but many people believe that they must follow these directions, and only these directions. You should not be disappointed if some of these systems don’t work, the system was not right for you.

A Beautiful Heart, an Open Mind and a Humble Spirit is my belief system. There are deeper activities that take place within an individual through the activation and desire to achieve these qualities. I know that if you have trust and faith in whatever your belief then the likelihood is that it will manifest. It will manifest to the degree that you believe it will happen for you. You are just as wise, just as spiritual and have all the capabilities of those who write and teach about spiritual ‘things.’

With love, in love and through love."

Steven A. Ross, PhD

A wrong functioning of the psyche can do much to injure the body, just as conversely a bodily illness can affect the psyche; for psyche and body are not separate entities, but one and the same life.     -- C. G. Jung, 1917 

The Biology of Belief by Dr. Bruce Lipton

The Spontaneous Healing of Belief by Greg Braden 

It Didn't Start With You by Mark Wolynn 

What’s in the Way is the Way by Mary O’Malley

Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself by Dr. Joe Dispenza

How Your Mind Can Heal Your Body by David R. Hamilton, Ph.D. 

Beyond Epigenetics by James Robert Clark and Dr. Bruce Lipton

Becoming Safely Embodied by Deidre Fay, MSW

The Power of Imagination by Neville Goddard

Forgive & Forget by Lewis B. Smedes

"To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.” -Lewis Smedes

Secrets of Aboriginal Healing: A Physicist's Journey With a Remote Australian Tribe by Gary Holz D. Sc.

Beyond Physicalism: Toward Reconciliation of Science and Spirituality by Kelly, Crabtree

Molecules of Emotion: The Science Behind Mind-Body Medicine by Candace B. Pert

Panpsychism and the Emergence of Consciousness: A Proposal for a New Solution to the Mind-Body Problem by Fabian Klinge

Steiner and Kindred Spirits by Robert A. McDermott

The Hero Has a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell

The Hero's Journey by Joseph Campbell

The Evolutionary Mind by Rupert Sheldrake

The Presence of the Past by Rupert Sheldrake

The Hidden Messages in Water by Masaru Emoto

Deadly Emotions by Don Colbert, M.D.

In an Unspoken Voice by Peter A. Levine, Ph.D. 

When the Body Says NO by Gabor Mate, M.D.

The Body Keeps The Score by Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.

The Wild Edge of Sorrow by Francis Weller

Hamlet’s Mill by Santillana & Von Dechend

The Shape of Ancient Thought by Thomas McEvilley

The Essential Aurobindo by Robert A. McDermott

The Psychic Being by Sri Aurobindo & The Mother

The Mother by Georges Van Vrekham

Return to the Great Mother by Isa Gucciardi 

Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

Keep Your Brain Alive by Lawrence Katz, Ph.D.

Aware: The Science and Practice of Presence by Daniel J. Siegel, M.D.

Somatics: Reawakening the Mind's Control of Movement, Flexibility and Health by Thomas Hanna

Trauma Tapping Technique by Hamne & Sandstrom

Tapping the Healer Within by Roger J. Callahan, Ph.D.

The Silva Mind Control System by Jose Silva

YOU Are the Answer by Michael J. Tamura

Western Medical Guide for Energy Healing Practitioners by Syed Afzal, M.D.

A Brightly Guided Life by Ingrid Honkola Ph.D.

The Afterlife of Billy Fingers by Annie Kagan

Many Lives, Many Masters by Brian L. Weiss, M.D.

Soul Retrieval by Sandra Ingerman

The Heart of the Shaman by Alberto Villoldo, Ph.D.

The Bowl of Light by Hank Wesselman, Ph.D.

The Healing Wisdom of Africa by Malidoma Patrice Some

Zulu Shaman by Credo Mutwa

Biofield Science and Healing by Beverly Rubik Ph. D. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4654789/