Lessons of Enlightenment Contents
Alpha: Human Nature
Lesson One: Overview of The Human Condition
- Introduction
- Communication and the Fluid Creative Reality
- Disconnection and Rigid Physical Reality
- Attempts at Reempowerment
- The Feeling System: A Spiritual Safety Net
- The Task at Hand
Lesson Two: The Spiritual Nature Of Humankind
- Humanity as Spirituality as Divinity
- Frustrated Human Purpose and Evil
- Natural Morality
- The Civilized Planet
- Human Spirit: Consciousness and Intention
- Consciousness
- Altered States of Consciousness
- The Illusory Fragmentation of Spirit and Will
Lesson Three: The Mental Nature Of Humankind
- Enter: The Realm of Mind
- The Goal of Mind
- Mental Tools Can Be Double-Edged
- The Biblical Fall From Grace
- Current Mass Reality: The Mind of Man
- The Divine Spiritual Safety Net
- Lesson Four: The Physical Nature Of Humankind
- Spirit as Self in Physical Form
- Human Emotion: An Undiscovered Sixth Sense
- Feelings and the Human Immune System
- Feelings Communicate Essential Spiritual Needs
- The Individual (Power) Needs
- The Group (Connection) Needs
- Feelings as Feedback Between Mind & Body
- The Hardwired Responses
- The Fully Functional Feedback System
- The Self, the Mind, the Body
Beta: The Feeling System
Lesson One: The Emotional Nature Of Humanity
- Reclaiming the Lost Emotional Sense
- The Interpretation of Emotional Signals
- Validity and Judgment of Knowledge
- Beliefs as Gems and Slivers
- The Effect of Mind on Emotional Signals
- Mind and Spirit: The Twin Selves
- The Effect of Mind on Motivational Responses
- The Right Response
- Emotional Boundaries
Lesson Two: The Emotional Behavior of Humanity
- Emotional Motivation
- The Approach Responses - Right and Light
- The Light Response
- The Avoidant Responses
- The Flight Response
- The Fight Response
- Summary of Behavioral Corrective Responses
Lesson Three: The Six Basic Feelings
- Emotions of Spirit
- The Emotions of Body
- The Emotions of Mind
- Six Universal Feelings: Joy, Fear, Anger, Sadness, Envy, Guilt
Lesson Four: Emotion - The Sixth Sense
- Heeding the Spiritual Directive
- The Spiritual Commitment
- Living in the Light
- The Daily Meditation
- The Meditation of the Clock
- The Daily Feedback
- Creating Community
Gamma: New Beginnings
Lesson One: New Tenets of Human Existence
- Existing Directives
- Scientific and Religious Directives
- Political and Governmental Directives
- The Power of the Individual
- Restoring the Blank Mental Slate
- Tenets of Human Nature
- Tenets of Human Existence
- Tenets of Creative Reality
- Tenets of Social Structure
Lesson Two: The Power Of Habit
- A Gift of Mind
- Habits of Defense: The Self-Preservationary Impulse
- The Eight Deadly Habits
- Resistance
- Resistant Escapism
- Resistant Defensiveness
- Resistant Self Deception
- Resentment
- Resentful Blame
- Hostility
- Revenge
- Vengeful Gossip
- Vengeful Aggression
- Vengeful Violence
- The Cycle of Resistance
Lesson Three: The Life-Giving Habits of Self-Development
- Acceptance
- The Role of Judgment
- Clarity of Purpose
- Faith in Spirit
- Accountability and the Law of Attraction
- Compassion
- Forgiveness
- Competition Within Self
- Acceptance
- Patience and Faith
- Gratitude
- Humor
- Self Promotion
- Creative Artistic Expression
- Touch
- Vocalizing
- Expressing Within the Creation
Lesson Four A: Universal Values and Needs
- The Scientific Authority
- Spiritual Intention vs. Human Mental Needs
- Spiritual Values Embodied In Human Needs
- The Role of Human Needs
- Dynamic Flexibility of Needs
- The Need for Power
- The Need for Freedom
- The Need for Creative Expression
- The Need for Connection
- The Need to Find Meaning
- The Need to Build Self-Esteem
- Summary of Human Needs
Delta: Implications for Personhood
Lesson One: Implications For Self Concept
- The Self and Human Purpose
- Local Self Distinctions
- Interpretation of Feelings and Attribution
- Positive Feelings and The Self
- Other Self Goals
Lesson Two: Implications for Child Rearing
- The Parental Responsibility
- The Parental Choice
- The Parental Role - Physical Development
- The Parental Role - Mental Development
- The Parental Role - Emotional Development
- Engaging the Emotional System
- Attachment, Trust and the Learned Emotions
- Cultural Manipulation of the Emotional System
- A Word About Guilt
Lesson Three: Implications for Human Development
- The Developmental Responsibility
- Development and "Karma"
- Development and Divine Judgment
- It Is Never Too Late
- Self-Evaluation - Getting Started
- Awareness of Needs
- Accessing Core Beliefs
- Needs and Life Stages
- Earliest Years: Trust and Connection
- Ages 1-20: Freedom and Power
- Independence, Creativity and Early Adulthood
- Midlife Evaluation: Meaning and Esteem
- The Golden Years
- Death and Dying
Epsilon: Implications for Human Interaction
Lesson One: Implications For Morality
- Biological Hedonism
- Multiple Meanings of Emotional Signals
- The Concept of Evil
- Excitement and Morality
- Guilt and the Human Conscience
- Learning Error vs. Sin
- The Power of Apology and Forgiveness
- The Historical States of Moral Interaction
- Caveman Morality
- Cooperative Morality
- The Role of Trust
- Tit-For-Tat Morality
- The Golden Rule
Lesson Two: Implications For Interpersonal Relationships
- The Cooperative Level of Existence
- Intimacy and Community: The Gift of Sharing
- The Energy Dynamics of Intimacy
- Conflict
- The Fellowship Relationship
- The Professional Relationship
- Friendship
- Gender Roles
- Intimacy and Sexual Love
- Love As Distinct From Need
- The Myth of Love as Codependency
- Love and Its Pitfalls
- Cultural Conditions Placed Upon Love
Lesson Three: Implications For Group Relationships
- Why Groups?
- The Group Organism
- Conformity
- The Developmental Cycle of a Group
- Power Dynamics
- The Group Structure
- The Isolated Group
- Social Stratification
- Enlightened Group Affiliation
Zeta: Implications for Social Structures
Lesson One: Implications For Religion
- Religious Purpose: Divine Connection
- Divine Freedom
- Divine Empowerment
- Divine Goodness
- Divine Desire
- The Power of Prayer
- The Temple of Light
- Meditation for the Temple of Light
- Religious Transcendence
- Religious Community Service
Lesson Two: Implications For Government
- The Grand Game
- Economics of Resource Exchange
- Universal Humans Rights - Basic Self-Determinism
- The Biological Condition of Justice
- Social Justice
- The Biological Condition of Civilization
- The Role of Government
- The Governmental "Body"
- Safeguarding - Ensuring Global Justice
- Global Cooperation Without Violation
- Fostering Global Connection
- Competitive vs. Cooperative Defense
- Sanctioning Violations
- Local Government and The Feedback Cycle
- Representative Government - The Value of Each Voice
- Financing Good Government
- Public Infrastructures
- Global Government Mission Statement
Lesson Three: Implications For Education
- Developing the Public "Mind"
- Creative Experiential Learning vs. Receiving Judgments
- The Scope of Public Education
- The Structure of Public Education
- Early and Elementary Education
- Intermediate and High School
- Continuing Education
Eta: Implications for Health
Lesson One: Implications For Mental Health
- The Concept of Health
- Biological Flexibility and Destiny Challenge
- Natural Self-Development
- Challenge I: The Mother vs. The Victim
- Challenge II: The Father vs. The Martyr
- Challenge III: The Contributor vs. The Servant
- Challenge IV: The Lover vs. The Actor
- Challenge V: The Speaker vs. The Silent Child
- Challenge VI: The Seer vs. The Intellectual
- Challenge VII: The Transcender
- Therapeutic Approaches to Mental Health
Lesson Two: Implications For Physical Health
- The Physical Focus
- Active Faith in the Body
- The Pleasure Principle
- The Power of the Mind
- Managing Emotional Stress
- Holism
- Lesson Three: Implications For Holistic Health
- Health in the New Millennium
- Energy Medicine and the Flow of Consciousness
- Disturbances to the Chakras of Mind
- The Seven Chakra Centers of Mind
- Chakras One and Two: Bodily Grounding
- - The Root Chakra (Tailbone)
- - The Second Chakra (Abdomen)
- Chakras Three and Four: Mental Grounding
- - The Third Chakra (Solar Plexus)
- - The Fourth Chakra (Heart)
- The Final Three Chakras: Grounding the Spirit
- - The Fifth Chakra (Throat)
- - The Sixth Chakra (Forehead)
- - The Seventh Chakra (Crown)
- Personal Health Care
Theta: Implications for Evolution
Lesson One: Evolution
- The Pursuit of Self-Understanding
- Evolution vs. Creation
- The Ongoing Evolving Co-Creation
- The Power of Free Will
- Evolution of Consciousness and Information Processing
- Darwin and Lamarck Revisited
Lesson Two: The Spiritual Compass in Evolving Gestalts of Consciousness
- The Quantum Potential and Expansion of All That Is
- Receiving the Purposeful Guidance
- The Self in Evolutionary Context
- Autopilot, Semi-Autopilot and Manual Modes of Guidance
- Autopilot Self-Regulation
- Semi-Autopilot Self-Regulation
- Manual Free Will Self-Regulation
- The Emotional Evolutionary Destiny of Humanity
- Evolutionary Path of Evolving Consciousness and Feeling Experience
Lesson Three: Human Evolution
- The Journey From Pain to Pleasure
- A Brief History of Cultural Evolution
- Levels of Human Conscious Experience
- Survival Level of Existence
- Survival Empowerment and The Chakra System
- The Individual Task at Hand
- Historical Survival
- The Being Level of Human Existence
- Three Perspectives of the Being Level
- The Transcendent Level of Human Existence
- Summary
Omega: Conclusion
Epilogue: The Lessons of Enlightenment
- The Mission of Enlightenment
- Historical Shifts and Modes of Attunement
- Direct Access
- Final Words
- - What if I am struggling?
- - What if I cannot break my destructive habits and patterns?
- - What if my journey takes me away from my loved ones?
- - How do I deal with the unlovable ones?
- - What about the worst perpetrators of violence?
- - How do I survive the darkest moments?
- The Universal Spectrum of Love and Light
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