Shambhala's Ghosts

By Peter James Ford

“SHAMBHALA’S GHOSTS” is a book recording the continual soul expansion of the seeker, Peter James Ford. Peter’s journey began after a powerful spiritual experience in the little historic seaport in Newburyport, Massachusetts. In Peter’s late night meditations which were along the Merrimac River, the boardwalk, the Salisbury Reservation on the Atlantic Ocean, Plum Island, Maudsley Estate State Park, Pow Wow Hill (Native American Burial Grounds) and Old Hill Burial Grounds he was having vivid visions in his mind of ‘seemingly’ past life experiences and powerful insights. Peter began seeing the hidden secrets of this quaint little seaport that people never take the time to see. Peter’s intuition and senses increased in an almost scary powerful way giving Peter wisdom from unseen sources. One source may be the Akashic Records/Library that is not a physical library but a place in the ethers that contains all the wisdom and knowledge ever known to anyone over the eons. We can access this power through ancient spiritual practices and apparently Peter has done just that. Stories and Tales began flowing from Peter and he wrote his first book. In the last three years Peter has written nine more books and shares everything he has found from his journeys to the inner worlds. Peter wrote a seven-book series under the title “MYSTICISM IN NEWBURYPORT” then the eighth and ninth bonus/companion books called “MYSTIC” & “VISION QUEST.” Now you are holding his new writings in your hands. Peter laughingly calls himself “An Unlikely Messenger” as his younger years were nothing resembling anything spiritual. So, here is the story of just another seeker realizing his divinity and returning to his own heart…

• Language: English
• Publisher: Balboa Press
• Release date: Jan 14, 2024
• ISBN: 9798765248737

Peter James Ford

Peter James Ford, The Unlikely Messenger, is a unique individual with a broad understanding of life from having lived life from many lifestyles. Peter experienced the good, the bad, the ugly, and then an awakening and redemption. His younger years found him struggling with alcoholism and the drugs of the sixties, with having learning disabilities, including attention deficit disorder, and growing up in a violent environment. Peter turned to physical training and motorcycles and found much satisfaction in both. At an early age Peter crawled into the 12-step recovery program a broken man. This was the beginning of Peter’s spiritual journey. Over the years, Peter attained the promises of the program and began living a great life. Many years later, Peter was initiated into a yogic path that had begun thousands of years ago by an ancient lineage of Masters. Peter did not realize that his profound spiritual experience at that time was actually a powerful “Kundalini Awakening” within him. Shortly after his awakening, these mystic tales of past lives and powerful wisdom truths began flowing. Peter has just completed his seventh book about his life adventures and spiritual journey. Peter hopes people find something useful in his writings, or at least that they will bring a smile to your face when thinking about Peter, this “Unlikely Messenger.”

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Contents

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Dedication

Prelude

Foreword

Preface

Introduction

Summary on the seven-book series with bonus/companion book

1   An Unlikely Messenger

2   Power of Kind Words

3   Present Moment

4   Shambhala’s Ghosts

5   Old Hill Burial Grounds

6   Mystic Voice

7   Vision Quest

8   Safe Passage (Tibetan Philosophy on Death)

9   Timeless Wisdom

10  Insights from the Subconscious

11  To be Known and Accepted…

12  There and Back Again, A Seeker’s Path…

13  Vibration

14  Odds and Ends

15  Soul Whispers

16  Perfect Self Expression

17  The Way of the Mystic

18  The Wind at Your Back

19  Riding into the Mystic

20  Losing Yourself in Nature

21  Boardwalk Visions

22  Universal Truths

23  Some Random Thoughts

24  Inner Sciences

25  The Art of Contemplation

About The Author

Conclusion

Dedication

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This book is dedicated to the sweet, Irish/Cherokee girl called CeeCee…

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I had shared with a friend how I gave everything I had into these books, everything I have learned over my seventy-three years about myself, life, the spiritual path, and any and all wisdom and knowledge that I had attained. My friend said, Whatever you give out you will get back, so if you gave your very life’s blood, you would receive an abundance of blessings. At first, I thought the books would be successful and return me great wealth.

I later realize the wonderful blessing that I was to receive was in the form of the sweetest, most evolved, highly spiritual, beautiful woman named CeeCee. By chance, I had seen a rare post of CeeCee on a social media and she captured my heart. She was so mystical, allusive, and so beautiful. We all have our own personal image of that special mate and mine is someone who is very feminine, gentle but strong, very pretty, smart and wise. My mate needs to have self-respect and know she is very special and deserves to be treated like a Princess. CeeCee has all these qualities. I sent her a friend request on social media and months passed before she ever responded. She is very particular about who she connects with.

It took only a few conversations and she had captured my heart and mind. Our connection has unfolded into something so beyond my wildest dreams. We share the same love of nature, animals, spirituality, and a simple uninvolved life, living in peace and harmony.

We are looking at the perfect place in nature, maybe the Great Smoky Mountains, to settle and have the perfect home base and to live out our days…

All dreams are possible and we just need to keep suiting up and showing up to receive…

THE MYSTIC’S SOULMATE

In 1969, Judy Collins wrote a song called SOMEDAY SOON. She sang of a young girl’s love for this rowdy (rough around the edges) cowboy from Southern Colorado. She tells how he was just out of the military service and looking to sow his wild oats. This cowboy followed the wind (with his freedom and independence) and he lived to ride the rodeo. Like many soldiers returning from the military or the war, they were looking to keep that sense of action and brotherhood going. They were looking for their fun and freedom.

Marlon Brando and Lee Marvin in the movie called THE WILD ONE represented the longing for adventure and the good times with riding that so many of us yearned for. Not surprising that this young girl’s parents could not stand him. This girl sings of how this cowboy loves that damn old rodeo as much as he loved her. When we are young and we have that love of being IN THE WIND riding your Harley Chopper, with your brothers, it is so strong that it rivals our love for a woman. There is something so powerful about riding your Harley Chopper down the passing lane, with a wide open throttle, passing cars like they are standing still. It is like telling the world to go fu-k itself with all its rules and laws. It is like no one can touch you. When you ride in a pack, no one tries to stop you, not even the cops. You have the momentum and the power.

Many years ago, I rode through the little town of Ipswich, Massachusetts with the Brothers and it was like time stopped still. Everyone in town just stood and silently watched. It was a powerful feeling. Time passes, many years (fifty-five years) of my being In the Wind, but my love of riding never has left me. But what has happened for me is that the love of a good woman, the one that I have named my ‘Destiny,’ appeared like a mist and has stolen my heart. My sweet Irish/Cherokee girl has captivated me and she has my full attention. My dream has shifted to my life with her in our mountain cabin living in peace and harmony with nature.

DARE TO LIVE YOUR DREAMS!!!

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SINCERE THANKS

I am sincerely grateful for having experienced receiving everything that I ever wanted. The best gift of experiencing I love the life I live, and I live the life I love. I am sincerely grateful for the teachings about the mind and the power of thoughts and feelings, the wisdom of the proper way to breathe, and the knowledge of our true Self. I am grateful for all the wisdom from the ancient Masters to the present-day teachers like Gregg Braden, Dr. Joe Dispenza, and Dr. Bruce Lipton. My great friend, Kay, who has always encouraged me to write and who believed in my writing process. I thank D.R. (Ram) Butler for sharing his endless wisdom and his life of selfless service.

I can’t forget my great friend, Bob Hawes, who has done so much in so many ways to help me create these books. Big thanks to the great team at Balboa Press. Heather, Tara, Ann, Mae, Denise, and the design team have been so understanding and helpful and have done such a great job setting up and designing my books. Big thanks to Louise Hay, owner of Hay House International, for providing this vehicle for indie authors like myself to be published all over the world. Big thanks to the Yogic Path I follow, and to all the monks and my friends. Big thanks to all the sweet women that have filled my books. A big thanks to Michele and Karen for sharing their beauty that filled my writings. Michele and Karen are two very special and exceptional individuals who have been such great friends.

Thanks to Dan Svenconis, a great friend, who showed up and helped me with my past books. Dan, a college professor who is very knowledgeable about writing, told me that I wrote in a very Joycean (James Joyce) style, which is writing in a flow of consciousness. I remembered James Joyce’s name from my younger years at school. I am not sure I deserve that compliment as Joyce is what I consider a real writer, and I am just a humble typist for the ‘Voice’. This unseen voice is the real author/writer behind every book. I am not really sure what is even in these books. One day I will have to read them.

From the time I started my first book until it was published was ten years. In the last two and a half years, I have published nine more books. Now, my tenth book is out next to the first nine books out everywhere. That will make nine books published in two and a half years compared to one book published in ten years. I would call that a miracle and another gift to be grateful for. It is funny how hard it was for me to write in the beginning and now I have found I have a gift for storytelling and the books are just flowing. I don’t think of myself as a writer but calling myself a storyteller fits. I was always good at telling stories about our escapades when we were younger. You have to be able to laugh at yourself and not take yourself too serious.

So on the day that I had the following thought, I smiled to myself. I jokingly now have called myself:                  the Irish storyteller of Miami Beach.

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So, a very big thanks to all that have enriched my life. And always a big thanks to The One.

Prelude

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Simply put, the goal is to be established in love in this present moment. We do need someone and some knowledge to get the ball rolling but there is endless knowledge in the world that is not necessary to attain. Turning inward and meditating on your own heart (the source of all love) in the present moment is meditating on the One or the Self. This is the goal to be established within our own self by recognizing and dwelling on the love that resonates from your own heart. The destination is your own heart. The goal is to be established in Unconditional Love. From this place we wish everyone the best and in our wishing the best for everyone else we receive the best. Experiencing the love in your own heart and being grateful for all of God’s gifts in this Present Moment is the goal and where true happiness lies. It’s that simple…

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I will write a lot about MIND and THOUGHTS in this book as the most important lesson is to understand our own minds and master our thoughts. Our thoughts (mind) is creating our life with the stories we tell ourselves. So, if everything is just stories, why not tell the best story of our life possible. One of the eye opening realizations for me was that Everything is just stories we make up to justify our actions and existence. Our stories, our opinions and our perceptions in the end are pretty meaningless, but we can use our stories to create a great life while we are here. I was shocked to see that even science was a story. Science is a constantly changing story as more information about the world is understood. Science has a real ‘learning curve’ going on.

Let me first say that after writing almost 6,000 pages about the greatest teachings and learning about the universal principles I have realized one thing. You could spend a hundred lifetimes studying all the great masters and you would only have a tiny piece of their knowledge. You could spend lifetimes just studying the Jnaneshwar’s Gita: the commentary on the Bhagavad Gita completed by a fifteen-year-old master and barely scratch the surface. So, learning about all the greatest wisdom and gaining knowledge is great but it is not the purpose of a human birth. We do need to read or hear something to inspire or reawaken us but then meditating on the ‘self’ is how we attain mastery. Your time spent would be more beneficial for you to practice the simple spiritual practices of turning inward connecting with your own heart.

This will establish you in your conscious contact with God. That establishment of this realization is what life is all about. You realize the one you have been searching for is alive and well in your own inner awareness. You realize that the one that you are searching for is the one that is looking out through your own eyes. God looks out through your eyes at the world which is God’s creation and God’s body. Our awareness and our consciousness is God. God lives within you, as you. There is only God manifesting as everything and everyone. God is the life force that has animated this entire universe. Go inward and meditate, as what you meditate on you become. Meditating on your inner self (God) will make you realize you are already one with and the same as God. The good news is that you only have to know some basic principles to fulfill your destiny and return to your own heart. Your heart is the destination and realizing that you are already one with God and there is nothing else in this world that matters then you have reached the goal. You have completed the path back to self-realization which is knowing that God is manifesting as you in this moment. What could compare with knowing you are a part of God and that God is all there is. That makes you one with God and you have the powers of God which is to create through thoughts and feelings.

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A Golden Mind gives you a Golden Life. Empty your mind and dwell in peace…

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Knowing What you think is what you will get is the highest teaching of life.

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This is so important - the only time your life actually exists is in this Present Moment.

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Your mind and breath are directly connected, take long breathes in and out and relax.

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Your thoughts, feelings, attitudes and motives will create your life.

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It is so important the company you keep, as you will take on their particular lifestyles.

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It is so important to be conscious of your surroundings.

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It is so important to be conscious of your audience.

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Our conscious spiritual practices create subconscious personal development.

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God gave us free will. Free will is the choice about what we think next. God is the power behind our thoughts but it is us that decides how we direct the power of God. There is only ‘one power’, ‘one force’, in this entire universe and we control it by how we direct our thoughts. Our thoughts can create great things and our thoughts can create the worst things. There is only one power. Most of us call that power God. The creative power of God flows through us like a river but we decide which course the river will flow. The greatest loving and kind deeds in the world originated from this one power. The worst and most terrible deeds in this world originated from this one power. That is why understanding our own minds and taking responsibility for our actions is so important. This is how we break the cycle of birth and death. We know this cycle as the process of experiencing our karma.

The point of this section is to really remind ourselves to be aware of our thoughts and make sure they are kind and loving. Two great questions to ask yourself are, Would you like to have the experience this thought would bring? Would you like this thought to create your life? The truth is that thought is the only creator. Yes, the power behind our thoughts is God but we are responsible for how we direct thoughts as they will create our life. God is simply ‘A Law of Cause and Effect’. Our thoughts are the cause and our life is the effect. It is so important to be aware of what we are thinking. There is no such thing as an idle thought. This creative process set in motion with our thoughts is always working. Our thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and attitudes will create our future.

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MIND (THOUGHT)

When we see that everything has come from the mind of men and women in the form of their beliefs we will see the true cause of the condition of this world. Everything is a story made up, mostly by men in the past, and people have blindly followed these ‘fantasy stories’ about life. These includes Communism, Socialism, Racism, Politics, Religions, Gangs, Cults, to name just a few. There is not a God up in the sky creating all this nonsense in this world. It is the minds of human beings (fueled by the power of God) that is responsible for all good and all bad that ever happened in this world. It is a little shocking when you see there is no truth, justice or reality in what has been created in this world. Everything was first a thought in someone’s mind that this would be a good idea or it was the way things should be. Everything was an opinion, a perspective or a false belief in someone’s mind. Stalin, Hitler, Religious leaders, and Politicians all had their own agendas according to their beliefs. Some of these individuals thought they were divinely inspired but an ‘Unconditionally Loving God’ does not kill in the name of their cause. It is kind of sad when you see how human nature has screwed up this world when it could be such an amazing place that God gave us. The good news is that the worst times are the best times for spiritual growth. The bad times motivative us to look inward for the only place that there is truth and justice. That place is your own heart.

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Despite my books being read in ten countries, that I know of, I would not call myself a writer or an author. It just does not feel like a good fit. I can call myself a Story Teller and I am comfortable with using that term. It fits as I was always telling stories about our wild escapades when we were young on the bikes and in high speed chases. I realized just lately that all my life experiences were being gathered and stored for my books that I began writing many years later.

Story Teller fits me well. I was someone with a vivid imagination and I always had trouble telling the difference between reality and my mind stories. So, I was perfect to be a Story Teller. Whether it is a blessing or curse of not knowing what reality is, it seems to be a common trait amongst many great writers. The funny part about this whole reality thing is that the ancient teachings tell us that the outer world (what we call reality) is an illusion. It is not any more real than the movie we watched last night or the dream we had while we slept. That it is a temporary passing show, just as a mist appears for a short time and soon is gone. We watch that with loved ones and people that we know as their lives are over and they have gone like a passing cloud.

The ancients (and me too) believe the real world is the inner world. It is the true story of life and not this silly show of egos chasing fame, fortune and happiness. When you are on your death bed and have millions of dollars and numerous homes but have not connected with your own heart, it will be very scary. You will feel you face death alone. It is not true, but you will believe and feel you are alone. If you had put your attention on turning inward and meditated on the being that lives within you, you would be fearless when your physical body falls away. You will be excited to know you are going home. You already have merged and are one with the ONE and the only death is the falling away of the physical body.

While we are here we can enjoy the pleasures of the flesh, as Gal Gadot, Wonder Woman had described in her movie. The trick is to just enjoy what comes freely and do not get attached or identify with being the doer or the owner. People, places and things are not yours and will leave sooner or later, so just enjoy and do not identify with them. Just as, Kahlil Gibran, the Prophet, had said, your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughter of Life’s longing for itself. They come through you but not from you. And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. We are just the caretakers of God’s stuff. That is how I felt like the caretaker of the massive home and property that Barbara and I shared along with our collections of Show and Go Custom Cycles. Freedom is letting everything go and not holding on to anything, even life itself.

The real purpose of our life is just to reawaken or realize that we are children of God. Out of God everything and everyone comes and they exist for a while (for God’s amusement) and then God draws everyone and everything back into itself. So, it never was really your life, it was God’s life expressing as you. This is a radically different way to look at yourself and life but if you can adopt this perspective it will free you beyond anything you have ever known. There will not be anything to worry about. There will be nothing or no one to fear. You will know your life is in God’s hands…

When I learned the Eastern Philosophies about life, I felt so much better. The outer world is the false world of illusion and the real world is within your own heart and mind. The outer world is just a mirror. The outer world will mirror back whatever belief of life you have. That is why we can live in peace and harmony, like in the eye of a hurricane, while the outer world spins out of control. In our little world everything will be alright, there will be nothing wrong and there will never have been anything wrong. That is a mantra/affirmation I have said so many times that it is impressed in my subconscious mind and just plays all the time on its own…That last line was for my sweetheart named CeeCee.

This world is going too fast and with Artificial Intelligence and technological breakthroughs we will not even recognize the world anymore. The scientists wanted to see if they could create a language to communicate with the A.I.. What happened is very scary and makes the science fiction movies of the machines taking over a reality. What the scientists found was that the A.I. developed a language that only the other A.I. could understand. They are already outsmarting us. But there is always a way and that is returning to the simple and uninvolved life that the ancient ones have always taught. It will be interesting to be in peace when the world has many wars going on and many on the verge of breaking out. To be able to sit completely content when at any moment the end of the world with a nuclear war could happen is such a gift. I believe that nothing happens in God’s world that God does not allow. So, if the world ends, then it ends. It was fun while it lasted. I am grateful for my heart and mind opening and having enough grey matter to absorb the simple teachings of the path to peace and freedom.

My latest writings in this new book called MYSTIC will be a continuation of my journey that began so many years ago. I have lived many lifestyles and played many roles and have thankfully burned off most, if not all, of my bad karma. I am grateful to live my simple life in peace. When you read my writings try to find something that resonates with your heart and just disregard the rest. I am not concerned with writing perfect textbooks, but to write uplifting, interesting, fun books that draw people in. Many people have a look on their face that shows they just could not process all these different themes from my different school of thought. It’s all in good fun and I hope you enjoy reading my tales. If you can focus on the intent of my writings which is to share teachings and my books are not written to be perfect literary pieces or for me to become something.

They are just simple lighthearted tales of "The Irish Story Teller of Miami Beach." Now, that’s pretty humorous…

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Wishing You and Yours the Best…

Foreword

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The foreword for this book will be pretty simple and will revolve around my conclusion after writing nine books which it is always about the mind. One time in a very deep meditation as I looked at the picture of the great Siddha Master that had awakened my dormant spiritual energy, I literally heard a voice in my head say, It is all about the mind. Now, was its his voice or my subconscious mind or the universal mind or Buddha or Christ, your guess is as good as mine. The point is that it is one of the most important principles for any human being to understand and know so they can live a great life. Without knowledge of the great creative power of our minds we can destroy our lives by directing our thoughts in the wrong direction. All thoughts are creative. In a sense, every thought is a prayer. God gives us everything we ask for and we ask in affirmative thoughts.

As far as God is concerned, what we think is what we want. Remember there is no such thing as an idle thought. Every thought is creative. Our predominant and habitual thoughts will manifest as our lives. It is that simple. What you think is what you get. What you believe will be true for you, whether it is you think you are a complete loser or you are a great winner. This unseen creative power will create anything you think, you feel, and you believe, whether good or bad, little or huge.

Henry Ford had said, If you think you can or you think you can’t, you are right. God is not only able and willing to create all your dreams but is even EAGER to create them. God can as easily create a little thing as a huge miracle in our life. Size is nothing to God or the universal mind/consciousness or whatever you call the power that has created worlds. Not only does God create anything we want, God creates everything with zero effort. We can just relax as our part is creating the belief within ourselves through repetition of what we desire. You may doubt that you can have your dream so through repetition you will experience Coming to Believe then your dream will manifest. Our minds are part of the universal mind that has literally created worlds and we can experience knowing that we are a part of this power through simple spiritual practices.

I think the most important principle to know is that in this present moment whatever you are thinking is creating your future, so choose wisely. Ask yourself, What do you really want? When you know what you want for yourself and your life then focus on believing you already have it. It takes a little practice to get by the disbelief but if you want something badly enough you will persevere and you will come to believe. We see it, feel it, believe that it is already real in this present moment and then thank God.

I am sure I will repeat myself like I always do about these principles but they are so important that repetition is good for me, if not others.

So, what I have seen is that people are programmed in the first seven years when they are operating from the subconscious mind (which operates solely by suggestion) and are conditioned just like a computer. Our minds are just like a computer that needs the operating system installed. The problem is that much of the programming was misconceptions about ourselves, others, life and the world. We were programmed from our parents, who may have lacked understanding of life, or religious individuals, teachers, society and friends. If we look around it is obvious that most people are blind sheep just following the crowd so much of what we learned from them is useless. If we wake up we can learn the universal truths of life and principles that will give us freedom, wealth, happiness, success and abundance.

Think about this, what is the common denominator with all these following groups. Many of the extreme religious people in Southern United States hated the homosexuals, Blacks, Jews and others. They raised their children with this programming and when they grew up these beliefs were impressed in their subconscious mind. They would unconsciously live their lives from these false teachings. Now, many Blacks went to Black Churches where they preached hate against the Whites and Jews, so the children grew up programmed with that belief. The Muslims teach their religious beliefs to their children and they seem to hate any one that is not practicing Islam. Everyone else are infidels. The White Supremacists hate the Blacks, Jews, Illegal Aliens and pretty much everyone that is not in their little group. That sounds pretty familiar. The radical, extremists Muslims preach Death to the Infidels convert or die. That’s a pretty clear message from a loving religion.

The thing in common is that the impressionable children are brainwashed into these beliefs. Hitler, through the repetition of the propaganda convinced most of Germany to think like him. The German people were brainwashed with the belief that they were the supreme race. In outlaw motorcycle clubs (where all the members of all clubs are pretty much the same) they are brainwashed (through repetition) that they are number one and the others are the enemy. If an alien looked down at all the outlaw clubs together they would see all the same persons. In Saudi Arabia their schools teach hate about the Whites, the Jews and the U.S. and Israel. One thing that all these hate groups have in common is they hate the Jews.

The human ego always plays a big part and the ego hates anyone saying they are better than them. I believe once the Jews told the world they were God’s Chosen People that was it for them and the world said, screw you, and has hated them ever since. The Jews were really smart and survivors. When times were tough and there was not much food the Rabbi’s always ate first to keep the smartest ones alive. Nature does many of the same behaviors with the strong surviving. So pretty much the whole world has been brainwashed while growing up. In North Korea, most of them believe that the fat, cigarette smoking, with heart disease, look-a-like for the three stooges combined is a God.

The good news is we can reprogram ourselves through the techniques I have laid out in my books which I took from the best teachers.

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So, the point of this forward is that after reading hundreds of books on spiritual truths from most cultures and doing spiritual practices that it is all about the MIND. All the learning is fun and interesting and I have loved the last thirty-five or forty years doing it, but it all comes down to This Present Moment and What We Are Thinking. How you feel is directly connected to how you think. Your thoughts and feelings are creating your life.

If you only take one thing from my books, please take the wisdom and the life changing knowledge that What You Think is What You Get. Our minds are everything. Our minds are the source of all good and bad in our lives. We need to train our minds in the same way that you would train an animal. You can’t let your mind run free or it will create endless melodramas and problems in your life. I know, as the first half of my life my mind ran my life and I thought I had no power or choice to do anything about it. The miracle or the gift from God is that we have freewill and freewill is the choice about what we think next. It is always our choice. We can choose to stay stuck in a rut and settle for less or we can start thinking great thoughts that will pull us out of the deepest hole.

Whatever thought has done, it can be undone, through a shift in our awareness. Those were Michael Beckwith words of wisdom that I love. Michael’s words should give everyone hope as we all have made poor judgements and acted with indiscretion and paid a price for our actions but we can change that. If we just change our thinking we can change our lives. That is why right understanding of our minds is so important.

THE FOLLOWING WORDSARE REALLY REMINDERS FOR ME!!!

REMEMBER IT IS ALWAYS ABOUT OUR MINDS & OUR THOUGHTS…

REMEMBER ONLY THE PRESENT MOMENT IS REAL…

REMEMBER THE ONLY TIME YOUR LIFE EXISTS is in THE PRESENT MOMENT

REMEMBER WHAT YOU THINK IS WHAT YOU GET…

REMEMBER THERE IS ONLY ONE THAT HAS BECOME EVERYONE…

REMEMBER YOU MANIFEST AS YOU BELIEVE YOURSELF TO BE…

REMEMBER YOU ARE A CHARACTER OF YOUR OWN MAKING…

REMEMBER YOU CREATE YOUR LIFE THROUGH YOUR THOUGHTS…

REMEMBER THOUGHT IS THE ONLY CREATOR…

REMEMBER THAT GOD IS SIMPLY A LAW OF CAUSE AND EFFECT…

REMEMBER OUR THOUGHTS ARE THE CAUSE & THE EFFECT IS OUR LIVES

REMEMBER THIS PHYSICAL LIFE GOES BY IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE…

REMEMBER TO MAKE THE BEST OF THIS DAY…

REMEMBER TO BE GRATEFUL…

REMEMBER TO ASK TO BE FORGIVEN FOR YOUR TRESPASSES…

REMEMBER TO FORGIVE THOSE WHO HAVE TRESPASSED AGAINST YOU…

REMEMBER TO FORGIVE AND SET YOURSELF FREE.

REMEMBER LIFE IS ABOUT THE MOMENTS YOU SHARE WITH A LOVED ONE

REMEMBER EVERYTHING ARE JUST STORIES PEOPLE MAKE UP…

REMEMBER EVERYONE’S OPINION IS EQUAL TO EVERYONE ELSE’S OPINION

REMEMBER EVERYONE’S PERSPECTIVE IS EQUAL TO EVERYONE ELSE’S

REMEMBER STOP EXPLAINING YOURSELF, NO ONE CARES…

REMEMBER STOP JUDGING AND YOU WON’T BE JUDGED…

REMEMBER GOD SPEAKS IN THE SILENCE..

REMEMBER FEELINGS are a LANGUAGE that the UNIVERSE UNDERSTANDS

JUST A FEW THOUGHTS TO CONTEMPLATE…

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One of my favorites is: I NO LONGER LEAVE ANYTHING UP TO CHANCE, I SEE HOW IT WILL END, BEFORE I BEGIN.

I used this principle with everything especially with riding motorcycles. I would sit on my bike and get quiet and I would say out loud: I am so happy & grateful now that I just experienced another safe, fun, great ride. I said these words every time I rode with Barbara for our ten years of riding in the mountains and along the seacoast. We had ten years of safe, fun, great rides, just like I pictured. My vision created safe, enjoyable, wonderful rides. I just wrote a piece about The Power of Vision in one of the next stories. It works every time, with every person, in every situation.

The outcome is spontaneously contained in the expectation (our vision/belief). There are powerful words from Deepak Chopra. They simply mean that what you expect will influence the outcome of what is to come. This is the power of our minds to determine our future and our destiny. What do you really want? Because we can have anything that we heart truly desires through the power of our minds…

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So, this is my simple forward for my tenth book and hopefully my last book for a while as I am empty and exhausted. I do feel that a huge sense of completion and accomplishment. I am not sure how many others will benefit from my writings but I have changed more in the last few years than I have ever in the past. I am not the same man that began writing these books years ago. So, that is my message with this book: IT IS ALL ABOUT OUR MINDS.

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The thoughts you choose in this present moment will determine your life & your future.

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I hope you find something in my writings that makes you smile - uplifts your spirit in some way.

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HERE IS A PICTURE OF MY SEVEN-BOOK SERIES UNDER THE TITLE,

MYSTICISM IN NEWBURYPORT

AND MY EIGHT BONUS BOOK CALLED MYSTIC

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Preface

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I had read years ago that a Preface was about the purpose of a book. And that an Introduction was an overall view of the book. I liked those definitions and I have tried to write both the Prefaces and Introductions to my books using this theme.

The purpose of this new book is pretty much the same as all my other books as it is just the continuing story of my evolution on the spiritual path and my trying to share everything that I have learned on my lifetime journey. I have been very fortunate to come across so much wisdom. In this book you will see a lot of repetition about: MIND, THE PRESENT MOMENT, THE POWER OF THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS, THE CONNECTION OF MIND AND BREATH, and THE LIFE CHANGING TEACHINGS FROM MASTERS OF ALL CULTURES AND FROM ALL TIMES IN HISTORY. PRACTICAL TECHNIQUES TO IMPROVE OUR LIVES…

I admit freely that there is a lot of repetition in my books. It you look at other writers about spiritual principles you will see that their books are basically the same book being written over and over repeating the same handful of spiritual principles and universal truths. It is because there are only a handful of spiritual laws as there are only a handful of human behaviors and traits. Life is actually very simple and mastering life is done through repetition of these basic principles until they become part of your own consciousness. So, that is my reasoning for all my repetition…

It is interesting that all these writings began with my thinking about writing a little story about the ‘Seven’. As, it turned out that the seven story in my first book was just a short story and was not the main one that was all about Newburyport, the people and the surrounding areas. As, my books progressed the seven’s stories turned into a huge collection of facts about the seven year cycles in our lives and in the world. One of these stories was a hundred pages. I will include the last seven story in this book as it was a big piece and really a centerpiece of my writings. The sevens tied everything together for me and explained so much. Also, learning about ‘Vibration’ and how it is the source of everything in this world. So, here is a little bit about what will be in this book and what the continuing theme is for my writings.

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As I have mentioned in other stories, writing has become my way to continue my personal development and to increase my understanding and knowledge of life and myself. Well, it continues to go to a higher level of putting the pieces of my life together and even bringing past lives into a clearer perspective of my journey over many lifetimes. I had always had a fascination with the number seven, and I was to write a number of stories about this number. As I was completing my last book I came across The Kybalion, with its Seven Hermetic Principles. It seemed like all the work writing these first prior books was to bring me to this place to discover these writings of Hermes Trismegistus.

My writings began with the thought, I am going to write about all the seven sequences in my life, but it turned into a lot more. When I began writing, I was asked what my books would be about. I thought for a moment and replied, MYSTICISM. It is interesting how much I have identified and how strong a connection I have with the teachings in the Kybalion, which is from the writings of The Great Lodge of Lodges of the Mystics.

Mysticism is spirituality without the dogma of religions.

I feel I have found the source of my obsession for the number seven, and it is contained in these seven hermetic principles, which are the source of all spiritual paths all over the world. You will find that the core teachings in every true spiritual path have these ancient principles from Hermes. Even Abraham traveled to study with Hermes. Many yogis from the East traveled to Egypt to study with Hermes. He was credited with being The Father of Philosophy. I believe that there were many Masters at that time, but Hermes was one that stands out as the great one. His path was one of mysticism. I feel a strong connection with him and his simple but extremely powerful teachings in the collection of his writings called The Kybalion. The point of these words about Hermes is that most, if not all, the wisdom that I have learned from countless teachers and Masters appears to go back to him and The Great Lodge of Lodges of the Mystics. I have written about the Seven Hermetic Principles, as they are such powerful teachings, in my tale called PJF, later on in this book.

The other amazing writings were called Sacred Geometry. The writers of these teachings were so brilliant as they linked everything together so well and made them so easily understood. I saw a video of a hatha yoga instructor going through his movement as they included geometrical lines corresponding to his body configurations. Amazingly, it looked just like when they align the stars with lines in their astrological constellations. Think about how ancient cultures from all over the world had created their own forms of astronomy and all had the same designs. I think one reason that these cultures were so creative is that they did not have all the distractions of the modern world. Also, there were no lights from manmade structures to block the night sky. The only light at night was the stars and planets in the sky.

It was the primetime show for the night, not something on Netflix. And these ancient cultures (with no contact) used the same advanced engineering to build structures (mainly pyramids) all over the world. South America, Egypt, China, and even Russia have ancient pyramids, along with the tallest pyramid in the ocean off South America. It reminded me of how there is only one story, and how everything goes back to a handful of simple principles and laws in the entire Universe. So, these are two of the most influential writings, THE KYBALION & SACRED GEOMETRY, I have come across. One miracle after another of everything I needed coming to me since I made the decision to publish first book. Miracles are here for everyone…

There is so much that I am looking forward to learning about and then writing about. Symbols and their significance are subjects that I plan on exploring more in future stories. A symbol of three consecutive triangles is used to represent past, present, and future—magic, dreams, and terrenal body, soul, and spirit—change, energy, and equilibrium. In Consciousness, the past, the present, and the future are all available to the sincere seeker in this moment. This means you can take any knowledge ever known from the past. You can also see into the future and know things long before they ever happen. But the present moment is the place to be. Being fully present in this moment is the key to a great life. Choices and decisions made in the present moment with our best intuition will create the dream of our life. The present moment rules, and that is why it is the conclusion of this book.

The process of writing stuff out is how I process and learn in the easiest and best way for me. Writing is truly a magical experience. My conception about the purpose of a Preface is to tell the reader why I wrote the book, why it is important, and hopefully what they can take away from it. My writings are a humble attempt to add my five cents to the great awakening going on in the world. It does not matter how many people read my writings. It is only important that I write them and share my truth. The rest is The Play of Consciousness.

Well, let’s start with why I began writing these books. After a profound spiritual awakening in the form of a powerful Kundalini awakening, I was to have stories flow out of me about meditation, yoga, past lives, Native Americans, Nature, and the Merrimac River. I began writing down these amazing tales of self-discovery. I was having vivid visions of past-life experiences of being with the Native Americans from the Newburyport area. I would literally feel like I was standing in front of a blazing fire at a drumming circle with these Indians from hundreds of years ago. I could see it so clearly, and I could even feel the heat from standing too close to the fire. In one of my visions, I was to see a dark-haired beauty smiling at me as she looked through the fire. I was to meet this woman from my past very soon on the boardwalk in Newburyport that ran alongside the powerful Merrimac River. I named her The Mystery Woman of Newburyport. She was an elusive mystic who was to play for me the same part the boatman played for Siddhartha in Herman Hesse’s classic novel, Siddhartha. The boatman was named Vasudev. This simple boatman who lived his life in communion with the river told Siddhartha to stay by the river. That the river will reveal all its secrets. The river will tell you everything that you seek to know. It was true for me, Nature shared many of her secrets through my time along the river.

I was to have this experience along the Merrimac River during long nights in meditation. My