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Welcome to The NextStage Expanded Awareness Society’s DiscoverThePractice.com Newsletter for 17 August 17! |
In this edition: • The “Off The Mountaintop” Blog Post Series • For prospective students – NextStage now accepting a limited number of students for 2018 • Other interesting tidbits |
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“Off The Mountain Top Blog Post Series Frequent readers of our blog will have notice that we often publish posts on the teachings and uses of The Practice in everyday life. As Susan writes, “Most of us have heard the phrase that it’s easier to be Holy when you live on a mountain top but most of us don’t have that luxury. We have jobs, family, cellphones, bosses, soccer games, hockey games, yoga classes, … That holy thing would be easy if we didn’t have to interact with the modern World.” Newer readers may have missed some of our earlier posts on the subject, so we invite you to read (or re-read!) the “Life Off The Mountain Top” series. |
Life Off the Mountaintop, Part 1I’m going to be writing a series of short blogs on using The Practice in everyday life. Most of us have heard the phrase that it’s easier to be Holy when you live on a mountain top but most of us don’t have that luxury. We have jobs, family, cellphones, bosses, soccer games, hockey games, yoga classes, … That holy … |
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Life Off the Mountaintop, Part 2The Holidays, that glorious time of the year when families and friends get together and compete for who can be the most obnoxious or who can hold their tongue the longest. Not a Hallmark moment to be sure. It can be a very trying time for all. And here you are wanting to impart upon them the new wisdom you’ve … |
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Life Off the Mountaintop, Part 3Aside from family gatherings, one of the most difficult places to practice is at work. It may help to think of the people at work as an extended family and treat them the same way I described in the last post. You may end up with a large cabinet of “Stupid Files”, or you can turn it around and use … |
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Life Off the Mountaintop, Part 4 – Gift GivingAn appropriate topic for the upcoming holidays and really any time of the year is the wonderful ritual of gift giving. This is where everyone shows us just how little they know about the person that they’re buying a gift for. No one’s immune to it. Spouses, parents, friends and co-workers all think that they know what the person they’re … |
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Life Off the Mountaintop Part 5 – Working with the Energy of the Moon, Part 1One of the ways to bring The Practice into your everyday life is to be aware of the Moon and the various phases it goes through during the month. Most people accept that we’re affected by the moon, especially during the full moon. For people wanting to do energy work, you may be interested in knowing that the Full Moon’s … |
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Life Off the Mountaintop (a slight diversion)I’m making a slight diversion to the Moon energy thread. I’ll return to that next time. Some of you may know that my Mother recently passed. Most of the time I can focus on the positive aspects of her passing. She was 85, had a great life and was doing what she wanted to do even four days prior to … |
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Life Off the Mountaintop and Up to the Moon! Working with the Energy of the Moon Part 2 – Full Moon NamesAs a follow-up to my last blog on working with the energies of the phases of the moon in a given month, I’ll be talking about the names of the full moons for 2017 in this post. Many cultures have their own names for the full moons that occur. The ones that most people are familiar with come from the … |
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Still off the Mountain Top….and diving into that messy bowl called ResponsibilityI’m sure that got some people responding in all sorts of ways. There are those who go out of their way to shun any and all responsibility in their lives. I know a few people like this. They’re “Just along for the ride”. I have no sympathy for these people when they don’t like what happens in their life and … |
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Life off the Mountaintop – Random Thoughts in the TrenchesIn writing these blogs I sometimes will get in my own way. I feel that the blogs must all be stellar, imparting words of wisdom that readers will be in awe of. Well as I like to say…there’s theory and there’s reality. In theory all blog post would be stellar imparting great words of wisdom that people were just waiting … |
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Life Off The Mountain Top: Saying GoodByeStill living off the Mountain – wishing I was there at times… It’s been a while since I’ve posted a blog. There’s been a lot going on, but when isn’t there? Recently a friend’s ex passed away. She still had a lot of unresolved things that she wanted to say to him, unspoken thoughts, and didn’t know how to express … |
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Prospective StudentsHave you every thought there must be more out there? There is! The Practice can expand your awareness, allow you to experience more than you thought possible, and achieve wellness in ways you can’t yet imagine. NextStage Expanded Awareness Society is now accepting a limited number of students for 2018. If you’re interested in deeper studies with us, have a look at the Prospective Students page on our website. |
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Other Tidbits |
Like, Love, Link, Befriend and Follow NextStage Expanded Awareness Society! We also have a new video channel on Vimeo. We invite you to watch our Questions and Answers video series there. |
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Have you read Empty Sky? It’s the story of a young boy and his dog who are asked to save the world’s dreams, but to do so they must each make a sacrifice. What would you sacrifice to keep hope alive? |
Have you read Tales Told ‘Round Celestial Campfires? It’s a collection of short stories, some of which are based on experiences in The Practice. Email us if you can figure out which ones are Practice related. We’ve also published some short stories for the Kindle. You can find all of Joseph’s writings on his Amazon Author Page and please say hello on Goodreads. |
