Thought I would pass this along...didn't know if anyone may be interested in this... ---------- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Living the Days of Prophecy - Gregg Braden at The ProphetsConference > Date: Tuesday, August 03, 1999 12:09 PM > > Because of the very substantial number of people registering to attend, > plus the unprecedented visiting faculty and the extraordinary location, The > Prophets Conference ~ Port Townsend, Washington, taking place August 27-29, > is becoming widely regarded as a major event for this closing year of the > century and millennium. Linking the physical and the metaphysical, this > special gathering calls together the community of compassionate bearers of > change - new planetary humans busy filling the space left empty from our > old order�s decline. > > Together, we create a history-making event. > > One of the exceptional conference presenters, whose work has touched me > personally, is author, lecturer and guide to sacred sites throughout the > world, Gregg Braden. Following his engaging books, "Awakening to Zero > Point: The Collective Initiation" and "Walking Between the Worlds: The > Science of Compassion," he has become a popular voice regarding ancient > wisdom, personal and planetary change. Professional careers as an Earth > Scientist and Computer Systems Designer have provided Gregg with the tools > to communicate with clarity and relevance. Through sacred journeys into the > mountains of Peru, Tibet, Egypt and the American Desert Southwest, he has > developed the intimate language through which he shares his life-changing > message of hope and possibility. > > You are invited to join Gregg Braden at The Prophets Conference Port > Townsend as he takes us on a very special journey into earth mysteries, > ancient traditions and human relationships. He will give an insightful > individual presentation, "Living the Days of Prophecy," and will be joining > Dr. Edgar Mitchell, Joan Ocean, James Twyman, and Ilona Selke on the panel > "Evoking the Numinous: A Path of Revelation, Evolution, Awakening." > > Other exceptional teachers/authors presenting their work at the conference > are Robert Anton Wilson, Joe Firmage, Dr. Steven Greer, Marcia Schafer, Dr. > John Mack, and the legendary John A. Keel. > > You may find out much more about Gregg Braden and this powerful Prophets > Conference by visiting http://www.greatmystery.org/prophets.html. If you > would like to receive more information, you may call toll-free: > 1-888-777-5981 and receive a conference brochure. > > The following interview with Gregg Braden gives us a genuine appreciation > for his work. > > Thank you and aloha, > Cody > ____________________________________________________________ > > Interview with Gregg Braden: > "In Search of Original Wisdom and Moving Towards Compassion" > By Dawn Baumann Brunke, Alaska Wellness > > On Earth Changes and The Shift: > The context within which we are viewing the events of our lives and > witnessing outrageous phenomenon (for our own scientists are documenting > unprecedented natural phenomenon in terms of earth and space alike) looks > frightening to many Westerners. As I have traveled through many of the > indigenous cultures of the world, Egypt, Bolivia, Peru, Nepal and > elsewhere, it is interesting that almost universally these cultures not > only allow for the changes which are happening but they expect them and > they expect them now. > > Quite literally, there is a new species of human that is being birthed > within this generation, at the close of this grand cycle of experience that > the ancients called the Shift of the Ages. This new species has been > predicated, prophesied, and expected through ancient and indigenous > cultures. It is only in the West that we've been surprised and mystified > because it is in the West that we've lost the texts. > > On What Happened: > Seventeen hundred years ago, key elements of our most sacred heritage were > taken from the texts that define our history. In 325 AD, the Emperor > Constantine put together the Council of Nicea. Essentially, he gathered > together the historical and religious texts of his time and told the > council that because so many of the texts were redundant, many confusing > and some so mystical they weren't understood they were to come up with a > condensed version. Twenty-five biblical texts were thus taken out of our > references during that time an additional 20 supporting documents, such as > the book of the Secrets of Enoch, were also removed. The books that were > left were rearranged and condensed, and that's what we're working with today. > > I am constantly in awe of how well we have done in our societies, family > relationships, and science and technology without really knowing who we > are, where we came from, why we're here and what we can expect to happen. > The indications of this are that, at best, we were working with an > incomplete understanding of the forces of our world and our relationship to > those forces. The pieces that were taken out were the ancient sciences of > compassion, the highly-sophisticated technology that we call prayer, and > the role of emotion and feeling in our bodies. Those were the texts that > were removed and those are the pieces that will now complete the wisdom > that we're developing in the West today. > > On The Missing Texts: > Through mystery schools, scared orders and elite priesthoods, this > information has always been retained and we've always had hints that there > was this body of information that might help fill in the gaps of our > understanding of the world. The texts point to the fact that now, at the > closing of the millennium, something precious, rare and unique is happening > to the earth and the people on the earth. It has never happened before. > The underlying current has been that something big is going to happen. In > the West, it has been feared because the texts describing this have been > taken away, whereas in the East and indigenous cultures it has always been > a part of their belief system. > > On the Essene Mirrors: > >From the perspective of the ancient Essenes, every human on the earth is an > initiate in the Mystery School that we call Life. Whether they are > conscious of it or not, every human will experience in the presence of > others mirrors of themselves in that moment. If we have the wisdom to > recognize those mirrors, we may accelerate the evolution of emotion and > understanding. > > What the Essenes said was that for us to know and master ourselves in this > world, we will see one or some combination of mirrored patterns in others. > The seven mirrors are progressively more and more subtle. Back in the > '70s, we heard about the first mirror, of who you are in the moment. The > notion was that if you find yourself around individuals who are angry or > dishonest, they are showing you your dishonesty or anger. Sometimes the > mirrors would apply, but sometimes they wouldn't. We had discovered the > first mirror, but had yet to see the other mirrors, such as the second > mirror, which reflects what we judge in the moment. > > This is tremendously powerful but very subtle. The ancient Essenes had a > very sophisticated understanding of interpersonal human relationships and > the role of emotion in those relationships. It's the role of emotion that > we have carefully sifted out of our Western > experience up until very recently. Now, as we go back into these texts, we > see that it is emotion that proves the power and, when coupled with logic, > true magic and miracles occur. > > On Emotions as the "Forgotten Switch": > One of the great mysteries of life sciences is the question of why > two-thirds of our genetic code is turned off. Up until discoveries in > 1953, science has always believed the genetic code was fixed. Now, within > the last three years, Western researchers have found that it appears the > human genetic code is a variable code rather than a fixed code, and that it > is our responses of feeling and emotions as we go through the challenges of > life that determine which one of those codes are switched on and switched off. > > In the ancient traditions, there is a quality of emotion and feeling and > thought that appears to optimize those genetic codes and "turn them on" > thus giving us longevity, vitality and tremendously-enhanced immune > systems. That quality is what we today call compassion. That is the > common thread of emphasis through these ancient traditions, this science of > compassion. > > On Light and Dark: > It's like a drop of water. In our Western technologically-oriented world, > we try to compartmentalize water into hydrogen and oxygen. The reality is > that water can only be water in the presence of both hydrogen and oxygen. > If you look at either alone, you don't have water. It's the union of both > that allows the miracle that we call water to exist in our world today. > It's the same with light and dark. > > It is impossible to have the duality of experience that we have in our > world today in the presence of only light and dark. This is the irony, the > great dichotomy, for the moment an individual draws the line between dark > and light, the moment you identify something as light or dark, you have > fallen in the ancient trap of judgment. The key to this time in history is > transcending that judgement of light or dark and recognizing both as > components of the whole, of the single experience. > > On Light, Dark and the One: > One of the ancient tenets that may hold the greatest potential for healing > of our bodies and bringing peace to our world is the tenet that reminds us > that of the 6.5 billion or so people in this world, there is only one of us > here. There is a single consciousness experiencing through many bodies, and > the breadth of our consciousness and experience from the lightest of the > light to the darkest of the dark are all part of that One. > > Seventeen hundred years ago, we began to look at light and dark as > opposites; we began to judge one as being better than the other when in > reality we live the experience of both, and both are only possible in the > presence of one another. Darkness is only possible in the presence of > light and light is only possible in the presence of the dark. > > On Moving Towards Compassion > If we believe there is a single source of all that is, then we have opened > the door to healing the illusion of separation. We have opened the door to > healing the judgment of light and dark. In the presence of that healing, > our body responds. I believe this holds our greatest possibility for the > healing of our bodies and the healing of nations. By simply embracing the > possibility that there is one source of all that we will ever know in this > world, and that all we witness and experience is of that source, we are > invited to transcend our judgements. As we do so, the polarities fall away. > > The key to this time in history is to transcend judgement and allow for the > possibility that light and dark are one and the same, and, as the Egyptian > Master Thoth said, different only in seeming and part of an even greater > force. As we embrace that, we open the door to the possibility of compassion. > ____________________________________________________ > > To find out more about Gregg Braden�s exceptional teachings go to: > http://www.greggbraden.net/body_index.htm > > You may request The Prophets Conference Brochure by calling toll-free > 1-888-777-5981 and leaving your name and address, or by emailing > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Thank you for forwarding this information to your friends and member lists. > Questions, unsubscribe, subscribe, inquiries, comments, issues? > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > explore... http://www.greatmystery.org
