This is the third in an ongoing series of articles entitled The Dynamics. This installment is The World Systems – Being First.

“The first area I want to talk about is FIRST.  First in this case is like we’re number one.  One of the earmarks of this period is everybody wants to be or is trying to be first.  We’re the number one team, we’re the number one company, and this is the number one product. We are first!  First, by definition, certainly means the front of the line. First number, first person, first order or whatever the case may be. This position is based on the assumption that all other things follow first, like second, third, fourth and so on.  But, inherent in becoming first is a state of very aggressive competition.  You don’t become first unless you fight for it. It was coach Vince Lombardi who said when the going gets tough, the tough get going. That’s a great football fight line and it works great on the football field, but when the economy and business and everybody associated with those areas start subscribing to that mode of operation what you’ve got is not a football game. What you’ve got is aggressive competitive mayhem where everybody, with no holds barred, is trying to be first.

Not only am I talking about this country, but I’m also talking about it in a global sense.  America comes first, is number one, England is number one, no Germany is number one, no Japan is number one and what we have out there in a very shrinking world due to communications and jet planes is a global competitive field. A field on which anything goes in order to be first. The Japanese have certainly taken over some very important world markets and have become first.  West Germany has done a major job in becoming first in certain areas. Russia is always on the field competing for first of whatever. The OPEC countries need to be first in oil and the list becomes endless.

What you have to recognize is that whether you like it or not or participate or not, you are caught up in the terrible game of King of the Hill.  When a country says we must be first, what they don’t tell you in parentheses in the next line is, at any cost. And at any cost is a very expensive experience because it could be at the cost of lives, at the cost of dollars, at the cost of the welfare and health of the nation, it is at whatever the cost is.  You’re not asked to vote on this, you’re just asked to participate and support. You are unwilling cheerleaders whether you like it or not. You’ve come to the game and they have decided what the game is going to be. You don’t even have any recourse to turn your ticket in, get your money back and go home. You’re stuck in the stadium. So one of the characteristic earmarks you are going to see is an intense increase in competition.

Now, the very first thing you have got to realize is that the Universe, in terms of its character, does not compete anyplace. That is, competition is not a universal term, it is manmade. Nothing in the Universe competes with itself or with anything else. Everything operates according to individual pattern. So the Universe is saying, look, we don’t compete and we come along as humans and say but we do compete. Do you  recognize that this is in an antagonistic diametric position to the way you are constructed? The very first thing you have got to learn to deal with is that you do not compete.  Now, what happens if you don’t compete in a competitive game? Well, one thing is the other team takes the ball and goes home. Very seldom can you take the ball and go home. But, if you don’t have anybody to compete against, nobody can play against you. What you’ve got to fall back on is Universal value and truth and Universal value and truth is; We don’t compete! If I follow my own pattern, if I stay true to who I am, my own cause if you like, I will see this thing through and all of these dogs that are growling, all of this shouting going on, and all of this competition that’s being determined has nothing to do with me. You don’t compete for a mate, you don’t compete for a job, and you don’t compete for a dollar. You don’t compete for anything.  You follow your inner course, which can be in one sense intuitive. In another sense it could just be the sense of knowing yourself and knowing where your stand lies.  Sometimes it’s just the discipline of turning around and saying, I’m not going to get into this competition. It may definitely mean breaking a whole series of old habits born out of your own experience of competing most of your life.

 That doesn’t mean to say that if, for an example, a job position comes open and you are asked to submit for it, a resume or whatever.  I would do it but I wouldn’t do it on the basis that I’m competing. If I want it, I would do it on the basis that the job is already mine.   I’m following the rules by submitting the resume but I’m not going in there competing.  Those of you who work in corporate or institutional structures are going to find the so-called politics at work unreal. The competition is going to be unbelievable.  Everybody is going to maneuvering and backbiting and shoving and repositioning because most of them are working out of fear, as they always have by the way.  Now if you want to get entrapped in that you never going to get through this.

You can’t look, for an example, at your finances and say, I’ve got to go out and make more money! I’ve got to do this and I’ve got to do that. What you’ve really got to look at is your creative value. You have to realize that money is simply a way of keeping score. Money is a flow chart. Whatever you need, and it may not be large amounts and give you a luxurious living, but whatever you need the Universe is going to provide. And if doesn’t provide it then it wasn’t for you to have at that time. You’ve got to start developing very early a certain basis of faith. You have to depend on yourself. You have to depend on the Universe. If you find yourself forced into competition and find that you can’t remove yourself from that competition then you’ve got to change your attitude. And the attitude is not I don’t care whether I get this or not, the attitude is, if this is right for me I will get it and if its not right for me I won’t get it.  And so you are calm while the storm rages around you. You’re calm and you’re settled down and you just know that it’s going to work in the long run to your behalf. Now sometimes this may appear to cost you something. It might cost you money, that is, there may be some investment and you loose something, so you say. It might cost you some attachment, or some friends. It might cost you to some degree part of a position, but whatever it costs you it’s going to be nominal. And what you do is kind of shrug your shoulders and figure well, whatever I seem to have lost at this point I’ll recoup ten times over by simply staying on track and the Universe will bring it around. It will, it really will. Maybe not tomorrow, but somewhere along the line and you’ll look back and say boy I’m glad I didn’t get myself all bent out of shape over that.  

The vortex is there and the entrapment is there and you’re going to hear a lot of growling and howling around you. You’re going to have to recognize right away that the issue of being first means competing for King of the Hill. No holds barred, everything goes, anything goes and you must not allow that to inundate you and take you away from your center.”– Gregge Tiffen, 1984

 TO BE CONTINUED IN PART 4 – The World Systems – Extremes.

This is the second in an ongoing series of articles entitled The Dynamics. We continue with Survival. 

“The second dynamic in these times is one of survival.  Not survival as in life or death but survival in a real spiritual sense. If we handle this properly and come out as survivors, what we have done is probably gotten rid of the human growth limitations that tend to hold and anchor us down. We become really terrific beings. It brings us to a point of spiritual survival that has great value and in a real sense moves us to a whole new level.

You have to realize that when you come back, that is the reincarnation concept, which is a learning concept, you come back at a time that is ideally right for your development. Now I’m going to make an assumption that I can’t prove, but being in the work for as long as I have it’s a fair assumption.  Those of us who can survive these times, and in effect survival means accomplishment, we’re going to bypass a number of reincarnations that would have been the slow step-by-step baby process of learning. What we are now taking is a quantum leap.  The Universe is basically saying “Gee, you did a really nice job so we think what we’ll do is let you skip grades 5, 6 and 7 and you can go on to grade 8. Actually this is not a bad deal because you can assume 5, 6 and 7 are typically going to have a lot of drag and sludge in them because basically that’s how the learning experience goes here.  Remember that for every learning incarnation you have you have to have an incarnation to set a problem up. So just for the heck of it let’s say you’re graduated 3 steps. You’re actually missing 6 incarnations. How long would that take? Well, conceivably it could take a couple of million years depending upon the timing of when everything was right for you to come back. So if you don’t think a couple of million years isn’t a big quantum leap for this school I don’t know what would be. When you look at that you’ll realize that in a real sense it’s got to be worth it. Not only have you made the advancement but also you’ve been able to get over a lot of these slow and sometimes-ridiculous development areas that you no longer have to deal with on a step-by-step basis. That just puts you enormously ahead in the whole spiritual process.  The problem here of me telling you about it is that I can tell you about it but I can’t give you any real connection in consciousness that gives you an insight and have you say “Oh yeah, I feel it right here, so you’re right.”  You just have to take it as a premise and see how it feels after you mull it about for a bit.

The object then in this time frame is basically the object of survival. What we’re looking for here is to meet the demand.  Going back at bit, the demands are not placed on us by other people. The demands being placed on us are by the system. The system, which is operated by people, can be anything. For the most part it is going to be governments of one sort or another. But, it is also going to be representative of any part of the system, i.e. banks, schools, municipalities, and corporations, whatever. And you are going to find very weird things coming up. The system is not going to treat you kindly.  One of the things you can depend upon is that every time you learn the rules they’re going to come around and change those rules. The minute you think you’ve got a handle on something, somebody has another rule, or a new rule, or the other rule has been dropped.

To prove my point here is an aside example. During the Reagan campaign for the presidency of the United States he said he had no intention of raising taxes. And during the summer after he was elected, while we were all asleep, including the Congress of the United States, they passed a tax reform bill as a rider to another bill. When you looked at it, it cost the American taxpayers about $29 billon dollars. What they did was to close all the tax breaks that were available up until that date and everybody slept through it. So, Mr. Reagan didn’t have to say he was raising taxes; he already did by cutting off the tax breaks. The big ones. The important ones that made a lot us, especially people who are in business, function a lot easier. And even the people who just go and pick up their paychecks were effected because we were asleep at the switch.  That is the kind of rule changing I’m referring to. That’s the kind of thing that catches you asleep and what can you do about it? By the time anybody woke up to it, it was ipso facto. There was nothing that could be done. The IRS was sitting there chuckling, counting the money coming in and everyone was gnashing their teeth and there was nothing that could be done about it. You are dealing with a system that moves like that.  This is worldwide; not just the United States, but governments all over the world are doing this on a monopoly board. You have got to realize you either have a choice of going along with this and being caught up in this vortex, or somehow at your own level reaching some degree of protection so that at least you can minimize this ponderous effect of the rules and the rule changes. What I am trying to do, if I can, is to open your eyes, your consciousness, and your mind to what is happening so that you can redevise yourself to some degree so that you can see what is going to be needed.  

The thing that bothers me most, in all honesty, is the fact that the so called uneducated or under educated part of our society, the ones that normally take the blunt of all the negative conditions of major changes and control, will riot and rebel. That would be disastrous but I honestly can’t say to you that that is not within the realm of possibility because these are the people who usually get the worst conceivable end of the deal. They are the ones who’s paychecks reflect the tax bites, the cost of living, housing, the elderly who are on fixed incomes, and inner city people who are trapped in this thing. The more astute and intelligent the individual, the better the probably of having a fair fighting chance but, those who are not in that category may bring about an uprising and in that case you are in chaos. I’m not here to sound like some doomsday prophet but I also feel I’m a realist and the realistic view of this is that there is a potential possibility that we cannot ignore. This is a part of the survival scheme too. Can we live through that? The country may survive but you may be looking at the survival of a cripple and that is not survival at all.”  – Gregge Tiffen, 1984. 

TO BE CONTINUED IN PART 3 – The World Systems – Being First

This is the first in an ongoing series of articles entitled The Dynamics. We begin with Time. 

“Time as you and I know is speeding up dramatically. This is not something that is just fancy and metaphysical.  We are actually moving vortexally at a faster rate of speed. The clocks haven’t changed nor has the calendar.  You look at a clock and for all intents and purposes, you are looking at 24 hours. You don’t have 24 hours in a day anymore. Literally even though the clock is registering 24 hours you are loosing minutes a month in actual space-time.  The clock (or science) per se, will never register this. But the fact of the matter is that if you look at a vortex that represents a cycle and that cycle is normally registered as 24 hours, we don’t have 24 hours anymore.

That cycle is now shorter and it’s beginning to shorten by minutes each month so that by the time we finish a decade we’re probably going to loose as much as 2 hours off the 24. Now this loss isn’t clock time, but it is actual creative time. Even now most of you, if not all of you, say “I don’t know where the day goes” or “I’ve got so much to do and I don’t seem to be able to get it done” and you look at whatever it is, your workload or scheduling or whatever you’ve got and you say “Gee, I haven’t scheduled more, I don’t necessarily seem to have a greater work load, but I don’t seem to be able to do all of these things that have to be done within the space of time that I’ve allotted.” The reason for this is that you just don’t have the time you think you have.

Add to this is the fact that you actually do see things speeding past you.  Everything is moving at a very rapid rate. Decisions are being made faster. Products come to market quicker. Businesses sprout up and die faster than they ever did before; today they’re open and tomorrow they’re closed. Scientific advances and discoveries are moving much faster. The space program is working far beyond its original timing limits, Ad infinitum!  Literally everything around you is moving more rapidly. It seems as if one minute you’re looking at a niece or nephew or child and think “Oh, isn’t he cute” at 6 months old and before you know it he’s a year and a half. You say, “where did all the time go or what happened to all this time?”  That’s pretty much the timing characteristics that we now face. It doesn’t rob you so much of time or creativity as it puts a pressure on you and your own particular tempo, or vortex if you like, to speed up to match it.

Now the problem for a lot of us, and in particular for the older generation, is that we’re not used to speeding up at that kind of rate. The background habit is that we meet circumstances that come up as quickly as we can. In between that circumstance and let’s say the next event there is breathing space. We kind of collect ourselves and get back to norm and then when the next crisis comes up we take care of it.

What is happening now is when one crisis finishes the next crisis begins.  There is no space in there that is enough space for us to recoup. We are on this speeding train so we don’t really have the marvelous time that we used to have to kind of lay back and watch the clouds go by, take a deep breath, put ourselves back together and get up and face the world again. By the time we’re laying down on the beach it starts to rain and we have to pull ourselves together and get up and do something about it.  That’s the kind of time we’re losing and consequently that literally produces an untold stress on the system, psychologically, physically and even spiritually. That’s why you may be observing around you and you yourself may be involved with, seeing people going off the deep end. Everybody is hanging from limbs. People are acting odd, they’re going crazy, weird things are happening and people are telling you that they can’t cope anymore.  Well, this is all part of that timing problem. 

The object of this condition and the result is not to wipe us out. The Universe is not making a move here to see how many people it can eliminate in a few decades. The object is to put you in a position to see whether you can take advantage of what amounts to a quantum leap forward in your development. And, in all honesty, you will never get another chance like this. One of the great things that you’ve got to see is that it is an opportunity no matter how it may appear to you. This is a real opportunity. And, if you can do well in this you’ve literally taken a masterful jump in growth, and I’m talking of course in terms of spiritual growth. You’re taking a jump as it relates to your learning lesson, your taking it as a spiritual being, and your taking it as consciousness. In effect you’re going to not only gain, but also really learn.  Literally learn a tremendous amount more than you’ve ever known before.  What you can learn during this time would be equal to four to five decades under so called normal circumstances.

Really, it’s a question at least in my way of thinking, of are you’re willing to meet the challenge and to take advantage of it because that is really what it comes down to. Being able to say all of this is well worth it because of the end result. A result, which you really can’t see at this point and can only assume, is going to mean more to you than what you really have to put out here in order to make all of this function.”  – Gregge Tiffen

TO BE CONTINUED IN PART 2 – The Dynamics of Survival. 

During my initial mystical training in the Far East, I learned that The Law of Independence and Individuality does not embrace emotion. The way I was taught in Tibet was “tough love” which is free of emotions because emotions are not clear or understandable. The rate of progress I made from that point on was left up to me. To accept an event as your opportunity to reveal more self honesty is the issue for effective and efficient rates of progress.

What happens if I live with the courage of my conviction of who and what I am, and I do not modify that to satisfy other people? Do I have the courage to make proper choices based on spiritual values not what I am told by society? How am I to live in this world without consciousness and the planet splitting me apart? How willing am I to deal with me and at the same time deal with external situations? How do I identify myself? Who am I to me? This is not simply ego conviction that makes modifications to get along. This is my self identity. This is my life as a totality. No one can give me the answers. The world and the Universe had been vying for my attention. Now I wanted the meaning behind the words. The time had come to LISTEN and accept the Seven Virtues as my internal strengths.

#1 SELF BELIEF:

The most rewarding part of aging is the realization that you have gone through many difficult life experiences, and you are still here. It makes little difference if this awareness comes when you are in your 20’s or in your 60’s. The point is, you have established a personal track record that allows you to view your accomplishments and your failures. You have known the uphill and downhill of your life, a view which now gives you reason to arrive at self conviction. Perhaps you haven’t always come out on top. What is important is that you have come through, and now you can take great pride in knowing that even under the worst of conditions, you can survive.

Now is the time to take stock of that personal strength. Occasionally, there may have been helping hands that kept you from falling, and you may want to recognize that but, in the end, it was your own determination and self conviction that finally brought you through. These accomplishments, even if they were part of commonplace events, have set an indelible record of accomplishment that should cause you to be proud. The climb up the mountain has been yours. Every hand-hold and every footprint has been made by you. You have lived your fears and doubts, and you have carried yourself over the top. The cheers or criticisms of those watching meant nothing. In the final surge, it was your own fortitude that brought you to the pinnacle of success.

#2 SELF CARING:

You are your own responsibility. You know this to be true because you have watched yourself in health and in sickness, joy and sorrow, and you know that you have been a real part of those realities. Even when it has not been what you wanted, you have not been able to live apart from yourself. With every heartbeat, the pulse of life records itself on every fiber of your being.

You are the result of being you. You cannot turn away from your reality. You cannot dissociate yourself from your feelings. You cannot abandon yourself. And, why would you wish to do so? In all the clang and clutter of life, you are your dearest possession. Every thought you have moves the tides of life. Every motion of your body shakes the mountains of mortality. You are the powerful microcosm of Universal macrocosmic explicitness.

There must be caring and protection for this alpha and omega we call Self. You cannot ignore that which is the personal vehicle of life experiences. Self denial is the bearer of arms against your greatest good. Self neglect is a microbe of destruction eating away at the spirit of your totality. Your uniqueness does not give leave for others to enter your space to heal, to dissect, or modify. You are your own best physician, your own best companion, your own best lover. To accept the responsibility for your own structure is both a requirement and a gift. Nowhere else will you find greater demand or greater satisfaction than that which the bloom of self caring can bring to the Garden of Life.

#3 SELF COMMITMENT:

And what should one do with all this power? What if there were no outlets, no way for the creative waters to spill out of the dam and irrigate the fields of life? What would be the result? A barren wasteland? A jungle of misshapen entities? A haven of half beings or ghostly apparitions? Certainly, it would not resemble Life as the Creator foresaw it.

It is incumbent upon you to take up your role as co-creator with the Universe. It is the great gift of Manifestation. It is the sunshine of opportunity that warms and nourishes every acre of our existence. Immobility is the blade of destruction that cuts off our legs and arms and leaves us helpless to take possession of our infinite good. You cannot wait for others to do the work, as they cannot wait for you. It is necessary for each person to commit to their own creation. Everyone sees a color differently, or a shape in a different projection. It is your individuality that Life depends upon to fulfill its infinite Plan. If you do not do your part, then a color or a shadow, so necessary for the picture of humanity, will be waiting.

Creativity has no element of failure in it. Perfection is not a goal. Self commitment is the totality of manifestation no matter how small or how great the outcome. You must be willing to wield the brush, swing the hammer, and ply the needle. You have been designated the co-creative light giver. You are needed.

#4 SELF APPLAUSE:

If there is no one inside of you but you, then who is to judge what you do? If you keep your thoughts to yourself, how can we assess their worth? If you create a body of work that fulfills your dreams, how can we tell if it is right? Only you can judge yourself. The trumpets of praise or the resonance of disapproval has no basis in fact to what you are doing. Those who cheer our efforts today will soon be tomorrow’s naysayers.

Self reward is the sibling of creativity. What is there to be gained if you create in darkness and in a vacuum? Shouts of approval and waves of satisfaction are rightfully anticipated. But these responses must be self initiated. If you cannot be gratuitous to your own labor, why should others be under obligation to respond? After all, we are not part of your creative process. How then can we be held accountable to approve the results?

You need to understand that every act is an accomplishment of some value. Nothing you do is too small or too large to be excluded from the creative mix. Everything is compared in the eye of the beholder, and you are that person. You need not drown yourself in self praise, but the denial to any degree of recognition results in a self-inflicted wound that is unlikely to heal. If your creative stroke is the inhaling of Universal Power, then self applause is the responsive exhale. If this interaction is not here, then the breath of life is stilled.

#5 SELF WORTH:

Who determines the value of a product or service? Obviously, the person providing the product or service becomes the authority that levies the cost for that item. Who then determines the value of you? If you are self-made, then you set the price. If you are made by some higher Power, then It sets your value. If you believe that your father and mother created you, then they set your worth. Difficult to determine, isn’t it?

It is apparent that it is folly to claim to have established the value of a person. If there is someone you love, you cherish them and no value would be too high. If there is someone who is loathsome to you, their value, in some form or another, is clearly diminished in your eyes. What one is worth by human or commercial standards becomes a highly arguable sum.

It is not irrational to suggest that you and you alone, should determine your own value. This is not something that lends itself to an hourly rate or a yearly stipend. Your value is totally dependent upon how you asses yourself. If you think you are not worth much, you clearly send that message to the rest of us. If, on the other hand, you have a high sense of value, we will see it in everything you do and say. The elements and parts that determine self worth are multitudinous. Remember, you are irreplaceable. How much do you think that should be treasured?

#6 SELF LOVE:

Praise, exaltation, and honor! This is what we willingly give to that which we recognize as the Higher Power in the Universe. In some forms, it shows as religious belief with all the accompanying pomp and radiance. In other forms, it can be quiet and indwelling in a space of personal hermitage. In either case, it is personal and unique to each person. It cannot be explained outwardly or illustrated with any accuracy. That is why self love is seen as a centerpiece at this exalted altar. Its reproduction with any precision is impossible.

This is an issue of the deepest meaning on every level of your being. It is not something that is discussed at afternoon tea, or over beer with the boys. It encapsulates your spirit and weaves together your dreams, your visions, and your manifestations. It is the method by which you talk to the Universe and hear Its response. To deny its existence or entertain a disbelief in its reality is to devalue yourself to such an extent that you lose all reason for being.

Self love is your secret garden. It can be enjoyed unto ecstasy, but it cannot be shared. It is your ultimate sound in the symphony of the Universe. It gives recording to your being, and a musical score that is essential to the production of life itself.

#7 SELF SATISFACTION:

You are an unquenchable flame. There is nothing you can do to yourself that will eradicate you from the Universal fabric. There is no damage you can do to your life that will separate you from the energy of existence. This is the Truth. This is the Law.

There is no reward for denying yourself. You will not receive any kind of Divine punishment, nor will you be handed over to a mythic monster in some furnace of damnation. Despite the ups and downs, you are a good person, and you have the right to be here.

Be happy with yourself. The joy you experience provides an indestructible armor against any misfortune. Your voice was meant to be a lullaby giving comfort to the weary and security to the young. You were meant to be the giver and the gift. Do not attempt to take that from yourself. It cannot be done any more than you can take the stars from the heavens. You have YOUR place in the Universe. Accept it with grace and good humor.

The rates of progress you make with yourself occur by an imposition of your will that expands upon your self identity….Gregge Tiffen

December 30, 2011 at 8:10:47 p.m.

“I give you everything I am because I am not prepared to keep it. I am self contained therefore never diminished by giving.” – Gregge Tiffen

As we start this New Year fresh with so many wondrous possibilities, I want to share with you a story Gregge told me about visiting a place he called The Temple of Ten.

There are a few things you should know before our tale begins. In the Temple of Ten there are ten different chambers; each chamber contains a challenge and a gift. The currency required for this journey is our time, attention, awareness and action. No reservations are required – you may invite others to read this story, but each individual must travel to The Temple of Ten alone. You may stay in each chamber for as long as you wish. The gift in each chamber is automatically and continually given to you upon completion of the challenge it presents.

As we stand at the entrance to The Temple of Ten let us first take a moment to clear our minds of any mental clutter. Then take a deep cleansing breath, slowly release it, and say out loud, “The greatest gift I give to myself is the departure from who I was!” Now we are ready to enter. We begin in Chamber One, staying as long as we wish and returning as often as required as we accept the first challenge. The first gift will automatically come to us when the challenge has been met.

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THE CHALLENGE OF ONE is the recognition and acceptance of your unique individuality. That recognition is the profound awareness that no other individual can express or experience life and its events, nor respond to them exactly as you do; not in the past, not now, not ever again. It is the complete acceptance that no other individual will ever be responsible for your victories or your defeats, for your joy or your pain, for your growth or your stagnation. It is a deep and reverent bow to the unimpeachable understanding that you and you alone will ultimately be the savior in your own life. You are The One of One.

THE GIFT OF ONE is quality. It is the quality of you as the inherent and distinct individual who continually makes invaluable contributions to the experience of life from a one-of-a-kind perspective. Your unique self-expression, self-acceptance, self-direction and self-appreciation is the sharing of your quality with the Universe, the planet, and your fellow travelers. You never have to seek approval or make overtures. The Universe always makes sure that you are sought out by those who need to find you. You are The One of One.

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THE CHALLENGE OF TWO is Balance. Each of us must be aware that we, as the individual, are a center point where all strength lies. Balance is always based on your own self-interest as this is where you learn to take responsibility for yourself and your actions.

THE GIFT OF TWO is Equality. Each of us finds equality in balance. When we become aware of what our body, mind, and spirit is telling us and respond appropriately to what we learn in that awareness, we do not interrupt our flow of good. We can position ourselves with a harmony that is individual. We willing move to and remain in the best individual posture under all circumstances. We become our own best friend.

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THE CHALLENGE OF THREE is Time. Each of us comes to an awareness that now is the appointed time. The past is gone. The future has not arrived. We only have this moment to create whatever we choose to create. This is the challenge of time.

THE GIFT OF THREE is Now. This time right now belongs to each of us, individually and collectively in a very significant way. When we completely immerse ourselves in the present moment we become harmonized with not only our own personal rhythm but with the flow of the Universe which is always in harmony with itself.

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THE CHALLENGE OF FOUR is the World. Each of us comes to an awareness that the world and its systems can be complicated and that we are continually subjected to manmade rules and regulations that are arbitrary at best. We often allow conditions we perceive as negative in the world to dictate how we see and feel about ourselves and our fellow travelers. This is the challenge of the world.

THE GIFT OF FOUR is Opportunity. Each of us sees the world as an opportunity. This is the arena for play, for work, for love, and for the full expression of ourselves. Now all we have to do is decide in what areas of our lives do we want to experience more learning and growth. This old world gives us an infinite playground of things to choose from. This is the gift of the world.

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THE CHALLENGE OF FIVE is Change. Life is an adventure in which we are never quite sure what is going to happen just beyond the turn of the road. Life is filled with the activity of change. When we stop this activity, we turn away from the newness of life. This is the challenge of change.

THE GIFT OF FIVE is Expansion. Each of us expands into change wherever it occurs. This is where we find that which is greater than we ever expected. This is the gift of change.

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THE CHALLENGE OF SIX is Love. It is for each of us to gain a higher etheric appreciation of ourselves; going inward in order to go outward as an expression of love’s Universal connection. This is the challenge of Love.

THE GIFT OF SIX is Love. When we put our dependence on our own self love to sustain us, not the coin, not the weapon, and not the love from others, then in that time and place we will know the reality of love as this great Universal power granted to us from “the very beginning”. From that moment onward all things will be changed… FOREVER! This is the gift of Love.

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THE CHALLENGE OF SEVEN is Knowledge. It is when each of us recognizes that the more we know, the more we know we need to know. It is continual growth. This is the challenge of Knowledge.

THE GIFT OF SEVEN is Wisdom. Each of us, regardless of who we are or where we were born, is imbued with specific brilliance. No one is excluded. We are expected to add to that brilliance through experience whereby experience becomes part of what we know. Applied knowledge is experience that turns knowledge into wisdom.

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THE CHALLENGE OF EIGHT is Acceptance. Each of us admits to discharging all opportunities for our own benefit; each of us accepts personal responsibility to ourselves regarding age, money, and health as opportunities. This is the challenge of Acceptance.

THE GIFT OF EIGHT is Opportunity. As we accept our personal responsibilities we become receptive to the infinite number of opportunities available to determine what our growth needs are. We can then match our creative output to those personal needs. To use all one has available is a means of reaching inner fulfillment.

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THE CHALLENGE OF NINE is The Higher Self. Each of us learns to acknowledge that we come closer to the Infinite than we thought possible. Each of us affirms our singular reality on a Universal Level. This is the challenge of The Higher Self.

THE GIFT OF NINE is Receptivity. All things change when you are receptive to the power of higher consciousness. When we are receptive, we do not need any human element to tell us we are capable of receiving this marvelous gift. There is something that lies within us that we bring into this world. This something transcends the body. It is divine consciousness.

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THE CHALLENGE OF TEN is Renewal. Each of us renews back to full cycle and where everything that is mystically and spiritually true is true; each of us accepts the Universe as fulfilling Itself according to Divine Plan; each of us accepts the world as the path to accomplishment.

THE GIFT OF TEN is Progress. All cycles have beginnings and endings. We leave the old and embrace the new. The Universe then recognizes what we have done and will act on our behalf. All of the necessary elements have been made to make sure we are recognized when we become new. There is no mistaking that everything we need has been placed before us. We are open, aware, and capable of accepting the new promise, the new accomplishments, and all of the new gifts that progress brings.

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I have enjoyed sharing these wisdoms with you and am confident that as you have accepted each challenge, the gifts have flowed abundantly. You are each a very special gift to me.

Bonnie

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December 30, 2007 at 2:35:53 p.m.

In the Northern Hemisphere, the Winter Solstice occurs on December 22, 2007 at 1:08 AM EST; and at 6:08 AM UT (Universal Time).

In all the mystical schools of this planet, this marks the most important day of the year…the birthday of planet Earth. It is the closing of the current cycle and the beginning of the new. It has always been celebrated with the highest forms of recognition and in the most glorious raiment’s imaginable. As you might assume, it was a precursor of what the Christian religion adopted as Christ-mass.

Putting yourself into the flow of the earth’s harmony at the Winter
Solstice can be an important exercise that will assist you throughout the next twelve months. If you have ever attended one of our Solstice
ceremonies, then try to reenact what you remember from it. If not, then take time on this very important day to do the following:

Remove yourself completely from the world, its noise and demands.

Sit quietly and let your physical senses flow outward until you feel calm and empty.

Think of the Earth by thinking of Nature. Feel yourself in attachment to Nature, to its vegetation and its animals and the flow of its waters and the strength of its rocks and mountains.

Release everyone who has come into your life this year so that they are free to move in whatever direction they so choose.

And then, one by one, reintroduce your senses…first, touch, then smell, then taste, then hearing and lastly sight. At this point light a single candle and let its radiance bathe across your face.

Lastly, remind yourself that you are of the Universal Family. Your position here is exactly what it is supposed to be and that your role is as important and singularly needed as that of any element of the Infinite Whole.

Have a warm, loving and fulfilling Winter Solstice and the most enjoyable and exciting experiences possible in the month’s ahead.

Gregge Tiffen

October 14, 2006 at 11:47:07 p.m.

Fall is upon us; its the ideal time to go over your metaphysical checklist and see what needs to be added to your personal repertoire of metaphysical information. Gregge has created a 10 point list of the must-have services and information that everyone should have. Click here to listen to it. Quicktime or Windows Media Player is required to be able to hear this MP3 file.

April 9, 2006 at 11:02:59 p.m.

Most everyone has heard the story of Chicken Little who ran around yelling, “The sky is falling, the sky is falling!” Well, the sky is still there, but the Chicken Little’s of the world are still at it.

Case in point: Global Warming.

Climatologists have clearly stated that the temperature of the earth has increased 1 degree in the past 100 years. One degree!!! That hardly qualifies for all this wild yelling that the earth is getting hotter.

Be reasonable, people. Let common sense rule.

Earth is a living, changing planet. It breathes, and moves and convulses according to the Laws of Nature. It has a long history of getting colder and getting warmer and all of those changes are a NATURAL function of this living globe we call home.

That is not to endorse the foolish and greedy way we treat it and there is certainly a very real need for those of us who are living here to do our best to keep this planet in the healthiest condition possible.

For all the benefits that came to us from the development of the internal combustion engine doesn’t mean that in producing that engineering marvel that it is the end-all of our need to go further and produce more efficient means to support our demanding life styles. But replacing engineering and scientific know-how with panic based pronouncements is hardly the intelligent way of doing it.

When God made human-kind it was not a celestial experiment. Included in our basic structure was the wisdom and tenacity to address and solve whatever problems may confront us. No problem is unsolvable and we need to remember that every knot was once a straight rope. So, there is a need at every level of our society to utilize this God-given power to meet the issues that life on earth present to us.

I was watching a TV show a few nights ago and the producer was covering a gathering of “environmentalists”. For the most part, it appeared that these were young men and women who were raising the call for some great effort to “save us all.” One of the members of the program’s staff had a clipboard and was asking for signatures from the participants to sign an endorsement to rid the earth of H20. No one who was approached refused to sign the document. The only problem is that H2O is WATER! ‘Nuff said!…GT

December 27, 2005 at 4:29:21 a.m.

Today is Winter Solstice. In all the mystical schools on this planet, this marks the most important day of the year—the birthday of the planet Earth. It is the closing of the current cycle and the beginning of the new. From its inception, it has always been celebrated with the highest forms of recognition and in the most glorious raiment’s imaginable. As you might assume, it was the precursor to what the Christian religion adapted as Christ-mass.

Putting yourself into the flow of earth’s harmony today can be an important exercise that will assist you throughout the next twelve months. If you have ever attended one of our Solstice ceremonies, then try to re-enact what you remember from it. If not, then take time today to do the following:

Remove yourself completely from the world, its noise and demands.

Sit quietly and let your physical senses flow outward until you feel calm and empty.

Think of Earth by thinking of Nature. Feel yourself in attachment to Nature, to its vegetation, animals, the flow of its waters and the strength of its rocks and mountains.

Release everyone who has come into your life this year so that they are free to move in whatever direction they so choose.

And then, one by one, reintroduce your senses. First touch, then smell, then taste, then hearing and lastly sight. At this point light a single candle and let its radiance bathe across your face.

Lastly, remind yourself that you are an important member of the Universal family. Your position here is exactly what it is supposed to be and your role is as important and singularly needed as that of any element of the Universal Whole.

Have a warm, loving and fulfilling Solstice and the most enjoyable and exciting experiences possible in the months ahead. Cheers! May your glass always be full!….GT