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The goal of Christianity is that all of us become spiritualized, even divinized by our spiritual efforts through the blessings of the Holy Spirit. In particular, Christianity is centered around the ideal of Christian perfection that leads to theosis, which is also called glorification, deification, divinization, or sanctification. Theosis means to finally achieve a perfect union with God through the grace of His energies where the veil thereby becomes rent between earthly and heavenly matters. Those who attain theosis attain a saintly bearing while alive, and become holy lights unto the world who demonstrate impeccable Christian living with divine qualities. They become Homo Deus, the twice born of the spirit that Jesus spoke of with Nicodemus. It is as if they have transcended the world while in it.Thomas Aquinas wrote, "The only-begotten Son of God, wanting to make us sharers in his divinity, assumed our nature, so that he, made man, might make men gods." Saint Irenaeus said, "the Word became man, and the Son of God became the Son of man so that man, by entering into communion with the Word and thus receiving divine sonship, might become a son of God." While Psalm 82:6 only tells us, "Ye are gods," Clement of Alexander explained for us in detail: "the Word of God became a man so that you might learn from a man how to become a god." This is the goal of theosis.Theosis is very much the purpose of human life, which we can only achieve through the synergy of human efforts to reach God together with the Holy Spirit. That achievement requires continuous work at a process of transformation available to all, but particularly found in Christian monasteries due to their Rules of practice. Over the centuries, many in the monastic life have achieved theosis because their life becomes dedicated to specific routines of prayer, meditation, contemplation, watchfulness and self-review, chanting, worship, internal baptism exercises and lectio divina. These efforts will take us through catharsis (purification or purgation) and theoria (illumination) that are stages of transformation preparing us for theosis (union). We must restore God''s perfect image in ourselves and divinize our human nature to become our highest best self, our perfected self, our sacred self as required by the pathway to theosis. Here are the exercises one must follow, and what one must expect along this spiritual way that embraces the full power of God to bring about a spiritual transformation within us.

Many people know about the Daoist philosophies of naturalism and flow that characterize a special way of simple living in harmony with Nature. However, they are usually unfamiliar with the deeper Daoist teachings on how to become a spiritual Immortal, which is Daoism's way of signifying that you attain enlightenment. The ideal of the Daoist sage is actually symbolized by the third of the Three Pure Ones - Daode Tianzun who is also known as "The Heavenly Worthy of Dao and Its Power." Like the Bodhisattva of Buddhism, he symbolizes the human being who achieves enlightenment by mastering his inner Qi energy through a process that purifies and refines it to a high degree, and who then works to help mankind by using the universal powers he thereby attains.What is the Daoist path to enlightenment? It involves climbing five non-denominational ranks of spiritual attainment or sagehood - called the stages of the Daoist Immortals (Human, Earth, Spirit, Celestial and Universal). You accomplish this by cultivating virtue and merit to become a good human being so that you are worthy of the Tao and by undertaking special cultivation exercises to purify your internal energy or Qi. If you perform the right exercises sufficiently then you will undergo a twelve-year process of internal alchemy, where your internal energy starts rotating on its own, that purifies your Qi energy sufficiently so that your spirit can finally escape its human frame as an independent life, which then initiates the true path of spiritual ascension because you then become a Daoist Immortal. You can explain the inner alchemical process using the stories of famous Daoists as well as Hindu, Christian, Tibetan, Buddhist, Sufi and other saints since they all go through the same steps of Qi refinement with minor differences.Herein lies many of the secrets to the processes of internal alchemy that have been kept hidden from the public for centuries, as well as little-known Daoist principles on health and healing, anti-aging, repairing your physical injuries, marriage, finding a life purpose, the science of happiness, supernormal powers (such as bilocation), rain making, political and military power, the strongest astrological forces which affect the fate of mankind, martial arts, and the three dantian (and other ways) that section your body for inner energy purification exercises that you will not find in other texts.

This is the original meaning of the I Ching (Yijing or I-Ching) based on the Mawangdui silk manuscript that is the oldest version of the I Ching known to us. It is for I Ching users who want an alternative and more advanced translation of the sixty-four hexagrams than what they already have, and who also wish to understand why certain unexpected phrases or images appear in each line. This is due to hidden inner trigrams overlapping each line in conjunction with special patterns of yin or yang that must be followed for the sentences. The I Ching hexagrams are actually stories or commentaries on 64 topics of human interest that are heavily weighted toward politics, warfare, government affairs, marriage, raising children, the phases of human life, self-cultivation and the typical human affairs of the people within China's Shang and Zhou dynasties. The hexagram lines follow five large patterns that determine how each hexagram's commentary will unfold. The lines within each hexagram are not disjointed random occurrences but are related to one another in a gradient or story sequence, and over the centuries subsequent generations have lost various sentences or changed the original meaning of many lines by altering them to promote moral training. In many cases the sentence lines of a hexagram relate to the same line placements in opposite, reverse and paired hexagram complements and now you'll be able to see all these secret correspondences that makes this the most advanced translation possible for you. This is a vastly different translation than what you usually find because it shows that you should be reading theYijing like a book. In many hexagrams it serves as a public relations piece for the Zhou dynasty while criticizing the Chinese state of Shang. It is probably the most accurate I Ching book you can obtain until others start using its insights to produce superior translations.

The purpose of this book is to more firmly establish you in the sequence of stages for attaining enlightenment. It is written as if for Buddhist monks and nuns because it can be most useful to this audience, but it can help individuals in all spiritual traditions. By reading this information the members of other religions will be able to realize how their saints are becoming enlightened and this knowledge will help them profoundly in their own spiritual practices and traditions.When Shakyamuni Buddha first taught his students he emphasized the emptiness of our self and phenomena. He clearly taught that all things lack an independent, intrinsic, self-so core nature because they are composite constructions defined by all other things. Therefore they do not inherently exist but only provisionally exist through filial relationships. His entire life he taught the principles of no-self, impermanence, dependent (conditional) arising, and suffering. These basic dharmas have already been sufficiently transmitted to society because now even modern science accepts them. At the end of his life, Shakyamuni surprisingly flipped his teachings because in the Nirvana Sutra he then spoke of True Self, permanence, purity and bliss. Those teachings seemed to be the opposite of his previous lessons on selflessness, impermanence, impurity and suffering but there was a reason for this new approach.The lessons within this book are a form of skillful means because they stipulate the importance of physical cultivation practices rather than just mental cultivation such as meditation practice. During his lifetime, Shakyamuni Buddha emphasized that we must purify our consciousness to achieve the spiritual attainments of dhyana, which are specific stages of Arhatship or Arhat attainment. He rarely emphasized the physical aspects of the stages of spiritual attainment nor that we should engage in acts of service to society to help eliminate the conditions of suffering around us that people commonly experience in life. Nevertheless, "beautifying society" is also a form of physical purification that essentially stands behind the motivations of the Mahayana and Esoteric Buddhist traditions. Because ethics and social morality have advanced since his day and the level of public education and understanding has also advanced, it is beneficial that the dual emphasis on mind and body (mind-body) purification should now be returned to Buddhist practice. In other words, there should be more emphasis placed on body cultivation and inner energy work since this is necessary for enlightenment.In this book you will therefore find an emphasis on these neglected topics in order to correct many of the current deficiencies in Buddhist practice, especially within the Zen tradition, and thus help more individuals attain enlightenment and much more quickly.

The martial arts and yoga are both schools that teach physical stretching exercises, and they both emphasize internal energy cultivation, or neijia. The martial arts also emphasize ideal body alignments and physical movements so that you can express tremendous muscle power together with Qi energy for physical attacks or defense. To reach the highest levels of yoga and martial arts you need to learn how to lead your Qi efficiently, and match its power with your physical movements. You need to be pursuing a mental and physical state of flow by cultivating internal Qi movements.There are many techniques that work on cultivating the Qi (Prana) of muscles, organs and bones; meridians or Qi circulatory orbits; muscle force transmission pathways; bindus, marmaor acupuncture points; appendages such as arms and legs; body cavities such as the three dantian, chakra sections and other sectioning schemes; and simple body parts (such as the ears, eyes, teeth, penis, and so forth). In yoga and the martial arts, you normally learn how to cultivate the Qi within all these separate sections via body alignments, specific physical motions and energy exercises until you can sense and control your body as a single energy unit. You can stimulate and cultivate your Qi via special breathing exercises, visualizations, sound vibrations, emotional states, and through your will or special absorptions. Especially within the martial arts, you need to know how to cultivate these various techniques to purify your Yin and Yang Qi to progress to higher achievement levels. Most all of the different ways of purifying your Qi focus on small segments of the body instead of just a single whole body that you attempt to cultivate all at once. As the segments become more purified, this helps to open up the Qi channels within those regions, their Qi flow becomes free of impediments and also becomes smoother. As a result, martial power can be expressed quicker and more fully. All the segments of your body, regardless of how you partition it in nei-gong exercises, and regardless of what techniques you use, must be "washed" with Qi or Prana. At the same time, it is useful to hold onto specific emotions to purify their Yin and Yang composition.Here is a guidebook for how to pursue these types of cultivation, and the unified mind-body state of flow where there is a sense of control over any agency while your mind remains focused, quiet, and alive in experiencing the moment. This is the sat, chit, ananda target of Yoga, the "no mind and no body" target of Zen, and the blissful state of "no extremities" within the martial arts. You reach it when you can finally control the entire underlying energy matrix of your physical body, which is the ultimate purpose of yoga and the martial arts such as in the schools of Emei, Wudang and Shaolin.

Above the gate of the Imperial shrine in Hangzhou, China was a sign that once read, "Husbands and wives were connected in the past. Whether for good or bad those connections never fail to meet again. Children are basically past debts. Some come to give and some come to collect."Soulmates meet again in this life because of their karmic past, and children come into your life on account of a past karmic relationship as well. Some come to pay you back and some come to collect from you. This book teaches you how to find your karmic spouse that you were connected with in the past, how to maximize marital happiness by minimizing incompatibility issues, what lessons to teach your children to raise good kids, and how to band everyone together in a strong family unit that grows closer and happier over time. Drawing on the teachings of Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Confucianism, the Edgar Cayce readings and other spiritual traditions, it reveals various forms of amazing astrology that provide specific details about your future spouse as well as locational and timing indications for the best places and times to look for that spouse, or just a normal boyfriend/girlfriend relationship. It contains dozens of mantras used in India to attract a mate, discusses the five major compatibility factors necessary for maintaining a good marriage or relationship, summarizes the modern research on how to maintain a good marriage or relationship to avoid divorce, matches this with lessons from divorce lawyers and marriage counselors, and basically teaches how to create a happy, satisfying relationship.

The path to enlightenment, self-realization, moksha or spiritual liberation is essentially a pathway of Yoga. Specifically, this pathway of "Buddha Yoga" entails both mental meditation practice and inner cultivation of the Qi or Prana within your body via your willpower so that you can attain the first fruit of the spiritual path, which is an independent spiritual body that can leave your physical body at will. Buddha Yoga is also a pathway that requires you to polish your mind and behavior so that you can achieve the purity of virtue in thought, word and deed.Regardless of their religion and hard work at spiritual training, most people won't achieve the initial fruit of the spiritual path because they usually lack the proper instructions and devotion to effective spiritual practice efforts. The most they can then hope for is success in the afterlife, during which time they can choose to become Bodhisattva protectors or guardian spirits for all sorts of earthly activities. Why waste time if you can start training for such a role now?That being the case, this book teaches ordinary people how to properly perform spiritual practices and how they can most effectively train to become a guardian spirit, Buddha or Bodhisattva of their own choosing. This includes spiritual careers as protectors of nations, cities, people's health, wealth, agriculture and so forth. This is a form of Karma Yoga.It reviews common spiritual teachings about the origin of the universe and consciousness, helps you decide upon your own specific life purpose or purposes within life, delineates the Yoga practice methods for cultivating the physical body and stages of emptiness meditation required of Buddha Yoga, goes over several foundational topics of study for becoming various types of guardian spirits or Bodhisattva protectors for humanity, and reveals how religious professionals can better help greater society through certain forms of self-study. A tour de force of countless practical topics, in addition to training guides of various types it also reveals how spiritual leaders can more easily raise money for their centers and efforts.

Why do empires rise and fall? Why do some cultures and civilizations disappear over the ages while others have thrived for thousands of years? Why have some countries become superpowers brimming with prosperity while others have not? What grand strategies have empires, countries, and cities used to grow themselves into greatness? There are many factors that foretell the rise and fall of civilizations, and two of the prosperity principles rarely discussed but must be mastered include asabiya, or cooperative group unity, and the aggregate "virtue" or "merit" of a great body of men.There are also cyclical factors in history - whether of Kondratrieff innovation waves, Strauss and Howe generational waves, business cycles or demographic waves - which explain predictable trends in technology, politics and economics that we can align with for the purposes of prosperity. Cities can make use of these trends and through astute placemaking magnetically attract residents, talent, and the "next thing" industries within their borders. Many companies also face the prospect of super profitability and then bankruptcy. What strategic factors explain how to build firms to last? Many companies thrive by adopting a guiding vision that creates benefit for customers and overrides a natural tendency towards pure profiteering without regard to human values. How should those companies design products embodying greater merit (benefit and values) than the competition and ethically market them to highlight their best value propositions? In your own career, how do you avoid the slippery road of commerce that often produces "errant men of business"? What principles will help you stick to a virtuous road and even become considered a man or woman of "consummate conduct"? More importantly, how can you find your life purpose or purposes within life so that it becomes filled with more satisfaction than what your job or occupation provides, and how can you band together with larger groups with similar interests to uplift communities and infect the world with positive change?When you peel back the layers of explanation you will find that the big principles of death and decline, or progress and prosperity for great bodies of men usually revolve around lasting issues of virtue, values, culture and merit. The grand strategies of progress revolve around unifying principles of cooperation and shared values. When virtuous ways such as altruism, self-sacrifice and cooperation hold sway we will normally see prosperity in societies and when they decline we will normally see deterioration. One individual with a vision or passion who cultivates himself to become better can therefore influence his family, community, country and the world to do great things, and can even affect the future generations of men. This is a book on the big principles that explain why small to large associations of men grow and thrive or decline and die, and teaches how to manage their group-persistence and uplifting. It reveals the causes of progress and prosperity for civilizations, cultures, empires, countries, cities, companies and products ... and how men can personally raise these groups up to greater heights by pursuing purposes, values and missions that embody the highest of ideals.

Sport visualization skills, the ability to create mental images of a perfected athletic performance in your mind, are extremely powerful tools for helping individuals achieve their athletic best. Legendary sports figures like Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Michael Jordan, Jerry West, Michael Phelps, Muhammad Ali, Pele, Ronaldinho and countless Olympic champions have all used mental imagery practice to improve their game because it indeed creates an advantage that adds an edge. If they did not think it worked then most elite athletes would not use it.Using mental visualization as a training technique invariably results in much better athletic performances so elite athletes everywhere are now using it. Seasoned athletes train to form highly detailed mental images and run-throughs of their entire athletic performance while vividly engaging all their senses in their mental rehearsal. The very best learn how to combine their knowledge of the sports venue, including their athletic skills and game strategies, with their mental rehearsals for excellence.Science has discovered that intently visualizing mental images of sports activities and actually doing them activates similar neural circuit regions of the brain. Because the brain doesn't distinguish between doing something and just thinking about doing it, mentally rehearsing an athletic skill can then activate preexisting neural pathways just as well as physical practice does. Refreshing that mental imagery over and over again is then like carving a groove into your nervous system, enabling your actions to become more automatic which is a boon if you are imagining great skillfulness. Done consistently, visualizing ideal, perfect athletic actions in vivid detail can definitely help you reliably "hard-wire" a great performance in your brain. Imagining yourself doing those movements in a perfect fashion will help you become better at their execution.Athletes practice visualization because they want to condition their mind in such a way that the body automatically behaves the way they want it to without effort, which can take their performance to the next level of excellence. You can positively, absolutely improve your athletic performance when you start to employ the right type of mental imagery practice. Among other things, athletes commonly use visualization efforts to improve specific skills such as hitting or catching a ball, skiing a hill, swimming a race, jumping an obstacle, timing a response, or moving their body in a certain way particular to a sport. Mental imagery practice can also be used to enhance your confidence, boost motivation and reduce performance anxiety.Visualization practice helps prepare athletes for real competition. It can and should be a type of active mental rehearsal of how you want things to be in terms of your performance. By regularly creating certain experiences or scenarios in your mind, which your brain interprets as a real situation, you can skillfully prepare yourself with the appropriate expert response when it comes time to make those experiences happen. The magic is that sports visualization practice can then take you to the next level of competition because forming mental images in your mind will help construct mental and physiological schema that can be reproduced, almost automatically, in actual life.

Do you have a stubborn health condition that doesn't seem to be improving? Can't seem to lose weight no matter what you try? Do you want to reduce your risk of developing Alzheimers disease or cancer? Or do you just want to look better, feel better, sleep better and start slowing down the aging process? The answer might be a home detox. "What is the simplest, cheapest but most effective detox program I can do at home that involves the fewest supplements and least amount of effort?" As a nutritionist who runs detox programs in Asia, I have been asked this question so many times that I finally put down my most powerful detoxification protocols with the exact products I've noted work best for people. Inside you will find simple but powerful detox protocols using nutritional supplements that will clean your entire body and address specific problems such as liver or kidney troubles, heavy metals, stubborn infections, Candida and parasites, or clogged arteries. You will also find protocols that help support and detox specific organ systems needing assistance such as your colon and intestines, liver and gallbladder, kidneys and bladder, skin, bones, and lungs. Found nowhere else, you will also learn how to read your blood lab test results to finally discover what inside you is not working at peak efficiency and can use some detoxification support. You'll find out which over the counter supplements work best for these concerns. As pollution has increased in the world, our organs have simply not been able to keep up with the detoxification demands from being exposed to so many contaminants. Our bodies have literally become toxic cesspools from absorbing an onslaught of harmful chemicals in the air, our water and food. Our detoxification organs have been inundated by this deluge and are unable to keep up with their elimination work. Tests show that all human beings, including infants, now have innumerable toxic chemicals, insecticide and pesticide remnants, plastics, heavy metals, xenoestrogens, inoculation residues, industrial wastes and other poisons stored in their cells, and the eventual outcome of these accumulations is likely to be some form of chronic or even fatal illness unless we do something about it now. A home detoxification program is the solution, but what protocol should you use? What supplements work best? Different people will require different products for their own detoxification needs, but a typical protocol will be to start with cleansing the intestines, kidneys and liver since they are our main detoxifiers or channels of elimination. Afterwards you can move on to other body systems. Inside you will find a collection of the most powerful detoxification protocols you can do at home using products that others have derived from years of development. Whenever you put an additional burden on your detox organs you must also take supportive nutrients so that they have enough energy to carry out the additional work you are requesting, and you will find what to take for organ support as well. Is detoxification worth the effort? Many people have cancelled surgery and reversed incurable health conditions because of it. Will you feel better? It's worth a try!