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Your Spiritual Genie

Your Spiritual Genie. Spiritual does not mean religious. It means of or pertaining to spirit "the vital principle or animating force or within living beings" or "the essential nature of a person or group." (The American Heritage College Dictionary."

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Your Spiritual Genie

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  1. Your Spiritual Genie • Spiritual does not mean religious. It means of or pertaining to spirit "the vital principle or animating force or within living beings" or "the essential nature of a person or group." (The American Heritage College Dictionary." • Our essential nature as humans involves these qualities which we often spell with capital letters when we write about them.

  2. Some Quotes: • "Beauty is truth, truth beauty, That is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. John Keats (1795-1821), Ode on a Grecian Urn • Love is the will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing ones own or another's spiritual growth." M. Scott Peck, M.D. The Road Less Traveled.

  3. More Quotes • "Contend ye not with the wicked" (or "resist ye not evil" King James version: Matthew 5:39 Sermon on the Mount • "Love thy neighbor as thyself"; Leviticus 19.18. Also in different forms Tobit, Philo, Josephus and John Stewart Mill, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam and the Baha'i Faith.

  4. Spiritual Growth • Withdraw into yourself and look. And if you not find yourself beautiful as yet, do as the sculptor … do not cease chiseling your sculpture until there shines out on you the godlike splendor of virtue. Plotinus, Man and God

  5. In Sum... • To be spiritual means to utilize, emphasize or live from these principles. They have always worked--they have been taught by every great spiritual tradition since the dawn of recorded time. • Thus, to consciously commit to, learn and practice these principles-- in mediation and in one's day to day life-- is to open a bottle which can bring transformation.. the magic of the genie.

  6. True “religion” • This true religion; to cleanse one’s self with pure thoughts, pure words, and pure deeds. Zend Avesta, Zoroastrianism

  7. Resource List • Anatomy of the Spirit. The Seven Stages Of Power And Healing, Caroline Myss, Ph.D. Harmony Books, 1996 • )Why People Don't Heal: audiotapes; Caroline Myss. Ph.D. • )Soul Mates. Honoring the Mysteries of Love and Relationship, Thomas Moore, HarperCollins, 1994 • Lessons From The Art Of Juggling: Michael GeIb and Tony Buzan; a new way to learn unfamiliar and challenging life skills • Breaking Apart, a Memoir of Divorce by Wendy Swallow • Surviving Divorce: video, John Bradshaw • Principle Centered Living: self-study course, Stephen Covey - helps you learn to utilize principles to achieve goals • The Road Less Traveled, M Scott Peck. M.D. • The Power of Positive Doing; 12 Strategies For Taking Control of your Life Ivan Burnell, published by International Personal Development • The Power Of Ethical Persuasion: Winning Through Understanding At Work And At Home, Tom Rusk, M.D. and Patrick Miller, Penguin BooksA Little Book of Forgiveness: Challenges and meditations for anyone with something to Forgive, D. Patrick Miller www.fearlessbooks.com • Book of Practical Faith, D. Patrick Miller

  8. 1-Pray to establish oneness of thought Take a moment and share a prayer 2-Identify issues cordially Consider topics of interest to participants, practicality in application, efficiency of results, opening up new horizons in mediation, etc. 3-Gather the facts Examine last years evaluations, mediation trends, mediation publications, web sites 4-Identify spiritual principles Check the by laws for the core principles that would serve the spirit of mediation, Gain trust of participants, Be true to the cause of conflict resolution 5-Identify intentions and hopes Examine SCMA mandates as to goals or objectives of the conference, i.e; to educate, to bring about results, to be efficient 6-Brainstorm options & solutions New techniques, i.e., Multi-media/power point presentations, etc.; 7-Choose actions by consensus or majority vote Take your time to discuss and explore until reaching consensus as the last resort take a vote. 8-test the action plan by universal and wholehearted support Go ahead and implement 9-Evaluate the Outcome Gather surveys, evaluations, feedback for future plans Sample Consultation Process Rules Application The case of selecting a theme for next year’s SCMA conference

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