VOLUME 11 NUMBER 2 JUNE, 2000

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EVER LOSTNby Jim Gordon,President of ILM

H ave you ever gotten lost while traveling?Boy, I have. You see, in many of the citiesI travel to, I come in by plane — and thenI have to rent a car. I’m sure many of you

know the procedure. The first thing I do once I get offthe plane is go over to the car rental counter and pickup my contract and keys to the rental car. Then, if Iwas smart enough to plan ahead for the trip, I take outa map and begin to figure out where I am and how toget to the hotel where I am staying. If I have notplanned ahead, I ask directions from someone at thecar rental counter or in the rental lot, and then do mybest to follow their directions. Since I am primarilyvisual in how I take in information and words do littlefor me, I find that I sometimes get lost trying to followspoken advice. If so, I then have to pull over and askdirections, only to get more words about where I amand where I need to go to get to my hotel. If I am luckythe service station I stop at will have maps of the city— if so I quickly buy one and then ask the attendantto give me directions by showing me on the map whatI need to do. All in all, for me renting a car can be a‘pain’.

However, I recently rented a car and found some-thing that greatly changed my experience with travel.Upon getting into the car I found, attached to the dash,a NeverLost system. This is a computer that isconnected to a satellite tracking system known as aGPS or Ground Positioning Satellite. I had neverseen one of these, so I decided to turn it on and seewhat it could do. What happened is just amazing tome. First I was asked to enter the city I was in, andthen I was shown on a small screen my exact locationon a map of the city. I then entered the address of thehotel I was looking for and within a minute or two asoothing female voice began giving me directionsand the map began to show me the route to take. SoonI was driving and following the directions on theNeverLost System. “Next turn to the right in 3/5thsmiles. Turn right at next intersection.” These wordsguided me along the streets toward the hotel. “Bing

Bong, Bing Bong,” a chime would sound, telling meto turn now. Well I simply fell in love with mysoothing NeverLost — and I named her “Karen.”

Days passed and I turned the car in and was off toanother city. On arriving I asked if they could get mea car with the NeverLost System. Sure enough, andI was once again guided by the sweet voice of myKaren: “Please follow the highlighted route. Pleasereturn to the highlighted route.” The voice was everpatient, letting me know when I was off course andneeded to return to the highlighted route. When Iwould truly mess up and could not seem to get back tothe highlighted course, Karen would simply say,“Recalculating course.” Soon new directions wouldbe given to get me to the place I wanted to go to. Aftera while it became a little game to see if I could trulyever get off course, or if Karen could yet againrecalculate my course and put me back on track. Nomatter what I did, whether intentional or by mistake,Karen could always recalculate and get me back oncourse.

A few days later, while I was meditating, I beganto see that I wanted a NeverLost System in my dailylife. I would love having someone telling me, “Jim,you are off course and need to return to the high-lighted course for your life to proceed.” As I contin-ued my meditation, I came to realize that I do have a‘NeverLost System’ ever guiding me and pointing theway. My NeverLost System is my soul. My soulknows where it came from and knows what it camehere to fulfill. And my soul knows where it is going.I realized that whenever I am feeling lost in my life itis only because I am not using the NeverLost Systemthat God gave me, that instead, I am relying on mymind, my emotions, or the voices of others rather thanmy soul. My soul guides me with loving, and directsme with a voice that is still and gentle. Ever patient,my soul will let me get off course for a time if that iswhat I feel I want to experience, but sooner or later mysoul’s gentle voice comes into my meditation or mydreams and says to me, “Jim, please return to thehighlighted route for your life to stay on course.”Eventually I do, knowing that in returning to thehighlighted course I am returning to the Path ofLoving that is God’s roadway home to Him for meand all His creation.

by Laura Kesten-Beaver,ILM Minister

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ave you ever listened to a story and felt,“Aha! That’s just what I needed to hear!”But you couldn’t really explain what itmeant to you right away — you just con-nected with the feeling or the knowing of

it on some non-intellectual level? I recently had thepleasure of experiencing one of these stories. Iweaved this story, which I am about to share with you,into my own life experiences and subconscious beliefsystems, and then the “Aha!” eventually became clearto me.

This “Aha” story began on a beautiful Springafternoon while I was visiting one of Austin, Texas’best kept secrets — Mayfield Park. The park hasseveral ponds which are sparsely decorated with flow-ering lilies and are surrounded by large and plentifultrees. And as an added bonus — peacocks roam thegrounds. I sat on a bench near one of the ponds inorder to write in my journal. I was feeling a lot ofstress that day — the stress of all that I still needed toaccomplish ‘ASAP’, the stress of a personal situationwith childhood-family members, and also feeling alot of stress in my body — when God sent me a littlegift. It was a father and his young son. The two ofthem were walking around the park looking at ‘this’and commenting on ‘that’ when the father spotted oneof the park’s finest trees. Its smooth green trunkreached high into the blue sky; its first branch beganat about six feet. As the father eyed this beauty, hesaid to his son, “How ‘bout climbing that tree.” It wasmore of an exclamation than a question really.

“It’s a big tree,” replied the young boy as he tiltedhis head far back and looked up its trunk to the tippytop.

The two of them stood admiring the tree. “I betGeorge could climb it,” the father commented, quiteinnocently actually.

“But George isn’t here,” the young boy saidmatter of factly.

“You’re right, George is not here,” echoed thefather.

The two of them then walked on, hand in hand.The young boy’s comment to his father: “But

George isn’t here,” resonated inside of me. I smiledand said to myself, “Aha!” And I just sat there for afew moments, enjoying that ‘aha feeling’ throughoutmy whole being. Then I began wondering about theencounter, trying to understand the magical effect ithad on me. I knew that the young boy’s words weretruly words of wisdom, in part because he said them

so matter of factly. So I wrote the story down in myjournal, rewriting the boys last comment, “ButGeorge is not here,” and then I decided to start adialog with myself about it in my journal. I wrote:“So who else isn’t here?” I answered:

I am suddenly aware of feeling the absolutelywonderful freedom of being alone — no parent,no teacher, no boss, no family, no animals, noresponsibilities, no fears, no critics (myself orothers), no “Georges”....... Just me. I am here.

My thoughts then traveled back to the father-and-son encounter and I wondered who George was. Washe an older brother, or a friend, or maybe he was a cat,or a monkey or squirrel? I laughed at the absurdityof who George might be.

I then wrote down this question in my journal:Laugh if you like, but tell me who else mightGeorge be for you, absurd or otherwise?

I wrote the answer furiously in my journal:Besides no parents, no teachers, no bosses, nofamily or animals, no responsibilities, no fears,no critics, George is also my feelings of negativ-ity, chaos, overwhelm, rush-hour, anger, achesand pains, impatience, judgment. It is also thevoice of negativity and negative belief systemsinside my head, and the judgement the voiceplaces upon me and others. All of the above!

I stopped writing and in my head I heard the littleboy say again, “But George isn’t here.” I smiled. Hiswords were a statement of the present. He waspresent in the moment, and rather than wondering ifGeorge could or couldn’t climb this tree, he knew thatGeorge, after all, was not present, so why botherwondering?

And so I wrote:But none of ‘my Georges’ are here either!

And it was in that moment that I understood the“Aha!”

I wrote:Not wondering about ‘my Georges’ while I amhere at the park means being present in themoment, and in greater truth, experiencing free-dom. Freedom is being present in the moment,being present in God’s Moment. It is the stillingof the mind, putting to rest that noisey chatter inmy head that wants me to believe that I shouldbe something other than who I really am, or thatI should be doing something other than what Iam doing. And in freedom, I experience God asGod is in all that is. Just as the young boy did.

The boy and his father left the park. There wassome talk of ice cream. I sat a little longer on my parkbench, being in the present with God and in theabsence of ‘my Georges’.

TO TOUCH THE HEART

at Yarrow in Augusta, MI

DATE: Friday, June 16 - Sunday, June 18TIME : 7:30 pm Friday - 1:00 pm Sunday

COST: $225For further information call Steven McAfee at 219-485-2167.

We offered this retreat last November in the Midwest and in March in Austin. For many of us, thiswas a powerful retreat with a depth of love and joy; we feel this program has been truly blessed. Pleasejoin us for the first time — or for a second time — as we come together to experience new insights andgreater depths of the heart. We will focus on the qualities of our physical, emotional, mental and spiritualhearts — qualities of unconditional loving, neutrality, forgiveness, and living in the presence of loving— so that we may continue to grow into the true spirit of who we are.

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PRESENTED BY JIM GORDON:For additional information, call Laura Kesten at 512-894-0992

with ILM Ministers: Jim Gordon, Laura Kesten, Steven McAfee

In my walk on the spiritual path the one thing I have found most significant has been the practice of spiritualtechniques of meditation to help to awaken my inner consciousness. It is the practicing of these spiritual tech-niques on a regular basis that has helped me to have inner experiences, enabling me to know myself more fully asa living spirit,not just a body, in the world. – Jim Gordon

TO TOUCH THE HEART

To Order: Each tape is $8.95 (Please include $3 per order for shipping and handling.) Checks may be madepayable to Inner Light Ministries and sent to: Inner Light Ministries, P.O. Box 164332, Austin, Texas

78716-4332. Please include your name, address and phone number. Allow 2-4 weeks for delivery.

NEW TAPE NEW TAPETHREE MEDITATIONSby Jim Gordon

Starry Sky Meditation, A Healing Meditation and Balancing The Consciousness Meditation

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PRESENTED BY LAURA KESTEN:For additional information, call Laura Kesten at 512-894-0992

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This workshop is the same program as Writer Within for adults (seedescription). The topics for writing, however, are specifically designed to interest 12-15 year olds.

June 28 Wed. 9 am - 2 pm Kalamazoo Residence Inn Donation

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WWWWWOMEN’S “PAMPER” WEEKEND:

A IRCLE OF WOMEN:

In an Iroquois Native American legend dating back to 1200 A.D., the Peace-maker and his allies created a peaceful democracy among the five troubled nations of the northeasternwoodlands. Together they persuaded the people to change old belief systems and embrace what thePeacemaker called a “New Mind.” Jean Houston describes the New Mind as “a radical change inconsciousness that opens itself to a new order of health, justice, and sacred power.” We offer theincredible teachings of the Peacemaker in this powerful workshop as an opportunity to begin lettinggo of negative belief systems and behaviors that no longer serve us, and then begin to embrace theNew Mind, thus re-connecting with our own peacemaker hearts within. The registration fee includeslodging, meals, all materials, and Jean Houston’s book, A Manual for the PeaceMaker. (Registrationfees for this workshop vary due to the expenses of the lodging.)

Aug. 25-27 Still Meadow Retreat Center Portland OR $225Oct. 13-15 Pretty Lake Retreat Center Mattawan, MI $125

The Writer Within workshop is designed to engage us, TheWriters, in communicating more naturally between emotion-and-thought and pen-and-paper,thereby unfolding more of who we are. The emphasis is on the process, not on form, technique,or product. A safe environment is created both for the writer and sharer.

July 1 Sat. 9 am - 5 pm Leila Bradfield’s home – Kalamazoo, MI Donation

This is a weekend for “pampering” at the YMCAOutdoor Retreat Center, on Sherman Lake. Included in this weekend: one 30 minute massage, one 30minute Reiki session while listening to music specifically designed to enhance deep relaxation, a footmassage, a footbath, and a session on a “chi-machine.” We’ll learn ways to support our minds andbodies through aromatherapy, vitamins and herbs, self-massage, meditation, and humor. We will alsoparticipate in a really cool body movement session specifically designed to accommodate both the low-movement person and the high energy mover. And ladies — we cannot forget the facials! The YMCAalso offers a recreation center including an indoor swimming pool and gymnasium for our indulgence.All of the activities are at your option. Sound wonderful? So come and join us on this wonderfullysupportive, relaxing, and “pampering” weekend.

Sept. 8-10 YMCA Sherman Lake Retreat Center Augusta, MI $145

A “SENSES” M EDITATION — In this guided meditation, experience a deeper peace throughout your wholebeing, bringing peace and stillness to the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects of yourself. Wewill use a variety of aromas, gentle sounds, and deep relaxation music to enhance this process for you.

Sept. 22 Fri. 7 pm - 9 pm ILM Center – Austin, TX N/C

I N THE HEART OF HEARTS — What is your truth? How can we begin to put our “truth” into words andthen into action? Participate in a process of getting in touch with your passionate truth, and then theprocess of moving forward into “next steps.”

Oct. 27 Fri. 7 pm - 9 pm ILM Center – Austin, TX N/C

Though the calendar says that New Year’s Day is Janu-ary 1, for many of us, with the onset of our new back-to-school-and-work activities, it feels as if our NewYear actually begins in the fall. Come join us for the weekend and begin your New Year with a time ofquiet rest, reflection and rejuvenation.

Sept. 29-Oct. 1 Fri. 7:30 pm - Sun. 1:00 pm GilChrist, Three Rivers, MI $100

YSTICAL STUDY GROUP:

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TTTTTUESDAY CLASSES: Classes are held from 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm at Unity Church, 3232 CrescentAve., Ft. Wayne, IN. Classes include spiritual teaching, music, meditation, practical application, and

group sharing.

June 6, 13, 20 Aug. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 Sept. 5, 12, 19, 26 Oct. 3, 10, 17, 24

PRESENTED BY STEVEN R. MCAFEE:For additional information, call Steven at 219-485-2167

SSSSS Discover the mystical teachings in the Bible andhow to apply them in your life. Every Sunday 9:00 am - 10:00 am, 6228 Lombard Place, Ft. Wayne,IN (please note that Sunday meetings are not held on the weekends when ILM workshops or retreats arescheduled; call Steven for up-to-date information). Families are welcome.

UNDAY MYSTICAL BIBLE STUDY:

SSSSSUNDAY SERVICES: Steven periodically conducts worship services as a guest minister forvarious churches and spiritual groups in the Ft. Wayne area. Please call for a current schedule.

For updated information on any event or series, please call the presenter or contact person listed with the program.

The Ft. Wayne ILM “community” comes together for potlucks, musicnights, video nights, and outings. Most of these events are also suitable for children. They are usuallyscheduled spontaneously as an inspiration arises within the group.

July 25 Campfire songs and stories

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SSSSS PIRITUAL RENEWAL RETREAT:

In response to a request by participants in a recent workshop,we are now forming a monthly study group in the greater Kalamazoo area. Participation in thegroup is still open. We will study mystical Jewish and Christian teachings. Our study materialswill consist of two tape series by Rabbi David Cooper, The Mystical Kabbalah and The HolyChariot, and a book by Thomas Merton entitled The New Man. We will learn meditations andpractices that draw us closer to God and closer to one another. I will meet with the group everyother month in a day-long workshop from 11:00 am - 4: 00 pm. On the intervening months, thegroup will meet without me to review and discuss the tapes together. The monthly meetings willbe held in the lovely, country home of Jack and Paula Ann Roach, near Richland, Michigan. InOctober, we will have a full weekend retreat together. Donation requested for all events below.

WORKSHOPS WITH STEVEN will be from 11 am - 4 pm in Richland, MI on the followingSaturdays (Donation requested):

Saturday, June 10 Saturday, August 5 and Sunday, December 3

GROUP M EETINGS will be on Friday afternoon (exact time TBA) in Richland, MI on thefollowing Fridays (Donation requested):

Friday, July 28 Friday, September 22 and Friday, November 17

RETREAT WITH STEVEN : Cost and Location TBAOct. 20-22 Fri. 7:30 pm - Sun. 2:30 pm

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YOU ARE INVITED TO JOIN ILMHave you been taking advantage of ILM's programs lately —

our classes, workshops and retreats?If so, you are cordially invited to become a Member of Inner Light Ministries. Becoming a

member of ILM is a powerful way to affirm your affinity with us and the work we are doing in theworld. So, if this sounds good to you, please fill out the form below:

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TIME: November 3-5, Fri. 7:30 pm - Sun. 1:00 pmPLACE: Seasons, Fetzer Institute — Kalamazoo, MI

COST: $100

The staff of INNER LIGHT MINISTRIES invites you to join us in taking another step on the great journeyof opening our hearts to Spirit. Over the past year we have been offering the TO TOUCH THE HEARTworkshop, where we focused on balancing our physical, emotional, mental and spiritual hearts. Now in ournewest workshop, LIVING IN THE HEART OF THE BELOVED, we will explore the spiritual heart in greaterdepth. Topics include: awakening the loving within, and ‘living the loving’ as a day-to-day practice. Thisworkshop provides us all a great opportunity to experience the joy, love, and peace that come as our spiritualhearts open more and more. Note: attendance at a TO TOUCH THE HEART workshop is NOT a prerequisite.

(For further information call Steven McAfee at 219-485-2167)

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ILM Midwest Coordinator

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everal years ago, before I began workingfor Inner Light Ministries, I was sur-prised and honored to be placed in charge

of a spiritual service project, which I considered tobe important. When I first realized that I was beingasked to do this project, I thought, “Who me? Out ofeveryone else who could have been chosen,Spirit picked me for this!” So, I wentto my friend Jim Gordon to tellhim about it. With a mixture ofpride and trepidation, I said,“Jim, I can’t believe that I’mthe most qualified person todo this. I can’t believe I’mreally the one Spirit wantedto do this work.” In his calm,gentle voice Jim replied, “Oh,you’re not.” Then he added,“There are quite a few people whoare much more prepared than you todo this service.” (Ever feel like you’rea big party balloon that all of the he-lium has gone out of and now you’re just laying thereon the floor?) Jim continued, “But you were the onlyone that Spirit found willing.” (Suddenly myballoon was not only floating again, it was soaring.)

In his own mild-mannered way, Jim has accom-plished something I never knew was possible: hesimultaneously deflated my ego and uplifted myspirit. Though I am not sure whether Jim would evenremember this incident, it taught me a lesson I haveoften since called to mind. I realized that my spiritwas thrilled with the opportunity to reach out andexpress itself in loving action. Meanwhile, my egowas using my service to make me feel more impor-tant and more valuable than all the others who hadnot been chosen. I could clearly see the differencebetween how my ego approaches a situation andhow my spirit approaches that same situation. So,from then on, I have always choosen Spirit and amno longer influenced by ego, right? Not exactly.Not easily defeated, my ego rebounded from this

experience by hitting me with overwhelming feel-ings of inadequacy. I thought, “If I’m really notqualified, maybe I’ll fail. Maybe I’ll ruin every-thing. Maybe I’ll make a fool of myself.” I lookedat my own abilities and saw that they were nothingspecial, especially compared with other members ofthe group that was sponsoring the project. My egokept saying, “Who are you to be doing this?” It triedto convince me that I had to be better than everyone

else to deserve this opportunity. It kept push-ing me to compare myself to what oth-

ers knew and how they did things. Asa result, I found myself uneasy, feel-

ing either superior or inferior toeveryone. All in all, it was a

rather miserable way to beginthis project.

But with Jim’s simplewords also coming to mind

again and again, I began tohave a growing sense of aware-

ness that, if Spirit had called mefor this, Spirit would see me through

it. If I would rely on Spirit and notmyself, I could learn to do what needed to

be done. Over the years, as I have grown in theprocess of entrusting myself and my work to Spirit,I have found it accomplishing things through me thatI know I could not have done. In my teaching, in mymusic, and in my life, I have learned that I oftengrow into what Spirit has asked me to do after Ianswered the call and said “yes,” not before. I amlearning that “God does not call those who arequalified; He qualifies those He calls.” The openingGod needs to reveal His Spirit of love in this worldis not special skill, or eloquence, not even wisdom ortalent — it is a willing heart. When the heart turnsto God, it no longer focuses on its own abilities or itslack thereof; it focuses on God’s. God has all thetools needed to create wonders. He is the MasterArtist, life is the canvas, and we are merely hisbrushes. In the hands of a Master, even a veryaverage looking brush can create a masterpiece. Thecanvas is waiting, and the Artist is willing. Let’s bebrushes!

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Phone: (512) 894-0992

ABOUT ILMis a nonprofit

outreach organization founded in the fundamentalprinciples of ancient esoteric Christianity. It isdedicated to the development and balancing of thefourfold nature of the individual. Towards this goal,it provides education and services concerned with theintegration of the spiritual, mental, emotional, andphysical aspects of the self, and also providespublications and materials that aid in this process.

Among its fundamental tenets is that we trullyare “temples of the Holy Spirit.” As we seek andexpress this presence within, we find the peace, love,power, and wisdom we all so earnestly desire. Themany services of ILM are geared towards this path ofindividual unfoldment—such as meditation, study,and prayer on an individual and group basis.

Service to humanity and the planet is ILM’s

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Executive Office: Jim Gordon, 203 Buckeye Trail, Austin, TX 78746; Business Office: Tom Beaver, P.O. Box 1086,Dripping Springs, TX 78620; Midwest Office: Steven McAfee, 6228 Lombard Place, Fort Wayne, IN 46815

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second major emphasis, and ILM encouragesindividual service, in any of a wide variety of possibleforms, as a vital aspect of our daily experience.

Please write or phone for more informationabout ILM.

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MOONROCK

by Jessica Godbey

I broke off a piece of the moon,and placed it on my shelf

And in doing so, I found a piece of myselfIt had been hiding-waiting just to know

That when it saw the moonrock,it could begin to glow

It radiated and glimmered just beneath my skinPeople all turned to see, women, children, men

The light shone from my eyesand the tips of my hair

And I realized I had found the lightthat had always been there.