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Introducing the Thoughts Series...
by Herb Stevenson
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Thoughts (Book Series)
Thoughts is a chronology of the spiritual journey of an individual over 40 years of his life. It is told in a whimsical and humorous fashion that often surprises the reader with insights that might change their worldview of what is real (or not). Various spiritual traditions are embedded in the journey as the story unfolds insights into sacred space, presence as the return to source within oneself and all of life, why ceremony shifts reality and learning the purpose of life is to find one's way back to the true self, source of all life.
Thoughts: A Beginning
Thoughts is a story about how thoughts create our realities. It is a fun and exciting spiritual journey about the awakening process of an individual whose world is turned upside down when he meets this strange person named DocKnow. It is whimsical and piercing in the ponderings evoked as the pages magnetically draw one into a exploration of the inner world that creates the meaning making perceptions of the outer world.
Thoughts II: The Next Steps, A Calling
The journey continues for Tom as he re-engages with DocKnow and a host of new teachers, each expanding his awareness of the presence of what is present that is mostly ignored in daily life. Tom often is pushed and pulled into these new awarenesses as he goes on a couple of journeys while being nudged by DocKnow and White Horse. In this fast paced story, many spiritual secrets are revealed leaving Tom reeling from each new discovery.
Thoughts III: Creating the Container
The journey with DocKnow continues as Tom has slowly accepted a much deeper and broader understanding of healing. He encounters more teachers who deepen his understanding that not all seek healing. His journey takes him deep into understanding ceremonial spaces and how presence can shift the sacred space into more expanded capacities and discoveries. Finally, Tom experiences prayer as a form of being that helps him understand how reality is shaped by our thoughts, beliefs, and eventual conscious awareness of the presence of what is present.
Thoughts IV: Visions and Connections
This is the fourth of an unknown number of volumes of Thoughts, a journey of self-discovery and revelation of many of life’s mysteries that seek understanding and integration into the collective human mind. The process is somewhat whimsical as true learning often requires one’s world view to be bent, twisted, or broken so as to frame break habitualized thinking that prevents one from realizing their actual existence in the co-creating world.
Thoughts V: Leaning into the Presence of What is Present
In this fifth edition, the adventure and humor continue with DocKnow, Tom, Walks with Woman and White Horse illuminating that meaning making often hinders presence as the mind quickly leaps into perceptions as if they are facts. This leads to a lively realization that paying attention can be done mindlessly like being on automatic pilot or it can be done mindfully so that the presence of what is present is revealed. As their journey continues, it is revealed that there are stages of listening that reflect the degree of mindfulness and conscious awareness that determines the level of presence. DocKnow adds to the discussion by noting the stages of becoming present to what is present is a move between doing and being in successive stages of development. Throughout the journey, DocKnow continues to twist and turn Tom’s mind as if to help him break free of his self-determined perception as a catalyst to further awaken him. The seven Essenes are introduced to indicate that most of what is perceived as real is a mirror image of oneself of moments or experiences that are internally rejected. Tom flounders time and again until he begins to expand not only his perception but his experiences of what is real and what is possible.
Thoughts VI: Presence of What is Presence
This is the sixth of an unknown number of volumes of Thoughts, a journey of self-discovery and revelation of many of life’s mysteries that seek understanding and integration into the collective human mind. The process is somewhat whimsical as true learning often requires one’s world view to be bent, twisted, or broken so as to frame break habitualized thinking that prevents one from realizing their actual existence in the co-creating world.
In this volume we follow Tom through his deep journey to an even more personal perspective of the presence of what is present and a piercing understanding that everyone seeks an intimate relationship with reality. His journey thus far in the five prior volumes has led him to question what is real while seeking to provide roadmaps (mental constructs) to support those that follow his journey. Tom reveals the contact model which leads to a lively conversation various forms of intimacy as well as types of common forms of presence as a means for focusing attentiveness.
Thoughts VII: Being Your Presence
This is the seventh of an unknown number of volumes of Thoughts, a journey of self-discovery and revelation of many of life’s mysteries that seek understanding and integration into the collective human mind. The process is somewhat whimsical as true learning often requires one’s world view to be bent, twisted, or broken so as to frame break habitualized thinking that prevents one from realizing their actual existence in the co-creating world.
In this volume we follow Tom through his deep journey of an even more personal perspective of the presence of what is present by looking deeper into the various discoveries of how we are fully partnering in the co-creation of the world albeit mostly unconsciously. His journey thus far in the six prior volumes has led him to question what is real while seeking to provide existential roadmaps (experiential constructs) to support those that follow his journey.
Thoughts VIII: Pathfinding Oneself
This is the eighth of an unknown number of volumes of Thoughts, a journey of self-discovery and revelation of many of life’s mysteries that seek understanding and integration into the collective human mind. The process is somewhat whimsical as true learning often requires one’s world view to be bent, twisted, or broken so as to frame break habitualized thinking that prevents one from realizing their actual existence in the co-creating world.
In this volume we follow Tom, DocKnow, White Horse, and Walks with Woman through his profound journey into an even more personal perspective of the presence of what is present by looking deeper into the various discoveries of how we are fully partnering in the co-creation of the world albeit mostly unconsciously. Specifically, Tom receives a massive download of information that becomes a breakthrough in his understanding of the awakening and remembrance process each person is going through at their own individual pace.