2013 Vol 3, December by Inner Light Ministries

INNER LIGHT MINISTRIES JOURNAL VOLUME 25 NUMBER 3

DECEMBER, 2013

STAYING HOME WE’REFOR A YEAR

by Brian Yeakey, Vice President of ILM

t’s been almost 14 years since I came on board with Jim and Inner Light Ministries. And I’ve been traveling with him constantly, several times a year, ever since. We’ve never taken a break from all of our travels, as it seems there is always a need for us to be of service. I must say that I have thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it. Since my own spiritual awakening, assisting others to also awaken on this spiritual journey has been my greatest joy, and our travels over the years have been all about that. This last year has been one of not only our travels in service, but also one of physical change. Before the end of this year, 2013, Jim and I will have sold our ILM house and moved to a different part of Austin, Texas. We are already doing the Austin monthly classes in a new location. We’ve outgrown the house and need a larger gathering space, and now we have one. We are having more and more new people show up for classes, so it is just in time. One of the joys I’ve learned in living Spirit is that Spirit is very practical. When something is needed, it is taken care of. All we have to do is respond. So, Jim and I have responded and are now moving forward into new experience. Part of that experience for Jim and me is also one of giving some time to move into the new spaces and settle in. Part of this experience is about our slowing down a little more so we can take care of ourselves. All the travel we’ve been doing has been a bit taxing on our bodies. It’s also been non-stop busy, busy for our staff, as they take care of much of the “behind-thescenes” matters while we are traveling. So, we all are in need of a “slowing down”…. To support ourselves, Jim and I are not going to take all the trips this next year of 2014. Rather, we are going to stay home and be of service locally and through bimonthly ‘Sharing and Q&A’ gatherings over the Internet with the regional ILM communities. In this way,

it will give Jim and me a much-needed rest and still be in touch with and of service to everyone. If anything, our service to the ILM communities will be on a more regular basis. By the time you read this article we will have already scheduled our Internet gatherings in all the ILM communities for the upcoming year. So, there will be plenty of opportunity to “connect.” We hope all of you who see us when we travel understand and take the opportunity to attend the audio/video Internet gatherings so that you can still be supported on your journey. And, if you really want to see us physically, in person, in 2014, we have scheduled the EXPERIENCING THE DIVINE MEDITATIVE RETREAT in Texas, March 26 -30! If you would like to personally attend, be sure to register right away. It’s already getting full, and will probably have a waiting list. We would love to see you! (*A completed registration form and deposit are required to reserve a space. This can be done online through our website at www.ilm.org.) Over the next year Jim and I will begin to make plans for our future travels. We’re not sure if we’ll be doing exactly the same schedule we have been doing during the previous years, or if we might possibly try something new. We’re giving ourselves the opportunity to discover what might work going forward. We might try something such as a different time of the year, or maybe change the way we arrange the gatherings, or do whatever comes forward in such a way that supports the process with Spirit and each ILM community. We’re looking forward to however it unfolds! This process kind of reminds me of the ﬁrst year I started with ILM in 2000 where everything was a wonderful journey of discovery, and Jim and I were on an adventure with Spirit to see where and how we wanted to move forward with ILM. Even though that’s not the same case now, we are enjoying the process of something new and different, even if that “new and different” is just slowing down for a year. One thing is for sure, we’re going to keep doing the same thing we have always done – The Path of Sound and Light, the Soul’s awakening, freedom and liberation, and awakening to our Oneness and Beingness of God.

CHANGES by Jim Gordon, President of ILM

know that both Brian and I will be doing this for many more years to come. This makes me so happy to know and to share this with you.

often say that change is good and change is inevitable, and both of these statements are true. Truly change has been moving in my life everyday, sometimes in little ways and sometimes in big ways. If you read Brian’s article, then you are aware that change is happening in a big way in his and my life at this time. If you have not read Brian’s article, please go and read his article ﬁrst and then come back to mine or all this might not make the best of sense.

I realized recently while on a trip to Hawaii that I was really feeling stressed and overly busy. I was handling things on the trip, but there was so much going on back home in Austin with the sale of the house, the paperwork, the wondering when we will have the time to find a home to move to, and so much more. So one day, while Brian and I were having our morning coffee talk, Brian said, “Why don’t we Often I will start my stories with, “When I was a stay home and not travel this next year so we can take child…” but with this story I have to start with, “At care of everything with the move, the new center for the first of the year…” So, at the first of the year, ILM, meetings, and so on.” My first response inside 2013, Brian and I became aware that it was time to be was “NO!” I thought, “I have always been traveling moving on to another house. I also became aware of a and sharing with people, and I don’t want to stop statement that I share with so many people when they and leave them out there without any support.” But are in distress, or in upset, or overwhelm, or maybe before I could share anything with Brian a calm, just not taking care of themselves, I say, “Take care quiet energy came over me and I heard Spirit say, “It of you, first.” I am sure you’ve heard me say this to will be good to stay home for a year and get things you or someone around you over the years. Well, it handled, and then you can begin with a new schedule of doing your service.” is time for me to listen to what I am telling others. I paused, took a deep breath, and said, “Ok.” I think Brian was a little surprised. I began to share why I agreed with him. I said, “I know God is taking care of me and taking care of you; and I know God is taking care of ILM and the people involved. And, I know, this is the next action in all this.” Brian smiled and was pleased. I am also very grateful to our staff who were very supportive when they first heard the news, and immediately began brain-storming ideas of how to make this work for everyone.

The ﬁrst change is that after living in the same home for 19 years, Brian and I are moving to a new home nearer the Events Center where we are currently holding the ILM monthly classes in Austin. The move to the Events Center and the move to a new home will greatly support ILM as it grows, as well as Brian and me. The second change has to do with our traveling schedule. Since 1977, I have been traveling around the country and world, doing the action of service in the world for God. In truth, I’ve actually been doing this since I was 18 when I started this action of service in San Antonio, but I did not travel outside of San Antonio until 1977. Since then I have traveled to so many places and visited with many, many people. This is truly what I enjoy doing – sharing with people and serving God in this way. And I

Know we are here for you, to assist you, in the action of waking up to God and to your soul. That will never change. Both Brian and I look forward to sharing with all of you in this next year via Skype, I-chat talks, as well as through e-mails. In a year, we will once again be traveling to the different areas to share. A year goes by very fast. 2

I NNER L IGHT M INISTRIES

CALENDAR

CLASSES & PROGRAMS: WINTER – SPRING 2014 PRESENTED BY JIM GORDON and BRIAN YEAKEY in Austin, Texas:

For additional information, call 512-306-1056.

CLASSES:

Jim and Brian’s class is held once a month on the following Sundays (see schedule below and please note time for each class), at Lake Travis Event Center, 411 Ranch Road 620 South in Lakeway, TX (see directions below). ONTHLY

Monthly classes include spiritual teachings, Q&A, and meditation. Jim and Brian assist participants to become more deeply aware of the Spirit within. No charge.

Sundays:

Please take note of locations for the meetings.

DEC 15 – Potluck: 12-1:30 pm & Class with Q&A: 1:30-6:30 pm*

Lake Travis Event Center, 411 Ranch Road 620 South in Lakeway.

JAN 12

– Class: 2-4 pm. Jim and Brian’s recorded meditations, as well as

FEB 9

– Potluck: 12-1:30 pm & Class with Q&A: 1:30-6:30 pm*

MAR 9

– Potluck: 12-1:30 pm & Class with Q&A: 1:30-6:30 pm*

excerpts from talks arranged with music, to create more time for meditation. At Bill Stratton’s home. For directions call 512-388-7350. Lake Travis Event Center, 411 Ranch Road 620 South in Lakeway.

Lake Travis Event Center, 411 Ranch Road 620 South in Lakeway.

APR 13 – Potluck: 12-1:30 pm & Class with Q&A: 1:30-6:30 pm*

Lake Travis Event Center, 411 Ranch Road 620 South in Lakeway.

Directions to Lake Travis Event Center, 411 Ranch Road 620 South in Lakeway, TX. From N. Austin/Round Rock: FM 620/ RR 620. Road name changes to FM 620 West/RR 620 West. Take ramp left and follow signs to TX 45 TOLL West. Take ramp for FM 620 W/RR 620 W. Continue on FM 620/RR 620. Arrive at 411 RR 620 South, Lakeway TX. From South Austin: Take TX-1 Loop South. Take ramp right to TX 71 West/US 290 toward Johnson City and Llano. Take ramp to TX 290 West/71 West. Keep straight on US 290 West/71 West. Keep right on TX 71 West. Turn right on FM 620 South. Continue on FM RR 620 South. Arrive at 411 RR 620 South, Lakeway TX.

For additional information, call Laura Doggett at 512-306-1056.

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I NNER L IGHT M INISTRIES CALENDAR ILM COMMUNITY POTLUCK NIGHTS: These community nights are intended for the ILM spiritual community to gather together in loving

friendship at Laura Kesten’s home on the 1st Saturday of every month for fun, laughter, and great food. Everyone is welcome. Bring a dish if you want to add to the potluck. Starts 5-5:30 pm.

13210 Calf Roping Trail, Austin Park on the street or at the pool/park and walk a short block 2013: DEC 7 & 2014: JAN 4, FEB 1, MAR 1, APR 5 For additional information, call Laura Kesten at 512-323-2058 or 512-658-4117, or email laurakesten@ilm.org.

CHRISTMAS POTLUCK PARTY: Join us for ILM’s Christmas celebration on Saturday, DEC 14

The Christmas celebration begins

at 4 pm at the Lake Travis Event Center, 411 Ranch Road 620 South in Lakeway, Texas. (See directions on page 3.) Everyone is welcome. It’s a potluck so bring a dish to share.

Experiencing The Divine Meditative Retreat Retreat facilitated by Jim

Gordon and Brian Yeakey

March 26-30, 2014 At the PURPLE SAGE RANCH, Bandera, TX:

COST: $50 DEPOSIT TO REGISTER

TIME OF EVENTS: Wednesday, March 26 at 4 pm thru Sunday, March 30 at 3 pm.*

$600/person for double occupancy $790/person for single occupancy

TO REGISTER CONTACT: Laura Doggett at 512-306-1056 or e-mail Laura at ilmadmin@ilm.org.

Please make sure you have registered and paid the balance of your registration fee on or before February 20.

(If you would like to support ILM’S SCHOLARSHIP FUND, please see the back page regarding donations.) * The ending time is approximate. 4

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Holiday Events in Ft. Wayne:

Coins For Kids

Our Midwest Coins For Kids Christmas service project is coming up ... Come join the jolly ILM “elves” as we shop and wrap for our local adopted Christmas family!

Shopping Night will be on MONDAY, DEC 2. Meet at 7 pm at Wal-Mart on Coldwater Rd. Please RSVP if you can join the shopping elves!

Gift-Wrapping Night will be on TUESDAY, DEC 3. Meet at 6:30 pm at the ILM Midwest Center. Pizzas and sodas will be provided. Extra bows, boxes, gift tags, and tape are always welcome!

Christmas Party: Join us for the FESTIVAL OF LIGHT celebration on FRIDAY, DEC 13 at 7 pm Come light up the night! Join us for feasting and singing and making the season bright at the ILM Christmas Party. This is not a potluck, but be prepared to eat! The meal is our way of welcoming our ILM family to our “holiday home” in gratitude for the loving you bring us all year round. The gift of your presence is all that is needed to make the celebration complete! At Steven & Anita’s home in Fort Wayne. Everyone is welcome!

SEND US YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS, CHOOSE GREEN JOURNALS, AND UPDATE MAIL S ince we are doing our best to communicate with our ILM members through the internet, please send

(or update) your e-mail address to your local representative, or to Laura Doggett at ilmadmin@ilm.org.

Also, if you would like to forego the paper route and receive an e-mail notiﬁcation when the ILM Journal is published please let us know. Each time a new Journal becomes available (3 times per year) we will send an e-mail notiﬁcation with a link to download the latest Journal in PDF format. Send us your e-mail address and put “Choose Green Journal” in the subject to ilmadmin@ilm.org. Finally, if we don’t have your mailing address, or you’ve had any recent address changes, please notify your local representative or email that information to ilmadmin@ilm.org. 5

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I NNER L IGHT M INISTRIES CALENDAR PRESENTED BY STEVEN MCAFEE, MIDWEST COORDINATOR: For additional information, call Steven at 260-485-2167 or e-mail stevenmcafee@ilm.org. UESDAY CLASS SERIES: Steven offers a series of weekly ILM classes in Fort Wayne on Tuesday Tnights from 7-8:30 pm at the ILM Midwest Center. The classes are open to anyone, and are intended to

awaken and inspire our loving devotion to God. No charge. Donations are welcome.

SPECIAL

IDEO CONFERENCES: Live from Austin! Special live video presentations with Jim and Brian via the magic of technology! See YOU at the ILM Center.

FEB 4, APR 8

ILM

7-9:30 pm

ILM Midwest Center

Donation

OMMUNITY NIGHTS: More fun community events are on their way! Please RSVP the week before so we can plan accordingly.

Child At Heart: These programs are an opportunity for children and the people who love them to come participate in fun activities together in ILM. There is no charge for this program, but donations are welcome. DEC 8 FEB 8 APR 19

2-4:30 pm 2-3:30 pm 2-3:30 pm

Cookie Decorating/POLAR EXPRESS ILM Midwest Center Be My Valentine ILM Midwest Center EGG-stravaganza ILM Midwest Center

Donation Donation Donation

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you taking?” Jim emphasized the need to have practical action steps. This year, the goal of the “Walking The Path” program is to help you reach farther in and higher up than ever before. In addition to the regular Sunday afternoon monthly meetings, there will be a day-long Saturday workshop in March (and possibly in September). While the program is designed as a year-long study, it is not necessary to attend every month to beneﬁt from it. No charge. JAN 4, JUL 12, OCT 4, NOV 15

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Day-Long Meeting

ILM Midwest Center

Donation

2-4:30 pm

Regular Meeting

ILM Midwest Center

Donation

WALKING THE PATH Labor Day Gathering

Kathy & Matt’s

No charge

R : What Does It Mean To Be A Disciple Today? We will look at examples D from Christian, Jewish, and Eastern traditions to gain insight into how we can live more fully as an ILM disciple ISCIPLESHIP

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today. This retreat is part of the WALKINGTHE PATH program, and is open to everyone. MAY 22–25

Thursday 7 pm - Sunday 12:30 pm

Manchester University

(Cost TBA)

UNDAY SERVICES: Steven occasionally serves as a guest speaker at various churches and spiritual groups in the Midwest. Please call Steven for more information.

FEB 9, APR 20

11 am

Brigade of Light

Fort Wayne

Donation

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I NNER L IGHT M INISTRIES CALENDAR COMMUNITY ILM MEETINGS

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DALLAS:

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EVENTS WORLDWIDE:

Call Jason Baker at 972-571-8511 for dates, times and directions.

EETING: Each meeting will consist of a short meditation and listening to a class CD by Jim and Brian. If interested please check with Jason for the most current date, time, and location.

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DEERFIELD BEACH: Call Victoria Eng at 310-980-2224 to RSVP and get dates and directions.

: The focus of each evening is on spiritual awakening and connecting to the Loving through M listening to an ILM meditation and talk by Jim and Brian. EETING

Alternate Wednesdays

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6 pm

Deerﬁeld Beach, Florida

No charge

HAWAII: Call the contact person for the following events.

1. Call Nadine Ferraro at 808-988-7509, or 551-3123 (cell) for directions. EETING: Join us in a one-hour ILM meditation followed by a community gathering.

4th Sunday

4-5:30 pm

Manoa Valley, Honolulu

No charge

2. Call Brian Samo Ross at 808-247-3305 or 554-3305 (cell) for directions.

EETING:

2nd Sunday

Join us for a Jim and Brian meditation and talk followed by a potluck. 10 am

Kaneohe, Oahu

No charge

3. Call Kelsie and Donogh McSherry at 808-638-0380 for directions. EETING: Join us for a Jim and Brian half hour talk and half hour meditation followed by a potluck.

3rd Sunday

4-6:30 pm

LONDON, ENGLAND:

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North Shore of Oahu

No charge

Call Nanna Brincker at 0207-485-0699 for directions.

: Join us for a 2-hour meditation at 42A Montpelier Grove London NW5 2XE, or join us M on skype at 4 pm for the meditation (please log on 10 minutes before). Please let Nanna know your skype EETING

name. Sundays

DEC 15, (2014): JAN 5 & 26, FEB 16, MAR 9 & 30, APR 27

4-6 pm

No charge

his pathway of liberation, this pathway of soul transcendence, is a pathway that will take you inside and awaken you inside to the truth of who you really are. It is a pathway that will begin the process of your soul traveling back through the realms of this creation into the spiritual realms of God’s creation. This pathway will take you through the illusion and into the truth. You will wake up in the knowing of who you are as Soul – you will meet your Soul, you will know yourself as Soul. In that embodiment of Soul, you will then travel upward into the realms of Spirit and there worship God in the Spirit, as God is Spirit. The loving, the joy, the peace, the bliss that is in that is beyond anything that you can put into words. – Jim Gordon 7

Excerpts on Meditation by Jim

and Brian

e in Inner Light Ministries present a teaching that is universal. It is one pathway that is a pathway of Loving. It is a pathway of truth. Throughout time it’s been called many things ... but mostly it is The Path, or The Way. This pathway is an ‘inner’ pathway. It has nothing to do with evolution, it has nothing to do with the Masters of Hierarchy, or angels, or teachers outside. It has everything to do with the divine spark that is in you, and you connecting back to that, and awakening to that, and then traveling as that divine spark on up to your own soul and uniting and connecting back here once again in fullness and awareness. Thus knowing who you are in the whole being of God, and living that and manifesting that at this level as well.” – Jim Gordon

t some point in every soul’s journey, there’s going to be that turning point where we look away from the creation of down and out, away from the physical manifestation of our creativity, and begin to bring that creative expression of Loving out of the world, out of our creations, and back into Spirit. Through meditation, we now go inward and upward to the Seat of the Soul, above the material physical expression and upwards towards Spirit, toward God, toward the Divine. In order to live this Pathway of bringing our soul Home to God we must begin to direct our loving towards God rather than into the world. There’s no greater creative action than loving God. – Brian Yeakey

ne way to move into the Path of Neutrality is meditation. Meditation is an opportunity to go into that centeredness and to ﬁnd that divine thread inside of you of neutrality, of the oneness, of the stillness.

I began learning this when I was a child. I had a teacher come to me on the inner levels, and all he ever said to me was: “Live in the moment. Live in the now. Live in the Loving. Live in the oneness. Live one day at a time, one breath at a time. Live in the Loving.” And that’s all he ever said. And that’s very profound. If you can do that, you’ve got it, you’ve done it. That’s the whole teaching right there. Live in the now. Live in the moment. Live in the here. Live in the Loving. – Jim Gordon

lways remember to begin your meditation ... or at anytime throughout the day ... begin by simply sharing your loving with the Creator within. Because that’s the movement that will bring the Sound and the Light of God alive and awake within you, where you will really come to know. Experience that movement of Loving, out of which that voice that is calling you home says: “Follow me. I AM the Pathway of Sound and Light. Follow me.” – Brian Yeakey 8

Excerpts on Meditation

by Jim and Brian cont’d

f we want to let go of all the struggle, separation and reaction, we can just focus on the Loving; and in the Loving, we can rise above it. In the rising above it, all the struggle, separation and reaction just drop away because we are no longer ‘feeding’ it. It’s in our feeding it that we keep it ‘charged’.

So the action of meditation is, in a sense, to malnourish that which we’ve been feeding in the world – the mind, the emotions and body – and to now feed our souls. Chanting the “HU,” that Sacred Name, in meditation has also been referred to as “feeding the soul,” “the manna from heaven,” “the nectar of Spirit,” “the milk and honey of the Promised Land” ... all these are references to feeding our souls. So we want to feed ourselves that spiritual food ... and that’s what we’re doing in meditation. – Brian Yeakey

hat we are coming awake and alive to, in our meditation, is that essence of Loving that is the longing to go Home. It is that which is God with us calling us Home. And when you begin to sense that, you will then know the direction to go to in your meditation. You will see it, you will feel it, you will hear it, you will know it on those inner levels. And that will give you the direction that you’re going to go ... and that is inward, to go in-and-up. You let your awareness ﬁrst rest at the “seat of the soul,” and let that essence of the soul, which has been trapped in the physical-material-psychic worlds for so long, begin to draw itself here, at the seat of the soul – and then you look up inside. You look up once again – and you go inward and upward. And then in that inward-and-upward state, eventually you will ﬁnd yourself truly being drawn to look upward into that next part of your journey. And that is the direction that will begin to take you into that Divine Flow of Loving where the soul begins its journey back Home to the Heart of God. – Jim Gordon

ou may have inner experience in meditation or in the dream state whereby Jim or myself, or other spiritual teachers will be working with you in this action of your soul awakening. You may see us standing with you, inspiring you, guiding you, giving you information, and supporting you to confront and walk through your fears and your karmas. This is what the teacher does so that the disciple can get free. It takes great courage to overcome our fears, but if we look and listen, we’ll know that there’s never a time that God is not always offering support and assistance in one form or another. So pay attention to what that assistance is and know that it will offer you the greatest strength for you to draw upon, to assist you through all the challenges, and to get free. Know that you are being liberated on this pathway of Sound and Light. – Brian Yeakey

n that divine flow there is nothing you have to do, there is nothing you have to be, there is nowhere you have to go, because you already are. In the divine “is-ness” you are there now. And in that is-ness there is nothing for you to be, or do, or go and accomplish, but rather just be in the flow of Loving. Let yourself be in that flow as one with God. – Jim Gordon 9

New CD - KEEP IT SIMPLE, SOUL (K.I.S.S.) Excerpt:

n truth we’ve always been one with God, and have never been in separation. All we did was turn away. In looking away from God and looking down and out into this creation here, we followed that movement of consciousness and have been just experiencing the looking away. What we are doing in meditation is turning back towards God, and that’s our experience now. The practice of meditation and LAF is all about letting go of our down and out focus in this world and simply focusing back towards God. That’s the simplicity of this path. So keep it simple. This path is also very practical, and when we live that practicality in that way, then the magic happens. Our lives begin to change, which can be quite amazing and awesome. And, the things we can experience on the other levels of consciousness are just extraordinary ... to this world. In Spirit, it’s all very ordinary, but to this world, it’s extraordinary. – Brian Yeakey (For complete listing of ILM Products and ordering information see next page.)

Welcome to Inner Light Ministries Introductory Packet

In this packet you will ﬁnd ILM’s book LOVE AND LOVING, the CD: AN INTRODUCTION TO ILM, the CD: UNDERSTANDING THE ‘INNER’ PATHWAY, the CD: LOTUS MEDITATION, ILM’s brochure: INNER LIGHT MINISTRIES GUIDELINES FOR INITIATION AND INITIATES, and a copy of our latest newsletter.

All of these materials have been selected to give a newcomer a better understanding of who we are and what we’re about. If you would like an Introductory Packet for yourself or someone else, just let us know. Call us, e-mail us, or write us! Feel free to take a look at our website too: www.ilm.org (see more information below). We are happy to do what we can to assist you on your spiritual journey. Blessings of Peace, Joy and Loving To You!

– Jim Gordon, Brian Yeakey, and the ILM Staff

ILM.org — the INNER LIGHT MINISTRIES Website

• Jim and Brian’s Spiritual Sharings – listen on-line or download to your computer or MP3 • ILM Journals – the most recent issue as well as archives • Calendar of Events – ﬁnd out what’s going on by geographic location or by minister • Order or Download CDs – you can order or download any and all of ILM’s CDs online • “Initiates Only” section – ﬁnd out about Initiates events and listen to talks for Initiates

Initiate’s Handbook Initiates, remember to check out the Initiate’s Handbook in the Initiates Only section

of the website. Whether you are newly initiated or a long-time initiate, this most current version of the Handbook contains information that will be of special signiﬁcance to you on your daily walk on the Path.

nitiation is the greatest treasure of all the universes. – Brian Yeakey Check out our recently updated http://www.ILM.org today!

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ILM BOOKS BY JIM GORDON

LOTUS MEDITATION by Jim Gordon

LOVE AND LOVING (REVISED)

THE SPIRITUAL PATH MEDITATION by Jim Gordon THE HEART OF GOD MEDITATION by Brian Yeakey

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THE KNOWING OF GOD (REVISED)

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This CD is the remastering of the tape “TWO MEDITATIONS” with the addition of the “Golden Pool” meditation.

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Inner Light Ministries, A Path Of Sound And Light

Q& A

with

JIM

and

BRIAN

(Taken from Q & A class session of 4/14/13)

Loving. The purple light often seems formless; it’s just a colored light, and it’s moving, and that’s really best to focus there, because that’s a greater pure movement of Spirit. There are techniques that can help assist us, but really it’s just a matter, then, of where we’re placing our attention. The main thing is simply chanting the Sacred Name of God that you received at Initiation. Within the Name itself is that essence of God’s pure Loving that starts to bring the soul Home.

When I sit down in meditation and am attempting to attune to God within, I don’t have a conscious representation of what God looks like. Do you use some kind or representation or likeness?

A: (Brian) Do you ever see the purple light? Do you ever feel a sensation at the top of your head? Q: I think in the past I have, but not in the last

many years.

A: (Brian) So when you meditate, what kind of awareness do you have?

A: (Brian) Yes. If visualization helps, that can definitely support you, too, but I would rather have you pay attention to the real thing than imagining visualizing something. It’s often been taught on this pathway that if you are going to do a visualization technique, then visualize the Radiant Form of the spiritual teacher, also called the Inner Master, which is often seen as that purple light, or sometimes as a blue light, or even the physical presence such as literally seeing the face of the teacher. The Radiant Form, in truth, is not the teacher in physical form, but is really a form or expression of God’s Loving that can work with you and support you in your journey. The main thing to do is to continue to chant the Name.

I guess I don’t, but I also don’t lose consciousness like I did many years ago, and then my alarm goes off.

A: (Brian)

When you’re meditating, what are you actually doing while in meditation?

Just focusing on the Name?

I’m chanting the Sacred Name of God.

A: (Brian) So, when you’re chanting, are you hearing the Name of God in your head then repeating it over and over? Q: Yes. And sometimes it stops and so I start again, and that’s how the time goes by.

A: (Jim) Keep your attention at the spiritual eye center and above, because what we want to do is rise above the mind, and I’m sure the stock market really pulls you down into the mind. You can be sitting there, chanting the Name over and over, but you’re not really focused on it. You’re just doing it out of routine, and all the time your mind is carrying you off in your work and all your concerns, so where is God in that.

A: (Brian)

What else are you aware of while your chanting? Where is your focus?

Q: Well, it depends on me, and what has happened in the stock market that day. (laughter) A: (Brian)

Okay, so let’s start with what you’re awareness is. People often discount seeing the purple light, which is God’s Loving in expression, or having a sensation on the top of the head, or feeling peace move through them – those are all qualities or experiences of that movement of God’s

What we want to do is hold our attention at the spiritual eye center, and whenever we get distracted, keep bringing our attention back, ever holding our 12

Q & A with Jim and Brian cont’d awareness in loving with God. The more we keep returning back, the easier it will be for us to hold our attention on God. Then, as we open to receive God’s Loving, we begin to allow God in – we begin to invite God into us and into our process.

you, so that when you take that last breath, that’s all you do, just one more time, but this time, you don’t have to come back.

That would be nice to do that before I leave

here. If you’ve been initiated, the grace is already there, but you have to activate it; you have to keep the initiation alive; you have to keep the movement alive, and allow the grace to work with you. That’s why we want to meditate everyday because then we’re saying, “Yes, Lord. Yes. Come in and be with me in this journey back Home to You. Be with me on this journey as I detach from this world so that I can go Home. Be with me now.”

(Jim) So look inside. Look up, chant, love God, open to receive God’s Loving, see if you see the purple light, the blue light, see if you feel the sensation on the top of the head, see if you hear the inner sound, the sound current because, remember, this is a path of both light and sound.

That’s why we want to meditate everyday because then we’re saying, “Yes, Lord. Yes. Come in and be with me in this journey back Home to You. Be with me on this journey as I detach from this world so that I can go Home. Be with me now.”

I don’t know what to listen for.

A: (Jim) It’s an inner sound. It may sometimes sound like it’s on the outer, but it’s an inner sound. You can hear a flute, a gong, a bell, a bird, a group of birds, a choir, singing, music, water running, wind blowing. There are all kinds of inner sounds. Each sound relates to a particular level of the realms that you are traveling through to get to God.

You may not be so aware of God’s presence in your meditation because you’re allowing yourself to be caught up in the world. And that’s fine. That’s part of the experience, but know that there is another part of the journey besides just chanting the Name … and that is God … waking up into God.

Is it possible that I’ve heard those sounds but have not brought them back to a conscious level?

What’s going to make the difference is where you put your attention. It’s not about whether you chant the Name, although that is a fundamental part of meditation because it does build the power of the Name in and up, but what you are doing with the loving. You’re dispersing it into the world even though you are building up a true spiritual power of God’s grace inside of you. Why not really let the river of loving, that pathway of grace, open up before you and bring you awake into God so you know the truth of who you are in God and God in

(Jim) Yes, but what you want to do is wake up, and become conscious to it.

A: (Brian)

Some people will have a ringing in their ears, and think its tinnitus, but often it’s the inner sound, so maybe that’s where you start. If you hear the ringing, maybe start with that, follow that sound in meditation, and as you relax and focus on that action towards God, see if anything unfolds. 13

THE CALLING

by Steven McAfee, ILM Minister

met Jim Gordon years ago, long before ILM existed. Because he was known as a clairvoyant back then, people were always clamoring to be around him. Most of them wanted something from him. They wanted to know what happened to Aunt Matilda after she died, or who they were in their past life, what was wrong with their health, or how to get wealthy, and so on. They wanted to be with Jim to receive from his bounty of gifts. Me? I, too, found the psychic things interesting, but I wanted to be around him because he was loving. I felt the loving in Jim, and when I was with him, I felt it more in me. I liked that. I still do. I just wanted to be close to him. And, now today, that is how I feel about God.

So, I devote my life to God. How? By devoting my meditations, my ILM work, my interactions with my family, and the everyday actions of my life to Loving. It’s that simple. I look for the Loving within me. I look for it in whatever is happening in my life. I look for it in others who come into my life. And I call to it when I speak with them, inviting them to let it come forward into active expression. Life is an ongoing opportunity to share in Loving. Most of my life, in one way or another, I have called out to God for this Loving – hoping, longing, praying for Him to answer me. Only recently have I discovered that, all along, God has been calling out to me. Loving me, inviting me, wanting to be with me in every aspect of my life and every facet of my being. What I thought was my calling out to God - in my meditations, my music, my study - has actually been my soul’s response to God’s calling me! My responding to God is the answer!

You see, for many years, I meditated to develop greater intuitive powers, to have greater mind control, to heal my body, and to draw to me what I wanted in the world. In other words, I meditated to receive God’s gifts. I wanted things from God: healing, wealth, better relationships, an easier life. I thought that God was answering me when I got what I prayed for; and that He was not answering me when I did not get what I asked for.

In ILM, we focus on the part of the spiritual journey when the soul is ready to return home to God, letting go of the lower realms of time and space to return to the realms of Spirit. Souls begin this return phase when something deep inside them feels a stirring, a calling to come back home to God. The way that we respond to this calling is to devote ourselves to whatever draws us closer to God. We get initiated and receive the Sacred Name of God to empower our meditations; we embrace loving as fully as we can in our lives. We practice accepting people and the world as it is, instead of as we wish it would be. And we forgive all that keeps us feeling separate from God. We call out. We are called. God in us is calling out to God beyond.

Now, I am no longer so attracted to getting things from God. I just want to be with God. That’s it. Nothing more than that. It’s like having a really good friend. Your friend is someone you can count on to help you with things in your life. They may even give you gifts from time to time, and you do the same for them. Although you enjoy special times with your friend – holidays, birthdays, going out to a movie together - what you really enjoy is not so much the specific activity, but rather just being together. There is something wonderful about simply sharing your life with someone you love. We give our friend our time and attention. We invite them to be an intimate part of our life from day to day. That is the kind of relationship I want with God.

In the end, there is only One Voice. To hear it calling in us and through us is to know the living essence of Loving. And that is all I have ever really wanted. In the end, isn’t that what we all want? 14

SEEING THE FACE OF GOD by Laura Kesten, ILM Minister

who crossed my path, I began to see differently. I saw the check-out girl at the grocery store, not as a “grumpy, I-hate-my-job, 22 year-old who never looks up to greet the customers, who never smiles, who just keeps ringing up one grocery item after another, one customer after another”; on that day I saw her as a brand new baby. And I started to “coo” at her about the purple splash of color through her hair, about being on her feet so long, about the weather … and she responded with great big eyes and a toothy smile. I saw the Face of God in her, that same Face of God that’s in me.

ecently, a dear friend of mine became a grandparent for the first time. I met her for lunch the day her grandson was born. With such delight, she said, “Look at my new grandson!” and rushed the baby picture on her phone close to my eyes. “Isn’t he just precious?!” she added, her eyes welling with joy. I was captivated more by her, really, than the picture of the baby, although the baby, I would agree, was precious. My friend was in absolute love with her Alaskan grandson whom she hadn’t even met yet. It took me back 27 years when my daughter was first born. I remember feeling so full of love for this child. Every waking thought was so naturally focused on loving her. I didn’t know anything about her, and yet more love poured out of me than I had ever thought humanly possible.

Since that day, I continue this practice. I look at a person and instead of seeing with my eyes and making quick assessments about the person (which are usually wrong anyway), I see their vulnerability and think, “There’s God in you.” This immediately changes my perception of that person into the truth. We don’t have to know a person to love them. We don’t have to see if they fit our profile for a good and decent person. We don’t have to even trust them. And it doesn’t even matter if we like them or they like us. We can just love, because what we share, what every seven billion human souls on this physical realm and all the souls on other realms share, is the one Soul that is God.

My friend’s outpouring of love so moved me that I, once again, experienced what Jim and Brian talk about with seeing the Face of God in everyone. I say “once again” because I remember, and then I forget, then I remember again, and forget again. It seems I forget whenever someone does something I don’t like. I thought, isn’t it strange that we can love a newborn without ever knowing its personality, or knowing if we agree with its values, or if we can trust it, or that it will even love us back?

I, myself, have not yet experienced the Face of God inside in meditation, but I meditate every day and every day I share my loving with God and every day I bring the loving He shares with me back into my day. Seeing the Face of God in everyone is a way to extend that loving I receive from God. For me, seeing each person as a little baby became relatable because a baby represents innocence, vulnerability, and an openness to receive loving. That’s what I want for myself. I want people to see past my personality, past my “imperfectness,” past the things I do not know, past how I may differ in my actions and beliefs, and even past the times when I may turn away from the loving. Isn’t that what we all want? When we can begin to see the Face of God in everyone, that loving action will be reflected back to us, and in turn, will have a great impact in our lives and in our meditation.

We just love. We connect with the pure loving essence of God that is reflected back to us in the face of the baby … and that is seeing the Face of God reflected in the physical form. This unconditional loving we experience for a newborn is what God holds for us, so loving us unconditionally. We don’t have to prove anything to God to earn His love. We don’t have to fix anything in ourselves to deserve His love. We don’t even have to love Him back and He will still love us. Later that day, I went out to do my errands. Each person 15

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