From Analytical Trilogy to Soul Therapy

SOUL THERAPY™ Psycho/ Spiritual Approach to Healing Notes from a Workshop given at Pace University April 24, 2001 --- Leonard Burg, Facilitator

"This above all: to thine own self be true."

– William Shakespeare (Hamlet)

"…know the truth and and the the truth shall set you free."

- John 8:31 - 32

LEONARD H. BURG -- BRIEF BIOGRAPHY

Over the last 37 years "Len" Burg has worked professionally as an international spiritual activist, educator, and community program director.

Currently he is working actively as a co-founder of the USA branch of an international interfaith organization working with the United Nations, and Student Success Administrator of the Office of Student Success at Pace University, NYC campus.

In his UN related work, since 1998 Mr. Burg has served as Vice President and International Coordination Liaison of a Centre for the World Religions (ACWR) http://centreworldreligions.org/. ACWR is an international Interfaith Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) having official consultative status with ECOSOC, the economic and social council of the United Nations. It holds peace forums at the UN for UN delegates, staff, and NGOs, and promotes Meditation and interfaith dialogue focusing on comparative analysis of the sacred scriptures of diverse religions.

As a Holistic educator, beginning in the 1970’s, Leonard learned natural healing techniques from many different indigenous healers. He has practiced as a holistic consultant in the Harlem, NY area, educating people on making transitions into more natural lifestyles. This has included teaching and demonstrating Acupressure/ Reflexology, massage therapy, guided fasting, and astro-cycology. His work culminated in the development of Soul Therapy™, a form of psycho-spiritual counseling. It was inspired by all of what he has learned in his professional career, including meditation, mysticism and cosmogony. And it represents an effort to infuse his mundane, professional work with the highest principles of universal, non-sectarian spirituality.

Mr. Burg’s community experience includes over 30 years working in New York City and Harlem, as a director of various community programs serving children, youths and senior citizens, including the Mini Institute on the campus of City College, the National Urban League Youth Division, East Harlem Interfaith and other organizations. In his present position as Student Success Administrator at Pace University, Leonard facilitates university efforts to improve systems and processes that impact student services and affect student retention.

Mr. Burg is available for lecture/demonstrations in meditation, or Soul Therapy. To contact Mr. Burg call 212-283-7569; email Lburg@CentreWorldReligions.org or Lburg.soultherapist@gmail.com; or write to 626, Riverside Dr., # 4-O, New York, NY 10031.

SOUL THERAPY™ A PSYCHO-SPIRITUAL APPROACH TO HEALING

This package contains the discussion notes and materials from a workshop on Soul Therapy™.

Thesis:

Soul Therapy™ exposes how envy and denial of God breeds body/mind disease.

Objective:

To understand how life's upsets, challenges and dis-ease are worsened or caused by denial and envy of God, whether or not you love or believe in God.

Discussion

How through A step-by-step Process Of inconscientization "Dis-ease" Is Perpetuated, But Is Reversed When A Dialectical Process Of Conscientization Takes Place.

BOOKLET CONTENTS

Discussion Notes I.

Introduction – Outline

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Cosmogony - The Descent and Fall of Man

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Man is the Microcosm of the Macrocosm

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Serve God or Serve Mammon

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Conscientization, Enlightenment and Divine Revelations

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The Journey of the Purified Soul to Realization

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Soul Therapy --- Preparation for Meditation

Glossary Bibliography Soul Therapy™ Session Worksheet Article: GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF SOUL THERAPY Overview Truthfulness Dangers of Denial and Suppression Positive Thinking The Verb "To be" Negative Thinking & Positive Speech Right Use of Mind The Western Imperialistic Approach to Healing ---a definition

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DISCUSSION NOTES I

INTRODUCTION: OVERVIEW: Soul Therapy is a Psycho-Spiritual Approach to Healing 

One master said, “God and spirit are both within the human being; the problem is that they haven’t met each other.” The spirit is overshadowed by the mind operating through the senses of perception.

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The question is: what is God, what is spirit and what is man in relation to God and Spirit?

(REFER TO THE “SOUL IN COSMOGONY” ILLUSTRATION ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE)

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The spirit is the eternal, immortal part of our being --- a spark of divinity, the source of life and healing in a human being. ("Espiritus" - breath). It is the real "man" who sages say is made in the image of God.

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Soul is spirit encased in and knotted to a mind/body complex, which ancients say is a prison house. Soul in the body/mind complex is like an inmate in prison. Some inmates have Iron chains which keep them in poverty, ill health or obscurity. Others have Gold chains which confer fame and fortune, health and wealth. But in either case, the inmate is still in prison. The soul still feels bound and limited. It wants a pardon; it wants to be free to come and go as it pleases. But the body/mind complex prevents this.

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The mind/body complex makes a good servant but a poor master. It is the spirit that should be in charge, as it is the source of life for the body/mind. A Psycho-spiritual healing approach strives to aid soul liberation by reestablishing the primacy of soul over mind and matter, by loosening the knot of the soul to mind and aiding the soul in its effort to re-connect with its creator.

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This was originally the true purpose of religion (re-ligere) to bind back the spirit to God; Soul Therapy ™ aids the process of re-introducing the soul to God. To enable the soul to experience relationship with God now, while the person is alive on earth. It helps you to get more in touch with the immortal part of your being.

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As a so-called hu-man being part of you (hu or humus) is temporal, and part of you (man) is eternal; not man as in male, but man as in “mana” – the “impersonal, supernatural force which may be concentrated in objects or persons.” (American College Dictionary, 1961, Random House, Inc.)

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You are an individual. Part of you is indivisible or eternal (indivi) and part of you is temporal (dual).

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As a person part of you (per) is temporal consisting of the vehicles through which manifests the eternal part of your being (son as in sonar meaning sound or the Word or Holy Spirit)

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The Hu in human, the dual in individual or the per in person is synonymous with the psyche or mind and body which are the material, finite or temporal part of your being subject to dissolution; The psyche/mind or personality is made up of an astral/emotional body, and a mental body with an ego.

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The soul, again, is the spirit imprisoned in a mind/body complex; Soul Therapy is the nursing/ curing of the soul, to free the spirit and reconnect it with its source. (Curing is making whole or preserving).

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The soul needs curing because it is sick and imprisoned in the body/mind denied contact with its creator at the source.

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THE SOUL IN COSMOGONY

ZERO - NO-THING - THE ALL IN ALL - GOD

Physical Body

Emotional Body Mental Body

Mind/ EGO Psyche

Self Spirit

THIRD EYE

DUAL NATURE OF HUMAN BEINGS INDIVI-DUAL: Indivi (Spirit - indivisible - eternal) Dual (Mind/Body - multiple - temporal) HU-MAN:

Hu (Humus/Mind/Body) Man (Spirit - "Mana from heaven")

PER-SON:

Per (Vehicle through which spirit works) Son (sonar/ Sound / Word/ Holy Spirit)

-Seat of the soul -Between & behind the eyebrows

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TARGET 

People who seek more time to devote to a balanced lifestyle, nurturing their spirits and avoiding burnout.

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Students, Lay People and Professionals in the Helping Professions Who Wish To Devote More Effort to Healing and Spiritual Fulfillment

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People who seek to find better ways to connect spiritually with their clients, students, and peers, working out the complexes and emotions which sometimes impede productivity and growth.

THESIS: Soul Therapy™ exposes how envy-denial of God breeds body/mind dis-ease.

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Denying and envying God is called "Theomania", a term coined by Brazilian psychotherapist Norberto Keppe. --- http://www.trilogiaanalitica.com.br/ (use Alta Vista.com search engine with translation capability from Portuguese to English).

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The person has delusions of grandeur and covets some kind of "Holy Ghost" power, as if they know better than God does.

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According to Keppe, Envy, from the Latin root "invidere," means, "not to want to see".

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"To envy is not to want to see and to desire to destroy, therefore what is good, beautiful and true, and to remove pleasure in its destruction." It is not wanting to see our good, which is of God, or our error, which is of Mammon.

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From this point of view, all upset or disharmony of mind or body or "dis-ease" is rooted in inconscientization --- the denial and envy of God.

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Soul Therapy is the antidote and prescription. (Keppe used a therapeutic process called "Analytical trilogy" in which he combined Science, philosophy and religion. Soul Therapy uses tenets of Trilogy, but more systematically goes into what is called "The science of the soul".)

ASSUMPTIONS: Life's upsets, challenges and dis-ease are worsened or caused by denial and envy of God, whether or not you love or believe in God. 1. Disease is disharmony of mind and/or body that "disses" your ease; you're not permitted to idle along in spiritual darkness.

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2. Disease is directly connected to inconscientization (which is denial of truth) which is denial and envy of God 3. The symptoms of dis-ease --- physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually are designed to make you pay attention to God. 4. When you pay attention to God the revelation of how you have been in denial opens the door to spontaneous healing and spiritual fulfillment DISCUSSION SUMMARY: Through A step-by-step Process Of inconscientization " Dis-ease" Is Perpetuated, But Is Reversed When A Dialectical Process Of Conscientization Takes Place.

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COSMOGONY - THE DESCENT AND FALL OF MAN 

(Refer to the diagram: “SOUL THERAPY™ COSMOGONY - Man is the Microcosm of the Macrocosm” on the following page.)

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To cure a human being’s illness at its roots one must understand cosmogony – the theory of the origins of the Universe and how creation took place.

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Just like the TV comic Jerry Seinfeld and his sidekick George Castanza said, "it's about nothing".

MAN IS THE MICROCOSM OF THE MACROCOSM 

The descent of man from Zero (no-thing) to the human form

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The ancients say, "as above, so below." Man is the microcosm of the macrocosm.

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The Macrocosm equals God, the positive power and evil – the Negative power (some call it Satan or universal mind)

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From a spiritual point of view “evil” is that which limits you from experiencing your true self; good is that which enables you to come more into the knowledge of your true self. The worst evil is inconscientizing. The greatest good is conscientizing.

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In the Microcosm mans Spirit is analogous to God, in terms of the essential qualities of immortality: Omnipotence (all-powerful); Omniscience (all knowing); Omnipresent (Everywhere).

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Man’s ego (illusion of separateness), operating through the mind and senses of perception, is analogous to Satan or Universal-Mind, in terms of the essential quality of Omnillusion. (Comes from the Latin root meaning "the act of mocking or deceiving". The world of mind and matter is illusionary in the sense that it is impermanent; it is only an image of the reality, spirit, which is eternal. Because of the experience of pain and pleasure, the human being mistakes the world of illusion to be "reality" and ignores the world of spirit, treating it as if it is fantasy.

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SOUL THERAPY™ COSMOGONY Man is the Microcosm of the Macrocosm Infinite

Finite

Immortality Omnipotence Omniscience Omnipresence

MORTAL LIMITED OMNILLUSIONAL CRYSTALIZED

Macrocosm

GOD HOLY SPIRIT Positive Power

SATAN/ MAMMON UNIVERSAL MIND NEGATIVE POWER

Microcosm

Self-Spirit

I-EGO

Dimension

Qualities

Mode of Perception

Consciousness

Ideas

Thoughts

Emotions

Sensations

PLANE/"BODY" 

SPIRITUAL

CAUSAL

MENTAL

ASTRAL

PHYSICAL

Psyche/ Mind

MACROCOSM

WILL

MICROCOSM

GOD, POSITIVE POWER Mammon/ Negative Power/ Universal Mind/ Satan

CONSCIOUSNESS - CONSCIENTIZING Unconsciousness - Inconscientizing -Envy Denial

SPIRIT-SELF Ego/Mind/Body Complex

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SERVE GOD OR SERVE MAMMON 

"No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon." --Mat 6:24 ; So, what are the qualities of God and what are the characteristics of Mammon?

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God, the Positive Power and its offspring the spirit are immortal/eternal realities whose essential nature is omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent.

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Mammon is defined by Webster's dictionary as “A personification of wealth as an evil god or influence". It is akin to Satan or Universal Mind - the Negative Power.

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The counterpart of Mammon the human being is the ego/mind/body complex.

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Consciousness – or the awareness that “ I am” is a direct connection to spirit which is directly connected to God. Denial of consciousness is a direct connection to Mammon - the Negative Power.

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So, when you inconscientize --- block your consciousness or awareness --- you are blocking your connection to spirit/ truth/ God and, by default, you are directly connected via the ego/mind complex to the Negative Power and illusion.

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When you inconscientize you deny consciousness (or the truth of what is in your sphere of awareness). This leads to: 1) identification with the limited part of your being; 2) inverted thinking; 3) emotional upset; and 4) perpetuation of the physical symptoms of disease.

(Inversion is a Process through which “the person sees the good in that it is bad and the evil in that it is good” --- http://www.trilogiaanalitica.com.br/ (use www.Alta Vista.com search engine with translation capability from Portuguese to English).

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Sometimes it takes the symptoms of disease to make you pay attention. From this point of view, THE DISEASE IS THE CURE! It is the organism's attempt to heal itself – to make you pay attention, to make you aware, to make you conscientize, to make you see the light.

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CONSCIENTIZATION, ENLIGHTENMENT & DIVINE REVELATIONS

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To conscientize leads to Light or enlightenment which is nourishment for the soul

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Conscientizing is being conscious and truthful about the sensations, emotions, thoughts and intuitions experienced in one's sphere of awareness. To thine own self (spirit) be true. (The dangers of Mind Science).

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Being truthful about what you perceive, which is relative opens you to the revelation of absolute truth. The light goes off inside you. Know the truth and the truth shall set you free.

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The "Truth is the Light". It is nourishment/therapy for the soul. In advanced Soul Therapy™ it is the celestial Inner Light and sound experienced as divine revelations via the process of higher forms of meditation, leading to liberation of the soul.

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It is the revelatory inner light and sound that cleanses and purifies the soul of the stains of anger, ego, lust, greed and attachment which imprison it, keep it knotted to the mind/body and which prevent it from re-uniting with God.

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Revelations of divine light and sound cure soul of its primary disease --- inconscientization and untruthfulness or denial --- and confer knowledge of the Self as spirit.

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The cure for the soul is therefore gaining knowledge of self through conscientizing, truthfulness and divine Revelations.

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The masters call this process, "Dying while living" or being "born again"; it is the process of extricating the soul from the physical, astral and mental vehicles, traveling in consciousness or spirit to the heavenly regions beyond and returning to earthly consciousness to fulfill your worldly responsibilities. It pays to know a little about that journey to get the most out of Soul Therapy which supports this effort but in and of itself doesn't take you there.

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THE JOURNEY OF THE PURIFIED SOUL TO THE REALIZATION OF INNER SPACE

(REFER TO

ROCKET SHIP DIAGRAM FOLLOWING THE NEXT PAGE) 

Soul Therapy helps prepare the seeker to take the journey to Self and God Realization, through conscientizing. The Revelations and bliss you can experience with Soul therapy are only a taste of honey of what you can experience in meditation under the guidance of an enlightened soul.

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Under the guidance of an enlightened being you journey into inner space as a rocket journeys into outer space.

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COUNTDOWN: Masters of meditation teach you how to close down the nine doors of the physical body --- the two eyes, ears, nostrils, mouth, genitals, and anus --- and focus attention at the 10th door, the single eye, the seat of the soul, between and behind the eyebrows. They say, "… when thine eye be single, thy whole body also is full of light."-Luke 11:34

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LIFT OFF: Conscientizing gives you a taste of what meditation brings in full measure, in preparation for blast off. It brings: • Bliss; • Revelations (insight) • clarity of thought • Calming down (emotionally) and • A lighter feeling as if some of the burden has been lifted (sometimes leading to spontaneous relief of physical symptoms.)

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You are now ready to take off as the mind is completely stilled and you come in contact with divine revelations of light and sound that draw the soul up.

DROP ROCKET STAGES 1-2 (PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL BODIES): The purified soul is gradually drawn upward in consciousness and leaves behind first the physical body, then the emotional/Astral body.

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DROP ROCKET STAGE 3 (MENTAL BODY): Self-realization comes when the soul leaves behind the mental body and becomes conscious of itself as pure spirit unencumbered by the mind or body. It is able to say, "I AM THAT I AM", pure spirit, made in the image of God.

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LANDING; LEAVE THE SATELLITE, RECONNOITER; RETRIEVE THE PRECIOUS STONES: God Realization is when the self-realized spirit arrives at the highest of spiritual planes, reunites with God, has its latent Godly powers awakened and becomes a conscious co-worker with God.

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RETURN TO SATELLITE AND TAKEOFF BACK TO EARTH: The God Realized spirit returns to its spiritual vehicle and begins the journey back to earth consciousness. It lands possessing fully awakened spiritual faculties and the ability to go to and fro the throne of God at will, as it devotes its life to the work of the divine plan.

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All of this is possible through Meditation (under the guidance of a competent enlightened saint) which is the highest form of Soul Therapy. The saints describe this process as the soul or "drop" being taken by the "river" (the enlightened saint) back to the "ocean" (The Lord God Almighty).

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JOURNEY OF THE SOUL BACK TO GOD 1.

Human being identifies with the mind/body (inconscientizes) so the spirit remains imprisoned (the rocket is grounded on the launch pad).

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Person realizes the value of conscientizing and, instead of wasting fuel via stress, riotous lifestyle, etc., begins to meditate and focus at the single (3'd) eye center.

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Person experiences divine light and the spirit begins to rise. (Rocket takes off).

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Along the way the spirit leaves the physical body and travels through the astral realms (place where you go in the dream state.) --- Rocket jettisons the first stage.

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Spirit exits the astral plane up to the mental realms. Rocket jettisons the next stage.

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Spirit exits the mental realms and experiences itself as pure spirit (self-realization); Satellite is in orbit by itself as last stage of rocket jettisons.

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Spirit rises through the higher spiritual realms until it unites with God and becomes God realized - a co-worker with God; returns to earth with a new level of awareness and power; Satellite returns to earth chock full of data and information gained on the journey.

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GLOSSARY

Acupressure: A form of massage in which the therapist presses various points on the body which correspond to the different organs and systems. Pressure can relieve pain, stimulate flow of blood, lymph and nerve energy to the affected part, to nourish the cells and speed up elimination of wastes.

Conscientization: The act of paying attention to or acknowledging the truth of perceptions (sensations, emotions, thoughts, and ideas) in one's sphere of awareness.

Cosmogony: the theory of the origins of the Universe and how creation took place.

Dis-ease: Disharmony of mind and/or body experienced as physical, emotional, mental symptoms.

Divine Revelations: Inner Light and sound and attendant divine wisdom/ insights experienced during advanced forms of meditation.

Dying while living: Extricating the soul essence from the physical, astral and mental vehicles and experiencing awareness in the higher spiritual regions while still alive in the physical body.

Educator: From the Latin root "educare" --- to lead out of (that which is within) Ego: The "I" of the mind which experiences itself as separate from all other people, unaware of the common spiritual bond.

God Realization: The re-connecting of the spirit to its creator to become a co-worker with God, able to express the essential qualities of the spirit ---i.e., omnipotence (all power), omniscience (all knowing) and omnipresence (everywhere).

Holistic: Taking into account the full spectrum of the human being as a spiritual being incarnate in mental, astral and physical bodies and worlds.

Holy Spirit: The "Word" or "Logos" or divine creative energy sent forth by God to both create the worlds and carry souls back to God. Inconscientization: Denying awareness of one's perceptions in the sphere of awareness ---i.e., sensations, emotions, thoughts, ideas and consciousness itself.

Inverted Thinking: a Process through which the person sees things as the opposite of what they really are ---i.e., good as bad and evil as good.

Mammon: “A personification of wealth as an evil god or influence" - Webster's dictionary; the material aspect of Man, akin to Satan or Universal Mind - the Negative Power in cosmogony.

Mind: The psyche or ego acting through the mental and emotional bodies of a human being.

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Negative Power: Satan, Universal Mind, or the Negative Power in the macrocosm.

Personality: The way a human being thinks, speaks and acts under the influence of the mind and ego.

Psyche: The mind or mental and emotional (astral) parts of man's being, acting under the direction of the ego.

Reflexology: A form of "Acupressure" applied to various points on the hands, feet and all over the body corresponding to the different organs and parts of the body, to relieve pain, stimulate flow of blood, lymph and nerve energy to the affected part, to nourish the cells and speed up elimination of wastes.

Satan: The "Mammon" aspect of man --- the Negative Power or "Universal Mind".

Self Realization: What a human being experiences when the soul extricates itself from the physical, astral and mental body and experiences itself as pure soul, "I am that I am" pure spirit.

Single Eye: The mystical wisdom eye located between and behind the eyebrows, said to be the seat of the soul which when opened enables a human to experience higher consciousness.

Soul: Spirit encased in and knotted to a mind/body complex.

Soul Therapy: Soul Therapy is the nursing/ curing of the soul, to help the spirit in its effort to free itself of imprisonment in the mind/body complex and reconnect it with its source.

Spirit: the eternal, immortal part of our being --- a spark of divinity, the source of life and healing in a human being. ("Espiritus" - breath). It is the real "man" who sages say is made in the image of God. Theomania: a term coined by Brazilian psychotherapist Norberto Keppe denoting when a person has delusions of grandeur and covets some kind of "Holy Ghost" power, as if they know better than God does.

Word: The Holy Spirit or Logos or divine creative energy sent forth by God to both create the worlds and carry souls back to God.

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BIBIOGRAPHY 1. Resurrection, by Neville / Paperback / DeVorss & Company / June 1996; an incredible book; easy to read; helps you understand from a spiritual point of view why you are experiencing what you are and how to change your destiny.

2. Healing Through Consciousness:, by Norberto R. Keppe, De Freitas Carlos G. (Illustrator), Margaret P. Kowarick (Translator) / Paperback / Proton Editora, Limited / January 1982; very hard to find book; because it is a radical upgrade of the teachings of the great western psychotherapists; author invented "Analytical Trilogy", an approach to therapy incorporating Science, Philosophy and religion.

3. A Center for the World Religions: A non-sectarian interfaith networking organization dedicated to promoting world peace through meditation and comparative analysis of the scriptures of the world religions. Focuses on the mystical unity underlying the world's faith traditions.

SOUL THERAPY™ WORKSHEET �

0. Subject of Concern: Give a title/Name to the presenting problem/ issue/ challenge that is the focus of attention or that is the source of upset.

4. Physical Reactions: Factually describe the specific sensations, symptoms, behavior, events triggered by the subject. What do you do about it, and what is the result of your action?

3. Emotional Response: Describe the feelings that the subject brings up --i.e., anger, regret, happiness, sadness, resentment, fear, hope, etc? What are you feeling about it?

2. Intellectual Response: What do you associate the subject with? What does it remind you of? What do you think about it? How do you rationalize or explain it? What is it like?

1. Intuitions: Spontaneously, what ideas pop into the mind about the subject?

0. Consciousness: What purpose is fulfilled by paying attention to the thoughts, emotions, and sensations triggered by the subject? What insights or revelations come to you about it?

THE MIND AND GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF SOUL THERAPY Contents

OVERVIEW

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The Healing Power of Truthfulness

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The Dangers of Denial and Suppression

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Positive Thinking

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Positive Thinking and the Verb "to be"

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Negative Thinking and Possessive Speech

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APPENDIX: The Imperialistic Approach To Healing .

LEONARD H. BURG BRIEF BIOGRA PH Y

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THE MIND AND GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF SOUL THERAPY A Psycho-Spiritual Approach to Healing

By Leonard Burg1 October 2008 It is fashionable today, especially in books like “The Secret”2, to extol the power of thought using “The Law of Attraction” to manifest things in one’s life. It is summed up in popular sayings such as, “As a man thinketh so is he….what a man can conceive he can achieve… you are what you think”, etc. But there is much more to this “secret” than meets the eye. However learned you are, you can never hope to have a complete technical understanding of the mind and its power to manifest (both good and evil) without a deeper comprehension of the science of the soul. In the spirit of the true meaning of education3, may the reader , like the great Greek philosopher/ mathematician Euclid, treat this booklet and its tenets as a “Working Hypothesis” . Hopefully it ignites a spark of illumination.

OVERVIEW Soul Therapy is a form of psycho-spiritual consultation that treats body/mind “dis-ease” at its roots in consciousness. It promotes “curing” the spirit of body/mind ailments that afflict it. Soul Therapy uproots the unique emotional, mental and spiritual patterns underlying particular physical symptoms. As a result of Soul Therapy, stubborn and chronic body/mind dis-ease conditions more readily yield to appropriate treatment modalities, or, in some cases, go into spontaneous remission.

“Dis-ease” is defined as any physical, emotional, mental or spiritual complex or set of conditions (or conditioning) which affects one, causes pain, discomfort or upset, or which causes one to experience dis-equilibrium of body, mind or spirit. From, the point of view of Soul Therapy the Dis-ease is the cure! It is an attempt of the indwelling spirit to restore equilibrium (consciousness) and heal the organism by eliminating morbific matter; thus making the organism more fit to fulfill its divine purpose. The aim of the healer is to cooperate with this natural healing process.

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Over the last 37 years "Len" Burg has worked professionally as an international spiritual activist, educator, and community program director. Currently he is working actively as a co-founder of the USA branch of an international interfaith organization working with the United Nations, and Student Success Administrator of the Office of Student Success at Pace University, NYC campus.

2 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/collection/index.asp?r=1&pid=18071&z=y&cds2pid=19312&popup=0 3 To lead out of students that which is already within them (From the root of the word “educate” as found in the On Line Etymology dictionary - http://www.etymonline.com/ - 1447, from L. educatus, pp. of educere "bring up, rear, educate," related to educere "bring out," from ex- "out" + ducere "to lead")

Unfortunately, many contemporary practitioners - including mainstream or pop psychologists, and even conventional or holistic healers - do not significantly address the role of consciousness in dis-ease.

They gloss over the underlying psycho-spiritual factors that perpetuate dis-ease. Therefore, treating clients becomes like mowing lawns. The dis-ease symptoms keep growing back.

Soul Therapy is a way of using one’s consciousness of perceptions, thoughts, words and deeds as “medicine;” one re-impregnates oneself with ideas, thoughts, emotions and movements that act as remedies for the conditions that lead one to seek a consultation. It is a method of divesting oneself of ideas, thoughts, and emotions that perpetuate dis-ease, so that one may continue to evolve in consciousness, and grow or develop spiritually.

Soul Therapy is not a prescription to suppress a specific dis-ease condition or set of symptoms.

Nor is it a substitute for proper medical care. Rather, it is designed to complement and work synergistically with other appropriate treatment modalities. It is also effective in counteracting the negative effects of inappropriately suppressive modalities, whether they are allopathic (conventional/medical) or claim to be “natural/holistic.”

This monograph is for practitioners or lay people who are interested in self-healing and the practical application of spiritual principles to advanced psychotherapeutic or counseling methods. You will find that Soul Therapy is consistent with principles inherent in Analytical Trilogy4, Homeopathy, Chinese medicine, Ayurvedics, Psychosomatic medicine, Psycho-neuro immunology, Neurolinguistic Programming, mind science, prayer, positive thinking, meditation, Surat Shabd Yoga (the Science of the Soul), and numerous other methods of body/mind healing. The ultimate divine purpose of all these disciplines is hopefully the liberation of the soul and its unification with its creator.

It is the author’s fervent hope that Soul Therapy may contribute to the coming together and cooperation of practitioners and students of all of the above disciplines for the benefit of humanity, in the search for truth, planetary healing and the realization of God or the Higher Intelligence responsible for our existence.

The Healing Power of Truthfulness In both secular and religious thought the fundamental efficacy of being truthful has been invoked.

Said William Shakespeare (Hamlet) "This above all: to thine own self be true." Or the gospel of St. John (Bible: John 8:31 – 32) "…know the truth and the truth shall set you free."

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A scientific theory and methodology created by Brazilian psychoanalyst Nortberto R. Keppe, Ph.D., which unifies the fields of science, philosophy and theology. In the individual this corresponds to the unification of feeling, thought and action that results in full consciousness. http://www.analyticaltrilogy.org/glossary.html

The great Brazilian Psychotherapist Norberto Keppe uses truthfulness as a prime tool in his therapeutic practice. He has said, “What attracts us most to a healthy person is the love of truth that he manifests, and although we may not fully understand what it is, our intuition grasps it.”5 Keppe has done a great deal of work analyzing the relationship between the collective psychology and political oppression - the psycho-social pathology of people with power6.

In this vein, at the end of this monograph on Soul Therapy is an appendix discussing an “Imperialistic Approach to Healing” – a positivistic and reductionistic way of thinking that contributes to denial of the spiritual side of reality7 and to the denial of truth. Nevertheless it is spirit and consciousness that connects man to a Higher Power that epitomizes and is synonymous with truth, however difficult it may be for man to realize Its omniscience.

Like Dr. Keppe,. Soul Therapy enjoins the client to be honest at all times about what your are sensing (physically), feeling (emotionally), thinking (intellectually), or intuiting (spontaneously). To acknowledge (pay bare attention to) or be aware of (conscientize) what you perceive in the sphere of awareness is proper and curative.

To conscientize does not mean you are feeding, identifying with, or indulging your perceptions.

Nor are you maintaining that your perception is necessarily "truth". You are simply being "in the moment". Honestly conscientizing perceptions, opens you up to the revelation of absolute truth. And, it is the truth that "sets you free" (heals you and brings higher consciousness).

The Dangers of Denial and Suppression In the name of mind science, many people are making themselves sick by denying and suppressing the truth of what they are actually sensing, feeling, thinking, or intuiting. As if being honest about one's perceptions, especially the "negative" ones (pain, anger, etc.) is harmful.

It is not conscientizing negative perceptions that begets negative conditions. It is INDULGING, IDENTIFYING WITH OR SUPPRESSING THEM THAT MAKES YOU SICK. It is the habitual denial or suppression of the truth of what you are actually sensing, feeling, thinking, or intuiting inside that actually causes "dis-ease". Far from freeing you from the bondage of negative perceptions, denial (inconscientization) ATTACHES you to the very ideas, thoughts, feelings and sensations that you are suppressing!

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Dr. Keppe pioneered “Analytical Trilogy”, a psycho therapeutic technique that integrates philosophy, psychology and religion (http://www.trilogiaanalitica.com.br/english/html/body_glossary.html) 6 http://consciousnesscanadabookclub.blogspot.com/2008_04_01_archive.html 7 Positivism is the theory that theology and metaphysics are imperfect modes of knowledge in comparison to knowledge based on the empirical sciences. Reductionism theorizes that simple physical laws may explain all biological processes.

Inconscientization AND/OR indulgence is what attracts or perpetuates physical symptoms that you experience as dis-ease. The dis-ease is a perfect out-picturing or reflection of suppressed (or indulged) perceptions (some of which may be built into the genetic or hereditary blueprint you entered the world with). In fact, suppressing perceptions is a way of indulging, strengthening, or attaching oneSELF (soul energy) to one's impressions.

On the other hand, when you conscientize (honestly acknowledge the truth of) what you are intuiting, thinking, feeling or sensing --- without identifying with or dwelling on the perception --- it helps release you from attachment that leads to dis-ease.

The release of attachment to perceptions is a release of blocked soul energy. It tends to undermine or pull the rug from under the dis-ease condition, thus igniting cure. Thereby, the soul energy may be redirected to ideas, thoughts, feelings and sensations in a way that is in harmony with one's quest for self –actualization or God Realization.

Positive Thinking Positive thinking is NOT the act of suppressing or denying negative thoughts. Denying the truth of what you really perceive is actually NEGATIVE thinking. It is just as dangerous as openly indulging negative thoughts.

On the other hand, it is NOT dangerous to conscientize thoughts or feelings that happen to be painful or "negative". In fact, it is healing to truthfully acknowledge or pay what some Buddhists call "bare attention" to so-called negative thoughts. Thereby, you don't not allow them to secretly undermine your energy, and you allow them to gently be released.

IT IS ONLY WHEN YOU AUTOMATICALLY OR INSISCRIMINATELY IDENTIFY WITH ANY THOUGHT OR PERCEPTION THAT IT BECOMES 'NEGATIVE".

Positive Thinking and the Verb "to be" One of the keys to positive thinking is the use of the verb "to be". Learn to strictly monitor what you think, feel or say, "I am". Because, what you insist "I am" is what you become --- what you manifest in your life. What you habitually, automatically, "unconsciously' keep saying, "I am", through indiscriminate use of the verb "to be", is the seed you are sowing that is bearing (or perpetuating) the fruit or conditions you are experiencing.

In most cases you should substitute verbs such as "intuit", "thing", or "feel" when speaking or perceiving (especially when you are describing another person). Instead of saying, "I am sick", say, "I feel sick". Instead of saying, "You are bad", say, "You should behave better", etc. What you identify others as being, by thinking and speaking of them using the verb 'to be', is what you help cause them to be.

Thereby, you share their "karma". And, if they are strong enough to repel such thoughts, the words boomerang back to you tenfold.

In the long run, the only things worth saying "I am" or "you are" are those ideas and feelings that when out-pictured result in the achievement of your highest ideals. For many people, the highest ideal is the unlimited, eternal state of Self and God Realization, the knowledge and realization of Self as pure spirit. This is the ultimate possession you have --- your spiritual nature.

Negative Thinking and Possessive Speech Conscientizing and right use of the verb "to be" is a way of using language that enables you to be truthful without identifying with or creating negative states or conditions. Another such technique is the proper use of possessive pronouns.

The constant wrong use of the possessive pronouns "my", "your", "his", "hers", "ours", etc. is another way of thinking negatively, thereby perpetuating dis-ease conditions. Instead of saying, "my" headache, say, "the" headache. Instead of saying, "your" stinginess, say "the" stinginess.

Proper use of possessive pronouns, like conscientizing and right use of the verb "to be" is a way of separating the essence of a person from their behavior or material condition. Why identify them with a negative, limited condition? Why not refer to people and self in a way that is truthful but that also acknowledges that our true identify is divine?

Right Use of Mind and Meditation Healing and higher realization is enhanced by proper use of the mind. The mind is a good servant but a poor master. When the mind is in charge, so too is the ego, opening you up to negative influences.

When you conscientize the spirit is in charge opening you up to positive influences. Negative influences are those that limit you to the material, temporal dimension. Positive influences are those that open you up to the experience of higher states of consciousness and ultimately God Realization.

The most powerful right use of mind comes with the practice of meditation, especially under the guidance of an enlightened one, thus establishing the primacy of soul over mind. At its highest levels, meditation takes one's consciousness and spirit above and beyond the regions of mind to the eternal regions of God. It enables one to contact the Holy Spirit of Word of God, which is what transports the soul consciousness to the higher spiritual regions.

Soul Therapy is a modality which helps to prepare you for higher stages of meditation which is the highest form of therapy for the soul. For, as "therapy" is "to nurse or cure", the cure for the soul is to consciously re-unite with its maker in the higher spiritual regions where God or the Higher Intelligence awaits you.

APPENDIX: The Imperialistic Approach To Healing

The Imperialistic Approach To Healing

To Imperialistically “heal” is to be content with an undo focus on aborting or suppressing symptoms by the use of drugs and other such modalities. It is killing germs as if they are the “enemy" or treating malfunctioning body parts as if they are superfluous. It is like taking a legitimate emergency room operation and making it a vehicle of primary care, something it is not meant to be. This approach does not cure the patient, because it does not address the root causes of illness in consciousness, nor does it sufficiently address the patient’s responsibility in healing and disease.

The germ theory of disease and the tendency to view drugs and surgery as a first resort rather than a last resort is part and parcel of a left-side-of-the brain oriented approach to reality. It is the approach that speaks of “the war on cancer”, or “beating the disease”, instead of realizing that the disease is the cure, and should be managed in such a way as to cooperate with what the body is trying to do. This mindset is in complete contradiction to the teachings of the father of western medicine, Hippocrates, who advocated “food” as the medicine of first resort, saying let "food be your medicine and let medicine be your food.”

The imperialistic approach to healing is a signature of western world national and political orientation based on the core theories of “positivism” and “reductionism”. Positivism is the theory that theology and metaphysics are imperfect modes of knowledge in comparison to knowledge based on the empirical sciences. Reductionism theorizes that simple physical laws may explain all biological processes.

Positivism and reductionism are left brain dominant orientations, which overemphasize verbal, “intellectual”, linear or segregative thinking, and negate the validity of right brain, intuitive ways of seeing the world. They reduce everything to something you can see, touch, measure or control (using the mind operating through the senses of perception). Whatever cannot be understood or manipulated is the enemy to be conquered, repressed, feared, dominated, controlled and, in some cases, enslaved. Often whole races of people are viewed as being alien to the left brain orientation and are therefore expendable.

It can also be legitimately said that there is a counter school of thinking that deifies right brain, feeling, and emotional, instinctive ways of behaving at the expense of left brain awareness. These two schools of thinking are akin to the two brain hemispheres, the “developed” versus “Third World” cultures of the world, and the “modern” or conventional versus the “traditional”. The conventional often ignores the traditional (customary ways of being) and the traditional often perpetuates customs and mores that are no longer useful.

The solution is a whole brain approach using the left, right and frontal parts of the brain. This places a focus on the primacy of cause versus effect and direct first hand inner experience as a guide to external, material experience. It refuses to masquerade left brain intellectualism as “science” or right brain psychism as “mysticism”. It integrates use of the left and right hemispheres in concert with the forebrain.

Usually, anyone who espouses the whole brain approach is liable to offend both the conventional and the traditional. In addition, many left or right brain dominant people are masquerading as “holistic”, “alternative”, “complementary”, etc. when in reality they are completely devoid of a real spiritual understanding or orientation.

A true spiritual understanding realizes that there is a real causal world beyond the senses and the mind that can be accessed to bring about and understand effects in the material world. There is a science of technology of how to do this, which even the pseudo religious, holistic, and spiritual charlatans are not aware of. Literally one must “lose one’s mind” to be successful. That is, one must understand that beyond the finite, temporal, mortal level of being is an infinite, eternal, immortal realm of being that we as “the crowns of creation” can have access to. However, to do so requires transcending the ego “I” which thinks it is a supreme creator God. #############