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Within one generation technology has brought the world together in ways unimaginable to most people. We have extended our awareness through satellite, cellular and fiber optic applications. The World Wide Web has created a global mind with information being shared with millions in seconds; ideas move through the World Wide Web much like thought moving through fields of neurons in our brain.

Where we used to have most of our classes in a room, now most people are dialing in through teleconference lines, and listening to our classes on their PDA's and iPods; we grew from a few hundred to tens of thousands all over the world in just a couple years! Our Institute is virtual, each staff member works out of their home, and I rarely even meet the students I work with in person. It's not necessary; transmitting Shakti is even more effective virtually since the teacher is not the person but the spirit that is non-physical.

This adaptation of technology has also provided an opening in consciousness that enables me to connect with you in ways unimagined in earlier times. Where Shaktipat had traditionally been transmitted through physical touch or presence from teacher to student, it is now broadcast virtually like a satellite signal to students all over the globe. For the first time in history people half way around the globe can connect with the Shakti anytime by simply "tuning in" to the life force that passes through me to you. In this way we join in spirit and commune in Divine Grace. We are all connected in spirit.

This month we launch our Membership program. Now anyone with a computer, anywhere in the world, can connect energetically to our spiritual community and radically accelerate their instinctive evolutionary enlightenment. The spiritual connection is transferred through voice, written words, and through spirit itself. You have been called to awaken from the dream and fulfill your life purpose. You are part of a growing body of people who are being led to full enlightenment and you know this instinctively. Your enlightenment is creating the critical mass that is shifting the collective consciousness of humanity so we can all live together in happiness and peace. I look forward to sharing with you more.

From the heart, Steven

That which causes life within you, is you. The spirit that animates your physical being is an expression of your consciousness…it is known as Shakti. Your consciousness is what is reflecting upon these words and guiding you to read them. Observe your mind thinking. Who is observing these thoughts you are thinking?

When our body and mind are congruent with the expression of consciousness flowing through you there is clarity, happiness and peace. To the degree your mind is incongruent with your spirit there is resistance and pain. Pleasure and pain serve as benchmarks of your state of consciousness. They are your guides on your path to enlightenment.

The more connected you are with your spirit and the expression of consciousness flowing through your body and mind the happier you are. The more conscious you are the more peace pervades. All your life experiences are providing you the opportunity to learn and grow and evolve your consciousness to its highest expression…full self-realization.

Each state that you evolve to carries a higher energy. You "conduct" your state of consciousness. By tuning into higher states of consciousness you become familiar with them. When I meditate with you, in person or not, my spirit and yours connect and you naturally tune into these higher states, this is called Shaktipat. The more familiar with these higher states you become, the more you reside in them until you experience them all the time. This is an easy and enjoyable path to enlightenment. Experience it for yourself.

From the heart, Steven S. Sadleir

For the world to enlighten we must first enlighten, and bring this higher awareness into every facet of our lives including business. Capitalism affords the opportunity to aspire to achieve a better life, liberty and happiness, but all too often also breeds greed and corruption. At a lower state of consciousness the ends justifies the means, at a higher state it benefits society. In a “materialistic” culture money becomes the God, that we seek and humans become devalued.I have spent a lifetime studying God and money, and from my perspective when serving others is the goal, greater good and profit result. I have a plan, a way that brings out the best in capitalism and it is simply this:

Rather than trying to make money, our goal as individuals and businesses should be to make a difference. If we can make a real contribution, that contribution is valued and we become valued and money comes. This is the key to the Law of Attraction: it’s not trying to get what you want, but helping others with what THEY need or want. If we only seek to benefit ourselves, or a select few, then we miss the greater value of making a difference. Making a difference, making a contribution to other’s lives, is what life is all about; and it’s good for business too. We find greater purpose and meaning when we make a contribution. Just making money will not fulfill you, making a difference will.

If we really do care and want to make a difference, then we think green, we think sustainable, renewable and what is in the best interest of others including the generations to come. To seek to make money and not account for the costs in terms of its long term affects on our society, our natural resources, and our environment is a short term gain (financial) at a long term cost, which is bad for business and our society. To promote products and services that benefit the well being of all, through your purchases and investments, adds value to the world, to spend and consume for pure self interest is short sighted and costly to society. The more conscious we are the happier we are both individually and collectively.

To improve the world we must first intend to. As we think prosperity, happiness and peace, we create it. The world around you is a reflection of your state of consciousness. When you care about the welfare of your employees, they provide greater productively and loyalty to your company. When you care about your customers, they support your business. This has been tested again and again and proven to be true. Think in terms of what you can do for others and watch your business grow… and your heart; profit as a prophet.

From the heart,
Steven S. Sadleir

That which caused life within us is us. The life force energy, or spirit, that animates our own existence is an expression of the consciousness that lies at the very core of our being. The same spirit that is causing my heart to beat is also causing yours to. This underlying spirit is creating and guiding all life through the universe. You are a part of this greater wholeness of being. Being aware of this interconnection is Tantra.

Tantra literally means "that which extends." It refers to our awareness extending beyond the form and into the underlying essence of all that is…enlightenment. The Tantric Yogi's of India, and later Tibet and China, connected with the life force within themselves to connect with the Source of life itself. Once you realize the Source of life within yourself you realize the Source of life itself...God Realization.

The meditation that we teach is Tantric. It comes from an ancient lineage that dates back thousands of years through the Siddha lineage in the Tamil Nadu state in South India. The part of Tantra that people take the most interest involves yogic sexual intercourse to achieve Divine Sexual Union. By first recognizing this Divine Presence within your partner, and by your partner recognizing this Divine Presence within you, you both serve to help each other to raise your consciousness. Your lovemaking becomes a spiritual discipline or yoga.

By bringing your energies together and consciously moving this sacred energy between you and within you, you can awaken your consciousness and experience profound states of bliss…like an orgasm, but stronger.

From the heart, Steven S. Sadleir

We human beings are instinctively being guided to evolve. As with all creatures, we must adapt to changes in our environment to survive and flourish. We can see evidence of this evolutionary trend in our physiology, our society, and in our technology. Our brains continue to develop, an increasingly large percentage of humanity is becoming literate and educated, and technology has provided immediate access to billions of people's minds through phone cells and chip sets. Satellite and Internet infrastructure is providing a "global mind" where we see and think the same thing at the same time, as one consciousness. The critical mass of what we think shifts the consciousness of individuals on a global scale. How we think affects the quality of our life, and even our survival.

Each day of your life you are provided experiences where you have to make choices in how you think and behave. The more conscious you are the more those choices bring greater happiness and peace into your life. You have learned from your life experiences what brings greater pleasure or pain into your existence, and have adapted your ways of thinking, feeling and behaving to increase the pleasure in your life and reduce the pain. The more conscious you have become, the greater clarity, happiness and peace you have gained by evolving your conscious awareness.

Your instinct has guided you to learn, and grow, and evolve to your highest potential, and it still is. You have been guided to these words to reflect on them. The more conscious you become of how you are being guided, the more you will see how you are being guided. The more conscious you become of the consciousness that is guiding you, the more conscious you become. Your consciousness evolves the more conscious you become of your consciousness. As you become more conscious you gain greater clarity, happiness and peace. It is only when we become unconscious that we think, say or do things that hurt ourselves or others. Only unconscious people hurt others, lie, cheat, steel, abuse or hate. Only an unconscious society disrespect others rights, destroy its natural resources, overpopulates or wages war.

We evolve through the tests and trials of daily living, both individually and collectively as a society. Lessons learned help to evolve us, but when we are not conscious of what we are being tested in we fail the test and get tested again and again until we learn and either further evolve, or perish. You have been guided to this moment of introspection in order to reflect upon your own place in the evolution of your own consciousness, and the role you might play in awakening the collective consciousness of humanity so that we might all live together in happiness and peace. You are part of a rapidly growing segment of the population that is awakening to full consciousness. Your individual awakening is contributing to the critical mass that is shifting the consciousness of the planet; you are preparing the way for an evolutionary leap in human consciousness. You are building the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth.

From the heart, Steven S. Sadleir

Everything in existence owes its existence to a life force current, or spirit, that animates its existence. The same energy that causes my heart to beat is causing your heart to beat. The same innate intelligence that is directing the movement of every atom, molecule and cell of your body, is also directing the movement of every being, planet, star and galaxy. And the same volition that is compelling me to write these words for you to read has moved you to read them.

Shakti is that life force that is conducting this play of life. The more you connect with it, the more connected you are…the more clarity, insight…the more happiness and peace. Meditation on the Shakti within you brings your mind in direct awareness with the very essence of who you are. The more connected you are with who you are the more easily you are going to be guided to fulfilling your life purpose and find greater meaning and purpose in life.

As you are reading these words and reflecting upon their meaning what are you feeling? Take a moment to reflect upon the very volition that brought you to this moment. You are being guided, just as I am. Spirit is guiding us all to evolve our conscious awareness, to realize our highest potential and fulfill the very purpose for which we incarnated. You are part of a growing mass of humanity that is leading the way to bringing forth a world that we all want to live in. Deep inside you know this. Go to this place within you that already know. This is meditation.

The more you go within and connect with the life force within you, the more this inner knowing develops. You don't try to meditate, you simply observe the life force within you and enjoy it. Rather than trying to meditate, you allow yourself to be meditated. The more open you are to receive, the more you will receive. Let me come to you in spirit. Let us join in Divine embrace, like children playing in a Heavenly Kingdom that lies within us. Right now you are connected. Take a moment to close your eyes and feel your spirit guiding you. I will meet you there.

From the heart, Steven

Your source of power lies within you. The answers lie within. Happiness and peace lie within. You know this all already innately. The same life force energy that makes your heart beat enables you to create the world you want to live in. The same innate intelligence that knows how to regenerate the cells in your body also provides the answers and direction to fulfill your life purpose. You have the opportunity right now to realize your own potential by simply taking some time to explore the possibility.

Look at your life right now. What do you want? What do you need? What if you could manifest your desires? What if you could realize your dreams? Wouldn't it be worth taking a few minutes to look and see what possibilities lie within? The practice of going within is meditation. There are many forms of meditation, but the one we teach is to simply observe your own life force energy or spirit. That which animates your existence is you. That which brings life to your mind and body holds the key to realizing your potential, realizing your dreams, realizing your self.

Right now your heart is beating. Simply observe this. You are not personally making it beat. You don't make it beat, and short of killing yourself you can't make it stop.  What is that that makes you tick? Find that, and you find the source of power within that can make all the difference in your life. Things can, and will, start shifting as soon as you have the presence of mind to seek it. Even your consideration of this possibility is awakening something from within you. What is causing you to consider this? What is compelling you to read these words? Observe that volition.

Once you realize, that there is something to be realized, your realization has begun. Each time you meditate, each time you reflect on this possibility, each time you go within, you water a seed of consciousness that is already germinating within you. You have been lead to read these words by your own innate intelligence. Your spirit is guiding you to realize your dreams…to realize your Self. This self-awareness brings greater clarity, happiness, prosperity and peace. Don't let your mind get in the way. Listen to the calling of your own indwelling spirit. You will hear it within the silence of your own mind. I will meet you there.

From the heart, Steven S. Sadleir

Meditation has been practiced in various forms for thousands of years all over the world. From the jungles of Borneo to the Ganges River, Tibetan tundra to Siberian back woods, shamans, sadhus and seekers alike have gone within to find God, find themselves, find purpose and meaning in life. Archaeological relics from the ruins of Mohenjo-Daro in western Punjab, India depict the ancient yogic deity Shiva (as An) sitting cross-legged meditating on his “Third Eye” in a state of transcendental bliss. Buddha sat under a tree; Jesus sat in the Desert and Mohammad in a cave. All the great prophets, gurus and saints used some form of meditation to commune with God and realize their true Self.

In the Yoga Sutras Patanjali defines yoga as the cessation of thought or the absence of mental modification. When the mind becomes still, inner clarity develops and the true nature of the Self is revealed. This is the essence of yoga; yoga is the both the art and science of Self Realization. Initially an aspiring yogi or yogini would be taught various yoga asanas or postures to prepare the body for meditation. The goal has always been to quiet the body in order to quiet the mind. In India the Rishis developed various meditation practices based on the level and temperament of the student.

Some forms of meditation are contemplative, where the student reflects on a verse from an illuminated text such as the Bible, Koran, Yoga Sutras or Bhagavad-Gita; yet others are quite active and involve some conscious movement as in tantric lovemaking, tai chi or practicing yoga postures with such inner quiet that the student goes into meditation while holding a pose. A common form of meditation to begin with involves primordial sounds called mantras. Most spiritual disciplines recognize the mind altering power of sound vibrations: the Sanskrit language of the Yogi’s, ancient Hebrew and Arabic are each believed to conduct energy when spoken or contemplated.

The most familiar mantra “Om” often pronounced as “Aum” moves life force energy up the spine to the top of the head. The “Ahhh” sound can be felt in the region of the navel, the “Ohhh” and “Uuuu” sound are carried at the heart and throat centers, and the “Mmmm” vibration is felt as the buzzing of bees in the head. Repeating this sound relaxes the mind and turns ones awareness inward. The popular Transcendental Meditation or “TM” of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi repeat a single sacred sound mantra from the Vedas is repeated to help aspirants go within and find inner peace; whereas members of the Hari Krishna movement, or ISCON, repeat a series of sacred trance inducing sounds praising God that creates a euphoric state, this is called Japa.

One of the more common forms of meditation involves concentration on various energy centers of the body called Chakras; where a meditator would concentrate their attention on such areas as their Navel Center (Manipura), Heart Center (Anahata) or Third Eye (Ajna). The energy being directed to these centers through focused attention activates the energy at these points and shifts the state of consciousness of the meditator. For instance, when one focuses at the Third Eye point between the eyebrows this activates the pituitary and pineal gland which help regulate your brain wave frequencies, like a natural biofeedback response. As the student connects with their life force energy, or kundalini shakti, at this point their brain wave frequencies drop from Beta (14-40 cycles per second) to Alpha (7-13 cycles per second), and eventually lower still to Theta (4-6 cps) and Delta (0-3 cps). While in these ultra quiet states inner clarity develops and the consciousness is liberated from the confines of the mind and sense perception and merges into the whole…samadhi. These exercises are even more powerful when initiated by a Guru whose spirit or “Shakti” can conduct the life force to make it easier for the student to tune into or connect with.

One of the most powerful forms of meditation is direct inquiry or self-reflection. When the yogi reflects on the very impetus that causes them to meditate they make a direct connection with their Self: “That which you are seeking is causing you to seek.” To ask yourself “who am I?” and go into the part of you that wants to know is to practice a form of yoga called Jnana. Simply observing that which is observing the mind liberates it from the mind. Just as one would look into their reflection in a mirror to know what they looked like, one has only to reflect upon their own nature to realize it.

At the heart of meditation lies the heart. It is through grace that our own true nature is revealed and it is through love that God is revealed. When the meditating yogi opens their heart to receive, when they surrender the “doer” then their own true nature becomes clear. The devotion to your Creator expressed through the devotion in your practice makes the practice of meditation easy and enjoyable to practice. Most people struggle with trying to stop their mind, which is like a cat chasing its tail. When the yogi allows their spirit, or life force, to meditate them then the practice of meditation becomes profound.

The use of a Guru or teacher has proven effective to help students find the truth that lies within them for thousands of years; it works. Most Westerners are leery of those who purport to be Gurus, and for good reason as this sacred trust has been abused by a few in the past, but nonetheless it is time tested and proven effective. When the student is ready the teacher will appear, but a reliable Guru is one who empowers you to find the True Guru, or Sat Guru, within your Self. Ultimately, that which created you, and which sustains your existence, is guiding you to awaken your consciousness to full realization; it is what is causing you to read this right now.

From the Heart, Steven S. Sadleir

Within each human lies the instinct to evolve. Your desires draw to you the learning experiences that cause you to discern what you like and dislike, what you want and don't want, and through this process you learn and grow and evolve to realize your full potential. Through this variety and diversity of life experiences what you innately want becomes clearer. As what you want becomes clearer your power to manifest what you want becomes stronger.

Feelings of joy, peace, and excitement serve as a honing beacon guiding you towards experiences that help you to fulfill your life purpose. Feelings of discontent, discord and being stuck help you to see how you are moving away from the opportunities to realize your full potential and find happiness. When you are connected with that inner guidance, and to the degree that you do connect, greater prosperity, happiness and peace are attained. This peace is innate; you just need to connect with it by being true to your intrinsic desires.

Desiring has energy. As you think about what you want that desire builds strength. Where you mind is focused energy follows. As you become more focused and clearer as to what you innately want, the energy to manifest gets stronger. This energy can be felt as excitement. The vibration of your intention is transmitted like a radio signal and the innate intelligence of the universe responds to it in kind. Put your attention on the joy of your desire and you will joyously attract that into your life, we see this miracle again and again with our students. Put your attention on what you think you lack and you attract more lack. It is a state of consciousness.

Create a clear picture of what you want in your mind, what does it feel like having what you desire. Be in that state of enjoying it whether it has manifested or is being manifested. Then put your life force energy into the vision, like a light shinning through a motion picture film, the desire is projected into your world. The more powerful the projection the more powerful the manifestation. To increase your power to manifest, connect with the source of life within you. Meditate. It comes back to getting in touch with the source of life within you. It comes back to getting in touch with your Self. It comes back to Self-Realization.

From the heart, Steven

Love is the transcendent reality; everything else is just a state of mind. Creation is an act of love, and that which sustains all of creation is an act of love. We are an act of creation; the Divine presence supports and sustains our existence. It is through an act of love that our heart beats, it is through an act of love that we exist, we are an expression of that love. You find that which causes life within you and you find the source of love itself; you find your Self.

You couldn't be anything other than that which you already are. Your true self is already realized; only your mind projecting the illusion of being separate causes your mind to think that you need to find yourself or search for love. The very volition that brought you to read these words is your spirit reaching out to your mind to get your attention. You are here reading this because it is time for you to wake up from the dream, to remember who you are and why you were born so you can fulfill the purpose of your existence.

There is an awakening occurring within the collective consciousness of humanity. Human beings are individually beginning to realize that there is something to be realized, a potential they have yet to realize within themselves. You are part of a small but rapidly growing segment of the population that is leading the way to awakening the collective consciousness of humanity; you are ahead of the bell curve. As you reflect on this possibility you are awakening your own potential to be conscious, and this contributes to the collective awakening on the planet.

Your spirit brought you to read these words so that you can reflect on this possibility, to go to the place of knowing within yourself, and to consider your life's calling. The part of you that already knows who you are and why you were born is making contact with you now. You will be thinking about this now. As you think about it, the energy of your attention will naturally begin to awaken your consciousness.  The next step may be to find the tools and training that will help you fully enlighten. When you are ready, the clue will be staring you in the face.

From the heart, Steven S. Sadleir