Welcome to Issue #86 (March 15, 2002) of MIND CHATTER, the twice-monthly e-mail newsletter of Centerpointe Research Institute: http://www.centerpointe.com Do you want to Unsubscribe?? Gasp!! (Directions are at the end of the newsletter!) In This Issue: * MindQuotes *Possibility...and Necessity...and Happiness by Bill Harris * Glowing Testimonial of the Month * BOOK REVIEW After the Ecstasy, the Laundry: How the Heart Grows Wise on the Spiritual Path By Jack Kornfield Reviewed by Scott Spencer-Wolff * Announcements *** MIND CHATTER contains articles about: *Personal and spiritual growth in general *Meditation (high and low-tech) *Recovery from emotional trauma *Mind development *Superlearning *Cutting edge methods for increasing longevity *How evolution happens in the brain *Pretty much any other subject I get excited about and want to write about. After all, it's my company and my newsletter, and I can do whatever I want with it. So there. You'll find MIND CHATTER in your e-mail box once every two weeks. Free on-line demo: If you aren't in the program now and would like to hear a sample, please listen to our on-line Holosync® demo: http://www.centerpointe.com/demo/index.cfm Finally, if you aren't in the program already -- PLEASE JOIN! (What are you waiting for??) There's a RISK FREE one-year money-back guarantee and you can even pay in convenient payments on your credit card. You can join by calling 1-800-945-2741 or 503-672-7117 24 hours a day. Or, just click here: http://www.centerpointe.com/purchase/index.cfm We look forward to having you in the program! *** MindQuotes To suffer woes which hope thinks infinite; To forgive wrongs darker than death or night To defy power, which seems omnipotent; To love, and bear; to hope till hope creates >From its own wreck the thing it contemplates Neither to change, nor falter, nor repent; This, like thy glory, Titan, it to be Good, great and joyous, beautiful and free; This alone is life, you, empire and victory. --Percy Shelley (Prometheus Unbound) Too often man handles life as he does the bad weather. He whiles away the time as he waits for it to stop. --Alfred Polgar The tragedy of modern man is not that he knows less and less about the meaning of his own life, but that it bothers him less and less. --Vaclav Havel (Letters to Olga) The trick in life is to not fear death, but not to welcome it either. --Anonymous Two urns on Jove's high throne have ever stood, The source of evil one, and one of good; >From thence the cup of mortal man he fills, Blessings to these, to those distributes ills; To most he mingles both. --Homer (Illiad) ***** A personal recommendation from Bill: If you are interested in personal growth and well being (which I guess you must be, or you wouldn't be reading Mind Chatter), I have a suggestion for you. Visit the Tools for Wellness (formerly Tools for Exploration) web site. Tools for Wellness has one of the largest selection of wellness-related products anywhere on the web. Some of the areas in which they have products: Boosting Creativity Improving productivity Better sleep Dealing with stress Nutritionals and supplements Biofeedback Sound therapy Alternative medicine Anti-aging More Just click here to visit: http://www.toolsforwellness,com **** Response to my article about The Gap in the last issue of Mind Chatter: to bill harris director centerpointe research institute respected sir i am very much thank ful to you for sending me the article through the e- mail i read it had really helped me to come out from mental cave you had promised to send me the audio material through the general mail I am waiting for it . I am again thankful for you . wish you best of luck. yours sincerely imran ** You are doing a terrific job with mind chatter and am grateful for Bills insights. When I read the gap I thought "Oh my gosh everybody i know does that" and especially me. I am a yoga teacher and therapist and realized that what I have accomplished in this small town is really incredible. It was a goal of mine to bring to my community what I had been going to workshops all over the country to do and I have done that. However, I had this ideal retreat center I had to build, so many classes and retreats I was suppose to be leading that I wasn't hearing people when they said what a difference I had made in their life. I am realizing my goal every day. Thank You So Much I feel a huge weight has lifted !!!! Amelia B. PS and no small credit to holosync. ** Great article on "The Gap." Thanks to Bill and Dan for giving me the handle on goals I've been looking for for 30 years! Robert W. ** Hi Bill, Just wanted to express my appreciation for the wonderful insight received by articles from Mind-Chatter, concerning the difference between Ideals and Goals. It suddenly occurred to me why I have felt such dissatisfaction with my own progress through the Holosync Programme and your friend Dan Sullivan hit the nail on the head so to speak. In sharing your friends wisdom and yes "Genius" in explaining about "The Gap" (and you explained it very well,as you do most things) but now, thanks to your sharing these thoughts with us, we can all aim for a Goal, yet recognise there is no shame in failure for any of us when we don't achieve what we may expect,but should only be sad for ourselves and others when we stop trying. I've also ordered the book by Pena Chodron on " The Places That Scare You" so thanks again for all the information. Laraine ** Hi Bill, Thanks so much for your most recent article, 'The Gap'. It really resonated with me. You may as well have been describing me as I read that article. I graduated tops in my high school class with an average of 94.2 %, was a star athlete, and a million other things. And like you, I felt horrible all the time, was constantly anxious, and hated being alive. It's almost 5 yrs since I graduated high school, and I'm probably one of the most negative 23 year-olds alive. I've been using H/S for almost 2 yrs, and I'm currently in the midst of AL3. I've considered chucking the program many times over the last 6 months. Through the brilliant insight and dedication of Marc however, I'm sticking with it. Marc introduced me to the idea of the Gap, horizon, ideals, etc. about 2 months ago, and I've been trying to implement it in my life. It certainly is a happier, more enjoyable way to learn. I use the past for progress rather than the future. Simple, powerful concepts. Just the way I like it! Thanks Bill, I'll keep you posted on my progress. Jay. **** Possibility...and Necessity...and Happiness by Bill Harris This is my second writing of this article, because I brilliantly deleted the entire issue of Mind Chatter just as I had it 99% finished. Brilliant, huh? Hopefully, "Take Two" will be even better and I'll ultimately be glad it happened. @#$%! Another opportunity to prefer the outcome I want instead of being attached to it! Okay, let's get started (again). I want to continue in this issue with something I started in the last issue with my article about The Gap, which is to discuss different strategies many people use that can either create suffering or happiness, depending on how which approach you take to that strategy. Last time, I introduced the idea that if you measure your progress (in anything) against an Ideal -- something which, like the horizon, is never really attainable and is, by definition, always the same distance away from attainment (hence the name "The Gap") -- you will never be able to experience the fruits of your success, even if that success is very great. This leads to great dissatisfaction, frustration, and discouragement, as well as a loss of motivation to keep going. On the other hand, if you are able to measure from where you started, you will see continual progress and will derive more happiness and certainly more motivation to keep going toward what you want. Two people with identical success will have opposite experiences, depending on how they handle this internal way of structuring their map of reality. There are a number of such internal strategies, or ways of dealing with what comes at you in life, and in the next few articles I will examine several more. If you learn to handle these strategies in a resourceful manner, your life will change. Doing so often requires greater self-awareness. With Holosync as a tool, you will be gradually gaining this self awareness. The more I correspond with Centerpointe participants, the more I become aware that two things are needed for people to be free and happy: 1) the awareness, or expansion consciousness, that allows you to see what is going on and make a more resourceful choice, and 2) a knowledge of what the key strategies are that will created the greatest change once you shift your awareness regarding them. This is one of several reasons why we have the support material AND the Holosync soundtracks. They both are needed. Remember that for most people (almost all), their personal strategies are running on automatic. You do not even choose them, but rather pick them up from parents, teachers, friends, the media, and the culture at large -- usually when you are too small to know there might be a more resourceful choice. Then, you run these strategies unconsciously, reaping the consequences, and not realizing there might be a better way. Why would you hang on to a way of doing things that doesn't work very well and keeps giving you a result you don't like? Safety. We create our map of reality, which includes these strategies, as a way of making it through our family situation. Our main criteria during this time is to give ourselves the greatest feeling of safety. The more unsafe our family feels, for whatever reason, the more we will cling to our map even when it isn't serving us. A part of us, unconsciously (often referred to as the "inner child"), says "What? Change that? No way. This has kept me safe all these years and I'm not giving it up." So keep in mind as we continue that 1) these strategies are running on automatic, 2) you did not choose them, and 3) you have a strong association between your ways of being and safety. Also, keep in mind two other things: you have a choice, and can choose new strategies that work better; and that until you make changes in the way you see and do things, you will continue to get the same results. There is no way to hang onto the old way of being and at the same time get different results. What I want to talk about in this issue is are two opposite ways of sorting or filtering information. The first way I'll call Sorting by Necessity, or Sorting by Impossibility. Those who sort by necessity live by rules. They do things because they have to, should, need to do them. For these people, certain things have been mapped out, and they feel compelled to behave or respond in a certain "right" way in a given situation. Whole cultures sort by necessity. I have a friend who lives in Hawaii who is an engineer. He is of Japanese ancestry. His father was an engineer, and his grandfather was an engineer. His son will be an engineer when he gets old enough to "choose" a career. This is the way it is often done in the Japanese culture, and in many other cultures, too. This way of thinking removes a lot of choices and possibilities. My friend told me there was never any question about what he would do when he grew up. He never even considered doing something else, since all men in his family became engineers. You can spot someone who thinks this way very easily, because their language gives them away. They say "I have to..." "I should..." "I need to..." and other such things. In a given situation, they consider what they "should" do or what they "have to" do. There are rules, and they use these rules to guide them in making decisions about what to do, what to feel, and what to be. They use the same rules to evaluate, after the fact, whether or not they have done the "right" thing. If not, they get to feel bad or guilty about it. The other closely related aspect of this strategy is the part about sorting my impossibility. These people say "I can't" a lot. When faced with a situation, all the reason why it can't be done automatically spring to mind. Since whatever you focus on really does manifest in your experience, these people experience a lot of obstacles in their life, and a lot of choices are closed off. When they think of doing, feeling, or being something, if there are too many obstacles, or often, even ANY obstacles, they just don't try. They live in a world where many things are impossible. There are certain benefits to Sorting by Necessity. Knowing the rules gives you a road map for what to do, feel, think, or be in a given situation. This can remove anxiety about how to behave in a certain situation, and it absolves you of having to think, be creative, or be resilient in dealing with what comes at you. There are, however, two big problems. First, Sorting by Necessity takes away most of your choices. Second, what do you do if there is no rule for the situation you find yourself in? Then, you have to figure out a creative response, and you have to do it without having much practice at it. Talk about anxiety! The other end of the spectrum is the person who Sorts by Possibility. This person does not live by rules, unless you consider "anything is possible" to be a rule. They do not do, feel, or be something because they should or have to, but rather because they want to or because it is possible. They evaluate potential feelings, actions, or ways of being solely on whether they are desirable and will help them get to where they want to go. They may see obstacles, but rather than causing them to say "I can't," an obstacle causes them to say "How can I?" Because your mind is able to create a solution to any desire you give it, asking such a question starts your mind searching for the "how" and after enough asking and taking action, the answer always comes to them. The only time you will hear someone who sorts by possibility say "I have to" is if what he or she in contemplating doing is SO possible they just "have to" do it! Sorting by Necessity is not resourceful. It greatly limits what is possible for you. It is like a mental straight jacket. Luckily, you have control over whether or not you think this way. But first, you have to become aware that you are doing it. Remember Principle #6 of my Nine Principles, that you cannot do something that is not resourceful for you unless you do it unconsciously? This is a great example of how that principle works. If you can become aware of how you sort information related to possibility/necessity/impossibility, whatever is not resourceful in your strategy will fall away. This is one reason why the Centerpointe program is so powerful, because it naturally creates the awareness needed to see how you are creating your world. So here is what you do: get a 3x5 card, and on one side write "necessity/impossibility." On the other side, write "possibility." Then, as you go about your day, make a mark on either side each time you notice yourself sorting by necessity or by possibility. Pay special attention to your language, both internal and external. When you hear yourself say (or think) "I can't," "I have to," "I should," and other things that indicate you are doing things because you "must" do them, or not doing something because it is "impossible" or there are too many obstacles, make a mark on the "necessity/impossibility" side of the card. When you notice yourself sorting by possibility, and saying "how can I?", make a mark on the other side. Keeping score in this way will cause you to become more aware of what you are doing, and the non-resourceful ways of thinking will begin to fall away. Also notice the strong pull (anxiety, guilt, etc.) to follow the "rules" and do, feel, think, or be that which you "should." Just notice it. Just watch. To the degree it does not serve you, it will fall away (and since it doesn't serve you very darned much, it WILL fall away). My goal for you is to drop those ways of thinking and being that do not serve you, and do not contribute your happiness and inner peace or your ability to create what you want in your life. Most of these ways of being you may not have ever considered, since they run on automatic. And, if that is the case you probably also have not considered that there might be a different way of doing things that works much better. We're going to knock these non-resourceful strategies off, one by one. To do this, though, you have to take some action, and really examine yourself and do the little exercises I suggest in these articles. You can do it, and it will be well worth it. And keep listening to those Holosync soundtracks! Be well. Bill Harris, Director PS: If you aren't in the Centerpointe program yet, what are you waiting for? It will change your life in so many positive ways, and if you've been reading Mind Chatter for a while and sitting on the fence, once you start you are going to say "Why didn't I do this sooner?" Please. Join. Now. You can join by calling 1-800-945-2741 or 503-672-7117 24 hours a day. Or, just click here: http://www.centerpointe.com/purchase/index.cfm We look forward to having you in the program! *** Glowing Testimonial of the Month I have a little bit of feedback on the tape you sent me (last Friday). I've been on the spiritual path for a few years now and to be totally honest, when I first saw your website I thought it was total crap and just another one of those scams. But who could resist the offer of a free tape when you have nothing to lose. Even when the tape showed up I was still skeptical, looking at the envelope with total arrogance. It wasn't until around 5.30 am the following morning that I decided to put it in my walkman and give it a shot and ready to pay out on it. Within 6 seconds of pressing play I realised something.... BOY WAS I WRONG!!! I have never experienced anything quite like it. It was the BEST meditation I have ever experienced. Let me repeat that, it was the best meditation I have ever experienced. I'm not sure who was talking on that tape, but the guy kept giving reasons why we should by it. By the 8th minute I thought to myself "forget it man, stop trying to sell it to me..... IT'S SOLD!" Just want to let you know that I'm heading off overseas and I'll be back on the 20th of April. In that first week upon my return I would like to purchase this program. Once again Thank You!!! Tony ** Free Bonus Glowing Testimonial: Hi Bill, just wanted you to know how I think the program has helped me, even though I have only done the first level ( and not so consistently at that!) I used to be a chronic worrier...I could work myself into a tizzy over most anything. Well, my mother has been in the ICU for over 3 months now and I am handling things very well under the circumstances. I have maintained my strength and composure...my children are telling me how strong I am and how they don't see how I do it day in and day out... and I am quite sure it is directly related to Centerpointe. I am able to be pro-active in her recovery, nurture her, and hold down all my other responsibilities at work,too. I still have room for improvement as I am beginning to physically feel the stress manifesting in my neck and shoulders, and also my TMJ, but mentally I feel strong and compassionate, not scared or worried to the point of being incapacitated like I might have been a year ago. I plan to order the next series as soon as there is another special! I also ordered the Sedona Method today on your recommendation. Thank you for your contribution to my well-being and that of all who participate in your program! How rewarding it must be to know how many lives you touch and help. I've got my mom listening to the tapes now and feel sure it will help her in her effort to wean from the respirator and recover . I'll let you know how it goes! Kathy Thank you very much, Charles and Lois B. ** Second free bonus testimonial: Dear Bill, Thank you for the introductory tape. I was very impressed with how quickly I was able to get into a deep meditative state and how refreshed I was when I was finished. I must tell you that the reason for interest was not only for myself but mostly for a dear friend of mine who has a terminal illness and needs all the strength he can get to get through each day. While he wasn't sure this was something that would help him, I had him try the tape and he too was amazed on how relaxed he was able to become. My friend called Centerpointe last week and your staff went out of their way and actually delivered them to his home. Over this last weekend we both have listened to the dive twice now and I feel we both have seen some benefits. I look forward to exploring the program further and am excited that perhaps this will bring comfort and strength to my dear friend. Sincerely, Debbie C. ** Still more (we're way overstocked on testimonials and we just have to move them out, even at a loss): Hi Bill: I know you remind people over and over about how the process works but when it happens to you (me) it still seems remarkable. I'm just about 10 months of steady practice into the program and I just encountered another layer of emotional garbage that caught me off guard. It's amazing to me how we and think and believe of ourselves being a certain way then discover something totally different. Of course, I shouldn't be surprised because nearly everyone I see, know and meet shares this same delusion of thinking themselves to be something totally different than they are and behave. None the less, it's still remarkable when I see it clear, plain and "nekked." Anyway, you are correct about going through obvious issues early on then discovering deeper ones later on that you didn't expect. Regards, Mark ** Still more? I mentioned to my wife, Aimee, who is ready to move to the 1st level of the awakening, that i thought that holosync is like dialysis for the soul...it serves to flush out the toxicity of the mind gathered and held over the years, much like a diseased kidney has held on to waste products. just a thought that she suggested i share with you. i am currently moving into my second level of the awakening program peace be with you. Jim R. **** Book Review After the Ecstasy, the Laundry: How the Heart Grows Wise on the Spiritual Path By Jack Kornfield Reviewed by Scott Spencer-Wolff To learn more about or order this book, click here: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0553378295/wwwcenterpoincom Another incredible Centerpointe retreat has just completed. Along with the usual Centerpointe experience extraordinaire, I took along Jack Kornfield's, incredible book, "After the Ecstasy, The Laundry" and really felt that reading it was a mini-retreat itself. Kornfield is a well-known meditation teacher. His experience with the realm of "enlightenment" is vast and personal, but most important to me is the feeling I get that he is more deeply grounded in common sense than in spiritual platitudes. One of the first insights that penetrated my darkness was the idea that most spiritual lore of the enlightened end at the point of enlightenment and do not continue delving deeply into the fabric of the personal life of the enlightened person. We know relatively little about the personal life of Jesus, or Buddha. While there are many stories, the narratives suggest these stories to be mostly apocryphal. There are almost no subjective accounts of life, relationships, bad-hair days, etc., which one supposes is part of the cosmic process of living. From the stories which do exists, we create a picture that the Enlightened live in a state of perpetual bliss, until the moment of their reckoning which they accept with grace and serenity. We create pictures of Jesus beatifically at prayer, softly lit by incandescent spiritual lights and attended by cherubs. "A clearly enlightened person falls in the well. How is this so?" (Traditional Zen Koan.) Sometimes I wonder how things would be different if we were able to tap into the reality of the life of Jesus, Buddha, or others who have reached a significant point of conscious awareness. Jack Kornfield moves deeply into this question. What happens "after" enlightenment? Kornfield assures us that enlightenment does occur on the spiritual path but warns that it is not the end of the road. Life does not stop at the "Ah-ha" moment. Kornfield surveys many contemporary spiritual teachers from diverse faith traditions (Buddhist, Christian, Jewish, Sufi, etc.) and presents extended quotations of their trials and epiphanies. These anecdotes are beautifully woven together with fables and reflections from Kornfield's own extensive experience as a practitioner and teacher, creating an image of the advanced spiritual life as challenging, multidimensional, rewarding, and at times, VERY boring. Enlightened people can more easily than most of us move into the Unified world view of The Christ, but they still get stuck in traffic and it still annoys them. For many people, reading the Lives of the Saints, or other spiritual master works is very inspirational. Kornfield introduces us to a different kind of inspirational reading: the idea that the complete fabric of life is sacred, and that experiences of awakening, despair, fault, serious transgression, or simple childlike joy all serve as equally valid lessons on the cultivation of our Divine Self. But even after achieving such realization, such ecstasy, we are faced with the day-to-day task of translating that freedom into our imperfect lives. We are faced with the laundry, with relationships, with dealing with our parents, or siblings, with our neighbors. All expanded consciousness guarantees us is that we will be more aware than before of our frailties. It does not promise that we won't have them. Kornfield's book offers a uniquely intimate and honest map of the contemporary spiritual journey and how we can prepare our hearts for awakening and the inevitable pain which will result once we no longer have the defenses and walls which protected us for so long. "I was pretty far along the spiritual path, and then I spent a week with my motherŠ" writes one person. Another woman spoke of going home to her deeply Christian family and noting how they hated her being a Buddhist. However, things shifted dramatically when she gave up her need to be a Buddhist with the family, and worked on being a Buddha with them. "We live in illusion and appearance of things. There is a reality, but you do not know this. When you understand this, you will see that you are nothing. And being nothing, you are everything. That is all." Kaul Rinpoche. Sometimes the journey of navigating the world of relationships, emotional pain, earning a living, illness, etc., is quite a challenge. Enlightenment offers us the possibility of being present to whatever is happening and then moving to a place where we no longer judge what is happening in terms of good or bad, right or wrong. It simply is and we loosen our attachment to outcomes and open ourselves to simply being fully present and being fully accepting. Kornfield, like Bill, is very clear that suffering only occurs when we are attached to what should be, rather than what is. When we are resistant to the present moment and would rather another moment occupy that space. While pain is inevitable, suffering is optional. This is a valuable book for anyone beginning the path and might be of special use to those who have set notions of how the spiritual illuminati amongst us should look. This is a valuable book for anyone who has compared himself or herself to someone else further along or not so far along the spiritual path. In short, this is a valuable book for anyone concerned with living a life in Spirit. Are you seeking peace, serenity, and wholeness? After reading this you may find yourself acknowledging that you have made greater strides than you have ever thought possible. To learn more about or order this book, click here: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0553378295/wwwcenterpoincom *** Important Announcements: 1. Several Centerpointe participants have opened their own online discussion forum related to personal development and the Centerpointe program. This forum is not sponsored or moderated by Centerpointe, but is a public forum. It's a good place to connect with other people from around the world who are using the Centerpointe program. The forum is called "Centerpointe Conversations." You can visit this forum at: http://pub64.ezboard.com/bcenterpointeconversations 2. A reminder that Dr. Beverlee Taub, Ph.D therapist, facilitator and life coach, is available to help you maximize your opportunities and overcome your obstacles. She has an international telephone coaching clientele and supports those who wish to combine an in-depth inquiry with their use of the Holosync technology. Even though Dr. Taub has her own independent practice and is not a part of Centerpointe, she has utilized and recommended the Centerpointe program since its development in the late 1980's. She has been a consultant, coach, and friend to Bill Harris for over 17 years. Dr. Taub is a key facilitator at Centerpointe retreats, leading attendees in what she calls "transformational games," as well as meeting privately with those who desire more in depth work. Telephone appointments with Dr. Taub can be arranged by calling Dr. Taub directly at (503) 641-5408. There is no charge for an initial consultation with Dr. Taub and fees for additional sessions may be negotiated directly with her. Appointments are required. 3. I want to meet you! The Glen Ivy retreat is over. It was wonderful, and I'm sorry you weren't there. It was full, anyway, so I guess you couldn't have been there anyway. There are quite a few spots still available, however, for our second 2002 retreat, which will be at Breitenbush Hot Springs in Oregon, July 1-7. If you could use a personal breakthrough, please come. We advertise that you will get six months of growth in 5 days at these retreats. One person, this time, told me she received six YEARS! Click here for more information: http://www.centerpointe.com/retreats/ You do not need to be a program participant to attend (though most people who attend are). If you've been to a retreat before and have thought about coming to another... ........or have thought about attending one for the first time... ........NOW is the time to attend a retreat. I'm significantly changing the material to be presented to include and focus on the 9 Principles I've been writing about in Mind Chatter over the last few months. A major goal of the retreat is for you to leave with a concrete plan for learning to live these principles. I believe these principles are the key to living a life free from suffering and filled with peace and happiness. Mastering them will change your life forever. If you want 6 months of growth in just a few short days, or a breakthrough in that big issue you've had trouble cracking on your own, please be there! Click here for more information: http://www.centerpointe.com/retreats/ Or, call us between 9:30 and 5:00 Pacific time, M-F, at 1-800-945-2741 or 503-672-7117. 4. Australian Retreats!!! Also in 2002 will be offering two retreats in Australia: September 7-13 and September 16-22, 2002, at the Bellbunya Lodge in Eumundi, Queensland, on the Sunshine Coast of Australia. We'll keep you posted. Click here for info: http://www.centerpointe.com/retreats/ Or email Alan Hewitt at alan@earthstar.com.au . 5. Welcome to all new Mind Chatter subscribers and new participants sent to us by my good friend Jack Canfield, author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul books, from the various email newsletters of Daily Inbox.com, from Chet Day, from Bob Scheinfeld's Invisible Path, from Tools for Wellness, from Paul Sheele and Pete Bissonette's Learning Strategies Corporation, from Hale Dwoskin's Sedona Training Associates, from Healthy.net, from Tarot.com (and from any other place that led you to us). You will be so glad you joined this program! Please send your comments, questions, and suggestions about Mind Chatter to me at mindchatter@centerpointe.com. 6. UP AND RUNNING!! A "Participant's Only" section of the Centerpointe web site where you can: Order deeper levels, headphones, and other products on-line Just go to http://www.centerpointe.com and click on "Participants". (You CANNOT log on to this section with your Discussion Forum log-on -- there is a different log on for this new section of the site. Just follow the instructions after clicking on "Participants.") 1. From centerpointe.com...click on participants 2. Click on "Participant's Only" Registration... link 3. Enter (your current) THIS Email address. 4. Click on Search 5. Verify info and click "next" 6. Select and Fill in your alias, password and hint 7. Verify info and click "next" 8. Go back to the Log-in page 9. Log-in with the email and the password you just created And that's all there is to it!!!! Still to come to the Participants Only section: * A bulletin board where you can post your email address and city of residence if you are willing to correspond with others in the program. * Find the answers to most questions about your account with us ("What credit card did I use when I ordered? Did you get my affirmation tape? When will my Awakening Level 3 be recorded? When was it shipped? How can I track it? How many payments do I have left? etc. etc. etc") * More articles about personal growth, Holosync, etc. * Other surprises! (Like interactive ways to learn and live the 9 Principles I've been writing about!) We'll let you know when more of this section is ready! *** Archives of previous editions of Mind Chatter (good stuff) can be found at: http://www.centerpointe.com/news/archives/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ UNSUBSCRIBE DIRECTIONS: To unsubscribe click on the link below: OR: send an e-mail FROM the address you want unsubscribed TO: MIND-CHATTER-SIGNOFF-REQUEST@news.centerpointe.com