1. Welcome to Issue #103 (December 1, 2002) of MIND CHATTER, the twice-monthly
e-mail newsletter of Centerpointe Research Institute:

http://www.centerpointe.com

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2. Do you want to Unsubscribe?? Gasp!! Please don't! (Directions are at the end
of the newsletter!)

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3. In This Issue:

* MindQuotes

* More Letters, Questions, and Answers by Bill Harris, Director

* Glowing Testimonial of the Month

* Book Review The Power of Acceptance By Jim Carruth Reviewed by Marc Gilson

* Important Announcements

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4. MIND CHATTER contains articles about:

*How you create your life--and how you can stop unconsciously creating
experiences and outcomes you do not want, and instead begin to create exactly
what you do want

*Personal and spiritual growth in general

*Meditation (high and low-tech)

*Recovery from emotional trauma

*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.

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7. I want your opinion of this idea:

I'm considering offering Mind Chatter readers and other Centerpointe participants
the opportunity to participate in a monthly conference call, in which I will
clarify and discuss in more depth topics such as those I have written about in
Mind Chatter. This will allow me to answer your questions, clear up points of
confusion, and more directly help those who want a deeper level of attention with
their personal growth and other life challenges.

I want you to get the full benefit from the program and from the topics I write
about in Mind Chatter, and I have found that those who hear me discuss these
topics, rather than just reading about them, have significant "ah-ha's." Such
calls would allow a deeper understanding of the principles I am teaching and
offer more information on how you can really make them a part of your life.

You would participate by calling a certain telephone number and then keying in a
code number, which would allow you to participate in the call. Calls would
probably start at 9 PM Eastern time, once each month, and last an hour. There
would be two levels of participation: one, in which you would have the ability to
listen to the call only, and another, in which you could both listen and also ask
questions. >From time to time, I might also have other well-known personal growth
leaders, authors, scientists, etc., as guests.

There will be a cost for participation, but it will be reasonable and the
benefits, I promise, will be well worth it.

If you would be interested in participating and benefiting from such calls,
here's what I would like you to do:

Send an email to calls@centerpointe.com with the word "yes" as the subject line
(NOT in the body of the email, but JUST in the SUBJECT LINE).

Please do not send anything else to this email address -- just a blank email with
the word "yes" in the subject line.

More information in coming issues of Mind Chatter.

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8. Mind Quotes

Pep without purpose is piffle.       - unknown

Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands, but
like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides,
and following them, you reach your destiny.       - Carl Schurz

Whether you think you can or think you can't, you are right.       - Henry Ford

Life is a leap into the unknown. If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster.       -
Bill Harris

Only those who do nothing at all make no mistakes... but that would be a mistake.
      - unknown

There are no guarantees. From the viewpoint of fear, none are strong enough. From
the viewpoint of love, none are necessary.       - Emmanuel

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9. My new book Thresholds of the Mind, is finally back from the printer and
available for sale. Thresholds of the Mind has been enthusiastically endorsed by
a long list of personal growth leaders and authors, including Jack Canfield, Gay
Hendricks, Daphne Rose Kingma, Dr. Margaret Paul, and others. I know you will
find it to be very helpful.

See the Announcement section at the end of this issue for some of what has been
said about this book, and for information about ordering.

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10. A Heartwarming Story (by Rick Reilly of Sports Illustrated)

In three years on the Northwest High football team, in McDermott, Ohio, Jake had
never run with the ball. Or made a tackle. He'd barely ever stepped on the field.
That's about right for a kid with chromosomal fragile X syndrome, a disorder that
is a common cause of mental retardation.

But every day after school Jake, who attends special ed classes, races to
Northwest team practices: football, basketball, track. Never plays, but seldom
misses one.

That's why it seemed crazy when, with five seconds left in a recent game that
Northwest was losing 42-0, Jake trotted out to the huddle. The plan was for him
to get the handoff and take a knee.

Northwest's coach and Jake's best friend, Dave Frantz, called a timeout to talk
about it with the opposing coach, Waverly's Derek Dewitt. Fans could see there
was a disagreement. Dewitt was shaking his head and waving his arms.

After a ref stepped in, play resumed and Jake got the ball. He started to
genuflect, as he'd practiced all week. Teammates stopped him and told him to run,
but Jake started going in the wrong direction. The back judge rerouted him toward
the line of scrimmage.

Suddenly, the Waverly defense parted like peasants for the king and urged him to
go on his grinning sprint to the end zone. Imagine having 21 teammates on the
field. In the stands mothers cried and fathers roared. Players on both sidelines
held their helmets to the sky and whooped.

In the red-cheeked glee afterward, Jake's mom, Liz, a single parent and a
waitress at a coffee shop, ran up to the 295-pound Dewitt to thank him. But she
was so emotional, no words would come.

Turns out that before the play Dewitt had called his defense over and said,
"They're going to give the ball to number 45. Do not touch him! Open up a hole
and let him score! Understand?"

It's not the kind of thing you expect to come out of a football coach's mouth,
but then Derek Dewitt is not your typical coach. Originally from the Los Angeles
area, he's the first black coach in the 57-year history of a conference made up
of schools along the Ohio-Kentucky border. He'd already heard the n word at two
road games this season, once through the windows of a locker room. Yet he was
willing to give up his first shutout for a white kid he'd met only two hours
earlier.

"I told Derek before the play, 'This is the young man we talked about on the
phone,'" Frantz recalled. "'He's just going to get the ball and take a knee.' But
Derek kept saying, 'No, I want him to score.' I couldn't talk him out of it!"

"I met Jake before the game, and I was so impressed," Dewitt said. "All my
players knew him from track. So, when the time came, touching the ball just
didn't seem good enough." (By the way, Dewitt and his team got their shutout the
next week, 7-0 against Cincinnati Mariemont.)

Into every parade a few stink bombs must fall. Mark Madden of the Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette grumbled that if the mentally challenged want to participate in
sports, "let them do it at the Special Olympics. Leave high school football
alone, and for heaven's sake, don't put the fix in." A few over-testosteroned
Neanderthals on an Internet site complained, "That isn't football."

No, it became bigger than football. Since it happened, people in the two towns
just seem to be treating one another better. Kids in the two schools walk around
beaming. "I have this bully in one of my [phys-ed] classes," says Dewitt. "He's a
rough, out-for-himself type kid. The other day I saw him helping a couple of
special-needs kids play basketball. I about fell over."

Jake is no different, though. Still happy as a frog in a bog. Still signs the
teachers' register in the principal's office every morning, ready to "work."
Still gets sent on errands, forgets where he's going and ends up in Frantz's
office. Still talks all the time, only now it's to NBC, ESPN and affiliates from
CBS and Fox about his touchdown that won the game.

Yeah, Jake Porter thinks his 49-yard run made for a comeback victory. He thinks
he was the hero. He thinks that's why there were so many grins and streaks down
people's faces.

Smart kid.

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11. More Letters, Questions, and Answers by Bill Harris, Director

I'm actually itching to share some new articles I've written for you, but I keep
getting so much mail about the last few articles I've written that I want to
finish sharing some of them here, especially because they bring up questions and
points of confusion I suspect are shared by many readers.

Hi Bill,

Your discussion in Mind Chatter 101 on Nov 1 prompts a question.

As you noted, Napoleon Hill so well put it, "Any dominating idea, plan or purpose
held in the mind through repetition of thought and emotionalized with a burning
desire for its realization is taken over by the subconscious mind and acted
upon..." and ..."the power of the subconscious mind is amplified and stimulated
by the power of faith..." I fully agree.

I have been using Awaking Level 1, 0.5 daily for 4 months now.  I know my
subliminal suggestions are reaching subconscious Theta and Delta levels but I am
not seeing outward manifestation.   Obviously, when I am in these levels, I am
not "emotionalized" (to use Hill's word).  Is this impacting my ability to
manifest?  How does one get emotional in deep levels of meditation or do we need
to?

Jean C. Arizona


Jean,

You do not need to be emotionalized in meditation. However, I would not expect
that the affirmations alone will cause what you want to manifest. The meditations
will create greater resiliency in the mind, and greater ability to contact the
unconscious (which is a huge thing), and help change your beliefs, which have a
LOT to do with what you create in the world. But to get the rest, you need a
strong motive, a plan, and action. The New Age idea that you can get results just
by thinking is, I'm afraid, baloney. Focusing and believing merely create the
internal climate that creates persistent action toward what you focus on.

I suggest writing out a statement of your goal, with a time limit, and also with
what you intend to give in return for it's realization (this is very important),
plus a plan for its attainment. Then you must back the goal with a strong and
compelling motive for it's attainment. Why do you want it? What will it do for
you and others you love, for the world, etc.? What benefits will you gain? What
problems will it solve for you? What is the penalty if you don't do it? You must
attach great pleasure to its attainment, and, in some cases, attach pain to the
idea of not getting it. List all the reasons why its attainment will be good for
you, and list what you will lose (or not gain) if you do not attain it. This
helps to motivate you to act.

The statement might look something like this:

By November 1, 2004, I will have established and be operating a successful
business creating and selling greeting cards, with sales of at least $250,000 per
year, enabling me to earn a personal income of $85,000 per year. Sales in this
business will increase by at least $50,000 each year, with a commensurate
increase in my pay. I will attract to myself the resources and people necessary
to accomplish this. [What you want, very specific, and with a time limit.]

In return for making this a reality, I will learn everything I can about the
greeting card business, by reading, consulting with experts, and any other means
that may present themselves. I will also learn everything I can about marketing,
and about how others have been successful in business. I will also take action
each day in pursuit of this goal. I will invest an initial $10,000 in this
business with additional investments if needed. [The price you are willing to pay
-- which might include, but very often has nothing to do with, money.]

My motive for doing this is to achieve financial security and personal comfort
for myself and my family, to achieve the greatest amount of personal freedom of
choice and action in my life, and to provide myself with a challenge that will
cause me to draw on and discover internal resources I may not yet know I have. I
will use resources I accumulate beyond my own needs to help others. Since not
achieving this goal will cause me to have less freedom, less material comforts,
less ability to help others, and less respect for myself, I will not stop until I
have reached my goal, at which point I will set a new and more challenging goal.
[Description of your motivation.]

My initial plan (to be constantly improved as I learn more) is to:

1. 2. 3. etc.

I commit myself to the achievement of this goal and will keep taking action and
learning until I have achieved it. I will see all setbacks as merely additional
information to help me refine my plans.


Read this statement aloud in the morning and before bed, and possibly at other
times during the day, and begin immediately taking whatever action presents
itself, acting on whatever ideas come your way. You spend time each day thinking
about the goal and figuring out how you are going to achieve it. Those who are
really successful at this eat, drink, and sleep their goal and think about it all
the time, because their MOTIVE for achieving it is strong. It is the motive that
causes you to emotionalize the goal with a burning desire. If you really want the
goal, and want it strongly, the emotional feeling just happens. You don't have to
force it.

This method can be used for material goals, or for goals about emotional healing,
spiritual progress you want to make, or anything else.

Hope this helps.

Be well.

Bill

Bill,

Your instruction on writing a goal statement is the best I have ever come across.
 Thank you.

Obviously, I need more understanding on the affirmations.  You said you would not
have just the affirmations on Holosync be the only way to reach the unconscious
mind, nor expect them to manifest.  If we are changing beat and carrier freqs,
why aren't the affirmations on Holosync more effective? If I am producing lower
freqs in meditation, the affirmations should be hitting the unconscious mind
without obstructions or distraction. I guess I expected the affirmations on
Holysync to be of greater use or at least some use.  So why is it that you offer
them?  What is the benefit?  Maybe the better way would be visualizations not
words.

There are advanced yogis that can manifest anything instantaneously after 20 or
30 years of meditative practices.  If Holosync can bypass of decrease the
traditional 20 or 30 years, there should be evidence other than inner peace,
happiness, and the ability to transform or mitigate chaos (which are by-products
of any authentic meditation practice).

I thought the deeper I could go in brain freqs, the more conscious I would be. 
Perhaps that is a misconception.  I want to bypass or change my perception of the
duality of conscious/unconscious states - to be superconscious (if there is such
a state of non-duality and if it simultaneously produces a awareness).  The "old
timers" talk of transcendent states of mind, of tapping into universal mind, of
elegant interconnectedness among all perceived.   I would love to be able to use
your model for goal planning in this quest.  However, as far as I know right now,
this is uncharted area or one that has no scientific evidence.  A definition of
"mind" is not agreed upon by the best of minds in the West or East.  I want a
viable methodology.  I need a description of the superconscious state.  Can you
describe it? And giving it a linear time when I want to manifest it presents a
quandary.  Time is a perception.  I should be able to bypass the perception of
time also.  I am open to any insights or experience you have.

Jean


Jean,

The affirmations will change your beliefs about yourself. Since your beliefs
manifest as reality, changing them is very powerful. However, as I said before,
you cannot expect to just change your beliefs. You must also take action. Once
you believe something is going to happen, you probably will begin to take action,
automatically. The bottom line way to tell what you believe is to look at the
results you are getting. If you aren't getting the results you want, your beliefs
(and other parts of your internal map of reality) are not aligned with what you
want. You may, due to events in your childhood, not feel safe believing what you
need to believe to get what you want.

As for yogic miracles, many, if not most, of the manifestation "miracles"
attributed to yogis are unverified and reported by anything but unbiased
observers whose main agenda (in my opinion) is often to make their guru look
better than yours. I take that sort of thing with a grain of salt. In over 30
years in the spirituality movement, I've never met a single person who
demonstrated such powers, despite all the talk and belief about them.

What I'm saying is that manifesting things is not yogic magic, but a part of the
natural laws of the universe, and part of that natural law is that there is a
price for everything, a price that must in some way be paid. You must figure out
how to pay it before you get the thing you want. Also, something cannot come out
of nothing, nor can the creation of something violate the other natural laws of
the universe. There is no magic, though it may look like magic to those who
cannot do it.

Super-conscious states, as described in spiritual books, are made to sound
supernatural, supernormal, and quite exotic. Once you have discovered how natural
and easy these states are, they seem quite ordinary and quite normal. Because
those who only know of them intellectually think they are extraordinary, they
mystify them. The only thing mystifying about it is that it is such a different
way of being and experiencing reality from the way most people use their mind and
experience themselves and the world.

Remember how mystifying reading and writing seemed to you before you knew how?
How could those little marks mean something? How could fantastic stories be in
those little marks? Yet once you learned how to read, it made perfect sense and
was not at all mystifying. Using your mind with conscious awareness (as opposed
to it operating largely unconsciously, as with most people) is not difficult. The
hardest part is unlearning your attachment to doing it the way you do it now,
which seems SO real that you just can't seem to give it up. But once you begin to
be more aware, it all begins to fall into place and the old way begins to seem
weird, and certainly not very desirable, since it creates a lot of unintended
results and a lot of suffering.

Enlightenment is typically so wound up in cultural trappings (usually Eastern
cultural trappings) that people who looking at it intellectually, without
conscious awareness, often mistake the trappings for the enlightenment.
Enlightenment is very ordinary, and has nothing to do with exotic rituals or
bizarre altered states and journeys to other realms. As the Zen people say,
"Before enlightenment, chop wood and carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood
and carry water."

What I'm saying about the affirmations is that you can't just put affirmations
into your head and expect things to manifest. If your affirmation is that you
want $50,000, even if you believe it, no truck with cash will pull up and dump it
on your driveway. If your affirmations are about being happy, just changing the
belief will not be enough. You must also eliminate the internal strategies that
keep you from being happy and replace them with new strategies that lead to
happiness. All results flow from certain ways of structuring your internal world.

The affirmations will, however, help create changes in your beliefs that will
then (if they are the right beliefs) cause you to take the actions necessary to
meet the right people, seek the right information, ask the right questions, and
so on, to make something happen in your life. The affirmations help create the
mental software to show you how, and also help give you the motivation, to pay
the price involved in getting what you want. To that extent they are very
powerful.

Besides beliefs, though, there are many other aspects to your internal map of
reality, all of which contribute to the life you create. To be fully in control
of what you manifest, you must take all the other parts of this map, make them
conscious (see with awareness how they create their results), and make new
choices that give you what you want. I have written extensively about these other
aspects of the map of reality in Mind Chatter articles. So just dealing with
beliefs only deals with just one part (though an important part) of that map.
This is one of the limitations of affirmations.

The most powerful thing of all is to learn to be the witness in all situations,
to have a part of you watching with curiosity and conscious awareness all your
thoughts, feelings, actions, and interactions, and how they create your
experience of life. When you do this, whatever beliefs--or any other parts of
your map of reality--that do not serve you will fall away and be replaced by
something that does serve you.

Living with conscious awareness straightens everything out, balances everything,
sets everything right. This can be done by painstaking work, by picking through
every part of your internal map of reality and watching how it works to create
the results of your life, or it can be done much faster through meditation, and
very much faster through Holosync meditation. Examining the workings of your map
of reality, plus practicing witnessing, plus meditating with Holosync, all
together, is the fastest way I know of.

As I have said, every result has a price, and this is the price of being
conscious and happy and peaceful all the time. A small price to pay, and a joyful
one, at that.

You asked for my definition of a conscious person:

The awake person is not at odds with the world. She is a part of it, but not
attached to the outcome. Like Jesus, she is "in the world but not of it." She
watches as it all goes by, but she is also a participant. She knows most people
are caught in the world but unaware of being caught, so she is compassionate, and
does what she can to help others with their suffering.

To her, the world is a play, and life is like playing a part in that play. She
knows it's just a role, but she plays it to the hilt, and enjoys every moment.
But she also realizes that the script is just a script, and from the highest
perspective it doesn't matter what part has been written for her. She exerts a
certain amount of control over her part, but ultimately has only limited
influence over what is, because her effort is just one of an infinite number of
other efforts, all with their own ends in mind.

Instead of being an automatic response mechanism, responding to the world based
on unconscious rules, beliefs, fears, and limitations, she is able to consciously
evaluate each situation, in the moment, and instantly and instinctively know
exactly what to do and how to respond in order to gain the most resourceful
outcome, both for herself and for others.

Mainly, she watches as she plays her part and marvels at the complexity, the
infinite permutations, the surprises, the certainties, and the uncertainties. She
is calm most of the time, but sometimes her part requires her to be upset or to
have some other emotion or reaction. That is being human. But whatever her mood,
there is an underlying peace of mind, an underlying, effortless happiness.

You can be this way, too. It doesn't happen overnight, but it can happen. Using
the Centerpointe program isn't the only way it can happen, but it's a very good
and very fast way.

Be well.

Bill

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On modeling vs. "being yourself":

Bill,

I have read with interest the concerns that some of the program participants have
expressed with your recommendation that they employ modeling to accelerate their
personal growth.

It seems to me that their resistance toward modeling may stem from a perceived
similarity between the processes of Modeling and Conforming.  And naturally,
those who are committed to self-growth are wary of any technique which would seem
to suggest that they conform to other people's ways and compromise their
individuality.

While there is some similarity between the processes of modeling and conforming
(i.e. basically that one is imitating others), an appreciation of some of the key
differences may make some of the program participants more receptive to adding
the modeling technique to their tool kit.

It seems to me that one key difference would be that in conformity, one's
intention is to "fit in", while in modeling, one's intention is to learn a skill.

In conformity, one tries to be like a group of people so that others will accept
him; in modeling, one emulates specific characteristics of certain individuals
from whom he aspires to learn.

In conformity, one suppresses his uniqueness; in modeling, one expands his
repertoire so that he can better manifest his unique gifts.

The above contrasts are not intended to be exhaustive, but to give some flavor
for the distinctions between conforming and modeling.

Certainly a prime example of modeling (which you may have brought up in your
newsletter) would be learning a language, say one's mother tongue.  It's hard to
imagine someone suggesting that one should try to learn a language in some other
way.  And the results?  The modeling has improved our chances of being understood
by others, while at the same time it has not prevented us from developing our own
ways of speaking and writing.

I hope that program participants will find the comments above to be helpful. If
not, let me know so that I can go back to the drawing board and model some more
good educators and writers!

D. Saul Weiner


[In the next issue there will be a new article, I promise! -- Bill]


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12. Glowing Testimonials and Letters

Dear Bill,

My wife has commented on the fact that I seem to be a "better person" lately. For
myself I have been noticing little ways I set myself up to put myself in a victim
situation. For me there is a real sense of dissolving this particular life long
habit.I have started to speak out now when I need to. While the external
circumstances of my life are basically the same. This dawning sense of self
empowerment and self acceptance is a great beginning to a new me.

Love and thanks John F. Queensland, Australia

[As I have often said, you cannot continue to do something that is not
resourceful for you unless you do it unconsciously. As you use Holosync, you
become more and more consciously aware of how life results are created. As this
happens, those that do not serve you automatically fall away. --Editor]

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Dear Bill,

Thank you so very much for sending me an autographed copy of "Thresholds Of The
Mind." I shall treasure it always. It makes for great reading and I can
understand it, which is a real bonus.

The retreat is still very much in my thoughts. The upside of a group of
like-minded people, coming together, working together, is really something.

I went to the retreat looking for direction and trying to get over inertia. Now,
a few weeks later, I find a new door opening for me.

The arrival of your book has provided the final motivation and for this I feel
the need to thank you.

Wish my best wishes,

Love, Rosa

[I strongly encourage anyone who wants to accelerate their growth to attend a
Centerpointe retreat (you will find information about retreats at the end of this
newsletter}.--Editor]

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Bill,

After realizing that I had saved the latest copy of mind chatter and not read it,
I dived in  today. What I found was a great treasure, which I love treasure
hunting especially when I find something. To list your goals and focus, yes I can
do that no problem but then I would run into this internal resistance of probably
fear and some failures getting stirred up. I get beat up  real bad with my big
ideas. So what I found in your article was to make a list of these fears,
opposition, or your internal enemies and figure out how to do them in. Hey how
simple can this get? A devious smile came across my face. Thank you for such a
technique.

I know you can't eat the elephant all in one bite, but this just made life that
much more palatable. Well I'm off to model those that successfully overcame such
things.

Another thing I would like to ask is that you make an Audio book of "Thresholds
of the Mind". I have many friends that are healers , my wife is a teacher, none
of them read. I read all the time and just discovered audio books I can slip in
the truck CD and listen to a whole book in an hour or so instead of several days
reading.

Thanks again

Jeff D.

[I will be creating an audio version of Thresholds of the Mind--Editor]

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Dear Bill,

In his Preface to "The Hunting of the Snark" Lewis Carroll writes about

"...that rarest of gifts, a perfectly balanced mind..."

That, it seems to me is precisely what Holosync has to offer those who stay the
distance, a rare gift indeed!

Yours Aye

Mark

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Bill:

Haven't made up my mind about your CD's yet but enjoy receiving the newsletter.
Upon receipt of the latest, I was intrigued by the addition of your printing of
letters and the subsequent addressing of their points, especially dissenting
views. Nice to see someone who can gracefully handle devil's advocate mind-sets,
and genuine dissent, without taking it personally. Those letters, and the
answers, in fact, have done more to inform my sense of Centerpointe's
authenticity than all the glowing testimonials combined. Please insert this
feature as often as you can, and thanks for the continuing info.

-marc-


Marc,

I welcome dissenting views. I find I do the best teaching when someone does not
understand and I can zero in on the exact point of confusion.

As you continue using it, I'm sure you will find that Holosync is incredibly
powerful in creating mental, emotional, and spiritual change. The newsletter and
all the support is designed to help people understand the process of change
created when you use it.

As you continue with the program, please let me know if I can help in any way.

Be well.

Bill Harris, Director

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13. Book Review By Marc Gilson

The Power of Acceptance By Jim Carruth 2002 Carruth House Publishing

For more information, or to buy this book, visit: http://www.jimcarruth.com/

This month I'm please to review a book that was written by Centerpointe
participant Jim Carruth. I haven't had a chance to speak to Jim in depth about
the book. But I have just finished reading it, and have greatly enjoyed it.

As most of you know, we do a lot of talking and coaching on the topic of
acceptance. After all, the first of Bill Harris's Nine Principles is "Let
Whatever Happens Be Okay." We see this principle as one of those cornerstones of
personal development; one that many of us overlook on our rush to live the lives
we dream of.

Often, we launch ourselves into the wonderful realm of personal growth before
stopping, looking at ourselves in the mirror, and accepting what we see standing
there. Instead, we too often begin our efforts to change by rejecting,
criticizing, and negating everything about our lives; not a very auspicious
beginning to a journey of discovery. But acceptance is critical because it's what
empowers us to change. It's the fuel that drives the concept of "letting whatever
happens be ok." It empowers us to heal. And, unfortunately, few of us really know
how to do it.

Jim's book, "The Power of Acceptance," is a perfect handbook for learning how to
truly live a life of acceptance. Step by step, Jim transforms the concept of
acceptance into a practical way of living.

One particularly appealing feature of the book is its brevity. It's short, to the
point, and gently expressive. It speaks to the topic in a highly accessible way
without bothering with detours into irrelevant material. Jim's writing style
feels easy-going, down-to-earth, and comprehensible. Nothing complicated here,
just a simple, open description of what acceptance is, how it works, and how it
can change the way you live the very moment you begin to apply it.

In "The Power of Acceptance" Jim guides the reader through a series of 20 short
chapters based on maxims like, "Knowing you are not in control is the first step
to gaining control," and "Doing something positive is easier than trying not to
do something negative." Then, over the course of just a few pages, Jim builds
these concepts into tangible tools applied to the awakening life. This simple
structure allows the book to unfold in the course of one sitting, or in segments,
almost like an incremental "thought for the day" approach.

Here's a brief excerpt from a section called "One day away from death"

"If you had only one day left to live, how would you live it? Doing something you
don't like to do? Regretting the moments of your life? At odds with everything
around you? If you are living this way now, how do you know you don't only have
one day left to live? There will come a day when we have only one day left on
earth. It could be today; we don't really know this in advance. Is it worth
living your last day in a state of war with yourself?"

Questions like these help the reader ponder the meaning of living in acceptance
of yourself and the world around you. In the rest of the section I quoted from
above, for example, Jim suggests that taking steps toward acceptance now -- as
though we had but one day to live -- can immediately open us to the rewards of a
resistance-free life:

"Search within yourself to see all the warring factions, the parts that are
fighting with each other. Decide now that it is not worth living this way. Make
peace with yourself by deciding to accept everything that is going on, and this
means all parts, both inside and outside of you, not just the parts you like.
Then, in the time that remains, you can do something about the things you don't
like."

Throughout the book, Jim brings a vision of what a life of open acceptance could
be into clearer focus. Although he doesn't state it specifically, I detect a
range of influences at work in Jim's book, including Zen, Christianity, and
Taoism. He does mention that some of his inspiration came from Eckhart Tolle's
landmark book, "The Power of Now," and Jim beautifully carries the spirit and
force of Tolle's work throughout his writing.

"The Power of Acceptance" is great for anyone, but will especially appeal to
those who are new to the idea of acceptance as a personal growth tool. Easy to
understand and straight-forward, I believe you'll find "The Power of Acceptance"
to be a light -- and enlightening -- read.

For more information, or to buy this book, visit: http://www.jimcarruth.com/

****

14. Important Announcements (and I do mean important):

1.) My new book, Thresholds of the Mind, is back from the printer. Here's what
some prominent people have said about it:

"In Thresholds of the Mind, Bill Harris offers a creative and practical new twist
on why we suffer, and how, despite our resistance, we can attain deep happiness
and inner peace, regardless of our past or present conditions. Thresholds of the
Mind will benefit anyone interested in creating dramatic and powerful positive
change."

Jack Canfield, Co-author of the #1 New York Times best-selling Chicken Soup for
the Soul® series.

"For many years Kathlyn and I have taught that the central problem human beings
face is what we call the Upper Limits problem-the tendency to settle below the
threshold of what is possible to achieve.  Bill Harris not only understands this
problem, he has created an ingenious technology for breaking through it,  With
the remarkable Holosync audio technology developed at Centerpointe Research
Institute, all of us can now learn to live at a new and higher level of
functioning.  Do yourself a huge favor by reading Thresholds of the Mind and
working with Holosync audio technology."

Gay Hendricks, Ph.D. author of CONSCIOUS LIVING and co-author (with Dr. Kathlyn
Hendricks) of CONSCIOUS LOVING President, The Hendricks Institute


"Bill Harris comes from deep personal experience with healing and consciousness.
Thresholds of the Mind is truly inspiring and filled with profound wisdom.
Holosync is the perfect addition to other growth and spiritual processes."

Margaret Paul, Ph.D. author/coauthor of Do I Have To Give Up Me To Be Loved By
You?, Healing Your Aloneness, Inner Bonding, and Do I Have To Give Up Me To Be
Loved By God?


"With a loving heart, Bill Harris guides us to the thresholds of the mind. This
remarkable book is not only a profound tool for healing. It is also an invitation
to explore the mystical interface between technology and the soul."

Daphne Rose Kingma, author of The Future of Love, Heart & Soul, and Coming Apart


Here's how to order a copy of Thresholds of the Mind:

Call 800-945-2741 or 503-672-7117, or fax your order to 503-643-3114. If you are
a program participant, you can go to the Participants site and click on "Etc" and
you will find the book listed there.

The cost is $19.95 plus $2.50 shipping (US), $6 shipping (Canada), $10 shipping
(all other countries.)


2.) Six Months of Growth in Just 5 Days? Impossible?

Not!

That is, not if you sign up for the next U.S. Centerpointe retreat in March of
2003 at Glen Ivy Hot Springs and Spa in Corona California, or for the next
Breitenbush Hot Springs retreat in July of 2003 in Oregon!

We filled the last two US retreats without even sending out a promotional letter,
so if you have a big issue you'd like to eliminate, or just want to take your
growth to the next level, don't wait -- call Centerpointe and sign up today, even
though March of 2003 or July of 2003 might seem to be a long way off. Otherwise,
you may find this retreat sold out and you'll be out of luck!

We guarantee results!

If, at the end of the retreat, you don't think it was 'as advertised' -- and more
-- we'll refund your money!

You do not need to be a program participant to attend (though most people who
attend are). (And if you're not a program participant, why the heck aren't you?
Quit procrastinating and join.)

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.

3.) 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.

4.) Visit the "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" and follow the
instructions.

***

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