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Students Of The New Message From God

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New Message from God students

We talk a lot at Mystery of Ascension about being a student of the New Message from God, part of which is the Steps to Knowledge.

I have been a student at the Free School of the New Message from God for exactly a year now and have to say that if all schools provided their students with such a radiant atmosphere so conducive to learning, the world might be a very different place.

So what is the Free School and who is a student of the New Message?

I will start with some facts and figures.

After being launched in March 2012, The Free School now has 1109 students: 591 students in 50 US states and 518 students in 83 other countries. You can find out more here.

The Free School is not a physical place, but a gathering in cyperspace consisting of a myriad lights scattered all over the globe, with their focal point in Boulder, Colorado. And its students are of all ages, backgrounds, nationalities, creed, and color.

Which brings me to my second question: who is a student of the New Message?

I have pondered this for a while—what does it take for one person to be drawn to this school and another to pass it by? Some may pass it by because they do not even see it, they are looking the other way, or their eyes are still closed. Others see it but come no closer, feeling disturbed, appalled, scared, or repelled. Still others may get as far as door, even step inside, but immediately be filled with doubt and walk away. Then there are the ones who come and stay.

What makes them different? Not a high IQ, not some outstanding talent or ability in a specific field, not any signs of genius, not the possession of some special skill or acumen.  So who are they? What draws them and what makes them stay?

I don’t have a ready answer. I only have the sneaking suspicion that all who attend the Free School have come to the realization that life is not all about themselves, about their personal ambitions, desires and pursuit of happiness, rather they are here to serve and serve from some deeper place within them. And having understood this, they all come with a common passion to receive Knowledge and make their small but specific contribution to this world.

I think I will even go as far as to say that the students of the New Message from God are among those spearheading the planet today.

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Наводнение – всемирное бедствие?

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Наводнение – всемирное бедствие?

Может это пока не всемирного потопа, но последние наводнения, причем во многих местах Земного шара одновременно, наводят на мысли о том, что одно из предсказаний Нового Послания о Больших Волнах Перемен уже сбывается (книгу можно скачать бесплатно на английском тут).

В своей книги, Маршал Виан Саммерс излагает меры, которые могут быть предприняты, чтобы ориентироваться в наши все более бурные и неуверенные времена. Перед лицом такой неуверенности Саммерс представляет революционно новый способ понимания — уникальный процесс, который может быть применен людьми всюду. Понимая Большие Волны и соединяясь с более глубокой внутренней силой, мы можем найти опору, храбрость и внутреннюю уверенность приспособиться и оказать содействие, вместо того, чтобы стать жертвой, в условиях быстро изменяющегося мира.

Наводнение-всемирное-бедствие

Мне хотелось бы думать, что это именно та более глубокая внутренняя сила, которая толкает нас соединиться и протянуть руку помощи во время беды. Но неужели только во времени бедствия люди склонены оказать помощь и предпринять какие-то конкретные шаги? Мне хотелось бы думать, что такие всемирные бедствии, как недавние наводнения пробудят людей к осознанию о том, что Большие Волны Перемен, как они излагаются в книги Саммерса, не являются какими-то гипотетическими событиями, которые могут, или могут и нет, случиться когда-нибудь в далеким будущем, а уже сбываются сегодня. Мне хотелось бы думать, что люди уже сегодня начнут действовать, а не ждать пока вода хлынет к ним в собственный дом.

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Welcome to Mystery of Ascension! We are students and advocates of the the New Message from God. We are members of a worldwide community. We seek to assist the world in successfully navigating difficult times ahead. We seek to assist the world in successfully emerging into a greater community of intelligent life. You will also find some poetry. Find out more about us here. Contact us here.

Flooding: A Worldwide Scourge?

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Talking of floods, they appear to be a worldwide scourge this year.

Flooding in the Khabarovsk Region, Russian Far East A woman sits on the roof of her flooded dwelling outside Komosomolsk-on-Amur in Russia’s far eastern Khabarovsk region, September 7, 2013. (Reuters/Vladimir Barsukov)

The Far East of Russia also suffered intensive record flooding in August and September of this year.

Here is a map showing where most of the flooding took place (red area) and an arrow pointing to the town mentioned in the photo and the report above.

flooding

 

This NASA satellite image, taken on August 17, 2012, shows where the waters of the Amur River should be in late summer:

Amur River, Russian Far East

Here’s where things stood on September 8, 2013:

Flooding of the Amur River in Russian Far East

The level of the Amur River in the flood area reaches a historic high, says the caption to this clip.

A nationwide campaign was launched this past Sunday (October 6) to raise money to help rebuild Russia’s flood-hit Far East.

In The Great Waves of Change, Marshall Vian Summers explains the steps you can take to navigate our increasingly turbulent and uncertain times. In the face of such uncertainty, he presents a revolutionary new way of knowing—a unique process that can be applied by people everywhere. By understanding the Great Waves and by connecting to a deeper authority within, you can find the strength, courage and inner certainty to adapt and to become a contributor, not a victim, to a rapidly changing world.

I like to think that it is this deeper authority within us that motivates people to rally together and extend a helping hand at times of disaster. But must it always take some calamity of unprecedented proportions to prompt people to take action? I would like to think that worldwide scourges like the recent floods will awaken people to the fact that the Great Waves of Change, as detailed in Marshall Vian Summers’ book, are not something that might possibly happen at some hypothetical point in the future, but are already happening today. I would like to think that this will stir people into action now, instead of waiting until the water comes tumbling through their own back door.

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Welcome to Mystery of Ascension! We are students and advocates of the the New Message from God. We are members of a worldwide community. We seek to assist the world in successfully navigating difficult times ahead. We seek to assist the world in successfully emerging into a greater community of intelligent life. You will also find some poetry. Find out more about us here. Contact us here.

The Boulder Flood Wasn’t Just Another Flood For Us

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The devastating flooding in the Boulder, Colorado area was much more than just another flood for the New Message from God community.

First, a person could stand at the front door of the offices of the New Message from God, and throw a stone into Four-Mile Creek.  On normal days, Four-Mile Creek is a tiny trickle.  But during the Boulder flooding, Four-Mile Creek was a raging, twenty-feet-by-eight-feet torrent.

Everyone in the Boulder New Message community is accounted for, although I’ve heard some reports of property damage.  Everything in the offices were moved to two feet off the floor, but Four-Mile Creek didn’t overflow its banks in the area of the offices.

Second, the Boulder floods didn’t happen at just any time, but shortly after the time of the 2013 Encampment, the annual global New Message gathering. Some attendees were just leaving Boulder as the flooding started.

It is the general opinion in the New Message community that the Boulder flooding was not just another catastrophic flood, but part of a series of events including the recent 500-year flooding in Europe, the 2011 Japanese tsunami, and the Queensland, Australia flooding of 2010-2011.  The New Message from God includes a prediction, a prophecy, that humanity will face a number of wrenching adjustments, including climatic disruptions, in its present and future developments.  These adjustments are described in greater detail in the book The Great Waves of Change (downloadable for free at the link; go ahead, I’ll wait)

The 2013 Boulder flooding wasn’t just another 100-year flood for the New Message from God community.  It was a time where we were confronted by our message’s prophecy.  We will remember the 2013 Boulder flooding as the time the Great Waves of Change came (almost literally) to our front door.

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Welcome to Mystery of Ascension! We are students and advocates of the the New Message from God. We are members of a worldwide community. We seek to assist the world in successfully navigating difficult times ahead. We seek to assist the world in successfully emerging into a greater community of intelligent life. You will also find some poetry. Find out more about us here. Contact us here.

2012 New Message Encampment – Getting To Boulder

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I am grateful for having been at the recent Encampment of the New Message from God. The first one was in 2008, making this the 5th Annual Encampment.  I’ve been writing about my experience to some friends, and I recently got the idea that it might be profitable for my account to be written here also. A fellow student created an excellent poster for the event.

I remember reading about people attending the 2011 Encampment on an online chat of New Message students, and thinking to myself “I want to go to one of those.”  It took about a year of saving and planning to get the resources together for both the tuition ($650) and the travel expenses.  Given that the tuition included four nights of room and board near the Rocky Mountain National Park, I don’t believe Encampment is a money-making proposition for anyone.

This was my first time to fly on Frontier Airlines.  Normally I wouldn’t bother to mention the flight to get there, but it had a couple of curious aspects.  First, the lady who helped me check my bag at the ticketing counter, also showed up at the gate close to the time of departure.  Second, the co-pilot was a lady.  It was the first time I’ve been on a flight with a female co-pilot.  I’m pleased to report that the uneventful flight made the female co-pilot a non-issue.

I make it a point to eat before I get to the airport, as airport food is generally overpriced, in my opinion.  However, the Taco Bell at Denver International Airport had the same prices as most other Taco Bells.

My hotel was just off a street on the south side of Boulder called Baseline.  I later discovered that the name came from the fact that early surveyors used the 40th parallel as the baseline for their survey.  The healthy organic grocery store around the corner from the hotel helped to set the mood.  I spent the night of September 12 in Boulder. The next day would be the first day of Encampment.

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Welcome to Mystery of Ascension! We are students and advocates of the the New Message from God. We are members of a worldwide community. We seek to assist the world in successfully navigating difficult times ahead. We seek to assist the world in successfully emerging into a greater community of intelligent life. You will also find some poetry. Find out more about us here. Contact us here.