The Beginning...

"A great man causes religion to rise in others, but it is their own religion, not the great man's."

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While still at school, I set a self-determined life intention, to which I have kept ever since:

"A SOLEMN DECLARATION OF INTENT

I, in (my birth name), on this the 4th March 1973, do solemnly declare before all of Existence, and in particular the hierarchy of beings on a higher level of consciousness than myself, that I wish to devote my energy and existence to attaining the highest levels of consciousness, wisdom and understanding possible, and using these and all other things within my power, in accordance with the will of the highest Being, to which I now surrender any personal wills of my own.

SIGNED

The 'I' in (my birth name) on 4th March 1973 A.D."

Personal Journal,vol. 3, p 2 of my (currently twenty-six volume) personal journal.

This has been the dedicated aim of my life, my guiding intention, ever since. I had been studying a wonderful, simple book by an american writer, David Schwartz Ph.D, called The Magic of Psychic Power. Books like that were not generally available on the shelves of bookstores in England, where I live, in those days. I had seen a small ad for the book at the back of a magazine called Weekend which our family took regularly when I was sixteen or seventeen, and I took the trouble to send for it. At the time I was interested in hypnosis and all things psychic. I don't know what I expected The Magic of Psychic Power to be about, but in fact it was all about positive thinking, going after what you really want in life, and rising above mediocrity.

David Schwartz passed away some years ago, but I shall always be grateful to him and his book - which is now out of print I think, but his previous top selling book The Magic of Thinking Big is still available. He urged his readers to set a 'life will', not just a will for when they die - to write down on paper, what. after careful forethought, you really, truly want and intend to do with your life. That was his principal advice.

I did that. And although I was still at school at the time, it was, fortunately, sufficiently well considered that it has continued to be my guiding light through all the intervening years, and it will remain so. I considered sharing it here, but it is personal to me, and I tend to share it only with people who I know. The principle of setting and keeping to a life goal and intention, like a compass or guiding star, has certainly helped me through some difficult times, and I confidently expect it to continue as the guiding motive of my life as long as I live, taking me on a 'magical mystery tour to 'staggering, awe inspiring things'. It has, in a sense, become my life, and my life has become an expression of my intention. From thirty-three years experience, I highly recommend the practice of setting a life purpose to any young person - or any person - reading this.

Today people tend to associate success mainly with financial and material wealth. I recommend making connection and direction by the Higher Power or God, under whatever guise your upbringing and culture have taught you to conceive it, your primary aim.

Acting as a conduit through which the abundance of the universe flows could certainly be a worthy secondary goal.

For thousands of years, in cultures throughout history, powerful techniques of self-creation and success have been under the guardianship of societies of elite individuals. A movement seems to be beginning to make this previously esoteric or 'secret' knowledge responsibly but widely available using the power of modern technology and the mass media. The intention is that everyone on the planet who wishes to can learn and experience the benefits of this knowledge previously reserved for a few.

Seeing this, and applauding the intention and potential for a giant leap in the general level of consciousness, wisdom and understanding of the human race, and as this knowledge has been the aim and centre of my whole adult life, I have decided to make the distilled essence of my thirty-three years of experience in eastern and western spiritual paths available world-wide.