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Ishayas' Ascension is a systematic and graduated methodology for
expanding consciousness. Ascension means to rise beyond. What happens
during the practice of Ascension is that the individual rises beyond
his/her previous state of conscious awareness and begins to experience
the higher states of reality that lie hidden inside.
This creates a state of problem-free living. Problem free does not mean
challenge-free: life does not become flat or passive; problem-free does
mean that inner stability and creativity is greater than any challenge
from life. Any challenge can be and is met and solved in the simplest,
most graceful and most beneficial way once this state has developed.
In whatever form it comes into the life, a true act of Ascension cuts
the bondage with the material world, with the beliefs and judgments
that keep the human mind coarse and crude. A true act of Ascension
liberates the spirit to the direct experience of its own essential
nature. Anything that causes this to occur is Ascension.
We of the Ishaya Tradition teach a series of such techniques that work
extremely well and quickly to allow a complete transformation of
personal experience. This process we call Ascension, is a guided,
step-by-step procedure for rising to a full appreciation of life. The
practice is exceptionally easy and is normally practiced for a few
minutes two or three times a day.
The Ishayas' Ascension uses powerful phrases, based on appreciation,
gratitude, and love, called Ascension Attitudes, to clear out past
beliefs and behavior patterns which inhibit full mental and physical
functioning. By effortlessly introducing these seed thoughts at a deep
and refined level of thinking, the entire structure of the mental
framework gradually and gracefully transforms to reflect our true
nature.
If practiced regularly, it is our experience that no individual could
resist the positively transforming power of the Ascension Attitudes for
long. This is true because each Attitude has the inherent property of
effortlessly leading the mind into ever-higher states of experience and
understanding. Each Attitude wipes clean the false beliefs, fears and
imaginings of the mind while leaving there a new opening for the light
of Truth. The old internal programs cannot long resist the power and
clarity of the new.
The Ascension Attitudes involve no religious beliefs; indeed, they
involve no beliefs of any kind. They are universal. They violate no
creed or established faith. They can be equally well practiced by the
Christian, the Muslim, the Hindu, the Buddhist, the Jew, the agnostic,
or the atheist. They tap into universal human states (appreciation,
gratitude, and love) and inspire Ascension from wherever one happens to
be. The world desperately needs the knowledge of how to rise
effortlessly beyond self-defeating beliefs and judgments and experience
the full potential of the individual life.
The course in which you learn the Ishayas' Ascension technique is
called a First Sphere and is usually presented over a weekend on Friday
evening, Saturday and Sunday. The results of these courses are
immediate, obvious, and profound. Advanced courses in Ascension are
also offered; these typically range in length from a day to six months.
These courses assist in extending and stabilizing the ability to
experience stillness and peace. Six month in-residence courses to train
Teachers of Ascension are available also. |