My years spent as an Ishaya and practicing Ascension Attitudes
I took my "First Sphere" weekend course in Houston, Tx in the Spring of 1998. I was taught a few simple phrases based on praise, gratitude, love, and compassion. They are to be repeated in your mind with your eyes open or closed. I was very intrigued and wanted to practice it and hoped to learn and advance through all "Seven Spheres" someday. The Ishayas had a teacher training course in western North Carolina in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains. It was a place on the side of a mountain called the "Society for Ascension". But, that cost money. I was thrilled to find out they offered a yearlong work/study program to earn the tuition for the 8-month long teacher training. I could not think of a more important thing to do for myself and immediately after receiving my college degree I left my life to join the Ishaya monks. Being A Monk This "new" doctrine gave me hope. I was ready to drop everything to be what...