They will open their Section II packs, and begin to learn the Perception Exercises, that will get them all the way out of their heads, and into sensing the world around them, directly.

With these exercises, the mind quiets on its own. Centuries of seekers have hammered away, trying to get the mind to quiet down–chatter chatter!–this technique does it so easily.

Underneath all the worrying, fretting, and trying to figure things out that we humans do, we discover this presence that just is, has always been… Life is simply becoming lighter, easier.

In the morning, some will scratch their heads, trying to figure out how to do this (I was one of these–always needing a mental formula for things!). Other people will just dive right in.

People who were closed off for years, will start to remember what it feels like to feel really alive again. People who have felt alive, will feel a lot more alive, as the resistances to life are shed.

But in not so long, there becomes a flow–a calm, clear presence, in this huge conference room–as people begin to experience the power of this profound, yet simple tool.

On the first two days, ReSurfacing^®, we were intimately with our table mates, who became our friends, and companions on this exploration. As Section II unfolds, people spread out. Everyone goes at their own pace. They start to meet their neighbors at other tables, and around the room. Connecting happens.

A while longer, and they will begin exploring their labels–how have they been seeing the world? What filters have they been putting, unknowingly, onto the world? What–that they thought was just real–do they now see was just beliefs?

Judgments are let go of; perception is increased. A space of understanding emerges. How hard we have worked to make things work, when things often work so well on their own, when we take off our judgments.

And lest I forget: This is a space of great happiness.

Moving into the latter part of Section II, people begin to really reclaim their power–resistances, fears, doubts, all the “I can’t do it’s” that we’ve held onto, or not known how to get rid of. They bring them out, usually laughing, humorously, and wipe them away.

A glow begins to form in people’s hearts, as they realize, I Do It! I am the one creating it all.

A lot of the people here will have read about this as an idea already, that they create their reality; that their beliefs affect what they experience. What they will go away with here, in the course of a few days, is the experience of it. It is the difference between studying a photo of a beach in Hawaii, and bathing in its blue waters–the warm sun, the air, the blue sky.

It is worth more than gold. And this is why they will come, some of them from halfway around the world quite literally (New Zealand, South Korea, Japan, …).

That is why some have waited months for visas; have bought plane tickets far in advance; will travel for 3 hours, or 7 hours, or 22 hours; just to get here.

That is why, they will stay in a hotel room for 9 days, bringing themselves every morning–and giving, all they have to give, to this amazing, most miraculous of experiences.

And I cannot remember a one, in my 5 years, who brought themselves to it, and who didn’t think it was the best investment they’d ever made.

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The biggest Avatar^® course to date is starting on Saturday July 4th, the date of the United States’ Independence Day.

Hundreds of people will fly from all over the world–from Korea, Japan, Taiwan, from Holland, Germany, Brazil–and many,  many other countries, speaking many different languages, and from as many different backgrounds.

In the environment that is going to be created here, an elementary school teacher from Korea will communicate easily with a steelworker from Holland, a doctor from Brazil, and a fisherman from Taiwan.

Although translation will be provided, there are many points along the course where we learn to connect without words. There is a beingness that lies underneath words, and as we remember how to operate from there, they are not always needed.

The excitement of the course will be like nothing else–electric; alive; full of possibility!

People will settle in at their tables, and get to know their neighbors–some may be from their hometowns, and some may be from across the world.

A gentleness and camaraderie develops as ReSurfacing^®–the first part of the course–unfolds, and people begin to feel an often unfamiliar level of acceptance, openness, and permission to explore different viewpoints, different angles on life, leading to deeper and deeper insights.

The first morning begins to crackle with possibility, as people discover–for themselves, at their own pace, in their own way, untapped powers, new possibilities, hidden within the old.

Throughout these first two days of the course, we get to know each other, and we get to know ourselves in new ways too.

As the discoveries unfold, the buzz of energy, life, and excitement will be tangible as people go about the playful work of taking back their lives–uncovering lost beliefs that have kept them locked in old, unconscious patterns, or refused to let them see options that were right there all the time.

And at the end of the weekend, more people than ever before in once place, will explore their goals, from this newfound sense of freedom and new possibility. This will lay the groundwork for the phenomenal experiences to be had on Section II, starting on Monday.

(In case you hadn’t guessed it, this is a fun course! Connect with an Avatar Master if you’d like to consider being there.)

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