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THE JESUS PATH
7 Steps to a Cosmic Awakening
Reconnecting with Your Inner Spirit During Changing Times
by Vicky Thompson
March 2003 (Portland, OR)—With the threat of terrorism and war continuing to hold captive the attention of the world, many people fear that humanity
could create world destruction. But we also are capable of creating world transformation on a personal and global level. We can change the course of war, fear, and hatred by
practicing the same spiritual growth techniques that great spiritual masters have used to achieve a cosmic awakening, which is a process of allowing the universal power of God to
flow through us, creating harmony and order in our often chaotic lives. This was the secret to Jesus’ ability to link so closely with Spirit to do God’s peace work upon Earth,
according to Vicky Thompson, author of The Jesus Path: 7 Steps to a Cosmic Awakening—Reconnecting With Your Inner Spirit During Changing Times (Red Wheel/Weiser, March
2003).
Great Eastern spiritual masters, from Hindus to Buddhists, left detailed maps for attaining spiritual growth and mastery. Jesus, Christianity’s
beloved teacher, inspired a faith revolution in ancient Israel. His mystical teachings have been passed down in various ways. The Jesus Path is a step-by-step guide to how
seekers can connect with their inner world of wisdom in order to create peace in the outer world. Based on her own mystical experiences connecting with the Christ-consciousness,
Thompson reveals a unique, sensible, and totally achievable seven-step program for reconnecting with your inner spirit during changing times. Complete with practical meditations,
prayers, and affirmations, The Jesus Path integrates ageless spiritual principles into a personal practice for everyday divine living that inspires inner and outer peace.
These principles, illustrated through mystical stories about Jesus as a spiritual everyman, are presented from a unique perspective that blends Jesus’ well-known Christian
teachings on love, acceptance, and compassion with Eastern spiritual practices of meditation and inner contemplation.
As a former Catholic, Thompson had turned away from religion, holding little belief in the Jesus she heard about in church. Cut off from her
spirituality, she grappled unsuccessfully with life issues around having been abused in childhood. Desperate to heal her past, she finally turned inward through meditative
journaling. Her prayers for wholeness were answered when she began receiving spiritual growth tools for releasing old patterns and behaviors in her life. As she journeyed deeper
into healing, the tools and mystical stories in The Jesus Path were revealed to her as a universal model for physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual healing.
In The Jesus Path, the mystical teachings of Jesus are presented through inspirational portraits, which include mystical stories about his
inner spiritual work and interactions with the people of ancient Israel, plus spiritual guidance for contemporary seekers in the present. Today, more people are leaving organized
religion to explore a direct spiritual connection with God, blending religious teachings with direct personal experiences of the divine. But among the 85 percent of Americans who
pray weekly, only half say that they listen for God’s response, according to Barna Research Group, a California-based Christian marketing research company. There’s an art to
hearing God’s reply, as Jesus demonstrates through his powerful spiritual journey in The Jesus Path.
Thompson chronicles Jesus’ path of mastering this open, direct connection with God through the use of the “divine model of awakening,” which
encapsulates the divine guidance Jesus received throughout his awakening in seven steps:
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Let go of personal chains binding you to others and this earthly life.
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Reconnect with your higher spirit-self and your own inner wisdom.
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Disconnect from conventional wisdom and follow your heart.
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Connect with the higher source of energy supporting the Earth and divine realms.
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Discover your higher purpose and create a plan of action.
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Live as a master in both the earthly and divine realms.
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Influence others to begin their own journeys home to the divine.
Based on the mystical teachings of Jesus, Thompson presents practical keys on:
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How to use spiritual growth tools to release past hurts that inhibit loving relationships today.
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Why love, compassion, forgiveness, and personal responsibility are effective for resolving conflict.
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What a spiritual purpose is and why it’s needed in leading a fulfilling life.
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How to listen for divine guidance and why it’s a powerful decision-making tool.
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How to use meditation and other spiritual tools for finding faith.
According to the report released in early February by the Vatican, many people are combining the Christian tradition of prayer with the Eastern
tradition of meditation to promote spiritual healing and create a greater awareness of the connection between the body, mind, and spirit with God. The Jesus Path offers a
timeless approach to knowing God deeply: live in the light of Spirit by allowing the power and presence of God to move you beyond pain, to guide you to your inner wisdom, and to
inspire your inner heart.
About the Author
Vicky Thompson has directly experienced the power of connecting with divine wisdom. Leading a Spirit-driven life has allowed her to heal the scars of
childhood sexual abuse. Her life’s work is focused on helping people open a powerful connection with Spirit for guidance, hope, and inspiration through the use of
divinely-inspired personal growth tools. She has worked as a writer, editor, and corporate trainer, and is a popular workshop leader and frequent speaker at spiritual expos
nationwide. She has produced a four-CD workshop program, Journey with Spirit, and a meditation CD entitled Journey to Spiritual Awakening. Her website,
www.journeywithspirit.com, offers inspirational web movies, audio meditations and prayers, and affirmations. Thompson lives in Portland, Ore. with her husband and young son.
Endorsements for The Jesus Path
“The Jesus Path shows readers in a simple yet profound way how to connect with their spirit and innate
wisdom. Vicky Thompson reminds us gently and lovingly that a life led based on that guidance allows a person to experience heaven right here and right now.”
—Dr. Susan Gregg, author of Mastering the Toltec Way
“Vicky Thompson has written a book generous with compassion for our human selves, and inspiring in its expression of
our spiritual nature as something so much greater. Using the life of Jesus as a template, Thompson demonstrates how we, too, can ‘do these things and greater things still.’ Buy
The Jesus Path for everyone you love, beginning with yourself.”
—Rev. Dr. Mary Manin Morrissey, author of Building Your Field of Dreams and No Less Than Greatness
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THE JESUS PATH
7 Steps to a Cosmic Awakening
Reconnecting with Your Inner Spirit During Changing Times
by Vicky Thompson
Published by Red Wheel/Weiser, Paperback $16.95, 282 pages
Publication Date: March 2003
ISBN: 1-59003-053-2
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