DAILY MESSAGE ARCHIVES JULY 2019

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JULY'S DAILY MESSAGE POSTS FROM THE PASSAGE

July 28, 2019

These two giants of science and literature are stating a very obvious, but all too often ignored truth. 

Isn't it interesting, but perhaps not too surprising, that the greatest writer and scientist in recent history, Leo Tolstoy and Albert Einstein both said, essentially, the same thing. Long before them, thousands of years ago in Egypt, the Hermetic Code stated the simple, but profound words: AS WITHIN, SO WITHOUT.

And so it is with our thoughts, what we are within determines the thoughts we think and the words we speak. If we care to change the expression of what we are without, we must first change the content of what we are within, personally, socially, and globally. 

In the words of Jesus, as represented in Matthew 15:11, "Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man."

Of course, it also works the other way that what good comes out of the mouth indicates what good might be within. 

If we wish to make the world a better place, we must begin with what good is within. If it's anger, stupidity and vengeance, we will continue to be plagued with war. If it is love, goodness and wisdom we will bring the Kingdom of God to earth. Sadly, for most of history, we have opted for evil but we can change that... beginning with ourselves.

Hope everyone is having a great summer... keep thinking and expressing your great thoughts

NGM

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July 24, 2019

This general idea by Rhonda Byrne, producer of THE SECRET video sensation, has been stated in many ways. For example, it is also written in the book of Proverbs: "As a man thinketh, so is he"

In A Course of Miracles, we read: "Only your thoughts can hurt you." 

And, as noted in the quote below from A Course of Love, we need to be aware of the deceptive nature of our ego-mind. (The part of our psyche that separates itself from our heart's deeper wisdom.)

“The purpose of your mind is an extension. Thus, the upside-down perception that causes you to protect your private thoughts and see them as the seat of yourself calls for the exact opposite of extension. This is the only true source of conflict. And, yet again, your perception of your thoughts as yourself is his closest answer to the truth that you were able, in your limited view of yourself, to come up with.

There is a part of you that knows that you have higher thoughts and knows that these higher thoughts are yourself. Rather than discriminating between higher and lower thoughts, you have aggrandized all your thoughts and given them an identity we have called the ego. Without dislodging your belief in your ego as yourself you will never realize your true identity.”  A Course of Love, p189

I agree, our true identity is our divine Self, which is why the ancients implored us to KNOW THYSELF. (The ELYSIUM'S PASSAGE novel series explores this theme thoroughly.)

What yield of harvest do we wish for in our life? One of my favorite verses in the Proverbs is; "Guard your heart more than any treasurer, for it is the source of all life." In other words, be vigilant where you let your mind go. 

What thoughts we allow and dwell upon in our heart (soul), will be yielded in life, for better or worse. We need to be aware that we can, as it says in A Course of Miracles, "choose again."  In as much as you are able, think thoughts of gratitude, appreciation and all things that make you happy. In doing so, you will find your thoughts can bring you a harvest of great happiness.  

But with politics now mired down in so much polarized self-righteous hate these days, it's easy to get drawn down into the fray, yielding us a harvest of much egoic unhappiness. This is a challenge to our sense of well-being, but we can overcome our fear and anger by asking whether we would rather be 'right' or be 'happy.'

If we choose 'happy,' we must think happy thoughts. If this sound Pollyanna, maybe it is, but it's not impossible. With mental discipline and practice, and, I might I say, the grace of God, happy thoughts will make us a happier people. Try it! It's worth it.

To your happiness...

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July 18, 2019

I never thought of aging in quite the same way that David Bowie did, although he didn't go too far down the aging path. But from what I observe, I think it’s true that most mellow with age... not that I would know this personally. However, visiting my mother in her senior's home a couple of times each week over the last four years have been an interesting experience. One of the big benefits is that it always makes me feel like a kid hanging with the cane and walker set.

I sometimes wonder what these (mostly) sweet ladies and gents were like in years gone by when career, and worldly ambitions still mattered to them. That's gone now, along with most everything else, including, sadly, family. But what remains is a desire to connect, to make new friends, even if they might be old and decrepit like them. Perhaps this is what makes them most charming in what Bowie calls an extraordinary process.

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July 8, 2019

There is a profound truth in this statement by English poet John Keats. Obviosly it’s important we don't stagnate in our thinking and remain open to new and better ideas about everything. However, I believe our minds should be more than just a thoroughfare for whatever ideas might be floating around.

For example, how much of what the media projects onto us day after day makes us feel better? It takes much discipline not to be drawn into all the fear and despair when it becomes so mesmerizing. I agree we should be open to new ideas, but we need to be vigilant when discriminating which thoughts are worth holding on to and which should be avoided and discarded as quickly as possible. Thoughts can lift us up or bring us down before we see them coming.  

As the ancient Greek philosopher, Epictetus stated: You become what you give your attention to... if you yourself don't choose what to give you thoughts and images to expose yourself to, someone else will, and their motives may not be the highest. 

So, yes, let your mind be a thoroughfare for ideas, but don't let just any idea or image park itself where you don't want it. For one thing, It might get in the way of a much better, positive idea. Rather, focus on to ideas that come your way that will build and not bring you down.

I trust you will find some of the quotes in these Daily Message from the Passage posts to be an edifying thoroughfare of wisdom from some of the world's greatest minds.

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July 2, 2019

This post is from Elysium's Passage: The Summit. James, the protagonist has recently entered into an alternate reality as a result of falling down a mountain chasm in the Andes. He doesn't realize it yet but his body is in a coma in London. Eli, who is a spirit from Elysium (place of the departed), tries to explain to him there is more to him than his body, and in fact, he is not even in his earthly body. 

Of course, James doesn't believe any of this until confronted with his new reality. Eli tries to explain that the universe is multi-dimensional and the material expression is but an extension of more subtle energy, that being of the Source (God). This is just the beginning of James trying to reconcile his materialist beliefs with what he is now experiencing. It tough; he now has to unlearn most of what he thought he knew as a philosopher before he can begin to learn the truth about life, and most importantly... himself. 

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OVERVIEW OF THE ELYSIUM'S PASSAGE SERIES

 

The ELYSIUM'S PASSAGE series involves five novel narrations regarding a young British philosopher named James Phillips who finds himself living in an altered state of reality while still remaining on earth.  

After experiencing a near-fatal fall while climbing to the summit of a remote mountain in the Andes, James awakens in a new dimension. He soon encounters two mysterious beings who provide him with a very different perspective on the nature of his existence. Over the next year, before his body recovers from the coma, he is challenged to re-examine his understanding about life’s meaning and purpose far beyond anything he previously believed or could believe.

An engaging and sometime surreal adventure with intimations of impending romance, the narrative explores the most important questions about life, death, reality and our ultimate destiny. 

The Plains of Elysium (Champs-Élysées) was described by Homer, Hesiod, Virgil and many other poets as the paradisiac afterlife realm reserved for heroes. As the title suggests, this is about a journey through a passage that leads towards Elysium’s exciting realm of existence.

To read a sample press review, go to: https://www.prweb.com/releases/2018/05/prweb15515775.htm    

 

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The following comments are among the first Amazon reviews of Elysium’s Passage: The Summit. All are Five Stars! Others reader reviews are included below, along with excerpts from two professional reviews. To read full reviews, go to READER REVIEWS on www.elysiumspassage.com

"A delightful mix of fantasy, reality, conjecture and humour; Mr. Meyers draws the reader into the story with a gentle narrative that captures imagination, leaving one anxious to get to the next page drawing you into his exceptional world.”

"Quietly, gently, and without imposition, the Author unfolds the pages, creating an intricate, interlocking bridge spanning the chasm between mind and heart. Renewing, refreshing, restoring. In my bereavement, it was vigil and light…"

“Excellently written with an exceedingly deep understanding of this world and the next. The characters are very well written and engaging that takes the reader on both a philosophical and spiritual journey, a journey that at times is both disquieting and tranquil. James, a British Philosopher can be irreverent and caustic, traits that should have left me cringing, but instead made me laugh out loud. Elysium’s Passage is a fun, enlightening and remarkable book.”

“This is a masterful fantasy, becoming a real possibility, as the reader is drawn into the story. The Summit leaves you anxious for the next book in the series, yet also leaves you totally satisfied with the world you have just visited. Genius! An exciting, yet calming, experience that is not to be missed."

"There was hardly a page on which I did not find at least one sentence worthy of hi-lighting for future reference. In addition, I thoroughly enjoyed the main character, James, whose personality and passionate verbal exchanges with the other characters, kept me coming back for more. I am reading the book for a second time while I wait for the next one in this series to be made available."

 “N.G. Meyers has clearly put a great deal of research and thought into what the afterlife may look like and I like his perspective. It’s an altogether welcoming and exciting vision. The book gives one a great deal to think about and a reassuring confidence that the end of our lives is truly the beginning of life in the next. I highly recommend it."

"I am really enjoying your book, it’s fantastic! It is so incredible and diversified that I can’t really explain it other people, so what I say is just read this book. Thank you so much for the blessings that you’ve given the world!"

“The humour interjected into a serious discussion makes me laugh out loud. Totally unexpected....l may be in the presence of at least a master, if not a genius. A fair ride into reality... seeking that which is unseen, yet absolutely real.”

“An engaging story of adventure embracing man's deepest desire to search for meaning and purpose, N.G. Meyers takes the reader on an adventurous thought-provoking journey. This book has substance. It is a perfect blend of adventure and fantasy combined with spiritual philosophy. It ignited my imagination. The author magically weaves a good story laced with wit and humour together with deep philosophical wisdom. This book has it all!”

“An evolution in thought is triggered by many fresh philosophical themes which could inspire readers to re-think their reality and former ideologies that have dictated their lives… the author fires readers’ imaginations to view what could be possible when spirit vacates the body.”

“This is the book spiritual seekers have been waiting for. For me, it granted a great read as well as increased inspiration to live every day with a heightened sense of purpose. I highly recommend it.

“The Summit is capable of hooking readers and luring them to search for Book 2 to discover more about Dr. Philip’s surreal trek into the mysterious unknown universe. This thick book is well worth the read and to share…”

“The Elysium’s Passage series challenges and excites the reader while taking him into parallel quests for truth with the hero, James. It can be a fast fantasy read or a longer deliberation about what is reality or illusion; veracity or platitude. Take the journey!”

“Mind-blowing statements and speculation (‘…everyone is a non-physical thought form conceived in the Mind of God, preserved for all eternity because God’s thoughts never die…’). Many will find Meyers’ journey up the Mountain intriguing—and possibly even life-changing.” (BLUEINK REVIEW)

“In its effort to grapple with fundamental questions about the meaning of life, it raises questions that have echoed throughout the ages, including about where we come from, where we are going, who we are.”  (CLARION REVIEW)

 

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PENDING PUBLICATIONS IN THE SERIES

Elysium’s Passage Series to be Published on Amazon in 2024

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1. The Ascent is the first novel in the Chronicles of Elysium Passage series that’s foundational to everything else that happens in the following books, embarking on an adventure that will surprise and delight the reader like no other book.

It all begins with an extreme adventure of climbing a remote and challenging mountain somewhere in the Andean Mountains. Just as James, the protagonist, is about to reach the mountain summit, he falls into an abyss that leaves him in a coma for almost a year.

After being airlifted by a forestry helicopter and flown back to London, where his body remains for almost a year. Eventually, he learns it was not him but his body that was rescued. Several days later, without understanding what happened, he continues to climb to the summit in an alternate dimension of higher consciousness.

Fortuitously, he meets two adventurers on the summit ridge who are no longer of this world. After that, his surreal life leads him to several new adventures in the subsequent chronicles that include a rich mix of adventure, romance, and fantasy, along with profound discussions of philosophy, spirituality and the afterlife.

 
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2. The  Summit, the second novel in the Chronicles of Elysium Passage series, carries on where James, the narrator and protagonist, is taught more about a multidimensional reality that he finds difficult to comprehend.

Not only does he find he’s not as clever as he imagined, but his off-world companions on the summit demonstrate that much of what he believed about life was not just parochial but wrong. At first, he finds this difficult to comprehend since their teachings are contrary to his limited understanding of non-material reality.

After being tricked into teleporting off a ledge where he was trapped, James becomes aware of the new reality that makes him capable of far more adventures than could have ever been experienced previously in his physical body back home.

Now, if only he would win over the only woman in this life who matters, the nurse on the other side of the veil, who continually demonstrates her unconditional love toward his healing.

Warning: This book may also open the reader’s eyes to a much vaster reality than most might be aware. As with the other Chronicles, there are discussions of philosophy, the spiritual afterlife and what might seem like fantasy.

 
 

3. Quantum Leaps is the third novel in Chronicles of Elysium Passage, where James, the philosopher-protagonist, teleports back to London to visit his body and make contact with the special nurse taking care of it in his absence. Immediately, he feels an inexplicable spiritual bond with her for reasons he remains unaware of.

Now aroused by a renewed interest in matters of love, the beginnings of a relationship begin to emerge as he attempts to reach across the chasm of their worlds. But it’s not until the fifth novel, Mystical Romance, that he encounters her in a way that he finds difficult to believe.

However, before that can happen, there is much about his failed relationships that must be resolved before he is ready to move forward in his new life in Elysium’s Passage. It is during this time he christens his comatose body as the fall guy since it took the fall for him down the abyss so he could learn the lessons he’s now learning.

That will be the next focus of his life, where in his next Surreal Adventures, he is given virtual lessons to release many of his past beliefs about life.

 
 

4. Surreal Adventures is the fourth novel in the Chronicles of Elysium Passage, which finds James, the protagonist and narrator, escorted by his companions to a remote South Pacific Island, where he is left to reflect on what he’s learned.

During the next forty days, he battles the demons of his past as he works through some rather painful issues from his early youth. Here, in a tropical storm, he encounters an eery suspended spectre of the one he loved yet still resents for abandoning him as a child.

After this, he achieves peace of mind and is ready to return to his lodge to join his off-world companions on the Andes summit. However, just when it seemed things couldn’t get any stranger, a sixteenth-century sea captain sails his ancient ‘ghost’ ship onto the beach. Together, they sail off on a mystical ocean voyage to a couple of virtual islands supposedly in the South Pacific, where he witnesses and, at times, participates in several important life lessons.

His surreal encounters in the Flatlands illustrate the deficiencies of contemporary academia. Next, they sail off to the next island, the Hill Country, where he witnesses several peculiarities in organized religion. These experiences, though virtual, provide him with fascinating and enlightening allegorical examples of his life in the world.

Near the end, these encounters help prepare him for a new challenge within the interior of a mountain, where he falls deep into a dark tomb of fear. After being rescued by a mysterious stranger wielding his Excaliber, he continues on to where his life is about to be transformed in the following chronicle, Mystical Romance.

 
 

5. Mystical Romance is the fifth chronicle in Elysium Passage, which will surprise the reader with a romantic twist of how love is expressed in higher realms. From this lofty perspective, everything about intimacy is understood as within, so without.

After escaping his tomb, James, the narrator and protagonist, makes his way through a maze of tunnels until he arrives at a large oak door, which he opens with the golden key he had been given. There, he steps into Elysium’s Passage’s Great Hall, where his life and recent achievements are celebrated now that his eyes have been opened to perceive a fascinating interior world of wonderment… and romance.

To say more might risk diminishing the multitude of delightful surprises as circumstances begin to open to The Elixir, where James is about to re-enter his earthly body’s existence.

 
 

6. The Elixir is the sixth chronicle of the Elysium Passage series that prepares James, the narrator-protagonist, to awaken and return to his body in London. Before that can happen, however, his off-worlder friend presents a mysterious equation enshrouded with a light code frequency that will stimulate multidimensional DNA strands within him.

Much of this narration is centred in London, where his nurse unknowingly becomes involved in how the Elixir’s equation finds its way from a taxi cab driver to higher echelons of science. There are many twists in how she unwittingly brings the Elixir to the attention of mathematicians and physicists, after which they eventually discover how to code the equation into a laser ray to stimulate his fall-guy body into full consciousness.

Ostensibly a new Adam, he is destined to return humanity to a higher multidimensional existence. How this happens is filled with intrigue, as is his shocking return to his earthly body.

 
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7. The Return is the seventh and last chronicle in the series where James, the narrator and protagonist, has re-emerged from Elysium’s Passage as he readjusts to life in the third dimension. Many of the events experienced in the previous novels are tied together in an exciting, fast-moving, action-packed narrative.

Now, back in the third dimension, all memories seem to have been lost, with his fall guy’s brain not being aware of what happened to him in the last year. As a consequence, it takes a while for him to be convinced he had been out of his earthly body for almost a year.

Through some rather unexpected events and his girlfriend’s urging, he is brought to an awareness of much that occurred out of the body. Though much of the chronicle, this brain hasn’t caught up to the changes he experienced in his heart in the alternate realm.

Through some harsh life lessons back home, he discovers what he has become and the many challenges that lie ahead of him in fulfilling his mission to bring change to this planet.