DAILY MESSAGE ARCHIVES FEBRUARY 2020

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February 1, 2020

February 1, 2020

This is the proposed cover for Elysium's Passage: Quantum Leaps, the third book of ELYSIUM'S PASSAGE Novel Series which will soon be published. Below is a short introduction to the latest of the ongoing story.  

 

 

I've inserted a couple of excerpts from the book to give readers a flavour for the content of the book. However, there are also many exciting action scenes throughout the book which build-up to the fifth novel, Elysium's Passage: Mystical Romance.

‘That’s why quantum theory stumbled onto something truly profound when it implied the universe was entangled in consciousness. And so it is with us; nothing is separate.  If God is one with all that is, nothing can be separate, just as we discussed not long ago: you in me, and I in you.

‘That’s how it is possible for humans in their dense physical state to sometimes throw off their fetters and access rarefied states of spiritual consciousness. And yet these are not special but natural because what’s spiritual is natural. Much of the world’s understanding of what is natural is actually unnatural because it only deals with what’s materially sensory.

‘Everyone, being souls and not just bodies, has the extrasensory abilities of clairvoyance, clairsentience and Clair everything when reaching beyond the confines of the physical senses. At times these are called gifts in sacred literature. And so, they are, but they are not bestowed as supernatural gifts, rather they are natural gifts to those who are open to using what only seems unnatural.

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'Things may be discovered, but that doesn’t mean they’re always understood, since that comes from within, not without. Even when something is discovered, it never exists in isolation, but as part of a higher order of inclusive halons that are more encompassing… and so it will always be.

‘Even Einstein is still trying to wrap his head around how he might apply his passion for physics in the infinite domain. But he’s finding it’s a whole new game there where the old laws of physics don’t apply, which means the old school terms of hypothesis, repeatability, predictability, verification and falsification are obsolete in Elysium. None of these explains things any more than the terms of Newtonian physics could explain subatomic physics.’

‘That’s because,’ Eli said, ‘reality doesn’t consist of things and events outside the Spirit, be it here, there or somewhere else since all is as implicitly enfolded in Source. This is a bit like the explicit nature of Newtonian physics being compared to the implicit nature of subatomic physics.'

‘It’s the dynamic of intention and inward affections that drives expansion in this universe,’ Mo said, ‘not static formulas and illusions of objective empiricism. That may seem absurd on earth where subjectivity always wins over calculated objectivity because what awareness is brought to the object affects the object, as is clearly evidenced in the double-slit experiment. As Niels Bohr once said, If quantum mechanics hasn't profoundly shocked you, you haven't understood it yet.’

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Feb 7

JUST FOR LAUGHS

We all know that laughter is good for the soul because it makes us feel happy. So, what things get in the way of our laughter? Likely, it’s the same things that get in the way of our happiness. There’s a lot of annoying things in our lives that might go away if we remembered to laugh, rather than react.

We could probably all find a lot more reasons to laugh if we didn’t take ourselves so seriously. And so, maybe the best place to start is for us to learn how to laugh at ourselves. If nothing else, it might lighten us up more. And why not? In the words of Joan Rivers: “Everyone gets so easily upset about the wrong things. Life goes by fast. Enjoy it. Calm down. It’s all funny.” In fact, as Dr Seuss says: “From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere.”

I’m sure if we began to look for ways to laugh at what holds us back from laughing, we would be a lot happier. It’s liberating when we become aware of what’s holding us back from seeing all the “funny things everywhere.”

And… if you’re a guy, think of what Marilyn said above. I’ve always found that quote to be good for a laugh. And maybe good advice too! Ha, ha

Perhaps some of the quotes below might help to remind us how important it is for us to laugh more.

For the full post of this article go to: 
Just for Laughs https://digitalbloggers.com/relationships/For-laughs  

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February 14 2020

February 14, 2020

It's Valentine's Day
.... in case you didn't notice as you were shopping. This 'special day of love' might work for many 'lovers', 🥰 and obviously many merchants, but if we are honest, how many of us dread this wonderful day that's supposed to celebrate love?😍 What obligations, guilt and fear come with these 'expectations' of giving and receiving. Then comes the disappointment of being neglected. Or, perhaps memories of a lost one.

I'm not a cynic, but as a guy, here's my take on the situation: Every day should be Valentine's Day or no day at all.

And another thing, what good is all this sentiment if we hate others? You know... those who we think have wronged us or hold views contrary to ours. Sometimes that's the only love felt; the ego's idea of love. It loves to hate... unfortunately, this is all too prevalent in this age of media, social and otherwise. But really, what kind of love is that?
So, if you want to love authentically, give the best Valentine ever! LOVE YOUR ENEMIES, just as implored here by Jesus and Nietzsche. Then you might love yourself better since that's where love starts... from within, from the Source of our Being. That's when every day will become a Valentine's Day.

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Feb 22, 2020

But where do you find "nothing but blue skies from now on?"

There seems to always be some clouds drifting in or popping up out of nowhere. Just like life. Speaking of which, how many clouds do we attract into our lives just by thinking of cloudy thoughts. You know, the grey clouds of fear and worry; the thunder clouds of hate and anger; the dark clouds of despair and depression. Besides that, there are lots of destructive clouds that bring tornados and hurricanes, just as thoughts can bring destruction to everyone in the path.

Clouds are like our ego, which is part of us, but not the essence of who we really are. It’s the false self, not the divine Self of who we really are, just what we allow to overcast our lives.

Clouds aren’t the sky, they are in the sky just like our egos aren’t us but overcast the real us. But when clouds are socked in for a long time, we might begin to think they are the sky, just like we assume the ego is who and what we are.  

Just as we realize clouds aren't the sky, we need to also realize we are not the ego. It’s only the clouds of our ego that tells us we are as limited by the low-hanging clouds that keep us indoors while raining on our parade and everything else in our life.  

Our thoughts, however, are easier to control that the weather. Or, I should say, at least it's possible to control our thoughts, even though it's not easy. The weather, however, is impossible to control.      

With a change in attitude and shift in thought patterns, we can often make the clouds of darkness go away. But if we think the clouds are the sky and the ego is us, then we won’t be aware of our power to create the kind of sky we wish to have in our life. It's up to us whether our skies remain clear or become obstructed by clouds. Like the weather, clouds come and go, but we can create a climate where we experience more blue skies than fog.

This analogy leads us to a lengthy discussion on the ego. Don’t get me wrong, the ego is not wrong any more than clouds. We need both. Clouds bring rain, just as our ego teaches us the contrast between union and separation. That’s how we discover who we are. The ego does recognize unconditional love but tells us we are separate bodies in an alienated universe. Our true Self, tells us we are not separated but are one with God; one with ourselves; one with everyone and everything.

But we’re not one with our ego since it doesn't exist except as a delusion. Yet, it’s a useful delusion because it shows us what we aren’t. By refusing to identify with the ego’s ‘voice’, we rise above it' and gain control of our thoughts. Being above the clouds, we can see clearly in the blue skies. Then we finally understand that the dark clouds never were the sky, any more than the ego we thought was us, actually was us. We, we created in God's image as the infinite Christ, the divine Self, the Atman. That's what we are, and ever have been, just as the blue skies we see are part of the infinite sky. That’s all there is.

And that's why...
it's Blue Skies... from now on. 

For the full post on this topic go to https://digitalbloggers.com/preview/blue-skies-from-now-on 

 

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SUMMARY OF ELYSIUM'S PASSAGE: THE SUMMIT

This series of the Elysium Passage 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 of 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 at https://www.prweb.com/releases/2018/05/prweb15515775.htm 

 

Chronicles of Elysium’s Passage series to be published 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.

  

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(ATTEMPTED) INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES

 
        
                                     

ELYSIUM'S PASSAGE: READER REVIEWS

 
The following comments are excerpts from among the first readers including a number of Amazon five star reviews. To read the full reviews, go to READER REVIEWS on www.elysiumspassage.com or directly at https://digitalbloggers.com/arts-and-entertainment/reader-reviews  

"A delightful mix of fantasy, reality, conjecture, and humour; Mr. Meyers draws the reader into the story with a gentle narrative that captures the 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. I can't wait to complete this book!"

“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 to 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…”

“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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