An Introduction to The Soul Journey Education for Higher Consciousness A 6 e-book series by Andrew Schneider What is the soul journey? What does The Soul Journey program offer you? Is this program right for you at this time? http://www.thesouljourney.com ISBN 0-9732501-2-7 The Soul Journey 2005 Email: support@thesouljourney.com Updated 2/04/2005
Table of Contents 1. Welcome to The Soul Journey!... 3 2. The Spiritual Journey The ultimate therapy or healing... 3 What is the soul journey?... 3 Unlocking a hidden part of ourselves... 4 Why we have challenges in life!... 4 How challenges are overcome uniting ego and soul... 5 Why past paths may not have worked for you... 5 Learning to think as soul and be the soul... 6 Aligning with the new spirituality... 6 3. The Gifts of The Soul Journey program... 7 Updating the Wisdom of the Ages... 7 Guiding you through transformation... 7 Freedom through seeing things differently... 8 How The Soul Journey will support your personal soul journey... 9 What The Soul Journey program offers you.... 9 4. The Soul Journey Program in a nutshell... 10 Book 1: Understand Your Threefold Nature... 10 Book 2: Know Yourself... 10 Book 3: Explore and Heal the Personality... 11 Book 4: Develop and Express Soul Consciousness... 11 Book 5: Discover Life Purpose... 11 Book 6: Imagine: The Key to Developing Soul Consciousness... 12 5. The Author Andrew Schneider... 13 6. Is The Soul Journey right for you at this time?... 13
1. Welcome to The Soul Journey! You have been drawn to take The Soul Journey: A journey through consciousness. A journey through the traps of ego. A journey into a life of meaning, purpose, joy and service. This program will enable you to take a serious look at your life and its purpose, its challenges and its potentials. This booklet will introduce you to The Soul Journey a 6 book series written by Andrew Schneider. This series is one of the most in-depth programs of transformational and soulful living available today. This introductory booklet offers you: a brief introduction to the soul and our journey to higher consciousness. why the soul journey is of concern to humanity at this time. what The Soul Journey program can offer you. what The Soul Journey program contains. who the author, Andrew Schneider is. an opportunity to personally assess whether this program is right for you at this time. You will also receive 6 emails over the next 3 weeks with some insights which compliment the Introduction to The Soul Journey. 2. The Spiritual Journey The ultimate therapy or healing What is the soul journey? The majority of people never stop to ask the most pressing question of their existence: Who am I? As a result they often do not draw the energy they need from the depths of their being for living a fulfilling and creative life. When we live a superficial life we often do not deal effectively with the problems and challenges that we face. And we certainly do not move in the direction of integration and wholeness, which are part of the purpose of everyone s life. What we often seek is well-being and feeling good, seldom realizing that the ultimate well-being is our wholeness. The ultimate therapy or healing for well-being is found in the spiritual journey for it takes us inward and outward at the same time, integrating the inner world with outer experiences and seeing them as one. At this time in human history a new spirituality is emerging from the depths of humanity s soul a spirituality that requires consciousness and leads to wholeness. This new spirituality is about expressing our true nature both our personality or ego and our
Spirit, our individuality and our universality. When the universal and particular merge, soul connection is made, healing occurs and well-being is experienced. Humanity is now moving from self conscious separation to soul conscious connection and community. Today, spirituality is focused on soul consciousness. It must be deeply inclusive of both the highest and the lowest in human potential, making it a healthy psychological journey as well. In the past this was not the emphasis at all. As we move through this transition, the personality and soul are often in conflict. We experience that conflict in our psyche: our emotions and thoughts. We are pulled in opposite directions until we begin to know the answers to some basic questions. These are questions pertaining to the journey we are on. The soul journey is about being as inclusive as we can be about the true nature of reality within and without. This movement of greater inclusiveness is also called expanding consciousness or spiritual evolution. Unlocking a hidden part of ourselves. Our lives are like icebergs with so little of who we truly are exposed. Below the water line is a deeper reality of who we are a reality of clear purpose, authenticity, truth, beauty, unconditional love and new potentials, a reality that can transform our fears, compulsions, insecurities and emptiness into love, acceptance, interdependence and aliveness. It is this inner reality that is the doorway to your soul. The Soul Journey will take you on a journey of understanding soul, knowing yourself, healing your personality, developing soul consciousness, discovering life purpose and living a rewarding and meaningful life. Why we have challenges in life! As we said earlier, humanity is now moving from self conscious separation to soul conscious connection. This is the alchemist s dream: to change the lead of personality focus into the gold of soul life and soul love. In so doing, we overcome the fear of death and the fear of living. And we grow enthusiastic about the future that is now in our hands. The personality is perceived as lead because lead is of the earth; it is heavy and pulls down what it is attached to. This heaviness is needed! The personality has the spiritual purpose of anchoring the higher realities, specifically the soul. It s only through the personality that soul can express in the lower physical, emotional and mental worlds of form. Personality factors and soul realities mix continually in an alchemical brew in the cauldron of our relationships and daily affairs. These very different ingredients are often
in conflict, and that conflict gives rise to the challenges of living. You will uncover your unconscious beliefs, thoughts and reactions and see their connection to outer events in your life. You will be able to see why you create your experiences as you do, you will be given tools to understand them, and event to heal them if that is necessary. To bring the light of the soul into the darkness of the unconscious is part of this transformative and fulfilling journey. The Soul Journey will help you understand your spiritual journey. It will guide you through a process of resolving conflicts by healing the personality and aligning it with your soul qualities, life purpose and potentials. How challenges are overcome uniting ego and soul. Spirituality that fulfills our true nature will be different for different people. And the journey will have different requirements at different historical periods because the awareness, capabilities and responsibilities of people change. In contrast to the time when modern psychology first began, the ego of most people today is so strong that it is creating a great deal of tension. This tension results from the unconscious presence of soul, which has to be united with the ego. The union will occur when consciousness embraces both soul and ego equally. The challenge in this two-sided reality of who we are is to balance the need to do (ego) with the need to be (Spirit). It is in the balance that soul exists. It is through this balancing that: we learn to let go in safety. we find peace within ourselves. we gain the capacity for inspiration and creative expression. we experience fulfillment and happiness. Why past paths may not have worked for you. Many of the metaphysical, esoteric and spiritual approaches to life over-emphasize the presence of Spirit within the soul. They therefore give too little human dimension to the soul. On the other hand, many of the psychological approaches, including at times those of archetypal psychology, emphasize the human dimension of soul excessively, and do not balance it adequately with Spirit presence. The key in living and creating soul is to find the equal presence of both ego and Spirit within our soul, our consciousness. Achieving this balance within, we will then find that balance in the world. We will be able to balance doing and being.
Learning to think as soul and be the soul It may not be possible to balance doing and being until one learns to think as a soul and be the soul. As this occurs, the tension that arises from personality and soul conflict is released or resolved, and to that degree transformation and healing result. Much of the work you are to do in this program is about how to think as a soul and how to be the soul. This involves an actual shift of identification from personality identity to soul identity, rather than an imitation of what soul might be like. As this shift occurs you will learn how to think, feel, and empower as soul. Developing consciousness and especially soul consciousness requires a significant paradigm shift. Most of the tools and techniques offered today are for personality change, which are not effective for dealing with soul issues. The Soul Journey now offers you one of the most complete programs available for shifting your consciousness and living a soul-centred life. Through The Soul Journey, we develop and improve our ability to differentiate between personality and soul. This is essential. If you do not know the difference, you might be giving undue emphasis on one aspect when what is required is a lessening of emphasis on that aspect. Aligning with the new spirituality The new spirituality that is emerging is demanding new responses from each individual. Most people do not recognize what the demands of this spirituality are. As a result, they do not respond appropriately, and they live with a feeling of dissatisfaction or of being unfulfilled. Humanity is evolving. The lower mind of humanity (the personality mind) has developed sufficiently so that the higher mind (the soul mind) can now develop. This part of mind is capable of thinking in abstract terms, and is therefore not restricted to ideals as forms (ideologies). It can grasp ideals as qualities. The lower mind can know only particulars, specifics, forms and phenomena. The higher mind relates to universals, abstractions and reality. The previous 2,000 years was characterized by a Spirit-centered spirituality that simply tries to impose spiritual ideas and ideals on the form world the realm of mind, emotions and physical reality. This kind of spirituality focuses on emotional response and specific behaviours and/or rituals. The new spirituality is soul-centred. Soul exists in consciousness where Spirit and form come together. This is now possible since we can now appreciate that Spirit is not separate from form, but found within all things. It is in soul consciousness that we can have experience of the universal, of Spirit, and at the same time have the sensitivity, insight and understanding of appropriate ways to bring it into our every day life.
It is here, in soul, that we also have the willingness and the love to move us to express this universal reality to heal, uplift and transform our world. When we do this for others, it simultaneously has a healing and uplifting effect on us as individuals. More detail can be obtained at The Soul Journey web site at http://www.thesouljourney.com. 3. The Gifts of The Soul Journey program Updating the Wisdom of the Ages The Soul Journey is based on a philosophy of wholeness. It is an extension and updating of the Perennial Philosophy, the Wisdom of the Ages, which is found in all truth traditions because it is based on universal principles. Philosophy means love of wisdom. A philosopher is anyone who loves wisdom and is devoted to the discovery and practical application of universal truth. Wisdom implies universality, and therefore soul consciousness. It is not about being smart or intellectual. According to the Platonists, wisdom is thinking with God, and thinking with nature. It is not thinking of God or thinking of nature. On the soul journey, one does not become soul conscious by learning about the soul and thinking about it, but by living as and thinking as the soul. Guiding you through transformation The Soul Journey will guide you through a process of transformation. Transformation is a merging of soul and personality being caused by the energies of the soul. We have to know both personality and soul well before transformation is possible. We cannot merge what we do not know. This merging of personality and soul is not emotional identification in which we lose ourselves. It is, rather, a process of becoming more than we previously were. We expand our identity. We shift our centre. We activate deeper potentials. We significantly change our attitude and motivation. These changes require awareness and consciousness of self at both personality and soul levels.
This program will guide you through different stages to explore: the nature of your personality and its healing, so you may find the meanings and possible purpose of puzzling or challenging experiences. the nature of the soul. several levels of developing soul consciousness, using different perspectives. how to express your newly developed consciousness. When the universal and particular merge, the result is always imaginative and creative expression. This will result in living and serving with new values, a new capacity and increased effectiveness. This process of shifting consciousness takes time and a considerable amount of effort. Although we may learn about the different stages of development in a linear fashion, the process of integrating the learning through experience will not be linear. You will be asked to read carefully and reflect often and be open to sensing truth and intuitive insights. Freedom through seeing things differently Relative truth (i.e., true for me/you ) reflects conditioned belief, nothing else. The whole point of The Soul Journey is to take a person from a position of relative truth to universal truth. That is always the means of liberation. Conflict always resides in relative truth which is often outmoded and limiting. Harmony and peace always reside in universal truth. The radical difference between personality awareness and soul consciousness is a difference in perspectives. Much of the education in this program is about seeing things differently, acquiring a soul perspective and recognizing how it is different from a personality perspective, and what it adds to an understanding, enjoyment and appreciation of life. Many of the ideas presented will be soul perspectives. If you insist on hanging on to a personality perspective that is contrary to a soul perspective, the two perspectives will clash and challenge you to find a way through to a deeper truth than you previously knew. This kind of tension between soul and personality positions is typical of the prelude to transformation that is a vital part of this journey. Just as there are always many perspectives possible on a personality level, depending upon individual differences, so there are many possible soul perspectives. There is never only one correct perspective about anything. However, there are principles that are common to all soul perspectives, and these form part of the education in The Soul Journey.
How The Soul Journey will support your personal soul journey The Soul Journey program offers very practical ways for healing the personality wounds so that the personality becomes a means for developing and expressing soul. This program is intended to assist you to develop soul consciousness as a necessity in fulfilling the purpose for your existence. This program is not a package of techniques to develop soul consciousness. It is, rather, an intelligent, loving and empowering support to your everyday questions and concerns that will lead you to deeper reflection and life-changing decisions. Nonetheless, it does include many suggestions, which, if put into practice, will take you a long way towards developing soul consciousness. What The Soul Journey program offers you. Six informative e-books: Each e-book will give you the information you need to create a foundation for expansion. Descriptions of the e-books are listed below. Practical exercises: Each e-book has exercises that will assist you to draw out your perspectives, inner experience, imagination and truth so you can integrate your place within the larger scheme of things. Support emails: Each e-book includes one month of support emails delivered to your inbox to inspire you and support you on this journey. Meditations: Meditations are provided and quiet time is urged so you can reflect on and further integrate the material. The Soul Journey forum: A forum is available to support you in expressing your ideas, asking questions and interacting with others also on the soul journey. Author Andrew Schneider will periodically respond to selected questions. The Soul Journey will support you in discriminating between lower and higher mind, the personality and the soul, the emotions and thoughts, emotions and feelings, illusion and truth. Start The Soul Journey and explore the purpose for your existence.
4. The Soul Journey Program in a nutshell Below is a brief description of each of the 6 e-books in The Soul Journey series. For more details on each e-book and to order, visit http://www.thesouljourney.com at http://www.thesouljourney.com Book 1: Understand Your Threefold Nature becoming aware of all aspects of who you are. A concise presentation of the nature of the human and the soul. The Soul Journey is taken through all aspects of our constitution, so we need to understand the implications in our make up. This book will answer these questions: What is Spirit? What is soul? What is personality and its components physical, emotional and mental? What are the dynamics of the soul-personality relationship? Book 2: Know Yourself revealing the beauty that you are. It is not possible to resolve our problems or issues in life if we do not know who we are. Knowing ourselves is the foundation to understanding what we do, why we do it, and how to change. Topics that will be covered are: Uncovering limiting beliefs Self labelling Control issues Defence mechanism and self sabotage Answers to who am I? what do I want? and where am I? on this journey. Knowing all dimensions of yourself What blocks you from knowing your personality and soul self Knowing what physical, emotional, mental and personality needs you are meeting and not meeting.
Book 3: Explore and Heal the Personality using the tensions in our lives as catalysts for growth. Some things need to be done on the personality level of identity before the soul journey can be fully entered. Certain personal issues will be explored from a soul perspective rather than from the more common personality perspective. This is beneficial in order to reveal the necessity for the experiences and how they are needed to enrich one s life and expand one s consciousness. Important topics with specific healing processes that will be discussed are: Wounding Basic fears Victimhood Tools and techniques for change and growth 9 personality types Personality needs Book 4: Develop and Express Soul Consciousness living the journey to wholeness. This book is loaded with perspectives, processes and questions to support your soul integration toward unconditional love, compassion and courage to live a life of meaning and purpose. You will clarify how soul works through you daily. And you will explore: 9 steps to creating the future 26 useful questions to assist soul-personality connections 20 essential characteristics of soul consciousness 13 ways to develop soul consciousness Book 5: Discover Life Purpose determining why you are here. Everyone has a personality purpose and a soul purpose. The purposes of our soul and personality are unique ways that we participate in the grander scheme of life. This book offers multiple tools to help you clearly identify the life purpose of your personality and soul. You will identify your: main ways of contribution inner aspirations most joyous activity greatest sense of meaningfulness how your conscience communicates to you sense of the sacred heart s desire.
Book 6: Imagine: The Key to Developing Soul Consciousness training in four imagination techniques. The personality and soul must communicate with each other if they are to eventually merge, which is a result of consciousness development. The key to this merging is the proper use of the imagination. Using the imagination deliberately gives us the power to create our experiences as we choose rather than having our experiences dictated by some unconscious reactions that are fear-based and defensive. Four imagination techniques are documented in detail: Your Personal Mythology Story Dreams Active Imagination Soul-personality Dialogue This program is open-ended, because the process of developing soul consciousness is a lengthy one. It is a means of gradually revealing the soul of reality and the essence of who you are. This involves understanding and loving, and then acting with that understanding and love. Nevertheless, as a result of taking The Soul Journey program, you will be able to clearly identify the following for yourself: Your fundamental fear Your fundamental wound Your life lesson Your personality type and strength/weaknesses Your soul type and strengths How you trust Your main soul openings Your soul purpose Your personality purpose Your soul-personality dynamics The Soul Journey s material on the reality of soul consciousness will serve as a lasting reference, long after you have completed the program for the first time. It will support you in a never-ending journey of surprise, delight and satisfaction. Whether we call it following our spiritual journey, or living a more meaningful and loving life, it is all about responding to the basic impulse we all have that draws us to becoming conscious, compassionate, inclusive beings. Let The Soul Journey at http://www.thesouljourney.com be your guide as you expand in consciousness and make a difference in your life and the lives of those around you.
5. The Author Andrew Schneider Andrew Schneider has worked full time in the metaphysical field since 1974. He has founded two schools for esoteric studies in Canada and Europe. Andrew also initiated the World Service Association which offers programs for consciousness development to the public in the province of British Columbia, Canada. Since 1974, he has taught close to 5,000 classes, seminars and workshops. He is author of the book, THE MYSTERIES REVEALED: A Handbook of Esoteric Psychology, Philosophy and Spirituality. He has also published the booklets, The Road Ahead: 1999-2012 and Growing A New Brain. Andrew was once described as a teacher of teachers and a healer of healers. The scope of his teachings is extremely broad and eclectic. He combines psychology, philosophy and spirituality in such a way that he facilitates integration of the whole person: body, soul and spirit. Andrew s sensitivity and warmth, his deep interest in people s well-being, his vast knowledge combined with intuitive perception, and his outstanding ability to express complex ideas in clear, simple language make him a very respected teacher and soughtafter speaker. For further details, please visit: http://www.thesouljourney.com/aboutus.shtml. 6. Is The Soul Journey right for you at this time? Let us leave you with these questions: Have you been reading books and taking courses yet you are not growing, healing and expanding as you had hoped? Have you been unable to resolve significant life challenges and self sabotage, e.g., in the areas of finances, relationships, career, health and/or personal growth? Do you recognize within you a deep urge, calling or inspiration to do more and be more in your life, but you are unable to achieve clarity or grasp how to manifest your dream? Would you like to understand how to transform your personality challenges using soul processes? Would you like to be aware of the traps that undermine your ability to heal personality and develop and express your soul and essence?
Are you longing for a perspective to support you in finding meaning and purpose in all incidents that happen in your life? If you answered yes to many of these questions, you are clearly ready to consciously travel your personal soul journey. Whether you are aware of it or not, you are already on this journey. Once we know there is a journey, we have already embarked upon it. Your options We invite you to join us and many other truth seekers and commit to take the full Soul Journey. You also receive 6months of email support and participation in a forum with other like minded individuals. It costs $147. To purchase and download your Soul Journey program now, visit http://www.thesouljourney.com As another option, we invite you to purchase Book 1 of the series Understand Your Threefold Nature for $29. Visit http://www.thesouljourney.com We hope you ll join us! To know yourself both as ego and as soul is the most challenging education you could possibly have, and also, by far, the most enriching and life altering process you could ever go through. Why is soulful living important? Because soul is who we are in essence. Until we come into soul consciousness, we will not know ourselves, we will not understand the meaning of our experiences and we will never be at peace. If you have questions about this program, please email support@thesouljourney.com P.S. Please feel free to share this document with your friends. Just email them and attach this.pdf document