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A Soul FullAdulthood


Stages of Adulthood ~ Key Points

Soul Initiation brought a glimpse, an encounter witha potential greater than the reality of your life this far.

It brought the promise of a purpose essential to aDivine Plan the outlines of which remain elusive.

All this potential and purpose is a Sacred Trust thatonly you can fulfill by your choices and efforts.

The Guidance will be there if you develop the spiritual insight to see it.

Adulthood in a Soul-Centred framework is acceptingresponsibility for the fulfillment of the Trust within.

As a Soul Apprentice you develop the potentials ofthe Soul and prepare to play your part.

As The Artisan you perform your Give Away and servein a way that benefits, fulfills and delights.


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Early Adulthood ~ Key Points

Soul Initiation provided the glimpse - Early Adulthoodprovides the opportunity to develop the promise.

The challenge here is learning to embody the potentialof the Soul by developing the potential.

This potential is developed not for its own sake ~ itis developed to be used ~ to serve.

First, you must explore the Soul entrusted you bySpirit ~ its places of light and the places of shadow.

Then, you follow the path traced out in the sand thatonly you see ~ listening for the call of your Soul work.

Developing your gifts lays the foundation for yourpath of service and guides you to the place to serve.

It is better to do one’s own duty however poorly thanto do the duty of another no matter how well ~ bewho you are meant to be ~ serving where you arecalled to serve.


Early Adulthood

Primary Task

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Stage ends with acquisition of sufficient skills tofunction independently in the embodiment of craft

or career and to continue the soul work.

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Facets of an Adult’s Soul ~ Key Points

Be Thou ~ Each has a call to become who (s)he is - to fulfill the trust within.

Become ~ Each potential calls for fulfillment - eachVirtue has a gift to bring to your Character.

Choose ~ By our choices and efforts based on them,each rises/falls - finds her/his place and path.

Fulfill ~ The soul is the repository of the individual’sideal - it is time to grow into that ideal.

Love ~ This is as far as we get from Spirit ~ this iswhere we most fully reflect Spirit in our Soul.

Know ~ The call to fully understand and embody theelements of the Soul is the challenge of the moment.

Serve ~ Each has a unique part to play and uncoveringyour part ~ preparing to play it prepares one to serve.

Return to Me ~ Each hears a call to serve the purposeSpirit would have you serve.


Early AdulthoodIdentity How can I become who I

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CharacterWhat virtues do I need to

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Choice What is my place?

What is my path?

Growth When will I be ready?

Mastery Soul & the world of

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Meaning Inspiration & Hope

Spirit Listening for the Call

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Realms of Soul ~ Key Points

What is you and what is You ~ the Soul is the rider,the body the horse ~ Soul must lead the way.

The goal is walk a Spiritual path with practicalfeel ~ to see the path with Spiritual eyes and live it.

Differentiating between wants and needs ~ meet theneeds so you might better serve.

Seeking Inspiration through prayer and meditation ~seeking Guidance through action.

Trust your own unknowing and through it come toknow.

Seek destiny in yourself and through the opportunitiespresented to you.

Summoning the Virtues needed at the moment andaligning yourself with the Spirit conveyed.


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Exploring The Realmsof the Soul


Soul Work ~ Key Points

To what does Spirit call you ~ to what does yourSoul call you?

It is not a job to which you are called ~ rather apath of service.

To what path of service does your unique mix ofpotentials call you? Look within! Watch without?

The Call ~ when it comes ~ always challenges ~the challenge accepted come from/with passion.

Once accepted ~ the Soul’s work calls for preparation~ it is not enough to do the work ~ become the gift.

Seeking the knowledge, skills, and abilities neededto become the gift ~ the opportunities will come.

It is not necessary to know the end in the beginning~ just the path that will lead to the field of service.


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Identifying One’sSoul Work

Listening for the CallFollowing the PathFinding the Passion

Embracing the Opportunity


Soul Work Skills ~ Key Points

You have what you need ~ in potential ~ it has beenthere from the beginning.

Each gift is developed through encouragement, challenge and engaging in the activities needed todevelop them.

Each person has unique potential ~ others can helpto both identify and develop your gifts.

Seek mentors - Seek helpmates ~ a true mentor isone who will help you identify and sing your song.

It is not enough to develop your gifts ~ to do a goodjob ~ it is enough to be Spirit’s grace to others.

Not to be perfect but to perfect (complete) the giftsgiven.

To seek excellence ~ to become better ~ little bylittle ~ day by day.


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Acquiring SoulWork Skills

Laying the FoundationFollowing the Guidance

Seeking ExcellenceEmbodying Excellence


Secondary Individuation ~ Key Points

Whatever you do ~ wherever you go ~ there you findyourself IF you allow yourself to emerge.

There can be no model for you ~ the ideal dreamedby the Creator alone will suffice.

Others can provide the parts ~ you put them togetherto make a unique whole.

Each Soul is exquisitively sensitive ~ listen to yourcall and become your SELF.

Its not just your stamp ~ it is the embodiment ofthe SELF as a gift to yourself and others.


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SecondaryIndividuation

If You’re Going to be One~What Sort of One are You

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Induction ~ Key Points

At some point others acknowledge there is nothingmore that others can provide you.

You might not be ready ~ you are ready to go on aloneand to have your Soul guide the way.

The challenge now is to give abundantly ~ withoutholding back ~ without expectation of reward.

The challenge is now to go beyond ~ creatively andinnovatively in all you do and how you do it.

The Induction is for you ~ it empowers ~ it givespermission ~ it frees you to walk your path withhead held high.


Induction

Acknowledgment that a person canfunction independently and is prepared

to have soul guide the way.

The Induction marks the beginning of abundantand innovative gifting of soulful service --

abundant in deed, and innovative in design.


The Artisan ~ Key Points

The tasks are simple and clear at this stage ~ beyourself ~ give your self away.

The nature of work has changed ~ it is not meant toserve profit but to serve others in the community.

We need to make a difference ~ if we do not ourspirit begins to die.

The difference we need to make is in the hearts andlives of others.

It is this service that benefits others and ourselvesat the same time.

With Guidance each can see the part (s)he plays in a bigger plan so everyone can move forward.

When the Soul Work is done the plan moves forward and in the end becomes more important than any part.


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Late Adulthood

Primary TasksThe Give Away

Stage ends with the shift fromdoing to being - from fulfillment of self

to the fulfillment of all.

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Facets of an Artisan’s Soul ~ Key Points

Be Thou ~ Perfections are without end ~ the morewe become the more we can become.

Become ~ Virtues ~ the building blocks of Character~ enable ~ greater the alignment ~ greater enabling.

Choose ~ By my choices and efforts I found my placeand walk my path ~ serving all I meet.

Fulfill ~ Service is the means to growth ~ strivingto meet the needs of others provide the opportunityto develop futher.

Love ~ Nurturing is providing what people need ~not what they want necessarily.

Know ~ Only you can be you ~ know what you know ~express what you can express.

Serve ~ This is the stage in which you are the mostcreative ~ joyful and confident ~ with a pace of grace.

Return to Me ~ I honour the gift by developing it ~ Ihonour the Giver by using it to serve.


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Late AdulthoodIdentity I am becoming who I was

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Character My character is my destiny.

Choice How can I best use what I

have to serve others?

Growth How do I offer more?

Mastery Soulwork

Relationships

Meaning Exuberant creativity

Spirit Fulfilling God’s plan for me

Others God Nurturing


Identity ~ Key Points

I am becoming who I was meant to be even thoughI never fully reach the ideal.

I am defined by my purpose ~ my intent ~ if myintent is pure ~ all will be right.

I share all that I know fully and freely ~ as one partin the quest to grasp a greater truth.

My path reflects my interests, my gifts and the potentials I have developed ~ I walk it with Integrity.

I am involved with embodying my Self ~ I follow noone except Spirit as my Soul reveals it.

My emotions guide, inform and challenge ~ all goodcomes from Spirit ~ all emotions reveal/invoke Self.


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Character ~ Key Points

Virtues are the building blocks of Character ~ theyare reflected in the spirit behind every deed.

Every situation calls for the presence of a Virtueto complete/fulfill its potential.

If the Virtue needed is one within ~ provide it ~the fulfillment of the opportunity will guide you.

Virtues are the keys to success at whatever you undertake.

Service is a Virtue ~ providing service calls upon allthe others Virtues to assure success.

Success is the fulfillment of the potential inherentin the moment ~ its fulfillment provides the next step.

As we call on the Virtues they become stronger in us ~supporting us on our journey ~ serving us as we serveothers.


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My Virtues Show Me MyPath, Enable Me to Walk It

& Support Me as I Go


Choice ~ Key Points

We are talking about fate, free will and predestinationhere.

Whose world is it anyhow? Your’s, other’s, nature’sor Spirit’s? Whose will holds sway?

In everything there is the hand of Spirit and the handof humanity at work.

Predestination is the end implicit in the beginning ~recall the seed ~ it is in the relationships. Fate isits expression in the physical world.

Humanity is given absolute free will to choose betweengood & evil, justice & injustice ~ to formulate intentand to choose a deliberate course of action.

Putting the course of action into practice invites aresponse ~ the response is within the realm of Spirit.

Think of a sailboat ~ we are free to turn the tiller either way ~ Spirit provides the wind that enablesthe boat to move & ultimately the direction it can go.


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Growth ~ Key Points

Growth is spurred by service at this stage ofdevelopment.

Each is here to play a unique part in the Divine Planand in doing so to fulfill her/his destiny.

To better serve each develops her/his gifts and thenoffers them as a bounty to her(him)self and others.

Meeting each new challenge for service results in call for further development.

The more each serves ~ the more we have to offer ~the better we are able to serve.

Perfections are without end IF we meet each challengeas Spirit presents it to us.

Our path of service will change ~ our way of servicechanges ~ our place of service will change as wefulfill our destiny.


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Serving More Fully

Growing into Myself~ Filling the Void

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Relationships ~ Key Points

We tend to forget ~ it is all about people ~ notpeople in the abstract but each precious person.

The service we perform benefits all involved ~ including you.

The best motivator is the love of Spirit as embodiedeach person present.

Service at this stage of development is a joyful enterprise ~ it brings fulfillment ~ it brings helpit brings joy.

If it does not bring you joy ~ you may not be onSpirit’s path of service for you.

It is all about nurturing ~ providing benefit ~ basedon a deep understanding of what will lead to thegreater good.


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Mastery ~ Key Points

You do not just master your Soul Work ~ your field ofservice ~ you contribute to its very essence.

To do this you must know what belongs to you & whatis another’s duty/destiny.

There is always enough energy for you to fulfill yourdestiny ~ there is never enough energy to do another’s.

Doing your Soul Work may leave you exhausted andcontent ~ doing another’s leaves you just exhausted.

Doing your Soul Work benefits all ~ even if othersdo not appreciate the benefit it brings.

Doing your Soul Work fulfills, completes, expandsopportunities ~ doing another’s temporarily fillsa gap.

Do you bring something unique to it ~ it may beyour Soul Work ~ if anyone can do it ~ its probablyanother’s task.


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Meaning ~ Key Points

Your primary purpose in this stage is to serve ~ toplay your part ~ by doing your Soul’s work.

The challenge at this stage is to fully walk a pathin this world with Spiritual eyes & practical feet.

You must find your own pace of grace ~ a pace thatfulfills, enables & empowers while being sustainable.

This path is determined by you, your virtues and thepart Spirit has for you to play ~ moment to moment.

When you accept the challenge presented by Spirit ~acquiesce to its path and its opportunities ~ you willmange.

As you walk the path joy sneaks up on you ~ confirming and supporting your Soul’s Work.

There is always enough time for you to fulfill yourdestiny ~ there is never enough time to do another’s.


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Spirit ~ Key Points

All that you can be is a Sacred Trust inherent in theSoul ~ it is a Trust that only you can fulfill.

The concept of stewardship applies ~ the Trust is notto be abused or preserved in its original state ~ itmeant to be developed and put to use.

What Spirit gave you is your Creator’s gift to you ~what you do with those gifts is your gift to Spirit.

All you do to fulfill the potential inherent in yourSoul you will return to Spirit on your passing.

The first step is to acknowledge what you were givenas you come to know it ~ starting with Soul Initiation.

The second step is acknowledge what was given andwhat was earned ~ credit the Giver ~ appreciate yourchoices and efforts.

Acknowledge that the body is a gift as well ~ carefor it so that you might better fulfill your destinythrough your Give Away.


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Crowning ~ Key Points

An acknowledgement that awareness has shifted fromthe part one plays in the Divine Plan to the Plan itself.

The Soul Work may not be done but the significanceof the work shifts.

Where Soul Work was central, now the Soul Work ofall is woven together to make a meaningful whole.

Where the destiny of one was central, now the destinies of all matter more.

This is an acknowledgement of the Mastery of One’sSoul Work, the Path one has trod, the benefit gainedand the service performed.

This is an anticipation of the essential, broader rolein the Divine Plan yet to be played.


Crowning

Celebration of characterand an assumptionof a broader role.

The Crowning marks the psychospiritualshift from the individual soul to the

community “soul”.

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