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April 2012
The Ishaya Foundation - A Non-Profit 501c3 Global Organization
This issue focuses on the Foundation: who we are and what we do; and how you can be an integral part in the expansion of our Retreat & Training Center; and help spread this Ancient and flawless Ishayas' Teaching of Ascension out into the world, in this time of great need.
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USA
Free Introductory Talk
St. James, MO
April 12
7 pm
Omaha, NE
April 14
4 pm
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First Sphere
St. James, MO
April 13 - 15
Portland, OR
Wyoming, MI
April 27 - 29
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Advanced Meeting
St. James, MO
April 8
7 pm - 9 pm
St. Louis, MO
April 5 & 19
7 pm - 9 pm
Columbia, MO
April 11 & 25
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
St. James, MO
April 14
7 pm
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Advanced All-Day
Columbia, MO
April 7
10 am - 5 pm
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Retreat
St. James, MO
3 - 7 Nights
April 13 - 20
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CANADA
Free Introductory Talk
Duncan, BC
April 16
7 pm
Shawnigan Lake, BC
April 17
7 pm
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Free Book Reading -
"Enlightenment"
Victoria, BC
April 15
1 pm
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First Sphere
Duncan, BC
April 20 - 22
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Advanced Meeting
Duncan, BC
April 21
7 pm - 9 pm
HONG KONG
First Sphere
Ta Kwu Ling, N. T.
April 6 - 8
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Advanced Meeting
Quarry Bay
April 5
7 pm - 9 pm
Mongkok, Kln.
On-going, Wednesdays
7 pm - 9 pm
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FINLAND
Free Introductory Talk
Riihimäki
April 10
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First Sphere
Riihimäki
April 13 - 15
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MALAYSIA
Free Introductory Talk
Pataling Jaya, KL
April 19
8:15 pm – 9:30 pm
Bangsar, KL
April 26
7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
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First Sphere
Sungai Buloh, KL
April 20 - 22
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Advanced Meeting
Selangor, KL
April 21
7 pm - 9 pm
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Welcome to our Newsletter!
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Our Vision and Purpose:
The vision of the Ishayas is the healing of the world… beginning with the healing of the self.
Helping humanity realize the One Source within all things and to re-awaken our True nature is the reason why the eternal Ishaya Masters have brought forth the Teaching of Ascension in this time of great need; for such a planetary shift in consciousness.
Whether you are a first-time Ascender, a regular Ascender or a teacher of Ascension, we have all experienced the immeasurable power of this Practice! The life opportunities we face may not always be comfortable, but knowing that everything works for our greater good is what brings us a knowing of Unity, and can lead to an inner peace and acceptance of all parts of the world around us. We find there is more clarity of mind, more creativity in life, improved health, expanding love, more stillness and better ability to handle stressful situations.
The sole purpose of The Ishaya Foundation (TIF) is to share this ancient and flawless knowledge of the Ishayas' Teaching of Ascension with the world. TIF does this by publishing the books written by MSI, teaching First Spheres and hosting advanced courses world-wide, offering opportunities for those who want to expand upon their present experience of Ascension. As the world’s consciousness rapidly expands, we have heard from many of you that you want more!
We are always listening and ready to offer what we can in the way of service to all of those who are asking. Our programs are designed to accommodate the growth and experiences of Ascension.
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The Ishaya Foundation (central) sits on 75 acres in St. James Missouri. This central location includes our office and a small retreat/training facility. Our plan is to build and expand upon the land and our current facilities to accommodate a larger number of Ascenders for our resident course schedules.
Outside of our Central Location in the Midwest United States, for over 15 years now our teachers continue to practice and teach Ascension around the world. We are also expanding the translations of the books written by MSI and publishing them into various languages. We desire people of all cultures and countries, who have an interest to learn about Ascension, to learn from teachers who speak their languages so that they can also experience all the benefits of Ascension that we have experienced.
DONATIONS
One of the ways you can help The Ishaya Foundation in its growth and continuing support of the Ascension community is through your financial support.
Whether it is a one-time donation or a regular pledge, your contributions will help us reach out to more and more people world-wide in the awareness and practice of Praise, Gratitude and Love through the Teaching of Ascension.
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To Donate to The Ishaya Foundation
Visit our Donation page and click on "Donate Now" to do so by credit card; or call us at 1-888-474-2921; or mail a USA check to County Road 447, St. James, MO 65559.
Your Donations are greatly appreciated and will help us expand our training and retreat facilities, print and distribute more of MSI's books to the world and help the world-wide expansion of the Ishayas' Teaching of Ascension. Thank you again for your support!
The Ishaya Foundation is a Non-Profit 501(c)(3) Global Organization.
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FURTHERING YOUR PRACTICE......
It is by giving to others that we experience what we have and are then open to receive more. This is the heart of Compassion. It is the practical approach that strengthens the connection to our own heart and to the hearts of all others.
"Wise are those
who look for opportunities
to give.
Wiser more
are those who find
opportunities to give."
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Service to Humanity is
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When you help others, you are giving to that part of yourself that extends itself into the world.
Whether you realize it or not, when you enter into service to others and share what you have, you get back what you give, but in greater amounts than you can imagine.
As an organization of practicing "Teachers of Ascension", it is our greatest desire to bring this Teaching to anyone who would use it to expand themselves and others, into the unlimited riches that exist in expanded consciousness.
We do this through the personal instruction of the Ascension Attitudes, by printing and distributing books to further the comprehension and experience of Ascension, and by participating in advanced courses that address the personal experiences of Ascension and the Ascendant Self.
We would like to offer you an invitation and the idea that you can take part in the expansion of this teaching of Ascension in the world.
If you would like to be a part of our projects, please contact us.
There are a number of ways you can be of assistance; such as helping to sponsor courses, assist in translations, make donations, and even add your experiences to our Forum or to this Newsletter.
Jai Isham Isvaram
Mahadeva Ishaya
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"There is no greater gift to be given
than Truth to realize
the Eternal Self within.
When all worlds pass away
there will be shining forever,
the brilliant light of the One.
That light
is no different than
the light of your own consciousness.
Each of us has an
unbreakable connection to
That Which Underlies All Things"
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Something
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We all give. It is part of life. Like breathing out. Sometimes giving happens as naturally as breathing. Someone smiles at you, and you smile back. Sometimes we give based on what feels like obligation, like when the neighborhood child comes to the door selling holiday wrapping paper as a fundraiser for school. Whether we are giving love, time or money with or without effort, it is always a choice, however conscious or unconscious.
A little over a year ago I was serendipitously introduced to the Ishayas and attended a First Sphere Weekend Workshop and began Ascending. Since then, I’ve participated in two more weekend workshops and in September went to the 7-Day Advanced Retreat at their Monastery in St. James, Missouri.
As I’ve grown, I’ve become more conscious in my giving practices and more deliberate. With the help of the Ishayas and the profound shifts that have been subtly occurring within me since I began Ascending, I am able to give even more deliberately from a place of praise, gratitude, and love. I’ve been able to watch as this loving energy miraculously has spread and grown not only within my own life, but throughout the lives of others as well.
So when I saw the opportunity to give back to The Ishaya Foundation, I jumped at the chance. In this case I would be able to give my time, talent and passion for marketing and social media. With the advent of the Internet and the rapid rise of social media and the many new ways of communicating digitally, the opportunity to share the teachings that the Ishayas have carried, protected and shared for millennia is literally mind-boggling. We’ve recently watched entire countries change over night by using these new communication tools.
Imagine that everyone on the planet had the tools to heal themselves, to grow and even to Ascend to an enlightened state of being. In the 21st century this is now possible. Other than doing my part by practicing my own Ascension Attitudes daily, I realized that I could give to all of humanity by helping the Ishayas learn to use the Internet and social media to communicate the Teaching around the globe.
It is not only my profound privilege, but my deep pleasure to give what I have in support of an organization "dedicated to the healing of the world through the healing of the self." We all have something to give — in joy!
Debra Deming
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Experience Abundance through Ascending and Giving
The universe is a mirror of consciousness. It reflects the essence of what we are, and as humans what we think and feel we are through the beliefs we entertain.
For some people the world is a place of uncertainty, full of possible realities that follow our ideas of fear and suspicion. To others it is a place of infinite wonder and potential, waiting to fulfill our next desire.
What we believe exists and is available, is subjective, or changing due to the changing experiences we have.
Not everyone feels there is an abundance of wealth, health and happiness. Our experiences sometimes convince us that there is something different in the world than these things in abundance. We think this because it can be our experience that there is suffering, disease, unhappiness, famine and poverty. We read about these things in the newspapers, hear about them in our newscasts, and we see and experience some of these things on the streets that we live and travel upon. These experiences are part of what we call reality, or life.
With Ascension comes a desire to see and experience a different outlook into reality. What we approach within the experience of Ascension is already there. It exists in everything around us, and in us.
There is always an abundance of potential or untapped experiences of ourselves and the world around us. What we experience is what we align with in our thoughts and our beliefs.
What we align with in the practice of Ascension is the Ascendant. "Ishaya" means "for Consciousness", or for awareness of our essential nature, or for the Ascendant.
It (the Ascendant) does not lack for anything and it does not want for anything.
It is fullness; it is beyond fullness and beyond any limits of conditioning.
When we align fully with the Ascendant Self, we become aware of what we have forgotten of ourselves, which is more than everything we think we want but possibly do not have or has not seemed available to us.
Infinite wealth, health and happiness is much more than any material thing can give us, and when we step into what is real in the Ascendant Self, there is nothing we cannot realize about ourselves, or achieve in the life experience, or in the material world.
When we are taught to think differently, the reflections of our beliefs are mirrored upon the Ascendant as the world around us. Remember: the mind extends itself as the body, and the body extends itself as the world. Change the mind and you begin to change the body and the world around you.
To change the world, we must change the internal programs of belief in ourselves that are rooted in lack and limitation, or the belief in illusions. We do this by Ascending the limitations, or rising above them into a greater awareness of the Ascendant Self.
Leaving the self-defeating programs of the ego is not so difficult; but the ego is tricky in that it is built upon unconscious habit. Habits are not always in the forefront of our minds and often we are not even aware of the habits we create to follow self-defeating thoughts of limitation and fear.
We must become smarter than the ego and also create a new habit to take the mind into a different direction than that of the old self-defeating programs of habit. We do this through a discipline of focus and intention. With the program of Ascension, we begin by establishing a time and place to take the mind inward.
With commitment and dedication it does not take long to see the results of this practice.
You might ask yourself, "What else can I do besides Ascend three times a day?"
The answer would be to step forward and to help others who might also want what you have learned and achieved in your experience of Ascension and expanding consciousness. By doing this you gain greater insight into what it is that you are giving to others, as the result of your own practice of Ascension.
You can do this by extending your practice beyond the private practice of Ascending at home, by attending advanced courses and Ascension events with other Ascenders.
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INVITATIONS OF THE HEART
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I learned Ascension in 2007 and I love this Teaching because I found this Teaching not only helps in dissolving stress in my body, bringing peace to the mind but also to help me to be more clear about what my life is for. Three times, I experienced the invitation to sponsor the printing of the Finnish Ascension books but I didn’t do anything until the last time.
The first time I heard that there was no budget to print the  books, at that moment I felt I wanted to give the donation. I didn’t do it because my mind said there could be someone else to do it. The second time, I wanted to donate but my mind said this was a lot of money and the fear came to say, "No, it is better not to give." So, I didn’t do it again. The third time, since I was so enlivened by the Teaching, I knew I would like to spread this valuable T eaching to the world with other languages so that more people can learn to ascend. I talked with my friends about this but they just felt I was crazy and tried to convince me not to do it. As my friends shared their thoughts, I felt those were their own stresses. If there is something in my heart that I really want to do and share with other people, who can stop me? But the ego based judgments about what is right or wrong, good or bad, and the thoughts and worry about the future came to scare me, once again. Finally, I kept choosing for my Ascension Attitudes and just went forward with my desire to give the donation. I was glad that I got this done.
I feel that the invitation to give always comes from my heart desire. If I am not ready, no one invites me towards anything. It’s just like God always invites us to join His Heaven, one time, two times, third, fourth… but we always choose for the opposite, the Hell, the judgments, fear, worry… but He is still waiting for us and keeps inviting us …
NOW is the time to share!!!
-- Anonymous
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GIVING THROUGH SERVICE - an interview with Sattva Ishaya
Sattva is a teacher from Hong Kong and she has been one of the two cooks in the Advanced Retreat and Training this year 2011-2012. She gracefully shared some of her insights from the last few months of being in service to the Ishaya Foundation.
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Interviewer (I): What is the main thing you have learned from being in service?
Sattva (S): When we close the eyes and get to know the Ascendant we learn to really come from that. I like cycling (the closed-eyes practice for long periods), but open eyes is also very important. It is how to apply Ascension and the things we learn eyes-closed in the daily life, because we don’t have that habit in the waking state. There are too many thoughts. But now I have more practice in letting the inside always come back out. Everyday the experience is different. Sometimes it feels good and sometimes it feels bad, or it feels there is no improvement. But I don’t judge that experience. Experience is just experience. Not good, not bad.
I: What motivates you?
S: Choice. Always it is choice. I feel God gives me more and more, but still lets me choose. I can follow the ego or go with the Holy Spirit. Now I understand why the choice is so important. The humans have their own choice even if we are not aware of this in the waking state. Now everything is clearer and I understand what is the Higher Self and the big choice. Every moment is choice.
I: How is service work part of your practice of Ascension?
S: The Ascension Attitude is the pure thought for our mind. Everyone has their different position. You can do the garden or work in the forest or cook. Service is just service, doing is just doing. For me I can do anything. I don’t compare anything I just do what I need to do. The important thing is we always use the Attitudes and live in the present moment. I just do my part.
I: What has been the biggest challenge?
S: Before I followed the ego and I had many fears. I couldn’t understand English and I couldn’t understand what other teachers were saying. Even in the meetings I felt fear. But now it is just about the Ascendant, using the Attitudes and letting whatever happens happen. If I know I know, if not then not. I am being more present. Every time I am reminded to use the Attitudes. Now I understand more how every feeling, thought and action affect me.
I: What touches your heart the most?
S: This Teaching. Before in Hong Kong, I was Buddhist. I just knew the Buddhist knowledge, but it was not working for me. I knew it was true what they said, but I couldn’t do it. But after learning Ascension and going through Teacher Training, I really understood that MSI is the same as Buddha. There is no difference. Just we live in different countries. Appearances may be different. Being human can be very painful. I was in pain a lot. Ascension has changed my life totally, the Ishayas’ Teaching.
I: How is your life different now from what it used to be?
S: Life is totally different. Before I lived in fear and worry and the body was sick. Inside was a lot of fear. Now, most of the time there is no fear or worry. I have learned how to live more in the present moment, and learned how to receive the universe. It is hard to believe that I have been able to create a new life after 40 years, and now I have more understanding what Ascension is and how to apply that knowledge; to live in the now and to have a different mind and the body. In Hong Kong I can tell other people that Ascension can change their life, not just mine, but anyone’s. Jesus and Buddha showed people it can be done in this human body and today we can also do that. Many people have superstitions in Hong Kong and China. They don’t really understand the Christ and Buddha’s teachings. But now we can really experience what they taught. Everybody can be Christ or Buddha, it is not superstition. Only belief and judgment hold us from that.
I: What role does the Ishaya Foundation play in your life?
S: We need to spread the Teaching around the world. I just do my part. To Hong Kong, to China, to Chinese people. Everyone has their task in this human world. Everyone is the same.
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Sponsoring Ascension
I wish more people would learn Ascension. I sponsor my place to provide convenience for the Ascension teachers and new students so that they can smoothly finish a course.
The benefit of sponsoring my place for the teachers and practitioners is to remind myself to regularly practice Ascension, not to be lazy. The gladdest thing is to see the changes of myself and other practitioners. My change is I can adopt or choose to use a new angle to see and deal with those people/things around me. For example, I can let go past experiences and those unhappiest events. The unhappiest event happened in my childhood. In one evening, I saw there was a cargo ship in the sea that attacked a wooden boat carrying 7 or 8 illegal immigrants. The wooden boat overturned, the people inside disappeared. I was frightened and my parents felt sorry about the deceased. Now I have less fear about people. I can feel and accept being loved. I was used to taking the role of caretaker, but now I’ve changed. Changing roles sometimes is a very good thing.
I agree that all the happenings in life have their causes, all for helping myself to grow or to learn to progress. I have also experienced that I must well treat others; what you have done for others will return back to me very soon or in future. Like myself, every one has the same quality – there is love, peace and bliss inside.
Sandy Ng
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"There is no greater service than to help others
make their way to True Freedom"
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