In Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairytale called The Garden of Paradise, he tells of a young prince enthralled by the stories of the Garden of Paradise and spent all his time thinking about it, searching for it, and considering what it would be like to live there. One day, while lost deeply in the woods, he fortuitously meets the East Wind on his way to the Garden. The East Wind agreed to take him there. The East Wind took him to the other side of the world into a very deep cavern with many twists and turns before finding the Garden. After arriving, he meets a Fairy in the Garden who showed him the wonders there. He loved it so much, he asked her if he could stay there always. She said, “That depends upon you. Every evening, I must leave. When I do, I must say ‘Come with me’ and I must beckon you. But, do not come with me, for with every step you take, your longing for the tree of knowledge will grow stronger. If you follow me and kiss me, Paradise will sink deep down into the earth and will be lost to you.” She adds, “I must repeat ‘Come with me’ every night. But every time you resist, you grow stronger and at last you will not even think of following.”This “tale” illustrates life and the benefits of the Ishayas’ Ascension. We learn the Ascension Attitudes to return the mind to its Natural State of Innocence. Every time we use the Ascension Attitudes, we are opening the forgotten doorways to experience more and more of our expanded state of Awareness.
The world with all of its sensory pleasures is still part of the Ascendant. But, we lose sight of the Ascendant One and get lost in our experience of the senses. As MSI said in Ascension, “it is our continual, moment-by-moment decision that keeps us turned away from the Infinite inner light and toward the incessant problems of relative life.”
During an Ishayas’ Ascension Retreat, one has the opportunity to go very deeply inward. During this time away from the world, the nervous system can relax and slow down enough to find that Unchanging One waiting for recognition. Once we recognize the One sufficiently and cultivate the nervous system to experience expanded states, we then have a clear choice. As the Fairy says, the more we can remain in the Garden, the stronger we become in the ‘Ascended State of Awareness’ and no longer get lost in the experience.
With a tool, such as the Ascension Attitudes, one can cultivate the experience of the Infinite inner light continually. Ishayas’ Ascension Retreats increase the momentum inward, because even a 3-day retreat is equivalent to six months of daily practice of Ascension. Longer retreats accumulate the benefits exponentially. If you are searching for Paradise, consider an Ishayas’ Ascension Retreat. Our world wide retreat schedule has just been released!
