Three to Four Hour Workshop: The Ascension of the Fifth World, Prophecy and Evolution.
TIMES OF CHANGE
PART I
The Great Shifting of the Ages
Using the Mayan calendar as a basic primer, Dr. Atwater shows how it is not a calendar at all - rather a device for tracking the development of consciousness in the earthplane. The Yugas from the Vedic tradition and other traditional and native "calendars" are the same way, depicting in an incredible manner what appears to be a plan, God's Plan, for the development and growth of humankind and of consciousness itself. From these lineages comes the awareness and reality of the Fifth World, that great turning of worlds or phases or cycles, where all that we have known before is rapidly altering, literally morphing into something else. Significant astrological and event "agendas" are offered as Dr. Atwater interprets what we can know about the Fifth World and what it might mean to us. The years between 1982 and 2133 are covered in a brief review of the major forces at work. This is not done to predict "things" but to offer perspective as a way to understand what is happening in our world and will continue to for decades to come. The Great Shifting only occurs once in every 25,920 years. Thus, we cannot go back in history in any meaningful way to discover information that might be helpful to us. We can, however, look to the writings of J. R. R. Tolkien and his stories of "The Lord of the Rings" for advice, as his mythological stories all occurred on the cusp of third world becoming the fourth. We are now on the cusp of the fourth world becoming the fifth. His advice for then is applicable now. Other suggestions are offered to help us move through the portals of time into a new world aborning. Dr. Atwater combines over 50 years of research and experience to offer this insight.
PART II
The Great Shifting in the Human Family
A few of astrologer John Hogue and Edgar Cayce's predictions about the direction consciousness is taking are given, to set the stage for the "Visionary Realist" – where Mark Satin of "Radical Middle Newsletter" feels society must go. Population switchs are noted, along with DNA/blood group research that has turned upside down what we thought we knew about lineages. DNA adapts to fit changing needs,like 40,000 years ago when a single gene mutation saved the human race – a gene that has since peaked only when needed – and it's back again. Brain-building gene mutations are discussed: children and intelligence. Evolution's quantum leap is happening now – the New Kids are here: their assets, their liabilities. Root Races are discussed, as well as the mystical understanding of how they spread, what they accomplish. The stunning spread of "fives" are revealed and what that might mean as the Fifth World accelerates and goes into ascension. A chart of the Yugas illustrates how ancient calendars enfolded. Helpful tips are offered from "The Lord of the Rings" that directly apply to the change of Worlds/Great Ages now occurring.
Please note: This is a six-hour intensive, an overhead projector and screen must be provided, along with a table up front so I can spread out my papers, and three easels for large placards.
The Aftereffects of Near-Death and Other Transformative States
Deepening into Spirit
Soul to Soul - Morning Session is part lecture, part questions/comments. Covers material gained from Atwater's three near-death experiences, and from over 25 years of researching the near-death phenomenon with thousands of experiencers. Focus on what the soul appears to be, what it looks like, the learning cycles of the soul, soul interventions in one's life, heaven and hell, the work of George Meek in identifying various spirit planes, astral/spirit beings, awakenings to spirit, God.
Remembering - Afternoon Session utilizes prayer states, altered states, visioning, questions, comments, sharing, reconnecting with spirit. Participatory. Alternating between prayer states and other states of consciousness, as inner clarity and spiritual awareness deepens and expands. Memory is heightened with both visioning and visualizations, enabling individuals to feel, sense, touch-in, and remember The Breath of God Breathing. An encounter with death, the "shape-shifter" of our comings and goings as we mature in spirit.
BRAIN SHIFT
USING THE NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE AS A MODEL TO
EXPLORE THE TRANSFORMATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Part I -
I will give an overview of my research of the near-death experience, a research project begun in 1978, and covering interviews with over 3,000 near-death survivors (700 of them in-depth). As part of this overview, the four major types of episodes people have will be covered along with a brief psychological profile of who tends to have which type. Near-death-like experiences and anomalies will also be mentioned. The pattern of psychological and physiological aftereffects will be explored, and how these aftereffects differ from psychosis. Children's experiences and the clustering of ages when this seems the most apt to occur will be discussed, along with what this implies. The four phases of integration will be discussed, as well as the four levels of near-death and otherworldly imagery and what that might mean.
Part II -
I will detail one of the common aftereffects, and that is the ability to pre-live segments of one's future and remember having done so. This "future memory phenomenon" will be explored from several different points of view, and the universal pattern of occurrence given. Some striking parallels with research done of childhood brain development between the ages of three to five and how that might relate to what happens to those who report future memory episodes, will be discussed. Implication given.
Part III -
I will present the BRAIN SHIFT MODEL, a series of charts plus text that summarizes my research not only of near-death states but of spiritual transformations (a work I began in sixties). This summary shows how a transformation of consciousness, no matter how caused, is but a brain shift - a specific pattern of responses which, when triggered, result in a cascade effect on the individual that matches the aftereffects of both near-death and spiritual transformations. Even though most such episodes lead to only partial shifts, that alone can result in dramatic changes in a person's life. How this compares with the broad sweep of transformational experiences, whether turbulent or tranquil in cause, will be covered, as well as the implication that brain shifts may indeed be the engine of evolution.
*The goal of this workshop is to help participants recognize and better understand brain shifts, and to aid them in realizing that anyone who begins their "journey inward" to a more spiritual lifestyle automatically triggers such a shift. Knowing the major characteristics of a brain shift can be immensely helpful in coming to terms with what is normal and typical to the experience. As more and more people undergo transformations of consciousness, information about the brain shift model will become increasingly important. Workshop Facilitator: P.M.H.Atwater, L.H.D., Ph.D. (Hon.)
"The Bigness of Forever"
(a personal sharing)
Dr. Atwater retires in 2010 from active research in the field of near-death studies, having completed her 10th and last book on the subject - one that she promises will be controversial and surprising. She reflects on the 33 years she has spent doing this work, and on the 10 years previous to that that she spent studying and experimenting with altered states of consciousness, mysticism, psychic phenomena, and the transformative process. She has had a long walk on the edge of death beginning with the specter of Pearl Harbor, growing up in a police station as a cop's kid, a previous marriage to a crop duster pilot, having a child who constantly asked "Am I going to die now Mommy?," to dying herself, not once but three times in 1977. She has been faced throughout her life in seeing "through" what seems real to joining in the truth of what is real. . . the bigness of forever.