My first love (other than that for my wife and children) is the Gospel of Jesus Christ, as set forth in the Standard Works of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I have a profound love for the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants, and the Pearl of Great Price. I have a profound love for the New Testament, and Isaiah. I have not read the entire Old Testament though. But because the Lord instructs his people in the Book of Mormon to study the words of Isaiah, I have studied Isaiah, and I have read a lot of the smaller books in the Old Testament.
I read the Book of Mormon five times before my mission, the first time being when I was twelve. After finishing it at that early age, I knelt down and asked if it were true. I received a witness from the Spirit that it was. I read it again in Spanish on my mission. In fact, that is the way I learned Spanish. The people in Spain often said that I spoke ancient Spanish, rather than modern. This manner of speaking the language came from my intense study of the Book of Mormon. Our family has read the book many times together over the years.
As a young teenager I read the Pearl of Great Price in one day. After finishing it I said to myself, “Wow!”. The Spirit of that book was incredible, beautiful, and opened up a space of incredible spiritual freedom for me. I love the Book of Moses, I read the Joseph Smith Story many times almost on a weekly basis while on my mission. The writings of Abraham (in spite of what was uncovered about Joseph Smith fabricating the whole thing) are inspired. My position is, “In the end, the Book of Abraham will be shown to be valid. Perhaps there is a hidden code in the original writings that present day scholars are not aware of.
I have only read the New Testament in Spanish. This was while on my Mission. Since then, I have reread many of the books of the New Testament. I have grown to love the writings of Paul. Certain books, like Romans, and Hebrews stand out as my favorites.
I especially love the Joseph Smith translation of the Bible.
In 2002, I took the Landmark Forum. Since my initiation into the world of “transformation”, my life has been anything but predictable. My involvement with Landmark has given me distinctions that have have ultimately culminated in “getting” the distinction of the power that comes through seeking forgiveness. After taking the Landmark Forum, I understood for the first time what repentance was all about. I have come to understand that I am the possibility of whatever inspires me, and I, ongoingly re-distinguish the insidious nature of the machinery that operates my life most of the time.
For the next several years, after I initially took the Landmark Forum in 2002, I and my family immersed ourselves in the programs that Landmark Education offers. I have twelve children, and nine of them, as well as my wife have taken the forum. I completed the Curriculum for Living, the Communication Courses, the Introduction Leaders Program, and several seminars. I live 3 hours from the Phoenix Center, and I drove to Phoenix weekly for much of the time that I was involved. I am inspired by Werner Erhard, and the stand he has been in the face of great opposition to spread Transformation throughout the world.
I am a chiropractor who practices Applied Kinesiology. I also am certified in Neuro-Emotional Technique. My particular technique that I have developed over the years employs heavily the principles that are found in Chinese Medicine, five element Theory and Chinese Alchemy. I have a first hand appreciation of how emotions effect and hinder the body from being healthy.
In addition to a regular study of the scriptures, I study many books on Chinese Medicine, Zen, Buddhism, and Taoism. I love the writings of Alan Watts. I currently teach a weekly class where we explore the mysteries of the different meridians and their points.
What is emerging from correlating all my years of study is an incredible construct of the natural government of the body. What is coming to me is the nature in which each “official” or meridian in the body operates its particular accountability. These different accountabilities will be presented in this blog. The nature of each meridian, or “official” aligns with the doctrine of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, as well as Zen teachings, and the Tao. The benefit of studying this construct of government that is found in each body is that this construct can be applied to any governing system. It is the only construct of government that is a win-win situation for all involved.
The purpose of this blog is to set forth my findings to those interested . I invite comments, and corrections. Ultimately I wish to print this material in a book. I will use the comments to prepare the different chapters for publication.
