INDEX
• Spirituality, not Religion.
• Humility, Prayer, Openness.
• Sharing, Empathy, Charitas.
  • Suggested Resources.

  1. Spirituality, not Religion

Spirituality is contact with God and behaving and believing that God is in Your presence.

God, within the context used on this site, is a God of Love who has created all the matter and life that we are in contact with. That God wants for us what is best for us and best for the Universe. Much of that Universe functions according to patterns which are a reflection of God. We tend to call them laws or principles, although we often over-simplify them to fit within our simplicity of understanding. The Spiritual Realm is one of ENERGY and Intelligence and possesses no material form. Describing what is in it frequently leads to inadequate and confusing communication by words or pictures which can only convey the material. A failure to recognize this REALITY beyond that of 5 dimensions (length, width, depth, height, time, relative location within the universe) results in various forms of Religion.

Religion, within the context used on this site, is understood to be the experiences of humans, regarding spiritual and ethnic experiences, recorded in specific human languages, often retranslated into other languages, and, used as a Guideline for an individual and community peaceful and altruistic lifestyle. It is further recognized that some religious leaders have altered, added, and deleted content to their teachings in an effort to appease and attract both the political leaders in authority, the rationalizing intellect of the scribes, and the myths and beliefs of the men and women of the country that was relevant.

Christianity, in a brief example, is portrayed in dozens of variations. Many, have been influenced by the political authority of Britain. Others have been influenced by the political authority of Rome. Others, have been influenced by the political authority of Constantinople (Istanbul). The political power of each of these divisions has been so influential as to form the conflicting sides in wars, the basis of which were directly against the central beliefs of the Book (Bible) they each declared was central to their existence. Further, of the religious texts available, those brought together into a central volume termed The Bible, were selected by scribes acting under political authority. Of the available texts, some were excluded; many were destroyed. The Book of Jasher is but one.

Language is a difficulty in the sharing and spread of all spiritual experiences. Languages frequently do not share words with synonymous meanings. An Amerindian language has 16 variations for the English word, "Love". The Inuit language has at least a dozen words for the one English word, "snow". The Slavic languages do not even share the same alphabet as the European ones. Many of the original works included in the older section (Testament) of The Bible were written, with a paint-like ink, in script on hides. Over decades and centuries flecks of ink flaked off of some hides. Scribes dutifully copied what they saw, what remained. A small particle missing from the name "Noah" would change the gender from female to masculine.

The Jewish heritage, for much of the times and records of the Old Testament part of The Bible, was one of herding and small communities. Much of the common language used was a reflection of herding and the practices of herdsmen. Most did not read or write and much of the sharing of the histories and learnings was oral, spoken amongst small groups. There was no practical requirement to learn or use tens of thousands of words. A herdsman might learn 5000 words in his lifetime. Modern readers frequently use a vocabulary of 50,000 words, largely to describe non-herding concepts and realities. Translating from a simple and restricted language to a complex and widely spanning language present huge opportunities for "interpretation" .. and likely misinterpretation.

A Spiritual approach to ethics, values, beliefs ... strives to focus on the Practical, and Personal, expression of the CONTEXT of the histories recorded in basic spiritual texts, often defined by their attraction to established religious organizations. There are few preachers, pasters, spiritual leaders, monks, priests, and other clerics who distance themselves from the religious organizations in abundance and seek to convey a Practical Teaching to people, in general. One of those which does (2009) I find to be The Joyce Meyer Ministry.

2. Humility, Prayer, Openness

A uniqueness about Spirituality is a person's ability to share intimately about oneself and one's errors and successes, one's losses and gains .. so that others may learn from the sacrifices undertaken and be saved from the failures, tragedies and traumas so often incurred through misdirection, ignorance, and pride. Joyce Meyer is a spiritual educator who has learned to do this. She began life with some severe repeated shame experiences. She has a strong Basic Personality, Personal Spirit, and SuperEgo.

Strong identity factors often require a supportive environment which affords patience, mentoring, and acceptance. As Joyce acknowledges, her husband Dave, did not have an easy time of it with her. He did remain constant and faithful in his beliefs under great duress. Joyce was allowed to find her own awareness, not by force, but by Faith, and, a lot of diligent searching.

Openness about a shame filled past is Very Hurtful for an immature Ego or SuperEgo. This pain is ever more intense for someone with Strong identity factors. It takes a Special mix of person to keep a spiritual focus through periods of strife. Spiritual Maturity does not happen overnight. There are MANY challenges /opportunities which carry us from ignorant/selfish/childish to aware/responsible/mature. Many people have the opportunity. Some begin the climb. Most give up repeatedly or totally. Joyce speaks from Life Example. Many sense that she is speaking truthfully for they share her feelings and experiences.

Recovery from CFS-ME is going to require more than a simple prescription or concoction. If YOU are going to make it through, spiritual strength can assist you greatly. You cannot count on physical strength or stamina. If you have been correctly diagnosed with CFS-ME, you don't have any! If that diagnosis is also correct, your emotional stability and strength will be challenged by your beliefs, language, thinking, nutrition, and lifestyle EVERY day. You may do well for quite some time. If you have Relevant information, like in this Package, and, the Resources to afford many tests and therapies, that will also greatly assist your moderation of emotional swings. With a minimum of resources, you can build a renewed, maintained, or newly developed spiritual strength. That alone can sustain your efforts for wellness, your relationships, and your optimism.

3. Sharing, Empathy, Charitas

Together, we can do more!
This is one of the closings which Dave and Joyce add to their newsletters.

Joyce has
• provided dozens of tools to assist others;
• prayed and studied to ever expand her Gifts;
• worked with an ever increasing support staff;
• shared her messages personally at Conference gatherings;
• given practical personal experiences to learn from;
• taken health care to many foreign countries;
• provided encouragement to those in jails;
• maintained a ministry for over 30 years.

A good Mentor provides a good example.
So many spiritual and religious leaders talk a good talk, yet fail to walk the talk. They fail to live out, as an example to their students, what they preach. Many thousands of people act as Intellectual mentors. Few provide a Spiritual mentor example. Joyce is not perfect. She freely admits this. She is many things which can assist most people to a less stressed Recovery.

• reverent
• joyful
• acknowledging
• respectful
• practical
• enthusiastic
• honest
• self-renewing
• grateful
• empathetic
• self-disciplined
• humorous
• caring
• open
• humble

Resources are useless unless YOU use them.
You can purchase your own copy, purchase a family or group set, borrow from a friend, borrow from a library, borrow from a supporting church, loan your copy to someone else, invite others to listen to it with you, obtain a used copy from a second hand store, or by some other means. You also can view the Joyce Meyer Ministry broadcasts on many television channels on your own TV, that of a friend, or in a public setting, sometimes. If you or a friend have an internet connection, you can often view episodes in one of several formats streamed from the JMM website. Downloads are also possible if you have an iPod or a mpg player. Check it out from this Profile.

Suggested RESOURCES:

The following are spiritually strengthening DVD's and CD's which I and others I know have found great benefit in. While I became aware of The Meyer Ministry during the time I had CFS-ME, I found the messages and examples helpful as reminders, reframers, and Faith maintainers both during the pre-turning point in my Recovery and in the challenging times of maintaining my recovery. With the other Tools in this Package, you have the benefit of using these much earlier in your recovery.

I have briefly annotated each of the following to provide you with a quick reminder of the content. When choosing WHICH individual CD (single, or, single-of-a-set) or individual DVD might be best for you to review on any given day, I stress that you make the CHOICE through the use of muscle testing, or, by Spiritual Guidance.

Remember, there may be times in which it will be best for you to benefit from one 1 or 2 discs, and these may not be from the same set. There may be times during which reviewing a disc a number of repetitions can be most helpful. Check WHICH, WHEN, and HOW often to receive your maximum benefit and your speediest recovery. As with all options, it is not the number of times you review the information that is important. Reviewing WHAT is best for YOU, at the times WHEN they are best for YOU, will reward you with the greatest benefits in the time you require.

• I Belong to God, and He Loves Me. --- DVD
  
  
  
  

• The Life you have always wanted:
  Keys that open the doors to everything you need. --- DVD
  
  
  
  

• Healthy Living: Spirit, Soul & Body.
  Feeling your Best with God. --- 4 CD set
  • Spiritual Health.
  • Mental Health.
  • Emotional Health.
  • Your Body is God's House.
  
  

• Never Give Up!
  How to Resist Giving In and Giving Up. --- 4 CD set
  • Prisoners of Hope.
  • Defeating Doubt and Unbelief.
  • Run Your Race.
  • It's Time to Move On.
  
  

• Living Without Frustration:
  How you can find Satisfaction in God's Grace. -- 4 CD set
  • Living Without Frustration.
  • Letting Go and Learning to Enjoy Life.
  • Receiving and Giving Grace.
  • How to Avoid a Power Outage in Your Life.
  
  

• Me and My BIG Mouth. -- 4-CD set
  • The Power of Words.

  • Don't Complain.
    Murmering, Grumbling, Fault Finding.
    To remain, stay overnight, stay permanently.
    Praise, thanksgiving, worship .. moves God.
    What our flesh doesn't like becomes a complaint.
    Work out your own salvation; work w/Holy Spirit.
    Do all things without grumbling and fault finding.
    Deut 1:2 Israel took 40 years for an 11 day trip.
    If you have dwelt long enough on YOUR mountain .. time to Move!
    Our Attitude comes out of our mouth.
    If God is in Control, maybe I am to learn something
    ---- from the current challenge.
    John 4: Jesus looking for worshipers in spirit and truth.
    Worshipers worship at all times, by self, with others, all times.
    Numbers 21:4 impatient, depressed, discouraged.
    It took 23,000 dead from snakes before they were humbled
    ..... to consider, "We have sinned."
    
    

  • Your Words and Your Future.
    Believe in your Heart, confess with the mouth.
    A pattern only makes what it is designed to (dress).
    Principles and Guidelines support outcomes/future.
    Talking about sickness (how bad) NOT health promoting.
    Give God/angels something to work with.
    Affirm the Positive to develop it. God is ..
    I have favor everywhere I go.
    Good ...
    I am a Blessing wherever I go.
    I walk in the Fruit of the Spirit. Change and Renew!
    Set your mind on things above (spiritual)
    I endeavour to live my life ...
    Call those things that be not as if they already existed.
    
    

  • Be Careful what You say.
  
  
  

• Enjoying a Life of Freedom. --- 4 CD set
  • Actions and Consequences.
    Sow to the Spirit, Reap Life. (Investor)
    Sow to the Flesh, reap Destruction. (Gambler)
    Don't wait to be preached happy. Do your homework.
    Crucify the flesh by not feeding it!
    Stir yourself up. Don't wait for someone else to do it.
    In God's image (free Choice), no blaming.
    If you have free choice, you have to take responsibility.
    Love has to Give.
    Holy righteous anger to inspire you to take the life you love.
    I need more of YOU in my life.
    No negatives, no Choices, only know of the Positives.
    Devil gets to you through your mind (thoughts).
    Devil gives you excuses not to take ownership.

  • The Flesh wants Control.
    Sow to the Spirit and reap life here & life eternal, or
    Sow tot he flesh and reap ruin, decay, & destruction.
    Sowing is reading scriptures, fellowship with reverent people, prayer by self & with others, awareness through education, enhancement through coaching.
    You will reap from what you sow.
    Devil is our oversensitivities which act as anchors of destruction.
    Depression can be God knocking at the door of our heart.
    Be enthusiastic and open the door.
    Our commitment is challenged when we are to give away something we cherish.
    Do for yourself, not just expect from others.
    Jesus was tempted yet stayed strong by remaining prayed up, fully dependent on the Father, open to the Holy Spirit ... provided life through which he could provide life for others.
    Break the flesh to release the spirit.
    Prayer is a privilege, NOT an obligation.
    God does not need us to pray; we need to pray to learn & know.
    Control is a common issue: others, circumstances, God, future, kids.
    Keep your Peace and keep your Power.
    Those with strong personalities often find themselves around others with different Personality/Thinking Styles. If we have strengths (extremes) we will only become more effective by becoming accepting of the strengths of others (patient, compassionate)
    We are not ready to have something, until we can be happy without it.
    Have Joy where you are so you have something to share with others.
    Want what God wants for You.
    Capabilities need to be developed into abilities thro expression.
    Pictures are photos taken of others in the form of negatives which can be developed in a dark room into copies which can be shared with others and appreciated by oneself.
    Our abilities are developed in the dark room of life's trials to bring out the patient, steadfastness and endurance in us.
    Humility can be encouraged when we feel 110% committed to being right, yet become aware that one IS wrong!
    ** Learn to keep oneself calm in adversity.
    Parable of the Geode: something may look terrible on the outside yet be beautiful on the inside.
    People need to feel accepted before they can relax from defensiveness and become open to change.

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• Spiritual Maturity. --- x CD set

  CDx. Going Deeper in God
  Getting beyond Self to being led by God.
  Everything God wants for us will work out best for us.
  Have Faith to believe in what God wants for us.
  Be a Spiritual pig .. want all God will give to you.
  

  Carnal, Self Centered, Impatient.
  Paying for something you don't know where its at, owe.
  

  How do you go deeper?
  Everything will seem impossible.
  Nothing from God is complicated.
  Just keep drilling. Persist.
  Leave the shallows and head for the deep.
  die to Self.
  Be able to not get your way and be happy.
  

  Manipulation:
  Controlling routine to get your own way.
  Willing to adapt to have peace.
  Better than staying in bondage .. strife.
  Pray for changes in yourself .. not others.
  Like Paul, pray for others to be grounded,
  endure with Joy.
  Pray: "All I need is YOU"

  If we delight in the Lord, we will reap the deepest desires in our hearts.

  I don't want to be told what to do,
  yet I will bury my soul, will, feelings .. to have YOURS.

  Get to the Sweet Spot point.
  If you can't help the way you feel,
  you can Choose how you act.
  Progress is doing what is right when we feel otherwise.

  Hebrews 4:12 Only the Word of God ..
  Collosians 3: Stop giving into and feeding the things that bug you.

  I am going to be filled with the Power of God.
  I'm not going to give up! Keep drilling.

  Diamonds and gold and silver are hidden,
  because God wants us to dig for the precious.
  God sees your heart.

  Collosians 3:5 Deprive of power those things that are ruling against us.
  
  
  

• Overcoming FEAR. --- 2 CD set

  CD1. FAITH vs FEAR
  Fear prevents us from Doing.
  Fear makes everything seem worse than what it is.
  Fear makes us do unreasonable & ridiculous things.
  Faith gives us confidence & makes us feel fair.

  FEAR ..
  False Evidence Appearing Real.
  Few people are Bold enough to do what God directs them to do.
  FAITH must be released to be of benefit: Words, Thought, Action, Prayer.
  Greater is he who lives in Me (God) than who lives in the world (Devil)
  YOU are the Home of God.

  When you accept God, God is in you.
  Without Faith it is impossible to please God.
  The Rewarder of those who deliberate in Faith.
  Human Beings, not, Human Doings.
  If God be for me, who can be against me!
  Transformed, not translated.
  Going through gets you to where you want to be.
  "God, I Trust You."

  Fear steals peace and joy.
  God sets before us Life and Death.
  Choose Life; Satan encourages Overwhelm.
  Unforgiveness: we dignify our feelings over God.
  You can have a good finish and help others at the same time.
  We have to take Responsibility.
  Don't let your Past become an excuse to stay there.
  There is no pit so deep that God cannot reach down to you.
  Every place in which the sole of your foot touches, God is with you.
  
  

  CD2 -- DOUBT, The Friend of FEAR.
  You are what you Believe in.
  Cowardice is giving into fear.
  Never free from it until you stand up to it.
  New levels of awareness/skill, new devil.
  Spend your life taking care of yourself, or, let God look after you.
  Press through --- Confront.
  God chooses to work with what the world throws away .. refused.

  God is your Vindicator/Rewarder.
  A God who sees in secret and rewards in the open.
  David was anointed 20 years before he became king.
  Take what satan meant for harm and make into Good.
  Don't miss God's plan through bitterness and anger.
  Kill your own Giant to become who you can be.
  Do your best, and God will do the rest.
  God sees/hears where you can be and knows where you are and have been.

  Know the Heart and Character of God thro your studies.
  Have confidence to know that God is talking to you.
  DOUBT can make you give up faith and procrastinate.
  "Come Boldly, not in Fear!"
  "God loves Me!"
  "I hear from God and I will not be deceived by strangers."
  "God gives me Favor wherever I go!"
  You can't have what you don't believe in.
  Look at God, not at yourself.
  "I am a beloved Son or Daughter of God and He is well pleased with me!"

  God is not pleased with all of our behavior,
  ------- yet pleased with Who we are.
  "I am OK and I'm on my way."
  
  

• Be Yourself: Embracing Your Talents, Gifts and Abilities. --- DVD
  
  
  
  

Be SMART!
Don't make the easy error of allowing your Rational Mind (Ego and/or SuperEgo) make the Choices for you. Unless you are strongly spiritually skilled, they will always try and interfere with the Spiritual Guidance which is available to you. As best, they will select good choices for you which have minimized benefit because the timing or order is irrelevant for YOU. At worst, they will Exclude the BEST Resource for you and substitute others, or none, which may only serve to confuse or misdirect you further.