Lesson Sixteen: You Must be Vigilant

You must continue to learn constantly. Once you become aware of a truth, it cannot end there. The process of uncovering is a constant and continuous process. What you think you know about a truth today, only stands to change in the next moment. Be vigilant in utilizing as many sources as are presented to you. Truth takes on many dimensions, that demand just as many perspectives. Never be afraid to see the many different sides of a truth. Pray for disserment to see with clarity and to broaden your understanding.

Lesson Fifteen: Enjoying the Light

There are times when a prophet must take a moment on the journey and sit quietly and enjoy the warmth that the light brings. Breath and allow your senses to take in the beauty that clarity brings. The world holds an amazing ability to rejuvinate and inspire if you take the time to stop periodically and take it in. Afterwards, take a moment to give thanks express your gratitude. Simple as this gesture is, it is important in building stamina that is necessary to finish the journey.

Lesson Fourteen: The Freedom of Resolve

The hardest part of making a decision, is the action of choosing and then moving onto the pathway of that choice. There is a certain freedom in beginning to simply walk toward a goal. Remember that freedom when you are tempted to look backward at where you began, and use it to overcome that tempation. Never look behind you. Keep embracing the beauty of walking forward and believe that the path will continually evolve toward the goal you are seeking. Be resolute in your movement...never hesitant.

Lesson Thirteen: All Things, Great and Small

Goodness is understood and fostered through small movements. Greatness will always be predicated by a history of embracing the goodness in every moment. Never underestimate how a small act can influence future greatness. Nothing comes out of thin air. Pay attention and learn to recognize these influential moments.

Lesson Twelve: You Get What You Need

Does a parent give a child everything that they desire? A good one does not. Desire for things that fulfill the ego can be a hinderence to the truth. When a prophet takes on fame, two things generally happen: 1) The person takes precedence over the truth that is shared and becomes the focal point, or 2) The person willingly to forgoes all the temptations that fame brings for the sake of the truth they bring. Those whose ego becomes inflated with fame, suffer greatly when trials come, because the attacks are generally directed toward the person rather than the idea. Those prophets who stand behind the truth can survive anything because they have embraced the fruits that the truth brings and not the fruits of wealth and popularity.

Lesson Eleven: A Voice in the Wilderness

Sometimes it may appear that you are a voice in the wilderness. Fatefully, people may be drawn to you, seemingly ready to improve their quality of life as the result of your insight and yet all your wisdom may appear to fall on deaf ears. You may have an overwhelming desire to question your truth, your purpose, develop feelings of extreme frustration, and want to forget about the whole endevour. Don't. This is where faith in the mechanisms of heaven is a necessity. A tree comes from the smallest seed. Change takes time, patience and divine presence. Still, there may only be few who will listen. Note that the greatest changes didn't have mass followings to begin with. They took root over time. Truth has a melody that cannot be forgotten...you will be heard.

Lesson Ten: It's all part of the Job Description

Much of your work as the voice of truth, will be exerting patience with the limited understanding of people you come in contact with. More times than not, they will have no frame of reference to pull from when you speak your truth. Finding the words that parallel a truth with their experience is necessary. That is why Jesus taught in parables. They may not understand, or simply choose to disregard what you say. The most difficult part of being a prophet is to let go of those who, after so much time and energy is expended in teaching them, choose to continue down the wrong path. As a prophet, you never get to choose who presents themselves to you for the truth. There is comfort knowing that heaven is still watching over all you come in contact with.

Lesson Nine: The Following Darkness

Once light begins to shine through you, it may also attract darkness. In an age of science and technology, it is easy to dismiss evil in its more traditional understanding as an irrational folly of the human imagination, or a human proposition. It is not. The language we choose to define it may change, but its substance stays the same. The wisest prophet never dismisses evil as a reality, they simply don't feed into it. Parasidic in form, it thrives on fear. It grows only when fear takes hold of your life and deters you from your path. It may encircle you with others who are wrapped in darkness through fear, but the light of truth will always keep it at bay. Light can cancel out darkness, but there is nothing that can cancel out light.

Lesson Eight: The Long Lonliness

It is an often lonely experience to see, to know, and understand a truth that others do not. In many ways it is like seeing a color, or having an added sense that others do not share. Self containment is the skill that must be developed here. Since we are all part of a greater whole, it is up to you to be that sense for the rest of the body. It is a delicate balance to be part of something greater and yet not lose ones unique talent, or individual aspect that adds to the whole. The simple truth is that you are never alone, there is always someone who walks the same walk you do. Release the lonliness and step away from isolation and they will appear.

Lesson Seven: The Essential Nature of Things

Once you begin living in higher definition, it may become easy to judge others who live with less clarity as stupid or having little to offer you on your journey. WRONG! Everyone and everything that crosses your path is an essential element on your journey. A wise prophet understands that the big picture is comprised of smaller, seemingly insignificant pieces. Even the darkest of characters can provide an opportunity to share the light of truth. Embrace each person or event as the greatest gift. Gratitude builds hope. Hope illuminates what comes next

Lesson Six: Once you know, you never unknow a truth

After the initial freedom of embracing a truth, there is often a period of time when you may look back with nostalgia at life shrouded in illusion. It may appear simpler and easier in many ways. This is absolutely normal. Elevating one's reality brings change to every aspect of life. The brain is forced to work in a completely new and different way. The best way to handle this change is to free fall into it. The phrase, let go and let God is a necessity during this period...as well as remembering the prayer you recited at the beginning of this process. Don't fight the changes that truth brings and the transition will be easier. You will also be better prepared to face what is to come.

Lesson Five: A Bitter Pill

When you go through the often difficult process of uncovering and embracing a truth, you may have a tendancy to tell everyone you know. In your zealous enthusiasm, you may want to strip illusion from the eyes of everyone you love, show them the error of their ways, and challenge them to change. But when you deprive them of the process, truth can be nothing but a bitter pill. Not everyone is ready to let go of illusion and face the truth. Many people may even be angry with you for judging how they live their lives...even though you both know it could stand improvement. The most effective prophet allows themselves to be transformed by truth, and then lives it. Talking about it is often too confusing. When others see the transformation in you and desire the same transformation, then it is time to talk...and yet whether or not they choose to follow the process is still up to them. A prophet is only as effective as the truth they live.

Lesson Four: Excremental Vision

Once light shines exposes your personal environment, you may be shocked. Life is not as clean and neat as one might expect. Initially, it may be a shock to see how one can live amidst such apparant filth. Life, however, is messy, as is growth. Embracing the fact that "shit happens" to everyone and it is a normal part of anyone's journey is essentially the first step in understanding it's importance in allowing the truth to take root and flourish in your life. Growth cannot occur in a sterile invironment. Dirt is essential, as well as fertilizer. The richest and most natural source? Manure. The simple decision to learn from the "shit" that is present in your life is what determines whether it will help you grow or turn you toxic. A prophet uses everything that happens to enrich their truth.

Lesson Three: What is Truth?

Is truth absolute? If it is, our human limitations probably keep us from fully comprehending it. Is the color blue still blue in the dark? Because color is dependent on light and the reflection and absorbtion of its waves to produce a color in the spectrum, perhaps it's substance exists only in the realm of potential until light shines upon it. Truth, like color, depends on exposure to the light in the same way. The first challenge of a true prophet is to shed light into the darkest places in their lives. Sometimes the greatest truths lie hidden along side those things we try to bury in darkness. Before you begin this journey of exposure, let me comfort you by saying that things are far less frightening or threatening once you see them in the light.

Lesson Two: What is a Prophet?

The Oxford English Dictionary defines a prophet as the inspired or accredited spokesman, proclaimer, or preacher of some principle, cause or movement. A prophet is one who speaks for God as the inspired revealer or interpreter of divine will; one who is held or (more loosely) who claims to have this function; an inspired or quasi-inspired teacher. No where does it say that a prophet must have any greater handle on the truth or is better suited for it than anyone else. You must see a truth, be inspired by it and believe that it is God who is the source of that truth. What separates the prophet from a charlatan or someone of feeble mind? Nothing. Only time, commitment to the truth, and complete surrender to the divine will can keep you on the right path.

Lesson One: Taking the First Step

To be a true prophet, you don't need a pedigree...in anything. You do, however, need to say this prayer: "Honoring all the talents I've been given, take me down the path I need to go to fulfill my greatest purpose in life and in turn I will promise to keep walking despite the fear that wells up in my throat, the overwhelming feelings of inadequacy that I may face and the desire to give into the temptation to run in the opposite direction." If you can say those words then you are ready. Please note, however, that once you say them...God will take you at your word. Changing your mind is not an option.