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	HOLIDAY OFFER! 50% OFF on all Valley of the Sun books and CDs Go to www.prohypnosis2.com to find details on over 300 life-changing titles. Our 5-Day Professional Hypnotist Training (specializing in Past-Life Therapy and spiritual techniques) will be offered in LA, March 22-26. Certification available through the International Hypnosis Federation. Many have started a whole new career on the basis of this training alone. http://www.dicksutphen.com/html/hyptrain.html REDUCED WINTER PRICING for Six Hypnotherapy 1-Hour Phone Sessions with Dick Sutphen: was $695 now $495. Three 1-Hour Hypnotherapy Phone Sessions -- $295. Write for appointments: sutphenseminars@hotmail.com / Sessions are custom tailored to your needs (1-hour sessions -- phone only). CUSTOM HYPNOSIS CDs by Dick Sutphen, created for you & the changes you want to make. http://www.dicksutphen.com/html/privatesession.html The Secret Is There Is No Secret Before leaving to do a keynote talk and teach at a hypnosis convention, I searched my bookcases for some reading to take along. While taking one book from the shelf, another title fell at my feet: ”If You Meet The Buddha On The Road, Kill Him!” by Sheldon B. Kopp. I took this as a sign to reread this 1972 volume, which is subtitled, “The Pilgrimage of Psychotherapy Patients.” A couple paragraphs summarize the book: “The Zen way to see the truth is through your everyday eyes. It is only the heartless questioning of life-as-it-is that ties a man in knots. A man does not need an answer in order to find peace. He needs only to surrender to his existence, to cease the needless, empty questioning. The secret of enlightenment is when you are hungry, eat; and when you are tired, sleep. “The Zen Master warns: ‘If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him!’ This admonition points up that no meaning that comes from outside of ourselves is real. The Buddhahood of each of us has already been obtained. We need only recognize it. Philosophy, religion, patriotism, all are empty idols. The only meaning in our lives is what we each bring to them. Killing Buddha on the road means destroying the hope that anything outside of ourselves can be our master. No one is any bigger than anyone else. There are no mothers or fathers for grown-ups, only sisters and brothers.” Kopp supports the Zen teachings with the wisdom of the Yaqui sorcerer who claims that knowledge isn’t something to be sought and obtained. Instead, he advises we work on life’s challenges, such as the fear-based emotions we need to dispel. These are our natural enemies -- the dangers which entangle most of us. Overcoming fear leads to clarity, which leads to the need to give up self-doubt, which leads to another lesson, and then another. In other words, every accomplishment generates a new obstacle to be overcome. The process provides the learning and spiritual growth. But to add another dimension to this thinking, the Yaqui sorcerer also advises that nothing really matters, because the importance of your experiences lies not in the experiences themselves, but in the way you choose to perceive the experience. There are many paths you can take to work through the challenges in your life, although the sorcerer would also tell you that any path is only a path and all paths are the same. They all lead nowhere. But as human beings, we’ll choose a particular path to get from here to there. One person’s path is the Catholic Church, another uses meditation, another becomes an exercise zealot. My path is Zen-based metaphysics. The question to ask yourself is, “Does my path have a heart?” If it does, follow it. * * * * * "Dick Sutphen's Metaphysical World" radio show airs on www.contacttalkradio.com 11 AM -- 12 Noon (Pacific Time) every Wednesday. (This is the most popular show on the CTR network). Listen live on the web or download an archive show. We're also live on an FM station in Seattle and we're on satellite. In addition to our regular listeners, thousands have subscribed to have iTunes download the show into their iPods. Of the 58 shows on the network, Dick's is #1. To visit his page: http://www.contacttalkradio.com/hosts/dicksutphen.htm / iPod owners who would like to have the show downloaded: http://www.contacttalkradio.com/podcasts/Dick_Sutphen's_Meta physical_World.xml ************************************************** 2010 SUTPHEN SEMINARS: To learn more about Sutphen sponsored events, go to: www.dicksutphen.com and click “Seminars.” The events are all personally conducted by Dick Sutphen. ************************************************ We will be adding additional seminars and appearances, but for now, this is what we've pinned down: CONSCIOUS-LIFE EXPO -- Los Angeles, CA -- Feb. 12-14. Los Angeles’ biggest New Age Festival at the LAX Hilton. Dick will conduct a workshop. Some of the other speakers: Greg Braden, Marianne Williamson, Jean Houston, Debbie Ford, Dannion Brinkley, George Noory, Sean David Morton, Patti Conklin. www.consciouslifeexpo.com NGH SOLID GOLD WEEKEND -- Las Vegas, NV -- Feb. 20-21, 2010 This is a National Guild of Hypnotists "Best Of" gathering for the year. Dick will speak on marketing with the "New Media." INTERNATIONAL HYPNOSIS FEDERATION CONFERENCE -- San Pedro, CA -- Mar. 5-7 Shelly Stockwell heads up IHF, and she puts on a wild conference. Dick will be presenting. www.hypnosisfederation.com 5-DAY PROFESSIONAL HYPNOTIST TRAINING -- Marina del Rey, CA (Los Angeles) -- Mar. 22-26. Dick's world-famous training to teach you how to be a professional hypnotist, specializing in past-life regression, spiritual hypnosis and clinical hypnosis. www.dicksutphen.com LIFE-FORCE ACTIVATION SEMINAR -- Conducted by Dick & Tara Sutphen, Sedona, AZ -- April 9-11. Dick and Tara will present a weekend of shamanism and metaphysics in which you will greatly expand your awareness and experience answers directly from Spirit. Tara's "Life-Force Activation" process will energize and center you on a positive path of balance and success. She will unlock your psychic centers and assist you to make contact with your Spirit Guides and Higher Self, to channel and do automatic writing. Dick will offer Spirit-Contact Therapy and new Future Projection session that will explore the positive side of what will be happening over the next five years. You will leave the seminar feeling greatly empowered. www.dicksutphen.com LIFE-FORCE ACTIVATION SEMINAR -- Conducted by Dick & Tara Sutphen, Dallas, TX -- April 17-18 (same program as above in Sedona) A POSITIVE PSYCHIC PREVIEW: 5 Years into the Future -- A 2-day seminar conducted by Dick Sutphen. Pipestem, WV, April 24-25. Would you like to see for yourself what's going to happen to our world in the next five years? The seminar will be held at the Pipestem Spa. For more information and to find out about beautiful lodgings available: www.pipestemSpa.com / Phone: 304-466-1767. LIFE-FORCE ACTIVATION SEMINAR -- Conducted by Dick & Tara Sutphen, Lily Dale, NY -- May 1-2. (same program as above in Sedona and Dallas) 2-DAY HEALING SEMINAR -- Conducted by Dick Sutphen & Patti Conklin, in Marina del Ray, CA (Los Angeles). Dick will co-train with Patti Conklin, one of America's leading Medical Intuitives. Patti can identify the core issue of an illness utilizing her unique ability to see inside your body. She can pull disease right out of your body and take it into hers. Dick will teach his powerful techniques to heal with hypnosis (past-life carry over) and the help of Spirit. www.dicksutphen.com FLIGHT-TO-FREEDOM 7-DAY RETREAT -- Conducted by Dick & Tara Sutphen, In Lake Arrowhead, CA -- June 7-13. Limited to 12 people. Lodging and most meals included. Includes a private past-life regression with Dick and a psychic/astrology reading by Tara. Come to a beautiful home in the mountains and free your spirit. The goal of this intimate 7-day gathering is to soar beyond your current limitations and earthly concerns. For one week, a few people will work closely with Dick and Tara to explore their earthly destiny and dharma, which also releasing blocks, purging the past and pursuing personal liberation. www.dicksutphen.com THE NATIONAL GUILD OF HYPNOTISTS CONFERENCE -- Marlborough, MA, August 10. Dick will present workshops at the convention. www.ngh.net 5-DAY PROFESSIONAL HYPNOTIST TRAINING -- Featuring Past-Life Regression and Spiritual Hypnosis. Conducted by Dick Sutphen in Orlando, FL, August 23-27. www.dicksutphen.com SEDONA PSYCHIC SEMINAR -- Conducted by Dick & Tara Sutphen, Sedona, AZ, September 17-19. This is our most popular seminar. www.dicksutphen.com DICK SUTPHEN'S SCHOOL OF HYPNOSIS @ FELLOWSHIPS OF THE SPIRIT** in Lily Dale, NY, Tiers 1 & 2, Sept. 28 -- Oct. 3 /// Tiers 3 & 4, Oct. 26-31 * * * * * ON-LINE ORDERING of all Dick & Tara Sutphen books, tapes & CDs is now available at: www.prohypnosis2.com / www.mp3prohypnosis.com Or TOLL-FREE PHONE: 1-800-421-6603 / Or send a fax and credit card info to: 1-818-706-3606. Astrology charts, geographic location charts and special computerized charts and reports to help you create your own reality are available by clicking here. E-MAIL LIST To be included on Dick Sutphen’s Master of Life Column e-mail list, click HERE and in the SUBJECT slot type “Subscribe. *NOTE:* To ensure the successful delivery of this newsletter to your inbox, if you have spam e-mail filtering, please add: admin@sutphenweb.com to your email list, safe list, whitelist or address book. To be removed from this mailing list, click your e-mail reply button and type the word REMOVE in the "Subject" slot. Thank you for your interest in our communications. This column is copyright 2009 by Dick Sutphen, Box 38, Malibu CA 90265.