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JOSHUA’S JOURNAL

News and views from Joshua Books …. making a difference!

Issue #004 July 16, 2004

E-mail: admin@joshuabooks.com Website: http://www.joshuabooks.com

Copyright © 2003 Joshua Books

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CONTENTS

1.A story inside You
2.Change in the Wind
3.Quick Quotes
4.Meditation
5.Maree's Interview
6.Sharpen your Imagination
7.Children are our Future

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Hello Folks,

Welcome to another edition of Joshua's Journal, our newsletter from Joshua
Books. In this issue, we will be looking at visualisation and meditation.

Do you use it in your daily goal setting? I think everyone does it to some
extent especially children. Just look how easily they can manifest a new
pushbike for themselves at Christmas time!

Read on ......

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1. DO YOU HAVE A STORY IN YOU?

Do you have a short story or an anecdote you would like to share with others?
Something interesting or emotive about 500 words or so. Then email the
office on admin@joshuabooks.com and we shall review it to see if it is
suitable for our newsletter. If used, we would give your article the appropriate
by-line.

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2. A CHANGE IS IN THE WIND

By the end of this month, Joshua's Journal will have a new home and a new
format. The numbers of our subscribers have grown incredibly and we want
to be able to provide you with an even better service. So we shall be
automating the distribution of our newsletter thus allowing us to put all our
efforts into the content rather than the distribution.

I shall bring you up to date on the progress in our next issue.

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3. QUICK QUOTES

"The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that
are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day. The content
of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you do is who you become.
Your integrity is your destiny - it is the light that guides your way."
-- Heraclitus

"My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing
the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment."
-- Oprah Winfrey

"Prayer is you talking to God; meditation is you listening to God."
-- Yogi Amrit Desai

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4. MEDITATION

With the hectic pace and demands of modern life, many people feel stressed
and over-worked. It often feels like there is just not enough time in the day to
get everything done. Our stress and tiredness make us unhappy, impatient
and frustrated. It can even affect our health. We are often so busy we feel
there is no time to stop and meditate! But meditation actually gives you more
time by making your mind calmer and more focused. A simple ten or fifteen
minute breathing meditation can help you to overcome your stress and find
some inner peace and balance.

Meditation can also help us to understand our own mind. We can learn how
to transform our mind from negative to positive, from disturbed to peaceful,
from unhappy to happy.

- courtesy of How-to-Meditate at http://www.how-to-meditate.org

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5. MAREE MOORE INTERVIEW

Maree Moore is the author of "The Masters of the Mystical Rose - A History
of the Grail Family" and is currently researching and writing her second book
and sequel "The Dove, The Rose And The Sceptre - In Search of the Ark of
the Covenant". She is an absolute wealth of information with regard to her
chosen subject and well worth listening to.

For those who didn't receive the previous Newsflash, Maree has been
scheduled to be interviewed on The James Whale Show at 12.15 am on Friday
8th July London Summer Time i.e. 11.15 pm on Thursday 17th July GMT.
(If you are confused as I am about world times, click here to figure it out
http://www.worldtimeserver.com )

James Whale, the UK king of late night radio, is outspoken, opinionated,
sometimes offensive but always entertaining. He has attracted a cult
following throughout his years as a broadcaster and has interviewed many
famous people on his show such as Laurence Gardner, David Icke, Uri Geller
and Eric von Daniken. Now, one of our key authors, Maree Moore, will be
on the list with them.

Do listen to the interview. I am sure you will find it very entertaining. Here
are some links to help you enjoy the program [If you have problems with the
links below, just copy & paste them into the address window of your browser.]

**To find out about James Whale,
http://www.talksport.net/presenters_whale.htm
**To ask a question of Maree,
http://www.talksport.net/thestation_email.htm?email=The-Live-Show
**To listen to The James Whale Show,
http://www.thejameswhaleshow.co.uk/index2.php

Remember, the interview is for an hour between 2300 and 2400 hours
Thursday 17th July GMT.

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For "The Masters of the Mystical Rose - A History of the Grail Family" by
Maree Moore, click here http://www.joshuabooks.com/author_mm.htm

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6. SHARPENING YOUR IMAGINATION

There was a whole lot of imagineering happening right there on the floor, in
front of God and Everybody!

Inceptive creation taking place! Oh, there was a mess all right! Stringy, yucky,
mushy stuff was everywhere. Knives and other implements of the operating
room were in full use, as were gentle and loving hands. A real birthing of new
forms from old, it was. And when they were ready to walk upon the Earth as
new beings, light would emanate from deep inside their centres, their very
souls perhaps, illuminating for a short while the dark of night with a new
perspective.

Say, What was happening on the floor? And, isn't that illegal? No "officials"
of any kind present? No doctors or midwives? No religious representatives?
Can you really do this sort of thing in your own home? Give birth? Creative
inception. Divine inception. Sexual? Religious?

Comeawn now! We're talking about something radical happening here! Right
here! (Maybe on your floor, too!)

And, indeed it was happening many places that night. Visual imagineering at
its apex taking place in the annual ritualistic carving of vegetable matter into
forms to be inhabited by good spirits to frighten off any evil spirits that may
seek to harm the creator/parent on All Hallows Eve. What a wonderful word,
"imagineering". To me, it combines the best of what the mystical factor of
imagination has to offer with the practical pragmatism of engineering.
Imagineering! What excitement is contained in that word! Vegetable spirit
homes or space shuttle cabins all come under the auspices of imagineering.
And what of the mystical creation portion of this activity? "Imagination"? Do
we really have any idea what it is and where it comes from? "Imagination is
funny, it makes a cloudy day sunny..." go the song lyrics. Some say
imagination is divine inspiration flowing into the human mind as ideas not
previously conceived nor expected. Further, it is said that the human body can
not tell the difference between that which is "real" and that which is
"imagined". It has been demonstrated under scientific circumstances that
learning done through imagined visualization is as effective and sometimes
more so than physical hands-on experience.

During the recent World's Series, there was an ad on the TV that said, in effect,
that you can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.
Physical eyes perceive through the filters of one's empirical experience.
Imagination knows no such limiting horizons. Imagination can take you where
you have never gone before. Indeed, it is your only vehicle for such uncharted
travel.

Sharpen up your imagining, your imagineering, your visions, your dreams.
Bring them into focus. The sharper the focus, the clearer the image, and
therefore, the better the picture you create. Your physical eyes can only tell
you so much about your reality, and frankly, if your reality doesn't match the
visions desired out of your imagination, ignore what your eyes see, and stay
focused on that image you want to carve out of your life. Imagination allows
you to create your own desired reality, to get you excited about the wanted
outcome, and out of vision and passion, bring your desire to fruition. Carved
vegetables or space shuttles, nothing happens without imagination.

So, sharpen up the knife of your imagination and carve your pumpkin of new
reality and light it from inside with your own creative fire of passion. It can
happen right there on your floor, in front of God and Everybody!

- Michele Lauren Hummel

Michele is a regularly featured columnist in the Alpenhorn newspaper, the
community newspaper of Running Springs, California. In addition to writing,
Michele is also a professional musician, performing and recording throughout
California. http://www.inspiredliving.com

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7. THE CHILDREN ARE OUR FUTURE

How important it is that we empower our children with virtues of self-esteem
and respect for others. Perhaps the lessons that they learn at school do not
put enough importance in these areas. Let us be honest, they don't.

These things come from our inner self, which knows only respect and love
for all creation. There is a need for our children to make contact with their
spiritual essence from an early age and to understand that all power to create
the life that they want is within. They need to understand that this is their
birthright. The rest is just experience and growth into a better world that they
are helping to create.

This year, we released a beautiful book of meditations by Roxanne Paynter
called "Small Souls". We can read it to our kids to help them to reach for a
series of better ideals knowing that they can do just that. After all they are
not born with negative outlooks on life. Watch them at play.

Roxanne knew her son would be a little different, and she thought about how
she could make him feel good about himself, as he grew older. She analysed
the things that would be most important to teach him and she discovered
these things to be love, self-esteem, and a connection to spirit or purpose in
life. So Small Souls was written.

To quote Roxanne …. "Most parents would agree that their children are more
precious than anything else they've known. We monitor and nurture our
children's physical well-being, but how do we go about developing a child's
inner growth? Now more than ever, our children need the ability to function
and survive in a world where we cannot protect them from harsh realities.

By investing your energies in the development of your child's soul, you
enrich their lives more than any other gift you can give. Not only giving
them greater coping skills, you add magic to the mundane. You enable the
child to connect spiritually when you are apart, helping your Small Soul
become a Great Soul."

"Small Souls" has attracted a lot of attention and here is what just three
people have to say about it …

"As a Behaviour Support Teacher, we often incorporate calming strategies
and visualization within our work. Roxanne's meditations are perfect! Her
work is very imaginative and vivid; within seconds of reading, you are
'moved' into a very calm and safe environment. Fantastic meditations that
would appeal to both children and adults alike."
- Kelly O'Grady (B.Ed., M. Ed.)

"Teaching children the skill to visualize, or meditate, can be beneficial in
reducing the stress levels children and young adults deal with in their daily
functions. Guided meditations such as Roxanne's are a part of my repertoire
and I have included hers in my collection. Her collection will appeal to boys
as well as girls and across a range of ages."
- Lucia Nicholson (Reiki Master, Advisory Behaviour Teacher)

"I felt myself being drawn to these magical, mystical places that you've
created with words. I have actually used your Rainbow and Waterfall to work
through my own pain, and the feelings associated with chronic pain."
- Kylie Nash (Nurse and mother)

Would you like to give your children the gift of creative visualization and
greater self-esteem? Or perhaps your grandchildren or just the kids next door!
This book is perfect for all families and will bring inspiration even to adults.
I highly recommend it. Go to http://www.joshuabooks.com/author_rp.htm

- John Bannister

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For "Small Souls" by Roxanne Paynter, click here
http://www.joshuabooks.com/author_rp.htm

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Well, that's it for this issue.

Now remember Maree's interview at 2300 hours Thursday 17th GMT. Do
listen and send an email with your thoughts to admin@joshuabooks.com

We will certainly be listening!

Happy reading,

John Bannister & The Joshua Books Team

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