Graduating Life With Honours   
Conscious Self-Governance in God's Kingdom
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My Spirit name is White Walking Feather
My vessels name is rob in the pagé family
  
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This book is free and to be shared with my brothers and sisters, no matter how rich or poor they may be. I do grant to every spiritual being the right and permission to distribute this work freely with the condition that any copies or adaptations are also bound by a copyleft agreement and will not be sold or commercialized in any way and remain unaltered. If you are not familiar with copyleft, you can read more about it at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyleft   
 
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Revisions
February 6, 2015 – Prerelease   
April 12, 2015 – Final Release Version 1.0
October 12, 2017 - Updated Release on Steemit.com Version 1.1   

ISBN Number
This work has no ISBN number.  Once you work through the book you will comprehend why I refuse to apply for a number for this book.     

Dedication
To share the journey of life with somebody else is the greatest gift one can give and receive.  To accomplish such a feat requires a level of dedication, patience, communication and forgiveness that is rarely seen in the world today.  My loving wife has been unyielding in her dedication to a partnership that has been through hell and back.  This path has seen many dark days and delightful triumphs, laughs and enjoyment.  To have somebody willing to be patient enough to work through all the major obstacles is more than a man could ever wish for or even dream about. We conquered many of our demons in order to become two independent individuals working together to achieve common benefits while balancing the powerful energies of the masculine and feminine.      My wife has chosen to walk this path with me and to this very day I still pinch myself contemplating how I have ever deserved such an honour.  I may joke around that it is her fault that she brought ideas into our home that changed our lives forever.  In reality I am grateful that she rocked my world.  She literally saved us both.  It is her courage to question everything and infuse her love and protection of our two sons that opened the door to a whole new world of spiritual growth and freedom.     It is my wife that deserves the vast majority of the credit for any of the work that I share with people all around the world.  She is my sounding board, my critic and my rock.  She confronts and challenges me on many levels and helped me work through the nuances of freedom and spirituality.  She has insights and ideas that come from the universal mind and she seems to be able to tap into it easily.  She balances me very well as we ebb and flow through life.  In reality, this work is the result of the most powerful relationship I have ever experienced and her name should be on this book instead of mine. My loving wife,  your support, understanding and encouragement reflects the power, patience and love of your Spirit. I am honoured and blessed to share this journey with you and observe the divine feminine power within you shine.  I am honoured to be your husband and I love you!  

Acknowledgements
This project has taken several years to accomplish and a lifetime to research and experience. I could not have done it alone and so I want to express how grateful I am for some key individuals in my life.    

I have known Ben Stewart since we both did our first workshop in Toronto during the equinox of June 2008. Ben, thank you for being such a wonderful friend, supporter and cheerleader. Your faith in my work was clearly demonstrated when you created UNGRIP. You demonstrated patience and courage while I worked through my own fear. For that I will always be grateful. Thank you for writing such a beautiful foreword to my book.    

Amanda Brown has spent many hours helping coach me through the most difficult portions of this project. She was forthright and honest in her evaluations and she pushed me well beyond what was familiar. As a result I grew from the experience, learned lots and was able to produce a better product than I would have accomplished on my own. She is extremely talented in what she does. I would highly recommend her should anybody want help on similar types of projects. We met during the screening of UNGRIP near Calgary and we have been very good friends ever since. I know that the Creator put our lives together for a reason. For that I am grateful! She rocks!  

Rita Jensen spent many hours proof reading this book and I wanted to thank her specifically for volunteering her time in this endeavour. She has been a staunch supporter of my work and her efforts are deeply appreciated and acknowledged.    

Lots of people have contributed financially, emotionally and politically. Thank you to all those who believed in my work and the value of this book.  

A special thank you to all my clan members. Your support and encouragement has been incalculable. It is these relationships that taught me what interdependent relationships look like and as such, contributed greatly to this work. I love you all.    

Foreword by Ben Stewart

The deepest rabbit holes for humankind to explore come in the form of art that provokes our inquisitive nature rather than seeking to validate our existing beliefs. In the wisdom of Lao Tzu who authored the poetic and timeless Tao Te Ching, speaks of the path of life being hidden by our lust for the destination. Steven Tyler of Aerosmith perfectly stated 'Life's a journey, not a destination.' The greatest art seems to propel future generations into the next phase of their lives with unlimited inspiration for the process of life rather than the idealized goal.  These realizations have been fuelled by meeting the most inspirational mentor and friend in my travels. The first workshop I ever gave was over the summer solstice of 2008 with Rob. My life has never been the same since meeting this unassuming artist. By far, the most incredible work I've seen from Rob is in this treatise.    Putting most of the details away and focusing on the foundation of the human existence, this book explores rather than exploits. His words inspire in a timeless fashion rather than expire with the next passing philosophical fad. Every one of his words place the responsibility of self-development back on the individual. Leaving fear mongering for the sensationalist writers, rob goes directly for the heart of the matter. Relationships.  Our relationships with our families, friends, foes, fears, fantasies and inner freedoms account for the way we exist in this body. Without relying on circular logic or culture assumptions this entire work of art simply reveals what rob is already an expert on … his own life. I have sought to acquire the deepest most arcane wisdom of the ages through complicated texts and spiritual doctrines when all along the great sages are those humble few in our communities that simply have the heart to connect with human beings at the heart level.    I love you rob, for all that you have taught me in my short time around you. Thank you for reminding me of the qualities I have always possessed to graduate life with honours.
 

Introduction

For in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's futures. And we are all mortal. - JFK, June 10, 1963  

If we were to do a final analysis today, I suspect most of us would come to the same conclusions. When we face our own physical mortality we often have no regard for how much money we made, how much time we spent at work, or all the stuff we managed to collect. In the end, what really matters is our relationships with our loved ones and making sure that they will be okay long after we leave the physical realm. What I find absolutely encouraging is that more and more people are seriously considering these very points when they are young enough to do something about it.    

I see people waking up all over the world. Since the release of UNGRIP back in October 2011, I have been contacted by thousands of people who resonated with the idea of self-governance, taking back our power and declaring peace. People recognize that there is something terribly wrong with the world right now. Our political, economic, financial and social systems are broken and very sick. That illness has manifested in significant damage to the environment, our health, the food we eat, the water we drink and the air we breathe. People are dying or suffering greatly, so people are hitting the streets in droves in many countries around the world. People know something is wrong and they are standing up and speaking their minds. This is a healthy step in the process and is one that I encourage as long as it remains peaceful.    

Let's keep in mind though that all the things we see in the news and in the streets is a symptom of a much deeper foundational issue that has plagued mankind since the beginning of time. It is very subtle but always present. I came to the realization through my efforts to conquer depression and suicide that this life is all about relationships. I'm not going to limit this discussion on our relationships with our family, friends, communities, food, environment, etc. I am going to expand the discussion to include our relationships with the Creator, our body, our soul and our mind, as I have come to believe that this is where the root of the problem is located. This discovery came with a simple but profound question that I asked myself:  

  Am I a man searching for spiritual enlightenment or am I a soul/spiritual being having a physical experience?
 

I later found out that Pierre Teilhard de Chardin asked that very same question years earlier and the answer turned my whole world upside down and changed my whole outlook on life and all the relationships that I have. It also removed a lot of the fear that I felt and freed me more than anything else in my life. The implications of the answer influenced my efforts to govern myself in more ways than ten years of research into the occult, government statutes and regulations, money systems, politics or anything of that nature ever could. Knowing that I AM Spirit in possession of a physical body provided me with a level of freedom that was easy to understand and follow. This level of freedom is something I feel anybody could accomplish. I've always felt the solution to the question of life was very simple, and it is. However, getting there requires work, effort, and dedication. It can only be found by those who are willing to walk the path to freedom and do the work.    

To figure out the root of who I am, I did a simple thought experiment. I first considered the mortality of both my body and my spirit. I found the physical body has a finite life and the spirit, being immortal, has an infinite life span. I realized that if the essence of who I am is rooted in the body, then what and who is the spirit? What is my relationship with the spirit if that is not 'who I am'? However, if I AM the spirit and that the essence of who I AM is rooted in the spirit that lasts forever, then it was fairly easy for me to then see my relationship with the body in very much the same fashion as the character Jake Sully had with his avatar in the movie 'Avatar'. Jake would remote control his avatar using advanced technology. However, while he is remote controlling the avatar, he feels, sees and experiences everything as if he is the avatar. He has a hard time separating himself and is jolted back into reality when his session is ended. Is it possible that the spirit slips the body on as a suit in order to experience life in this physical realm much like what Jake did with his avatar? Would that explain why most people on this planet believe that when the body dies, the spirit then moves back into the spiritual realm or what some people would call 'heaven'? Why would we even want to do this?    

My goal and intent for this book is to speak directly to all the spirits out there who are in possession of a physical body and caught up in the fictional realm that we all co-created. I want to reach out to you all and show you that we are all capable of finding a meaningful balanced and centred life through self-governance that is rooted in a deep and profound relationship with the Creator, ourselves and others, all based from the point of view of the I AM, the soul/spiritual being rather than the point of view of the body caught up in the Physical Realm or the person caught up in the Fictional Realm. It will provide a guide for you, the spirit, through the pitfalls of the Fictional and Physical realms so that we can return to walking in the Spirit of who we truly are, the I AM.  I will use quotes from the King James version of the bible to help support my position and I will use the term 'I AM' to specifically reference the soul/spiritual individual.  

For in the final analysis, we are all immortal soul/spiritual beings, made by the Creator and sent here to learn how to love one another and how to have healthy relationships. Those relationships must embrace the truth of who we are and that we must govern ourselves in balance with all three realms; Spiritual Realm, Physical Realm and the Fictional Realm. For in our current manifestation, that is the reality upon which we must live this life. If we can bring them all into balance in a healthy way, then I believe we can 'Graduate Life with Honours'!  

Chapter One 

The Realms

A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the things be false, the apprehension of them is not understanding. - Isaac Newton  

Suffice to say, the question of whether I am a spiritual being having a physical experience or a man searching for spiritual enlightenment, highlights the possibility that we are dealing with a physical body and a spiritual body. What is the relationship between these two bodies and how do we reconcile it with our own experiences, thoughts and beliefs? I am convinced that we face many paradoxes in our lives. The question of what is real or not often comes into play and depends on ones point of view. Some scientists suggest that they are on the verge of proving that God does exist and that we live in a holographic universe. So what is the relationship between this Physical Realm we perceive as being real and the Spiritual Realm? How do they interact with one another? These are important questions that need to be answered if we are going to find any comfort and authority in our lives.    

There is another realm that comes to play and often influences our perceptions of the Physical and Spiritual Realm. This third realm is what I will call the Fictional Realm. We are all familiar with reading fiction novels and if the writer is very good, he/she can paint amazing imagery in our minds with nothing but words on a black and white page. That capacity is rooted in our imagination, our mind and emotional bodies' abilities to create to such a degree that we can literally escape the physical realms and live inside the fictional realm and relate to it with deep and profound emotional attachments. It is our own portable Star Trek holo-deck, capable of creating realistic environments where we can play, learn or work and it is contained within us, our own minds, at all times. One challenge I see in today’s world is that the line between the physical realm and the fictional realm has been blurred considerably. Our ability to create to such a degree has allowed mankind to form social structures that exist only in our minds. It has allowed us to organize billions of people to form countries, corporations, societies and governments of all kinds and with an amazing level of complexity. The power of our imagination and emotions create such a strong and profound attachment to the fictional world that many people dedicate their lives to the service and protection of these fictional entities. We associate characteristics to these entities and treat them as a person, even though they don't physically exist. I ask you; How many bottles of pop did Coca-Cola produce and sell last year? Would it surprise you if I told you none! In fact, people did all the work. They produced all the cans and product. They got out there and marketed and sold all that pop. The corporation did nothing because it does not exist. It is nothing but a piece of paper sitting in an office building somewhere, used to do one thing – organize billions of people around a single idea. Billions of people relate and personify it on a daily basis in order to work together as a team, controlled by a small group of people. All these entities don't physically exist but rather are projected from our own imaginations into the physical world where groups of people can then work together to accomplish amazing things. This has occurred for so long that our own fictional creations have now taken on a life of their own and we believe it so blindly that the vast majority of people actually believe that they exist. In fact it is so powerful, people are now relating to and living the lives of these fictions and they have completely forgotten who they really are.    

Let me explain this to you in another way. Here is a picture of a famous optical illusion. 

In this picture you can see either a young lady or an old lady. If you cannot see both, consider that the jaw of the young lady is at the same time, the nose of the old lady. The necklace around the young lady's neck is the mouth of the old lady. The young lady has her head turned to the back and is looking away while the old lady is looking forward and down.    

Do you see both now? Let us pretend that the young lady and old lady represent the spiritual and physical realms. Both existing as one during this manifestation. Now let me show you how the Fictional Realm works. Look at the picture and say 'Mickey Mouse' out loud. Did you 'see' him? Most of us may only see a glimpse of him because of the way our imagination works. Perhaps try saying 'Mickey Mouse' a bunch of times for five or ten seconds. Did he get any clearer? Maybe a little bit. Now look at the picture and tell a story about Mickey Mouse. Perhaps he is in his front yard, inside the picket fence, throwing a red ball for his dog Pluto, and Goofy comes to see how his pal is doing and trips over the red ball and falls flat on his head.    

Did you see it now? I suspect most of you did. Not only that but with more detail, you will start seeing it in colour with actions and smells even. You may even stop looking at the black and white picture of the ladies because your picture is now in full animation and it takes a lot of focus and concentration to keep it going. I also suspect that some of you even strayed from the little story line that I wrote and started making up your own story to extend the visualization even more. Our imagination is so powerful that we ceased observing the spiritual or physical realms (represented by the two ladies) and only focused on the imagery of our imagination. It is this capacity to create that is so very powerful and needs to be governed very carefully.  

People directly involved with advertising for corporations, governments, religions and other organizations interested in directing or influencing how people behave, use this technique all the time because they recognize the power of our imagination. The problem they find is that we get numb to the effects of this manipulation so they must get louder, faster, brighter, flashier and more creative with each attempt. I suspect they also get frustrated by individuals who wake up to the reality of what is going on and decide not to be influenced by their trickery any longer. Awareness of the Fictional Realm goes a long way towards being able to do this.  

Their manipulation of people can only go for so long before the fiction must collapse and what is left is the reality of the Spiritual and Physical Realms. The other great thing is that we can consciously choose to stop participating and turn it off at any time. It is just a matter of removing ourselves from the influence of all the fictions and return to the Physical and Spiritual Realms. I suspect that is why most people like to escape the city and all the noise of the media and spend their holidays in the bush, camping, hiking, bird watching, hunting, boating or soaking up the rays on some tropical beach. We instinctively know where we are supposed to be in order to get a break from the evasiveness of these story tellers. The challenge I have with these people who tell these stories, that manipulate and control people, is the morality of their actions. Because of the power of free will, we are able to set any rules we want on how the fiction will be governed and presented to people and we also have the ability to turn it all off. After all, it is us that created it. We must remember that our imagination is a tool and it can serve or enslave us if we are not consciously aware of how we use this tool. We can create amazingly complex systems as a result of this powerful tool. The Creator set the rules for how the Spiritual and Physical Realms are governed but we essentially set the rules for the Fictional Realm. We can do whatever we want in our own imagination, but what about if we get caught up in others imaginative stories and their intent is not honourable but instead has immoral or unethical consequences? I believe this has resulted in much of what we see going on in the world today and why so many of us feel powerless to do anything about it. We all feel that something is wrong and very much broken. We all know that we need to change it. But how can you get seven billion people to change their belief structures when those same seven billion creators are responsible for creating this masterpiece?    

The fictional world has gone far off course and I'm sure the Creator knew it would happen, mainly due to a lack of moral and ethical foundations to govern the Fictional Realm. We are the masters of the Fictional Realm and as such it is up to us how we govern it. The challenge is that even though most people are lost in the fictional world, they still act out in the physical world, which has consequences in the Spiritual Realm and all of this is causing a great deal of damage and harm to each other, the environment and to the world herself.    

I don't see any of this as being evil. I see all of what is going on as 'tough love' by the Creator. I view the Fictional Realm as a school for the physical, and the Physical Realm as a school for the Spiritual Realm. We are in school right now and our lessons are coming up to the final exam. We are at a critical juncture in our lives and experiences. It is up to us to see this for what it is; opportunities to grow stronger. I firmly believe that just as gravity provides resistance for our muscles, so too does all that is going on today provide resistance so that we may grow stronger mentally, emotionally and most importantly; spiritually. We, the Spiritual beings on this earth, are here to learn some important lessons and until we find ourselves and see who we truly are and stand with the authority and power given to us by the Creator, we may miss out on those lessons.    

What complicates matters is that we have three unique realms interacting with one another and it is our job to figure out our relationship with all three. Our own freedom depends on our ability to differentiate between them. Most of us have unwittingly surrendered our authority and power to fictional entities, in order to receive some sort of benefit or privilege. When that fictional entity gets corrupted through greed of the participants, historically a revolution would oust those with little to no moral or ethical character and replace them with new people. The cycle then continues to repeat itself.    

What most of us have not realized though is that there is a higher authority and power that trumps the fiction, that being the Physical Realm. Ultimately though, the highest authority and power rests in the Spiritual Realm. If we want to break the cycle of tyranny and revolution, it must result in the highest authority asserting its standard of love, peace, freedom and prosperity into the lower realms. Knowing the difference is the challenge as most of us have not taken the time to contemplate these questions. There are those out there that depend on this ignorance in order to continue forcing their will upon the ignorant. Knowing who you are, our relationship within the three realms and differentiating ourselves will make a huge difference when it comes to standing on the highest authority to govern ourselves. It is complicated because the Fictional Realm has entrenched itself in every aspect of our lives. Whole industries have been created to design, support and protect the Fictional Realm. Whole populations of people are so dependent upon it, they will fight to protect it. Knowledge of each realm is the only way we can free ourselves from the tyranny that has grown up around us. It is not an easy journey but one that we must embark on if we want to break the cycles and find true freedom. We will then influence others through our own actions, without force but through influence instead.