{"id":110878,"date":"2022-02-09T14:47:23","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T22:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.msia.org\/newdayherald\/?p=110878"},"modified":"2022-02-11T20:58:24","modified_gmt":"2022-02-12T04:58:24","slug":"an-interview-with-john-morton-about-inner-worlds-of-meditation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.msia.org\/newdayherald\/archives\/110878-an-interview-with-john-morton-about-inner-worlds-of-meditation","title":{"rendered":"An Interview with John Morton about <i>Inner Worlds of Meditation<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>It is with great pleasure and excitement that we announce the FIRST self-paced class facilitated by John Morton and John-Roger. Providing a workshop experience, this outstanding class is a collection of unreleased footage from the MSIA Conference workshops in 1997 and 1998. For many of us that worked and prepared this experience for you, it felt like were\u00a0really\u00a0there, in the room, participating and watching our beloved Travelers. We invite you to sign-up for this class and check it out for yourself.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Included in this class are:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Descriptions of the sacred tones<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Guided meditations<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Q&amp;A with the Travelers<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Introduction and Blessing from John Morton<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Invitations to live monthly Traveler Sharings with John Morton for the PTS Undergraduate<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>And more!\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The following Q&amp;A from January 2022 comes from a conversation with John Morton about his experience facilitating with J-R and what he sees as the value in the <em>Inner Worlds of Meditation<\/em> course. The Q&amp;A ends with a beautiful blessing by John.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Q:<\/strong>\u00a0 How did the Inner Worlds of Meditation workshop come about?<\/p>\n<p><strong>John Morton:<\/strong>\u00a0 John-Roger, in his works of the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness through the years, made recordings with various meditations.\u00a0 The meditations relate directly to \u201cspiritual exercise\u201d, which is a core aspect of what we do in the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness. If you are interested in spiritual exercise, I would highly recommend participating in the online workshop.<\/p>\n<p>What is the value of the sacred tones of spiritual exercises?\u00a0 That would be immeasurable, like as much value as in what God is doing with us in this creation.\u00a0 How do we access God consciousness?\u00a0 How do we tune into who we are as a soul and develop our spiritual awareness?<\/p>\n<p>The sacred tones are keys.\u00a0 They are also \u201ccharged\u201d.\u00a0 The sacred tones are charged first spiritually.\u00a0 We are working with spiritual light, spiritual consciousness.\u00a0 It can also work with the psychic-material (magnetic) light and various aspects on our consciousness. This includes the unconscious, mental, emotional, imaginative, and physical levels of our consciousness.\u00a0 This touches all kinds of things in our material nature, our life in this world.\u00a0 There is value in all those levels.\u00a0 But the primary value is your soul consciousness and how to develop that awareness.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q:<\/strong> What makes this workshop unique from other MSIA offerings?<\/p>\n<p><strong>John Morton:<\/strong>\u00a0 If I\u2019m being a good promoter, I\u2019d say, \u201cThis is the best workshop ever.\u00a0 There couldn\u2019t be anything finer than what this is.\u201d\u00a0 We\u2019ve distilled the information through John-Roger, the Mystical Traveler consciousness, Travelers through the Ages, and it is the best of the best.\u00a0 Knowing that, I think you would want to be there.<\/p>\n<p>A uniqueness also, is that I am co-facilitating, and that\u2019s rare.\u00a0 I wasn\u2019t really expecting this when they gave me the materials to look over for what was the best of the best, there was a lot of what I would call \u201couttakes.\u201d\u00a0 There were a lot of antics and spontaneous moments.<\/p>\n<p>My version of that is it was very funny, very entertaining, even compelling at times.\u00a0 It was like, \u201cWhat are they doing? When are they going to do what I came here for?\u00a0 Things like that.\u00a0 In some ways, it was, \u201cWe\u2019ll take a little break now and let John-Roger and John Morton do some antics on stage and see what happens.\u201d\u00a0 There are some things like that, that are going to be part of what we are doing in this upcoming workshop.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q:<\/strong> What was your experience facilitating with John-Roger?<\/p>\n<p><strong>John Morton:<\/strong>\u00a0 It ran a gamut.\u00a0 It is sacred.\u00a0 Regardless of the external expression and whatever the conditions are, the sacred teachings are always on.\u00a0 It\u2019s my privilege and honor to share and contribute to that in some way.<\/p>\n<p>John-Roger is a most interesting fellow.\u00a0 I\u2019m sure you already know that.\u00a0 You are going to be surprised at what he is willing to do.\u00a0 At times, I think he was just finding out how far\u00a0<strong><em><u>I<\/u><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0might go.\u00a0 It\u2019s almost like someone throwing you balls.\u00a0 How many can you catch before you drop one?\u00a0 I think I dropped a few, but that\u2019s okay.\u00a0 You might want to be around to see what that\u2019s like when I drop a ball!<\/p>\n<p>When the Traveler consciousness comes into the opportunity to be with us in all the ways it does that, it\u2019s unpredictable.\u00a0 Anything could happen other than something really bad, terrible, mean or nasty.\u00a0 We don\u2019t do that.\u00a0 It\u2019s uplifting and it can be a lot of fun.\u00a0 There is a lot of laughter.\u00a0 If you are interested in that aspect of what it\u2019s like facilitating with John-Roger, we\u2019ve got some of that experience.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q:<\/strong> How were you able to hold the energy together while J-R was going off so much?<\/p>\n<p><strong>John Morton:<\/strong>\u00a0 If you are willing to come into that consciousness, sharing at a workshop conducted by the Traveler \u2013 let\u2019s call that John-Roger and I\u2019ll include John Morton \u2013 but really any minister who is open to allowing that expression through the Traveler consciousness, then it\u2019s \u201cgame on.\u201d\u00a0 The Light is on.\u00a0 Full power is on.\u00a0 It can be something beyond what we know, something unfamiliar but very rich and full in how the experience comes forward.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q:<\/strong> What do you want to say to people taking the workshop for the first time?<\/p>\n<p><strong>John Morton:<\/strong>\u00a0 It is going towards a most intelligent choice to participate in these works and teachings, to develop your own awareness.\u00a0 It is also in the Christ consciousness.\u00a0 I consider that a non-religious term.\u00a0\u00a0If you don\u2019t understand what I mean by Christ consciousness, I encourage you to familiarize yourself with the teachings and come to the workshop.\u00a0 We are going to be doing direct experience with what that is.\u00a0 I think it\u2019s especially valuable if you are not familiar with the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness and maybe you haven\u2019t ever taken a class.\u00a0 It would work beautifully.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q:<\/strong> How can a participant get the most out of the workshop?<\/p>\n<p><strong>John Morton:<\/strong>\u00a0 The most important part is that you show up and participate.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know any way to get the most out of the workshop other than that.\u00a0 It\u2019s set up for your participation.\u00a0 The value is toward those who are participating, studying and practicing what we are doing.\u00a0 It\u2019s set up to deliver maximum value to you.<\/p>\n<p>If you do show up, participate fully with an openness to go along with the exercises.\u00a0 If it\u2019s unfamiliar to you, it may seem awkward.\u00a0 Sometimes people have concerns, like a worry, doubt or a fear.\u00a0 That\u2019s okay and very human.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t really stop what we are doing, but it does in some way influence what we are doing.\u00a0 We encourage you to be open and have the experience.<\/p>\n<p>We do a process we call \u201csharing\u201d where the whole group gets to participate with someone\u2019s sharing of their experience.\u00a0 Often, the Traveler will have a response, especially answering questions.\u00a0 If there are concerns, we welcome them.\u00a0 We address them openly and honestly.<\/p>\n<p>Something I do very actively in my ministry is call forward blessings.\u00a0 I often tell people very openly, almost like a plea, to realize you are the blessings.\u00a0 You have blessings within you that come directly out of God consciousness.\u00a0 That is how I experience them.<\/p>\n<p>Even if you don\u2019t know what God consciousness is or what that means, blessing means \u201cgreater good.\u201d\u00a0 It\u2019s often conducted in a way of a prayer or invocation.\u00a0 Even if you said, \u201cWell, I don\u2019t know how to pray or do an invocation,\u201d just look at the God consciousness as very personal, so you can have a conversation.<\/p>\n<p>God is always present with you.\u00a0 Always present, always with you, watching and observing.\u00a0 It is not in any way an infliction.\u00a0 It might be an experience like, \u201cI didn\u2019t know that.\u00a0 I\u2019m not aware of that.\u00a0 It is invisible and silent.\u201d\u00a0 That\u2019s okay.\u00a0 To me that\u2019s part of the mystical aspect of God.<\/p>\n<p>I encourage you to do blessings for yourself.\u00a0 Call out blessings for others, for situations in your life, always for the highest good of all concerned.<\/p>\n<p>Here we go\u2026..<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Dear Lord,<\/p>\n<p>We ask for Your blessing for whoever is present right now. I especially invite you to be aware that you are surrounded, you are filled, you are enfolded by the Light that is a radiation of loving, of wisdom, of whatever is needed for anyone, for anything. It has that power. And that we open ourself up in this way to call forward the blessing, however that would serve any need, any interest for greater good.<\/p>\n<p>So, bring forward what you want. Especially consider yourself, but also consider any situation, any person, all of it together. There&#8217;s no situation too large or too small for greater blessing.<\/p>\n<p>As we open up in this awareness, let&#8217;s call it an attunement, there is grace here. There&#8217;s forgiveness here.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever is needed in transformation, especially if there&#8217;s disturbance, if there&#8217;s any negativity, pain, or suffering, a blessing can go to that for a person individually, for many, for any situation. It can go for the whole world.<\/p>\n<p>I call forward the Christ. It&#8217;s the anointing of the Holy Spirit. I call the Holy Spirit into what we&#8217;re doing. It just needs an invitation. We don&#8217;t need to understand what that means. Let&#8217;s consider that&#8217;s also the consciousness of the Christ, that one who&#8217;s anointed in the flesh. It can be one. It can be everyone. So, we can all be anointed.<\/p>\n<p>In the anointing is the blessing of the one accord, which is our transformation as we come into our oneness, our understanding that who we are is a good being.<\/p>\n<p>We may need to clear, so we ask for the clearing. We ask for the balancing.<\/p>\n<p>We ask for the blessing that is beyond what we know, serving the best is yet to come.<\/p>\n<p><em>Baruch Bashan<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>We hope you enjoyed this beautiful interview with our Traveler. More information about signing up is coming soon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And here\u2019s a video of John sharing a little bit more about the class:<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/osYV-3pqryY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Questions? Email David Whitaker at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:davidwhitaker@pts.org\">davidwhitaker@pts.org<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is with great pleasure and excitement that we announce the FIRST self-paced class facilitated by John Morton and John-Roger. Providing a workshop experience, this outstanding class is a collection of unreleased footage from the MSIA Conference workshops in 1997 and 1998. 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