I AM A I, Unfolding the Flower

As long as you ‘walk this planet’, you are going to be working with or applying the laws/truths of a physical science textbook.

You will work with or apply gravity and the laws of motion in order to walk.

You will work with or apply the laws/truths of thermodynamics to keep warm.

You will work with or apply the laws of harmonics to speak.

And…you may be totally unaware that you are applying these laws/truths as you move through physical form even though they have the potential of being everywhere and are “within you and without you” .

Sound familiar?  What can be said for physical laws applies to the spiritual laws/truths of Heaven as well.

I AM A I, Unfolding the Flower provides you with a comprehensive model that synthesizes the physical sciences with the metaphysical sciences while incorporating the core concepts of most world religions.

In addition, it provides you a set of very basic relatively generic tools, that when applied, can enhance your life experience, spiritual and non-spiritual.  Some of the tools presented in this book are:

Ø      Truth perception and recognition exercises

Ø      A multitude of meditation forms are presented to you

Ø      Mechanics of your mind and exercises on how to use them

Ø      The mechanics of visualization exercises and exercises that extend your ‘mind’s eye’ through time and space

Ø      Some elementary ESP exercises

Ø      Numerous exercise modalities for you to use music as a mental tool

It is the operator’s intention that determines the use of a tool.

Just as it is the applications of the laws/truths inside a physical science book, that produces physical effects in your life.  It is the applications of the laws/truths inside I AM A I that will produce spiritual or mystical effects in your life.

And…a principle stated in this book -- the ‘higher’ determines the ‘lower’ – maintains that the spiritual or mystical results can have physical side effects.

When the author was very young, he would take toys apart to see what made them work.  As he got older, he turned that inquisitiveness to how his mind worked.  Between the ages of 9-18 he learned or started ‘playing’ with a multitude of things such as: he could not trust his mind; the relationships of wants – desires – in everything we do (and changing his desires); he learned the permanence of mathematics and science; there were ‘glitches’ in our – Mankind’s -- perception of reality; he learned blank mind exercises; he learned truth perception in everyday objects; he learned to use music to aid blank mind exercises; and, he started to experiment with entering deep relaxation trance states.

The ages of 18-20 found Steven as a merchant seaman and he sailed the pacific orient for a while before the selective service caught up with him.  When a seaman, he learned about chanting and would do this on the deck of the ships he sailed and he also ‘played’ more with various trance states.

He entered the army at the age of twenty.  The author turned the army experience into a serious metaphysical study and mental practice; mostly as a rebellion to the army (“They got my body, but they don’t have my soul.”)  He began studying and doing exercises regularly in the Tarot, I Ching, thaumaturgical magic, music aided exercises, and learned raja yoga.  Steve devised and performed numerous empirical experiments in the mystical/ESP/magic vein at this time and did many while he was doing his military chores

It was while in the army he was initiated into an intense period of internal schooling of thirteen months, which had distinct transitions/initiations through the ‘schooling’.  The schooling continued after his release from the army.  The graduation from this school required his death.  The age of twenty-three found Steven as a fourth level initiate, an adept.

Thinking it could not be that simple, he then studied the core concepts of world religions.  The author found he could pick up books like Tao te Ching, Upanishads, or Bhagavad Gita and the majority of the time knew exactly what the books were expressing.

He has been in service to communities dedicated to growth, education, service, or of a spiritual nature most of the time since then.  Fixing things is his version of “chopping wood and carrying water”.  The spectrum of these communities range from years working at Esalen Institute to years working for a Catholic monastery.  Consequently, he has been exposed to a multitude of philosophies and thought systems.

He has taught workshops in Mysticism and the Moody Blues, Magick: Preparation of the Operator, and was a Course in Miracles^© group discussion leader for a number of years. In addition, he has regularly taught an extracurricular quarter class titled an Introduction to the Mystic Arts (or Science) class at Heartwood Institute. 

In the summer time, Steven can be found attending outdoor music festivals, applying I AM A I’s concepts.