We Live Life From An Inner S(s)elf
That Is Out Of Balance
As individuals, we have become disconnected
from authentic personal meaning in our daily living. And,
collectively, we have forgotten who and why we are human.
We have lost our Real Identity; we have
lost our True Essence.
We are afflicted by fear, controlled by
compulsive thinking, and often deceived by the dictates
of our rational mind. We believe that we are the rational,
logic mind and nothing else. Or, we believe that we are
an intuitive, non-logical mind and nothing else.
We are individually out of psychological
balance. This inner disequilibrium is the true source of
our daily stress.
We Have Forgotten
That Our Authentic S(s)elf Has Two Minds: Rational AND
Intuitive
Personal inner peace is founded upon an “in-the-moment” re-connection
with a balanced inner S(s)elf. The Mangrove Seed offers
a daily path to balance our intuitive, trust-based mind(S)
and our rational, fear-based mind(s).
Our true individual "mind" is
comprised of both these aspects: rational and intuitive.
Each is motivated differently, each processes our life
situations differently. The rational mind is emotionally
wrapped in fear-based emotions; the intuitive mind is wrapped
in trust-based emotions. However, each must speak, in a
balanced way, for authentic S(s)elf realization to manifest.
The journey of peaceful living is a two
part process: first, the psychological recovery of a new
inner balanced S(s)elf, and, second, an experiential application
of this new S(s)elf in challenging daily life situations.
This "peace process" never ends; the journey
IS the destination.
Moreover, personal fulfillment can manifest
when our true identity is authentically expressed by a
balanced S(s)elf.
We Are Motivated
By Fear And Our Rational Mind Creates The Illusion Of
Personal Control
Our fear based rational mind causes our
inner stress. Its dominance creates the imbalance and constant
disequilibrium between our rational and intuitive minds.
The objective memories from our past that
are wrapped with a subjective pain-based emotion, commonly
called resentments, prompt the rational mind to motivate
us to avoid the re-occurence of this "past pain." Our
rational mind creates future fears, mental expectations,
based upon an avoidance belief system.
The projected possibility of a future
re-occurrence of actual "past pain" is the basis
for a dominant defensive survival strategy: our illusion
that we can control, with certainty, the outcomes in daily
life situations.
We Cannot Give Away
Peace Until We Know INNER Peace PERSONALLY
Re-balancing the inner S(s)elf will give
us inner peace. Without inner peace, we have nothing to
offer other S(s)elves.
Moreover, we cannot really give our inner
peace away if we do not truly experience personal peace.
Additionally, we cannot assume that other S(s)elves will
accept our peace into their lives without our authentically
knowing and living peace in our daily lives.
The emulation of human role models is
the primary cause of human personal change, both positive
and negative. If we can learn to sprout rather than spout
peace by individual example, we offer encouragement for
planetary peace.
We must walk the talk, as they say. Simple,
but not necessarily easy. Every day is a struggle to live
from a space of inner peace.
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Ultimate peace
begins within;
when we find peace within
there will be no more conflict,
no more occasion for war.
Working for world peace
is to work
for more inner peace,
because world peace will never be stable
until enough of us find inner peace to stabilize
it.
Peace Pilgrim
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The mission is accomplished
by three interrelated activities:
1. LEARNING
The Mangrove
Seed Institute ADULT educational program and process
of psycho-spiritual balance is designed to modify
the fears that cause non-peaceful behaviors by
replacing them with trust. This requires learning new
GENUINE CARING habits individually
applied in daily living.
The educational
goal is to learn how to balance the rational, fear-based
ego-mind(s) with the intuitive, trust-based Spirit-mind(S):
S(s)elf realization of the individual, in every present
moment.
The path, process, and practice of the Mangrove Seed Journey
to peaceful living is intended to provide a universally
applicable program for persons of all ages.
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Mangrove
Seed Stepping Stones
was formed to apply
the principles and ADULT program of the
Mangrove Seed Institute for the educational
development of CHILDREN.
We offer S(s)elf
awareness programs to develop balanced
and cooperative relationships for the
elementary and middle levels of public,
private, charter, and home schools.
We have published
a unique 64 page, 4 color illustrated
book entitled Mangrove
Seed Chronicles: Learning To Trust as
a foundational tool for child development.
Please CONTACT
US for more
information.
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2. PRACTICING
The Mangrove Seed educational
program is practiced and implemented through daily home
study, weekly group conversations, periodic retreats, and
interactive internet support.
The reprogramming of the
mind and body requires continual focusing and challenge
in both private and public settings.
The program provides general "tools
and techniques" which must be applied to unroot
specific personal fears and resentments that
inhibit peaceful living.
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Whispering
Dawn
was formed as a
not-for-profit 501(c)3 corporation to
create holistic, affordable, and sustainable
neighborhood communities for aging "baby
boomers" who seek peaceful living
in retirement.
The process of
psycho-spiritual balance can only truly
manifest when inner transformation is practiced
and supported in the context of daily living
activities.
Please CONTACT
US for more
information.
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3. ADVOCATING
The Mangrove Seed program
for total inner and outer peaceful living, while being
learned and practiced, must also be shared with the entire
world so that all may discover effective ways of living
in community. It is truly by the "giving away" of
one's inner peace that it is retained and enhanced within
the individual.
This aspect of fulfilling
the Mangrove Seed mission is realized through an internet-based
clearinghouse system of communication and community building.
We can no longer remain isolated and fragmented in our
quest for peaceful living. The re-connection
of like-minded individuals, groups, and nations can
form a foundation for peaceful living: authentic S(s)elf
expression.
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Mangrove
Seed Expressions
sprouted
as the publishing vehicle for a variety
of educational materials for both children
and adults. We publish and market
Mangrove Seed Institute materials as
well as personal expressions of peaceful
living through books, movies, music,
and games.
We are currently
accepting offers to publish your experessions.
Please CONTACT
US for more
information.
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The Mangrove Seed Institute
vision/mission of peace within the universe is critically
dependent upon the transformation of individuals, not social
groups, to inner peace as the path to outer, worldly peace.
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What lies behind
us and what lies before us
are tiny matters compared to what
lies within us.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Your vision will become
clear
only when you look into your heart.
He who looks outside dreams.
He who looks inside awakens.
C.G. Jung |
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The kingdom of God is within
you.
Seek therefore to know yourselves,
and you shall know that you are in the city,
and that you are the city.
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If what you seek is not
found inside yourself,
you will never find it outside.
O Man, know thyself, for in thee
is hidden the treasure of treasures.
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Peace
of mind is clearly an internal matter.
It must begin with your own thoughts,
and then extend outward.
It is from your peace of mind that
a peaceful perception of the world arises.
Course In Miracles
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VISION
MISSION
ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY
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