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A Tao Of God By Ron McCray A
"way" to release the If life is
not what you need it to be... read on…
I wondered why, after many years of seeking and learning, my life did not change for the better. I had gained so much knowledge and skill, yet harmony and fulfillment eluded me. Then I discovered the “way” to heal, and began manifesting what I truly needed in life. The answers I learned are in A Tao Of God in 111 clear, concise, and easy to read pages. To my knowledge, there is no other book like it. In the first 30 days of its availability, several early readers of the book have already re-ordered the book to give to others.
Updated note as of November 2005: I am no longer featuring the book as a major page on my website and will not republish it anytime in the near future. I have learned much since its writing, and although its contents remain valid and of value, if I were to write the book now it would be different. Maybe someday there will be A Tao Of God - Part II! If you wish to order, the book is still available through Amazon.com, and the publisher, Trafford http://www.trafford.com/4dcgi/dosearch. Click on the above link and search on A Tao of God to access a page devoted to the book and how to order.
In the movie and stage play, Amadeus, Austrian Emperor Joseph II tells Mozart that there are “too many” notes in one of Mozart’s masterpieces. Mozart replies that there is just the right number of notes, not too many or too few. Such is the case with A Tao Of God. There is just the right number of words to accomplish its intention, namely, to provide a road map of spiritual evolution beginning with an explanation of the human experiment to living a fulfilled and harmonious life with intermediate stops at emotional wounding, healing, and manifesting. The book’s strength lies in the brevity and simplicity of its profound wisdom, which teaches that true healing comes from within, not without, and plots the course of the inward journey. In today’s fast-paced world, where more and more people are awakening to their need for spiritual evolution, there are many questions – and many questioners - calling for quick, simple, easy-to-find answers. Answers to questions about enlightenment and spiritual evolution have been provided for centuries in thousands of texts. There is, indeed, nothing new under the sun. So – what makes A Tao Of God unique?
At this time in mankind’s history when fear is running rampant and ruling so much of our actions, a simple and short explanation of what is happening in the nations of the world is sorely needed. Because nations are composed of people, the dynamics of why humans behave as they do are fully explained in A Tao Of God. The book has a message of tremendous importance to all people, regardless of nationality, religion or creed. That message is: understand the true origins of fear, learn to release your ownfears, and support others in doing the same. In this way you can heal the pain and fear that bind you, and manifest a life of true abundance – one that is filled with inner peace, happiness, love, and total freedom. This is the contract A Tao Of God makes with its readers. This is the promise that A Tao Of God delivers. First, note this about most book endorsements. For most books, the majority of “back cover” endorsements is from famous writers or other well known people and appear as if the endorser actually read the book and wrote the endorsement. The reality is that the endorser rarely has read the book and agrees to have his or her name “attached” to an endorsement written by the author or a publicist. Authors do this as favors to one another. There is really no deceit intended in this practice, yet it does not give the potential reader of the book an honest appraisal of its merits. Second, I chose to seek endorsements from people who read pre-publication copies of A Tao Of God; who have studied the principles and practices contained within it and used them in support of their own healing and spiritual evolution. It is a very powerful work, but then, read what actual readers and students have to say, for yourself…
Backward (read it here) Beginning Living Life Chapter
36 – Daily living Backward Many books have a “Foreword” – an introduction to the actual book, a kind of where is the book headed “show and tell.” I am writing this after completing A Tao Of God, and I thought that looking back at the experience of writing the book could be of interest, hence a “Backward.” If this view does not interest you (and that’s OK), then I suggest you skip to the chapter entitled, Beginning. A Tao Of God did not begin as a book. I do spiritually based coaching, and although I have a model or approach for coaching, I had not written down how I go about it, and, in retrospect, I found that I would use different methods of starting the coaching process. Being a fairly left-brained person, my lack of consistency in initiating a coaching relationship with a client irked me somewhat, and on further, reflection, I realized that, although, the client and I usually ended up at the same place (the healing process), it took some people longer than others. You could say that individual client differences account for the variation in time to get to the healing process, and I agree with you; however, there is another factor. Dare I call it the efficiency of the steps in getting to that important juncture in the coaching experience? Well, yes, I dare call it that. Efficiency and spiritual healing seem somewhat at odds with another, but not really. Here’s why. I spent a lot of time and money dancing around in a circle of seeking spiritual evolution or enlightenment. (I prefer “spiritual evolution” to “enlightenment" simply because the former infers a gradual progression, and the latter, a kind of binary state – either I am or I am not enlightened. Certainly my experience was/is one of gradual progression hence my bias in terminology.) The circle dance went on and on without my progressing beyond the dance floor. The dance was quite fun and exhilarating, yet, when the dance was over, the fun expended, and exhaustion set in, I wondered if I would ever really advance? The harmony and fulfillment that I sought in pursing matters spiritual was elusive. At times during the dance, I thought I “got it” only to awaken to the cold, gray twilight of dawn with the realization that nothing had changed. After pursuing years of personal growth and development programs and seminars, readings, group work, yoga, tai chi, being coached, books, crystals, numerology, fasting, journeys to sacred places, astrology, learning shamanism, energy healing, aromatherapy, candle gazing, meditation, and a formal study of spiritual psychology, I learned a lot and met many wonderful people, yet my life did not change. A life of harmony and fulfillment eluded me, a “will-of-the-wisp” that danced in front me that I could not quite catch regardless of how long or hard I danced with it. Finally, I figured out that where I needed to go was inside of myself, to the shadow places that are never illuminated by the Light – the places I did want to recognize as existing. This was the place for healing, not another weekend seminar in a conference center somewhere. I stepped into and illuminated my shadows. I healed my emotional wounds. Following that I began spiritual coaching. My goal was to take people inside themselves and support them in illuminating their shadows. I knew that once I got someone to the point of choosing to make that inward journey, there was an excellent prognosis for healing. I experienced this over and over as a coach. The challenge became to devise a “way” to bring my client to that choice as quickly as possible. This was the origin of what became A Tao Of God. The book not only contains the healing process, but it explains the entire set-up of being human. How does every one of us become emotionally wounded? What possible beneficial purpose do the wounds have? How can we heal them? How can we live life harmoniously and fulfilled after healing? How do we create what we truly need in life? Looking backward, I see that I learned much in putting this book into print. I knowtoo that my spiritual evolution will never end until I recycle myself and choose what’s next as a spiritual being. I see life as drama and a comedy, though mostly comedy. Out of writing this book, I resolved to laugh more, listen more, and to be in the glorious, moment as much as I can. I see that my life is truly about the journey, not the destination, for there is simply a succession of destinations; it is the quality of the journey that matters. I can tell you that continuing the journey after healing my wounds is to have harmony and fulfillment – at last. May you be well and enjoy the journey of A Tao Of God.
Chapter 8 – Primal abandonment Primal abandonment occurred when I discovered that the divine love with which I was born had a contrast: “not love.” With that realization, the veil dropped, and my connection with God was seemingly severed. I know now when it happened, although I did not know at the time – I was six years into this life. No matter how benign or loving were the adults in my early years, primal abandonment had to occur, for it was necessary to drop the veil so that I “forget” who I am. God became an omnipotent abstract, unknowable and unreachable, for a small child sitting in a large pew of a church, while all the time, I was God. What a great cosmic farce! As a result of primal abandonment, I learned that “not love” exists. What I made of this was that love is not my birthright; it is conditional and must be earned. That’s when I came to know danger and fear, two powerful emotions that would shape my life for decades. Even now, after having learned the mysteries revealed here in A Tao Of God, they still shadow me wherever I go. This is the fall from grace in the Garden of Eden. This is the cross that Christ bore upon Golgotha. This is all of the fables and allegories of how man was cast out by God. I know now that neither I nor anyone else was cast out. We are of God, and by agreement, we all play in this game of re-membering who We are. Primal abandonment is necessary to the game, the experiment. Can I remember my divinity? Do I have one life or many to accomplish reconnection? Nothing is predetermined, and the outcome for me is immaterial, for it is how I play the game while in this energetic form that counts. I think it helps to remember that my life is a game. That I do not always see life as a game is, at its core, funny. The humor comes from my “seriousness” about being a human, running around in my skin suit, overly concerned with the trappings of being human, which I regard as “significant,” when in fact they have no more significance to my spiritual self than a movie or television show. Someone once described life to me as a great improvisational play in which I have my story line, as do many others with whom I will interact in the acts and scenes of our lives. We stay true to our characters, yet, because of free will and choice, we improvise our way through life. Comedy and drama are all the same at the curtain call. Remember to laugh. My experience… When I was six, I “played” at being my father (who was a mechanic) and got filthy dirty in a grease pit. To my young mind, I was only doing what my father did every day, and surely my mother and he would be very proud of me. That was not the case, as my mother became enraged when she saw me and later my father beat me for what I had done. The principle of “not love” became abundantly and painfully clear. I then resolved to learn the rules and play by them to avoid punishment and hopefully “earn” love. This was primal abandonment. Its “lessons” shaped my life for decades. My
primal abandonment is a blessing, for it is my ticket of admittance
to this theatrical performance, which is this grand game of life on
Earth.
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journey
and distills what I learned in the eleven years leading to its writing.
In my journey I had many questions about what was (as well as what
was not) happening to me as I sought to evolve spiritually and gain
enlightenment. 
A Tao Of God is a complete work that spans:|
Email Ron: Ron@RonMcCray.com
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© Ron McCray 2002 - 2004
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