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Jan DeCourtney's avatar

Hey JJ, I started taking a course from Monroe Institute a couple of weeks ago. I remember during the Bartholomew days that Don and Joanne Darling were using the Monroe materials .... I tried one of their CDs back then but didn't have enough understanding -- or maybe maturity LOL. But now, after years of listening to Bartholomew materials and having many AHA! moments from that, I am finding that the Monroe Institute work is much more helpful to me now. Bartholomew gave me such a deep understanding of the true nature of life and spirit. I will be forever grateful! I have already shared the Bartholomew material website with someone in that group!

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J.J. Surbeck's avatar

Hi Jan, most sorry I apparently missed this message of yours dating back from... May of the year ending today! At any rate, it's never too late to acknowledge the value of what you observed. Yes, one of the many aspects of the Bartolomew material that I love (as many other people probably do as well) is how open it has been to other sources. In many sessions, he mentioned past and current spiritual luminaries, from St Francis (pne of his favorites) to Eckart Tolle. And the fact of the matter is that in the end all authentic teachers carry the same message of unicity beyond the apparent dualism we believe we live in. Today in particular, the Internet overflows with more people than ever who essentially carry the same message. Happy New Year everyone!

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Jan DeCourtney's avatar

Happy New Year, JJ!

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Jan DeCourtney's avatar

How do we invite others to join the substack?

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J.J. Surbeck's avatar

The easiest way is to copy the URL of the first post (shortened here: https://tinyurl.com/bddhf5am) and send it by email to the people you want to reach. Once there, they can subscribe at the bottom of the page if they wish. Thanks, Jan!

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David Ogg's avatar

Thanks J.J for all that you have done and continue to do to keep Bartholomew's wisdom alive.

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Jan DeCourtney's avatar

Hello, JJ, I have not used substack before, but I hear that it is a great forum for spreading ideas. I will write more about my experience with Bartholomew! Thank you for continuing to do this important work.

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David & Ellen Caldwell's avatar

Thanks so much J.J. for all you are doing to preserve the Bartholomew material! It has been so important for many of us! It looks like Substack is a good move! All the best!

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Lynn Van Gundy's avatar

Photo with building is labeled Santa Fe, New Mexico. According to Google Lens it is a museum in Argentina.

Photo labeled Taos Pueblo is not accurate. I couldn't identify it.

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J.J. Surbeck's avatar

Thanks for the correction. I did a picture search for Santa Fe and since this one showed up I assumed it was from Santa Fe (besides the fact that it looked vaguely familiar), but you're right, I should have checked more closely. As for the second one, in what way is it not accurate? Do you have more info? We went there and assuming my memory is still functional it looks like what we saw in person.

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Lynn Van Gundy's avatar

The picture of Taos Pueblo in Substack appears to be a modern office complex. Google couldn't give me a verifiable location of the photo contained In Substack.

Here's a link from Google showing part of Taos Pueblo.

https://images.app.goo.gl/vg2399mQvgcarsPf7

I hope this helps.

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Jan DeCourtney's avatar

Yes, absolutely! You can comment!!! Are you someone from the old Taos days?

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Wow that is so cool that Bart came to you in a dream. I do remember MMM going to Michigan a lot to visit. I miss everything about the Bartholomew work, so much. Glad that JJ is continuing the work and nice to have your communication.

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Oh, I remember Mary Margaret telling me her first married name was "Small" and then she changed to Moore LOL. I didn't know it was Michigan where she had lived, I always wondered what the connection was to Michigan. What a change from Hawaii!

I was led to first see MMM/Bartholomew (my now ex-husband took me) when the meetings were still very small in size, I think they were at Muriel Cottage's house in Albuquerque. I also visited John and Louisa in Socorro. Several years later, we moved to Taos, got divorced, then I lived next door to the Moores and Joy in one of the mesa trailers (Ellie's trailer) for several years. It was such a wonderful time, all the meetings and workshops. It was hard on me when most of the work shifted to happen on trips, because I could not participate. I left Taos in 1987 ("the mountain kicked me out" MMM said that I had graduated LOL) and was unable to follow the teachings due to circumstances for a long time, but came back to them later and was able to listen to them with new ears. I also saw MMM/Bart during a visit to California and saw MMM in Boulder, then again in Taos, then several times in Albuquerque before her end time. She was a wonderful person and always so kind to me. We weren't super close in some ways but were very connected in our hearts.

I am going to contact JJ again soon, I wish to help in preserving the teachings. Seems it is a challenge to find a permanent place to store them/make them accessible to people. I need to see if I can help more with this.

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