1001 1a TWELVE PATHWAYS INTRO (free)

The following is a complete index to David Cooper's audio selections (wp3) and print files, often with brief descriptions. Some of the material in this library is offered for free access in other sections of this website, particularly the newsletter archive and the current selections of "wisdom teachings."

Most of the library has been published in various books and CD sets, all of which are offered for sale directly through the publishers. The entire 12 Pathway program is published by Sounds True titled SEEING THROUGH THE EYES OF GOD, and can be purchased at a discount price directly from Sounds True (see the section on books and cd's.) In addition, readers who only want individual selections can purchase any audio files directly through this Cooper site for a modest fee of $.98 each for immediate download.  

A great deal of material is provided here and those of you who are interested in engaging in a discussion on any of the subjects presented are encouraged to do so through the interactive parts of the website--see the page "Let's Talk." 

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1002 1b Nurturing One's Soul (audio)

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Step 1b opens the program of the twelve pathways to questions directed toward looking closely at the priorities we have set for ourselves and evaluating our lives. Without this measurement of the quality of our lives, we make assumptions that may not be true. This process much be engaged in order to develop a clear view of who we are and the direction we are currently headed. 

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1003 1c Cultivating More Quality Time

The second step on the initial pathway offers guidance on how to face the reality of our current life style and how to cultivate quality time and free time. Not free time to be filled by yet another activity, but free to simply reflect on what is actually happening in that very moment.

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1004 2a Respectfulness and Careful Living

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2a Opening one's heart with careful living and respectfulness is the second level of the twelve pathways. This practice directs the participant to explore the motives and associations one has in his/her engagement with life. Is one bringing care and respectfulness to one’s actions and one’s beliefs, or do we bring different degrees of resistance, criticism, judgment, frustration much of the time to the processes that make up our daily and weekly lives?

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1005 2b Expanding One's Awareness

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2b The next step on the second level out of twelve is to begin practicing on a new level of Awareness in a way that helps expand one's world into new directions.

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1006 2c Cultivating Essential Awareness

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2c Learning how to cultivate the realization of primordial Awareness is the third level of the second. This is an important foundation building process and it is crucial for everything that follows. Specific practices are included in this section.

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1007 2d Avoiding Gossip for Skillful Speech

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2d Avoiding gossip is the fourth and final level of the second step to move in the direction of cultivating one’s consciousness along the lines of Right Speech. Not many people pay attention to the impact of speech and its potential to harm others and oneself. Simply learning to use our speech mindfully is alone sufficient to raise one’s consciousness to the highest levels.

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1008 3a Open Hearted Generosity

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3a Open hearted generosity: the third step builds upon the secret of generosity, the more one offers one’s time or wealth, the more one’s heart opens. The kabbalistic teachings build upon the hidden wisdom on the balance of Giving and Receiving. 

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1009 3b Deep Practice of Generosity

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3b This second teaching on generosity goes to the central point of the value of developing selflessness through the practice of letting go. We must ask ourselves, after all, who or what it is that motivates our generosity, and what does it mean to own property or to be in control of our own time? These fundamental questions are significant in the appreciation of the spiritual value in the process of generosity.

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1010 4a Loving Kindness Heals the World

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4a The fourth step is the establishment of one of the fundamental building blocks of spiritual development: the act of loving kindness. It has been said by the sages that if one’s path does not lead to loving kindness, then one must seek another path that does. This segment discusses the power of these types of acts.

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