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 Community Update September 2026 ** Class, Meetings, & Activities – save the dates! ** (see below feature article) What Are You? by Janet Cornwell, H.W., m. Remember the caterpillar from Alice in Wonderland? He sat arrogantly on a mushroom, and asked repeatedly, “Who are you?” It was difficult for Alice to answer him, if you recall. Now, suppose that the caterpillar had asked her a different question: “What are you?” What would she — could she — have answered? And consider: What would you say? If someone were to ask you, right now, “What are you?”— how would you answer?  You’ve undoubtedly been asked many times, in many ways and many situations, “Who are you?” But how often do you get asked, “What are you?” It’s not something people often ask in the everyday world, and it can actually be considered quite rude. Yet for yourself, it is so important to understand. “What,” indeed, are you? There are so many ways to answer! Probably the first general reply that springs to mind is a physical categorization. “I’m a person, a human being.” Or perhaps, “I’m a man,” or “I’m a woman,” or, nowadays, another gender category. If you have a distinctive feature or medical condition, it might prompt an identification: “I’m a redhead,” “I’m an amputee,” “I’m a diabetic.” The answer often depends on the context of the question. In some conversations, your answer would be a professional description: “I’m a teacher, a plumber, a judge, a colonel, a truck driver,” or whatever.  Janet Cornwell, H.W.,m. If age is under discussion, you might say, “I’m a Boomer,” or, “I’m a teenager.” You might want to use a geographic term: “I’m a Peruvian, a Midwesterner, a South African, a New Yorker.” Or an ethnic or racial identification: “I’m Maori, Romani, Arab, Black.” A witty person, seeking to offer a clever answer, might claim to be a mixture of chemicals, or a collection of atoms, or stardust, or matter plus energy. All right, abstract physical dimension is one approach. In some cases you might indicate a religious affiliation: “I’m Methodist, Hindu, Sufi, Agnostic.” Or a political leaning: “I’m a Democrat, a Republican, a Whig, a Communist.” (In some circles, you may want to be careful how specific you are about these labels!) But overall, oh, the places you’ll go in your expression of what you are! In sports, are you a player, a fan, a Bruin, a Cheesehead? Recreationally, are you a hiker, a world traveler, a poker ace, a karaoke singer, a cosplayer, or perhaps all of the above? How about education — are you a PhD, MBA, high school dropout, autodidact? Does your social life confirm that you’re a party animal, a gang member, a volunteer, a sorority sister? And don’t forget your family roles: grandfather, son, mother, niece — or your family name: Chen, Chavez, Hatfield or McCoy, Mukherjee, Kardashian…. There’s one other category that you might be quietly thinking of, and that’s a personal assessment. This is something you may or may not want to share. What are you, anyway, as you see yourself? A winner, a leader? A loner, a misfit? A gossip, a fussbudget, a clown, an alcoholic? A future star? A failure? Did we miss anybody? So, all these nouns provide a pretty good start to your full self-identification, right? Sure, if you’re just answering one of those 10-item questionnaires in a magazine. Or if you’re only interested in yourself as a three-dimensional being (or four-dimensional, when you include time). All those label categories that were just listed — and many others like them — only describe roles we play. Even the items that look hard-wired, such as a physical disability, are elements of the universe of time, space and change. We age, we learn, we gain or shed weight, we acquire and lose friends and family, we modify our likes and dislikes. Our physical, mental, emotional and even spiritual world is different every day, as we adapt to what goes on around us and within us. So these things we think of as “What” we are, may only indicate “Who” we think we are. “Who” implies a human distinction, a human differentiation. “What” can be understood to deal with a physical expression — but ontologically speaking, it addresses our real, indivisible substance. So, what are we, really, beyond time, space and change? What can sustain and contain all of our expressions? What continues through it all? What keeps us “us,” no matter what shape, activity or attitude we may express? What allows us to recognize ourselves in all forms, at all times, in all circumstances? What are we? What are you, what am I, that is always there? If you’ve studied Ontology, or really engaged in self-observation, you already know. That true identity is what we call forth in the first step of Translation®. It’s what we rely upon to guide us through Releasing the Hidden SplendourTM. It’s our True Self. It’s what we really are. Remember that caterpillar? Even he was finally transfigured into a “higher Self” — a butterfly, unbound by his earthly form. It’s only a metaphor, but it’s a reminder that the truest answer to “what” we are may surprise and release us.Our true Self goes by many names:Consciousness Conscious of ConsciousnessThe ability to create and govern ThoughtInfinite Mind in Infinite Manifestation Birthless, deathless, Eternal Being Mind unfolding Wholeness All that Is Perfect Awareness Thought in the Mind of God This is what you are. The real stuff, however it may appear. What you are is infinite. You don’t have to tap into it. You are it. Listen to the Infinite, feel it, as IT enjoys being YOU. “What” is Infinity. “Are” is Being. “You” are the expression. So, what are you? “You” “are” “infinity” — all that is! ——————— NOTE: Translation® and Releasing the Hidden SplendourTM are Foundation Classes developed by Thane and taught through The Prosperos.  From Our Writers…We’ve got great reading material, written by fellow students, waiting for you on our website under “Vesper Flights.” Articles, essays, poetry — you’ll find a wonderful selection to choose from. New items are being added all the time, so, check it out! You’ll discover it all at https://www.theprosperos.org/vespers. Feed the Body, as Well as the Soul!A cool treat for these last hot days of summer, this was a favorite at Thane’s residence. Our Founder was very fond of cooking, and believed in nourishing his students’ appetites for good food as well as spiritual enlightenment. Enjoy! PEANUT BUTTER PIE Blend together: ½ Cup crunchy peanut butter 8 oz. cream cheese, softened 1 Cup powdered sugar Fold in 8 oz. Cool-Whip Turn into a graham-cracker pie shell; smooth and swirl the top. Pie may be sprinkled with chopped peanuts, if desired. Refrigerate at least 2 hrs. before serving. CAUTION: This is very rich; start with small slices! Coming Events ** Class ** Releasing the Hidden SplendourTM with Heather Williams, H.W.,M. Saturday/Sunday, Sept. 26-27 In this class, you will learn a simple technique that helps us to free ourselves from old patterns, to know ourselves truthfully, to LOVE ourselves unconditionally, and to more fully live our unique, individual life purposes. More information: https://www.theprosperos.org/prosperos-events/rhs-202606-rhs ** Sunday Meetings ** “Letter to a Woman with Learning Disabilities About Translation®“ with Pam Rodolph, H.W.,M. Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026 – 11:00 AM PT It’s important to direct your explanations to your audience’s abilities and expectations, without losing the points you’re making. Pam gives a wonderful example, actually suitable for everyone. More information: https://www.theprosperos.org/prosperos-events/sunday-talk-23-06-2024-mjscy-k7eb8 “Importance of CURIOSITY!“ with Heather Williams, H.W.,M. Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026 – 11:00 AM PT Curious people seek freedom from the old patterns of control, from old fear-based conditioning. Curiosity raises us to a higher level of consciousness when we ask: Hey, what is this? Why must I do this? Who am I? More information: https://www.theprosperos.org/prosperos-events/things-or-love-77l23-mc358-a2635 “Transcendentalism“ with Thane of Hawaii Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026 – 11:00 AM PT Thane explains how error, and what is called sin, truly means ignorance and darkness. You can come to the understanding that what for centuries has been called the Christ within is this thing now called Beingness. More information: https://www.theprosperos.org/prosperos-events/thane-the-law-of-the-vacuum-nwa3h-wbpk5-wrjzx-c49xz-zcrn6-wg5na ** Ongoing Activities ** Dream Group with HughJohn Malanaphy, H.W.,M. Thursday evenings — explore the conscious-unconscious connection Open Discussion with Clint Lambert Friday evenings — Straight Thinking conversation about current events and more Saturday Morning Translation® Group with Mike Zonta, H.W.,M. Saturday mornings (for those who have taken Translation® class only) More information about these groups: https://www.theprosperos.org/events |
** How Can We Help You? ** High Watch Translation® ServiceThe High Watch Translation® Service is supported by our High Watch members. Requests and updates are sent out to experienced Translators as soon as they are received. All information relayed through this link or via our website is kept confidential, unless requested otherwise. You may add additional information, or inform us of any changes or requests for further Translation® in your situation, at any time through the link below. —Translation® is our form of prayer. It is used to get to the Truth of any situation or dilemma, and access the Unpredictable Good. —Did you know that you can request Translation® from the High Watch Translation® Service for any situation going on in your life? This is the primary purpose of the High Watch –- To hold the High Watch for you and with you. For more about the HWTS: https://www.theprosperos.org/hwts FOR MORE INFORMATION…We invite you to visit our websites for information about the School, as well as for descriptions of our wide selection of printed, recorded, and online resources (many are free; others are available for purchase). General Information – For our calendar, class descriptions and blog, as well as other articles and information, please visit https://TheProsperos.org. Audio Center – This site offers free podcasts, talks and lectures, plus a wealth of other recorded material for our students and friends. To see what’s available, please visit https://TheProsperos.com. |
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The Prosperos Community Update for July
  Assembly 2026 is coming…plus… ** Classes, Meetings, & Activities – save the dates! ** (see below feature article)  Awareness of Spiritual Freedom– Is the Cornerstone of – – True Democracy – …notes taken at Thane’s lectures, Assembly 1984 MONISM — This is the understanding that the laws of man and nature are ONE HARMONIOUS FORCE, that the true reality of the universe is Oneness, that it expresses as One organic whole. The leap to this viewpoint may seem difficult for many people, since mankind has been trained for millennia to believe in physical and cultural structures and limitations. But it is man’s nature to seek a higher perception. Each individuation works from its own level, moving onward through new discoveries to closer approximations of Truth. The search is never finished, but goes ever on as we proceed through spiritual evolution, seeking greater insights and casting aside appearances and ego-roles. We seek that which alone is infallible: Principle, through which we express our Truth, our Beingness.  Thane of Hawaii How many times have we, as students of Ontology, the Science of Being, heard this! And how many times have we felt the Truth in our lives as we pursue our individual quests for spiritual realization! But what does it have to with politics? How does it relate to the public, the nation, the world of statecraft? This subject was addressed by Thane of Hawaii at the Assembly in Utah over Labor Day weekend, and at mini-Assemblies and other events since. Expressing man’s spiritual reality in all arenas, including government, has long been [was long] an important topic to Thane. Before, during and after World War II, in a time of intense national and international conflict, Thane lectured and published extensively on this theme. Forty years later, these relationships are more important than ever. On what lasting foundations can we build our nation’s policies? By what guidelines can we set global expectations? Monism must be taken into national and international politics. The American forefathers founded the United States of America on the principle of Infinite Beingness. This was the first and only nation specifically dedicated to the rights of each individual to “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” (Even if you are not an American citizen, you participate in a world that brought about this awareness: you ARE part of it!)  Democracy is, outside of religion, the most spiritual concept by which man can live. The “Founding Fathers” of America recognized the spiritual power common to all men. The did not rely on human thought to write the Declaration of Independence, but rather drew from an Inner Knowing. The American Heritage they believed in was spiritual, not just “human.” In repudiating a materialistic colonial domination, they relied on an understanding of inalienable rights that is the driving force of all revolution and social unrest. The United States of America now occupies a unique (and unenviable) position. This nation is burdened with the heaviest responsibility in history, for it has become the stronghold of the treasure of man’s divine endeavor: Democracy. The American people must regain a clear sight of real principles inherent in democracy, for that clear sight has been lost. All too many have forgotten the spiritual reason for the founding of this nation. Our divine inheritance is not being taught. Democracy is a government based on self-government, which can only be attained by those who know their true Selves, their true Beingness. It is easy to be misled by material appearances. “Patriotic,” nationalistic fervor is aroused by the idea of material defenses of material possessions. This actually leads to destruction of the democratic system and ideals. It results in defensive “robot” personalities. The “Army” needed for defense of democracy is not a military body dedicated to material defenses, nor to a limited national interest. Our national defense must be spiritual. Our commitment to defense must extend not only to American democracy, but to the universal democracy of Ontological individuation. It is a trust to ensure the continuing individuation of Omniscience. A vast army must be devoted to a crusade of spiritual education, to a vision of all men “created equal.” It must be non-partisan, non-political, even in dealings with a seemingly divided world. We as individuals must get to the point where we can speak to our friends of this enlightened state of Beingness. We can rely on our inner vision; draw from that “deep wellspring” of our own spirituality, teach and discuss the Truth we have seen — the Truth of Principle, Order, and Being. “Land of the Free” doesn’t refer just to freedom from difficulties. First and foremost, it means freedom to Be Your Self. There is a quality of freedom only endowable to the individual — it is not “Governmental.” Education in the spiritual significance of Democracy will reveal Truths that are shocking in terms of ordinary thinking. Some of the features of a truly democratic, spiritually aware world will transcend anything we know now. Radical isolationism and imperialism will be considered crimes. Boundaries in the old sense will cease to be important. There will be total environmental involvement, corporate and otherwise. All religious practices will be respected. Through inner enlightenment and use of technology we will provide resources to allow each individual to develop fully. But to accomplish this requires a “new birth of freedom” based on the discovery of the Inner Self. A ”Nation of Free People” — or a world thereof — can be realized only if the inner freedom of the Innate Self — the Divine Oneness — is recognized. Then all can see that world strife is not a conflict for power and possessions, but is an assertion of new life. There is a power and spirit within each of us that is greater that that of “human beings.” It is necessary to give up the outer identity of mere “human beings” to become aware of inner Beingness. Gandhi taught that freedom lies within. Within is the authority by which we are “Doers of the Word.” This does not mean we can disregard things as they seem to be. Always one must start where one is, for that is relative to Beingness. And others can only be expected to start where they are, with their awareness. But always, one must work to see oneself as an individuation of Being in the universe. Put yourself in that light! Translation® can help us “straighten out the bookkeeping” in this regard, and get back to Principle in times of confusion. The new “indoctrination program” expounds the concept of birthless, deathless, undying Being as our reality, as That Which Is So About us, our Spiritual Divinity. Innately, we know this Truth and yearn to express it. In that knowledge we live and defend and encourage True Democracy. That is the challenge for today’s world. __________ Note: Translation® is a Foundation Class created by Thane and taught by The Prosperos.   Assembly 2026 Sat./Sun., September 12-13 Plan now to join us online, and experience a…  ** More information to come… check our website! **https://www.theprosperos.org/prosperos-events/assembly-2025-s6wll  America, Freedom & Democracy… I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion. – Thomas Jefferson Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. The only way they can inherit the freedom we have known is if we fight for it, protect it, defend it, and then hand it to them with the well-thought lessons of how they in their lifetime must do the same. – Ronald Reagan Ours is such a beautiful country, an impossibly diverse and gorgeous country, cracked wide and piled high and full with every color, every shape you could ever dream of seeing. It is a stolen country, a settled country, a brutalized country, a wild and endangered, enduring and fragile country. A country worth the effort, no matter how great that effort might be. – Mary McNamara Student NewsWe are pleased to report that our Dean, William Fennie, is home and doing well after his recent hospitalization and rehab. Just in time to celebrate Freedom! Coming Events** Classes ** – Translation®– with Pam Rodolph, H.W.,M. Saturday/Sunday, July 18-19, 2026 – One of The Prosperos Foundation Classes, Translation® provides a fundamental resource for getting beyond limitation, disorder, and confusion: Straight Thinking in the Abstract. Learn to see through what seems to be, in order to recognize Truth — which is waiting for your discovery. More information: https://www.theprosperos.org/prosperos-events/translation-monitored-by-mara-pennell-hw – Releasing the Hidden SplendourTM– with Heather Williams, H.W.,M. Saturday/Sunday, August 1-2, 2026 – In this Foundation Class, and in the workshops that follow, you will learn to “work” with a memory that made you feel bad (angry, fearful, hurt, insulted, injured, etc.), using a simple emotional technique to GIVE up the old pattern FOR a whole, new understanding of your true identity! More information: https://www.theprosperos.org/prosperos-events/rhs-202606-rhs ** Sunday Meetings ** – “Independence from What?” – – with Thane of Hawaii – Sunday, July 5, 2026 – 11:00 AM PT – From the Archive — Thane explores the philosophical / religious underpinnings of the American revolution and the nation’s founders, and identifies challenges he saw happening in 1981 — with insights that resonate in our own time. More information: https://www.theprosperos.org/prosperos-events/thane-the-law-of-the-vacuum-nwa3h-wbpk5-wrjzx – “Being a Part of Your Own Movement” – – with Pam Rodolph, H.W.,M. – Sunday, July 12, 2026 – 11:00 AM PT – Our abstract ideas tend to stimulate creativity and inspiration by promoting novel connections and mental flexibility. Abstract concepts activate brain regions associated with complex thinking and emotion, triggering deeper, more enduring inspiration. –More information:– https://www.theprosperos.org/prosperos-events/sunday-talk-23-06-2024-mjscy ** Ongoing Events ** DreamGroup with HughJohn Malanaphy, H.W.,M. Thursday evenings — explore the conscious-unconscious connection Open Discussion with Clint Lambert Friday evenings — Straight Thinking conversation about current events and more Translation® Saturday Meeting with Mike Zonta, H.W.,M. Saturday mornings (for those who have taken Translation® class only) More information about these activities: https://www.theprosperos.org/events |
** How Can We Help You? ** High Watch Translation® Service The High Watch Translation® Service is supported by our High Watch members. Requests and updates are sent out to experienced Translators as soon as they are received. All information relayed through this link or via our website is kept confidential, unless requested otherwise. You may add additional information, or inform us of any changes or requests for further Translation® in your situation, at any time through the link below. —Translation® is our form of prayer. It is used to get to the Truth of any situation or dilemma, and access the Unpredictable Good. —Did you know that you can request Translation® from the High Watch Translation® Service for any situation going on in your life, or of which you are aware? This is the primary purpose of the High Watch –- To hold the High Watch for you and with you. For more about the HWTS: https://www.theprosperos.org/hwts FOR MORE INFORMATION…We invite you to visit our websites for information about the School, as well as for descriptions of our wide selection of printed, recorded, and online resources (many are free; others are available for purchase). General Information – For our calendar, class descriptions and blog, as well as other articles and information, please visit https://TheProsperos.org. Audio Center – This site offers free podcasts, talks and lectures, plus a wealth of other recorded material for our students and friends. To see what’s available, please visit https://TheProsperos.com. |
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