The Voice of Astara Fall 2023

THE VOICE OF

ASTARA

DEDICATED TO THE ART OF LIVING IN THE LIGHT vol.8

P UBLISHER’S

N OTE

FINDING YOUR PLACE IN THE WORLD

The information overload era has ushered in everything from Artificial Intelligence to the acknowledgment of aliens among us. Conceptually, these are big things to wrap our heads around. It takes a brave and expanded mind to tackle such issues without putting extra anxiety into our already hectic and warp speed lives. It brings up the question of our place in the universe and our purpose in our own individual existence. We are being hit, headon with catastrophic events that seem apocalyptic and the rise in end-of-days prophecy competes for equal time with the new world visionaries. How does the ordinary human being liberate himself from the prison of fear and demoralization that comes with too much information?

Astara has attempted to address this question in this issue of The Voice and by structuring new courses that help attune our inner world with the rapidly changing outer world. As a true Mystic School, Astara takes the path of Divine Communion that celebrates intuitive knowing on a higher dimension. The Astara Light Technique courses have been leading up to an active Clairvoyance course based on mind mapping and “3 brain” development. The last 2 modules, {Crystal Cosmosis and Metatron Metrics} are unfolding new levels of inner sensing and our students are having fantastic, life changing results.

As we venture further into the Etheric Age, Astara leans closer into the essence of mind energy: how it is channelled and how it vitalizes everything from creativity, physical health, clairvoyance, innovative thought and break-through moments. We’ve addressed some of those things in this issue and if you have been following along with us, you have experienced the re-channeling of life energy that the free healings and meditations have intensified. If you haven’t joined in, you are missing out on the Mystic Tie that holds us all together and the inner peace and calm the exploration of your own inner universe reveals.

The time is now and we need more Light Workers as Astara enters its 72nd Year in Existence. All are welcome to explore with us!

We Give Thanks. We Give Thanks. We Give Thanks.

Valarie Anderson, Publisher

Excerpt By Robert Chaney

ABOUT US

The Ministry of Astara survives and thrives because of our volunteers. Our outreach ministry touches thousands of lives with personal communications, letters, calls, emails and more. Their service to humanity is the building block of the Astara Foundation. Their dedication to making sure “An Astarian Never Walks Alone.” is tirelessly pursued and made manifest in the services they provide. Astara Ministry 800.964.4941.

John Gregory Toews, Chairman of the Board

of Trustees, Director-Trustee

President & CEO, Head Reverend

Greg was introduced to Astara in 2003. As a full-time healer, Greg has performed over 85,000 healing sessions and has instructed thousands of students over the past 25 years. Greg’s first teacher Emaho influenced the unfolding of his practice. He is a direct student of Satguru Choa Kok Sui, founder of Pranic Healing and of a Lakota Medicine Man. He has over 95,000 clinical hours of experience in Advanced Medical Aromatherapy, and is the owner of Plant Prana Essential Oils. He teaches Astara classes 3x per week

Tammi Lambert, Director-Trustee

Tammi M. Lambert was introduced to Astara

10 years ago and is an enrolled member of the Jicarilla Apache Nation in New Mexico. She is currently the chief presiding judge for the Pueblo of Santa Ana in New Mexico. In 2018, she created a Healing to Wellness Court She is a licensed Spiritual Practitioner with the Rio Grande Center for Spiritual Living in Albuqerque, NM. She has a Juris Doctorate with a focus on Federal Indian Law and is a licensed attorney in New Mexico.

Dr. Mathew Gold, DACM, Director-Trustee, Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President

Introduced to Astara in 2010, Dr. Gold has studied throughout the world, in over one dozen countries, including the Himalayan Mountains of India, and is deeply versed in the teachings and wisdom of Astara, Sanatana Dharma, Kundalini Kriya Yoga, Nath Yoga, Raja Yoga, Arhatic Yoga, Kadampa Buddhism, and Kriya Yoga. Dr. Gold holds a doctorate of acupuncture and Chinese medicine (DACM) and has over 8,000 hours of clinical experience. He teaches Alchemy with Astara and Meditation and Mindfulness.

Valarie Anderson, Director-Trustee, Brand Manager/ Director of Publishing & Books

Los Angeles Times, Conde Nast, DFV WorldWide and M Media Group, have all had Valarie at the helm leading publishing and marketing. She is a student of Grand Master Choa Kok Sui, pranic healing for over 18 years. She is an author and business owner and winner of The Gold Ink Award for publishing.

To contact Astara email us at astara@astara.org

If you have inquiries or would like information about the Astara Outreach Ministry please contact us at ministry@astara.org

Lee Ann Corry, Director, Trustee Astara Round Table Study Group Florida

Bill Isbell, Director, Trustee, Minister

Peggy Tennent, Degree Master Reverend

Kristi Forrest, Outreach Ministry

Anthony Guidera, Book of Life Ministry

Samantha Durfey, Technical Ministry

Laura Tejeda, Administrative Ministry

ON A PERSONAL NOTE We Are Stronger Together

Spiritually strong people are constantly asking the big questions about life, such as “Why are we here?” and “What is the meaning of it all?” They are also committed to living a life that is aligned with their values and beliefs. Being committed to a spiritual path takes courage and strength and that’s why we’ve chosen 72 Strong as our anniversary motto this year. Astara is stronger than ever in its focus on spreading the teachings on as many platforms as possible. Your participation helps make this possible.

Spiritually strong people find comfort and strength in their connection to something larger than themselves, such as nature, God, or the universe. They may find this connection through prayer, meditation, book study, or other spiritual practices. I hope you have connected with Astara through one of our live events. Although we can’t replicate the gatherings of the past, we hope you do feel connected to the Astara Light brigade. Astara now generates over 5,000 views of our weekly free services per month and that’s thousand of hours of spiritual content being shared.

Spiritually strong people are motivated to help others and make the world a better place. Living a life of service manifests in many ways. Some may volunteer their time, donate or simply be kind and compassionate to others. I know all our reverends and volunteers add energetic healings to their services and we’ve seen terrific results and outcomes and we know our group is getting stronger with help from the Spiritual Guides assigned to Astara.

72 Strong- Its our vision for this anniversary and we thank you all for helping us stay focused on this incredible journey.

Love you guys,

Greg Toews, Head Reverend, President, CEO

YOUR MIND AND YOUR SELF

Have you ever wondered whether or not life is really worthwhile?

Are all the struggles in which you become involved, all the concerns and responsibilities you shoulder, all the goals you attempt to gain, useless and pointless?

Is life empty?

Does it end by dissolving into nothingness?

Anyone who has thought at all seriously about life has asked himself these disturbing questions and many more. Probably you have pondered on them many times. Your concern is not unique. You are far from alone in your dilemma.

When you wonder whether life is worth all you give it you are making a personal statement of an almost universal fact: there is a ceaseless seeking in the mind of mankind.

For more than a quarter century I’ve been associate with the type of persons who are more than superficially interested in life. Nevertheless, in the mind of many I perceive an intensity, seriousness and urgency, not common among seekers twenty-five years ago.

Excerpt By Robert Chaney

Perhaps this is due to the terror which hangs over our heads in the form of atomic weapons and inflamed international political situations. Perhaps it is another step forward in evolution. There may be many causes which have not yet come to light. But it seems obvious that at this point in mankind’s progress he is more a seeking person than at any previous time in history.

That he seeks at all is one of the distinguishing characteristics between man and animal. That he seeks so insistently indicates the presence of an eternal spiritual impulse in his consciousness.

THE SEARCH FOR MEANING: OUR GREATEST PROBLEM

Its as though mankind is constantly reaching out and attempting to grasp a vague something in his hands, something which he hopes will possess almost a quality of visibility… some solidity and stability upon which he can base his life. At a recent lecture at UCLA one of the most prominent theologians of our time, Dr. Paul Tillich, opened his remarks with the statement that: “The greatest problem in the world today is the search for meaning in life.”

It would seem that in a huge academic institution this meaning would not be difficult to find. Yet professors of history, literature, art and philosophy on the same program agreed that philosophy and the sciences are unable to provide the answers and that students constantly besiege them in a desperate search for some kind of philosophical concept upon which to base their lives.

The facts is man is a seeking individual has not yet been too productive is not necessarily depressing. That he is seeking is an excellent sign of the temper of our times. It spotlights the fact that people realize how insufficient for our needs are the materialist philosophies. They simply do not satisfy their inner hungers we all possess. They do not provide a solid foundation for a satisfactory personal life. It would be terrible if we ever came to the end of our seeking. We must always look for new horizons of thought and new channels of expression. It is to be hoped that we can devise some means to satisfy our seeking to a greater degree than we have in the past.

ISOLATION EXPERIMENTS REVEAL PSYCHIC TENDENCIES

It has been said that anxiety is the most visible sign of our time. Perhaps this is true for it certainly prevails throughout the world.

Anxiety produces all manner of illnesses. It causes not only those illnesses of emotion and mind which it is obviously related but also produces physical reactions which seem to have a purely physical source.

An experiment in isolation casts light on our interest in the relationship between your mind and your self. At the University of Manitoba, a researcher experimented with a chamber in which subjects were completely isolate, not only from human contact but from all life and reality. For two weeks the subjects separately lived in an almost completely lifeless, soundless world. Even the sense of touch was minimized with special gloves. There was no furniture, they were denied exercise and speech.

RESEARCHERS HEAR “INAUDIBLE” SOUNDS

During the isolation period they “heard” sounds described as waves splashing and birds chirping. The researchers naturally concluded that these were hallucinations.

But can we be certain? Is it not possible that whatever they heard merely sounded like birds and waves but were actually sounds from another dimension?

Should we not consider that when these men were isolated from the kind of reality we ordinarily experience they may have come in touch with a different kind of reality?

If the research subjects had the special kind of knowledge possessed by most readers of these pages it is quite possible their discoveries would have been considerably more remarkable. They might have learned something about inner sense and their contact with other dimensions.

ISOLATION CAUSES MENTAL AND PHYSICAL INDIFFERENCE

The research also produced the discovery that at the conclusion of the isolation a “don’t give a damn” attitude prevailed in the subject’s mind. For periods ranging from three to eight days after the experiment they were indifferent to everything connected with the sensory world. And this causes us to reflect upon the fact that there is a deeper kind of isolation than that of the physical senses.

There is a kind of isolation that withers the mind, implants a “don’t give a damn” attitude so deeply that the mind turns to life’s more malignant matters. It is isolation from the spiritual dimensions…a kind of isolation which all of us enforce upon ourselves from time to time.

Of course there is a mental isolation which create what mystics call divine indifference-that deep-rooted realization that “this, too, shall pass” which enables the seeker to find light in the midst of his everyday frustrations and problems. However, a vastly different type of isolation is one of humanity’s major plagues.

The most damaging isolation in the world is concentration upon physical dimensions to the exclusion of all others.

We are unavoidably involved in physical life, true. But when attention is completely centered therein we isolate ourselves from those other dimensions which provide us with life’s real essentials. Just as the plant wilts when denied life-giving sustenance furnished by soil and moisture, so man withers in spirit when he denies himself the life-giving sustenance of life’s greater dimensions.

The Canadian researchers isolated themselves from physical reality, but attempted no contact with any other kind of reality. We often concentrate upon reality to the exclusion of REALITY with an equally disturbing result.

MOBILE WORLD NULLIFIES INNER SENSES

If we posses faculties for perceiving dimensions why do we not exercise them more frequently? From observing this unfortunate phenomenon for many years I’ve arrived at the conclusion that one of the principle causes is: we are living in a mobile world.

In our world everything must move. If there is no perceptible movement, attention is not attracted, interest fades. If a ball game isn’t filled with action we lose interest. If there is nothing to do on the job we become bored. We don’t posses a matured capacity to “look into the mirror of life and see the reflection of eternity”. If some people had to sit quietly for fifteen minutes they would become hysterical.

From the smallest segment of life to the largest there is constant movement. Our minds are therefore constantly confronted with instability and we respond with a similar feel and sense of uncertainty.

We are conditioned principally by what we perceive through our physical sense. Consequently we arrive at the point at which inner conflict is rampant. Everything is jumbled…nothing is enduring…nothing possesses that mark of stability upon which we can base a meaningful life. Feelings of insecurity and anxiety become the norm in a constantly fluctuating world.

THE PACE OF THE PAST INDUCED ORDERLINESS

I reject the idea of accepting the past in toto. But there’s one aspect of it that might well serve us today…its pace. Then…it wasn’t essential that everything have “impact”… that we constantly create a “new image”…that everything possess a million pounds of “thrust.” There was less anxiety, more stability, more poise. Events moved, but with a certain feeling of relationship to orderliness… to the “heavens”.

CENTER YOUR MIND ON SOMETHING STEADFAST

If we’re to live purposeful lives we must find a way to accommodate our minds to the swift moving, often frustrating events of today. Therefore, …if you are to stabilize your place in the world, if you wish to enhance the association between your consciousness and your Self, how productive it will be to regularly center your attention upon something that “wavers not.”

Center your mind in a calm, organized, stable manner on any spiritual image or affirmation, teacher or deity which may appeal to you, and you will incorporate qualities of stability and poise in your own inner life that will unfailingly become objectified in your own outer life. Your real Self with all its eternal qualities will shine through.

-Excerpt from Think on New Levels c1963

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TOURMALINE PENDANT

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Everything will be fine is the mantra this reminds us of. One feels protection and a sense of grounding when wearing this ancient spondylus (spines on the back). Think hard and soft/ masculine and feminine/ yin and yang harmony. Patience and the passing of time endurance and longevity are all ancient symbols of this rare piece.

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Visualization involves concentration upon an image, a form or an idea until it becomes real.

VISUALIZATION THE MEDITATION

The creation of a mental images is the deliberate building up of a thoughtform which operates on the mental plane. Such a form then becomes a focus of consciousness and would be in a position to exert much influence over the entire consciousness. Since each individual is the master of his or her own mind, the responsibility rests upon each to place in the thougtform the elements and qualities that will raise one’s consciousness to inspirational heights.

Realizing the importance of keeping the aura purified by noble and beautiful thoughts, the Astarian frequently meditates upon the qualities of the higher planes, thereby keeping the atoms of your aura in perpetual high frequency. Should the Astarian desire to create an image of some inspired Teacher to use as a focal point through which the Master may send power, you should follow a particular ritual. Let us say you have chose the Buddha. Select your favorite picture or statue of him. By concentrating upon him through visualization, creating your own thought image of the Master. Choose his eyes. Speak to him through his eyes. Ask for his grace and mercy and forgiveness.

Use pictures of the Master in a joyous or thoughtful form. The Astarian may ask in all good faith, that the mental image become a channel of spiritual power, even that the Master Teacher may transmit a ray of Divine consciousness to dwell in the form you have created and upon which you meditate.

Some may wonder if one is justified in thus calling upon the Buddha or the Christ, or any other Master Teacher, and creating a visualized image and requesting his or her ensouling influence to motivate it. Since light perpetually descends upon Earth, and since the great power of the cosmos is available to all who can contact it and use it to advantage, the thoughtform becomes a self-created channel through which to receive Divine blessings.

Mind power is one of the greatest forces in the universe, and the Astarian learns that it is only through mind power that you may raise yourself from the level of neophyte to the level of mastership and illumination.

First Degree Lesson 12

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BASIC FOUNDATION

Learn technique to bring deeper levels of connection to the people in your life -Increase a deeper connection to the “inner you”Deepen your sense of inner peace - Reduce anxiety - Heighten your intuitive capabilities - Increase your ability to help yourself and help others - Diminish “patterns”in your life. $150.00

HEART & 1000 PETAL LOTUS

Pre-recorded 100 min. video and Presented by Greg Toews Includes inner teachings, but not limited too:

Heart and the 1000 Petal Lotus Technique • Refining of perception of the inner eye • Refine your energy for Extra Sensory Perception Align with your “Soul” purpose and more. $150.00

KRIYA SAKTI

Bringing Light into your Goals, Energy Practices & Dreams Breathe new life into your energy work, healing practices, spiritual life and goal attainment. Astara’s Kriya Sakti class is the mystical practice mastered by Teacher Kuthumi. $150.00

ELEMENTAL MYSTICISM

The 4th Module in the Astara Light Series, Elemental Mysticism Harnesses the elements as energetic building blocks for your happiness and growth. It is 90 minutes in length. A live Q&A is included and will be presented in 2 weeks. $150.00

This is the 5th Module in the

Light Technique Course: Kuthumi Mantra. It is highly recommended but not required that you have practiced the previous 4 modules. This is a private pre-recorded 90 min. video presented by Greg Toews for spiritual practitioners. A live q&a is included and will follow in 3-4 weeks. $150.00

METRICS OF METATRON

Apply the 3 Brain system Develop Active clairvoyance Cultivating the intuitive mind It is recommended that you have taken. The previous modules $150.00

CRYSTAL COSMOSIS

Going deeper into the form to experience the essence. Experimenting with balancing opposites. Change how your logical mind and intuitive mind work in harmony. Processing the information from the Light It is recommended that you practice with a gemstone of your choice like lapis, tanzanite, amethyst or kunzite. $150.00

UNIVERSAL COURSES FOR UNIVERSAL STUDENTS

Life Lessons One Degree At A Time Available on your time schedule, private and convenient. Each course is 90 minutes long and is presented by Greg Toews

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MANTRA OF KUTHUMI

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LAPIS PENDANT

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RUDRAKSHA MALA WITH LAPIS

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LAPIS MALA

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BEADED APATITE NECKLACE

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LAPIS WITH PALO SANTO BRACELET

SPIRITUAL PILGRIMAGE

On September 22, 1984 Earlyne Chaney was at the end of one of her mystical pilgrimages at Fatima and held a most important initiation ceremony. There, secluded away from tourists and all the trappings of the modern church, in an area lined by olive and cypress trees, the Mystery of the falling cross took place. This year, I visited Fatima in a sort of historical pilgrimage influenced by Earlyne and I retraced her steps, finding the little area where her “miracle” took place.

Earlyne would describe the cross falling from her rosary as she began her initiation ceremony with 72 accompanying Astara members (an Auspicious number this year!). All in attendance experienced her cross falling from its rosary chain and later reports came in from around the world, in major Astara centers, that multiple others had the same experience with their crosses. She experienced powerful etheric rays spreading out to Light workers everywhere connecting them to this place in Portugal.

Kuthumi explains to Earlyne: The crosses carried by so many light workers around the world would take on a new aspect from that day forward. Light seekers everywhere, he said, would experience an “accumulated mission.” The mission was to form a greater network of Light Force to work as a “brigade” towards world purification and peace.

My personal pilgrimage to Fatima was a blissful and personal meditation of prayer towards the Beautiful Lady of the Light. After lighting candles in the Holy area for Astara, the gravity and joy of serving took on a greater cosmic responsibility. As Earlyne interpreted from her experience, we are to offer our prayers, our service and our hearts and not always ask for “ Their ” aid to us. I encourage everyone to try to experience a pilgrimage of their own, perhaps with Earlyne guiding the way.

by Valarie Anderson

MESSAGES FROM THE MASTER TEACHERS

THE MADONNA OF FATIMA

In 1916 The Madonna made one of her most dramatic appearances in a small village in Portugal. She appeared to three children, Jacinta, Francisco and Lucia. She warned of chastisements if humanity did not change direction and begin to pray to the Mother. Pope John Paul III was the benefactor of one of these premonitions and there was an assassination attempt on his life wherein he was saved. Later he canonized the children and the site which is now one of the largest pilgrimage site’s for Catholics. Earlyne Chaney had an experience at Fatima involving the rosary and afterwards she recognized the importance of the Mother’s message to humanity, one of which was recently released by the church.

As the celestial feminine guardian of the human race, Our Lady has repeated several times that she does not solely belong to the Catholics. Her message is for all who recognize her as the Mother of all who is ready to show her powers of grace to any of her children that turn towards her with love and recognition. Her main request is as follows:

Ask for divine guidance and blessings and that the day be spent in doing good for the world, asking that no harm come from you to any fellow human being. Give a daily prayer for the good of the world, offering up any kind of prayers for the benefit of humankind.

Mother Mary

The Art of Astara

UNDERSTANDING THE UNSEEN

Illustrations of cosmic concepts, godly imagery, esoteric premonitions and invisible physics help us comprehend the Book of Life Degree Lessons teachings.

Thousands of pages of original artwork as illustrated by Francis Paellan and catalogued by the Chaneys have been carefully curated into a never before seen exhibit. A new appreciation for the vast volumes of work these embellishments represent comes to our attention and we are awestruck. We hope you are too.

Exhibit runs throughout the month of October. To Donate for further archiving of these works contact media@astara.org.

MYSTIC

WISDOM FROM THE ANGELS AND THE FORCES OF LIGHT

EARLYNE CHANEY© 1992

LOST EMPIRE OF THE GODS

EARLYNE CHANEY© 1994

WISDOM FROM THE ANGELS AND THE FORCES OF LIGHT

EARLYNE CHANEY© 1998

THE MYSTIC MANTRA OM MANI PADME AUM digital available

LAMA YOGA digital available

EARLYNE CHANEY© 1965

THE DEATH BARDO INITIATION INTO LIGHT digital available

EARLYNE CHANEY© 1965

THE BOOK OF BLESSINGS AND MEDITATIONS digital available

EARLYNE CHANEY© 2006

The Essenes

THE ESSENES AND THEIR ANCIENT MYSTERIES digital available

ROBET CHANEY© 1968

BY ROBERT G. CHANEY Foreward Swami Parampanthi

ENLIGHTENED DOCTORS

THE IM1 SPHERULES FROM THE PACIFIC OCEAN HAVE EXTRASOLAR COMPOSITION

For the first time in history, scientists analyzed materials from a meter-size object that originated from outside the solar system. The object lit up the sky over the Pacific Ocean nearly a decade ago and its bright fireball was tracked by US government satellites.

The name we assigned to IM1 sounds like: “I am one”, fittingly labeling the first recognized interstellar meteor, but also — a member of a large population of similar objects.

We found that the spherules along the meteor path have an unusual composition that suggests that they came from outside the solar system. That is completely independent of the velocity measurement of the U.S. government satellites that indicated that it has a speed too large for the sun to keep it bound by gravity. This object is the first recognized interstellar object bigger than half a meter in size, and it’s the first time that scientists analyzed materials from such an object, so that’s a historic discovery already.

ABRAHAM “AVI” LOEB, ISRAELI-AMERICAN THEORETICAL PHYSICIST

Avi Loeb is the head of the Galileo Project, founding director of Harvard University’s — Black Hole Initiative, director of the Institute for Theory and Computation at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, and the former chair of the astronomy department at Harvard University (2011–2020). He chairs the advisory board for the Breakthrough Starshot project.

The expedition team on the deck of the ship “Silver Star” (June 27, 2023). The large A-frame in the background directed a long cable from the ship to the magnetic sled on the ocean floor at a depth of 2 kilometers. The sled retrieved about 700 submillimeter-sized spherules through 26 Runs which criss-crossed a 10-kilometer region around the fireball location of the first recognized interstellar meteor, IM1.

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As you know, we are facing tough economic times. Many people are struggling to make ends meet, and our organization is no exception. Our fundraising efforts have been affected by the economic downturn and we are determined to remain strong and resilient, but we need your help.

We cannot give up.

We know that Astara’s work is more important than ever during these challenging times.

Over the past 72 years, Astara has touched the lives of thousands of people. We have helped people to find peace, clarity, and purpose in their lives. We have also helped people to connect with their inner wisdom and to live more fulfilling lives.

This year, we are celebrating our 72nd anniversary with a special fundraising campaign. We are asking for your support to help us continue to provide our programs and services to the community. Your donation will help us to:

Extend our class offerings and maintain our free services Fund our admin and operating costs Increase our healing ministry & outreach Fund The Voice, Newsletter and Membership outreach

Your donation will make a difference in the lives of many people. It will help us to continue to provide a safe and supportive space for people to explore their spirituality and to grow as individuals.

Thank you for your consideration. I hope you will join us in celebrating our 72nd anniversary.

ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION ACTIVITIES

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15TH

Special Sunday Session 10 a.m. On site and Via Zoom

Greg Toews discusses Active Clairvoyance 12:00-2:00 p.m. On site and Via Zoom

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17TH

Special Anniversary Ceremony and Celebration. On site and Via Zoom. Special Astara Art from the Archive Exhibit “Understanding the Unseen”

SECOND SIGHT

Active Clairvoyance has long been present in Astara Teachings however the actual step by step development towards it has been hard to discover - if not hidden even- throughout the Lessons

For Astara’s 72nd Anniversary Greg Toews comes on strong as he unfolds the process, its importance in spiritual development and its relevance in living an innovative and elevated life.

DON’T MISS THIS SPECIAL PRESENTATION SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15TH 12:00 -2:00 PM ON SITE OR VIA ZOOM ALL ARE WELCOME

Tap into the mystic potential of all living things and learn to nurture your life beyond the senses.

ASTARA’S HEALING MINISTRY

Astara’s spiritual healing science makes use of etheric “thought threads”.” The person desiring the healing hold petition in his hands and mentally concentrates on it, thus establishing an etheric tie between himself and the petition before sending it to Astara.

The healing petitions are used as contact points through which healing is directed to those who are in need. Of course it is possible to establish the thread of this esoteric contact without the petition but it requires greater mental effort. The petition facilitates the contact. In Robert Chaney’s book Adventures in ESP c1965, he describes this process as psychometry.

This is not mere fantasy since it is a proven scientific fact that prayers can help heal, and that energy follows thought. Therefore, if the thought is projected powerfully enough, energy must follow and, just as the voice travels over a telephone wire from one person to another, so do the etheric threads between Astara healers and all those hundreds of petitioners become more firmly established.

Having projected the energy of the White Light, we at Astara then place the petitions in the Healing Bowl. Even in the midst of busy hours Astara’s ministers are constantly directing healing thoughts to the petitions. There is never a moment during the hours of the day that we are not aware of them and those who have asked our help.

WWW.ASTARA.ORG/PRAYER-PETITIONS

Astara Healing Testimonials

My sincere thanks for the healing I received. After 12 days of covid I thought I had Long term covid but the healing Light prevailed & I tested Negative the next day & on. My eternal gratitude

Thank You All for your great work… helping others… God hears you and loves u all.

What I did was send a healing petition in for my uncle in the past… so his prayers have been heard and thank you from the bottom of my heart!!!

He surprised me at work… he was gone to visit family in NY and told me how he was recovering with rapid speed and was amazed and thrilled at the same time!! All I could do was cry... the tears were streaming down my face... I was so happy for him… also his family too!!

Thank you for your prayers.

I underwent a 7 hour surgery for a distal pancreatectomy. The operation was deemed a success and I am now 4 weeks into recovery and feeling good. Still have more ground to make up but am happy with my progress so far. The pathology report came back clean - no evidence of disease!!

Not sure what the future holds but I am extremely grateful to all who sent me prayers and healing energy. I look forward to walking the path towards greater spiritual awareness and service.

With gratitude I especially wan to thank REV. Greg for his work....helped me very, very much when I recently spent 1½ days in local emergency room .....am on the mend ....

Thank you a lot. Beautiful purification, I felt so relaxed. God bless you always. Love and light. I was having pain for weeks due to carpal tunnel in my wrist. After this meditation, my pain was gone!! THANK YOU! God bless you always. I am blessed that you are helping me. What a wonderful meditation and healing... very powerful. Just what I needed to regroup and get back to center. Thank you Rev Greg!!! Many blessings to you and Astara! Great spiritual activity. So blessed! I needed these generous Love & Light thoughts, words & actions of Godness. Gratitude to you, Astara teachings & God now unconditionally.

MEMBERSHIP

WE CANNOT DO GOOD OR GIVE TO OTHERS, WITHOUT RECEIVING A BLESSING.

www.astara.org/donate

HEARTFELT THANKS FOR SUPPORTING ASTARA WITH YOUR GIFTS AND MEMBERSHIP

Thank you for your support which help spread the teachings of A stara. Donors like you are vital to Astara and the achievement of our mission. As a tax exempt organization outlined in Sectio n 501c3 Of the Internal Revenue Code (EIN Number), every donation counts and we couldn’t have made the same impact witho ut your generous gift. Your contribution has enabled Astara to continue providing metaphysical and spiritual teachings for light seekers around the world. Your membership ensures current enrollment in the Astara Database. Should you have ques tions of your status contact us at: Astara@astara.org

I want to ensure Astara’s future is Strong. Please accept my gift of:

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THE MINISTRY OF ASTARA PRAYER PETITIONS

ASTARIAN HEALING PETITION INVOCATION

“I am surrounded by the pure white Light of the Christ, Nothing but good can come to me, Nothing but good Shall go from me. I give thanks.”

Request to direct prayers and spiritual healings to:

RECIPIENT’S NAME:

RECIPIENT’S ADDRESS:

PHONE:

PLEASE DESCRIBE THE NEED FOR PRAYER:

On Behalf of (PETITIONER’S NAME If Different than above): (PETITIONER’S ADDRESS):

PETITIONER’S EMAIL:

Please complete the Petition. Meditate on the Light surrounding your request for a few moments. Allow the Light and the needs to become one. Repeat the invocation above and use the image on this Petition to visualize your need being met. Hold the Petition and visualize the healing becoming a reality, offer your prayer, then send it to: Astara@ 725 Deep Valley Drive, Rolling Hills Est., CA 90274

Meditate daily and visualize yourself in an aura of White Light. Repeat the Astara Affirmation above. All communication is held in the strictest of confidence.

ASTARIAN PRAYER PETITION

INVOCATION

“I invoke the Sacred Circle and visualize this issue being solved according To God’s will for all concerned. I give thanks, I give thanks.”

Request to the Light of Astara for Cosmic help:

RECIPIENT’S NAME:

RECIPIENT’S ADDRESS:

PHONE:

PLEASE DIRECT YOUR PRAYERS AND SPIRITUAL ENERGIES FOR THE FOLLOWING REQUESTS:

On Behalf of (PETITIONER’S NAME If Different than above): (PETITIONER’S ADDRESS):

PETITIONER’S EMAIL:

Please complete the Petition. Concentrate on the Astara Star Emblem. Hold the Petition and visualize the healing becoming a reality, offer your prayer, then send it to: Astara@ 725 Deep Valley Drive, Rolling Hills Est., CA 90274

Meditate daily and visualize yourself in an aura of White Light. Repeat the Astara Affirmation above. All communication is held in the strictest of confidence.

THE MANY WAYS TO CONNECT AND SHARE YOUR LIGHT THE ASTARA SCHOOL

Astara’s team has created an applicable and easy system to guide you along the path of your spiritual development. We’ve designed a friendly “your space” environment to briefly test a students’ level of comprehension regarding esoteric concepts, basic principles and metaphysical definitions from the books and thus, providing you with insights into your own progress and any existing knowledge gaps.

ttps://www.astara.org/quizzes

THE ASTARA LIGHT NEWSLETTER

Astara Light, is the monthly blessing & digital bulletin for Astarians all over the world. The blessing and meditation are delivered to your in-box along with lifestyle products to enhance your everyday “light” living.

View the digital issue at https://www.astara.org/newsletter to request a copy send via email, contact us at media@astara.org

SHOP FOR A CAUSE

Shop in the Astara store for energized products that enhance your sacred living. Consciously curated items are ethically sourced and relate to living the teachings.

All proceeds help support Astara’s ministry outreach, book publishing, healing and prayer petition distribution, and membership cultivation as well as enabling Astara to offer free classes and study sessions. https://shop.astara.org

YOUTUBE

All free classes are recorded and put on the Astara Light 1951 YouTube Channel. It is free to subscribe.

Videos of meditations, classes, study groups, book studies and special events are housed here for you to enjoy on your own schedule any time of day or night.

PINTEREST

Follow us on the Astara Pinterest Account

https://www.pinterest.com/astara0503

ZOOM CLASSES

Participate in real time as Astara Reverends and Ministers conduct classes, study groups, meditations, healings and instructions via Zoom Meetings. Free classes daily.

Check for monthly schedules, updates, new classes at www.astara.org/events

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

REMINDERS

ASTARA 72 YEAR ANNIVERSARY

NEW YEAR’S DAY BLESSINGS FOR 2024

JANUARY 1ST

Join Astara for a special weekend of meditation, presentations and Anniversary ceremony for annual fundraising. www.astara.org/events

GIVING TUESDAY NOVEMBER 28TH

Join the Global generosity movement of people and organizations to help transform communities and inspire giving.

www.givingtuesday.com

WINTER SOLSTICE DECEMBER 21ST

Experience the energy and magic of the season during this special meditation and group event to celebrate the magic. www.astara.org/events

CHRISTMAS PRAYER AND MEDITATION

DECEMBER 24TH • 10 AM

Special Sunday Session celebrating Christmas Joy and goodwill for all

Astara President Greg Toews gives his annual New Year Blessing. For Joy, peace and prosperity in the new year

OCTOBER 15TH, 16TH, 17TH ONGOING

WWW.ASTARA.ORG/EVENTS

PLANT PRANA ESSENTIAL OILS CLASSES

Recurring classes

Hosted by Greg Toews at Plantpranaoils.com

YOUTUBE POSTING

Of all monthly events in case you missed a live version. Subscribe for free.

SUNDAYS, 10am PST

ASTARA’S SUNDAY SESSIONS

Worship and Community based on the teaching in Astara’s Book of Life Degree Lessons.

TUESDAYS, 6:15pm PST

BLESSING THE PRAYER PETITIONS

Join the Reverends and help bless the Astara prayer petitions.

2ND MONDAYS, 6pm PST

PRAYERS FOR PEACE AND HEALING

Share your Light with the world in this special prayer for peace and healing. Participate to make the world a better place. Use the White Light of Astara to project love for all humankind. Lead by Rev. Anthony Guidera

WEDNESDAYS, 4pm - 4:30pm PST

ASTARA’S RECURRING BLESSINGS & HEALING MINISTRY

Learn Techniques from the Book of Life Degree Lessons for Enhanced Living in the Light.

Presented By Greg Toews, Astara President

1ST & 3RD MONDAYS, 6pm PST

ASTARA’S BOOK OF LIFE CLUB

A monthly Book of Life Study Club taken directly from the pages of the Degree Lessons. Follow along with an Astara Degree Master as he reads and discusses the teachings.

WEDNESDAYS, 4:30pm - 5pm PST

MYSTIC VIBRATION

Presented By Greg Toews, Astara President Class teaches how to use dories, mantras, crystals, bowls, bells and more to increase vibration and energy.

ASTARA ARCHIVES

ETERNAL PRINCIPLES FOR EVERYDAY LIFE

Generated from the Upland campus in 1980 Robert Chaney and Astara released a series of printed lessons for the members who were unable to attend Sunday services in person. They were available on a donation basis only.

What would you give the world if you were God?

(As a cosmic person in the image of God)

“Do you want to give peace? You do not give a superficial “heaven on earth” kind of peace. But you can give the kind of peace that comes with spiritual understanding and spiritual wisdom. The kind of peace in the consciousness that says “Even though there is turmoil around and within me, there is also spiritual understanding which helps me maintain my own inner divine center-a center of peace - and I can give it to theirs.” Give peace.

This lesson in everyday living is to refresh your cosmic memory of the fact that every attribute of God is also in youminiaturized of course, but capable of being enlarged. Every time you enlarge and enhance those inner qualities-you do indeed “become a cosmic person.”

From Robert Chaney

THE ASTARA AFFIRMATION

I AM SURROUNDED BY THE PURE WHITE LIGHT OF THE CHRIST ONLY GOOD CAN COME TO ME ONLY GOOD SHALL GO FROM ME I GIVE THANKS, I GIVE THANKS, I GIVE THANKS.