A Lifetime of Learning: Opening My Mind to the Universe, Transformed Me into Who I Am Today.

By Daniel R. VanGerpen

Writing this book has been a very thought-stimulating exercise for me, and I have enjoyed the challenge of it completely. Summarizing my lifes thinking and value took many hours of meditation and note taking to expand upon. I am sure that the text will be strange for some and enlightening for others. It is all based upon my lifetime of learning.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Sep 28, 2015
• ISBN: 9781514410776

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Contents

Introduction

Personal Beliefs

Self-Discovery:

Chapter I: In the beginning

Creation of the Universe

Chapter II: Infinity

Infinite Spiritual Being

Chapter III: The Divine Plan

The Light

The Gift of God

Live and Learn

Who am I?

Duality

Cause and Effect

Chapter IV: The Meaning of Time

Time

Chapter V: Education

Faith

Truth

Evil, Good & the Law

Coming From Love or Fear:

Chapter VI: Spiritual Principals

Spirit

Chapter VII: Living within Spiritual Principals

Personal Path to God

Modern Miracles with Human Vision

Respect, freedom and dignity:

Pattern of Perfection:

Trust and Integrity:

Religious Beliefs:

Personal Responsibility:

I Am Old Enough:

Firing the old God:

Advertising for a new God:

Chapter VIII: Immortality

Life after death:

The Location of Hell:

The Location of Heaven:

Reincarnation:

Life on other planets:

Contact with the dead:

Science Verses Death:

Another dimension to life after death:

Chapter IX: The Law

Thinking:

Supply:

Attraction:

Receiving:

Increase:

Compensation:

Non-resistance:

Forgiveness:

Sacrifice:

Obedience:

Success:

Chapter X: A Lifetime of Learning

Family Background

Childhood

Teenage Years

Young Adulthood

Beginning of Professional Life

Major Change in Adult Life

Maturing Adult

Starting Life Over again

Family is Calling

End of a Wonderful Era

Life Has a New Beginning:

Addendum

Introduction

Personal Beliefs

Writing this book has been a very thought stimulating exercise for me and I have enjoyed the challenge of it completely.

The following few paragraphs are a summary of my life thinking and values. I am sure that they will be strange for some and enlightening for others.

What I believe about myself today:

I am a man over eighty years of age, who has lived a life of truth and prosperity. I am and have been faithful to myself and my family. I am self-reliant, caring, helpful and somewhat shy. I am withdrawn at times, evaluating my understanding of situations that may be out of my control. I love life and I am one with the Universe and God. I am extremely interested in creation, both God and man made. I wake up in the mornings with a smile on my face and look forward to a beautiful and learning experience day. I go to bed at night with a smile on my face and fall asleep next to an angel.

What I believe about God and the Universe:

The total universe and all that is in it are some part of God. I believe that there is not a rock, plant, or creature that is not made from God particles. I believe we are all made of the same particles or elements and are just assimilated in a little different order. I also believe that all matter is alive regardless of how we see and or perceive it. I also believe that God is infinite.

What I believe about life today:

More people have some degree of education and yet they are less informed. Governments, Religious Institutions and Educational Establishments through University level are dumbing down and / or slanting the Information and / or material being taught. Rather than being open minded and truthful, teaching and thinking has to be Politically Correct. I would like to see organizations such as, Course of Miracles, Science of Mind and others quietly become more involved with education and public information channels.

Self-Discovery:

In the fall of 2014 I attended an interesting class entitled Self-Discovery. Before the class was completed, we had to write a short treatise titled How Do I Love Myself. It took a few hours of thought and finally I started writing the following paragraphs.

"I get up each morning and look in the mirror and see an old man that looks like my father and his father before him.

I loved those two men very much for they gave me the opportunity to be who I am today. They gave me the self-confidence and self-esteem to learn and do things that I might have thought were not possible. So that brings me to me, I love myself for taking the risks and challenges that I have taken and turned each into a positive and successful adventure. I love myself for stepping forward and bettering my position in life.

Life has become less of a challenge and more of a game as I age. I love myself for the life that I have written for myself (and others).

I look into that mirror each and every morning and see myself as I truly am, a successful older man, who enjoys life to the fullest,