Are You Ready for Inner Peace and Stability in These Turbulent Times?

"Let me introduce you to some of the wisest souls on the planet today who can help you weather the current storm."

Wednesday, 8:38 AM
From: Janet Attwood

What are you struggling with in your life?

I've taken thousands of people through The Passion Test, all over the world, and there is one common theme for almost everyone—they want freedom.

Freedom from worrying about money; freedom from debt; freedom from physical or emotional pain; freedom to do what they want, when they want, with whom they want; freedom from worry and anxiety; freedom from loneliness; freedom from stress and pressure; freedom from conflict; freedom from unhappiness and disappointment; freedom to just take it easy; freedom to experience inner peace.

If you've ever longed for such freedom, I encourage you to read this letter in its entirety. You now have the chance to step into a world of freedom in a way you may never have thought would be possible.

The Search for Freedom

If you've gotten here, you probably already know that true freedom doesn't come from anything outside of you.

Sitting with the wise could help you become wealthy beyond your wildest dreams, it could help you get that car you've always dreamed about, it could be the key to that soul connected relationship you have always wanted.

Yet, in these turbulent times, most people are just thinking how can they survive this week, this month. Many think survival is the basis of progress.

But the truth is, progress is the basis of survival. The way to weather tough times is by diving deeper, gaining a level of stability so immovable that nothing can shake it. Like the giant oak whose roots go deep into the ground, no matter how hard the winds of economic upheaval blow, nothing can blow you down.

We all know that there is a deeper reality. Intuitively we know that there is a place of inner peace and freedom which is far more profound and far more stable than the material world. But how do we find that place?

The ancient texts tell us that one of the most effective ways is to spend time with and ask questions of those who have already found it.

It's Never Been Possible Before

Like you, the search for freedom has been a major part of my life.

Perhaps, like me, you have had the chance to spend time with some of the enlightened, truly free souls who walk the Earth today. If so, you know what a remarkable experience it is.

With them it's possible to sit for hours without ever getting tired. Their mere presence is a source of joy. Their words bring solace, understanding and insight. Each sentence they utter seems to bring new revelations and a new way of looking at one's own life.

Although I'd had that experience in the past, perhaps like you, the hustle and bustle of daily life, of making money, of new relationships, of new worries and problems, had pushed this into the background of my life for quite a while.

Then I took The Passion Test once again in 2003, and asked myself, "If the world were my oyster, if there were no limits whatsoever, what would I do?"

This time, those memories of sitting with an enlightened Master flooded into my mind and the thought of "spending time with the enlightened" was like a burst of sunshine into my ordinary world.

I wrote this passion down, and if you've read The Passion Test, you know it led me on an unbelievable journey to my stepmother's deadbed and then to India and Nepal where I spent over two years meeting and interviewing more than 60 of the most revered Saints and sages of those ancient lands.

I brought back over 350 hours of videotated interviews and now, after two years of editing, some of the most fascinating and revealing portions of those interviews are now available to you in Dialogues with the Masters, Volume 1. These interviews include some with Masters you may have heard of, and they also include Masters that few people have ever had the chance to learn from.

Never before to my knowledge has there been an opportunity to sit at the feet of some of the sadhus and sages in this package who have spent their lives devoted to the direct experience of the divine.

These interviews hold the keys to help you discover real freedom in your life.

What is Real Freedom?

Whether it's money, relationships, peace of mind, comfort, contentment, excitement, purpose, power and influence, travel to exotic places or just a few moments of quiet to take it easy and catch our breath, freedom is a word that conjures up a life of joy, fulfillment and ease.

Among the Masters I interviewed, they experienced life in many different ways, yet all of them clearly were enjoying such a life.

Whether I was talking with Pujya Swamiji who is the spiritual inspiration for one of the largest and most beautiful ashrams in India, with millions of followers around the world; or Ramesh Balsekar, who has written almost a dozen books and is revered as one of the leading advaita masters in the world; or to Govind Ashram, a quiet sadhu, living in a small hut by the Ganges river, high in the Himalayas, they all emanated a deep peace.

Some of these Masters have a schedule and demands on their time as great as any leader in the Western world. Some of them have chosen to retire from the world and live a reclusive life.

There is no doubt in my mind that each of them enjoy a state of freedom the rest of the world only dreams about.

Their freedom comes with a deep trust in the perfection of life. It is a freedom characterized by profound peace. Theirs is a life of true comfort, materially if they have chosen that, but in all cases a comfort of mind that makes spending time with them pure joy.

How Listening Becomes Enlightening

The principle of osmosis in Nature helps explain why hearing the insights and perspective of the enlightened actually helps the listener obtain that state of freedom for themselves.

When a solution and pure water are separated by a water permeable membrane, the pure water molecules flow through the membrane more quickly and result in creating greater purity in the solution. When the membrane is impermeable to other molecules in the solution, then the net effect is to purify out the solution.

In a similar way, listening to pure Knowledge from great Masters has the effect of purifying the listener. This is expressed in the Bhagavad Gita of ancient India as:

"The fire of spiritual awareness burns to ashes even a great heap of karma;
thus true knowledge is the greatest purifier of the soul."

To Hear Truth is a Wondrous Thing

As you'll discover when you watch the Dialogues DVDs and listen to the audio CDs, it's a wondrous thing to sit with those who have seen truth so clearly. Here is a taste of what you'll hear:

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"I had no idea . . ."

That's what I said when I watched the finished videos of the Dialogues set, and I am sure that is what you will say as well. In these videos you'll trek to the source of the holy river Ganges with me, you'll taste the color and culture and craziness of traveling in India, and you'll experience the awe of being in the presence of such evolved souls.

More than that, you'll get a glimpse into your own soul and discover the divine that is always present and accessible there.

The best thing is, you don't have to spend years developing the contacts that allowed me to discover these Masters, that you probably wouldn't and in some cases, couldn't get access to on your own.

You don't have to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to find them, interview them and learn from them.

You don' t have to get amoebic dysentery, or fall off mountains, or kicked by donkeys along the way.

You can simply sit in the comfort of your own home and bask in the sublime wisdom of these great Masters.

In this special and very unique package, you'll receive the edited video footage of interviews with ten of the more than sixty Masters I have interviewed. In addition, I have included in this package nine audio CDs of the regular monthly interviews I do as part of my Dialogues with the Masters series.

On top of that, when you purchase the Dialogues package, you'll automatically be signed up to receive reminders of these monthly calls so you can listen in to the live calls, or access the recorded interviews for the next year.

Altogether, you will receive six DVDs, nine audio CDs plus a 38 page booklet with the story of finding and interviewing these Masters from The Passion Test book, plus twelve live interviews over the coming year.

On the six DVDs you'll meet the following Masters. The first DVD provides a compilation and a taste of the incredible adventure of my journeys to meet these Masters. The other five are in-depth interviews with Sri Jamanagiri Swami ("Cave Swami"), H.H. Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji Maharaj, Swami Krishnamurthy, Mata Devi Vanamali, and Nani Ma.

• Sri Jamanagiri Swami ("Cave Swami") - Cave Swami of Chaimundi Hills (as he is lovingly called by his disciples) is a sadhu, or recluse, who provides inspiration and guidance to the charitable work of Operation Shanti in India. His humble and generous nature, simple way of living, and practical, rational thinking form the cornerstone of what he calls "a charitable life", i.e. to help others in need and as he often says, "just do good things."
  
  
• Ramesh Balsekar - Recognized as one of the foremost contemporary sages in the world and a Master of pure "advaita" (non-dualism), Ramesh, who is married and has three children, is widely regarded as a "householder" Guru. He has authored a number of respected texts on advaita including, The Ultimate Understanding, Who Cares!? The Unique Teaching of Ramesh S. Balsekar, and Consciousness Speaks: Conversations with Ramesh S. Balsekar.
  
  
• H.H. Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji Maharaj - Revered by millions throughout India and the world, Pujya Swamiji is President and the spiritual inspiration of Parmarth Niketan Ashram in Rishikesh, one of India's largest and most renowned spiritual institutions. Under his divine inspiration and leadership, Parmarth Niketan has become a sanctuary known across the globe as one filled with grace, beauty, serenity and true divine bliss.
  
  
• Swami Krishnamurthy - A mango farmer by birth, Swami Krishnamurthy is a deep intellectual by disposition. His expositions about the nature of reality, what is real and unreal, provide the Upanishadic wisdom of the ancients from a man who speaks from personal experience.
  
  
• Nani Ma - Living next to the holy river Ganges in Uttar Kashi, Nani Ma was born in England, and has spent the past thirty years in India, devoted to spiritual practice and learning, high in the Himalayas. She is a woman of uncommon clarity, a deeply loving heart, and a complete lack of concern about appearances.
  
  
• Sri Vellyananda Swami ("Nail Swami") - This remarkable man has pursued a path of yoga which involves not cutting nails or hair and subsisting on only hot water. It is said that he has had nothing but hot water and milk for the past twenty-five years, and as you will see, his hair and nails are not what we are used to.
  
  
• Mata Devi Vanamali - The founder of Vanamali Ashram in Rishikesh, India, Devi Vanamali is a devotee of Lord Krishna, also known as Lord Vanamali. She speaks with a clarity borne of experience and has authored a number of books including: The Play of God, Song of Rama, Nitya Yoga: The Yoga of Constant Communion, and The Taste Divine, a book on sattvic, vegetarian cooking.
  
  
• Hans Devraha Baba - To sit with Hans Baba is said to be a rare honor. None know his whereabouts in advance as he goes where he feels drawn. He is said to possess siddhis, or supernatural powers which accrue to adepts in yoga. Devotees will frequently enter a trancelike state during Hans Baba's chanting. His teaching is frequently through song as is seen even during the interivew in Dialogues with the Masters.
  
  
• Prem Avadhoot Bapuji - I first met this wonderful Saint when my stepmother passed away. In the days immediately following her death, a friend told me Bapuji was just a couple of hours away. As you'll read in the story of my adventures, he came to me and paid his respects to my stepmother. That was the beginning of a wonderful friendship. Bapuji is revered by his disciples around the world and he is the spiritual inspiration for several schools in his home state of Gujarat.
  
  
• Govind Ashram - Few know of or have spent time with Govind Ashram, yet this is a man of such depth and such devotion that I feel deeply honored to be able to bring his wisdom to you. You will learn as much from the quality of his life as from his words. This is a true sadhu and a real sage.

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Music by Deva Premal and Miten

During my travels through India, I visited Golden University near Chennai. Walking down the path I found myself looking at a beautiful western woman who looked very familiar. Looking more closely I saw that this woman and the man with her were none other than my favorite performers of sacred music, Deva Premal and Miten. With over half a million CDs sold, they are the favorites of many other music lovers as well.

That was the beginning of a precious friendship. I am so grateful to Deva and Miten as they allowed me to use their music as the backdrop for this DVD series. As you will see, their beautiful melodies give the ancient mantras they sing a mystical quality which transports the listener to that place of peace and transcendence within.

More Interviews on 9 Audio CDs

For the past two and a half years I have conducted monthly interviews with Masters from around the world. As part of the Dialogues with the Masters package you will receive nine of those interviews on CD along with the six DVDs described above.

You will also receive a year's access to my monthly interviews to listen in on the live calls, or to the recordings at a later time.

The audio CDs in the Dialogues package feature these Masters from around the world:

• Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati - A Westerner and graduate of Stanford University, Sadhvi Bhagvati has studied the ancient Vedic texts for many years and is the leading disciple of H.H. Pujya Chidanand Saraswati.
• Swami Vishwananda - Born in Mauritius of Indian parents, Swami Vishwananda melts the hearts of those who come to him for advice.
• Deva Premal and Miten - Their music is divine, and as you will hear in this interview, it is no accident that they convey such love and depth in their performances
• Dr. Swami Veda Bharati - A remarkable Vedic scholar, Dr. Swami Veda Bharati began teaching ancient Vedic wisdom at the age of nine.
• Genpo Merzel Roshi - Genpo Roshi is one of the highest ranking Zen Masters in America and is the creator of the Big Mind, Big Heart practice.
• Chunyi LIn - A Master of Qi Gong, the Chinese system of healing, Chunyi is author of the #1 bestseller, Born a Healer.
• Jeddah Mali - Spiritual teacher for people like Jack Canfield, Jeddah Mali brings love and spiritual awareness to everyone who interacts with her.
• Dr. Rahasya Fritjoj Kraft - A "spiritual therapist", Rahasya has the gift of bringing people together to experience the unity which is their natural state.
• Samarpan - An American living in Germany, Samarpan inspires people throughout Europe with his profoundly simple awareness and remarkable grasp of the present moment.

Special Offer

Last month I took a group to India to meet a few of the Masters you will meet in this extraordinary package. Each of them paid over $3,000 plus their airfare to make the trip. The total came to over $5,000 each. Conditions were sometimes rough and while a glorious experience, it was a very challenging trip for some of them.

Now, you can sit with these Masters in the comfort of your home, without all the discomforts that often come with trips to India and up into the Himalayas, and gain their wisdom in an environment you know. For me, it doesn' t get much better.

Monthly Calls - After the remarkable experience of sitting with these Masters, I couldn't stop, so now, on the third Thursday of every month I interview a Master, not just from India, but from all over the world. You will receive access to these calls with the Dialogues package.

Personal Investigation with Chris Attwood - At the end of these monthly calls, my partner, Chris, always provides a summary (this really helps when the Master;s English is hard to understand). Everyone who has listened, including the Masters, has been amazed by the depth of Chris' summaries.

Of course, the many years Chris spent in long meditation and studying the ancient Vedic literature of India probably contributed to his special ability to make profound knowledge understandable.

I am thrilled to announce that Chris has agreed to host a call on the first Thursday of every month to answer your questions about any aspect of the Dialogues program. You can ask any question that comes up as you listen to these Masters, both on the DVDs and CDs, and on the live calls.

This is like having your own coach to help you understand and make practical the most profound knowledge for living life in joy and freedom

Any other time, the cost of these twice monthly calls would be $1,200, but they are included in this very special package, as long as you place your order before the end of 2008.

The entire Dialogues with the Masters package includes:

Dialogues with the Masters: 6 DVDs 9 Audio CDs 38 page booklet of Janet's story from The Passion Test One Year Access to Janet's Monthly Dialogues with the Masters teleconferences One Year of Monthly Calls with Chris Attwood to ask any question about this profound knowledge In the future, we expect to offer this package for $1,497. Those who have purchased Dialogues in the past will be able to enroll in the monthly calls for $1,200. By ordering now, before the end of 2008, you can get the entire package, including the live monthly calls, for just $497.

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Is This Package Right for You?

The Dialogues for the Masters package is for you if you have ever:

• struggled to find answers to the challenges in your life
• felt there has to be more than this
• experienced the deep inner longing for awakening
• wrestled with financial issues or been lost in a relationship that isn't working
• tasted the sweet nectar of sitting in the presence of the wise
• longed to feel at peace with life

There is a reason that the ancient scriptures encourage seekers to sit with the enlightened. Those true knowers of reality have drunk from the well of joy that is available to every one of us. It only makes sense that they can point us in the direction to drink from that same well ourselves.

What Does It Mean for You to Sit With a Master?

Sitting with these Masters is like sitting in pure love. You can't see their deep level of happiness without being transformed in some way yourself. There is a profound sense that everything is OK, that every moment is a gift.

I can't imagine that you can watch these DVDs and not be profoundly moved. I've watched them many, many times, and they still affect me every time.

I feel the deepest gratitude to be able to make these very special and remarkable interviews available to you. It is said that you become like those with whom you spend time. My prayer is that this set of videos and audios will allow you to spend time with the enlightened, again and again.

With all my love and wishing you the greatest blessings,

Janet Bray Attwood, co-author of the NY Times bestseller,
The Passion Test - The Effortless Path to Discovering Your Destiny

P.S. While you may choose to make the trek to the Himalayas one day, I know that many people will never have that opportunity. It can cost $5,000 - $7,000 to make such a trip, not to mention the physical challenges along the way. In the future, we expect to offer this full package, including the monthly live calls with the Masters and Q&A sessions with Chris Attwood for $1,497.

That's why I'm so grateful that I can make this remarkable experience available to you when you place your order before the end of 2008 for just $497. I hope you'll take advantage of this very unique opportunity.It's extraodinary. 

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