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Mt. Shasta from Blooming Rose Press

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Last site update May 15, 2012.

How can each of us ~ you and I ~ simplify our basic psychology and basic problems through techniques and methods that build access toward the enlightened state? Self-help resources and spiritual advice abound in this age of availability, sometimes to a bewildering degree. Our experience has shown the need for focus and the value of ancient lineages that bring direct and deliberate results in a deeply personal approach.

This gateway page facilitates this approach through a variety of spiritual essays and resources. There is also latest news about our three novels in The Third Verse Trilogy, in print and recordings, on adjunct pages. What do novels have to do with spiritual advancement? See what you think...

Blooming Rose Press is devoted to offering a resource for all who recognize the fundamental yet stupendous need to revere all living things, to take universal responsibility, and to cut through attachment that inhibits our inner evolution.

The Third Verse Trilogy offers something rare to spiritual practitioners and general fiction readers: entertainment that conforms to their world vision, eons apart from common fictional themes, yet adventurous through multi-dimensional settings, ancient precursors to present-time evolution, and with a look into one possible future for humankind.

Rise above distractions through this visionary fable and learn what The Third Verse is. How can the host of trilogy characters, each with a personal set of traits, harmonize to effect transformation? How can we lend our attention to the wisdom of the ancients to actualize profound transformation in our own lives?

Yes, we have evolutionary bargains for you. 20% DISCOUNT on books ordered through this site. Land on our Order page to view all three trilogy volumes as AUDIO BOOKS priced at grassroots-level, $12.95 each, for transformational wisdom fiction at just enough to cover our costs.

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May the boundless compassion, symbolized by many icons throughout all cultures, radiate from the depths of our hearts. We offer this prayer from one of our early teachers:

"Beyond the beliefs of any religion, there is the truth of the human spirit. Beyond the power of nations, there is the power of human heart. Beyond the ordinary mind, the power of wisdom, love, and healing energy is at work in the universe. When we can find peace within our hearts, we contact these universal powers. This is our only hope." -Ven. Tarthang Tulku

(To learn more about Tarthang Tulku's work, visit http://www.odiyan.org/history.html.)

"Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent than the one derived from fear of punishment." -Mohandas Gandhi

"All the joy the world contains comes through wishing happiness for others. All the misery the world contains comes through wanting pleasure for oneself." -Shantideva, The Way of the Bodhisattva

"I must have the purity of my own heart, stance, and intent toward others. This is the seed of all inner peace." -H. E. Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche, 1930-2002

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Order The Third Verse Trilogy at a glance
Quick order page for The Third Verse Trilogy and individual volumes

News from the foot of sacred Mount Shasta
A round-up of latest Blooming Rose Press happenings, awards, reviews, and mountain messages is now easier to access on its own page.

Maintaining equanimity during dangerous times
Assistance in the spiritual practitioner's quest for equanimity during times of danger.

Write a novel beginning with no ideas, and get a story out of nowhere!
Practical techniques for getting a story out of nowhere and writing a novel.

ONCE A STORY GRABS YOU, WHAT MIGHT THE FUTURE HOLD FOR YOUR NOVEL?
Got a story now? Time to self-publish or query the big houses? Careful what you wish for. Time for decisions, time to make a plan and see the big picture.

Have you ever heard of fiction for wisdom seekers?
The significance of novels that bring wisdom to life

Reincarnation or Eternal Recurrence?
Essay of life-after-death possibilities of reincarnation and eternal recurrence

Viewpoints on collective consciousness
At this critical time, our outlook must embrace collective consciousness. How do we open to our interconnectedness in daily life?

Parallel Existences: Questions, comments, and novel propositions.
Our questions and comments about parallel existences, and a novel invitation for your additions.

Beautiful minds - luminaries with compassion, dedication to liberation for all.
Role models embodying the truly beautiful mind: those who operate in harmony with cosmic vision.

About Us: Journeys in collective consciousness and Tibetan Buddhism
Wisdom seekers evolve through decades and develop novels around stories relating to collective consciousness and Tibetan Buddhism.

Our novels as modern mythology, reviewed in media
Media reviews of modern mythological novels for wisdom seekers from Blooming Rose Press

Helpers on this novel path
Enhance your personal evolution in novel ways through links to our friends and colleagues

Contact Blooming Rose Press: novel approaches to evolution in modern mythology
Your contact with wisdom seekers in our journey along paths with a novel relationship in our collective consciousness

Spiritual practice teaching events and workshops
Direct Mind Perception (Dzogchen) teachings, Maitreya Project relic viewing events, Essence Qi Gong workshops, and more...

Insights: What are your perspectives?
Perspectives and feedback from wisdom seekers, spiritual practitioners, teachers

Previews from The El-eventh Hour and The Twelfth Age
A novel view of the emptiness of manifest thought as portrayed in the soon-to-be-published volume of Lily G. Stephen's wisdom-focused fiction trilogy.

Photo gallery of Mount Shasta and settings within the mountain's realm
Stunning photographs of Mount Shasta in all its guises along with features of the paradise within its realm.

Second photo gallery page of Mount Shasta and settings
Stunning photographs of Mount Shasta in all its guises

Gallery of author photos, book events and signings from Blooming Rose Press
Blooming Rose Press novels reach wisdom-seekers through book events and signings. Independent book shops and small-town street celebrations are our stage.

How can we create a world without suffering? Build habits of recollection
Transforming discouragement in spiritual practice through the habit of remembering, recollection

How effectively do novels convey spirituality?
Why should a wisdom seeker read fiction? Isn't it escapism?

Karma - the real scoop
What does the word karma really mean? Are we stuck with our karma, whether good or bad? This clear-speaking Buddhist scholar enlightens us about the Sanskrit term often used, little understood.

Exploring the Buddhist view of reality
Our trilogy introductions quote Kalu Rinpoche: "We live in illusion and the appearance of things." Buddhist scholar Andrew Olendzki analyzes how we can relate and operate within such a construct.

Schools of Buddhism and their countries -- an overview
Buddhist traditions and schools have exotic names and throughout history have been scattered all over the world. Western practitioners or aspirants may find clarification in this overview.