AH-MAN SPIRITUAL RECOVERY NEWSLETTER

News from Ah-Man

August 2016

In This Issue

LIFE UPDATE

SURRENDER AND ACCEPTANCE

NEW AH-MAN WEBSITE

LET'S CONNECT!

Friends and Family,

Some of you know of the health issue I have been recovering from these past two months. I want to thank you all for the kind thoughts and prayers for me, because they certainly have been heard.

To my other friends and family who have not heard because of our distance, I had to have my aortic value replaced again....for a third time, on June 6th due to a mechanical malfunction of the valve itself.

All in all, it was a difficult operation for the doctors and certainly the hardest one to recover from. But as I mentioned, prayers were heard and my Higher Power has other plans for me.

If you have read my book, you'll know this is another one of those life events where I choose to have acceptance and surrender. The fact that I am not in control has certainly lead me to a deepened understanding of the many gifts I have in life and has enhanced my relationship with God, family, friends and all those I meet going forward.

I laugh at myself as I write this because God just downloaded one of His many inputs of humor. I was about to write that maybe I am to be an example of acceptance and surrender and then I heard Him laughing..."No, your just thickheaded" and heard Him roar again with laughter.

When I see God in others, its not an optical thing where I see an incarnation of God, Krishna or Jesus, etc. What I see is that spark of light within each of us in our eyes. When I hear God, His words come from my heart (not the physical heart), that place that no human eye can see or touch.

So, if I am learning how to walk a life of acceptance and surrender or just "thick headed" and need to learn my lesson over and over, either way is just fine for me because that deepening of love and understanding of "Gods' Life" for me is so sweet and fulfilling that I am willing to let whatever needs to happen to me....happen and trust All is just as it is meant to be.

Namaste,

Michael

SURRENDER AND ACCEPTANCE

I believe surrender and acceptance starts with a little understanding that we really are not in control.

If we can look at our lives from an egoless place, we would be able to see how little control we really have, or better yet, how little "free will" we have. Let me explain.

In life, everyone is influenced by others. We are influenced to some degree on how to dress, how to think, what status in life would be nice, what type of car we should buy, what type of food we should eat, what baseball team to root for, etc, etc...we've all been influence directly or subconsciously about things. So, really where is this free will that God has supposedly given us?

Well its there. But that free will is mostly meant for our choice to love and acknowledge our love for God or not. As we all know, we cannot force someone to love us. Love does not work that way. Not Agape love. The other types of love can be influenced...Eros and Philos, but not Agape. I've talked about the different types of Love in the past, and want to stay focused on free will/control and how that relates to surrender and acceptance.

Depending on the different types of personalities we enter the world with, we will be influenced and swayed in different ways by how the "outside" world promotes itself. Some of those outside things will register for us. We will incorporate them into our lives and some of them will not.

Most importantly is that its ok to be ourselves. Those things in life that resonate with our way of thinking, go with it. Even if it's different then the way others feel. It's extremely important that we honor and accept ourselves and our differences. More to come about all this in another newsletter.

So in essence, do we have free will? Are we really in control? Yes and no. Do we have free will to love or not to love God? Yes. Are we really in control of how we feel about certain issues in life? Can we really control the outcome to everything in life? Yes and no. Depending on our personality we are born with, we will feel a certain way. Can we control things in our life? To a point and sometimes not at all.

And all of this brings us to then need to accept and surrender life. Please join me on my weekly blogs in the month of August for more on Surrender and Acceptance.

I look forward to hearing comments from you concerning the topics of the weekly blogs.

Namaste,

Michael

New Ah-Man Website

If you haven't already done so, please visit and take a look around my new Ah-Man website. I thought it was time to do a bit of "freshening" on the site and I am very pleased with the result.

Be sure to bookmark the site and come back often, as we'll be updating and adding new features periodically.

The following link will take you to the new site: New Ah-Man Website. And you'll find the blog here: New Ah-Man Blog.

Let's Connect!

Following are some links that will help you get to know me better and, perhaps, enable you to assist those who rely on you for information and resources.

Here is a link to the Ah-Man Spiritual Recovery web site, where you will find a wealth of information about me and the Ah-Man Spiritual Recovery Program, and my upcoming events and appearances: Ah-Man Website.

Here's the link to the Ah-Man Blog where you will find my writings and videos: Ah-Man Blog.

For information on my latest book Returning to WHOLENESS...Discovering Ah-Man, visit Returning to Wholeness.

Join me on Facebook at Michael Hoare on Facebook and on LinkedIn at Michael Hoare on LinkedIn.

Like the Ah-Man Spiritual Recovery Program at Ah-Man Spiritual Recovery Facebook Page.

You can follow my tweets at Michael Hoare on Twitter.

If you're interested in obtaining copies of my published articles or scheduling a personal appearance or interview, contact my assistant, Kathy Watkins via Email.

I look forward to connecting with you!

Michael Hoare, D.D., is a minister and certified Angel Therapy Practitioner, who has a wealth of experience and expertise in healing his own life and helping others heal theirs. He is the author of the new book "Returning to WHOLENESS...Discovering Ah-Man."

For more information, or to learn more about Michael and Ah-Man, visit his web site at www.ah-man.com and his blog at http://www.blog.ah-man.com/.