A PRAYER ON THE WALK BACK HOME

I am just here with you creator , I am just here in you...

First thing this morning, I went over to the gate one of Teotihuacan. Whenever I arrive back in Teo I like to go walk through my life there as soon as I can, alone, with myself and my relationship with all that exists there. Today felt interesting as though I am now seeing this place of my awakening from a greater perspective, a less personal more expansive view. As always being in Teotihuacan is more a feeling than a physical experience.

So I walked across the Avenue of the Dead and climbed the steps to the Plaza of Quetzelquatal. Connections come easy here. After some time I said thank you to all that might be listening and moved on up the Avenue of the Dead.

Some hour or so later I arrived at the Alter in front of the Pyramid of the Moon.Itis on this alter that so many have offered back to life all the energies that have been held onto over a life time not realizing that it is our clinging that traps us in our mind and feeds our suffering. Of course we have no idea until we wake up to what we are doing and then it is still a great leap to be willing to let go of all that we define ourselves and our world by.

Sitting on the alter I heard my mantra, one that I picked up in the Catholic Church and have always loved to say to myself and all that listens within me,"Lamb of God take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us, Lamb of God take away the sins of the world, grant us Peace".I was slowly saying my mantra over and over when I was moved to take some Coca leaves from Peru from my bag and hold them with a great open and loving heart sending my prayers into the light that falls on the Peruvian world.Sitting with my eyes closed I heard someone walking up beside me and a gruff almost angry voice said, "Jesus Christ is the way son, Jesus Christ is the only way". Opening my eyes there was a 60 something year old American guy looking down at me like I was da Devil. I guess he couldn't hear my mantra or if he could he wasn't to hot on Catholic prayers..whatever. I just looked at him, there was nothing to say.Evidently he believed we lived in the same world and the truth is we don't.

I closed my eyes and rejoined the love that moves through me wondering if the man would have even cared to know what it was I was praying. I don't think so, who knows, who cares.

Once again I got up and continued my walk through the magical world of Teo eventually ending up in front of the pyramid of the Sun. Climbing the steps to the Alter in front of the Sun I put my attention on the doorway to the ancient cave that rests beneath the Pyramid. Last winter I had the opportunity to spend some time in the cave and that experience shifted my relationship with the Pyramid to something very etheric.

Taking out my bells I gently let the wind ring the bells and dreamed back through the 10 years of personal growth and evolution that I've lived with the Sun as my witness. Opening my eyes I sat and watched people climb and desend the steps to the top, listening to the conversations of the people coming and going.Looking up I saw the man that offered Jesus as the way coming down the steps and right behind him was a Fransiscan Monk and some Nuns, their robes flowing with the breeze. As I looked around there was a Mexican man dressed all in white that was saying prayers to the four directions and the spirits of his world, offering his hands up toward the Pyramid. Many paths, many masters. I just sat and watched.

A few minutes later I realized I was hungry and our Dreaming House has the best food this side of all our little heavens so again I got up and started walking home. On the way the words..."I am just here with you father, I am just here with you, I am just here in you Creator, I am just here in you....and that is the truth.

Vaya Con Dios.......

Lee R. McCormick

Spirit Recovery Journeys 2010

2010...we are moving into a shift in our reality, our personal lives and our world.
Spirit Recovery is offering two life changing experiences in the first quarter of 2010:

Feb. 4-9 - Conscious Contact -
Teotihuacan, Mexico with Lee Mccormick and Dr. Joan Borysenko
and
March 1-11 - Breath of the Andes -
with Lee Mccormick, Linda Star Wolf, Brad Collins and Jorge Luis Delgado

Go to www.spiritrecovery.com for details

We make it a point to offer our journeys at the lowest cost possible....This is the time in our history where we shall truly awaken to life’s magic and mystery...

The Power of Recovery

Kevin Griffin with Lee McCormick

Join Kevin and Lee for a weekend of guided meditations, interactive exercises, dialog, and ritual, to experience the power of mindfulness!

In NASHVILLE
at Edgehill Village
1200 villa place # 204
Nashville, TN 37212

Friday, December 4 - 6 pm to 9:30 pm
Saturday, December 5 - 9 am to 5 pm
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Our attachments are powerful forces that can rule and ruin our lives. The recovery literature says we need to grow along spiritual lines. On this day we will explore how to use the power of mindfulness and wisdom to access and come into harmony with the power of recovery.
Mindfulness helps us to wake up from the dream of past and future and arrive at the reality of now. This core Buddhist practice leads to insight into impermanence, suffering, and the illusory nature of self. An awakened awareness shows us the importance of living with integrity and compassion. Through guided meditations, interactive exercises, dialog, and ritual, we will work toward a personal experience of the power of mindfulness.

Offering professionals 8 CEU’s NASW . NBCC . NAADAC APPROVED

Sweat Lodge December 6th, 2009

Open Sweat at The Ranch
December 6th, 2010
Medicine Wheel and Sweat Lodge Ceremony

12:30pm meet at Ranch parking lot - travel to Medicine Wheel experience
2:00pm Sweat Lodge
End Time: 5:00pm

Host: Lee McCormick

Please email: marie@recoveryranch.com if you plan to attend.

THE RANCH TREATMENT CENTER WELCOMES NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CHERYL BROWN

It is with great pleasure, The Ranch announces that Cheryl Brown has joined their innovative team as Executive Director. Having nearly 30 years of experience in the addiction and behavioral health field, Brown continues her passion of providing hope and healing to those individuals and families who continue to suffer from the throes of alcoholism, drug addiction, mood disorders, eating disorders and sexual addiction.

"I am so honored to have this opportunity to join with The Ranch's amazing staff and support their comprehensive treatment philosophy and approach," said Brown. "I am excited and enthusiastic to be a part of this remarkable leadership team."

Brown's multifaceted and experienced background makes her an ideal talent to head The Ranch's cutting edge treatment to meet the increasing demand for affordable, sustainable and creative methods to serve individuals and families. Brown's background, practice, and knowledge have come from other noteworthy ground breakers in the treatment field such as: Life Healing Center ~ Santa Fe, where she held the position of Executive Director and lead the staff to pioneer the first women's gender specific program for sex love and relationship addiction; Sierra Tucson, where she held multiple management and supervisory positions in Intake and Marketing for over 17 years; and Cottonwood, where she began her experience in the treatment field and became skilled as a certified addiction counselor, holding positions of Business Manager, Therapist, and Assistant Clinical Director.

"The Ranch truly resonates with my personal beliefs around the effective tools and models needed to impact the severity of the illnesses and life challenges I often see presented in our clients. The healing process at The Ranch strives to address the multidimensional aspects of the whole person, and provides the client with opportunities for personal accountability and time in a safe, nurturing, and life-like environment. Most importantly, this allows our clients to anchor these new recovery behaviors so needed for lasting change."

The Ranch's unique gender specific programs offer a spiritually focused, community-based environment that allows the time and space needed to address issues such as chemical dependence, substance abuse, post-traumatic stress disorders, mood disorders, eating disorders, sex, love and relationship addiction, and personality disorders. Therapy for family members is also available through our Family Weekend Program.

The Ranch's services include various experiential modalities which are used to identify and treat the underlying causes of self-rejecting behavior and trauma, with comprehensive treatment for men and women ages 18 and over. We offer primary and long-term programming to a small resident population, ensuring personalized therapy that is focused, structured, and honors the diversity of people, their specific needs and learning styles. Special attention is given to maintaining team relationships with referring professionals as well as discharge and continuing care planning for the return home or the next needed care level. For more information on our comprehensive programming and services visit www.recoveryranch.com or please call 800.849.5969.

ALSO, NEW SERVICES AT THE RANCH:

The Ranch is successfully working with insurance companies to help clients get the treatment for wellness that they need.

The Ranch offers ambulatory detox services to our clients that meet the clinical criteria for uncomplicated detox.