About TO ARTEMIS ©1998 NICOLEA
TO ARTEMIS is a philosophical exploration, a series of questions designed and developed in such a way that as you answer these questions in your own words, you will learn about the forces that have shaped and molded your life. TO ARTEMIS leads you to probe the nature of the obstacles that have prevented you from achieving and maintaining your cherished goals.
The root causes of man’s problems are found in the acceptance of certain beliefs about the self and the nature of our reality-rather than in some complex of emotional causes.
Through TO ARTEMIS, you will be able to resolve your problems in a most startling way—by awakening your understanding of your life.
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We all experience certain patterns in our lives that repeat themselves in many ways when we approach our most meaningful goals. These patterns are filled with painful states of mind that block us from achievement of these goals and frustrate us, as if our own personal growth has reached a brick wall or dead end. We experience tension, anxiety, fear, dread or even emptiness, and often these experiences are accompanied by knowing voices: "You’re no good." "You can’t do it." "Impossible." "Dangerous." Though the kind of experiences and messages that are heard differ for each of us, their function is the same—to turn us back from our most cherished goals. Our choice is to give up our goals or struggle through the pain of these blocks.
There are many successful approaches to dealing with the blocks we encounter that may allow us to reach our goals. Though the goal may be reached, our problems will either prevent us from enjoying our successes, or will surface in another significant area in our life. These approaches help us achieve goals, but they do not seek to resolve the problems and discover the reason for their existence. TO ARTEMIS does. By working through the carefully designed questions in TO ARTEMIS, you will discover that in your present you are following lessons learned from the past; these lessons helped us to exist in our families, but are wrong for our present. You can say that these questions reveal that we live as if we are driving through a city but following an outdated map. Moreover, it reveals that this is not something specific to your life or your family, but part of the human condition.
Through the series of questions in TO ARTEMIS, you will be led through four steps:
1. The Statement of Your Goals
2. The Structure of Your Present
3. The Exploration of Your Past
4. Your Conclusions: Self-Discovery!
Through TO ARTEMIS, you will be able to resolve your problems in a most startling way—by awakening your understanding of your life. TO ARTEMIS does not rely on theories but on helping you to see for yourself the very nature of your problems, for in this seeing you will discover problems are reasonable and make sense. That is, you will see that your problems fit in your past, and that you are playing them out in the present. This understanding will enable you to free yourself from your blocks and limitations, because you will discover not only that you have accepted these limitations, but also how and why.
However, though this understanding is of the utmost value, it is not sufficient in itself. The understanding provides the condition for you to "Take the Challenge" of going beyond the problems that prevent you from achieving your goal.
The achievement of your most personally meaningful goals in the most ideal state of mind is the ultimate goal and the ultimate test of TO ARTEMIS. Others who have completed TO ARTEMIS before you say that they have a tremendous feeling of relief—like the weight of the world has been lifted off their shoulders. They say that they realize they are rational and that the anger they carry is dissipated. They say that they experience a pleasant euphoria and a feeling of ease.
At this point, though, the possibility of making sense out of the apparent chaos of your life may be something that is difficult to believe. You do not have to believe anything—you need to see for yourself! TO ARTEMIS is the first step in that process.
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If some sparks of this celestial fire shall animate the reader, consider yourself as well rewarded for this laborious undertaking. Ancient philosophy has been, for centuries, the only study to break the shackles of ignorance; and in which one finds an inexhaustible treasure of intellectual wealth, and a perpetual fountain of wisdom and delight.
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