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The Eight Life Structures

by Michael Beckwith

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YOUR OFFICIAL COURSE WORKBOOK

4 Simple Tips To Get The Most Out of This Class:

1. Print this workbook out before starting to listen to the recording so you can write down
your notes as you listen.


2. Review the topic outline so you know what to listen for. Make sure you've set aside
private time for this session (minimum 50 minutes) so you’ll be able to focus and fully
receive the benefits of the session.


3. Write down all the interesting and new ideas and inspirations you get while listening —
that way you won’t lose the information most relevant to you.


4. Think of how you can quickly implement the teachings shared in this session.

Preparation Tips:

• Make sure you are in a quiet place where nothing can distract you, and that you are not
driving a car or any other vehicle. Be in a comfortable position so you can fully take part
in any of the exercises or hypnosis tracks that are part of the class.


• Stretch your muscles before starting the class. Stretching loosens the muscles and
tendons allowing you to sit (or lie) more comfortably. Additionally, stretching starts the
process of “going inward” and brings added focus to the body.


• Take a deep breath. Breathing deeply slows down the heart rate and relaxes the
muscles to help you have a comfortable experience during any guided exercises that will
happen during the class.


We hope you’ll enjoy it!

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Four Stages of Spiritual Development

1. There are four stages of spiritual development. Below you can find a brief
explanation of each of them:

a. Stage One: Victim Consciousness: To Me

Victims believe their life is controlled by external sources rather than by self-
choice or self-responsibility. Opportunity is to give up blame and shame.

b. Stage Two: Manifester Consciousness: To It

Manifesters make effective use of the Law of Manifestation and this feel a
sense of control over their life. The opportunity is to give up control and a
false sense of power.

c. Stage Three: Channel Consciousness: Through Me

Channelers are aware of being a vehicle of the Spirit and live from this sense
of ultimate surrender. The opportunity is to give up ego and a sense of
separation.

d. Stage Four: Being Consciousness: As Me

These self-realized beings sense their Oneness with Source and have no sense
of a separate self. The opportunity is to experience limitless
awareness.

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Description Of The Eight Life Structures

2. The following is a description of our fundamental Life Structures as taught by

Dr. Michael Bernard Beckwith. A more in depth study is provided in the book,
Life Visioning.

Life Structures are the fundamental areas of living where our growth and
development are revealed. We may be more evolved in some structures and less
evolved in others.

The stabilization of our life structures keeps pace with the evolution of our
consciousness. Our evolution of consciousness is dependent upon the depth of
our inner practices.

Stabilization of our life structures provides the courage, tenacity, and capacity to
genuinely empower ourselves to become a beneficial presence on the planet, a
contributor to planetary evolution.

The structures are not linear. You may be in stage four in relationship and in
stage two in livelihood. We can also move between stages within a particular
structure.

Spiritual

Our spiritual practices of meditation, affirmative prayer, spiritual study,

introspection, and service are the ground out of which all else evolves. All other
life structures are mirrors reflecting back to us how we are progressing in our
journey towards self-realization.

Everything begins and ends in the Self. Stabilization of our spiritual life structure
results in accepting our candidacy for enlightenment.

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Ego

This structure is about self-respect, self-worth, and self-love. When our ego is
healthy there is no experience of inferiority, superiority, or even equality.

We don’t live comparing ourselves to others because we accept our intrinsic

precious worth as a human being. We know that we are as cherished by the
Whole.

Livelihood
This structure is beyond simply having a job. Livelihood is stabilized when it is a
true expression of our creative purpose, a vehicle for delivering our talents, skills,
and gifts on the planet.

We may find it necessary to change our livelihood as we discover areas in which

we have been hiding out, suppressing, or repressing our natural talents.

Relationship

This structure is about expressing unconditional love, compassion, and

forgiveness, beginning with the relationship to one’s self and expanding to
include one’s immediate loved ones, community, and world.

When this structure is stabilized, we no longer seek relationship to make us

happy; rather, we bring happiness to our relationships.

Body Temple
This structure reveals our relationship to the body temple as a vehicle of the
Spirit that lives in, through, and as us.

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When stabilized, the body receives balanced nourishment from food, water,
exercise, and sufficient downtime.

The fundamental wholeness of the body temple is a law unto the health of every
organ, action and function.

Financial
This structure acknowledges Spirit as the source and substance of supply, and
the law of circulation as its vehicle. It recognizes that money is an energy
exchange that supports us in living our vision and contributing to the good of
others.

Stabilization of this structure results in being conscious stewards of our financial

resources. Money is not “spent” because it then runs out; instead, money is
circulated.

Beliefs

People have beliefs whether they are religious, political, cosmological, etc. and
until we embody our beliefs, we feel the need to prove and argue our beliefs.

When our belief structure is harmonized and we embody our beliefs our
presence radiates our beliefs without having to convince another.

Until we begin to wake up, our life structures are comprised of beliefs and
concepts that do not recognize our limitless nature or the limitless nature of
Existence.

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As we expand and deepen in consciousness, beliefs and concepts mature and

stabilize into trust in the fundamental goodness of the universe and in ourselves.

Community
This Life Structure is about conscious recognition of our interconnectedness
with all beings.

When stabilized, the constricting boundary of living life on the “me plan”
expands into the larger Self, into a sense of being a global citizen.

We also realize the value of coming together with other like- minded individuals
who support us in our walk towards spiritual awakening.

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Session Notes

3. Use the space below to write down any insights that you have during the
session. These will be the important takeaway points from this session.

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Growth Work

4. Identify which stage of spiritual growth you are in each of your Life Structures.
Write out your answers and any insights you have for each structure.

Look at each structure.

Based on the teachings in module one, and trusting your intuition, discern what
stage you are in.

The eight life structures are:

Spiritual
Ego
Livelihood
Relationship
Body Temple
Financial/Livelihood
Beliefs
Community

Note: The more honest you are with yourself in this process, the more powerful
your transformation will be. If you are unsure in your answer, go with your first
mind. Don’t over think.

Below are questions to guide you:

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Growth Work

Victim

1. Do you feel like a victim in this area? Do you feel that someone is to blame for
your situation?

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Manifester

2. Are you relatively successful in this area? Can you see what you want and
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Channel

3. Are you in flow? Are you available to good things happening beyond your
imagination?
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Being

4. Are you available to a continual emergence of grace without your mental

effort?
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