Mar 7 (edited) • General discussion
Enlightenment Guide: Two Teaching Branches of The Way of Mastery
Students usually discover The Way of Mastery (WOM) in one of two ways. This is because over time, two organizations have helped bring the teachings to the world. Each has had its own focus in presenting and supporting the pathway.
These are:
• The Shanti Christo Foundation
• The Way of Mastery Pathway Community
There is considerable overlap between them, and many students simply encounter the teachings through whichever doorway they happen to find first.
In many ways this is natural. When a spiritual teaching begins to touch many lives, different communities and teachers often emerge around it. Each may present the material in ways that resonate with different groups of students.
From our perspective, the important thing is not which doorway someone entered through. The important thing is the teaching itself.
Both streams have always affirmed that these teachings ultimately belong to Jeshua, not to any individual or organization. And since there is no division in Him, we tend to see the different expressions of the pathway as simply different ways the teachings have reached sincere students.
This community welcomes students from any part of the Way of Mastery world.
Our focus here is simply the remarkable depth, beauty, and transformative power of the teachings themselves.
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BRANCH ONE - THE SHANTI CHRISTO FOUNDATION
The Shanti Christo Foundation (SCF), often mentioned in the WOM texts, was created in the early years of The Way of Mastery. Its purpose was to help steward sacred land that had been purchased in New Mexico under Jeshua’s guidance and to help distribute the teachings.
In the beginning the teachings were shared primarily through audio recordings, and later through published books.
SCF has focused mainly on making the core channeled teachings available, including:
The Christ Mind Trilogy -
- The Way of the Heart
- The Way of Transformation
- The Way of Knowing
and
The Early Years Messages
Many students first discover the teachings through the SCF edition of the trilogy, often called the “blue book.” In this edition the three trilogy texts are published together under one cover.
This has helped many people find the teachings more easily. However, it is important to understand something about how the trilogy was originally given.
*** An Important Note About Studying the Trilogy ***
Although the three books appear together in the SCF volume, they were not originally meant to be read straight through like a normal book.
The trilogy was first given as a three-year course of study, with one lesson offered each month. Each lesson contains practices and exercises meant to be lived with over time.
In that sense, the trilogy is less like a book and more like a training of perception.
Each stage prepares the mind for the next.
The exercises are not secondary to the teaching — they are part of the teaching itself.
Jeshua makes this especially clear at the end of The Way of the Heart, where he offers one of the few direct warnings in the entire body of teachings:
“As we conclude this year of The Way of the Heart (and to those who will be concluding it many years hence), I say unto you: do not enter The Way of Transformation until you have truly satisfied your awareness that you are not clinging to even the subtlest iota of perception that, in any way, you are a victim of the world you see.”
This statement matters.
The entire pathway rests on the realization that you are not a victim of the world you see. It is not just an idea to be understood, but an experiential teaching integrated over time. If that insight has not begun to take root, moving forward too quickly can create confusion rather than clarity.
For this reason, students who wish to practice the teachings deeply are strongly encouraged to approach the trilogy slowly, patiently, and with the exercises.
When approached this way, the teachings reveal an extraordinary depth.
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The Early Years Messages
In addition to the trilogy, SCF publishes The Early Years Messages, a remarkable collection of teachings that can be explored at any time.
These recordings cover many subjects and often bring tremendous clarity and encouragement to students walking the path.
Some well-known messages include:
• Love Heals All Things• Walk With Me• The Feminine Christ• Heaven on Earth• Death and Earth Changes
Many students find these teachings deeply supportive while they move through the trilogy.
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BRANCH TWO - THE WAY OF MASTERY COMMUNITY
Another expression of the teachings developed through the work of Jayem (Jon Marc Hammer), the channel through whom The Way of Mastery teachings were originally received.
Within this stream the teachings are often presented as part of a larger spiritual pathway, not only through the books themselves but also through lived practice and discipleship.
This expression of the pathway includes for essential parts:
The Jeshua Material:
The five core texts (published under separate covers)
• the Early Years teachings
Rretreats and facilitated study
The Living Practices.
• a series of experiential practices that developed over many years
They include:
• LovesBreath, a transformational breathing practice
• In the Name, an attunement meditation
• The Aramaic Teachings, which explore deeper meanings of teachings attributed to Jeshua
Within the Aramaic teachings, students explore things such as:
• The Aramaic Lord’s Prayer• The Aramaic Beatitudes• Radical Inquiry, a powerful process for discovering and dissolving illusions held in the mind.
Temple Canyon Sanctuary
Another part of this stream includes the larger purposes of Temple Canyon, sacred land in Abiquiu, New Mexico where retreats and gatherings have taken place for many years.
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One Teaching, Many Doorways
While students may encounter The Way of Mastery through different communities, the heart of the teaching remains the same.
At its core the pathway invites a profound transformation of perception through:
• responsibility• forgiveness• humility• willingness• love
Many people have entered through different doors, but have discovered themselves walking the same path of awakening.
This community simply exists as a place where sincere students can gather, share insight, and continue deepening into the teachings together.
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