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Spiritual Vision is a divine wisdom that radiates from one's soul; a knowing. This

wisdom is God, just as love is God, therefore it is a divine attribute; an inheritance (gift) from

our Father (God). But like any gift, if we don't unwrap the package and use the contents, we

Wisdom is like that; awaiting our discovery and joy upon finding it neatly hidden away

A story is told about the gift of Wisdom: "One day the gods were gathered at Mt.

Olympus and were trying to decide where to hide man's wisdom. One god suggested that they

hide it deep underneath the ocean. Another wanted to place it on the highest mountaintop. But a

third god thought the clouds would be a good hiding place. Then the oldest and wisest of the

gods spoke, "We will hide man's wisdom within man himself, because that is the last place

A clue to this truth may be found in the bible verse, "Do you not know that your body is a

temple of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have from God?" (1 Corinthians 6:19) A similar

verse follows Paul's discourse on wisdom, as he says, "But we impart a secret and hidden

wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glorification." And he summarizes:

"Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you?"

A virtue of spiritual wisdom enables us to observe our thoughts and responses, and thus

we have a choice to change our thinking and also our behavior, including habits, patterns addictions. With this realization we can rejoice in knowing that we are not victims of our family dysfunctionalism

or our personal addictions. Indeed, we do have a choice; therefore we are not victims, but we are

Spiritual vision leads us forward with the knowledge that we can keep on going and

continue growing and unfolding. Though our ego tells us, "I have arrived," our spiritual vision

As my husband, Van, and I continue our RV travels, living full-time in our 35 ft. Holiday

Rambler, I know that nothing but good can happen to us, because God is traveling the high road

with us, and as us, leading us to our highest good and the blessings that await our journey.

And even greater adventures await our inner journey, as we launch our three websites out

into the universe, and continue to follow the spiritual vision that God has given me.

"The spirit lifted me up and brought me in a vision by the spirit of God"

When Rick and Snow asked me: "What is Your Vision for your three websites?" I knew

that it would be an important assignment. But, I didn't realize, at the time, it would be the first

chapter in my new book. Yet, it made sense. What better way for a new beginning than to

Van, a retired computer programmer/analyst, and I had brought Inner Freedom Ministry

website into existence, without knowing much about the project. Yet, God had guided us through

each step, adding all of my books and courses, until we realized that it was overkill.

Once we figured out how to get on-line, we visited Marianne Williamson's website for

ideas on creating a spiritual atmosphere. Here we found links to others, which we visited. Even

getting from site to site was a challenge, but we were learning.

Among those we visited was Naked Journey, because it advertised: Young soulmates

getting ready to buy an RV and travel around the country."

Since Van and I, senior citizens, had been full-time RVers for four years, we felt a

kinship and I e-mailed Rick and Snow, inviting them to visit the RV Travels part of my website,

offering input gleaned from our inner and outer journey to freedom. They both seemed to have a

good grasp on both modes of travel, but we continued to correspond, offering suggestions for the

respective journeys, and they offered help for our website adventures, too.

All this took place during the summer of 2,000, while we were parked in front of homes

of several family members: Van's cousin, Natalie, in Erie, 35-miles north of Denver; her mom,

Van's Aunt Betsy, in Denver; my daughter, Dottie and her family in Lakewood, a Denver

suburb. Between their electrical and phone hookups, without barely turning a wheel, we

experienced more adventures than on the road, as we created the website.

I'd been concerned as to who would handle orders and shipping my books, and was

delighted when Joyce Cole, a longtime friend agreed. Neither of us had any idea how this would

happen, because we didn't understand technology, especially the business aspects. Yet, we

agreed to become partners and trust God to guide us.

He guided a roommate for Joyce. Bobbie had a computer and was willing to share it with

Joyce and teach her how to use it; a formidable task. However, Joyce pushed through her fears

and limitations and even began writing some of her own stories. I suggested that she have her

own webpage: Do it Anyway; It's About Money and Other Stuff. This became part of my series

about recognizing and changing money patterns, which Joyce and I titled: Money Makeovers.

Eventually, we decided to offer the Money Makeovers Workshop and my trilogy of

books relating to the subject on a membership basis. This would be our vehicle for increasing

our income, while sharing our adventures and mis-adventures relating to our childhood money

issues that still affected our finances. Among the stories that we share is my book, Knocking on

Doors, about Joyce and Van's MLM (multiple-level-marketing) fiasco and other tragedies, such

as Van's succumbing to corporate downsize and job layoff, which launched us into investigating

DA (Debtors Anonymous) and discovering a culprit termed underearning, and the recovery

Joyce wrote her comic version, a short story titled: Knock, Knock, Who's There?" And

she added this, along with an excerpt chapter, Do It Anyway, from my book.

Before long, we realized that the emphasis and energies of Money Makeovers was not

compatible with Inner Freedom Ministry, so Van created it as a separate website.

In the meantime, we hit the road again, ambling our way to Albuquerque, NM, and

Laughlin, NV, on our way to Southern California for Thanksgiving with my family. Joyce lives

nearby, so while there, Van transferred the website to Bobbie's computer for Joyce's handy

access; a time-consuming process that threw us all into overwhelm and overload, as we moved

tons of blocked energy masses from our individual and collective consciousness.

I recorded all these inner adventures and our outer travels, as we moved north to Santa

Clara, California to spend two months with Van's mom, Betty, at the mobile park where she

lives. And I enrolled Van in scanning pictures, I'd taken along the way, to accompany the

Now, I realized that this webpage's energies had also outgrown the Inner Freedom

Ministry website, so Van created it's own website, Inner Freedom Journey RVing, complete with

By this time we realized that we were in way over our heads, because the website had

been on-line for nine-months and we had no customers. In the same period of time, Naked

Journey had over 3,000 visits. Our son-in-law insisted it was their provocative title, but I figured

they were doing something right, and asked them if they would be willing to upgrade our three

Thank You, God, they agreed, and the reconstruction process began, with them asking

me to answer the question: "What is Your Vision for each website?"

Pinpointing these basics seemed overwhelming, because I don't outline; rather, I sit at the

computer and my Inner Guidance writes. However, I know that They are quite capable of

outlining, upon request. Nevertheless, I called Joyce, to include her in the process. I had

forwarded the two e-mailed business transactions from Rick and Snow, along with my responses

I've spent several hours writing the Introduction, and now I have no more excuses not to

For now, this is our money maker, because it's about money. It's focus is to share with

others our experiences of dealing with money issues; not coming across as authorities who have

made millions, but sharing our recovery process, while telling how to recognize and change

negative money patterns, using spiritual and financial principles.

The Money Makeovers Workshop is the basic tool available to all members. But a

second tool is the Two by Two concept, based on Jesus's admonishment to go forth "Two by

Though this is a "Do-it-yourself" project, Joyce and I serve as Support Partners for each

other during our process, and we serve as models for others by sharing our experiences. Joyce's

appear in Joyce's Money Comments," and mine appear in Joyanna's Money Comments, which

link to my money related chapters in my Travel Series, with my current sharings, too.

Since we have no books published, at this time, all transactions will be on-line. Once we

have money for publishing the books, we can make them available in hard copy.

This is my service project. Although I eventually expect to sell books, my primary focus

is to make them available free for inmates, because most of them don't have money to buy

books. Therefore, the focus of this website is to solicit donations for the ministry, while offering

some of the books, courses and publications free for anyone interested.

The exciting news is that I received a Christmas card from a Freedomer (inmate seeking

inner freedom) who has access to e-mail. Apparently his father forwards them to him. I'm not

clear on how this is accomplished, but it came as an experiential aide to explain my vision: that

this material will someday be available to inmates via computers. Maybe it is already, in some

prisons. At any rate, I will be sending material to him, via his father, as a forerunner to

fulfillment of this vision for the ministry.

Tom Lagana, co-author of Chicken Soup for the Prisoner's Soul, is opening doors for this

to happen, and it proves that the time is now to focus attention on the body warehouses of prison,

the last frontier, and offer material for them and about them, such as mine, and also Tom

Lagana's book. They must be supported in letting time serve them, while they serve time.

A writer needs to write; and she needs readers to read what she's written. Therefore, my

current travel writings, with pictures, are available free at this website, for now. It's purpose is to

share our experiences on our inner and outer journey to freedom, as we learn to live in the

Present Moment at-one-with God. This includes having fun and also sharing travel information

on both journeys. It gives the reader an opportunity for a vicarious mini-vacation, while reading

about our trips. It also reveals the negative side of RVing, such as the expense of unending

Mostly, we tell our story of recovery from money disorders, while attempting to live on

Social Security Retirement, and depending on God as the Source of our Supply, with money

For now, these travels are available free, but we encourage donations to Inner Freedom

Ministry, although it is not non-profit, at this time. Soon, when the books are ready, we will

charge for them to be read on-line, and in time they will become published in hard copy.



	PROLOGUE God is Wisdom, God is All, All is Wisdom, I am Wisdom Spiritual Vision is a divine wisdom that radiates from one's soul; a knowing. This wisdom is God, just as love is God, therefore it is a divine attribute; an inheritance (gift) from our Father (God). But like any gift, if we don't unwrap the package and use the contents, we don't enjoy the value. Wisdom is like that; awaiting our discovery and joy upon finding it neatly hidden away within the atoms and cells of our body. A story is told about the gift of Wisdom: "One day the gods were gathered at Mt. Olympus and were trying to decide where to hide man's wisdom. One god suggested that they hide it deep underneath the ocean. Another wanted to place it on the highest mountaintop. But a third god thought the clouds would be a good hiding place. Then the oldest and wisest of the gods spoke, "We will hide man's wisdom within man himself, because that is the last place where he will think to look." A clue to this truth may be found in the bible verse, "Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have from God?" (1 Corinthians 6:19) A similar verse follows Paul's discourse on wisdom, as he says, "But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glorification." And he summarizes: "Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you?" (1 Corinthians 3:16) A virtue of spiritual wisdom enables us to observe our thoughts and responses, and thus we have a choice to change our thinking and also our behavior, including habits, patterns addictions. With this realization we can rejoice in knowing that we are not victims of our family dysfunctionalism or our personal addictions. Indeed, we do have a choice; therefore we are not victims, but we are victorious. What a victory! Spiritual vision leads us forward with the knowledge that we can keep on going and continue growing and unfolding. Though our ego tells us, "I have arrived," our spiritual vision says, "God isn't through with me yet." As my husband, Van, and I continue our RV travels, living full-time in our 35 ft. Holiday Rambler, I know that nothing but good can happen to us, because God is traveling the high road with us, and as us, leading us to our highest good and the blessings that await our journey. And even greater adventures await our inner journey, as we launch our three websites out into the universe, and continue to follow the spiritual vision that God has given me. Chapter 1 WHAT IS YOUR VISION? "The spirit lifted me up and brought me in a vision by the spirit of God" (Ezekiel 11:24-25) Rick and Snow: Naked Journey When Rick and Snow asked me: "What is Your Vision for your three websites?" I knew that it would be an important assignment. But, I didn't realize, at the time, it would be the first chapter in my new book. Yet, it made sense. What better way for a new beginning than to express its vision? Van, a retired computer programmer/analyst, and I had brought Inner Freedom Ministry website into existence, without knowing much about the project. Yet, God had guided us through each step, adding all of my books and courses, until we realized that it was overkill. Once we figured out how to get on-line, we visited Marianne Williamson's website for ideas on creating a spiritual atmosphere. Here we found links to others, which we visited. Even getting from site to site was a challenge, but we were learning. Among those we visited was Naked Journey, because it advertised: Young soulmates getting ready to buy an RV and travel around the country." Since Van and I, senior citizens, had been full-time RVers for four years, we felt a kinship and I e-mailed Rick and Snow, inviting them to visit the RV Travels part of my website, offering input gleaned from our inner and outer journey to freedom. They both seemed to have a good grasp on both modes of travel, but we continued to correspond, offering suggestions for the respective journeys, and they offered help for our website adventures, too. With Help From Family All this took place during the summer of 2,000, while we were parked in front of homes of several family members: Van's cousin, Natalie, in Erie, 35-miles north of Denver; her mom, Van's Aunt Betsy, in Denver; my daughter, Dottie and her family in Lakewood, a Denver suburb. Between their electrical and phone hookups, without barely turning a wheel, we experienced more adventures than on the road, as we created the website. Joyce Cole: Do it Anyway I'd been concerned as to who would handle orders and shipping my books, and was delighted when Joyce Cole, a longtime friend agreed. Neither of us had any idea how this would happen, because we didn't understand technology, especially the business aspects. Yet, we agreed to become partners and trust God to guide us. He guided a roommate for Joyce. Bobbie had a computer and was willing to share it with Joyce and teach her how to use it; a formidable task. However, Joyce pushed through her fears and limitations and even began writing some of her own stories. I suggested that she have her own webpage: Do it Anyway; It's About Money and Other Stuff. This became part of my series about recognizing and changing money patterns, which Joyce and I titled: Money Makeovers. Eventually, we decided to offer the Money Makeovers Workshop and my trilogy of books relating to the subject on a membership basis. This would be our vehicle for increasing our income, while sharing our adventures and mis-adventures relating to our childhood money issues that still affected our finances. Among the stories that we share is my book, Knocking on Doors, about Joyce and Van's MLM (multiple-level-marketing) fiasco and other tragedies, such as Van's succumbing to corporate downsize and job layoff, which launched us into investigating DA (Debtors Anonymous) and discovering a culprit termed underearning, and the recovery process. Joyce wrote her comic version, a short story titled: Knock, Knock, Who's There?" And she added this, along with an excerpt chapter, Do It Anyway, from my book. Before long, we realized that the emphasis and energies of Money Makeovers was not compatible with Inner Freedom Ministry, so Van created it as a separate website. In the meantime, we hit the road again, ambling our way to Albuquerque, NM, and Laughlin, NV, on our way to Southern California for Thanksgiving with my family. Joyce lives nearby, so while there, Van transferred the website to Bobbie's computer for Joyce's handy access; a time-consuming process that threw us all into overwhelm and overload, as we moved tons of blocked energy masses from our individual and collective consciousness. Journey of Awareness I recorded all these inner adventures and our outer travels, as we moved north to Santa Clara, California to spend two months with Van's mom, Betty, at the mobile park where she lives. And I enrolled Van in scanning pictures, I'd taken along the way, to accompany the chapters. Now, I realized that this webpage's energies had also outgrown the Inner Freedom Ministry website, so Van created it's own website, Inner Freedom Journey RVing, complete with pictures. Enter Rick and Snow By this time we realized that we were in way over our heads, because the website had been on-line for nine-months and we had no customers. In the same period of time, Naked Journey had over 3,000 visits. Our son-in-law insisted it was their provocative title, but I figured they were doing something right, and asked them if they would be willing to upgrade our three websites, now that I had them in place. Thank You, God, they agreed, and the reconstruction process began, with them asking me to answer the question: "What is Your Vision for each website?" I Don't do Outlines Pinpointing these basics seemed overwhelming, because I don't outline; rather, I sit at the computer and my Inner Guidance writes. However, I know that They are quite capable of outlining, upon request. Nevertheless, I called Joyce, to include her in the process. I had forwarded the two e-mailed business transactions from Rick and Snow, along with my responses to them, so she was on the same page. I've spent several hours writing the Introduction, and now I have no more excuses not to fulfill the request. Money Makeovers For now, this is our money maker, because it's about money. It's focus is to share with others our experiences of dealing with money issues; not coming across as authorities who have made millions, but sharing our recovery process, while telling how to recognize and change negative money patterns, using spiritual and financial principles. The Money Makeovers Workshop is the basic tool available to all members. But a second tool is the Two by Two concept, based on Jesus's admonishment to go forth "Two by Two." Though this is a "Do-it-yourself" project, Joyce and I serve as Support Partners for each other during our process, and we serve as models for others by sharing our experiences. Joyce's appear in Joyce's Money Comments," and mine appear in Joyanna's Money Comments, which link to my money related chapters in my Travel Series, with my current sharings, too. Since we have no books published, at this time, all transactions will be on-line. Once we have money for publishing the books, we can make them available in hard copy. Inner Freedom Ministry This is my service project. Although I eventually expect to sell books, my primary focus is to make them available free for inmates, because most of them don't have money to buy books. Therefore, the focus of this website is to solicit donations for the ministry, while offering some of the books, courses and publications free for anyone interested. The exciting news is that I received a Christmas card from a Freedomer (inmate seeking inner freedom) who has access to e-mail. Apparently his father forwards them to him. I'm not clear on how this is accomplished, but it came as an experiential aide to explain my vision: that this material will someday be available to inmates via computers. Maybe it is already, in some prisons. At any rate, I will be sending material to him, via his father, as a forerunner to fulfillment of this vision for the ministry. Tom Lagana, co-author of Chicken Soup for the Prisoner's Soul, is opening doors for this to happen, and it proves that the time is now to focus attention on the body warehouses of prison, the last frontier, and offer material for them and about them, such as mine, and also Tom Lagana's book. They must be supported in letting time serve them, while they serve time. Inner Freedom Journey: RVing A writer needs to write; and she needs readers to read what she's written. Therefore, my current travel writings, with pictures, are available free at this website, for now. It's purpose is to share our experiences on our inner and outer journey to freedom, as we learn to live in the Present Moment at-one-with God. This includes having fun and also sharing travel information on both journeys. It gives the reader an opportunity for a vicarious mini-vacation, while reading about our trips. It also reveals the negative side of RVing, such as the expense of unending breakdowns and repairs. Mostly, we tell our story of recovery from money disorders, while attempting to live on Social Security Retirement, and depending on God as the Source of our Supply, with money being provided in unexpected ways. For now, these travels are available free, but we encourage donations to Inner Freedom Ministry, although it is not non-profit, at this time. Soon, when the books are ready, we will charge for them to be read on-line, and in time they will become published in hard copy.