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Matt spent his early years in North Carolina. He was born in Greenville, NC and has lived in New Bern, Roanoke Rapids, Henderson (where he spent most of his childhood) and Raleigh, where he attended North Carolina State University. During his college years, he developed a yearning for religious and spiritual studies and has been an avid student of them ever since. For more information on Matt or his works, his current website is MatthewBarnes-101.com.

An easier, more effective way to invest in your future! In what is sure to be another controversial work on investing for the common man or woman, the author has updated his own personal investing strategy based on further experience in the markets. Learn why the author believes you need to be doing your own investing, why you need two investment portfolios, each with a different strategy, how to go after really good returns while still remaining safe, and why you should never listen to the media, your friends or other "experts". Truly a simpler, safer, more time efficient and yet more effective method of investing for the average person.

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Since the beginning of time, humankind has pondered the meaning of life, the extension of life beyond this world, and the existence of a God or creator. The Hermetica is the second major work of the Ancient Egyptian philosopher Hermes Trismegistus, who is reported to have had an awakening during an extended period of meditation. During this awakening, Hermes, much like Jesus and Buddha later on, claims to have been exposed to the meaning of life, the presence of a world beyond this world, the existence of God, and the secret of our immortality. The Hermetica is his account of the experience. "Just as we were developed for this world in the womb, so too are we being developed for the next world within these bodies. ""Just as we emerged from the world of our mother's womb into this world, so too will we emerge from the world of these bodies into the next. . . "

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The Kybalion is probably the most controversial spiritual work of the twentieth century. Its teachings are based on the works of Hermes, an ancient Egyptian philosopher. Like Jesus, Buddha, Muhammad, Socrates and a few other philosophical and religious founders, Hermes is said to have received his knowledge in a vision during a period of deep concentration. During his “awakening", Hermes claimed to have been exposed to the truth of the world, how it works, and what lies beyond. He believed that he had experienced "the Soul of the Universe”. The Kybalion is a categorization and explanation of the seven main laws of life, as expressed to Hermes during his vision. Legend has it that these laws have been passed down in secret for centuries from teacher to students considered ready for the information, much like Jesus’s passing on of inner knowledge only to his closest disciples. The initial publishing of The Kybalion by “The Three Initiates" is reported to be the first time the general public has had access to these inner teachings. The seven laws of The Kybalion will sound familiar to many, for they are the underlying themes of this existence. But learning the exact significance and meaning of these laws has been a closely guarded secret for millennia. A secret that, once understood, has the potential to transform your life, and your understanding of life. The immediate effect of the teachings is believed to be an enhanced ability to live a better life, in all areas of concern. The long term effect is an evolution of consciousness and awareness toward higher and higher levels. In the Bible, it is said that Adam fell into a deep sleep. Nowhere does it ever say that he woke up. An “awakening” that carries us beyond our current level of cognition and perception is the ultimate goal of the teachings of The Kybalion. “We know what we are, but know not what we may be. ”-Shakespeare

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Please note that this title has been changed to The Tao Te Ching 101. To read the description and purchase the book, please look up The Tao Te Ching 101 by Matthew Barnes. Amazon does not allow books that have been published to be removed or replaced, so even though only the title changed, a new book had to be uploaded. Amazon also does not allow reviews to be transferred in cases like this, where only the title has changed, so if you want to read reviews, please do so here. Thank you for your patience and patronage.

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The Emerald Tablet is an Ancient Egyptian work written by Hermes Trismegistus that is believed to represent a step-by-step instruction manual for the Alchemical process of turning ordinary metals like lead into something much more valuable, like gold. The manual consists of fourteen cryptic, symbolic statements that many have tried to decipher over the course of thousands of years. I believe the fourteen statements of the Emerald Tablet to be a symbolic guide to a far greater treasure than the conversion of lead into gold. I believe it to be, instead, a symbolic guide to the awakening of the human spirit. I believe it to be a guide to the conversion of a base and petty human being into an awakened soul, the likes of which we have seen in the Jesuses and the Buddhas of our world. In the Christian Bible, it is said that Adam fell into a deep sleep. Nowhere in that Bible does it say that he woke back up. The purpose of the Emerald Tablet, I believe, is that very awakening.

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