The document discusses the spiritual significance of the desert rose and outlines a workshop focused on deepening intimacy with Jesus through practices like lectio divina and contemplative prayer. It emphasizes the importance of realigning body, mind, and spirit to a pre-fall condition, and explores the challenges of modern life that hinder spiritual growth. Participants will learn how to cultivate a harmonious relationship with God while addressing emotional and psychological barriers.

1. DESERT ROSE
"I WILL OPEN RIVERS ON THE BARE HEIGHTS AND SPRINGS IN THE MIDST OF THE VALLEYS;
I WILL MAKE THE WILDERNESS A POOL OF WATER AND THE DRY LAND FOUNTAINS OF WATER.”
ISAIAH 41::18

2. THE DESERT ROSE IS NATIVE
TO AFRICA & THE ARABIAN
PENINSULA.
THE STEM AND ROOT SWELLS
UP TO STORE WATER FROM
THE
SUMMER RAINS FOR THE
LONG DRY WINTER AHEAD.

3. OUR GOAL:
TO PRACTICE STORING UP
SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT
FOR YEAR-ROUND
SPIRITUAL BLOOMING!

4. GOOD MANNERS ::
:: EVERYONE WILL GET A
CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE
:: EVERYONE’S PERSONAL
RELATIONSHIP TO CHRIST
WILL BE HONORED
:: WHAT IS SAID AT
WORKSHOP STAYS IN
WORKSHOP
:: OTHERS WE SHOULD ADD?

5. OUR FOUNDATIONAL
TRUTHS:
:: THERE IS ONE GOD -
THE GOD OF
ABRAHAM, ISAAC &
JAKOB.
:: THREE PERSONS.
:: THE FATHER.
:: THE SON - DIED AND
ROSE ON THE 3RD DAY.
:: THE HOLY SPIRIT
:: THERE IS ONLY ONE
WAY TO THE FATHER &
THAT IS HIS SON,
JESUS CHRIST.

6. THE DESERT
FATHERS & DESERT
MOTHERS WERE
EARLY CHRISTIAN
HERMITS,
ASCETICS, AND
MONKS WHO LIVED
MAINLY IN THE
DESERT OF EGYPT.
THEY BEGAN THE
CHRISTIAN
PRACTICE OF ::
HESYCHASM
(MEANS RETREAT +
UNION)

7. WE WILL USE THESE
PRACTICES OF THE
DESERT FATHERS &
MOTHERS ::
:: LECTIO DIVINA
:: CONTEMPLATIVE
PRAYER

8. AND THE
HEALING
PRINCIPLES OF
NEUROSCIENCE

9. OUR AGENDA:
1. SLIDESHOW &
EXPERIENTIAL(S)
2. LECTIO DIVINA
3. BREAK
4. CONTEMPLATIVE
PRAYER
5. DISCUSSION
A WEEKLY
WORKSHEET WILL
HELP US ORGANIZE
OUR WORK
TOGETHER.

10. YOU’LL LEARN HOW
TO ::
1. REALIGN BODY,
MIND & SPIRIT TO
PRE-FALL
CONDITION
2. FALL AWAKE –
BRING SPIRITUAL
ENERGY TO THE
PRESENT MOMENT
3. GROW INTIMACY
WITH JESUS

11. WHAT YOU’LL
LEARN::
1. REALIGN BODY-
MIND & SPIRIT TO
PRE-FALL
CONDITION
2. FALL AWAKE –
BRING SPIRITUAL
ENERGY TO YOUR
TODAY
3. GROW INTIMACY
WITH JESUS
“KNOW YE NOT THAT YE ARE THE TEMPLE OF GOD, AND
THAT THE SPIRIT OF GOD DWELLETH IN YOU ?”
I CORINTHIANS 3:16

12. WHAT YOU’LL
LEARN::
1. REALIGN BODY-
MIND & SPIRIT TO
PRE-FALL
CONDITION
2. FALL AWAKE –
BRING SPIRITUAL
ENERGY TO YOUR
TODAY
3. GROW INTIMACY
WITH JESUS
“KNOW YE NOT THAT YE ARE THE TEMPLE OF GOD, AND
THAT THE SPIRIT OF GOD DWELLETH IN YOU ?”
I CORINTHIANS 3:16
• AFRAID,
INSECURE
• LOST SECURE
ATTACHMENT
(CONNECTION) TO
FATHER
• ENMESHED,
HERD BOUND
• SELF-CENTERED
• DEFENSIVE
STRONGHOLDS
•LOWER REGIONS
RULE AND
SABOTAGE
HIGHER REGIONS
• BODY
SABOTAGES
EMOTIONS,
• EMOTIONS
SABOTAGE
THOUGHTS
• FRONTAL LOBE
MAY OR MAY
NEVER RULE.
THE FALL
REDEMPTION
&
SANCTIFICATION

13. WHAT YOU’LL
LEARN::
1. REALIGN BODY-
MIND & SPIRIT TO
PRE-FALL
CONDITION
2. FALL AWAKE –
BRING SPIRITUAL
ENERGY TO YOUR
TODAY
3. GROW INTIMACY
WITH JESUS
IN THE FALL, WE ATE OF THE TREE OF “GOOD & EVIL”
SECURELY
ATTACHED TO GOD
LOVE BROTHERS
AS
MYSELF
LEARNING IDENTITY
IN CHRIST
LEARNING TO
PUT OTHERS
BEFORE SELF
PSYCHOPATH
HARM
LIFE & BODY
SOCIOPATH
HARM
FINANCIALLY,
EMOTIONALLY,
DECEPTIVE,
MANIPULATIVE
NARCISSIST
WE ARE ALL BORN
SELF-CENTERED,
FALLEN
IT’S ALL ABOUT
ME, ME, ME!

14. WHAT YOU’LL
LEARN::
1. REALIGN BODY-
MIND & SPIRIT TO
PRE-FALL
CONDITION
2. FALL AWAKE –
BRING SPIRITUAL
ENERGY TO YOUR
TODAY
3. GROW INTIMACY
WITH JESUS
OFTEN CALLED
“MONKEY MIND”
LIKE MONKEYS THAT
SWING FROM TREE
LIMB TO TREE LIMB,
SO DO THOUGHTS
WITHIN THE STREAM
OF CONSCIOUSNESS.

15. WHAT YOU’LL
LEARN::
1. REALIGN BODY-
MIND & SPIRIT TO
PRE-FALL
CONDITION
2. FALL AWAKE –
BRING SPIRITUAL
ENERGY TO YOUR
TODAY
3. GROW INTIMACY
WITH JESUS
“DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT YOUR
BODY IS THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT WHO IS IN YOU, WHOM YOU
HAVE FROM GOD.”
1 CORINTHIANS 6:19

16. WHAT YOU’LL
LEARN::
1. REALIGN BODY-
MIND & SPIRIT TO
PRE-FALL
CONDITION
2. FALL AWAKE –
BRING SPIRITUAL
ENERGY TO YOUR
TODAY
3. GROW INTIMACY
WITH JESUS
YOUR ENERGY IS
:: CHEMICAL
:: BREATH PROPULSION
:: ELECTROMAGNETIC
ON AUTOPILOT

17. WHAT YOU’LL
LEARN::
1. REALIGN BODY-
MIND & SPIRIT TO
PRE-FALL
CONDITION
2. FALL AWAKE –
BRING SPIRITUAL
ENERGY TO YOUR
TODAY
3. GROW INTIMACY
WITH JESUS
THOUGHTS ARE CHEMICAL
EVERY THOUGHT IS EITHER ACIDIC OR ALKALINE. THEY BRING LIFE OR
BRING DEATH. PRE-FALL DESIGN ALKALINE.
ACIDIC – OXYGEN DEPRIVED
ALKALINE – OXYGEN RICH
• HATE
• FEAR
• JEALOUSY
• ANGER
ACIDIC
THOUGHTS
• PEACE
• GRATITUDE
• FORGIVENESS
• JOY
ALKALINE
THOUGHTS
ENERGY CIRCULATES

18. WHAT YOU’LL
LEARN::
1. REALIGN BODY-
MIND & SPIRIT TO
PRE-FALL
CONDITION
2. FALL AWAKE –
BRING SPIRITUAL
ENERGY TO YOUR
TODAY
3. GROW INTIMACY
WITH JESUS
BE STILL … DON’T ACCELERATE!
PRE-FALL DESIGN – TO LIVE IN A RELAXED STATE
ANCIENT ISRAEL DID NOT PRONOUNCE GOD’S NAME, THEY ‘BREATHED” IT.
JEWISH TRADITION SAYS ALL PEOPLE HAVE HIS NAME IN THEIR BREATH …
“YAH”-INHALE (ACCELERATOR) “WEH”-EXHALE (BRAKES)
ENERGY PROPULSION

19. WHAT YOU’LL
LEARN::
1. REALIGN BODY-
MIND & SPIRIT TO
PRE-FALL
CONDITION
2. FALL AWAKE –
BRING SPIRITUAL
ENERGY TO YOUR
TODAY
3. GROW INTIMACY
WITH JESUS
THE HEART SPEAKS THE LOUDEST
WE ARE DESIGNED FOR EMOTIONAL ENERGY TO FLOW
THROUGH US, AND AROUND US.
PRE-FALL – ENERGY IN HARMONY, NOT CHAOS
ENERGY BROADCAST
THE HEART IS
ELECTROMAGNETIC AND HAS
•60 X’S GREATER AMPLITUDE
THAN THE BRAIN,
•5,000 X’S MAGNETICALLY
STRONGER THAN THE BRAIN,
AND
•CAN BE MEASURED 8 -10 FEET
FROM WHERE YOU STAND.

20. WHAT YOU’LL
LEARN::
1. REALIGN BODY-
MIND & SPIRIT TO
PRE-FALL
CONDITION
2. FALL AWAKE –
BRING SPIRITUAL
ENERGY TO YOUR
TODAY
3. GROW INTIMACY
WITH JESUS
GRATITUDE, THE MOTHER OF “JOY”
ENERGY BROADCAST

21. WHAT YOU’LL
LEARN::
1. REALIGN BODY-
MIND & SPIRIT TO
PRE-FALL
CONDITION
2. FALL AWAKE –
BRING SPIRITUAL
ENERGY TO YOUR
TODAY
3. GROW INTIMACY
WITH JESUS
WHAT ARE YOU SENDING OUT?
WHAT ARE YOU SENDING IN?

22. WHAT YOU’LL
LEARN::
1. REALIGN BODY-
MIND & SPIRIT TO
PRE-FALL
CONDITION
2. FALL AWAKE –
BRING SPIRITUAL
ENERGY TO YOUR
TODAY
3. GROW INTIMACY
WITH JESUS
LET THE PEACE OF CHRIST RULE IN
YOUR HEARTS, SINCE AS MEMBERS
OF ONE BODY YOU WERE
CALLED TO PEACE.
AND BE THANKFUL.
COLOSSIANS 3::15

23. WHAT YOU’LL
LEARN::
1. REALIGN BODY-
MIND & SPIRIT TO
PRE-FALL
CONDITION
2. FALL AWAKE –
BRING SPIRITUAL
ENERGY TO YOUR
TODAY
3. GROW INTIMACY
WITH JESUS
WHERE IS YOUR ENERGY?
TRAPPED IN THE PAST? (DEPRESSION) IN THE FUTURE?
(ANXIETY)
2%
OFFLINE ?

24. WHAT YOU’LL
LEARN::
1. REALIGN BODY-
MIND & SPIRIT TO
PRE-FALL
CONDITION
2. FALL AWAKE –
BRING SPIRITUAL
ENERGY TO YOUR
TODAY
3. GROW INTIMACY
WITH JESUS
GOD WAITS FOR US IN THE …
NOW!
NOW IS THE TIME OF GOD’S FAVOR.
NOW IS THE TIME OF SALVATION.
IT’S YOU & I THAT ARE MISSING FROM
THE PRESENT MOMENT!

25. WHAT YOU’LL
LEARN::
1. REALIGN BODY-
MIND & SPIRIT TO
PRE-FALL
CONDITION
2. FALL AWAKE –
BRING SPIRITUAL
ENERGY TO YOUR
TODAY
3. GROW INTIMACY
WITH JESUS
EAST OF EDEN, 2018
THERE BE DRAGONS HERE!
RAPE OF CHILDREN
HUMAN
SLAVERY
MURDER
BETRAYAL
THEFT
GREED
JEALOUSY
VIOLENCE
ABANDONMENT

26. WHAT YOU’LL
LEARN::
1. REALIGN BODY-
MIND & SPIRIT TO
PRE-FALL
CONDITION
2. FALL AWAKE –
BRING SPIRITUAL
ENERGY TO YOUR
TODAY
3. GROW INTIMACY
WITH JESUS
YOU WON’T FIND US WHISTLING
IN THE DARK, AFRAID OR DEFEATED!

27. WHAT YOU’LL
LEARN::
1. REALIGN BODY-
MIND & SPIRIT TO
PRE-FALL
CONDITION
2. FALL AWAKE –
BRING SPIRITUAL
ENERGY TO YOUR
TODAY
3. GROW INTIMACY
WITH JESUS
NOT BECAUSE OF WHO WE ARE,
IT IS BECAUSE OF WHOSE WE ARE!

28. WHAT YOU’LL
LEARN::
1. REALIGN BODY-
MIND & SPIRIT TO
PRE-FALL
CONDITION
2. FALL AWAKE –
BRING SPIRITUAL
ENERGY TO YOUR
TODAY
3. GROW INTIMACY
WITH JESUS
ABIDE IN ME, AND I IN YOU. AS
THE BRANCH CANNOT BEAR
FRUIT BY ITSELF, UNLESS IT
ABIDES IN THE VINE, NEITHER
CAN YOU, UNLESS YOU ABIDE
IN ME.
JOHN 15:4

29. WHAT YOU’LL
LEARN::
1. REALIGN BODY-
MIND & SPIRIT TO
PRE-FALL
CONDITION
2. FALL AWAKE –
BRING SPIRITUAL
ENERGY TO YOUR
TODAY
3. GROW INTIMACY
WITH JESUS
ABIDE = CONNECT
TO STAY
REMAIN
WAIT
SOJOURN
LODGE WITH

30. WHAT YOU’LL
LEARN::
1. REALIGN BODY-
MIND & SPIRIT TO
PRE-FALL
CONDITION
2. FALL AWAKE –
BRING SPIRITUAL
ENERGY TO YOUR
TODAY
3. GROW INTIMACY
WITH JESUS
HE IS THE
LIVING WATER THAT
NOURISHES US.

31. WHAT YOU’LL
LEARN::
1. REALIGN BODY-
MIND & SPIRIT TO
PRE-FALL
CONDITION
2. FALL AWAKE –
BRING SPIRITUAL
ENERGY TO YOUR
TODAY
3. GROW INTIMACY
WITH JESUS
ABIDE IN HIM,
WE BLOSSOM IN DRY PLACES.

32. WHAT YOU’LL
LEARN::
1. REALIGN BODY-
MIND & SPIRIT TO
PRE-FALL
CONDITION
2. FALL AWAKE –
BRING SPIRITUAL
ENERGY TO YOUR
TODAY
3. GROW INTIMACY
WITH JESUS
WE WILL GROW A SECURE, VIBRANT
ATTACHMENT TO GOD WHEN ::
• GOD RULES FRONTAL LOBE
• WE GAIN SPIRITUAL AWARENESS
• WE ABIDE, LODGE & LIVE IN CHRIST

33. WHAT YOU’LL
LEARN::
1. REALIGN BODY-
MIND & SPIRIT TO
PRE-FALL
CONDITION
2. FALL AWAKE –
BRING SPIRITUAL
ENERGY TO YOUR
TODAY
3. GROW INTIMACY
WITH JESUS
LECTIO DIVINA
&
CONTEMPLATIVE PRAYER (MEDITATION)
ARE PRACTICES THAT HELP US:
• TAME THE MONKEY MIND & ALLOW GOD
• TO RULE OUR MINDS
• TAME THE UNDISCIPLINED BODY & MIND TO
ALLOW OUR SPIRIT TO GROW STRONGER
• TAME OUR LIFESTYLE TO ALLOW US TO
ABIDE, LODGE & LIVE IN CHRIST

34. LECTIO DIVINA::
1. LISTEN -ALLOW
THE HOLY SPIRIT TO
ILLUMINATE A PART
OF THE SCRIPTURE
2. PLACE YOU– IN
THE SCRIPTURE
3. PLACE JESUS –
IN THE SCRIPTURE
4. LISTEN -ALLOW
THE HOLY SPIRIT TO
SHOW YOU HOW TO
LIVE WHAT YOU’VE
HEARD

35. CONTEMPLATIVE
PRAYER::
1. REST - ABIDE
2. ASK– HOLY
SPIRIT SCRIPTURE
WORD, SYMBOL OR
IMAGE
3. FOCUS–
SCRIPTURE WORD,
SYMBOL OR IMAGE.
GENTLY REDIRECT.
4. RELAX -ALLOW
THE HOLY SPIRIT TO
SHOW YOU HOW TO
LIVE WHAT YOU’VE
HEARD

36. QUESTIONS? COMMENTS?