A friend of mine recently sent me a copy of a book entitled The Joy Book. As I thumbed through the book, I noticed a few things that caught my attention. On the back of the book it says "This is not really a book" -- that got my attention and I read on. It said that it was actually a transformational system that would heal me and cause a total restructuring of my consciousness to fit a new technology that would allow me to function in joy. Wow! finally it said "only ten percent of what you get from this book is through reading. Ninety percent comes directly from God." At that point I knew I had to read the book.

The book offers a new technology that is similar to affirmations but, in the view of the author, substantially more effective. He says, "if affirmations are a covered wagon, then this technology is a space shuttle". In doing my due diligence, I asked the author for references which he produced. After reading the testimonials, I scrapped what I was going to write about in this issue and decided to cover The Joy Book. I liked the title and figured it would be a nice way to start the New Year.

Garrett: Please tell me a little about your background and how you got inspired to write your book.

Prem: I first became interested in the spiritual area in 1981 when I was introduced to meditation by a lady friend. I began to meditate with her and then took some acupuncture classes. I then read the book, The Handbook to Higher Consciousness. I remember reading that there were 12 levels of consciousness and I hoped to reach the 5th level before I died. I now feel I am beyond what I read in the book. Perception of where you are at any given time is a curious thing.

Garrett: Tell me more.

Prem: In 1984 I began to experience a "knowingness". this is where, for whatever reason, I would know things. Friends would ask me questions and the answer would simply appear in my mind intuitively. This was very spontaneous. I found myself listening very carefully to what I was telling the person who asked the question as the information was new to me as well.

Garrett: Fascinating! Apparently what was happening was a different process than what you experienced in the past.

Prem: Yes, it was different, however I believe it was always there. I'm sure we have all experienced a "knowingness" on occasion. We all have that ability. I just happened to "blossom" in 1984. One time in meditation I experienced a blinding light in my face and then something opened my mouth and blew into it. I opened my eyes and nothing was there. My meditation partner told me I had received the Holy Light and Holy Breath. I continued to have experiences and I also continued my spiritual studies by reading and taking courses from time to time.

Garrett: When did you decide to write the book?

Prem: I began writing the book in 1986. Initially, I wrote the Command Subconscious Programs as a stand alone book in 1991. I published it as a little booklet. the feedback I got was that it wasn't complete because it only addressed the thought process and didn't address the emotional process. by 1992, I had the whole book integrated with the Command Subconscious Programs and the Five Steps of Unconditional Love.

Garrett: Before we delve into some of the specifics of the book, I wanted to ask you about the comment on the jacket of the book referring to the contents as a new technology that is a transformational system. As a matter of fact, you state that "only ten percent of what you get from this book is through reading, ninety percent comes directly from God. I must say, that really got my attention. Would you expand a bit on that for our readers?

Prem: Of course. Let me begin by saying that it is very difficult to attempt to describe the color yellow to someone who has never seen it. In very much the same manner, it is difficult to verbally explain how this technology will effect people who have not had the benefit of experiencing it first hand. The process is experiential. Once you have experienced it, you know it. It is like once someone has first seen or experienced the color yellow -- from that point forward they can readily recognize yellow and easily relate to it as a color. This is not a book that is intellectualized, as is the case with so many books. The information in this book is experiential.

Garrett: The testimonials I read regarding your book all related to the experiential benefits of the programs. My own experiences confirm that fact as well. The initial part of your work is the Command Subconscious Programs. How did you discover this technology?

Prem: One day I mentioned to a friend that I saw my subconscious as an adversary and I wished I could eliminate it. she suggested that I see my subconscious mind as a friend and that I recognize that it has a lot of abilities and can do a lot of things for me. She said I should just ask it to do what I wanted it to do. I live in Mt. Shasta and I decided to go up the mountain to a spiritual spot and meditate on it. I began a dialogue with my guides. through this experience I came up with an affirmations program. I tried it out and immediately experienced a shift in energy in my body where it felt almost like it shutdown. Within a minute, there was a major energy shift and the energy really started flowing. I shared this method with a few people and they seemed to have very positive results.

Garrett: That was it?

Prem: Not quite. The original version had me typing up individual programs which was a lot of work. I thought there must be an easier way so I returned to the mountain to see what I could find out. I realized my subconscious knew everything I knew and a lot more. This time I asked my subconscious to create an empowerment program, not an affirmation program. I asked that this be created by my consciousness. Then I asked it to run the program. there was a "big time" surge of energy in my body far eclipsing the results I got from the affirmation program. this was now a telepathic program. That's basically how it happened.

Garrett: In the Command Subconscious Program, you are using commands similar to affirmations yet I recall you mentioning that the technology is like comparing a covered wagon to a space shuttle. That's quite a statement -- will you elaborate?

Prem: Sure. the Command subconscious Programs addresses the contrary thoughts and responses that affirmations do not address. It reprograms the subconscious very quickly. It is important to know that the affirmation is not as important as the response column. For example, if your affirmation is "I am a millionaire", your response may be "No I'm not, I only make $400 per week". This response must be released otherwise it will negate the affirmation. This response is a belief usually based on fact -- which makes it even stronger. When you do affirmations you are dredging up the actual belief for the response column. The old fashioned way of letting them go was to write them down on a piece of paper. Unfortunately, there are emotional aspects to all the beliefs that don't get addressed. The Command subconscious Programs integrate the contrary responses in the response column both emotionally and intellectually.

Garrett: Let me see if I've got this -- you are saying that the subconscious mind is already preprogrammed on how to handle certain dialogue that is presented to it? Therefore, occasionally, it would seem that our subconscious minds may actually undermine some of our affirmations.

Prem: It doesn't actually undermine the affirmations. Let's put it this way, if you do an affirmation and do not address the contrary responses, the contrary responses are likely to manifest in your life. I have proven this to myself on more than a few instances. I did subliminal affirmations one evening concerning freedom from judgment and was faced with two incidents the following day not more than an hour apart.

Garrett: How did you avoid this problem?

Prem: When you use the Command Subconscious Programs you don't have to be concerned with the contrary responses. You follow the instructions in the book which are very simple. It is all automatic. the first and only step is to request a program, it is then installed, it runs automatically and is updated -- that's all there is to it.

Garrett: The second part of the book deals with The Five Steps of Unconditional Love. What role does this part of the book play?

Prem: The purpose of this book is to get people out of their heads and into their hearts. The more you are in your heart, the more joyful and prosperous you can be. Sometimes people become overly impressed with the Command Subconscious Programs and forget about the five Steps of Unconditional Love. this is a holistic approach to healing and transformation and therefore, must address all aspects of our beingness -- physical, spiritual, emotional and intellectual. Addressing one will effect the other three but addressing all will accelerate the healing and transformation to a much higher degree.

The command Subconscious Programs are excellent techniques that will assist you in reaping great benefits even if you don't practice the Five Steps Unconditional Love. However, this will only take you so far. By doing the Five Steps you will receive an enormous amount of power into your being.

Garrett: Does everyone respond to the book in roughly the same way?

Prem: No. People are individuals and, as such, they respond individually. I have found that children have

an almost instantaneous response to the programs. In general, older people are slower to respond. I believe the reason for this is that the further we are from birth, the greater opportunity we have to accumulate a lot of "stuff" that we don't need. when we are born, we come into the world with unconditional love. Almost immediately, forces are set in motion to change us. Cutting the cord before a child is fully prepared to breathe on its own infuses the child with fear. This instills in their little computers their first law or belief: when in fear, don't breathe! This is what causes the initial move to shallow breathing which reduces our intake of life force energy essentially from birth. Shortly thereafter through our association with our parents, we begin to replace unconditional love with conditional love.

Garrett: It's not a very pretty picture is it?

Prem: No, but it is time to change it and regain our power. Energy flows through our bodies at a very high rate. Through suppression, judgment and fear we have attenuated this flow to a trickle. We create and manifest what we desire by tagging the energy flowing through our bodies with our thoughts. High energy flows create and manifest quickly. Low flows create slowly. As we get older, we tend to get more attuned to the third dimensional way of life and further and further away from clean flowing energy levels we had when we were born.

How energy flows through our body is how energy flows through our life. For example, this applies to money which is just another form of energy. doing the abundance and prosperity Command Subconscious Program will take you only so far. In order to open up your money flow, you must open up your energy flows in your body. The experience of joy and ecstasy is the result of high energy flows in the body. Every organ of the body operates better when it is experiencing a high energy flow. The bottom line is that it is very important to do the Five Steps of Unconditional Love.

Garrett: Can you give us a brief rundown of the Five Steps?

Prem: Of course. The five steps are 1) Circular connected Breathing, 2) Complete Relaxation, 3) Awareness in Detail, 4) Integration into Ecstasy, and 5) Do it Now, Be Spontaneous. The best way to explain the five steps is to simply state that they teach the individual how to unconditionally love him or herself. When people love themselves unconditionally they can then automatically love everyone around them The steps are simple, yet very powerful.

Garrett:Prem, is it easy for my readers to get a copy of your book?

Prem: Yes. Many spiritual bookstores already carry the book and if they don't, it can be easily ordered. It is even available in Australia. the Australian distributor is Bhudevi and can be reached at 074 45 1572. In the event that someone has trouble finding or ordering the book, they can write, email or fax me at the following addresses:

Email: joybook@inreach.com

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