THE FIVE GATES – THE SCIENCE OF HEALING THE SPIRIT

Lynn’s new book, “Five Gates, The Science of Healing the Spirit,” is not only merely an organized collection of powerful philosophical insights on the workings of our minds, but it is also a manual to enable you to take yourself through the Five Gates Training Program.

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Accelerated Deep Emotional Healing

Written By

LYNN N. KESSELMAN

Psychotherapist, CCDC, RAS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Author’s Forward

Dedication:  To Seekers of Truth and My Suffering Brothers and Sisters

Goals of This Book

How to Navigate this Book

PART I – THE FIVE GATES PHILOSOPHY

  • What Is The Five Gates Training Program?
    • The Five Gates Training Program is a Group of Insights, Transformational Exercises, and Personal Management Tools for Creating and Maintaining a High Spiritual Condition
    • The Differences Between a Philosophy, a Program and Treatment – NEED TO WRITE OR FIND
    • Who Will Benefit Most From the Five Gates Program?

The Five Gates Philosophy

  • How We Grow Up To Be Who We Are ﾖ Our World Creates Us
    • Our Beliefs Are the Most Important Part of Who We Are
    • We Crave to See Ourselves as Knowing and Powerful, But This Can Interfere With Our Growing In Wisdom
    • Our World Tries To Control Us And We It
  • It All Starts From Our Childhoods
    • The Five Gates View on Healthy vs. Compulsive Thinking and Behavior
    • The Five Gates Program Helps Us See and Reject the Dysfunctional Beliefs That Cause Our Low Self-Esteem
    • We Need to See and Reject the Destructive Power that Others Have Over Us Causing Us Suffering and Disability
    • How We See Our Problems Is Our Main Problem. Our Real Job is So Simple, We Miss It!
    • Our Solution Is Our Acceptance of a New Way to See Ourselves and Life
    • Feelings
    • Anger Is A Strong Motivator, But Love is Stronger
    • Free Will and Foolish Behavior
  • Our Ego Seduces Us Into Overly Believing In Our Willpower
    • Getting Smarter is Not Enough. We Need to Vicariously Relive Our “Movie”
    • Parents and Loved Ones Are a Special Challenge For Us
    • Spiritual Programs Throughout Time
    • We’re All Connected To Each Other
    • Our Illusion of Separateness Is the Major Part of Our and Our Society’s Problems
  • Faith is the Answer
    • Why is Faith So Important to Us?
    • Do We Need More Than Faith?
    • A Personal Application of My Own Faith
    • Religions, Faith and God
  • The Bible and the Five Gates Program Agree on Nonjudgmentalness
    • Five Gates Graduates Place Their Faith in Positive Intentions and Acceptance of Reality

PART II – PREPARING FOR THE JOURNEY OF THE FIVE GATES

  • How Do We Know if We Need This Journey?
  • Do I Have Anxieties?
  • Do I Have Depression?
  • Do I Have Low Self-Esteem?
  • Happiness Scale
  • For Seekers
  • For Healers

PART III – THE FIVE GATES SOLUTION

  • The Promises of the Five Gates
  • Will the Five Gates Stop People from “Using”
  • Five Gates Basic Concepts
  • Why Does the Five Gates Training Program Work So Fast?
  • Truths of the Five Gates
  • THE FIRST GATE
    • Statement of the First Gate (Acknowledgment)
    • Why I Needed to See the Truth of the First Gate
    • Purpose of the First Gate
    • How We Can See Our Need For Personal Development?
    • Truth of the First Gate
    • Our Journey Through the First Gate
    • How Can I Know if I Have Successfully Journeyed Through the First Gate?
    • Our Journey Through the First Gate
    • How Can I Know If I Have Successfully Journeyed Through the First Gate?
  • THE SECOND GATE
    • Statement of the Second Gate
    • Why I Needed to See the Truth of the Second Gate
    • Purpose & Truth of the Second Gate
    • Our Journey Through the Second Gate
    • How Can I Know If I Have Successfully Journeyed Through the Second Gate?

    THE THIRD GATE OVERVIEW

    First Time Through – Prior to Taking Your Fourth Gate

  • THE THIRD GATE
    • Statement of the Third Gate
    • Why I Needed to Learn the Truth of the Third Gate
    • Purpose & Truth of the Third Gate
    • Learning How to Live Positively Without Our Fears 
    • Introduction to Third Gate Principles, Truths, and Reality Rules
    • Introduction to Principles and Truths
    • What’s More Important, Study or Practice?
    • The Principles and Reality Rules of Our Third Gate
    • Our Recommended Third Gate Acceptance Rules ﾖ Our Mental Contact with God's Will, Reality
    • Our Morality
    • Spirituality Producing (Reality Accepting) Principles & Reminders
    • Spirituality Producing (Reality Accepting) Principles & Meditations
    • Our Journey Through The Third Gate
    • Why Are These Principles and Reality Rules The Right Ones For Us?
    • Are These Principles Right For You?
    • What About God?
    • How Can I Know If I Have Successfully Journeyed Through the Third Gate?
  • THE FOURTH GATE
    • Statement of the Fourth Gate (I Must Learn My Reality)
    • Why I Needed to Learn the Truth of the Fourth Gate
    • Purpose of the Fourth Gate
    • Truth of the Fourth Gate
    • Our Journey Through the Fourth Gate
    • Introduction – Objectives
    • How to Work the Fourth Gate
    • What Is This Great Truth That Heals Us?
    • Fourth Gate Inventory General Directions
      • Childhood
      • Adolescence
      • Early Adulthood (Before 35 Years of Age)
      • How Can I Know If I Have Successfully Journeyed Through the Fourth Gate?
  • THE FIFTH GATE
    • Statement of the Fifth Gate (Life Through New Wisdom: Your New Spiritual Awakening)
    • Why I Needed to Learn the Truth of the Fifth Gate
    • Purpose of the Fifth Gate
    • Examples of the Fifth Gate
    • Truth of the Fifth Gate
    • Our Journey Through the Fifth Gate
    • How Can I Know If I Have Successfully Journeyed Through the Fifth Gate?

PART IV – LIFE PRACTICE, BEYOND THE FIFTH GATE

  • Our Re-Journey Through the Five Gates
  • Healing Ourselves and Our Morality
  • Unjudgmentalness
  • Acceptance
  • Support Systems
  • Why Do We Want To Live A Life Of Loving Service?
  • Simplicity is the Answer 

PART VI – GENESIS OF THE FIVE GATES PROGRAM

  • Genesis of the Five Gates Program
  • Confessions of An Alcoholic and Experience with Alcoholics Anonymous
  • How My Idolatry Set Me Up To Become An Alcoholic

PART VII:

  • Social Implications of the Five Gates
  • Social Problems Can Only Be Solved by a Cultural Paradigm Shift
  • The Futurism of Love and Connectiveness
  • Social Dynamics - Understanding how a social system, subculture, peer group, and environment can contribute to our problem

PART VIII – Problems in the Present Mental Health Delivery System

  • Problems in the Present Mental Health Delivery System
  • The Mental Health System and the Five Gates
  • The Five Gates and Psychotropic Medications ﾖ A Partnership With Psychiatry
  • The Five Gates View on Cognitive Psychotherapeutic Solutions
  • Does the Public Sector Mental Health System Work?
  • The Managed Care Mental Health System: Does It Work?
  • Medically Based Treatment Programs: An Ineffective Solution
  • Medical Insurance vs. Self-Pay Training
  • Recovery and the Medical Community

PART VI - APPENDICES

  • Using the Five Gates Website –Success Stories, Investment Opportunities, Products, Fellowship
  • When Do We Need A Five Gates Trainer?
  • Statements of the Five Gates
  • Recommended Activities
  • Recommended Reading/Study
  • Fellowships
  • Certified Five Gates Trainers

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The Five Gates Program is not a replacement for medical or psychological treatment.  If you have important symptoms consult a health provider.  More Details.