Connectedness

About the Book

I saw a need to provide information for people who find difficulty in working out why life can seem so difficult at times (all the time?).

The book covers a wide range of information, beginning with the creation of life, and Man's journey through a beginning as pure spirit and its subsequent descent into a material body and now the struggle to return to the spiritual source. It explains that all that we see and touch is actually energy and the energy fields it creates result in all of life, at all levels, being connected.

Increasing consciousness is the basic drive and this process is described. There is no limit to the extent that consciousness can expand to and our progress into higher levels of that experience are portrayed in the higher levels of evolution that can be attained, such as the human hierarchy, the logoi of planets and solar systems etc. The path to increases in consciousness lies through re-incarnation and the working out of karma.

Due to the efforts of fore-runners of the race we are gradually exposed to the potential before us but we are hestitant in grasping the fact that life does have a deep, inner meaning, and that everything in the universe is actually connected to everything else. The value of science is noted but there is also a broad exposure to such facets of life as the human body, health, realationships, education and beliefs, politics, time and cycles.

Despite the extent of the subjects covered it connects them into a workable framework from which to explore matters of interest in more depth.

Arnold Ward has had a long interest in the spiritual life f humanity. He has written this book to encourage a deeper consideration of the reason for human life on Earth. The Alice Bailey work and the Arcane school are the foundation for his writing and the contents include: the beginning; energy fields; the environment; evolving consciousness; reincarnation and karma; heirarchy and time. Scientific discoveries, theories outlined, showing how the advancements of today relate to the Ageless Wisdom teachings. Many other subjects are featured including methods of divination, morphogenesis, the environment, health and growth and relationships. Connectedness is a most readable and informative book.
The Beacon July/August 2004

About the Author

Arnold Ward is a retired accountant who left England for Canada in 1952 and entered Australia in 1970 with his wife and two children. During his many moves in Canada and Australia he has been through a number of crises and met many individuals who exposed him to varied aspects of the world of metaphysics.

On early retirement he and his wife Marie, who has been a constant inspiration to him, opened a residential healing centre in New South Wales, and then one in Western Australia. A lifelong interest in psychic phenomena and the spiritual side of life, which began in his late teens, was coupled with a deep interest in science. His interest in astrology led to a diploma from the Faculty of Astrological Studies (London) in the year 1977.

Beginning in the early 1990's he took an interest in the beginnings of biotechnology as applied to plants and eventually became a founding member of the South Australian Genetic Food Information Network (SAGFIN). In 1999 he attended the 'Eating into the Future' conference held at the Adelaide Hilton. At a concurrent session he read a paper titled 'Genetic Engineering in a Spiritual Setting' which was subsequently published in The Beacon magazine.

Reading of the Alice A. Bailey books opened up a much wider introduction to one of the means of spiritual growth and also introduced him to the course provided by the Arcane School. In his case this proved to be what he had been looking for as it broadened his opportunity for service to others. Part of that service is this book, which is a primer for all those who are seeking some answers to the questions that arise as a result of a feeling that there is more to life than just working and consuming material goods. It is meant to act as a spur to looking more deeply into the true reasons for human life on Earth.

A draft copy of the book was given to Sarah McKechnie, who is president of the Lucis Trust, one of the Trust's functions being the publishing of the Alice Bailey books. Her comments on the book of - "You asked for my comments, and the first thing I would say is congratulations on such an extensive appraisal of so many different subjects, all of which you discuss by drawing upon the Ageless Wisdom. Writing this book must have been a huge task." - have encouraged me to persist in finding a publisher.

His inner feeling is that he was meant to write this book to inspire others to take up the search for inner meaning.