Harnessing the Force
A Manual for Weary Seekers
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The purpose of this manual is to both simplify and expand upon my previous book entitled The Force is With You Always! It is my intention in this book to break down the basic concepts in The Force to more easily understood and concrete ideas for those that may be less familiar with Spirit. I also want to flesh out the meaning of a few of those concepts with further illustrations as well. What is The Force? The Force is a metaphor for all the Spirit energy in the universe. Like Apollo Creed in the Rocky movies having numerous titles (e.g., the king of sting, the master of disaster), there are also many titles for The Force as well. Some of us call it God. Some of us call it Infinite Intelligence, the Great “I Am” Presence in the universe, the Holy Spirit, spirit guides, angels, the Creator, Redeemer and Sustainer, Universal Consciousness, Source, Higher Consciousness, Higher Power, etc. We are all part of the “Big Bang” creation explosion of this Universal Consciousness Force. We are all made up of atoms (units of energy), never alone and always connected to the larger whole (a.k.a., heaven or Spirit world). We can communicate with this Universal Consciousness by putting thoughts out (pitching or transmitting energy via prayer) and then listening to that still small voice within our soul (catching or receiving energy via spiritual intuition). We are fully divine in that, as part of God’s creative burst of Big Bang energy, we never die (as energy never dies but merely transforms, like a wooden log in the fireplace transforms), yet we are also fully human in so much as we have the illusion of physical separateness from Universal Consciousness. We are really all One in the Spirit, however. We are all different parts of the one spiritual body called Universal Consciousness and God’s creative burst. What do I mean that we never die? Let me use another metaphor to explain it. I bought my current desktop computer that I am using at this very moment back in 2003. When the technician initially set it up, I was unavailable (working) and he was gone before I could ask him any questions. One thing he did was to divide my 400 GB hard drive into two 200 GB drives. I did not understand why he did that. It was not a problem until this year when my “C” drive was running out of space, while the “D” drive was completely empty. When the student is ready, the teacher appears. I was planning to take the hard drive to a PC computer store just down the street to have it de-partitioned, fearing that if I tried to move the files myself, I might lose them somehow, or that the computer would not be able to locate, say, the music or picture files anymore. However, Spirit told me to hold off--- that they had other plans--- so I not so patiently did nothing, for several months. (My personality is to fix things right away rather than to ignore the problem for a while.) A person who loves solving computer issues then entered my life and moved most of my C drive files to the D drive for me. His explanation was this. “Think of the C and D drives not as separate hard drives, but as all one hard drive but in different locations on the one drive. We are just moving the files from one place to another on the same hard drive. Your computer will still recognize all those moved files because it is still one drive, not two.” I believe that the same is true for us spiritually. We have a partitioning veil between the physical world and Spirit world, but we are really all just one universal whole, not two separate entities. Our “soul files” (our unmasked true selves, beyond our masked personalities in life--- see the note below) are eternal and can easily be moved between the partitioning veil because it is really only one spiritual hard drive, not two. Like my computer can recognize all the files on both the C and D drives, so, too, we can recognize and communicate with the many “soul files” on the other side of the veil because we are really all one and not two separate entities. As a result, for example, I can access and communicate with not only my teachers and my spirit guides, but also with crossed over family, friends, strangers wanting me to give someone a message, and even strangers that can become friends or acquaintances (like Paul Snider, Dorothy Hoogstraten, Marilyn Monroe and Judy Holliday in my previous two books). Our souls never die, they simply transform back to light and vibration, like logs in the fireplace that transform into heat, light and ash. The Force surrounds and penetrates us. We are never disconnected from Source. Use the Force, Rick!
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Are you living your life in a state of joy, gratitude and thankfulness? Do you laugh a lot and feel like it's Christmas every day? If not, then this book is meant for you. Many of us instead live our lives feeling depressed, anxious and unhappy. We race home from work only to be overloaded with even more work around the house. Rather than enjoying our lives and interpersonal relationships, we tend to lose sight of what’s really important and instead focus on acquiring material things and the numerous work tasks needed to get done. We may have forgotten how to play and enjoy life. The more debt we take on, the more pressured our lives become as well. Some of us are also angry inside, holding onto grudges and feeling like we have been victimized by another’s thoughts, words and deeds. Feeling victimized, we may then lash out in anger at the people closest to us and do harm to those we love. Harnessing the Force both simplifies the wellness concepts and expands upon the spiritual content of my previous book, The Force is With You Always! It is loaded with wit and wisdom about living life in harmony with your true inner self. It connects you to your soul within in order to make beautiful soul music without. It will help you turn enemies into friends while living in harmony with nature and Spirit. Learning to live a healthy life in harmony with Spirit is well worth the pursuit.
About the Author
Richard Koepke, author of Best of Both Worlds: The Unauthorized Metaphysical Autobiography of Dorothy Hoogstraten and The Force is With You Always, is also a therapist, ordained clergyman and psychic medium that helps people make changes in their lives to find inner peace and outward understanding through spirituality and clinical acumen. He is a therapeutic healer and teacher of skills. Rev. Koepke holds a magna cum laude Bachelor of Arts degree in Religion and Social Sciences from Wagner College in New York City (where he won the Outstanding Pre-Seminary Student award), a Master of Divinity degree from Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and a Master of Science degree in Education from State University College of New York at Buffalo. He is a Pastoral Counselor and Clergyman, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Licensed Mental Health Counselor and a Certified Psychic Medium. He has completed six units of Clinical Pastoral Education (Advanced Standing) in both the mental and general hospital settings. Rev. Koepke is a spiritual leader, teacher and healer who seeks Universal Truth. He believes in never-ending self-improvement and wants to leave the world a better place for his having passed this way. His mantra is: “Can I be a better person today than I was yesterday?” He wants his own life to be an example of running the good race and fighting the good fight of faith. Rev. Koepke has been a featured guest on the international CBS FM Radio show, The Psychics Next Door, and continues to be sought out for his uncanny abilities to help people in all walks of life. Like the Phoenix bird in Greek mythology, for the past 35 years he has used his teachings and therapeutic skills to help literally hundreds of marriages, families and individuals work through their therapeutic issues, and, out of the ashes of the old that didn’t work, create whole new relationships stronger and healthier than before. People not only like coming to Rick’s counseling sessions, they make themselves better people as a result of his nonjudgmental, spiritual, actively interventional change agent approach. He has a way of making people laugh and learning something in virtually every session. He truly has a gift. In addition to his ongoing private practice, he has also worked in a Pastoral Counseling group practice, a Pastoral Counseling agency and a Mental Health Clinic treating the severely mentally ill, while at the same time pastoring both Lutheran and Presbyterian churches for some 30 years. He has pioneered therapy and eating disorder groups in the 1980’s and 1990’s and was also a public speaker for the former ABBA (Anorexia and Bulimia Buffalo Association), running an eating disorder group as well. Additionally, Rev. Koepke has spent much time doing many continuing education units in the field of addictions. Having been provisionally certified to teach both social studies and music in New York State, he has substitute taught for both Cleveland Hill and Amherst High Schools in Buffalo, NY. He has home tutored and coached the modified boys basketball team at Cleveland Hill High School for several years as well, including summer basketball camp in Edinboro, Pennsylvania. More recently, he has helped many in need seeking answers with psychic readings. His hard earned wisdom has guided many to new life and new beginnings in a very positive way. He is a natural healer that very much comes through in his compassion for others.